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 htulnnii tar RELIABLE HOME PAPER Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section, Modern Job Department, I,. XXXIII, No. 63 THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1925. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE rr~ T»o Bo?- Get Three Months Sentence Kach for New-fangled Scheme of Securing ’1 heir Beverage. Thc frotnier trading posts of by gone days had nothing on a trading Lthod used last week .n the edge of Rutherford county when two yout..r; traded a stolen shoulder of meat for oallon ot liquor and started out to celebrate. The manner of securing thf meat and their last trade resulted jn a three months sentence each on the roads for the two boys—Lawrence Humphries and Henderson Jenkins— ami the facing of another charge in Superior court for breaking and en tering and larceny. Stole From Grandfather. Friday afternoon Officer Bob Ken drick and Officer Dwight Morehead nabbed the two boys and a new Ford roadster near the Union Trust corner. In the car was found almost a quart Pf liquor and after their apprehension the boys told their story to the offi cer? Thursday night the boys say they went to the home of Humphries grandfather, Sam Brooks, entered the smoke house and departed with ft big shoulder of fine meat. Humphries con tends that he did not enter the smoke house, but waited on the outside while Jenkins secured the meat. After se curing the meat they went, according to the story told The officers, to a place in Rutherford county where they traded the meat for a gallon of li quor, coming back to Shelby Friday where they were arrested. Officers are not sure just how the remainder of the gallon of liquor was disposed of. Following their arrest the boys, both of whom are around 20 years of age, were placed in jail. Saturday morning they were given a hearing on the li quor charge before the recorder for which they received the road sentence, while the new roadster was ordered sold. On the charge of breaking and etnering they were bound over to Su perior court under $300 bonds each. Get Salesman Here On Check Charges Coal Salesman Under Bond After Leaving Number Of So-Called Worthless Checks In Town. A. (1Cornett, of Greensboro, sales man for a well known coal firm, was arrested here Friday by Deputy Sher iff M. H. Austell on a check charge, but was later released until August 31 under a bond of $200. The specific charged resulting in Cornett’s arrest 'Cere preferred on a warrant from HlClh Point alleging a worthless check amounting to $24 and one left' vtath Manager' VanStory , at Cleveland Springs for around $70. Other cheeks taid to have been written by Cornett were made good. hollowing the release of the sales man a message was received stating that he was also wanted at Greens boro on a check charge. Cornett con tended that his checks were not worth ess and that his wife had changed his bank account at Greensboro thus causing the checks to be turned down. Many Enjoy Annual Hamrick Picnic Aliout 100 people were in attend ant at the annual Hamrick farmers anif held last Thursday on the farm Bertie Hamrick near Patterson kpnnjjs. The feature of the day was the big ' l!'ner’ w^'*e the regular re a inn,tl (rames and sport was inter eL'Se< Wlth ringing and musical e! „ "S ,y a string band. Short talks the Kinvrby G' G' I>aR0’ ed'tor of Gill Mountain Herald; O. F. Me Lawrence and O. B. Car Ere oni u- McGiU sP°ke to those held - i f-!°Ut tlle h*g celebration to be August „ C'Velan<1 sPrioKs on Friday, shrin 2 \ and much interest w hoWT' in the event. aa Boy, Off in Head, Feared Being Killed fK„ri; ' pnff Loi-an and other o "'hat puzzled l°art h°USe W€rC f!0m' H them' and fold ,^0uth.who “PP™ someone was t? the °fficers thi or an Ll r X™'n* Ml them. Af the hOV u.;;ati;n it was f°ur,d thi deGeient . Grotts- was mental! Mnrj v ® WHS n>enta h*HucinaH yVas sufForing from 0 man dreTsed^ru88 ^ theor>’ tl Wed hv * lke a Clansmen f that tb„v a T"*"* seeking him T ^':ht kin him G.. hut. ;,V. hoTr,° ’s in Owriens, vbit )n t,.s sa'd- he has been on liaritvV, t:ouritv. Another P»< is "r,v Etthn^r l?oy is that h-s hi of aJ ? OU;h W is onlv 21*ye, one "'oulH b*,rie H8SUred that e"1 th.. him the youth depa 1 r-),, • "Use with the at>nar< «urmn? • > t'evo;?*. Sled to Pole though the fate of Raold Amund sen, the daring arctic explorer, is still sealed in the cold. Ice bound northland, other hardy explorers are undaunted. Here’s Constantine Dum brava, Rumanian, who plans to start for the pole In a few',wecks. Unlike Amundsen, Dumbrava will go by dog sled.; p. si. mini m Lie m PBESEBIT The talked-of extension of the P. & N. electric railway from Gastonia to Spartanburg is mere ly talk and the extension is not being considered at present or such is the information given a Shelby committee, which has been working on the matter with the aim of having the extension, should it be made, routed by Shelby. At a meeting) of the local Ki wanis club last week the interur ban discussion came up with the idea of an organized movement to support the Shelby route. How ever, Mr. O. M. Mull in a talk to the club informed those present that after a conference with P. & N. officials it liad been learned that the Duke interests were not considering for the time being any extension south of Gastonia. Riwanians at £he same meet ing discussed the proposed city zoning laws, but no definite mo tions or moves were made other thin: the general discussion. Bryson Killed By Barber Over Wife F'ormer Mayor ~oT Hendersonville Comes Back Home and is Shot By Husband of Woman. Hendersonville, Aug. 6.—Sam Y. Bryscn, former mayor of Henderson, ville, was shot and instantly killed this afternoon at 5:15 o'clock_by B. L. Brooks, local barber. Brooks’ 13-year old son, Murray, was with his father, and is being held also without bail on the charge of murder. Both men are i of prominent families and are well known. The shooting occurred near the Southern Railway station, and a large crowd was leaving the station when attracted by fusilade of a dozen or more shots. Bryson was hit by sever al bullets, being instantly killed. Several men grabbed Brooks and after a sharp struggle, during which he snapped his revolver several times, he was subdued and taken into custody by the police. Bryscn Broke Agreement.—-, Bryson, who was forced to leave the city and to resign a smayor last December, after being caught in Brooks’ home with the latter’s wife, | had been in the city about a month. He had signed a contract to remain awat for a period of two years, but violated it after seven months’ ab sence. It is understood this was the first time the two had met. Brooks states, it is understood, that Bryson fired the first shot at him, he and his son, he said, were proceeding down the street in their auto, the shot being fired from behind an oil tank. He jumped out and with a revolver in each hand made for Bryson, Murray Brooks following with another weaporv Fell Off Wagon And Crushed His Heel Jack Campbell, young son of D. R. Campbell, of Charlotte, is in the Shel by hospital suffering with an injury to his heel received Thursday when he fell from a wagon and one of the wheels ran over his heel painfully crushing it. Three of the negroes injured when the auto in which .they were riding was struck by the ^outhern train near Dover mill are still in the hospital, but are apparently recovering, ac cording to Dt Harbkon staff ur geon Jurist Before Adjournment Court Re plies to Criticism and Add., Compliment for County. Before adjourning Superior court here Saturday Judge Thomas G. Shaw who drew quite a bit of newspaper criticism because of a statement made in the court last week regarding athe ism in the universities, made another statement to the court regarding the original declaration and the storm it has brought upon him. The statement in full follows: Gentlemen of the Bar, before leav ing I have a statement I desire to make. I am sure that to some people in the state I have been “provokingly cool” during the past two weeks, I am borrowing that expression from a col ored professor at Salisbury, North Carolina. I heard him Use it once on the stand and it was so expressive ; that I have appropriated it. I am sure that some of my friends throughout the state are expecting be fore the adjournment of this court a statement from me with reference to some things that have been happening during the past week, aad in compli ance with their wishes I desire to make the following statement: First of all, I want to thank the people of Shelby and Cleveland coun ty for their kindness, confidence and loyalty in and to me during the hap penings of the past week. You have here a beautiful town, a fine county and a splendid citizenship, and it is not surprising that you produce here up standing and outstanding men-—men fitted to fill with credit to themselves and with credit to the state any posi tion within the gift of the people, i want to say further that Shelby is a fine place of refuge for one in time of a storm. in reference to my charge to the grand jury and the correction made thereto, I desire to state that, as I re. call it, late Thursday afternoon of last week, a copy of the local paper was hande cen:. Mr. Dawson, representing the de partment, made a talk to these men, and they were greeted with applause: by their fellow carriers. The convention was referred to as the most successful one held in the 22 years of the life of the state organi zation. Shelby Schools To Open September 16 The Shelby city schools will open for the fall term on Wed nesday, September 16, according to an anouncement made by Sup erintendent I. C, Griffin. A meot ing of the teachers will be held in the morning with students slatt ing regular attendance in the aft ernoon. Complete details of the opening, prospects for the year, and the faculty, will be announc ed by Superintendent Griffin at an early date. Mr. Griffin, who la summer ?chopl Supervisor'at the State university, wte at home for t the week-end, and after two more weeks at Chapel Hill will be back in Shelby to make prepara tory plans for the opening. Attendance this year, due to extension of the city limits and the growth of the town, is expect ed to be around 2,000 with an in crease during the year. Sunday Closing Is Help To Gas Sales To the Editor of The Star. The Automotive Service as sociation of Charlotte made the state ment in the Observer of last Friday that the volume of business done on Saturday by the filling stations since they voted to close on Sundays la more than the amount formerly done on Saturday and Sunday combined. Owners of the storage places, which remained open to accommodate out of-town motorists, reported a decrease in their Sunday business. It pays to keep the Sabbath. It would be a fine thing for all of the Shelby filling stations to close on Sunday. Every laborer has a right to the Holy Sabbath. C. F. SHERRILL. Four Brothers Now On Chain Gang Here When Recorder John P. Mull sent Elzie Grigg to the chain gang for nine months at court Saturday he created a new record for the county, that of having four brothers serving terms on the county gang at the same time. Elzie Grigg was charged with re» reiving and possessing and retailing. The three other brothers already on the gang were sent there on charges centering around liquor as was the fourth brother Saturday. The Griggs heretofore resided in the Eastside section of Shelby and the names of the three brothers on the gang before Elzie was sent are: Odell, Marvin and Raymond. The optimist believes that the an', thracite trouble will soon be settled and the pessimist knows who will have to do most of the settling.—The New Yorker. This nation cannot endure half drivers and lull ncu.- : —i.aliforni< *'? Mathewson^ Sports fans throughout the coun try are watching with interest the physical conditions of Christy Alathcwson. president of the Boston Braves. Mathewson is said to have contracted tuberculosis while In the army He now Is resting u> his home at Saranac lathe, N. Y. Wife Of Mr. Olayton Wilson. And Fine Christian Woman Of County juried at Ross Grove. A crowd three times larger than could be accommodated in the Ross Grove Baptist church north of Shelby attended the funeral Friday afterpoon at 3 o’clock of Mrs. Susan Wilson, w:fe of Mr. Clayton Wilson who died at her home near the Buffalb cotton Mill Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock following an illness of 15 months with heart trouble, Mrs. Wilson was 68 years and ten months old and a most faithful Christian character, loved and respected- lOT Jamz. She joined the Prospect Baptist church at the age of 17 yenrs and was baptized by Rev. Tom Dixon. Seven years ago she moved her mem bership to Ross Grove. During her long illness the devotion and love of the children was in evidence every day, her children administering unto her for every attention and care. The body was buried Friday under a flower covered mound after Revs. W. G, Camp, H. E. Waldrop and W. E. Lowe had paid beautiful tributes to her beautiful life of service to oth ers and devotion to her Master. She is survived by her husband and eight children: B. F. Wilson of Lincoln county, George and T. E. Wilson of this county, Mrs. Martin Hoyle of Cleveland. Mrs. Ivy* Crow, of Maiden, Mrs. Dewey Poston and Mrs. Julie Hendrick of Cherryville, Mrs. Docia Carpenter of this county. Also surviving are the following brothers nnd sisters: Mrs. D. W. Blanton, Mrs. John F. Lutz, Mrs! Mary Whitworth, Mrs. Julia Vaughn, Mrs. Minnie Spangler, Mrs. George Elam, Register of Deeds R. Lee Weath ers, Zeb Weathers and W. T. Weath ers all of this county. The bereaved family has the sympathy of their host of friends. Preachers From Out Of Town Preach Here Rev. R. C.Campbell of Scotland Neck, filled the vacant pulpit at the !• irst Baptist church Sunday morning and preached for Rev. A. L. Stanford at Central Methodist church Sunday night when other congregations wor shiped with them. Mr. Campbell is a native of this section and has been spending his vacation in this vicinity with relatives. He is a strong preach er and always draws large crowds. Rev. Chas. O. Smith of Pennsylva. nia who is here visiting his brother, in-law Mr. Ed Post on Grover street filled the pulpit at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning and night, preaching two strong and appealing sermons. He will conduct prayer meet, ing Wednesday night and tell what a pastor expects of his people—a sub ject which is timely because a new pastor is coming to the local charge the first of September. On next Sunday afternoon Mr. Smith will preach a special sermon to the young people. As we get it, the European nations would be willing to pay their debts to the United States if they could borrow- more than enough money from the United States to pay them with.—Macon Telegraph. Under Mr. Dawes’ plan the senate would use its ayes and noes more than its mouth.—Little Rock Gazette. The outlook in China is much more hopeful, and indeed provisional agree ments have already been come to with eighteen out of the thirty-seven gov. ifuiueoti! of tnxr country—Pwv.i, M LEIN UNABLE TO n EVENT HERE Secretary Jnrdine III And Unable To Attend, But I)r. B. W. Kilgore Will Come And Perhaps Poe. It is now almost certain that Gov ornor Angus W. McLean will be un able to nttend the big farm celebra tion at Cleveland Springs Park here Friday, August 21. It was hoped that since Governor McLeod of South Caro lina is coming that the two CarolinRs executives would be here together that day, but Governor McLean is now on his two-weeks vacation, nccofding to press reports “in the woods,” and will hardly find time just after his return to speak to the thousands of farmers expected to gather here. However, the list of notables ex pected to nttend is increasing instead of decreasing. Dr. B. W. Kilgore, a great favorite with the farmers of the state, ha definitely announced that he will be here and will in all likeli hood make a talk. During last week it was nlso learned that Dr. Clarence Poe, Progressive Farmer editor, was planning to come. Should Dr. Poe at tend the celebration it is planned to have him speak just after the twilight picnic supper, either before or after Governor McLeod. Much Interest Shown. Miss Susan Landon, who is in charge of the preparatory plans, says that much interest is being shown over the state in the celebration and pageant and that border counties in South Carolina are discussing the event and will likely send large dele gations. The feeding of the vast num ber expected to attend will be the problem of Cleveland county farm ers and the Cleveland Springs hotel management. Over this county the celebration is the general topic of discussion arid apparently almost as many farmers and their families will be here during the afternoon for the picnic supper and speeches as attend ed the fair last fall. APPEAL DECISION 1 “-flflWTCIISE Mrs. Corbett Will Take Appeal to to Supreme Court in Award of 2,125 to W. N. Dorsey. An appeal to Supreme court will be made in the Corbett-Doraey case dis posed of here last Week in Superior court, according to Judge B. T. Falls, attorney for Mrs. W. C. Corbett. The. case was that in which Mr. Dorsey, local real estate dealer, asked of the. court agent’s fee for the haJe of the Court view hotel property iy Mrs* Corbett to R. E. Campbell. The fee/ or commission, was five per cent bdV the jury returned a verdict that ap, peared to be on the compromise basis, or only half of the five per cent com mission. The case attracted much attention in Superior court and its disposition will be watched with interest in the Supreme court this fall. Other Civil Cases. In the suit of the Gaffney under* taker, Courtney, against A. H. Hopper, Cleveland county negro, for burial ex penses of the negro’s father, the de fendant was returned'the victor with Courtney having to pay the costs in . the case, which had already resulted in one mistrial. Hopper was repre sented by Clyde R. Hoey and B. T. Falls. In the suit involving the Drive-In Filling station, that of Mrs. Corbett vs. Harry Hudson, et al, Hudson was the victor, it being found that the plaintiff was not entitled to the pos* session of the station. Hattie Carpenter asking damages for injuries of the city of Kings Moun tain and the Pauline mills was award ed $1,200 from the city of Kings Moua tain and a non-suit against the Pauline mills. Herbert Gray asking damages from the Seaboard railroad was awarded $250. Woman’s Missionary Meets At Boiling Spgs. The Woman’s Missionary Union of the Kings Mountain association will hold its annual meeting at Boiling Springs August 27-28, 1925. Each church in the association is asked to send delegates even if they do not have an organization. Send names of delegates to Mrs. J. M. Walker, Boil ing Springs. We are to have Mrs. Jones, tKe state president with us, also Mr. Lumpkin, super' iendent of our Baptist, hospital. The full pro gram will appear in Friday's paper. Mrs. John Wacaster. Clean Graveyard Those interested are requested to take notice that the graveyard at New Prospect church will be cleaned off ots Thursdav miming. Awftet