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THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. ; FRIDAY APRIL 15, 1921.
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RUTHERFORD NEWS
OF LATEINTEREST
NEIGHIiOR "SHOT DUFFEY
HARRIS
Commencement Saturday A
Reduction of 10 Per Cent in
Land Values is Made.
Kiitherfordton, April 13. Duftey
Farrfs, who lives seven mile3 of
hen., was shot Sunday afternoon by
Robert Camp just after religious
services ended at a school house. It
js ivported that Harris was drink
ing and he and Camp got into a quar
rel when Harris cut Camp and the
lattf shot Harris in the chest twice
and le& flnce. Harris was rushed to
the Ruth?rfoi'i hospital and is in .?
critical condition at this writing.
Camp gave up to the officers Mon
day ami was placed under a $5,000
no'id for his appearance at court
here next month. Rath are from
prominent families and the horrible
affair is very much regretted by the
friends of both men. Camp was
slightly injured with a knife.
Sheriff Beason and a number of
other officers made a raid in Dun
cans Creek township recently and
ca: tared about 500 gallons of beer
and one of the best copper stills ev
er seen in this county. A small j
quantity of whiskey was destroyed. !
Ore iilnikader was seen at a dis- j
tance hut made his escape. i
William P. Hughes of the Broad
River -rttion, near the Polk county .
lin- v.a- shot Sunday night about 10 :
(i I'M
Rand
Aw
JiPC'ttl
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: his sister in law, Fhoebie ,
-Inn. :
5,000 school children are ex-
1 to attend the big county
enremert her? Sat u i day. Five
; u; out'! commencements have
1. . . !d ..:kh served as a prelim
ir:.'y the county commencement.
The say, Saturday, will be full of
(..r :i"r., (.vents, etc., for all who at-j
tend. I
Th. county commissioners reduced
the a.-.-essment of real estate 10 per ;
ctr.t over all the county last week. ;
Tl.i.- va- a uniform reduction and '
ti,,:s w.i! probably be the last step ,
ta'vn snun in the county towards j
reduction of real estate values. t I
Mrs. V. M. Young of Spindale and J
George M. Huntley of Forest City,
hai tekirranis recently from New
York that the body of their dead sol-!
die. .--('is had arrived in this country .
an.'. A iuM be sent home soon.
The cold wave here Sunday and ;
Moi .I :v nights did much damage to j
garum- and small corn, grain, etc. .
Some of the fruit is damaged but j
there ; still hopes for a fair sized j
crep ti;i. season.
Prof. M. C. S. Noble, head of the j
department of education, University!
of N.irth Carolina will deliver the j
n' hterary address at the Spin- j
c:uiol closing April 22. The
sthi
curi
feels very fortunate in so- j
this noted educator and
speaker to deliver their literary ad-
(ire?-. j
The .iehntincr t.mni f tba Putlir.r-
v.-.. W . ...V
io!!i..r. graded school left here on
Tut-,!ay for Chapel Hill .to contest
!n tr.e .inals of the high school de-
-r.ir union undpr thp ansnicps of I
t '
.Mi.-
TV
ersity.' There is one girl, '
uha Justice on the team.
countv commissioners. in I
tl;,,'i' monthly session last week ;
purchased a tractor to work the i
H'm ,v;I-h, also a new scraping ma
(. i.e. They plan to go to work at
once on dragging and improving the
roads of the county.
Paving of the 2.2 miles of streets
through this place continues to go
irwar, rapidly. The work will be
completed by June Vit nothing hap
pens to prevent. A contract for. the
!''av'ng of nearly one mile to the hos
P'kl will be let soon; Work con
tinues rapidly in three or four places
on tha Charlotte-Asheville highway
ln the county. 'There is a good pos
f'W'ty of the 16-mile stretch of that
"'ghway from Green Hill to Chim
nev Rock being hard surfaced at an
early date.
Judge W. j. Adams -of Carthage
iH convene the criminal and civil
jjS?loni of the Superior court here
' av -. Over 20 divorce cases and
tw or three attempted murder cases
bPV"al unusual cases yill'be tried
t this court.
Th,re is much building activity
sp'ng on here now. More than eight
.lce "sidences are Underway of con-Jtructlon-
The town is on a boom,
fore 3S 1,38 Reer Cn wltnesse1 be"
M'ss Lila Dover spent the week
5? Lincolnton with her sister,
Ml'3- Frank Love;..
SOCIAL NEWS
Acquaintance.
AD that we know of April is her way
Of coming, on the world through
gentle spring, " ...
Turning the hedge a whitening line
of spray.
Staining the grass with shivered,
golden things.
She has a way of rain against the
sun,
Of moonlit mvhnrrU rW1v !
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' white and still,
And the slow silver coming, one by
one,
Of burning stars above a purple
hill.
And this is all we know
of such as
he,'
These shining names
she leaves
for use to call;
The whitening hedge, the showery
apple tree,
. And golden jonquils gathering by
a wall.
All that we know of April is her
way
And these bright legends we have
learned to say.
David Morton, in the Nation.
2Cth Century Chib With
Mrs. Schenck at Lawndale.
Mrs. John Schenek, Sr., of Lawn
dale will be a gracious hostess to
the members of the 20th
Century
club and a few invited guests at her
! vcly country home t'.iis afternoon
;.t 4 o'clock.
The meir.Lvs will make the trip
in cars leaving Shelby about 3:!i!0
(.'clock.
.Mrs. Lineberger Missionary j
'Society Hostess.
The louiej rcoj'i..? Missionary .
society of Central Methodist church ,
held a most profitable and enjoy
able meeting on Mon lay afternoon
at the hospitable home of Mrs. J. D.
Lineberger on W. Warren street.
A splendid program, with "The
City of Aloes" as the subject was :
given, interspersed with a number .
of delightful instrumental solos. i
Puling the business sessionl.00 !
was collected for dues and ?fi.8l) was
payed on pledges. j
At the close of the meeting the 1
ho. tess assisted by Mrs. George '
Hoyle served a delicious sak.d
course.
Delight ful Dinner for
Charming Visitor.
m .'iciKiav Mij;:n "i " i
was host at a dinner given at the
Central hotel in honor of Miss Ruth
Ayers the charming sister of Miss
Elizabeth Ayers, whom she is visit
ing.
Places were laid for 14 in the beau
tiful dining rom which was decorated
with ferns and lilies.
After a wonderful three-course
luncheon the guests motored over to
Mr. Oliver Anthony's home where
the reception hall had been prepared
for dancing and after a delightful
hour at dancing the merry party J R(?v E R McSwain died sudden
departed. I y at Grovor Wednesday morning
Those enjoying the evening were , an(, wjI, ke burjed toJay ftfc Antioch
Misses Ruth Avers. Kathleen Car-, church Rcv j D BaiIey of Sowpens,
penter, Harriot Holton, Elizabeth j g c C0Rjuctintj the funeral. Mr
Ayers, Eugenia Hollaml. uoroiny
Mc Braver, Marjorie Suttle. Messrs.
Nash, Schenck, wootten, Aiunonj, j
Blar.ton,. Griffin, and Burrus of j
Statesville. j
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A Surprise Marriage ,
of Youthful Couple. " j
A marriage which came as quite j
a surprise to their host of friends I
here was that of Miss Lesbia Ham-1
rick and Mr. Julian Hord which oc-'
curred in Monroe, Monday afternoon
April 11th.
Miss Hamrick left Shelby Sunday
afternoon for a visit to her kinspeo
ple in Charlotte and was joined by
Mr. Hord in Charlotte the following
day and the happy young couple con
tinued their journey and were mar
ried in Monroe that afternoon, keep
ing their intentions a profound se
cret until after the knot had been
tied. There was ho objection to the
marriage by their parents except for
the extreme youth of the couple,
who are both in their teens.
The bride is a beautiful and viva
cious young 'blond, and is the popu
lar daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Webb
Hamrick of this place. She is greatly
beloved by a wide circle of friends
and for some time has held the po
sition of cashier at Gilmers.
The groom is the youngest son of
the late Mr. C. T. Hord and Mrs.
Hord, one of Shelby's most promm
"entfamilie8, H
OTolit- and
promising young man and a member
of the eraduatine class of th? She!-.
by graded school this year.
After spending their honeymoon in
Charlotte they are expected to re
turn to ' Shelby Saturday to make
their home.
Negro Minstrel at
Union School House.
There will be a play "The Negro
Minstrel" at the Union school house
tomorrow night (Saturday) Ntu;gin
ning at 7:30 o'clock. The proceeds of
the play will be used for the benefit
of the community fair.
Admission: Adults 25 cents, child-
rLn 10 cen-
Cecelia Music Club5
With Miss Bostick.
Delightful hours were spent at the
Bostick home on East Graham St.,
Wednesday when Miss Bertha Bos
tick was hostess to the members of
the Cecelia Music club and a few in
vited guests, her guests of honor be
ing Mrs. Carl Hamrick of Boiling
Springs and sister, Mrs. Farmer of
Bessemer City.
The entire house was a bower of
lovely pink blossoms, roses being
used in every conceivable space. In
the midst of these attractive sur
rounding a most profitable and en
tertaining miscellaneous program
was rendered by nine of the mem
bers. At the conclusion of the pro
gram the hostess assisted by her
aunt, Miss Judie Bostick, served a
delicious ice course and mints, in
vvn'cn the color note of pink was also
carried out.
Those enjoying this hospitality
beside the members were: Mesdame
C. J. Woodson, Brooke Price, Jim
I.owery, H. B. Quinn, W. H. Blanton
and daughter Mrs. Tom Fetzer.
I '..'hers Program at
Parent-Teachers Meetings.
One of the most interesting and
enthusiastic meetings of the Parent
teachers association was that of
Monday evening when th fathers by
their preserve and cooperation added
much 1 1 the success of the occasion.
The metir.g was opened with sev
eral splendid selections from the
Mens Gospel Chorus under Mr.
Rupp's direction.
The meting was opened with sev-
then
intere?tingl discussed by Mr. j
Horace Grigg. Mr. Elliott discussed
"Moral Education Through Work".
He emphasized the importance of
work and suggested means for get
ting the boys more interested in
gardening, etc.
Tiie speech of the-evening was that
of Mr. O. M. Gardner, when he so
;'ble and forcefully spoke on the
'ri.ther as
the Son's Counselor". Dr.
Osborne gave a reading which elicit-j
cd much applause from the audience, j
Concluding the program Mr. Grif
fin suggested the "Aims and Possi
bilities of the association.
An enjoyable social session
brought the meeting to a close dur
ing which time delightful refresh
ments were served.
REV. E. 15. McSWAIN
DIES AT GROVER, N. C.
j McSwain has been in failing health
for some time and took suddenly ill
three hours bef(jre his death He wag
a h.ph t(me(, c'hristian gentleman
who at one time held several pastor-
ates. Since his retirement from the
ministry he has been living with his I
daughter, Mrs. A. G. Dillingham at j
Grover. He is survived by his W'ife,"j
four sons, Beecher McSwain of !
Tampa, Fla., Lloyd and Elijah Mc-1
Swain of Montgomery, Ala., Supr-!
geon McSwain of this county; two
daughters, Mrs. Dillingham and Mrs
Webb Hardin, both of Grover.
Mrs. Sepaugh of Earl Dead.
Mrs. Mike H. Sepaugh died at her
home near Earl Monday after an ill
ness of two months from dropsy. The
funeral services were conducted by
Rev. Irvin at the Earl Baptist church
at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the
presence of a large concourse of sor
rowing relatives and friends.
The deceased was the second wife
of Mr. Sepaugh, a prominent farm
er living near Earl and is survived
by her husband and several step
children. She was a conscientious
member of the Baptist church and a
woman widely .known and generally
beloved in her community.;
First Baptist Church Notice.
Sunday school promptly at 10
o'clock. Morning sermon at 11 o'clock
i K, iha nadir. Tbv 3. TvT KWor. snh
ject "The Holy Spirit in the Early
Church." Evening aM:30 Sermon
f subject "The Spirit-Filled Life."
PLATO DURHAM AT
CENTRAL METHODIST
Dr. Durham Speaks at 11 O'clock
Lady Evangelist, Mrg. Steid
ley Starts Meeting,
A great educational mass meeting
for Cleveland county will be held in
Central Methodist church at 11
o'clock a. m. Sunday. Dr. Plato T.
Durham, from Emory University,
Atlanta, Ga., who is to -deliver a
great 'address will be introduced
with well chosen words by Hon. C.
R. Hoey. Both are Cleveland county
boys who have, won distinction in
their respective professions, and you
will want to hear them.
Another announcement of interest
was that made last Sunday; that.
Mrs. C. L. Steidley, a noted and con
secrated evangelistic Bible teacher,
will start special evangelistic serv
ices at Central Mf.hodist Sunday
evening. Mrs. Steidley, who for sev
eral years has been lone of the lead
ing members of the McLendon
Evangelistic party, is a woman of
remarkable power in the exposition
of the Word and in the work of win
ning souls, and it is expected the
services at 10 a. m. and 8 p. m.
each day will bring together big
crowds from Shelby and the sur
rounding country.
The music will be in charge of
Mr. A. E. Rupp, who will be assist
ed by the men and women of the
various church choirs.
If 'yon want to do !?ood, or do bet
ter, do your best to be at each serv
ice through the series.
REV. W. E. POOVEY, Pastor.
OVERSEER J. F. GAFFNEY
WANTED RIPPY REMOVED
Friction in Street Department
Mr. Suttle to List Taxes
Retain Sanitary Officer
At the meeting of the mayor and
hoard uf aldermen, Street Overseer
J. Frank Guffney asked the removal
of Mr. Frank Rippy as guard and
the board decided to inform Mr. Rip
py that Mr. Gaffney is "boss" and
has '-absolute authority in this de
partment. Friction haa developed be
tween Messrs Gaffney and Rippy and
the matter came up before the board.
Mr. O. M. Suttle- was appointed
tax lister for the town and will make
the abstracts ami tax receipts. The
amount of pay s left optn to be de
termined later.
Sanitary Officers and Utility Pe
liceman B E Putnam was retained at
a salary of $70 per month a ; against
?S0 per month, his former salary.
This office was abolished ol) days ago
to take effect April 1st, but the ald
ermen decided to continue the work
and re-instated Mr. Putnam at a re
duction of $10 per month in salary.
The water supply of the town has
I been running low early mornings and
tne uoara decided to oner .vir. l.rane
Crane who has charge of the pump
station at a salary of $150 per month
an additional pay of $"0 and hold
him responsible for a sufficient sup
ply of water at all times. Out of this
additional pay Mr. Crane may hire a
helper if necessary to keep the town
supplied with ample quality of wa
ter to meet its needs.
The two building and loan associa
tions were voted a refund of one
third of the tax of ten cents per
share levied by the state on each
fhare of stock. Under the state law
B. and L. associations are taxed ten
cents per share, one-third going to
the state, one-third to the county
and one-third to the town in which
they operate. It is understood the
county has also ret
eturned its part of
the tax.
Mr. George Elam appeared before
the board and asked for a sewer con
nection in front of his home on N.
Washington street. No action waa
taken, but Engineer Booker was au
thorized to make a survey of the
street in order to get an estimate
as to the cost of the extension.
The board decided to buy three cars
loads of run of mine coal at $3 per
ton f. o. b. Knoxville, Tenn., to be
used at the pump station.
MR.
CROWDER NOT DOING
SO WELL AT HOSPITAL
The many friends of Mr. Charlie
Crowder of near Lawndale will re
great to learn that he is not doing
so well at the Rutherford hospital
where he has been under treatment
for several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. McFarland of
I PntWftmUnn ars spending this
week in Shelby visiting her rela
tives. Mrs. McFarland before mar
riage wa9 Mrs. Sallie Palmer.
DR.
MERCHANTS HAVE
GREAT DOLLAR DAY
BUSINESS WAS IJRISK ALL
DAY YESTERDAY ..
Tour of 50 Business Men touch
ing Four Counties and Two
Slates was Stimulator.
The Shelbly merchants and busi
ness men had a great Dollar Day on
Thursday, great crowds of people
I comng from far and near to take ad
vantage of the many bargains offer
ed in all lines. They came excepting
bargains and were not disappointed
in the least and when The Star re
porter made a round of the Btores
yesterday morning, he found every
place of business crowded with shop
pers and many of the stores did not
have clerking force sufficient to wait
on the trade. Bigger crowds huve
been in Shelby on shopping days, but
those who were here yesterday came
for business and they took advan
tage of the 'Dollar Day offerings then
went home pleased with their visit.
The Dollar Day was thoroughly
advertised through The Star and
with about 15 thousand posters dis
tributed by the merchants when they
made their tour Tuesday which car
ried them into four counties and two
states. Twelve cars loaded with CO
people left here at 8 o'clock and
.nade the tri pas scheduled, in taci
they took in several towns not in.
eluded in the itinerary because they
found the roads good and the re
ception generous.
The first towrj on the trip was
Lawr.dale which the cars made with
banners flyin,'. Along the route the
circulars adve.tisirg the Dollar day
specials were thrown out in front of
homes and at Lawndale, small boys
made a house to house canvass dis
tributing the heralds. The Ella mill
omd which accompanied the busi-
ness me i on the tour, played two se-
icetions at each town and at most
of the places, good crowds gathered
to greet the business men. Short
talks wi r made at a number of
places, calling attention of the peo
ple to the purposv of the tour ana
bidding them visit Shelby any time.
From Lawndale the business stim
ulators went to Fallston, thence to
Waco where they were greeted by
the school children and the band fur
nished music. The next stop was at
the thriving town of Cherryville
which held a most successful Dollar
Day last Thursday. Over fine hard
surfaced roads the caravan went to
Kings Mountain, and after dinner,
travelled the National highway
through the thriving village of Gro
ver, thence to Blacksburg for a few
minutes. From Blacksburg the part
came to Earl and enjoyed their vis
it. The next stop was Boiling
Springs and from there they went to
Cliffside, Henrietta, Avondale,
through Ellenboro without stopping,
thence to Mooresboro and Lattimore
for a brief visit. At exactly six
o'clock the tourists reached Shelby
and the band, still fie h, played a
selection at "Dinty Moores". Al
though the trip was a success and
i results were found in the great dol
lar day yesterday. Likely the Shelby
merchants will hold a Dollar Day
twice a year hereafter.
EARL NEWS
Methodist Meeting to Begin Person
al Mention of Interest.
Special to The Star.
Misses Freelove Bettis and Lillie
Webber went to Greenville, S. C,
last Tuesday and had their tonsils
removed. They returned home Sat
urday and are getting along nicely.
Mr. Charlie Austell of Gaffney, S.
C, was a pleasant caller in the vil
lage last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Goode of Cher
okee Falls, S. C, spent Sunday at
the honle of her uncle Mr. and Mrs.
S. H. Austell.
Mrs. Bell Sepaugh who has been
sick for some time is very ill at this
writing.
Mr. and Mrs. Austell Bettis are
receiving congratulations on the
birth of a son Austell, Jr.
Mr. Sam Austell is attending fed
eral court at Charlotte.
Rev. J. C) Keever will begin a
meeting here at (th Methodist
church Wednesday night April 13.
Central Methodist Sunday School
Begins at 9.45 oclock. Come and
be with us. The Men's Bible Class of
South LaFayette ' street church" will
attend our Sundiay school Sunday
morning. Hon. C. R. Hoey will teach
the men's classes.
BOILING SPRINGS
NEWS OFJNTEREST
ENTERTAINMENT A P RI L
23rd CANCELLED
Junior-Senior Reception For
est City Band VisitsSun
cay benool in new Church
Special to The Star.
The entertainment scheduled to
be given Saturday night, April 23rd
has been cancelled, because of the
fact that several of the leading
Jj characters have had measles.
. Miss Quinn and Miss Morris spent
the week end with Miss Mollie Sa
poch df Blaeksburg.
The junior-senior reception on Sat
urday night April 9th, was one of
the most enjoyable events of the
year.. Ice cream and wafers were
served.
The members of the faculty and
student body who were here for the
week end were given a rare musical
treat on Sunday afternoon April 10
by the Forest City band.
On last Sunday morning the first
session of the Sunday school in the
new church was largely altended.
'lhe church with attractive class
rooms and immaculate walls was a
striking object lesson for teaching
the fitting" of our bodies for the in
dwelling of the holp spirit.
Quite a number of the students
and faculty are planning to attend
the Hoey-Webb contest Friday night.
'lhe managers of the alumni ban
quet say that the tickets are selling
fasttand advise those who have not
secured tickets to do so at once.
Only a limited number can be ac
commodated, i
The most successful year of Boil
ing Springs high school is rapidly
drawing to a close. Never has the
average attendance been so high nor
the student body so earnest and pur-
posefull The school needs, as never
before, strong financial support, and
if our Baptist people, as a whole,
could realize the meaning of the
school to our state and to the de
nomination, we are sure this need
would be cheerfully supplied. Even
in this time of financial depression,
our people are abundantly able to
provide for the pressing needs of the
school.
LAWNDALE CASE DRAWS
DIG CROWD TO COURT
There were three cases in the re
corder's court this week, one from
Lawndale against M. B Whisnant
for selling diseased' meat drawing
such a crowd of spectators and wit
nesses that the case had to be held
in the Superior court room to ac
commodate the crowd. Mr. Whisnant
operates a meat market and he was
charged with selling beef from a cow
which some witnesses swore had
been having fits several days before
she was killed and some thought she
was suffering with hydrophobia.
There were about two dozen witness
es on both sides those for the defen
dant contendng that the cow was
normal in every respect. Mr. Whis
nant was found guilty and fined $50
and costs, but took an appeal to the
Superior court and the case will be,
heard again at July term. Solicitor
Burrus prosecuted while Attorneys
C. R. Hoey and O. M. Gardner rep
resented Mr. Whisnant.
Amos Young V.egro wa3 found not
guilty on an abandonment charge.
Anne Royster charged with pros
titution was found guilty and sen
tenced to serve 12 months in jail,
sentence to become effective April 15
if defendant be found in Cleveland
county after that time.
MR.
DAVID A. COON DEAD
IN LINCOLN COUNT!
Lincolnt County News.
The funeral and burial services of
Mr. David Anderson Coon will be
held at 2:30 o'clock Monday after
noon at Daniel Lutheran church
west of town. .v
Mr. Coon was 87 years of age last
Saturday. He was among the few re
maining gallant Civil war veterans
of Lincoln county, and among the
county's most prominent and best
loved citizens. A large number of
friends and relatives from through
out this section attended the funeral.
MECKLENBURG REDUCES
LAND VALUES 25 PER CT.
A reduction of 25 per cent m the
value of real estate in Mecklenburg-
county and Charlotte was made Tues
day afternoon by the county and ap
praser OhOevlewaitdrthe-toard rf
county commissioners in joint ses
sion. r"' , ; i
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