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VOL. XXXIII, No. 53
THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C.
TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1925.
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Srhool Board Points Out That School Facilities
Must Be Increased Immediately Or Many
Children Will Be Turned Away. Conditions
Already Crowded With Increased Enrollment
Expected This Fall.
Following a presentation by
the school board of the needed
city school facilities the local Ki
,vanis club on Thursday night en
dorsed by a unanimous vote a
$200,000 building program for
the Shelby schools. It seemed
following the discussion that
there is no alternative. Shelby
has grown with such rapidity in
recent years that school facilities
now fail to comfortably accom
nodate the enrollment, and with
the school board, aU members of
which are conservative, cool
headed business men, saying
that next year unless something
is done some of our children
must be turned away from
school, the business men present
apparently favored an immed
iate extension by a building pro
cram.
Prior to the extension of the city
limits there were in old Shelby 1,430
school children to be housed in 40
•ooms, and this fall with the city
embracing considerably more terri
tory there will be at least 2,000 white
school children to take care of.
School enrollment for whites alone is
expected to be 2,500 within the next
three years and this would demand
at least 70 rooms. The tentative pro
gram discussed at the meeting called
for a $220,000 program that would
give the city 69 class rooms.
Building In South Shelby Now.
Mr. George Blanton, a member of
■',he school board, was in charge of
tne program and thoroughly explain
ed the problem facing the board in
taking care of the children. Figures
bearing out his statement were given
together with a prospective plan for
the proposed program. Other mem
bers of the school board reiterating
the statement of Mr. Blanton that
“something had to be done” were
C'apt. J. F. Roberts, and Messrs. R.
E. Carpenter, B. H. Kendalll, and
John McKnight.
Following their talks a stirring
speech on the imperative need of in
creased school advantages here was
made by J. C. Newton, president of
the club and county superintendent of
schools. Mri.Newton sp«k*to(f two
and three hundred thousand dollar
high school buildings being erected
by Gastonia, Hickory, Rutherford and
other nearby towns and ■ cities and
reminded the business men present
that their school board was not a-k
iug any such amount for just one
high school structure, but to increase
all the buildings so as to take care
of grammar grade and high school
children. Mr. j. D. Lineberger follow
ed Mr. Newton on the floor with a
motion that the club endorse a $200,
000 building program and back it to
the limit. The motion was seconded
and carried upon a vote.
Growth Demands More Buildings.
The problem that faces the school
board in taking care of the rapidly
increasing number of school children
was presented by Mr. Blanton r.s fol
lows :
" ‘mri me uoard ot Education com
pjctod the two ward buildings in
adding 16 class rooms to the
-11 then in use, many of us thought
that we had planned sufficient ac
commodations for our children for a
period of five or six years. No one
guessed anywhere near the rate of
Shelby’s growth in school population.
In 1922-23 the LaFayette and the
- larion buildings were opened, each
with a seating capacity of 280, al
lowing 35 children to the class room,
"hich is five more than the state
estimate for each teacher. The enroll
ments for these buildings have in
creased from 150 each to 350 within
ho three years, making it necessary
"r to fit up and use a room in
the basement of each building. We
now fmd ourselves with only 40 class
rooms, counting the two basement
'n which to accommodate the
white children in school last
Mat. At the rate of normal increase
there will be 1600 white children de
mandmg admission to these present
uudings this fall, which will make
necessary to place an average of 40
cnildren in each of the 40 class rooms
now m use.
, ‘‘The ncw territory added to Shelby
so presents some problems.
. South Shelby, the County Board
i , “cation and the local committee
■* * r®a^y.let a contract for a
of i'k I11*0*'0* before the extension
■a the city limits had been effected.
S«“?*ement the city Board of
contract ai
jr-r,
Education assumed the
tm.
I building a:; planned had only enough
rooms to accommodat'1 the children,
attending thi year. The plans wore
1 modified ::o as to provide 12 addi
tional room at an additional cost of
only 812,000.00.
“I.n Hast.side we have a small 4
room building with i.n enrollment of
1215 We have been informed that
the new .Art ( loth mill will br.ng to
this section 50 new families, this fall.
This, means an additional school popu
lation of over one hundred to be car
ed for in some way.
“Taking all these facts into con
sideration, your Board of Education
has adopted tentatively the following
program of building for your schools:
1. South Shelby: Complete budd
ing now in process of construction.
2. Build at once a 10 or 12 room
building in Eastside.
3. Build next year an eight room
building in North Shelby.
4. Build year after next an 8 room
building in West Shelby.
5. Remodel at once the present high
school building and connect with the
eight room temporary building.
Summary Of Needs And Proposals.
Already in use:
Building Class rooms
LaFayette
Marion
High school
Temporary
Total
Proposed buildings:
Buildings Cl. rooms
South Shelby 21
Eastside 10
North Shelby 8
West Shelby 8
Remade! H. S. 20
9
9
12
8
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Est. Cost
$75,000
50.000
35.000
35.000
25.000
Total
69
$229,000
“There will be enrolled in the
schools next year not less than two
thousand white children. Within the
next three years our school popula
tion will reach 2,500 white for which
there should be 70 class-rooms avail
able.”
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Shelby Auto License
Tags Are Ordered
The city fathers having decided to
require a license tax on motor vehicles
owned in Shelby, an order has been
placed for 1 200 small white and red
nlates to cost $12.50 per hundred. The
license fee for passenger cars will he
$1 each and regardless of the size and
horsenovver of the engine. It is ex
pected that this new source of reve
nue will raise about $1,000 net, after
deducting the cost of the license tags.
It ^as felt that the license tags would
not only he a source of revenue to the
town hut would be an advertisement
for the City of Springs when they are
in Other towns and states. The tags
have a white background with Shelby
N. C . showing in red raised letters.
The N. C. forms a monoeram like the
official state emblem. Tags are also
numbered in numerical order and
show date of expiration.
Special tags have been ordered for
trucks and cars for hire. Those have
carried license fees in the past. Truck
owners and drivers of cars for hire
will be required to Dav $25 per year
for the first car and $15 for e.icli aJ»
1 .i.
Thursday And Friday
Hottest Days Here
For the sake of the up-town
toilers the first half holiday of
the summer season in the busi
ness houses of Shelby could have
found no more suitable vacation
day. The afternoon saw the ther
mometer register the highest
temperature of the year— a little
over 100 by the Ebeltoft gauge.
The night was almost as warm
and sultry with the temperature
remaining as high as 92 for a
portion of the night. Friday v.as
very little cooler, the mercury
climbed to 100 about mid-after
noon and holding between 95 and
100 all day. However, a slight
breeze Friday night made the
heat more bearable than that of
the proceeding night.
BELK INTERESTED
Of much interest in textile manu
facturing circles in the Carolinas is
the proposed yarn mill that will In
all probability be established at El
lenboro.
A meeting of the citizens of that
thriving little place was held a few
days ago, at which John Lumley, who
was formerly connected with the
Henrietta mills at Caroleen, and is
an experienced textile man, repre
senting W. II. Bc-lk, prominent de
partment store owner of Charlotte,
brought before the meeting the prop
osition.
The business men and capitalists
there are reprinted very much inter
ested in Mr. Bclk’s proposition ar.
it is thought it will be readily over
subscribed the amount of stock re
quired.
It is proposed to sell stock to the
amount of $50,000 for the textile
plant, while Mr. Belk has proposed to
furnish the machinery to the amount
of $20,000. This machinery is said to
be practically new and worth consid
erably more than this figure. Mr,
Belk having taken it in at a recent j
forced sale. It is proposed to manu
facture yarn goods and the product ;
will be taken over and used in the I
output of other Belk textile mills.
This arrangement assures the op- 1
eration of the plant at its full ca-1
pacity and with an assured output |
for the product. The new mill will I
start with a capacity of apuroxi- j
mately 2,500 spindles if the deal goes j
through.
Superior Court Here
On Monday, July 27
The July term of Superior court
will convene here on Monday July 27,
with Judge Shaw presiding and So
licitor Huffman prosecuting. So as far
as can be learned there are only a few
big cases on the docket as made out,
none of the cases docketed being near
as sensational as those that marked
recent terms.
Only one murder case, that of Char
lie Abram negro, charged with killing
Will Carpenter, negro chauffeur, will
come up. And this case will attcact
little interest outside of the colored
population as the shooting on one of
the main business streets was hardly
more than a ripple of excitement to
a big Saturday night crowd.
The county commissioners were en
gaged Monday in drawing jurors for,
the July term of court.
Store Cat Eats Very
Expensive Breakfast
_
Gilmer’s Champion Chaser Of Mice;
Feeds Upon Costly Canary Birds
On Monday Morning.
Rich folks and poor folks alike
usually partake of their “two and
toast’’ for their morning repast with
a varied run of delicacies as taste and
fortunes permit, but few, service ex
cepted, ever start the day off right
with a $20 meal. Wall street has
heard th< rumor that Henry Ford is
the world’s wealthiest man, but Main
Street never thought of a billionaire
disposing of ?20 worth of food for
breakfast. And that’s just where this
felnie rat chaser at Gilmer’s Depart
ment store has probably established a
world's rehord for men and felines.
Monday morning one of the cleri
cal force at Gilmer's walked around
to the canary cage, where the ex
pensive “twit” singers retail at $10
per. At the last inventory there were
two “twittereres,” or $20 worth of
canary in the cage, but the visit
found only an empty cage, a few
scattered feathers, and a satisfied
cat that purred as he bathed his face
following his two, whether or not
they were on toast.
Prayer Services Wednesday.
Prayer meeting at Central Metho
dist church Wednesday evening at $
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Mr. Andrew C. Miller Teaches Bible
Class for Deaf. His Wife Leads
Songs With Signs.
In Shelby every other Sabbath j
morning there holds forth a Bible j
class that should be an inspiration to
the Christians that know of its exist
ence. No, it is not the big bunch of
men that hear Hon. Clyde R. Hoey,
nor is it the large class of nvn that
are taught regularly by Hon. O. Max !
Gardner. Instead it is a class of deaf I
mutes and it is their devotion and j
zeal that should be the inspiration, j
! he class is taught by Mr. Andrew I
( . Miller, jr., and the singing is lead J
by his wife in thn sign language, anti
being unable to bear in no way les
sens their praise in song.
For the past year, Mr. Miller jr„
has been teaching a Bible class of
deaf mutes. At first he organized a
class of 21 at Henrietta Mills, but
more recently he-moved the class to
Shelby, which is mor,- central for
those coming from Cleveland, Ruth,
erford, Gaston and Lincoln counties.
The class meets every other Sab
bath at 11a. m., in the basement of
the graded school building on Marion
street. Those attending come from a
distance of 25 - miles in autos. Last
meeting he had two from Hickory and
they were so impressed with his teach
ing that Mr. Miller was invited to or
ganize a class at Hickory. Mr. Miller
and wife went to Hickory to look over
the prospect, and, being much pleas
ed. decided to have the class, of 21
which is a good start. So he will also
teach there every other Sabbah. Mr.
Miller had in his class last Sabbath
two men GS years old each. Nearly
all members of the class are married
and many of whom are Mr. Miller’s
old classmates at the school for the
Deaf at Morgantoti, Mr. Miller real
izes these people, Svho are handicap
ped on account of their deafness, have
no religious privileges, no one to talk
to them on religious matters, and he
has felt constrained to help them by
giving them religious talks.
Mr. Miller prepares his talks and
imparts same in the sign language,
which they fully understand and ap
preciate. Mrs.. Miller accompanies her
husband and leads the singing in the
sign language.
All honor to Mr. Miller in this
laudable undertaking, giving these un
fortunate ones religious instruction.
This is a glorious work which Mr.
Miller has taken up for the better
ment of these deaf friends .of his.
Baseball Opens Up
Here On Thursday
Practice Game With Lawndale Wed
nesday. First Scheduled Contest
With Linrolnton Thursday.
The tri-county league, composed of
Shelby, Lincolnton, Newton and Gran
ite halls, will open up its season this
week, the first local game being with
Lincolnton in the city ball park here
Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock. New
ton and Granite Falls will play earlier
in the week.
The local club started practicing to
day and on Wednesday will play
Lawndale here in an exhibition game
that will be free to all fans, especially
those buying season tickets for the
regular schedule. “Lefty" Robinson,
who is in charge of the Shelby club
until the return of “Shorty” Long
front camp, urges all local fans to
turn out Wednesday and Thursday for
the two opening games.
The line-up during the opening
week will be selected from the fol
lowing: Tommy Harrill, Brevard
Hennessa, Fred Beam, Max Connor,
Pearce, former University of Georgia
star: Ellerbe, Keeter and Arrowood,
of Grover; Ohalie Magness Hugh Ar- !
rowood Johnny Hudson, Jack Hoyle,;
George Dedmon, Clyde Wilson and!
others. Numerous other players indud
ing Manager Long will be in later and
the Shelby outfit plans a hard fight to
come out on top at the end of the sum
mer schedule.
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Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Suttle were
guests at C.Tmel'iy S ■ t - • < • i
' Prosecutor;
r E.~" T.r Stewart,'TdlstrlctTnt torn©;
general. * who obtained ♦ tho Indict
ment against Scopes, and who Is e»
pected to play a leading rolo In th«
prosecution.# StewarV^s 33 andjin
married.
IS HIE FORECAST
Estimate 11..139,000 Bales, the Third
Largest Forecast. Unusual Acre
age of Crowing Crop.
Washington, July 2.—An unusual
| acreage of growing cotton, and bet
: ten condition of the crop on June 25
than the average for the last 10 years
have resulted in a forecase of the
largest production in the history of
the industry. The crop reporting board
of the department of agriculture in its
first quantity report cf the season an
nounced a forecast of 14.339,000
equivalent 500 pound bales. That hart
been exceeded only twice before, in
1914, when the record, crop of 16,
135,000 bales was produced, and ii
1911, when 15,693,000 bales were pick
ed.
The large acreage is due to the sub
stitution of cotton for various other
crops in many of the states and also
to utilization cf considerable new
land.
There were in cultivation on June
25 a total of 46,448,000 acres, com
pared with 42,641,000 a year ago.
Condition of the crop on that date
was 7.0,9 per cent of a normal, indi
cating an acre yield of 1*7,7 pbpnds.
The area in cultivation on June 25
(in, thousands of acres) and the con
dition of tW crop on that date by
states follow:
Virginia acreage lib, condition 83
per cent of normal.
North Carolina, 2,183 and 77; South
Carolina, 2,740 and 70; Georgia 3,
504 ar.d 70; Florida 115 and 84; Ala
bama, 3,425 and 79; Mississippi 3,424
and 88; Louisiana 1,916 and 81; Tex
as, 18,237 and 04; Arkansas, 3,649 and
87; Tennessee, 1,219 and 85; Missouri
503 and 90; Oklahoma, 4,867 and 88;
California, 170 and 95 Arizona 163
and 92; New Mexico, 139 and 88; all
oher states, 38 and 94.
The final outturn of the crop may
l>e larger or smaller than the forecast
of production made today the depart
ment said, as developments during the
remainder of the season prove more
or less favorable.
Last year’s production was 3,618,
751 bales.
The greatest decline from June pro
duction forecasts during the last 10 ■
years occurred in 1918 when the June
indication was 27 per cent above final
ginnings, and the greatest increase
was in 1920 when it was 15 per cent
below' the final ginnings. The aver
age indications for June 25 for last
10 years have been 6 per cent above
final ginnings. During the years 1915
1918 the rapid spread and extreme de
structiveness of the boll weevil in the
southeast resulted in yields far below
the June 25 indication.
Keeps House And
Store At 90 Years
Four score plus ten is an active
time of life if one judges by Mrs.
Mary Gant, who lives just across the
road from the oil mill in the south
western part of Shelby. The small
matter of keeping house and . ooking
may worry the flappers of the pres
ent generation, but it does not seem
to bother the sleep of a 90-year-old
womna.
Mrs. Gant, who will be 90 in August
does her own house work, cooking and
still finds time and energy enough to
operate the small store in her resi
dence. It keeps her moving “purty
pert”, but as yet she has not had to
call for assistance and gets by all
right, even to living by herself.
And still many of us on the eastern
side of middle age find it hard to go
through the daily routine luring ch*
CENTBiL METHODIST PASTOR PLEUDS FOB
MORE RESPECT OF SABBATH DAY BE
Stanford Denounces Sunday Golf, Auto Riding,
Swimming Parties, Open Stores. Talks
“In Fear Of God.”
“Soon, perhaps within the next de
cade, unless something is done the
Sabbath day in America will he a wide
open day of pleasure and revelry in
stead of a day of rest and oomniun
i< n with God.” was the declaration of
Rev. A. L. Stanford to his oongrega
tion Sunday morning at C -ntral Moth- '
odist church ns he preached straight'
to-the point arvd in plain terms on
“The Fine Art of National and Spir
itual Suicide, or the Desecration and
Lack of Reverence for the Lord’s
Day.” The desecration of Sunday ns
it pertains to .Shelby and the country
in general, Rev. Mr. Stanford frankly
declared, includes Sunday golf, swim
ming parties, picnics, auto joy rides
and open stores. The Methodist pastor
was frank and as he termed it “spoke
truthfully in my opinion and in the
fear of God,” hewing to the line and
letting the chips fall where the may.
The sermon was one of the best
delivered and most centralized ever
heard by the Central congregation and
touched openly upon the many
menaces of the church ami Christian
religion, such as the ntfack of evolu
tionists upon the Bible and the legal
manner of evading the prohibition
laws.
Break Laws of God and Man.
In opening and announcing his sub
ject the Central pastor stated that
many perhaps would not agree with
him but that he spoke as he believed
truthfully and in the fear of God and
that he hoped his sermon would bo
heard with open minds and hearts, but
that he cared not for the criticism and
hoped that if quoted the quotation
would be amply strong.
“The Church of God is today at the
cross-roads and the Christian religion
is now’ facing its greatest crisis in
history. Mere men are ridiculing the
Bible which we have followed for
hundreds of years; men that know no
more about science and religion than
animals, are finding fault with the
Holy Word of God, and gradually,
even speedily, we are departing from
the proper reverence for the Sabbath
and desecrating it, I believe, without
thought or consideration. In Tennes
see men that know’ no more about
science and religion than a billy
goat about botany are finding fault
with God’s divine creation of man and
here in Shelby many of us are using
the Sabbath day as a vacation for
pleasure and games. And ip the games
we jtlay.on the‘Sabbath, golf and such
like, we are npt .only breaking the
laws of our Makef, but of our state."
And with the statement Rev. Mr. Stan
ford quoted from the statutes* of the
State of North Carolina, ruling that
there shall be no games* for sport or
pleasure on Sunday within the con
fines of the state.
Golf, Swimming, Riding. Playing?
“In this the most perilous times in
our history there is an organized, per
sistent and determined movement
against the Bible and Christian re
ligion and through our lack of rev
erence for the Subbath Day we are
bringing nearer the climax of this
movement,” he declared in giving a
number of ways in which this lack of
reverence is shown.
“If I were the proprietor of a swim
ming pool would I allow it to remain *
open on Sunday?” he asked, and in
reply answered “Emphatically, No. It
would be closed on Saturday and not
opened until Monday morning.
“If I were the proprietor of a drug
store would that store remain open
for sales on the Sabbath day?” and
again the answer was "Emphatically,
No.! Nothing would be sold except
medicine which is to preserve and
keep our bodies in health.”
“If I were the head of a house
would I get my family in the car and
motor off early in the morning for
all day ride or picnic for pleasure,
driving far away from the toll of the;
ehuch bells?” And again the answer
was negative. However, it was his be
lief that quiet rides, with the family
in the afternoons, returning in time
for church services, were all right
and could rightfully be participated
in.
Patent Medicine Beverage.
“If I were the owner of a drug
store would I permit on my shelves
or to be sold in my store anything
put up as a patent medicine, flavor,
or other wise, known as “Try Me” or
what-not, that I knew would intoxi
cate, and that our young men are
using for an intoxicating beverage?”
And again the answer was in the neg
ative.
“If I were a member of the board
of directors of the Cleveland Springs
golf club, or any other golf club,
would I remain a member of that
board when golfing was permitted
on the Sabbath Day ? ” His answer was
again “No.”
“There is no apology, excuse or
1*.}. _‘ n.p'inr j :It :i, .mm
There is no reasonable answer for the
Sunday game that takes our boys
away frt>m the Sunday schools and
churches: to a sport of pleasure or re
muneration. There is no apology for
the man who participates in such
games. Those who golf may say that
such is the nature of their business
that they do not find time during the
week to play golf and that a certain
amount; of open-air and exercise are
a necessity for their .health; that with
this view point their game of golf on
Sunday is right. And as I see it,
speaking truthfully in the fear of
God anil as lie would have me speak,
1 say with more emphasis that this is
no' apology or excuse. Not only is it
desecrating the day set aside by God
for rest, but it is also breaking the
laws of our state. The textile workers
in the plants in Shelby have just as
much right after their week of con
finement to go out to the city ball
park on Sunday niorning and play
baseball the entire day as the golfer
has to spend the day on the Cleveland
Springs links, or any other course.
In my opinion their excuse would bo
the better, but neither will satisfy
our Maker.”
And briefly the Methodist pastor
told of how four years* age golfers
flocked to the Gastonia course; of his
sermon there regarding such desecra
tion of the Sabbath and his ‘putting it
up’ to the governing board of the club,
a number of whom were members of
his church, and how that on the fol
lowing day the board closed the
course on Sunday and numerous golf,
ers from that city now spend the day
here. “I knew not when I opened that
sermon but what I would lose my pul
pit. Neither did I care 1 spoke ns I
thought. God would have me speak
and with the feeling that He, unseen,
wast at my side. It was my duty as I
saw it, the obligation I owed my
faith and I delivered my message.”
Cp to Shelby.
"On the board of directors of the
Cleveland Springs golf club there are
10 men, I believe, who are members
of the Baptist, Presbyterian and Meth
odist churches of Shelby? Do th^y
realize that by permitting the links
to remain open for play on Sunday
that they are desecrating the Sabbath
day and also breaking the laws of
North Carolina? Will they continue to
permit it?. Will, while the SundAjt
school bells are ringing out their calU
our young boys still go o»jt to the
links to caddy; their elder brothers
and fathers to fday1 ? ■? . •
"It is up to the #4bd people of this
community and o fevery community
as to what will be the future of the
day set aside for rest by God as he
handed Moses the commandments
from smoking Sinai. Will they within
the next decade permit this Holy Day
to be made an occasion of mere rev
elry and pleasure? A murder shocks
our community, such being forbidden
in the commandments of God, yet we
pass over unnoticed the open violation
also asked by the commandments for
the proper reverence of the Sabbath?
(Continued on page five.)
Child Chasing Apple
Gets Fractured Skull
On W. Marion Street
Hoyle Austin, four year old son of
Mrs. Zula Austin of Bellingham,
Washington, who is here on a visit to
her mother Mrs. W. H. Thompson on
West Warren street is in the Shelby
hospital with a fractured skull as a re
sult of an injury he received Saturday
morning in front of the home of his
uncle Mr. Carl Thompson on W. Ma
rion street where he was visiting at
the time. The child was playing in
the yard with playmates when an ap
ple rolled across the street and the
little fellow' chased it. His playmate*
saw the on-coming car and called him
back, thinking he would be called to
safety but the car bore dow'n on hi»
little body and struck him in the head
with the result that he has a fractux-e
at the base of the skull.
The car was driven by a Mr. Toney
of Columbia, S. C., who was passing
through en route to Rutherford hos
pital to visit a relative who is a pa
tient there. Mr. Toney was terribly
nervous over the accident and mani
fested every courtesy and attention In
seeing that the child has good medi
cal attention.
Reports from the child’s bedside
are that he has acrack in the base of
the skull. So far he is doing very
well and no serious symptoms have
developed but the nature of the injury
is such that it could prove serious in
a short while.
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