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VOL. XXIX. No.-
T H E CLEVELAN D ST AR, SIIEL B Y, N. C. TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1921
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500 LIVES ARE LOST
CLOUDBURSTS
Property damage is estimated from ten
to twenty millions Fires follow
Cloudburst Rescue parties are at
work City in darkness.
Pueblo, Col, June 4. .Flood wat
ers of the Arkanses ! river swept
through Pueblo last night and today
and caused deaths that may total 500
and property damage in excess of
?10,00O,000jaccording to the : frag
mentary reports that can be gather
ed as the flood recedes. '
Morgues were opened in different
parts of the city and, by mid-afternoon
132 bodies had been recovered.
The entire eastern and southern sec
tions were cut off from the business
section.
The Red Cross organized to aid
sufferers, and C. W. Lee was named
official food -administrator to have
charge of rationing food.
The whole business portion of Pu
eblo a sunder six to eight feet of
water this morning, but by afternoon
the flood began to recede, disclosing
a scene of devastation.
Frame Buildings Swept r Awy
The railroad yards were left filled
with mud-covered debris and broken
and overturned equipment, carrying
the damages to more than a million
dollars. Business houses inside and
out were covered with the same slimy
mud, and in many cases even brick
buildings were undermined . and
wrecked. Frame buildings in the path
of the flood were swept away, in
many cases carrying their Inhabitants
with them.
While flood warnings had been
given before dark last night, many
persons did not heed them, and to
this is ascribed a goodly part of the
death loss. .' ' " ' ' "
Thousands of Mexicans with pos
sessions on their backs, were wan
dering through the city this after
noon with nothing to eat and no place
to sleep. No gas nor drinking water
were available. " , '
A party of Pueblo business : men,
who assembled for a dinner at Min
nequa club last night, still were ma
rooned there today.
Frank Pryor, of a local furniture
company, spent last night on one
SUNDAY BLUE
LAWS REPEALED
DRUG STORES MAY OPER-
ATE v
On Sundays Except From 10
to . 1 O'clock Gasoline May
Also be Sold by Filling sta
tions. The aldermen in a recent meeting
meeting By unanimous vote repeal
ed the Sunday "blue" laws, thereby
making it legal for the drug stores
to open on Sundays and sell anything
in their line except from ten to 1 j
o'clock when they must be closed dur- !
ing Sunday" schol and church hours, j
Also the "hog ordinance" enacted by I
the last administration banishing hog j
pens from the incorporate limits ex
cept under certain conditions .speci
fying the kind of pen used, was re
pealed and it is jnow lawful to "raise
hogsand pigs anywhere. There are
just two exceptions; all "pens" must
not be closer than 100 feet of a
neighbor's house except by permis
sion of the neighbor,. No hogs are al
lowed to be raised in the fire limits:
two city blocks from the square.
AH of , the other ordinances were
gone v over and" approved by the. new
administration except the, tw noted
above. The "blue" law, was enacted
last year by the McBrayer adminis
tration making it unlawful for the
drug stores to sell anything but medi
cines on a doctor's prescription, pro
hibiting the restaurants from selling
anything but meals. The gasoline
filling stations were closed and re
mained closed as long as the law was
on the books, but the majority of the
drug stores with soda fountains did
not conform to the law and little effort
was made onthe part of the police
department to enforce the law.
'"'vv v.'- Notice! i
W. J. Arey has taken the Stuts
herefrom Charlotte today (Tues
day: co tq see it. ,
IN THE
IN COLORADO STATE
standing wall of his four story build
ing Vhich collapsed. Rescurers were
endeavoring to reach him this after,
noon. :.
Spent Night on Telephone Pole '
Richard Philbins was rescued from
a telephone, where he had spent
the night. He was riding a horse last
night "when the waters overwhelmed
him. The horse was drowned, but
rhilbens managed to swim ' to
pole.
'While the greater loss of life
pears to have been in ' Pueblo,
ports of damage to property come
from many sections of southeastern
Colorado. Streams, sent out of their
banks- by cloudbursts in the moun
tains, carried away farm buildings
and drowned many head of cattle.
Residents of the rural istricts ad
jacent to irrigation prodjects spent
last night prepared to flee instantly
if the impounded water broke through
irrigation dams.
Railroad and highway bridges were
carried away and miles of telegraph
and telephone lines were laid low.
In Pueblo, damage was increased
by fires in the business section, start
ed by lightning and unquenched for
lack of water pressure.
No Lights; No Gas
Means of communication . from
Pueblo are most meager. The West
ern Union company has three or four
wires from a neighboring suburb, but
these are so crowded with official
business that press dispatches have
little show. The roads to the outside
are torn by the storm that it is al
most impossible to make progress
over them.
. The city was without electric light
tonight. Gas also was unavailable.
This added to the plight of the suf
ferers. The "water plant was put out
of commission by the" flood and there
was no drinking water available from
the city mains. The one cheering thing
to the city officials was the news that
a relief trtn carrying water, milk,
food and tents would be on the way
from Denver early tonight
Two Shelby Girb ta Make
Cross-Continent Trip.
Miss Marie Lineberger and Mrs.
.Edith Heafner left yesterday for :a
delightful four weeks trip across the
continent, on a tour personally con
ducted by Mr. and Mrs. Elliott of
Talladega, Ala. The starting point
will be Birmingham, Ala. and the
points of interest will include Albuj
quereque, N. M. The Grang Canyon,
Los- Angeles, Pasdena, San Francis
co, Canadian Rockies, Salt Lake . City,
Yellow Stone Park, Colorada Springs,
Denver, Cripple Creek 'and Chicago.
MASS MEETING TODAY FOR
JULY 4TH CELEBRATION
A mass meeting will be held -in
the Court House this afternoon at
4 o'clock for the purpose of mak
ing plans for "a Fourth of July
Celebration in Shelby. At . ' this
meeting," it will be determined
whether Shelby will have a Fourth
of July celebration. ot not, so h
is important for every business
man and others interested to be
on hand. If it is decided to hold
a celebration, an organization will
be perfected and all working com
mittees appointed to make plans.
Remember the hour, Tuesday, June
7th at '4 p. m. Court House. .
ICE CREAM SUPPER AT
PATTERSON SPRINGS
The Methodist Sunday school will
give an ice cream supper on the lawn
at Sulphur Springs church Satur
day June 11 at 4 p. m. Proceeds to
go for the church lights. '
Five? men in automobiles held up
and robbed two messengers of ' the
Millers and Traders bank at Minnea
polis, Minn., last Tuesday and rob
bedthenv otnJL&mmjJl
robbery took place across the street
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from the police station.
SOCIAL NEWS
Cecelia Music Club With Miss -
Amos WiU'is Wednesday Afternoonr
Miea- Amos Willis will be hostess
to the Cecelia Music Club tomorrow
afternoon ;at the home of her sister,
Mrs. A. W. McMurrv on West TWr.
ion 8trcet; Ths hour ts
4 o'clock.
Mrs. A. C. Miller Undergoes
Successful Operation.
The hosts of friends of Mrs. A.
C. Miller will be deeply interested ,to
learn that she underwent a mos del
icate operation for cataracts on her
eyes last Saturday, and is now rest
ing nicely at the Charlotte . Sana
torium, where she expects to remain
for treatment for about a week.
On Elfiott Tour North
Misses Marie Kendall and
Pearl
Maud
week
which
Cornwell of Shelby and Miss
Grigg of Lawndale leave this
on one of the Elliott tours
win iaKe them to New York City,
Niagara Falls and into' Canada.Ahe
trip will be made with a large party
on a special train and while away
they will, visit the most interestino
sights and places of interest in the
eastern" part of the.country. ' .
Civic League Meeting
Last Thursday.
The Civic Department of the Wom
an's club met in the court house
Thursday, June 2, at 4 o'clock.
Meeting was called to order by the
president Roll call and minutes bv
the secretary.
The discussion for the afternoon
was concerning the ladies rest room
on the first floor of the Court House,
which they hope to soon make
comfortable and homelike; for the
women visitors to the spring city.
MRS. BROOKE PRICE, Sec.
Shelby Teachers to Open
Ttfa Koom at Black Mt:. ... .....
Interesting their many Shelby
inenas ana aiso tne mountain travel
er this summer .is the announcement
that two of our popular Shelby Grad
ed school teachers, Misses Leon Bat
tle and Harriett Holton are leav'g this
week for Black Mountain where they
will on June 15th tfpen a most attrac
tive tea room for the summer visi-
Bl"
tor, :t that popular-mountain rS Z "
The tea room will be christened
"The Blue Rose Tea Room" and will
be located in the Yates building, just
in the heart of the town.
U. D, C. Meeting in Celebration
of Jeff Davis Birthday.. . ...
A't the home of the president of the
Cleveland Guards - Chapter r of ' the
Daughters of , the Confederacy, Mrs.
O." Max Gardner, the membership of
this chapter assembled on last Friday
afternoon to celebrate the 'birthday
of our beloved hero, Jefferson Davis.
The rooms were thrown en suite
and appropriately decorated in rich.
red roses and numerous Confederate
and U. S. flags. ;
The meeting was opened by a pleas
ing duet by Mrs. W. B. Nix and May
me Roberts. Davis' favorite Hymn
"How Firm a Foundation" was then
sung in chorus. The Chapter of Jeff
Davis was most interestinelv told
by Mrs. R, L..Ryburn. At the'.con-U
elusion of the program the hostesyj
graqiously Issisted by Misses EmmS
Frick and Stella Murchison served a
delicious ice .course and accessories.
nil i r . i i .
"The Shelbian"' High School Annu
al a' frowning Success. Dedicated
To Miss Beckwith.
One vt Hie items of peculiar inter
est to all Shelbyites of late as well
as those more closely associated with
the school itself is the publication
of Shelby's High School Annual", 'the
first of its kind in. recent" years.
This annual, appropriately named
"The Shelbian" is just ' from the
Cleveland Star press and is indeed, a
thing of beauty from not only a lit
erary but artistic standpoint and this
progressive .Senior class are justly
proud of their high achievement.
The Annual contains' all the events
of the Senior school life of this year,
together with photographs of the
twenty-two graduates and their re
spective offices in the sdhool life. The
picture of Miss Winefred Beckwith,
the brilliant teacher of English to
whom this annual is lovingly dedi
cated, adorns the opening page of the
"Shelbian."
The editorial staff consists of the
following graduates whose untiring
efforts have been crowned with such
- success :''' i . 1 1 .i i '
. Rosalynd Nix, editor-in-chief; Ben
Kendall, assistant editor-in-chief;
William Osborne, business manager;
Horace Kennedy, photographic edi
tor; Brevard Lattimore, sport editor;
and Holly Eskridge, wit editor.
A Surprise Marriage of
Popular Shelby Couple.
A marriage .which came as quite
.". surprise to their many friends here
U that of. Miss Ethel Lattimore of
the Sharon section and Mr. Preston
N. Cook of this place which happy
event took place at 0 o'clock on the
night of June 2nd at the Methodist
parsonage, Rev. W. E. vPoovey per
forming the ceremony. The Intended
marriage was kept a profound secret
from all friends and relatives until
after the knot was tied, and immedi
ately after the ceremony this happy
young couple left by automobile for
a bridal trip to Chimney Rock and
other points in Western Carolina.
The bride is the bright and attrac
tive young daughter of Mr. and Mn.
William Lattimore of Sharon, one of
Clevelands most prominent and in
fluential families. She is a beautiful
young woman and numbers here
friends by the score. The groom
has been making his' home here for
the past two year3, owning an in
terest in the Shelby Steam Laundry
with his father, Mr. J. E. Cook. He
is a splendid and popular young busi
ness man, and during his recent so
journ in our midst has made many
warm friends. On their . return they
will make their home with his
ents.
par-
AJ Fresco Party Friday
Evening For Three of Shelby's
High School Graduates.
Or. Friday evening at 8:30, Mr. and
Mrs. O-car M. Suttle very graceful
ly entertained in, their lovely "Blue
Flower Garden' in honor of three of
the High School graduates, Misses
Dorothy McBrayer, Rosalynd Nix and
Mr. Brevard Lattimore. Mr. and Mrs.
Suttle, who love young school boys
and girls, and lake great interest in
encouraging them "to climb to the
Heights" have made it an annual cus
tom to entertain for them at these
tchool commencement seasons,
The. werry. throng of young . peo
ple gathered in the garden which waa
a "scene of beauty and Joy forever
with its borders of gorgeous blue
flowers and wood ferns with a back
ground of shrubs and wood ferns,
!a rm. - rvn dor fill.
,y T' !' c Z
game of Pit Mr. and Mrs. Suttle were
assisted in entertaining by Mr and
Mrs. L. P. Holland and Miss Elizabeth
McBrayer. A very delicious ice couree
and cakes were served after which
the guests assembled under the "big
Ole Apple tree' for folk games and
college stories.
The invited guests were: Misses
Rosalynd Nix, Dorothy McBrayer,
Mary Adelaide Roberts, Eugenia Hol
land, Mar jorie Suttle Elizabeth Sut
tle, Thelma -Young, Mary Helen Lat
timore, Janle Blanton and Elizabeth
Blanton of Asheville. Messrs. ure
vrd Lattimore. Robert Hord, Bre
vard Hennessa, Frank Kendall, Will
iam Osborne, Mangum Roberts,Aar-
on Quinn, J. J. McMurry, . Edwin
Webb. V
TWO CLEVELAND COUNTY
BOYS ARE NOW DOCTUKS
Onslow Nolan and Dr. Morris
faer, two Cleveland county . boys
. been gtudying medicine at
Jeffer. Medicaf College. Philadel-
vj nrAa ournrHpH their diploma!
-. .
last week and had confered upon
them the degree of M. DDr. Nolan
is the son of Mr. and IJn. John ,
Nol.n f Lawndale. He is well equip
ped for his work, having studied at
Piedmont and Wake Forest College
before -going to Jefferson Dr. Baker
is the son of Mr. Mike Baker pf near
Fallston and is a well equipped young
man with a fine future ahead of him.
It in not learned where these two
young physicians will locate for the
the practice of their proiession.
MR. nOEY'S ADDRESS IS
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Charity and Children:
,The address of Hon. Clyde Hoey
in the sciool auditorium on last
Thursday evening was a masterly
effort and enchanced his already fine
reputation as a public speaker. ,;
The subject of his was, "Our Coun
try Its wealth, its Resources and
helpful message, altogether 'apVY
priate to the occasion. Mr. Hoey ,h
young and strong and destined to dr
a great service to his state.
lMxoluiJrhompsonjjfjCUojS. O,
is here on a visit to his parents, Mr
and Mrs. O. C Thompson.
COUNTY HOME IS
WELL KEPT PLACE
Inmates Well Cared for and
Farm is Well Tilled 15 Bales
cf Cotton From 50 Acres. ;
To the Editor of The Star:
It was my privilege to visit ; the
Cleveland county Home a few days
ago and the manager,, Mr. J. B. Bor
ders very courteously showed me ov.
n 4.U I 11 I ,.
vi me premises wnicn was quite a
revelation and I found, everything
in splendid shape. The Home has now
19 inmates, all of whom are father
feeble and well advanced in years,
but are evidently contented with
their surroundings. There" are" sev
eral octogenarians. The farm of more
than 200 acres is admirably managed
and the growing crops are looking as
well as unfavorable climatic con
ditions permit Mr, Borders inform
ed me that he gathered 46 bales of
cotton last year from 60 acres which
is some farming and the ground is
not above the average in point of fer
tility, but Mr Borders is a plain,
practical farmer and knows how. to
cultivate and manipulate the fleecy
staple. ' . . :'. ; , .
The grounds are well kept and san
itary conditions all that can be de
sired. The Home is ideally located,
commanding a full -view, of Shelby
to which distance lends enchantment.
Flowers and shrubbery are cultivat
ed in profusion and these are looked
after by Mrs. Borders who ably as
sists her husband in making the Home
as attractive as possible.
Mr. Borders impresses me as Deing
the right man in the right place and
under his administration the insti
tution has come nearer being self
supporting than under any of . his
predecessors.
C. J. WOODSON. . "
OLD TIMERS FAILED
TO COME BACK INJAME
Old Time Ball Players Seem to Have
Lost the Art and Are Defeated by
Shelby School. , ' ' - s i
Tl
heati
The old time ball - players ' were
eaten by a score of 15 to 12 in the
most humorous game of baseball in
Shelby in (many years. The .-fSs
was staged Friday afternoon at t
Shelby Mill park yhen a gt-B u ou
gathered, the proceed amounting to
$80 to be used for buying the ball
uniforms of the Shelby High School
playersp ' ' , '
rJuUge E. Y. Webb pitched; Paul
Webb caught, Max Gardner; played
first; Josh Lattimore second; Bloom
Kendall third; Clarence Leonard
short, whjle Will Carroll, Odus Mull
and Graham Dellinger held down the
grass, in the field. Judge Webb wa
wild at times, but had his speed. The
ball came so hard that Paul Webb
burst his "britches" trying to. hold
them. Max Gardner had to have two
boys back him up on first to run
down the balls he missed. Will Car
'roll couldn't get over the field fast
enough and Bloom Kendall had to
give up when he gave out fromvheer
exhaustion and a crippled leg. Gra
ham Dellinger, Clarence Leonard and
Josh Lattimore Vere wild when they
got the balLNowiand then they
would hit ouT a two bagger and land
in home. It was a great game but
the old timers were sore yesterdy, to
day and for several days.tThe spec
tators hurt, their sides laughing. The
old timers do not know till now that
the" High School boys held themselves
down to keep from beating them so
badly. r ...
Kept Marriage Secret.
Months
foe Many
Today'B, Kings Mountain Herald
...... L - - -v.
says:
"Misses Bessie Falls, chief operator
for the local telephone exchange, has
just let it be known that she is mar
ried. She was married to Mr. James
Dicky in the courthouse at Charlqttte
last September and they had kept the
secret until a few days ago. Mr. Dicky
is a civil engineer and architect and
was the engineer in charge of the
double track survey for the South
ernRailway, with an office here a few
years ago. He is now in Greensboro.
Mrs. Dicky states' that they are un
decided just where and when they will
make their home.".
All persons are hereby forbidden to
hire or harbor my minor son, Brady
Lattimore, colored. George ; Latti
more. ' 2t-7
A woman always has an interest in
heTHusbandVbuiinesilieven If it-is
J nothing more than a slight euriifisity.
22 SHELBY HIGHS
ARE GRADUATED
PACKED HOUSE ENJOYS
i EXERCISES
Students Prove themselves Fine
Financiers Hon. Clyde R.
HOeV Presents th ninlnmnd
w - -v 'IWIWtJ
The graduating exercises were held
Thursday night, June, 2 in the school
auditorium at 8 ;30 o'clock in the pres.
flice of an audience which complete,
ly filled the large auditorium and
gallery, to its utmost capacity .
The opening number was aTeautl
ful chorus sung by the school chil
dren, under the able direction of Miss ,
Bertha Bostick, followed by a, splen
did address of welcome by the1 class '
president, Mr. R. Hubbard Hamrlck. ,
The graduating lass" whfch has
the unusual distinction ef having an
equal number of boys and girls, 22
)n all, presented one of the most
unique and clever programs in the
history of the Shelby Graded schools.
A': delightful little playette, in
one-act, was conceived in the brains
of this clever group of boys and girls,
and with the able assistance of the
High School English teacher, Miss
Winifred Beckwith, the class Proph
ecy "and History were worked - into
play form, the setting for which was
laid brilliant reception on the lawn
of Miss Dorothy McBrayer at a class
reunion, June 2, 1921. v V
The' plot was as follows: vr
The guests arrived, one by one, and
each told, in a very attractive way
what he or she had been doing fol
lowing their graduation. It was fin
ally decided to repeat the graduating
exercises just as they 'were staged
five years ago. In this way the class
poem by Miss Thelma Hopper, the
I.p't.Wfll and Testament by Mr. Hol
ly Eskridge the Class Statistics by .
Miss Thelma Young and the Class
Grumble by Mr. Clyde McCurrf were
most 'cleverly brought in. At this
interval, the class doner, Miss Ger- .
trudeWeaver presented, appropriate
imd f characteristic "gifts to each
member of the class, some of , these
gifts being so ridiciously apropos as
to cause a wave of merriment over
the entire audience. Nor was their
literary advisor, Miss Beck
with," forgotten in this distribution .
of gifts, she being presented a very
handsome mesh bqg by the class in
token of their appreciation for her
untiring efforts in their behalf.
i ktttr this the farewell song was
given, and "curtain" was called on
thisunique Senior playette.i ,t
Again the curtain rose on. the
graduating class, but this time in a '
more dignified and decorous manner.
The speaker of the evening, our own
Hon, Clyde R. Hoey whose wonder. .
ful gifts as an orator is equally ap
preciated at home and abroad, gave
one of his masterful addresses to .
the graduating class, using as a
moral, the class motto, "Not on the
Heights, but Climbing". And to this
speaker was accorded the honor of
presenting to each graduate, the just
award for eleven year ot tireless ef
forts, the much coveted diploma
from the High School.
Supt. I. C. Griffin in making' his,
announcements, said $hat it gave him
peculiar pleasure to present to' " Mrf
Ivey Morrison,; the bright "young son
of Mr. and Mrs! Charlie Morrison the
University' Scholarship , for making .
the highest' average during the four, ,
years of high school work. .
. This: senior class have not only
proved themselves brilliant students
but wonderful financiers as well, f oi
afteijr paying all indebtedness of the -school
annual "The Shelbian" pub-'
lished at a cost of 1450.00 and the ex
penses of a very elaborate banquet
given by the" seniors during the com-"
mencement week in courtesy, to, the
school faculty and board of trustees
Mr.. William Osborne representing
this class, presented a check of $100.00
to the School Board, as a bona fide
gift;.; , ,"' ' . ' '
SHELBY MILL TO PLAY
CAROLEEN WEDNESDAY
n Cfialhv Mill nrA Caroleen Mill
ASS'S JV'
team of the Textile league will play
a fast game oi bail at aroieen weu
tiasov - nftf moon June ' 8th. begin- -
ning at 4:30 p. m. The game promis
es to be a most interesting ona iur
the teams are very evenly matched
sad are made up oi fine players.
Words sometimes fail a man, but
nothing like that ever happens to a
wontiff trr.til she- is ready to. atteal.
her ovm funeraL