AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN CLEVELAND LAST YEAR TOTALLED OVER NINE MILLION DOLLARS—FIRST IN BUTTER; FOURTH IN COTTON
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PAID-UP CIRCULATION
Of This Paper Is Greater
Than The Population Given
Shelby In The 1920 Census
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VOL. XXXII, No. 48
THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY. N. C.
FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1921.
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
Judge Webb Thinks Now He Will
riaee Five Counties in
This District.
Following the passage through
both houses of Congress, of a bill al
lowing terms of Federal court to be
held in Shelby, Judge E. Y. Webb
stated yesterday that his present judg
ment is to place Cleveland, Gaston,
Burke, Lincoln and Rutherford coun
ties in this district. More counties
may be added later. This means that
these five counties will send their
criminal and civil Federal court cases
to Shelby to be tried where two terms
will be held annually, the first term
to begin in September. The district
court in Shelby will facilitate matters
for members of the bar, court liti
gants and witnesses in this section
who have heretofore been forced to
travel a considerable distance to at
tend the Federal court in Charlotte or
Statesville. It also means that these
courts in Shelby will bring about 100
visions during each term and since by
this act, Shelby becomes the legal res
idence of Judge Webb, many cases
will be heard here in chambers out of
a regular session of court.
Under the law Judge Webb is re
quired to have his legal residence at
some point in the Western North Car
olina district where a Federal court
is held and since his appointment to
the bench he has maintained his legal
residence in Charlotte. The creation
of this new court in Shelby enables
him to make Shelby his legal as well
as his real residence.
Not having a Federal building suit
able to accommodate a Federal court
m ouciuj', tuc tuuiay uuiiiinisMoners
tendered the free use of the Cleve
land county court house to the U. S.
government as a place in which to
hold the courts. The dates for the
courts will be determined upon Judge
Webb’s return from Europe.
Sheriff Dilutes
40-Gallon Haul
The scent of corn liquor, “ol1 No'th
Ca'lina cawn,” will carry almost as
far as the eye can see, especially if
it is a hot and sultry afternoon, and
Monday was such. Pedestrians and
motorists anywhere in the immedi
ate section of the court square Mon
day afternon tilted their heads and
sniffed—and sniffed, for the odor w'aft
ed about by the waves of heat brought
back memories of the day when “bone
dry’ was not a part of the American
vocabulary and Mr. Volstead was a
nonentity. Then the source of the per
fumed atmosphere was found—and
many there were that found it—40
gallons of the fluid that made the
state famous before the advent of
good roads and modern schools trick
led down the gutter and away. It was
the 40-gallon “find” made by officers
several weeks ago in the honeysuckle
vines on the Prospect road, and the
pouring was on the south side of the
court square.
Once before, many moons back, the
officers poured out a haul on the
street and as it gushed out of the
storm sewer near the Southern tracks
a thirsty group made of the gutter
a bar and brought into play every ex
tra cup and ladle to be found. Such
w-as not the case Monday, for as tho
contents of the five-gallon containers
was emptied into the street water
from one of the nearby hydrants min
gled with it. “The street method of
dilution,” Sheriff Logan calls it.
Two Small Boys Are
Bitten By A Mad Dog
A mad dog which frightened the
citizens on West Warren street a few
days ago, bit James P. Austell, jr.,
and Bobbie Lutz, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Roscoe Lutz. The dog is understood to
have escaped and gone to the Fallston
community where it bit other dogs
and some cattle. Finally it was killed
and the head was sent to Raleigh for
examination. A telegram received
from the state chemist stated that the
dog had hydrophobia so both hoys are
now taking the Pasteur treatment. J.
' • Austell immediately killed his
dogs for fear they might develop hy
drophobia.
It is understood that another mad
dog was scouring the community
around Zion church the early part of
this week and that after it had bitten
a number of other dogs and some cat
tle, it was killed.
CARD OF THANKS.
^ e wish to thank our good friends
and neighbors for their kindness dur
ing the illness and death of our darl
ing little child. Clyde. We have never
known people to be so kind, especially
Ur- Ben Gold, our -physician, and we
"ish to thank all who showed their
symnathy and kindness during.our try
mg hours. We shall never forget a
single kindness.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Humphries. Ac
City Fathers to Secure Options on
Close-in Vacant Property For
Parks and Playgrounds.
The city fathers are giving their
attention to parks and playgrounds
and at their meeting on Tuesday
night of this week Aldermen S. S.
Royster and John R. McClurd were
appointed a committee to secure op
tions on suitable vacant lots close in
which the town might purchase and
convert into parks and playgrounds
for children. Sites will be secured in
different parts of town in order that
all children might have easy access to
the playgrounds,
J. B. McCrary and company, engin
eers of Atlanta, Ga., were awarded
the contract to draw plans, make blue
prints and specifications for the re
moval of the septic tank below the
Shelby cotton mill which has been a
source of complaint to residents living
in that vicinity.
In order to keep the town cleaner, a
whole time man will he put on the
street force to operate in the business
section all of the time, while on Sat
urdays he will be given extra help in
order to clean the town thoroughly
for Sunday.
Residents living in the Curtis de
velopment on S. DeKalb street pe
titioned for water, lights and sewer
age and the mavor and superintendent
of water and light departments will
investigate the need and cost and re
port at a subsequent meeting when
1 action will be taken.
C'has. L, Eskridge and C. P. Peeler
who maintain gas and oil stations
from the curb in violation of an or
dinance which went into effect June
1st, asked for an extension of 90 days
in which to remove the same. They
ui'-ii icMurai on ine.p'round that
said tank? will not bo used for public
service hut for individual service
only and that thev are working on a
devise which enables them to let their
tanks stay buried under the sidewalk
and force the pas by air pressure to
filling stations away from the curb.
This reouest was eranted.
The chief of police was instructed
to notify contractors not to allow
building material to occupy over one
third of the sidewalk in ordfcr that
traffic mipht not be blocked.
Highs Will Meet
Shelby Mill Friday
The Shelby Highs, state champions,
will play the Shelby mill club here
this, Friday, afternoon at 4 o’clock,
according to an announcement by
Coach Gurley. McKee, southpaw star
i of the high school club last season, is
expected to be on the mound for the
mill club, while either Hoyle Lee or
Gorge Dedmon will twirl for the
champions. The game should be close
as the mill club is reported to be of
near the same strength of the highs.
The proceeds will he used in paying a
part of the hospital bill of Max Con
nor, star player injured in an automo
bile accident and promoters of the
game are expecting a good crowd to
turn out as the high are giving their
services free for the benefit of their
injured teammate.
The club will be held together as
much as possible and an attempt is
now being made to schedule a number
of games with amateur and semi-pro
clubs to be played throughout the
summer. Proceeds of all the first
Kamos will po toward payinp the hos
pital bill. A number of local fans are
takinp an interest in the suepestion
of Gastonia and York that a four club
summer leapue be formed. The towns
supKested are Gastonia. Shelby, York
and Gaffney and the other towns are
of the opinion that the circuit would
prove a success.
Abernathy Nominated
For Lincoln Sheriff
Lincolnton, June 10.—The official
vote of Lincoln county for sate offi
cers in the primary resulted:
A. W. McLean 1420; J. W. Bailey
430; R. R. Reynolds 373; J. E. Long
117; T.C Bowie 1200; J.' P. Cook, 577;
Baxter Durham 1079; D. G, Brummitt
352; Charles Ross 532; Frank Nash
656; T. B. Parker 228; Fred P. La
tham 47; William A. Graham 1617;
Luther M. Nash 125; M. L. Shipman
937; J. Paterson 155; Frank D. Grist
392; J. F. Flowers 178; Stacy W.
Wade 1452; Oscar B Carpenter 1377;
George Pell 301; Congressman Bul
winkle 1850; Dimett 39.
Nominees in the Democratic prL
mary for county offices:
Sheriff: W. B. Abernethy; clerk of
court M. T. Leatherman; register of
deeds, J. E. Hoover.
The treasurer’s'office had five can.
didates, there being no nominee. H. B.
Camp received highest; R. E. Sigmon
second.
See O. E. Ford Co., for E. B. Sfand
| ard mowers and rakes. Ad
Elmer Long Appears to be Choice
For Lieutenant Governor. Brum
mitt In Leading.
Thursday with only 117 precincts
yet to be heard from Angus W. Mc
I/can had a lead of near 68,000 over
Josiah W. Bailey for tha Democratic
nomination for governor, the figures
being1 based on official returns. In the
race for lieutenant governor Elmer
Long was leading by around 9,000
votes; Bob Reynolds second and Tam
C. Bowie third. With a number of p:-«
cincts to hear from Dennis Brummitt
was leading for attorney genera'
by 7,000 votes followed by Charles
Ross and Frank Nash, respectively.
Oscar B .Carpenter by the latest fig
ures was over 10.000 votes behind
Pell for the croporation commission.
For commissioner of agriculture Ora
ham, of Lincoln leads his nearest op
ponent, Fred Latham, by about 10,0ui).
For commissioner of labor and print
ing M. L Shipman leads his nenrf>' *
opponent, Frank D. Grist bv almost
10,000, while Stacey W. Wade has a
large majority over Flowers for in
surance commissioner. For state audi
tor Baxter Durham is 30,000 ahead of
James P. Cook.
The official vote as last tabulated:
McLean 147,627; Bailey 79,667.
Long 69,050; Reynolds 60/132;
Bowie 54,537.
Nash 45,551; Brummitt 65,396; Ross
58,963.
Graham 79,743; Latham 62,756;
Parker 33,528.
Pell 104,669; Carpenter 62,419.
Shipman 66,884; Peterson 24,^89;
Grist 57,243; Nash 18,290.
Wade 131,256; Flowers 35,697.
Durham 98,417; Cook 66,991.
Exceptional Picture
At Princess Theatre
Friday and Saturday, the Princess
theatre will present what should be
one of the most appealing films of re
cent months, Tom Mix in “North of
Hudson Bay”. A drama of the vase
white wilderness, the spirit of the
northland, the vast still space of the
Aretie, permeates every scene of this
story of the trail of lost men. A bat
tle of bare hands and sheer grit
against the blood-thirsty fangs of an
Arctic wolf pack and human vultures
in the journey to death make of it one
of the most thrilling motion pictures
ever made. Tom Mix the favorite of
movie fans in he-mans drama is at
his best in this savage, death-defying
picture. The theatre management an
nounces that there will be no extra
charges for this special picture for
the two days.
Monday, Richard Talmadge will ap.
pear in “One at a Time”, a picture full
of action and thrills. The “Ghost City”
the special Tom Meighan serial, will
also be on.
Shafter C. Hamrick
Picks 700 Gal. Beans
Shafter C. Hamrick, one of the most
enterprising young farmers of the
county is making good as a truck
farmer although this is not the only
kind of ffarming he does. On Tuesday
of this week he gathered 700 gallons
of beans from a half acre patch. This
was the first picking and he expects
to get 500 gallons -on the second pick
ing. Mr. Hamrick planted this half
acre in bountiful and black valentines
which are prolific bearers. Most of
these were sold on the local market
dnd came in just before the average
garden beans got plentiful.
Mr. Hamrick is gradually going in
more and more for trucking and he
finds it profitable, especially on early
truck. He has several acres in water
melons and cantaloupes. In a few
years The Star expects Mr. Hamrick
to be a heavy shipper of vegetables
to other markets.
Revival of Good Roads Hopes.
Charlotte Observer.
The Cleveland county link in State
hiehway No. 20, which runs from
Wilmington through Charlotte to
Asheville, is a mighty crooked affair
from Shelby to the Rutherford county
line. It is a sample of county location,
and as a matter of course, it is to be
straightened by the state highway
surveyors. Chairman Page estimates
a considerable reduction in distance
under the new survey. And to be sure,
it will be hard-surfaced, in continua
tion of the black top and white con
crete strip between Shelby and the
Rutherford line will have first atten
tion in the new program, information
which will be cheering to the hopes
of the people of Shelby as well as to
the traveling public in general. The
beauty of the eastern end of this high
way between Kings Mountain and
Shelby, has inspired the people with
renewed good roads enthusiasm.
Extra and special “Man’s Conquest
of Time’’ at Princess theatre Friday
matinee and night. Adv
W IfOIES CAST
ON enMTY TICKET
Weathers and Carpenter Lead Coun
ty and State Tickets. flulwinkle
Gets Large Vote.
The official figures on the primary
of Saturday, June 7, show that the
highest vote on the county ticket was
brought out by the contest for sher
iff, there being 4,884 votes cast for the
three candidates, 4,457 votes were cast
for register of deeds, while the high
est vote for a member of the school
board was 3,793. The governor’s race
was the ch;ef interest on the state
ticket as was evidenced by the total
of 4,545 votes. The congressional tick
! et totalled 4358 votes.
One the county ticket Sheriff Logan
led his opponent, D. D. Wilkins, by
848 votes, according to the official
figures. Register of Deeds R. Lee
Weathers had a majority of 3,053
over his opponent, if. P. Harrelson.
Bv the official vote W, A. Ridenhour!
of Kings Mountain, is the new mem
ber of the county school board. The
highest vote cast on the school board
was 3,793 for Carme Rlam and G. G.
Page, editor of the Kings Mountain
Herald, received the lowest with 2,840.
McLean Total 2,137.
On the state ticket Angus W. Mc
Lean, the primary nominees, received
a total of 3,341 votes and a majority
of 2,137. For auditor J. P. Cook led
Baxter Durham by 359 votes; W. A.
Graham led in the county for com
missioner of agriculture with Fred P.
Latham running second; for insurance
commissioner Stacey W. Wade easily
led J. F. Flowers; Elmer Long receiv
ed the most votes for lieutenant gov
ernor with Bob Reynolds second; D.
G. Brummitt led forattorney general
followed closely by Charles Ross; for
commissioner of labor and printing
trank D. Grist, wall known here,
easily carried the county, while Oscar
B. Carpenter, of Kinfes Mountain, was
Riven an overwhelming majority for
member of the corporation commis
sion. Congressman A. L. Bulwinkle,
of Gastonia, was an easy favorite in
Cleveland over J. A. Dimmette.
Official Comity Figures.
Sheriff: H. A. Logan 2,763; D. D.
Wilkins, 2,117; C. *A. Royster, 4.
Register of deeds; 8. Lee Weath
ers, 3,755; M. P. Harrelson, 702.
Board of education: Carme Elam,
3,793; L. H. Patterson, 3,682; A. P.
Spake, 3,576; W. A. Ridenhour, 3,017;
J. T. S. Mauney, 2,973; G. G. Page,
2,840.
Official State Vote.
Governor: A. W. McLean, 3,341; J.
W. Bailey 1,204.
Lieutenant governor; J. E. Long,
2,033; R. R. Reynolds, 1,400; T. C.
Bowie, 616.
Auditor: J. P. Cook, 2,203; Baxter
Durham, 1,844.
Attorney general: D. G. Brunimitt,
1.998; Charles Ross, 1,287; Frank
Nash, 596..
Commissioner of agriculture: W. A.
Graham, 3,002; Fred P. Latham, 637;
T. B. Parker, 412.
Commissioner of labor and print
ing: Frank D. Grist, 2,449; M. L. Ship
man, 944; O. J. Peterson, 311; L. M.
Nash, 223.
Insurance commissioner: Stacey W.
Wade, 2,890; J. F. Flowers, 973.
Member corporation commission:
Oscar B Carpenter, 3,830; George P
Pell, 414.
For representative Ninth Congres
sional district: A. L. Bulwinkle, 4,
169; J. A. Dimmette, 187.
New Wholesale Feed
Store Opens Here
Alexander and Davis is the name
of a new wholesale feed store which
opened this week in Shelby with head
quarters in one of the store rooms in
the Hamrick-Harris-Webb building:,
part of which is occupied by Best's
Bakery. The owners are C. B. Alexan
der and F. E. Davis, the latter of
Cherryville. They will handle a full
line of hay, feed, grain, coffee, rice,
etc. Mr. Alexander will kep the store
while Mr. Davis will travel this terri
tory calling on the merchants. Both
are experienced merchants and The
Star welcomes them to Shelby with
the hope that their stay here will be
successful.
Central Methodist Church.
Sunday school 0:45 a. m.
Let every member be on hand.
Preaching at 11 a. m., by Rev. C. F.
Sherrill. The pastor is in Forest City
conducting a few days meeting. Mr.
W. F. Robertson wishes all the mem
bers of the choir to meet Saturday
night at 8 o’clock to practice for the
Sunday service. He will have charge of
the choir Sunday morning. No night
service. Let us have a fine attendance
both at Sunday school and church.
Be sure to see the famous reel
“Man’s Conquest of Time” at Princess
theatre Friday night. Ad
For Geiser threshing machines see
O. E. Ford Co. __^
Cleveland Springs Company Let*
Contract For Hard Koad From
Highway To Hotel.
The Cleveland Springs Company
let the contract Wednesday for a con
crete road IK foot wide from the Shel
by-Xings Mountain highway which
runs through the hotel property to the
hotel. Tli>' new road will extend in
front of th*> hotel under the driveway
■u d make the loop, thus facilitating
tlie driving of cars up to the hotel
j propei ty from tho state highway,
i This work will begin right away and
I be compl ted a brut the time the state
; hard surf ice is finished.
Tho water main from Shelby has
j been put down to Cleveland, making it
possible for tho home builders to con
I nect with the city water mains. The
! grading of streets in the new devclop
i nent where many residential lots
! nave been sold, will be started when
' crops are “laid by” and teams are
! available.
Eight additional rooms have been
added to the hotel by utilising up and
; Iowa stairs porches at tho hotel en
trances on tha east and south sides.
Windows and doors have been put in,
the walls plastered and electric lights
installed. These additional rooms do
not have private baths but connect
with rooms that do have these con
veniences.
Mr. Stearns, a member of the firm
of Stearn Brothers who have the con
tract for the hard surface road be
tween Shelby and Kings Mountain
says all the concrete base is finished
and that the asphalt top dressing is
being put down as rapidly as possible.
He says the road will be completed in
nine working days although it will
take some time to grade and level the
ground along the sides of the road.
Factory Men Are
For Co-Op. Maketing
Cotton Manufacturers Endorse the
Co-operative Method at Mark
eting Cotton.
The American cotton Manufactur
rrs association in session at Atlantic
( ity, May 28, took a strong stand in
favor of the cooperative marketing
of cotton. The association which is
composed of cotton manufacturers of
the entire country from New England
to Texas adopted resolutions to the
effect that cooperative marketing
would tend to secure for both the man
ufacturers and the producers a fair
price for cotton. The resolutions fol
lows :
W hereas the old method of market
ing cotton has permitted an undue
pressure on the market at the begin
ning of the season and has encourag
ed speculation at various stages later
in the season and,
Whereas such conditions tend to
ward violent fluctuations in prices of
the staple with attendant hesitation
and uncertainty in the dry goods mar
ket and,
Whereas these evils both in the
cotton market and the cotton goods
market can only be corrected by an
orderly and uniform distribution of
of the cotton crop.
Therefore be it resolved that the
cooperative handling and marketing
of cotton by its producers can best
bring about these results.
Resolved further that the American
Cotton Manufacturers association in
convention assembled this 28th day
of May 1924 endorses the cooperative
idea of marketing as above outlined to
the end that an adequate and uniform
supply of cotton may be secured for
the manufacturers and at as high a
price for the producers as the natural
and unrestricted law of supply and
demand will permit.”
Early Morning Fire
In Blanton’s Store
The store building and large stock
of goods of Blanton & Blanton, South
Shelby merchants, were considerably
damaged by a blaze of unknown ori
gin about 3 o’clock Wednesday morn
ing. The fire broke out in the rear
end of the building and was burning
fiercely when first detected. The fire
truck and firemen were soon at the
scene and staged a neat exhibition of
fire fighting in halting the flames
which had already made a good head
way up through the building. The rear
end of the building and the goods in
that part of the building were ruined
by the fire while the merchandise near
the front was damaged to a certain
extent by water.
Just how the fire started seems to
be a perplexing problem, it being the
supposition of some that it was due
to defective wiring. The building and
merchandise were insured, it is said.
The firm was composed of Messrs.
Marvin and Herschel Blanton and was
one of the leading stores in South
j Shelby.
Widow of Late Daniel Poston Passed
at Three Score and Ten—Eight
Children Survive.
Mrs. Margaret A. Poston, widow of
tha late? Daniel Poston died at her
home north of Shelby Monday evening
at 9 o'clock following an illness of
four weeks during which time she
suffered with a kidney trouble and
rheumatism. Mrs. Poston was the.
daughter of Devenney Weathers and
was 71 years, three months and 13
days old. Twenty-nine years ago her
husband died and Mrs. Poston was left
with a large farm which it was neces
sary for lier to manage. She was a
hard-worker and a business woman
of exceptional ability, so the estate of
acres was kept intact and pro
duced well. Mrs. Poston was a fine
Christian character who lived her re
ligion in her home. Circumstances pre
vented her in her last years from at
tending Zion where she held her mem
bership from girlhood, but she was
a fine Christian character, admired
and loved by all who knew her. Her
estate is divided hy will to her eight
children.
The funeral was conducted Tues
day afternoon by Revs. D. G. Wash
burn, A. C. Irvin and G. P. Abernethy
and the interment was at Zion amid
a great crowd of people, J. P. Austell,
J. D. Allen, Jake Anthony, Clint Weil
mon, Coleman Bridges and Thede
.Lutz serving as pall bearers.
Mrs. Poston is survived by the fol
lowing children: John Poston, Mrs.
I>. J. Putnam, Mrs. GeoTge Magness,
Mr. S. S. Mauney, Mrs. G. L. An
thony, Mrs. E. F. McKinney, Monroe
Poston and Mrs. Harry Gallimore.
Also surviving are three brothers,
Bailey, John and Sidney Weathers.
Mysterious Death
Of Hickory Man
Mystery surrounds the death of
Walter Smith, white youth, 18, who
was found dead Sunday night about
10 o’clock at his home in Highland,
near Hickory. Smith was a former
employee of the Shuford Mills < om
1 pany, but for several weeks has been
out of work. He has been making his
home with hi* mother and step father,
his mother being remembered by
many as the “Cousin Sarah” who fig
ured in the Glenn Lippard murder
case.
Smith’s mother and stepfather loft
home about 5 o'clock Sunday after
noon, it is said, and when one of the
neighbors, Monroe Lutz went to the
house on an errand. He found Smith’s
lifeless body sitting upright in a chair
with legs crossed. A pistol was found
leaning against a trunk. At first it
was thought that Smith came to his
death by suicide but this theory was
later discounted and a coroner’s jury
was called for a second time to probe
into his death.
Examination revealed that the bul
let had gone through the body, cut
ting a hole through the heart and
lodging in the wall across the room.
Death is thought to have occurred
several hours before the body was
found.
Smith's father is said to have been
murdered in South Carolina several
years ago.
Two Churches Are
Damaged By Wind
A heavy wind storm visited the To
luca section of Cleveland county on
Monday afternoon and did consider
able damage to timber, crops and
buildings. It is reported that Mt. Ver
non church in Lincoln county was com.
pletely demolished and that Beulah
church in the edge of Catawba county
was blown from its pillars. The roof
was blown from the barn of Mr.
Scott Miller and other dwellings and
outbuildings were damaged, the ex
tent of which could not be learned.
DR. CRANBERRY PREACHES
AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
The B. Y. P. U. Convention meets
at the First Baptist church Saturday
and Sunday. On Sunday morning at
9:45 Sunday school followed by a
brief session of the B. Y. P. U. con
vention. Preaching at 11 o’clock by
Rev. Dr. Granberry, president of
Limestone College, Gaffney, S. C.
The convention meets again at 3:30
in the afternoon. Public cordially in
vited. Rev. Chas. Stevens of Cliffside
will speak. Because of the late hour
there will be no evening preaching.
Three more cabarets have been pad
locked in New York, which will even
tually learn that in spite of itself it
is a part of the United States.—De
troit News.
French hiss winning United States
athletes and the American flag. The
war is over.—Toledo Blade.
The threshing season will soon be
on see . E. Ford Co.._ for, Geiser
i threshing machines in any size. Ad
Lincolnton, Forest City and Shelby
Clubs to Hold Joint Program
At Cleveland Springs.
Three Kiwanis clubs, Lincolnton,
Forest City and Shelby, will hold a
joint program at Cleveland Springs
hotel Monday evening at 8 o’clock ac
cording to announcement made yes
terday by the secretary of the local
chili. The meeting is in compliance
with the request from International
President Edmund F. Arras for obser
vance of ‘‘All Kiwanis Night—Zero
Hour,” the program being held at the
same hour as the international meet
ing at Denver. No meeting was held
Thursday of this week and none will
be held Thursday of next week owing
the inter-club program of Monday
evening.
The Forest City and Lincolnton
and every member of the local club is
and every member of the olcal club is
expected to be present. Officials of the
Lincolnton club have, promised to
bring at least 40 members and Forest
City about an equal number but owing
to the extra number of guests the
program will be conducted in the
main dining room of the hotel. This is
the first attempt by the local club at
an inter-club program and officials
are hoping to make of it a success
with the cooperation of individual
members. In addition to observing
“Zero Hour” and hearing the address
of President Arrag there will be talks
by members of the visiting clubs and
local club members.. The Kiwanis
spirit on that night during the “Zero
Hour” is expected to pervade every
section on the North American con
tinent.
Attends Reunion Of
Class Of Year 1884
J. H. Anthony has been back for 40
years to the University of North Car
olina where he was graduated in
1884 until this week when he attend
ed a reunion of his class mates. Forty
years ago when he graduated there
were 37 in the graduating class and
at the reunion 19 of these came back
this year. He saw his old room mate
Lee Love who went from Kings Moun
tain High School but is now living at
Burlington. Some of his mates are
now state-wide figures and these men
were there, Dr. S. B. Turrentine pres
ident of the Greensboro College for
Women. Hon. Sam M. Gettys of Hills
boro solicitor and at one time speak
er of the House of Representatives of
N. C. General Assembly. Hon. Zeb
Vance Wulser, lawyer and author of
legal books, Hon. Heriot Clarkson
now a member of the Supreme Court
bench of North Carolina. Mr. Anth
ony enjoyed his trip and the renewing
of old acquaintances.
The Norwegian Visits
In No. 11 Township
T. W. Ebeltoft, the Norwegian
book dealer was “caught" visiting in
No. 11 township Wednesday morning
of this week. What the merchants
call No. 11 is the northern end of
the business section of LaFayette. St.
where Campbell, Palmer, McBrayer,
Hull and McCord traffic and trade
in the necessities of life. It was a
strange sight to see Mr. Ebeltoft so
far away from his accustomed haunts
and thus caused no little comment.
Mr. Ebeltoft’s usual “beat” when he
does venture out is between the Post,,
office and his book store. He denies
that he eonfines himself so closely.
Now and then he ambles up the streets
but his ventures are early in the
morning: when the younger genera
tion is sleeping. A short time ago
Will Roberts took him over to see the
new Eagle Roller Mill and again Tor
rence LeGrand coaxed him in his car
for a short ride, but Mr. Ebeltoft
doesn't fancy auto riding because it
makes him dizzy.
Cleveland Man
Makes Fine Candy
Mr. J. R. Shuford native of lower
Cleveland is at the head of the R«qj
Candy company, makers of fine can
dies in Charlotte. Mr. Shuford’s fac
tory sells all kinds of candy at whole
sale, but his factory recently started
up in confining itself to a delicious
brand of stick candy. He started in
this business on a small scale and is
growing rapidly. Gradually he will
add new machinery and manufacture
other kinds of candies. He reports
good business. Mr. Shuford being a
native of Cleveland and an experi
enced business man, Shelby shoul
get behind him and urge him to sta’
a candy factory in Shelby.
Everybody in Cleveland coun
should see the great moving pictu
“Man’s Conquest of Time” at Princet
theatre Friday night. Ac