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CL EVELAND: *‘A COUNTY 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 iUbcl&ttib VOL. XXXIII, No. 26 r-1— ..— . RELIABLE HOME PAPER Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section. Modern Job Department. - Jt THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1925. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Schools of Cleveland to Engage In Annual Meet. Large Crowds Expected. A large number of people are ex pec- ■ to congregate in Shelby' Fri day. April 3, for the annual llooy V.'r: ,'contepta and field day for the hieh -chooh of the county. With favor ■ -1 ■;ti er the day promi:; to.he a j . - and one of the big day;- of the ■, .a for the county in general. High Fel t, of the day are the Ho-y a::.! Webb-recitation, csfay, and oratorical contest< and the big field meet on the city athletic field. Ha idsomo priz- . are'''awarded in the Iloey-Webb co test- and individual prizes and lion ors in the field meet. Program For Day. "l i e ? Ima Webb Itecitation Contest v id. begin at 10 o’clock in the morn ing at Cenral school audiorium and t acl; school will be allowed one con testant. The length of the reeitatbrs are not to e::ceed 10 minuter, t <• time being determined by high sc hr 1 re pnrentatives of the county. Track Events. At 1 o’clock in the afternoon the track events and field day program will get underway on the city athl.tV field. The contests will include: HlO-yd., 220-yd., 440-yd., dasher, half mile and mile races, running high jump, standing high jump, running, broad jump, standing broad jump, shot put, and mile relay race (four men to team and one team for each school).-In all contests except the re lay race each school may rave two contestants. Prizes will be offered in dividual winners in pach contest, bui no banner will be offered school win ning most points. Play For Championship. At 1 o’clock in the afternoon the Shelby Highs and another high school team of the county will play for tile county baseball championship and a good game is expected. The winner will be given the Mull loving cup, which is now- in the poscssion of Boil ing Springs. Hoey Contest. At 8 o’clock in the evening the Jh cy oratorical contest will start in Cen tral auditorium. Each school may vary two representatives, with no speaker being allowed more than ten minutes. Webb Essay Contest. The winner of the Selma Webb es say medal will be announced at the Hoey contest. This contest is open to both boys and girls and the essays are not to contain more than 1,000 words, h’o school may submit more than three essays. It is hoped that this year every .‘chool in the county will take part in the big annual contest and make of it a greater success than ever before. Judges Secured. County Superintendent J. C. New ton anftounees that all the judges for the many contests have been secured and that every judge will he from out ide the county. Contestants are urged by -Superintendent Newton to come in early on Friday so as to have time to draw places before the contests open. Philbeck Is Now At Work On No. 6 Roads Started Making “Little Uns out o’ Bib Uns" Friday. Mrs. Francis Also “Doing Her Bit.” *Sloan Philbeck, who on last Thurs (1:‘y was sentenced to two years on the roads of No. 0 township, on Frida;/ morning became a guest of the road Ciln'P- At the same time Mrs. Jessie •Mae Francis, co-defendant in the i'ame case, started serving her year’s H'ntene, six months of which will be county jail, after which time ; he will be hired out by the commis sioners for the remainder of the year, ihe charge on which the two were ■’entenced was fornication and adul. lery an<i grew out of two elopements "hich attracted state-wide interest •in<i was the main topic of talk in ■eveland county for many months, So ends the apparently final chap it of an episode that attracted more People than any other case in the re cords of the county. Curiosity seem lnffly has been satisfied and justice is now taking its turn. Soon the public ''i have forgotten the man who la 10rs out on the county roads and to ■ose who pass by he will be just one ? the many “paying the piper 'after !<»ving had his dance.” And the wo m-in once called beautiful and whose name has been whispered in ever sec Jon of the county wnll soon pass from m®ro°ry of the public stage. • nch is the fate of those who err it« ■'lr, resPect of law and violate so Mety s moral code. I-1 M\ ,' r I'-ilk Of .Judge Stack A i Ht: JJrivorViews i■ in'g Here. I - •• ' case and th • sentence t'*v" ’ k:ri"■ Mountain hj driver >W > a.,, i- .. bn Superior cQV.rt here v ■ h.ih'r ciisCussed quite a 0 i ' ’ " it 'j. v a id the following 1 1 c■■■II . • mad • by. various r i r th • ..a‘e will b? of local i‘ </ -r ; n *‘'ar::'~ Comment" .1 too (Speoii.nboro Daily Kiw.i says: "The -id-year-old bus driver who had imbidcd Jama'-a ginger as a stimu lant, following, which his bus collided with p. farmer driving a grain drill on the highway, with fatal results to the farmer, probably feels that under the entenee of ten years hard labor in the state I'ri-oh he is made to bear t!:e :n of many other reckless driv ers. Hie age, good record as a driver, b! ruling lights, no light on the grain chi!!. ar,d the fact that he didn’t in tend to do it, will all be cited in his favor by those who may sympathize with him. But Judge Stack is eternal ly right when he says the judgment i an i xanrple of what should be done v.ith the highway’s greatest danger— th ■ drunken driver. If the highways are to be made even reasonably safe it is foolsih to go on temporizing with the reckless and the vicious who take no thoughts for rights cr the safety of others. And only the most drastic punishment will reach this class. Judge who excuse the engineers of juggernauts are themselves particeps eriminis. Judge Stack frees himself from; responsibility for the blood of •the innocent.” Editor Mebane, of the Catawba News-Enterprise, approves in this fashion: . "Frank A. Lindsay, 52-year-dhl bus driver on Kings Mountain to Shelby line, was sentenced to ten years in Jjts* • penitentiary on Wednesday by Judge Slack. “The driver ran over a farmer who yeas driving a wheat drill, the result was the farmer died from injuries re ceived. “We congratulate Judge Stack that he has set a fine example for other judges to follow, "On some highways the bus drivers act as if the whole road belongs to them and was built especially for them. Here is our want add for every pa per in North Carolina: “Wanted—*■ More Judges like Stack." While the Statesville Daily has this to say: “Judge Stack has apparently reach ed the inevitable conclusion that the only way to check reckless and wanton disregarded of law and popular rights is to give the limit of punishment. In Cleveland county Superior court a bus driver, who had run into a man rid ing a grain drill, inflicting injuries from which the latter died, submit ted to manslaughter; and he no doubt received the shock of his life when he was given the limit of the law—ten years at hard labor in State prison. "The judgment will no doubt be cri ticised as unduly harsh. The infor mation is rung in that the driver is 52 years old, that he has been driv ing eight years and this was his first accident; that it occurred at night and he was blinded by lights, etc. No doubt the sentiment will be strong enough to secure a paruun ui a little later. It was brought out in the evidence that the driver was drinking—Jamaica ginger at that. Most people who operate cars take too great chances without reason; the best of people, folks v/ho have no purpose to do wrong, are too reckless at tim es—take unnecessary risks. That be ing so, as everybody knows, how are the habitually reckless, those who don’t care, so far as their conduct dis closes, what happens to the other fel low; those who make the highways a place of constant danger—how are these to be restrained, whether drunk or sober, unless they are given such punishment as may throw some fear into their calloused souls? “Judge Stack termed his judgment an example of what should be done to the highway's greatest danger— the drunken driver. Judge Stacx is right. If you are tempted to go sniv eling over the poor man, 52 years old, who didn't intend to do it, include in the urge of sympathy the poor man whose life was crushed out by the recklessness of a drunken driver; and just remember how you would feel about it if the dead man was one of your folks. That is the best test. If we were the aggrieved party, ii we hod suffered as a result of the ai t would we think the punishment too severe ‘l’’_. - - SHELBY'S NEW MASONIC TEMPLE A view of the four-, t .y Mu. onic Tefiiple o i the “Court Square” Taken as the Work on the Handsome Building: War, Nearing C ompletion. Play Gaffney And Concord A rid For County Honors, l.o-e Gr.e ' - d Win One With Ml. Pleasant. The Shelby High baseball claw state champions, have four important games on this wee!:, all to be played here. The first game i on. Tnc-day with Gaffney, a • on.tr-t between >iv two teams at Gaffney recent ending in a tie. On Friday Coach More s’ la.ye. will play another county team at the city ball park he-e as a part of the “County Field Day" exercisee, foe the county championship. Then on Salts; - day the Highs will meet the su.org Concord team here; The Hickory highs defeated once this year by Shelby, will play here Thursday. With only a few regulars back and with little new material with which to build a team Coach Morris has pulled tho unexpected as hi football and ha» a club judging from the opening gain j es that will make a stiff race for state ! honors again this year. Split Two Games. I The Highs defeated the Mi. Plea ■ ant Collegiate Institute team on Thursday 6 to 4 and on Friday lo.it to the prep school; r s 5 to 0. Jack Hoyle was on the mound for Shelby in the first contest and was stingy with hits, holding rh? heavy hitting visitors well in check. Wil: Ma'd^ess, "Fred Benin find Orica led the hitting. EHerbee twirled t’ • final game against Mt. Pleasant Friday. At a meeting of the team just be fore Thursday's game Fred Beam, captain-elect of the football tea; i, was elected baseball captain and celebrat ed the occasion with two long blows in the game shortly thereafter. Beam is or.e of the best all-around athletes to ever attend the local school ai d the honor of being named captain of two teams is a deserved one. Beam i,- an all-state football player and w last season mentioned as all-state catcher baseball. ‘Flapper Grandmother’ Proved Entertaining The “Flapper Grandmother,” a rad ical comedy, presented last Ihr’sdav e veiling at the Central school by the Shelby Woman’s club proved to be a success and highly entertained large audience. Although prepared and trained fur only a short period the lines were well handled by all members of the east, while the three choruses excep tional for local talent and the youth fulness of the members. Those pre senting the characters of the Flapper Grandmother, Andrew! Mat, Lena and Belinda Spriggins ami Bobby Smith handled their parts well, with more talent being shown perhaps in the part of Mat Spriggins, although all parts, even minor ones were presented better than is common to local talent productions. Flay at Grover. A play entitled the “Path Across the Hills,” will he given Friday night at Grover school auditorium. Judge Stack Cuts Sentence Of Frank Lindsay 3 Years Ln court Saturday morning Judy‘s A. . Mi Stfick changed the • i n. e of Frank Lindsay, 52 yogr-ojd K;.)£»•' Mountain bus driv er i r.,«Ti 10 to seven years in the i-tate prison,^The sentence first ■read “if ?in !->to 15 years at hard !ab">- in the state prison,” but it , n.ireads: “seven to 10 years.” Lindsay it will be recalled plead , y to driving his- bus one night last fail into, a grain: drill driven by Edg; r itairoon, a farmer, and i injur : g: Harmon that -he later'died. The charge first read fin t degree murder ar.d on rc tjue. t of the solicitor was changed u»-r-.i..-..slaughter- or second degree murder. Much press comment on ti e ir ate nee has been made over the state. - Two other sentences were also It -d. Doc Iiippy, aged negro charged with an assaultwith in tent. to rape on a young negro girl, had his sentence changed Saturday morning from five to • two years. Odell Gordon, the ne gro \. .-i was convicted of assault with intent to kill on a filling sta t on ] r op vie tor at Kings Mountain was given three years instead of five. Sheriff Hugh Logan, Deputy Charlie Sheppard and Randolph Logan left Sunday for the state prison at Raleigh with seven pris oners, whose sentences total 17 years as follows: Frank Lindsay, 7; J. W. Dixon, 2; Lawrence Gray son. 1; Doc Rippy, 2; Odell Gord on, S; Odell Eskridge, 1; Johnny Hogue, 1. Tiie three first prison er; are white, the four others col ored. Call For Election in Shelby May 4th An official call has been made by the board of aldermen of the town of Shelby for the municipal election to he held ?'k nduy May 4th at which time the qualified voters will elect a mayor, n;ur aldermen and five school trustee■>;. Already there arc three can didates for mayor, A. P. Weathers, J. T. Gardner and Payton McSwain, but no official announcement has been made for the four vacancies on the beard of aldermen and the five posi tion^ on the board of trustees, al though a number of the former mem. her. have signified their willingness to accept another term. T. Eskridge has been named reg ia* rar ahrd the registration books will be open on April 2nd and will remain '•pen until April 25th. Those who live in the inside of the former boundaries and are already registered, need not re-register, hut all citizens who re. side in the territory recently added to the city ocundary must register, be cause the registration books of the town differ from the registration books for county and state-e lec tions and to vote this year you must be enrolled in the town’s registration books. Judge E. Y. Webb and Miss Eliza | both Webb have returned from Wash ington and Cincinnati. For Second Straight Year Local De baters (io to.,Chapel Hill. Kings Min. and Latlimore Win. The Shelby high school debating teams on Friday night won out ovei both Gastonia teams in the state tri angular debating contest, thereby earn ing the right for the second straight year to go to Chapel Mill and debate with other group winners for state honors. Lincolnton was in the triangle with Shelby and Gastonia but with drew Friday, leaving only two schools. The Shelby affirmative, represent ed by Dorothy Mcknight and Mae Connor, defeated the Gastonia nega tive, represented by Betty Jackson and Jack Hood, here by a unanimous decision. The judges were Rutherford County Superintendent W. R. Hill, Miss Green, of the Rutherfonlton high school faculty, and Rev. Mr. Grier,, pastor of the Rutherfonlton Presby terian church. At Gastonia the Shel by negative, represented by Caroline Blanton and Nelson Callahan, won a unanimous decision over Martha Rob inson and Maybeth Steidley, represen ting the Gastonia affirmative. Prin cipal J. H. Grigg accompanied the Shelby team to Gastonia. Others Win. Other high schools in the county to win both sides of the debate were Kings Mountain and I.ntttm ore. "Kings Mountain defeated Bessemer City and Dallas. The Kings Mountain debaters were Lorine Cornwell, Nannie Plonk, William Mason and Oscar Carpenter. The query of this year’s contest is, "Resolved that North Carolina Should Ratify the Port Terminals Bill.” Auction Sale Brings $21,797 Saturday — Nolan Sale of Hamrick Residential Property is a Great Success. Purchasers all Have Money. The auction sale of the Sidney Ham rick property on S. LaFayette street and on the Cleveland Springs road Saturday was a success from every standpoint, the 59 lots bringing a to tal of $21,797. While terms of one third cash and balance in one and two years were offered on all property sold Mr. Nolan says that nearly two-thirds of the purchase price was paid in cash, showing th at there is ample money to invest in good real estate purchases. This brings the total sales of real estate of the J. B. Nolan com pany for last week to $44,297. The sale was largely attended and the bidding was spirited. From the list of purchasers it would seem that a number of new homes will be er ected on this proeprty at an early date, while others bought for invest ment. Those who purchased lots were J. H. Beam, J. L. Thomasson,, W. M. Blanton, J. D. Crowder J. T. Poston, J. G. Harrill, D. G. McSwain, C. A. I Morrison, E. G. Gladden, J. O. Propst, ! A. W. McMurry Fred R. Morgan, J F. Ledford, R. E. Campbell, J. W. I Spangler and P. P. Richards, _ ~ Prominent Business Man, Senior Member of School I>t irci. Died • Thursday Night Mr. Marion Putnam, one of Shelby's, most prominent and influential bush n<“ss men, died Thursday night at his • home on N. LuFayotte street at 11 :.;u o'clock, following a long standing heart trouble which incapacitated him front full business duties for some-’ time. While his health was bad, he had a full share of will power and was on the street., only a few days before the! end came. Mr. Putnam was 57 years I of age and was born tear Shelby, his! mother's second marriage being to Mr. i John Hopper, He was married to Miss Maggie Anthony who. was a most de voted companion. She survives, togeth er with one daughter, Ray, now Mrs Marion Ross of Charlotte. Two half brothers, Stough and Major Hopper and one half-sister, Mrs. J. Bun Brid ges also survive. Mr. Putnam was actively identified with the business, educational and re ligious life of Shelby. In point of serv. ice he was the oldest member of the city school board, a position he held for nearly 20 years. In this position he was most useful, locking after the construction, up-keep and repair ot the school without any compensation whatever. Also he was a director of the Shelby Cotton mill, the Shelby Building and Loan Association and foi many years an official of^he First Baptist church, being a member of the building committee when the new church was erected. For the past 20 years Mr. Putnam has been an official of the Shelby lee and Fuel company'. M hen a boy Mr. Putnam joined the Baptist church at Zion later moving his membership to the First Baptist church, Shelby. He was a consecrated Christian and highly esteemed citizen Although quiet in his disposition hs was always looking for an opportunity of service and when such was pet formed, he never shouted it from the housetops. The funeral was conducted from the home-Saturday morning at 10 o'clock by Revs. R. L. Lemons and John \V. Suttle. A large crowd gathered to pay respect to his useful life and a wealth of beautiful floral wreaths covered his new made mound in Sunset cemetery where his remains were laid to rest. Miss Patty Roberts, daughter ol Captain and Mrs. J. F. Roberts, ot Shelby, and private secretary to Con gressman A. L. Bulwinkle, is in tho j Spartanburg General hospital suffer ing shock and supposedly slight in juries sustained Saturday morning when a coupe in which she was riding crashed through the railing of a bridge near Whitstone, S. C., and hurtled downward 30 feet to the Southern railway tracks below. Mr L. O. Hunter, half-brother of Mrs. P I- Hennessa, of Shelby, and Mr. W. G. Hodges, who were with Miss Roberts, the party being enroute to the Mag nolia Gardens, were also injured Mr, Hunter's injuries being considered the more serious. Train Hits Car. Within a few minutes after the car crashed into the deep cut near White, stone, a freight train bore down upon the scene and demolished the coupe, which was lying upon the Southern railway tracks. Mr. Hodges and Miss Roberts, who did not lose conscious ness, had succeeded in pulling Mr. Hunter from under the overturned au tomobile a scant five minutes before the train rushed down upon them. Crawling from under the wreckage, Mr. Hodges extricated Miss Roberts and then, with her assistance, succeed ed in pulling Mr. Hunter free of the car. Mr. Hodges then hurried to a telephone in a nearby house to sum. mons assistance. Mr. Hunter was unconscious when taken to the hospital and there is some fear that he might have been inter nally injured. Captain Roberts who with Mrs. Roberts were called to Spartanburg says that Miss Robert’s injuries do not appear to be serious and that there are no bones broken. Mr. Hodges was not thought to have been seriously injured but was order ed to bed because of the severe shock. Miss Roberts, Mr. Hunter and Mr. Hodges left Spartanburg early Sat urday morning in Mr. Hunter’s coupe for Charleston, where they had ar ranged to join Mrs. Hodges and oth ers from Spartanburg for a week end party at Magnolia Gardens, and Mr. Hodges was at the wheel of the car when the crash occurred.' Press dis patches say that it is thought he lost control of the machine in approaching the bridge, one mile south of White stone, , Mr>. Hollifield Awarded $3,500 of $10,000 Asked Against Mills A case of more than usual interest nut only here but with the legal fra ternity over the state ended Saturday afternoon when Mrs. Mamie Hollifield, administratrix of George W. Holli field, vv« ; awarded $3,500 in a suit of $10,000 against the Shelby Cotton mil's. | he suit in many respects was d'fftrei-j from any ever fried in the state and developed 0 warm lep'u! contest with ( lux Gardner representing the plaintiff and Clyde K. Hoey defending the interests of the textile plant. <>ii April 22, 1924, George W. Hoi bfiehl, for marly years an employe of the Shelby mill, received n slight cut on his linger while at work. Blood poison later developed and Hollifield died on May 14, 1921. The suit was, unusual because of the fact that it was based oil a continuation of allegations, it being alleged that the cut on the finger produced the injury; that the injury produced blood poison, and that lilood poison produced death. Hollifield front tTie evidence pro duced inflicted a small cut on his lib. tie finger while reaching in a can for material for his work, it being the contention of the plaintiff that the linger was cut on a email piece of tin that had been broken and turned up Within a few days the aim became swollen and Hollifield was removed to the hospital where ho later died. It was the contention of the defense that there was no negligence on the part or the mill and that Hollifield had never mentioned the fact that the broken tin was in any way dangerous, It was further contended by the defense that, infection could have entered the wound after the cut. No witnesses w ere used by the defense, while the plaintiff placed on the stand Mrs. Hot lifield, the widow, C.J . Hollifield, W. V. Simpson, B. O. Hamrick, John Dellinger and I)rs. Houser, Harbison and Lattimore. Court spectators were afforded some entertainment in hearing the legal lu - minaries battle each other in what was, considered an important suit from the standpoint of the legal profession. Much of the ground covered was new ami objections were often offered and rulings not set forth iri past opinions frequently called for. Stock of Goods and Frame Store Building Destroyed by Fire. Loss $9,000 \\ ith Half Insurance. •' The general merchandise store of Mr, Lorin E. Hoyle was destroyed by fire Saturday night, the damage be ing approximately $9,000 with only a half insurance coverage. Just how the fire originated, Mr. Hoyle is unable to to say. The fire had gone out in the stove sometime before he left the store at 10 o’clock. About 10:30 o'clock, young men passing say the flame eat ing its way through the side of the building near the e; of the houstt and gave the alarm. Mr. Hoyle and other neighbors hurried to the scene and formed a bucket brigade, but by that time the fire had gained such headway that it was beyond their control and in a few minutes the en tire building was in amass of flames. Nothing whatever was saved from the burning building. Mr. Hoyle said his stock of general merchandise inven toried about $i,000 while the frame building was worth $2,000, making a total loss of about $9,000 with insur ance of only half their value. The burning store threatened a num ber of other buildings near-by but none of the others were damaged to any extent. The home of Miss Belle Grigg caught but the fire was extin guished and the fire-fighters had to keep the walls wet of the R. A. Hord and son store and the corn mill to save them from catching.. It was a quiefc night with no March wind, otherwise the flames would have wrought a, greater damage. A thousand or more people saw tho flame for miles away and gathered at the scene but they were powerless to do anything except save the adjacent buildings. —Mrs. Cline Dead—Mrs. Henry; Cline, formerly of Cleveland county, died Sunday afternoon at her homo near Lincolnton, age about 89 years, Mrs. Cline is the mother of Mrs. B. H. Palmer and aunt of Mrs. Rush Stroup and Mrs. Earl Honeycutt of Shelby. She was buried Monday at St. Peters church in upper Cleveland. Further particulars could not be learned, bufe will be published Friday, ftSSttSfe*