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1 I r r r rti I -r Linotypes. Advertising Automatic Job Feeders. 1 and Picture currvitc. . -,. . ci-:- ill Three Job Presses. No Job Too Large or Too Small for Us to Handle. , Phone No. 11. i Home Print. Cheapest Paper j rnnv in mis or in j Adjoining Counties. VOL. XXIX. No. 66 THE CLEVELAND S1AR, SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1921 $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE VICTOR RUDASILL SHOOTS HIMSELF IN HEAD WITH 32 CALIBRE PISTOL Supt. of Shelby Water and Light Plants and POSTMASTER IS SOLDIER' GUARD soic 1DR.P0E EXPLAINS PLACED IN JAIL CONCORD PLANTS I. 25 CENTS BALE TAX ' First" Ueutenanl His Own Life-Died Hospital Victor Rudasill, first lieutenant in the World War and superinten dent of the Shelby Water and Light plants died Thursday after noon at 1:20 o'clock, according to a telephone message to The Star at 1:30. He remained conscious most of the two days and a half that intervened from the time he fired the fatal shot until he died. Funeral arrangements . had .not been made when The Star went to press. His prostrated wife and immediate members of his family were at his bedside when the end came . Victor Rudasill, superintendent of the Shelby Water and Electric Plants and former first Lieutenant in a Machine Gun Batalion of the 30th Division in the World War is lying at the point of death at the Rutherfordton hospiU'": as a result of a pistol wound In his forehead, the wound being inflicted by himself at his home on East Graham street about 9:30 o'clock Mon night Reports from his bedside at the time The Star went to press were that he is still living and may recover be cause of his remarkable vitality and strength of endurance. Should he re cover, however, it would be almost miraculous as the bullet from th? 'S2 Colt's automatic entered his right temple, ranged around between the in ner skull of his forehead and brain and snent its force as it bulsred the surface of his left temple; As soon as a suitable conveyance could be se cured he was rushed to the hospital at Rutherfordton in a Reo speedwagon where Major Norris performed the operation, removing broken pieces of skull and tissues. .Before using the knife, Dr. Norris stated that without the operation he could not live and with the operation, there would be some chance for his recovery. The tragedy has shocked the peo ple of Shelby as nothing else in years. Victor has a legion of friends t"or he grew up in Shelby and was a manly, genial fellow, big hearted and friendly to all. He was thorough ly competent in his work, although his duties had been rather heavy of late on account of storms that dam aged the light system and additions eing made at the pump station. Few people knew that he had been ' i rinking of late for be always con ducted himself in a becoming manner and never ventured in public while under the influence of liquor. Many rumors have been afloat as iau.-e of his rash act, but . the I-11 ;;t plausible reason assigned is that hi had been drinking some, and just oe ' iv lie went home, possibly took some mixed ccoction which made him temporarily irresponsible. A few months ago the city administration notified him that unless he stopped drinking, he would have - to resign from his position. He had apparently quit until Monday, when he took one drink which called for another and another. He might possibly have real ized even in his condition the mistake that he had made and in a fit of. des pondency, fired the shot which "pen etrated his skull. Victor was married a few imonths go to Miss Bessie Caldwell, a popu lar young lady of Bessemer City, Kiand-daughter of J. Y. Hord of Wa co. She is a graduate num and was practicing in Shelby when she and Mr. Rudasill were married. They went to housekeeping in the Brooks Price house-on East Graham street end seemed perfectly happy and con futed. When Victor went home t supper that night his wife noticed that he was drinking and no , doubt pleaded with him not to indulge fur ther. He was a bit late coming home t and knowing his condition,' phoned ' CWef Hamrick to " tell him to come on home, that she was lone. Chief found Victor at the City Hall, drink ing, but not pas ft going by any means fhen-the-meflsage-wat-delivsred to hka. he promptly left the City Ball and went home, When he reached home, he pulled the plugs from -the- telephone ia order ln World War Takes At Rutherfordton to disconnect the wires, went into tho room where his wife was and undress, ed for bed. He told his wife that he was going to kill himself and before she could intervene, he had fired the shot through his forehead, picking up his shoe and used it as a vessel to catch the blood as it flowed profusely from his wound. Mrs. Rudasill gave the alarm to her neighbors who gathered in, together with two physicians and two trained nurses. He talked some to the doctors and friends and hearing the moans of his prostrate wife, asked that she be given an opiate to quiet her. All immediate relatives are at his bedside and inquiries are made each hour by telephone by his many inter ested friends in Shelby as to hii condition. The sincere wish of all is that he may recover, but the nature of the wound is such that little hope is entertained even by the physicians in charge of the case at Rutherford ton. As stated above, the tragedy hat cast a gloom over the entire commun- itv Hp wns A vnnntr man nf anph brigM future am, gp,endid of service to his country in the Mexican border trouble and recent world war. While on the Mexican border he was top Sergeant in Company G., 1st N. C. Regiment and as first lieutenant in 115 Machine Gun Batalion 30th Di vision, went through hard fighting in breaking the Hindenbuig line. He es caped with light injury by gas in the attack. Victor is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Audley Rudasill of Shelby. ;'v . MR. YOUNG TELLS HOW MARKET PLAN WORKS Under that Co-Operative Plan the Seller Seta The Price- Cotton Farmers Need This C. S. Young- manager of A. Blanton Grocery Co. of Shelby, N. C. when asked what effect the co-operative marketing in California had on prices of dried fruits, raisins, beans, nuts, etc., stated that under the old way of marketing; merchandise could be bought at about one-fourth of what the co-operative associations charge i tndav. He stated that they could al- 1 wavs find distress goods or goods i on which farmers were willing to take 1 what was offered: but today when they ask for a price they are talking as if to one man and the price is al ways what the association makes. He stated further that the association was the controlling factor and ninety- two rrv "rt f h '".rnien -v? nrr bc-i a?d be. aiv r for r. r-:o-.l o: ii U"'.i years. n.- " imp'rtari w- vhy C-li.V-nia is the vi'h st;!t? she That i" ihr South wns organized n. well it w mid only be a rhort time v.ntil we would b" the richest part of the best country in the world. MANY FARM LOANS ARE BEING MADE Rush Stroup, secretary-treasurer of the Cleveland County Farm Loan As sociation says many loans are 'be ing made to farmers of Cleveland. Thirty one applications have recent ly been approved, totaling $55,000 and checks for the amounts of the various loans are coming in each day. There are two associations in Cleveland county, one at Shelby and one at Kings Mountain and it is es timated that since the Farm Loan act has been in operation $200,000 has been loaned in Cleveland county. The first loans were made at a rate of five per cent, while loans that are now being made average about six per cent. Those who wish to get loans should make application now as it takes about four months to execute one. Mrs. Ruth Christopher and children f r-ntral. S. C. have arrived in shplhv to, spend sometime parents, Mn-and-Mr; Mrs. P. L. Hennessa spent last Friday jnGaatonia,1 the guest of JJrs. E. B. Peck. SIDNEY LEE OF BOILING SPRINGS IN TROUBLE Charged With Shortage of A 000 Waves Examination and Hi Rnnrf la Fiviwl at MM1 Sidney Lee, postmaster since 1918 at Boiling Springs was brought to Shelby Tuesday night and placed in the hands of Deputy Marshall C. W. Russell charged with a shortage Un his funds of ubout $3,"00. He waived ex amination before United States Com missioner W. R. Newton and ..was committed to jail in default of a 1 2,000 bond. It is thought that his bond can be arranged and that he will be released from the Cleveland count 5 jail where he is being held in custody Pcstofflce .Inspector B. B. Webb went to Boiling Springs the first of this week "to audit his accounts and after finding the shortage, brought Mi. Lee to Shelby where he was de tained at the hotel under guard until the Deputy Marshall arrived. While the shortage is charged to be about $:1,300, Mr. Lee contends that his books will show that he is short only $1,800. It has been explained that Mr. Lee operated a gas filling station at Boiling Springs up until a few months ago and during that time he purchas ed gasoline, used the funds of the postoffice department by issuing mon ey orders to pay his accounts, ex pecting to return the money when hi had collected from his patrons. Upor the failure of his patrons to pay, ht could not replace the government money which he contends he had used only temporarily. Mr. Lee was reared by Hon D. S Lovelace, former member of the Gen eral Assembly and of the county board of commissioners. He has r wife and six children, the oldest of whom is 15 years of age. He has em ployed Attorney Clyde K. Hoey t represent him in the Federal court when his case comes to trial. MR. McNEELY RETURNS FROM BUSINESS TRIP TO NEW YORK Mr. J. C. McNeely of the McXeely C - -v Pheiby '""s v?t'".!:.i f.-ts a business trl- J NVv Y"!: w'r rt he rureha.-ed Full z.vl W;::t;v I'vlisf ready tr wear. I!e .rort- that '.;t foir.ui business conditions mcu lut U - In N.v York and tY.t ih. -.:'?-awake firms r.rj crmin? ti t,.; 'it not only in New York, buL aTVove' the country. All hotels are crowded with buyers from all over the country and prices on the better merchandise are from 25 to 35 per cent lower than last year. Cheaper merchandise is much lower than this in comparison with last year. Mr. McNeely says he nnrrhased a wide ranee of ladies r ready to wear which is arriving drtily and is beS - Ait"n display. SHOOTING AFFAIR ON TRAIN NEAR GROVER A white man is shot in the mouth and a negro i3 shot through a finger as a result of a pistol duel between a white man and several negroes, all of whom were hoboes on a main line Southern freight trairf, near Grover early Tuesday morning. The white man claims 7' that .the negro hoboes robbed WmfJi2jt cash and his watch, -whereupon: the negroes claim that the white-TmV was undertaking to hold them'" up.' .At any. rate after the shooting, five negroes, and the whiie man jumped off of the train and were placed under arrest by authori ties and citisens of . Grover. Two of the negrces undertook to make their escape but were arrested on the high way between Grover and Blacksburg. Their names could not be learned. NOTICE TO LADY DELEGATES WOMAN'S MISSIONARY MEET The annual meeting of the Womans Missionary Union of the Kings Moun tain Association, -will be held Thurs day and Friday, Sept. 1 and 2, with the First Baptist church, Kings Moun tain. All churches are Invited to send ,ioWnt8. Please notify Mrs. M. E. Herndon, chairman of Hospitality committee how many will attend. MRS. JOHN W AC ASTER, Supt. MRS. GEO. E. LOVEII, Sec. FOR SALE 54 ACRES LAND joins Ella Mill property, good house, vert strong land, lot fine timber, ideal f.m far truckintr. or any kind of Royster. 2t-19c STRIKING OPERATIVES GIN WORK BE- Now LooksAs-If-Thg-Textile Union In This Section North Carolina Is Broken of 4(Kannapolis, August 17 Textile unionism sustained a shattering blow when more than 700 operatives, a third of the normal enrollment of em ployes, went in the giant towel mi'll of the Cannon Manufacturing com pany at 7 o'clock this morning. Their return to work was in defiance of their leaders' orders, and consequent- ly, rtual renouncement of the un- ion iSewnty members of the Winston- Salem military company: jatood guard as line after line of operatives en tered the several gateways leading into the plant. Not so much as a shout came from the small band of "irreconcilables". which1 occupied a street corner and watched silently their neighbors return to work. The crowd of onlookers numbered barely 200, and it was the most orderly gath ering of strikers which has assembl ed in the strike center since the first s,teps were taken towards the re opening of the mills. ..."Every department of the mill is in operation," C. A. Cannon, a vice pres ident of the company, announced to newspaper men. "I am perfectly satis fied with the response of the people to the offer of the company to resume operations. We expect the number of employes to increase tomorrow and on subsequent mornings." Not Even FiBt Fight Although 3,500 people here went on strike 11 weeks ago today not so much as a fist fight has occurred as the direct outgrowth 0f difficulties. The Kannapolis people Have been un usually orderly. Orders were issued last night by union leaders against the establishment of picketing line and "anti-scabbing" demonstrations. . ine cannon Manufacturing .com pany's plant here is the largest towel mill in the world and employes nor mally, 2,200 people. The giant plant is wore than two miles in circumfren ce and a dozen b'iilding3 occupy the property. Troop:? were scattered over property and silently patrolled roadways around and through the the the" plant. Every glance of the eye caught the dim figure of a khaki-clad troop er through the dense fog of the early mrrning with gun and bayonet sil hout ted against a dull sky. On tho rocf cf or.e of the tallest buildings near the plant were stationed a de tachment of s(fldiers, on watch from a vantage point. Everybody was kept on the move. Except at the street corner, crovd3 were not allowed to gather, and for that matter, no crowd attempted to assemble. Any one was at liberty to enter the mill, his entrance through the gates signifying that he pro posed working. Defeat Faces Union The efforts of union feaders tow ards conciliatory measures is rec agnized generally as an admission of defeat. Mr. Barrett's statement of yesterday that he would be satisfied with any offer acceptable to workers was recognized as significant. The leaders are willing to accept any pro posal short of a demand for the dis- bandonment of the textile union, but the principal demand of mill owners means virtually the dlsbandonment of the union. " Elliott Reunion Date Editor Star: By some oversight, your heading to by recent notice of Elliott Re-union as the statement that the affair was to be on fourth Sunday in August In body of my article, the date assigned was fourth Saturday in August. To be explicit, the Re-union, it appointed for August 27, which is the fourth Saturday in the month. This is meant in no unkind spirit; but in order to keep history straight Please insert this notice, with apologies for en croachment on White. your .space. M. L NOTICE! The policy holders of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Association w!3TTibl(rerrnniiareettn?--Saturday, August 27, 1921 at o'clock, a. ip. ' " J. S. WRAY, President Mrs. Bctt to Paris Mrs. Lillian Homesley Bottafoafa pent-BurEr few days in the city Ir . . . is spending a few days in the city with her mother and aunts. Mrs. Mary B. Homesley and Misses Sue and Gussie Boyd, at their- home on West Morehead street, will leave Sunday night for New York and will sail the following week for a year's stay in Paris where she will study with Jean De Reszke. '6 The above item which we clip from Wednesday's Charlotte Observer will be of special interest to her hosts of friends here as Mrs. Bott was a form er Shelby girl. 1 "' -.'v Mrs. Gidney Charming Hostess to Missionary Society At her attractive home on East Marion street, Mrs. Lamar Gidney en tertained most charmingly at a soc ial meeting the members of the Worn an's Missionary society of Central Methodist church on Wednesday af ternoon, Mrs. B. T. Morris of Gas- tonia district secretary of the miss ionary society being guest of honor. An interesting program had been arranged for the afternoon which was presided over by the president, Mrs. J. M. Koever, the devotional part of which was conducted by Rev. J. Ed Thompson, father of the hos tess. Mrs. Morris then made an in teresting talk on the missionary work in this district and a delightful mus ical program was rendered by Miss Myrtle Warren of Gastonia, Me3 dames Tom Babington and P.J L Hennessa. ' The hostess assisted by Mrs. R. M, Gidney served a delicious ice, course and accessories. Mrs. Z. J. Thompson Beautiful Recep tion Hostess for Kinswomen 'The paramount social event of the week was the large floating reception Tuesday afternoon when Mrs. Z.' J Thompson entertained in honor of her kinswomen, Mrs, A. C. Durham, Bell ingham, Washington, Mrs. C. A Thompson of Hugo, Okla, Miss Marij Lineberger of this place and Mrs. J W. Austin of Bellingham, Wash, v The lower floor of the handsome Thompson home on North Morgan street was thrown ensuite and beau tifully arranged for entertnining, and the decorations planned with artis tic skill transformed the home into a place of rare loveliness Ruitebb for this brilliant event. Beauniut rases and flowers of many varieties adorned the rooms in lavish profusion. Words of welcome were .j.oker ....at the front door by Mjs !:n -."s (an Thompson and J. Heywarii Huh and the guest3 were ushered ir..3 the par lor where the receiving lino Wiis sts- tirped, consisting of the hortess, her four charming guests of honor, and Mrs. W. H. Thompson and sister, Mrs Martha Porter of Charlotte. Stationed at the dining room door and inviting the guests from parlor into the din ing room was Mrs. Rush Thompson. In here the dining table was over. laid in an exquisite lace, the centra dcorat ion being a silver basket filled with white clematis and feathery ferns. And the handsome chandeliers in here, as well as elsewhere in the house were shaded in lovely rose col ored shades. Receiving in here wer Mrs. John Black and; Miss Lilla Hull and serving a delicious ice course and mints were Mitwes Marion Hull and Mary Elizabeth Black. Presiding over the attractive punch table in the spacious living room were Misses Mildred Hull, Fay Dur ham of Washington and Mrs. Frank Hull of Charleston, West Va. During the reception hours, from 4:30 to 6:30 o'clock delightful music as, furnished by Mrs. W. C. Harris and Miss Mayme Roberts. STROUP FAMILY HAD FAMILY REUNION SUNDAY The Stroup family had a family re union at J. W. Stroup's near the old home-place at Waco Sunday, at yhich all -of the Stroup children and grand-children were present except J. C. Stroup from Tennessee. One son present living fartherest away was Rev. Lee Stroup who is preaching at South Pittsburg, Tenn. The reunion was greatly, enjoyed by the thirty four present , and most bountiful dinner-was served. ' ' Canning outfits, cans and supplies of all kinds at' Campbell's. Save the troif Mf vegetables. CLEVELAND CAN BENEFIT FROM FUND Constantly Revolving Loan Fund To Guarantee Receipta Dripping into The Star office iust before leaving Shelby, Dr. Clarence Poe who spoke in Shelby Monday on the co-operative marketing of cotton said: You have one of the finest countiea in the whole South and I don't know when I have ever visited any other county that so much exceeded my ex pectations of it, i was also very much pleased at the Interest shown in the meeting Monday and feel sure that Cleveland will not fall behind the other progressive counties in the State in this important matter of. a more business like method of cotton marketing. y Two people before the speaking- mentioned to me two matters that they wished me to discuss in my speech and I regret that as they were not topics that I had not been discuss- ng in former speeches that I forgot to bring them into my address Mon day. One matter is that of the 25 cents per bale collected for warehouse guar antee and loan fund. Some people seem to have the idea that this is a tax and that the money is spent in Raleigh or somewhere like a tax. This isn't correct at all. The money is kept busy building warehouses and as soon as it helps get warehouses built and going, it is then used to build anoth er' warehouse and so on indefinitely. This fund is also used as a guarantee fund to insure the safety of all the millions of dollars worth of state warehouse receipts that will be issued by, the state. "This, of course, has nothing to do with, the co-operative marketing sys temhut since the question was asked. I anglad to give this explanation. This fund is never to be spent, but kept busy perpetually as a con stantly revolving loan fund for build ing warehouses and providing grading; service by prompting gradual and or derly selling of cotton and saving county damage. It will no doubt so help prices as to return the farmer many times the initial cost and Cleve land county has only to get in line and take its turn in order to get a full share of the benefits for herself. At The First BrptiM Church The pastor, Dr. J. M. Kester, is on hi3 vacition with hb wife visiting, h"!' elr.'v?s in Mnssichuietts. He ia expected back to fill his pulpit on the ' fourth Sunday. The pulpit will be fill ed next Sunday morning by Rev. W. E. Goode, the pastor of the First Bap tist church of Roxboro, N. C. Rev. Mr, Goode is a native of Cleveland county being a son of Rev. J. M. Goode of Boiling Springs. The young Rev. Goode is a fine preacher and is said to be one of , the best pastors of Eastern Carolina.,It is hoped that he ' will, have a large audience for, the service at the 11. o'clock hour, -i Interest in the Sunday School work ' continues to increase. On last Sunday - morning there were 427 present which" represents an increase over every" " Sunday for this 'monthT-Jt is not yet " impossible to reach the. figure of '' 600 which the superintendent, j. J.1' Lattiomer has set for his goal fof this' month. A cordial invitation ia ex tended to all to be present at the serv ices of the church, strangers and visi tors especially invited. Clarence Pot ' For Governor Yorkville Enquirer: Clarence Poe is again being promi nently mentioned for the governorship of .North Carolina. He does not want the place, because he is in other work that he likes better and in which he thinks he can be more useful to the people of North Carolina . and the South. As The Yorkville, Enquirer sees it, however, Poe should be gov ernor. He is one of the. best men in. the stte for the place, and he caa fill the position without the least detrac tion from, his usefulness along other lines. ' . : . Federal land bank abstracts ; made by O. M. Suttle, approved abstractor. tj,i
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