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Clmland TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Subscription Price. fly mail, per year _$2.00 By carrier, per year_$2.60 The Star Publishing Company, 1m. LEE B. WEATHERS_I President RENN DRUM.Local Editor Entered as second class matter January 1, 1906, at the postoffice at Shelby, North Carolina, under the , Act of Congress, March 3, 1$79. We wish to call your attention to the fact that it is, and has been our custom to charge five cents per line for resolutions of respect, cards of thanks and obituary notices, after one death notice has been published. This will be strictly adhered to. TUE3DAY, MAY 27, 1921 Something to be put over: The bridge across Bread river at Elli» terry. When will Miss Shelby bob her hair and paint up? A prominent landscape architect says the town could be one of the most beautiful in the ent're country. How can Cal Coolidge and Hank Ford be “side-kicks?" Cal never pass, es anything and the Ford ditty is fa miliar to all. The hour for,, candidates to toss their hats in the ring is o'er, which is the formal opening of the straw season. The Republicans endorse Coolidge but nothing he does, and by so doing are aiding Cal In keeping silence. It seems that there are those who think our figures on political gather ings err as grievously as Bailey’* fig ures on taxes. Rome of the newspapers these days look like billboards, but the political announcements will help balance the ledger at the end of the month. Bills that do not get much attention include those that come at the first of the month and the former German of the family IlohenzoUern. Rockingham publicly paid a tribute to the sportsmanship and fair playing of the Shelby highs, state champions, which is to be cherished as mueh, or more, than the silver cupe. SUPPORT CHAUTAUQUA. The Redpath Chautauqua, which opens here Wednesday afternoon, needs no introduction to Shelby p«o. pie, or for that matter to the Ameri " eifn public, because of the institution’s great educational Influence on the en tire country. Shelby people should support and attet4 programs. They are not just shows, mere entertain, ment for a few hours, but educational, informing, patriotic and upbuilding in addition to being entertaining. It is the voluntary service of great men and women, lecturers and entertain* ers, giving their best for the social interest of the American people, but, withal, never dull and uninteresting. It is to your interest, and well worth your time to hear lectures by such men as Ex-Governor Brough, of Ar kansas, one of the country’s leading citizens, and no one can afford to pass up Sidney Landon’a inpersonations of Mark Twain, Longfellow, Riley, Poe and other literary notables. Attend the Chautauqua. UP TO YOU. E. S. Draper, who spoke before the Kiwanis club Thursday is considered one of the country’s best landscape architects, and Draper said Shelby could be made one of the most beau tiful towns in the entire country. The speaker apparently had no selfish ob ject in making the statement for he criticised ns often as he commended. He was invited here to speak in con. nection with a civic improvement pro gram and his statements were those of an unbiased expert and should prove very beneficial, if Shelby peo ple are as seriously interested in the appearance of the town as they seem to be when boosting to outsiders. We believe the pride will cooperate and the natural scenic setting and advan tageous layout be transformed Into -the picture visioned by the man who makes beautiful, towns, villages, and even barren spots. Shelby is an attractive town, but we coincide in the belief of Mr. Draper that it could be made consid erably more attractive. Many towns and cities would give thousands for Shelby’s stately court square, but the visitor thought it should be maintain ed somewhat better, and local people cannot help but agree. The town stands out among the leaders in the state with its miles of paved streets and sidewalks, but the ungrassed and barren “parking trips” between the sidewalks and the curb are not at all inviting. This neglect can be reme died through individual effort and probably will when called to the at tention of the various citizens. Shelby is a church town; a town with out standing church structures for its size, yet the appearance of the grounds could add considerably to the appearance of the edifices. The littla reminder by Mr. Draper may tend to have the church members attach a little more importance to their church grounds. All in all, Mr. Draper’s visit here should prove worth while. His proper mixture of criticism and praise should inject some needed "pep" in our pride of the town in which we live, and be the starter for a campaign that will make Shelby as a whole the talk of every visitor and passerby. The Woman's club with its various departments and the other organiza tions among the women of the city nead no urge in the matter of a civ ic improvement campaign and with the endorsement of the Kiwanis cluo and the citizenship in general, mixed with a little cooperation, Shelby will | shortly touch up her beauty. Nothing | starts until it begins. ___ BROADCASTING OCR ROADS. In the years to come good roads will in the minds of men be couple i with North Carolina like Broadway md Fifth avenue are with New York,! Eigel Tower to Paris and sunshine snd flowers to Florida. Good romus ire even a better publicity puller than [iaston Means. When one periodical :eas»s referring to our road program another takes it up and so our fame j :ontinue« to spread. The Manufactur er* Record is among the recent boosters of our highway system and ! ibout the fifteen illustrated pages in the Record, the Raleigh News and Ob lerver remarks as follows: “The way to get worth while pub- ! icity is to do something worth while as witness the latest nation-wide! prominence given to North Carolina i oft the great-road-building program j :arried out under the supervision and j iirection of Frank Page. “Only this week the* Manufacturers Tecord, of Baltimore, which circulates all over the United States, carries fifteen pages of illustrated reading on North Carolina’s road-building. Rich ard H. Edmonds, the versatile editor of this progressive periodical, sizes up the proposition correctly when he calls It "A Romance of Achievement.” It is all well and good to talk about possibilities—and there are plenty of them in North Carolina—but an ounce of performance is worth a pound of talk. The Old North State has invest ed seventy-six million dollars in roads and here again we ought to hear in mind that this money is being invest ed and not wasted. North Carolina has been fortunate in having men of vis ion who have used their talent to ef fect a comprehensive and harmonious highway system. “Commenting on this notable achiev ements In North Carolina, the Manu facturers Record declares that ‘Mr. Page’s picture of the benefits of good roads should be an inspiration to ev ery state which hns not yet embarked on such an investment venture.’ “While the Manufacturers Record makes roads its major theme it has not forgotten that roads are not all. With the story of roadbuilding, writ ten by Chairman Pago, appears an other equally Illuminating and inter esting article by Secretary of State W. N. Everct reviewing briefly some of the other big achievements in North Carolina. This, too, is hand somely illustrated. “North Carolina is under obliga tions to such periodicals as the Manu facturers Record for giving promin ence to Its achievements. This tas been true of the Manufacturers Re cord all along. ItH distinguished edi tor has always delighted to pay tri bute to North Carolina. He long ago began to tell of its virtues, of its ma terial resources and of its great pos sibilities.” Mr. Dover Buried At El Bethel The funeral services of Mr. Asa G. Dover, who died of pneumonia last Thursday was conducted Friday at El Bethel by Rev. B. YY'ilson assisted by Rev. R. M. Hoyle, of Kings Moun tain. Grandsons of the deceased act ed as pall-bearers and granddaughters as flower grils. Mr Dover, who was thrice married, was 80 years of age, being born De cember 5t 1043. His first marriage was to Mrs. Elizabeth YVare. To this union was born one son, YV. F. Dover, of Charlotte, His second marriage wu to Miss Caroline YVare. To this union was born one daughter, Mrs. Mary J. Grayson, now deceased. The third marriage was to Miss Katie Thorn, burg, and eight of the ten children born to this union survive as follows: Mrs. A. B. Hord of Gastonia; Mrs. B. F. Lindsey of Kings Mountain; Mrs. YV. L. LeRicheaux of Kings Mountain; L. H. Dover of YVaco; R. S. Dover of Cherryville; C. A. Dover, J L Dover and R. S. Dover of Shelby. Fifty-one grandchildren are living and 20 great-grandchildren. Mr. Dover was a Civil war veteran and served practically all the four years of the war. He was a member of El Bethel Methodist church for 25 years or more and a quiet unassum ing man loved by many rfiends. FOR SCHOOL BOARD. I hereby announce myself as a can. didate for the County Board of Edu cation for Cleveland county subjecl to the Democratic primary, June 7 G. G. PAGE. Kings Mountain, N. C Lot 222 Mens white back 22C weight full cut overalls size 32 to 42, Special $1.39. Wray-Hudson Co. Ad This year pught to go down in po litical history as being notable for the large number of Ohioans not mention ed for presidential candidacies.—De troit News. Wray-Hudson Co., calls your atten. tion to our special prices on Men’s overalls. 50c saved is 50c made. Ad SPEAKS TO DEMOCRATIC GATHERING HERE ON THURSDAY EVENING Hon. A. W. McLean, of Lumberton -» OPINIONS — OF OTHERS— _ - -» More Fahie For Shelby. (From Chariot' ■ Obierver.) We must ill way (jive Shelby credit Or having sent Tom Dixon forth to jain fame, and no v anoher native ■elebrity is to be accredited that own. Hatcher Hughes is his name and he is not only a native of Shelby, hut a former student, of the University it Chapel Hill. What has Hatcher done? Why, he has broken into fame as author of an American play, call ed “Hell-Bent for Iieaveh.” This play has "taken New York City by storm.” We shall let The Spartanburg Herald 1 tell about it; Hughes recently won tW wnfft&f little' of $1 Yrir nti original American nluv most repre sentative of the educational power of the stag'1 in raising the standard of good morals, goo 1 taste and good manners.” Following his graduation he vens for several years instructor In English at. Chapel. Hill, ..and sutr.e 'inentiy went to Columbia Univerrity, where lie lectures in play.writing. It was while spending his vacation in the mountains west of Asheville in HH6, the time of the big mountain flood, that he was trapped by the high waters and ert, o’f from the oat ndo, and it is said that then and there he found the basis for the plot if h:s play, “Hell Bent for Heaven,” which proved a popular success. I)cad-K|re-I)iek Doinge, (From Greensboro News.) Testimony of these sleuths and sleu*.hesses reads its if they had been regular patrons, -of the multiplereel serial fillums of hairbreadth escape ir.d mystery. B tiley Walks Backward, (From Asheville' Times) Feeling that Jos'ah W. Bailey has been largely crowded out of the pub lic prints because of a combination of—well, we will say circumstances— The Finies is somewhat sympathetic toward this candidate for Governor and has gjvgn liberal space to his view.;. But The Times must evprcs* its decided disfavor of the declaration made to it Friday by Mr. Bailey re garding good roads. Jfo commits himsdi' unqualifiedly to progress in building good roads hut unqualifiedly opposes the “North Carolina plan” by which they are built and maintain ed. As to this he says: “Take our road program for ex ample. It is sustained by automobile, gasoline and oil taxes, amounting to $7,500,000 a year. Three-fourths of this tax is paid by people,whose in come is less than $2,000 a year. Half of it is paid by farmers. “I am satisfied that if we are to maintain this progress we must look to other sources and taxpayers, than the farmer and the poorer classes of our people. Reaction or radicalism are voiced by this opposition to the fairest and most practical plan ever devised for giving people good roads. It is the “North Carolina plan” which is fast being adopted in other states and which turns admiring eyes to the old North State. Mr. Bailey gives evi dence against himself on the critics charge that he is a destructive theor ist. We frankly dislike the streak of demagoguery—we hope unwitting— which is mixed with the attack on the most equitable revenue raising plan North Carolina has ever had. Ditto In Cleveland. (From Rutherford Sun.) Editor J. P. Cook of Concord, who spoke before the County Club Tues day is a worthy candidate and will receive almost the redid Democratic upport of Rutherford county on tune 7t!i for State Audi or. He made i good unprbssio i Tuesday. He has ‘ms more for th • young manhood of he state than any other man in it. He i:; well qualified for the place and I* serves it. \Ve earner,tly urjee every democrat in the county to vote for Cook for State Auditor. Supply Of Tcach.rs. (From. Charlotte News.) School teachers are raid to be in .Treat demand in Nin th Carolina, due undoubtedly to tl e fact that we have been deve'opiry p'aees for th mi more rapidly than w*‘ have b'-en develop ing teachers. Just now the teaching; profession is more engaging and attractive to young men and women (tha»*ver be fore, because of the larger p-’c-uniary advantages offered, and the shortage which is now being er.pe^cuced, will, undoubtedly, lie overcome in time, ,iust as college graduates come to see that they can* enter this profession without the eerjtainty of starving im mediately. T*>o Quiclt AHd The Dead. (From tSatesville Daily. They are saying a lot of tilings aboitt the Chief Justice' dead that would have pleased and heartened rhe Chief Justine living. But it’s the cus tom of mankind. Some of the things said are insincere, but not all of them. On the idea that we should speak no ill of the dead, it is the custom to peak only of the virtues.after ore is beyond praise or blame. Not infre quently these virtues are recognized during life, hut it is a custom also to say more of the faults and short comings while one is ill the flesh and enumerate his virtues after he has departed beyopd mortal ken. . The custom has something to commend it. Possibly if the things we say in praise of the dead had been said to 'he living it would have made them think too well of themselves; they might have bean spoiled by flattery, 'or it’s dangerous for one to think too well <>; himself. Arid so the living ire given more knocks than boosts, generally speaking, to keep them in place; and the. praise is poured out sibjeet can be helped by it, fewer knocks while living and more can dor or sdence, after death. In any : event, fulsome praise of the dead simply because one is dead could be failed with profit. Save 25 cents to 75 cents by buy ing a pair of men’s Big Ace, A. B. C., i and McKinney special overalls from j Wray-Hudson Co. Adv j Good itea to stop all business for j two years prior to a Presidential elec- j to avoid the posibility of scandal.— j H all Street Journal. Truths that cost us no money are very apt to have our warmest ap proval. WAKE UP! Your cotton is at stake— hail storm season is at hand —Insure your cotton against hail damage with the Cleveland Bank & Trust Co. Shelby, N. C. The Hail Insurance Bank BACK TO j7Jxe ffrui of 8 <r ^ ' HAVA-RfXA \ are truly a royal smoke — mild and sweet without a tongue bite. The tobacco-im ported and domestic-is so blend ed as to give that rare charm so much aesired by particu lar smokers. Each cigar is wrapped in tissue and tin' foil,which insures the reten tion of it's fine, aromatic flavor. 1 For Sale By All Dealers REX CIGAR COMPANY SHELBY, N.C. JOBBER ACC0UNT3 SOLICITED —Fanning’s SALE OF We have again gone through our stock and taken out all lots of Straps, Pumps and Oxfords where sizes are broken and placed them on tables GREATLY REDUCED In these lots you 11 find some of this sea sons best styles in Suedes, Patents, Kid and Calf Skin—Most of them priced_ $2.95 $4.95 $5.85 I Some of these Shoes were priced as high as $10.00 for regular selling. W. L. Fanning & Co.
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