Twenty Nine Years Age
(From The Cleveland Star of June 11, 1896.)
Handcuffed antf Broke Lett.
“Last Wednesday -Deputy Sheriff
Fred Marks arrested Burt Lemons at
his home in No. t township, charged
with several offences against the
peace and dignity of the community.
He was handcuffed and put in the
buggy. Soon after starting, he jump
ed out of the buggy and fell, break
ing his leg just above the ankle, lie
was brought on here to jail and his
leg was set by Dr. Ellis, who is achiev
ing quite a reputation as a surgeon,
ami lie is getting on very well.”
Cleveland Springs Open.
"Cleveland Springs, the famous
health and pleasure resort, will be
opened June 15th for the reception df
guests. The hotel building has been
thoroughly renovated and disinfected
from the garret to the ground floor.
Every room has been elegantly fur
nished with new furniture. A tank.
50,000 gallons of water has been put
up and the water supply will not be
at all short. Great improvements have
been made and the guests will be pro
vided with every comfort.”
On To Richmond.
“The S. A. L. will sell round trip
tickets from Shelby to Richmond to i
attend the Confederates Reunion at
Richmond, Va., for $G.70—one cent a
mile. Tickets on sale from June 27th
to 29th and good to July 10th. This
very cheap and many should go.”
A Mountain Party.
"The following party from Shelby
will go to Cherry Mountain today
(Thursday) and return tonight. Mr.
and Mrs. K. Kendall, Mr. and Mrs. H.
K. Kendall, Mrs. Messenger, and Miss
es Fannie Barnett, Lillie Wray, Dora
Hamrick, Oeland Barnett, John Wray,
May me Cabaniss, Daisy Hartsell, Lil
lian Alexander. They will be escorted
by Messrs. W. L. I’urvis, G. W. Blan
ton, K. B. Lattimore, L. A. Gettys.
Joe L. Suttle, H. I. Washburn, Paul
Webb, Edgar Blanton, Thos. Lynch.
They will have a most delightful
trip. The cherries are allripe now.”
1896 Personals.
"Mrs. R. I,. Ryburn, who lias been
spending several weeks at her old
home in Cumberland county, return
ed home Saturday.”
"Capt. J. F. Tiddy returned Satur
day from a two weeks visit to rela
tive:; in the eastern part of the State.
He was accompanied home by his
daughter, Mrs. E. P. Liles, of Liles
vil.le, who will spend sometime here.”
"Mrs. J. A, Anthony and children
left Monday for Piedmont Springs,
near Hickory Grove, to spend a few
weeks.”
“The following are among the new
names we have added to our list for
the past week: W. V. Putnam, Gaff
ney City, S. C.; J. A. Wells, Kings
Mountain, Orlando Elam, Jno. Millen.
W\ H, Miller, B. F. Spake, Shelby;
G. W. Peeler, C’asar.”
“Mrs. Lillian P. Baker of Norfolk,
Va., is here visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. L. P. Baker.”
“Mr. Joe S. Wray returned home
Saturday from the State University
to spend the vacation.”
“Mrs. M. W. Doggett returned last!
week from Asheville, where she had
been visiting relatives for several
days.”
“• ol. Reuben McBrayer i . spend
ing several days in Rutherford coun
ty this week.”
“Miss Lillie Foster of Jottesb
S. C., is here visiting h i- father and
is .- topping at Mr. James Lincbcrg
er
Democrats Get-Together.
“The largest, most enthusiastic and
harmoniou Democratic convention i
thift has ever assi rhbled' in ih<* coun
ty met in the courthouse here last
Saturday. It was a highly intelligent
body composed of the representative
men of the county.”
“The convention was called to onh r
at 11 o’clock by Chairman Ryburn of.
the county executive committee. He
explained the object of the meeting j
to be the election of delegates to the j
various conventions and the transac-!
tion of such other business as might i
properly come before the conven
tion.”
“The roll of townships was called j
and every precinct was represented j
and there were no contesting delega
tions it was deemed unnecessary to
appoint a committee on credentials,
and Chairman Kyburn announced the
convention ready for permanent or
ganization.’'
“< apt, W. I. Stowe nominated Dr.
lien F. Dixon for Chairman and Mr.
K. I,. Weathers nominated K. V.
Webb, Esq., but at the ivque.t of Mr.
Webh his name was withdrawn and
Dr. Dixon was unanimously elected,
(’apt. Stowe and Mr. Webb were ap
pointed to escort Dr. Dixon to the
Chair. He made a few hr ef remark-.,
after which Messrs. ,1. 1>. BaMftgton
and Clyde It. lloey were elected sec
retaries,”
Little Stars Of Old.
“Mr. S. Silverman < f Ashevdc, was
he a- hist Week and rent .} j, store
room and will come her. and open up
a stock of (ro. d- sometime in duly."
Mr. ( . 1’. Roberts, the job printer,
has just finished printing a lilt page
hook on weave and loom fi\-• Tor a
cotton mill man. The work j ; ne .tlv
executed and is a credit to him n • a
job printer.:’'
“Gardner’s'drutr store has teh-ph.pie
connection with Cleveland Se-iie , 1
depot . He carries a full lie of all
kinds of drugs, patent medicines, i
Note change of his adverti. • nr Me in
this issue.”
"The t ic* eland Sprees pT’operly
was sold Monday for the 1. t tini R
was1 bought by Mr. W T! MAIer. ali-f*
Amanda Lee and M-. David Lee for
$18,200. The Wilson heir.: have i*.
further interest in the Spring, prop
'•rty. The owners have a bargain in
the property at the price paid. This
popular hostelry will he . ;, ■ n for the
reception of gtiests,. June 15th.”
! Attends Meeting.
"Mayor J/ T. Gardner, the member
of the eighth oongrssionnl district
committee intended the meeting of the
committee in Lenoir last week. The
| congressional convention was called
to meet in Wilbesboro, July 29th, so
the delegates to that convention ft om
jtliis county .should take notice. This
I is the convention at which James L.
Webb should be nominated for Con
gress.”
j Editorial For Judge Wehb In 189fi.
i “The resolution endorsing Solicitor
1 James L. Wehb for Congress, which
I wa • adopted by the Democratic con
j vent ion Saturday and is published in
j this issue, is hut the expression of
the sentiment of the people of the
j county. They are a unit in desiring
| his nomination, which we believe,
would mean his election. The nomina
tion has -tuner come this way and
Cleveland County has n candidate this
i year who not only richly deserves it
; for hitj past^ services, hut for his real
i worth; his true merit, his recognised
ability and ljls availability as a enn
| didate!. Let ‘Mm’ Webb he nominated
■ at Wi^kes.bot'5 on July 29th, and all
| will he well, and ha will he the next
emigre.: man from the eighth con
gre: ibnal district.”
It i*£ hard to be a leader in Ameri
ca. , You can’t tell which way the
da?m3J crowd is going.—Austin Am
erica n.
Why couldn’t they cut peep-holes
in their billboards and charge a nickel
to view the scenery ?— Spartanburg
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MY FIRST VISIT TO FLORIDA, THE LAND
OF FLOWERS, FRUITS AND SUNSHINE
(Hy Uf B. Weathers.)
All eyes are turned to Florida and
thousand of footsteps are in that di
rection, expecting the "land of flow
ers" to become as highly developed in
the course of a few years as Southern
California is today. It has taken years
for the people to realize the possibili
ties of drowsy Florida. Il was regard
ed as one of th<' most backward states
in the Union. Today it holds the
greatest possibilities for future de
velopment, for it is the only tropical
state in the Union that can he reached
in two days travel by the rich people
of the Fast. With money more plen
tiful, those who cannot a - well a? those
who can afford summer and wiritei
homes are having their winter homes
in the land of sunshine, flowers and
tropical fruits.
la company with W. .1. and W. II,
Arey I made a week's excursion into
Florida and itice the state is on.'the.
lips of aiiilions of people thi.iughoui
the United State , 1 will give.a few
first-hand impressions for the. in
formation of Star readers. Jackson
ville i.- the-gate-way anil can he reach
ed In a night's travel over the Sea
board or Atlantic Coast Fine limited
trains. Departing fn m lien in the
afternoon one wakes up in Jackson
ville where the palm tins s on the
streets an* the first indication of a
tropical clime. Beautiful parks, mag
nificent. hotels, stately stores and the
docks where majestic ships come and
go to all parts of the world lend an
atmosphere of progress and pros
perity. Here is the first big play
ground for there are benches and
parks, dance pavillions and boating to
attract the thousands upon thousands
that are pleasure bent. Trains, trolley
nnd parlor car busses take the multi
tudes to these pleasure and recreation
centers and the hotels that have been
accustomed to closing for the summer,
now remain and are usually full of
tourists and land speculators.
Palms and Pines.
From here we took a bus trip to St.
Augustine, the oldest city in America,
rich in history and tradition. Along
the way we saw the moss-covered
trees of pine, cypress and oak with
stately palms and a few banana trees.
The road is hard-surfaced, but the
topping has not all been put on.
Bricks that formed the surface are
being taken up and asphalt and con
crete take their place, making n
smoother and wider artery of travel
for the speed maniacs to travel at the
new maximum rate of 45 miles an
hour allowed by the Florida state leg
islature.
Along this highway one sees the tur
pentine industry that once flourished
in eastern Carolina. The pine trees
from six inches up have been harked
and below these barked places hang
small earthern pots into which the
rosin from the tree is drained. Now
and then one conies in view of tur
pentine distilleries which ' constitute
one of the leading industries of that
state. Barking the pine trees for thl?
prod act looks like an easy li\%ig hut
was told that it requires much labor,
epiit arid ■ attention and was advised
that to make a living off of the tree*
of the forest is as hard and exacting
hs tilling the soil. It looks like a pity
to scalp fine-looking small pines for
the products and thus injure the tree
as a source of timber, but the world
must have turpentine and rosin jus?
as it must have timber and there is no
other way to get it.
I was impressed with the stately
palm trees. There are several species
of which I am not acquainted but thfe
Royal paint seems to be the most
treasured variety and these adorn the
yards of the most pretentious homes
and the streets and parks of the cities
Lack of time forbid our visiting- the
aligator and ostrich farm which is a
sort of a show place to those who
make their first visit to tropical Flor
ida.
The Oldest City.
St. Augustine is the place where
PonceDeLeon pushed hack the Indians
and declared that country to belong to
Spain. In the yoar'7?l:> he set up a nils
sion post, built a baptistry into.which
tiie Indian children were baptised,
found a spring of water which he do-,
dared to be the “Fountain of Youth”
and there at this spring he imbedded
stones in the ground to form a cross
with fifteen stones extending in olio
direction and thirteen in the other to
indicate the year of his discovery.
Thousand visit this historic spot which
is maintained by the historic society
of that city and drink from the sul
phur spring, the water of which is
said to make one 15 year younger.
Down in the business section of the
city the streets are narrow as was
the custom to build them in the cen
turies past—so narrow that one can
span the sides with his outstretched
arms. There is found also the oldest
building in the United States, built ot
[ cochina, a sort of shell found across
the bay. After this cochina is mined
from the under-surface of the sea and
is exposed to the air it hardens like
a rock. Out of it was built the Span
ish fort Morton, another historic place
of wonderful interest and tradition.
Through the 400 years this fort has
withstood the winds of the sea and has
been used for various things, but in
earliest times it was the scene of per
secution and imprisonment. No doubt
hundreds were confined in the damp
dungeon, hundreds were put to death
in the torture chamber by being stis.
3i_ ii* h the iti;1*
j-(loath had come to relieve the suffer
ing bodies. A guide pilots the parties
through, explaining all of the history
which is too long to relate here, ex
cept one more fact about the strange
| variety of fern that grows in the crev
ict s of the cochina overhead in the
chapel of the fort. Tradition has i\
that the trade winds blew the fern
seed from the coast of Africa—the
only other place in the world this
particular variety is known to grow.
Hut let leave St. Augustine and
take a motor bus to Daytona Beach
late, in the evening. Here is a noted
place, famed for its bathing beach and
its 2d miles of beach (■ ml on which
one of the world's most famous auto
mobile races established a record of
I-57 milys an hour. When the tide re
cede and form race track 50 feet
wide - and 2d miles long. The surface
is a smooth and solid as a floor so
why houldn't the auto racers choose
this natural speedway for their dare
devil driving. Across the bay is a sort,
of i. land where three towns stand
ha rid, in-hand, linked as one, overlook
ing the great Atlantic and its ex
panse of water. The invigorating sea
bree/.o purified by the salt water
pushes one. feel ns fresh as a sixteen
year old. At tins time of the day the
on bathers were coming "out” but
we wore “see” bathing just the same.
Florida has been made what it is
by rich men and now it is making
others rich. Mr. Flagler who made his
fortune in Standard and built the
i Florida East coast railroad has don©
more for the state than any other one
man. In St. Augustine his Ponce Do
Leon hotel is one of the world's fin
est. Two churches and a hospital stand
as a memorial to his generosity. If
you don’t know Flagler’s history and
how ho accomplished an engineering
feat of building a railroad across the
Florida keys, you should study his
life. Rockefeller has a hotel across the
bay from Daytona, John B. Stetson ot
hat fame has a university at Deland,
Henry Ford is buying a dock at Tam
pa, Thomas Edison and Firestone arc
experimenting with the growth of rub
ber trees in the lower part of the
state, while other millionaires and
great men are helping in the develop-,
ment of the state. Mr. Stoddard whose
lectures and travels are standard in
every library is now at Sarasota and
declares that the section along tho
| gulf coast side is found the most won
| derful natural beauty of any place hi
i'he world. When men like these ar*
| “sold” on Florida it is hut nutural for
1 others to give their attention to it.
I shall continue with another article
i on Florida in an early issue, dealing
more with the land and building boom.
Star Will Cartoon
Local Business Men
Scries of Cartoons to be Made by Jack
Douglass. He Comes to Shelby
From Gastonia.
The Star has arranged to publish
a series of cartoons of local business
men sometime in the near future.
Jack Douglass, formerly ip the art
department of the Kansas City Star,
will sketch tht subjects from life.
After fashioning the likeness of bu
siness men in a number of cities over
the country, Mr. Douglass comes to
Shelb, well recommended in his lino
of work and through his artistic abiU
ity the Star expects to furnish its
readers from week to week with an In
teresting series of cartoons of local
business men. In addition to likeness
of business men, there will be special
features drawn by Mr. Douglass tha»
f will lend interest to the cartoons and
the subject matter thereto.
Mr. Douglass comes from the Gas
tonia Gazette having just completed
a series of cartoons there.
Below we print an extract from the
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle regarding
i his work.
“Caricaturing with striking like
ness hundreds of Clarksville business
men and citizens of the surrounding
territory. Jack Douglass, crack car
toonist, now with the Leaf Chronicle
in connection with caricature features
to be run in the Sunday issues, made
\ the newspaper’s booth one of the most
popular in the Montgomery county
fair.”
His personality and skill with the
pen and pencil win him instant favor
and his work was viewed by the thou-v
sands that attended.”
Betting dollars to doughnuts now
j a-days is a losing game for the fellow
j with the doughnuts.
| There is a strong movement on to
i increase wild life in the country. Why
■ not transfer some of it from the cit
ies ?
While it may be difficult to fine
j time for prayer meeting, it alway
seems easy to spare a little for t)
movies.
It isn’t that marriage makes me
meek, but that the meek ones ai
easily caught.—Bellingham Heral
and Reveille.
Just when the world was hoping t
abolish war, along comes Admir:
1' iske and says that women are th
Cause ol war. do draw' dl nets »r.
off—Lk.’-fCit £> ;'■'<*