Landmark, The (Newspaper) - March 22, 1928, Statesville, North Carolina Watch label on your paper and don't let your subscription THE The date on the bel is the date paper will be N. MARCH NO. 85. MED BY DEATH Brodie Torrence Escapes From Gang Deserts the Ranks of Road Building Force While at Work Near Phoenix Brodie who was Mr. B. R. Dies In LANDING FIELD Funeral Service Will be Held Friday convicted at the January term of Fund for War Memorial About Half Morning from Shiloh Presbyterian dell Superior court of the theft of a Way to Goal at Noon ed Monday night of the death of Mr. 11 C. H. Husband truck and sentenced to 12 months of 111 at the deserted the ranks of his Receipts Death of Former State College j ball Star Results from Pneumonia and Complications Had Been i Married Little Than a i J Relatives in Statesville were Committee Appointed at Meeting of Chamber of Commerce Directors to i Brevard Reid of Options on Suitable Sites Contributions to the memorial for occurred Monday evening at 6 j for Appropriated for World War Memorial Rotary Gives For War Memorial Local CUb Hears Interesting sion of the Responsibilities of a Ro- i tarian by Mr. Pegram A. Bryant Dr. Frank Gaines Will be at Week's Owned by Mr. C. E. The Rotary club at its weekly and Occupied by Sarah Stamps luncheon Tuesday voted to contribute to the American Legion drive for Three Small Children Almost tally Destroyed by Sam near The among the singing funeral service will be held tomorrow j and early spring morning at o'clock from The gang is engaged in Shiloh Presbyterian with in- in in the vicinity of the Phoenix I coming in with j interment took place in since Wednesday's by Wednesday morning terment in the cemetery Torrence was driving a team Mrs. Hipp was 68 years She j and managed to stop behind a1 pile is survived by her husband and one of cord with the wood between Mrs. One himself and the armed Using of also a rock with which to break the off the the prisoner Mr. R. N. Mr was a son of The total receipts up to noon te p. L. including the reported are This puts the after three days since the way was opened for voluntary not quite half way toward the goal of of His be- foie her was Miss Bertie of and has a number of relatives here and in the His father died about a year i A little more than a month ago Mr. C. H. Hipp is a patient at the j managed to keep behind the pile canvass is being made and con- married Miss Davis having been under until he disappeared in the f are coming in purely on a teacher in the i Besides his mother and his he is by one Mr. Meredith of of Shelby Young was a for- treatment for the past five est. The guard did not see the voluntary the donors feeling New Market Will Open Saturday 31 r. O. of High Will Open the Carolina Cash er as he made his and was un- a privilege to donate to the cause of direction perpetuating the names of the heroes able to in what rence Deputy Sheriffs J. W. Fleming ani E. V. Privette were called and they succeeded in tracking the prisoner across country to the Wilkesboro but had no clue as to which way he went and gave up the search for Kct in Building Formerly Occupied the The officers were about an Upholstered by Iredell Co. The Carolina Cash upon in the building on East Broad formerly occupied by the Iredell Upholstered Furniture with Mr. O. D. of High in charge Mr who owns two stores in High Point where he has been in the business for the j nine plans for the to j his new sture Furniture hour and thirty minutes behind i escaped they Market the LUTHERANS ARE TO HOLD Semi Will Held at Mt. Herman Lutheran Church March 27 and 28 Program The 14th semi-annual meeting of the Western Conference of the United Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North The Iredell Upholstered will be held at Mt. Hermon Company is discontinuing the at Bradford s crobS in but will March 27 and 28. to sell it is under- laymen and ministers will discuss The Bunch Furniture ics of vital interest to a growing has purchased the stock carried Rev. J. M. D. a former pastor of the the Iredell Upholstered Furniture in their on Broad City Gas Plant Sold For Utilities of North the New Will Take Over the Management April J. The city gas plant has been trans- ferred to the National Utilities Com- pany of North which is a subsidiary corporation of the tional Gas and Electric The consideration was according j to former conditional deal made p tween the City of Statesville and the National Gas and Electric and confirmed by vote of the people at the polls on the of February In the formal it was by the purchasers to pay the city so for the material on The new owners will take over the j management of the April 1. Will Organize P. O. Of A. Order of the P. 0- S- of A. i Will be Formed at Meeting This Evening at 7.3C. j In the lodge room of the local P 0 S. of A- this evening at 7.30 j a local chapter of the P. 0- of A an auxiliary order of the P 0 S. of will be All members of the P 0. S. of A. and their wives and who have previously made application for P. Q. of are to be present at the organization A list of members will be sent to the tional the names of the I original members to be embodied in the charter to be issued by the local j The formal installation of the new 0- of A. chapter is to take place m the night of March 30th, at which time State President H. H. Koonts Mrs. regent of the P. 0. of of will be present will be heard with interest at the 8 o'clock The following program has been i 10 a. opening of TO WAR 1O of thb of the The Woman's American which is ing the campaign in behalf memorial for the boys who lives an the World acknowledges the following tions thus Daughters American tion f 50.00 Woman's 50 90 i LOO Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Lazenby 5 00 Mrs. A. Brawley 1.00 mer football player and was a star State 111WFOR vint Chamber monthly session Monday voted to appropriate the sum of to the War Memorial The matter of establishing a ing near Statesville was it being the sense of the members that this will be one of the necessities of all progressive cities within a few A committee composed of Messrs. H. J. M. Deaton and E. M- was appointed to obtain options on suitable sites and out preliminaries in regard to a memorial to the soldiers of the i Tuesday morning about OTI World this amount to go house belonging to Mr. G. on South Tradd almost totally destroyed by in a colored occupied by Sarah Stamps and The board of directors of the world this amount to go irurn ille Chamber of the club as through the club and not as gifts of This action was taken on tion of C. H. The organization heard an interesting dis- cussion of Responsibilities of a by Mr. Pegram A. was three small The firemen were delayed what in reaching the scene on who had charge of the count of the call which advised that a short talk by the newly elected j the fire was on North Tradd s Mr. Frank L. who was absent from the last meeting on account of Mr. Johnson ex- pressed his appreciation for the After looking over the colored in North Tradd and not finding any signs of a the smoke from South or which the club had voted him and j blocks told the of the location of a landing place for I asked for the whole j erroneous information In discussing the Country Mr. C. H. Turner stated had been secured to persons in playing that the ing room and kitchen facilities were in excellent a new professional shop had been added P. Bryant Cold Spell Finds Colored Man's Coal Pile Running Cases in Mayor's Will 11 a. Service F. B. Secretary of Conferential Sermon Rev. P D. Vice President of Con- Robie McAuley Fred Sills Henry Fletcher Sherrill L. C. Mrs. W. p. McLain Miss Anaie Ferguson Frank L. Johnson Mrs. Frank L. Johnson Frank L. Jr. Johnson J. G. Miller Mrs. J. G. Miller j Joseph H. Miller Mrs. W. A. Sample 3 00 2.00 m Mayor ir ILI j j J. B. Roach's court Monday charged with trespassing i property of the Southern charge against Mull was of a little coal Piling railroad m order to his diminishing supply to fuel during this an expert was in charge of the ornamented shrubbery and greens on the attractive lawns surrounding the Club Mr. H L. speaking ther of the Country stated in many places he had visited the Country Club was utilized as a center of social The opinion of both speakers was that the people of the town and who can do should patronize the Country Club and thus aid in putting the tion solidly on its Mr. Bailey T. secretary of the Chamber of made a report on his recent business trip to continued cold I New York and manufacturing on the thetic co operation of every The rhouse was He will take office at the ond meeting in 500 5.00 100 I'M 1.00 LOO 100 which has continued Mr. Groome told of a number of the allotted ground hog Mull was let off with the costs in Administration of the Lord's Total Previously Total to date the was given a suspended sentence of 30 days on the good for two years in case of any misconduct during that Lacy Will Price and John j Henry all charged with weie to pay a fine each and the The de- fendants were also required to pay the resulting froin the battle m which they Three white prospects he had interested in ing in Statesville and he was hopeful of getting some of them to sign up in the near Contributions arc being made and Edward Mills and Fred received at the fallowing with First National Commercial Were turned over t0 Mr. W. W. tional county welfare It was announced that Dr. Frank newly -i elected president of Forest will be the speaker at next week's meeting of the The club voted to hold its an- Ladies Night on the second day night in when the elected officers will be Mr. whose committee has arranged Rotary programs during the last two had charge of the Tuesday and discussed a ic he had been by the aims and objects com- of Rotary International for discussion at Rotary The Responsibilities of a Mr. Bryant's discussion of the topic was brief and liberally spiced with and with points clearly brought Since the ry club can have only one from each business or sion the man chosen to represent his particular business should recognize certain obligations and ties to the If he does not love the if he does not nave faith in what it is he ought to get Mr. Bryant i in flames when the began playing on the the men having to connect with a drant more than a 300 yards a A house caught hut saved by prompt action on the part of the Sarah Stamps stated that she dii not know how the fire thing she knew she heard roaring blaze which started in She only had herself and two little all her household including the clothing for herself and ing totally One child in school at the time Mr. French estimates lo around f 700, partly covered by time to He mentioned ob- ligations of the individual attendance upon prompt payment of club dues and ance of the service that the L. P. Bo- Business Ministerial Pensions Mr. J I. Mr. H. E. Mi. L L. Mr. N. A. The Missionary Call of the F. B. E. J D. D. 8 m. C- K. Obligations tn Her J. M. D. D. 9 a C. F. j People's Loan Savings Bank I Hood System Industrial The campaign lasts only this week and contributions should be ly J. W. Owens and M. G. Filling Station And Store Robbed Chewing Gum Slot Machine Taken from Mr. Charles S. Brawley's tion asks of Unless members at- Place of Business and Broken meetings become Mr. Charles S. Brawley's store and quainted with their fellow members filling station on West Front and are interested in the they known as the Three-Way Filling will not be of any value to was burglarized night nor will Rotary be worth anything to and all the cash in a slot machine i Moreover attendance upon amounting to between and meetings should be impelled by a 1 1 f having an excess amount was Nothing else was member's love and loyalty for the club of were sent up to the ed Byrd and Burton Are Freed By Jury ty under in j the sum of John for being paid I a fine of and the and a faith in it. If he comes only The burglar entered the store after j because he will be dropped if he he had broken the glass in the front I es four consecutive meetings then he The chewing gum slot machine was taken from the broken Henry for open and left near the railroad was bound over to the i after its contents had been court under a Barber Charged That Two W. J. Slightly Injured in Offered to Pay Him lo Burn Hon. u. L. Rev. B. J. Mr. Paul Rev. C. R. 11 a. Service C. A. Sermon on Christian Rev E. R. 2 p. R. M. Cai Utilizing the Energies of the Con- Rev. C- N. Rev. W. J. D. D. Informing the How March 21 Thomas R. Byrd and John of were freed tonight of out of the burning of the here on the night of November g c tel Automobile W J of was It is not known what time during the night the robbery as it was not discovered until Mr. Brawley came bo open up his place of business Wednesday slightly Tuesday afternoon in. Chief of Police Tom Kerr states had get out Prompt payment of club dues is absolutely if the organization is to third performing The the service that Rotary was Mr. Biyant ing that service which is asked of ery Rotarian ab least once a a program at the Instead of importing a a well-known an automobile collision which that he has no clue so far as to speaker or some gifted he red near The car ROBBINS RELEASED Gives Bond for His Appearance in Mayor's Court Monday 0. L- Also Gives B E. Kale Getting Along All Jesse who played leading part the Monday 11 o'clock at Heel culminating in an with razor on in Iredell from the city Tuesday noon under bond for in the Mayor's couri day will be tried for assault with deadly weapon and gambling 0. L. who was with bins during the early of She was released under a cash Mr. j. E who received long gashes in his back and shoulder as he ran out the front door of Ms in an effort to elude his is reported to be getting on He is at his Fire at Home C. E. Ion Quickly The firemen were called to home of Mrs. E. the corner of West End avenue Kelly Wednesday morning 9-o'clock, and quickly a small blaze which had ed on the The blaze was ered and reporte to the fire -i and her were and a -j j CtO C v 1 party or parties guilty of the urged club members to take the ment by Henry and Martha Mr. Ralph breaking and grams themselves and discuss some who were playing in the yard of their t i y J by a and Hines Hudson grams subject m which they were Such an innovation would make Hudson coach was better acquaintance and more hours returned a verdict of not el son coac was towar eer an mor returned a verdict ot not guilts at a point on the stolen here Saturday instead It's all right to have and Burton werP Mr. of at le b ere Aith Goodson was drivi and in connection of at as previously a discussion of Rotary principles by Goodson was driving toward The car was parked eminent or to have ville and Mrs Marlin and her son j South Center opposite the new some community problem in which the nf ami IV -T witn tne burning ol the ana driving across the build ng be mg erected for Gray's dub chief prosecuting witness was Car toll Mrs. was the only one Cafe where Mr. Hmes was at work de setting fi i e to the de- l claring that he did so at the tion of Burton and Byrd on a Rev. Mr. Hoyt L. M. the face and had several Hei injuries were attended at the Davis Mrs Marlin when it Mr. interested St of the individual the tarian to ise that he would be paid Jis a sister of Mr. W. W. uf automobile who entered a plea of not not been It was indicated at the beginning of che Hines went to Winston-Salem j take charge of his own program and day in search of clues but was un- to put his very best into it wo aid able to find any trace of his missing mean more to the individual Rotarian by his R. L. ofi that certain facts would be I presented to the court in his behalf as the cases of the defendants Everett Corriher Indicted For Killing I and to the club as a Mr. Mrs. M. W. Johnson Entertains at Corriher was Buncombe today by Informal In honor of Mr. and Mrs. of Fort the who are At the conclusion of Mr. Bryant's on- of by Two white giving their RECORDED Bob Ammons and Turner President Gilliam thanked him for the points he had so home It was thought that the fire started from 3. spark falling on the shingle Very little damage was re- The residence is the property of Miss Of it Mrs. Ellen Smoke Mrs. Ellen of reports that her smoke has been robbed of hams and Cwo shoulders during the past few She states that she is not certain when the robbery but she discovered it until Monday Mr. Martin J. is t- N. Mr. Martin J. Gaither is Southern station a building on South Meeting are being detained by Acre of Land in Mooresville to be used as an automobile department pending i be arraigned The guests included and tried Gloss Thompson and AFTER 40 prosecution will ask for first degree Mrs James Sharpe aild while the defense is expected and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. enter a plea of Johnson and er The apparently 13 or 14 from wrecked body auto etc. Mr. stated today that he expects the new building to be com- an mcu and ready for occupancy within j to 30 The business will be trans- J t Luch with the parents of the acted under the name of the Automobile Painting and Body Mr. Gaither I Charged With Trespassing on i erty of Major Patterson Will Address R was placed f erred from R. W. McKey and Wife Deaton Brought in 1888-1 Young People's Jubilee Society Mr. T. Ross Alexander and Family A Meet Tonight j to Elma A deed for property in Mr. T. Ross Alexander and Broad Street Methodist church will have moved from West Front at 7 o'clock at they have resided for several which had transferred never in acre I meet tonight at Methodist community to the Elma on of the League are urged to East Broad the League Mr. chased the wife to J. C. the paper People at i under arrest this February 1, 1888. on West Front This is to be a children's party and vacated today by ME. who attend are asked to is moving his family today into Mr. Bryant and his committee have piven the club during the months of February and Carolina Realty and Loan Co. Organization For The Carolina Realty and Loan with Mr. Edmund rl T Mr. R. M. was a is a nem organization T. TT TIT i c 11 f nu j The new company and Mr. R. H. of a general real estate and loan was a guest of V. K. Mr. Herbert of was a visiting Major R. B. Patterson will be the of trespassing on the property of the speaker at the special for j Southern Railway Newman put young people at Trinity a bond for his appearance consideration named was as the Mr. Shuford E. Miller Margaret Mr. Shuford E. of Diamond and Mrs. Margaret whose home is Uvo miles of Statesville on the Chipley Ford were united in marriage at S. They to their home here Tuesday tomorrow afternoon at 5 for before Mayor Roach Monday Major Patterson's subject will be All the young people and the older members of the congregation are invited tend this Mr. Vance Norwood at Long's The discovery of the j Mn Eugene Troutman Will Sail for I Senior Class of Union was vital in the matter of j Give Drove Will was made by Ex Sheriff J. M. j who is with who was looking some united States marines at of the old papers belonging to his The senior class of Union Grove will sail Thursday on the i High school will give a comedy the late C. u. S. S. Nevada for Wake in three acts The including tax he being sent with a number of j day March 24, at 8 Miss Nell White is Recovering from Miss Nell who underwent an operation at the Davis Hospital is recovering Mrs. Henry 1. Steele is Doing Mrs. Henry T. who is un- der treatment the Davis is doing T members The including tax hc is sent a number of j day March 24, at t Mr Vance of had been kept m a to guard during the will be used for U. a at Long's Sanatorium Hn by the late C' Deaton presidential election at that book or with about 25 years ago and the Mt Troutman is a son of Mr. E. Mr. J. Barringer has accepted a salesman for the Electric tion of papers ugh the tin box which hw father used as a depository for valuables a half Mrs. A. B. of The it arrival at Long's was signed by the late Capt. Offices of the company have been opened in the corner room over the Kelly Clothing manager of the and his family recently removed Statesville from Car Ordered In the Iredell Monday prayer for was continued until July in the case against R. L. Hard who i at the morning had entered a plea of guilty of transporting iad James Dishman and Nola possessing liquor for the both of north were united in car was ordered marriage Wednesday afternoon at 2 and he was required to give at ths by Rev. a bond for W. of The was performed in the office of faster Mow Suffers George in the presence of only a few Master David the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Former Gov. Sproul Dies In Stony fell from a tricycle valuables were carefully pre- Troutman of and has Sunday School Convention Will Meet dislocating Mr. J. M. Barringer Accepts his widow until she passed iv been the marines since last at j He was brought to the L March 21. William vis where hit injury was at- The Sunday school convention former governor of while looking Mr. Clyde Kelly Returns Home township will meet at died at his P I JAW a recent S. P. of Mr. Clyde who has been Providence Methodist Sunday near tonight at afternoon at The usual Jy der treatment at the Davis program will be carried out All the for a few returned home Sunday schools of Cool Spring 1 an attack He 57 years old and had been ill Marriage Register of Deeds A. L. for many following has issued license k of His wife Smith and Sophia are expected to be and two children were at his of Eagle a f v i f
