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CLE.YELAND:- COUNTY 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 RELIABLE HOME PAPER Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section. Modern Job Department. VOL. XXXIII, No. 22 THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C TUESDAY, MARCH 17. 1927. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE A. f\ Weathers, Former Alderman Announces for Mayor. C. R. Dor Rett Withdraws From Race. C. R. Doggett who anounced him self a candidate for mayor ten days ago, announces his withdrawal from the race because he finds his attention should be given to his business as dis tributor for Standard oil products ana the sale of livestock and automobiles in which he has his sons associated with him and A. P. Weathers, a mem. her of the board of aldermen for sev eral terms entered the race yester dav. So far there is a contest between A. P. Weathers and Peyton McSwain. Whether there will be other entries or not remains to be seen. The names ol S. S. Royster and Frank Hoyle have been suggested, but both hive told friends who have urged their names that they will not be candidates. Offers Full Time. For two or three weeks Mr. Weath ers had been besieged by friends in all walks of life to become a candidate, but he consistently refused until when appeals came so strong and numerous. Mr. Weathers is well acquainted with the affairs of Shelby by> reason of his service on the board and delarcs that if elected he will devote his ent're time to duties outside the city hall. Those who have been urging him to make the race declare that the town needs just such a man at this time— one who is seasoned in practical ex perience, has a record of building and at the same time is conservative enough not to plunge Greater Shelbj into a whirjpool of debt. He is a prac tical builder and his friends are con fident that he is progressive enough to extend the municipal advantages which many tax payers in greater Shelby are not now enjoying, and that he is conservative eough to guarantee an economical administration. Having retired from business, ex cept for the attention he gives his per. sonal affairs, he promises to give hl» entire time to the job of mayor if el ected and inject practical business methods in all departments of the town's affairs. Hamrick and McClurd Cadidates. It was understood yesterday that John R. McClurd, present alderman from Ward 3 would be a candidate to succeed himself and that T. W. Ham rick from Ward 4 would consent to serve again. Both have been urged to accept another term because it is thought advisable to retain some of the present members who are familiar with municipal affairs which lay over from one term to another. Dr. Royster, mayor pro-tem and alderman from Ward 2 who has serv, cd faithfully as head of the city since Mayor Lackey’s illness is suggested for another term while friends are also urging John Schenck jr., as ai. acceptable Ward 2 alderman. Thad C 1' ord who has 'positively declined to accept another term from Ward 1 leaves that ward open for suggestion* and J. Farris Ledford’s name has beer, put forward by friends and Mr. Lad ford has signified his willingness to accept. The election is six weeks henct and other names for mayor and aider men will no doubt be suggested later. M ith the incorporate limits enlarged the public has given more attention to the city officials than ever before. Negro Woman Shot By Sister-In-Law On Sunday Night Bertha Oates Turner, young colored woman, is in the Shelby hospital in a critical condition as the resuit of bc inK shot about 11 o’clock Sunday jdffht, when a Run in the hands of ' er sister-in-law, Louvinin Turner, was accidentally discharged. T'rc bul let entered the left side of her ehest .lust above the heart and it is thought penetrated the lung. The w>nian w’s •epjorted as resting fairly well M; n ,iay. hut it is too early as yet to de termine whether or not she wi 1 re cover. At an investigation h -M Me nday morning there was not suff cient evi dence to hold the sister-in-ia\y and s o ''as freed after spending the night in hrom the evidence presented ouvinia Turner a sister of Bertha's 'usband was in their room at Clara ates home in Freedmon and the two ''omen were examining Bertha’s hus ond s ‘‘Colt automatic” and aceident a y discharged it in removing the 1 'agaz:ne or after they thought it nad been removed. The wounded won: *’ ’ hospital told officers and >-ncrs that the shot was accidental as>hed that nothing b*' done with S1ster-in-l«w and following the in fio lj'a^'ori Monday Louvinia was ?1e^lca’ «»y the war experl r a*rplanes. And yet wh fliJs*8 to a ^^tle matter like a \ tw hav« * New Shelby Limits Will About Split Lily Mill Plant Judging from a distance sweep ot the engineer's compass and an ap proximate line as determined else where on the city limits of Greatei Slulbv by D R. S. Frazier the new boundary line ,f Shelby will about pa^ through the center of the Lily jolnl and Fewer company textile plant i in South Shelby, or so reports from j the engineers making the survey have, j it. -should f urh be the case when the i boundary is finally determined, will the Lily mill owned by the Schencks, \>Q *n or r,ut ‘ heli/y, or half in and [half out? i r )Tn t/vo survey made so fur the approximate limits-of Shelby will run about a: follows: Out Xorth LaFay '•ito street tin- new line will be up on the Li.! on Ins other side of Hopper’s branch, or some little distance cn this s:do of the home of Mr. Thede Lutz. Out on the Fallston road the line will err,;, the read, It i said, between Job Blanton s store and home. Eastside , will be completely taken in and the n--.v Shelby wi.l extend out the Cleve 'and Spring- rea l between Kings Fill ing station and the home of M. L. Bord rs.-Straight down South LaEay etto stri et or through South Shelby the lire will run some SO yards, more or l'-ss, on the other side of the home I of .Mrs. Morton, according to the ap proximate estimate. W here the l ne will run west of She! by has not yet been made public, the aproximate survey not being complet ed. Tr.e above idea of the new boun dary:- it: not definite or exact, being made only from an approximate esti mate of the compass. The exact lines and boundaries will be published ii The Star when definitely determined. J. G. Dudley Sells His Plumbing Business To Firm Of Gastonia Men J. G. Dudley has sold his plumbing and heating business to the Gastonia Plumbing and Heating Co., of which Mr. Harry Rudder is the manager. Mr. Dudley closed the deal a few days ago and will retire from active business becasuse of 511 health. He has been in the plumbing business in Shelby for approximately twenty years and is ore of the best known men in his line in this section. His many Shelby friends will be pleased to know that he will not leave Shelby but will devote his time and attention to looking aftei his property interests. He retains the building on East Warren street where the Gastonia Plumbing and Heating company will continue to operate the business under a name to be announced later. Mr. Harry Rudder who is mana ger of the Gastonia firm is very pop ular and efficient. For a number 01 yeans he was uperintendent of the wa ter and light departments of Gastonia and has been quite successful in the plumbing and heating business there 1 since leaving the position with the | city. Called Man Out Of Church And Cut Him Dobie Stewart, colored, was fired $25 end the costs and Will Michael was taxed with the costs in recorder’s court Monday morning' over a $2 debt and some knife play that took place late Sunday afternoon. Stewart, it is said, claimed that Michael owed him “two bucks” and Sunday afternoon he sent another colored man in the colored church af ter Michael. When Michael came out the proverbial “words followed and soon the customary knife made its ap pearance. Stewart, it is said, put in only one stroke, but there are three gashes, one of them serious, on *he back of Will's neck. New Plumbing Shop To Open In Shelby II (’. Coleman and Company is the 1arr,, pf a o w plumbing and heat ng company which has just been o> eatiised and will open for business tn Shelby within the next week or ten lav,. Associated with Mr. Coleman ,s Mr, W. N. Dorsey, prominent reel es tate and business man. Mr. Coleman s a native of Georgia who has had fourlt-n years experience n the plumbing and heating business and •onus to Shelby highly recommended. For the past four years Mr. Coleman h-v. !, located at Cherryville. He is now in Shelby and 1ms already secur ed a number of contracts on which he start up business. ill scan up u The Coleman Company has rented u* of the store rooms m .tic a. x. feathers apartment bunding on b. aFayette street where the business ill be conducted. When will prohibition be old enough do without its bottle Columbia Record. Have you seen the New Chevrolet Coupe? It s a beauty. SEEING ANOTHER SIDE OF SHELBY’S “COURT SQUARE.” Looking we: t from the Masonic Temple roof upon Shelby’s beautifu’court square and the Cleveland coun ty court house. Jit th« 'distance' may b seen the First National bank corner and still farther out the city schools. What time does the clock say? A loss of between §1,500 and S2.0C0 was suffered by to Shelb'* Steam laundry as the result of a blasa of un determined origin early Sunday morn ing, The damage for the must part was confined to the boiler and stock rooms and the plant is again bark in running order as usual. The blaze was discovered about .‘1:30 Sunday morning arc! the alarm turn ed in. Fire fighters extinguished .the flamer, before they* spread and there, by caved the remainder of the plant. Just what started the fire i.- not def iritely known. Mr. Frank Sanders, manager cf the plant. Monday morning stated that the damage was not as much as was first thought tvd with a slight exception was confined to the holier room and stock room. Mr. Sanders further stat ed that there would be little delay in operation cf the plant and that the laundry would be run log a. usual Tu.es day. The friend of Mr, Sander.. who heard with regret of the damage! by the early morning blaze, will he glad to know that there wa • im large da.n age, and that with a hold-up of only one day the laundry is again serving the town. SI’ARTAXBURCi KIWANTAX»S GUESTS AT RUTHERFORDTOX Sparanburg. S. March 13—A large delegation of Spartanburg Ki wanians and local entertainers were the guests last night of the Kiwahis club at Rutherfordton, N. C. An ad dress by W. Laurens Walker, presi dent of the local club; music by Al len Rogers and by the Converse Col Hair Tonic Man At C'herryville Suicides Q. ( Randall, barber and hair tonic manufacturer at ( htrryville committed suicide at Cherryville Saturday mornmg whcr. ha -shot, himself in the head with a 25 calibre Co't's automatic, the bullet entering behind-his right ear. Mr, Randall is well krown, not or.ly in I Cherryvillc but in Cleveland coun ty and throughout this .section for he followed the profession of a barber and wore a profuse head of hair, so bulky that he never wore a hat or cap. Mr. Randall was MG years of age. About six months ago he sold h's barber shop and began the manufacture of the “Wonder’’ hair ton e. It is ;aid h's ba r tonic business had not been as successful as ha had expected and that financial wor ries'caused him to take his own life. He lived from Saturday morning unt'l Sunday morning at I .15 and never regained conscious ness. Mr. Randall is a native of C'herryville and is survived by his wife and five children, the o’de.st II year:-:, the youngest two. The funeral was held Monday morn ing with Knights of Pythias hon ors. •ege Mandolin club; talks by If. T. Shockley, F. W. Wodell and Tim Crews, the latter a district trustee, and Horace L. Bomar, featured the p-ogram. P. D. Smith, Harm? White, B. C. Lanford, W, 1. Walker, T. M. < v Frank Hodges, F. W. Wodellt H. T Shockley. C W. Boyd, H. L. Bomar, J. W. Brown, S. T. Reid, W. R. Williams, Allen Rogers, Julian McCreary, L. McD. Kennedy and R. B. Sims were in the Kiwanis delega tion here. 79 YEAR OLD ANGLER OF EARL MAKES 250 POUND CATCH IN FLA. The greenr the fisherman the bet ter the fish bite in waters near St. Petersburg, Florida. At least this i the belief of J. M. Runyans, 79 years old of Earl, who has just returned home from St. Petersburg where he spent a month with is son-in-law Lee Whetstone. Mr. Runyans accompanied by J. P. Runyans and son-in-law re to the fishing grounds of the Gulf of Mexico otf Cabbage point. Although he had never been on a fishing trip on alt water, he and his two com panions made a catch of 250 pounds of grouper and snapper. Not satisfied with his first trip he insisted that his companions go with him to the gult fishing grounds and again try their luck with rod and reel. This time the catch totalled better than 300 pounds with which he is seeu in the above picture. Ve'.cr-in Superior Court Judge Known Here Passe;? at Statesville Heme Saturday. Statesville, .March 14.—Judge B. F. Long, recognized as one of the ablest judge., on the Superior court bench of North Carolina, died at. his home hero this afternoon about 2 o’clock, death resulting from a stroke of paralysis which he suffered a few hours before. Being a sufferer from high blood pressure Judge Long had been rest ing quietly for a few weeks at his home, upon the advice of his physi cian. He ate breakfast this morning with is family and was aparently as well as usual until about 10 o'clock. Funeral services wore held Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock and interment was in Oakwopd cemetery. Benjamin Franklin Long was born in Graham, Alamance county' March 19, 1853, being nearly 72 years of age. He began the practice of law' in 1878 forming a partnership with Ma jor W. M. Robins of Statesville. He was elected solicitor of this ju dicial district in 1880 serving with dis tinction in that capacity for six years. He became superior court judge Jan uary 1. 1903, and for 22 years on the bench, serving in every section of his native state, he has shown himself to be a jurist of a high order. Well Known Here. Judge B. F. Long was known in Shelby and Cleveland county and had >ften presided over Superior court. He was highly esteemed by members of the Shelby bar and by others accus - tomed to attend court as man of noble character and true worth as well as an able jurist and one who held to the law with out favor. Mrs. Francis Has Departed Shelby According; to reports Mrs. Jessie Francis, v/ife of Avery Francis, who has been one of the principal figures in the Philbeek-Franeis episode, left 1 Shelby last week for either Gastonia j ~jr Kings Mountain and did net return j to hor home and children. It is pre sumed that Mrs. Francis will remain in this section however until court, she being: one*of the important wit nesses to be used against Philbeck, the man with whom she twice left her home. Following the return of the couple from Texas, where they went on their last trip Philbeck was tdared in jail, where he remains, and Mrs. Francis secured a room at the Shelby Ir.n. There she was visited by her hus band and expressing a desire to see her children some thought that she would return with him to the’r home at Earl. However, reports have it that she gave up her room at the Inn last week, but did not return home. In American athletic circles it ap pears that the Finns are in the swim —Manila Bulletin. The conservative Easterners who think Pa Ferguso the real power are single men.—Vallejo Chronicle. FEDERAL COURT nr II SESSION S» ford Term Of I’niWd Stales Dis trict Court Ever Held Here. Cur tis Trial lluh Light. The second term of United States D strict Court to ever be held in Shel by convener! Monday morning in the Cleveland county court hou*'' with federal judge E. Yates Webb, of Shelby presiding. Prosecutors here are Assistant District Attorneys Frank C. Patton and Cha-les A. Jon as. The clerical duties are being ban died by It. I,. Blalock, Federal clerk, of Greensboro, and E. S. Williams, deputy clerk of Charlotte. Miss Mar garet Brock, office secretary is also engaged in her duties with the court here. The Federal marshals with their deputy marshals and members of the United States Secret Service are also in attendance. Outstanding cases of the docket in clude prohibition violations, Mann Act violations. Meml*ers of the bar are of the opinion that court will run to and probably through Thursday. The morning Monday was devoted to Judge Webb's able churge to the jury and one of the largest court crowds known to the county was in attend ance, the Court room, court square and business streets of the town being packed w-ith those attending court from Cleveland, Lincoln, Rutherford and Gaston counties. Violations of the Federal prohibition laws constituted the majority of the cases up for trial Monday and Tuesday. Curtis Trial, A case of mere interest lo?a'ly probably than others will be that of Ben F. Curtis, local contractor, charg ed witli violation of the Mann Act and other relations with an adopted daugh ter. Local barristers think that the case will in all likelihood be up by Wednesday, although it may come up sooner. So far as can be learned no charges will be preferred this term against Sloan Philbeck, who is await ing trial in Superior court for an elopement with Mrs. Jessie Francis. A Federal court district for this section with the terms to be held here was established last year and only one other term has been held. The establishment of t!>e new district ia proving convenient for litigants, wit nesses, jurors and others who have business with the Federal courts, it being necessary heretofore ,o travel to one of other district centers. Lutheran Minister Runs Down And Kills Small Boy At Crouse The eleven year old son of Mr. Cleveland Crouse at Crouse, near Cherryville was run down and killed by an automobile driven by Rev. C. A. Lynn, the Lutheran minister at Cherryville last Fri day afternoon at 7:30 o'clock. The accident is said to have been un avoidable. Mr. Crouse and his son were riding in a car in front of the minister when the Crouse car stopped and the little eleven year old son jumped out and crossed the road to open a gate to let his father drive in. As he crossed the road he was struck by the Lynn car and fatally injured. He was rushed to the hospital at Li.icoln ton but died just as he arrived there. Hamrick And Riviere Buy Laundry Stock A partial change in ownership of the new Snowflake Laundry was made Saturday when Messrs. R. Z. Riviere and T. W. Hamrick purchased the stock of Mr. D. L. Willis and with Mr. Frank Hamrick became sole owners of the plant, the three m;n owning one third each of the stock. The new laundry on Graham street, which was recently organized and has been operating only for a short time, has already proven a success nnd is quite an addition to business Shelby. The present owners, the Hamricks and Riviere, plan to operate it by modern methods and make of it a plant equal to those in other tities. Hold Inquest Over Body Of Negro Girl Coroner T. C. Eskridge Sunday evening held an inquest over the body of Lula Mae Sims, a negro girl, who lived with the Walker Wilson family about four miles beyond Kings Moun tain. The coroner’s jury found that “death resulted from natural causes.” which in the particular case, it is said, proved to be a veneral disease in ad vanced stage. The girl died rather suddenly in a hallway of the Wilson home Saturday night and relatives asked for the inquest. In the coroner’s jury were M. W. McDaniel, F. M. Bridges, Buren Dedmon, R. B. Ken drick, H. G. Ware and H. 0. Mode. BELWOOD SCHOOL IS DESTBOYEB 01 FIRE * Fire Supposed to Have Started From Defective Flue. School Will Con tinue in Junior Hall. One of the two school buildings a^s Belwood wns totally destroyed by fire last Tuesday afternoon the fire sup posed to have originated from a de tective flue. A farmer ploughing in a fit Id near the school building noticed the flame about a half hour after school^ dismissed and he gave the alarm, summoning others to help fight the fire, but it was too well under way to extinguish. They managed to get out a number of desks but many of them were damaged in the hurry to get them out. It is understood that about $700 fire insurance was carried on the building which does not near cover the loss. C. G. Hodges is principal and county superintendent, J. C. Newton, learned yesterday that arrangements had been made with the Junior order for the use of their hall as class rooms until the present school year is out. Belwood is the location of the old Bel wood institute, at one time one of the favorite educational institutions of the county. It is understood that the building which was dee'oyed was the old Belwood institute building which was remodelled a few years ago. HAMRICKmKS OF MIITS SUY If Needed Will be Glad to Serve Greater Shelby Again aa Aider Man. Board and the Salary. Talking to a representative of The Star regarding his re-election Alder man T. W. Hamrick stated that ha was so much interested in the welfare of the town that he was willing to al low his name to remain on the ticket and do all he could for greater Shelby. However, he added that if the people thought a change better anil some other man in the ward would come out he would gladly give up the place. In the following Alderman Hamrick called our attention to the fact that there is no fixed salary to the office of mayor and that the salary he re ceives is determined entirely by the board of aldermen.: “For twenty-five years or more pre cedent, set the figure at $25 per month, for being official head of the town, and performing the ordinary duties of that office as perscribed by the charter, but on account of extra services rendered, the board paid Col. J. T. Gardner $50 per month the latter part of his term. When the present mayor was elected, it was generally understood that he was to devote his entire time to the town, for which he was to receive $125 per month. The present board, I feel sure did not mean to set that price as a precedent for other boards to follow, and it might be well for candidates for the otfice to state the conditions and terms under which they wish to be el ected. Personally I think the mayors salary should be fixed at $50 for be ing official head and leave it up to the board to decide on a reasonable compensation for extra or full time service.” Farmers In Splendid Shape For Early Work More Plowing Done Than Usual and Farmers Making Great Prepar ations For Planting. With ideal weather prevailing for the last six weeks, despite Mr. Ground hog’s prediction to the contrary, the farmers of Cleveland county are in the best shape with their work they have been in a number of %< ars. Fall and spring plowing are about finished and as one farmer expressed it here Sat urday, the ground is still in ideal condition, mellow and soft and works better than he can ever recall. No planting has been done as yet, except for early garden vegetables. While fertilizer prices are up somewhat over last year’s prices, the farmers of Cleveland are buying about as much as before and there will be no boycott of the fertilizer manufacturers on ac count of the higher prices. It looks as if the farmers will plant about as much acreage in cotton as last year when the record yield for all time was made, but they are making prepara tions for more hay and grain than usual. Just what the season holds in stope, remains to be seen. The spring-like weather that has prevailed for the past few weeks has caused the trees to bud and the fruit blossoms to put forth. Some appre hension is held as to the fate of the fruit crop because more cold freezing weather is looked for, certainly around Easter time, when the fruit might be killed.