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PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. VOL. XX. NO. 36 SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, MAY 5 1911. $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE GARDNER IS NEW MAY UK FiFfTED BY A MAJORITY OF Succeeds Mr. W. H. Jennings as x Mayor of Shelby After a Warm Campaign NeW Board of Alder men Messrs. Z. J. Thompson, J. L. Suttle, L. E. Ligon and A. P. Weathers elected. Col. J. T. Gardner won the race for mayor over Mr. W. II. Jennings last Mouday by a ma jority of 91 votes. The cam campaign was warm from be ginning to end and the friends of candidates on both sides claimed the victor until the count was taken after sun down Monday night. However, it looked favorable to Gardner throughout and when the tellers were counting the votes, : there was a steady increase over the vote received by Mr. Jennings. There were 459 .votes cast, which is probably the heaviest in any city election ever held here. Col. Gardner received 275 while Mr. Jennings received 181. The new board of aldermen is Messrs. A. P. Weather, L. E. Ligon, Z. J. Thompson and Joe L. Suttle, They received the following vote : Weathers, 455; Ligon, 455; Thompson, 453; Sut tle 438. There were five scat tering votes. L. A. Blanton re ceiving 2, R. M. Gidney 1, J. R. Dover 1 and W. H. Blanton 1. With the exception of Mr. Weathers who was a member of the former board, this is an entirely new set of men. Ligon and Thompson are new in the administration of city affairs while Suttle has been connec ted with the city as mayor. Two years ago 444 were cast, Mr.Jenning receiving 222 and Mr. Joe L. Suttle 221. One vote was tnrown out because it was in the wrong box. There were 15 more votes cast in this elec tion than in the last. Whether any changes in the city employes will be made or not remains to be seen. Several changes aie rumored. Dr. H. D. Wilson had no op position as town treasurer so he continues to serve. Mr. Harvey Jetton will be re-elected chief of police by the board at their first meeting. Col. Gardner and his new council were sworn in Thurs day, within three days after the election as is prescribed by law and they are now in charge of municipal affairs. OFF TO GASTONIA Members of Company G. go to Gas- ronia to Attend Rifle Shoot. Ten members of Company G. Cleveland Guards of which Mr. 0. M. Gardner is fSntain lft Wednesday morning for Gasto mato attend a rifle seoot at which representatives of sever al companies in North Carolina wl practice and contest for for marksmanship. Those who ent from here are Capt. J. F, Roberts, Lieutenant J. F.Jen- Jjns, :.Messrs. George Moore, Harry Woodson. Marion Aker. Gordon Beam, Tom Osborne. I. Green, Sam Thompson and Uarence Leonard. - y Old Time Singing. There will he. an old tim singing at Sharon church Sun- "ay afternoon May 7th. The public is cordially invited to attend. Mr.D.B. Green, a leading far mer and dairyman of Shelby joute 4 was here Tuesday on business. . .. TAX LISTERS ON THEIR ROUNDS ALL LISTING MUST BE DONE THIS MONTH Mr. Rufus S. Plonk is -Assessor For the County While he Has Assis tants in Every Township and Two in No. 6 -They Visit the Property Owner-Detail of How the Law Operates. The new machinery act pass ed by the last Legislature for the purpose of raising more revenue by equalizing taxes went into effect May 1 and the assessors started on their rounds. The assessor is required to visit each taxpayer in the township, beginning May 1 and obtain a detailed statement of .each and every piece of property, real, personal and mixed, which each taxpayer shall own on the first day of May, and its value. The Legislature did not intend for the lister to be inquisitorial into the private affairs of the tax- payer any further than has been j the former custom, to obtain un der oath the items of property which he is required to list as set out on the tax blank on which his property is listed. The requirement to visit the tax payer is for the conven ience of the tax payer and in the interest of a more equitable assessment' of its real estate by an actual view of it by the ass essor and a comparison of it re latively with other real estate. Mr. Rufus S. Plonk is the county assessor and he has as sistants in each township who will make out the list. In No. 6 there are two. The township is so large one man could not get through in the time allowed so Mr. J. F. Ledford lists in the country and Mr. Robert A. Hoyle in the town. The other assessors are J. A. McCraw in No. 1; Marvin Blanton in No. 2; W. C. Surratt in No. 3; George W. Kendrick in No. 4;S. L. Del linger in No. 5; J. G. Lattimore in No. 7; R. L. Weathers in No. 8; Capt. E. D. Dixon in No. 9; John P. Mull in No. 10; and J, A. Newton in No. 11. For the convenience of assess ors everybody is asked to have an inventory of what he has i ready for the assessor when he tt!ln 1 V. lift I r. 1 4 Vil visits me yiupciij' iic la in quired to make a second trip but after June 1 the unlisted man is adjudged a delinquent and is required to come to the assessor. All delinquents must list by June 15. Miss Webb Entertains Miss Madge Webb entertains this afternoon at 1 o'clock at a delightful luncheon at her home on South Washington street complimentary to Mrs. Norvall Spicknall and Mrs. Annie iHarrison who are visiting here from Virginia. The invited guests are Mesdames R. L. Ry burn. James Thomas, W. F. Mitchell. Paul Webb. L. P. Hol land. Harlan Shoemaker, O. M. Gardner, J; L. Webb. B. T. Falls C. M. Lattimore. J. F. Jenkins and Misses Fan Barnett and Emma Frick. To Play Indians . The Shelby baseball team will play the Cherokee Indians on the local ground Saturday after noon. The "injuns" is on inde pendent aggregation, traveling over the country playing local teams and an interesting game is expected. The Shelby boys are in fine trim and are confi dent of victory. The game has been well advertised and will be well-attended. DAMRON BUILT COURTHOUSES1 JOHN DAMRON BUILT COURT HOUSE HERE OLD Also a Number of Others in North Carolina and the First and Second Ones in Knoxville, Tenn. Three Children, W. L. Damron, Mrs.W. A. Wray and Mrs. Sara J. Lee Died in Shelby. The Knoxville (Tcnn.) Senti- nel hadan interesting article ' April 29 regarding John Dam- ron wno built tne second court houses Tr i in IvnOX. county. It is interesting to note j too that he built the old Cleve - land court house and the at Salisbury. Chester and Co-( Wednesday and attend the ' 'lim; nary meetin having !U13' i.i u . . ., 4U 4S Memorial exercises. I been held in Washington sever- When chided by his wife that j The Shelby District embraces 'al wcekjj aSo he had bought a very poor farm,; nearly all the territory within j Former Lieutenant Governor John Damron. the builder of the three counties, Cleveland, l j) Turner of Statesville ac the second court house in Knox- j Gaston and Lincoln; "and in-1 tei as chairman of the meeting ville, replied: , Well it might eludes 19 pastoral charges and' and Mr- Robert S. Reinhardt of look like a poor farm but the , 71 churches. The members of j Lincolnton served as secretary, day will come when it will be , the district are all the preachers , THE proposition. valuable." j in the district, traveling, local! The proposition considered He referred to the Damron and superanuated, the recording has been indicated in the Ob addition which contained sever-! steward and four lay delegates server on several occasions, al hundred acres and now known ' from each pastoral charge. i Tn hrief it rontemolates a mer- as North Knoxville. DIED IN SHELBY t v, r.wn .ii ttlDJT Covington, Va., in 1793 and died at Shelby, N. C, in 1870 at the advanced age of 72 years. At the age of 10 he left his home ' j ,.,i i r,rfu v,; Am Vo and went to fight his own bat-iMr ties in the world, and was very !eSUJ-"e.!f..r.taS.B; turrentine. PresidinJ Elder and his first wife was a Miss Bachman, relative of Rev. R. L. Bachman. D. D., in this city. He has two grandchildren now living in Knoxville. James Jen- . lTi-T . -i i i nings and John Jennings, whose ui of the conf erence ! mother was his daughter by his ; visitors will remain after con- first wife. After the death of ( ference adj0urns and preach in1 his first wife he married Miss sheiby on SundaVi May u , oi North S5ni WeS' Unique Celebration ! tStetom They! The Daughtersof the Con-' are W I Danrlon Xis now federacy of Gastonia are plan - Hvintf'on 020' a event for NoSrKwAi celebration of - Memorial Wray and Mrs. Sara J Us ot May 10th. in the form of thiscitv a dinner which they will give JohnDamron's sister was the'ohe afternoon of that day hP Author of " 6Cr7 the Gastonia Itis said that Ben 'Cameron, a every colored man and woman IhlrnrtPr - in 'The Clansman" in the county who was born a ts in attendance upon this who built the first court house in Knox county. I Followms the contractu Dusiness, ounii uauuvu un;u(iuwii cicuiuu wcui very quici- a number of slaves and they ly today, there being only one were trained masons and did a ticket in the field, the Demo large part of his work; 'crats having no opposition. had faith in land ' This is the first time in the his- aw mmniPtinrf thp muirt house at Knoxville Mr.Damron took his profits and invested it in Knox county land. He pur- chased the farm lying north of i... ne no IUWI1 MlUVYii nun oo iauauii9 addition. On this fara . old Gray cemetery and the owri will be in safe and capa- the passenger stations, one for ; natjonalceanall itt MSS section of y 7 straight tickets. The law passed gave a house party here this of Broadway, inis was saio. to dition is one of the oldest in legislature stated week to a number of herfriends be a poor farm and one day his this section and all deeds of 100 fQj convenience of pas. and college-mates of Converse wife, after going over the farm years baCk point to the Damron sengers who crowd at stations College. Those here were Miss remarked to him that it was an Une Later John Damron moved for ticketsa few minutes be- es Willie and Carabel Cooley of ?0 "I to Shelby.N.C.andconstructed fore train time. these two win- Williamston S. C. ; Alethea plied Mr. Damron. the ground the C0Urt house in that place doWs should be maintained. It Alderson of Alderson. West Va. may be poor, but it wil be rich and other towns in North Caro- was to aDDiv to all towns with and Mr. Mack Douglas of some oay. imay nowive to lina He purchased a large over 2ooo population. The auth see it. but my children or their plantation in North Carolina ority to exempt towns was vest children will live to i see ,Knox-where he Hved until he died in edinthe corporation commis- ville extended and this will be 1R70 . ,.7, . sion by the bill, one of the best parts of the city. Some of the older citizens of While Mr. Damron did not live Knoxville remember John Dam- Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Lovelace to see his prophecy fulfilled, his ron in this city He saw the wn nave Deen esteemed citi- daughters. Mrs. W. A. Wray and Mrs. S. J. Lee have lived to see it. built shelby court house The grant to the Damron ad - CONFERENCE IS NEXT WEEK METHODIST OF THREE COUN TIES COMING jMany Prominent Pastors and Laymen I Will Attend Conference In Mcth j odist Church Next Week -Rev. S. B. Turrentine Presiding Elder Mr. J. S. Martin Leader of the Lay men's j Movement The Shelby -District Confer- enctv MeinociiKi. r, nisconn i rw,i, s u ;nr'J ri .f.kAi;.f rhh wjnMii nisi uiiu'Qay mornintf. Mnv . at y o'clock. .Thprft will hf nrp.ifh-! - , , i -1 ing Tuesday evening. May 9. iThe w. suspend service at 11 a. m.'ciw,, ,-,Tn miiio nr,.. Friday, May 12. special atten-1 tion will be given to the inter-' est of the Laymen's movement. ' - , L leaders of Pastoral char- es in addition to the official members of the confer- ptiffi arp invifpH in ntpnH thp! p0n f p r p n r r oti Fr i H a v Mav T ' ' '.uiaia icumuvc pwiwoiuuu uiu t c Martin f Rhpihv isk i .(o.a.j. . . . j ! district day leader. Rev. Dr. S. iii.ij uiuuiv,, t vA-vuiviv . , president of the conference. ' The adjournment of Conference will probably be on Friday af iternoon. Mav 12. It is fiYTlftfV t o a 1 1 ex-slaves- of Qinner- : Democratic At Rutherfordton Rutherfordton. May 2.-Th tory of Rutherfordton that the VC11"' LDerlc -ticket headed A" xr V.i m y: . Henry Nornj. Ed Beam, R. P. Scruggs and C. F. Geer for . ... , . , . natural resources around Knox- ,r:ii Ha hart faith in th littlp hamlet that it would one day be a great city and invested his earnings. BIG MERGER OF COTTON MILLS TEN MILLION DOLLAR COMBINE PLANNED Cotton Spinners Met in Charlotte to -Happenings in the Two States Boiled Consider Big Proposition Million Down in Brief Paragraphs For Spindles Wanted Against Which! $35,000,0000 in Stock and Bonds' Will be Issued -Shelby 'Men At-! tend. 1 tnnmin i . -Mtn nna '1W'WV ,1UU 'T - .."'. I spinners; ui.j u. ,...r. u ueiu m una wivjr jwu-iuiv n ..i- - a. . r . nronosiuon oi uie liuiuuixi: ui ... 1 ger of 1,000,000 spindles on which bonds will be issued in the amount of $10,000,000 of uic iiuwuui ui iu,uw,uw vi which $5,000,000 will be devoted to the cash purchase of the properties and the balance for -i.:- ' T : nnr4oJ " " UCC11 JUaUC Ul OAIWIU1 ui uvuuo The mills entering the merger iare t have their properties as- sesseu oy LiOCtt.wuuu, uiccu a (V of Boston and Mr. J. E. Sir- ;rine of Greenville. S. C. and of the assessed value 25 per cent is 4, V.a 5 tacit in aHHiiiATi tu uv yaiu in vaotii .vmvw to the value of the quick assets 0f the mill, and 37 1-12 per cent in preferred stock and 371-2 cent commonstock in the corporation merger. Of the Preferred and common stock, however, the promoters .will keep 7 1-2 per cent of each, or 15 per cent in all. for their work in perf ee merger, wo PER spindle. In Taddition tothe Isse of bonas tnere win De i.ouu.uuu of preferred stock and $12,500,- 5W0malL.TliswUlmake the issue amount to $35 per spingle which is regarded as very high. ! After the proposition had been presented in detail, it was fe ritiS to visit the various mills and lay the matter bfore the direc tors. Another conference will probably be held later. XAccro .Trip Smith smH .T .T ' m,m, f r,-ikv Wpr ini attendance, ouiu T7k u Shelby is exempted by the corporation commission from zens of Shelby for some time have moved to Mooresboro. They have many friends here and neioy naies w give mem up, ALL NEWS OF THE CAROLINAS NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS IN BRIEF Busy Readers of The Star The Most Important Things of the Week Summed Up. 1 J.' W. Quark' of Sanf ord is the , State s youngest mayor. He is . . " -.- 23 of age and was elected without opposition timwk rv.-i! ta,,i . j Auviw.lt u VlllUlJIld I'LUtltl- I or;,.., ,.c ur. -ii-.t i ti vi y uiueii & villus rnei mis " v. ... .m... T JUV. XI W11J 111V11U i. j. . ,i liuu lauies ot me State as well as- representatives from other States attended. Dr. C. A. Bland has taken hold of the Charlotte "govern ment. Mayor Hawkins turned over to the new administration $138,000, exclusive of present liabilities. The' third annual meeting of the North Carolina Letter Car riers' Association, -composed of the mail carriers in all the cities in the State having ' free city delivery, will be held in Salis bury July 4. . A white boy, 17 years old,was lodged in Surry county jail last week, charged with criminally assaulting a 9-year-old white girl. Miss Lala Barringer, daughter of a farmer living near New London, Stanley county com mitted suicide Friday morning by shooting herself with a 22 caliber rifle. Life ruined. The baby of John Adams, colored, who lives near Ronda, Wilkes county; was left alone in the house, with the usual result. It was so badly burned that it died after some hours of suffering. Representative Pou. of the Raleigh district, has introduced a bill in Congress for the er ection of a statue to the mem ory of President Andrew John son. The bill provides for $25. 00 and that the monument be erected in Raleigh. The Governor has revoked the pardon of Ed Caton of Mecklenburg. Caton, who was serving a term of 18 months on the roads, was granted a con ditional pardon after he had served less than a year. He at once resumed his evil habits and the result is he is back on the gang. The Mecklenburg grand jury. which was charged by Judge fiiggs to investigate the rumors t of liberty andt corrupion at the recent municipal primary in Charlotte, finds that the "ru mors were aggerated, some of them totally false and the city in some respects slandered." While it is admitted that li quor was probably used cor lujuji mv &iauu j til jr noo u ruptly, tne grand jury was un- Winnsboro, S. C Miss Miller is a gracious hostess and made her guests enjoy every minute of their stay. The young ladies are very attractive and received close attention while here. Miss Gazzie Turner on of Cleveland's accomplished young ladies, who has been teaching in douui Carolina. home last week. returned
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