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Lllkvkllkmd SEND VOL. XL. No. iO ■F SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESD’Y, FEB. 14, 1934 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. ■» Mail i»r jtmt. (la xlTUHWI _ MM Cmttin. omt nu. (to mIvmmi _ MM Late News THE MARKETS follno. *P°t - to 13^c Cotton seed, ton, wagon-28.00 Cotton seed, ton. carlots-30.00 Fair And Warmer YVi-nthrr forecast for North Caro Fair and warmer tonight and tomorrow. 1,000 Killed By UNITED PRESS ViennJ. Feb. 14.—The aimightet #f socialists continued on an ap nallinc scale today as the Austrian government relentlessly advanced Us bloody program to wipe out So cialism in that country. The United prPS> c orrespondents estimated conservatively, that one thousand persons had been killed. Beyond that any figures are guess-work. The most tragic part of the war fare is that many of the victims are innocent women and children killed as artillery shelled crowded Socialist houses. Washington, Feb. 14.—Complcl* rf- . el ation of the system of mail subsidies advanced to steam si,ip lines was forecast today at the White House. To Replace PWA By UNITED PRESS Washington, Feb. 14.—President Roosevelt has created a committee of Cabinet members to draw up a program of long-range planning in time lo replace the Public Work-; program and to provide permanent machinery to meet economic pro’1 lems of the nation, it was revealed here today. Re-Vamp Mails Bv UNITED PRESS CWA In Balance I By UNITED PRESS Washington, Feb. 14.—If congress tails today to act finally on the $950,000,000 Civil Works Adminis tration bill, all workers on CWA projects, now totalling 3,860,000 employees, will drop their tools to j morrow morning. This was revea1 ed to the United Press here today on the highest authority. The March Of Events CWA Slows The Civil Works Administration vs considering discharging with’n the next few days 200,000 or more men now employed on federal pro jects located on private land in the east and south. Most of these men are working on tick eradication and in efforts to control malaria. Senate Debates The Senate debated secretly yes- i terday about William P. McCrack- * en and his contempt charges, but put off until today the business of deciding what to do about him 1 Two courses are open. One is to hand down a verdict from the sen ate, the other is to send the mat ter to a local court for prosecution j 1NKA Yields The NRA yielded yesterday to ob stacles in the way of codifying small trade units on national lines reversed past policies, and an nounced it would promote regional agreements to suit local conditions By this ruling, such establishment!. a.s barbershops, restaurants, taxi cab fleets, laundries and other ser vice enterprises may subscribe to a loose national compact and then establish their own city or trade area agreements. Vienna Tremble* Yesterday was the last night of thp Viennese carnival, supposed to be the gayest evening of the year But instead of champagne, blood 'as spilled. Instead of the popping oi corks, the roar of cannon wa? heard- Scores died as Vienna was torn by civil strife. Armed prot ec Unn by French, British and Italian hoops was unoffocially proposed yesterday. “The beginning of a war n Europe and the end of the Lea ^ of Nations” was predicted if ',lfuss loses control of the Aus tmn government. Airmail Fight* The fight to retain its govern ment airmail contracts, dramatical y cancelled by President Roosevelt sod dramatically protested by - ailes A. Lindbergh, was carried tne Federal court yesterday by transcontinental and Western lr' Inc- Lindy is technical adviser *Vr ttlis company. The company has 0 ^ained from a federal Judge an ‘‘r "T rcqu'ring Postmaster Gener. ames a Farley and Postmaster 111 J- Kiely of New York to show iause w'hy they should not be re ined from acting under Far , order cancelling all contracts private companies. n a h b P £ b y ii h P a r ti d C e a si V, a i r £ 0 t a ii a v 1 v 4 e o b ti a o i valentine Heart-Breaker n Judge Webb Calls For Grand Jury To TryNotoriousTouhy Gangsters Gee McGee Says: dere mr. edditor: some of the government work looks like it is going to be curtailed in our midst, if the cwa and pwa both quit, leaving only the rfc and the era to do everything now planned by our town on cred dick, yore corry spondent, mr. mike Clark, rfd, is a-feared that nothing wont's acme, most of us have benn teach ed by the government to get along easy, and it will go hard with us to change, think twiste, mr. hue jhonson, befoar you leap. yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd. corry spondent. Srover Boy Dies From Accidental jun Shot Wound Richard Moss, Age 10 Years, Acci dently Shoots Self With Loaded Gun. While playing with a gun in his (rover home early Saturday after oon, Richard Franklin Moss, 10, ccidently discharged the load into is hand. After the accident, the oy was rushed to a Gastonia hos ital where he died in a short time. Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. ob Moss, he is survived by three j rothers and four sisters. Richard was an unusualy bright outh, always making good grades 1 i school, and was obedient in the ome. He won the esteem of his laymates by his friendly habits j ud unselfish disposition. A very digious youth, he regularly at- j ■nded the services at his church. The funeral services were con noted by Rev. Rush Padgett at the rover Baptist church Sunday aft- j •noon at three o’clock, and were | ttended by a host of friends. The j ■rvices were marked by the many iried floral designs from his many 3quaintances. SpindaleMill Workers On Strike In Dispute Similar To Shelby’s Rutherfordton, Feb. 14.—Approxi lately seventy-five workers In the tonecutter mills at Spindale are n strike today In a protest similar > that which threatened to cause strike in the Cleveland Cloth mil's 1 Shelby a week ago. It was started by a walk-out of bout 20 union members in the new eaving department on Mondaj ater, their friends followed, and * as reported yesterday that about ) per cent of the Iboms were clos 1 on the first shift. The Stonecutter mills have bei n perating for about 15 years on a asls of eight non-automatic looms > the weaver on fine ,:ing;-ams„ nd for the last four or five years n the coarser types ot rayon goods Early last summer the mill oe- ( ^an installing automatic rayon looms which were represented by the makers as -mg much easier to operate than we old hand looms The later part of •'■(33, during the installation period, these new auto matic looms were operated on a basis of six iooms to the weaver I Early in January he first b’oek ol j the new iooms, having been thor- j oughly and carefully broken In and, the weavers accustomed to them j were assigned to the 'operatives on: basis of eight looms o the weaver ; The first week in February. a -second block of ■ hrs were as signed ei"ht o h . ->■ »;■. nod or '.Continued on page six) , .... . : i * Federal Jurist Acts Swiftly To Try Mail Robbers From Charlotte, where they held up a mall truck and got $125,000, to a Baltimore apartment house where they were arrested, to Shelby, where Judge Webb called for a special federal grand jury yesterday—that's how the scene shifted in the drama of the tough Touhv gangsters, Basis (the Owl) Bangart, Isaac Costner, May Blalock, Mrs. Tommy Touhy, Charles (Ice) Connors, Ludwig Schmidt (still at large), "Porky” Dillon and Tommy Touhy, both of whom arc members of the notorious Touhy gang of Chicago. They were in Charlotte, detectives have discov ered, at the time of the robbery for the alleged purpose of kidnap ing W. States Lee, of the Duke Power company. The request for a special grand jury was made to Judge Webb by Marcus Littlejohn, chief of Char lotte detectives, and was relayed to Judge Webb by Marcus Erwin, dis trict attorney, who prepared the order. Charles Price, United States marshal, brought the order to Shel by yesterday and Judge Webb sign ed it at 3 o’clock. The notorious gangsters, it was said this morning, will be brought to Charlotte for trial, although other communities in which they have committed crimes may try to retain them, J. A. Carpenter Dies At Lincolnton Father Of Mrs. Arthur Brown Of This City Dies Of Illness With Paralysis. Lincolnton, Feb. 13,—Funeral services were held at Southside yesterday afternoon for Jacob An derson Carpenter, well known Lin coln county farmer, who died of paralysis Sunday. He was 73 ; ?ars old. Surviving are his widow and the following children: Mrs. Ida Hay nes, Charlotte; Mr? Poly Beal, Gas tonia; Mrs. Arthur Brown, Sheibv; H. L., Dorus, Hugh, Clarence and Blair Carpenter and Mrs. Fanny Mosteller and Mrs. George Kale, al! of Lincoln county. Witnesses Swear Kendrick Killed In Self Defense Shelby Officer Won Street Shooting Recorders Court Hearing In Black well Street Killing Postponed I'nttl Next Friday. Hearing In the case of the state vs Bob Kendrick, Shelby policeman who shot and killed Luther Black well on Feb. 3. was postponed un til Friday after a long procession of witnesses had given their versions of the affair In Recorders court this morning and Mr. Kendrick, taking the state himself, had testified the* he acted In self-defense. Mr. Kendrick. It Is understood requested this hearing tn order to clear his name. Self Defense Claimed. Witnesses for the defense, includ ing Chief Bruce Bryant of the Kings Mountain police department. State Patrolman Allison and Po liceman Hicks of Kings Mountain Indicated by their testimony tha* Kendrick shot in self-defense. They said he fired three shots from hlf revolver after Blackwell, who came upon them from behind on the main street, and raised his shotgun and fired on Kendrick at a distance of not more than twenty feet. The state called In exnert wit nesses to show where Blackwell had been shot. It was shown that the bullet entered the base ol his skull almost in the back of his head, on the left. Apparently, the prosecu tion is trying to show that Black well was shot when he was turned away, possibly running away, from Kendrick. Patrolman Allison, how ever testified that Blackwell was not facing Kendrick when he fired, but had his left side toward him As he fell, Allison said, he leaned over, toppling in such a way that the back of his head was toT??*Vd Kendrick. Chief Bryant said that when he examined Blackwell's shotgun after the affray, he found the left-hand shell fired and the hammer cocked over a shell on the right. Say* Blackwell Drank. A woman witness. Pauline Mince said Blackwell had been drinking just before the shooting, but she said she had not heard him threat en to get Kendrick or the other of ficers. Blackwell’s home was raided by county and Kings Mountain offic ers on the afternoon before the shooting and more than a gallon of liquor was found on the premis es. Blackwell was not at home at i the time. Tom Lipford, of Kings Mountain, who was between the fire as Black- < well and Kendrlek shot It out, said he could not swear which one shot first. He was wounded In the log by a bullet from Kendrick’s gun He said he saw Blackwell drive uo to the curb, and get out with a shot gun In his hands. oneiDy Legionaires Attend N. C. Meet North Carolina Legion Holds An- ! nnal Meeting In Statesville. Support 4-Point Plan. National Commander of the Am erican Legion Edward A. Hayes, ad dressed a meeting of state legion and legion auxiliary leaders at Statesville Monday night, stating fhat the American Legion is in no nay fighting the President of the! United States, but has his support ■ iti seeking to rectify certain Injus tices Also on the program were Mrs. W H. Biester. Jr,, national president of the Legion Auxiliary ■•nd Cant, Tom C. Daniels, state! •ommander. The North Carolina assembly ] heartily endorsed the four point , egion pn ?ram adopted by the na- , t ion a I group. ( Mr and Mrs. Tom Abernethy Miss Martha Abernethy, and Mrs . Reid Misentaeimer attended the j meeting 'roro Shelby. City Buys New Buick I1 For Official Usej: A new four door Buick sedan, a | 1934 model with knee-action front i springs was purchased this week i from J. L. Lackey, dealer, as the of- ( ficlai vehicle for the city. Mayol < McMurry drove out in the new car | yesterday, the board of aldermen i having authorized its purchase at their last meeting. The two door | Buick which has been the official f1 car of the city for the last three i years, has been turned over to tile ' police department. I Teachers To Meet Here On Saturday A regular meeting of Cleveland! county teachers will be held at Shelby high school Saturday morn ing at 10 o'clock i WANTED Homes and Rooms There to a scarcity of hone* and moms In Shelby. Thta week, from three to five peo ple called each day at The Star office to scan the want adv column, looklitf for place* to live. Landlord. Uito to your op portunity. If you have a house or room* for rent, u*e The Star's want adv column. A 25c advertisement may (it you a tenant to occupy that vacant house or those spare room*. Thousands of people read Star Want Adv* each Issue. This column to for the small advertiser who has somethin! ■r*tS •VX II *no«u -su mi* tnnoiM j*Sp»| uodo uu Mtq |ou op oqa a so in oj saueapu u| qno aiu sapu tma jvis •oye ‘v°M J|udM 'pn|^ An jo dpq speou ‘qof u spoau ‘n** 'ihnqnt taw joj Basic Rates Set ForCWA Workers ByN.C. Authority Bricklayer Get* |1.10 An Hour—If He’s Worth It la the Estima tion ef Supervisor. A revised schedule of wage rates (or civil works projects In North Carolina was released yesterday by the state administration, and will go Into effect here Immediately. This schedule Is flexible In that the project supervisor—Robert Hord In this county—Is given authority to determine the rate each employe Is to be paid according to the na ture of his work and acoordlng to his skill. N. C. Base Rates The base rates, however, are these: UnskiUed labor, 46; brick layers, 1.10; brick layers apprentice, .76; mortar mixer, .50: carpenters (fin ish), 1.10; carpenters (rough-frame work. etc.), .75; plumbers, 110; plumber apprentice. .90; electricians, 1.10; electricians apprentice, .90; drilled iron workers (ornamental), 1.10; skilled Iron workers (struc tural), 1.10; hoisting engineer (on ■levator), .90; plasterers, 1,10; plas terer apprentice, .90; plasterer mort ir mixer, .50; lathers (metal). .90; ■oofers and sheet metal workers, 1.10; roofers and sheet metal ap prentice, .90; steam fitters, 1.10; iteam fitters apprentice, .90; paint ers, 1.10; painters (primers, etc.), 75; tile and marble setters, 1.10; :ement finishers. .75; mixer opera tor (small), .90; mixer operator [large), 1.10; truck driver (1 1-2 ton and under), .45 (see tonnage); truck driver (over 1 1-2 tons), .75; riazlers, .75; pipe layer, .90; caulker, 60; blacksmith, 1.10; apprentice dacksmith, .60; machinist, 1.10; ap prentice machinist, .90; skilled fore nan, 1.10; semi skilled foreman, 60-.80; unskilled foreman, A0; time keepers, .50; tool checkers, .50; quar ry drill operators, .75; tree sur geons, .90. Highway Projects Unskilled labor, .30; skilled labor, 40; truck drivers (1 1-2 ton and inder), .30; truck drivers (over 1 1-2 ton), .40. zjpanish-Amencan Veterans Meet Here Memorial Service To Be Held On Anniversary Of Sinking Of Battleship Maine. At the monthly meeting of the 3panlsh-American war veteran* leld here Monday night, it was mnounced that a memorial service vill be held by the Charles Adams amp at Charlotte on Sunday. Feb. 8th, the occasion being the 36th omiversary of the sinking of the >attleship Maine which brought on he war with Spain. Appropriate nemorial services will be held in Charlotte and those members of he Junius T. Gardner camp No. 10 ire asked to attend. At the meeting of the post mem >ers here Monday night, the Wom in's auxiliary met with the ve ter ms and discussed several questions >f public concern. Many of them ignlfied their Intention of going to he memorial services In Charlotte text Sunday. Juniors To Sponsor Stunts At Hi School Under the auspices of the junior lass, stunt night will be held at ihelby high school tomorrow night, til classes will be represented by earns, and a wide variety of amus tig acts have been planned. Two of he judges will be Fat McBrayer, Ihelbi attrrney, and Cameron Shipp. r. -s < -*'Un of The Star. The mblic is invited. Merchants Bureau To Sponsor Spring Trade Stimulation Committee Will Meet Here Tomorrow Commerrs Chamber tTnlt Plana Larger Basinets Area For Cltyi • Appoints Committees. A commit ire appointed yesterday by George Wray, chairman of the merchants bureau of the Shelby chamber of commerce and mer chants association, will meet at the Hotel Charles at 10 o'clock Thurs day morning to discuss holding a special trade event in Shelby this spring. Members of this committee are R. E. Campbell, Z. M. Groome, Floyd O. Smith, G. C, Keeter. W. E. Crowder, D. R. Yates, O. W Neely and Lindsay Dali. In addition to stimulating local trade through a special spring selling event. It Is the plan of Shelby merchants to extend the city’s trading arete and this committee will work to this end. Grievance Committee A grievance committee, also nam ed yesterday by Mr. Wray, Is com posed of Joe Nash. Harry Cohen, |J. T, Beck, H. G. Clark, Tom Corn well, H. E. Rlchbourg and O. O Palmer. H. O. Clark was named chairman of a committee to make recommen dations concerning the formation of a local retail compliance authority Other members of this committee are R. E. Campbell. Floyd O. Smith, i. dci», t. u. oitrn, J. E. pw ler and Tom P. Eskridge. "Hit* com mittee is asked to meet as soon a* possible and go thoroughly into the local compliance board matter General Committee Mr. Wray has also named his general merchants committee of the organisation which is composed of R. E. Campbell. J. O. Luts, D. R Yates. Z. M. Oroome, Paul Webb, Prank Hoey, J. A. Suttle. U. L, Pat terson, G. W. Neely. George Wash burn, Max Washburn. Claude Mabry, Thad C. Ford. P. O. Smith. J. T. Beck, Miles Beam, W. A. Pendle ton, J. 8. McKnlght, Rush Hamrick, Moses L. Kauri, B. H. Kendall Prank A. Hamrick, Reid Mlsen heimer, J. R. Mclntlre, J. E. Nash, Boyd Propst. O. H. Shull, C. C. Till man, Gerald Morgan. Nat Bowman J. C. McNeely, O. C. Keeter, W. E. Crowder, H. E. Rlchbourg, H. C. Long, J. N. Dellinger, P. A. Ham rick, Jr., O. O. Palmer, E. P. Mc Kinney, T. P. Eskridge, Giles E. Webb, D.’L. Willis, 8. 8. Summcy, C. B. Whitlock. Louis Hamrick. Harry Cohen, A. V. Wray, Tom Cornwell, H. O. Clark, G. P. Smith, I. D. Skeen, O. H. Reinhardt and J. E. Fowler. High School Class Presents Program •-A Home Room Present Evolution Of News Giving Methods Throughout The Agea The 9-A home room and history class of Miss Roslna Pearl presented a very interesting and unique as sembly program at the regular as sembly hour Tuesday morning at the Central high school. The pro gram demonstrated the evolution of the means of giving news. The characters representing each stage of progress were dressed in cos tumes characteristic of the period. The first characters were dressed in skins typical of those used by cave men, while the last characters to appear were dressed in modern costume. The Idea was cleverly developed by "newspaper” men of each period appearing before a group of judges to explain and exhibit (heir paper The contest was won by the staff of the Shelby High Times. The last part of the program was a staff meeting of the Shelby High Times. In this meeting each mem ber of the staff explained his duties to the audience. 6,500 Children Will Be Examined At Lincolnton Tubercular Clinic Lincolnton, Feb. IS.—Through the untiring efforts of Dr. Lester A Crowell, jr., a tuberculosis clinic for Lincoln county achoo' children has been secured and It will probably open early In March. There are approximately 8,500 school children in Lincoln county and all of these children, except those whose parents forbid the ex amination, will be given a akin test All children showing a positive re action to the skin test will be given a physical examination and if ne cessary an ex-ray examination. It is thought the clinic will re quire t>vo months as each school w ill be visited by ,i tuberculosis ex pert from the State sanitoriiun and P . upon the - completion of the clinic and an examination of all records a period of welfare work will be con ducted In the county among those found to have the disease. It will likely require two months to assem ble data from the records of the children examined and when this la completed a program of welfare work will be carried on in the coun ty with those children who have the disease. The financing of the clwio was the big task to be accomplished by Dr. Crowell and his committee which consists of Dr. Walter V.1 Costner ar.d Dr A F Morgan. The money ha^- bp*ii . - • vith which ♦Continued on page mx.t Cleveland Supports Crop Control 96%; DriveEnds Tomorrow Regime in Danger Chancellor Dollfuat With a nationwide Socialist uprta j ing threatening an police and Heim I wenr troops battled with rioter* on the streets of Vienna, the regime of Chancellor Englebert Dollfusa is in grave jeopardy. All of the armed forces of Austria have been mobilized to crush the outbreak. Jurors Drawn For Federal Court To Be Held In March New Wtm Will He Hern Here For The First Time. Judge B. V. Webb To Freslde. Jurors have been drawn for the March term of federal court which j convenes In 8helb.v, beginning Mar. ! 8th, over which Judge E. Y. Webb j will preside. New faces will make | up the court officers as Marcus Irwin of Asheville has been ap pointed district attorney succeeding Frank Patton of Morganton, a Mr. Francis and W. M, Nicholson are assistant district attorneys and Charlie Price is deputy marshal. Because of a change In administra tion In Washington, there has been a complete change In court offi cials. The following are being notified to serve as Jurors: J. H. Newton of Iron Station, J. F. Groves of Gllkey, J. A. Price of Casar, Clyde Powel of Lawndale, Walter Harris of Shelby, W. A. Har rlll of Kllenboro, T. H. Bentley of Stanly, Paul Rhodes of Lincolnton, Ben Jenkins, Mooresboro, Cliff Bea son of Mooresboro, C. W. Whitley of Bessemer City, L. C. Rhyne of Bes semer City, R. L. Dedmon of Shel by, A. J. Jolley, of R-2 Mooresbro. D. H. Harmon R-2 Bessemer City, A. C. Wilson, of Ellenboro, Robert Friday of R-2 Dallas, A. 8. Yount of Lincolnton, J. Roscoe Bridges of Mooresboro, W. B. Denton of Lawn dale, E. E. Scott of Shelby. Doris Bynum of Iron Station, Ora Bowen of R-S Shelby. Bunn Patterson of Kings Mountain, W. C. McCurry of Chimney Rock, Walter Nixon of R-2 Davidson, Will Deck of Ruth erfordton. J. C. Bowman of R-7 Grover, 8. G. White of Grover, P. L. Helms of Rutherfordton, O. R. Edwards of R-I Stanly. C. F. Shu ford of Cherryvllle, O. 8. Anthony of Shelby, T. B. Richards of Lawn dale. D. W Crawford of Ruther fordton, O. E. Crowell of Lincoln ton, H. F. Killian of R-5 Union Mills. Only 104 Declit.rd To Join In Pro from, Estimate Show* Proponed Bankhead MU Par Oja trol By V, g. Inflaenood Oral ly Parma, Agent Bay*. At least M percent of Cleveland county's cotton growers signed the reduction campaign, which ends tomorrow, County Agent R. W. Shoffncr estimated yesterday aft ernoon after a conference here with hts sixty committeemen. Of the more than five-thousand cotton farmers In the county, only 104 have not signed, according to the committeemen’s rough estimate. And this figure represents only s few small farms scattered over the eleven townships, Bankhead Influence Mr. Shoffner attributed Cleve land's excellent record In Uie sign up campaign lit part to tha Influ ence of the bill for crop control proposed by Senator Bankhead. H« said that. In hts visits throughout the county, he found the faraars heartily In favor of the MIL They were willing to accept control In return for protection, he said. The number of farms in each township which have not been sign ed, the committee reported, la as follows: • Record By TownAtpa Right in No. 1, five In No. 9, six In No. 3. ten in No. 4. thirteen in No. 5, two in No. «, eighteen In No. 7, five in No. S, six in No. 9, eleven In No. 10 and twenty In No. 11. G K. Middleton, state seed spe cialist, will address the meeting of cotton farmers at the oourt house here Friday evening, Mr. Shoffner announced. This meeting, which will begin at 7:30, haa been called for a discussion of a general pro gram for Improved production, with emphasis on growing cotton that can be used by _ North Carolina mills. A state-wide attempt is be ing made to Induce farmers to grow the types adaptable for home coo sumption. Cherryville Ready To Function With Credit Coporation Extra Help Pat On Te Handle Crap Production Loane. In Charge Of M. A. Stroup. The farmers of Oastnn, Uneoin and Cleveland counties are taking advantage of the loans offered by the Production Credit Corporation of Columbia, through the office of the association' located at Cherry ville. It has been necessary to em ploy extra help In the office there In order to take care of the appli cants for these loans. The seed and fertilizer loans have been greatly reduced, and officials suggest that only those not eligible for loans through this office will be consid ered for the seed and fertiliser loans. The Cherryville Production Cred it association is in position to fur nish farmers in the district ample funds for production purposes, and their needs will be taken care of promptly when their applications are filed. This is the ermanent plan of the government for making crop loans, and those who have not al ready applied for a loan for 1934, and need money for production purposes, should make their appli cations at once. The office is in charge of M. A. Stroup, and is lo cated in the Cherryville National Bank building. A Red Shelby Man Dies After Long Paralysis Illness John Grant, SI, Buried At Zoar Church Where He Was A Member. John Orant, 81, died at his home on the Cleveland Springs road Monday morning after five weeks’ illness with paralysis. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Black at Zoar church, where Mr. Grant was a faithful member for many years. Interment was In the church cemetery. Surviving Mr Grant are bis wife, who was Miss Fannie Jones before marriage; live children, Mr, J. J. Grant ol Shelby. Mrs. Bertha Rip pie of Chester. S. C.. Charlie Grant, Winston-Salem, and two daughters, Mar>. Sue end Mvrtlfi. who live at-.,-* the harm > - - i “v-e brottoS**. ; A. M < u. CucvijViilc. and George and Boh Grant of Shelby.
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