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VOL. XXIX. No.-34
THE CLEVELAND STAR. SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY APRIL 29, 1921
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
'Til Wlfo ( Hi fiC SSiSSfeEEjj
TEN MILLIONS
ON HIGHWAYS
MR.
W. C. WILKINSON SUC
CEEDS MR. WOOD
Ten Millions to be Spent This
Year and Money to be Raised
in North Carolina.
(By R. E. Powell.)
Raleigh, April 27 Governor
Morrison this afternoon appointed
VV. C. Wilkinson, of Charlotte, as
highway commissioner for the sixth
district, in place of Word H. Wood,
also of Charlotte, who resigned.
The governor received the accept
ance of Mr. Wilkinson over long dis
tance telephone this afternoon, to
gether with the advice that the new
appointee would 'arrive here early
tomorrow morning and take office.
At the time the Wilkinson appoint
ment was announced to the press, the
governor had before him telegraphic
protests of the Charlotte chamber of
commerce to the decision not to name
Col. Leroy Kirkpatrick. He had no
comment to make on the protest.
Ten Millions This Year.
The members of the commission
spent a long while this morning in
conference with the governor on the
financial situation, and the commis
sion left him ready to spend 10 mil
lions this year on road building.
How the money1 would be raised is
a matter for the governor and coun
cil of state, all hands agreed. It was
stated by the members of the com
mittee that the governor's original
statement of the financial situation
follow his visit to New York, stands.
The commission has the job of build
ir.p the roads and as they need, the
money it will be the job of the gov
ern r and council of state to supply
t: :umis. ;
it was clearly evident, however, Underwriters Called to Meet
that the plan for financing the ( jn Court House Tuesday
-,a ! program from within the state Afternoon at 3 O'clock
is taking shape. The first indication '
i the announcement,' made today, I The Redpatch Chautauqua pro
tn:t from the 10 millions the legisla-' gram is exceptionally good this year,
ture authorized the commission to '
j;tnd this year, the total amount of-
fere. 1
by the several counties will be ;
deducted. Of course these loans from
the counties are to be paid back
v : i the bonds are sold, but no
bonds are going on the market until
they can be sold for five per cent.
Ten Commandments on Driving.
Travelers' Insurance Protection.
1 Drive on the right side of the
road; it's just as good as the left.
II. Slow down when approaching
a crossroad: it is nearlv as danger-1
ous as a railroad crossing.
III. Lock out for children. You
canntver till what they'll do, and j
you're always in the wrong if you
hit one.
IV. Try to help instead of hinder
the traffic officer; he's there for your
good and he's got a tough job.
V. Be sure that your "dimmers"
really dim; it's no joke driving into
a blinding glare as you probably
know.
I Pead and obey the warning
signs; they're not put up as orna
ments M If you feel you've got tc
speed do it where it won't kill any
body but yourself. .
MIL When making minor re-pa-..,
stop v.hese your car may be
seen from both directions; otherwise,
Jou may stop longer than you anti
cipate. .
IX. Speeding around corners is a
straight route to the hospital. Don't
race past a stopped street car. Some
v the jury may call its anslaugh
ter. !
X. Use discretion. The fact that
yu had the rihgt of way won't
Jiing anybody back to lifeleast of
all yourself.'
URGE CLASS ROOM FOR
MR. THAD FORD'S CLASS
The basement in the Sunday school
room at Central Methodist church is
being fitted -up this week for the
Men's Bible class of wnich'.Mr. Wal
ter L. Fanning is president and Mr.
Thad c Ford is teacher. The class
tas grown rapidly in attendance
since Mr. Ford injected his person
ality and consecrated! service " into
the work and now the "average at
tendance is about 75 each Sunday
morning. It is a fine body of young
men and a great good is being ac
complished. -:.-r.
The Town Election Is Monday in
stead of Tuesday. The wrong dtfte
Was given to The Star several weeks
ago. .- - - - - l-
SWEET POTATO HOUSE
STORAGE CAMPAIGN
County Demonstrator W ill Put
On Storage House Cam
paign Week of May 2
County Agent Lawrence is plan
ning to put on a sweet potato stor
age house campaign in the county
the week of May 2nd, to explain the
government's method of curing and
keeping sweet potatoes.
The average farmer in the county
has lost from ten to 20 bushels of
potatoes this year which would pay
his part in a community storage
house.
The government method of curing
and keeping sweet optatoes is the
only way potatoes can be shipped
succesfully any distance. With po
tato storage houses in the county
potatoes would be a good substitute
for cotton while there is an over
production of cotton. One hundred
bushels of marketable potatoes can
be raised on an acre of land and Ca.
tawba county farmers , are realizing
$1.00 per bushel for their crop this
year.
Catawba county has fifty of these
potato storage houses and a number
are located in Gaston county.
Storage houses in the county and
a potato growers association to mar
ket the potatoes would be a step for
ward in more intelligent marketing
of the farm products.
Meetings will be held at the fol
lowing places: Lattimore school
house Monday night May 2, 8 p. m.
Casar school house Tuesday night
May 3, 8 p. m.
Union school house Wednesday
May 4 8 p. m.
Boiling Springs Friday May G at
8 p. m.
CHAUTAUQUA IS
COMING IN MAY
surpassing even the splendid pro
gram of last year when the tent was
filled twice daily on the Love prop
erty in front of the ( ollege inn for
five days. Dates this year Ere May
21-26th. Mr. Walter Fanning who
i j ii
was cnairman last year 01 me com
mittee asks the following under
writers to meet in the court hou-e
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock:
C. B. McBrayer, George' Hcyle, A.
V. Wray, Chas. P. Roberts, Miss
Kosa Mae Shuford, J. F. Roberts,
Lee B Weathers, Frank E. Hoey, Geo
Blanton, Chas. C. Blanton, C. D.
Moore. Forrest Eskridge, H. E.
Kendall, Julius A. Suttle, Jack Pal
mer, F. R. Morgan, P. L. Hennessa,
W. H. Arey. W. G. Arey, C C Morri
son, W G. Spake, C- E. Porter, J. D
Lineberger M W. Tiddy, Morrison &
Spangler, C. B. Cabaniss, H. F.
Young, A. Leventis, Peyton Mc
Swain, J. F. Ledford, Paul Webb,
Anthony & Anthony, W. L. Fanning,
T. A. Spangler, R. Z. Riviere, M A.
Spangler, Rester Hamrick, W. P.
Hall, Ja., The Battery, Will Lineber
ger, J. J. Lattimore, C. B. Suttle, Jr.
D. W. Royster, R. E .Roberts, Harry
Woodson, The Highlander, J. Boyce
Dellinger, Washburn & Co., Victor A
Rudasill, H R. Roy.ter.
JERSEY BREEDERS
.TO ORGANIZE HERE
Meeting in Court House Mon
t dav To See About Buying
Catawba County Stock.
A meeting will be held in the court
house in Shelby Monday May 2nd at
1 o'clock for the purpose of organiz
ing a Jersey Cattle Breeders associa
tion and everybody breeding regist
ered Jersey cattle in . te county or
contemplating getting Jerseys are re
quested to attend this meeting. Mr.
J. A. Arey, state dairyman, will be
present and assist in the organiza
tion. This breeders association wiil be
for the purpose of promoting the
Jerseys in the county, promoting
sales and advanced records in regis
tered merit work for the cows.
On Thursday AprH 5t'. county
agent R. E. Lawrence ; will accom
pany a party of farmers to, Catawba
county to see about buying some
pure bred Jerseys. Mr. Will Linear,
ger president of the Shelby Cream
ery and Mr J. U. Rollins manager for
the Mooresboro creamery will head
the party' in the interest of pure
bred Jerseys'" arid to investigate-the-method
and system the Catawba
county creamery takes up and han
dles the eggs on the milk routes for
its patrons. - -
SOCIAL NEWS
Crouse High School Issue v
Handsome Invitations. -
The editor is 4n receipt of hand
somely engraved invitations to the
Crouse high school commencement
from Supt. H. M. Loy of this place.
The invitations are very artistically
gotten up and are encased in an unu
sually attractive brown covur de
sign that would do credit to a much
larger high school commencement
class.' The invitations read as fol
lows: The Senior class Crouse High
school requests your presence at the
commencement exercises Monday ev
ening, May the second' , at eight
o'clock, School auditorium.
Spake-Wil&on Wedding.
At the home of the bride's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. George Spake
Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock, their
daughter, Miss Lillian Spake and Mi
Will Wilson were happily married
in the presence of only a few close
relatives. The ceremony was im
pressively performed by Rev. John
W. Suttle. Mr, Wilson is one of the
most successful young farmers and
cotton ginners in the county and is
the son of Mr. Will Wilson, Sr., and
lives just east of Shelby on the
Cleveland Springs road. The bride is
a most charming and popular young
lady with, a host of friends in Shel
by and wherever she is known.
Cline-Cornwell Wedding.
Miss Mittie Cline and Mr. Charlie
Cornwell were quietly married yes
terday at 1:30 at the home of the
bride's father Mr. John Cline one of
county's leading and most substan
tial farmers who lives a few miles
north of Shelby. This was the happy
culmination of a long and lovely
.ourtship between two of the coun
ty's most prominent citizens. Mr.
Cornwell is the son of Mrs. Susan
Cornwell and while he has been liv
ing with his mother in Shelby, has
been farming at his large plantation
north of Shelby. The bride is a most
accomplished lady with a striking
personality and a host of friends.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. John W. Suttle and the couple
left fcr a trip to Asheville and Hen
dersonville. Upon their return they
will make their home at Mr. Corn
well's farm. They have the best
wishes of their many friends.
Surprise Birthday Dinner
For Rev. Kester.
As a very delightful surprise for
Rev. J. M. Kester, the popular pas
tor of the First Baptist church, Mrs.
Kester invited nine of his friends,
including the Baptist ministers of
the town, and two other guests, Mr.
C. C. Green and Dr. T .G. Hamrick,
to the parronage Monday evening
to celebrate his thirty-fourth birth
day. Rev. Kester arrived home to find
his home in gaily attire and guests
awaiting him. But the real party
was in the dinirig room. The table
had for its central decoration a love
ly center piece of rhodendron and
handpainted place cards directed the
guests to their seats. Three elegant
and elaborate courses were served in
faultless style and just before the
conclusion of the meal, a lovely
birthday came containing the 34
tiny candles was brought in and cut
by the guests.
A THOUSAND PEOPLE
AT MISS CROWDERS FUNERAL
Editor of The Star.
On Sunday, April 24, 1921, all that
was mortaf-of Miss Katie Crowder
was lovingly laid to rest at Palm
Tree cemetery. Revs. Brown and
Moser assisted at obsequies, the flor
al tributes were numerous and tasty;
P. H. S., her alma mater, sending a
fine wreath. More than 1,000 people
were present to pay the last sad tri
bute. Deceased was a lovable young lady
of 18 years, of. gifted mind and per
sonality. She was an active Christian,
was prominent in church and S S.
activities; and was primary teacher
at Fairview, where by her tact, in
dustry and punctuality she. won the
confidence of pupils, patrons and
principal. Her death was sudden; but
she died in the triumph of the Chris
tian faith. . . M. L. WHITE.
Memorial Service at Sulphur Springs
There will be memorial services at
Sulphur Springs church, Tuesday
May 10th. The services will be con-ducted-by-Rev-Er-PSUbleraLll
o'clock.
The interested public is invited to
help clean off the cemetery Saturday
morning May 7th. ; ; ; . ..
OLD FOLKS NEED ATTENTION.
People of All Ages Are Too
Larking About.
Buy
I Greensboro Record.
The public dance hall question
comes up periodically in the cities of
the state and being something about
which city councils can do some
thing or refuse to do something can
be handled in a more tangible way
than most of the "moral reform"
agitations. "Moral reform" questions
are mostly a matter of private con
trol and the law can not easily reg
ulate them An ordinance, however,
can regulate public dance halls or
close them altogether.
But even then the matter is not
settled. Closing the dance halls does
not cure things entirely. City coun
cilmen can not regulate young men
and young women. The people who
call on city fathers to stop the danc
ing ought to know that. They claim
that the conditions obtaining at the
public dance halls are no good ones;
some of them come out flatly and
say that they are very bad. In call
ing on city councilmen to forbid pub
lic dance halls "reformers" may be
doing the best that they can, all that
they can but if they really wish for
something permanent to be done in
the way of "reform" they will have
to work on others than city council
men. Those others are the parents of the
young people.
You remember those old-time melo
dramas in which the hero was driv
en from home by a very strictly Pur
itanical father, an old rail of a fellow
who wore a beard on the end of his
chin but no mustache and who used
a board on the 2-year-old son at fre
quent intervals. Old Chin Beard
boarded this Boy for the slightest in
fraction, putting down the Bible he
always kept handy in order to chas
tise him foregoing to the ice cream
supper of the ladies aid society.
Generally son left home after being
lambacted for hay riding with his
sweetheart and other fellows and
their swethearts. Mother and daugh
ter wept when son left, but Old Chin
Beard was always adamant, as adam
ant as his board. Seeing such a play
you with difficulty restrain yourself
from advancing-on the stage and
killing the actor who impersonated
the old man. He made you sick. He
made you mad. You wanted to wring
his neck. That sort of a parent has i
elways been a very unpopular sort
of person, not only with son, but j
with everybody else, sons, fathers, '
mothers especially sweethearts.
You never see the old man any
more, not on the stage or in real life.
Son has grown up and is still lark
ing about so busy larking that he has
no time to supervise the larking
about of his son. The girl soon mar
ried is sometimes busy larking about,
too, so busy with her larking that
she doesn't have time to inquire into
the reported larkings about of her
daughter. The whole family is hav
ing a good time and there is no board
in its possession, no cat-o 'nine-tails.
Now, nobody wants old Chin Beard
to come back. He i3 dead and buried
Let him lie. There is no room for
such killjoys. He could raise more
trouble in ten minutes than a really
wicked person could in a week. Some
thing was wrong with his head. He
may have meant well, but he didn't
know how to go about the matter.
But, as much as everybody wants
him to lie still in his grave, it is time
that people with children pay some
attention to them. They can do it
without strapping them.
One of thp best wavs is to set them
ja good example We rave ab)Ut the
! ,anr nf lono.fK in o-irls' drpSPs. but
V- va - r -
kindly take a look at ma, will you.
We rave about the girl's using so
much paint, about their ( using so
much inferior language, but look at
and listen to her mama. Some folks
think most young men are bound
straight for hell, but observe, please,
in what" direction papa is traveling.
Isn't it a fact that lots of people with
children growing up are so pop-eyed
looking for pleasure that they can
not see. the beams in those poppy
goggles? " ; ;
The old folks will have to be given
treatment before the young ones will
accept the dose. '
Play at Union School Saturday.
The Elizabeth school children will
repeat tXeir play which met with so
much success last Saturday; night
when given theie in the school house,
and will take It to the Union school'
auditorium tomorrow&ight-4Satux-.
day). The public is cordially invited
to come out And enjoy an evening of
fun and wholesome amusement. (
The curtain ,rises at 8 o'clock.
STATE BONDS TO BE
SOLD APRIL THE 29TII
Thinks State Banks Will Buy Twp
. Million Dollar Issue of the '
North Carolina Bonds.
' (By Tom Bost)
State officials have been somewhat
puzzled to understand why the state
papers have carried so little about
the sale of $2,000,000 in state bonds
April 28.
The treasurer has advertised the
issue in many papers, but what suc
cess he wili l ave in getting bids,'
which must not be under par and
must meet five per cent interest
requirement h? has no way of know
ing. There h a statute which makes
the lnterert rate five per cent. It
cannot be exceeded.
This issue Is for money needed to
carry on the work of the state insti
tutions amf other expenses until the
$50,000,000 issue is floated. The
bonds run for 40 years and of course
are non taxable. The bids will not be
opened until April 28 and it is ex
pected that state banks will take
most of the money.
George H. Davis, of Rock Island,
111., an attorney for the Modern
Woodmen of 'America, is in Raleigh
studying county bond issues with a
view to giving his fraternity all pos
sible information on county bonds in
which the Woodmen mean to invest
about $500,000.
BANDITS MAKE HAUL
Enter Chicago Jewelry Store and
Make Way with $200,000
Two armed bandits last Friday en
tered the J. J. Reingold Jewelry con
cern on the fifteenth floor of a down
town building and after forcing the
owner and a traveling salesman into
a private office escaped with cash and
jewels valued by the owners at
$200,000. V ; ,
Mr. Reingold and Leroy Present,
son of the head of a diamond import
ing company in Rochester, N. Y., and
traveling representative for the con
cern, were the only persons in the
store when the bandits entered. They
were securely bound and the bandits
spent some time in ransacking the
place.
The robbery took place in the Kes
nor building at Madison and Wabash
streets, the edge of the Loop dis
trict, the building contains a num
ber of jewelry stores and also the of
fices of the United States railroad
labor board. Mr. Reingold said he
.iad not been able to make a com
r.lete check on the jewels stolen, but
said that virtually his entire stork
had been taken and that the value
would run from $200,000 t3 $250,
000. Present lost his sample case, but
was unable to estimate the value of
its contents.
The bandits entered the store
shortly after 11 o'clock and asked to
be shown some diamonds. Suddenly
they drew revolvers and ordered
Reingold and Present to put up their
hands. While one of the bandits stood
guard, the other tied Reingold and
Present and then leisurely ransacked
the place.
COMMENCEMENT AT THE
KINGS MOUNTAIN SCHOOL
The Kings Mountain high school
has issued the following invitations
to their exercises at the closing oj
the school year. Rev. W. E. Poovey
delivering the ommenment ser
mon at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon
instead of 8 o'clock that evening as
has been stated in the printed pro
grams The Senior class of Kings Moun
tain high school request your pres
ence at their commencement exer
cises. May first lo sixth 1921,
school auditorium.
Program
Sunday, May 1, 4 p. m. annual ser
mon Rev. W. E. Poovey, Shelby.
Thursday May 5 8 p. m. Class ex
ercises. ,
Friday May 6th 8 p. m. Literary
address Dr.'Frasier Hood, Davidson.
Presentation of diplomas. . -
OPENING OF NEW CHURCH
HOUSE AT DOUBLE SPRINGS
There will be an all day service at
Double Springs Friday May 6th.
Dinner will be served on the grounds.
All former pastors and members
are invited and urged to be present
There' will also be services v Friday
night at 8 o'clock, aSturday at 3 p.
HW and, & p-JiuJnlJundayjndJilju
m. and 8 p.' m. " j
The pastor and members will be
glad to have you come and bring
your friends. t'
FARMERS ASSAIL
THEHIDDLEMEN
CAUSE OF STUPENDUOUS
FARM LOSSES
Autocratic Power is Exercised
Over Unjust Cause Seven
Billion Dollar Loss- y
(By Theodore Tiller.)
Washington, April 26. That the
farmers of the country have lost
seven billion dollars since the depres.
sion in the agricultural industry be
gan more than a year ago is one of
the statements contained in a review
tional Farmers' union. This survey
and report, made by the committee
on comparative c; edit extensions, of
the union, is signed by six officials
of the farmers' union representing
as many states. The signers are E.
L. Harrison, Kentucky, chairman; J.
M. Templeton, North Carolina; J. H.
Mills, Georgia; O. A Thomas, Vir
ginia; G. D. Baker, Iowa, and S. W.
Brookhart, secretary, Iowa.
Copies of the farm survey, which
Includes a demand that war profit
eers be made to pay the burdens of
of agricultural conditions by the Na
taxation and that they be .not passed
on to the public and men who served
In the army for $30 a month, are to
be forwarded to President Harding,
his cabinet and every member of con
gress. '
The principal cause of the farm
lossest, the report says, are:
Unnecessary profiteering of mid
dleman, which includes speculative
ambling in farm products.
The arbitrary restriction of credit
by the federal reserve system and
the. holding up of the federal land
bank by litigation.
The unreasonable rise in railroad
rates.
"All of these causes," says ' the
farmers' organization, "have been
created by autocratic power exer
cised under unjust laws
"Profiteering and speculation of
middlemen is shown by the following
facta: the farm is both a producer
and consumer. The laborer is both
a producer and consumer; each is the
principal customer of the products of
the other. Yet, out of the dollar
which labor pays for the products of
the farm the farmer gets only 38
cents. Out of the dollar which the
farmer pays for the products of la
bor, the laborer gets only 35 cents.
Reduce Distribution Cost.
The cost of distribution each
way is over 60 cents on the dollar
and against this might be cited A
cost of less than 10 cents in co-operative
Denmark. We cannot reduce
distribution to 10 cents in America,
but it might be reduced to 20 cents.
"If the farmer seeks to take all
of this he will receive no help from
the public If he is willing , to co
operate and divide with his consum
ers, the principal of which is the la
boring man, he can add over 50 cents
to the price of his products and give
a reduction in equal amount to his
consumer. In this all- labor will glad
ly join." y
On the other hand, the report adds
there should be a saving of 45 cents
on the dollar in the distribution of
the products of labor, which saving
should be divided between labor and .
the consumer. '
Criticising the failure of the re
serve bank system to give agricul
ture its share of credit, the report
says in part:
"The total rediscounts of the fed
eral reserve bank, were $14,000,000,
000 Of this sum agriculture received
14 rer cent, manufacturing 21 per
cent, merchandising 20 per cent and
speculation and miscellaneous 39 per
cent
"Of the primary deposits in all the
banks of the United States, agricul
ture furnished approximately 50 per
cent, labor 20 per cent and other bus
iness 30 per cent Upon these facts
agriculture would have 'been entitled
to $7,000,000,000 of federal re'serve
redit and it got only $2 ,000,000,000;
it was entitled to more than anufac
turing and merchandising combined
and it got less than one-third as
much. Under the la wthe federal re
serve allotment of credit is unfair to
agriculture and I naddition its ad
ministration has had the direct and
arbitrary purpose of forcing a defla
tion in farm prices.
"The remedy for this is to amend
the law and require ' .the federal re
serve to allot credit in proportion to
resources and deny all credit 'direct
lyuorjndirectly to speculation."
Mrs'. "Harry Reid of Charlotte is
here on an extended visit to her sis
ter, Mrs.' E. B. Lattimore. : ,
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