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CLEVELAND COUNTY’S LEADING PAPER let>elan& THERE IS NEWS IN STAR ADVERTISEMENTS VOL. XXXII, No. 19 THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1921. (( Cheapest Paper Per Copy in This or in Ad joining Counties. l| Two Linotypes, Advertis ing Cut and Picture Service. All Home Print. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE KIWANIIS HEAR OF MILK DRIVE; FAIR DISCUSSED TALK MADE BY MISS HALL. Club Is Told Of Undernourished School Children In County. To f. Complete Fair Canvass. Thursday night was “milk night” with the Shelby Kiwanis club, in charge of County Agent R. E. Law rence, being held in connection with the county-wide “Milk-for-Health” campaign staged here last week, the first of its kind in North Carolina, j Practically the entire program was! devoted to milk, every Kiwanion even to the coffee fiends disposing of one | glass of milk, which was a part of the ; menu through the courtesy of a local dairyman. Mibs Florence Hall, of Washingtor, j • representative of the federal de partment of agriculture, who took a leading part in the campaign, wasj the speaker of the evening. Miss Hall devoted her talk to milk and its qual-' tties as a health builder, and through: her winning presentation of a sub ject she was thoroughly acquainted j with she held the undivided interest! pf the club. At the outset she gave part' of the credit for the campaign to the club and stated that every where she had assisted in a campaign that the Kiwanis club was classed as among the best and most helpful boosters. The entire talk was far | from being wholly complimentary, for the speaker had a pointed way of telling what she had to tell. A review! pf the week’s work in the county was j given together with statistics concern | ing the survey made among the! school children. Among the interest ing facts brought out was the number of undernourished children in the eity and county schools, also the per centage of children who drink milk, whole and skimmed. One of her well-portrayed illustra tions in telling of the health-building qualities of milk was gained in this county. After telling a group of school children the amount of lime in milk and what lime means to grow ing teeth and bones, Miss Hall asked one of the children how much cream he got in his milk. “I don’t get any. Pa skims off all the cream for his cofTee.” Upon being asked which needed it the most the child replied, “Pa does he works hard,” but with a moment’s hesitation remembering the lime, “No he don't. I do for he’s all grown-up.” Miss Hall concluded her talk with a toast to the “dairy eew” amid much applause. utners connected witn tne milk campaign, who were guests of the club for the evening included: Mrs. Irma P. Wallace, Cleveland county demonstration agent; Miss Maude E. I Wallace, assistant home demonstra-' tion agent for North /Carolina; Miss Elizabeth Cornelius, home agent for Davidson county and formely home agent here; Miss Martha Creighton, of Charlotte, district home agent; and Mrs. Sarah Porter Ellis, home agent for Buncombe county. Guests with members included: Messrs. Virgil St. Cloud of Raleigh and C. E. Thomas, of Charlotte, with Mr. William Line berger; Mr. J. T. Chase, of Charlotte, with Mr. I). W. Royster; Mrs. B. T. Falls with Judge Falls; Messrs D. W. Plummer and W D McRae with Mr. Rush Hamrick. Injects “Pep” in Fair Project. Dr. J. S. Dorton, of the county fair committee, seized the opportunity presented by the meeting to inject what he considered a little needed “pep” in the proposed fair plans. Ac cording to Dr. Dorton the quota set to be raised for the fair is as yet a little short, and in a short talk he urged the club members as individ uals to aid in putting across the pre liminary plans. Tuesday afternoon the following members of the club will make a thorough canvass of por tions of the county not yet reached and it is hoped to ha^e the set amount raised by Tifesday at sundown: Chas. I*. Eskridge, Rush Hamrick, J. H. Quinn, Dr. Reuben McBrayer; O. M. Mull, R. E. Lawrence, Peter Grigg, Wm. Lineberger, Forrest Eskridge, S. C. Lattimore, J. S. Dorton and Lee B. Weathers. Wednesday, or as soon after as pos sible, a meeting will be held for the purpose of bringing about a perman ent and active organization, At the meeting directors and officers will be named and active work will start in preparation for the fair next fall. “Make Me a Boy” Night. It was announced by a member of the program committee that the pro gram next Thursday evening will be “Make Me a Boy For Tonight.” Al though the details of the program have not been made public, it is as sured that the members will become hoys, and “boys will be boys." Mr. J. Young Cleveland County Boy la the Fourth Victim of Typhoid Epi demic in School. Buried Sunday Harvey C. Gardner, 21 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Clarence Gardner and fourth victim in an epidemic of typhoid fever at the Lincoln Me morial University near Cumberland Gap, Tenn., where he had been a stu dent since the Christmas holidays, was buried Sunday afternon at Eli zabeth Baptist church, a crowd that overflowed the church being present to pay their respects to the untimely departure of this popular young man. Lovely floral offerings and deserved tributes by three ministers, Revs. W. G. Camp, John W. Suttle and R. L. Lemons attested the high esteem in which this young man was held and the sympathy which goes out to his bereaved parent^ Harvey was born July 23th, 1002 and died last Thurs day morning at 10:30 following an illness of about three weeks. Ho and Newton Ferree of this place were the only students at Lincoln University from Cleveland county. Ferree came in a few days ago while Athletic Coach Garrett accompanied the re mains of \ oung Gardner which arriv ed Saturday. Garrett and Ferree say there have been 55 cases of typhoid fever at the Lincoln University and the tieath of Harvey makes the fourth since the epidemic started. There are about 500 students in this institution, support ed by northern capital and since the epidemic broke out, the patients have been reciving the very best of care in a modern hospital with 35 nurses. Experts have tried to find the cause of the epidemic and their solution was that a “human carrier" must have infected the food in the kitchen The water and milk supply were found to be perfect. i oung Gardner was a bright and promising youth, active in religious affairs at Elisabeth where he attend ed Sunday school and church regu larly. At the age of 15 he joined New Prospect church and was a fine young Christian, energetic and ambitious His passing in th very bloom of young manhood is a source of great sorrow. He was the second child of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gardner and is survived by his parents, one sister, Miss Recea Gardner and four broth ers.. Odell, Carl, Colin and Richard. The funeral was conducted Sun day afternoon at Elizabeth church by Revs. W. G. Camp, John W. Sut tle and R. L. Lemons and the church was filled to overflowing. Ralph Mauney. Irvin Spake, Roy Wilson, Bailey Mauney, Guy Roberts and Herbert Long served as pallbearers. coifHis no IT SUE The Courtview hotel property front ing 130 feet on Marion street and 200 feet on LaFayette street gold Mon day at noon for division at public au tion at the court house and was bid in by Wm. Lineberger, Jack Palmer and Mai Spangler for $82,000 in three minutes after the bidding started. Each is understood to have a third in terest in the property. The property formerly belonged to W. C. Corbett one-half interest, Jack Palmer, Mai Spangler and Wm. Lineherger one sixth interest each. This bid remains open for 20 days and is subject to a raise of five per cent. The successful bidders have one of the most valu able pieces of proptry in the business section but they are making no plans known yet until they see whether their bid is raised or not. Mrs. Lemuel Hamrick Young Mother Dead Mrs. Lemuel Hamrick of the Beams Mill section died Saturday morning in the Shelby hospital where she had been under treatment for sevaral days. Before marriage she was Miss Edith Smith and a most worthy and highly esteemed lady. Her death is a source of great sorrow not only be cause of her passing at so young an age, but the fact that she leaves her husband and six small children, one only two weeks old. Her remains were buried Monday at Pleasanl Grove Baptist church. Maybe a third party couldn’t be worse.—Detroit News. P. Cook, founder and head of the Jackson Training school for boys a1 Concord, is expected to be present as the guest of Dr. J. S. Dorton, and as a man who knows boys, the wayward and the best, will likely add, to the in terest of the program. Brought Back to Jail Thursday After Cutting up Hia Feet Tramp ing in the Snow. Sam Collins, 40-yoar-old white man of Kings Mountain, who escaped from the county chain gang camp just east of town Wednesday night, is back in jail here in considerable worse con dition for his short breath of freedom. Early Wednesday night Collins had a chance to sneak away from the con vict camp and made the best of his op portunity, that is if he had taken his shoes along. The shoes were heavy hob nails and would have hindered his : escape, Collins thought, and the get away was made in his bare feet. Al though the majority of the Tuesday night snow had disappeared there was still enough of the white sub stance to p'ay havoc with bare feet as Collins discovered before he reach ed the home of his brother-in-law, (Jap Mullinax, at Crowder’s Mountain Mill about three piilfs from Kings Mountain. According to Collins his feet must have become numb soon aetfr he left the camp for he did not notice how they were being cut and bruised by the rocks and briars. When the escaped man reached Crowders Mountain his feet were near cut in shreds, bleeding and in a very pain ful state. Near 12 hours had been spent in the journey, he leaving the camp about 8:30 Wednesday evening and reaching the Mullinax home about 8 Thursday morning. Thursday Mullinax brought him back to Shelby, and it was necessary, on account of the condition of his feet, to carry him up the jail stairs to his cell. Collins’ absence was noted soon after he escaped and the bloodhounds trailed him for a distance towards Kings. Mountain. He had served about two weks ofa four months sentence from recorder’s court for having whis bey in his possession. One of Senator Sam Lattimore’s Ab sailants Suspected of Making Away with Gaffney Car. A bold theft took place last Wed nesday afternoon at Gaffney, S. C., when Arthur Moseley’s Ford roadster was taken from Limestone street about 2 o’clock, as it was standing in front of the Commercial hotel in Gaff ney. Moseley has evidence that the car was taken by Fred Rice, one of the men who is charged with commit ting an assault upon Senator Latti more of Shelby, some weeks ago near Gaffney. J. W. Abbott, of Gaffney, signed a bond for Rice's appearance before the court of general sessions, in the sum of $1,000 and Mr. Abbott is now engaged in searching for him. It is known that Rice purchased a key from the Ford Motor company just before Moseley’s car was taken, which it wus said would fit the lock on the stolen car. Rice weighs about 180 pounds, has dark hair, is clean shaven, and was wearing an army overcoat and black trousers when he left Gaffney. The car is a roadster, 1924 model, and has the initials “A. H. M.” on both sides of the car. Grover Pennington of Gaff ney, who knows Rice, says he saw him drive south on Limestone steet in Moseley’s car, and a negro says that he rode with Rice in a Ford road ster, Wednesday afternoon up the Chesnee road, just after the car was taken. Fred Rice was the last one of the party charged with assailing Senator Lattimore to secure bond, his bond having been made only recently. Rice is charged with the leading role in the assault according to the two young boys in the party, who turned state’s evidence. GEORGE DOVER IS THROUGH THICKEST OF MEASLES George Dover, popular mail carrier on Shelby route 3 is recuperating from an attack of measles. He says right now he feels like the old wo man’s religion. “I'm through the thickest of it.” In a short while his smiling countenance will be seen car rying out over 100 Cleveland Stars on his mail route. Ora Bowen is sub stituting during his illness. Central Methodist Prayer Meeting. Prayer meeting at Central Metho dist church Wednesday evening at 7:30. You are cordially invited to at tend. « I JUDGE FILLS IS J. P. MULL BULKS McSWAIN MAY ANNOUNCE. Judfje Falls Retires From Re corder Because Of Growing I ractice. May Be Race.' Judge B. T. Falls who has held the office of county recorder and auditor, for the past nine years will not be a candidate to succeed hiniBelf because j of his growing law practice and John P. Mull is letting his friends know '■ that he is in the race. Capt. Peyton 1 McSwain who left last week for Fort ■ Benning, Columbus, Ga., to be gone about three months let it be known in a recent communiaction to The Star that he is seriously considering making the race and that he will make up his mind shortly whether he will or will not run. At any rate theu-e is one candidate in the field in the person of John P. Mull, at present secretary of the Shelby and Cleveland county building and Loan association who says he has been feeling out the voters and has received much encour agement. The office of recorder and auditor pays $1,600 annually. The work involves holding the recorder’s court which usually meets in Shelby five days each week and one day at Kings Mountain. His duties trt audi tor is a monthly audit of the county books. Judge rails, the present recorder; has been unswerving in his determin ation to enforce the prohibition laws. Many say he has been too severe, but in retiring he pleads for a continued rigid enforcement of the liquor laws | to rid “our county of the greatestj curse of the ages.’’ His communica tion is as follows: To the Democratic Voters: I shall not seeks the nomination for the office of recorder and auditor for Cleveland county in the June primary. I have held this most difficult and yet .most important office in thia county for nine years without opposition in the primary and without opposition in the general election, except one time. This fact shows that I have had the unqualified support of the law abiding people of this county in my efforts to administer justice and equity and enforce the law without fear or favor—for which I am pro foundly grateful. Undoubtedly, I could be again nominated, and of course elected, but my practice has reached the point where it demands more time, than I can give to it and discharge the duties of this office. The liquor laws are sufficient now to enable the courts by enforcing them to rid our country of the great est curse of the ages. I am happy to have had a part in bringing this con-! dition to pass. There can be no “let ting up” in this business. Consistency and firmness in the administration of our laws will win this fight. I take this opportunity. of further expressing my heartfelt thanks to the people of this country, who have en dorsed my official acts and have stood so loyally with me for law enforce ment, without which I could not have accomplished anything. Respectfully, B. T. FALLS. Big Kiwanis Meeting At Hickory March 20 When District Governor of Kiwanis Harty T. Adains, of Raleigh, was the guest of the Shelby club recently he announced that the international pres ident of Kiwanis would be in Hickory during this month. The international president, Edmund F. Arras, of Co lumbus, Ohio, is visiting each Kiwanis district, and selects 'the club nearest the center of each district for his visit. The date of the meeting has been set for March 20 and representatives of the 20 clubs in sub-district No. 5, the largest sub-division in the two C&rolinas, will be present. COMPANY “K” WILL ENLIST 10 MEN BEFORE GOING TO CAMP In announcing regular drill for Thursday night at 7:30, officers of Co. “K” local unit of the national guard, state that as %annual inspection ia over the company will now take on about 10 more men before leaving for summer camp.. The enlistment open ing will be for a period of about two weeks only, as the full enlistment quota must be filled before entraining for camp. Rodeo to Kings Mountain. Tom Howard’s Rodeo and wild west show which was here recently under the auspices of the American legion will show Thursday, Friday and Sat urday of this week in Kings Moun tain. I SLAYER TO PLEAD Confessed Murderer of Claude Cook, Cleveland Boy, Talks Freely of Tragedy I.ant September. Gastonia Gazette. The plea of the unwritten law will probably be made by Phillip Wyno- ! Larger and his counsel in his ease which will come up at the special term of criminal court the latter part I of March, according to remarks Wyneberger himself made to a repre senative of the Daily Gazette in an interview Friday morning at the j Gaston county jail where the murder rr is held. t | Wyneberger talked freely of the meeting when he slew Claud Cook, j young Cleveland county man, on the j night of Saturday, September 22, j ID23, when the latter was returning i to the Wyneberger home after a ride in an automobile driven by Cook and occupied .by another woman and man. The account of the murder in press dispatches last fall differs from the story told by the defendant today. Wyneberger claims there was a struggle between him and his wife and Cook when Wyneberger drew his j knife and cut Cook's throat, death fol lowing a few minutes later. Eye wit nesses state that on approaching the scene near the Ozark mill offices. Cook was out of the car and fell dead instantly. At this time, Wyneberger tells that he ran in the direction of the Oakwood cemetery where he spent the rest of Saturday night. Early Sunday morning he states he came up town and made his way to the jitney headquarters at the corner of North Marietta and Main avenue. Here he engaged in conversation with parties who did not know who he was^ On finding that he was being looked for everywhere he immediately left town. His journey led to Spartanburg on an outgoing freight train and on to Kentucky over the C. C. and 0, rail road. Wyneberger said this morning that he went without food from Sat urday night until Thursday morning of the next week. Seevral days afterwards the man received serious injuries and was tak en to a railroad hospital in Virginia. His body shows that he received a long cut near his stomach which phy sicians sewed up with twelve or more stitches. During the whole time Wyneberger says he was in misery worrying over the affair. He says he finally decided he would give up to the officers and beat his way back to Charlotte, reaching there last Saturday where he went to Pal mer street house where he knew par ties. Officers in Charlotte learned of his presence and arrested him. Wyne berger states he was double-crossed by a woman friend when she thought she would get a big reward for turn ing him up. If he had not been ar rested, the man claims, he was com ing to Gastonia last Saturday night on the P. and N. car and on reaching here would have given himself up to local officers. Wyneberger appears to be weak and eick from the pains caused by his wounds. He says he will fight out his case and will come clear of the whole affair He says he knew Cook was paying frequent attentions to his wdfe and that his plea of the “unwritten law” would give him a verdict of ac quittal. Extra Lyceum Number Here Friday Night On Wednesday evening of last week “Smilin Through," the last number in this year’s lyceifm course, was pre sented to a large and enthusiastic audience in the school auditorium. It is generally agreed that this year’s course has been far superior to any lycyum course that has ever been giv en in Shelby However, there has not been enough receipts to pay the cost of the course. The Red path Lyceum Board has very kindly agreed to give us another attraction on a percentage basis,-in order that we may apply a p§rt of the proceeds on the deficit. On Friday evening, March 7, Glenn L. Morris will give an entertainment in the auditorium under the manage ment and direction of the Redpath Ly ceum Bureau. Season ticket holders will not be admitted to this entertain ment on their season tickets. It is hop ed and urged that every supporter of the lyceum in Shelby will attend and thus enable the promoters to pay off the indebtedness of this year’s course end be in positin to put on even a bet ter course next year. The general admission will be fifty cents for adults and twenty-five cents for children. America spends more money on chewing-gum than on books. And a casual glance at some of their liter ature, we don’t blame them—The Passing Show (London.) Cleveland County Native Falls From Railroad Bridge and Dies From Ilia Injuries. Mr. Theron Bridges, extra conduc tor on the C. C. and O. railroad, and a son of Mrs. Julia Bridges, of Shelby, died Thursday night in a Johnson City I Tenn, hospital from injuries received Wednesday night when ho fell from a railroad bridge near Erwin, Tenn. The funeral services were held Satur day morning at Union Mills, Ruther ford county. Mr. Bridges was said to have been coupling two cars when in some man ner he fell from the bridge, striking his head against a cross-tie or an abutnient, the blow resulting in his death the following night. The de ceased, who was 30-odd years old and made his home at Forest City, was a son of the late Thompson Bridges, of the Boiling Springs section. lie is survived by his wife, who was a Miss Lovelace of Union Mills, and three children, also his mother, Mrs. Julia Bridges. Pretty weather, favorable for paint ing, ushered in the paint-up campaign which started yesterday and is to continue through the months of March and April. The paint-up cam paign is promoted by the Cleveland county board of agriculture in order to encourage the owners of rural homes to paint their buildings, thus making them conform to the highly developed state of farm lands. There are hundreds of unpainted farm homes and barns in Cleveland which have been the one single source of i criticism by visitors looking over the fine farms and commenting on Clev eland's agricultural supremacy. In order to maka Cleveland homes pret ty and attractive as well as preserve the property, the board of agricul I ture has sponsored this campaign | which has the hearty co-operation of ' the paint dealers, school authorities i and ministers. The paint dealers ; are making special prices on paints, oils, etc., and the special window dis plays and advertising emphasize the importance of paint not only as a means of beautifying but of preserv j ing the property. Orr and Killian Are Under $10,000 Bonds Men Implicated by Crowder in Mys terious Ford Murder. Trial Set For March 31. Judge A. M. Stack of Monroe, In Charlotte Saturday shortly after noon signed writs of habeas corpus setting bonds at $10,000 each in the case of Ransome Killian, of Lincolnton, and Joe Orr, jr., of Charlotte, arrested Friday afternoon and Saturday morn ing, respectively in connection with the murder of John Ford near Gas tonia on November 7, 1920. F. B. (Jack) Ford, father of the slain man, signed the warrants charg ing Killian, Orr, Effie Grice and Es sie Bettie with the murder. The two women arrested Friday, were releas ed under their own recognizance to ap per at a special term of superior court at Gastonia on March 31 for the trial of the case. An alleged confession of ‘Arthur Crowder at Decatur, Ala., implicated the two men in the case. He was re turned to Gastonia by Sheriff G. R. Rhyne of Gaston county, a few days ago, and was taken to Charlotte in the habeas corpus proceedings, which were attended by Kemp B. Nixon of Lincolnton, attorney for Killian; E. R. Warren of Gastonia, Crowder’s counsel; Sheriff Rhyne and Miles Rhyne, his son; R. G. Cherry, attor ney for Orr, son of a forrter chief of police of Gastonia, who is now a member of the Charlotte police force; Frank Flowers, attorney for Effie Grice, who is now Mrs. Horace Hern don, of Kings Mountain, and Essie epattie, of Gastonia; Col. T. L. Kirk patrick, Killian’s attorney; Solicitor John G. Carpenter, and A. G. Man gum, county attorney, of Gastonia. Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby, is listed as another of Crowder’s counsel. QUARTERLY CONFERENCE AT LaFAYETETE ST. CHURCH s The second quarterly conference at LaFayette Street Methodist Church will be held Sunday evening, March 9, y.t 7 o’clock. Rev. C. S. Kirkpatrick, new presiding elder of the Shelby dis trict, will preach and everyone is in vited v'.V MANY UNDERNOURISHED. Workers Consider First County Wide Campaign Great Success. I ercentage Of Milk Drinkers. One of fcie most important facta revealed by the recent “Milk-for Health” campaign in this county was that the children of the county drink considerably less milk than they should. While no other such cam paign has ever been conducted so that a comparison might be made, it is evident that there are too many un dernourished children in a county hat is one of the leading agricultural and dairy counties of North Carolina. Regardless of.these facts extensive workers conducting the campaign feel that it has been a great success. The children arc responding admirably, while teachers, parents and others are cooperating to such an extent that last week means only the beginning of a .constructive health campaign in stead of the end. the corps of experienced extension workers assisting in the campaign re turned to their respective headquar ters Saturday. One of the last meet ings in connection with the campaign was held at the Central school audi torium Friday afternoon by the Par ent-Teachers association. Much inter est was shown at the meeting and an infofming little play, “As the Chil dren See It,’’ was presented by Miss Moseley's fifth grade of the Marion school, and also a timely milk song by the fourth grade under Miss Moore. During the campaign survey cards were turned in for 4,086 county school children. Of the number reporting 722 do not drink milk daily. Of the county school children 1,800 of those who do drink milk, drink skimmed milk, while 1,100 drink whole milk. The approximate percentage of un dernourished children in the county schools was estimated at 16 per cent. By undernourished, milk workers mean “badly in need of a construc tive diet,’* or at least 10 per cent un derweight. The per centage of* under nourished in the Shelby schools is not so large as is that of the county schools. From the actual survey it was shown that eight per cent, of the Shelby school children, not including Eastside and South Shelby, are un dernourished, but at the time the sur vey was made 12 per cent of the chil dren were absent, and this class is usually made up of the undernour ished, so that the approximate esti mate of undernourished in the Shel by schools was set at 10 per cent. Of the Shelby school children who drink milk, 346 drink whole milk, while 92 drink skimmed milk. Statistics of the survey made before the campaign will be preserved and another survey made next fall so as to determine the exact results of the campaign. Is Having Effect. The follow-up work In connection with the campaign has already start ed. School children are already work ing on their milk essays, which are to be submitted not later than Satur day, March IS, instead of Saturday March 8, as was first announced. The poster prizes awarded in connection with the campaign will be given out next Friday at Central school and in the county schools during the week. An early morning round of Shelby homes will show how the children be lieve in milk as a health builder. On practically every doorstep can now be seen an additional quart or two of milk. In both the town and county schools, milk has already become a part of the daily luncheon. An unusu al example of how milk aids a grow ing child comes from the east Kings Mountain school, where a boy consid ered undernourished because of lack of milk gained five pounds before the campaign was over by drinking milk daily. , , The Kiwanis Spirit. Forest City Courier. Have you noticed the Kiwaniai spirit settling over our little citj spreading good fellowship and an awakening of civic pride and interest that is good to see. Forest City is one of the smallest towns In the state to have a Kiwanis club. But just watch us grow. ELIZABETH CHURCH HAS FINE SPECIAL COLLECTION. The special collection that was tak en for home missions at Elisabeth church on the fourth Sunday in Feb ruary amounted to $99.05. A. P. SPAKE, Treas. Eighty-five per cent of the farm land in Cleveland county is plowed i with genuine Oliver plows. Ad