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CLEVELAND COUNTY LEADS ALL COUNTIES IN AMERICA IN LIGHTENING FARM LABOR WITH ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRIC LIGHTS. paid UP CIRCULATION Of This Paper Is Greater Than The Population Given Shelby In The 1920 Census litirlnni) far RELIABLE HOME PAPER Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section. Modern Job Department, VOL. XXXIIL No. 56 THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1925. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Mammoth Farm Celebration Here Friday, August 21 Farmers Of Two Carolinas Will Join in Big Day at Cleveland Springs. Governor McLean, Governor McLeod and Other Notables To Attend. 10,000 People Expected by Those Sponsoring Occasion [‘Ians were announced here yester-' v for the biggest farm celebration ever held in the two Carolina*. The event to be known as the Carolinas yarrn celebration wil be held on Fri day August 21, at Cleveland Springs Park, two miles out of Shelby. The tentative program calls for addresses I,.. niany of the South’s farm leaders, by the governors of ftorth and South Carolina and perhaps by Secretary of Agriculture Jardine. Preparations are being made for an attendance of around 10,000 farmers and their families, the majority of whom will come from the Piedmont ntid Western Carolina counties r.nd ths border counties of South Carolina. The celebration is being staged by the organized farmers of tljjs section with the major idea of promoting and bet tering farm life in the two Carolinas and farm leaders in the two states as well as over the entire South are in terested in the movement. It is hoped that the day will be a red letter occa sion in the transformation of the Car olina farm life and that hereafter the celebration will become an annual event. Countries directly interested m tne celebration in this state are Ruther ford. Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Ca tawba. Polk, Burke, Mecklenburg and neawock-a. In South Carolina the ma jor intereat is in Cherokee and York j counties. H The scene of the big celebration m,™5 of western " ""most beautiful natural «B|lSl»eatres, the earthen bowl betaren the Cleve land Springs hotel and hlg?»\vay No. 20 where numerous springs bubble forth their farm-famed mineral wa- ' tors. Governor McLeod Coming. The formal program opens in the afternoon with an address on “The New Community Era of the South’’ hy Governor Thomas McLeod of South Carolina. Following the address there will be a number of entertain ment events followed by the biggest open-air picnic supper ever staged in the state. Thousands are expected to attend the supper which will be under the direteion of the Cleveland Springs cuisine with the big barbe cue to be prepared by Pi T. Meacham, head of the stat6 test farriv at States-1 ville. McLean And Poe. In the evening the tentative pro. gram calls for short talks by Gover nor Angus W. McLean, Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of the Progressive Farm er. and others. Efforts are also being made to have Tom Dixon, famous au thor and native of Shelby, who is now in this section on a visit, to also ap pear before the mammoth gathering of farmers. To Stage Big Pageant. A colorful twilight pageant depict ing with vivid features every phase of community life will be presented by the Boiling Springs community im mediately after the talks. Invitations to attend the celebra tion have been sent to Secretary of Agriculture Jardine, former Governor hrank O. Lowden, of Illinois, and oth er outstanding leaders in the agricul tural life of America. A representa tive of the national forestry associa tion will be in attendance and will present with moving pictures forest scenes in the mountains of the two states. Newspaper representatives of the two states will be in attendance together with staff writers from the loading farm magazines. Special writ, res who have already announced their intention of covering the celebration include W. T. Bost, R. E. Powell and an N'EA photographer. f'Uch a celebration has been plan ned hy the farmers of the two states °r some time, but not until this week "’as it definitely decided where the celebration would he staged. The se~ ection of Cleveland Springs seems to ave been a favorable move since th© f’te centers the Piedmont Carolina 'order. Tapped in every direction by jnain highway routes, and with a na u,a amphitheatre, mineral springs and other entertainment features, the <'f*'*on should prove a drawing card 0 the thousands of farmers exD'ected ™ attend. ^^ere *8 no monetary move behind p celebration and communities of ts county and adjoining counties will . oin y bear the expenses of the vast a 'ering, while agricultral leaders “ sponsoring the movement because fa*. K ^rea^ benefits they hope the fr< meIu °* t^le two states will realize .j. m . general reunion, picnic and ussion of agricultural interests. fa*-*.0 lnv'tation is an open one and 10! *. over the two states are urg* fist the:. attend the first gigantic attempt ever made for their entertainment by the cooperation of the two states. A detailed program together with other information regarding the eventf will be given out next week, it is an nounced. Consolidation of Six Districts at Bel wood floes Over. W ill Be Largest Rural School in County. The largest rural consolidate# school in Cleveland county will begin functioning soon as the result of the* election Monday that carried a plan1 consolidating six school districts. Educational leaders view it as a great * tep forward for the county in that the school children of an entire section will be housed in one large modern building having all the facil- . ities of the large city schools. Carried By 107. Polling places for fhe election were at the home of John Bogg’s and at ■ Boyles’ store at Toluca with the vot-: ers of the six diptrkfa castimj^j—Vote majority for the 'consolidation measure. The six dis tricts included in the consolidation plan are Belwcod, St. Peters, Mull? Ledfords, Pleasant Hill and Richards. There are now in the new consoli dated district 422 school children and the carrying of the election will neces sitate the construction of a 12 to -14 room brick building with steam heat, electric lights and all modern conven iences. The building, which will be the largest rural school in the county, will be erected on a site to be given by George Martin near Normans Grove and Knob Creek churches. It is plan ned to have the building ready for the school children by the opening of the fall term of 1926-27. 10 Consolidated Schools. The election means that Cleveland county will this year have 10 consol idated schools: Casar, Moriah, Latti more, Moorcsbcro, Fair view. Union, Beam Mill, Waco, Grover and Belwood. This year 24 large trucks will be used in transporting the children of the county to and from school, the trucks carrying appro.ymately 1,000 children daily. I OFFICERS ELECTED BT PLICO ORDER I^sgrancc Convention Adjourns After i Distribution of Prizes and Naming Officials. The annual convention of the Plico cltib of the Carolinas—outstanding ■gents of the Philadelphia Life Insurance company—closed Wednes morning at Cleveland Springs following the election of officers and °istribution of prizes. The new officers -elected were: Peter McQueen, of White Oak, president; If. D. Chase, of Greenville, S. C., vice Sresident; Sam H, Lee, Monroe, see. *jptary-trcasurer. The following wore ramed members of the executive com. ^Jittec: Caleb Hoyle, Shelby; B. S. yilliams, Greenville, S. C., and Char. I*e Ingold, of Fayetteville. The execu tive committee together with the of ficers of the club will meet at an early date to select the next conven tion place and to determine when it *iall be held. May Come Back Here. ^IfiSie'e is a likelihood that the con niption may come here again next ■tAmer. Rev. Caleb Hoyle, local agent c0nipany an(j a Plico, says Hatflfe intends to do all in his power t*« have the convention return not only n^xt year, but to make of Cleveland ^brings the permanent convention site c* the club. Visiting Plicos were loud in their P'-aise of the hotel and the courtesies s\own them by the hotel management Md also spoke highly of the hospital ity of Shelby people with whom they Ciline in contact while the convention was Mjscssion. One high official of the cSiMfcy from Philadelphia, who was nKiirst trip to the state, declared Hat he now understands why the re futation of Southern hospitality never dies and that for a friendly, hospita ble Havn Shelby has no equal. Tuesday afternoon Mayor Weathers together with a group of prominent business and professional men of Shelby took the delegates for a tour of the town. Tuesday morning and afternoon were devoted to executive sessions with talks by various agents on dif ferent phases of the fieldmans work. Mr. A. M. Hcpkins spoke to the meet ing giving the point of view of the agency manager. Hold Banquet. A large banquet was held in the ev ening with the Hon. John J. Parker, I as the principal speaker of the even- j ing. Mr. Jackson Maloney spoke again I also Dr. J. V. AlcGougan of Fayette- j ville. Mr. Gutzon Borglum, former j sculptor of the Confederate rrierhoriat j at Stone Mountain, talked to the insur ance me^n bn how that Work was start ed and carried on to its present stage. 1____ Episcopal Services. There will be services Sunday July j 19th at the Episcopal church. Rev. B. j S. Lassiter will preach. CITY FillOS COMPLETE SCHEDULE -El n ni License Taxes Are In creased. McCrary & Co. and Frazier En gaged. The city fathers have completed the schedule of license and privilege taxes which become effective at once and must be paid within the next .10 days. Those lines of business which heretofore have carried a privilege tax, have been increased for the fiscal year beginning .Tune 1st while many ether trades and professions have been included out of necessity for more revenue for the town of Shelby. While the license tax may seem heavy on some trades, tlje city fathers have placed a number of licese taxes on “itinerant” or outsiders who come in competition with local dealers. The entire schedule is published in this is sue of The Star and should be read closely bv those interested. Engineers Engaged. J. B. McCrary and company, engin eers of Atlanta, Ga., have been In structed by the city council to finish up the contract entered into by the former board in regard to plans and specifications for a new water plant. Some work was done for the former administration by McCrary and Co., who will now complete the work and superintend the construction of the new water station. Just where the new station will be located will be de* cided later. An engineer will be In Shelby shortly to go into the matter with the council. D. R. S. Frazier was elected cityf en gineer. In addition to engineering work his duties will be to inspect wa ter and electric installations and issue building permits. Between now and > ■ .. ci quire all plumbing and electric work to be inspected and permits to be is sued for all buildings. Mr. Frazier’s office will be in the city hall and codes and regulations regarding plumbing and electric work and building permits will be made and passed upon by August 1. The street cleaning department will be enlarged by two additional men and a specially equipped Ford truck has been purchased to be used by this department. Automobile license tags ordered a few weeks ago have been shipped and will be on sale at the city hall by July 25th. Each passenger car will be re quired to carry a city license tag cost ing $1, while a graduated scale ap plies to ‘trucks and cars for hire. Granite Falls Here Saturday For Game With Shelby Club Shelby’s first Saturday game at home since the organization of the Western Carolina Amateur league will be staged here this Saturday with the locals going up against Granite Falls, one of the strongest-looking outfits in the circuit. The locals played Granite Falls there Thursday in the first con test of the two teams. Playing here Tuesday afternoon Shelby easily defeated an indepen dent club from Blacksburg, S. C.. by a 7 to 3 score. The younger Shelby out fit revealed superiority over the visit ing club at all stages of the game. Games Next Week. Next Wednesday afternoon Shelby plays in Newtop and on Thursday, the half holiday, Lincolnton comes here for their second contest >l h ’p. Iom.-.-i. «.!iC M vlb;’ i.' r-.. City and County Pastors in Statement Urge Observance of Lord's Day. Colored People Join. In a statement issued to the press yesterday a large number of the pas tors of Shelby and Cleveland county urged that all Sunday amusements ami business places be closed up. “In all good will and for the inteiest of our churches, town and county, we ask that something be done to bring about a better observance of the Lords Day” is their concluding plea. The statement issued follows: “We the pastors of the churches Shelby and Cleveland county, being anxious to bring about a better obser vance of the Sabbath day. Would I earnestly urge all those operating, ! filling stations, grocery stores, swim ming pools, golf links, drug : tores (excepting for medicine) and any other business or creation the engage ment in which would violate the Sab bath, be closed on the Sabbath day. “The pastors do not wish to inter fere with any man’s business or to in any way seem to dictate but in look ing after the Lord’s work and the best interest of the town and county. We feel that to be true to ourselves and to the best interests of the people we must speak out ^against the des. secration of the Sabbath. “We therefore in all good w:l! and for the interest of the churches, towns and county ask that something be done about a better observance of the Lord’s day. A. L. STANFORD, I. D. HARRILL, ROBERT L. LEMONS, II. E. WALDROP, W G CAMP, J. W .DAVIS, C. G. PAGE, C. J. BLACK, J. W. SUTTLE, A. S. RAPER, S, M. NEEDHAM, RUSH PADGETT, B. WILSON, Resolutions by Colored. In accordance with the movement for more reverence of the Sabbath the following resolutions have been passed and presented to the press by the colored churches of Shelby: “We have read with interest the great and instructive sermon of Rev. A. L. Stanford to his congregation Sunday morning at Central Methodist church on “The Desecration and Lack of Reverence for the Lord’s Day”. We also realize the imperative need of calling the attention of the colored people to the j pi porta rice of a better regard for the Sabbath, because sonte of. the colored people are keeping open' on the Sabbath places where soft drinks, candies and cream are sold. Further reflection brings to mem ory those beautiful passages of Scrip ture concerning the Sabbath. “The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath,.”— Mark 2:17. “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.”—Ex. 20-8. “My Sabbath you shall reverence.” —Ex 31:14-16. “The Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath.”—Luke 6-5. “Is it lawful to do good on the Sab bath or to do evil.”—Mark 3-4. “Therefore, be it resolved: First, that wre as churches, ministers and colored people of Shelby and Cleve land county do hereby endorse the movement for a more holy and rev erent observance of the Sabbath day. “Second: That the colored ministers be requested to read these resolutions to their people and ask them to adopt the same. “Third. That, we do all we can to put into practice the above Scriptural messages, thereby giving heed to a more reverent observance of the Sab bath. May we all give attention to the call of the Prophet Ezekiel: ‘He gave them a Sabbath to be a sign be tween them and Him.’ “Fourth, that the city papers be asked to publish the above resolu tions. “A. W. FOSTER. “H. A. KEATON, “S. E. BAKER. “W. O. MILLER.” ELIZABETH CORRECTION AS TO S. SCHOOL ROOMS. The church at Elizabeth voted to take steps to build Sunday school rooms, but the number was not men tioned ih church conference. The pastor thinks that about 20 or 21 should be built., but that has not been decided yet. A committee will be elected at our next conference to sub mit suggestions about how many rooms should be built and how they should be arranged, etc. H. E. WALDROP. REVIVAL BEGINS AT DOUBLE SHOALS SUNDAY Rev. John W. Suttle, pastor, begins a revival meeting at Double Shoals Baptist church Sunday night at 8 o’clock The meeting •: i tinuei o ,<h ji av;;_ •; r. First Bale Of Cotton In New York July 15 Received Earlier in Year than Any Full Rale in the Last Twenty-five Years. New Y'ork, July 15—The first bale of new cotton to reach New' Y’ork this season was received by the cotton brokerage firm of Bond, McEnany anil company from Savannah. It will be auc tioned off on the floor of the cot ton exchange tomorrow or Fri day. The bale was produced by J. Getzer, Webster, Fla., being ship ped here by Cooper and Griffin, of Savannah. Its receipt was earl ier than any bale hai been te ceived in 25 year;, Gulf Company Is Opening Station The Gulf Refining Co., of which It. B. Gantt is the local sales manager has secured a three years lease on the vacant lot at the corner of; La Fayette and Sumter street adjoining Camp hell's department store where an up to-date gasoline and oil station is be ing erected. The name of the station will be “Supreme" after the Supreme motor oil manufactured by the Gulf company. Mr. Gantt says the station will me modern in every way nnd handle only Gulf petroleum product*. TOM DIXON, NOTED AUTHOR, IS NOW VISITING SCENES OF BOYHOOD HERE New Novel Announced—Birth of Nation Stil!* Lives and Pays—Recollects His First Breeches* When Charlie Blanton Wore Shoes All Summer and When He Made First Political Speech Thomas Dixon, novelist and play wright and last surviving male mem ber of the famous Dixon family, is spending a few days in Shelby, ac companied by his wife and sister, Dr, Delia Dixon-Carroll and her husband, Dr. Norwood Carroll of Raleigh. While he is not a frequent visitor to his native heath, he was greeted by familiar faces of the reconstruction days, men in all walks of life, who re called experiences during those trying times about which most of of his nov els hinge. When they drove into Shel by over boulevard highway No. 20 the familiar hills and valleys convinced the famous novelist that he wag amid scenes of his boyhood. When the party reached She’b.v, friends of the famous family? expressed sorrow over the recent death of Dr. A. C. Dixon and Frank Dixon, both of whom have pass ed “Over the River” within the past month. His New Novel Out. Thomas Dixon and Dr. Carroll will visit the mounds at Prospect church where their saintly father and moth er lie buried and where Rev. Thomas Dixon, sr., was pioneer preacher for a half century. Then they will go to the old Dixon farm on Buffalo creek now owned by Otho Cline which is fraught with memories of their childhood. Mr. Dixon still has that striking ap pjehraivh?, a personality whi<h- If t|tou meet on the street as a stranger, com-1 pells you to turn again for another look. His piercing eyes and steel gray hair and brow show that age is stead- j i!y creeping upon him for he is well i up in sixties. He measures about six : feet and his once slender figure has taken on much weight. Today he tips the scales at 217. The sixwfcath novel from Tom Dix on’s hand has just come from the pub lishers. The title of it is "The Love Complex”—a study of the animal na ture of man. Down at his summer home in Currituck county where he spends the winters fishing and hunt ing he has a studio where he does most of his novel writing. He is now engaged in the production of four his torical pictures, the first two hinge around the characters of John Brown and Robert E. Lee. The completion of the four will require about two years. The Birth of a Nation, The Birth of a Nation which is his screen masterpiece has had the most marvelous run of any picture ever produced. It has had a run of ten years and is still going good. In the fall it will be presented in Germany and re vived in London. He owns 25 per cent of the Birth of a Nation and receives a royalty which netted him $200,000 annually for the first few years. Now 1 he gets his living from this wonderful production which brings him about $10,000 annually. He has in mind to write the history of the Battle of Kings Mountain before the weight of years forces him to relinquish his work. His eldest son died some years ago following a fatal gas attack over ! seas in the world war. Thomas Dixon, jr., his younger son is writing for the movies in California, His only daugh ter is married and lives in Georgia. Reflections. When friends would greet him on his arrival, immediately the conver sation would drift to reminiscences. He recalled that he and Audy Hudasill started the first opera house in Shel by and that was the beginning of his career as an actor, playwright and author. When he met Evans M'-Bray er he recalled that he made his first political speech at a convention in be half of Mr. McBrayer’s father, Coion el Reuben McBrayer, an outstanding Shelby lawyer of that day. When he met Charlie Blanton, the banker, he remembered how he envied him as » ed to wear shoes all summer while Tom's parents compelled him to take his off as soon as winter broke, the early shucking of shoes being done by the family es a matter of economy. Sitting in the Central hotel lobby he pointed a Star reporter to 1he old Miller block on the corner where he said his father used to run a little store and the family lived in a white house near-by. Then Tom was a strip of a boy wearing “kilts" or a long tail ed shirt, the only garment for most kids and much after the fashion of the time. A loafer at the store teas ed Tom and said rumor in the village at that time had it that there was some question as to whether he was a boy or a girl. The idea of being a girl peeved the youngster and he threw ; a rock and struck the teaser. Tom then ran to his mother and begged her to make him a pair of breeches. He stayed in bed 'til his first pair was made and wore them until his busy mother had time and scraps of cloth to spare to make a change. The Dixon family go Friday to Ashe^ ville, taking a sort of mountain trip to Waynesville, Burnsville, Blowing Rock and back to Raleigh. Business Meet Of Sou. Metal Works The stockholders of the Southern Metal Works of North Carolina, Inc., met Tuesday morning .July 14th and elected the following directors: £>. A. Tedder, J. B. Morrison, Frank Ham rick jr., and John F. Tedder. The di rectors later met and elected D. A. Tedder president and treasurer, Frank Hamrick jr., vice-president and Miss Charlotte Tedder secretary. The company will continue to push the sale of Brewster and Universal automobile inner tube patching and will increase its number of traveling salesmen. At an early date the com pany expects to begin the handling of other lines. Ora Mill is Nearly Completed. Ma chinery is now Bcirig Tuned up. Officers Take Charge. The first cotton was started through the new Ora Cotton mill two miles west of Shelby last Wednesday and by the first of September it is expected that everything will be in full operation. The mill building fa completed but much machinery is yet to be added. It has been the plan to dismantle the Katherine Weave mill in the southern part of town and move the best machinery to the Ora mill, but the Katherine is still in oper ation, making goods to complete some orders which are unfilled. In about thre weeks the Katherine will have completed its orders and will cease operation, after which the machinery will be moved to the Ora and some disposition made of the real estate. Mr. Dover says the new Ora had 45 tenement houses and a hotel with 16 rooms. When all machinery Is install ed the mill will have something over 6,000 spindles and make specialties. Mr. Jack Dover has been made su perintendent, Earl Hamrick, secretary treasurer and J. K. Dover president and manager of the Ora mill. The mill is located between the Southern and Seaboard railway tracks near iu& Beatty place on Brushy Creek s^nic-j thin*- •.■■■■_ • nrie. ei £ ..-'ey.! Big Business Develop ment to Take Place on S. Washington and S. LaFayette Streets-Modern Store Rooms I>r. S. S. Royster anti his two sons, Messrs. Wythe and Ralph Royster will henin in a few days the construction of eight modern two-story brick store rooms to cost approximately $100, 000. Four store rooms will be located 011 S. LaFayette street where the Ed Hamrick residence is now being torn down and four store rooms will be lo cated on S. Washington street to the rear of the Royster building. I)r. Royster who is one of Shelby’s most progressive citizens and most suc cessful business men has plans in hand and expects to start construction in the very near future. Workmen began this week tearing down the Hamrick residence on S. LaFayette street. The four rooms on S. LaFayette street will each be 25 feet wide by 130 feet deep with a 50-foot basement. It is understood that John M. Best Fur. niture Co., will occupy two of the ground floor store rooms and the en. tire second floor on this street, thus giving this up-to-date furniture and undertaking store larger quarters for a better display of stocks. The four store rooms on S. Wash ington street will each be 25x65 feet with a large basement to contain a central vapor heating plant, the ca, parity of which will care for both groups of store rooms, the S. LaFay ette street buildings being only 90 feet from the rear of the S. Washing ton street property. Each building will be of pressed brick front, probably of a light color. Each store front will have plate glass windows and glass entrances 16 feet . deep, thus providing ample space for j the display of merchandise by the oc I cupants. All floors will be hard wood and ench com ill be provided with hot and cold running water. Dr. Royster has nearly enough ap plications to fill the eight store rooms with renters as soon as the buildings are completed, but no announcement is made as yet as to their names ex cept that the John M. Best Furniture Co., will occupy two on S. LaFayette street. Plans for the buildings were drawn by Q. E. Herman of Hickory and bids from cbntractors are n'oty beiftg fe ! ceived. mom NOTED STONE MT. SCULPTOR IS HERE G utzon Borglum, noted Stone Moun tain sculptor, spent Tuesday night at Cleveland Springs with a party of friends on route to Chimney Rock on an inspection trip. He hurried to Clev eland from his Raleigh studio, arriv ed here about midnight, slept a few hours, then scooted away in his Deus enberg motor to Chimney Rock, re turning in the late afternoon to stop only a half hour at the springs again before going to Raleigh, It is thought that Mr. Borglum had been asked to visit Chimney Rock with a view to doing some sculpture work either on the chimney or on the rocky mountainside. Borglum, it will be re membered was dismissed by the Stone Mountain Memorial association and arrested in North Carolina charged with destroying his models. Requisi tion papers were denied by the gover nor of North Carolina and Mr. Bor glum opened a studio in Raleigh. It is said that J. W. Tucker, his superintendent, had something to do with the destruction of the models under the direction of Mr. Borglum who contended that they were his pri vate property. Mr. Tucker is now in Cleveland county, holding a position with the state highway commission on construction of highway No. 20. He is boarding at the home of Mr. Bob Humphries near Beaver Dam. With the dapper little sculptor on his trip through Shelby were Ben Dix on McNeill, Raleigh newspaper man, Mr. Villa his modeller and a few other friends. —Farewell Sermon—Rev. R. L. Lemons, pastor of the First Baptist church will preach his farewell ser mon on “Remember Jesus Christ’*, Sunday morning before going to Mis souri. On Sunday night there will be another farewell service participated in by members of all denominations The night service will be in charge of the deacons of the Baptist church and