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FIRST SECTION FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY FIRST SECTION FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY PAID-UP CIRCULATION Of This Paper Is Greater Than The Population Given Shelby In The 1920 Census I he libelant) taf RELIABLE HOME PAPER Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section. Modern Job Department. VOL. XXXII, No. 100 THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY', N. C. FRIDAY', DEC. 19, 1924 S2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Nos. 31 and 34 Through Shelby to be Discontin ued First of The Year. People Served By Road Consider Alleged “Motor Bus Tri umph Over Train” Somewhat Unfair To Section. Road Has Fine Freight Business. rsos. *51 ana o4, seaboard trains | running through Shelby, Charlotte to Rutherfordton, will be discontinued on January 1, according to an; an nouncement from Raleigh. Sometime ' back officials of the line requested i that the corporation commission al low the discontinuance and the hear ing held, at which time towns repre sented along the road, including Shel- j by. appeared before the commission | and asked that the trains be left on. Seems Unjust Here. In Shelby and the section west of Charlotte served hy the road the I move seems an unjust one it is to be gathered from the conversation of ! business men hereabouts. The road may be losing money on the two trains, as they say “owing to motor bus competition” but the road taken as a unit appears to the outsider to bo the reverse—a moneymaker. Such is the amount of freight handled in the section served by the trains that will be discontinued that facilities for; handling the freight had to be increas ed. The two trains mean much to the! travelling convenience of the people , along the road, who feel that as the freight makes up for the alleged loss the two trains should continue on re gular schedule. I Furthermore in time past the citi-! zens of Cleveland, Gaston and Ruth-1 erford counties have backed the road financially, by voting bond issues to promote the building of the road. Bus Versus Train. Says the News and Observer of the discontinuance: “Another chapter in the history of the triumph of the jitney bus over the short line railroad was written Tuesday by W. T. Tee, chairman of j the North Carolina Corporation Com mission, in an order allowing the' Seaboard Air Line Railway company to discontinue the operation of trains' number 31 and 34 between Charlotte and Rutherfordton. One of the chief reasons given by the railway company | in requesting that it be allowed to dis continue the trains was that motor bus transportation was making the operation of the trains unprofitable. , “The evidence in thi- case dis closed, conclusively, the fact that the progress of automotive transportation is curtailing the use of local passen ger service of railroads,” says the order. “The competition of jitney bus ' lines will gradually force the railroads to curtail local service and improve through service. To force railroads to continue local service at at great loss will greatly hamper them in the dis charge of their more important du ties to the public, now that the jit ney bps can accommodate the local travel.” “The petition which was allowed by the corporation commission was heard on October 10. All of the prin cipal towns along the line of the road affected resisted the demand of the petition with the exception of Char lotte, bv far the most important city reached by the trains. Only one citi zen of that city protested. “Findings on which the commission based its order to allow the discon tinuance of the trains follow: “1. Decrease in the number of pas sengers carried by the trains from an average of 70 per day per train in 1920 to 27 per dav per train in 1924; a decrease of 68 per cent on train 31 and a decrease of 62 per cent on train 34. This decrease is due to the jitney competition and the clos ing down of cotton mills. “2, An operating loss sustained by the railroad company on its four trains between Charlotte and Ruther fordton of 845,705 annually. “3. Less importance to the people located between Charlotte and Ruth erfordton of trains 31 and 34 than trains 15 and 16. which carry the early morning mails and the express and which will be continued. ‘The corporation commission has been (assured by the railway company that plans are on foot which, if car ried out, will provide a fine summer schedule between Charlotte and Ruth erfordton, which will largely compen sate that section for the l<As they are now to suffer. “Discontinuance of the trains will take place on January 1st, 1925. “‘Other petitions for the discontinu ance of short line trains on the grounds that jitney bus competition is forcing them to operate at a loss or pending before the commission at nrosent and the order on the Char lotte-Rutherfordton line may create a precident under which other petitions may be filed as the jitney competition is taking passengers away from the trains in many sections of the state.” Ford Salesmen and Dealers Confer Here Ford dealers and salesmen, 100 in number, held a get-together meeting at Cleveland Springs hotel Wednesday night at which talks were made on the sales campaign and advertising, the sales campaign now running for a pe riod of four months. New ideas were advanced in salesmanship by Mr. Deal of the Charlotte branch of the Ford Motor company, while the head of the advertising division of the Charlotte branch talked on this important phase of the industry. The meeting was in charge of Mr. Burrus, assist ant branch manager and was alto gether successful, the dealers and sal esmen going home with renewed en ergy. Those attending the meeting embraced the territory from Char lotte to Rutherfordton and from Mor ganton to Gaffney. New Candy Company Opens Saturday Here The Cleveland Candy company is the name of the new candy factory which A. Leventis and George Smy mios will open Saturday in the A. P. Weathers building on South LaFay ette street, manufacturing and job bins: fine candies of all kinds. Mr. Le ventis who was in business here at one time recently returned from IS months in California, bringing with him George Smyrnios. expert candy manufacturer. Since they did not get the plant started in time to place their goods in the hands of retailers, they will sell during the holidays in one pound and up. J. A. Anthony was awarded the five pound box of candy for selecting the most appropriate name for the new' concern. Mr. and Mrs. Leventis move today to their newly purchased home on E. Warren street bought from Mr. llar rill. While interest in the statement that France can now “stand alone,” we would be more cheered by the news that she could now pay a loan.—Colum bia Record, Austell New Head American Legion Local Po-t Elects New Officers. Urge Ex-Service Men To File For Compensation. Mike IT. Austell was named com mander of the Warren Hoyle Post of the American legion at the annual eelction held by the post on Wednes day evening in the Legion club rooms in the First National bank building. Other officials elected were as fol lows: Sam C. Lattimore, vice com mander: J. Horace Grigg, adjutant; Veron Proctor, finance officer: Chas. Woodson, service officer; Ralph Roys ter, chaplain; H. A. Logan, sergeant at-arms. Compensation Blanks. Th.e post decided to have Charlie Woodson, service officer, devote his entire time during the week December 22-29 to the work of filling out blanks for veterans compensation, Christmas day excepted. The service officer may be found during the week in the Le gion club rooms.- The attention of the ex-service men is called to the fact that failure to apply now for compen sation may result in aloss. The first Tuesday of each month was set as the time for the regular business meeting of the post. Hoey Property Being Developed Into Lots The Hoey property, formerly the Samuel A. Hoey old home place on the Cleveland Springs road which was purchased some months ago by the Shelby building company is now be ing developed into a suburban resi dential section. The Shelby Building company is having new street opened 1 up, a water main put down and shade ] trees planted as a part of the devel opment. The property has been care fully plotted into desirable lots which are now being placed on the market and in the course of a few years this promises to become a beautiful subur ban section with handsome homes. Everv member of the Methodist Men’s Bible Class is urged to be pres ent at class Sunday morning at 9:45. BRIGHT SPOT ON CAROLINA MAP Cleveland county, North Caro lina, is in dead earnest about rural electric service. Its leaders have •set;a rpal and intend to see that it is attained. In a recent issue of Public .Serv ice, lion. O. Max Gardner told of contemplated plans to string pow er lines to every nook and corner of the county and that this was to be done by the united efforts of the various communities, They have just had an "Electric Light Week” over i:i Cleveland county. The purpose as announc ed by County Agent R. K. Law rence was “to stimulate interest in extending electric light service through the rural sections of the county. It is the aim of there back of the plan to push the project un til every community shall be elec trically equipped.” Progress toward their goal is ) noted in the statement that in ad dition to the number of communi ties already entering into the scheme the towns of Lattimore, Mooresboro and Boiling Springs are now prepared to put in the service.” Folks will wake up some of these fine mornings and find one great big bright spot on the map of North Carolina and that spot will be Cleveland County.—Public service. Declamation Contest At Waco School; Election Date B'.g Mid-Year Contest Friday Even ing. Three Districts May be Consolidated. (Special to The Star.) Waco, Dec. U.—On Friday evening of this week the mid-year declama tion and recitation contest will be held. Three boys and six girls will con test for two gold medals. The recita tion medal is being offered by Dr. D. M. Morrison of Shelby, while the de clamation medal will be given by Erin cipal I. J. Kellum. The program for the evening is as follows: Cigarettes R;de and Death by Rena Hold. The Littlest Rebel by Clara Hold. The Unknown Rider by Ralph Putnam. The Lost Ward by Elva Sneed. Virginia of Virginia by Faye Stroup. Spartacus to the Gladiators by Allen Whitworth. Her First Ap pearance by Viva Parker. The Swan Song by Vangie Mauney. True Gran deur of Nations by John Wolfe. Consolidation. On Saturday an election will be held at Waco to determine the ques tion of the consolidation of the Beam, Beulah and Waco school district. Ona hundred and sixty-two voters have registered for the election. Indications now are that the vote for consolida tion will win; but it is necessary that the friends of the school be on the lookout on the day of the election to see that every voter who favors the measure goes to the polls to vote. On Saturday evening of this week a Christmas tree for the school will he given in the school auditorium. An oyster supper, cake walk, special ex ercises by the grades and special mu sic will feature the occasion. Santa Claus is expected to be here to hand out the presents. Central Methodist Church. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. at the usual place. The attendance last Sun day was very fine. Two hundred and forty-three in Mens Bible class to hear C. R. Hoey. Let every member of each department be present next Sun day. Preaching: at 11 a. m. ip Princess theater by the pastor. Christmas serv- , ice at 7 p. m. This will be an illus trated service. The music, the pic tures. the message will be appropri ate to the occasion. An offering will be taken for the poor. All are cor dially invited to these services. Birthday for Mrs. Short. Theire will be a birthday dinner December 21st at the home of G. G. McSwain of Lattimore for old aunt Elizabeth Short. Everybody is invited to come and bring well-filled baskets and enjoy the day. ' NOLA COOPER. TAX NOTICE. City taxes now due and payable to O. M. Suttle, in Clerk’s office, City Hall. O. M. SUTTLE, City Tax Collector. Ad. If you are not a member of any Mens Bible class the Central Metho dist Men’s Bible class cordially in vite you to join. All regular members are requested to be present Sunday at 9:45. Ad Forty-five Homes \re Signed tip in Half I>ay for I.in*' Extending From Shelby up “Co. Line” Fallston anil tin- : tvti >:t Ih-tween | Shelby ; rul C at thriving village are working faithfully on a rural liyrht- ■ ng system and f<d that the proposi-I lion is p-aeticnllv certain. At a mass 1 meeting I Id in the chool auditoriums at Fullst a Monday night th" Falls- : Lon Power and Light company was or runized with Rev. John Green pt-csi lent. C\ C. Falls secretary and treas >rer, th. <■ two gentlemen to cOnsci ute the board of 'directors with R, A. Lackey and Mills Cline. In a half days lime, 45 homes were signed tin to take '• ights, each home paying $100 for ?acli share of stock in the newly or ganized company, this money to he used for building the light and power J line. An effort is being made to se- I "ure 00 homes, the subscribers becom- ; ng charter members. After this num- ' Ver have subscribed to stock, Mr. Falls, the secretary-treasurer, says j the value of the shares will be increas 'd to $150, each share giving, the priv- 1 ilero of a home connection. The power will be purcha ed from the town of Shelby which in turn ! tjuys it from the Southern Power | company through large and expensive L transformers at the local substation. \ line will be built, if plans carry, i capable of carrying 000 horsepower, 1 this being sufficient to operate the pins and corn mill and take care of, other plants that might be built for I c number of years to come. Another meeting will be held at \ Fallston Friday night of this week at j ivhich the canvassers for members to the newr light and power plant will make their report. Since the line is j to extend all the way from Shelby to | Fallston up the “county line” road, | farmers are subscribing to shares • from Sperling’s store, the present terminal of the light line, all the way to Fallston. RETIRING PRESIDENT. ODl'S M. MULL. Mr. Mull, who is the retiring; presi dent of the Shelby Kiwanis clubt was elected vice president, as is the cus tom of the cluh, at the recent elec tion of officers for 1925. Nothing Heard Of Alleged Murderer i (amp and Sawyer Alleged to Have Had Dispute At fathering On Friday Night Sheriff Hugh Logan says that so far no trace has been found of Will Camp, missing negro of the Grover section, who is thought to know con siderable about the killing last Sat urday night of John Sawyer, 28-year old negro, on the Herndon plantation. According to reports from around Grover, Camp and Sawyer “fell out” at a negro gathering Friday night and “had some words.” Saturday night Camp entered his home and got down his shotgun and disappeared. A short time later a shot was heard, and the next morning the dead body of Saw yer was found on a lonely road near by Officers have been watching the home of Wallace Camp, a brother near Bessemer City, hut so far the negro sought has not shown up there. Of ficers think however, that it will only he a matter of time until he is apprehended. BIRTHDAY DINNER AT GEO. McSWAIN’S DEC. 21. There will be a birthday dinner at the home of Mr. George McSwain of Lattirnore on December 21st in hon or of Mrs. E. M. Short’s 85th anniver sary. Everybody is invited to attend with well filled baskets and enjoy the day with the good old lady. TIME AND MONEY SAVER FOR FARMERS CLEVELAND COUNTY FERTILIZER MIXER ! File above is a reproduction of the Cleveland 1 County Fertilizer Mixer as exhibited at the first! Big County Fair last Fall. Local Invention Big Money Saver k\ ill Revolutionist* Home Mixing of Fertilizers and Mean Groat Sav ing to The Farmers. The the "Cleveland County Ferti-] liaer -Mixer" will save the farmers of: Cleveland nnd adjoining counties hun Ireds of dollar - in the home making ! >f fertilizers, is the opinion of Coun-! y Agent II. E. Lawrence, one of i h - e respor ihle for the construe-! ipn of the mixer. The modern mixer j is exhibited at the fair will mix 500 lags daily, he says, and equal the | sork done by the factory product j a 1 iit'll costs between seven and nine i hundred dollars. The home-made j mixer can he constructed at a total :*ost of only $!<>. Sometime last year Mr. John Beam 'oneeived the idea-,.of a home-made j joda-crushcr. which proved success-j ful and beneficial to the county farm- i ?rs. The idea of the mixes was gained from the crusher and Mr. John I.ee of Polkvillc, constructed one of the first in the county. Some 100 tons were mixed by him last year with the miner made at home in only a few hours, There were about 500 soda crushers made in the county -last year and County Agent Lawrence hopes to see as many fertilizer mixers made this year. Those wishing to look over the model made by Mr. Lawrence and exhibited at the Fair may see it any time at the Fair grounds. Mixers con structed like the model can be oper ated by an automobile deriving pull ing power from the rear wheel as illustrated. Moose Institute Lodge In Shelby Shcdhv Lodge No. 480, Loyal Order of the Moose, was instituted Tuesday night, December lfi, by District Sup ervisor W. C. Moreland, of Asheville, and Deputy Supervisor T. II. McRae, of Shelbv. The degree work was beau tifully handled by Gastonia Lodge No. 1400 and was very impressive. 80 candidates were duly received and obligated at the meting, and from the enthusiasm shown the Lodge ex pects as many more on Monday night. The following officers were ap pointed and installed: C. E. Cline, past dictator: Dr. T. O. Grigc, dictator; Dr. David M. Morrison, vice dictator; F. P. Culbroth. prelate; J. L. Lee, sec retary; It. A. Stallings, treasurer: L. A, Jackson, sergeant-at-arms; Ger ald V. Weathers; orator; W. K. Hard in, jr., inner guard; Fred R. Turner, outer guard; T. J. Babington, J. A. Harmon and \V. P. Sellers, trustees, A large number of visitors from various lodges were present and wit nessed thei nstallation. Following the ceremony the visiting brothers en joyed midnight lunch served at the City Cafe. The lodge will meet in the future in the Curtis building on Monday evenings at 7:30. Visiting members are always welcome. Officer Resents Being Termed A “Liar” Snectators at a hearing in the re corder’s court Thursday afternoon were furnished some side entertain ment when Special Officer Boh Ken. driek and Jim Pritchett, a defendant in one case, took issue with each oth er during the hearing. Pritchett, charged with the larceny of an auto mobile tag. vagrancy and driving a ear without license, was given a to tal of five months on the three charges—three months for the lar ceny of the tag, one month for vagrancy and one month for the other charge. Officer Kendrick was on the stand and after giving his evi dence the defendant was permitted to ouestion him. On one of the replies Pritchett is alleged to have called Kendrick a liar, which the officer re sented when he got off the stand. The two “mixed" in the court room and while en route to the jail “mixed” again, it is said, writh the officer on the offensive and Pritchett/ on the de fensive. Other witnesses present bore out the testimony of the officer about which the matter arose. Pritchett appealed the sentence and bond was set at $.‘!00, the second mix up occurring while he was being es corted to jail. City Schools Close Friday For Holidays Children (o Hold Informal Exercises In Various Departments, Re-open On January 5. The Shelby city schools will close Friday afternoon of this week for the holidays, according to an announce ment by Si/perintendent Griffin. The schools will reopen on Monday, Jan uary 5. Practically all of the out of town teachers will leuve for their re spective homes over the week-end. Each department, grade and room | of the city schools will hold informal Christmas day exercises. Parents and school patrons are invited to Ihese ex ercises. although they will do infor mal arid consist mostly of Christmas carols and stories. The Christmas spir it is much in evidence at the school, Superintendent Griffin says, and the grown-ups who think the youngsters do not take as much stock in the Yule tide as they once did are mistaken, be further stated. Nearly every room in the various schools is decorated for the season with holly, mistletoe, cedar and other suggestive Christmas de corations. Hilliard Tea Room To Move Uptown - ! Will Occupy Wehh Theatre ftuilding. Structure Will Be Completed By February 1 The Hilliard Tea Room now operat ed by Mrs. R, E. Ware at her resi dence! on West Warren street will oc cupy one of the rooms in the Wehh Theatre-Building on the church cor ner, it is announced. This addition to the business section has been planned for some time and announcement was withheld until a suitable location could be secured. The Tea Room has been operated for several months suc cessfully .and has proved a fad with the social set for luncheon parties and such affairs ns well as with reg ular patrons of the up-to-date eating establishment. Mr. ,1. E. Webb, who bought the old church structure and is convert ing it into a theatre house and busi ness building will with Mr. Claude Webb operate n theatre there, says that he hopes to have the renovation work and changes complete by Febru ary 1. Workmen are now working night and day in remodelling the building and adjusting it into a nice appearing business structure. __ Sunday School Meet At Cleveland Springs A meeting of the Sunday school workers of Cleveland county was held Sunday afternoon at Cleveland Springs hotel. G. G. Page, president of the county convention, presided 1 over the meeting with W. A. Riden hour officiating as secretary. Speeches were made by Prof. J. D. Huggins, of Boiling Springs; A. E. Bettis, of Earl; L. C. Palmer and A. B. C. DePriest, of Polkville; Wm. Lineberger, superintendent of the Shelby Central Methodist school, and Bynum Weathers; W. A. Ridenhour and Mrs. J. E. Aderholdt, of Kings Mountain. Printed slips were issued for a Sunday school canvass of the county. The canvass when complete will include all schools and member ship, superintendents, teachers, pas tors and church membership. It was also stated that three township con ventions are expected to be held dur ing the early part of the coming year. GAFFNEY SHERIFF MAKES TRIP HERE THURSDAY Sheriff J. G. Wright, of Gaffney, S. C., was in Shelby Thursday after Clyde, Fraifk and Lawrence^Grant, three young men who live in the I Eastside section, charged with dis posing of mortgaged property at I Gaffney. The charge is alleged to be j concerning automobile tires and bat j tery on a car supposedly owned by i one of the Grants. One of the boys ; says that he disposed of nothing and because he could not pay for it left the cart at Gaffney when he left that place to come to Shelby. Heavy’s Cafe is the sensible and cents-Ibe place to eat in Shelby, adv, GARDNER CHOSEN HEADSTATE FI Unanimous Choice to Succeed Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt. Undecided About Opertion. Former Lieutenant Governor O. Max Gardner of Shelby, was unani mously elected president of the North Carolina Agricultural society Tues day when the directors, meeting: in an nual session were apprised officially that Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt would not stand for re-election and the nomin ating committee headed by Judge R. II. Sykes, of Durham, offered-its list of officers for the coming year. The special fitness of the Gardner choice lies in the proposed transfer of the state fair from the society to State college of which Mr. Gardner is an eminent alumnus. But for that tie he probably would not have been will ing to accept. Indeed, he has not done so, but it is believed that he will read ily take the responsibility. The society today discussed the change of manage meat but there is no official action. It is the sense of both the college and the community that there should be a state fair next year, but the college is not yet willing to finance such an undertaking. The meeting showed the aricultural society in less of a hole than it was supposed to be. A debt hangs over the organization which has assets five to eight times the size of the deficit. The popular understanding had been that the property is encumbered about $70,000 to $75,000. The exact amount is $57,000 and that is not so bad. But Raleigh hns a reversionary interest in the fair and it will hardly be willing to see the property sold without a guarantee that the exposition will continue. The college does not care to shoulder any big debt. The final agreement was that the committee handling this end would continue its deliberations and make report at the next meeting. Chamber Offers Aid. J. W. Bailey, appearing for the chamber of commerce, said that this organization was willing to put up $75,000 to take up the debt if this pinches the people who run the fair and this would mean the fair for a certainty. The interest of Raleigh is purely in the contiuation of the fair and the chamber has no further ob ject in agreeing to lift the burden. Mrs. Vanderbilt was present and declared it to have been a great joy to serve in the presidential capacity. The last fair was the best, she declar ed, and she sees great help to North Carolina by continuation of the fair. She pledged It her continued interest and the society gave her a rising vote with instructions to the executive com mittee to give her a token of the organ iaztion’s regard for Her. Vice prseidents elected with Mr. Gardner were W. N. Everett, first; Joseph Hyde Pratt, second; W. A. Gra ham, third; Joseph E. Pogue, fourth. Henry’ M. London was re-elected secre tary. “Had not Mrs. Vanderbilt declined to accept another term, no other name would have been considered by the nominating committee.” Judge R. II Sykes, of Durham, chairman of the committee, told the society in an nouncing the nomination. Dr. Chas. Gidney Goes Back to Texas Home Dr. Chas. C. Gidney who has been here for a week or ten days at the bedside of his brother, Mr. Lamar Gid ney who continues quite ill and also visiting: his brother, Dr. R. M. Gid ney, former farm demonstrator of Cleveland county, returned Wednes day to his home in Plainview, Texas. Dr. Gidney is president of a bank at Plainview that has deposits of over two and a half million dollars. He says that section of Texas has an elevation of 3,600 ft. above sea level, yet cotton grows profusely and that the crop this year is very gratifying. Of course the season is late there where-the elevation is so high and when he left home two weeks ago every gin had from 75 to 100 wagons waiting their turn. The use of commercial ferti lizer and manure is unknown. Even the rich stable manure is thrown away and farmers would be called crazy if he bought fertilizer. Dairying is a prosperous industry in that section of Texas and also 15 to 20 car loads of poultry are shipped out of Plain view every year. Dr. Gidney had not been back to his native home for queer 6 years and he was struck by the marvelous growth in Shelby and the improve ment in rural conditions. Give the plaster a steamproof coat of varnish or paint and the wood work a coat to keep the kitchen clean and spotless, suggest home demon stration workers. When you’re looking for a letter you go to the postoffice—whgk it’s something to eat it is Heavy’rfTafe. g