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THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1920.
HOOVER WOULD
SERVE IF CALLED
MMTION IS TO REMAIN sk
COMMON CITIZEN
Is Not a Candidate for President
Outlines Position and is an
Independent Progressive
COUNTY HAS $127,000 ON
INTEREST FOR ACCOUNTS
Treasurer Stroup's Office is Mak
incr Splendid Showing
Will Not Borrow.
The county of Cleveland is in fine
financial condition and Treasurer
Rush Stroup says he does hot think
it will be necessary to borrow anv
money this year for current expenses
The bluest expense out of the ordi
nary will be a settlement with Gaston
county whereby Cleveland will tuv nff
the indebtedness on the territory at
Kings Mountain recently acquired by
Cleveland. Treasurer Stroun i,
has $127500 of the county's money
on CPrtifirntn nf li i
--- vl urpsn urawing ln
tfirestf This, however, belongs not
my to tne county as a whole but to
14 different accounts, including
townships and districts for roads and
schools. Treasurer
. hojtd Lilt?
interest on county money amounted
to something like $4,000 lart year,
which amount pays his salary and
leaves the county $2,500 to the good.l
ine county commissioners have not
had a settlement with Sheriff I iffon
but the collections on, taxes hare been
very close and the countv is in h0t.
financial condition than it ha Knn
in ior a number of years.
Herbert Hoover in a letter rec!ved
y Ralph Arnold, of Los Angeles,
N'cvv York representative of the
'.Vlake Hoover President club" of
uli forma declared he was not seck-
r.g public office, that hi.s 'ambition is
0 remain a common citizen," but thtt
1 . ho 'MilfA OVorv AtllT.
, ;i- in hi imi .... - J v. w I i v
..i n, should always be ready for senMJfiKH This, however,
ie when really called upon.
Mr. Hoover's letter followed the
.-.ction of a group of prominent Cali
'ornians residing in thi3 city in ap
pointing a committee to go to Wash
mgton to ask Mr. Hoover to make
Known his position.
Asserting that while "such pro
jwsals are indeed a great honor, I
feel that I cannot alter the attitude
that I have consistently preserved."
Mr. Hoover's letter continued:
Position Outlined.
"First, I am an independent pro
gressive on the issues before us to
day. I think that at this time the
issues before the country transcend
partisanship. It is well known that
1 was a progressive Republican be
fore the war, and I think rightly, a
non-partisan during my war service.
The issues confronting us are new
and the alignment upon them has not
yet been made by the great parties.
1 still object as much to the reaction
ary group in the Republican party as
1 io to the radical group in the Dem
ocratic party.
"Second, I am not seeking public
effice and consulting my own per
sonal inclinations, I do not want pub-
he office. I cannot prevent any citizen
or group of citizens from agitating
that I should take public office, but I
cannot conscientiously participate in
any organization to that end.
"I belong to a group which thinks
that the American people should se
lect their own officials at their own
initiative and volition and that re
sent the manufacture of officials by
machine methods. I feci sure that if
I entered the race for nomination to
the presidency, and undertook to so
licit and spend the cost of propaganda
and organization, this would be in it
elf a negation of the right American
instinct because of the obligations
Ui'it it all implies.
"I thoroughly believe that I, like
any other American citzen, should
a.w.-y- ,(. reay for scrv;cc. w'nen
Tf dffC OP SAFETY. CW'rrwp ,
MRS. NORA BIVINS DIED
SATURDAY AT LAWN DALE
Special to The Star.
Mrs. Nora Bivins died at Lawndale
Saturday at 8 a. m., following an ill
ness of one week and
fant seven days old. Mrs niviB
j r 0 woa
42 years of age and a woman of noble
OinFtian character being a member
wi me bt. raul church. Her husband
am nine cnuaren were left; their
ages ranging from seven days to 19
years pf age. Her father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. John Cooke survive
with two brothers and two sistors
rrinsiow and Alexander Cooke and
Mrs. Billy Newton and Mrs. Marvin
King. Mrs. Bivins was a good woman
and we can not tell how she will be
missed in this community for she was
always ready to help the sick. The
funerr.l service was conducted at St
Paul church Sunday at 1 o'clock by
Mr. S;uikey Blanton of Piedmont
high school. She was laid to rest
among a crowd of sorrowing relatives
and friends.
SOCIAL NEWS
Chicoras with Miss Frick
The Chicora club will meet Friday
afternoon at 4 o'clock with Miss Em
ma Fnck at the Central hotel. i
RUTHERFORD BANK HIRFS
DEMONSTRATOR PROFFITT
The Farmers Bank and Trust com
nnV of Forest City, Caiolecn r-,i
Laltimorc hr.s employed Mr. C. (".
rofTtt who will be competed with
the bank and its two branch insii-
turons ad will open a "farm
f.
rt.-
Tt ally called upon, but to go out and
try. to p-rsuade the public to call mc
opposed to my every instinct.
( Ti Remain Common Citizen.
"Third, I hope to have the affec
tion of my countrymen, but my am
cition is to remain .1 common rit;7in
rrarly to engage in teamplay with county for 3 years and was about
(1
. I. . . ... . .
mum wnicn win ff-ve Tree s"rvi --c It
the farmers in Cleveland and Puth
ford counties. Mr. Profitt has been
fpr"i domon-trtnr for Rutherford
ny organization and leadership that
"as for its objective the consuma
on and maintenance of great issuer
n the forms that I bolive are to the
public interest and benefit I, of course
Micve in party organization, but it
must be for the promotion of lVue
not of men, I am not a straddler of
any issue, I spend most of my time
awtet'ng for issues that T believe in.
! the privilege of all of us tn fcnU
"r own v!ps and it is our duty to
press them when called upon to
0 ' - ""t no man can Vw n imot
to ns?ume that he can dictate the
l""e t'i tf. 4m.;.
1,- ' '" 11; or to
We rre.it. nnrf; u A
i..i,ICj mey fuppori.
Al22?LE 6 LOTS
ETS TOTAL OF $19,000.00
l'rpnorfv ni o. ... ..
w: , . " '"w outn Shelby
tifnl Suburban Town. feany,
Rarnri vUCt,0n 8ale of the Sidney
a"nck property soi.th of Shelby
Vrollnvi & of $19000. Tho
D. D Wiir,"8 Ttly Phased by
i'nCu,MlaMociate, an
Kp riUd ,; TV iue o'oaing was
of h? L"nla" lots m sold. Some
rwfit ; r- v rre fferwi n'c.
Lt the 8a,r ne" immediate'y
UVexS ?1 man f the pur-
w-n Mr onertv ownrs
f s C!n.-,n. r,, vn-smr Trnvi'
niuil(l,v0Uth Shelby graded Rchnnl
fly
. 1 :
Tnr v a
rZJ ": S to
f r. t.,l,r 1 1 II Tt
icaiu i.unieioru wnen xne raminr"
Pank and Trust company decided that
hi3 pen-ices would he of value to the
farmcs and hired him to continue the
work. He will aid the farmers in the
selection and purchase of pure bred
live stock. l'"me, etc., and give inform
ation leading to tetter farming. This
H a very umisual undertaking for p.
hmk. b"t. will no doubt prove of
great value.
Mr. Street To Marry
The many Cleveland county friends
of Mr. W. M. Street, son of Mr. Eli
Street who lives south of Shelby will
be interested in the follnu-inw vuoA.
ding invitation received by frienda
yesterday: j
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Waldhour it
quest the honor of your presence at
the marriage of their sister Jessie
Ardelle Yarbro to Mr. Marion Wayne
Street Wednesday, March the 24th
1920 at high noon 415 Anderson
street, West Savannah, Georgia.
Fanninga Style Store
The W. L Fanning company will
hold their first annual style thow
Tuesday evening March 16th at their
elegant store in the Masonic building.
i-iving models will be used for the
display of ladies ppring and suramo
wearing apparel, and the show will
0 doubt attract a large crowd. Re
cently Fanning company has buil'
a mezaline floor in the rear of the
tore which will be used for the ex
clusive sale of ladies ready-to-wear
,1 thi will be the stage for the
style show Tuesday evening. R. L
" rnour, a mcmbe- of the rlprkinc
""pp. a-sUtrrl by Mr. Frank SheTi'l
former decorator for Ivry, Cbfirli;f
"Ml arrr.rge the decorations. Sever;!
tacvn ynun? Shelby ladies fir '
'ho CharioHe models hive bnen rn
"eod to show the spring and smn-
-,or PTU1 nressc. M'ss Kd th
1
Zion Hill Monday in the presence of
a Borrowing congregation of rela
tives and friends.
LITERARY SOCIETY DE
BATE AT B. S. SATURDAY
The 13th annual debate of the Kal
agathian and Kalliergeonian Literary
societies of Boiling Springs will be
held in the high school auditorium
Saturday night March 131th at which
time the following program will be
rendered:
Officers J. Bryan McGinn!
Ethel Lattimore, sec.
ProgramPiano solo "Idilin"
Oesterle Minnie McCraw. Readino-
"End of a Task" Thelma Michael.
Essay "Ne'er a Pose Without n
Thorn" ErnUy Hollifield. Vocal nolo
"King of the Forest and I" Brand
Lawrence McSwain. Oration "Raw.
ing and Reaping" Abner Cornwell.
Reading ."A Matrimonial Experi
ment" Gladys Steedman.
Debate Query: Resolved That the
United States should adopt a system
of universal obligatory military train
ing consisting of not less than 18
months between ages of 18 and 24
Affirmative: Clyde Jones. Wm. S. Mm
Swain. Negative: Dewev Whitafcnr
Livingston Freeman. Chorus "Donee
"f the Pine Tree Fairies" Forman
Michael, Ponton, Padgett. Greene
Walker, Hamrick, Jolly, Gold, Latti
more. "
Marshall. Yancey Elliott. rJif-
Pex Long, Puby Lattimore, William
McCurry, Selma Mauney.
GETTING HER EYES OPEN
1U VALUE OF GOOD ROADS
Palmetto Post.
Gaston county, North Carolina, is
Tetting her eyes opon to the value of
RECRUITING OFFICE IS
STILL OPEN IN SHELBY
Some Benefits to be Ilerpivwi
From Training in the U.
S. Army Now.
One of the first requisites for a
ascfuJ life is a sound bo-lv nml tKn
first course of training a man receiv
es in tho U. S. armv is. thrrofnm
Physical. During the first month or
Rix weeks after enlistment the recruit
is given a Fystematic mid gradual
course of physical training, including
turn uuy arranged settinir ud exer.
cises, athletic games, short marches,
and other physical tests, all tending
f airuignien a man up, and keep him
in the best possible physical condition
to enable him to perform his duties
properly.; Heawniires that feeling of
"ittiuiut'ss, connuence and indepen
dence, that clear, frtraight-thinking
brain and keen eye that go with a
healthy body. After the firat Rtflge
is passed and the recruit is A.imiwi
to an organization, sufficient physical
training to keep him in good condi
tion is continued and he acquires a
set-up which remains with him al
ways. Supplementing tc physical train
ing are courses iw sanitation and hy
eiene which teach men what to do to
maintain good health, what i.1 to be
avoided, the necessity of perwnal
cleanliness and for cleanliness about
camp and barracks. This necessity is
impressed on the soldier every day
of his enlistment until tho work he
does in keering himself clean and the
"tops he tskes to nvo'd disease b.
comes second nature to him, and helps
mm an throueh life.
A man seekine emnlovrmmt in rivii
Hfe who can exhibit a discharge from I
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
KEYNOTE SPEECH
WiU Rvtew Record of National
Administration Early in Aor
Champ Qark Not in Vet T
Washington, March lO.-Senator
o. overman will make the key
note .peech at the state convenUoa
u ANohJraro,ina Democrats early
in April. The junior tor will re
view the record of the national al
min,8trat.on for the past seven years
7t?Vrtoach npcn "tateisW.
Senf n in Wasnin U,at
Senator Overman will Dot have much
opposition for the Democratic nomin-
v, ' w. 0DBerver of North Caro-
jrUC fn(,.'th trend in nation
"cs expect the Republicans to
Z a m mt agZt s2
Vntrr' crman'8 heiress to the
North Carolina Democrats will be a
w.uTri? effrt and dJ
win shape the nartw riu,. -Cj ..
darations in th,. e"
Another political
me postponement of th L.
Attorney General Palmer is L J
to throw his hat into the Tar w
nng as a presidential candidate. Mr.
ralmer came orer ), . .
n ber and had a chat with Senate. m.
the army .Wni''ffiSS ' 2T;jfil,iM,r H. ioii
-v,. u,unnun!l mat h mnU
JJUV
accent the lnin.v it .
. "vii 01 me oar. as-
sociatjon of Gastonia to address it on
March ,24, but he would be glad to 2
dress the association at any time aft
er Anril 10. If the Gastonia bar aa
oc,at.on will postpone it, dinner the
ttoniey Renaml will come down in
Ami and it will be Mr. Palmer's first
appearance in North Caroina as a
presidential candidate.
Mr. Palmer wll lint xr.i.
r . . - e" w 4iorui
T ,M p8SPnflI" to make a noli-
SCSf bn hl8 aPIwnee nn
dubtedlv wi'ii v .
iiotc an pnncf nrw
W MLTVH
there
Conor's style shop will furnish the pood roads. She is fast aban-ior.ing
millinery.
LAWNDALE NEWS.
SEEK FIVE IV LOOTING
OF OXFORD POSTOFFICE
fir savings stamis valued at $10.-
roptige stnmDs to the amount of
$5,000 and about $75 in cash were
T-eured by safe blowers who blew
omi the safe of the Oxford nostofficc
LMnndiy and made their escape. No
arrests have been made.
Five strangers, reported to have
seen at Franklinton, 15 mile
who are believed to have taken
i mrfje touring car belonging to a
wealthy cotton mill mm thore, stolen
during the night, are thought to have
been the spme persons who robbed
the po-toffice.
These men are being souerht by the
nuthorities in the surrounding town".
The robbery was not discovered
rintil the postoffice "was opened next
morning.
B y Accidentally Shot.
Carl White, 16, son of Mr. John
TOnite who pves on Mr. Jim Fall's
place four miles south of Gastonia,
is in a Gastonia hospital rafferng
fmm gunshot woun accidentally in
flHed last Friday. The wound was
'nfi'red nrtn n r-Mol wh'rh the lad
had recently purchased without the
are not ccs'dered dangerous.
IT'intirtr for a Binker.
l"i" 'I'll
Kulroad conditions.
r-V of T'-irit', Vr lm'ti. .
enhn77l;n
of the bank's funds,
wH thousands . dollars
Itcm-s of Interest of the Community
Several Deaths.
Special to The Star
Lrwndale. March 11. The infant
"f Mr. and Mrs. Dock Jones died Wed
resday evening and was burinl :it
Palm Tree Thursday. . The parents
"."ve the ' vrathy of the entire com
munity iln their sad bereavement.
Mr, Florence Poyster who his
h(en si'Tring with a severe attack
of tonsilitis has recovered.
Mr. Sankey Blanton who was the
winner in the preT'nvnary declama
tion content held at Piedmont recently
to determine the school reoresoTita
ive to Wake Forest left Wednesday
for Wake Forest to take part in the
contest.
The girls improvement contest will
bp hnH at P;edmnnt in the Auditori
um Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Ev
erybody cordially invited.
Mr. Mnrvin Grigg is bark in school
ifw undergoing an operation for appendicitis.
the nr'd. At thp lt. mnptitiir n( ih
commissioners it was decided to build
45 miles of additional hard surface
roads. In fact they propone to build a
rerfeet network of good road
throughout the county. It will be of
much interest to te peorle of th's
section to know (hit the road lead
ine to Clover will be hird surfaced
to the county line ju't beyond Bow
ling Green. York county comnv'ssin
ers should t ke this matter un and
f'ni-h it through to York by all
means.
COLONEL KIPK PATRICK
AND Bl'CKNER TO SPEAK
possessed of an aset that goes a Ion
wbv wiio emmoyers.
During enlistment
good chance of promotion to the
grade of non-commis'doned officer.
onu inus De 1 na position to acquire
the knowledge of handling men, to
sise them up to study human nature,
and to know how to get the most out
of men a valuable practical expe
rience. -
For the man who has not rereivrH
a good school education, there are at
all posts, Pchools in which grammar,
geography, arithmetic, history, alge
bra, and similar subjects are taught
In ndrltrinn tn tn T ' n-L i ,
all arms anabranches f th r u". """" . nument
army teach, as a part oV thTtrainTng ' - Z , wUI be
necessary to military efficiency, va et, ?n ,J the cians.
nous trades and occupation, in any h ,mther Plit development
one of which a man, by applying him- 7 was announcement by
elf earnestly and making the most I fojnep SreaJ-er Chamn Clark that he
of his time, may become proficient Wl!1 not Pft into the Geornn nrimr
enough that he can return tD ciilirs a:l a presidential candidate Mr
hfe w-ith a useful trade or occupation , Clark Pii?c-e-ts tht rjj .tnt- lm,l
by which he can secure employment. Vnd uninstructed deletions to 7f
mupv o dirlom. or ce-ffi- Frrnrico s0 th-t IT .
cates of effiiciencv are i! . " C S0 thrt ih rmnornts my
i most ca e3 an., recognised bj the I , T Wnt thpir nltform and
union of that trade. i . .mot avfi;Wo caniidate.
Net ma"y now deny the benefits L Goortria is no of tho states to or
of university training, and more and. r a Pres:dertia prpfen prin,,.
"rP nrn "m r to realize the bene- n"'! Mr- park's name has gone on the
fits of the training onon to tho-e that ballot bv pet;tinn of h?s friends in the
T-sn thn ortunity in the U. S. sMe. Mr. nrk' letter to thn r.
Young men enlist todav. gain 'JyT! h9 f the b.Tlot,
education or a tr;.de. benefit your. bnt t does wt 'mmate Champ Clark
selves rhysically. Penn the benefits 113 a rreidential possibility. Unin
"f the Un'vers'tv in Khaki. A recruit- ""d delorrtt-'ons pt San Frandco
'"r offi-o ic in tho po- t effice, Shelby, '. R"rh as North Carolina and numerous
A n V infnrmntinfi Lit J -.) w:il ntYia . ,
1 -n-oiiiu will UCr'mi .-UO.T- B Pl'W'B TO BPTIM mav
heerfully furnished. turn to Mr. Cl--v 0r anr Demn.0t
SOME HFF.ns FILFO TIITS
WEEK AT REGISTER'S
ITEMS OF BELWOOD R-l
Spanfln S'll Serious, STTal
Dead Personal Mention.
Are
Special to The Stir.
Belwood, R-l, March 11. The in
"lnena rib'ation is st;ll very serious
'n this section. Deaths are reported
almost daily. Several entire families
"r sick,
Severxl members 0f Mr. John Wil
Ms fnmilr are s'ek.
Mrs. Pntt; P'iff, pn aged lady of
near Casnr d;ed at the fcrme of h"1
'u'H.' Mrs. MVn' Cortmer. Mar.
MarchSthv-Mrs. Buff was a noble
f Vi-irtn rhf""nr, very m'i"h lov-
-I t? Jill prtrt.ijwfnrt'r5 'J'lio r1'"1t
f;iln of bnii fnmily- aro hBartfalt
in their symrpy,
Tr-, Pitn di"d t her hom
vr d"th. FhB ,s a '"iw'-tT f M.
Pink Crow. The funeral took place at
Tho Rutherford chamber of com--mrree
will hold a boo' ter bmqiKt Ap
ril 2. Col. T. L. Kirkpatrick .of Char
lotte ad presi-'ert of the Wilming-ton-Asheville
h:ghway associat;on
fnd N. Buckner, secretary of the
Ashev;llo boerd of trde will be in
vited to be present and make address
es, Tt will be a spec'al booster ban
quet to boost the town, county and
good rods.
The chamber went on record nt its
bi-monthly meeting heartily favorer
th" bniHing of te h'ehway thrrrh
that county at once and passed re-u-Ivt'ons
pskirn? th" countv commis
sioners to appropriate the county'"
rart of the funds at once bo the work
could be pushed.
The following is a list of deeds
'HH th;s week wih Pcgwter of
Deeds R. Lee Weathers for registra
tion. Shelby Grocery Co., to B. TI. Pal
mer, Shelby lot, consideration ? 500.
R. H.
regarded aa ayailable.
Why Flour lias Gone Up.
Five million barrels of Federal
Grain corporation soft wheat flour
will be sold on credit in Europe soon
unless congress authorized $50,000,000
loans to finance the sales, Julius
Ramos, head of the corporation, tolJ
PfOmer and wife to W. T. the house rules committee a few days
Calton, lot in Shelby $2,500
Carl Thompson a"d Z. J. Thomp
on to D. A. Beam 80 1-4 acres in No.
6 $10,833.75.
Coy M"Swa'n to L. P. Yarboro,
24 acre" Penrty place, $2,000. ,
C. Jeff Hamrick to W. S. Wafter,
lot in Lattimore $5,000.
ago. He raid, he now had authority
to make the Fales on credit but hord
the loans would be authorized. The
flour, now held at American porta
"d for which the corporation paid
$10.75 a barrel is "the cheapest In
the world", Mr. Barnes told the cm
nv'ttee. He added that "every effort
ASHEVILLE FIM TO P.VE
RUTHERFORDTON STREETS
E. T. Belote, of Asheville, has been
awarded the cnt-fct of vtr 21
miles of, streets through Pjitherford-
tc
The paving will be of ronTete . n-"d
"ill extend frim te Seaboard deot
t" th woetr 'ti-I , r -nn on
Chiribft-Aiheville highway. The
contract . to h ri-vr-ivi jti rnn
" 'frrrt. rnd 91 fort, wirlo nn
J. P. Beason W Ji'W. Harris 22 had been exhausted to mII it for V
acw in No. 2 township $1092.50. . ibnt that American housewi
W. B. McSwain to J. B. Francis, 2
acres in No. 7 townshin. $825.
Sam Cabaniss to PeilLv Cabanisc,
lot in Fr"edmon, Shelby $100.
J. F. Moss to Mr. J. F. Moss,
rtore roAm and lot n W-eo, $500.
J, F. Jolley to J. D. Brooks, 74
acres in No. 2 townsh'n $2 8.
J. W. H. Smith to Kester Hamrick,
46 -9. acre No.. Twn-iMn H
Will'xm HsMns to Catherine Mills
Co., town lot $400.
C. V TT-r-v to P. v.. pyer5( iot in
G-over 11-2 acres $2,500.
J. Mwn oh"--" t- B. T. Flls,
, 61 CTes in No. 5 towTT-h'o 570.
Wrshnrrtn street w't eMtb'ti" is
Vr Vl-rlt. t fV,n t f lir. T.tti.
"H'o-d hsy'tsl will nlo ho' raved ps
soon as the present work 13 complct-?d.
W, A, Fdrds to T. P. Deal. Tot
pay higher prices for hard wheat
flour. "Why are prices of fldur go
nisr up" T asked Representative Fess,
Republican. ?The last year cron y'eld
wa8 a peculiar one," answered Mr.
Rrne. "There was a small yield of
the Ptrong wheat.ard a big yield of
the soft wheat Ftatr. mwta of the ft
whent ronld be obta'ned for domestic
use rt all t'ms at the exact reflection
of the government guaranteed price
of wheat."
The Gaston County Fair.
Of interest to n number of Ceve-
nt Belwood ?800.- .r na coulyrerTe cs'" ally .the n
.. t" erstprn miction of the county is
Voni's Steele Ton'c ff-r horse, ' fonoiincfmt thpt October 12-16
m"los ews p"1 hnnt. ifa all m"''i- has been selected for th h'g of
cine. 50c and $1.00 box. . Ar te Cist on pn"rfT 1 " ' "