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VOL XXIX. No.-l
iSual iieting
OFSPRWWNERS
Officer and Directory elected-
Mall and Thompson Compli
mented for Economy on Job.
At the anual meeting of the stock
Lders of the Cleveland Springs com
ly this week, the board of directors
authorized to secure a loan of
H5.0OO with which to complete the
iin'5 room hotel ss early as con
ditona 11 permit. It is expected that
the hotel will be ready to open somo
limP in June. The building ia a. three
vtrry brick structure and will have
sll modern conveniences such as pri
lo.B bath and telephone connections
for each room, large auditorium, writ-
THE CLEVELAND STAR, ftflELBY. ' N. C. TUESDAY FEB. 15, 1921.
OPPOSITION TO
ROAD MEASURE
TAKES SHAPE IN GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
Lawmakers From Small Coun
ties Feel That Few Trunk
Lines Only Will Be Built'
v Raleigh, Feb.: 12. Twenty of the
constitutional sixty days for the work
cf the legislature were passed today
with the major portion of the,' work
of the session ahead of the lawmak
ers. It appears inevitable now ( for
both branches to stay here overtime, "
' Tuesday night will see the opening
of the real fight on the floor and
there, is almost a ground swell of sen
timcnt against passing the road bill
as it is written. It was indicated when
jm, uu&e tv...f iine.jirsv move was maae in we nouse
ing rooms, nowor iw jf 1 10 aeiay it ana Becomes more eviaent
The Springs property conwun i with the expressions of several mem-
:
land on improved highway
... f QK1hv nnH nllows
bpo mn cnifcA"
hr extensive improvements ana
amusements such as golf Jinks, tennis
eourts, drive-ways and a lake for
jamming and boating. A landscape
architect , was here a jew aays ago
... j i
looking over tne grounas ana plan
ning for improvements. WorK ,on tne
interior of the hotel is moving right
along and every economy is, watched
after for the protection of the stock
holders in the two Carolinas, but most
cf whom live in Shelby.
At the stockholders meeting a reso
jtion was unanimously adopted eon-
(,T3tulating and commending Messrs
0. M. Mull and Z. J. Thompson of
the building committee for the econ
omical, wise and efficient administra
tion of their trust. Most all of the
material for the building was pur
chased two years ago on a low mar
ket. The brick was purchased at $17
per thousand while all orthe rough
lumber was sawed on the . Springs
property at $14 per thousand, so it. is
conservative to say that the property
is well worth double its price.
bera of the senate and house today,
It is hardly to be expected that the
bill will fail to pass in some shape
but there' are a number of reasons
for prophesying a fight to render it
SOCIAL NEWS
. Literary Deartment of the
Woman's Club to Meet Thursday.
The afternon session of the literary
department of the Woman's club will
convene Thursday afternoon with
Mrs. H. M. Loy at 3:30 o'clock at her
home on South Wash ington Bt reel
and the night session will meet the
same evening with Mrs. R. T. Le
Grand at 7:30 at her home on South
LaFayctte'strcct.
'This was followed by a delightful!
social hour during which the hostess,
assisted by Misses Elizabeth McBray
er and Emma Frick served a most de
licious and elaborate salad course, and
accessories and mints. '
Twelve Things to
Remember.
l.The value of time.
- 2. The success of perseverance,
3. Thc pleasure of working.
4. The dignity of simplicity.
6. -The worth of character.
6. The power of kindpess.
7. The influence of example.
. 8.The obligation of duty
v9. The dd'a! of economy. ,,(
10.-The; virtue of patience."
'. 11, The improvement of talent .
12. Thesjoy of originating.
jfhursdar if ternoon Club
With Mrs? Lattimore. .
At her attractive home on North
negligible as a working law. IThere I Morgan ftreet, Mrs. E. B. Lattimore
will be raised, first and foremost the rcntcrtaine the Thursday Afternoon
howl of the small counties who see in
the Doughton-Connor-Bowie measure
a bill to erect one trunk line highway
from Wilmington ; to Fayetteville
through Raleigh, . Greensboro and
Charlotte on to Asheville. Every rep
resentative of a small county is de
termined to forestall any such con
struction and this will probably be
the initial fight on the bill.
There has also been within the
week a noticeable increase in the op
position to the size of the bond issue.
This was one point on which all hands
j seemed to agree at the outset, the
good roads people coming up from
twenty to fifty millions at the in
sistence of the governor. The first
thing to bring this opposition into
prominence was the presence here
last week of Secretary Daniels and a
(revival of his well known -"pay as you
club and a number of additional
guests, her sister Mrs. Harry Reid of
Charlotte being the guest of honor.
Six tables of progressive rook, held
the interested attention of guests
throughout the afternoon the hostess
being graciously assisted in entertain
ing by her sisters Mrs. W B Nix and
Mrs. J. J. Lattimore. ' ;
Following the game the hostess
served an elaborate two course colla
tion consisting of chicken salad,
cheese straws, sandwiches, tea and a
sweet courte and candies.
Children of Confederacy
Entertained. .
Little Miss Margaret Blanton en
tertained the Children of the Confed
eracy at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mr.f. Ceph Blanton in a most de
lightful fashion last Friday afternoon
A very interesting program had
been arranged. Following the pro
gram this charming little hostess
served delicious Irafreshmenlls,
FREE, TREATMENT
F0RCI1ILDREI1
IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL OF
CLEVELAND
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCi
T0RI1AD0 SWEEPS
A CORGI A SECTION
The shareholders elected the . fol-1 g0 policy, it was understood at the
lowing board of directors. C. C that "he communicated his oppo-
ton, J. C. Smith, 0. M. Mull, Z. J. f sition to bond issues to close friends
Thompson, 0. M. Gardner, Paul Wejbb 'w dwlinwl t take iid the fie-ht
all of Shelby; C. E. Hutchison of Mt.
Holly, A. L. Smith, A.'J. Draper and
D. H. Anderson of Charlotte; C. E.
Keisler and R. L. Mauney of Kings
Mountain and A. G. Myers of Gas-
tonia.
The directors re-elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year: J. C.
mith, president; 0. M. Gardner,
vice-president and 0. M. Mull secre
tary treasurer.
N0. fi ROAD UP-KEEP
WILL BE CONTINUED
The maintenace of roads in No 6
township will be continued. It ws
taught for awhile that road work
would have to be suspended entirely
a account of insufficient funds, but
a bill has been prepared and introduc
ed in the general assembly authoriz
mg the county commiBsioners to bor
row money for several townships in
tne county, said money to be used by
the township road commissioners in
'e maintenance of roads. The bill d
o authorizes the county commission
ers to increase the road tax levy next
to raise
ly borrowed money and carry on the
his paper until he returns in person.
By. that time the legislature will be
through.
The next and most disconcerting at
tack on the bond issue came from
James H. Pou when he appeared be
fore the finance committee this week
to urge, that a revaluation of the
property Jf the state be ordered. Re
plying to a question from one of the
senate members of the committee, Mr.
Pou declared' that he would not ex
press his opinion of the fifty million
dollar proposal "in polite society." He
couidn t have made a more subtle at
tack on the Morrison program and
while the governor's friends have re
sented the thrust, the seed planted are
bearing fruit in the amount of opposi
tion growing to the bill.
. Dr. J. H. Gettys Dead.
Thhost of friends of our popular
townsman, Mr. L. A. Gettys will sym
pathize with ini deeply in the death
of his brother Dr. J. H. Gettys who
died at his home in Forest Cty Sun
day morning at 0 o'clock.
He had been in very poor health
for. some months but was able to be
about bis daily practice of dentistry
at his office to the very last. On Sat.
urday night he suffered a severe,
stroke of paralysis from which he
never , regained consciousness and
passed quietly away Sunday morning.
The funeral will be held this after
noon from his home at two o'clock.
Dr. Gettys was one of Rutherford
county's most prominent and beloved
dentisU. He is survived by his wife
who was Mrs. McFarland and several
brothers. . '
At Central Methodist Church.
TWENTY-NINE LIVES ARE
LOST IN STORM
Nurs Eye, Ear and Nose Spec
ialist and Dentist Coming to
This County's Schools Soon
County Superintendent of Public
Instruction J. Y, Irvin announced yes
terday that he fs arranging with the
state department of health to have a
graduate nurse come to Cleveland
countjt, at an early date,' examine the
school dNldren free of charge in pw
paration for free medical treatment
to be gixen during the summer.
Following up the nurse, Dr. Clar.
ence U. Peeler of Charlotte, an eye,
ear and .throat specialist will coma
and give' free medical treatment to
all school children that are found to
tieed it by the nurse. He will estab
lish a temporary hospital in Shelby
o give the free treatment here and
after that the hospital will be carried
!to the following places in the county
where other children will be given
the treatment and operations for ade
noids and tonsils if necessary.: Faljs
ton, LawndaleK Boiling Springs, Bel-
wood, Casar," Union, lattimore,
Mooresboro, Earl, Grovcr, Waco and
Kings Mountain.
A dentist will also give free dental
clinics to school children between the
ages of six and twelve. Sup
erintendent Irvin had the following
Two Georgia Towns Are Wiped
Out and Property Loss is Es
timated at Six Million.
Last Number Lyceum Course
At Auditorium February 23.
The last of the five scries of the
Piedmont Lyceum course which the
Cecelia Music club has been instru
mental in securing for Shelby this
winter will be given at the graded
school auditorium on Wednesday
night Feb. 23rd, and we are assured
that this attraction is the very finest
one of the number and should draw
a large crowd of music lovers for that
evening.
The Metropolitan (Jlee club is
among the bucces.iful, popular quar-'
tets of today. That this company has
earned it-; popularity U-shown by the
large percentage of its return dates
filled. Mr.ny places have booked the
Metropolitan for a third return en
gagement,, which speakrf volumes
when the fact is known that this is
the third season for this organization
under its present management.
Contributed.
At the morning service the pastor,
Rev. 'V. E. Poovey, read and com
mentc 1 upon the rules' of the church.
His c mments were apt and applica
ble to present-day conditions. Reports
from i he various organizations of the
church, were also made, showing that
Oconee, Co., Feb. 11. The people
of this little village today begad an
other search for the dead and injured ,
and to inventory property loss as the
result of the tornado which yesterday
devastated a path through this sec
tion about five miles long and in some
plaiJei t mile wide. .
With all missing persons accounted
for it was definitely established to
day that one white person and 28 ne-
OToea' were k lied. The wbitc person
was Benny '.Franklin ' Hall, 17 years
old. It was reported at one time that
a small white girl had been killed but
it later developed it was a negro girl
about eight years old. A total of 21
persons were injured,. . '
, A special train last night took the
dead and injured to Sanderville, about
14 miles from here. Injured aire being
cared for at the Rawlings institu
tion. "
The property loss will total at least
$60,000. A definite estimate as to the
loss could not be made early today
because' of the confusion and conflitt
of reports. Seventy-five houses occu
pied by negroes were destroyed. Re
lief has been tent from Atlanta' and
.nearby towns, and the injured and
announcement to makc to the school homeless are being cared for by the
teachers:
In a few days you will receive from
the state board of health cards with
instructions to make examination of
the children in all the schools. The
teachers must make the examination
and return the cards to me. This is
the law.
All teachers are asked to do this
the chjirch is progressing in all lines work at once. This will be followed up
of enefcavor. by a nurse who will treat end endeav-
At the evening 'service the pastor or to get as many pupils treated, as
deliveied a sermon upon the subject j possible. t v;
f "Strength." ' He developed hisi Also the state board has promised
thought by showing its different le- me a dentist-to spend three months
AIRSHIP VS. WARSHIP.
Navy Arranges to Bomb German Bat
tleship from the Air.
.
The highway commisEioners of No.
have about reached the conclusion,
that bred labor is cheaper than con.
;rt labor, but they will determine la
whether they wUI"disband 'the
nvwt force or not. It may be that
' will disband the convict force
, the smmev after the roads have
re-soiled and patched up from
I. daLmage durin ter, and
tZ nccPMary helP' to keep the
It
about
Preparations are under way in the
navy department to decide by actual
test the ouestion of the relative su-
an additional sum to ;periority of aircraft and the modern
battleship. Secretary Darnels m a let-!
tcr to Secretary Baker has invited the
war department to participate in ex
periments to be carried out within 90
days, in which the surrendered Ger
man.,, battleship Osterf reistand prob
ably will be used as the object of at
tack by aircraft dropping , high ex
plosive bombs from the air. Condi
tioiuTapproximately as closely as pos
sible those of battle will be simulat
ed in the. tests, it was said.
. With the importance of aircraft de
velopment brought to the fore by the
projected experiments, he house na
val affairs committee today planned
fn rnnsirtar in. executive session a
measure authorizing the immediate
construction of two speedy aircrart
carriers foK the navy. The senate na
val committee at the same time was
prepared to hear views of the navy
general board on the resolution .of
Senator Borah to suspend' naval con
struction for six months to give ex
perts; an opportunity' to study the
naval lessons of the war.
"i a stae of repair.
stated that negotiations ' are
complete for antK .
jent truck to tie loaned the county by
ate highway commissipn for use
m "d maintenance, v
(hamp"k5n1h5g"raiser
SHOWS 8-INCHTUSK
Johl,
Mrs. Roberts 20th
Century Club Hostess.
At her lovely and spacious home
on West Marion street Friday, after
noon Mrs. W. J Roberts was a charm
ing hostess to the members of the
20th Centui club and a few addition
al guests m the regular literary ses
sion of the club. This rooms which
were throifl en suitowere invitingly
decorated i2 pretty tapoming &d pot
ted 'plants tnd in thej surroindings
a most intftrestine rftfoeram on "The
Conflict BAween the? States Tond its
Meaning tmericaf;was joyed"1
splendid afji instructive papers being
read by Mfsclames tK. Hoqjr, fc. b
Rovster &m An the absence of Mrs.
Henry KelJLll, her lery interesting
article on "une ctouinern opint oi we
war" was lead by Mrs. Roberts. j
. When - paper were laid aside tha.
hostess assisted by her Iittlerdaugh
ter, Minnie Eddins and Mrs. ; J. D.
Linebergcr served an elaborate and
delicious sweet course and punch.
Mrs. Roberts' special guests were
her mother, Mrs. Mary Eskridge, Mrs
George Moore and the members of
the members of the Shelby - high
school faculty.
ments, its car marks and obligations,
especially emphasizing the fact that
to whom much is given much is re
quired.
The Sunday school, under the wide
awake supervision of William Line-
oerger, nas uie largi-si aucmuuiv; iu ,
its history and is doing a great work.
The report of the treasurer of the
Sunday school for the last quarter
showed his receipts to be J1J42,31
and his disbursements for all purpos
es $792.26. It is the earnest hope of
the superintendent that every mem
ber of the church' become a member
of the Sunday school.
Continuing the, character studies
of the Master, the pastor has chosen
"The Indignation of Christ" as the
subject for the Wednesday evening
prayer meeting service.
The meeting of the Epworth leagui
just prior to the evening service was
well attended. The service, led by tne
head of the devotional department,
was both impressive and iaspiring,
'Thy Kingddm
in the schools. This dentist will treat
freo of charge all chidren, . between
the ages of six and 12.
Now if any district fails to get the
free use of a nurse and a dentist, it
will .be because the teacher did not
rflake the examination that the law
requires.
the subject being '
Come in our Homes."
Public Health Service.
and
FINANCIAL CORPORATION
GETS REQUESTS FOR LOANS
Thirty Applications Have Been Sent
in from Southern States Five -From
North Carolina.
Thirty inquiries and tentative ap
plications for financial assistance
have come from exporting concerns
in the south since the revival of the
war finance corporation, but "very
few definite applications have been,
received." - , '
This is revealed by a list prepared
today by Angus W. McLean, the Tar
Heel director of the corporation, in
response to a request that he-furnish
Red Cross and civic organizations.
' Identification Slow.
' Identification of the bodies' was
slow, but it was ascertained that in
some cases entire families had been
wiped out;
The region visited by the tornado,
an area nearly five miles long and a
half mile wide, stretching from Gard
ner almost to Toomsboro, was com
letely devastated. The chief property
damaire occurred at the plant of tno
j Cleveland-Oconee Lumber company,
where most of the victims of the dis,
aster-Werrempoljred. A large part of
the plant was destroyed and rollliooa
of feet of- lumber scattered for hun
dreds of yards in every, direction.
The wind played many freaks. A .
school building, 'in which there were
80 children, was destroyed, but all of
the pupils escaped with no more in
jury than bruises. Bodies of some of
the victims were hurled through the
air for great distances and badly
'mangled. Scores of houses were razed
and-giant trees were twisted off, and
boards and other objects were blown
about as if shot from a gun. Most of
the bodies were found - in an open
field, where they had been carried by
some freakish whirl of the wind. Cars
were blown from railway tracks and
fowla stripped clean of their fathers.
" Torrential downpours of rain ac
companied the wind, and all rivers
and streams were reported at flood
and still' rising early today.
r ti. i.i . ; . . .
ii. " aiurirx wnn hue hal.
j tlu section for a hum
S?. kifw V fork.8rowlnir the largest
C , 1 rV8 aad VA tusk
ft...- --o "ppcr jaw wnirn
eight inches. The tusk i mv
Mi
, w bo doubt., the
tusk
mitt a curiosity.
In certain parts of Russia mail is
carried by buffaloes. This animal is
picked for the service because of his
verylat-.leetr.wniciuxnableihlnuio
travel where horses would sink,,
Mrs. Paul Webb
Club Hostess.
At her attractive' home on North
Morgan street Mrs. Paul Webb was
a most charming club' hostess to the
members of the Chicora club last Fri
day afternoon, the guests being greet
ed at the door by little Miss Montrose
Mull, niece of the hostess. '
At the opening of the meeting a
hasinesa session was held at which
new officers were elected for the en
P.
suing club year: President, Mrs. L.
i Holland: vice-president, Mrs. J.
To the Physicians, Parents
Teachers of Cleveland County:
As quarantine officer of the county,
I desire the hearty cooperation of
you, each and all, in order that the
work and efforts put forth to prevent
the spread of contagious diseases may
be effective. Good health is a price
less asset to any community, and it
can only be secured by the proper
observance and prompt maintenance
of all preventativ measures pertain
ing to the spread of disease. Any time
I can iserve you In my official capacity
it wll be to me a duty and a pleasure
to do so.
R, C. ELLIS, M. D., Quarantine of
ficer Cleveland county. ,.
Feb. 11, 1921.
Patterson (Spring Couple Wed.
Miss Kathleen Hopper daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Hopper and Mr.
Louis Allen a prominent young cou;
pie of Tatterson Springs section were
married by Rev. J. C Keever at thai
Methodist parsonage Saturday night
February 5 in the presence of only a
few friends.
EARL COMMUNITY HAS
a pair nnr Aiviytfn
.information regarding the public re- f Earl is to have' a community fair
sponse to the action of Congress de- next fall, making Uie thiru to oe or
recting that the finance corporation 'ganized in the county) Mr. Lawrwice,
resume its activities. The finance cor-! farm agent and Miss Cornelius, dem
poration -withheld the names of the 'nstration agent visited Eaii Friday;
applicants, but furnished information 'afternoon and tounu the people ot
regarding the number applying in. that community deeply interested in
several states, including five in North j the project and ready to go right into
Carolina. -
Nearly all of the southern appli
cants are for Asiatic exporting of
farm products 'However, it; is inti
mated that many of the applications
do not represent complete transac
tions andlhe war finance corporation
cannot make advances except when
the sale has actually been made and
security offered.
"Obviously," it was said at the cor
poration offices today, 'it is necessary
for American exporters to complete
their contracts or commitments for
the exportation of products before
they can make a definite application
involving particular sums and giving
other details. This process necessar
ily takes time. For this reason very
few 'definite applications have been
received up to the present time."
the plans. The following officers were
elected, A. B. Webber, president Jno,
A. Wilson, vice-president; Mrs. E. B.
Olivef Eeeretary and treasurcrVThe-
Various committees will be appointed
at a later date.
The Boiling Springs community
fair was re-organized Friday 'night
and will hold its fourth annual fair
next fall. The following officers were ..,
elected! F. B. Hamrick, president; B.
C. McCraw vice president; Mrs. M. A. -
Jolly, secretary; Mrs. E. G. Whitaker,
treasurer.
6TAR WANT ADS WILL PAY YOU.
J V Independent CoaJ operators made
Lattimore; secretary-treasurer, ' Mrs.
T..W. Ebeltoft A most interesting
program" on" "FTencTI'irtaas giv
en by Mesdsmcs C-'M. Lattimsre, W.
A.' Murray and Li A, Gettys.
an excessive' profit' from the people of
New York city to the amouat of 517
000,000" Ia"Ue1ast-yeAr7aCr(ilnr'to
tha Massachupetfa" fuel administra
te. . , 1
TAX NOTICE LAST CALL.
' I ask all who have not paid their
taxes for last year to call at once
and make settlement as I am compell
ed to close Up1 my books at once. The
city needs the money and I am com.
pelledt6cllecrit"ithotrt mry-furth-
f "delay; 1 ? -
I (Ad.' B. O: HAMRICK, T. ft
A Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank our many friends
neighbors' and relatives for their kind
assistance and 'sympathy extended to
us during the sickness and djpath t
our dear husband and father. May
God's richest blessings be with each
and every onei And may they have
many -comrofters ' when their ' sad
hours of trouble tome. ' -Mrs.
R. W. Elliott and ChUdrea.
' Miss Maria Kendall cane bom Fri
darftoni'Chartottc, irhore"" ste is
teaching to Bpmd the' week end. with
relative: '
I