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VOL. XXXVIII, No. 113
SHELBY, N. C.
MONDAY. SEPT. 19. 1932
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| The Big Event Nears — Cleveland County Fair, September 27 Through' October 1 — Free Admission To All
Late News
THE MARKET
i otton, >pot S^4<
(otton Spfd, per ton . , . tl'I.iVl
| Showers Tuesday ^
Today s North Carolina Heather
tleport: l?air and warmer tonight.
Probably shooprs Tuesday.
Gandhi To Starve
Bombay. Scpl. lb. — Mahatma
Gandhi made further reductions in
his dirt and began abstaining from
all physical exercise Sunday in
preparation for his fast unto
death." Having set Tuesday as the
day he will Itegin the fast in pro
test to British government plans
for communal elections in India, the
.Mahatma has been preparing for
the event for weeks, it was learned
at Teroda jail in Poona, where he is
held, that he has been studying
wavs to extend his life as long as
possible after beginning the hunger
slrike.
Hoey Predicts
Sure Win This
Fall For Party
Plans To Make 25
Shp'bv Man Will Start On Speak
ing Tour Around October 1.
Hits lour States.
Approximately 400 electoral votes
appear definitely headed lor the
Democratic national ticket of
Roosevelt and Garner. and since
the Maine election lias shown such
a pronounced Democratic trend,
i here is an excellent chance of a
landslide of even greater propor
tions, Clyde Hoe.v, veteran cam
paigner of Shelby declared in an
interview in Charlotte.
Mr. Hoey. in Charlotte, to be
with Mrs. Hoey, who underwent an
operation at the Charlotte sana
torium Thursday, is planning tc
start his campaign for the Demo
cratic ticket around October 1. Hr
plans to make 25 speeches in North
Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia
and Tennessee upon the request of
the national committee and in re
-ponse to a great number of tele
grams.
"Prior to the Maine election, 1
had counted upon 392 electoral
votes as being practically assured
for the Democratic ticket. Since j
that election has shown such an
unprecedented trend of votes our
way, I believe we may have a Dem
ocratic landslide that will sweep
the country," Mr. Hoey declared.
The Maine election is a simple
demonstration of the way people
are thinking," he added. "The peo
ple of that state believe that with
adequate leadership they would not
have been forced to sell potatoes,
the big crop of the farmers, of that
.state, at ruinous prices.
What is true of potatoes in
Maine is true of cotton in the south,
of wheat and corn in the west, oi
truck farm products in certain
other sections and of commodities
throughout the land."
Mr. Hoey, it will be recalled, pre
dicted several months before the
national convention that Roosevelt
and Garner would be the party
nominees and that these two men
would unite the party and gain a
following that would sweep the
Democrats into power.
He has not yet decided where he
will make his opening speech in the
campaign, but. will attempt to visit
places where his command of ora
tory and. unusual grasp of political
affairs will do the most good.
Cotton Near Close
On Last Saturday
<Jains 25 Points During The Morn
ing But Loses It By 1:30
O'clock.
Cotton on the New Yo;k exchange
sained 25 points this morning over
Saturday's close, but host it by 1:30
o'clock and was near the Saturday
close. At 1:30 Oct. 6.67. Dec. 6.80.
Saturday’s Close Oct. S.S5. Dec. 6.80.
Another gulf disturbance of un
known intensity reported 250 miles
south of Galveston moving north
Raining at Atlanta last nights map
Showers reported at Little Rock and
Galveston or showers predicted for
all cotton states. Lancashire strik
ers decided to lea\e whole matter
to their representatives Meeting
Monday (today.) Manchester re--i
ports week's business indifferent I
but inquiries large, suggesting good!
potential demand under more favor
able conditions. 51.000 bales of red j
cross cotton is under contract to be
exchanged for twenty mil'ion yards
of cotton cloth. Worth EL had a
outft week, better demand expr-t
when raw cetton settles. Declines
in futures is going too far apparent
ly but market has become some
what helpless. Speculation lias dis
appeared &o there are few except
consumers to take the hedges
Clevci.y
Former Shelby Men Implicated In
Robbery Of Dallas Bank; Carpenter
And Smith Confess Dallas Robbery
Once Plumber In
This City
f'Han Carpenter Make- < onfessiun.
K. D. Smith Is Held In
Florida.
Gastonia, Sept 19,—With a com
plete confession by Kban Carpenter
of Lincoln county and a supple
mentary confession bv R D. Smith
in jail at Fort Lauderdale, Fla.. Sun
day afternoon, the daylight robbery
of the Bank of Dallas, this county,
which has puzzled officers since Its
occurrence on July 21, 1931. has
been solved.
Carpenter and Smith both ac
knowledged that they participated
in the crime, which was the most
daring robbery perhaps ever perpe
trated in Gaston county, and nam
ed as their accomplice Will Linger
felt, of Lincoln countv. a brother
in-law of Carpenter, whose arrest,
was expected.
Carpenter was arrested at his
home near Llncolnton Saturday aft
trrnoon and was lodged in jail here
His arrest, however, was not reveal
ed by officers until Sunday, their
action being kept secret in the hope
that others connected with the
crime might be apprehended
promptly.
Hunt l.ingerfelt.
In his confession, made fo Solici
tor Carpenter, Eban Carpenter im
plicated Lingerfelt, who lives within
two miles of the latter and Smith,
of Pocono. Fla., formerly of Shelby,
with the result that Smith was tak-1
en into custody without delay. Ling
erfelt. however, apparently discover
ed that Carpenter was being held
and has so far eluded officers.
Arrest of Carpenter resulted from
identification of an automobile in !
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Young Minister In
Father’s Pulpit
Rev. Emmett K. McLarty, Jr *
filled the pulpit Sunday at Central [
Methodist church in the absence oi,
his father, Dr. E. K. McLarty, wllb I
is holding a meeting at Boone |
Young Mr. McLarty is a student in
the school of religion at Duke uni-j
versity, Durham. His father, the'
pastor of Central Methodist church {
will return to his charge here on!
Saturday of this week and be in hisj
pulpit next Sunday.
Boy Picks Three
Times His Weight
In Cotton In Day
If Joe Wortman's cotton-picking j
ability continues to improve as he {
grows older, he will some day be j
the world's champion cotton pick-1
er. Last week Joe, eight-year-old1
son of D. M. Wortman, ,of Casar. j
picked 140 pounds of cotton in a
day. His day's picking lacked only
10 pounds being three times his
weight, which is 50 pounds.
Auxiliary, Legion
To Picnic Friday
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A "family picnic” will be held
Friday evening at the county fail
grounds by members of the local
American Legion and the legion
auxiliary. The hour is 6:30 and
members of the two organizations
and their families are invited to
attend and bring baskets of food,
Much Gold Mining Going On Now
In State As Mines Are Talked Here
Stamp Mills Running in Half Doz
en Counties. Engineers Visit
Here.
With several mining engineers
and prospectors having visited this
section in recent months, the talk
about gold mining prospects in the
section has been revived.
Numerous people who have been
prospecting on the mum are cer
tain that mining prospects are good ,
in one or two counties adjoining
Cleveland and if not in this coun
ty.
Hearing talk Of gold mining ar
tivJUes The Gastonia,., Gasetje has
the following to ear of the matter; !
A Gaston county man was tell
ing us the other day that he was i
operating a gold mine in another j
county, and that ore to the extent j
of about $200 worth a day was being i
turned out But, he added; it costs
about *100 a day to operate the
mine.
"Even at that gold mining on
such a scale ought to be fairly
profitable. And there has been con
siderable interest in gold mining
throughout the state, ieports State
Geologist H. J. Bryson Some 800
rock and mineral specimens have
been sent to his office in the past
two years for examination and in
spection.
'Along with this indication of in- ,
creased interest in minerals. Mr
Bryson announced he hat received
more than twice the number of in- j
quiriea regarding deposits, particu- j
larly gold, in the last two years j
than for the similar preceding peri
od
"Considerable activity has been
shown in the gold mining industry
during the last two years, with a
number cf stamp mills built and!
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Mooresboro People
Rushed To Hospitals
Mrs. R. W. McBrayer In Charlotte
Hospital And Hobert Greene
In Shelby Hospital.
(Special to The Star.'
Mooresboro, Sept. 19,—-Last week
two Mooresboro people became ill
and were rushed to medical insti
tutions.
Friday, Mrs. R W. McBrayer
entered an institution in Charlotte
for treatment. Saturday Mr. Hob
ert Greene was suddenly sticken
with appendicitis. He was rushed to'
the Shelby hospital where he tin
derwent an operation. Attendants
said yesterday that he was doing
nicely.
Mr. Thomas Harris, student of
the University of S. C. is visiting his
parents, Mr and Mrs. Yates Har
ris.
Mr. and Mrs. B, B Harris, of
Cliffside, visited the latter's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Hoyle Turner Sunday
Mr. John J. McBrayer accompan
ied by his father. Mr, R. W. Mc
Brayer, visited his mother who is
in a Charlotte hospital Sunday.
The True Blue girls Sundar
school class will give an ice rrean
party at the local high school Wed
nesday night of this week
Mrs. W. W. Bridges and grand
son, Wake, visited Mr. D. D For
tune of near Cherry Mountaii
Sunday.
Mr. Roy Greene of Charlotte lim
ited his parents, Mr and Mrs. HiP
Greene Sunday.
Mr. and Mr*. Ya'/s Greene 6:
Morganton also visited the former
parents, Mr. Rnd Mrs. Hill Greene
Scout Council
To Meet Here
Men From Nine Counties Will ( ome
Together To Hear Report Of
Summer Work.
The executive board of the Pied
mont council of the Boy Scouts of j
America will, meet at the Hotel
Charles on Tuesday night, Septem
ber 20th at 7:15 o’clock at which
time representatives from Polk.
Rutherford, Lincoln, Iredell, Ca-1
tawba. Burke. Caldwell. Gaston and!
Cleveland will come together to:
hear reports of the work of the
summer and the Piedmont Boy
Scout camp which is operated at j
Lake Lanier.
Scout Executive R. M. Schiele,
recently returned from the region-;
al conference of the Boy Scouts of!
America held at Atlanta, will pre
sent the the board the new ‘'Ten
Year'’ program of the organization
in which an effort will be made to
train at least one out of every four
boys for citizenship, so that ten
years hence one out of every four i
young men in America reaching the j
age of citizenship will have been a j
four year trained scout.
B. L. Smith. R. W. Schoffner and
H. B. Miller of Shelby and Claud
Grigg and W. K. Maunev of Kings
Mountain represent Cleveland coun
ty on the Piedmont council board.
Mrs. Hudson HartgrA’e, Is visit
ing her parents Mr. and Mrs.: J. W.'
Camp, in Chesnee, S. C. this week '
Starts Long Trek
Despite her 67 years, Mrs. Rose i
Ryan, a great-great-grandmother j
of Allentown, Ta., is still more red
blooded Ilian many half her age.
Mrs. Ryan, widow of a Civil War
veteran, is shown as she left
Jamaica, L. L, to hitch-hike to Los
Angeles. She will sell flowers
along the way to raise funds for
icedy veterans of the war in which
ter husband served. It is her am
ution to open her home in Allen
own as a home for war veterans.
Superior Court
In Session Here;
Hear Jolley Suit
Expect To Complete Soil Against
Western t nion This Afternoon
Court At Night.
A week • terra of Hipmoi.,, court,
convened in Shelby this morning
to take up ft congested civil calen
dar. Judge Frank S. Hill, recently
appointed to the bench by Cover
nor Gardner, i, presiding.
Lost Teaching Job
Today the court is hearing Hit
damage, suit action of Miss Evelyn
Jolley against the Western Union
She seeks damages from the. tele
graph company on the allegation |
that the method of delivery of tele
graphs caused her not to get a
position teaching school. It is be
lieved the suit will go to the ju.y
some time this afternoon.
Big Night Court
With llie superior court in the
main court room during the day
the sessions of county recorder
court will be held at night this
week. Quite a docket is booked, for
trial tonight. At noon today it was
stated that 27 cases were already
slated for trial this evening.
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Try Answering
These
Can you answer 14 of these test
questions? Turn to page two lor the
answers.
1. Who was the Greek goodde.-s
of the hunt ?
2. Name the second book of tl.e
Old Testament?
3. What is Poliomyelitis?1
4. Which presidential Candida.'
carried Massachusetts in the 1928
election?
5. Who was Thomas Hast?
6. What New York organization
has a grand sachem at its head?
7. In what county is the city ot
Baltimore, Md.?
8. Under which president did
Thomas Marshall serve as vice-pres
Went?
9. Who wrote ‘‘Truth forever on
the scaffold, wrong forever on the
throne?”
10. Who said: 'Millions for de
fense. but not one cent for tribute?'
11. Name the postmaster general
of the U. S ?
12 In which of Shakespeare',
plays is the line ”Wrhere the bee
sucks there suck I?”
13. Where is Lake Ivan?
14. At what point on the earth's j
surface is every direction due |
north?
15. Who is Paul A. Sipte?
16. What currency is used ®,
Puerto Rico?
17 What is the naUvo habit a* o |
the mocking bird?
*8. What body of water figures]
in tlie narrative of the flight of the
children of Israel from Egypt?
19. What form of eminent ha
Hawaii?
20. Which state does Pioreila La i
rtuardia represent in congress'’
Construction Of
New Building In
Shelby Opens Up
Evan* Get* Contract
For Structure
Will Employ Loral Labor In Erect
ing Professional Building
Herr.
Work started today on Shelby ,
second uptown building project n(
recent weeks, the new professional
building to be located on South
Washington street, to the east of
the Hotel Cleveland
The contract for the new build
tag Was lei last week to Gua W
Evans In making the announce
ment the owners of the building.
Drs Tom and Ben Gold and Dr. n.
F. Moore, said Were letting th»
contract to local contractor and we
Understand that he will employ
local labor The fact that local
labor will be used in the construe^
(ton work means that a number of
men heretofore unemployed are
now back at work and others will
be a.- t he work proceeds.
The building will be two stories
with n drug store on the ground
floor and more than 20 offtres for
professional, men on the second
floor.
Fashion Show For
County Girls To
Be Fair Feature
t-H Hub <«irlk In Show Must
Make The Dresses Worn
Bv Them.
An interesting feature bo be add
ed to the attractions at the fan
the. year is the fashion show to be
put on by the gifls of the «-H club,
of tiie county.
l ocal mills have given Mrs. Irnm
P. Wallace, home demonstration
agent.'some of their products to be
used as prizes in this department,
» list of which will be in the next
issue of. this paper.
Every club girl in the county is
eligible to enter the fashion show,
which will be held Thursday of fair
week. The requirements are that
she shall make the dress she wears
snd be at the grand stand by ten
o'clock. Mrs. Wood Mauney, of
near Patterson Springs, is county
club leader and will assist Mrs.
Wallace and the two girl leaders,
Misses Zoe Putnam and Peril Hovis.
Every club girl Is asked to take
part in this fashion show.
Forty Per Cent
Increase At B. S.
Vrtr Students Continue To Arrive.
Reception Tended The New
Students.
The Boiling Springs junior col
lege campus has been a bee hive of
activity for the past week as the
remaining contingent of the col
lege student body arrived. The trek
to Boiling Springs started with the
high school opening in July. Tilts
week's arrivals were made up of
college students which swelled the
enrollment to an Increase of 40 per
cent over last year. Still a few more
are expected yet as it ts still pos
sible for students to register and
receive credit for fall work.
The faculty members led by D:
Jenkins, the president, have been
busy greeting the old students and
welcoming the new. A reception
was given to the students by the
B. S. U. on last Saturday. This
marked the closing of the first
week’s program. A receiving line
composed of the faculty and the
presidents of the various student
activities was formed to acquaint
the new students w'ith the different
campus leaders.
It will probably be the latter part
of the week before the registration
for 1932-33 Is definitely known. A
few students trickle in every day
to swell the enrollment total. The
large enrollment increase over last
years’ total justifies the faith felt
by the trustees and faculty that the!
school was on the upward trend ;
AH during- the past sumnjer a spirit
of optimism was prevalent among
those concerned with the college’s
future and this weeks returns have
added fuel to this optimism.
SPORTS ON PAGES ?-*.
EDITORIALS, PAGE 4.
NOBODY’S BUSINESS. Page |
AROUND OI’R TOWN, PAGE .II
Reviewing Legion Parade
Secretary of War Patrick Hurley and llrnry L. Steven, former National
Commander of the American Legion, are shown as they saluted the colors
! from the reviewing stand during the colorful parade of the Legionnaires
j at Portland, Ore. The parade was one of the features of the Legion
Convention at which the veterans voted overwhelmingly for payment of
the soldiers’ bonus and repeal of the prohibition laws. Louis A. Johnson
of West Virginia was elected new National Commander;
To Let Grading Contract For Kings
Mountain Road Link Oct. 18; Order
Survey Of Shelby-Cliffside Road
Six Milt* From Kings Mountain To
S. C. line To Bp Surfaced
By Stale.
While the proposed Shelby-Polk
\ilie highway hongs fire Cleveland
county is assured one read building
project and a survey has been ord
ered for Rnother proposed route in
the county.
Meeting Friday in Raleigh the
State Highway Commission approv
ed the road project from Kings
Mountain to the South Carolina
line, connecting with the surfaced
South Carolina highway there. This
is route 215 and will require ap
proximately six miles of grading
and surfacing. With the project ap
proved bids are to be opened on
October 18.
At the same .session the commis
sioner ordered that a link of pro
posed highway beginning at Zoar
church, just south of Shelby, via
Boiling Springs to Cliff.dde, be sur
veyed. This route was estimated at
about 10 miles in length
The report of the commission
meeting carried nothing about the
proposed Shelby-Polkvillc road. Pre
vious reports had It that the project
would likely be in the October let
ting. but the fact that it was not
approved last week indicates that
it will not be included in the Oct
ober 18 bid opening.
28 Students From
Cleveland At Boone
There are 28 student.-? trom Clev
eland county in school at the Ap
palachian State Teachers college at
Boone. The teachers college has 875
students enrolled for the fall term
from 68 North Carolina counties
@hd nine other states. Just a few
counties in North Carolina exceed
Cleveland in the numljer of stu
dents. Lincoln has 58. Watauga 134.
Wilkes 36, Ashe 34 Iredell 58, Sur
ry 20.
Antique Display At Fair This Year
May Eventually Be Museum Basis
Hope To Have Fine Display Of An
tiques And Variety Rare
Collections.
In preparing for the antique ex*
hibit at the Cleveland County Fair
next week. Mrs. Oscar M. Suttle and
others interested in antiques hope
that plans may be laid at the fair
for the starting in the next year or
two of a Cleveland county museum
Those who bring in antiques, rar- '
ities and unusual collections of va-:
rioits types will not be asked this
year to sell or lend any of them fni
museum display, bu* 'hey will he
asked to list, their name; arid ad
dresses at the display so that they j
may be consulted later about it.
“We want it definitely under
stood," officials say, “that every
article on exhibit this year will go
back to the owner. But we do hope
that in the years to come, when i
conditions improve, that many oi
the historical collections can be
loaned or secured for a county mu
seum.’'
The museum plan has been talked
for some time In the next year or
two it is hoped to secure an avail
able room in Shelby and there place
on year-round exhibit antiques and
collections of a historical interest to
Cleveland county and the surround-j
tng sectiori.
Tire antique department this year
is asking for rare collections and
souvenirs of any t; p>- in addition
to the usual run of antiques They
would like to have; on display sou
venirs and relics of the World war
as well as of the Spam.h-Ameri
can, Civil and Revolutionary wars.
Collections of papers with histori
cal importance will be welcomed
for the display in addition to tire
usual exhibits of glass, pewter,
■hina, etc.
Man Is Baptized On
His 66th Birthday
< \ Phllberk And Wife Both
Baptised. Birthday Dinner
Attended By Many.
An unusual feature n I a
birthday dinner given C. A.
Philbee.k, of the /,ion rominun
ity of Cleveland county, Sun
day was that Mr. Phllberk, who
«as 6ti years of age. and his
wife Mere baptized The bap
tismal rites were rondueteri bv
Kev. It. (j. Washburn and
four other ministers Mere pres
ent for the dinner.
Attending the dinner were the
eight children and 23 grandchildren
j of Mr. and Mrs Philbeek along
| with many relative. and friends
Group photographs of the family
were made by Forrest Ellis.
Lawndale Man Has
His Jaw Fractured
In Auto Accident
J A Lee, Lawndale citizen, is m
the Shelby hospital suffering with
a fractured jaw, tire injury beinr
received in an automobile wreck
Sunday morning. The car, it was re
ported. turned over upon him, and
the jaw is fractured In three places,
in front and on each side
Methodist Laymen
Meet Tuesday Eve
A meeting of the pastors anti
laymen of all Methodist churches
in Shelby and Cleveland county 1
to be held at Central Methodist
church. Shelby, tomorrow. Tuesday,
[night at 7:30. This will be an lm
jportant. meeting, taking up the
[years work in the churches, and all
laymen are urged to attend
Expect Largest
Crowd Ever For
Big County Fair
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Grounds Ready For
Opening 27th
Annual Horse Show Feature Of Fair
To IV Hold Wednesday. Many
Rare Horses.
With only one work to go before
the opening of the eigh'h annual
Cleveland County Pair Tuesday,
Sept. 27, fair officials arc preparing
to handle what they believe will be
the largest throng ever, to attend
the event. It Is tielirvfd that free
Rate admission will bring n record
attendance because of the reputa
tion of previous fairs.
Although there is considerable
work to be done in the exhibit halls
and about the fair tract In decor
ating and such as that the fair
grounds are practically tp shape for
the opening a week from tomorrow.
The race track, has been dragged
and worked upon for morr than a
week and is now In line condition.
Repair work has been detie on the
grandstand and the exhibit halls
renovated,
Full Program.
in addition to the constant at
tractions in the exhibit buildings
land along the midway the usual ex
cellent special attractions have been
ibooked for the afternoons end even
i mgs A free acts program, one of
the major entertainment features,
will be put on each afternoon at 2
o’clock and each evening around
18:30. The horse races, always a big
'attraction at the local fair, will be
[staged each afternoon at 2 and the
S pectacular fireworks each night at
[8:30. Secretary Dorton stated today
[that lie pxpects to have around 6f>
ricing horses entered. A number of
j fire racing stables wpl arrive this
work for several days training on
the track. The midway shows and
! amusements are to be provided by
ithr famous Johnny Jones shows,
the largest of the open air type in
the country, These shows are play.
■ mg the Central Caroltnis fair at
Greensboro this week
Horse Show.
( The horse show, a phase of the.
fair which attracts many, will be
'held Wednesday momng at 10
'o'clock on the race track lust in
front of the grandstand
In connection with the horse
show it is announced that pulling
contests for horses and mules Is be
ing planned and this new feature
•hould draw' much interest among
farmers of the section.
Because of the growing Interest
in the soil prosion exhibit of the
Federal Department of Agriculture
this exhibit will be moved from be
neath the grandstand to one of the
main exhibit buildings.
Interest Grows
In Dog Show At
Fair Next Week
Eippot County Fos Hounds To Bo
Biggest Entry- Small And
Large Dogs.
With more than 150 clogs already
entered officials of the Western
jCarolinas Kennel club expect at
least 200 more entries for the A, K.
C. dog show to be held dm ing Cleve
land County Fair Week
Entries in the show will be taken
| through Saturday of this week and
jthose who expect to enter dogs
jshould have them properly listed at
[that time. At a meeting held Friday
I night kennel club officials decided
[that dogs brought to the show after
jit has opened will not Le permitted
ito enter. All dogs must bp entered
jthis week and listed in the show
[catalogue prior to the opening.
Many Fox Honltds.
It was said today that the largest
class in the show would likely be
fox hounds. With dog lovers from
many sections coming here for the
show it is reasoned that it will be
an excellent opportunity to boo6t
the fox hounds of the section
55 Breeds In.
To date around 25 breeds have
been entered for the show. Those
entered range in sire from two
pound toy dogs to .s ?.=>0-pound
Great Dan*'
Among the entries from other see
ions are to fine pomeranians en
tered by a Washington lad’
Mr. and Mrs. Worth Lutz will
return to Durham today aft«r
spending the week-end with their
parents. Mr. and Mrs. J F Lute on
route one, Shelby. •