CLEVELAND:—“A
r-—” —
PAID-UP CIRCULATION
Of This Paper Is Greater
Than The Population Given
Shelby In The 1920 Census
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COUNTY
that leads a progressive state in diversified agriculture, and WHERE HOSPITALITY REIGNS”
RELIABLE HOME PAPER
Of Shelby And The State’s
Fertile Farming Section.
Modern Job Department.
VOL. XXXIII, No. 10
THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C.
TUESDAY, FEB. 3, 192
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
Says New Area Would Be Four Times
Present Boundary—Asks That
Citizens Reason Together
To Editor of The Star:'
Petitions are being signed for and
against the extension of the city
limits from three quarters of a mile
from the square to one and a half
miles, making the area of the town
four times greater than at present.
In other words the area to be taken
in is three times that of the town of
Shelby as now bounded. This is a
tremendous area to be incorporated
and one of such import as to deserve
the utmost consideration.
In that area, there are farms,
homes, shops, stores and cotton mills,
and with them all the rights, privileg
es, equities of ownership. Have these
people been consulted, or have their
interests, rights and privileges been
considered, by the people who have
signed these petitions.
I take it that at least nineteen out
of every twenty of the people of the
town of Shelby mean to do right and
act upon the square in all their deal
ings. If this be true, thev are willing
to accord to the people living in this
newly described boundary the same
rights and privileges they would ask
for themselves. That being true, the
people up town should hesitate a long
time before thy proceed on the theory
that migh makes right.
In the territory to be taken in, there
are water works, electric light plants,
school houses and other improvements
that have been installed and paid for.
If incorporated, would these amounts
he refunded? Also would it be possible
in such a wide area as contemplated
to grant the same facilities that we
enjoy up town? If so, does the town
want this extra burden? If not, can we
in fairness ask the people outside to
come in?
All of these are grave questions that
ought To be discussed, agreed irnorf
and incorporated in the act extending
the limit.
Beside all this, there are moral
rights that deserve consideration. The
homes built in this area, as a rule,
were not built by people moving out
of the town of Shelby to avoid taxes.
The same is true of most of the en
terprises. The Ella Mill for instance
was built almost exclusively by capi
tal not made in the town of Shelby.
The same is true of the Lilly Mill. Has
the town of Shelby any moral right to
incorporate these premises without
the consent of the owners.
The Eastside was built almost ex
clusively by funds from the town of
Shelby, but the money that redeemed
it from oblivion was not made in the
town of Shelby. Every stockholde’
who remembers his pledge of lovaity
on the day of reorganization will be
slow to ask that another burden be
heaped upon this child of hard luc-k.
To the in-townders, I would say
that the out-townders feel very deeply
over this matter. They feel that any
movement of this kind, without their
consent, is simply an act, to grab,
seize and confiscate all property lying
between the three-quarter and mile
and a half limit, making the resi
dents of this area, nolens volens, a
part of the town of Shelby, not only
to help pay its future burdens hut to
assume a proportion of its past indeb
tedness amounting to some $800,000.
Best assured that these people will
fight against this injustice to the last
ditch. When the act has passed the
legislature, the fighting-will just have
commenced.
luc uuv*iu>vnucis, i >v ill &t\y uiicjr
are after you and they are going to
Rat you. It is the old story of the boy
after the rabbit. He had to catch it—
they were out of meat at his house.
The in-townders are out of “meat.”
They have gone the limit on bonds.
They must have this property as the
basis of more bonds. They tried to get
it through the Hon. Sam, but it did
not work. What the course the Hon.
Thurman will take, we do not know.
Rut sooner or later, they are going to
get you. And by the time they get you,
And by the time they get you, there
'vill be, in all probability, so much bit
ter feeling that both parties to the
transaction will be heartily sorry.
Ahab got Naboth’s vineyard but he
was mighty sorry he got it.
As Christian people, why not call a
Meeting the representative citizens of
all the districts interested and reason
together, with a ciew of reaching con
clusions that will be fair to all, to the
end that the good feelings that now
exist may be strengthened and perpet
uated.
J. R. DOVER.
Women are steadily growing more
beautiful, says an eminent English
Painter. Why not? They’ve been stead
ily trying to for several thousand
This is the time of year when
plenty of folks are discovering that
you can’t spend your Christmas mo
ney and still have it.
Plan to Open Webb
Theatre on Next
Week: Changes
j The now Webb theatre on the Wash
i infrton-Marion street corner of the
court square” will be opened Satur
day, h < bruary 10th, according to
j present plans made known by the
i owners. Messrs. J. E. and Claude
Webb. Work on the building is not yet
l complete, but is being rushed along
I with the idea of opening by that time
if nossible The opening of this theatre
| w*ll give Shelby two show houses that
! p"r' outstanding in this section of the!
state. i
The Webb theatre lias a First Na
tional attraction franchise, which
means that the best in the film world
will be brought here. The name First
National is known to theatre goers
the country over and assures pictures
that are popular. A number of ex
changes so hooked including the
Pathe, F. B. 0., Warner Brothers and
others. It is the present plan of the 1
Webbs to present only movies in the
new show house, or at least through
the present season, although a roomy
stage and dressing rooms will make <
the showing of stage attractions eas
ily adaptable.
Finely Equipped.
Quite a transformation has
taken place where the old Central
Methodist church once stood. The
front exterior of the new building
adds much to the business section of
the town, but the real change has tak
en place in the interior, where the
place has been generally renovated
and the equipment is the latest in
theatre houses. The lobby is in kpep
ine with those of larger cities with a
(ffr'l '•efrcshment stand, similar to
those in large theatre houses, near
one entrance. Across the lobby from
the box office is the business office,
which is on the Washington street
side and faces the gallery entrance
and ticket office, making it possible to
seat colored neople in their gallery
section \vi*h their entrance or presence
upkrt wn to the house below.
The i-oorov nrchestda floor will
seat 800 and the seats are expected
in this Week. An Italian decorator is
also expected during the week to put,
fUo "i-Sohine touches on the interior
decorations and the stage and light
ing. The big Seibold nipe organ-orch
estra has already arrived and is being
blared in the orchestra pit. The big
instrument is the modern theatre or
gan and may he used by hand or au
tomatic. the latter rendering the mus
ic of a 12-piece orchestra. To the rear
of the stage are convenient dressing
rooms and other necessities of a com
plete stag’. The exact opening date is j
conditioned on the installation of the 1
heating apparatus.
The projection room is modem
throughout and equipped with the
latest machines. The room is positive
tv fire-proof, bein<T lined with sheet
iron. The two machines are of the lat
est mode's of Powers 6-B and should
project fine pictures. A late improve
| ment noted in the projection room is
[t-t-e “transv/erter,” an $800 machine
that evens the current, and throws
the light direct at all times. or in
! other words removes the glimmering
that usually accompanies moving pic
■ tures and hurts the eyes. Local current
| is vacating and the machine will serve
in giving it a direct and even power.
The theatre will be another asset
| to the town and in arrangement and
equipment is in keeping with the
growth of Shelby
Charlotte People At
Cleveland Springs
| Charlotte Observer.
‘‘The Dutch may have taken Hol
| land, but Charlotte people have taken
Cleveland Springs,” said a traveler
! yesterday. Amongthc delightful hosts
[of Queen City folks there are the fol
I lowing:
Mrs. F. L. Sadler, Mr. John F.
Reeves, Mr. C.C. Fesperman, Mr.
and Mr.. J. R. Baere. Miss Laurer E.
Orr. Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Orr, Mr.
! George D. White, Mrs. George D.
White. , i
Mn . Evelin Payne and children
visited Mr. arid Mrs. George Bricken
borough over the week-end, Mr. and
Mrs. F.. J. Hanson, for the weekend,
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Garringer, over
the week-end. Mr. C. A. Burgess, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Cannon, Concord, and
Miss Penelope Cannon and Mrs. Leslie
Cannon and Gettsey Guelle, of Con
cord.
Mrs. W. H. Dula with her guests,
Mr/. J. C. Leslie, of New York;
Miss Harty, W. J. llarty, Mrs. E. K.
Plyler, Kershaw, S. C.
The guests of the hotel enjoyed a
dance Saturday evening from 9 to
11:30.
Wheat passes $2, and it’s no trou
ble to say it with fours.—Wall Street
Journal.
Our idea of a cinch job is being
mouthpiece for President Coolidge.
Arkansas Gazette.
Blaekstone said that law is common
sense. Then no wonder we can t en
force 11.—Nashville Banner.
Cost of Production Will |>c Heavier
This Year. Prospects lias
Great Consumption.
The department of agriculture is
sued Sunday a report on prospects for
cotton this year which is of particu
lar interest to North Carolina produc
ers and manufacturers. The demand
for cotton, it states, promises to be
good, but the cost of production is to
be higher. The report says:
‘‘The outlook for cotton production
in 1925, although perhaps less favor
able than in 1924 from the Standpoint
of production costs, is otherwise en
couraging. From present indications
stocks at the end of the current season
will not be large. Foreign demand
should be sustained. Industry is in a
liquidated condition and cotton grow
ers in general are in an improved fi
nancial condition.
“It appears that the world could
absorb at sustained prices a crop of
twelve to thirteen million baler, and
that producers in those sections of
the belt where conditions are favor
able for cotton production at present
prices would be justified in planting
not to exceed their 1924 average.
“It now appears probable that the
consumption of American cotton dur
ing the season 1924-25 will be con
siderably greater than that of last
season, and that although the carry
over at the end of this season will he
somewhat in excess of that from the
1923-24 crop it will not be burden
some.
r.asy uistroution. ,
“From the movement of the 15)24,
crop it may be inferred that the pres-'
ent season’s supply of American cot
ton will be well enough digested to:
permit easy distribution of the 15125
crop. Exports to date have been much
heavier than last year. European pur
chasers have been buying freely, and
there is greater activity in the cotton
mills in England and Germany than
at' this;ti.rfm last year. Tire establisa
tion of exchange has made it pos
sible for European merchants to par
ticipate to a larger extent in the hand
ling of the cron, and stocks in Euro
pean ports which have for “the past
three years been abnormally low are
now increasing.
Training School At
Elizabeth Has 60
The Training School for Sunday
School Workers which is being con
ducted bv the associational worker,
Me. A. y. Washburn, at Elizabeth
Baptist church this week, is meeting
with wonderful success. The class con
sists of some fifty or sixty members
and much pep and enthusiasm ir be
ing s'no.vn.
We are hoping for much and last
ing good to come from this meeting.
In the near future we hope to be en
rolled as a Standard Sunday School.
“Pep is the thing that is conta
gious around here.’’
Rev. Lawrence Roberts preached at
the 11:00 o’clock service Sunday,
February 1.
i Cleveland Third. In
Cotton Production [
t
Cleveland county ranks third in 1
state cotton production instead of j
second as was announced following •
the preliminary gin report of the (
state. An investigation of the com- t
plctc report show that Nash coun- »
| plete re] ..
! ty lends this c eity by a little over j
{ one thousand bales. Johnston coun- <
( <v i-= first with 51,852 haless Nash '
second with 41,Pi:*, and Cleveland *
j third with 40,ado. In a manner j
} though ( ieveland leads, being the 5
i only county in the state where the i
| yield was inert a ed during a “poor >
! * • asoti,” Johnston and Na ii lead in j
1 total production hut Johnston fell (
j nearly 10,000 bale behind the 11*23 J
) crop, while Nash was almost 0,000 j
behind. In this; county there was a !
gain of over 13J0Q hales.
In state production Harnett conn- j
ty ranks fourth and Wake fifth. [
The ginning figures for •■'‘nearby j
counties are: Rutherford, 14,416; (
Lincoln, 11,483; Gaston, 9,718; Ca- {
tawba 11,660. 1
(
Automobile Stolen
In Gaffney Caught
By Officers Here
About sundown Sundry Chief B. 0.
Hamrick spied a suspicious-looking;
car driven by a negro and in the round
up captured the negro, J. G. Wilkey,
and car, which was stolen Saturday
evening $t Gaffney. A short time later
C iffney officers were notified and
Ciiief Bryant and two other officers
came after the car and negro. ,
The ruse by which Wilkey secured
the car was simple, but yet a new
wrinkle in the larceny of automobiles
according to both chiefs in conversa
tion here. Wilkey, it is said, approach
ed the owner of the Ford touring car
and inquired ‘ Doneher want a good
battery fuh dat ole boat”. Of course
the owner of the “ole boat” was not
fond of cranking and learning that
Wilkey Had a Battery TKSt Ke"WraM~
part with dirt cheap” decided to buy
it. “The battery is up do road heah
a piece. Lot me have de car an’ I’ll
bring it back in, erbout fifteen ur
twenty minnits'. So the owner part
ed with his car and did not sec it
any more until the officers returned
with it Sunday night. After Wilkey
failed to show up in several “twenty
minnits” he notified the officers and
th? car was tracked to the Earl neigh
borhood, where Wilkey stopped for
a negro fiance. Chief Hamrick was
notified that the car was headed in
this direction and about , sundown no
ticed it cross the square and a short
time later had both the car and driv
er in custody. Wilkey declared that it
was his intention to return the car,
and although the other negro did not
get his battery there is likely to be
“battery” when the two come face to
face.
We can get along very well with
out elevating our navy guns if con
gress will only elevate its sights.—
Omaha Bee.
Chapel Hill.—Three hundred thou
sand people in North Carolina have in
vested four dollars in motor cars for
every dollar invested in public school
buildings, says the University News
Letter in the-leading article in its cur
rent issue. The article continues, in
part:
“Common school and public high
school properties in North Carolina
now represent a total investment of
a little more than 60 million dollasr. It
is sixty times the amount invested in
public school properties twenty-five
years ago. But since 1911 the automo
bile owners in North Carolina have
invested a little more than $240,000
000 in motor cars.
“Just now many people in North
Carolina ave in a panic about bond
issues and taxes. And in very truth
North Carolina has been piling up a
stupendous total of bonds—state bonds
$108,847,000 in round numbers, coun
tv bonds $87,0f«,000, municipal bonds
$97.663,000—all told; $293,473,000 of
bonds.
"Moreover, we spent 64 million
dollars last year for brand new mo
tor cars. It is a sum sufficient reat
to support the state overnment and
the state institutions of learning, bene
volence and correction for the next 5
years.
“The plain people of North Caro
lina are not poverty stricken on the
one hand, neither are they rich on the
other. At any rate, they are rich
enough to invest in motor cars in
amazing multitudes-—all sorts of
people, white, black, blue and green!
“The workmen on the buildings of
the University park more cars on the
campus every day than the faculty
members are able to do.
Guilford t'nique Distinction.
“Guilford county enjoys the unique
distinction of heading the list both in
schools and motors cars with nearly
four million dollars in schools and
more than 14 million dollars in motor
cars.
“Sixteen counties have school prop
erties averaging in value from a mil
lion dollars in Rockingham to $3,960,
000 in Guilford. But no matter how
much these sixteen counties may have
invested in schools they have from
three to six times as many dollars in
vested in motor cars.
Graham Stands Out.
“Graham, a county set in the clefts
of the Great Smoky Mountains, en
joys the unique distinction of being
the only county in the ^tate with
greater wealth in schools than in mo.
tor cars.
“Lenoir, which long led the proces
sion in public highway building, has
more than nine dollars invested in au
tomobiles for every one dollar invest
ed in school buildings.
“Sixty-seven counties in North Car
olina have each more than a million
invested in motor cars, in amounts
ranging from $1,077,000 in Hoke to
$14,000,000 in Guilford; but only 16
counties have more than a million dol
lars invested in public school proper
ties.
“If only the rich had motor cars in
North Carolina, the answer would be
easy. And what is the answer any
way? What is the proper comment
upon the nearly universal distribution
of motor cars in North Carolina V"
Isn't it Dcr.mrrary for the Me.
Jnri*y to Utile? Kqual Ben
efits and Rights For Ail.
The Star gladly publishes i:i
this issue a communication from
our fool friend .1. B Dover in
opposition to extension i f the
corporate limit We believe Mr,
Doi'er wi!! concede the fact that
it is democracy in its true i
form for the majority to rule. If
the'majority of the voters, both
inside and out, are not willing
for extension, we pledge oursel
re.i here and now not to advo
cate it any further. Won’t you
consent to abide by majority
rule Mr. Dover?
Mr. Dover ask- if the nutsid
-rs would he paid fur their mun
nicipal improvements and he
j-iven the suiim* municipal ad
vantages after extension as the
ii-■ owner now enjoy. He was
not at the recent meeting of the
hoard of aldermen and citizens
for and against. at which the
• town official-; went on record,
offering to pay for the public
improvements alreay mode if
the outsiders would agree to
come in, offering the same ad
vantages in the way of streets,
schools, sidewalks, water and
sewer that in-town people en
joy, but of course these improve
ments could not" he made in a
day and some sections would
have to wait, just as in-town
people have waited. The hoard
declared it to be its policy to
give these improvements as the
taxable property and revenue
(herefrom would warrant. Isn’t
this fair enough?
As to the nearest of these in
dustrial plants to Shelbv. Did
they not build near Shelby be
cause of the advantages the
fow.i offers Do they not receive
benefija from the town? Are
no* K''’ne-<>\Vnet.> cm the outside
clamoring for public improve
ments and are not many of them
w ill in;: to become a part of Shel
by : o they can enjoy these priv
il<?""s ?
Mr. Dover seems to think the
extension movement is an effort
to “saddle” part of the town’s
debt on the outsiders. Let us say
this is not the disposition and
purpose, although the outsiders
would pay their part of the pres
ent bonds, but why shouldn’t
they if they are to be a part of
the town, enjoying the blessings
and benefits of town government
and its advantages. To take in
the new territory it would re
quire a bond issue to pay for out
side improvements and the in
siders would help pay for what
is out just as the outsiders would
help pay for what is in. Aren’t
outsiders now enjoying advan
tages for which they are not
paying? Does Mr. Dover think
this fair?
We know Mr. Dover has a
pride in Shelby. If he didn’t
have, he wouldn’t live here. If
there wasn’t some advantages in
being close to Shelby or some in
corporated town, he would have
built his mills at Casar. We are
proud of him—triad that he is
here and are willing’ to encour
age him in textile building. We
want Shelby larger for the same
pride he takes in enlarging his
mills. We want Shelby to get
credit for its true population.
We want all who daily use the
streets, sidewalks, water and
other public improvements to
share some of the burdens and
we are willing to assume our
part of the burdens of the bless
ings given to outsiders. We want
our water supply enlarged to
meet its demands and know Mr.
Dover would not ask or expect
the inside to make this expen
diture solely and continue to sell
water to outsiders at the same
price (40c per 1,000 gallons) in
siders pay. Equal benefits and
equal burdens for greater Shel
by is our position in the mat
ter.
We admire Mr. Dover’s idea
that both sides should reason
together and settle the matter in
good spirit, but extension must
come and is coming.
REV. MR. WALL WILL
PREACH AT M. P. C HURCH
Rev. W. II. Wall, of this city, will
preach at the Shelby Methodist Pro
testant church next Sunday morning
and evening.
Rev. C. B. Way, the pastor, will be
in South Carolina next Sunday. He
will preach at Liberty Hill Methodist
Protestant church, near Greer, S. C.,
and will also speak to the Christian
Endeavor society of that chureh in the
evening.
i
Six Weeks of Bad
Weather Judging
By Mr. Woodchuck
! his section several hours distance
from A'licvill<> and the “I.and of the*
Sk> ‘ and quite a journey from balmy
1’ii.rhui'id is in for six weeks of
rough weather that is if the age-old
!e;ri nd about t!ie groundhog and his
t! adow i taken at sunshine value.
rhire i no argument nhout it. If
the woodchuck 150-day alarm clerk
went oif without a hitch 'Monday the
marmot saw Irs shadow and in the
tight predicted n month and one-half
more-of raw rlimntr. With the predic
tion c >r" 'ct perhaps the fanners will
rejoice for ntch a winter speaks well
for the crops. And that the next 40
days will be of tire winter variety may
as well he so as any other weather
forecast tor it is just about as relia
ble—which is pot character testimony
for any forecast.
Early in the morning to the super
stitious in Shelby it appeared that
winter with its wind and chilli was
almost ready for the curtain, for a
hazy fog overhung and even hits of
human chocolates failed to material
ize into shadows, but along about, noon
-—the scheduled time for the debut of
the woodchuck—old Sol broke through
end there were shadows, shadows so
distinct that the marmot was bound
to see them unless no had thinned
terribly from its hibernation diet.
Had the foft existed during the day
and the ground hog not seen his
shadow, then, according to the tradi
tion, spring would be underway, or at
least winter would be over. As it is ho
is supposed to have become frightened
at the adumbration and returned to
his bunk for a nap that should con
tinue through six weeks.
Just when, or how the ground hog
legend originated and February 2nd
became “ground hog day” no one
seems to know definitely. But nev
ertheless it appears that the legend
will never be forgotten and will be
used ns a weather forecast by many
until the end of time. That “ground
hog day” comes on February 2nd and
George Washington’s birthday anni
versary on the 22nd some are inclined
to get tangled up—but in passing
along the legend we would not advise.
that as much dependence be put in
Mr. Woodchuck as was in the “man
who never told a lie.”
I_
Some Questions Are
Asked The Aldermen
Shelby, N. C., Feb. 2, 1925.
To Dr. S. S. Royster, Mayor Pro Tern.
As a matter of information to the
citizens of Shelby and vicinity inter
ested in the extensions of the City
limits would much appreciate your
giving the public the following infor
mation:
The approximate amount of bonds
that will have to be issued to make
the extension of the proposed three
quarters of a mile? What is the
amount, of money as near as possible
that will be necessary to take over
each mill vicinity and other suburbs,
etc., generally. Also if this extension
would tend to raise or lower the pres
ent City rate of tax?
Would the town of Shelby want
those taken in to help finish paying
the street nnd sidewalk bonds that
are yet due by the town of Shelby and
not give those on the outside streets
and sidewalks in proportion to their
taxable property?
What, is the general experience of
towns that extend their city limits as
regards the increase or decrease of
tax rate ?
What proportion of the water from
the town system is used by those on
the outside of the present limits ?
Will there he extra expense in op
erating the city government such as
extra police force, firemen, street
work, etc.? If so, how much?
—An Interested Citizen.
WELL KNOWN FARMER HAS
INSTALLED WATER SYSTEM
Lee R. Gordon, prominent farmer
who lives just across the Cleveland
county line in Rutherford county but
is well known in Cleveland was a
Shelby visitor Saturday and when
asked for the nawB of his section he
crave the information that he has in
stalled a modern and up-to-date water
system about his house and barn at a
cost of $750. For three years he has
had u lighting system and now he has
added a complete water plant, includ
ing the bath conveniences and ho
thinks the water system is the best
investment he ever made at his home.
He is pleased to learn of the rural
lighting systems in Cleveland about
which he has been reading in The
Star and says every farmer should
avail himself of this convenience.
When Mr. Voliva claims the world
is flat, it is barely possible he has
merely been studying the recent Eu
ropean debt discussion.—Detroit News
Eventually, however, when our
present population become office-hold
ers, we shall have to admit more im
migrants to pay the salaries.—Colum
bia Record.
Speakers Declare! it Prolong* Life,
Promotes Social Life and Makes
for Happiness of Players.
Thursday night was ‘‘Golf night’ at
the Kiwanis club with Charles L. Esk
ridge, president of the golf club in
chnrcre of the program devoted entire
ly to encouraging the game among
business folks, who say they can’t find
no time to play or partake of any sort
of amusement and recreation. The ar.
guments were so strong and convinc
ing on the physical, social and mental
benefits that are to he desired from
the sport, that a number of new mem
bers joined and expect to don their
golf togs and try the game right
nway.
'I hree Speakers and Players.
There were three speakers on the
subject, each speaker touching on a
different line of thought and argument
as to the benefits of the game. Prof.
I. C. Griffin declared the golf course
at Cleveland to be one of the greatest
attractions to visitors, all of whom
nowadays insist that the resorts which
they frequent must have n golf course
and that the one at Cleveland has
been a great investment from the
standpoint of attracting visitors. He
stressed the fact that new life is
created in a body that takes regular
and systematic exercise and that the
players go back to their daily routine
with more “pep" and a happier dis
position.
“There is more in life than making
money by daily grind,” declared 0. M.
Mull as he begged his fellows to di
vide their time between work and play
and not grow old and broken in health,
uselea to themselves and their com
munity because they have neglected
to play and thus become prematurely
old, useless to themselves and to the
community, spending the money they
accumulated by hard work in doctor
hills and hosnital bills, trying in vain
to prolong their lives. Mr. Mull ap
oalod for more interest in recreation
md amusement and declared that a
man’s earning capacity and power is
in ho wise impaired by the few hours
j he takes away from business to keep
himself fit.
Mr. John Schenek, sr., of Lawndale
| is a living example of what gdlf will
| do in invigorating mankind. At first he
| had a mighty poor opinion of a man
| who would engage in what looks to
an outsider to be n “silly” game. He
tried it on the advice of friends withf
S much misgivings and now instead of
| visiting hospitals and paying large
bills, he is in better physical condi
tion than ever before. He is opposed
to a man over-working himself; he is?
opposed to “chain stores” or chain
businesses of any kind that will grind
the life nut of a man, shorten his days
and force him to a premature grave.
In speaking of the social ide of golf
Mr. Schenck declared that a player
meets pleasant gentleman and forms
lasting friendships and that the game
is real sport that takes a man’s mind
away from business cares and worry
and gives him mental as well as phy
sical recreation that is hound to stim
ulate him to greater activity when he
puts in his working hours.
Wife Hear’s Hubby’s
Death On Phone
Chicago, Jan. 28;—Frederick A. Sie
bold, jr., once planner and builder of
hotels and amusement places and
formerly owner of a steel construc
tion company at Miami, Fla., killed
himself in a downtown hotel here with
a shotgun as his wife listened on the
telephone.
Siebold, who became involved in
disastrous financial troubles in 1923,
when he disappeared and later return
ed here and was arrested, had endea
| vored to recoup his fortunes in the
South and had recently returned from
New York, his wife saif. She said he
had been despondent over his failure
to obtain employment.
Rarly today Siebold registered at
a hotel as coming from Miami. He
bought a shotgun, took it to his room
and called his wife on the telephone.
‘‘Well, I’m going to kill myself. This
is the last you’ll ever -” he said,
and pulled the trigger. ^
It was the thirteenth anniversary
of their marriage
W Y. WEATHERS PLEASED
W. Y. Weathers who was a patient
in the Shelby Public Hospital for sev
eral weeks, undergoing an operation
and treatment for injuries he receiv
ed Christmas eve night when struck
by an automobile, driven by an un
known party, say^ he received the
very best of care and attention in the
Shelby Hospital and wishes to make
: 'Mic las feelings in the matter. He ?
. saj 3 D s. Harbison and Scruggs were
both as attentive and solicitous as
any one could expect and the nurses
were kind and considerate of him in
every respect. He is now at home
much improved, although he has not
as yet recovered the use of his leg
because of a serious injury to the
knee.
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