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CLEVELAND.-ACOUNTY THAT LEADS A PR OGRESSIVE STATE IN DIVERSIFIED AGRICUL TURE, AND WHERE HOSPITALITY REIGNS" PAID-UP circulation Of This Paper Is Greater Than The Population Given Shelby In The 1920 Census Icbelan tat* RELIABLE HOME PAP^R Of Shelby And The State's Fertile Fanning Section. Modern Job Department. VOL. XXXIII, No. 14 THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, FEB. 17. HU.', i _ $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Outsiders Who Were Against Exten sion. Now Want Election. Insiders Think Jan. 1, 1928 Too Lcng. Letters and telegrams of protest against the compromise in the mat ter of extending the corporate limits of the town of Shelby are being for warder! to Raleigh to Representative Falls, the advocates of extension pro testing against a wait of three years before the extension takes effect. The otieetion is being asked who had au thority to agree to a bill, allowing the corporate limits not to extend until January 1st 1928 when 1,200 citizens had signed petitions asking for an e' cction at an early date and said bill was drawn, aproved by the mayor and hoard of aldermen, providing for an e!»cticn to be held Aoril 14th. Both sides, c-xtensionists and anti-extension, ista.had hoped for a compromise rath er then see the town divided in a hot election, but the comronvso -■'a- mo-o liberal than cither side wanted. It suit ed the mill men who first agreed to come in without opposition when the next census is taken five years hence, but later agreed to three years and stated their position through attorneys and the city fathers. Now it develops that some who have been opposed to extension, know ing that it will come at the end of three years, but that the town will make no improvements until that pe riod has elapsed, do not want to wait, but prefer to come in now and begin receiving municipal benefits. Another faction that has heretofore been against extension upon any terms, is opposed to the compromise on the ground that in this three year period they fear the town might borrow con siderable sums of money on short time notes to he converted into bonds later on and that this indebtedness will be inherited by the present outsiders who j are to become a part of greater Shel bv on the first day of January 1928. j This element wants, extension now so 1 they can have a voice in the election | of city officials in May. The original advocates of extension : do not feel that the city fathers had j the right to accept a compromise over their petition for an election calling for extension this year, although the ! majority of them would have been ■ willing to accept a compromise for ex- j tension to take effect the first of Jan uary, thus relieving the territory to be annexed from city taxes this year Just what will be done in the matter remains to be seen. In replying to the telegrams of a friend protesting against the compromise of three years exemption, Representative Falls as !ured him that the people will be heard in the matter before any action »< |aken. The textile owners seem sat isfied but many of their anti-exter. Monists have turned extensionists and the original election plan seems more popular now than ever before. Hoey Outgenerals District Attorney Owensboro, Feb. 13.—It develops 1 lat the case of the United States ?ov eminent against J. D. Norwood. J. K. Houghton and M. L. Jackson, charged with violation of the national bank ing laws, was postponed for trial aft y Clyde Hoey, of Shelby, attorney for Hood, went to Washington and con ferred with the attorney general re garding it. Mr. Hoey had been to see District Attorney Frank A. Linney about post Ponement of the case, which had een set for trial in federal court here n start February 23, and he asked * . Linney for a continuance, but Mr. nnney did no accede, stating he was madv to proceed with the trial. Then r_ Hoey told Mr. Linney that he had sufTicient reasons to ask for a con tinuance and went to Washington to See the attorney general, and a tele gram received here showed that his Vls,t was successful. . The case *las been continued until an indefinite date. • Norwood is understood to be !" Birmingham, Ala., now, where he as purchased a large tract of subur ’an real estate and is developing it. short skirts force TABLES & CHAIRS DOWN ondon, Feb. 9.—Chair and tables ,he fashionable London cafes are ■'" inch or more lower than they were ew years ago due to the change in w«wens dress styles. ,'e average short-skirted woman d not sit gracefully at. the highei a ' es, it was explained recently at a tion ^ * Ca^6 owners’ associa. if the short skirt disappeared, it as.?*J^* b°th tables and chairs levcL ^aVC ra*se<* to their old i ere are only a few real dead a s out of a thousand average peo ,sa^ credit experts. Don’t be one 01 the few. Mass Meeting To all Persons In terested in the Pro posed Extension of The Incorporate Limits of the Town of Shelby, N. C.: In order that the people to be affect ed in the extension movement may have an open and frank discussion of the whole matter, we hereby call a mass meeting for 7:30 Tuesday night, Feb. 17 at the Court House. It is hoped that this meeting may be harmonious and that we may all work together for the welfare of the town. We want those on the inside and those on the out side to be present. S. S. Royster, Thad Ford. John Mc Clurd, T. W. Ham rick, Aldermen. Schoolboy’s Skull Fractured By Bat; W. C. Wright Hurt Son of Ret*. GTP. Aternethy Injured When Playmate Tosses Baseball Bat Over Shoulder. G. P. Abernethy, jr., 10-year-old son of Rev. and Mrs. G. P. Abernethy, is in the Shelby Public hospital suff ering with a fractured skull as the re sult of being struck in the head by a baseball bat thrown over the shoulder of a playmate, a Putnam boy, about 10 oclock last Thursday at the city schools. Reports from the hospital yesterday stated that the youth’s con dition was improving as much as could be expected for the present and his injury was described by Dr. Harbison as “a depressed fracture of the skull.” The Putnam boy and another boy were “choosing up” to play baseball according to the old-time way of hand over-hand on the bat with enough grip left at the end of the bgt for it to be tossed over the shoulder by one winning first choice. Putnam held the last grip and when the bat was hur riedly thrown over the shoulder it struck young Abernethy, who was standing just behind, in the head. From all reports the accident was ap parently unavoidable. Pinned Under Tractor. Mr. W. C. Wright, who recently sold his machine shop on North Wash ington street, was painfully injured last Thursday at his saw mill plant in No. 11 when a big caterpillar tractor turned over on him- He is now a pa tient at the Shelby Public hospital and although suffering quite a bit Is getting along as well as could be ex pected. His injuries consist of severe and painful lacerations of the left leg. Mr. Wright, it is said, was driving the tractor, which was hitched to a big truck that was stalled, when in some way the tractor turned over, pinning Mr. Wright under it and the motor continued running causing the grind ing caterpillar tracks of the tractor to keep turning on his left leg. The la cerations which are very severe were caused by the turning tracks. Reports immediately after the accident had it that Mr. Wright’s leg was broken or cut off by the tractor, but the injuries consist only of lacerations, according to advice from the hospital. TO BOTTOM OF LAKE IN AUTO, ABE SAVED St. Paul, Fob. 9.—Trapfted in their automobile 25 feet beneath the icy surface of Rush lake near here, three St. Paul men and a 12-year-old boy escaped by tearing away the side cur tains and fighting their way to the hole in the ice through which the car had plunged. The four, quickly ripped away the side curtains when the car struck the bottom of the lake, and swam to the edge of the ice. Men in an automobile following pulled them from thP water. We trust that national economy does not involve a cheaper grade ot I officials.—Philadelphia record. No. f» Highway Commissioner and hornier Alderman Succumbs in Shelby Hospital at Age of 57. Mr. Lawson A. Blanto”. one of She! by’* leadin'* citizens died Sunday morning at 3 o’clock at the Shelby ho» rital where he had. I>een a natient f01 •he past '•-vcral Weeks suffering with diuhetis. His death vas no -bock to his many friends for his condition was known, to he serious for sometime and little hope was held oof for his recov ery. No"\s of his death. howoonj*. a source of sorrow throunfbout the coun ty, for he was widely known and a member of one of the most prominent faeiijinc jo the coopt-'. Mr Blar.ten was the veoe'"«t son ef Albert and Tt-vane Trvin Blanton. On De-ember 26th last he was 57 "ear* of "-'e nnd had spe-t most of his life in Shelby, <v cavort in farming. Some years aro h- «n’d his largre plantation east of Shetbv nod retired because of failing health. Mr. Blan ton was thorouphl'’ praetical, keen witted and gentlemanly—a thor oughly competent and conscientious public servant. He served as aider man from his ward and later as high way commissioner of No. 6 township for four years. Mr. Blanton married Miss Johnnie AVray daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Wray on January 31st, 1901 and to this union one child tvas born, Miss Janie Blanton who, with her mother, survives, together with a brother Joe S. Blanton and two sisters. Mrs. Amelia Eskridge wife of Snuire T. C. Eskridge and Mrs Martha McBrayer, wife of Mr. David McBrayer of Mooresboro. Two broth ers, Charles I. Blanton and Bate Blan ton preceded him to the grave. Mr. Blanton was a member of the First Baotist church and the funeral was conducted from his residence on S. DeKalb street Monday morning at 10:30 o'clock by his pastor. Rev. R. L. Lemons, assisted bv Rev. A. L. Stanford, a large crowd and a beauti ful floral offering attesting the high esteem in which he was held. The fol lowing servM as pallbearers: L. A. Gettys, Joe E. Blanton, Orlando Elam, Claude Harrill, R. L. Hendrick and R. E. Carpenter and the interment was in Sunset cemetery. Ledford Interests Kiwanis Members Mr. .T. F. Ledford of the Rex Cigar coninany, who had charge of the Ki wanis nrogram Thursday night, asked a variety of questions about Shelby and CWe’ard county and brought out information that has not been heretofore known. Mr. Ledford plwavs proves an interesting leader for the program and His Thursday nieht en gagement nroved the best the Kiwan ians hove hod this year. Mr. Ledford had asked fiO r.uestions that ranged all the way from "How many steps to the postofTiee building" to "How | many houses did the three 'ocal build ing and loan association help build last year. ’ A question was passed i around to every member present and if the member failed to answer cor rectly, Mr. Ledford was there with the proper answer. The answers re vealed interesting and helpful infor mation, while now and then Mr. Led ford threw in a few jokes which pro voked plenty of amusement and laugh ter. Others Notice That Morris Is Skipped Gastonia Also Wonders why Char lotte Does Not Consider “Casey” For Catcher. Is it That? Gastonia Gazette. Local baseball fans, who are al ready laying the 1924 games over and over around the street corners and in the drug stores, are asking the world and Felix Hayman, Charlotte owner, why Roy “Casey” Morris is not being mentioned in the Charlotte papers as a probable candidate for the 1925 Sally league team over across river. Both sports editors of the Charlotte papers are harping on the fact that Ray Kennedy is without a catcher and is having some trouble landing one. He seems to have forgotten that Casey Morris is under a Charlotte con tract to report to him when spring training starts. Morris is a catcher, of course, and a dependable one. He was captain of the Carolina team last year. He has played semi-pro ball in both North and South Carolina leagues. He him self does not know where he will play. Hayman may send him to Salisbury in the Piedmont league. Casey figures that if he hits well in practice, he will stay on at Charlotte. TAX NOTICE. City taxes are now past due. Please call at office at the city hall and settle. 0. M. Suttle, collector. Ad TWO OF OLDEST WOMEN IN COUNTY DIE AFTER PASSING 103rd MILESTONE MRS. SUSAN COSTNER GR!GG, 103 Years, 0 Months, 3 Days. _ It develops that Mrs. Susan Costnei Crigg who died last Wednesday ev ening February 11 at 7 o’clock at the home of her daughter Mrs. Rachel Poston near the three county corners at the age of 103 years, six months and three days was the oldest woman in Cleveland county, being approxi mately five months older than Mrs. Nellie Ledford who preceded her to the grave a week earlier. Mrs. Grigg retained all of her mental faculties and up until three months ago was able to walk about the house. She had a vivid recollection of the early days and the hardships she encountered. A daughter.of..Daniel Costner, she niar ried Billy Grigg. A sister Be.sy mar ried her husband's cousin,o William Grigg. When the war between " the states came on her husband went to the front and while a member of Capt. Dob Suttle’s company had his legs shot ofF from which he later died, leaving Mrs. Grigg to take charge of a household of eight children and man age their farm east of Beams Mill on Buffalo. She was an industrious and ambitious woman, fighting the battles of life that characterized the women .of that early period, helping produce jail of the necessities of life on the farm. She joined the church in early womanhood at New Bethel, later mov ing her membership to Pleasant Grove where her body was interred Friday amid a large crowd of sorrow ing relatives and friends. When Mrs. Grigg celebrated her 103rd anniver sary last summer in upper Cleveland there were about C>00 visitors present and at that time friends tried to take a picture of her, but her frail body shook too much under the weight of years and the picture was no good. The above picture was made when she i rounded out the century mark. Has 202 Descendants. Mrs. Grigs: was born August 8th, 1821 when James Monroe was the fifth president of the United States, when newspapers were unknown, the telephone, cotton gin, steam engine, phonograph, automobile, radio and oth er common-place things of today were only dreams. She was a loved and honored mother and grandmother yet her descendants were so many and so scattered she hardly knew them all. There were 202 descendants, according to the best information gathered by members of the family. She was the mother of eight children, five of whom survive; Mrs. Rachel Poston of Lawndale, R-4; Mrs. Sara Baker of Charlo'te; J. Monroe Grigg. of Shelby; Frank Grigg of Lincoln ton. and Levi Grigg of Cherryville. In addition to this there are 42 grand children, 121 great grand children and 31 great great grand children, mak ing a lineage that is perhaps not ex ceeded in North Carolina for num bers. The remains of Mrs. Grigg were buried at Pleasant Grove Baptist church, Beams Mill Friday, Rev. John Green of Fallston conducting the fu neral services and a large crowd at tended the services, paying a tribute to her noble life and the ripe age she attained, due to good habits and sim ple living. Dover Gin. The Dover Gin will operate Monday February 23rd to gin up all the odds and ends cotton. This will be the last Kin day this season, so make arrange ments to gin up on this date. Those who hold receipts for meal and hulls or owe for ginning please settle. T&F No man believes in the spoils sys tem until he secures a good political appointment. MRS, N'ELT.rn onn 103 Year1* 1 month, 5 Days. The above is a likeness of Mrs. Nel lie Ledford* the oldest woman in Clev eland county who died at the home of Mrs. Em . Lee, Lawndale, 103 years old with 150 descendants. When Mrs Ledford was a young- girl most of the shopping was done at Charleston, S. C., where the farmers marketed their liquor, cotton, molasses, tobacco, etc., and bought coffee, sugar and a few other things that could not be grown at home. When her cards would wear out, she sent for ones to card cotton and wool cut of which the wearing apparel of those early days was made. remembers the first rewing mi< chine bought in her girlhood for $75 '—it Crude sort of r thing and just as novel; and drawn q just as much at tention ‘then the first automobile, and the first radio did in this genera tion. Mrs. Ledford well remembered i the old molasses mill that ground the1 stalks between wood on rollers and the • creaking could be heard throughout the entire neighborhood. The social functions in those days consisted in the women gathering to help a neigh bor make up a batch of quilts, clothes for the family or dress hogs, for the winter’s supply of meat. Mrs. Ledford was a most industri ous woman, who spun and wove to' kelp pay for her husband’s farm in the | Rehoboth section, bought at $2 peri acre, it is new worth over $100 per ; acre. ' Sitting in her lap is Franklin Lee i representing the fifth generation, the youngest being her great-great, great j grandchild. Says She Is Wife Of One Killed By Mate Raleigh, Feb. 1 •'>. Frank Fowler, Union county farmer and former rail road employe, wh > was shot and kill ed Monday mornimr hear Monroe, by his common law wife, Bertha Case, is believed to have left a widow in Ral eigh, acc rding to Mrs. Etta Fowler of this city, who states she believes the man killed was her husband from whom she was separated. Mrs. Etta Fowler of this city, claims to have been Fowler’s lawful wife, having separated from him shortly after their marriage about four years ago. The marriage records of Wake county disclose that May 18, 1021. Frank J. Fowler of Monroe and Miss Etta Bagwell of Raleigh were married. At the time of the wedding according to Mrs. Etta Fowler, Fowler was a railroad employe here. They were sep arated shortly after and he returned, she said, to his home in Union county. I The man she added, had hut one hand, having lost the other in a railroad ac cident. Mrs. Fowler made the statement; today that she was sure the man kill-1 ed Monday was her husband from whom she was separated. Gaffney Personals. Gaffney Ledger. Mrs. O. Max Gardner of Shelby, and Mrs. Wynnyn Davenport Partin spent yesterday' in Spartaburg. Mr. and Mrs. Morarity of Charlotte N. C., who are spending the winter at Cleveland Springs, out from Shel by, motored to Gaffney y'esterdav. Mr. A. N. Wood, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. flames and Col. T, B. Butler and Mrs. Butler motored to Shelby the first of the week and were guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Blanton. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Lipscomb and Miss Jessie Lipscomb were recent motorists to Shelby'. Dr. aijd Mrs. O. L. Allen have re turned from Shelby where they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cline Lackey. Body Servant Of Civil War Hero To Get Pension 1' nil hful Servant Of Confederate Cap trin In Remembered By State Of North Carolina. Rewarded. Phillip Roscborn has been reoog hist-el by the State of North Carolina hour fa Ihfttl years of service1 to his roaster ill the; cause of the south in he trying days of '61 will at lust be ■ rewarded. Roscboro is just an old i:ne “dark y” now bent with age, hut hi,, service's have not been for gotten. Occasionally there creeps into the relent .ess rush of modern life a rem nis cnee that brings back proud niem >rV.-, of days front1 by; of the Civil War period, when the; South suffer ed; of the day when records were made that time will never destroy. Of the interesting eventful Civil War chapter of American history there are few things more touching hen the loyalty of the old time negro to his “massa.” The four years of conflict might have been for his freedom, bis relief from slavery, but of loyalty arid devotion history rec ords no more binding ties than that of the body servants of the “boys ill Gray." Hundreds served their mas ters during the war, many died through their faithfulness with never a murmur. Many returned to the de vastated Southland as did their for mer masters with nothing to start again, little to look forward to, but they never complained. On the ruins the returning Confed erate soldier built the Southland we are so proud of today; Kipling’s “If” could not have been better symbolized than by the men that followed Lee and Jackson. In a way what they have left to the succeeding generations is their reward. But to the faithful body servant, the loyal “darkies” who served and suffered along with their masters, rewards have been small, except for the remembrance that they served well. Phillip Roaeboro is just a bent old darky that plods about the streets of Shelby. There is no reason why he should be noticed more than any oth er; he's just an immaterial cog in thp hilman - whirl, apparently worthy of little notice and about at the end of the trail. But he has a history. Back in the days of '61 there went away to war from South Carolina a young plant er, who in the conflifct by his deeds of bravery and fighting prowess won favor with his fellow soldiers and was commissioned — Captain John Roseboro. With the young captain was his body servant, Phillip, who stuck through the entire four years with never a thought of. forsaking his master, and at the end of the war trudged back southward to the home that had been, but was no more. Recently the pension board of Cleveland county—A. M. Lattimore, of Lattimore, W. F. Gold, of Double Shoals, and A. E. Patterson of Kings Mountain, all Confederate veterans, ‘ met and added to the pension list of j veterans and widows 30 additional j names, and one of the names was j Phillip Roseboro. His application was ; approved and forwarded to the state j board, where in all likelihood it will I be favorably passed upon with the others, for his service was the best he had to give, and he needs a re ward. “Taps" for him will be sound ed ere long, but perhaps at the end in his humble way many of his hard ships will be forgotten in the pride that his loyal services were worth a reward. At The Princess i _ Betty Compson will feature the big Cruze production “The Garden of Weeds” Tuesday at the Princess thea tre. This is a startling drama of a Broadway girl-digger’s garden of "Gold-diggers” with Betty as a Broad way beauty who learned too late that Broadw'ay soil grows only weeds, or just a girl men couldn’t forget—until her husband used his fists. More over this is the first picture Betty ap pears in under the direction of her husband, James Cruze. Wednesday the Princess will show Glenn Hunter in “Grit,” a crook-tale with a new twist; a romance of young love with the Fitzgerald touch, or the regeneration of the best lock-picker of the underworld. Rupert Hughe’s famous production “Excuse Me,” will be the attraction Thursday at the Princess. A whirlwind comedy fiom Chicago to San Francisco with a laugh every mile. If you don’t like to laugh don’t see this picture. LENT THIS YEAR BEGINS ASH WEDNESDAY FEB. 25 The lenten season this year will be gin Ash Wednesday, February 25, continuing through Easter on April 12. Holy week will be April 6-11, Good Friday coming April 10. The lenten season is especially observed by Cath olics, Episcopalians and Lutherans, who put aside social activities during that period. TRY STAR WANT ADS. : Bond -d Indebtedness Will Have Boon Reduced *42,000 At Pnd Of Pineal Year. The town of Shelby has retired $30, 000 worth of bonds since the first of January, according: to Mrs. Oscar M. Suttle, city clerk, who feels relieved of a heavy burden, both financial and | in the matter of work. She has a most I exacting: job to keep all of the finan ces of the c ty straight and separate, but in a few minutes time can tell I how the various funds of the city | stand. The city has retired $1000 | worth of water bonds, $21,000 of street improvements bonds and $8, 001 woJth of street and sidewalk bonds. In addition to this the city has paid on the above bonds $12,825 in interest on outstanding bonds. The bonded indebtedness of the town of Shelby ut the beginning of the fiscal year last .Tune was $777, 500 which of course includes the amount taxed against the property owners who are required to pay two thirds of the street improvements and one half of the side walk im provements. Moat of the property owners are paying these assessments in ten annual installments, the de ferred payments bearing the same rate of interest which the town is paying the bond holders. At the end of the fiscal year about June 1st the town will have paid during the 12 months $42,000 of bonds and paid $43,235 in interest. New Webb Theatre To Open Thursday; Harold Lloyd On Prince Of Merry Makers To Open New Show House Bill. Town’s Youngest Merchant. The Webb Theatre, Shelby’s new 6how house will open Thursday, Feb ruary 19, and as an opener will pre sent America’s greatest gloom chas er, Hnrold Lloyd, in his most out standing picture “Girl Shy." The grand opening of the new theatre, on the church corner of the “court square" at the site of old Central Methodist church, will cover two days, Thursday and Friday, and on both opening days shows will start at 2 in the afternoon and continue until 11 at night. During last week and the first of this week the new show house has been completely equipped and on Thursday it will open with every up to-date arrangement known to the modern theatre. As an operator the Webbs, J. E. and Claude, have se cured one of the best in the entire south, C. C. Mize, who is recom mended by film exchanges in the Southern States. At the refreshment stand at the box office entrance will be the town’s youngest merchant, Pete Webb, 12-year-old son of Mr. J. E. Webb. The motto of ' he new thea tre is “Photoplays that Please” and in the opening announcement the Webbs say they will show only the best of pictures. Harold Lloyd in filmdom’s greatest scream “Girl Shy" will be shown both opening days as a capacity crowd is expected for every showing. With “Girl Shy” will be another two-reel comedy “All Night Long” and the Pathe News. On Saturday Buddy Roosevelt in “Rough Ridin’ ” will be the big feature with a comedy as a side attraction. Among the pictures booked by the new theatre are films considered the best of the year and now being shown in the leading thea tres of the larger cities. To Give Gilbert Hearing Thursday Wade Gilbert, in whose garage at Newton two stolen Cleveland county automobiles were recovered a year or more ago and who skipped his bond following their recovery, has been captured and will be given a prelim* inary hearing here Thursday, accord ing to Deputy Sheriff M. H. Austell. It will be remembered that on “cir cus day” here last fall one year ago cars belonging to Clarence Hardin and W. C. Lanier were stolen. Some time later they were located in a garage said to belong to Gilbert, who is a son of a former Catawba county jailer. Gilbert was put under bond for a pre liminary hearing, but at the time set was not on hand and could not be found. A short time back he was cap tured and Solicitor Huffman notified local officers of his capture. Last week he was placed under another bond of $1,500 for the hearing here Thursday. Messrs H. Fields Young and Grady B. Lovelace left Saturday for St. T ''uis, Mo., to attend the semi-annual shoe convention of the Star brand fac tory. Next eclipse will occur March 15, when. the income-tax blots out the bank balance.—Brooklyn Eagle.