Get yourself in readiness to join the Chamber of Commerce and work for the general growth and deveiopirient of ShalHy. .
U Do .fob WorV-'th:
Linotype Way Lei
Us Figure on Your
Work. Phone No. 11
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lV(.lishrl Every
T u esd ay and .-'Friday
The Oldest and Bet
Taper in Thi3 Section
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VOL. XXV. NO.- 20
THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C.. FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1D1T
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
BUSINESS MEN
WILL ORGANIZE
ru AMBER OF COMMERCE OR
C1Dn np TRADE IN PROCESS I
t)JJ a v
OF FORMATION TO BOOST
SHELBY AND CLEVELAND.
Finally at last, the business men
f Shelby have gotten together with,
i i nA o nil-it in hnnut Khelbv
a aeveriuiiisv. u....
and Cleveland county. An organiza
note the establishment of manufac-
turing industries and work out other,
things that mean a bigger ana oet
ter Shelby.
Some thirty men, merchants, pro
fessionals, manufacturers and others
got together in the City Hall Wednes-
i.,t and most enthusiastic gather-1
ing of representative men of Shelby
that has ever assembled lor mis pur-
... ,1 a.-
their plans is certain. The presence Kansas Byers, a noble woman of this
of these men indicated the fact that i?0 a"d to the .u"ion the follow
the time is ripe and the opportunity i n , cl"w"n wee ,bo: A"0fnev
i3 at hand and in a few days some- LFml ' "a" ofT Rutherfordton,
thing definite will be done. C. R. wPa rtn" f Mr. J . H Qu.nn of
Hoey was made temporary chairman Shelby, Fitzhugh B. Hamrick V
and Lee B. Weathers temporary sec- H"J Hkwho were associated
rotary. Dr. Royster stated the ob .with th.r father in Jam and lumber
. t i. Ji a t r work Mlss Euzelia Hamnck.a bright
ject of the meeting and I. C. Gnflm'. , R ... . ' f
.nil I nor inpv mpan 1 i i r irrv 1 1 1 j l
,rho has had cxperu-nce as secretary
var.cvd some ideas as to the plan o
i -rfraMiziition. W. J. Arey suggested
that, a committee be appointed to
work out the plan of organization
;,n l report at a meeting to be called I
utc r when some plan will be adopted, j
Chairman Hoey appointed the fol- j
hwing iT.mmittco: J. C. Griffin. Paul !
WYIh, S. S. Royster, W. J. Arev, II.
K, Kendall, 0. M. Mull and J. D. Line
iiergrr. These men held a meeting
,it which they decided to call on the
National Chamber of Commerce and
various city organizations for "plans
and specifications." In a few days
;hey will be able to call a meeting
vhen the permanqr.t organization
will be perfected and officers elected.
The following gentlemen were
in-sent at the meeting in the City
Hall on Wednesday: C R. Webb, V.
.1. Arey, Z. J. Thompson, J. D. Line
krger, II. E. Kendall, J. E. Webb, J.
K. Morris, Paul Webb, D. D. Wilkinp,
R. E. Carpenter, Geo. Blanton, O. M.
Mull, W. R. Hartness, F. 0. Gee, L.
E. Ligon, R. E. Campbell, I. C. Gri
ffin, A. V. Wray, S. S. Royster, Jam
es T. Bowman, W. D. Lackey, J. G.
Dudley, C. R. Hoey, W. J. Roberts,
I.ee B. Weathers, James Spangler,
Ceo. P. Webb, Kemper Kendall, J.
Frank Roberts, R. L. Ryburn and W.
H. Miller.
JURY LIST
Jurors Who Have Been Drawn for
The March Term of Court Over
Which Judge Carter Presides.
The county commissioners on Mon -
day drew the following jurors for the
next term of the Superior Court
W'Viii'li finniTiindo in CVinlK.r Mflffll fltll
V ! VUll.V-lIVa 111 Ull-lUI IAAIW .
with Judge Frank Carter
ville presiding:
of
Ashe-:
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First Week
Xo. 1, W. L. Humphries. No. 2,
A. Reuben Hamrick. Sr.. J. M. Moore,
Thos. M. Holland. No. 3, J. Ab Har- jfairs weiIded a Kreat influence by
rell, W. J. Hogue, Josh Earl. No. 4,reason of hli Powur. a,ul . strength.
J. Lester Herndon, R. C. Ellis, A. A.
Anthony, W. L. Goforth, W. M. Sel-
'irs, j. i. westmoreiano. io. o, vv.j
I. Ferguson, D. B. Huffstetler
v-
A'tO.
'". W. W. Wilson, O. P. Turner, John
1). Poston, V. C. Beam, A. E. Jen
kins, F. S. Wright, A. P. Poston,
George C. Martin. No. 7, J. B. Har
rill, O. M. Spratt, A. C. Hamrick, F.
Y. Jones. No. 8, Tom McEntire, Vel
us Ivester, C. B. Lattimore. No. 9,
G. C. Cline, W. L. Miller, J. T. Spang
ler, John C. Ledford. No. JO, C. F.
Cook .No. 11, A. R. McNeilly.
Second Week
No. 1, T. L. Jolly. No. 2, Robert
B. Daves. No. 3, L. M. Hopper. No.
, G.'W. McMurry, P. R. Gladden, W.
R. Atkins. No. 5, D. W. Moss W. C.
Williams. No. 6, J. C. Ponder, Claude
Webb, J. A. Turner. No. 7, A. C.
Bridges, Columbus Harrill. No. 8,
R- E. Shuford, J. R. Jones. No. 9,
W. S. Spangler. No. 10, I; A. Cook.
K- 11, J. H. Brackett.
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Card of Thanks
We desire to thank otir neighbors
and friends for their kindness during
the illness and death of our dear
father, John William McMurry. It
'' gratifying to see such charity and
friendship and we shall never forget
you for what you were to us in our
sorrow. N
w- Y. McMurry and other Children
RUBBER GLOVES
Use Rubber Gloves to protect your
lands. See our assortment, 35, 50
75c pair. All new,' no old stock.
KendU's Drug Store. adv.
Evans E. McBrayer has the newest
""! Spring shirts at 50c to
J. Y. HAM RICK
PASSES AWAY
PUBLIC MAN AND FARMER. DIES
FOLLOWING A STROKE OF
PARALYSIS
DAY.
FUNERAL TO-
Hon. J. Y. Hamrick died" yesterday
morning at his home at Boiling
Springs following a stroke of para
lysis effecting his entire left side
from head to foot Sundav nicht. af-
ter attending religious services. The
news of his death comes as a great
shock to a community in which he
was held in the highest esteem and
to the state where he made many
friends by reason of his activity in
public affairs. Mr. Hanpick was the
son of Chas. J. Hamrick now a lead
inE and planter of Boiling
Springs. Had he lived until July of
this year he would have been 63 years
of ace. He was mnrripd in
Miss
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;Schoo, and Mfs (Myrte)
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Hon. J. Y. Hamrick
From
a photograph taken in 1800
when he wore a beard.
wife of Dr. T. Clarence Hamrick of
Fountain Inn, S. C. One son, Char-
' ' '
jles, died when a young man.
The deceased was born in Cleve
land county and devoted his early life j
'to farming. He was educated at
Wake Forest College where he grad
uated in 1878. Being a man of
strong intellect, broad vision, abun-
,dant native ability and power as a
'speaker, he was elected to represent
Cleveland county in the House of Re-1
presentatives in 1880 and later to re-
present the county in the State Sen -
jate in 1895 where his legislative re -
'cord was the subject of commenda-
,tion. Under Governor Russell he
served as Commissioner of Labor and
1 rinting irom 1898 to lvHH) ami;
brought the office up to a point of
efficiency and service to the people of !
j the btate. bince that time Mr. Ham-;
tick continueu active in puDiic ai-
He was always active in church
work and at one time served as mod
erator of the Kings Mountain Bap-
.list rtssociaiion. vynen ine question i
1 .... .. ... ...
i'i A uri ii
OI the location Ot the .lolling Springs
High School came up Mr. Hamrick
took the initiative in raising the
fund to induce this splendid institu
tion to locate at Boiling Springs and
since its organization he has been a j
great friend and help to the school.
For several years he edited the Shel
by Aurora and wrote with becoming
force and intelligence on public que
tions. He was one of the best in
formed men in the county, carried
a big heart in his breast and had
much to do with the development of
the section around Boiling Springs.
Recently he has been devoting his
energies to his big farm on broad
river and connected with the South
Carolina Light and Power Company
in securing water rights along the
stream where extensive hydro-elec
tric developments have been made.
After his unexpected stroke of
paralysis he never gained the full,
power of speech to talk with his lov
ed ones and gradually grew from bad
to worse until the Angel of Death re
lieved his suffering.
Funeral will be conducted this af
ternoon at 2 o'clock at Boiling
Springs by Rev. John W. Suttle and
a great crowd will attend to pay a
tribute to his memory.
Church Notice
Rev. C. A. Wood will preach at
South LaFayette etrcct Methodist
church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
WANTED To savt you from $5
to $10 on your Spring and Summer
suit Friday and Saturday, 9th and
10th. R. E. CaupbtJl, ' It-9
mm
REV. LEE McB. WHITE WHO WILL BE WELCOMED
AS FIRST BAPTIST PASTOR AT A UNION SERVICE
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Rev. Lee Mc B. White who has entered upon his pastorate at the First
Captist church is the son of Rev. Lee White who is well known in Cleveland
wliLre he was married to Miss Poston in the old First Baptist Church. The
father of the new First Baptist minister was educated in Cleveland and is
low pastor in Miami, Fla. The younger Mr. Whiie w'h comes to the First
Baptist pastorate here from Monroe way educated at Wake Forest College
where ho was graduated 'in the class cf 1908. He later attended Cornell
University and the Southern Baptist Thological Seminary at Louisville,
Ky. lie is a' man of strong personality, eloquence and force as a minister
:.:H thoroughly consecrated in his ministerial work. His charming wife and
two children arrive today to make their home here and a Union service will
be held at the First Baptist Church Sunday night at which time speeches will
be made by the pastors of the scvera denominations and prominent laymen.
S0CEITY NEWS
Children of Confederacy Meeting
Saturday
- -
There will be an important meet-
.lr,g
of the Children of the Confeder-
acy in the Court House on Saturday
afternoon.
The hour is 4 o'clock and all are,
urged to be present as there is busi-:
.1
:ness of special
importance to
be
.transacted.
Fashion Show at Miss Cranor's
I
An event of marked interest to the
fairer sex will be the fashion show at
Miss Cranor's Style Shop on next
'Wednesday evening from 8 to 10 i
o'clock. The newest creation of;
'suits, parosols, hats and other acccs-
'sorjes ju authentic spring styles, will
jg on display and modeled by a
number of Shelby's fairest maids and (
matrons.
Punch will be served throughout
the evening.
This will be followed on Thursday
; morning by Miss Cranor's Spring
Millinery opening.
Mrs. Kendall Hostess
On yesterday afternoon from 3:30
to 5, the members of the Thursday
Afternoon club were charmingly en-
. i 1 ij . u . .. 1 1 n.
leriHineu uy iiriu ivcmubu oi
, I 1 l v I 17 ....
!ner mveiy nome on iiunu i.arjtiw
street.
Progressive rook formed the fea
ture of the afternoon's entertain
ment, which was enjoyed at the three
tables, after which the hostess, as
sisted by her sister, Mrs. Lee B.
Weathers, served a tempting salad
course and accessories.
An Enjoyable Church Reception
One of the most delightful social
affairs in the church circles of Shel
by was the reception on last Tuesday
evening in the Sunday School auditor
ium of Central M. E. church, given
by the ladies of the Woman's Mis
sionary Society in honor of the new
pastor, Rev. Chas. A. Wood, Mrs.
Wood; the presiding elder, Rev. J. F.
Kirk and Mrs. Kirk, and Rev. and
Mrs. A. J. Burrus, Rev. Mr. Burrus
being the beloved pastor of LaFy
ette street church.
The large auditorium in which the
reception was held, was beautifully
decorated in a wealth of cut flowers
and handsome potted plants. Form
ing the receiving line were the hon
oreea and the president of the. mis
sionary society, Mrs. P. L. Hennessa.
Assisting in receiving were the mem
bers or the society and the young
girls of the Young People s Mission
ary ' Society, who presided over the
punch bowl, dispensing refreshing
punch and cake throughout the re
ception hours from 7:30 to 11 o
clock. The affair was largely attended by
the members of Central church, who
called to extend a most hearty wel
come to their new minister and pre
siding elder and their families.
Graduating Recital Postponed
The graduating recital of Misses
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BJftncbe Gold and Ossie Harrill, mus
ic pupils of Miss Pat Walser at Boii
jing Springs High School, which was
to have been held in the school audi
torium of Boiling Springs on the ev-
evihg of "Mar. 10 has been postpon-
ed until next Saturday night, March
17th, at 7:30 o'clock.
20th Century Club Today
-
regu.ar . terary meeting oi ine
''lltH I antlimr ..rill ln.r.. n r. 4km
20th Century club will convene this
afternoon at 3:30 with Mrs. O. Max
Gardner. Study, Maeterlinck.
UNION SERVICES
Sunday Night to Welcome Rev. Lee
M. White as First Baptist Pastor.
A union service has been arranged
to be held in the First Baptist church
Sunday Bight to welcome Rev. Lee
McB. White to the pastorate here,
The following ministers and laymen
will deliver addresses of welcome
which will be responded to by the in-
; coming pastor:
O. M. Mull in behalf of the Bap
tists of Shelby.
J. W. Suttle" in behalf of the Kings
Mountain Association.
A. C. Irvin in behalf of the Baptist
1 ministers of the county,
j C. A. Wood in behalf of the Meth
odists. Thomas Bateman in behalf of the
Presbyterians.
C. R. Hoey in behalf of the town.
Rev. L. W. Swope will be present
and if his throat is in condition, he
will be asked to say whatever is in
his heart to say.
Special music will be rendered by
the several church choirs. The pub
lic is cordially invited.
SEWER CONTRACT LET
Aldermen Decide on Expenditure of
Over $6,000 for Sewer Extension.
The aldermen at heir meeting
Tuesday night let the contract to W.
R. Hart of Hickory for extension of
the sewer mains on North Morgan,
DeKalb, Warren and Marion streets.
The price is $6,205.00. Total a
mount of sewer mains will be some
thing over a mile. Work is to com
mence on the 15th of March and .be
completed in 60 days. Mr. Hart is
to furnish $1,000 bond. This work
was contemplated last year and con
tract let, but later rescinded. Mr.
Hart agreed to do the work at the
lowest bid submitted last year, con
sequently the aldermen did not ask
for new bids.
A septic tank is contemplated on
the branch back of the cemetery.
Hart's bid does not include the cost
of the septic tank which will be nec
essay when the new sewer lines are
laid..
Money saved' is money made, so see
Evans E. McBrayer for your, Spring
clothing, shoes, hats and furnishings.
He will save you money, ' adv,
GO to Campbell's today or tomor
row and take your friends. It will
pay you. lt-fl
A. '
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BUSINESS OF
THEC0UNTY
COMMISSIONERS DECIDE TO
BUILD STEEL BRIDGE AT HAY
NES SHOALS WHERE NOT
LESS THAN $125,000 PROPER
TY WILL BE CREATED FOR
TAXATION.
It was decided at the meeting of
the board of county commissioners
on Monday to build a steel bridge ac
ross the river between Nos. 1 and 2
townships at Haynes Shoals where
the Broad River Light and power
Company will make extensive devel
opments. The bridge will cost ap
proximately $8000 and contract will
be let in about two weeks or as soon
as the bridge concerns can be notified
to submit sealed bids. The Broad
River Light and Power Company
guarantees to the commissioners that
they will make investments that will
create not less than $125,000 worth
of additional taxable property. How
ever, the plans of the newly organiz
ed corporation are to develop much
more than this amount. In addition
to building a dam which will devel
op several thousand horsepower," the
Cliffside Railroad will be extended
into the county, a distance of four
miles. It is rumored, without au
ii is rumoreu, wunous au-
thority, that a cotton mill will at
some future date be built at this point
in Cleveland county.
. Bills Taid
W. A. Mauney, building abutments
$313.33.
lobn B. Elliott, lumber $51.71.
J. Y. Jones, bridge work $4.90.
O. M. Moore, bridge work $2.00.
No. 2 road commissioner, hauling
ridge $19.75.
C. I. Putnam, bridge work S7..r.().
C. J. Hamrick and Sons, nails $1.43
E. W. Dixon, d. s. services $8.40.
Lewis Lucadoo ordered to county
home.
F. D. Wilson, expense prison $10.
J. B. Eskridge, granted release on j
$100 real estate.
C. H. Bowen, part burial expense
Camp $5,
Dr. Chas. E. McLean, medical ser-
Kices $2. --
G. L. Kerr, part burial expense Sal
lie Roberts $5.
C. H. Sheppard, expense prisoner
$4.00.
D. M. Baker and Co., hardware
$9.36.
C. T. Crowell, quilts $7.
George Rippy, lumber $17.49.
L. U. Arrowood, cement $151.10.
Herbert Borders, hauling $21.
R. R. Lackey, jail expenses $48.95.
Western Union Tel. Co., telegrams
59c,
R. M. Gidney, demonstration work
$50.00
C. M. Hamrick, lumber $2.93.
,Star Pub. Co., printing and adv.
$23.50.
Paul Wcllmon, wood $1.50.
T. W. Ebeltoft, brooms $3 05.
Edwards and Broughton, record
books $72.8(5.
Piedmont Tel. Co., phone rents
$4.85.
Chas. L. Eskridge, gasoline $1.25.
W. D. Lackey, sheriff expenses
$28.16.
J. G. Dudley, plumbing $14.65.
E. G. Whitaker, lumber $10.43.
B. F. Lindsay, expense lunatic $2.
Sam Mode, expense of lunatic $1.
J. L. Lackey, expense of prisoner
$2.40.
S. 0. Andrews, expense -prisoner
$4.25.
W. B. Nix. blankets for jail $(!.
M. C. Ellis, freight and drayage
)$1.12.
The Bond Buyer, advertising bonds
$26.25.
Roberts Groc. Co., groceries $2.25.
Ed Price, judge election 2.
.T. F. Jenkins, coal $40.25.
B. F. Lindsay, expense prisoner
$3.40.
Southern Express Co., express 69c.
T. W. Hamrick, member Board of
Health $4.00.
T. W. Trogdon, cotton grading ex
pense $46.66.
B. T. Gantt, expense lunatic $1.50.
F. L. Hoyle, C. S. C, costs $19.15.
J. F. Hamrick, granted release on
$90 real estate, error.
Ordered that D. S. Lovelace be ap
pointed to locate road in No. 1 town
ship as follows: At Durham Shoals
and electric power company's site.
W. C. Ellis, granted release on
$215 real estate.
Star Pub Co., printing advertising
$7.50.
G. W. Peeler, services as commis
sioner Jan. 6 to March 6th, $29.40.
Plato Grigg, auto trip to Morgan-
ton $20. .
County Home Expenses
Thompson's Company, lumber $1.72
J. R. Osborne, dental work $2.10.
J. L. Allen, groceries $5.32.
Favel and Oxford, shop work $1.15.
Tom Tucker, salary $18.50.
J. D. Lineberger'a Sons, hardware
$2.75. -.T.
C. Mull, salarr and helo $61.75
J. L. Suttle Co.. dry goods and
I groceries $73.
Hull Brothers, blankets $4.25.
Washburn and Co., harness $12.05.
E. E. McBrayer, shirts and overalls
$5.15.. ,'
Aaron Roberts, lumber $6.73.
McMurry-Hull Co., overalls $1.00.
Lattimore Drug Co., drugs $2.55.
Total county home $199.42.
LIVE NEWS OF
EVERYWHERE
ITEMS FROM ALL OVER THE
OLD NORTH STATE BOILED
DOWN FOR BUSY READERS OF
THE STAR.
A contract has been, let by relatives
of the late O. Henry for reproduction
on screen of some of the author's sto
ries. A valuable horse, afflicted with
blind staggers, ran amuck at Monroe
knocking down fences and things.
It had to be killed.
The police seized 950 bottles of'
beer at the Eagle's club in Asheville
and arrested the club's custodian, W.
C, Craig, for retailing. And night on
the eve of the bone dry bill, tool
Henry Bullard, colored, murdered
hfs wile at Purvis, Robeson county,
Anil thfifl m ail a Vila aoAona Wa i a aim..
posed to have ghot hU ;jfe becaJe
he wante(1 t mnvB flml ,,
not go with him.
Major Chas. M. Stedman of Greens
boro, who has just begun his fourth
term as a Represcnative in Congress
from the fifth district, announces that
he will not be a candidate for re
election next year.
For a whole time health officer for
Rowan county the county commis
sioners have appropriated $1,000, the
town of Salisbury $700 and other
towns in the county will increase the
amount to $',0u0.
The livery stuble of Herring Bros,
at Goldiboro was burned Saturday
with 28 horses some of them valu
able racers, vehicles, harness, automo-
bile and a hge ouantitv u feed. Es.
timated loss $41,000: iiiirtiallv in..r.
'ed.
Henry Webb, colored, was found
dead in the stables of A. 11. Wall in
Winston - Salem Friday morning.
Webb drove for Mr. Wall and it was
decided he touched a live wire while
trying to turn on light at the barn
and was killed.
A report from Selma, Johnston
county, says that "ginger extract,
supposed to have contained about 90
per cent, alcohol, is held responsible
for one shooting, two cutting scrapes-
and several less serious incidents,"
in that bailiwick.
Geo. McGlamory, a young white man
said to have been a fugitive from
justice, was found dead on Fork
Ridge, Watauga county. Death atri
buted to whiskey and exposure and it
is thought he had been dead jtieveral
days when found.
High Point folks started out to
raise $40,000 to secure the hospital
which the Western North Carolina
Methodist Conference desires to locate
in some town in this section of the
State. After a few days' canvass
$15,000 was pledged $12,000 by local
physicians and the canvassers gave
up the job.
Col. W. J. Bryan, en route from
Washington to Miami, Fla., stopped a
few hours in Raleigh Friday and the
News .and Observer says he express
ed himself as delighted with the pro
hibition legislation passed by Con
gress, especially the District of Co
lumbia prohibition bill. If the colo
nel was asked to address the Legisla
ture while in Raleigh the papers
don't mention it.
Last October John Henderson of
Matauga county died of knife
wounds in his throat and it was
supposed at the time that he had
committed suicide. Later evidence
developed and his widow and her
brother, Fred Andrews, were charg
ed with murdering him and were ar
rested. A few days ago, by direc
tion of court, Henderson's body was
taken up and examined by a physi
cian who will testify in the case as
to what he found by the examination.
In the Bee mountain section of
Caldwell county, several days ago,
Henry Hamby, was shot by his fath
er, Ansa Hamby, the load ,it is be
lieved, being intended for the latter's
son-in-law. Hamby and his son-in-law
had had some trouble during the
morning, and the old man had gone
back to his son-in-law's in the after
noon with a shot gun. He fired into
the house, the load striking his son,
Henry, who was visiting there,
knocking out an eye and a tooth.
Anse Hamby escaped.
Quarterly Meeting
The quarterly confeienct vQI bo
held at Sulphur Springs Methedist
17th and 18th. Rev. A. J. Burrus
i a !i i i. :.v u:m ti.
wno is pastor wu navv wim mm wo
new presiding elder, Rt? J. F, Kirk-
Spring Suits ready
Evans E. McBrayer's.
fr
you at
adv