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Society NEWS.... Mrs. tirum may be reached by telephone at 1 lie Star office on Moo da*. Wednesday and Friday mom ngs at The Star office phone 4-J. At other times at her home telrphone No. 713. Mis* White To Wed .Mr. J. K. Queen. Ml. and Mrs C. Glenn White announce the engagement of then daughter, Ormi L.ee, to John Edtl Queen. The wedding will lake plate in December. Ishpemng ( lull With Mrs. William* Mrs Charles Williams wilt be i hostess In members ol I lie Ishpen-1 ing club at « regular meeting on Thursday afternoon, entertaining at -her home on Cleveland Springs road Shoffner-Hnrd Wedding To Re Outstanding Event An important social event of tins week will be the wedding ol Miss Kathleen Hord to Mr Robert W. Rhoffner which will take place on Wednesday evening at 7 30 at the First Baptist, church Wednesday Afternoon Bridge Club To Meet The Wednesday Afternoon bridge club will meet on Wednesday at • 30 with Mrs. Andrew Lattimore on 8 DeKalb street. Reviewer'* Book Club To Meet Mrs. R. U. Woods will be. hostess hn members of the Reviewers' book elub on Tuesday afternoon at foul o clock at her home in Belvedere Height* (lab Meetings get For Tuesday The Renaissance Study club will bp entertained tomorrow afternoon at 3.30 by Mrs W I,. McCord at her home in Belvedere Heights Members of the Contemporary Book club will have a regular meet ing with Mrs. Shem Blackley as hostess at her home on S Wash ington street. The hour is 4 o'clock Wayside Meeting Friday Evening The Parent Teachei association ol the LaFayette school will spon ger a Wayside program on Friday evening with Harold C. Brown, editor of the Wayside column, pres ent in person. A pleasant evening's entertainment is promised. The program will begin at 8 o'clock A small admission charge will be made, the proceeds to be used in school improvements. Mr. Grig* speaurr Al Nurses' Meeting Members of the nurse# alumni association of the Shelbv hospital were entertained on Friday evening at. the nurses' home by members of the hospital faculty and staff Musical numbers were given by Mis Faye. Dellinger and B. R. Dellin ger, Jr., and an entertaining read ing was given by Miss Edna Bui - lei , student nurse. Refreshments were served dm Ing a social half hour. Fortnight Club With Mr. And Mrs. Schenek Mr, and Mrs. Jean Schenek cor dially entertained members of the Fortnight bridge club on 'Friday evening at their lovely home on Cleveland Springs road After a number of enjoyable progressions I scores were counted and the awards for high score went to Mrs W. I McCord and Mr Joe E. Nash Miss Mabel Parrish of A.shboro guest of Mr and Mrs W 1 Mc Cord was present Simple refreshments were serv ed by the hostess. Country Club Party Friday Mrs. R. U. Woods and Mis Jack Palmer were joint hostesses on Friday afternoon when they enter tained members of the Ladies Golf club at a small party at the Coun try club Bridge was played at five tables. The high score prize, a box of powder, went to Mrs Frank Hoey At the dose of the games the hostesses served simple refresh ments Afternoon Division To Meet Thursday The first afternoon division Of the Woman's club will meet on Thursday afternoon at .t 30 ai ill*' home of Mrs. W B Nix with Mrs Nix and Mrs. Rhoe Hamrick a joint hostesses. Ttiis division will have bundle day, and everyone m the group is asked to bring a pack age of something which w ill be pie sented to the welfare department All members are 'Urged to be present and to bring their bun dle." Mr. And Mrs. Propst Celebrate Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. J. O Propst were hosts at an Informal dinner on Sunday when they celebrated then twenty-fifth wedding anniversary Guests of Mr and Mrs. Propst for the occasion included: Mr. and Mrs Boyd Propst and three children, of this place, Mr and Mrs John Kps tor oi High Point and Miss Manic Sue Props!, student at the normal school at Boone; and also Mi and Mrs. Bynum Crow and children / B. Jean and Miss I iI'ihii Crow lh-1 laUei a student ul N. V C. W Miscellaneous Shown For Miss iMorrhrad Mrs Ham Thompson and Mis Held Misenhelmer were joint host, esses on Friday evening at the home of I he latter; when they entertained at a pretty bridge party and mis cellaneous showei uv honor of Miss Lucille Morehead who is to. be married in Deeembei Bridge was played during the evening ai nine tables and at the close of the play an entertaining reading on "How To Get Engaged" was given by lit tle Annie Lou Toms, niece of Mrs. Misenhelmer. At the close of her reading she presented the many pretty gifts to the bride-elect. A delightful salad course with coffee was served, the hostesses be lng assisted In entertaining and serving by Miss I.ona Smith. Miss Flossie Grice and Mrs Brant lev Smith Charlotte Youth Is Fatally Hurt Playing Football Charlotte. Nov. 28,—Injuries re ceived In an enthusiastic football game Thanksgiving morning proved fatal to young John Howard Sutton. Charlotte athlete He died in a lo cal hospital Friday morning, his spinal column having been" broken. Sutton, who was 17 year* old. was |injured while playing a game be tween the Fldelis club and the North Charlotte All-Stars Young Sutton is survived by his mother, Mrs. Pearl Sutton of 1502 Mimosa avenue; a sister, Miss Verla Sutton; and two brothers. Dexter Sutton and William Sutton The youth was a student at Teel high school for three years and wa.‘ held in high esteem by hts fellow students and friends Hp was n good football player and had prac ticed some time for the game Thanksgiving. Girl A sks Governor To * ave Her Father Columbia S. C—Eleven-year-old Gladys Howell appeared before Governor Blackwood lust week and for the second time asked him to spare the life of her father, O, E S Howell, under sentence to be elec trocuted December 16 The governoi listened attentively to his young visitor and said he would take the request under con sideration How'ell, iornter niglu watchman, was twice tried and convicted of slaying E Hart Williams at the lat ter's filling station in Sumter. The supreme court granted him one new trial, but refused him a third trial His attorney appealed to tile gov ernor for clemency, The governor, however, has not yet referred the case to the board of pardons Once before while het father, was in the shadow of the electric chair. Gladys appealed ’ o the governor to save mv daddy Believe It Or Not; Hog Nearly Freezes Believe it 01 not. a tat hog be longing to S. E. Hoev was nearly frozen to death this morning The pen was open and above ground so the chilling winds could reach un derneath the pen flooring This morning was set. as the dav for the "hog killing" but old man winter left the hog stiff in its legs with its hair frozen 10 the pen Last week the hog's pen mate was killed so he [had no companion te warm him up |The hog wa> thawing out todav and | is living Comic Characters At School Affair Washington .street >choo! has an evening of fun puitmed for Tues day night beginning at 7 30 o'clock when the parent-tea’hers associa tion will sponsor the presentation of comic characters in the "funny papers Children will portray all of the favorite comic characters in the entertainment A small admis sion fee will be charged, the money to be. used for t,he needs of the school. The Reed's .strain of Danish cab bage grown in Alleghany county, ha. ; produced from one to three ton. | more an acre than the ordinary : varieties returning the growers from ; S5 to J30 more an acre Uncle Sam Asks Debt Payment By 15th Of Dec. ifON'l INliKD PROU PAOl! ONf approve postponement of the De eember payments In approaching the pieaeni mm a toiiufn. congress attached a rldei declaring against an extension and against any reduction of the sums due. This attitude has been reitei a ted frequently in statements bv uidlvtdual membeis and was crys | fitli/.ed when leaders of both pai 1 ties, assembled at the White House , emphatically opposed the creation) of a commission to dig into the debt problem, suggested then bv President Hoover. President-elect Roosevelt alsowa not cordial to this proposal Hr said he believed existing agencies were sufficient to handle the debt problem Hoover Suggests Commission Publication of the notes made it apparent, however, that Mr. Hoo Ver, although well aware of the at ; tltude of congress, has not drop ped the Idea. "I confess I cannot see any pie senlatton In your note which would be likely to Induce the congress of the United States to act upon the question any differently now from the manner and the principles upon which It has acted In the past.” Secretary Sttnrson informed the Brit ish. I Change Prohibition To Come Up Early iCUN'flNUEU PROM PAOI. ON» i The former said he would not sup (K>rt beer and wine legislation while the latter declined to commit him self Speaker Garner expressed the "hope and belief the house will pass la beer bill by January 1.” Prepara tion of a preliminary draft of the j beer bill was ordered and hearings j are to be opeend December 7. 1 Chairman Smoot of the senate fi nance committee said that legalized beer would not provide enough re venue without additional taxes and predicted a general revenue bill would have to be enacted After the disposal of the beer legislation the Democrats plan to present a repeal resolution. This procedure will run into opposition in Senator Borah. Republican. Ida j ho. a leading prohibitionist. who said that "orderly procedure" would require consideration of prohibition repeal before proposals for legaliz ing beer He said he is opposed to both "A decent respect for the old principles of the Constitution would suggest that we take up repeal first " Borah said Coldest Weather Of Year In Section iCONTTNUBD PROM PAG* ONI I ed to do extensive damage A gale of 40 miles an hour late Saturday was reported from Wrightsyille Beach and in the city of Wilmington the wind blew at a 25 mile an hour clip The temperature dropped to 21 at Raleigh and Durham on Sunday, to 23 at Winston-Salem and to 24 at Charlotte It failed to rise out of thirties during t.he day | The drop brought Increased bust • ‘ness tor coal merchants and for dis | pensers of anti-freeze solutions for automobile radiators Clothing mer | chants hxrkcd for a pick up in sale^ |of winter clothing The mercury fell to 21 at Greens boro »hd to 23 at Asheville. Atlanta. Nov 28 The south tuck led an extra quilt under tts ehin last night as a winter chill crept in with | temperatures below the freezing | point and the Georgia and Florida I coasts reckoned the cost of a northeast gaie that brought high tides and wrecked numerous small boats. The cold hit the south Saturday night with temperatures of 22 at i Asheville. 32 at Atlanta, 19 at Rich mond 39 at Birmingham and Little j Rock. and 28 at Meitiphis. Parson’s Suspension Lifted By Churchmen Atlanta A year's suspension on charges of "gross imprudence and high uriministerial conduct" was lifted from Rev Rembert G Smith. I once a critic of bishops and other | :ellow churchmen and he was re stored to active membership in the I north Georgia conference of the ! Methodist Episcopal church. South I He made a public apology, asked | forgiveness and was reinstated by a j thunderous shout of “aye " Rev Mr Smith had frequently criticized bishops and other lead ers of the church for what he termed then political activities but Bishop John M. Moore said the criticism had nothing to do wtlv the suspension ~FOR CORRECT Western' Union T I M F Call 454 I Heiress Seeks to Force Riches on "Son” Who Repudiates Her * * * * * * Unique Law Case Brewing, as Wealthy Widow Claims Adopted Son of School Founder as Her Child. He Refuses Fortune and “Mother.” Cl ORDOV ' \CE Mrs Margaret What promt*** to be one of thr iac.it unusual court action* on record j seems imminent in New York as Miss Charlotte Baker, wealthy Gotham j spinster, threaten* a legal fight to restrain Mrs. Margaret Gillen, of j Philadelphia, from seeking to meet Gordon Spence, a student at Walling- | ford, Conn., or to force him to accept part of a $400,000 legacy which ; Mrs. Gillen recently inherited- Mrs. Gillen, who claims that Spence is her i •on, is just as determined to go ahead with her claim and to make the j boy accept his part of her inheritance. When ?he was divorced from her i husband seventeen years ago, Mrs. Gillen says, *he could not afford to | keep her son. than two years old, so she entrusted him to the keeping of j Miss June Spence, founder of the exclusive Spence School for Girls. | But, she says. Miss Spence adopted the boy without her consent, and when the educator died Miss Baker, her business associate, became tba Ugal guardian of the boy, who wn known as Gordon Spence Mrs. Gillen avers bis real name is Eugene Chavis, her son by her first husband The young man, himsalf, has flatly refused to accept Mrs. Gillen as his mother, or to accept any part of the money she wants to give him So hare, in the throes of depression, we have an unique situation—-a youth turning up his nose at nearly half a million dollar* while nation* are going over the hill to the poorhou*#. Cotton Down Ten Points Again Today Debt Situation Seems To Be Domi nating Influence In Market, Cotton on New York exchange at 2 o'clock this«. afternoon was 10 points under Saturday's close, Dec being 5 65 as compared with a close of 6.75, Jan. 5.71 .us compared with 5.89. Clevenburgs letter says: Forecast tor belt lair with rising temperature Manchester cable reports a quieter week due to the unsettling influence of debts and sterling, buyers await ing clearer outlook. India made numerous inquiries hut bids too low. Exchange service reports consump tion up in U. S. and Europe but down in China and India. Japanese 1 yarn and cloth sales exceed currency high production. War debts problem! over shadows markets and industry Worth street quiet Satin day and for week prices easier.‘The internation-1 al situation is likely to be the domi- j noting influence in futures until; disposed of Farm relief legislation I will be an important factor after' congress meets Should it appeal that the allotment plan will go through spinners may come in as heavy buyers. ----- | Trv Want Ad* FOR CORRECT ” | Western Union t i m ?: Call 454 Save A Discount On YOUR CITV TAXES Thursday, Dec. 1st is the last discount day on city taxes. Pay your city taxes on or before Dec. 1st and get advantage of the ONE PER CENT DISCOUNT. No discount after Dec. 1st. CITY OF SHELBY REEVES FORNEY, Clerk and Treas. Last Discount Month On County Taxes Pay your county taxes on or V»f»fore Dec. 1st and save a discount of 2 Of One Percent County taxes are net after Dec. 1st. A penalty goes on early next year on un paid county taxes. CLEVELAND COUNTY I. M. ALLEN, Tax Collector Old Man WINTER k. / I/I I K III Caught Wray’s Prepared If it’* comfortable goods for cold weather comfort, you can get it at Wray’s. Here are some champion values in cold-day necessities. They are typical of Wray’s low prices for December. Heavy Leather HORSEHIDE COATS $4.98 Extra Value In Men's Heavy Sheep Lined Khaki WORK COATS $2.97 Men's Heavy Leather Wolverine Work GLOVES 49c and 98c Men's Hea\ y Weight WINTER UNDERWEAR All size., - Suit 49c Mens. Extra Heavy First Quality HANES UNDERWEAR Men's Heaw WOOL SHIRTS Extra gcori value at $1.00 Men s Extra Heavy Shakei Knit Pull-Over SWEATERS BOYS' AT _'I «»i Ladies' Extra Good Quality Good Coat SWEATERS Medium wctaH and all colors $2.39 Mena Heavy Leather Hunting BOOTS With composition bottoms and sixteen inches high. $2.98 Men's Extra Heavy Weight STAR BRAND WORK SHOES $1.49 - $1.98 Men's and Boys’ Heavy Knit Wool Lined Overall Jumpers With heavy Corduroy Collars Boys’.98c Men’s ........ $1.25 Men's Extra Heavy Blue Whip Cord PANTS PAIR Boys’ Heavy ^Scrapper OVERALLS PAIR Heavy Plaid DOUBLE BLANKETS A Real Value $1.98 Heavy Yaid Wide OUTING lOc YARD Boys Extra Heavy Sheeplined COATS With big Wombat collar Extra good quality $2.98 Boy,,' Work SHIRTS Ladies’ Heavy Fleece Lined STOCKINGS 15c PAIR Bovs’ Heavy All Wool KNICKERS Knit bottoms 98c - $1.49 $1.98 Boys’ Leather BOOTS $1.98 $2.98 Men s Aii Wool BOOT SOCKS "AIK HAPGRADE OVERALLS The best value in town PAIR Sizes 32's to 30 s; Buys' anc! Girls’ Heavy STOCKINGS In ali color- and sires lOc PAIR Try some o! that good LILY MILL THREAD It's made- right here in your own county. Laige 400 yard spools 8c OK J FOR . lie . Childrens Extra Good Quality Heavy Weight GENUINE E-Z, UNDERWEAR 49c A. V. Wray & 6 Sons
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