CLEVELAND:—“A COUNTY THAT LEADS A PROGRESSIVE STATE IN DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE, AND WHERE HOSPITALITY REIGNS” t-^ RELIABLE HOME PAPER paid-up CIRCULATION of This Paper Is Greater Than The Population Given Shelby In The 1920 Census Of Shelby And The State's Fertile Farming Section. Modern Job Department. VOL. XXXIII, No. 49 THE CLEVELAND STAR. SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, JUNE 2.% 1925. ■IMS REQUEST Off UEHH 10 HI OF FICIflL CEHSUS TAKEN Want Official Census By Feder al Government. Also Ask Building And Zoning Law. Favor Half Holiday. At the meeting of the Shelby Ki wanis club held last week the club unanimously went on record as fa voring a Federal census for Shelby and as a result of the move a com mittee was appointed by the club to take the matter up with the city aider men and request the city officially #o have the Federal government take- a count of the people now living in Greater Shelby. The subject was brought up before the club by Hon. O. Max Gardner who related a number of ways in which an official census would greatly bene fit the city generally, and Mr. Gard ner with Mr. William Lineberger will appear before the board at the next meeting to make the request, which apparently is the desire of the entire city generally. Soon after extension of the limits a new census was talk ed and upon investigation it was found tout the Federal government weuld make a census but at a cost to the city. With this information the mat ter was dropped for sometime al though it has been talked generally over the town and the majority of the citizenship seems to favor the. move, there having been many inquir- ] i.es, some relating to big business, i since the extension regarding the j population of the town and how it I ranks with others of the state. Prac- j tieally every town or city of ^ry size in the state, rather those that have made considerable progress in recent' years, have had a census taken and i from a business view it would be a ! fine move for Shelby, is the trend of j opinion about town. In discussing the matter Mr. ’Gardner stated that it would be better to have tiie c msus taken by the Federal government so ! that .t would be officially recognized j by big business, insurance companies and others with whom population rates high. r avor Half Holiday. At the same meeting the club en dorsed the movement for a half holi day in the business houses of the ■town and a committee composed of Messrs, Paul Webb and J. -J. Latti more was appointed to take the mat ter up with the business men of town. The idea is to give employees and employers one afternoon off each week during the hot summer months and Tuesday the committee Will make a canvasS of the town to see how many of the business houses favor the move. Indications are that the half holiday will be given, according to an investigation made today. Want Building Laws. Hie Kiwanians furthered their legislative session by making another request of the city aldermen, one that was given the unanimous voce of the dub. A request will be made to the aldermen to delegate the city attorney to draw up a code and zoning sys tem to regulate properly the build ing program of the city and to have a building commissioner to supervise this very important work. Practically e'e*J town and city of any size in the state has such regulations and 'mh the rapid growth of Shelby it is < eemed that such a system is now im perative for the town. With this re <iuesi another will be made, that of alottmg a certain space to be used as a Playground for the children of the ‘ '.I.*/ Ihe c^ul} through a committee ■ also ask the city to better the fctieet conditions leading to the ceme tery- 11 was reported to the club that access to the cemetery now is none to easy and that something should b > done immediately about the matter. Dur.ng the program, Dr. J. Sibley Norton, wrho is a member of the pn - KramL committee, took many of the members to task for their lack of co operation and failure to function as ;,,ey sh,ould ^ the club. A shot was a -’O taken at the acting committees the club and hereaftei at least one committee will be required to report at each meeting. j r To Convention. . ' ( Newton, president of the Shel ’eand Mn Max Washburn left . I e!by Saturday to attend as dele 1 es he international convention ol gates",S HtuSt PauL The Shelby dele AsW mUiht the Kivv’aris special at thorp 6 Saturday night, going from there to Knoxville, Cincinnati. Chi f ago and on to St. Paul, where they u be in convention for three (lavs. <|HVhelr ™turn they will spend three ron a"ntHe GrCat Lak-’ «*> '0 De NiaL nd.°ner into Canada> back to Th k a Falls’ Washington ai d home. est ,p 18 considered one of the fin 0 0 ma(*e *n an American tour. < hildren’s I)ay at Double Shoal at Cn‘ldu,en’8 day exercises will be 1 finiSS® °als Baptist church urth Sunday in June. The exerc ^at to o’clock and Ja,t uuo Find Stolen Goods In Shelby House Ernest Harris Arrested and Walter Henry Being .Sought in Connec tion With Entering Stores. Last Friday Deputy Sheriff Mike II. Austell and Chief Irvin Allen, of' Kings Mountain made a vsiit to the home of Walter Henry in South Shel by, where they found a quantity of goods said to have come from the stores of S. B. Hubbard at Earl and Clifford Carpenter of Waco, both stores being entered some time ago, Henry was warned, it is said, that officers were at his home and made his get away, but Harris, in whose car some of the goods were found, was arrested and placed in jail. Harris will likely be given a hearing Friday o' this week. In the Henry home, officers say,] cloth, lace, shoes, tobacco, coffee, lard and other things were found hid den in the atic and other places about the house, while other articles were I found in (Harris’ car, according to j them. It was through Harris, the of- j ficers say, that the stolen goods were ! traced, he having sold some of tho ] goods at Kings Mountain according to j the charges. Harris was brought up for trial Monday morning, but his attorney asked a postponement until Friday and the case will be heard at that time it is thought. In the meantime officers are keeping a lookout for Henry. Preliminary Hearing Of Shooting Affray Jack Jeffries Bound Over to Court fo: Shooting Ambrose .Moses Near Patterson Springs. In a preliminary hearing before Recorder John P. Mull Monday morn, mg Jack Jeffries, colored youth o’ near Patterson Springs, was bound j over to Superior court under a $200 bond as a result of a shooting affair near Patterson Springs one night sev. eral weeks ago, when Ambrose Moses, another negro boy, was shot in the stomach with a .22 calibre pistol. Jeff ries was charged with intent to kill, hut placed his defense on an accidental basis, although no evidence was of fered by the defense. According to the evidence by the state Moses was standing in the doon of a negro home when Jeffries drove up, got out of his car, walked up ou the porch and shot, stating a moment later that he did not intend to do it. The wounded negro was brought to the hospital by Jeffries, who seemed grieved over the affair. Moses on trio stand stated that he was in hospital 13 days, that the bullet which pune-< tured his intestines was still in his back and that it had made him only a little sick. Jeffries, who was repre sented by O. Max Gardner, did not take the stand and all of the witness es testified that there was no argu ment, while Moses stated that he and Jeffries had been friends for three years and were not mad at each oth er. The case was carried to the grand jury, according to Judge Mull, so that there might he an investigaton of how the so-called accidental shot was fired. Staging “Clean-Up” Drive This Week Woman’s Club Directing Campaign For a More Beautiful And Sanitary City. This week, June 22-27 ,is “Clean-up and Paint-up Week in Shelby and a strenuous campaign is being conduct-: ed under the supervision of the Wo man’s club with the assistance of city officials, business men and other or ganizations. During the campaign it is hoped to have many homes and outbuilding:* painted, laws mowed and beautified, shrubbery trimmed, fences repaired and a general renovation and cleaning up. The women are collecting all old papers and magazines and will sell them to the pulp mills, an arrange ment being made so that trucks will call at every home on Friday of this week and thereafter collecting the waste paper. The cooperation of the citizenship in general is asked in the drive to improve the appearance of Shelby. Prayer Meeting at Central ( hurch. Prayer services will be held at Cen tral Methodist. church W ednesday ev ening at S o’clock. Make your plans to be present. Get our prices on lawn mowers, be fore you buy. J. D . Lineberger’s Won. The hard part is to reconcile a pa cific policy and a Pacific polic j&i . MtV.t WviU.ltUi . Started It All s This quiet, peaceful looking gen tleman is Prof. John T. Scopes, lie taught the theory of evolution in a Xiayton (Tenn.) high school, after tho •Tennessee legislature had passed a law against teaching the theory in the public schools. Now he is charged with law violation, and the i entire nation has its eyes on Day ton, as preparations for the trial be gin. -___ Big Gain In Postal Receipts Reflects Growth Of City j The receipts at the Shelby post office since the first month of 1925 show a gain over those over ; last year, according to a state- ! merit issued by Postmaster J. H. Quinn. There was an increase of 14 1-2 per cent in April this year over April, 1924, and a 15 1-2 per cent, increase in May over May, 1924. And front indications so far in June this month will exceed June of last year in postal re ceipts by even a larger percent age. A steady increase in postal re-' ceipts is one of the surest meth ods of determining the growTh of a town and Postmaster Quinn re marks in his statement that “if the business of a post office is any index as to the progress of a town, then Shelby must really be progressing.” And so it is. j Young People Back From Convention Shelby’s delegates to the lfith an nual convention of the Baptist Young People’s Union held in Salisbury have! returned to their homes here enthusi astic .over their work for the coming year. Delegates attending included. H. M. Pippin, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Young and family, Mr. and Mrs. Grady j Lovelace, H. Clay Cox, Nelson C’alla-! han. Misses Caroline Blanton, Lula Moore Suttle, Pat Dudley, Margaret Bost, Lillian Crow, and Hey wood Aus tell, of the New Hope church at Earl. The convention was attended by 1 800 delegates from all sections of the state and was considered one of the best ever held, the speakers being among the best in the Southern Bap tist convention. The convention next year goes to Asheville. Cleveland County Boy Making Good On Job Haekett Wilson, Now With Davey Nursery Co., To Treat Trees on Big Northern Estate. Mr. Haekett C. Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wilson, who live on ] the Cleveland Springs road, is making | good in an exceptional manner with | the Davey Tree Expert company, cu* Akron, Ohio, his many friends here t will be glad to hear. Mr. Wilson only went with the company last July bur. he is already supervising some of their j most important work of the company. In a recent letter home he included a letter written by the president of the oodrich Tire company to the heart of the Davey Tree company compli ment the company oh the fine work 1 done on his estate by the Davey men under the direction of Mr. Wilson. Meets Nina Wilcox Putnam. Mr. Wilson recently met Mrs. Nina Wilcox Putnam, the well known hum, orous writer, and will work on the trees on her estate as the following excerpt from his letter states: “I have been dealing with some ot the biggest men in this county. Mr. H. C. Wilcox president of the Inter national Silver Co., makers of Kogers Brothers silverware. Had quite a talk with him. Everyone of those fellows are real men—nice and congenial ax can be. This is surely interesting work. Tell Alma I signed up Mrs. Nina Wil cox Putnam for work last Friday. She is quite an interesting character. Get your lawn hose, nozzles, sprink lers. J. D. Lineberger’s Son. Lv ad Ice cream freezers M 1 D Lme ber^ers. Sen,. ____ J 1,000 Children Examined by Mi>, Irma Bow man Durine Year. Over Half Found Defective. During the school year from Sep- j (ember 1924 to ■-Ir.no 192.' there .'.have-! been 1,000 children ejiamimd; n{' this ‘ number 825 or 51 p«r cent were found { defective. 459 or •!!* n- r cent of these ■ lave received treat nu-nt. according t,-, the annual report of Mi Irina Bow- j man, city school nur-e. A> stated above there were 82'T do. fective children, and we found 1121,, defects iii the 826 , children, showing I that many, of them children have two j r more defects, while sc me have as many as four. Defective eyes 28i5; of this number C-'l or 22 per cent haw- been treated.. Defective ears 48; of this number 0 <-r 12 per cent have been treated. Defective nose end throat 295; of I this number 32 o: 10 per cent have; been treated. Defective teeth 44,4; of ;hi« number i 252 or 50 per cent have been treated. Defective - kin and scalp 25; of this number 100 per cent have been treated. Miscellaneous defects ,27; 'of this number 100 per cent have been treat ed. Many have promised to have treat ment done (luring summer vacation During May all pupils in grades t to 8 inclusive were weighed and mea - sured; at which time 28 per cent were found underweight. Although this is still a high per centage yet it is en couraging over 31 p. e., at same tine, last year. Talks were made in all grades on the importance of finding the cause for under-weight and treat ment of same. Notice was sent to par ents <|f all under-weight children. All of the conditions mentioned above are serious, Although 51 pei cent of the defectives have been treat ed, and this is considered good re sult bv public health workers, there are yet almost half of Shelby's chil dren who heed treatment. Parents are urged to consider this seriously,. and if your child is among the num ber of defectives—which means al most invariably below the average mentally, for the interdependence makes it impossible for your child to do his best mentally when the physi cal is not what it should be. Do not neglect your child. During the school year the nurse has visited the homes of 443 children, and has made 89 other visits. Total1 No. of home visits being 532. Last fall one week whs , spent at Cleveland county Fair (health booth) at which time hundreds of copies of valuable health literature was dis tributed and hundreds of people weighed and measured—all under weight children were given a card I showing the number of pounds under weight. Talks have been given in all grade# j 1-8 inclusive on: The Proper use of Drinking Fountains; Danger of Com mon drinking Cups and Dippers; The Care of Hair, Health and Hygiene, Contagious Diseases and How to Pro- | vent their Spread; Flies—Danger and Means of Prevention, and other health 1 subjects. Handkerchief drills have been conducted. Toothbrush drills and four dozen tooth brushes have been j sold in the schorls. The arms of all pupils grades 1 to 8 inclusive inspected (Small-pox vac- j cination). Assisted in the vaccination of 17ti children. All pupils grades 1 to 8 inspected for skin diseases. Result very satisfae- j u>ry. Considerable welfare work has been, done by the nurse during school year ! of which not strict.record tras irmrl kept—-such as—-securing help for the j needy and sick. Instructions given as to care of sick. Several cases of ad- j vanced tuberculosis visited and in-i strutted. Instruction given as to care of infants and children. Diets, etc. The work is in its infancy here but the public in general and some in par ticular are shewing more interest, and we can see much in the future. Co operation is a big word and the real meaning of it is—might. It is only through the help of many that the work lias been a success so far and that much good has been accomplish ed. The nurse wishes to thank each one who has assisted in -any way to carry forward the movement of pub lic health. In another section of the paper is published the letter of instruction by the nurse to parents of under-weight children. Rev, Mr. Sw of ford to Speak. Rev. Hoyle. Swofford, a ministerial student at Rutherford college during the past year, who is spending the summer in Shelby, will speak at the prayer service of the Methodist Pro testant church Wednesday night. iJuite <14. Everyone is cordially luvitoc'. to attend ih >i < u- t Mr S', ctf i SEEING THE NATION’S CAPITOL One of the big sights on The Stat*':. big tour Washington dur ing the first week of September, and just on., of the t! . ills those going to-the capital will have at iho * xp.*im of < ’ievolaml county's leading newspaper. Quite a number ere going..but nvo\ may go. It’s no contest. Conte in today and let u. plain how you may spend several days and nights in .Washing! >h, ■ ".■ all tin sights, take a boat ride on the Potomac arid have your railroad litre and all expenses paid by The Star. King- M uthtsin, June 21.—St. Mat th.ew' Lutheran chun-h. of Kings Mountain celebrated today the 50th anniversary of its first service. Four living members were present at that first service and were charter mem ber* = cf the i rgaiiizatipn which was ef fected the following year- Mr, and Mrs. J. S, Mauney, M. M. Carpenter and \V. A. Mattney. These charter members a an ex pression of their thankfulness unto Almighty God for guidance during; the past 50 years pledged at this oc casion to include in their will a com bined legacy of $27,000 to l»e used as 1 the church trustees might deem fit. The services of the day were open ed with a record Sunday school at tendance of 512. This Sunday school has had n steady growth since tire be ginning. The enrollment did not reach the 100 mark until 11*15. Since that time the srhool has had a very rigid growth until this Sunday the member ship reached the high mark of 537. During the past six months 218 new mem'oers have been added to the sphool. Feature of Occasion. The principal feature of the morn ing worship was the sermon by Rev. C. K. BcH, D. D., who was pastor or fhe’ congregation during the 13 years front 1905 to 1918. Dr. Bell left St. Mathew's to become si 'professor of theology in the Sent'non: i.utho: seminary ;;t Columbia, S. ('. Hi? sub. joct \v._. ■ the building up of the church and the edifying of tlfe faith. The ; keynote which he expr . d was that it was through the proi ■ci'ioh and keeping of (lad that its members are able to serve and to build up the , church. Foliowhvj- thi? a 'big pVaji* dinner was served out the church property. The anniversary . : vice f the aft ernoon v. as the principal * ervice of the occasion. \V. A, Muuney, the oldest living member, presided. In his intro ductcry remarks he told of how he and others came to this c immunity to build a town of good homes, schools and churches. Mr. Muttuey emphasized the mission work of this church in building rhurrhts in other parts of the state, especially the Mmatey Memorial church in Hendersonville, a fine Luth eran church just completed there. It was hoped to have Rev. L. A Bikle, 1>. I)., of Concord, the oldest living pastor, present to t*ll of his 20 years with the ■congregat ion, but he was too feeble to make the trip. Rev. II. R. Shaoffer, who was pas. tor preceding the present pastor, Rev, A. M. Huffman, reviewed in a vivid way the past history of St. Matthew's congregation. Decision By Judge Webb Is Confirmed There has just been received in Shelby the printed opinion of the U. S. Circuit court of appeals affirming the decision by Judge E. Y. Webb in the case of \Y. S. Whiting, bankrupt, vs. Mark Squires, trustee in bank ruptcy < f W. S. Whiting, bankrupt. In this case the bankrupt, in ordet to get more than the $500 personal property exemption allowed by law, took out ten life insurance policies, whose cash surrender value was SIS, 000. He made these policies payable to his wife, hut reserved the right to change the beneficiary whenever he wanted 'to. Judge Webb held that the bankrupt, as soon as freed front all debts by the bankruptcy court, could collect the SIS,OOO and thus become "a rich bankrupt,” while his creditors col lected nothing. The circuit court of appeals at Rich morn) has affirmed Judge Webb’s de cision, in a learned opinion written by Senior Circuit Judge Woods, and the $18,000 will be divided among the creditors. FIRST COTTON BLOSSOM FOUND AT RED SPRINGS Red Springs, June 10.—Pennie Mr Millant, colored tenant on John M. Brown's farm on route 4, Red Springs, brought a cotton blossom into the office of The Red Springs Citizen yesterday at noon. This was the first bloom to have been found in this section and reported. McMillan says that two other blooms were found be sides this one, one of them being a red bloom. WILL CELEBRATE 75TH BIRTHDAY SUNDAY JUNE 28 There will be a birthday dinner on Sunday June 28th at the home of \V. P. Wellmon in celebration of his 75th birthday. The public is cordially in vited to attend with well filled bas kets j f J D Line - Mr. Hambright Passes Away At Fifty Years Mr. L. C. Hambright died at Grover July 18, at the age of 50 years, being born September 1, IS74. He joined the Baptist church at Grover some 20 years ago and remained a faithful and devout me niter. Mr. Hambright was well and favoruiy known in his com munity. lie is survived by his wife, father and. mother, thive brothers, H. I,., ('. ('. and D. Id Hambright and three sister .Mis. J, B. lianibright of Glover, S. G., Mrs. G. G. Pruett of Shelby route 7 and Mrs. G. P. Goforth of Kings Mountain. Pal! bearers who served- at the fu» neral conducted Friday by the Rev. \V. K .Lowe of Black, surg were J. M. Roberts, J. J. Hicks, Lewis Allen, Er nest Hambright, Karl Milling and P. M. Stradley. The flower girls were Misses Pansey Allen. Oneia Smith, Iia Hamrick, Be.tie Lee Hambright, Lu. i cile Pruett. Madge and Evelyn Pruett. Masons To Install New Officers Friday Night On Friday night of this week members of '.Cleveland Lodge No. 202 A. F and: A. M. will meet in regular communication in the new Masonic temple and at this meeting the new officers of the lodge will be installed All local Masa-ns and visiting breth ren are urged to be present for the installation, the first big ceremony to be held in the temple. Tite officers to he installed are: J. F, Roberts, worshipful master; Can E. Gline, seniorwarden; George Wash burn, junior warden; G. S. Young, treasurer and Russel G. LaUghridge, secretary. Iley? (From Houston Post-Dispatch) How is it that Northern city peo ple curl up and die in temperature of from «U to Do degrees when Old Reu ben. Hicks,pursues the even tenor of the furrow )•> put- a day m 120 de Tiuirsdav Night Crowds Rivalled Cir cus Crowds Of Old As Robed Mi ns torn Marched. Cirrus crowds of old, even back in the day- when a circus was more of a rarity than now, were rivalled by a the vast throng that assembled in uptown Shelby last Thursday night for a scenic parade hy some two hun dred white rohed members of the Ku Klux K!an. It was Shelby’s largest uptown crowd in several years, did timer ay, and was unusual in many aspects. Estimates number those who looked on between 8,500 and 5,000, there being very little standing or parking pace in the business sec tion while the parade was on or dur ing the hour the crowds waited until it began. Local papers carried an announce ment of the parade early in the week and hii.ndbi.Ua were distributed, but none apparently expected the huge crowd that gathered for the first robed parade Shelby has witnessed Mice the trying days immediately fol lowing the Civil War when the old Klan, made ini mortal by Thomas Dixon, reigned. In some manner word i is ciliated about town that the parade would start at the ball park and an hour before the parade, which took place about 9 o'clock, all eyes center ed in that direction. The parade as it wound its way up from the ball park was headed by an automobile over wh:- tv. flared the fiery cross and in cgle file behind the car silently marched approximately 20b robed and hooded. The route of the parade.was up Marion street and around the square and down Washington street to the College Inn, where it turned, came back up LaFayotte street to the I' .rst National, on up to the next cor ner and back to the hall park. Each side of the streets along where the parade passed was packed with people in cars, on cars, standing and scramb ling for space to see the unusual sight. Following the parade the crowd dispersed rapidly and the streets were back to normal within 30 minutes the huge crowds, some of which was as sembled oh the court square before t wilight so as to gain a vantage point from which to witness the spectacle. Alter the parade there was an ad dress in the court house by a promi nent Klan lecturer, which was at tended by many. There was no disorder during the event further than thq scramble to see the silent, white, procession- and the entire affair passed off without the least disturbance. It is thought that many of the Klaus men were from I nearby towns and cities as there were a large number of strangers in town and some of the klansmen un known to local people were on the streets without their hoods sometime before the parade. Reports have it that in the parade with the members of the Shelby Klan were visiting Klansmen from Marion, Gaffney, Cherryville, Ellenboro and Forest City. The scene as the rays of the fiery cross cast shadows across the court square under the trees reminded many of the big scene in Tom Dixon’s ‘Black Hood,, where a parade was pictured around the same square years ago. New Court House For Rutherford Proposed Structure Will Cost 8250, 000 and Will be Modern in Every Essential. Rutherfordton, June 18.—The county commissioners decided last week to build a new modern courthouse for Rutherford county to cost around $2o0,000. It will be erected on the same site as the present building:. The old building will be torn down. It wilt be sold at publie auction June 29. Bonds will be sold to erect the new temple of justice. The new building will be much larger than the present one and will be more substantial. It will be modern in every respect. It has been well known for some time that the old building will have to be enlarged and remodeled or a new one erected. After efu* consideration, it has been ile, tided to tear down the old one and erect a new structure at an early date. The contract will be let soon. Tho county offices, records, court, etc., will secure quarters in town while the ne v house is being erected. The county has outgrown the nres» eat building many years ago. It is too. small and the walls are dangerous, es pecially in time of a heavy wind. The grand juries for the past two or three years, also judges have recommend ed that something be done to improve the court house. , Get our prices on lawn mowers, W fou- you i tiy J. 1j . L>uebe> laer’s Son. Gittf>\jut utal:t uavuwaie—at J. D. L neber-t'e. s , . ad

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