CLEVELAND COUNTY LEADS ALL COUNTIES IN AMERICA IN LIGHTENING FARM LABOR WITH ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
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VOL. XXXIII, No. 81
TIIE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, OCT. 13. 1925.
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SHELBY’S POPULATION
1925 Census_8,854
Where Industry Joins With
Climate In A Call For You, ,
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$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
FLORIDA CAPITALISTS PLAN GREAT RESORT DEVELOPMENT AT CLEVELAND SPRINGS
300 Kiwanians Here Last
Friday For Zane Meeting
Delegations From Luncheon Clubs Of Western
Carolina Hold Spirited Gathering At Cleve
land Springs. Governor Sikes Speaks.
Over 300 Kivvanians from 1G towns i
in Western North Carolina attended
the district meeting at Cleveland!
Springs Friday and fraternalized atI
two banquets, heard speeches fiom!
representatives of the 1G clubs, Go!. ■
Ettinge Elmore field representative or j
the Carolina* district, A. W. Honey-;
rdtt lieutenant governor and Dr. k.!
Walter Sikes President of Clemsoh
college, S. C., governor of the Cara
1 mas district. It was the biggest rlav j
Shelby Kiwanis has ever had, termin
ating in a banquet Friday night at1
which O. Max Gardner was toasti ias-j
ter, followed by a dance. The Hickory
club was awarded the silver cup tor j
having the largest attendance out ot;
ti e }G clubs present. Wilson Warltuk
df Newton presented the beautiful1
trophy which was accepted gracefully j
by President Moss of Hickory. Hen-j
dei - onville came second in point of at-|
tendance with Asheville third and Le
noir'fourth. Club members took happy j
gibs at, each other, Asheville passing 1
around posters declaring that Shelby.
would be “one of our suburbs by
I't'lO," Hendersonville claimed Ashe- j
viile us a suburb and when the lien- j
de.rson.vijle boosters led by the Laurel
Park estate orchestra failed to shrg j
a song composed especially for this oc
casion by the secretary of its cham
ber -of -commerce, the gentleman who
read it so that those present could
catch the sentiment of the words, ex
plained that failure to be able to sing j
was due to the low altitude of Shelb/. j
Music was a big feature of the day.
Lenoir high school band composed oi
young boys uniformed in red, white
and blue interspersed the spercher
With enlivening tunes, while the Laur
el Park Estate orchestra and the Hen
dersonville quartet added to the pleas
ure of the occasion.
The Overprivileged Child.
Colonel Elmore outlined the high
ideals of Kiwanians in the morning
outdoor session presided over by Lieut
Governor Honeycutt, after which re
ports were heard from the various
clubs presented on what each club had
accomplished in its neighborhood in
the way of community uplift. After
mention bad been made of the "work
which Kiwanis is doing throughout the
nation for the underprivileged child,
-Wax Gardner, responding with greet
ings front Shelby declared that one of
the greatest menaces to -civilization' is
the overprivileged child. He made an
eloquent appeal to parents not tc
overindulge their children with all the
luxuries ar.d indulgences within the
mounds of parenthood, pointing out
that the. men who reach highest peak*
on the gleaming ladder of success arc
those who grew up under handicaps
and obstacles of poverty. His speech
was a real hit of the occasion, bring
ing to the attention of Kiwanians a
thought which had not occurred to
many of them.
Ideals of Kiwanis.
Cov. Walker Sikes of the Carolinas
(ii-U'ict was the principal speaker at
the non luncheon at which 300 were in
attendance. He had for his subject
“Ideals of Kiwanis” in which he urg
ed that men must be unselfish to as -
"<mpli.sh the most good in this world.
~V> hile he would have us be masters of
°ur business he begged us not to let
business make us a slave, for the
business we have created might be
"ur downfall. In the minds and hearts
"i some people their only heaven is
to be a success in business and their
only hell is to fall on the rocks of fad
Kiwanis doesn’t teach or preach
business slavery, but it teaches that
men who lead in the community must
be masters of themselves.
Duty to Communty.
In the second place he said “while
ov.es a duty to himself and family he
also owes a duty to his community. A
community has a character just Hke
an individual and a man who realizes
hi> obligaion and duty to his commun
ity is always a worthwhile citizen. No
man makes a fortune by himself. He
'oust have a contract and help of Ids
fellow men and the greatest revival
since the Civil war is the growing
realization of man’s duty to his com
munity.” At this point Dr. Sikes point
ed to Duke, Hughes, Hoover and oth
ers who had acquired millions of this
world’s money, yet who gave willingly
"f their time and their riches in order
that humanity might be benefitted.
friendship and appreciation of our
neighbors is another sound doctrine
taught by Kiwanis. He declared that
most of the unpleasant relations that
come up between neighbors is due to
a misunderstanding of each other. He
appealed that our people know each
t . \ spHwr* srw| althouKlr 1" '’ iieh*'
be competition in business they should
at least be honest in their dealings one
with the other, urging that mankind
always have three great objectives —
a higher civic duty, a sweeter and
kindlier relationship and a better un
derstanding. His closing was an lo
quent appeal for more kindness to
ward each other fur nothing pays a
greater dividend by making men bet
ter and uplifting the ‘-.ate a:.a
nation.
Thanks 'Em.
Thanks for all who had a part in
the success of the afternoon business
program was contained in a resolution
offered by R. E. Price of Rutherford
ton, specific mention being made of
the Asheville band, the Lenoir band,
Laurel Park orchestra and Madame
Rozelle, Hendersonville Kiwanis quar-,
tet, Dameron Williams who stressed ;
the the importance of the Carolina*
district meeting at Pinehurst in No
vember, the Shelby club which acted
as host on this occasion and the Cleve
land Springs hotel which housed and1
fed the visiting brethren so delight
fully.
At the elegant banquet Friday night
which closed Zone 1 meeting there
were 150 present, including represen
tatives from most of the 10 clubs,
Morgan tori coming down a dozer:
strong and appearing on the scene for
the first time, Max Gardner was the
happy toastmaster who called for
greetings from A. W. Honeycutt, lieu
tenant governor cf Carolinas distiic:,
Ned Wheeler former lieutenant gov
ernor and Miss Beatrice Cobb the
only ladv Kiwanian known to have
membership in any of the dubs. Miss
Nell Padgett rendered two beautiful
solos after which the Laurel Park
orchestra gave a number of selections,
assisted by Madame Rozzelle, radio
broadcasting artist for the Laurel
Park estates.
COLE IS ACQUITTED
OF ORMOND MURDER
Rockingham, Oct. .11.—W. B.
Cole was declared not guilty of
murder at 10 o'clock this morning
but was returned to jail to be held
in custody until Tuesday at 1
o’clock when, in Wilkesboro,
Judge T. B. Finley w ill conduct an
examination as to his sanity.
“May I shake hands with the
jury. Your Honor?” the wealthy
defendant asked, with a glad
smile lighting his face, when
Chas. E. Rushing, foreman sol
emnly spoke the words, “not
guilty."
Judge r mley spoke a tew words
of appreciation to the jury, large
ly conveying the idea of sympa
thy for them i ntheir trying task.
The defendant walked over and
shook hands with the men who
had pronounced him blameless,
and looked up with a start when
Judge Finley said:
“The prisoner continues in your
custory, sheriff."
The verdict was returned behind
locked doors of the courthouse.
Rockingham had been waiting for
the court house bell to ring, sig
naling that the jury had reached
a decision. Sheriff Homer 1).
Baldwin, however, said that he
had later received instructions
from Judge Finley to notify him
quietly when the jury was ready;
a course which he followed and
one which resulted in the prison
er’s being back in jail before the
people realized that the great mo
ment for which they had been liv
ing two weeks had come un
awares and had passed. About JO
people were present to hear the
verdict.
The judge set Tuesday at 1
o’clock at Wflkesboro where he
holds court this week, as the
place and time when the attorneys
for the state and defense can pre
sent affidavits and arguments as
to Mr. Cole’s present mental con
dition, and whether, in view of the
fact that one of the grounds upon
which he based his defense was
transitory insanity, he is now in
condition to be again turned loose
upon the public.
Clyde R. Iloey. of Shelby, will
probably appear with Solicitor
Phillips and Attorney Jones be
fore Judge Finley at \\ ilkesboro
l' Tuesday in presenting fhe state’s
case that Cole should not be freed
altogether since the verdict was
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Saintly York County Lat’y Passes
Away Here at Home of Her
Daughter, Mrs. Fanning.
Mrs. Martha Carroll, widow of the
late T. L. Carroll, prominent and \v< II
to-do-planter of York county, S. C,
died here Friday morning at 1 :'!0
o’clock following a period of failing
health since last July, culminating
in a stroke of paralysis. Her death
was momentarily expected for her con
dition had been desperate for several
days. Mrs. Carroll was 71* years of
age and had been making her home in
Shelby with her daughter. Mrs. Fan
ning for the past five years. Seven
years ago her husband died on their
broad country estate a few miles out
from York and since her three sons
and three daughters had married, Mrs.
Carroll left her home and came to
to live with Mrs. aFnning.
Mrs. Carroll was a woman of beau
tiful traits of character, tender in her
affections and ennobling in her in
fluence upon the lives of those who
came in contact with her. She was a
long and faithful member of the A. R.
P. church at York which she attended
regularly when her health would per
mit.
Her remains were carried Saturday
at Y'ork where the interment took
place, the funeral services being con
ducted by Rev. A. L. Stanford pastor
of Central Methodist church, Shelby
and Mr. N. A. Smith, A. R. P. pastor
there. A beautiful floral tribute and a
large crowd of friends and relalivcs
attested the high esteem in which de
ceased was held arc! the keen apfre
ciation of her beautiful life of service.
Surviving are three daughters and
three sons: Mrs, W. L. Fanning of
Shelby; Mrs. Robert Allison and Mrs.
Ella C. Gienn of York, S. C.; Y. E.
and R. G. Carroll of Columbia, S. C.,
and J. F. Carroll of York. One brother,
Robert Caldwell of Hickory Grove, S.
C-, also,. survives.
County’s First Fair for Colored Farm
ers Promise to be Rig Event
t For Western Carolina.
Cleveland county’s first colored fair
gets underway at the county fair
groands Wednesday. The first agricul
tural event ever to be staged in this
section it is expected to be largely at
tended by the colored folks of sur
rounding towns and counties. A spe
cial excursion wil( be run here from
Charlotte and delegations from other
towns will attend in bodies. The fail
will be marked by good farm exhibits,
horse races, good shows, and address
es by prominent colored speakers, in
cluding I)r. Charles Satchwell Moms,
noted colored lecturer. The fair con
tinues through Saturday with big
daily features.
Officers of the association are: ,T,
W. Roberts, president: A. Hoard, ,T. S.
Dillingham. R. J. Brown and Helen
Eskridge, vice-presidents; A. W. Fes
ter, treasurer; Lester V. Borders, sec
retary. Directors are: Eli Roberts, P.
B. Falls, N. R. Rudisill. F. Ross, V.
Cabaniss, N. J. Pass, D. H. Kearse an I
E. Wray. The advisory board is com
posed of S. E. Baker and T. S. Bur
chett.
Department heads are: Horticulture,
potatoes and vegetables, Vance Cab
aniss; Agriculture: farm products
and individual displays, Eli Roberts.
Horse Dept., all horse stock, D. O.
Hunter; Swine department—Ben Wil
son; Cattle department—-N. R. Ruda
salk; Poultry department—W. M.
Montgomery. Home economics depart
ment—Sallie Thomas.
Art department—Raeira Roberts.
Crafts department— P- B Falls. A 11-*
tiques—D. H. Kearse. Flower depart
ment—Lizzie Harry. Fancy and needle
work—Susi A Wilson..
The program for the daily races and
sports at the fair this week follows:
Wednesday. Educational Day,
School children, admitted free. Prof.
John D. Wray's address. Local county
race $75 purse. 2:30 trot $100 purse.
Thursday.
Charlotte, Lincolnton day. Horse
back riders; Ford car races, etc. 2:1$
trot $150 purse. Free for all pace $150
purse.
F’riday.
Gastonia. Rutherfordton day. Horse
and auto races. 2:16 pace, $200 purse.
2:27 trot. $125 purse.
Saturday October 17.
South Carolina, Cleveland county
day. Foot races, mule race, bicycle
race and famous trotting Sallie. Free
for all pace or trot S2<Ht ,iui «• t nil*
IK
Gin Figures Show
15,990 Bales For
Cleveland to Oct. 1
By Next Ginning Report About 20,000
Bales Predicted in the County
Owning to Ginning Kush.
There were 15,090 hales of cot
ton ginned in Cleveland county up
to October. 1st, as compared
with 492 bales up to the same
date, last year according to the
government's figures made pub
lic by Miles H. • Ware, special
agent. While cotton is practically
all harvested much of it has not
been taken to the gins because
there are a dozen gins in the
county operated by power gener
ated by the Southern Power Co.,
and because of the light rainfall
and low streams, these electric
ally operated gins; have been forc
ed to shut down for two days in
the week. Farmers who patronize
these gins have therefore been
forced to store at home cotton
picked on Wednesday and Thurs
days when the gins do not oper
ate. It is felt, therefore that the
entire crop in Cleveland county
will run not less than 30,000 when
the final count is made. Since tne
above ginned figures were gathei
ed all gins have been running at
capacity, but the rush will b<
over this week, it is expected
when the gins will gradually be
gin slowing up.
i N'c't l.c.'S Than 1 on Boys Expected.
Churches Will Accom morale
Visitors. Bib Banqiut.
Between one and two hundred boys
representing church organizations, Y.
M. C. A s. Boy Scouts and other clubs
i of 14 counties in Western North C'af
j olina will Rather here for the seventh
i annual Hi-Y conference Friday. The
conference will continue through Sun
j day, October 18.
With a minimum of 100 hoys expect
ed their entertainment will he turn
j ished by members of the three up-.
; town church congregations. The First
; Baptist people are expected to care
, for 40, the Central Methodist for 40.
and the Presbvterian for 20. Commit
tees from each church arc this wed:
i securing homes for the boys to stay,
i The entertainment will cover Friday
j and Saturday nights and four meals.'
The business meetings will he held
| in the auditorium of the Central
j school building. Meetings will be held
i there Friday night, Saturday morning j
and afternoon. On Saturday night the
i hoys attending the conference will be
guests at a banquet tendered in their
i honor by the Shelby Kiwanis club at
| Cleveland Springs. Sunday morning at
: 11 o’clock the conference will be at I
Central Methodist church.
COL. J. T. GARDNER, EX-MAYOR AND
MIL! TARY LEADER, PASSES AWAY
Veteran Of Three Wars And Mayor Of Shelby
For 26 Years Is Buried With Elaborate
Military And Masonic Honors At
Sunset Cemetery Sunday.
Col. Junius T. Gardner who had
answered every call: to arms by his
country for 41 years and who faith
fully and well served tin town o'.'
Shelby as mayor for 2G years, an
swered the final summons at 9:S<>
o’clock Friday night while on a visit
to relatives at Forest City. Although
immediate members of his family
knew his condition was such that death
might call him any day by reason of
his declining health for ihe past few
years during which time he has been
suffering With high Wood pressure,
the news of his sudden passing was
a great shock to his many friends
throughout this section. Col. end Mrs.
Gardner went Wednesday to Forest
City to visit relatives. He had been in
his usual health. He was retiring
early at the home of Mrs. Sue Big
gerstaff when he swooned to the floor
and by the time friends reached Ins
side, his pulse beat was no more.
Colonel Gardner’s remains were
brought to Shelby early Saturday
morning and rested at his home on
West Marion street until Sunday af
ternoon at 3:30 o’clock where the
funeral was conducted with Masonic
honors by Rev. A. L. Stanford and
Rev. C. F. Sherrill.
Brilliant Military Career.
Col. Gardner was the son of Dr.
and Mrs. O. P. Gardner and was b7
years of ago. He was married to Miss
Texie Nooe and together they walked
life’s highway as devoted and loving
companions. By profession Col. Gard
ner was a druggist, operating one of
the early drug stores in Shelby. Being
a man of marked bravery and patriot
ism he loved military service. For 41
years of his life he was identified
with military life, answering every
call to arms that came from state co
nation. Having a natural talent far
leadership, he gradually mounted rank
hy rank from Lieutenant to Captain,
from captain to major and from ma
jor to colonel of the First North Car
olina Regiment. When the trouble
arose with Spain he captained a troop
of soldiers from Cleveland county,
later going to the Mexican border
with !iis regiment of North Carolina
soldiers to quell the trouble there.
Although past the half century mark
in years, when the greatest conflict
of all history started in Europe and
embroiled nations on every com inept.
Col. Gardner heroically answered his
country’s call again and entered his
regiment for training at Camp Sevier,
Greenville, S. C. There his regiment
was broken up and Col. Gardner was
placed in charge of the big camp.
Preferring to go to the front with the
men he trained and loved and engage
actively in war he resigned as chief
officer at the camp and came home.
I Col. Gardner was a strong man phy
sically, brave in spirit, yet kind in
t his manner and ever watchful over
' his men who loved him for the fine
spirit of soldi* rv the* .•h»rtic«e>>•<<*,1
A Leader In Shelby.
For 20 years Col. Gardner was
mayor of the town of Shelby and this
lone: service was interrupted only a
few times and that by his military
service. He was one of Shelby’s most
popular men one who loved Shelby,
had its growth and development into
a thriving, throbbing city always on
his heart. When building any expan
sion were made he was not content
to build for the present but always
looked to the future in which he vis
ual'Eed the Shelby of today with its
‘.*,000 happy people. He was always
friendly and courtly and by reason of
his loyalty and his comradeship, those
who knew him were bound to him
with bonds of steel.
Col. Gardner is survived by his
wife and five children: Talmadge who
is connected with the local postoffice,
Dr. John Nooe Gardner, of Beaumont,
Texas, Louie, a local electrical mer
chant Mrs. Graham Morrison of Lin
con County and Mrs. Helen Carrick
of Jacksonville, Fla. The following
brothers and sisters also survive:
Mrs. Addie Farthing, of Canada; Mrs.
Cleo Robertson of Riverside Drive,
New York City; Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey
and Mrs. J. A. Anthony of Shelby,
Ex-Lieutenant Governor O. Max
Gardner of Shelby, Bate Gardner of
Gastonia, Will Gardner of Seaside,
Oregon.
Military and Masonic Honors.
A platoon of soldiers from Company
K, the local military unit commanded
hy Capt. Peyton McSwain and Lieut.
Mike Austell and 150 Masons from the
local and adjoining lodges as well a?
hundreds of friends gathered at the
Gardner home on West Marion
street Sunday afternoon at 3:30 to at
tend the funeral services conducted
by Revs. A. L. Stanford, C. F. Sherrill
and Zeno Wall, and pay military and
Masonic tribute and honor to the Col
onel. It was one of the most beautiful
and impressive services that has been
witnessed in Shelby with friends from
all walks and stations in life in Shelby
and with friends from Forest City,
Rutherfordton, Gastonia, Lincolnton,
Charlotte and elsewhere gathered to
do him honor.
After the tributes from the minis
, ters in which Colonel Gardner’s un
I selfish virtues were extolled and his
prominence in leadership in civic and
military affairs were pointed out, the
body was taken to Sunset Cemetery,
preceded by a double line of Masonic
brethren and a platoon of uniformed
soldiers. There under a mound of
flowers the size of which is seldom
seen, his mortal remains were depos
ited with Mother Earth, each Masonic
brother dropping a sprig of ever
green on his bier and in concert the
funeral grand honors were offered as
a tribute. Then the platoon of soldiers
fired three volleys over the grave an<:
the bugler sounded “taps” the clear
' notes echoing across the hillside under
a stillness us quiet as death libetl. The
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Marshalls To Build Colony
At Historic Shelby Resort
Alfred Marshall Closed Big Deal Here Last
Week With Hotel Directors. Present Owners
Retain Stock. Should Mean Much To
This Entire Section.
I ho summer breezes oi t he scenic North Carolina highlands
have again east their lure over those who winter in sun-kissed
Florida and search longingly for a uniform summer climate that
coupled with the Florida winter season will make the year ideal
as the call of dime goes.
I he resort whisper of “winter in Florida and summer in
Carolina” is now growing into a roar.
Cleveland Springs Hotel and Park, a little over one-half
mile east of Shelby and the historic resort of the Carolinas, last
week passed into the control of a group of Florida capitalists,
who will be associated with the present stockholders in transform
ing the* resort and its several hundred acres into a gigantic sum
mer playground which promoters indicate will he the equal of
anything in the south. The trade involved a sum of around $300,
000. Plans include the development of a mammoth high-class
residential colony, the enlarging of the golf course into 18 holes,
and a proposed artificial lake.
I. B. DUKE PASSES
\T NEW YORK HOME
New York. Oct. 10.—James
Buchanan Duke, of New York and
Charlotte, multi-millionaire elec
trie power and tobacco pioneer, I
died at his home here tonight
shortly after 6 o'clock. Bronchial
pneumonia was given as the cause I
of death. He had been ill for ten
weeks, since suffering a break
down while spending some time at
Newport, R. I.
Mr. Duke was 68 years of age
and was a native of North Caro
lina, having been born near Dur
ham. When he was 18 years of
age he became engaged in the to
bacco business, in which he rose
to be perhaps the world's out
standinir fieure.
Later he became interested in
hydro-electric power develop
ment and as the directing genius I
of the Southern Power company
built that organization into one of
the greatest concerns of its kind
in the world.
Mr. Duke was widely known fi r
his benevolences in the cause of
education and church, having re
cently given nearly $50,000,000 to
educational institutions one of the
chief beneficiaries of this gift be
ing Trinity college, now Duke uni
versity at Durham.
At Durham, the burial will take
place on Tuesday in the family
mausoleum.
The passing of Duke w ill in no
way affect his many philanthro
pies, a statement issued by him
just before his death, said.
Mr. Duke has died in the midst
of his years,—in the midst of his
accomplishing years.
Long recognized nationally as
one of the half dozen richest men
of America, he held for many
years the distinction of being the
most resourceful of its capitalists,
the baron of the tobacco interests
of the world, dominating the
American Tobacco company in tlie
I'nited Kingdom. He was the mas
ter in this labyrinthial industry,
his power unchallenged, his do
minion undefined and his suprem
acy every where acknowledged.
Within later years, however, his
interests had turned away from
international achievements in this
specific line down toward the old
commonwealth in which he was
born and he became interested in
the development of hydro-electric
power from the streams of the
Carolinas.
Distinguished Minister Visits Shelby.
Rev. A. G. Dixon, D. D., of Greens
boro, president of the North Carolina
Methodist Protestant Annual Con
ference, was a visitor in Shelby lust
Friday. He was accompanied l y his
wife who is also a preacher and for
mer missionary to the foreign coun
tries. While here they were guests of
Rev. and Mrs. C. B. Way at the Meth
odist Protestant parsonage. Dr. and
Mrs. Dixon were enroute to Cross
Anchor, S. CL, where they had official
engagements Sunday.
left in Sunset but the memory of his
40 years of heroic service to his
country will live on and on, his civic
pride and unselfish service will ever
remain fresh am1 srreen in the weth
,rv .it n.
Original stockholders of the resort
will retain their interest, the new cap
ital to be supplied by the Florida syn
dicate to be used in enlarging the re
sort and park, it was announced. The
Florida syndicate purchasing control
in the resort is headed by William
Marshall and son, Alfred P. Marshall,
of Clearwater. Florida, prominent real
estate developers and operators there.
With laud purchases recently to go
with the i>ig development the resort
estate totals near 300 acres. It is the
announced plan of the syndicate to
build around the big hotel and beauti
ful park a great summer colony and
residential section. For several weeks
lands adjoining the resort have been
going under option and the new de
velopment will cover a radius of sev
eral miles. Definite completion of the
deal came at a conference between Al
fred Marshall and his attorney, Ham
ilton Jones, of Charlotte, and O. Max
Gardner, O. M. Mull, C. C. Blanton,
Clyde Hoey and other directors repre
senting the Cleveland Springs com
pany. These stockholders with' other
prominent Shelby men will support
the big development plans.
To Advertise in Florida.
The Marshalls versed in resort de
velopment in Florida say they will
make of the property a high class re
sort colony on an equal basis with
any in the South. Among resorts they
made famous are the Bell Terre
,Shore Crest along Clearwater bay ar.cl
the Lake Placid region, including two
beautiful artificial lakes, in Florida.
Interpreting the ever-present demand
among Florida vacationists for a sum
mering ground Florida realty ope tu
tors have for several months been
turning their eye3 to Western Car
olina. the future playground of the
East. The Marshalls successful thers
are leading in the trend and intend
to forge to the front with their big
outlined plan here that will draw
thousands of Florida vacationists to
another summer. A novelty will be the
wide advertising of Cleveland Springe
in Florida.
“The opening of such a mammoth
residential resort at Shelby appeals
to Florida vacationists and soon I ex
pect to see a resort colony just out of
Shelby almost equal in population to
the town,” declared Alfred Marshall
Saturday.
The exact layout and plans of the
development will be announced later
when the landscape architects have
completed their work.
tentative nut line.
Across the wooded hills and shady
dells of the park the developers vision
a beautiful summer Mecca of home*
artistically a r ran (red for the full ef
fect of surrounhing scenery, all draw
ing1 as a center at the hotel and resort
heart. The present nine-hole golf
course will be doubled and on the 18
hole fairway exhibition p.nd profes
sional tourneys will be staged. At the
junction of a beautiful shaded valley
and a broad strip of woodland just
west of the hotel the construction of
a lake is being discussed. So vast is
the proposed plan that details of the
many changes, additions and sections
cannot be outlined at the present time.
However, it is definitely announced by
Mr. Marshall that the work there will
begin Immediately. And so far as can
be lea 1 the resort will continue
under its present plan of operation for
the time being.
Ideally Locat 'd.
Less than a half mile out of the cor
porate limits of Shelby on State high
way No. 20 the Cleveland Springs
Park is accessible in ail directions and
within three miles of the junction of
three main highways. Located near
the center of the two Carolinas it is
ideally situated for an influx of visi
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