 

’ SHELBY, §. C, “Ang. 28,—Stx. pers
song were kitted, 15 Infured, and. ng
undertermined number ore missing In
the .collapza of ihe “Fray National
Qank bullding here late. this forencon,

The deaih 1ol)-inay rise ag three
hanrs atter the eraah workinen had
been Baable to eledr away the debrls
only al Iba edge pf the building.

Fallce- estimated the death toll
would mount steadily na rescue crews
ung deeper in the debris.

No aeeurate clicckup could be mada
ot the misaing persons, but it waa
known a dozen or more hava Wit been
accounted fore

Th was feuted that 2 crew of seven:
teen Negrdea, who wére working in
the ceuter af ihe! building, were all
killed. The, rescue crews have not
been able as yél:fo got to the place
where te Negroes were working. -

1tJa_ knows. that 15 pérsons wero
injured,:.sever#l ef who wiry dle,
They were all taken lo gi
here-os they. were brought f7
fallen structure,

Exeavation woik at u nearhy butld-
ing im geueratiy assigned .aa the
cause of he collapse of lhe bank
pullding.

ft wax known several persona were
ina grocery and a.lailor shop, whizb
were a parl of the huttding, hat It
wil! he houry hetore that part of the
structure can he ecarched.

 

 

  
 
Bismark, N. D., Aug. 28.—(AP)—A.
G. Sorlie, rovernor of North Dakota,
died here this morning. Death was
caused by heart disease from wricn
the governor had been critically ill
for the past three days.

Arthur Gustave Sorlie was born
April 26, 1874, near Alderta Lea,
Minn. THis parents were, Iver and
Mary Sorlie, natives of Norway. When
he was 19 years old he came to North
Dakota where he worked in a bax,
operated a general store. and. Jater
became a traveling salesman.

In 1907 he entered the fuel, seed
and feed business: at Grand Forks as
A. G. Sorlie and Company. The enter-
prise was successful and was the basis
for a considerable fortune which he
later accumulated in other business
endeavors. ”

Despite his extensive interests, the
Non-Partisan league selected him as
its standard bearer in 1924 and he
| won the gubernatorial election after a
ae fizht with R. A. Nestos, the: Re-
publican incumbent. He was reelected
{in 1926, but did not seck renomina-
tion this year, saying that he desired
to retire to private life at the end of
his term.

In 1900 Gov. Sorlie married Miss
Jennie Odegard, who died later. In
41919 he married Miss Grace Hilleboe
at Grand Forks.

The first important act of office
came to Goy. Sorlie when in his first
‘jterm he appointed Gerald P. Nye tc
jthe United states senate to succeer
Senator E. F. Ladd who died in office
 