CLEVELAND: “A 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
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VOL. XXXIII, No. 37
THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C.
TUESDAY, MAY 12. 1925.
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SHELBY WINS FROM
■IE HIGHS
Hoyle, Youthful Hurler, Wins Pitchers
Duel in Semi-Final Game For
Western Honors.
Playing in Gastonia Friday after
noon Coach “Casey” Morris’ Shelby
Highs defeated the Charlotte Highs 6
to 5 in the semi-final game for the
Western North Carolina baseball
championship. Jack Hoyle, 15-year-old
Shelby twirler, was the star of the
contest, yielding only six hits to the
hard-hitting Charlotte club, while
Morris’ gritty little club drove out 10
safeties, four being for extra bases.
The victory renewed baseball inter
est in Shelby and the town is now
banking strong on the gritty young
sters, who minus ability are repeating
the victories of Shelby’s 1924 state
champions on the determination to
win. Two all-state-players, Captain
Beam and Wilson, of last year’s club
are on the present eleven, while half
of the team that on Friday defeated
Charlotte is new material and products
of Morris’ training.
From the outset the game Friday
was a mound affair and at the end
young Hoyle had bested Fred Lanier,
rated as one of the best high hurlers
in the state since the passing of Lee
and Wall. In the second frame Shel
by drove over three of their markers
when Max Connor clouted one over the
fence for the circuit after Dixon had
singled and Grice had tripled, and for
an oddity it happened to be the weak
er end of the batting array that stag
ed the spree that commonly is credit,
ed to Magness, Beam and Dedmon,
Shelby scored another run in the
fourth and put the affair on ice wit it
two more in the seventh. Charlotte al
so threatened in the seventh when
Hoyle gave up two hits and Self cr
rored.
A long run and catch by Gribble of
Wilson’s slash to center was the field
ing feature, while Connor with a hom
er, single and walk led the hitting.
Magness and Wilson secured two hits
each, Beam and Dedmon drove out
doubles and Grice a triple.
“Dutch” Hengeveldt, of Davidson j
college, officiated and the contest was j
staged before Gastonia’s largest!
crowd of the season with hundreds at
tending from Charlotte and Shelby.
Shelby will play Bessemer in Salis
bury Wednesday, May 13, for the west:
ern North Carolina championship and:
a large number of Shelby people are
planning to journey down for the
game.
Charlotte AB. R. H. O. A.
Cribble, cf _J.:__ ...4 1110
Hurt, ss . ___ „_3 0 0 7 2
Foard, 2b __ ___ ___ 3 0 12 0
Kistler, lb _ 4 0 0 1 0
Scott, rf ___ J__._4 0 0 1 0
Phillips, 3b ______ 4 10 10
Sherrill, If_4 1 1 4 0
Webb, c __.___3 12 5 0
Lanier, p__ 3 1 1 2 4
Totals —___32 5 G 27 12
Shelby AB. R. H. O. A.
Wilson, If___5 0 2 2 0
Self, 3b __5 0 0 0 1
Magness, cf.___5 12 0 0
Beam, c __5 115 1
Dedmon, rf ... .__.-_._5 0 14 0
Dixon, 2b ... __4 114 3
Grice, lb ___ _____ _. 4 2 1 11 1
Conners, ss — _2 1 2 1 2
Hoyle, p__...5 0 0 0 3
Totals ___ ___ ___3£> 6 10 27 11
Shelby__ ___030 100 200—G
Charlotte ___ __102 000 200—5
Summary: Errors, West, Foard,
Scott, Wilson, Self, Conner. Two-base
bits, Beam, Dedmon, Sherrill. Three
base hits, Grice. Home run, Conner.
Stolen base, Wilson, Magness, Conner.
Sacrifice, Conner, Hurt, Foard. Base
on balls, off Hoyle, 2; Lanier 1. Struck
out by Hoyle, 5; Lanier 5. Double play,
( onner to Dixon to Grice. Passed ball,
Webb. Wild pitch, Lanier. Time, 1:55.
MEMORIAL services at
NEW PROSPECT SUNDAY
_ Memorial services will be held at
New Prospect church Sunday it is an
nounced. Sunday school and song serv.
ice will be from 10 o’clock in the morn
>ng to 11, with a short intermission
before the sermon at 11 by Rev. W.
U. Camp. A big dinner will be served
on the grounds from 12 to 1:30 and
everyone is asked to bring a basket.
At 2 o’clock in the afternoon there
will be an appropriate memorial ad
dress by Chas. A. Burrus, county solic
itor. On Thursday morning of this
U'eek those in the New Prospect sec
tion are urged to meet at the church
tor the purpose of cleaning off the
cemetery.
Memorial at Palm Tree. ,
Memorial services will be held at
Palm Tree church Sunday, May 17th.
In the morning there will be children’s
exercises, followed by the decoration
of the graves and dinner on the
r'Omi.f, Rev. C S. Kirkpatrick will
jureach in the afternoon.
MULL USED FEEBLE
MINDED UK
WaKe County (.rand Jury Asks That
Idiots He I aken Away From For
mer Cleveland Man.
The following story from the Ra
leigh News & Observer of Thursday
will be of local interest:
Disclosing horrible conditions in
which- three feeble-minded men are i
living on the farm of J. C. Mull, pros
perous farmer of Wake Forest town
ship, as laborers without pay, the
Wake county grand jury in its report
to Judge Frank Daniels yesterday
recommended that the men be taken
from Mull's custody and placed with
some other citizens or in some insti
tute,,..
“The three men are: Harley Clark,!
28, and Ethel Clark, 2G, white broth- j
ers of Cleveland county, who were se
cured by Mull from the Caswell
Training School, and Will Boyd, negro
of Cleveland cuonty. Mull came to
Wake several years ago from Cleve
land county. The men work on the
farm and are not of such a low type
of mentality that they are unable to
do good labor. The negro who appear
ed to be of lower type than thf> two
white men to the grand jurors takes
care of the two white men.
“Immediately after the report was
made, E. Lloyd Tilley, assistant clerk
of the court, got in touch with Dr C.
Banks McNairy .superintendent of the
Caswell Training School, who order
ed the sheriff to take the two white
boys and return them to the institu
tion. At the same time an order was
issued requiring Mull to appear be
fore Judge Daniels Friday morning
at ten th.rty with the negro man and
show cause why the negro should not
be sent to the county home.
"On Friday, May 1st, a Committee
visited the. home of Mr. J. C. Mul', in
Wake Forest Township," the grand
jury report states, “for the purpose
of investigating the conditions sur
rounding three feeble-minded men.
This committee reported conditions to
be such that called for an investiga
tion of the Grand Jury as a whole.
Accordingly, on Monday, May 4th, we
visited the home of Mr. Mull. Though
an attempt had been made since the
preceding Friday to clean up the out
building far from suitable for the men
are quartered, we found the building
far from suitable for the housing of
human beings. The so-called mattress
es and other equipment on the beds
we found to be in filthy condition.
Without undertaking to describe in de
tail the conditions as we found tnem.
we must say' that the living and sleep
ing quarters provided for these tnen
are most unsanitary. In the winter
the two white men and the nygro man
occupy the same sleeping room, but
we are informed by Mr. Mull that the
negro occupies a separate room in the
summer. In view of the conditions
which we found, we recommend that
these men be taken from Mr. Muli s
custody and that they be either plac
ed with some other citizen or citizens
in the County or admitted to the state
institutions provided for the care of
those so afflicted."
“The information concerning the
condition of the men was brought to
the grand jury by citizens and not
officials.”
—
Dr. Grigg Heads
District Woodmen:
Shelby Camp Planning to Attend En
campment at Charleston, S. C.
Selling Tickets to Princess.
Dr, T. 0. Grigg, T. P. Lail, Charles
D. Hicks and E. B. Hopper attended
the district convention of the Western
North Carolina Log Rolling associa
tion of the Woodmen of the World held
at Arden, this state, on Thursday May
7. They report a very enthusiastic
meeting and say they enjoyed the
meeting immensely. At this meeting
Dr. T. O. Grigg clerk of the local
camp was elected president of the as
sociation for the ensuing term.
Hickory camp No. 518 W. O. \V.
Shelby, have reorganized their com
pany of the uniform, rank known as
Co. K 97th regiment. This company is
planning to attend encampment to be
held in Charleston, S. C., begining Au
gust 22, and continuing one week and
in order to raise funds to purchase
equipment they are selling tickets to
the Princess theatre for next I41 iday
night May 15 and reguest all members
of the camp to help all they can.
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY
ENTERTAINS THURSDAY
The Central elementary school will
observe Parents day Thursday after
noon at 5 o'clock in the Central school
auditorium. All patrons and friends
are invited. Exercises and entertain
ment will be given by the children of
the Central elementary grades.
T-?l STAR WAA'l AIC &
ANOTHER LOOK AT BUSINESS SHELBY
The Above View Was Taken From The Roof Garden Of The New Masonic Temple And Looks
West On West Warren Street. The First National And Union Trust Company Appearing Dis
tinctly One Block Away. The High Building In The Background Is The Princess Theatre.
OFFICERS FIND 20
GALLON CACHE
OF BOOZE
Corn liquor on the local market v
will likely advance in price as a
result of a find made Friday
shortly after noon by Chief B. O.
Hamrick and Officers M. H. Aus
tell, Jim Hester and Bob Kendrick.
While making a search in the
woods near the road between the
two Hickory creeks about three
and one-half miles out of Shelby
the officers found four 5-gallon
cans of corn covered up in the
leaves.
It is presumed that the liquor
was to have been retailed in Shel
by, hut instead it was turned over
to the sheriffs office and will go
the way of all good booze—and
bad—down the gutter.
Big Home Coming
At El Bethel
(Special to The Star.)
Kings Mountain, May G—Homo
coming and memorial services will be
held at ElBethel Sunday May 17th.
Last year at this service a historical
society was formed with Mrs. B. F.
Dixon, president and Mrs. Lydia Da
vis as vice president. This society is
expected to make its first report at
this meeting on May 17th and some
interesting historical facts will be pre
sented, showing that old ElBethel is
the Mother church of Methodism in
Cleveland and adjoining counties, giv
ing names of some of the pastors who
have served when circuit riding was
in style and a lot of other information.
Among some other things a grave
150 years old.
Services will begin with Sunday
school at 9:45. Special music. Sermon
by the pastor Rev. B. Wilson at 11
o’clock. One hour intermission for din
ner on the grounds. Old friends and
new ones too, are cordially invited to
come and bring a well filled basket. *
After dinner the Hon. O. F. Mason
of Gastonia, S. J. Durham of Bessemer
City and Messrs. J. H. Quinn and J.
A. Anthony of Shelby will speak. We
will also have a sermon by a former
much beloved pastor, Rev. J. Frank
Armstrong of Charlptte.
Pleasant Ridge Gets
Light Line Charter
The rural electric lighting program
in Cleveland county moves on stead
ily and soon the majority of the
homes in rural Cleveland will be elec
trically lighted. A dispatch from
Raleigh says that a charter has been
issued as follows:
Pleasant Ridge Electric Light and
Power company of Shelby, R-4. Au
thorized capital stock $20,000 with
$000 subscribed. Incorporators, L. V.
Lee, G. L. Hamrick and G. B. Mc
Swain, all of Baltimore and Lewis Me.
Swain, O. C. McSwain and P. C. Blan
ton.
When it comes to payment of in
ternational debts the Powers are get
ting close together. Only some aie
more close than others. - Manila Bui
lain.
NOTICE TO OUR
ADVERTISERS
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ules. thus delivering The Cleveland
Star to its thousands of readers on
time, and in order to avoid the pay
ment of a heavy over-time payroll,
advertisers are notified that copy
cannot be accepted later than 10
o’clock each morning of press days
—Mondays and Thursdays. Copy i
that can be furnished earlier than
press day, will be appreciated.
News matter for publication
should reach us on Saturdays for
Monday's paper and on Wednes
day for Thursday’s paper. In eases
of necessity, important news items
will be received on press days
Mondays and Thursdays. Our pat- 1
rons and friends will enable us to
serve them better and at the same |
time save considerable expense if |
they will co-operate with us in I
these important matters.
Sewer And Water
Extensions Here 1
The present city administration has
under way or just completed a number
of sewer and water extensions, all of
which is being done without any bond
issue. When the newly elected city of
ficials met with the present officials
In the city hall Tuesday night of last
week, the present board acquainted
the officers who take the reins of gov
ernment the first of June with the
work under way and offered to assist
them in any possible manner. In ad
diton to the widening of East Marion ;
street for about two blocks, sewer and
water mains are being extended to |
the Shelby Cloth mill, a new industrial |
plant in the northeast square of the j
town of Shelby. The sewer main will 1
run by way of the colored graded ;
school where sanitary closets will he j
available to the homes and the school
building in that vicinity. A state san
itary inspector on a recent visit to
Shelby declared the colored school
building and vicinity to be the most
unsanitary section of Shelby, so an ef
fort is being made to remedy this sit
uation which might lead to a disease
epidemic.
Sewer and water is being extended
to Fairview Heights, another line is
being put down in southwest Shelby,
extension of West Gardner street,
while a water main is being extended
to the flat rock section for fire protec
tion.
Fatally Injured
In Auto Accident
Gaffney, S. C., May 8.—Draper Har
ris, 11-years-old was run over and fa
tally injured by Charles Elmore on
Cherokee avenue this morning: at 8
o’clock. He died at Doctor Nesbitt’s
office at 1 o’clock, where he was taken
after the accident. A coroner's jury
rendered a verdict that it was an un
avoidable accident. The coroner held
Elmore in bond of $500.
Demanding: an aii depaitnicni,
General Mitchell cot tnl> the ii>.
Dailai vtcv-.
*
NEGRO IS CAUGHT
TAKING DRESSES
FROM STORE.
A shop lifting epidemic seems to
have struck Shelby. On Friday after
noon employes at Gilmer's store
caught John Bubo, young negro man,
in the act of stealing three silk dress
es. The officers were called and Satur
day morning in Recorder Mull’s court
Bubo was advised and ordered to spend
four months in the movement to bet
ter the roads in No. 6 township.
Bubo, it is said, was . sticking thc
dresses under his coat, thus trying to
conceal them from the store employes.
Another negro, who was with him.
made his escape. The convicted negro
is said to have given his home as Lau
rens, S. C.
Local stores have been bothered
sometime by petty shoplifting and in
recent weeks several of the offenders
have been nabbed and it is thought
that with Bubo's sentence the shop
lifting will slow up. Practically all of
the articles being taken are of small
value although in some in stances the
loot was very costly. Ocicers and em
ployes are now keeping strick watch
for shoplifters and others are expect
ed to be caught soon if their word
continues.
Further Railroad
Talk Is Heard
Charlotte Observer.
The Observer gave editorial treat
ment, Sunday morning, to the change
in control of the Norfolk Soutuern,
but t appears that Mr. Williams, who
bought up the majority block of stock,
is closer to Mr. Duke than had been
anticipated, It looks mightily lik'i Mr.
Duke is the real controller of the
Norfolk Southern, and that this prop
erty is going to be worked into an im
portant main line connecting Florida
with Norfolk. The New York infer-|
mation given in yesterday’s . paper
may prepare the public for the forth
coming at some time later on of de
velopment of a nature in which the
State will he intensely interested, for
the “rumor” looks like quite a straight
line. If the guess work should prove
well-founded, there is prospect of on
electrified railroad which would ab
sorb the Norfolk Southern on the
north and the Georgia & Florida on
the south, in connection with the
Piedmont & Northern, and this would
mean another expansion for Durham,
because of the fitting in of the rail
road development with the Duke uni
versity extension.
Extension of the Piedmont and
Northern from Charlotte to Durham,
as blue-printed in the original plans,
would be likely followed by extension
from Durham to Beaufort. And then
out from Charlotte to the south, the
Norfolk Southern would be carried to
its long contemplated western and
southern connections. There are all
sorts of possibilities under specula
tion, and however large the public
may shape them up, they will prob
ably prove even larger when the
things Mr. Duke may have in mind
are fully developed. At any rate, the
big future the Norfolk Southern has
b. en anticipating is evidently ut Land.
American t.lm tciiessc; jVti/ry in
Lit,to and iepcat at leisure.—di'un.l..
Will hr (iursts of Shelby Kiwani.i
Thursday Evening at Cleveland
Springs Hotel,
Local Kiwaniaiis will he interested
in the definite announcement that neat
100 Kota,inns front Gaffney, S. will
be the truest;- of the Shelby Kiwanis
club Thursday evening at Cleveland
Sprint's hotel. The Gaffney Ledger
says of the proposed meeting:
Members of the Gaffney Rotary club
and a 'number of at her Gaffney busi
ness men received the following let
ter from Charles \. Burrus, secretary
of the Shelby Kiwanis club relative to
the joint meeting of the two organi
zations to he held at Cleveland
Springs, near Shelby, next Thursday
evening:
“You are cordially invited to at
tend a joint meeting of the Gaffney
Rotary club and the Shelby Kiwanis
club at Cleveland Springs hotel Shelby
on Thursday evening, May 14, 1925,
at 8 o’clock, for a get-together affair
of the business men of our two towns
Being of the same stock and inheri
tance,, we want to know* more about
each other, and with this in view the
meetings has been arranged. We’ll be
disappointed if you don't come, and
will come down to your town later to
see you anyhow.
“Seriously, fellows, come along
and be with us. As you know, next
to your own town, we have the best
town in the world.’’
Harry Wilkins yesterday said it is
hoped to have at least 100 Gaffney
men attend the Cleveland Springs
meeting.
ELECTRIC SERVICE
BEING EXTENDED
While rural light lines are ex
tending throughout the county
and serving over 500 farm homep,
with the prospects of 1,000
homes by the end of this year,
the light service is also being ex
tended in Shelby, according to
Supt.'W. V. Toms of the Shelby
Water and Light Plants. On Wed
nesday of this week he cut on five
new patrons and on Thursday,
nine were added to the list. Prac
tically all of these were in new
homes that have been construct
ed within the old city limits. Now
that the limits have been extend
ed, more transmission lines will
have to be provided in the newly
acquired territory and in a short
while the number of new patrons
will be added more rapidly.
Superintendent Toms does not
know exactly how many water and
light patrons are now being serv
ed by the town, but thinks it will
reach near 2,000. lie expects to
make a count at an early date to
find out just how extensive the
service is. He does know howrever,
that it requires half of his time
to read meters and make out the
monthly statements to the con
sumers and that the power used
mounts upward each month and
tire water consumed exceeds 300,
000 gallons daily.
FERTILIZER TESTS
Department Officials Here Last Week
Began More Cotton Land Experi
ments. Farmers Should See.
W. H. Reed, of the department of
agriculture at Washington, and S. J.
Kirby, of the North Carolina Experi
ment station at Raleigh, were in the
county last week assisting County
Agent R. E. Lawrence in starting fer
tilizer tests for the information of the
cotton farmers of the county and sec
tion.
Two tests similar to these of last
year were started, one on the farm of
T. C. Black, of Kings Mountain, and
the other on the Sharon farm of S. C.
Lattimore.
As the result of the tests last year
it was found that it is best to use from
800 to 000 pounds of fertilizer per acre
under cotton. A slight-increase of fer
tilizer to the acre by the tests, it Is
thought. The farmers of the county are
urged by the county agent to keep in
touch and watch closely the tests this
year, visiting when possible the farms
where the tests are being conducted.
Children’s Day in June,
The Children’s day exercises to be
held at Battleground Baptist church
will be held the second Sunday in June
instead of May as published in The
SltU a sllJU llilit 0.
Fleet Officers and Choose Goldsboro
as Next Convention City. Plan
Advertising Campaign.
“Shelby is a fine little city and Clev
eland Springs is an ideal convention
hotel’ was the sentiment expressed by
Master Plumbers front all sections ot
North Carolina as they departed Shel
by Friday and Saturday at the end of
the last business session of the North
Carolina Plumbers association. ‘What’s
more,” they added, “these conventions
should rotate over the state, but we
are ‘ararin’ to coe back here.”
The meeting was one of the most
successful ever held by .the association
and marked steps in a new plumbing
area and advancement of the associa
tion were made. The feature of the
entire meeting perhaps was a regula
tion heartily put over by the plumb
ers for a regular advertising cam
paign to be conducted in the newspa
pers of the state guaranteeing all
work done by a master plumber is
lacked by the entire state group. The
advertising campaign will spread to
at least 30 newspapers, they say. An
other move that seemed to meet with
the approval of all convention dele
gates was that of organizing a ladies
auxiliary. Many ladies were in attend
ance at the meeting and displayed con
siderable interest in the sessions, even
to the business routine.
A motto for the state association
was selected as follows: “The master,
plumbers protects the nation’s health."
Officers and Delegates.
At the final session Friday after
noon the following officers were elect
ed:
Henry Hackney, Charlotte, presi
dent; Ed Harding, Greensboro, and
J. C. Parrish, Durham, vice presidents;
H. L. Griffin, Charlotte, field secretary
The executive secretary and board
will be appointed by the officers.
Delegates ^o the national conven
tion in Portland in June w^re named ,
as follows; S. M. Stephens, Asheville;
L. P. Paseall, Durham; W. R. Dosher,
Wilmington; E. B. Grady, Concord;
Gene Mundy, Statesville; A. Z. Price,
Charlotte; alternates, M. L. Gantt,
Salisbury; J. G. Dudley, Shelby; C. A.
Wollin, Raleigh; Carroll Walker, Char
lotte.
Feature addresses of Friday’s ses
sions were by V. L. Peavy, of the Na
tional Trade Extension bureau, and
H. E. Longley, vice president of thei
National Association of Master
Plumbers. Mr. Peavy spoke instruc
tively on “What 1925 Means to the
Plumbing and Heating Industry,”
while Longley’s address was under the
subject “General." Following the ad
dress business* aind the Working prob
lems of plumbers were discussed. The
convention was covered by represen
tatives of two big trade papers, T. It.
Graige, of Domestic Engineering, Chi
cago, and B. R. Fitzpatrick, of the
Plumbers Trade Journal.
On Friday the ladies attending the
convention together with those not en
gaged in the business session made a
sight seeing tour to Chimney Rock,
taking lunch at the hotel there and
spending the day amid Western North
Carolina scenic splendor. In between
sessions the golf course proved an at
traction, and it was proved that a
plumber does not forget everything,
for if one failed to have enough clubs
he borrowed one or made the one ho
had do.
McSwain Homestead 1
Destroyed By Fire
The Dock McSwain homestead near
Shanghi school house several miles
southwi st of Shelby, was destroyed by
fire Friday about noon, the property
was owned by the late Dock McSwain’s
son, Attorney Peyton McSwain and
there was no insurance xcept a $500
policy taken out about 15 years ago
and constantly renewed. A tenant, Mr.
Charlie Cook was living in the dwell
ing at the time and lost practically all
of his household goods. The building
was 2-stories high and when the fire
was first discovered it was in the root
near the kitchen flue.
Prisoners Moved
Into New Jail
Cleveland county’s old andjnuch
used jail became nothing but a mem
ory to the prisoners last week, the
last prisoner being moved out and into
the new jail on Saturday.
The county commissioners at a spe
cial meeting last Thursday made an
official inspection of the new jail, just
completed,, and at the end of their in
spection received it from the contrac
tors and architects in the name of the
county. The jail personnel was moved
over Friday and Saturday, about one
dozen prisoners being carried over as
first guests in the county’s modern
$8b,000 bastile.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Rorison of Ashe
ville sj-eui . eek tipi here, ~ j