CLE-~—NP--,A C°UNTY THAT leads a progressive state in diversified agriculture, and WHERE HOSPITALITY REIGNS”
PAID-UP CIRCULATION
Of This Paper Is Greater
Than The Population Given
Shelby In The 1920 Census
I ABLE HOME PAPER
'f Shelby And The State’*
Fertile Farming Section.
Modern Job Department.
VOL. XXXIII, No. 18
THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1925.
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
}{y A Careful Count It Is Found That
A Million Dollars Was Invested
In Homes During 12 Months.
At the Kiwanis meeting on Thurs
day night it was disclosed by Oliver
Anthony, real estate agent, who had
a part on the program that a total of
:;l- homes have been built or started
in process of erection during the past
twelve months and that these homes
represent an investment of over a
million doliars, placing a fair aver
age on the homes in the different lo
calities of Shelby. Mr. Anthony
states that this count does not include
the business houses and manufactur
ing plants with their homes for em
ployees, but include only those home,
erected by or for individuals. The
three strong building and loan a so
ciations had'an important part in • m ,
home-building program in financing
the majority of the homes. Shelby is
a great home-owning town, perhap
a larger per centage of her people
owning their own homes than ary
other town in North Carolina.
Mr. Oscar M. Suttle had charge of
the program and “pulled” an evening
of good entertainment, having Lee B.
Weathers, Max Washburn and It. L.
Lemons read short poems on the
growler, the pessimist and the old
type of citizenship that hinders a
town’s growth because growth and
progress might cost him something.
This represented the old type that has
disappeared because the wave of pro
gress has overwhelmed them. Bill Mc
Cord. Forrest Eskridge and Oliver
Anthony read verses of good will,
boosting, fellowship and co-operation
—the importance of extending the
hand of welcome to the stranger and
the giving the cheerful word “Hello”
to the friend you meet on the street.
The program was appropriate at this
time because of the extension of the
city limits into a great Shelbljf- and
the importance of a fine spirit of
unity in making of Shelby what it
ought to be in every respect.
Immediately following the exten
sion of the city limits of the town of
Shelby, $109,000 worth of street im
provement bonds have been sold by
the First National Bank of Shelby at
par and accrued interest. These bonds
Were issued January 15th 1923 ar.d
bought by the First National Bank
which institution expected to re-sell
them, but because of the bad condi
tion of the bond market, they did not
sell readily and the bank kept them
for two years. A demand came last
week and these bonds were re-sold to
Weil. Roth and Irving at par and ac
crued interest. The bonds bear five per
cent interest.
The impression got out, particular
ly in South Shelby, which was opposed
to city extension, that the town of
Shelby has issued $109,000 worth of
additional bonds since the extension
matter was settled. This is a mistake
The bonds which have been sold were
issued two years ago and sold at that
time to the First National Bank which
has simply re-sold them to another
firm and this in no way increases the
present bonded indebtedness of the
town above what it has been.
C. R. Daggett To Make
Race For City Mayor
Has Decided to Throw His Hat Into
the Ring and Devote Full Time,
If Elected to Office.
0. R. Daggett, prominent live stock
dealer and former member of the
board of aldermen for two terms, hav
ing served one term when C. B. Mc
Brayer was mayor and again when
aul \V ebb was mayor, has decided to
make the race for mayor. When seen
vesterday he declared that friends
had been urging him for some time
uhd that he had been pledged support
on all sides, if he would consent to be
a candidate. He has been thinking
about the matter for some time ami
has definitely made up his mind to
run, being fully cognizant of the du
ties that will devolve upon the mayor
and aldermen now that the city lim
its have been extended. He intends to
give up his live, stock business and if
elected, devote his entire time to the
office of mayor.
rhe city election takes place in May
No other candidates have announced
themselves either for mayor or aider
man.
Baby Chicks for sale. Finest stock,
lowest price. Any quantity. J. Boyee
DeU'nger, Box 343.
Baby Chicks for sale. Finest stock,
lowest price. Any quantity. J. Boyce
Dellinger, Box 343.
Contract Let And
Work Starts On
New Cotton Mill
1 contract for the new quarter of
a million dollar Shelby Cloth mill or
*?an,zed by Switzer, Gardner, Mull and
!the, B'arhon.s has been let to Guion
: a,,'‘ " ithrr-t Gastonia contractors and
; construction work began this week,
j t renminary grading was completed
• art week and workmen began on the
| foundation the first of this week.
Running by September.
!■ manciers behind the new industry
■ u\ that the building will be complet
ed about the first of July and that
they 1 ope to have the plant operating
I by some time in September. The main
ouilding will be of brick and steel and
llL’ by 192 feet in size, and will be
lighted the Monitor style, which means
that employes will have full benefit
l °f this sun light of day hours. The
plant will be between the Shelby
foundry and Eastsidc mill and is with
i -P the limits of Greater Shelby,
The Shelby Cloth Mill, as it will be
known, wilt manufacture fancy dress
good, from cotton and silk yarns,
r Tty mo lorn tenement houses with
water, . ver and lights will be erect
; '"'i tor employes of the new concern.
Dr. Boyles Arrested
In New York City on
A Serious Charge
Dr. M. F. Boyles. Gastonia physi
cian and native of Toluca section of
; Cleveland county was arrested Satur
: day in New York .city on a federal
i warrant charging viloatiori of the anti
j narcotic act. his apprehension mark
ing the 27th person arrested in con
nection with a drive federal agents
have been making against an alleged
i “drug dealing gang” operating in this
: section of North Carolina.
Federal agents who announced the
arrest, -aid the physician would fight
extradition. Dr. Boyles’ brother was!
arrested in Gastonia several days ago
.un.a^similar, charge. Miss Oran Hicks,
whose home was said bv agents to
have been a ‘'dope” distributing point
for a number of North Carolina cities,
gave information which resulted in the
warrant against Dr. Boyles, officers
stated. s
Refuses Place On
City School Board
Mr. R. E. Carpenter, for many years
a member of the Shelby city school
board will not be a candidate for re
election and will refuse to accept a
place on the hoard for another term
it was announced this week. Those
who constitute the present board are:
J. F. Roberts. George Blanton, Mar
ion Putnam, R. E. Carpenter and
Bloom Kendall.
Mr. Carpenter gives no specific rea
i son other than duties of his business
that require his time. During the
time he has been on the board he has
rendered valuable service and many
will regret to hear of his intended
[resignation.
With the limits extended and the
city election nearing—getting some
closer meaning nearer in this in
stance-—-candidates for many of the
| office; are being mentioned by their
! friends.
School Bond Loan
To Help Cleveland
The passage of a $5,000,000 loan
fund by the present legislature for the
purpose of building new school houses
over the state will be watched with in
terest here as the school building pro
gram for this county will be depend
ent upon the fund. The senate com
mittee has approved the fund and pas
sage seems favorable according to the
following dispatch:
“Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion A. T. Allen's bill creating an ad
j dit tonal $5,000,000 loan fund to aid
counties in’building new schoolhouses
got a favorable report by a unanimous
vote in the senate committee on edu
cation Friday. The measure, which
stands a good chance of getting
through the legislature, would bring
the state’s total issue of bonds for
loans to counties on school construc
tion to $-15,000,000. The 1021 and 1923
sessions each authorized $5,000,000.”
School Heads To
Arrange Contests
The high school principals or repre
sentatives of the high schools of Clev
eland county will meet in County Su
perintendent J. C. Newton’s office
Wednesday afternoon March 4 at 4
o’clock, to make arrangements for the
Hoey Oratoical contest and the Selma
Webb Recitation contest.
These are two of the most impor
tant events in the high school year
of the county and high school students
look forward with eagerness to the
annual contest that determine the best
high school orator and reciter in the
county. Announcement giving the
time and other details of the contest
will be made in the next issue of The
Star.
com jail is
Sheriff Logan Begins to Wonder What
tie Will do if Many More Pris
oners are Brought In.
A lull house in gambling par
lance may be made up of three jacks
and a couple o’ aces, or a trio and a
couple of anything, but as Sheriff Lo
gan looks at it a full house is made
up of a wide variety of people and is
so full it nears the overflowing point
—the county jail. Once and anon
some county comes into the limelight
by the announcement that their coun
ty jail is empty and no lawbreakers
on hand to put into the bastile, but
such a condition does not prevail in
Cleveland, or at least not at the pres
ent time.
There are in the structure known as
the Cleveland county jail-—a new one
is being built—six cells and a run
around. Over last week end an even
two dozen prisoners were huddled in
the space. Now, if they were all men
of one race, or women of one race
housing them might not be such an
inconvenience even with just six cells
and a run-around. But as it is there
are white and negro men, and white
and negro women among the 24 pris
oners. And keeping things orderly is
no easy task. As the sheriff lists the
bunch there are two white women,
one negro woman, twelve negro men
and nine white men in durance vile un
der his care.
Some of the prisoners—those who
have to “hang around” a bit—may
rejoice at the completion of the new
jail, but none so much as Sheriff Lo
gan, for it’s no little trouble to ac
commodate a big register of county
guests with the facilities he has. The
contractor says that the new jail
building will be ready for occupancy
about April 1, and by that time con
sidering the* number of prisoners the
county will be more than ready.
“Old ReliabTe’7 Calls
Falls New Leader
Local people will be interested in
the following editorial appearing in
the Raleigh News and Observer,
known ns the “Old Reliable,” concern
ing Cleveland county’s representative
in the legislature, B. T. Falls, of Shel
by:
“As a rule a man must serve more
than one term in a legislative body be
fore he attains leadership. There are
exceptions as the vote in the house
with reference to the Australian bal
lot showed. Championing a minority
renort, Representative Falls, of Clev
eland, won over able and .experienced
leadership in the first test over the
Australian ballot measure and on the
final vote lost out by only one major
ity. It demonstrated the growth of the
new idea of safe-guarding the secrecy
of the ballot in North Carolina and
the wise leadership of the member
from Cleveland."
Shelby A Town
of Get-Together
Morganton News-Herald.
Last week in Raleigh the editor of
the News-Herald in conversation with
a prominent citizen of Shelby remark
ed on the fact that the people of
Shelby seemed to have the happy fac
ulty of settling local differences and
getting together on practically every
proposition. The reference was direct
ed particularly to the way in which a
satisfactory settlement of the differ
ences of opinion in regard to the ex
tension of the town limits was affect
ed. The leaders got together and out
lined a plan that was entirely agree
able to both “insiders” and “outsiders”
and what might have developed into a
lively scrap was diverted into a happy
compromise in wlhich all were satis
fied. The Shelby man said that when
ever any differences arose in his town
the first thought they had was how
they might get together and settle
them.
Such a policy is worthy of adop
tion by any town. Nothing can be gain
ed and much lost by the bitter-enders
who are satisfied in nothing short of
having their own way.
DIDN’T HAVE FIGURES OF
SHELBY B. AND L. RIGHT
In the advertisement of the Shelby
Building and Loan association which
appeared on the program of a local
talent play entitled “In Wrong, So
Long" at the graded school auditori
um Friday night there was a serious
$rror in the figures. The copy writer,
the printer or the proof reader could
not understand figures so high and let
it appear on the program that the as
sets of the Shelby Building and Loan
wete only $110,000 and the associa
tion had 2,000 shares in force. As a
matter of fact the assets of Captain
Robert’s building and loan totals $1,
100,000.00 and the number of shares
in force exlceed 20,000 instead of 2,
1 000.
Erring Couple
Brought Back
Phii beck and Mr*. Fran
cis Brought Back
Fro m Texas. Ends
Second Trip
interest has been revived in the
Philbeek-Frands “eternal love tri
angle” a.3; < he. cut tain has swung; open
and shut oh the second act. Sloan Phil
bet k. husky young farmer of the Karl
section, is -again behind the bars in
the county jail here after h:s .second
Ion; trip away with Jessie Francis,
young wife of Avery Francis. And
Mrs. Francis is or was Monday a room
er at the Shelby Inn, near Southern
station.
The final act or what is coming in
.-h'-.s byplav of real life h hard to
fathom—-almost impossible. Two
homes have been partially wrecked.
The trail of sorrow extends back over
several months and may as yet reach
out in future. How it will end remains
to bo seen, but through it all the un
usual aspects have made of it the out
| standing case of its kind in the history
of the county, embodying all the ele
ments of fiction, yet different—a
runaway wife, a loyal husband, the
other man.
At present the uppermost query in
the talk that such cases create is: Will
she return to her husband?” And the
query remains to be answered. She
may and she may not. She now ap
pears undecided between returning
to her husband and the children that
are waiting, or trying a life she does
not know, alone and without the man
for whom she first gave un her home.
Reached Here Friday.
The episode of several months back
was apparently tucked hack in the
miblic min i near forgetfulness when
the report spread that Philherk ttnd
Mrs. Francis had again left following
'the iegftfe hearing that attended their
return from their first escapade to a
far western state. Last week in inter
est of the bondsmen of Philbeck, who
was bound over to Superior court
here this month, Deputy Sheriff Jerry
Runyans left for Texas, where it was
reported that they had gone, apd on
the S o’clock train Friday night be re
| rned with the counle—Philbeck was
bi-ought back by the law, but Mrs.
Francis as she puts it “came on her
o-vn accord.” On their arrival here
Philbeck was placed again- in the
county jail and indications are that
bond will net be so easily secured this
[time. Mrs. Francis, who it seems is
nrone to do the unusual, did not re
turn to her home at Karl, but secured
a room at the Shelby inn.
Has Changed Considerably.
Life and the wavs of the world have
taken their toll. Mrs. Francis at the
first hearing following the trip to the
state of Washington was described as
being “beautiful, neat and bearing an
attractive and youthful appearance”—
and the description was fitting. But
now it is different. The once beauti
ful face shows the marks of worry,
the twinkle is missing from the at
i tractive eyes -and today she looks five
; years older than she did only five
months ago. When questioned after
the first trip she readily told events
in detail and apparently withheld
nothing, but now she studiously ans
wers all queries, or evades them as
one used to the pranks and caprices
of the world. And as her look is un
decided, so is she. “I don’t know-,” she
replied when asked if she would re
turn to her husband, “I can’t tell.
I might, or for that matter how do I
know they may put me behind the
bars? I just don’t know yet what I’ll
do, I haven’t decided.” Little more
would she say of the future as Mon
day morning she talked with her hus
band and others in the reception room
of the inn. “There’s not a day or an
hour of my life that I do not think of
them as any mother will do,” was the
manner in which she replied to ques
tions concerning her children and why
she had not, or was not going back
to them.
Left in November.
Mrs. Francis says that she did not
leave with Philbeck and first got with
him in Galveston, Texas, after she had
been gone some time. She left here
she said on Sunday night, November 2
and after staying a short time in
South Carolina, moved on to Atlanta
for a short stop. Then to Montgomery
and on to New Orleans and later
Houston before going to Galveston,
stopping at each city for a short time.
In Galveston she said, Philbeck work
ed on the railroad and they stayed
there quite a time. Following her hus
band’s visit to Galveston, Philbeck de
cided they had better move and they
left for Grayburg, an oil well town out
from Houston. They had been there
only a short time when officers work
ing on information from Shelby ar
rested Philbeck and placed him in jail
at the county seat, Officer Runyans
arriving three days after he had been
placed in jail. At the time Philbeck
was arrested, she says, she wa3 work
P: & N. MAY CflIECT
Impression Prevails That Plans arc
Underway for Extension of
Road by Shelby.
Seeing that 1 or»1 people are very
much interested iii the proposed, ex
tension of the Piedmont and North
ern railway from Gastonia to Spar
tanburg bv way of Shelby the follow
in'' Hispatrh from Soartanbure re
garding the matter should be of added
interest:
"The impression is growing here, in
the light of reeent activities on the
eart ef (Hu Southern Power company,
that the Piedmont and Northern rnil
wp’- is working quietly on plans to
build ♦h'» long discussed connecting
link between Spartanburg and Gas
tonia in spite of unsuccessful efforts
to -onfirm the conclusion.
“It is known that rcrre3entatives of
* he Southern Power company have
be"n eonferrmu with property own
ers between (h’s ejty and Gastonia
rocrrtlv. It is believed by many local
business men that the Power company'
is preparing to erect n line which will
provide power for the Piedmont and
Northern line when the link connect
ing the citv with Gastonia is built.
Owe deed conveying a lot in Spar
tanburtr township property to the
Southern Power company was filed
this week, hut efforts to ascertain the
details of the transaction and its pos
sible etfect upon any plans that may
be afoot have been unsuccessful.
"Messages received here from Gas
tonia and Greenville indicate that both
these cities believe the Piedmoht and
Northern is seriously considering such
a development this year. The impres
sion is also strong at other points, so
it is reported here, that the Piedmont
and Northern is moving forward
ouietly with plans to begin the con
necting link within a short time.
“Added impetus has been given
these rrnorts by the recent publics,
lion of 'figures showing that the rev
enue of the Piedmont and Northern
has increased at a rapid nnd steady
gait in recent yr-vn It is conceded in
busmens circles that the completion of
n. link connecting Spartanburg nnd
Gastonia would increase the road’s
earning capacity very appreciably.”
Home Demonstration Work,
On account of an important confer
ence for the Piedmont agents to be
held in Charlotte Msi—h 3rd and 4th
the Union Woman’s Club will be post
poned until Saturday March 7th, and
the Spake Woman’s Club will meet
Wednesday, March 11th,
Patterson Grove and Pleasant View
will meet on their respective dates:
Thursday and Friday, as usual.
IRMA P. WALLACE.
ing as a waitress in a boarding house
at Grayburg and had worked at the
other stops made. At the time of their
apprehension thev were preparing to
leave Grayburg, Mr. Runyans says he
learned.
Did They Quarrel?
A short time before the officer left
for them Francis made a trip by him
self to, Galveston and some say while
there talked to his wife, but returned
without her and did not see Philbeck.
Before he made the trip, it is said,
that he received a letter from his
wife that probably was the cause of
the trip, but friends of his say that he
will not tell yvhat the message was.
Some are inclined to think that per
haps Philbeck and Mrs. Francis had
“split-up” o\'er something and that she
yvrote her husband to come after her,
but that the disagreement had been
settled when Francis arrived and she
would not leave. Which is mere spec
ulation by those who talk the case.
Hates Shelby and Earl.
“I don’t particular like Shelby or
Earl either,” Mrs. Francis said Mon
day when she was asked by Chief B.
O. Hamrick before a representative of
this paper, her husband, and others, if
she would return to her husband. “I
sure will not pro now with that woman
in the house, and if I did I would get
locked up for fighting:,” she declared.
The woman she referred to was her
husband’s sister, Mrs. Wilkins, who
has been living with Francis and help
ing take care of the children. From
her conversation she does not desire
to return to Earl at all, and seemed
somewhat hesitant about saying she
would go back to her family if her
husband moved elsewhere. Francis
said that they had not decided what
they would do and following the inter
view he was left to talk with his wife
alone by the fire in the reception hall
at the inn.
The only thing that appears to be
definite about the matter is that Phil
beck is in jail, where he was visited
Saturday by Mrs. Francis and will
likely be there until court, which con
venes March 23. How or what Mrs.
Francis will do one cannot say even
after talking to her.
Entire details of the case may
come out at court, or a part of the
episode may never be known—the fu
ture and what it brings will alone tell.
Shelby on Friday
Became City by
Limit Extension
Cura rolled up to and away from
i he poatoffice Friday afternoon. The
business section war. abustlc and the
town the same as that of any other
Friday. From outward appearances
everythintr war, the amp, but along
in the afterndon one of the khaki
clad messenger hoys at the Western
Union darted out the door, stuck a
message under his cap. mounted his
wheel and sped on uptown where he
left a message that read: “Extension
bill has passed Senate. Watch Shelby
grow." It was just an informal mes
:.a\e announcing the formal appear- i
anee on the map of the Greater Shel
by with near 10.000 inhabitants. Se*
eral telegrams during the afternoon
announced the final passage of the
bill that was agreed upon by the peo
p!” of the former Shelby and the
Greater Shelby ill mass meeting here
some time hack and among them were
messages from the senate committee
and Representative Falls.
Fix .Boundaries Soon.
Everything within one and one-half
miles of the court house, which is ex
actly in the center of Shelby, is now
a part of the town, although the of
ficial lines have not been run that
will designate it as such. Represen
tatives of the city government say
that a competent engineer will lie
employed at once to determine the
boundary lines and the location of the
city limits. But officially the city lim
its have already been extended, the
matter of formal ratification follow
ing shortly after the passage.
An unofficial census of the Greater
Shelby will be made immediately aft
er the limits have been determined.
Child is Run Down
By Car, But Unhurt
The three year old child of Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Wells, N. Washington
street, was run over by a car Friday,
the car being occupied by Prof. Vir
gil Gardner and his son Carl of Beams
Mill, but fortunately the car was going
at a slow rate of speed and the mid-j
die of the front axle pushed the child
down so the car straddled its little
body. Mr. Gardner hurried the child
to the hospital and medical attention
revealed that it was unhurt. The
child was pulling a small wagon
across the street and had its attention
riveted on a truck which had just
passed. The Gardner car was follow
ing the truck and going at a slow
rate of speed, otherwise the child
might have received fatal injuries.
Mr. Gardner was driving a car on
which the brakes would not hold and
made every effort to -avoid striking
the child, but it could not be avoided.
Dr. Jester Will
Preach Thursday
The Rev. Dr. J. R. Jester, pastor of
the Winston-Salem First Baptist
church, will preach at the First Bap
tist church here on Thursday evening
,at 8 o’clock, according to an announce
ment by Dr. R. L. Lemons, pastor of
the First Bantist. Dr. Jester, one of
the leading Baptist ministers of the
state, comes here in connection with
the conference to be held Friday. Dr.
Chas. E. Brewer, president of Mere
dith college, who will also be here, will
speak at Boiling Springs Thursda.,
evening.
The associational conference will be
in session during the day Friday, be
ginning at 10 o’clock in the morning
and continuing through the day and
will be held at the church. Lunch will
be served those attending at the
church. The conference is in connec
tion with missionary interests.
Electric Lights Now
On At Ellenboro
Seventy-five Homes Have Already
Cut in Lights and The Demand
Is Growing Rapidly.
(Special to The Star.)
Ellenboro, Mar. 2.—Electric lights
are a long felt need in Ellenboro and
the people are justly proud that they
now have the lights. The ladies select
ed Mrs. J. A. Martin as chairman on
the committee of arrangements, as
sisted by Mesdames J. E. Bland, O. E.
Houston, W. B. Stockton, Ed Harrill,
W. H. Payne and Fred Harrill.
Seventy-five homes cut in lights the
first day. A total of one hundred are
expected soon. Many farmers are in.
stalling lights. One line has been built
to the Piney Mountain section, toward
Bostic, while 15 farmers have already
installed lights in the Race Path sec
tion. Every community within a ra
dius of several miles of Ellenboro is
planning for lights.
The sub-station is located at Moores
boro by the Southern Power company
and is furnishing lights for Boiling
Springs, Lattimore, Mooresboro and
Ellenboro.
Baby Chicks for sale. Finest stock,
lowest price. Any quantity. J. Boyce
Dellinger, Box 343. j
URGES 1 LIBERAL
USE OF FERTILIZER
Cleveland Cotton Crop May Be Re
duced Unless More Fertilizer la
Used Says Gardner.
That Cleveland county with the
proper fertilization may produce 50,
000 bales of cotton in 1925 is the be
lief of O. Max Gardner, head of the
county Board of Agriculture. But
without proper fertilization our crop
may fall below last year’s record.
\n advance in fertilizer prices is
causing; some farmers to cut down
i.i their purchases of fertilizer, which
would prove disastrous to the county
if followed to a threat extent. Even
if the price is higher n farmer will
make more by buying the proper .
amount of fertilizer than through the
attempt to be economical by not buy
ing and using' enough.
Asked about crop prospects for
this year, Mr. Gardner had the fol
io wing to say about cotton, fertilizer
and corn and his message is well
worth reading and heeding by every
farmer in the county: “There is one
grave danger I fear our farmers are
going to make this year. And it is
the disposition upon the part of many
to use less fertilizer than was used
in 192 1 This would be a fatal mistake
in my judgment. It has been demon
strated beyond question that our pres
ent cotton production is directly at
tributed to nitrate of u,da. It is true
fertilizer costs more this year and it
seems as if fertilizer companies have
combined to hold the price, but at
that it is not up over $5 per ton and
we cannot afford to permit even a
fertilizer monopoly to reduce the cot
ton production in Cleveland county."
“There is every reason to expect a
good price for cotton this fall. I am
going to use 900 pounds to the acre
of a 12-4-3 fertilizer under cotton. If
every farmer in the county would do
likewise we would make 50,000 bales
n 1925. I am presuming of course
that every farmer will plant enough
corn for his own use, and that a good
acre will be saved for a patch of cane,
or cane and peas. We must not for
get that the best farmer will fail if
he tries to make cotton without lib
eral use of commercial fertilizer."
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BALLOT BILL KILLED
Cleveland Representative Loses Meas
ure By One Vote In Night Ses
sion of Legislature.
News and Observer.
The Falls Australian ballot bill was
beaten in the House by one vote
Thursday night on a motion to table.
The vote was 56 to table and 66 a
gainst.
When the night session opened it
was on the calendar as “unfinished
business" and its sponsor called for
the previous question on it and all
amendments. Turlington and Pruden
had amendments to offer, which they
asked be considered.
The Falls motion was voted down
and then Turlington moved to table
it and all amendments. The Repub
lican line held solid but the Demo
cratic backers of the previous day had
weakened and here the line wavered.
Even so, it was not until the vote had
been verified and counted that the re
sult was known.
Dr. J. C. Braswell changed his vote
from “aye" to “nay” and the change
of one more would have given Falls
a majority. Connor moved to recon
sider and Everett moved to table. The.
motion was tabled and the Austral
ian ballot bill for the 1925 session of
the General Assembly became his
tory.
Prospects For Hard
Surface in County
Charlotte Observer.
Among the contracts to be let by the
state highway com mi 'on in March
is 12 miles of grading “between Shel
by and the Rutherford county line.
This means preparations for another
hard surface link in the Asheville
Wilmington highway, for the grading
means relocation, to the taking out of
about three miles of curves, as a
necessary step to placing the black
top. From Ruth erf ordton to Chimney
Rock the hard surface is yet to be laid,
and then it will be like Trade street all
the way from Charlotte into Ashe
ville, for the Hickory Nut gap section
will be opened in a short while.' And
about the same time, there will be a
Tryon street available air the way
from Charlotte to Lenoir. When
Blowing Rock will be reached is pro
blemitical. They have been four years
at piece work on the turnpike, and
completion of that section might be
anticipated about time we get another
Democratic President.
TRY STAR WANT ADS.