Statesville Record and Landmark from Statesville, North Carolina • 4

THE LANDMARK STATESVILLE THURSDAY EBRUARY Ml James Renegar of the itful lashes earlier at a local theater and upon eb 15 BUY BONDS i the pastorate of the ront Presbyterian church where members front at Mooresville Morrison Taken By Death The hostess sandwiches tea of the Ilar the by art the Miss Libby Shaw Is Engaged To Wed Amistad Club Meets Attractive New Home Mrs Williams be to At re Will Meet Tuesday Afternoon' Eclectic Club Hears Interesting Paper On The our The annie Harmon Bible Class Of Harmony Meets chairman then Conway connection for Peace ca in cut with the new thought of our old to part with it Its through better and many jaunts over i into Alexander Mothers Collect A Lot Of Dimes The University of South Caro boxing coach Jess Alder nan once was a contender fu world's featherweight chain Idonahip Barham who haS been of Bethany Presbyterian George Washington was a mem ber of the survey party which is Ralph Brown of Mooresville route 1 is first place senior 4 dub boys of North Carolina in the soil conser vation project held in 1950 Through the cooperation of ire done Tire and Rubber Company Ralph is being presented a 17 Jewel Elgin wrist watch as award for his outstanding project work i he presentation to be made at an early date Son of Mr and Mrs Bruce Brown of Mooresville route 1 he is a member of the senior class of Mooresville High School and has been very active in soil conserva tion work in the 4 club groups His project included terracing pasture devcalopment and generalnil conservation practices WASHINGTON eb The Veterans Administration is get ready to split another me lon among veterans of World Wan Two This year the A will distri Lute a total life insurance divi dend of 685 million dollars start ling in April The average pay rnent figures out to about 85 compared with an aver ngtrof 175 dollars for the rst special dividend last year Thepayments will occur throughout the year on the policy anniver sary dater tu Administration jsays this will probably be the special dividend It also cau veterans not to write Wash ington about the payment Un like the first dividend no appli icatipns will he required for 4 second HIM BUS SME HAS Offiffl IN NEW mony son of Mr and Mrs Avery Renegar The wedding date has not been set A Lovely Bridal Party Given To Honor Miss Dot Crouch Walter Moore Harold Ronnv Jones David James Dwight Dearman Neil Tomlin Cletus Morris Jr Recalled To Duty Bark of the American desert shrub guayule was chewed the ancient Mexicans to extract rubber and make bouncing balls for gamea and ceremonies President Webb Cails Meeting Of Manufacturers Rev Mann will be install ed as pastor of Bethesda and ifth Creek Presbyterian churches nextSunday ebruary 4 The installation sendee at ifth Creek church will be at 3 Sunday afternoon nnd the service at Bethesda will be at 7:80 Sun day evening The commission from Concord Presbytery named to install Mr Mann is composed of Rev 0 Mann of Mecklenburg Presbytery Rev Robert Turner executive sec retary of Concord Presbytery Rev Albert McClure and Rev Ar rowood of Barium Snrimrs: Rev Car Pritchett of Davidson and Ruling Elders 0 McAuley and II Grier of irst Presbyterian church Statesville Rev 0 Mann will preach the sermon at both services Rev Rob ert Turner will preside over the service at ifth Creek and charge the congregation and Rev Al bert McClure will charge the pas tor At Bethesda Mr McClure will preside and charge the pastor and Mr Turner will charge the con gregation Rev Mr Mann who took up his work at the two Iredell county churches on December 24 came here from Gate City Va where he was pastor of Gate City and Rock View Presbyterian He is originally from Wilmington lie and Mrs Mann and their young son are living in the manse' at ifth Creek Piesbyterian church rode her and rode her' until finally said 'have to back and whore could we put out arid she said she'd just hack with us thank you and out right where we picked her up We were glad there was no body but that tag with us that for we surely did foci It was there shining A bit in the ipoonllght when we loaded lhe pine knots in the trunk Just before Christmas and brought them home for kindling Yes we hate to see the old thing go Told Rommie the other day some genius ought to think up a use for a last year's seems vasteful and unfeeling to throw Into the discard a thing that ras been such an essential partf our interests and enjoyments The local chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy will meet Tuesday at 3 with Mrs Bunch at her home on North Patter son street Mra Henry Steele will have the program on Sidney I anier and Mrs Ira Hefner will read the president message Hostess group for this meet ing includes Mrs Bunch Mrs West Mrs Hendricks Mrs rank Haithcox Mrs Watts Mrs A Rives and Mrs Sentman Rev Mann To Be Installed Next Sunday Mr Webb Jr president of the Statesville Chamber of Commerce has called a meeting of manufacturers of Statesville the meeting to be luncheon session nt the Vance hotel at noon on riday The meeting for the purpose of discussing the baseball situa tion in Statesville At a meeting held last week a number of interested citizens indicated their willingness to purchase season tickets $40 be ing the price Some of these have already made their purchases and Mr Webb requests others vho indicated their intent to pur chase to go ahead the money so raised being concrete basis on which to" proceed with furthei baseball plans Money for the tickets can sent to Mr A White or he Chamber of Commerce rubber content of guayule American desert shrub wa4 covered by modern men when riibber balls were found obstruct ting the digestive systems pt livestock which had died suddenly i Verndora Rest Haven the name of this nursing home where Miss Mary Lives It is tonville route 1 was originally the Trivette clinic and Winorc recently was known as Supper Chib Mr and MrtV Tooley are the proprietors i of it They are both nurses both have had years of experience intheit line of work and like especially to care for older people They are from Illinois originally butQp have worked in this state 'for some time I BUALO Ne York eb 1 Mother know best of course lildin Buffnlo nmthrar eertalniv knows how to collect a The Harmon Bible class of the Harmony Methodist church met in regular session at the home Of Mrs Tomlin son and Mrs Ralph Moore with Mrs II Sloan as co hostess Mrs Daniels the presi dent presided The meeting was opened by singing to the Heart of Mrs Daniels had the devotional Mrs Jumey led in prayer During the business session' the January visitation committee made the re port on visits The visitation committee for ebruary was ap pointed as follows Mrs Tomlinson Mrs Ralph Moore and Mrs It JI Sloan The das made a cash donation of $8 to a Worthy cause Mrs Cloud Burgess the class teacher read to My The meet ing was closed by prayer by Mrs Lee Innes Each class member was asked to bring their picture when a baby Upon arriving the pictures were dropped in a box The pic tures were numbered The class tired to see who could indentify tne most pictures served open faced do nuts and Russian Eight Boy Scouts mony group No went to Moores ville Thursday night to the Court of Honor meeting The following boys received second class badges James Walter Moore Jenkins Ronnv Jones Jones Robert Wooten and Calvin Wooten The M'Y of the Harmony Methodist church met Saturday evening at 7:30 in the church recreation room for a social Games were directed by the pastor Rev isher The party was well attended Delici ous refreshments consisting of sandwiches cookies and drinks were served by Mrs Max Joyner and Miss Ruth eimster Mr Robert Rary has been re called to active duty in the Navy He received notification of recall to duty effective May 14 but has not yet been assigned to a station He will go up for phy the March of Dimes And in that Mrs Barham Gives A Review Of Mrs Sherrod Williams was host ess to the Amistad club Wednesday evening at her attractive new home on May Drive There were green plants in the living room and each of the three tables had a cupid doll in as center piece A dessert course was served when the guests arrived and then a business meeting was held for election of officers for the next six months Mrs Wayne Miller was elected president Mrs How ard Bishop vice president Mrs Stanley Suther secretary Mrs Hobert Royall treasurer and Mrs Sherrod Williams reporter During the canasta play after the business session Mrs Williams served nuts candies and cold Irinks Mrs David Bishop was a with club members High score in the games went to Mrs Wayne Miller and Mrs Lindsey Stikelcather and low to Mrs David Bishop and Mrs John Pierce Mr William Edgar Morrison 71 years old died Tuesday after noon at ii 3:45 in Davis hospital lie had been in failing health for sometime and had been in the hospital for three days prior to his death He had been hospitalized several times during the past year uneral services were Wednesday from church and Oakwood Mr Morrison was a native of the Stony Point community a son of the late James Calvin Morrison and Mrs Martha Hall Morrison He lived in his home community for the greater part of his life and was engaged in farming Coming to Statesville in later years he was employed while his health permitted at the Empire Knitting Mills On March 7 1913 he was married to Mios Archy Harris of Alex ander county His wife survives and three children Mr Walter Morrison and Mrs Matha Speaks of Statesville and Mrs Joe Taylor of Denton There are eight grandchildren One brother also survives Mr Walter Morrison of Stony Point and a number of nieces and nephews Mr Morrison a life long member of the Presbyterian church The services at 3:30 to day will be conducted by McGeachy assisted by Dr Pressly and Rev James Potter The pMlbcarers will be Messrs Scarr Morrison Louis Brown Conger Glenn Chandler loyd Harris and Wade II Bell Mrs A Beckham and Mrs Parks Wooten receive the flowers The bony was removed this morning from the Bunch uneral Home to residence at 124 South Green street "Getting Ready To Cut Second Melon or War Veterans Negroes who are sentenced to die for raping a white woman Sympathizers of the negroes are landing in a silent prayer vigil jibar the office in Richmond our of the seven negroes are scheduled to go to 'the electric rhair tomorrow The rather three are to 'lie Monday unless the courts or GovernorJohn Bal A con erfMi etfort to savfe the seven negroes has Been whipped up byjjhc civil rights jonie labor ministerial groups Even Mos icow has been heard from on is ue A cablegram signed naqies of high communisttatosders yAiotested against death sentences In Charlotte Chief Defense toriiev Martin A Martin is questing ourth Circuit Judge John Parker to grant probable cause for appeal This procedure is intended to electrocutions The place itself is well adapted to such a nursing home The grounds are pretty and esful and when summer comes will ideal for relaxation Dr Trivette planned well when he built thlre and if he had lived to see ful fillment of his ideas a regular hospital unit would probably have developed The stone annex started has not been completed but the main luilding provides room for 20 or more patient We were there the other day and went over the whole basement to upper floors Mrs Tooley with us She is bright cheerful person well itted to such a' position and her patients geem fond of her appreciative of the little personal touch she has with them There are two capable friendly young' aides' too and Miss Mary Some of you with a knack for rooting things might remember those little pit ted things Miss Mary cares: for enng no almost as if she sought to blot out the present by clinging fast to the bond that still holds her to Me past We need nursing homes Thtfe arc so many grown old who are not Sick enough for hospitaliza tion not well enough to follow the round of life alone We Used to hope that our county might have one big unit that would combine all these things" need apart from hospital facil ities for the acutely ill A place that would furnish care for''the old (help for the weak provis ions being included for white And Negro citizens too That may ednje in future years who knows melni time hoping Verndora Rest Haven may offer aid to some who need it now rest and care for some YjhJ should be having it AGEOUR tsov Of Virginia Being looded With Telegrams Miss Mary Leach and Mils Jean Shaver entertained Wednes day evening to honor Miss Dot Grouch" who will be married this month to MrKelly Sherrill The bridal party was at Miss home on the Wilkesboro road and there were tvyenty guests present The home was in pretty bridal setting the mantel in the recep tion room having a complete minature bridal seelie gladioli and fern making a background for it The guests gave the honoree a shower of miscellaneous gifts and these were attractively ar ranged on the 'lining: room table rom the chandelier above: this table" a big green heart was suspended and writ I ten oh it in Ted letters Streams of green and red 'ran from heart to the corners of the table and the pile of daintily wrapped packages was beneath the fest ooned streamers Bridal games were played dur ing the evening high scores go ing to Mrs 0 Jernigan aunt of Miss Crouch and to Mrs II Brown After the Contests there was a scrambled word game the unscrambled words reading are now Refreshments a salad course and lime ice punch were served by the hostesses assisted by Miss Joan Duncan "Miss rances Shaver and Mrs Shaver Miss Grouch opened her shower packages after the refreshments were served and Miss Leach took flash pictures of her and of the guests as they admired the gifts the pictures to be added to Miss snapshot book The gift to the bride 1 to be was a chartreuse card table with a matching over 7 of Harpers erry scene John famous tire Civil War raid nnd later Washington for th' built In COURSE ROM RONT PAGB'y ferment of tech'nicianIHahd key workers in essential industries GeneralDwight Eisenhower told Congress today that we have no choice but re arm western Europe Eisenhower put it there is nd acceptable alternative If we fail to do so he said United States would be left standing alone in a hostile communist world Then he said system would wither Eisenhower appeared in full mil itary uniform before both Houses of Congress in the jam packed li brary of Congress auditorium General Ike Warned the law makers solemnly that they may be forced soon to make decisions that will determine the course of ci vilization' He said it may be up to them whether free governments continue to exist The five star General said his survey of Europe gave him only what he called a for recommending American aid in defending Europe But he said a goal must be what Eisenhower called common good of the free nations" Eisenhower said that as for himself he has "no end to serve ex cept the good of the United States And this remark drew a thunder of applause Eisenhower said no nation can honestly believe that the improve ment of European defense force will not invite war' Republican Senator Robert Taft has wai ned that building a mili tary machine in Europe may invite attack by the Communists Eisenhower said of the Euro pean defense force: are going to build for our selves a secure wall of peace" Eisenhower said that in a tour of Europe he found the will to fight and that need is not for American troops but for American military equipment He said that when American soldiers go to Eur ope it should be only in the ratio that Europe provides her own troops Eisenhower sketched briefly conditions in the various countries as he found them He said there is no question that rance has "de termined to face up to the threat of communism from within and He said the same goes for Belgium Holland and Denmark He said a stiffening of Italian morale The General put off any analysis of things in West Germany He said a political problem compli cates the situation there Altogether Eisenhower said that some people in Europe have a de featist attitude But he said that there has been a rejuvination of European morale Turning to America's atake iq Europe Eisenhower said that Europe has an industrial capacity second only to tne united btates ami that were it to be turned against us our saf ety in his words "be gravely imperiled gravely im 1 He said we need strategic ma terials from Europe like mangan ese copper and uranium Altogether Eisenhower said western Europe is so important to our future that cannot afford to do less than our best to make sure it docs not go down the He urged speed in bolstering European defenses And he said our long range security program must cover 20 to 30 years Eisenhower warned that we must be ready at all times and "one of the important times to he ready is Harmony Church To Hold Services Sunday Night On ebruary 4 at 7 in the evening the Harmony Metn odist church will begin special Sunday evening services The first minister to preach in held at 3:30 the irst interment will be in by Dr Christy Wilson Mrs Barham told something of the background of the Moham medan religion gave biographical facts about its founder to its main tenets and gave facts and figures about the present status There are 31 5099347 Moslems in the Near East A great task fac ing the church today is the bringing of Christianity to those millions of Moslems The program Monday afternoon was arranged by Mrs II 0 Steele chairman of World Mis sions for Women of the irst Presbyterian Church It was one in a series for the Week of Pray er for hiissions On Sunday ev ening ebruary 4 Rev Raymond Kepler returned missionary will speak and Monday afternoon ebruary 5 Mrs Kepler will al dress the Women of the Church at their ebruary meeting Mrs Barham the speaker Mon day afternoon is the wife of Rev 1 a A ma ta Xi aa pastor church and recently accepted a call to Street he will take up his work ebruary 15 Robert Rary Is Recalled By Navy arriving at the golf course with her threatened Her with a knife if she did not submit and that he la ter gave her a watch and warned her not to toll about what had hap pened old nm d'lel has ended in 'a death at East Hamlet Rich Sheriff RaymondGobdman said the duel which Started from an aigument between BuddyMedlin and June Johnson A ytrtybtillcl killed Sherman Sim jnoiw0 year old negro of hlarl Medlin is be in connection with the iJeafh 4 Sm 15 Tons Of Dynamite InTruck Blows Up CHARLESTOWN Va eb An explosion near Charles town West Virginia has taken Jne Jifq and caused Considerable damage Some 15 tons of dynamite ex ploded in a trailer truck early today killing one perron injur flig at Jeaaat eight others and damaging several homes The dynamite explosion was felt Uiiles away home and root her one of twj some time We know 'eare fo rthem and the other patients We saw something else ont A there that was appealing A husband and wife years Leary upon them and affliction adding to the weiglft of the years share adjoining rooms the husband be ing in the room with ahother man Each day however the at tendants find the little wife slo ped onto the edge of the hospital ned where her husband lies Lev ly sick maybe a bit afraid head to bls Ralph Brown Wins Watch In Soil Contest Personally Wve already theughf8 tip a 'uke 'for ntid espsctally for this jnst 51 over the jbo and keep sifchton using it A tiny 'little wisp of" Mary" moves aroufld4 but yonder at Verndora nursing home as bright and cheerful as a little English sparrow In the upper hall she has a cluster of 'potted things a lemon bush that some one left a few flowers and she stoops over them like the were human land knew her face Downstairs in the corner room are some more little plants that she tends 'and lovesrShe is a patient there herself or rather she is there in the Rest Haven for care along with jthe others but she keeps herflelf busy an interest in every room a lesson to many pf U3 who sometimes are proneu to be moan our lots a bit tdr fecl slightly abused and lonesojpf Coal Miners All To GefPay'Hike WASHINGTON eb 1 Pay tfw ihe coal miners went up today Nearly 400000 soft coal miners and about 75060 anthracite min 'are making $160 nvre per result of an agreement reached last month At first it was not clear wheth er Jhti'antbracite raise had been approved by the government be cause the agreement was not signed until after wages ant prices were frozen But last nigh the government okayed the raise Puce director Michael De Salk new ceiling price i ma1wiil announced today or to il morrow and will probably reflectthe added cost to the operators bej of the wage hike TRENTON eb! A major bus strike has developed on Now largest transit sys tem the The Public Service Com pany About one million 600 thous md riders throughout the State had to make other arrangementsoday and their situation was not wiped at al by the worst snow storm of the winter in the affect area The strike the Irrsi against the Public Service Company since 1923 It has halted operations on 29 bus routes and three trolley linen as veil as cutting off school bus service in some areas About 6500 bus and trolley op erators voted the strike more than one week ago Last minute settle ment talks wore held during the night but no agreement was reach and the strike got underway despite appeals from state officials New Jersey law permits anti strike actiun by the slate where utilities are shut down but as yet no action along that line has been announced Mrs I Poston was re moved to the Long hospital Wednesday evening Mrs Poston is seriously ill but rested nime comfortably last nigiit and seem ed more eombortable this morn ing She has not been well fyr tttrLa tinl Lf 1 vyvvfka mill LJIIM VXULrt JIU condition became mor serious NOTICK or EXECUTRIX ') The uiidrliml hsvtna qusllftol li of will rar rfrw 11 notlfr 11 pronj ClIm ifidrut aald Htta to rrintha to th undsnftned on or bra foira Juu4ry So igjj hl 1 a Th Molrt Wr ft Gt January Mrs Nney Lo Exrcuti an i 1 1 11 is mi Mak Miss Lowrance And Guy Cornacchione 0 ed ebruary 1 1 At a party given Wednesday evening by Mrs Clark announcement was made of the engagement and approaching marriage of Miss Shirley Low rance and Mr Guy Cornacchione The marriage will be on the eleventh of ebruary The announcement party was at the home of Mrs Parker Jr on ront street Mrs Parker Mrs Clark and the bride elect Miss Lowrance are sisters The Valentine note of red was blended in pretty effect with the wedding note of white and green In the reception hall of the home there was an arrangement of white flowers and in the living room two cupids flanked a miniature mioai scene witn vaney nues and fern as setting Red flowers were used elsewhere in the living room Tables were set up for canasta and the guests found their places marked" by tiny red bags The cat was out of the bag when these place card were opened to reveal tiny imitation kittens each with a card about its neck that read "Shirley and Guy ebruary Miss Lowrance is the daughter of Mr and Mrs A Lowrance of route 6 Statesville and Mr Cornacchione is the son of Mrs Guy Cornacchione and the late Mr Cornacchione and is engaged in business in Statesville Miss Lowrance wore a pretty spring dress for announce ment party and was given a cor sage upon her arrival Hostess gift to her was china in her wedding pattern and she also received a piece of crystal as high score award in canasta Miss Shirley Upton another high scor er who received a piece of china also presented her gift to the honoree A dessert course in the red white and green note was served after the games Aa ik A rt av me trADvirriMii jr jinn jure 1 Annur 4 church Monday afternoon Mrs Olin announce tie engagement Barham reviewed "Introducing of their daughter Libby Jean the mission study book to Janies Renegar of Har RICHMOND Va eb Tlio Governor of Virginia is being flooded with telegrams to spare the live of seven Martinsville gjca examination preparatory to re entering duty sometime before the 9th of April Mr Rary who presently em ployed at Slane Glass com pany served two years in World War JI having rating of Seaman 1 USN Mr Rary's wife is the former Misx Molly letcher The line at the license tag window looked kind of like the tail of a sea serpent And we at the very end of it Our one $10 and one $1 clutched tight in one hand and our card in the other I 81C1G maybe a bit afraid me we watched the long tail undulate I Blips in turns her head t2 bls from tip to tip as one moved on shoulder away from the town and another moved and we anI there never talking both unuuiun ngni wnn it a part of it We saw them through the win dow stepping tags and we one We hate been with us worse of so Iredell roads Wilkes and Alleghany too One screw got knocked out of it when they were first laying the Scott rock up yonder on our hill rosd and one edge of it got kind of dented in when we took that short cut that time and it was a lane or something to a cow lot an! there was a tree where we backed Then one time it slid off wc really thought ruined it that time The Leaping Lena go and some body was trying to pull us backward sb we could roll down and get her spirit to mov ing andthe thing they were pul ling with was round the tag and instead of the Lena going the tag went But we got It fixed back pretty good and it looked all right It was with us that time at the saw mill up yonder in Wilkes where there was a water fall and it was with us when we went round Hungry Mother lake and to Nigger Moun tain and it was there when wo went over the hilltop back of Crumpler and saw the little cabin with ivy over the wide old chim ney Its been with us pretty regular back nnd forth to tre shop too and it was with us the time we picked up the lone some tired looking woman add rode liei out the highway ami wc Ret her go got Kills Negro In Hamlet Duel HWLET eb I An tBuiiy uvr ui me survey party winch is dimel to ha made the first fmthera Erie ceunty unit In a single drive fori the March of Dimes And in that single evening they collected recommended fh sit t4tal of $85000 for thA polio second arsenal Eclectic Club met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Ric kert at her home on North Cen ter street Mrs McBride club presi dent called the meeting to order and announced that on ebruary 15 a conference oh international relations will be held at Chapel Hill Mrs Knox reminded members that books and periodi cals are being collected for ship ment to Europe tn with the Books paign The piogriun presented Mrs vho read a most interesting pa per on our Brontes" She that letters written by the Brontes make up most of what we know about this family The father Patrick Bronte was Irish born and educated at His four famous' daughters were born during the years 181i 1820 They were reared in seclusion in a North England parsonage then sent at an early age to aus tere boarding schools in order to prepare thcmselvoH for tradi ng Charlotte and Emily Bronte went to a school in Brussels to learn the rench language Char lotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre was her first successful Look It is largely autobiographical She also wrote "Sliiiley" Villitle" anil Emily Bronte's novel "Wutlicring has been called the novel in the English language She was also a successful poet i novels are not remembered ten club members present gathered In the attractive sitting room of Mrs apart ment Tlw loom with it walls it knotty pine was izy with an open After the program 0ulm course was served from the 'ea tublo with Mrs McBride 'miring coffw' Morris Jr active Naval reserve has received notifica tion that he will have orders to active duty sometime prior to April 30 Mr Morris son of Mr and Mrs Mortis of East Broad street served more than two years during Wot Id War 11 as mate 3 in sub marine service He is at present a student at I majoring in forestry His wife is the former Miss Mary Ellen Sain PERSONAL Mrs 11 Reavis of Winston Salem is visiting her daughter Mrs Joe Blevins Mr Blevins ami their baby son Joe Jr Mr and Mrs Latta Johnson left today for a visit in South Carolina Georgia and lorida MRS POSTON IS SERIOUSLY 11L JURY UNABLE ROM RONT PAGE foreman reported the hddy divid ed eight to four but upon in struction of the court did' not divulge whether the eight to four count was for or against convic tion He reported that no pro gress had been made since delib erations began Judge Phillips ordered that the jury resume de liberations this morning and make an earnest effort to reach a ver dict! During the afternoon session Thursday Julia Ann Pierce who resides some four miles north of here was tried and convicted of operating a house Other morals charges are pend ing against her to be tried today and sentence in the bawdy house case is being withheld pending disposition of these 6ases i Charged with fornication and adultery in a companion case io the Pierce bawdy house case John Johnson and Blanche Pend ergrass in court produced evidence that they had married since the alleged offense occurred and a nol pros was ordered upon pay ment of the costs mid morning today Willie Lee Goss local Negro charged with raping a Hen year old Negro girl Lillie Rankin tendered a plea of hot guilty to assault with in tent (to commitrtape and the trial was still in progress at noon The procesuting witness testified Goss took her to the golf cqurse just off the Salisbury road on the night of October 21 and there Tap ed her She said that he met her BUY BONDS ftMaaran Em a iftB rae wt4 frat raratk inmftM uLk MwiwraranMray trtti ranlo rtt ktri Mror feft 99 499 ftt rW Oa ti ana tf BUV KlrtMT and Blreh jow or information Davtdaon at HHfl Hom Mdj Cbalj Co taMlt Vfl 10 Li these special services is Rev ut froin hfr Cullum pastor of the Bap tist church of Harmony who will conduct the service Sunday evening ebruary 4 Everyone interested is invited to attend these Lenten meetings ive Meetings Held In Iredell On Tree Thinning Mr George Smith forestry ex tension specialist in the Western district has been in Iredell this week cooperating with Mr Rowe McNeely assistant county agent in five educational meetings ou tree thinning Mr A A Vance agriculture teacher at Troutman and Mr Joe Crawford agriculture teachr nt Scotts cooperated in these meetings some' 184 4 II and A members attended the in struction and demonstration clas ses at the schools Tree thinning was showed by' slides and instr uction was given as to the type tree to thin the type to leave the ay to and the proper way to cut wood orty four 4 Brawley's school participated in a tree planting demonstration hi Id on the Robert Howard farm near Mooresville Loblolly pines were planted an acre and a half of eroded land on the farm (As a climax to this demonstra tion work there will be a tree thinning contest for 4 and A members The boys will compete in the thinning of an estimated inlf acre time to be announced later' Mr Paul Harger is 'offering nizes in the contest $25 $15 and HO tp first second and third dace winneii respectively To make a qiiieksauce for an Ice cream dessert melt pepper mint candies over hot water Thia Peppermint snue is delicious over cream puffs filled with ice cream jr over1 cupeakei that have been iplit and' Mnlwichod with ice ficam Siray Bullet.