Statesville Record and Landmark from Statesville, North Carolina • Page 12

JANUARY aa, THE LANDMARK, STATESVILIE, N. C. 90 GAL Another car loaded with 00 gallons of non-taxpaid liquor was Captured in North Iredell at 2 o'clock Friday morning. This W'f the result of an all-night himt "by county officers, highway patrol- 'T OI Tfig fr.ftr .4 tod fed- A unjceri lOTmwB wo on law ftljtari zbr Inidnlnft turn rnh- The fond of 15 cases of hfclt gallon fvuty jars containing total, Of 80 fftllonV was caught by State Highway Patrolman T. G.

Roberts, in co-operation with federal officers, on a dirt road, off Highway 901, in the northeastern part of the county. Deputy Sheriffs Wayne Jenkins, Ralph Marshall Richard Perkins, Zeb Nicholson atid Bill Sprinkle were patrolling a different Incalit; when the seizure was made abou 2 o'clock this morning. The officers were unable to iden tify the driver of the 1939 Fort coupe which was carrying 15 of white liquor. The officers pour cd liquor out near the and stored the car for dispo- siticn by the courts. Plan Scliool For Negro Farmers An husbandry school for Imlcll county Nejrro farmers will conducted at Unity High School Monday, Jan.

22, beginn incr at 2 p. D. O. Ivey, Negro County Agent, announced today. Discussions on adequate feeding, breeding and livestock production, and disease control will be given by Messrs.

Jack C. F. Parrieh and R. L. Wynn, all of State Service.

The County Agent urges farmers to bring nlong any questions or problems they may have in the production of livestock in order that they may get help men on them. meeting will be held in vocational erUcultural building. F- mm NOT WANTED C. A. Midland Taken Suddenly Mr.

Clarence Adolphns McLel- hnd, lifp loner citizen of Loray died suddenly Thursday evening 9-15 o'clock at his homo in To'-av. He hnd btvn in declining health for two years but to be in normal condition Thurs- ing the case against Baxter 07- On the basis of results of an exhaustive investigation conducted by the Statesville Police Dt partment and the Stats Bureau of Investigation, Peter F. Baxter, 28-year-old Lincoln county convict, who was tried in Gaston Superior court Thursday and sentenced to 25 years on automobile theft charges, will not face murder charges here in connection with the hold-up slaying last December of Joe F. Duncan. Mr.

'hincan was shot and fatally votinded in his place of business here on Court Street on the nigr.t of December 11. Investigating officers at first had reason to believe that Baxter, with his nephew, Howard Baxter, 17, had stolen an automobile in Gastoni'a on the previous Saturday night were in Harmony Lions To Form Quartet The Lions club of Harmony met Thursday evening at the Parkway cafe. There was a business meeting after the dinner, Mr. Dick Kimball the president in charge. Matters of routine nature were discussed and plans made for orgat izing a quartet in the club.

The quartet will be directed by Mr. oc AldrciJ, Harmony native was a member of the Wally Fowler quartet of Cak Ridge, at one time. Mr. Aldved with A group f'u-gers 'he 'jf Mr. C.

B. Huavis for soni" practice i disciHi O'i. E. E. Edmiston Of Mooresville Dies MOORESILLE, Jan.

19. Elmo Edmiston, plant engineer at the Mooresville Mills and a former member of the Statesville on the night of thb Board of Town Commissioners Dyson Accused Of Driving Drunk After Collision Two automobiles were put out of commission in a wreck Thursday night on the TaylorsviUo highway and one driver was cited for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. According to report filed by Slate Highway Patrolman C. M. Jones, the wreck occurred at 10:30 o'clock Thursday night at Murdock's Service Station, m-ar See Us.

Conley William Mays, 24, of Washington, D. and Tay- lorivlllc Coiite had parked his car in front of the Murdock Service Station when Lindsey 'Ray of Stony Point, driving coach, crashed head- on into the parked car. Mrs. Dy- Bon suffered a cut on left and was removed to the II. F.

hospital lor Dyson charped with driving drunk, later filed bond for his appear- tnce in court. Both nutomobik's disabled, but the amount of damage was not estimated. attack on Mr. Duncan. died at 4:30 p.

m. Thursday at Chief of Statesville Police Prank a local hospital. llartneas said Friday that the He became ill Sunday and was results of his department's in vetitigation do not warrant tak- day and taktn to the hospital he remained unconscious until the time of his death, up and about his fore a Grand Jury. He added A resident of Mooresville since usual activities at the home. He I Baxter does not fit the descrip- was sitting in his living room tion of a stranger seen in when he suffered a heart attack, villc that niizht and other circum- denth tollowing.

Son of the late Adolphua Ervin McLelland and Mrs. Mnry Morrison McLelland, Mr. McLelland was in the Loray community on May 21, 1874. Hr grew up then 1 and on January 1894 Mr. Edmiston was a business, civic and religious leader.

He was born in Rowan County, stances lead to the conclusion I son of John Calvin and Eliza that he was, in fact, not the manjMcKnight Edmiston. He moved to loitering around the from Newton to take a job with the Mooresville Mills. Mr. Edmiston was employed with the Mooresville Mills for The case is still wide open and the investigation is continuing with respect to any and all promising clues. Chief Harfiess said.

r-r nnd was a member of the of directors. At Adeline Murrinn of the Shiloh the time of his death he had v. i IltelWTnAn cnni Ke of maintenance of the mills the t.oray a nd had 1 DC which included suppervision of the 'ived there since. 1 1 11 i macn sn power and electric Mr. McLeliMiui a succesi- plant and the carpenters.

At dICU 1 VI 111 i He was a memter and iti er the Second Presbyterian church fill an unselfiRh in- i' to Inn community and was the. work the rresbytcrian churrh, v-hc-re he had held membership lieaeojj until 1PS6 when he w.u of Mooicsville; a member past president the Charter member of the White Oak Camp Wood- In a meeting here Thursday mfn of World: a member of tr. chiirvh in serving ns evenmff mo 2 dairymen (hp Zo) Vhnce l-odpe, Knights of) dearon until 19Rfi when lie mel and formed ne Iredell Couii- Pythias; wnd a member of the I ordninad us elder and hnd ty Breeders Association, hoard of the Low- od sinre that tun. He' The organisational meeting fea- rance Hospital tho F-leral was a former the i tured the clecti of officers nnd Snviu Es U-. A Order, was a committeeman of Monticcllo school find a trustee of the Concord Presbyterian church.

Mr. McLelland is survived by his wife and six children; Hoxr- nrd B. and J. A. McLelland of route William McLelland of Stntesville.

Mrs. Herman Summers of Washington, D. Mrs. Ira Rawles of Kannapolis and Funeral services were held at o'r! siucti from Concord Presbyterian church with the pastor, Rev. S.

M. Houck, in charge. Itov. J. K.

Lasley will assist the pastor. Interment will be in the family plot in the church 'burying ground. The body remained at the chjtpel of the Bunch Funeral Home, being taken to the church one hour before the funeral services Saturday afternoon. The pallbearers will be Messrs. James, Francis nnd Robert Stevenson, Hsirold Hedrick, Cecil AJexander and T.

A. Harris. and of the church be honorary phllbearcrs nnd Mrs. Duke Vickerv and Horace Hedrick will receive the flowers. the formulation of policy for the here.

For a he was association. President is Harry Brown of Scotts; vice president, Adrian Dobson, Statesville Route 2, am' secretary-treasurer, Glenn Olin The cattle sale chairman of the master mechanics' division of the Southern Textile Association. Hi Mrs. Ida Walls Ed, miston, died July 5 1948. Surviv- is comprised of H.

C. ing arc three daughters. Mrs. L. Myers Adrian Dcbson, John Young White and Mrs.

Hayden C. and V. A. Johnson, w'th I Cobb of Mooresville and Mrs Hssistant County Agent Howard'J. F.

Yost of Salisbury; four Stamoy as adsisor. brothers, S. V. Edmiston of Miami, Following the business Fin. L.

Edmiston Chester, (he group new color H. G. Edmiston of Denison, "Pasturet of Sorth Texas, and E. P. Edmiston of Alida Valli Wants Her First Name Restored HOLLYWOOD, Jan.

in a name? In Hollywood they tnove them around like checkers. Pictures change title? at will before they are released. Every real-life "Mrs." gets bailed as a maiden miss. Actors' foreign-sounding real names are changed to American- sounding screen names. But it was confusion thrice confounded with the Italian actress Alida Valli.

When David Solznick brought her to this country four years ago they tried to make hei sound even more exotic by taking uway the "Alida" and calling her just "Valli." That's how was billed, for instance, in her latest pictures. Now she's launched a campaign tc fe't't her first back. She "I feel siily go'ng around with only one name. It's confusing. People get me mixed up with Rudy Vallee." We could ndd that "Rudy of couvr-o, is another arrnnjred naive.

But is the "Valli" of Miss AliJn Valli The "Alida" took awny wns veal, bnt 1 from neni- Austria and had an Austrian family It changed to "Valli" to sound nuav hnlian in her Italian films. Valli bays; "In F.r.ropp n-yHody knows me as Alida Va li. i started in pictures before I was riateen, anii niadi- 35 All the movie 1'una there and my f-ieiuls call me Alida. What's wrong with the name I want it back." Miss Alida Valli is in Hollywood between pictures in Europe, where she just had to learn French in six weeks to make her latest picture. n-hich includes se rral Kenneth East Wanted By Army For Desertion Iredell Mooresville; one sister Mrs.

R. O. i of Lewisville; and two grandchildren. Funeml sendees were held at the Second Presbyterian church at 3 p. m.

Saturday. Buiial will be in the Willow Valley Cemetery. To Speak At C. C. Dinner Kenneth East, of north Iredell who was wanted by FBI men on charRf of desoition in 104U.

during World War II, was ar- James H. Cornell Taken Death Mr. 1 Hearne Cornell, 71, Harmony Gets Cleaning Plant Mr. N. S.

Gaither is building ft dry cleaning plant in Harmonv, the plant to be operated by Mr. Tony Gaither. The one dry cleaning establishment in the community was by fie in December. H. T.

INGKAM'S WILL IS PROBATED HERE The will of H. T. Ingraoi, of Mooresville, which has been probated in the office of Clerk of 'Iredell Superior Court C. G. Smith, leaves all of his estate, real and personal property, to his wife, Alice Ingram.

The will, dated January £, 1951, names a brother W. P. Ingram, executor. I50Y SCOUT COURT IN MOORESVILLE The Boy Scout Court of Honor be held on January 85 in the evening at the Memorial building in Mooresville. There-will be a ecouter tt the untt time.

about 6 o'cWk died this morning at o'clock at evenimr the home of East's Davis Hospital, where he had been step-fathei, near Houstonville. under treatment since Monday. His His arrest was made by Deputy death followed a few days of criti- Sheriffs Ralph Marshall nnd cal illness, resulting from a heart Wayne Jenkins, and was lodged in the county jail, awaiting arri Funeral services for Mr. Cornell val of federal It is were held from Trinity KpisoojiaJ that East hud been church, of which he was a mender. living in Iredell for the ptiA five Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.

yeara. His address was Harmony, conducted by Rev. Ralph H. Kim- route 2. ball, rector of the church, and RL-V.

R. G. Tuttlc, pastor of Broad Street Methodist church. Interment was in Oakwood cemetevy. Mr.

Cornell was a native of Albany, N. and was the grandson of EZVK Cornell, the founder of Cornell University. He was the son of 0. H. Perry Cornell and Mary (Conklinp) Cornell, nnri was lorn December 2, 1879.

He was with Du Pont de Nemours in an executive capacity for thirty years, prior to his retirement in 11)46. For the past eight years he had Jived in Statesville and for fifteen years prior to thut time in Wilmington, Delaware. Mr. Cornell is survived by his wife, who was Miss Nell Anderson, of SUUefwille; by thiee O. H.

Perry Cornell, Of liiHilar.d I Washington; A. Cornell, 1 LONDON, Jan. Six United Fort Campbell. Kentucky. States Air Force B-86 bombers H.

Cornell, of this oily: have been prevented from taking by four grandchildren. Sin off for the United States from are a brother. Channhig C.M-- England because of bad wetather, nell, of San Francisco; and possibly until tomorrow. The big sisters, Mrs. Arthur Goodspeoij.

of ships probably will fly to their Morris Pluinu, N. Mrs. D. 0. base in Texas in a tliitfle jump Dechert and Miss Mary E.

Cornell, Firemen Called To 'Toot And Tellem' The firemen were culled to J. C. McNeely's new cafe, "Toot and Tellem," on the Hickory highway, at 7:30 o'clock Thursday evening. There was some trouble with the motor in the soft drinks box, but the firemen report that no damage was done. Big Bombers Are Delayed This is Lester Rose, humorist ami after dinner speaker of Ra- leiph, who will address tho Annual Membership Meeting of tho Chamber of Commerce, on Tuesday, January 30.

Mr. Rose's address will bo "itetti-r to Fiddle Than to Tiddle." Lf some 6.000 miles. I of York City. All Recruiting Stations Should Close Says Ford WASHINGTON, Jan. of all armed services t-i uiting 1 stations has been urged of Secretary of Defense George Marshall by Michigan's Republi- Representative Gerald Ford.

I letter to Marshall Representative Ford said he believed i draft board could handle all volunteers. Closing of recruiting he said, would save money a i id' release personnel for what he called "more pressing military duty," UTTLE ORPHAN ANNIE WITH OSS IN A A RSADIIT PI VEt? DERH TOOTH! ELMER' COME COME fORWRRD' i HOW 1.1X6 THE GUSSTIOM BUT HE OOESNT MY WASH HIMSELF IT WAS IN VERY OFTEH- I THIS JAR EH? HM-M- 7 FOtrrV.TVTO DOU.ARS HOW MUCH COUNTED IT JUST WAS THESE. MOeogf KNEW WHERE I COULD IT BE SMELL'S SLOWED MORE WHEN 60 CHARUFY CHIU. BACK IN TV House, EH? BLOND5E DAGwCOu lOU'LL LATE I THINK ILL SLEEP UNTIL ELEVEN, HAVE A NICE, LEISURELY BPEAKFAST--THEN READ THE PAPER FPONT OF THE ER LUNCH NAVE A LITTLE TO VvOCK COLD-I'M NOT WE HAVE MA7VALADE TAGWOOQ DO MDU WANT DICK TRACY A NUF5SE.IVE ALWAYS WAP ACCESS TO TWE HOSPiTAL.WlTWOUT TEN MINUTES AND mRKED A FEW FROM THE V.R. TT5.ACV WANT5 US TO KEEP HlW POSTED OH MIS! 5UCJVIVES AND TALKS.

WERE SUNK. NOW JS CONDTnON. HE'LL 3E VOU KNOW WHAT TO DO 1 SAM CATCWEM CALLING TRACY I'M WALKING ALONG THE RIVER IN WHAT? NQ NOT RCISE AND AT THE HOSPITAL. AND I THINK THAT r5 THE COSMETICS JAR. THE BEEN SHUT WHATEVER IT WAS THEV THREW OFF THE BRIDGE OF IT SANK BUT ONE ARTICLE.

BIG BEN BOLT MAY3E 50 HAGGLEYS GOT VtXI CALLS A LITTLE STRATEGY WEVE GOT TO USc" WHERE A SHEET OF i A1NTNO STRATEGY A GOOD RIGHT CROSS TO HIS SW1NPLIN' HYENA iSONI! EXCITING- AND PROFITABU LETTER IN THE WHOA GLORIOUS HISTOKY KIDJERtCHQ.