CLEVELAND:—“A COUNTY That i r ,
-- _- IHAT LEADS a progressive state in diversified agriculture, and WHERE HOSPITALITY REIGNS”
. ITU riDCITT ATTAM ^ ▲ _
paid-up CIRCULATION
Of This Paper Is Greater
Than The Population Given
Shelby In The 1920 Census
VOL. XXXIII, No. 7
RELIABLE HOME PAPER
Of Shelby And The State’s
Fertile Farming Section.
Modern Job Department.
THE CLEVELAND STAR
FRIDAY, JAN. 23, 1925.
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
An Increase of 169 Over Last Year.
Rooms With 40 Pupils to Room
Are Being Crowded.
An increase of 169 students in the
city schools of Shelby since January
1924, according to a survey made by
Superintendent Griffin at the close of
the last school month. There were 1.
592 pupils in the city schools of Shel*
by on January 11, 1924, while there
were 1,071 on January 16, this year.
A rather crowded condition is noted
from the report. The state school re
quirements are for around 30 children
to the room, whiel the report show
that there are on an average of 40
pupils to room. There are 42 rooms
in the city school system and siight
;v over 40 times that many children.
Enrollment at the various schools of
the city w ith the number of rooms and
children to the room follows:
School
x x -
Central Kte. 229 6 38
LaFayette —_69 8 34
Marion___— 319 8 40
Junior High — ----- 18 5 38
Senior High . _.312 8 39
Colored - 352 7 50
Total _ -
-„I,671
42 . 40
Eighty Make Honor Roll.
Eighty children in the junior arid
-er.ior high made the honor roll during
the month closing January 16. By
grades those attaining the coveted
honor were as follows: Seventh grade.
10; eighth grade, seven; ninth grade,
22; tenth grade, 26; eleventh grade.
15. In the ninth grade sections one
and two had eight each on the roll
while section three of the same grade
had six. In the tenth grade section one
had ‘two on the roll, section two had
five and section three,Jiad 19. In;the
eleventh grade section one had eight
and section two had seven. Those at
taining the honor were:
Grade 7.—Virginia Hunt, Dorothy
King, Ada Laughridge, Pearl Lybrand,
Madge Putnam, Alice Sanders. Mar- ,
caret Vanstory, Aileen Walker, Alex
Gee, Robert Gidney.
Grade 8.—Leroy Ledford. Lalage
Shull. Billy McKnight, John I.incber
ger, Minnie King, Selma Brantoh,
Sara Richbourg.
Grade 9,—Sec. 1. Margaret Blanton.
5'ergie Brooks, Helen Laughridge,
Montrose Mull. Jennie Lee Packard.
Kathleen Hord, Trov McKinney, Lee
V.'rav. Section 2.—Ada Anthony. El
sie Green, Alice James, Bertha Mog
gie. Jack McGinnis, George Rich
Hourg, Boyd Prcpst, Mabel Whisnant.
Section 3.—Marguerite Callahan,
Irene Bridges, Sedalia Propst, Novella
White, Joyce Wilson, Daniel Trout
man.
Grade 10—Sec. 1. Grace Putnam,
Brady Rail. Sec. 2.—Mildred Ramsey,
Susan Sellers, Clara Sperling, Mar
garet Williams. Hunter McSwain.
Sec. 3.—Vetus Costner. Ola Mate De
5 ine, Kathryn Dover, Attie Mae Esk
ridge. Virginia Hoev, Lela Hoyle, Lu
cile Morehead, Dorothy McKnight.
Mattie Short, Olive Singleton, Eliza
Beth Spangler, Lula Moore Suttle,
Charlotte Tedder, Lilly Webber. Mart
Tnez Farthing, William Hughes, Julian
James, Lois Roberts, John Phil W il
son.
Grade 11.—Sec. I.Zona Devine,;
■Tanice Green, Sara Grace King, Ella
Mae Mauney, Hulda Philbeck, Pearl
Plummer, Jessie Pearl Wall. Roy
Self. Sec. 2.—Nelson Callahan, Broad
us Newman, Clyde Thackston. ( ar«
line Blanton' Letha Branton, Margar- i
et Liam, Mary Ruth Lemons.
Rutherford Man Is
Round Dead Under
Overturned Wagon
Rutherfordton, Jan 21—W. J. Bur-1
nett, well known farmpr, who lived
s'x miles south of here in Shiloh
rliurch section, was found dead early j
Sunday morning near his home, lie
went to haul fodder and tops late Sat
urday afternoon which he had stack
ed in the field near the house.
" hen found, the wagon was turned
"P on its side, the mules .standing as
>f nothing had happened and Mr. Bur-1
nett was under the frame and top,
dead. He had been there all night. The
wagon was on a slick, wet, steep side
"t an old road. It is supposed that j
the wagon turned over and Mr. Bur
nett died instantly. A faithful dog run j
ning to and fro from the home to the
wugon made known the whereabouts
of the dead man.
Burnett was about fiO years old, and
is survived by his widow and three
children. He was buried at Shiloh
church Monday afternoon. When found
his body was wrapped in the lines,
brake rope and a rope that held his
load on.
IS. VIOLET BEAM IS
One- of the County's Oldest Ladies is
Buried at New Prospect. Born
l Oder r.th President of U. S.
D ^rs- ' Roam, widow of Adam
.•ear. . oil.- of the county’s oldest citi.
Zf'r,s died- at the home, of her daugh
ter Mi-. Mile P. Harrelson, near
Waco s - day at the age of 101 years,
on-. .nth and even days. Mrs. Beam 1
wa.- born, when James Monroe, the
11 - b’ ' tdeh-t of the United States
wa; inaugurated and has lived under
presidents. Mr-. Beam was born in
this section of the state, what was
Tryon county, out of which all the
counties in this territory have been j
formed. Mrs. Beam has been a very
active and -business-like woman in her
younger days and enjoyed the best of
health until about five years ago
when site suffered a fall in which her
nip w,u dis! icated.. Since that time
-he has been --confined to her bed but
retained an alert mind and bouyant
dispo- tic •: until a month ago. Her
husband d <-d of pneumonia 02 years
ago ar.d since that time .'he has lived
at the old home place with her young
est daughter who married Squire
Miles P. Harrelson 32 years ago.
Mr-. Beam is survived by three chil
dren Davi- ('. Beam of h'allston, Luth
er Ream of Shelby R-7, and Mrs. Sal
lie Harrelso!:. Four children have died
Margaret, Jennie, Louisa and Crow
der Beam, Thirty-six grand children,
67 great grand children and 10 great
great 'grandchildren also survive.
The funeral was conducted by Rev.
I. D. Harrell Monday and the inter
ment was at New Prospect church
where she v.a- a long and faithful
member.
Herald Moves Into
Fine New Location
Kings Mountain Paper Completes
Moving And Gives Editor Page
Time To Enjoy' Sausage..
The Kings Mountain Herald is now
established in a new location and Mr.
G. G. Page, the editor, is breathing
ea-«v. again following numerous sighs
emitted from the “Fool Column.’’
Quit “ a bit of Cleveland county be
came interested in the moving of the
He’ aid office through “Odds and
Ends" and naturally after hearing
about small doorways the press-1
,•, had to be lugged through and oth
• r ir.c ident.* relative to the moving it
was nete.-sary that The Star take
not of wi at had occurred, As it is
Editor Page now is in fine shape to
serve th< people of Kings Mountain
and s tion with a newspaper from an
up-to-date shop that is also well
equip;-<l for job printing and with a
f: . t that is the latest in office sup
plies, books and such like. Each press
and machine in the shop is driven by
nri individual motor and the shop is
modern throughout.
Mrs. Page is ;n charge of the office
supply and book store and in between
remat ks about new equipment, home
spun ausage end Kings Mountain’s
own Nancy Hall sweet potatoes Mr.
Page halted long enough to refer
to her as “the best lookin’
wow.nu .1 40 states—I’ve been in 22.”
You know Mr. Page and will per
haps not wonder about the statement,
but if you know Mrs. Page there is
r.o reason for wonder or the other 18
rates. How. though. Editor Page
find ; t ine to get out a newspaper is
rather perplexing. Invited to attend
the “Farmers’ Night" at Kiwanis here
Thursday he recalled that he was to
teach Sunday school teachers that
night and could not move it up a night
owing to prayer meeting, then thought
of something for Friday and kept re
calling engagements until it is evi
dent that for being dated up in ad
vance John Met ormaek, W ill Rogers
aruj the Prince of Wales have nothing
on ji m. As he says however in the
-Fool Column” lie is better prepared
for what he’s fixed for than ever be
fore.
Efird’s to Add 37th
Store to Big Chain
Mr. G. W. Neely, manager of Efird’s
Shelby More* attended on Monday of
this week in Charlotte a meeting of
the managers of the 36 Efird stores
in the two Cnrolinas and \ irginia at
which time it was announced that a
new store would, he opened in 1 lor
erue. S. C„ early in the spring. This
will make the thirty-seventh store in
the Efird chain which continues to
add new links year after year. Mr.
Neely said the meeting of the store
managers this week was to discuss the
work for the current year and that
practically every store manager was
present at the meeting.
Episcopal Notice
There will be services at the Epis
copal church Sunday morning at 11
o’clock by, Rev. E. N. Joyner of High
Shoals. A welcome is extended to all.
PROMINENT FARMER AND CHURCHMAN,
DAVEY GREEN, KILLED BY FAILING TREE
Mr. Davy Green, prominent farm- j
er and churchman, was killed Tuesday \
when he was struck on the head hy
a limb of a falling; tree at Beaver
Dam church, death following about
four hours later in the Shelby hos
pital to which place he was rushed im
mediately after the accident. Mr.
Green who has been a deacon of Beav
er Dam church for many years and
one of its most enthusiastic workers
was engaged with a number of otlvr
neighbors in felling some trees on the
church lot, the church house having
recently been remodelled. He and his
friends had sawed the tree off at the
stump and were trying to make it fall
a certain direction opposite, that in
which it was inclined when it slipped
from the stump and fell crashing to
the ground opposite from the direc
tion in which Mr. Green thought it
would fall. He tried to run clear of
the branches but was caught hy a
large limb which struck hitn on the
side of the head, crushing the skull.
He was conscious for a short while,
but lost consciousness before his
friends could get him to th“ hospital
where he died about 7 o'clock.
Mr. Green was not only one of the
county’s leading farmers, but was a
great church worker and Ms service
in clearing the chutvh gr uuid w as ty
pical of l''« life-long work for the
Master in any pcs -1V»I ■ way ho could
"" 'vc. Lvejyb ><ty porks in highest
‘ m: of hi pJvrdi'l life. Although
vent s of age J:i; t \ pril,— above the
allotted life, he was still active in
• • t" vatv h' , - tip was the son
"f Neely Green end lived at the old
h ..nlai with hi. only daughter
Mrc Fan! <> Hamrick.' And her hus
band .)■ ■ I’lato Hamrick. He is sur
vived hv his devoted companion who
before tnair.a.. .- v- Mi-s Ida Hailey,
■y > |e •*,■),., Mr Joe Gi-n-n of Hope
'v. l1, \ a., and Mr Martin Green of
Fair Forest. s. !•->■»h of whom ar
rived yes*-.relay to attend the funeral
Mr. doe. Green hit been in Virginia a
-rh r if years and is the father of
Air. Sa<.*-. Green at Eva! - E. Mc
Braver’s, store.
The funer.-d v,-a: .conducted Thurs
"av afierivat 1 o’ciock and the
interment wa at Bea-var- Dam Baptist
church where this tragic accident oc
curred. a 1. rire cr evd of relatives and
^friends' gathering to nay a tribute of
reap act to his spied id life. There was
a rich floral ofTering anti beautiful
tributes hv post an<] present pastors,
Few. das C-GiUegpie, Joe Bridges and
Z. Hatrill.
Big Busses Start
Operating Sunday
Beginning Sunday, January 25, the
big Safety coaches will start operat
ing on a regular run "every two hours
between Shelby and Charlotte, accord
ing to an announcement in this issue*
by the Inter-Carolinas Motor Bus com
pany, better known here as Wright &
Carpenter, of Gastonia. Two of the big
coaches, the latest in motor cars, have
already arrived and the third will be
put on within a few weeks, until that
time one of the Cadillac busses will
be used with the two coaches.
According to the schedule given out
a big Safety coach, will .leave Shelby
each odd hour of the day from 7 in
the morning until seven in the even
ing. The schedule back from Char
lotte will be reversed, leaving Char
lotte each odd hour from 8 in the
morning until 8 in the evening. Up un
t il5 o'clock in afternoon every bus
on the schedule will connect at Kings
Mountaip with the Spartanburg mot
or bus line operated by the same com
pany. The coming of the big coaches
mean that Shelby is considered a
travelling center and those who travel
any at all would do well to preserve
the schedule published today.
One Day’s Dragging
Trebles Road Travel
One dav's dragging of the sand
clay roads trebled the the travelling
time of automobiles on the Shelby
Fallston road according to V. A. Card
ner, veteran school teacher who came
to Shelby yesterday morning to
bring his son Carl from Beams Mill
to Shelby where he is attending the
high school. Mr. Gardner comes over
this road every day. Prior to Thurs
day it was all his Ford could do to
make eight miles an hour over the
ruts and mires, but the maintenance
crew worked faithfully all day Wed
nesday when the sun appeared and on
Thursday after a single scraping he
was able to come to Shelby at the
speed of 2 miles an hour. Road forces
no doubt worked faithfully on many
of the roads of the county for two
days this week and there was a mar
velous improvement w'hieh shows that
although the roads got in their Worst
condition for years .they can he re
claimed in a few days by proper drag
ging and filling.
Hamrick Company and
Paragon to Start Sales
T. W. Hamrick company and the
Paragon Furniture company will be
gin sales on Wednesday of next week,
the sales to be conducted by Mr. W.
G. Little of the Kelly Sales system,
'one of the largest and most successful
organizations of its kind in America.
Hamrick company, jewelers, are hav
ing their first sale in many years to
reduce the stock to a minium} pre
paratory to remodelling the interior
and exterior of the store in the early
spring, the improvement to be on such
a large scale that it may be neces
sary to seek temporary’ quarters. The
| Paragon sale which starts at the same
time will include reduced prices on
the large stock of furniture which has
recently been made doubly large by
reason of the consolidation of the Ar
cade stock with the Paragon stock.
Announcements appear in today’s pa
per which will be followed by large
posters and advertising space Tues
day, giving the extreme low prices
that will prevail.
Be sure and read what Preacher
Woodson has to say in this issue of
the Star. Acf
Dr, McBrayer Received
High Medical Degree
Dlc-ftenfcen McBrayer has received
thedywee of Fellowship in American
0dB£ge <H' Physicians, an honor which
gfaJjfirH'other physicians in North
H^Tr'inna, have received. He was noti
ritiLAhfs week that he had met all re
quirements and at a recent meeting
of the council of the American Col
lege of Physicians at Philadelphia he
war. elected a fellow of the college and
has been notified to be in Washington
in March when the next convocation
occurs during the clinical week of the
American Congress on Internal Medi
cine at which time the degree will be
conferred and he will take the oath.
This is quite a high honor coming to
i)r. McBrayer as the requirements are
very trict, not only in academic train
ing. but in medical skill and experi
ence, authorship of medical articles,
research ard a practice of five years
in one particular branch of medicine.
Dr. McBrayer has specialized in inter
nal medicine and in this chosen work
ha reached a high degree of effici
rn y, his degree being a stamp of ap
proval by one of the leading medical
organizations in Arqerica.
Farmers Have Lights
At Patterson Springs
}'• | Vvf:ith<r ( auses People to Stay
at Home. Exercises at School
Building Postponed.
(Special to The Star.)
Patterson Springs, Jan. 20.—Since
it has been raining so very much dur
ing the part week the majority have
stayed at home and of the minority
-several have "stuck up" along the
highway on account of the conditions
of the roads. Quite a number of the
wells in this vicinity have an undue
head of water due to the fact that the
top soil has become so full of surface
Water. Cementing about the top of
the wells is a remedy that will doubt
less follow in the near future where
this “fulfillment" has occurred.
Mr. W. A. Gladden and Mr. John
B. Hamrick have recently installed
light plants in their homes. A number
of other prominent citizens are seri
ously considering the same matter of
modernizing their home conveniences
| bv lighting up their premises.
Mr. A. Lee Neal has moved into his
newly erected residence near the new
school building. Mr. Neal conducts a
merchandising establishment fronting
fronting the main highway.
Owing to the falling weather last
Monday the special exercises planned
for the morning at the school build
ing were not rendered, hut were post
poned until Friday afternoon, the
16th, at which time there will be an
| address delivered by some prominent
visitor. The patrons of the school and
;any other of the vicinity will be wel
1 corned. The hour for the beginning
; will be one o'clock.
Mrs. T. 11. Lowery returned home
| today having spent more than a week
; visiting her daughter in Shelby, Mrs.
i F. H. Young.
j And old-timer is a man who took as
I much pride in an $80 rubber-tired
i buggy as one of the present genera
! tion does in a $2,000 automobile.
______
Coolidgo demonstrated at, least that
ja man with a pull could ride on a
: pullman.
Clipper cotton seed cleaners insure
a good stand of cotton, Sec O. E. Ford
Co.
The best cotton seed cleaner to be
| found is sold by O. E. Ford Co.
On Friday, January '!<), 'lie Star
will issue with the r< gular [taper a
special co-operative marketirig edi
tion. Advice and opinions on cooper
ative marketing- in all branches will
he given by men who are experts in
the marketing of farm products and
merchants of Shelby and over the
county are preparing special adver
tisements for the issue.
Among the articles will he several
hv some of the best known authori
ties in the state and along with these
will he carried articles by local farm
leaders and others as well as comment
bv The Star staff. Mr. O. F. McGill,
field representative of the Cotton as
sociation, is assisting in putting over
the special section and articles or ad
vertisements for that issue may be
turned over to him or left at The Star
office, the only requirement being
that they he in by Tuesday.
School Essay Published.
Ever the county an essay contest
on co-operative marketing is being
staged under the direction of County
Superintendent of Schools J. C. New
ton and the winning essay will be
published in the special issue and per
haps one or two others of the out
standing contributions of the school
children. Pupils in every rural school
of the county are eligible to enter the
contest.
Mrs. Bowman Gives
Set of Valuable
Books to Library
Mrs. James T. Bowman has con
tributed a valuable set of books en
titled “Redpath's Library of Univer
sal Literature” to the Shelby Public
library. The set has 25 volumes and
! " ill add greatly to the splendid collec
[ tion the library already has.
The following is a list of new bobks
I recently added for the benefit of the
| public:
The World Outside by McGrath.
I The Unknown Quantity by Dell. Oh;
| Pact or! by Wilson. Red of the Red
fields by Richmond. The Comings of
j Cousin Ann by Sampson. The Pil
grim’s Grogress by Bunyan. The Gas
pard’s of Pine Croft by Comer. Mas
querading Mary by Sampson. Dalla by
Stockley. Money, Love and Kate by
[ Porter. The Black Hood by Dixon.
! Oliver October by McCut#hion. A
| Daughter of the Snow by London,
i Graven Image by Widdemer. The
: Thundering by Zane Gray. The Eighth
; Wonder hy Hutchison. East of the
I Setting Sun by McCucheon. The En
chanted Hill by Kyne. Nowhere Else
;in the World by Hudson. Josselyn’s
Wife by Norris. Judith of the Cuni
I berlands by McGowan. Steel of the
Royal Mounted by Curwocd. Isabel by
I Curwocd. Pagan Fire by Richardson.
Liitle French Girl.
More Vet Widows May
Get on Pension Roll
Clerk of the Court George P. Webb
calls attention to changes in the Con
federate pension laws that are inter
esting to the old soldiers and their
widows in Cleveland county. Hereto
fore widows could not be enrolled for
pension unless they had been married
prior to January 1st 1880. The laws
1 were changed at the special session of
[the legislature, making it possible for
widows to draw a pension if they were
married prior to January 1st 1808.
This change will allow a number of
widows who have not been on the pen
sion roll to be enrolled, so if they wish
to make application they must do so
right away. The pension board of the
county meets twice annually, the first
Monday in February and the first
Monday in July. Applications can be
made before Clerk George P. Webb
any time and he will turn such appli
cations over to the county pension
board in Cleveland which is composed
of E. A. Patterson, A. M. Lattimore
and W. F. Gold. If applicant cares to
do so, he or she may appear in per
son before the pension board the
first Mondays in February and July.
BECOMES ASSISTANT PASTOR
TO UR. WHITE OF ANDERSON
The Rev Henry .T. Davis has re
signed as pastor of the Lawtonville
Baptist church Estill, closing nearly
three years of successful work in this
church, and has accepted the call to
hecome assistant pastor of the First
Baptist church at Anderson, of which
the Rev. John E. White, D.D., is pas
tor. Dr. White is also the president of
Anderson college. The Anderson
church is reported to be the largest
local congregation of all the Protes
tant denominations in South Carolina.
The active membership is close to 2,
000 and the Sunday school enrollment
is over 1,000. It gave in the last five
years to missions $160,000.“
We are expecting some fresh straw
berries Friday. Call 584 we will save
them for you. Piggly-Wiggly, ad
V
HOW ABOUT THIS
FOR A PORKER?
Sanford.-- Many people wore
prox-nt Tuesday when O. ('. Cot
f Sanford, North Carolina’s
ton,
champion perk raiser, butchered
Ids hip hop. the hop was three
years old and weighed when dress,
'd 1,0:20 pounds. The hog weighed
1..2a pounds before being dress
'd and measured hanging on the
scaffold eight fe.'t from the tip
>f nos > to the end of his feet. The
ham.', weighed over 100 pounds
-arh and the liver weighed 26
pounds.
It took two horse- to pull this
norker from the pen to the eot
:on mill scales to 1k‘ weighed. Ksti
nates ran all the way from 800
rounds to 1,000, hut ,1. VV. Blake
guessed the exact weight, 1,120
pounds.
Mr. Cotton has killed six hogs
within the past six years, weigh
ing 4,081 pounds, or an average
of 680 pounds to each hog. Other
measurements of this mammoth
hog were 27 inches across his back
at the shoulders and seven feet,
two inches from one front foot to
the other after he was cut open.
f
I (lion 1 rust, Shelhv and Mooreshoro
Creameries and Eagle Roller
Mill Reports Very Pleasing.
Practically all of the corporations
which have held their annual meet,
ing.s report a fairly prosperous year,
despite the general sluggishness
which prevailed in the textile trade.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Union Trust company,
which has branch banks at Pallston,
Lawndale and Latt imore, held in the
director’s room of the First National
bank Tuesday of this week the fol
lowing officers and directors were
l elected: Qias. C. Blanton, president,
J. T. Bowman, John F. Schenck,
George Blanton, T. A. Stamey, L. V.
Lee and F. B. Hamrick vice presidents,
Forrest Eskridge cashier and J. F.
Roberts manager of insurance depart
ment, The following were elected di
rectors: C. C. Blanton, J. T. Bowman,
E. B. Hamrick, T. A. Stamey, J.' H.
Quinn. J. R. Dover, J. F. Schenck, sr.,
! L. V. Lee, C. C. Hamrick, L. S. Hani
Hck, C. H. Shujl, J. F. Roberts, Geo.
Blanton and Forrest Eskridge.
Creameries Have Good Year.
At the annual meeting of the Shel
by Creamery Co., Mr. Win. Lineber
ger the efficient secretary and treas
urer reported that last year the
creamery paid the farm patrons about
SI 00,000 for butter fat and produce '
! 261,104 pounds of Gilt Edge
| butter which was shipped to all points
in the east, this being a slight decrease
; over the previous years due to the big
! cotton crop. Joe E. Blanton was el
j ected president, Joe L. Suttle, vice
! president, Wm. Lineberger secretary
’ and treasurer and general manager
! with the following board of directors:
Frank Cornwell. S. S. Royster. Geo.
i Blanton, L. S. Hamrick, J. H. Quinn,
| J. A. Suttle, Joe E. Blanton, Joe L.
! Suttle and Wm. Lineberger.
The Mooreshoro creamery under the
able management of J. U. Rollins had
i an unusually good year, producing
; last year over 180,000 pounds of fine
j quality butter, nearly four times the
| output of the first year's run. The
! following directors were elected for
I the ensuing year: E. B. Hamrick, k.
! R- Walker, J. C. Washburn, C. A.
1 Bridges, T. P. Hamrick, M. M. Greene
and J. U. Rollins.
j The Eagle Roller mill held its an
[ nual meeting last Thursday at which
! time it was reported that the mill had
’ t he best year in all its history. Recent
ly the plant was enlarged and now has
a capacity of 500 barrels of quality
flour daily. So popular are the brands
that the mill is far behind with or
ders and has been running day and
night trying to catch up. C. C. Blan
ton was elected president, W. J. Rob
erts, vice president and sales mana
ger, Stough Hopper secretary and
treasurer with the following directors:
J. B. Lowery, T. \. Stamey, R. E.
Campbell, Maynard Washburn, Stough
Hopper, W. J. Roberts and C. C. Blan
ton.
Central Methodist Church.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Preach
ing at 11 a. m., by Bishop Collins
Denny. Bishop Denny is a great
preacher and will douhtless be heard
by a record crowd. At 7:30 Rev. W. R.
Ware, the only preacher who has ever
gone out from Central church will
preach. The music will be good and
the welcome most cordial.
Clean your cotton seed with a Clip
per seed cleaner and plant only the
good seed. See O. E. Ford Co. .__
Everybody says O. E. Ford Co.'s
is the place to buy hay.__
\ccordir»K to Evidence Before Record
er Tragedy Seemed Unavoidable.
Autcns Not Prosecuting.
At a hearing held Wednesday morn
ing before Recorder .John P. Mull,
Noah Crosby, young farmer of the
Buffalo section, was held to Superior
court under a bond of $500, the hear
ing resulting from the death of young
Edward Auten, who was killed last
Saturday afternoon when a car driv
en by Crosby struck the boy’s bicycle.
A number of witnesses were heard
and as much as possible concerning
the tragic death brought out at the
hearing, all information seeming to
class it as unavoidable. Just prior to
the hearing Solicitor Burrus was noti
fied i the parents of the- deceased
hoy that they did not desire to prose
cute and held no ill fet ’ :g as they
considered it purely a ' accident.
According to the witnesses the boy
lived some five minutes, hut never
spoke. The general version was that
the boy on the wheel attempted to
turn in the.alley ahead of the car and
that just as he left the pavement his
wheel stuck in the mud between the
pavement and the sidewalk just long
enough for the car to strike him.
Marks left by the car and wheel, ac
cording to the witnesses, revealed that
the boy, who was just in front of the
ear, turned slightly to the left in or
der to make the sharp turn into the
alley to the right and that as he did
so the ear driver swerved to the right
to miss him, going a short distance
off the pavement, which resulted in
the boy being struck as he swerved
back to the right and his wheel stuck
momentarily checking his speed in
front of the oncoming car. That the
wheel was not knocked any distance
but just knocked over where it was
hit seemed to be the opinion of all.
No witness examined gave the speed
of the Crosby car faster than 20 miles
while most placed it at around 10 or
15. Several testified that the tracks
of the car revealed that the car skid
ded because of brake pressure sorrie
three or four feet before it struck the
wheel.
Witnesses examined included Wr. JR.
Hoey, in front of whose home the
tragedy occurred; Effie McCraw and
Catherine Munn, two girls who were
passing and witnessed the crash; P. F.
Grigg and Joe Lattimore, who arriv
ed on the scene shortly after the
crash, and J. B. Daves, a taxi driver,
who was driving just behind the Cros
by car.
None of the Auten family were in
the court room and the examination
was conducted by Solicitor Burrus,
court room and was represented by
Attorney D. Z. Newton, who in a few
words to the court termed it as un
avoidable and regretted by young
Crosln more than any other. That he
did I's best to stop and skidded his
car on the slippery, downhill pave
ment and that he swerved to the right
to avoid hitting the wheel were points
mentioned by the counsel.
The preliminary charge was man
slaughter and so it will go to the
grand jury, which will decide whether
or not the evidence is enough to hold
the young driver for a hearing before
the Superior court.
Domestic Science Is
Host to Two Boards
The domestic science class of the
Central school building, Shelby, was
host Tuesday night in the domestic
science room to the members of the
school hoard and members of the
board of aldermen at an elegant din
ner which was served hv the 16 mem
bers of the class. 1 he domestic
science class is taught by Miss Mc
Kinnon and is under the supervision
of the Federal and State governments.
Each second year class is required to
serve a regular dinner and this year
the officials of the school and town
were selected, each one being pleased
with the well prepared meal and the
faultless manner in which the students
served it. Those present were R. E.
Carpenter, J. F. Roberts, George
Blanton, B. H. Kendall of the school
board, S. S. Royster, John R. Mc
Clurd, T. W. Hamrick and Thad Ford
of the town board. Messrs. M. Put
nam and W. D. Lackey were prevent
ed from attending because of illness.
HEAL ESTATE SALES BY
A. M. HAMRICK & COMPANY
Dr. R. C. Hicks has purchased
through A. M. Hamrick and company
from J. M. Green a vacant lot just off
the Cleveland Springs road. J. M.
Green has purchased through the
same firm from Dr. Hicks a house
and lot on East Suttle street and has
also purchased from G. L. Seism two
lots on Grover street, a part of the
VV. D. Lackey property beyond the
hospital. Walter M. Chapman has pur
chased through Hamrick and Co., from
G. L. Seism two lots in the Lackey
property beyond the hospital on Gro*
ver street.