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1 Captain McNeer Stricken After a Lingering Captain William Preston MeNeer, retired army officer and of Mrs. William P. Dillon, of this city, died Saturday night at Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, D. after a lingering illness. Captain McNeer was the son of the late William Richard and Laura Anderson MeNeer, of Lynchburg, Va.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at Myers Chapel, Arlington Cemetery, Washington, with full military honors, and interment will be in Arlington. Surviving Captain McNeer are two sisters, Mrs. Cordelia Brown, of Washington, D. and Mrs. Dillon, of this city, and a brother, Mr.

E. F. McNeer, of Elkin. Mrs. Dillon left Sunday for Washington, D.

in response to the message. Her son, Mr. F. K. Dillon, accompanied her and they were 3 joined in Greensboro by Mrs.

Dillon's daughter, Mrs. Chester Q. Ensign. W. H.

Edwards Taken by Death Mr. William Herbert Edwards, 75, 8 retired farmer of Cool Spring township died Sunday morning at 10 o'clock at his home in Cool Spring. Funeral services for Mr. Edwards will be held Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock from the chapel of the Johnson Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. H.

E. Lackey, pastor of Concord Methodist church in Catawba county. Interment will be in the Concord Methodist church cemetery. Mr. Edwards is survived by his wife, the former Miss Minnie Moses; a son, William Ralph Edwards, of Winston-Salem, and three daughters, Miss Faye Edwards, Mrs.

McCoy Rountree and Mrs. James E. Norfolk, all of Washington, D. and two brothers. John Edwards, of Newton, and Ed.

Edwards, of Roanoke, Virginia. Iredell County From Prost Pale dates, Charles Johnson, Mayne Albright and Oscar Barker; to eer. W. B. Umstead and J.

Melville Broughton, candidates for the senate; Senator Clyde Hoey; Fat Taylor, candidate for lieutenant governor; and many others who will seek office. Mr. Kizziah said all members of the Democratic executive, judicial and senatorial committees had been invited and all Demoerats and members of the Young Democratic clubs. An invitation has also been extended to Hoover Taft of Greenville, president of the North CaroNina club. Wilkins P.

Horton of Pittsboro, state chairman of the Democratic executive committee, has been asked to attend the meeting along with state representatives in the senate and house from all of North Carolina's 100 counties. Rep. Doughton, who is now at his home in Sparta, will be present for the awarding of the banner. Political leaders have expressed the opinion Rep. Doughton might also reveal his future political plans at the meeting.

Mr. Kizziah said it was also cxpected that a large number of women who are affiliated with the party would attend the rally. ERNEST MORGAN POST AND AUXILIARY TO MEET The Ernest Morgan post 217, American Legion, and the Auxiliary. of the post will meet Tuesdat afternoon at 7:30 o'clock at the Legion Hut on South Center street. This is a call meeting to make plans for the November 11th parade.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1947 THE Mrs. G. B. Claimed by Death B. Ketchie, widow Mrs.

George of the late G. B. Ketchie, died Sunday afternoon at the home of Herbert Ketchie, in her son, Mr. Mt. Ulla.

She was 86 years old. Surviving are six children, a number of grandchildren and one great-grandchildren. Funeral after- services will be held Tuesday noon in Mt. Ulla and interment will be in the cemetery of the Back Creek church. Ketehie was an aunt of Mrs.

Frank, A. and T. W. Messrs. Byers had visited here frequently in the homes of her nephews.

Two Men Being Held for Murder Oct. men in Wilson. Wilson County jail will face the charges next week of aiding and the robbery and slay. abetting in of a 45-year-old man. James ing Thomas Ham and Joseph Edwarl (Jiggs) Ferrell must stay in jail until their case is called.

They were denied freedom on bond yes terday in a hearing on a habeas writ. Hubert Ferrell, corpus brother of Jiggs, is charged with the actual slaying of William Robert Gill, whose, body was found October sixth in a ditch. OPHA JOHNSON DIES Opha Johnson, colored, died at the H. F. Long Hospital Saturday, death following a brief illness.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from First Baptist church (colored) and interment will be in Belmont cemetery. Rev. J. W. Croom will conduct the service.

Surviving are one daughter, two sons, two sisters, two brothers and Federal Tax From Front Page liquor. In Kansas no one purchased a whole sale stamp. But 244 persons purchased retail In Oklahoma, the totals stamps. were 16 wholesalers and 794 retailors. So much for the dry states.

The report goes on to disclose that California last fiscal year led the nation in the number of wholesale and retail tax stamps for hard quor Utah had the fewest ---110, Twenty oil pipelines were laid across the English channel during World War 11. The original habitat of the wild turkey stretched from New England to Florida and westward to the Dakotas and southward from Ontario to southern Mexico. Major Johnson Home on Leave Major M. E. (Gene) Johnson in Hickory with his sister, Mrs.

James Gaither, and Mr. Gaither. Mrs. Johnson and their baby daughter are with Major Johnson arrived from duty in Honolulu on October 16th. He was with the 7th Air Force.

stationed at Hickam Field, and had been on duty there for the past three years He had pre viously served in Honolulu for ten years, out of his 15 years of overseas service 13 years having been spent at the Honolulu port Mrs. Johnson and daughter were with him in Honolulu. They are now 011 60 day leave" and upon termination of the leave Major Johnson will be stationed at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. FIRST Only the Best is Good Enough to Be Used -inQUALITY PRESCRIPTIONS See Your Doctor First- Then See Statesville Drug Co. OF QUALITY PHONE 80 THE STORE Blackwelder's WE CELEBRATE Electric Clock PHILCO NO $1250 EXTRA Sessions CHARGE WEEK New Fully Automatic PHILCO RADIO PHONOGRAPH $167.95 $12.50 Sessions Electric Clock Included No Charge Here, from Philco, the leader, is the standard of comparison for consoles of modest cost.

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Rites Held PROM PAGR ONE stores served as honorary pall- bearers. Mr. Efird was, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John E.

Efird of Anson county. He opened the Efird store in Rock Hill, S. in 1912, and in 1913 organized the Durham store, and served 'as its manager until he left to serve in World War I. He later came to Charlotte and was elected vice president and merchandise managet of all the Efird stores. Surviving Mr.

Efird are five sisters, Mrs. Laura E. Harris of Concord, Mrs. Annie E. Shankle and Mrs.

Bernice E. Turner of Anson county, Mrs. Bronnie E. Foreman of Salisbury, and Mrs. Nell E.

Denning of Albemarle; and three brothers, Joseph B. Efird and Paul H. Efird of Charlotte and Sam M. Efird of Norwood; two daughters, Miss Vada Mae Efird and Miss Mary Ann Efird; and one son, Jasper W. Efird, Jr.

Two other brothers, Ed L. Efird of Winston-Salem and J. R. Efird of Columbia, S. C.

preceded him in death. Efird's Statesville store was closed today in respect to Jasper W. Efird. Mr. Efird's funeral was held this afternoon in Charlotte.

Pakistan has about one-fourth as many people and is about a third the size of Hindu India. Nearly 5,000,000 people live in the comparatively tiny Ruhr area of Germany. lectasis, associated with decreased respiratory reserve; and (3) lower nephron nephrosis, renal failure. The autopsy was performed by Reece and was witnessed by Dr. T.

V. Goode, Dr. Deaton and Dr. James L. Pressley of Statesville.

Brown reported that when he was carrying Mr. Shaver to Statesville the deceased said he remembered being in Statesville and an unidentified person getting into the car and ordering him to drive out on the Salisbury highway. Sheriff J. H. Krider, who is conducting an investigation, said he was unable to talk with Mr.

Shaver prior to his death and' Autopsy Report FROM PAGR ONE that. reason could not secure for definite statement regarding any the case. glasses and shoo Mr. Shaver's about one mile up the were found road from where his automobile was discovered. His automobile, when examined, had received a blow indicated it description on the been left of some door.

advanced, Several one theories, have Mr. Shavictim of a hit and ver was the run driver. However, investigating officers Lave been unable to determine what happened to Mr. Shaver just the search for the, assailant and is continuing. More than 1,250,000 people live around the shores of the harbor at Sydney, Australia.

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