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CLEVELAND COUNTY LEADS ALL COUNTIES IN AMERICA IN LIGHTENING FARM LABOR WITH ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRIC LIGHTS. rAlD-l?P CIRCULATION of This Paper Is Greater Than The Population Given Shelby in The 1920 Census mt letu’lanh tar VOL XXXIII. No. 6r THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1925. RELIABLE HOME PAPEB Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section. Modern Job Department, $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCJE BIS OF TEACHERS MED FOR SHELBY SCHOOL WHICH OPENS SEPT. 16 jrjaHteen Teachers Are Coming Who Were Not Here Last Year, to Fill Old And New Positions. The following is an incomplete lwt of t hr faculty of the Shelby public " h00l, for the coming session which fpeas September 16th, according to «n announcement by Supt.1. C. Grif fin Who is at Chapel Hill summer '"ool for the present, but who will return to Shelby in a week or ten 7,, i,M the list appear the names of teachers who are coming to fill vacancies ami new positions made necessary by the enlarged corporate ijmi-s and the increased enrollment. Onlv one or two vacancies have not been filled but these are tentatively filled. The assignment to buildings is only tentative and some changes may be necessary: , Central Elementary School. Miss'Agnes McBrayer, Prin. and teacher first grade, Shelby; Miss Mary Albergotti, first grade, Blacks burg S. C.; Miss Ettalie Moses, sec ond grade, Turin. Ga.; Miss Bessie Clark, third grade, Conway, S. C.; Mrs Jessie Ramseur, fourth grade, Shelby; Miss Christine Walker, fifth prade, Easley, South Carolina; Mis? Lois Rankin, sixth grade, Gas tonia; Miss Ruby Thorn, seventh grade. Kingstree, S. C. Marion Elementary School. Miss Laura Cornwell, first grade, Shelby; Miss Mary Gidney, second grade, Shelby; Miss Nancy Gray, sec ond (Trade, Davidson, IN. t..; miss Mary Griffin, third grade, Shelby; Miss Bessie Brake, fourth grade, Rowland. N. C.; Miss Sara Carroll, fifth grade, York, S. C.; Miss Lucy Hamrick, fifth grade, Shelby; Miss Matilda Lattimore, sixth grade, Shel by; Miss Jane Moseley, prin. and sev enth grade, Snow Hill, N. C. Lafayette Elementary School. Miss Beuna Bostic, jrrin., and first grade, Shelby; Miss Lucile Nix, first grade, Shelby; Miss Nancy Hardy, second grade, Chase City, Va.; Miss Jean Knight, third grade, Honea Path, S. C.; Miss Margaret Anthony.1 third grade, Shelby; Miss Grace Heed, fourth grade, Saluda, N. C ; MUs Page Godfrey, fifth grade, Cher aw, S. C.; Mrs. Mae Connor, sixth grade, Shelby; Mr. Harold Hamrick, seventh grade, Shelby. F-astside Elementary School. Miss Elizabeth Suttle, first grade, Shelby; Miss Hannah Washburn, sec ond and third grades, Shelb^r; Miss Frances McBrayer, fbUrth an dfifth grades, Shelby; Mrs. G. P. Hamrick, principal and sixth and seventh grad es, Shelby. South Shelby School. Miss Adeline Bostic, first grade,: Shelby; Mrs. Joe Nash, first gratk'J Shelby; Mrs. Colin Hill, first grade;; Shelby; Mrs. Helen Morton- Beam, second grade, Shelfcy; Miss Minnie! Warlick, second grade, Shelby; Miss Ruth Howie, third grade and music. Abbeville, S. C,; Mrs. Tom Moore, third grade, Shelby; Miss Frances Hoyle, fourth grade, Shelby; Mrs. Helen fasstevens, fifth grade, Shel uy; Miss Hart Sheridan, sixth grade, Greenwood, S. C.; Miss Selma Webb, principal and seventh grade, Shelby; Mr. E. A. Blanton, eighth grade, Shei uy; Miss Sarah Warren, home eco nomics, Gastonia, N. C. Hiffh School. •' H. Grigg, principal and History, hcny; R. g Matthews, Science, Florence, S. C.; Miss Ruth Thomas, Hampton, S. C.; Miss Bcu Holmes, English and History, fairmont, N. C.; Miss Lillian Cun ningham, French, Sanford, N. C.; ,lss 1>auline Edwards, Latin, Htn - N' C'; Miss M»e Bussey, Eng r ’ McC°rmick, S. C.; R. A. Morris, tommercc Geog,, and Phy. Ed., Gas !a; C-; W. T. Sinclair, Civics Music, Maxton, N. C.; W. S. oucnanan, Science, Japan; Mrs. W. J. o,°.,'rts’ Mathematics and Latin, 1 >; Miss Alma Peeples, Mathe South Carolina; Mrs. Erma » ■ l on. Hrum, Commercial and dan pt,lc’ Shelby; Miss Edna Jor (’ • M ,e Economics, Hartsville, S. . . Miss Mary Keller, Teacher Train “*• Knoxville, Tenn. ^ Colored School, ninth a,y borders, principal and 2 Shelby: A-w-Foster’ . * ^nool nrinrin!.! q , “J t • r usicr, eiclith ' j Pr‘nc'Pa!. seventh and fifth ■ *:****’ Shelby; R. C. Cabiness, fifth ’ onelt,y; «• C. Cabiness, Blount1' .^1)1 ^ra,dcs’ Shelby; Mary ™ ’ 'bird and fourth grades. Chari, , *, u antl fourth gr, oii,l ’ C- Lyda Galbraith, ond errus "i v‘ ^yua 'jsicraitn, sec Harrls foutsville, Tenn.; Maud "“~Ec«o‘m£ad'' 'N"*K’ N- C Sheih, rhe, ^ew Teachers, several W*1 Welcome cordially th( added TT teachers who have beet 'Chool Lr\aCUltr f°r tllC neV ladies ' Severa' of these younj. before b fy°V^8' men have not taugh Before h,„ ,r " ,,uve 1101 taugn in both • 1 ! . Come wel1 prepare* subjects l?dem'c and professional eessful pv„8n.y them have had sue highly r f)enence elsewhere. All nr ficialg ofCRhThndP<1 t0 the sch°o1 01 of eu r” ,',le scnoot i hiend them" he"5y’ who in turn com er°us h,.^. J0 the well known and gen t'helbj. plU1‘ty of the citizens AiW-oui .'duduti.. [ from Winthrop College and has taught two years in the City Schools of Wil mington. She lives in Blacksburg, South Carolina, and her father is Captain Albergptti, the well known Southern Railway conductor. Miss Christine Walker also comes to us from Wilmington City schools, where she has been teaching for two years in the fifth grade. Her home is in Easley, S. C. Miss Lois Rankin graduated last spring from the North Carolina Col lege for Womenn. Her home is in Gastonia. She has many friends al ready in Shelby. Miss Nancy Gray is the daughter of Dr. C. R. Gray, Professor of Latin, Davidson College. Miss Gray grad uated from Winthrop College last spring. She specializes in Public School Music and in Primary Meth ods. She will teach second grade and Public School Music in other grades. Miss Bessie Brake, quite well known in Shelby, where she has visit ed often, comes to us from Rowland, N. C. She graduated from Queens College in June of this year. Miss Sara Carroll graduated two years ago from Winthrop College, and since then she has been teaching in the city schools of Salisbury. Her home is in York, S. C. Miss Jean Knight has been teach ing for two years in the Lowell schools. She graduated from Win throp College and her home is in Honea Path, S. C. Miss Page Godfrey of Cheraw, S. C., is also a graduate of Winthrop college and comes to us from the Low ell schools. Miss Ruth Howie, a Brenau grad uate, and for several years a success ful music and grade teacher in the Abbeville schools, will teach in the South Shelby schools. M:ss Sara Warren, a graduate of the North Carolina College for Wom en, who has been teaching in the j Wadesboro schools, comes to us from Gastonia to teach Home Economics in the South Shelby schools. She has many relatives and friends in Shelby. Mr. E. Y. Blanton, a graduate of Morris Harvey college, who has taught several years in Cleveland county has been called to the faculty of the South Shelby schools to teach Science. Mr. R. S. Matthews of Florence, S. C., graduated in Jung from the Uni versity of North Carolina, specializ ing in Science. Mr. W. T. Sinclair, also a Univers ity graduate, will teach in the High school and have charge of the band and orchestra. Mr. Sincalir has been directing this kind of work at the University very successfully. Miss Ruth TTiomas of Hampton, S. C., graduated from Winthrop College in June, specializing in English. Miss Beulah Holmes, a Queen’s Col lege graduate, comes to us from Fair mont, N. C. Miss Holmes is very tal ented in music and quite favorably | known in Charlotte where she often sang in the lurger churches. Miss Lillian Cunningham who has many friends in Shelby, comes to us from Sanford, N. C. She graduated from Converse where she specialized in French. Miss Mae Bussey, a Winthrop Col lege graduate, has been teaching in the high school in McCormick, S. C. Miss Edna Jordan of Hartsville, S. C., graduated in June from Winthrop College. She comes to take charge of the Home Economics in the Central High School. Rutherford Farmers Visit Biltmore Farm Forest City Courier. The county agent is planning to take a group of farmers and farm women to the Mountain Test farm, at Swannanoa Thursday, August 20. The annual picnic will be held there and the group will have the privilege of hearing talks from some of the state’s ablest agricultural speakers. Among them will be Commissioner of Agriculture, Wm. A Graham and Miss Jane McKinnon. Arrangements will be made to take the crowd through the Vanderbilt estate and Biltmore Dairy. The trip will be made in cars, leav ing court house in Rutherfordton at 7 a. m. The route will be by Mar ion and Old Fort and return by Bilt more and Hendersonville. It is ex pected to make the round in a day, as that (will give ample time for the stops on program. All desiring to make the trip should get in touch with County Agent F. E. Patton or Home Agent, Miss Gladys Perry, of Rutherfordton an 1 let them know if you contemplate taking a group, if there will be room in your car for others, or if you desire a way to go. Mrs. Betty Lee and daughter Lucy Mae, left last Friday for Lawnuule where Mrs. Lee is dietician «r ihe school, ___ Kipling Mo.“t every one has either ryiul some of Rudyard Kipling'!* short stories or poetry, or heard others talking about them. Well, here s a picture of the famous Englishman, lilk hat. glasses and all. ATTRIBUTED LONG LIFE TO TOBACCO New York, Aug. 10.—Declaring that the lack of whiskey is breeding a “race of ping pong players’’ Nathan Douchy, 91 year old champion of rum i and tobacco, has spoken his mind, about what the world is coming to. Celebrating his birthday a few'1 days ago with friends at Darien, Conn., he attributed his age to whis- ] key and smoking. Mrs. Alida J. Gum ming, leader of the Stamford Wom en’s Christian Temperance union, promptly offered to appoint a com mittee to investigate what really i made him live so long. She was cer tain it was not whiskey. Order Of Program For Big Farm Picnic And Pageant Friday The big farm picnic which will take place at Cleveland Springs Friday August 21st expects to draw ten thousand people from the two Carolines. The program begins in the afternoon. Governor McLeod of South Carolina is to speak at 3:30 on “A New Day in Community Life.” Other speakers arc Dr. B. W. Kilgore and Dr. Clarence Poe. Basket picnic dinner will be served at 0 o'clock. The Boiling Springs commun ity will present the tableau pa geant beginning at 8 o'clock on an improvised stage, decorated by the state forester. The pageant has been arranged by Miss Susan Lan don and depicts different scenes and activities in the life of a com munity. The scenes in the pageant are as follows: Scene 1—The Church. Scene 2.—The Home. Scene 3.—The School. Scene 4.—The Welfare Work. Scene 5.—The Health Work. Scene f>.—Recreation. Scene 7.—Current Events. Seen 8.—The Farm Work. Scene 9— The Community’s Gifts to Carolina. l arking at tne Picnic. Arrangements have been made with Captain McSwain to use a num ber of the men of Company K., N. C. Guards to look after the traffic and parking of cars at the ccTebration and picnic on Friday. There will be plenty of space r.vailable and the people will have no trouble provided they adhere to traffic rules and regulations. Handling the Baskets. Arrangements have been made to take all the baskets to the Ki wanis room in the hotel where they will be kept until time for supper to be spread. This will re lieve the ladies of considerable worry anji it will not be necessary for them to go all the way back to their cars to ge£ the baskets. Mrs. W. H. Wright, of Gainesville, Ga., in spending some time with her parents. Mr. amj Mrs. J. C. Greene, of the Double SphtTi(?s community. Mrs. D. D. Wright and son, Miles, of Dublin, Ga., have been visiting friends and relatives in the county for the past few days. Miss Clara Woods, of Chesnee, S. C., j is visiting Miss Alpha Gettvs on South Washington St. Miss Wood is a niece of Mrs. L. A. Gcttys. As the day of the Carolinas’ biggest farm celebration draws near, the farmers in the country surrounding Shelby evince an ever-growing inter est in the plans that are materializ ing for the picnic and pageant Friday August 21. Five weeks ago the idea sprang into life; today it is an ac complished fact, thanks to the hara and tireless work of its sponsors. Ten thousand people are expected at this mammoth gathering, farmers from Cleveland, Rutherford, Gaston, Lincoln, Catawba, Polk, Burke, Meek- J lenburg, Henderson, Rowan, and Mc Dowell counties in North Carolina, as well as Cherokee, Spartanburg and York in South Carolina having ex pressed their determination to attend. A cordial invitation is extended to the farmers of the two states to be pres ent at the gigantic occasion. This event is officially called “The Carolinas Farm Celebration” and is scheduled to take place in the green carpented natural bowl lying between the Cleveland Springs hotel and State Highway No. 20, on the afternoon of August 21st. Its object, as stated by those staging the event, is to promote better fellowship among the farmers, to develop capable leaders in the two states, to encourage the adoption o» diversified farming and better mark eting system and to boost the Pied mont section of North and South Carolina as the greatest agricultural district of the United States. If the oc casion meets with the success that is expected, it is hoped to make this av annual event in the life of the section. Governor McLeod Coming. The list of speakers alone should be sufficient to induce any farmer to de sert his fields for one afternoon in order to attend this gathering. The principal speaker, Governor Thomas G. McLeod, of South Carolina, is a re cognized authority on farm life, and as he is in addition a most entertain ing speaker, his brief address “A New Day in Community Life,” is cer tain to make his visit of great interest to the farmers attending. Dr. B. W. Kilgore, head of the school of agri culture at State college and one of the biggest men in the Carolinas, has also been put on the program tor a _h.ii '.ill. liiiiucdialiSV -Iter ti.e nic supper, and has signified his in. tention to be present. Other notables, including Dr. Clarence Poe, editor or the Progressive Farmer, and several high state officials, have accepted in vitations, and the roster is practically full. Peyton McSvvain, president of the organization that has perfected the plans, will deliver the address of wel come, while the speakers will be in troduced respectively by Hon. O. Max Gardner and Hon. Clyde R. Hoey. The Pageant Feature. Along with the addresses, probab. ly the other outstanding feature of the program is the huge pageant tc be presented by the combined talent of the Boiling Springs section. Literally hundreds of people take part in this, and various and elaborate scenes pic ture the importance to the community cf the school, the church, the home, modern conveniences, good books, magazines and newspapers. Other care fully-worked out scenes will demon strate the rules ■ of sanitation and health, show how the farming of the country is financed and explain improved methods of accounting, and marketing. This pageant is to be sup plemented by open-air motion pic tures, emphasizing still further the ac tivities of the rural communities, and the need for advanced farming meth ods. Music will be furnished all through the evening by several bands, that have promised to be present foi the occasion. Outside of all these, however, not the least of the attractions will be the enormous basket picnic supper, to be provided by the ladies of the surround ing counties. The great majority of them have alreadv pledged them selves-to bring well-filled baskets, and “No’th Ca’lina” fried chicken, ham sandwiches, sw'eet pickles and the like are too well known to require any comment here. The spread more than likely to surpass anything of the kind ever before attempted in this part of the country, in size as well as in enjoy ment and good fellowship. Remember the date—August 21st; the place—Cleveland Springs ter races; and the occasion—the great est farm celebration i,. tin. history C£ the ALEXANDER HELPS MOUNTAIN SCHOOL Jake F. Alexander Takes Over Round Hill Academy And Will Spend $100,000 To Broaden Its Usefulness. Hon. Jake F. Alexander of Forest City and St. Petersburg, Fla., well known manufacturer, banker, church worker and philanthropist, took over the Round Hill Academy at Union Mills last week and will make it a standard high school, industrial school and a home for motherless children. It will likely become "The Alexander Industrial School.” He assumes nil obligations and contracts. He will equip it and the Baptist State Mis sion Board will help maintain it. Mr. Alexander plans many improvements for the school. Hp will enlarge it and create a plan whereby from 50 to 100 poor boys and girls can work their way through each year. He is having lights installed now. The churches will have nothing more to do with it. The school 'had an indebtedness of $10,000 which Mr. Alexander assum ed. He plans to‘spend not less than $100,000 on it and possibly more and then will endow it so it can continue. This is one of the most important steps in educational and philanthropic circles that has happened in this county within the last century. Round Hill Academy has been a struggling mountain Baptist school for many years. It has always been handicapped for lack of proper equip ment and maintenance. It has been supported by poor churches for the most part Which paid a meager sum for its support. Now it is to beconu one of the greatest schools in the .State with an industrial department and a home for motherless children. The school will continue as usual this year. Basket Dinners At Farmers Big Picnic List of Ladies and Men Who Prom ise to Bring Baskets of Dinner to Picnic Next Friday. 0. F. McGill of the Co-operative Cotton Growers association has fum, isheel The Star the names of the fot lowing who have promised to brittg baskets of dinner to the big farm pic nic which will be held at Cleveland Springs Friday afternoon and night August 21st: Casar Section. !' Miss Vertis Downs, Mrs. Fred Mull, Mrs. Chas. A. Wortman, Mrs. George Newton, Mrs. Wm. Newton, Mrs. A. C. Blackett* Mrs. A. Jlitfmrd, Mrs. William Robinson, Mrs.’'!A.! A.' Par ker, ( Mrs. John 8. Hunt, Mrp. G. R. Prficd,- Mrs. Charlie Downs, Mr*. J6hn Ramsey, Mrs. S. M. Warlick, Mrs. Wil son Towery, Mrs. N. H. Parker, Mr*. Minnie Mace, Miss Annie Canipe. The following are from the pan handle section of Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties: Mrs. Tom Dellinger, Mrs. Lee Del linger, Mrs. John Beamguard, Mrs. Cepher Beam, Mrs. Earl Beam, Mrs. C. E. Carpenter, Miss Annie Dellinger, Miss Sara Workman, Miss Nora Moss, Mrs. Coit Dellinger, Mrs. Zenos Del linger, Mrs. North Harrilson, Mrs. W. C. Murray, Mrs. John Helton, Mrs. Dora Helms, Mrs. Clyde Craft, Mrs. W. C. Harrelson, Mrs. Zeb Harrelson, Mrs. Grader Harrelson, Mrs. Clar ence Eaker, Mrs. Hudson Craft, Mrs. S. Harrelson, Mrs. C. A. Fisher, Mrs. J. W. Craft jr., Mrs. Frank Beam Mrs. L. Clay Harrelson, Mrs. Frank Leonhardt, Mrs. Lonard Dellinger, Mrs. D. J. Beam, Mrs. Noah Hoover. Ava Hamrick, Mrs. Lawrence Put man, Mrs. Bertie Hamrick, Mrs. Shipp Falls, Mary Ormand, Mrs. C. S. Plonk, Miss Jessie Black, Mrs. Jasper Ware, Mrs. H. W. Gamble, Mrs. Leon Ware, Mrs. Frank Goforth, Edna Borders, Mrs. Longstreet Goforth, Mrs. A. H. Patterson. Isabel Patterson, Mrs. Wray Williamson, Mrs. DeWi*t Pat terson, Mrs. Hunter Ware, Janette Falls, Mary McGill, Mrs. Grady Pat terson, Mrs. J. Bun Patterson, Mrs. A. P. Falls, Mrs. C. P. Ware, Mrs. James Ware, Mrs. Wr. H. Harmon, Mrs. J. P. Blalock, Mrs. Richard Elam, Mrs. R. B. Dixon. Mrs. L. K. Walker of Lattimore. Waco Section. Mrs. W. B. Carroll, Mrs. Raven Craft, Mrs. W. G. Hord, Miss Zelma Herd, Miss Mary Lou Hord, Mrs. W. C. Whitworth, Mr. M. S. Beam. Mooresboro Section. Mrs. J. L. Jenkins, Mrs. Paul Bridges, Mrs. A. D. Bridges, Mrs. 3. B. Lovelace, Mrs. R. V. Green. Mrs. Etta McSwain, Mrs. H. W. McKinney, Mrs. H. T. Turner, Mrs. Wm. Blanton, Mrs. J. U. Rollins, Mrs. W. W. Green, Mrs. J. P. McSwain, Mrs. J B. Martin, Mrs. M. M. Green. Toluca Section. Mrs. Edney Willis, Mrs. Dock Hart man. Mrs. Albert Hallman, Mrs. El lis Hallman, Mrs. Walter Hallman, Mrs. Walter Mitchem, Mrs. F. D. Ed wards, Mrs. J. D. Hicks, Mrs. J. L. Sain. r ro'-< La ttupoie r'ouimuiiir, Mr; W, . ir ■ iH1 . Gardner To Head Campaign For Sale Of Red Cross Seals ,r' *'• ,l- McBrayer, Managing l)i rector Of Tuberculosis Gets Gard ner To Act As State Chairman. ’ L; B McBrayer of Southern mes who was in Shelby Inst week visiting his son. Dr. Reuben McBray er and also here on business ns the director of the advisory board of the Mate Tuberculosis Association, se cured the consent of 0. Max Gardner of this place to act as state chairman oi the sale of Red Cross Christinas seals th« sale of which will begin Thanksgiving and continue until Christmas. Dr. McBrayer who is man aging director of the State Tubercti losis Association found Mr Gardner perfectly wili ng and ready to do anything in his power to further the •sale of seals in order that causes for which the money is expended might continue to help in various wavs >>n<i **ir. uardner will begin to lay plars at an early date to do anything he can for the campaign. Dr. McBrayer says that last year $52,000 was rais ed through the sale of seals and that he hopes to see a total of $100,000 worth sold this year. The association will feature this year child health educaticr in the public schools. A rtete director of child health education has been em ployed and i Iso a negro woman has been employed to work in the negro schools with the approval of state superintendent A. T. Allen and Dr. f. N. Bewbold, director of negro edu cation. The association has hereto fore established tuberculosis clinics and these are being largely used. This work is now being carried on at the state sanatorium. The association also established public health nursing which work was turned over to the state when the state had sufficient funds to carry on the work. Dr. Mc Brayer says that last year $10,000 of the money realized from the sale of Red Cross seals was used in paying for indigent patients at the state •sanitarium. SHELBY MUSICMHS Leading Talent Entertains With Piano Violin and Horn. Invitation to Diatrict Meeting. Shelby's most talented young mu sicians in voice and instrument em tertained the Kiwanis club members at their Thursday night meeting in the main dining room of the Cleve land Springs hotel, furnishing an ev ening of high class entertainment. 3. J. Lattimore in charge of the program gave a brief history of music from the early days of civilization down to the present time, after which he declar ed that a man who has no love ftf a horsey a dog or piusic is unworthy of membership in the'Human race. In con ference with the program committee Mr. Lattimore had invited a number of Shelby’s most gifted musicians to furnish the program and it was but fitting that they should give a public performance since most of them had been away in school and had not been heard for some time. The first number on the program was a piano and horn duet by Miss Dorothy Watts and Mr. John Hill Watts of Austin, Texas. Miss Eugenia Holland who has been studying in At lanta where her reputation was so well known that she was asked to broadcast over the radio on several occasions, rendered two beautiful so-, los. Miss Mary Helen Lattimore, grad uate of the Durham Conservatory of Music on the piano and Mr. Getchel, manager of Woolworth’s Shelby store playing the violin, delighted the Kt wanians with a couple of selections, after which Miss Lattimore rendered two piano solos, proving herself a most accomplished musician. Mrs. Neil Pharr of Charlotte who was a guest at the hotel, rendered two vocal selections, while J. F. Ledford, Olives Anthony, Frank Hoey and Odus Mull tried a quartet entitled “Shine On Me”, their discord being a most amusing contrast to the real talent of the ev ening. Dr. L. B. McBrayer who with his son Lewis were the guests of Dr. Reuben McBrayer urged an invitation that Shelby Kiwanians attend the district meeting to be held with the Kiwanis club at Pinehurst, Southern Pines and Aberdeen. Miss Elizabeth Gentry, of Spar tanburg, S. C., is visiting Miss Olive Singleton for several days. Mrs. Lawton Blanton, Mrs. Ivey Wil lis, Mrs. J. C. Poteat, Mrs. J. M. Gard ner, Mrs. F. Harrill, Mrs, Annie E. Smith, Mrs. F. Y. Jones, Mrs. S. W. Green, Mrs. Pender Gold, Mrs. W. W. Humphreys, Mrs. R. M. Wilson, Mrs. W. H. Gardner, Mrs. Alfred Falls, Mrs. W. W. Washburn, Mrs. Cleophus Hamrick, Mrs. Fred Wash burn, Mrs. Tom Green, Mrs. Plato Crowder, Mrs. R. L. Hunt, Mrs. J. D. Brides Mr w A Crowder NEWTON SPEJIKS AT MIUKY REUNION Descendants Of Chriatian Mauney Hold Their Annual Reunion at Historic Tryon Court House. Tho descendants of Christian Maun oy, coming principally from the coun ties of Gaston, Cleveland and Lin coin, gathered Thursday at the site of the old Tryon court house between Bessemer City and Cherryville in their annual reunion and celebration of the Tryon Declaration of Inde pendence. Hie occasion was the sescjuicentenial celebration, 150 years having: passed since the leading set tlers of this section of North Caro lina west of Mecklenburg containing what is now Gaston, Cleveland, Lin coln and part of Catawba counties, came together in the courthouse at the crossroads there to declare them selves free and independent from the British tyrannies. The morning meeting in the new arbor constructed for the occasion was to hear u sermon of thanksgiving and inspiration by Rev. J. D. Mijun «>* Pastor of the Mauney Memorial Lutheran church in Hendersonville. His keynote was in the words of Joshua, "As for me and my house we will serve the Lord.” He pleaded that the whole family put into effect the words of Joshua In their own homes, that leaders of God among the people might continue to increase. Following this the usual family reunion feature became the center of all attention. A long table was spread with the country’s beat homemade picnic dinner goods to satisfy to the fullest the five or six hundred who had travelled from far and near. D. Z. Newton Speaks. The afternoon speaker was Hon. D. Z. Newton, of Shelby. "The most sa cred ties of religion, honor and love, to our country,” as expressed in the words of the Tryon Declaration of Independence, was the theme of his address. He read the declaration signed by the safety committee in Tryon county signed on the 14th day of August, 1775, less than three months after the Madtianburg Dec laration. He pointed out that we must hold fast to those principles on which the nation was founded and has pros pered, that we must hold fast to the faith of our fathers and have the same honor and love for our country which led these forefathers to resist force by force in defense of our na tural freedom*, and constitutional rights. A large marble slab has been erect-) ed there by the descendants of Christ tian Mauney. On one side is a bronze plate pointing out this as the: "Home of Christian Mauney, Pioneer and Pai triarch 1779; Site of Tryon Court house 1774 to 1783; Camp of Lord Cornwallis and British Atmy, January 23, 1781.” On the otfmr side is ]an other plate presented nSfcwattiiu. Goh Frederick Hambright chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution bearing the names of the signers of the Try on Declaration of Independence. Chain Gang Beautifies County Jail Grounds The yard and premises at the county jail have been improved and beautified by the chain gang force, through the courtesy of the No. 6 highway commissioners. Some weeks ago the handsome new $80,000 jail was completed and for the past week the chain gang force of 40 men has been clearing away the debris, grad ing and beautifying the yard, making the outside appearance of the jail one of the most inviting and attract ive places in town. As a matter of fact the new jail must have had al ready some attraction to law break ers for the chain gang force now num bers 40, the largest number since Capt. Eddleman was foreman of road construction in the township. The commissioners are keeping them busy, however, and they are doing some very effective work. The size of the force will be reduced within the next week or ten days as many sen tences will have been finished. Watts Family Enjoy Shelby Hospitality Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Watts and their son and daughter, John Hill and Dor othy Watts left Monday for their home in Austin, Texas, after spending three delightful weeks with Dr. Watts’ sister, Mrs. O. M. Suttle. They left by motor via Atlanta, Birming ham, Jackson, Miss.,' and Shreveport, La., expecting to make the return trip home of 1,600 miles in six days. While here the Watts received many social courtesies and they were de lighted with the cordiality and hos pitality of Shelby people, so much so that they declined a trip to Washing ton, D. C., knowing that they could have a better time in Shelby than in Washington. They expect to return to Shelby next summer. John Hill Watts and Miss Dorothy Watt.s »r** *alented