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STATESVILLE MONDAY AUGUST 27 1928 NO 23 VOL 55 ELLEN BATEMAN ALLS OUT WINDOW in that of not Captain Weaver is survived by his auxiliary in the district is ocuiated pis Ab and club it li the resi inter so the ran his as dissey seized ADVERTISING THEIR CORN ATTRACTS OICERS Munday Lawrence Tharpe Tharpe Knox Brown It Did Not Pay These To Display The Symbol of Products Transported Two men from Buncombe county Drake and had their Sabbath Day celebrations cut short about 10:30 o'clock Sunday morning on the Taylorsville road when they were apprehended' by De making a total serveu cuiitmu road Barium Girl Brought to Davis Hos pital in Unconscious Was Washing Second Story Win dow Ellen Bateman a girl about 13 years old: who lives at the Barium Orphans Home fell from a second story window of the Orphanage in firmary Saturday morning suffering njuries which are thought to be se rious She was rendered unconscious by the fall and was brought to the Davis Hospital immediately The fuli extent of her injuries had not been determined as the examination had not been completed hut she had not regained consciousness early Satur day afternoon The little girl and a companion were aiding the matron of the infirmaryin washing The screen in window in which Ellen waS seat ed gave way and she lost her balance and fell to the pavement below me is supposed to have bCen 1 around About bearers: Dr II Ling Wins Second Prize In Riding Contest Master Stuart Coffey son of Mr and Mrs Coffey of Statesville who has returned from Mountain City Tenn where he spent a month was winner of second prize in the riding contest in the horse show at Mountain City held during the fair last week Mr and Mrs A RMorrow In New Home Mr and Mrs A Morrow' and children have moved from the Green Apartments on West Sharpe street to their new home on Bost street i Convicted of Manufacturing Liquor I He Appeals to Superior Court and Gives SlOOff Bond Wilhelm ined Penny and the Costs In the court Thursday afternoon late Yates White charged with manufacturing liquor was adjudged guilty by the recorder and was given a sentence ot io months on the roads He appealed to White i wortmess check a continuance wag taken until next Monday Wilhelm charged with aiding and abetting White in the manufac ture of whiskey was fined a penny and the costs the latter being around $150 Wilhelm who had plead not guilty of the charge appealed and gave" $200 bond for his appearance in Iredell Superior court It was alleg ed that Wilhelm stood guard so to speak while White operated Charles Yost plead guilty to the charge of transporting and possess ing liquor or transporting he was fined $50 and taxed with the cost or possessing he was given a suspended road sentence of four months to be come effective within two years on motion of the solicitor Charles Powlass on the same charge as Yost was granted a con tinuance of his tase until today in order to obtain certain witnesses armers ind The Tours Profitable months on wo roaus ne appeaieo io Iredell Superior court and gave $1 000 bond tor his appearance court White had entered a plea guilty as charged In another case against charged with giving a uneral Service Sunday Afternoon at 3 O'clock at Concord Presbyterian Church Interment in Cemetery There Mrs Weston 81 years old died Saturday morning at Yates White Is Given 15 Months MR BRAWLEY CLAIMED BY DEATH Mic Summer Bettor The condition of Miss Cilla Sum through next week it is expected mors who was seriously ill with pnou Rev owler who is assisting monia last week shows considerable the pastor will preach at the Sunday improvement today and is now re garded as very encouraging Miss Virginia Crawford Returns Home Born a Daughter Born this morning to Mr and Mrs Welborne South Mulberry street a daughter Peggy Joyce Wel borne Undergoes Tonsil Operation Master Reid Morrison young son of Mr and Mrs II Morrison un derwent a tonsil operation at the Da Hospital this morning All Day Session Of District No 2 To Be Held At Shiloh Prsebyterian Church Wednesday A missionary address by Mrs Mercer Blaine missionary to China a Bible study period conducted by Miss Margaret Turner and inspira tional messages from Airs Edgar Yoder of Hickory and Mrs Reid of Lenoir officers of the Pres byterial will feature the meeting of District No 2 of the Concord Pres bytcrial Auxiliary to be held at Shi loh Presbyterian church Wednesday This is an all day meeting the ses sions beginning at 10 o'clock in the morning and continuing until 4 Hvnrv i requested to nd representatives to the meeting as there will be general discussion of methods that is expected to be profitable to' indi vidual auxiliaries A basket lunch will be served Mrs McBride of Statesville chairman of District No 2 will pre side Contribution To Relief Of Crippled Children Mr John 'M Holmes chaiPrpan of the board of governors for the Shrib ers' Hospital for Crippled Children' at Greenvillo ha acknowledged the receipt of a Check for $335 35 the net proceeds realized from the recent band concert given in cannot tell you how much we ap preciate the check It will mean much to the children and our wrote Mr Holmes in a letter to Mr Bailey Groome secretary of the Chamber of Commerce The local Shriners also express their gratitude to the public for their generous response in buying tickets to the concert and thus enabling Shriners to make a substantial con tribution for the support of the crip pled children of the Home in Greenville Had Been in ailing Health for the Past Six Months uneral Satur day Afternoon at 4 from the Home on Davie Avenue Sir Brawley died riday morning at 5:45 at his homeon Davie avenue Mr Brawley had 'been in failing health for the past six months his condition becoming se rious about six weeks ago or the past week he had been confined to bed and his condition for several days had been very critical Mr Ezekiel McNeely Brawley was a son of the late Daniel Johnston Brawley and Mrs Elizabeth Brawley and was born and reared at the Brawley home about six miles west of Statesville He had made his home in States ville practically all of his life and for the past several years had been in the retail grocery business Mr Brawley married Miss Mollie Reid of Asheville who survives him with two sons Messrs Clyde and Reid Brawley and three daughters Mrs Clyde Campbell and Misses Grace Helen Brawley Three brothers and two sisters also survive Messrs A and Brawley of Statesville Mr Brawley of Gastonia Mrs rye of Char lotte and Mrs William Setzer of Maiden Mr Brawley was 08 years old The funeral service was Saturday afternoon at 4 oclock from deuce on Davie avenue and i ment was in Oakwood cemetery Mr Weston Clyde and Mr courts by II Gifford assistant II Weston Iliirh Point A broth i United States district attorney Ten er and two sisters also survive: Mr i are in St Paul and 16 in Minneapo Heiner ot Kansas Mrs II Inlier of Statesville and Mrs ox of Catawba Active pallbearers were Messrs James Harbin June McAuley Long Roach Alexander ami Bradley Honorary pall Messrs Mills John A Brady One Defendant aces Old Sentence and Gets Thajt and Two Months More Difficulty With One De Real Name The first case called after the open ing of the Iredell court at 10:20 this morning was against Lei Barnes colored charged with driyimr a car while under (influence of liquor the hearing result ing in a verdict of not guilty It took a minute or so to get start ed on the ease in which the colored pnan was involved the difficulty aris ing over Solicitor James Sharpe not being able to figure out the hand writing on the warrant The solicitor on first glance at the writing thought the defendant's name was Lee Borneo and called out for the man of that un familiar name No answer coming a deputy sheriff called out in open court only to be greeted by profound silence in the house of justice At this point the solicitor after looking further at the name tried calling for and this time the colored defendant came around thebar Before the hear ing was completed it leaked out that the name was Barnes Will ray colored who was up for larceny and receiving entered a nle of not guilty but Judge Starr found him guilty after hearing the evidence in the case Just before taking a recess for lunch at 12:30 this afternoon Solicitor Sharpe read from the evil records that Will Gray had plead guilty tb larceny in court in November 1927 and was given a suspended sentence of eight months on the roads sentence to become ef fective in case of any future law vi olations Jqdge Starr ordered that Gray serve the eight months of the previous suspended sentence and two months on the larceny an 1 re' count this morning of ten months to ie with Iredell force Barney Watt and who were apprehended last week in North Iredell having in their posses sion 13 gallons of liquor were found guilty of transporting and possessing liquor Watt the older man was sentenc ed to six months on the roads for transporting prayer for judgmentvas continued for two years on the fount for possessing Knox Brown 19 who told the court" Jie was only accompanying the other man and had never been in court be fore received milder judgmet A sus pended sentence of four months on th roads was imposed on the young man on the transporting count ca pias to be issued and sentence to be come effective if: the defendant is found in Iredell county for a period of two years On the count for possess ing prayer for judgment was con tinued for two years on payment of the costs The Auburn car estimate to be worth about $50 was mortgaged fur $25 and there was question as to whether anything can be realized ci it by the state Condition Of Ellen Bateman About Same The condition of Ellen Bateman the little girl from Barium Springs orph anage who was seriously injured when she fell from a window at the orphanage infirmary Saturday morn ing remains practically unchanged to report from the Davis Hospital where the little girl is a pa tient Hee condition is considered serious The child struck her head against a concrete floor near the basement window of the infirmary when she fell and was rendered unconscious not regaining consciousness until yes terday Snow In Mountains A Year Ago Re called With the thermometer registering a normal summer temperature today John Murphy veteran colored local barber calls attention to the striking contrast in the temperature today wih that of August 27 1927 year ago when it snowed two inches depe in the mountains of North Caro lina "Snow Balling in was the head line appearing in the state press last year the new having iwi sent out from High Hampton 1 () Illi inull WHH dU near the Ross home Both at No bullets took ei In the meantime the basement i was a mass in flames iremen extinguished the blaze and found the walls of the base ment sprayed with gasoline a pile of paper wood and coal also had been heaped up in the room and set afire Police revealed yesterday that on riday night an attempt was made toblow tip the Ross home The incident (had been kept secret that a speedier investigation might be made The home had been filled with natural gas and the current switched off evident ly with the idea that Ross coming in and finding his home dark would light a match This plot failed when a friend came home with Ross and grabbed his am just as he was about to light a match and called his atten tion to the odor of the gas CAM ERADICATION DISEASES Over 14000 Persons In Iredell Inocu lated Against Typhoid ever and Diphtheria In Recent Campaign During the recent campaign to eradicate typhoid fever and diphtheria in Iredell county 14107 persons were inoculated according to the report made today by Dr McElwee county physician was the biggest campaign ever held in Iredell Dr McElwee Ail Victim Of Their Resentment Au thorities Get Busy I By The Associat'd Press) Akron Ohio August 27 An of under world was un DELEGATES NAMED TO LEGION MEETING am progress I The meeting being conducted this week at the Harmony Baptist chun by Rev Morris pastor of the Western Avenue Baptist church of Statesville i making splendid prog ress and already there have been a number of reconsecrations and pro fessions of faith Revival Services at Boulevard Meth odist i Revival services at Boulevard Meth odist Episcopal church will continue Earl Bcrnerd Kunkle I null) 1L LUU 'JclVlrt Jiuapilrll I I 'l vtuovv ill day August 24 to Mr and Mrs county by Mingus Kuykendall 40were here to attend the funeral ser II Kunkle a Son Earl Bernard according to police The men met in vice Kunkle I the highway and Buinett was shot Mp(jnL Harinonv is Makinir Snlen 1 jij i 11nnl A tV i zx XX vx zv I ed in a bunt for the alleged slayer! who escaped immediately after the killing No motive could be assigned by members of the depart ment for the shooting According to witnesses Kyukcndall walked up beside Burnett who was with two cousins about his own age on the Waynesville Brevard highway at Crusoe and attempted to him with a shotgun ville on the Salisbury road Base Hospital No 05 Will Hold Sixth Annual Reunion Dr Wallace Hoffmann executive officer announces that the sixth an nual reunion of Base Hospital No 65 ii i ii VI1I IJC IlVlU 111 UUgVlieiU clt UIU( rr Sedgefield Inn Monday September Sheriff Leaver and 1 3rd 1928 beginning at 2 o'clock I' Heming charged with transport ing ard possessing liquor and opcra The local committee wil provide a car while undcr thc entertainment Dinner will be served 0 nt the Sedgefield Inn at 7 in' cers met the two men com the evening I nlJ tnward Statesville in a Whippet ne eninp roadster driving in a suspicious man carding several large stalks ot tion as Mated i Tocorn had pulled upl in hold together in a fraternal organiza ome fld5 aIon Pthe the ion those who compose the unit and corn havj to promote among them a spnt of bp Eeat swinRi from the rear good fellowship co operation and ser of bp vlce Changing their course thc officers Padlock Homes Where Liquor Is Sold! the men in the roadster a chase Minneapolis Minn Aug 27 ald Tr Bootleggers in the twin cities face a Pl ated condition were new threat the padlocking by the! to jad where they remained ederal government of homes where I at the home of her daughter the liquor law is violated appearance in the Iredell RoeorK TW cn nln 'rumn 1 Cfln of court next Monday The officers re a service was held Sunday afternoon Umted State distiict attorney of a ha)f at 3 oclock at Concord Presbyterian fire and the prohibition department! the car 4 church Loray and interment was in have closed several hundred soft drink the cemetery there Rev bars and driven bootleggers to homes uneral Hehl for Mrs Chester Swain was in charge of the service and apartments to vend liquor an jbp funcra strvice for Mrs Mrs Weston is survived by three abatement drive against the residences 1 chesfer who died Tnodv nH? daughters and four sons: Mrs Wihas been instituted in the twin cit 1 noon was Id Thursday Shell of Loray Mrs Shell of ics ill from the residence in Elm Lenoir Mrs Bost of Sta es Aphcatmn for injunctions to close and intcrment was in Oakwood vil Mr 11 Weston of States 26 homes in St Paul and Minneapo cpmet Statesville The service ville Mr Weston Greensboro lis for a year were filed ederal conducted bv Rev Poe as sisted by Rev A Kennedy and Rev Robinson T'hn nolUinnrftrH wnm Tr Martin Lee Moore Clarence Pou Murder In Haywood County John Thompson Harvey Johnson aid Waynesville Aug Lennole: White inigv nuniHfr uuv urwwn ivi North Carolina Department Will Con vene in Charlotte Sunday Exerting and Continue Through Tuesday Delegates from the Hurst Post of the American Legion to thc meeting of the North Carolina Department of the Legion in Charlotte this week are Mesrs Oscar Mills Monroe Adams William IL Brady Lloyd Cutting Oscar Marvin rank Neill and A Sweeney Alternates are Messrs rank Hartness red Lowrance Jop Miller Kincaid Mills Henry Nicholson and Dr Coite herrill Practically all of these men both the delegates and alternates ex pect to atend themeeting and in ad dition to these several others from the Post expect go to Charlotte for at least one sessioq Commander Coite Sherrill of the Hurst Turner Post urges all local I'gionnaires who can do so to attend nt least part of the convention ses sions and especially to try to be in Charlotte for the parade Monday night at 8 The convention will begin with a special service at the irst Methodist church tomorrow ev ening and will continue through Tues day It will be at thc Hotel Charlotte Throws Brick Through Window Steals Rifle Early this morning miscre ant threw a brick through one of the show windows of Brown Son crawled through the opening and appropriated a ride and some ammu nit on 11 ci com mi tu this time some one connected with the Carolina Motor Company reports having seen the maneuvers of thc suspected one The thief first exam ined the window Next he retreated along East Broad street presumably for the brick Returnintr to the store fka ki toL h'AIHI'h Mr ilMj UUIU'il VliV 'glass Having secured thc rifle and ammunition he made his retreat has tily Music Pupils of Mrs Duke Give Informal Recital The music pupils of Mrs' Duke gave an informal recital Wednesday afternoon at Mrs studio on Walnut street the recital marking the close of the summer term of music study About twenty pupils took part in the program Musica buttons were awarded to five members of the class who received the largest number of gold stars for doing the best work during the term Those receiving the Musica buttons were Haw Adams An nie Jean Bunch Katherine Sherrill Nell Rives and Martha Mcl ain At the dose of the program an ico course was served The class work will be resumed on September 3rd Little Miss Peggy Lowrance Hostess At Birthday Party Little Miss Peggy Ixiwrance was hostess riday afternoon from 4 to 6 at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Roy Lowrance in Brook dale at a most enjoyable party cele brating her fourth birthday anniver sary After the guests had assembled sev eral delightful games were played in the living room and sun parlor ollowing this the little folks were invited into the beautifully decorated dinning room where ice cream cakes chess pies and candy were served The favors wore attractive horns and come back balls Those present were Missed Mari anna Sherd Betty Graham Elaine Hamlet Shirlev Parks Carolyn Low rance and Calvine Sherrill Miss Clifford Recovering rom Injury Miss IOuise Clifford who was in jured in an automobile accident a few days ago i now improving though still confined to bed She ha no bro ken bones but is suffering from shock and bruises 5 The accident occurred when a par ty of young people from Statesville were returning from an Epworth League district conference at Hickory last riday Their car skidded and wa overturned Miss Clifford was the only one of the party injured!" Lee Ham Charged With Stealing Two Hams and Other Items Squire IL A Hope of New Hope township while in town today ret ported that warrants had been issued for Ixe Ham a young man in his community charged with stealing two hams from John Tucker a quant ity of wheat from parents and in casn irom his sister young man Master Walter Carter Kicked in domcn by Horse Master Walter Carter the ten year 'Id son of Mr and Mrs Carterf State Hoard Surry county suf fored serious internal iniuries riday afternoon when he was kicked in tho abdomen by a horse TM child was brought to the Davis Hospital for treatment his iniuries noress'tntin' an operation riday night He is resting very comfortably today Policeman Whitlev Continues Ill Policeman Whitley is confined to hi home on West ront street by illness At well A Alexander A Cooper Boyd II Gray Sr 11 urches Jernigan Mills Bristol rankiL John son Tomlin and icaid Those in charge of the flowers were Mrs Roy Plott Mrs John son Mrs Tillery Mrs Bradley Mrs Reavis Edwards Mrs Lonnie Schafer window it th xr VkT nnni'nd IVirs rivSb wvouwdiu nuo Alundav Mrs Ramsey and! tackers then neo is i it i or" IVlisses rneanur juiniiii diiaiuvwi Lawrence Ada Shepherd Sarah 'of the Ross home White Susanna Greenwood LorothyTomlin Beth Sloop and Rachel Hol land Relatives and friends here to at tend the funeral included: Mrs A Reid and sons Mr Reid and Mr A Reid Jr Mr Hoyle and Phil Hoyle of Asheville Mr and Mrs A Henry Mr and Mrs Brawley and MrT Brawley Gastonia Mr and Mrs and children Hickory Mr and Mrs rye and Mr and Mrs' Ben rye Charlotte Mr and Mrs Bruce Templeton and Miss Templeton Mourne Mrs Webster and children Durham Mr ann Mrs Hancock Win ston Salem and Rev Carter Mrs Sarah Campbell and Mr Hake Campbell Taylorsville PRESBYTERIA A UX ILI A RY TO HOLD MEETING IN 01111 Number of Out of Town Relatives! nLvLnT ATTnP(k and riends Here or the Service IiLuLIi I ill IllUI The funeral service for Mr Brawley whose death occurred ri 1 day was held Saturday afternoon at Attempt To Burn Home and To Kill 4 xx zx zx vx I In it i a 1 1 I 1 1 4 UliVLK UUI1I iilo HU1UV UH 1aviv enue and interment wag in Oakwood cemetery The service was conduct ed bv Rev Dr Ilenderlite rmtnr nf iho irst 1 i Collins Alex Cooper me recoins in uuivu county physician show that during the son and McGuirt campaign the latter part of July and Captain Weaver is survived by hi the first part of August 36263 doses widow and one brother Robert Mev of anti txphoid scrum and 6058 doses 'er of Greensboro Mrs leaver oe of toxin anti toxin wore given mak her marriage was Mss Sharp ing a total of 42321 injections which i SUtesxille and is a sistei of ilibo enuivalent to 14107 person in fca 1e Sharpe who lives near States Typhoid fever and diphtheria dis ease which formerly prevailed so widely and resulted in a very high death rate besides bringing unbound ed suffering and inestimable financial loss have now become almost extinct in Iredell county as well as through out the State Ten cases of typhoid fever have been reported in Iredell since July 1 two of the cases being in one family and all being outside thq towns More cases were reported thi year than last however the records show Mrs Weston Dies At Loray Pitched on the his back yard Get Many Important acts Concern ing the Growing of Lespedeza Al falfa Sweet Clover and Other arm Crops The two day tour of inspection of outstanding farm demonstration Work in Iredell county conducted by Coun ty Agent A Morow closed I riday afternoon in north Iredell Thursday was devoted to a visit farms south of Statesville many farmers from the northern pan of the county joining in that tour ri day the scenes were shifted to sec tion of the county north of States ville the majority of the farmers on this tour being from the southern por tions of Iredell Statesville business men were represented both days By making the trips in two days Mr Morrow found that time was giv en for more thorough inspection andthat it gave the farmers of the north ern and southern parts of the county an opportunity to get into closer re lationship with each other Therewore about 80 farmers in all who (joined the tours on the two days i Many of the farmers expressed sur prise at the excellent results which they observed in lespedeza aitalta and sweet clover crops used for hay soil improvement ami pastures The first stop on the riday tour was at the A Dulin farm just east of Statesville on the Salisbury road A field of alfalfa was observed here the ground having been broken deeply after wheat and given an ap plication of lime and acid phosphate Mr Morow called attention here io the importance of giving a crop alfalfa a top dressing every sumnn At Mr farm Chambersburg township fields of beans corn and lespedeza were see the fine crop of corn having followed vetch arm machinery was also ob served A feature of the stop at Mr attractive homestead was the exhibit by his boys of their club heifers The vouthful farmers mak ing the exhibit of calves were raul IT trnv cinA Prnlo TTniror I Aliaita and sweet clover iemonsira tions wore next seen on the farm of Mr NA Beaver An inspection of the poultry and equipment rof his pon Carter Beaver was also hn in teresting part of the stop here Be fore proceeding the group were treat ed to lemonade and were given a sack of cantaloupes to be used for lunch later in the day At Mr A farm the visitors looked over a fine herd of pigs that will be ready for the mar ket by grazing on alfalfa followed by ground barley Mr Beaver piled in the automobiles a lot of fine water melons for the tourists to use for lunch A short field stop was made on I he Yount farm now operated By Mr Bowling showing the enect cutting a part of a field of alfalfa leaving the rest uncut The portion that had lecn cut recently had a bet ter growth than the other A tour over Mr Crawford's estate revealed that Mr Crawford is a great believec in red clover rom his three arce plot of alfalfa he has had two cuttings making 14000 pounds from the first and 9000 pounds from the second His oat crop runs between 1000 and 2000 bushels every year Hi herd of 100 hogs were out on the pasture He al so fyas a number of sheep A most enjoyable feature of the plop herp was the lunch which was spread under the fine shade trees in the spacious lawn of the Crawfordhome The visitors carried lunch Thi was supplemented by milk cof fee grapes etc served by Mrs WB Crawford and thcwatermelons and cantaloupes previously donated by (the Beaver Brothers Before leavingthis attractive estate thc visitors en joyed a look at Mrs fine flock of poultry The next stop was at the home of V4r Dunlap who has found 'sheep raising a profitable line of agriculture pays the best of any remarked Mr Dunlap as the fine specimens of wool and mut ton producers were filed out of the 'barn before the visitors A field of Iclover showing the results of lime was next gone over 'Ihe field was 'limed five years ago two or three uul ttivated crops were grown and the good stand of volunteer clover ob served wa attributed entirely to the ilimc Going from Bethany to Union Grove township the visitors werenext making observations on the farm of Mr Huie Templeton near Jen nings Here in north Iredell cotton of the best quality is grown the 'best boiled we have seen in two one of the fanners remarked uur fteen years ago Mr Templeton bought Hope reports that officer have this 95 acre farm going in debt for far been unable to apprehend it and it contained oniy iu acres oi Jand under cultivation The rest was covered with briers pines gullcyer hillside and rocks He now owns oneof the most attractive places and most fertile farms in the northern portion of the county Hal Temple ton a young son showed thc visitors his pure bred calf the youthful far mer taking great pride in his pros pects in the dairy line A spin acror to tho west brought the group to the home of Mr Parks Williams in New Hope township lespedeza seed harvester a device made by himself was a feature af this stop among the fascinating hills of north Iredell A rain rnminir at flit services at 11 in the morning short the rest of the tour as outlin ranks bjoken and each automobile and at 8 in the evening (ed and Mr Morrow ordered the headed toward home Revival at Boulevard Church is Draw four times insr irirp Crtiwrl 1 Havwood The largest congregation that has so far attended the revival at the Boulevard Methodist church was pre sent for the service Thursday night ourteen persons came forward for prayers Most of these went awaywith joyful faces having made great decisions Rev Mr owler will preach nday night Saturday night Sunday Com Court Place Hotel Opens Court Place Hotel and Cafe' on Cniirt fttrpnL fnrmprlv tho lir1stnl Miss Virginia Crawford who has' Hotel opened Saturday undcr the been under treatment at the Davis management of Mr and Mrs Earl Hospital for two weeks returned to Chapin formerly connected with thc her home at Bakersville Saturday Rosemont Barden Tea Room Union Services Come To An End Last Night The last of the union services of the six down town churches wa held at the irst Baptist church Sundav evening with Rev Dr A Stanford pastor of Broad Street Methodist church in charge Dr Stanford was not feeling well enough to preach and Dr James Kinard pastor of St Lutheran church substituted for him Dr Kinard preached a good sermon and was heard with interest by a large congregation Week End Guests Of Police Depart ment Two were reported from police headquarters for thc week end one having admitted to officers that he became intoxicated on denatured alcohol and thc other on sonic kind of Wade Allison a colored boy and Britt Duncan a white man were ap prehended for being too full Satur day night but later released for a hearing in the Mayor's court tonight UNERAL HELD OR CAPT WEAVER Veteran Southern Conductor Buried Here Thursday Afternoon With Ma sonic Honors The Vuneral sivice for ptain James Weaver veteran Southern railway conductor whose death oc curred at his home in Asheville Tues day afternoon was held at the John son uneral hornc here Thursday af ternoon and interment was Oak wood cemetery Captain Weaver was a Scottish Rite Mason of thc 2nd degree and also a member of the Omar Shrine temple He was buried with Mason ic honors Statesville Lodge No 487 being in charge of the ceremonies The remains arrived here on Train No 22 from Asheville and were ac (companied by a group of Southern Railway conductors friends of Cap tain Weaver who had been with the Southern Railway since 1890 The pallbearers were Dr Car son Messrs Raymer bteven Presbvterian tensive round up of all known mem church of Gastonia assisted by Dr 'her of under world was un i Clark and Dr A Stanford ider way today because of the second 1 i aUxzxzx zlnvc nn rhfi It 1 I' At aitempu in uuw Kyle Ross vice crusading council man who engaged in a gun duel witn gangsters after his home was set tifire last night Ross recently ap pointed by city council to investigate crime conditions was fired on as he ftood in the kitchen door of his home nfter being awakened by his wife who heard an intruder coming up the base ment steps The shot shattered pan els of the door Rus flood lights installed when his life th out and exchan il sailant A ne gl Id sk awakened bv the lb his gun and si 1 1 I room XT iwzlAllt 1 XllU'llllll III Ill Wild vvmuuw UU XVX" vYayncHviiiv i vii won 'jiinncT urtii U1 1 1 DVIIIVIU rtlinniv 14UIHVU i at the Davis Hospital ri ed last night at Crusoe in this atives and friends of Mrs Chester zx zqt'Zk hzffi In tiHorwl tho £nr.