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VOL. XXXII, No. 11
THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C.
TUESDAY, FEB. 5, 192!
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WOODROW WILSON, GREAT WAR TIME
PRESIDENT, DIED SUNDAY MORNING
Like A Tired Man, One Of America’s Fourth
Greatest, Closed His Eyes And Passed On To
The Great Hereafter. Wife Holds Hand And
A Nation Sorrows A>s Soul Drifts Out On Great
Dark Tide.
Former President Woodrow Wilson
died at 11:15 o’clock Sunday morning.
The place of his entombment and
whether his funeral will be public or
private will be determined Iater7~
The end was peaceful. Life ebbed
away awhile he slept.
A tired man, he closed his eyes, and
“sustained and soothed by an unfal
tering trust,” passed on to the great
hereafter “like one who wraps th->
drapery of his couch about him, and
lies down to pleasant dreams!”
_ Dr. Grayson, his friend and physi
cian, announced the end of the great
war President in this bulletin:
“Mr. Wilson died at 11:15 o’clock.
His heart’s action became foebl< r and
feebler, and the heart muscle was so
fatigued that it refused to act any
longer. The end came peacefully.
“The remote causes of death lie in
his ill health which began more than
four years ago, namely: General ar
terio-sclerosis w-ith haemopligia. The
immediate cause of death was ex
haustion following a digestive d:s
turhanee which began in the earlv
part of last week hut did not reach
an acute stage until the early morn
ing hours of February 1."
Last Friday the grim reaper had
foreed his way into the house after
waiting on the doorstep more than
four years. Saturday he had advanc
ed to the landing on the staircase, and
stood counting off the ticks of the
great clock. Saturday night he knock
ed on the chamber door. A faithful
physician and a loyal wife stood with
their,backs r.cainst it. At 9 o’clock he
rattled the knob and called to t.hn
peaceful, prostrate figure on the bed
—-a great bed.^long and wide, a re
nlica of the bed in which Abraham
Lincoln slept in the White House,
■with a golden Ameri'-an eagle and a
tiny silk American flag just over the
headboard.
The watchers knew the battle was
lost. At. the nortal of the door now
open, the faithful necro servant hov
ered. On the bed, sitting heside her
husband, sustained with all the for
titude and composure of a woman
facing a crisis, was Mrs. Wilson, hold
ing between her hands the wan, with
ered rieht hand that had proved the
ren mightier than the sword. Near
♦ be foot of the bed was his eldest
f,aucbfer. Margaret, resigned to the
inevitable. Close by, tears welling
from his eyes and coursing down his
cheeks was Ot. Grayson, taking the
measure of the fluttering pn.ls'V
weaker and fainter with each effort.
Death advanced and beckoned fr>r
the last time. Tb»> tir"'d worn (rut man
drew a long breath, thc-e wa° a
slight flutter the eyelid*. an al
'-'ost imperceptible twitch of the nos
tril*.
Woodrow Wilson’s so'd. had dr:ft
od out on t.h" great, dark tide that
rims around all the wnr'-l.
Out through a city stilled in a Sab
bath morning’s reverential calm, his
name was being spoken from a hun
dred pulnits. In the Central Presby
terian church where he faithfully
went to worship while the flesh was
able, a chokcd-up congregation had
sung “The Son of God Goes Forth to
War,” “How Firm a Foundation.” and
“Onward Christian Soldiers,” favor
ite hyms in which he loved to lift h'R
voice in a happier, better day. Over a
great land that had acclaimed him
chief and in lands across the seas
where he had been hailed as a God of
peace, prayers were rising for the
repose of his soul.
Another Scene.
In the street before the square
brick house where he has lived with
his memories his hopes and his re
trrets. was another scene. There was
a gathering of people there. It was
not a crushing throng come to a mec
ra ’n n>'"rimege to attest thcr faith
in the ideals he personified. It was a
'-’•'nip of men and women kneeling on
the pavement in silent prayer. Small
paper slips bearing the inscription
“Peace on earth, goodwill toward
men,” held in their hands, fluttered
in the chill wind which swirled up the
debris and litter there by the watch
ers engaged in the solemnity of the
death watch that the world might
know.
“Mr. Wilson is attaining the peace
that passeth all understanding” said
their leader, while the throng sank
to its knees and remained in silence
for a minute. Then a sickly sun broke
through a cloudbank. A little native
warbler, a pilgrim venturing north in
search of early sun and spring, stop
ped for a moment, and from his twig
aloft uttered a hapgy note. ,
Almost at. that moment Mr. Wilson
was passing on.
Davidson Mourns Wilson.
The death of Woodrow Wilson
brings particular sorrow to Davidson
college, where he is recalled as a
former student, having entered in the
fall of 1ST;! and remained until just
; before next commencement, when he
left on account of ill health. His home
at that time was in Wilmington,
where his father was pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, being also
a member of the board of trustees of
Davidson college.
During young Wilson’s stay at
Davidson he chopped his own wood,
pumped his own water, washed hia
lamps and cleaned his room in the
historic Chambers building, which
was destroyed by fire two years ago.
His average grade for the year was
91 1-2. His classmates have remem
bered him as an all-round young man,
a recognized leader in college life,
and especially versed in current poli
tics.
Milestones in Life.
Woodrow Wilson’s life was marked
by these milestone:
Born at Staunton, Va., December
28, 1850.
Graduated at Princeton university,
1879.
Selected as president of Prince
ton, August 1, 1902, after 17 years as
college professor.
Eiected governor of New Jersey,
November 8, 1910.
Nominated for President in the
Democratic national convention Bal
tiomofe, July 2, 1912. ,
Elected President, November 4,
1912.
Inaugurated March 4, 1913.
Re-elected President November 7,
1910.
Asked congress to declare war on
Germany April 2, 1917.
Railed for France, December 4,
1918, as head of America* peace com
mission.
Signed tyoaty of -Versailles June 28,
1919.
Carried fight with senate over lea
gue of nations to country September
3, 1919.
Suffered nervous breakdown near
Wichita, Kansas, September 26, 1919.
Stricken with paralysis at White
House, October 5, 1919.
Retired from Presidency, March 4,
1921.
Died at Washington February 3,
1924.
S'x Negro s Corralled Bv Officers
Thursday While Ploying “ Freckled
Hand Organs.”’
One of the greatest weaknesses of
the colored race is the love for the
music emitting from “the freckled
hand organs,” and it is an expensive
entertainment at times. Six colored
youth nabbed by the officers Thurs
day afternoon while beseeching Lady
Luck to smile on their “bones” can
testify to the extra vag-ore of “crap
shooting.” tl cost them all $25 and the
costs in addition to the coin that slip
ped from their pockets when the dice
tii'-ned up “box cars” or “snake eyes.”
Thursday afternoon ueorge mcuow
ell, Ot's Walker, Jim Roseboro, Percy
Price, Charlie Williams and Willie
Hayes were on their knees on a plot
of wooded ground between the South
ern railway tracks and Sunset ceme
tery in the edge of town seeking Dame
Fortune with the treacherous African
Dominoes. About the same time Chief
Hamrick and a group of officer* were
stalking the party in regular Indian
stylo. Others negroes warned the par
ty, but too late, for after several ex
citing races the officers corralled the
bunch and led six dejected negro*1* in
to court. Some were cooks, some de
livery boys, but the cooking and the
delivering went undone where bond
was not secured before nightfall, Fri
day morning the group plead guilty
and Judge Falls put a luxury tax of
$2g and the csts on the game. Five
socured the amount of freedom but
Charlie Williams as yet has not been
so fortunate.
Other Cases.
Saturday, Tom Eskridge, colored,
imbibed, imitation vanilla extract and
then tried to imitate Charlie Chaplin’s
down-street pfomenade. The rehears
al was completed before the recorder,
who thought both imitation5 were
worth $5 and the costs.
For assault and battery Will Mont
gomery, colored, of the Grover section,
was fined $5 and the costs.
TRY STAR WANT ADS.
BILIT TELLS STORY
OF HIS OWH LIFE
Fan ua Evangelist Goat Moat of Edu
cation in Iowa Soldiers
Orhpan Home.
Billy Sunday Unstinted a point in a
recent sermon in the Tabernacle,
Charlotte, with the appealing story of
his own life as a child.
Pardon a little illustration from my
i own life. My grandfather and Gener
al Grant were third cousins and play
1 ed together when hoys, and when
Grant was elected President he wrote
he wrote him a letter asking him to
come to Washington to visit him. My
grandfather wore a coon skin cap,
blue jeans, rawhide hots, hickory shirt
his hair was long, he lived in the
woods, he didn’t think he’d make a
f:~nre down in Washington and he
d»d not go. I am proud of it, don’t you
forget it I rover go by Grant’s mon
ument, that I don’t touch my hat.
“My great-grandfathers both
fought in the Revolutionary war. One
lont a leg in the battle of the Brandy
, wine and the other fought under Hull
at Detroit, and he was among the
crowd that was going to shoot old
Hull because he believed that he’d sur
render to the British.
“So my father went to the war in
Company E.. twenty-third Iowa. He
enlisted in August. I was bom the 18
of the following November and I have
never looked into his face. He sleeps
somewhere under Southern skies and
I will never look on his face until we
stand before God. I have fought my
wav through life since I was six years
old. I got most of my education in the
Soldier's Orphan home out in Iowa.
W'th »o much help from Uncle Sam.
it. is no wonder I feel warm toward
him. Uncle Sam gave my -mother a
pensiion until the day she died. •
I am a Rube.
“So I was born and bred in Iowa.
I am a rube of rubes. I am a hayseed
of the hayseeds, and the malodors of
the barnyard are on me yet, and I
am proud of it. I have greased my
hair with goose grease. I have black
ed my boots with stove blacking. I
have wiped by proboscis on a gUmmy
sack towel. I have shoveled grub
down my esophagus with my knife. I
have drunk my coffee out of my sauc
er said don|t when I should have said
doesn’t and said seen when I should
have said saw. I have helped blaze the
wav for. the school house and the
church and I helped to grub the
stumps that stood in the way of the
advancing plowshare of civilization
and of religion. I am a graduate from
the university of poverty and hard
knocks. I have taken three post-grad
"ata cour''"s. Mv autobiogranh" can
t'-' summed up in one line of Orev’s
‘Elegy’ in a country churchvard ‘the
short and simple annals of the poor.’ |
“Th° wolf sm-atcl^d around our ;
little log cabin door and moth"r said
‘I am going to send you toth« Pol.,
diers’ orphan homo. a branch of which
was looted in Greenwood, Ta., re«r
Gonnril RloPV W« went to Amos. Ia
Mv grandfather helped to start th"
Amos agricultural collogo the he«t ag
ricultural college in the United Pt.at.os
He gave lands to help start it. So I
went to' town.
“I went hnol< cn-oral vears .ago to
bury mv mothe”. The old hotel stands
there yet and I went upstairs :u th
same room, whpre mother and Ed an’4
I slept that night, and they came and
wakened us un about 1:00 o’clock and
said: Boys, get up, the train is corn
in'”.
fto we nurrieu nnn pressed. tier
pw«s wf're hloodshot end her hair
disheveled, her lins rale, her cheek"
sunken, her form tremblinir. While Ed
and I slept, she had prayed. We went
inthe depot. She drew tis to her heart,
kissed us and sobbed. People walked
h». Th»v did not pay any attention.
Thev did not give a ran. We got in
the train, raised the window and put,
our rr™, Pnd our heads out and
heard the conductor’s ‘All aboard.’
Mother’s Voice.
“The ftell on the engine rang and
we wailed and cried in the night and
the last sound we heard was mother’s
voice.
“We reached Council Bluffs in t.he
morning. tired, hungry and homesick,
turned our collars up about our necks,
went sheering down the street to th°
hotel. We went around to the hack
door and panhandled the woman for
and handout and she said: ‘What is
your name?”
“Ed and Wiilie Sunday.”
“‘Where are you from?’
“Ames.”
“Where are you frobnr?"
“Going to the Soldiers Orphan
home in Greenwood.” -
“Didn’t run away?”
“No, ma’am. Here is our letter of
introduction to the guardian, Mrs.
Stephens, who is now in the adjutant
general’s office in Des Moines.
“She said. ‘Come in boys. My hus
(Continued on page five.)
HERE IK CO,
TO BUILD TEMPLE SOON.
Record Brice Is Paid For Shelby
Business Property Which
SJ.600 Per Front Foot.
— ■
Thr> Iievicre Drug company which is;
composed of Zollie Reviere and Carnet
Cox, on Friday purchased the Mason-!
ic budding on La Fayette street in the
heart ofthe business section, opposite
the Confederate monument on the
court, souare. This is the highest price '
Shelby business property has ever ■
brought, hut is the first “center of i
town" property to move in many i
vears. The building is now occupied
hv the W. L. Fanning company, first
floor, with the Masonic lodge room on j
the second floor and covers the entire
lot of 26 feet front «nd reaching? to a j
depth of 90 feet. The terms of the |
sale were cash, it being sipulated in
the sale that the Masonic lodge N<j !
202 will continue to occupy the sec- j
ond floor for period of 12 months at j
a monthly rental of flOO with privi- 1
lesre of renewing the lease. The deal
wn« made hv Anthony and Anthony, i
real estate brokers, to whom a leave
was (riven about ten days for $45,000.
Bids were received privately and a :
number were secured but the Reviero i
Drug company bid was the highest
and the Masonic committee composed
of Chas. S. Young, W. U. Iloey, S. A.
Washburn, J. S. Dorton and J. H.
Quinn met Friday to consider the of
fers. After due consideration the
committee- decided -to accept the bid
of $40,000 offered by the Revicjre :
Drug company.
Messrs. Reviere; and Cox, proprie
tors of the Reviere Drug company
stated yesterday that they have no
intention of occupying their newly
purchased property for sometime but
will continue the drug Rtore in its
present location, their idea in buying
to make what they feel like is a good
investment in Shelby’s growing busi
ness property.
Masons to Build.
The Masons last year purchased the
Orlando Elam lot corner of Warren
and Washington, now occupied by the
Ellis studio for $20,000. This lot is
90x110 feet and was purchased with
a view of building a Masonic temple, i
In building the temple, however, the
Masons want to provide other rooms
which will bring in a revenue on their j
investment and they are debating j
whether to make store rooms on the :
ground floor or a hotel lobby and 1
dining room with hotels rooms on the ;
upper .floors with the exception of '
one or two floors to be used by the
Masons themselves. The sale of the
present Masonic building means that
the Masons will now begin to discuss
what and when to build and will no
doubt consult architects. The Elam j
corner will be developed, thus add
ing to the up-building of the east side 1
f>f the court square,
kdovwp ose osh sh rrnfw cmfwy pp j
Well Known Merchant Succumbs to
Attack of Paralysis in
Two Hours.
Mr. M. P. Cordell, well known
South Shelby merchant, died Satur
day afternoon at 4 o’clock following
an attack two hours before of paraly
sis which came upon him while he
was in his store cutting meat. Mr.
Cordell has been suffering with high
blood pressure for sometime, but was
able to continue his w.ork. He was
born in upper Cleveland sixty and a
half years airo and operated a meat
market and livery business at Lawn
dale for a number of years, moving
to Shelby ten years ago when he en
tered business here. He was first mar
ried to Miss Mary tVright to which
union seven children were born, six
of whom are living: Enos Cordell of’
Georgia; Mrs. Lela Huffstetler of
Clover, ST C.; Mrs. Miriam Blanton
of Lawndale; Paul of Gastonia; Luf
ten and Charlie of Shelby. His sec
ond marriage was to Miss Annie
Quinn who survives with one child,,
Mrs. Odus Pendleton. One brother,
Noah Cordell of Hickory also sur
vives.
Mr. Cordell was a member of the
LaFayette Street Methodist church.
The funeral was conducted Sunday
afternon at 3 o’clock by Rev. J. W.
Ingle, assisted by Rev. Rush Padgett
and the interment was at Mt. Zion
Baptist church, three miles north of
Cherryville.
Tl RN R \SI ALS OUT H CRY.
Teapot Dome Scandal I.tOnl,y
One Of Many Uncovered Un
ci r llardmg-CoolidRe Regime.
Special to The Star:
Washington, l). Fob. 4. Ju.it
now almost everything else is being
pushed into the background bv the
investigations of the operations of Va
rious officials, bureaus and depart
ments under the Harding-Cool:dg'? ad
ministration. And a fine mesa it is '
even at this time, and th;» worst is
yet to come. The Teapot Dome scan
dal is large and important, but for
venality, s,»rdu!n:ss and criminality,
,t is not j:i the some class with others
c.l e&dy uncovered and yet to be ox
pored, and they are coming thicker
a’d faster: "Vrst a speck, ai d then a
vulture, ti l the air is thick with pin- I
o :s.” And they are birds of ill-omen
for th* Republican pfttty; unless the
old spirit is frozen i:i the veins of the
voting public that party is facing a !
stupendous -crash, a disorder from
which its recovery will he very doubt- i
ful. It wdl be recalled that the two or
•’’.roe scandals of the Grant adminis
tration, even though the President or I
dered the Attorney General “to let no
guilty man escape,” caused such a re
volt among the voters that Tilden was
elected in the face of returns in 1876
The battle cry of the Democrats (and
very appropriate for the coining
campaign) was “Turn the rascals
out!” The people undertook to tin--*
them, out but it was found after the
election that they were so numerous
and so well intrenched that they suc
ceeded even then in rowing Tilden of
his victory through the scheme of the
Eight-to-Sevcn Commission and the
(Continued on page eight.)
Rules Governing Reclaimers Con
test to )>e Held at Boiling Springs
School March 22nd.
Thorp wr.l he a declaimers contest
in which the schools of the county will
take part at Boiling Springs high
school March 22nd. The committee
composed of Archie Parker, chairman.
Mack Cant del], secretary, Lowery
Austell, Broad us Bridges, Roland
Hamrick. D J. Hamrick, jr.. has sent
out the following letter to the schools
of the county:
We are very desirous that your
school he represented at the declaim
ers contest at Boiling Springs high
school on March "2, 1924.
IV e shall be glad for you to send a
speaker and also for you and your
teachers to conic and enjoy the con
test .with us.
The following are the rules govern
ing th" contest:
!•—Your school is entitled to send
one male representative from the
Ath. 7ft> or 8th grade.
•2—The name of each contestant,
the subject, of his declamation, and a j
certificate from the principal of his
school showing that the contestant is i
a bonafide student of the 6th, 7th or j
8th grnde, must ho in the hands of I
the chairman ef the committee not j
later than March 15th. 1924.
•3-—The delivery of no declamation
shall require more than 10 minutes.
4.—A preliminary will be held Sat
urday morning March 22d beginning
at 10 o’clock, at which time the ten
best speakers will be selected for the
final contest.
5—The final contest will be held
in the school auditorium Saturday ev
ening March 22d, beginning, at 8
o’clock.
8.—The best sneaker will he award
ed a gold medal given by the Kalr*
gathian and Athenian literary socie
ties and a scholarshin paying tuition
at Boiling Springs high school for
one year, by the school. The second
best speaker will be given a gold
modal by the above named societies.
7. —The decision will be rendered by
three disinterested judges.
Contestants should plan to arrive
at Bolling Springs not later than 9:30
o’clock Saturday morning March 22.
We hbpe that you will select your
representative by having a prelim
inary contest. We feel that this will
encourage public speaking in your
own school and will insure that you
are sending your very best material
to our contest.
8. —Free entertainment will be giv
en to the declaimers but not to other
visitors.
Further information will be given
upon request.
ORGANIZED CHOBIL
CLUB LAST WEEK
To Encourage Music and Dramatic
Art. "Officer# And Committee#
Are Named.
Although a concert had previously
been given by the Shelby Choral Club
no permanent organization had boon
effected until last week, when tho
Shelby Choral and Dramatic Club wag
permanently perfected. Tho chief ob
ject and aim of the club ia to foster
ad encourage in this community,
Shelby in particular, good rpusic and
the art of dramatic*.
Officers elected were: Chas. A.
Burma, president; Miss Selma Webb,
rice-pres dent; Mrs Gcn-p>> Moo’p
-.ocref ary •treasurer ? Wr. Fife Robert
son, director; Mrs. P. L. Hennrssa,
pianist; Miss Bertha’Bostic, assistant
pianist; Rush Hamrick, librarian. The
following committees were named:
Membership and finance. I. C. Griffin,
chairman; Rush Hamrick, Dr. R C
Hicks, rMs. G. R. Spencer and Miss
Selma Webb. Entertainment and pub- j
Unity, Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey, chairman;
Mrs. L. M. Hull, Fred Callahan, I»eo
Spencer and John S. McKnigbi.
There are two classes o# member
ship to the dub, Ute active an^ the
associate. Active members are chose j
who take active part in the programs
and the dues for this class are 50
cents per month for the men and 35
cents for womer.. Associate members
.--e chose who wish to support the
club but not take part in the concerts.
Certain dues are required also for this
class of membership. The club should
cnonn much to musical Shelby and it
is felt that the people of the town will
show their interest during the mem
bership campaign. There are now 45
active members, made up of the dlff
erent church choirs and others, and it
is hoped soon to have the total mem
bership reach i()C
In addition to the specially prepared
concerts such as given at the high
school auditorium sacred concert:; will
he given by the club at least every six
weeks, alternating between the
(churches of the town and will be free
to the public. Also at Easter, Thanks
giving and other such occasions »pe
cial musical programs will be render
ed.
BIGLfiUS
MW MULE BE
Washington Americans and Boaton
Brave# May Play Exhibition
Game in Shelby.
Tf negotiations being made by the
local legion post materialise sport fol
lowers in Shelby and this section of
the state may see the Washington
Americans and the Boston Braves In
an exhibition contest here Friday
April'll, this being the date the
maior league clubs pass through this
section en route back home from their
spring training grounds.
Legion officials thought of request
ing a place en some of the clubr’
schedules some time ago, but no nc
t:on was taken until recently, when
Post Commander Wm. Andrews cor
responded with officials of each big
league club. Practically all of the
clubs have been heard from and ex
press their regrets at being unable t"
play here owing to a full schedule on
the northern trip, but the Washington
manager. Clark Griffith, let it be
known that there was some hitch
about the game to be played by his
club in Spartanburg with the Boston
Braves and that Shelby might secure
this date. Indications now are that
this will be done and the legion has
wired the two clubs an offer, whether
or not it will be accepted will be
known with’n a few days.
ramous stars.
' Should these two clubs be brought
here on the date they were to have
played in Spartanburg several nota
bles in the baseball world will be
along. Connected with the two clubs
are 'baseball’s two greatest pitchers:
Walter Johnsep and Christy Mathew
son. Johnson, the “Speed King” is an
active hurler on the Washington club,
while “Big Six” the master mounds
man who has just won an extra in
ning game with tuberculosis, is an of
ficial with the Braves. Of added in
terest however to this community, and
especially to Cherryville p apple, is the
fact that Grier Friday. Cherryville
boys, is a member of the Washington
hurling staff and will be more than
likely to take the mound for a period,
which in itself should draw a record
crowd from Friday’s native section.
The legion wants it understood that
the gamy has not been definitely
scheduled, but that they are making
every effort to do so in order to give
baseball fans their first taste of the
major sport in 1924.
ELEVEN MB ILF
nousm n
FOE COUNTY FF
THI3 13 IN A SINGLE DAY
Whirlwind Campaign For Co*
ty Fair Funds Meets V'
Grr.tifying Results. Conlls-*'’
Kleven and a half thousand dollar*
has been subscribed to the Cleveland
County Fair association and this w>*
done in n single day’s canvass. The
result of the day’s work was mn*t
'-rntifyinc and it is felt now that
the remainder can be secured with lit
tle difficulty as soon as the commit
tees can find time to soe the farmers
and business men in sections th»t
have rot been canvassed. On Thurs
day the stock subscription lists w«re
rassed around in Shelby and several
thousand dollars secured in a few
uIn the afternoon, committees
went out to many sections of the
"ountv and met with a lmartv re
sponse at the hands of the farmers
*nd merchants in the small towns.
IV Horton, who has been one of the
most enthusiastic workers for the
fair, is more than pleased with the
result and says it is only a matter of
seem<r the farmers and it will be easy 1
reach the goal of $20,000. Dr. Dorton H
•mvs we can have a $11,500 fair but
th» people of Cleveland will not be
satisfied with one of this type and
furthermore it would not be in keep
ing with the county’s agricultural
supremacy.
It is estimated that nearly 300 have
tak»n atomic hi the fair which ie being
■'"H on a basis of 120 per share, pav
able in installments as called for aft
er the organization is perfected. The
•oli-'tors r-r carrying lists in their
pockets and getting more subscribers
on the streets. This week it is hoped
to complete the campaign and the
committees will work Lawndale and
Double Shoals, Boiling Springs and
No. 1 township, Fallaton and Waco,
the rural sections of Nos. 6 and i
townships, which were not touched in
the Thursday canvass because some
of the committees could not go out.
Kings Mountain responded in a few
honrs with f1,400 worth of stock and
only a part ofthe town was worked
because of a funeral in progress there
on the day of the canvass. The most
liberal subscription came from the
iAttimore section where S1.600 was
secured in a few hours with the as
sistance of Dr. L. V. Lee who work
ed with the committee from Shelby.
Only one man declined to take stock
in that section. ^
Thursday night’s meeting of the
Kiwanis club was devoted to a report
from the canvassing committees and
a nlan for a mass meeting" after the
$20,000 has been secured, the mass
| meeting to. be held in the court house
i to elect the officers and directors who
| will set at work at once to plan the
fair for next fall. >
Piedmont Defeated
By Local Quint
Flavin* here Thursday afternoon
the Shelby highs defeated the fast
Piedmont high quintet 34 to 13. Team
work was responsible for the victory
and playing as a unit as waa done
Thursday Gurley’s eagers should not
be an easy target in the champion
ship series. Other games dropped dur
ing the last week were defeats be
cause the unity shown Thursday
was, lacking.
Wall, at center, with a cage total
of 20 pointp, Beam and Bynum were
outstanding players for Shelby, while
A. Beam at the pivot position for the
visitors, was their best performer on
the court. Kendrick fast on the pass
ing game and a trood shot, has
strengthened the Shelby quint consid
erably.
Shelby f34)
Beam (6)
Kendrick (2)
Wall (20)
Connor (4)
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Substitutions, Shelby: Wilson (2) for
Connor. •
Piedmont (IS)
F. Beam (4)
H Bullard (2'
A. Beam (7)
Blackburr
Rawls
MASON8 ATTENTION!
The members of Cleveland Lodge
No. 202 A. F. and A ,M.|will please
take notice that there will be a call
communication Friday night Febru
ary 8 at 7:30 o’clock p. m. for the pur
pose of considering the matter of ar
rangements preparatory to the build
ing of a Masonic temple.
R. G. LAUGHRIDGE, Secy.
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