8 PAGES
TODAY
f>f Malt oe» »t»r. itn «cu»no#i —
C»rrmr. per »*»r. tin xItuimi
3 3
I
Late News
THE MARKET
Cotton, baste spot .......... 6 t-2c
l otion Seed. bo. ..._ 18Hr
Colder Tuesday
Today's North Carolina IVeather
Report: Increasing cloudiness fol
lowed by rain in west portion to
night. Slightly warmer in west to
night. and colder in west Tuesday. t
Hoover To Speak
Tresglent Hoover will make his
second address In his presidential
campaign Saturday night of this
week. The address will be made in
Cleveland. Ohio, the president’s sec- j
ond trip into the mid-west, lie will
likely make several rear-platform
appearances between Washington
and Cleveland.
Cleveland Negro
Fair Opens Wed.,
To Run Four Days
Much Interest Shown In Annual
Event. All Gate Admissions
Free.
The annua) Cleveland County
Negro Fair will open Wednesday
Oct. 12. at the county fair grounds
and continue through Saturday
night.
A fine array of attractions, exhib
its and amusements seem assured
tor the event, it was said today by
Rev, N. J. Pass, president and Rev
A W Foster, secretary.
Free Gate.
The negro fair win follow the plan
of the white fair and all gate ad
missions will be free. There will,
however/ be a charge for grandstand
Seats; Much interest is being shown
by the colored people of Cleveland
and adjoining counties and a fine
collection of exhibits the officials
are expecting a better attendance
than in previous years. A fine pro
gram of free acts has been arrang
ed and will bo presented twice daily
before the grandstand. On Friday
there will be a. football game be
tween the Cleveland County Train
ing School eleven and the Colored
high school team from Lincolnton.
The midway amusement and fun
for the four days and nights wfll be
furnished by the J. W Western
shows with twenty attractions, rid
es, etc.
Three Awards In
County Passed On
For Compensation
Medical Bill Reduced Com priva
tion Denied One Applicant,
One Is Raised.
(Special to The Star.)
Raleigh. Oct. 10.—The N. C. In-j
dustrial Commission, sitting as a;
body, has approved the award of.
Commissioner J. Dewey Dorsett de- ;
nying workmen's compensation to |
Frank Lankford on the ground that
the injury complained of did not'
arise out of or in the course of his j
employment. The case had been ap
pealed by Lankford from Commis
sioner Dorsett's decision earlier. '
Lankford is an employee of Double i
Shoals Mfg. Co.
Dr. J. W. Harbison s medical bill1
of $228.00. submitted for medical
services rendered to Will T. King.
Shelby, injured while employed\by |
the Charlotte Coca-Cola Bottling
Co., Shelby, was reduced to $178.00
and ordered paid in that amount by !
Commissioner T. A. Wilson,
Jake Ward, Lawndale, injured >
while employed by the Cleveland
Mill & Power Co., at Lawndale, had
a greater loss of use of the index ,
finger on his right hand than was*
tound at an earlier hearing, and
Commissioner Wilson directed that
the insurance carrier pay him at
the rate of $7.56 a week for 8 3-4:
weeks, covering an additional 20 per !
cent loss of use of the finger
Masonic Heads
Here Tonight
District Meeting With Represent*
tires From All Lodges Of The
County.
Three prominent officials of the
Masonic fraternity will be in Shelby I
tonight, to attend a district meeting !
in the Masonic building. Represen
tatives from the various Masonic
lodges of the county will be here
and it is expected that the attenfi
ance will number several hundred.
H. C. Alexander, grand master of
the grand lodge, John H. Anderson,
grand secretary of the grand lodge
and Walter Lee, district deputy
rrand master will be present and
deliver messages to the brethren.
These district meetings are high
lights in Masonic fraternity circles
Democratic Big Guns
To Speak In County
Bailey, Reynolds And
Ehringhaus, Hoey
Tarty Traders Oaiher Herr To Map
Campaign And Arrange Speak
ing nates.
Democratic leaders in Cleveland
county are not the least worried
about the county giving its usual
majority to the ticket in November,
but, believing that such 4 loyal par
ty county deserves the best sDeak-.
ing talent, it was announced today
that tfie tour big guns vf the cam
paign will*speak here.
Those booked for Campaign ad
dresses in Shelby or SKings Moun
tain are Senator J W. Bailey. Bob
Reynolds, J. C. B. Ehringhaus and
Clyde R. Hoey ,the party's oratori
cal big four
Dates Set.
Bailey, always a favorite in Shel
by. will speak at the court house on
Thursday night, Oct. 2b
Reynolds, who has been asked for
bv many, is booked for Friday night,
Oct. 28.
Hoey. as usual, will put the clos
ing touches on the campaign in his
home town -on .Friday, night Nov
ember 4
Ehringhaus candidate for gover
nor ,1s scheduled to speak in Kings
Mountain, but the date has not been
definitely set.
Congressman Bulwinkle will speak
in Shelby once during the cam
paign but the date has not been
set.
Rally Is Held
These dates were outlined at an
enthusiastic meeting of party work
ers held in the court house here
Saturday afternoon. Attending the
meeting were members of the exe
cutive committee, precinct chair
men and committee members from
over the county, party candidates
and others.
The general enthusiasm shown
was encouraging, and speakers pre
dicted a big party majority in Nov
ember. The goal of a 4.000 Demo
cratic majority was set for Cleve
land and all present pledged them
selves to work to that end.
Brief talks were made by C. C.
Horn, representing the Young Dem
ocrats of which he is county lead
er. and by Attorney Peyton Mc
Swain, Congressman A. L, Bulwinkle
and others.
Arrange Dates.
In addition to the four major
campaign speeches to be made bv
Bailey, Reynolds, Ehrinebaus and
Hoev, a number of speeches will be
made over the county. This phase
of the campaign will be in charge
of the Young Democrats They plan
to have at least one rally in nearly
every section of the county and t^ie
dates and speakers will be announc
ed soon.
Political Speaking
On For Dover Mill
A political speaking and fally will
be held at the Dover Mill school
building Thursday night at 7:30, it
was announced today by C. C. Horn,
president or the Cleveland County
Young Democrats. The chief speak
ers will be Ernest Gardner, Demo
cratic nominee for the legislature,
and Capt. Peyton McSwain. There
will also be a string music program.
AROUND OUR TOWN page 3.
NOBODY'S BUSINESS page 4.
SOCIAL ITEMS page «.
SPORTS page 8.
Big Crowd Takes
In Opening Meet
HeldAtFallston
John C'wpent^r Addresses County’s
First Political Rally Of
This Campaign.
'Special to The Star.)
Fallston, Oct.. 10—The Democra
tic party opened its campaign »n
Cleveland county here Friday night
with the organization of Youm
Democrats in charge and putting
over the initial rally in whirlwind
fashion.
The main streaker ot the opening!
rally was Solicitor John G. Car- i
penter. of Gastonia, who made an ;
excellent talk in emphasizing the I
failure of the Republican admin-j
istration and portraying the bene
fits and Ideals of the new leader
ship by Franklin Roosevelt and the
Democratic party. Solicitor Carpen
ter was introduced by Capt. Peyton
McSwain, of Shelby.
The school building was filled
for the rally and speaking and
much enthusiasm was evident
throughout the entire meeting. The
rally was held under the auspices
of the Young Democrats and James
Cline, chairman of the organiza
tion at the Fallston precinct, was
in charge of the program. A num
ber of the county candidates were
present and introduced to the
crowd.
Policeman Putnam
Is Injured In Fall
Stumbles On Armory Steps While
Making An Arrest. Not Sri- ;
iously Hurt.
Policeman B. K. Pul nr m of the !
Shelby force is today more or less I
uncomfortable from a fractured rib
and bruises as the result of a tum
ble down a long flight of stairs Sat
urday night.
Policeman Putnam and Policeman
Knox Hardin had gone to the sec
ond-floor Armory' Hall to arrest
Goldie Horn buck Ip, young white
man, who was said to be drinking
and raising a disturbance. As the of
ficers started down the flight of
stairs, they say, Hornbuekle wrap
ped Ills legs around a bannister and
attempted to hold back Policeman
Putnam was pulling him ahd Po
liceman Hardin was getting the leg
free of the bannister. Just as the
latter did so someone in the dance
crowd, apparently with the idea of j
helping the officers, gave a shove, j
and Policeman Putnam and Horn
buckle tumbled all the way down
the steps. After the two officers had
taken the prisoner on in. Police- j
man Putnam had his injuries treat- j
ed and was said to be very sore to
day, although not thought to be,
seriously injured.
Sides Injured In
An Auto Collision
H. E. Sides, manager of the MillerJ
Jones shoe store here, was painfully !
but not seriously injured in an auto
mobile collision Sunday near the
road intersection on highway 20 at |
the fair grounds east of Shelby. The j
Sides automobile- and another auto I
collided. At the hospital today It
was said that Mr. Sides was lacer- j
ated about the head and face but
that he did not suffer any broken j
bones in the crash.
Seniors Have Best Average On Honor i
Roll At Shelby High; 73 Make Roll j
Twenty Percent of Class Makes
Honor Marks. Freshman Class
Ranks Second.
From the standpoint ot number
more juniors made the honor roll
during the first month at Shelby
High school, but on the percentage
basts the senior class led with 20
percent of the class having honor
grades. The freshman class ranked
next with an average of 13 percent.
The roll follows:
Seniors: Paul Arrowood, Loris
Dover. Colbert McKmght, Caleb
McSwain, Ed Post. Essie Bass. Rach
el Connor, Margaret Ford, Aileen
Jones. Annie Ray Jones, Margaret
Lee. Helen Miller. Janet Morrison,
Mary Alice Leech, Sara Lee Norman
Hazel Putnam
Juniors Paul Bulling1 on. Walter
Fannins. Carl Gladden, Ralph
Greene. Dwight Hoyle, Paul Mc
Gintv, J. M Vaughn. Louise Aus
tell. Anna Cline, Betsy Eskridge, Ed
na Earl Grigg, Mary Sue Hill. Re
becca Hopper. Margaret Lee Liles
Kathryn McMurry, Esther Ann
Quinn. Edna Staunton Margaret
Thompson, Mary Well'. Elizabeth |
Thompson, Horace McSwnin. Lenora
Randall.
Sophomores: Will Arey. Hill Hud
son, Jeanette Beheler, Helen Sue |
Kendrick. Maurine Davis, Nancy
McGowan. Juanita Putnam. Mary]
Stuart, Louise Riviere, Inez Corn
well, Margaret Hamrick. Marie
King, Anna Lutz, Louise Lybrand.
Marylyn Smith
Freshman: N. C. Blanton. John
Dorsey, Earl Hamrick, Gladys Bland
Ruth ByerSi Helen Cawick, Gwyn
Davis, Lillian Grigg, EI*abeth Gil
mer, Elizabeth Harris^ Ruby Mor
gan. Jeanette Post. Jane Washburn
Panib'-a Weathers, Georgia Bailey.
Louis© Brown, Helen Lee. Mary
Beth Toms, Louise Whitener Mar
garet Hovlp
County Schools
All Open 24th
All the rural school* ol
Cleveland county, short term
schools and eight month
schools, will reopen tor school
work on Monday, Oct. 24, il
was announced today.
The original schedule, fix
ed by the county board ol
education was tor some of thr
schools, those which closed a
week earlier, to open on the
11th and the remainder on thr
24th. Due to the fact thal
cotton picking was somewhat
delayed by the rain last week
it was derided thal all would
remain closed until the 24th.
Baptists Meet
Next Year With
Patterson Grove
Association Doubles .Membership In
25 Years. Collection* Multiply
Eight Tiroes.
The King* Mountain Baptist as
sociation will meet next year with
Patterson Grove Baptist church near
Kings Mountain. This was decided
last week at the close of the asso
ciational meeting held with the
New Bethel church near Lawndale.
This will be the first time Patter
son Grove has ever entertained the
the association
During the last 25 years, the:
membership of the Kings Mountain
Baptist association has doubled it
self and the collections for all pur
poses has multiplied eight times,
said Rev. John W Suttle. modera
tor, this morning. In 1906 the as
sociation embraced 3a churches
with a total membership of around
6.000. Church letters submitted last
week show the 42 churches of the
association now have over 12,000
members. During the year over 600
new members were added. During
the 25 years, the collections of the
churches, home and foreign, lias
increased eight fold to SlOa.gho. - *
The Sunday school enrollment
totals between ten and eleven thou
sand and both the B. Y. P. U. and
W. M. D. work have experienced
phenominal growth. Reports on
these phases of the work were made
by Mrs. John Wacaster and Mr. J.
W. Costner. Mrs. Wacaster has de
voted, about 13 years to W. M U.
work and her faithful and consec
rated work has brought about won
derful results.
Rev. J. L. Jenkins was elected to
preach the introductory sermon
next year and Rev W A Elam the
doctrinal sermon.
Try Answering
Can you answer 14 of these test
questions? Turn to page two for the
answers.
1. What is a visa on a passport?
2. How many electoral votes has
each state?
3. Which state has the smallest
population?
4. How many times did Franklin
D. Roosevelt nominate Alfred E.
Smith in democratic convention?
5. What does the name Ohio
mean?
6. What did the Assyrian winged
bull signify?
7. Is a president prohibited from
leaving U. S. territory?
8. Where does former President
Calvin Coolidge live?
9. What is the common name for
amyl acetate?
10. What is sake?
11. What is the nickname of
Virginia?
12. Can a naturalized American
citizen become president of the U
S.?
13. What large body of water is
located in Palestine?
14. Who was Charlotte Corday's
victim?
15. Are Filipinos citizens of the
U. S.?
16. Wliat Is a gam?.
17. What does Azan mean?
18. Which country produces Edam
19. Where is Tulane university?
30. To what kingdom does Sar
dinia belong?
Steady Market On
Cotton After Break
-,
Cotton this afternoon at 2 o'clock
on the New' York Exchange was
holding steady after Saturday's
break, following the bureau's esti
mate. setting the 1932 crop 114.000
bales higher than the estimate of a
month ago. Dec. at 2 o'clock today
a a$/4 55 as com Dated with Satur
day's close of this month 6.57; Jan;
was 6.59 as compared with 6.62 on:
the elcwf Saturday.
Shelby Pupils
For Red Cross
Program Chosen
To Attend Asheville
Conference
Eighteen' Student* From Elemrnary
School* To Asheville
Tuesday.
Eighteen pupils from six elemen
tary schools here have been chosen
to participate in the Junior Red
Cross program at the regional con
ference of Red Cross workers which
meets tit Asheville. Tuesday. Octo
ber 18th.
The Asheville Juniors will drama-j
tisg* "Everybody's Flag.’ The Shel
by juniors have been assigned the
subject "The Junior Red Cross In
Action In the School." Each school
is sending three representatives as
follows:
MartOn school Nancy Jane Linc
berger, Sara Esther Dover, and
Floyd Best.
Graham school: Ada Ramsey
Wall, Grady Dover and Jack Gaff
ney.
Washington school: Iner. Armour
Ann Smart and Charles Logan
LaFavette school: Willie Mai
Williams. Ann Austell and Ma’-y
Glenn.
Jefferson school Mildred Cobb
Margaret Alexander and Annie
Ruth Spivey.
8outh Shelby school Mildred
Whttener. Warren Benoy and Helen
Yarbrough
Mr. Hamrick Of
Lattimore Dies
Was Victim Of Paralysis. Funeral
Services At Beaver Dam
Curch Sunday.
Elijah Oner Hamrick, age 52. »on
of the late Christopher and Cor
delia Hamrick, died Saturday aft
ernoon at 5 o'clock at his home In
Lattimore. He had suffered a stroke
of paralysis a few days prior to his
.death, and never rallied.
For more than 25 years Mr.
Hamrick had been with the main
tenance department of the Sea
board railway as section foreman
and discharged his duties efficient
ly and faithfully.
His retiring disposition and his
unselfish consideration for his fam
ily and friends was greatly admired
by all who knew him. He was
thrifty and industrious and edu
cated three children. Recently he
built a handsome and comfortable
brick home In Lattimore.
Mr Hamrick joined Beaver Darn
Baptist church when a young man,
later moving his membership to
1 Lattimore where he attended and
! supported the church conscientious
ly. His wife who before marriage
was Miss Cora Lee Yarboro and
the following children survive: Al
ton Y. Hamrick. manager of the
Charles Store at Reidsvllle; Mrs.
Ernest Y. Weaver of Shelby and
Harold Hamrick of Lattimore. The
following brothers and sisters also
survive: Mrs. Ed Bailey, thts coun
ty, Mrs Lawrence Yarboro, of
Carey, Mrs. Jim Wallace of Shelby,
Messrs. Webb and Bezona Hamrick
of Shelby.
Funeral .services were conducted
at Beaver Dam Sunday with Rev.
I. D. Harrtll in charge, assisted by
Rev. Zeno Wall, and Rev. John W.
Suttle. Masonic rites were accorded
the deceased with Capt. Frank Rob
erts in charge. Pallbearers were
Messrs. D. O. McSwain. Norman
Lee, Dr. R. L. Hunt. Elijah Mc
Swain. G. L Hamrick, June Crow
der. The token of esteem, repres
ented by the beautiful flowers,
covered the family plot. Many
friends were unable to be seated or
find standing room In the church.
Bowling Excused
In Accident Case
J C. Bowling of Shelby was ex
cused from any blame for the death
oi Woodrow Loveless of Inman, S.
C. Friday in a Charlotte court.
Bowling, it will be recalled, was re
turning from Charlotte when he
picked up Loveless, a hitch hiker.
A truck, driven by J. J. King of
Gastonia, swerved into the car driv
en by Bowling and in which Love
less was riding on the front seat be-1
side the driver. It is reported that
the driver of the truck swerved his
truck in an attempt to avoid strik- 1
ing the rear of a bus that had
stopped suddenly to avoid colliding
with a Piedmont and Northern!
freight train at the boulevard cross- [
ing.
Bowling's car was wrecked but he
was unhurt. His rldin? companion
was fatally injured. Bow lint was
held on a technic#] charge until
formal investigation was made and
on Friday he was absolved from any
blamo for ihe accident. ,
No Bite—No Fish—No Dinner!
Although they are second to none on the diamond when it comes to sock
mg a baseball on the nose. Babe Ruth (right) and Lou Gehrig, ot th*
rhampion New York Yankees, are no great shakes at Isaac Walton'i
game. Here they are after their first day’s Ashing at Babylon, L. L
without even a sardine to be photographed with, although they range*
long Island Sound for long rainy hours. Babe and Lou are resting aftei
the World Series, and it teems that the fish are also resting.
Tax Bill Of State Slashed Twelve
Million In. Year; Reduction For
Cleveland County Near $200,000
Property Levy Cut Here Jfi.7 Per
cent And In Entire State
30.4 Percent,
Raleigh. Oct. 10.—North Caro
lina’s property tax bill for the
1931-32 fiscal year was reduced Dy
>12.228,000 compared with the levy
for the preceding 12 months, ac
cording to figures compiled by the
tax commission and released over
the week-end by Governor Gardner,
The figures show a total prop
erty tax levy of $59,911,000 In 1930
' 31 and a drop to $47,884,000 the
[ following year, a decrease of 20.4
per cent.
"I am pleased to give this infor-1
mation to the people of North Car- j
oltna.' said Governor Gardner in a j
formal statement, "and I do not
hesitate to say that the 1929 and
1931 general assembles did much
more to reduce taxes and the cost,
‘of government and at the cost of
government and at the same time
to maintain public service on nil
efficient basts than has a general
assembly of any other state of the
union In this period of economic
hardship.”
The tax commission's figure show
ed a reduction in county levies of
$10,055,000, In district levies of $1,
704,000,and In municipal levies of
$469,000
Mecklenburg Leads
Mecklenburg county, with a total
CONTINUED ON PAGE EtGHa,.,
Setvnd Honors For
Mrs. Dale Kalter
Mrs. Dale Kalter, of Shelby, won j
second honors In the Atwater Kent i
radio contest held at station WPTF
In Raleigh last week. Mrs. Kalter, a
contralto, is the wife of the choir
director of Central Methodist church
and she Is a former member of the
famous Westminster choir, as was
her husband, and made a European
tour with that organization.
Mrs. Humphries Of
Smyrna Buried Here
Was 85 Years Old And lias Three
Children In Connty. Burled At
Patterson Springs.
Mrs. Lucindl Phillips Humphries,
wife of Charlie Humphries, died
Saturday morning at 6 o’clock ivt
her home near Smyrna, 8. C. Mrs.
Humphries was the last surviving
child of William and Nancy Phil
lips of Cherokee county, 8. C. She
was 85 years old and was a char
ter member of Patterson Springs
Baptist church, in which commun
ity she lived for many years.
In addition to her husband the
following children survive. Prank
Humphries. Kingstree, S. C.; Mrs
Otto Gumble, and Mrs. W M. Bar
rett and Mrs. Art Johnson. Shelby.
Mrs, C. J„Patterson and Mrs. Claude
McSwftin, Patterson Springs, and
Mr. Ernest, Humphries, Smyrna. 8
C.'About 35 grandchildren, 36 great
grandchildren and two great great
grandchildren. ; ^ !
Funeral services were held yester
day at Patterson Springs at two
oYlock with Rev. John Hicks in
charge. Her beautiful character was
exemplified In the quiet manner in
which she lived and the many
beautiful flowers signified the es
teen in which she was held by her
many friends and loved ones
W. A. McCord Better j
Today Aftfcr Attack
W. A McCord, prominent Shelby j
business man. was reported as be
ing some better today at his home
on South Washington street. Mr
McCord suffered an attack of an
gina Saturday night and was very
ill for a time, but some improve
ment has been shown since tils
many friends will be pleased to
hear.
A1 Smith, “Happy Warrior” Again,
To Take Stump For Democrats Now
Reunion With Roosevelt Brings
Apparent Harmony. To Visit
Four States.
New York. Oct. 10.—"Ai” Smith
the "Happy Warrior,” will take the j
stump in lour states, it was learn- ;
ed definitely last week, and cam- !
paign in the interests of a Demo- j
cratic victory in November.
While the number of his addresses j
will be limited, he plans at present j
to speak in Massachusetts. Connec- j
ticut, Rhode Island and New York, j
Delegations from all four of those I
states supported him in the Chicago
convention, and two of them. Mass
achusetts and Rhode Island, gave
him their electoral votes in 1928.
Although It was announced in
Illionis Smith would speak there, it
was learned he has no< vet added
that state to the list.
The possibility of Smith entering
the Roosevelt-Garner speaking cam
naien was seen bv Democratic lead
ers after he had brought 10,000
cheering men and women to their
feet at the state convention last
Tuesday by grasping the governor’s
hand in friendly greeting.
It was a fight against Tammany
Chief John F. Curry’s attempt to
withhold the gubernatorial nomina
tion from Herbert H. Lehman that
brought them together on the same
platform.
With the realization they had won j
the nomination for their mutual j
friend, the standard bearer of 1932
re-cemented a friendship that had
been interrupted by their fight
against each other for the presiden
tial nomination.
Forty-eight hours after they had
stood in the glare of spotlights
grinning at each 6ther over the
deafening demonstration, they saw
fames J Walker, whom they both
had opposed for renomination as
mayor, fade at least temporarily
From the political picture.
County Sinking
Fund Deposited,
Not Loaned Out
Fund Deposited And
Properly Secured
Some C ounties Have Money Tied t’ f>
In Questionable Investments
But Not Cleveland.
There Isn’t any danger of a sink
ing fund scandals in Cleveland
county A dispatch from Raleigh in
forms that. Cleveland ranks with
four other counties as leading the
State in the condition and invest
ment of the fund
Home weeks ago It became known
that in several counties the sinking
fund had been loaned out to indi
viduals or Invested in teal estate
mortgages and other Investments of
questionable value. In many In
stances, it Is said, those counties
wtll be unable to collect all of the
loans and in some cases the fund*
may be entirely lost
Deposit Secured.
Cleveland's sinking fund of ♦US -
82302 Is on deposit and not loaned
out on notes or collateral of any
CONTINUED ON CAGE KIOH I .
Mr. Wood, Father
Of Mrs. Blanton
Dies In Gaffney
Prominent Gaffney Man Father Ol
Mrs. Geo. Blanton And Mr
Draper Wood Of Shelby.
Gaffney, 8. C., Oct. 8. -Adolphus
Nott Wood, retired banker and
business man, was found dead in
bed at his home here this morning
He was 86 years old. He had been in
failing health several months, but
his death, which occurred during
the night, had not Deen expected.
He was regarded as one Of Gaff
ney’s pioneer builders.
Mr. Wood, who was born on Paco*
let river, spent three years attend
ing Captain J. B, Lylea’ school at
Limestone college from 1868 to 1868.
fie served the last nine months of
the Civil war in Company F, 15th
South Carolina Volunteers, which
was commanded by his cider broth
er, the late Captain Moses Wood.
He engaged in business in Oxford.
Ala,, from 1871 to 1875. In At«ust
of the latter year he came to Gaff
ney. which then was a village of
about 300 people. Mi-. Wood estab
lished a mercantile business which
he operated until 1887. when he sold
his store and began banking as A.
N. Wood, private banker. His bank
ing business developed into the
Merchants and Planters bank in
1901. After serving six years as
president, he retired from active
business. Prior to that time he had
been active in a number of enter
prises.
Mr. Wood was married twice. His
first wife, who was Miss Millie
Draper of Oxford, Ala., died in 1894.
His second wife, Mrs. Annie Ellerbe
Band of Cheraw, died in 1920. Sev
en children were bom to the first
union. Mrs. T. B. Butler, the oldest,
died in 1926. Surviving are Mrs.
George Blanton, Shelby. N. C.; Mrs.
C W, Hames and A. Louis Wood
Gaffney; J. Draper Wood, Shelby;
Eugene H. Wood, Birmingham; and
Hazel D. Wood, Los Angeles.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed at 4:30 o'clock Monday after
noon at the residence on East
Frederick street. The Rev. L. H.
McGee, pastor of the Buford Street
church, will officiate Interment
will be in Oakland cemetery here
Mrs. M. D. Hunter
Dies In Village At
Cleveland Cloth
Aged Woman Who Suffered Stroke
Of Paralysis Several Years
Ago, Passes.
Mrs. M. D. Hunter, age 83. who
suffered a stroke of paralysis sev
eral years ago, died Sunday night.
Oct. 9th at 10 o’clock at the home
of her daughter. Mrs. A. L Burn
She had been sick for four or five
years, following her stroke.
•Mrs Hunter is survived by three
sons. James and Lawrence of Shel
by. W. W. Hunter of Laurens, S. C..
and two daughters, Mrs A. L. Burns
of Shelby and Mrs. A. L. Haney of
Hickory. She was a noble Christian
woman, greatly beloved by her host
of Mends.
Funeral services wilt tie held at
rvdar Shoals Baptist, church neat
Woodruffj, S, C , Tuesday morning
»t 11:30 o’clock by her pastor Rev
H K Waldrop.