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SHELBY’S POPULATION
1925 Census_8,854
Where Industry Joins With
Climate In A Call For You, ,
VOL. XXXIII, No. 83
TIIE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C.
MONDAY, OCT. 19, 1925.
82.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
SHEUT
Representatives From
Surrounding Towns
Attend Conference
Of Western Sec
tion Held
Here.
The Seventh Older Boys conference
„f jli- V clubs for the western district
„f s'.,rth Carolina was held here from
Friday night through Sunday night.
The Friday night and Saturday ses
sions nf the conference were held in
the high school building.
At the first session of the confer
ence Friday night at 7:30 o’clock the
opening song service was conducted
bv Prof. W. C. Ormond, qf the Hick
ory high school faculty. Dr. Zeno Wall,
pastor of the First Baptist churcn
boro, conducted the devotionals. Fol
lowing this the conference was organ*
iteil and the following officers elect
ed. Louis Roberts, president, Shelby,
Pan LaFar, vice president, Gastonia;
Henkel Price, secretary, Hickory. The
boys created some amusement in their
nominating speeches during the el
ection of officers, employing regular
political convention methods in nom
inating the different candidates.
the address of the evening was de
livered by Mr. J. Wilson Smith, of
Charlotte, state secretary of the Y. M.
C. A. The subject of his address was i
“The Past and Me”, fn the address the :
theme of the conference, ‘‘1935 andj
Me," was in a measure expressed. Mr. j
Smith discussed very interestingly the !
voices of the past. He spoke of the'
heroism, the sacrifice and the integ- |
rity of the valiant men of the past who :
fought for and obtained the freedom1
which we enjoy and which was pre-1
served for us as a priceless heritage.
Moral purity and the spiritual power
which characterized the great and
noble men of the past was also dis
cussed by the speaker.
uavioson aiuucni apeaaer.
The Saturday morning session be
gan at 9:30 with a song service led by
Prof. TV. C. Ormond, with Miss Dor
othy McKnight at the piano. Devo
tional services were conducted by Rtv.,
T. S'. McDiarmid, pastor of the Pres-1
byterian church. The first addresn
’•'■as made by Mr. Don Stewart, a sen -
ior at Davidson college, on the sub
ject, “The College and Me.” Mr. Stew-1
art made a fine impression with his
interesting address, using as a theme,
‘Study.” The speaker asserted that
the key to success in life is possessed
by each individual, and the opening of
the door to success was declared to be
the exercise of the potential power
that God has endowed each one with.
Mr. Stewart recognised God as hav
ing a plan for the life of each one, and
he -tressed the importance of follow
ing that plan, to the end that life
might be enlarged and sucecss at
tained. The speaker used a quotation
from the Bible to enforce the appeal
to his hearers to study, and work the
accomplishment of worth-while things
in life.
•At th? morning session a discussion
of the problems of high school life and
how the high school boy spends his
time was participated in by the boys
attending the conference. Mr. J. T.
h - Hrman, of Charlotte, sate secre
biry (,f the Boy’s work of the Y. M.
' A. led the discussion. Some of the
Problems of the high school were dis
ciissed briefly, including the problems
of cheating, tardines and indifference
on the part of students.
Die conference heard an interesting
address by Mr. W. P. Mills, of New
‘''r^\ who was The last speaker at the
morning session. The subject of Mr,
Mdls address was ‘‘The Bovs of Oth
er Lands and Me.” Mr. Mills is a na
ti'e of South Carolina and a member
"f the national council of the Y. M. C.
A. He has spent a number of years lti
' M. f. A. Work in China and spoke
of the work being carried on by the Y.
■ • ( • A in many other countries. The
speaker reviewed briefly the hislot',
o the Y. M. C. A. organization, tell
As organization by Sir George
’lliams 81 years ago and how it had
frownuntil today it circles the entire
globe.
Roys Speak.
"" afternoon session Saturday was
' at 2:30 and began with a short
L°nff service by Professor Ormond.
' * . R. Waj^ pastor of the Meth
Protestant church at this place,
,e Hevotionals. Then followed
,rM talks by the boys of the confer
encf- Whitelaw Kendall, of Shelby,
.spn.'ce 0,1 “The School and Me.” He
"'"hat the school expects of the
Vi n f The T'ext speaker was Hen
Price, of Hickpry, whose subject
** ‘The.Hi-Y and Me.” His t^lk wax
"nP the line of explaining the pur
fio°a hli-Y club and the bene
s ''r'ved from that organization ip
Lthe high school.
, s*la' Education in High Schools’
an? k '■heme of a most interesting
close lp*Ul a(h'resa delivered at the
s" °f the afternoon session buiur
'*• - ' ""eh V n ihnsr. of tht Hickory
hitch school. Mr. Walling teaches phy
sical culture in the ll:<!,niy }jj^h
school in connection with i.iduties as
coach of Hickory'' football team. In
his address Mr. Walling pave sen e
important facts concerning the devel
opment of the hotly and Who concern
ing physical education ns it relates
to the public schools of the state.
A business period was the closing
feature of the afternoon <e ion dur
ing which a committee on resolutions
was appointed by Mr. I.e mard and the
selection of nominees for delegates to
the World's Conference > f the Y. M.
C. A. to be held next year in Finland
Group meetings of the difference dele
gations were held and deer ion. mode
bv each group concernin'.' a contribu
tion for the fxnor.se i f the represen
tatives of the World conference,
A fairly large number of represen
tatives from the various t"wns which
have the Hi-Y clubs attended the ses
sions of the conference. The following
places were represented by one fi
more delegates: Hickory, West Hick
ory. Tryort, Lincolnton, Fallston, Spin
dale. Rutherfordton, Gastonia and
Shelby. The boys entered heartily into
the conference and pave evidence of
an intense interest in the addresses,
and discussion of the conference.
Saturday evening the hoys atfT'rd
ing the conference were the guests of
the Shelbv Kiwanis club at a banquet
held at Cleveland Springs hotel at
which an inspiring and interesting pro
gram was held.
At the Sunday afternoon session cl
the conference held at the First Meth
odist church at 2:30 o’clock a large
audienop of hovs and young men ga'ti
ered. The address was made by Mr.
W. C. MeCartv, general r-erretarv of
the Asheville Y. M. C. A. The subject
of his address \va= on the them * of
the conference. “1935 and Me.” Pre
ceding the address-of Mr. McCarty •»
song service was conducted by Prof.
W. C. Ormond, of the Hickorv High
school faculty. Prof. I C. Griffin of
fered prayer following the song serv
ice.
M>\ McCarty s address was a very
forceful appeal to the boys of the cor- j
ference to seek a proper develop
ment of the spiritual side of their
lives, and he outlined that develop-j
ment, as jt relates to the home, the
school, the church, the community and
the entire human race. The {Scriptural j
hasis of the address was that of
Christ calling unto the fishermen on
the sea of Galilee: ‘Come after me an*
I will make ye fishers of men.”
During the closing moments of the
conference expressions were made con
cerning the benefits of the confer
ence, and Prof. I, C. Griffin, Rev. ft.
N. McDiarmjd, Prof. W. C. Ormor.
of Hickory and Mr. G. H. Leonard, oi .
Hickory, made brief talks
A photo of the conference was
made on the steps of the First Metho
dist church just after the close of the
Sunday afternoon session
The boys on Sunday night attend
ed the conference sermon at the First
Raptist church, preached by Dr. Zeno
Wall, the pastor.
Rex Puts Out Cigar
Named For Col. Shelby
The Rex Cigar company is distribut
ing its first output of Col. Isaac Shct
by cigars to dealers not only in Shelby!
and Cleveland county but to dealers
in half the states of union in which
Rex Cigar products are sold. The Col
onel Shelby is something new and is
making a hit with smokers who have
tried them because they are truly mild
and a delight to the appetite of a cigar
smoker. The Ledford boys who own
and operate the Rex Cigar company
have finally produced a cigar which
promises to rival in popularity their
other favorite brands— Shelby
Straights. Skill. Hava-Rexa and Cham
paigno. The Colonel Shelby is made in
two sizes, ten cents for the1 C tub
House and two for 15 cents for the
Invinsible. They are packed in nat
ural finish cigar boxes with mitered
corners and rounded edges, making a
most attractive box for household use
when the smoker has used the con
tents.
Winner At Horse
Show Here To Be
Greenville Entrant
Greenville. S. C., Oct. 18.—Green
ville is to have some wellknown steeds
at the horse show to he held here No
vember 5 and fi. Among: them are ( y
clone,” property of the United States
armv. a sensational jumper; Moir.
intc Chief” and Chesapeake Bay", own
ed bv R. R Madron, of I.incolntop,
aYid others. “Chesakeane Bay” won the
championship at Shelby horse show
several days atro. Polo contests 111
which teams from Charlotte, are ex
pected to take part will U beta in
connection v.its tnc .-n.... _
Hits';’Em Hard
Joe Harris. right flekler for the
Washington Americans, was the hit
ting hero of the world series He !
iioled out three horn. runs, for a
w orld senes record, and several base
hits.
FBIEliYlnjllES
STffi Gi fiJTTlE
E. E. Scott anti Family Having Evi
dence of being Followed by Rob
berts Take Refuge in Home.
A thrilling, lr.’.ir-raisinrr experienc >
took place at the home of Mrs. J. E.
McBrayer near Mooresboro late Sat- ■
urday night in which “friendly one- j
mies" exchange 1 shots, three groups
of people laboring under a misappre
hension. Fortunately no one was killed
jn the mix-up but the story is roman
tic to say the least, E. E. Scott and
family thinking they were being pur
sued by a car of robbers, taking re
fuge in the farm house of the McBray
ers who were away from home at the'
time but returned to find strangers
had invaded their home which resulted
in a call for officers who thought the
invaders were house robbers, while
the Scott family took the officers tu
civilian clothes to be the men who had
pursued their car from Forest City.
Mr. Scott, partner-manager of the
J. C. Penney Co., store at Shelby was
returning from Nebraska with his
family, a distance of 1,500 miles.
When they reached Alexander Mill Mr
Scott impaired about the road, know
ti? that a detour was necessary sine.
No, £0 is under construction. Two nun
approached the car, directed them
via Boiling Sprjrgs. As these two men
left the car Mrs. Scott saw them put
their heads together, hold a secret
conversation, jump in a Ford car anti
pursue them. Near Boiling Springs
the Seotts inquired again of the roaC
and they were directed to take a rood
leading them to Mooresboro. There
they saw the four men who had sus
piciously directed them at Alexamle
Mill. As the Scott car drove away
these men followed them closely.
Thinking their motive was robbery,
they took refuge on the porch of the
J. E. McBrayer home. The car follow
ing them stopped in front of the hou;
drove up the road a short distance
and stopped again. The McBrayer
home was strange to Scott. He found
no one at home but wanted to reach
a telephone to call Sheriff Logan.
In a short time ,urs. Mctsrayer ana
her son Yates returned in a Ford.
Yates approached the house but Scot’,
did not see Mrs. McBrayer, Natural
ly Yates though his home was invaded.
He called to Scott “Buddie, what arc
you doing here?” Scott kept silem
thinking Yates one of his pursuers..
Yates then went to Mooresboro and
brought Deputy Morehead and Police
man Harris. By this time the Scott
family had entered a room from the
porch in an effort to reach a tele
phone. Officers though Scott was a
robber; Scott thought the officers
were his pursuers and while question.*
were fired back and forth the ans
wers did not reveal their identity.
Scott fire twice in the darkness to
prove to, his would-be robbers that he
was ready to defend himself. One of
ficer answered with a shot through
a window. Questions and answers pass
ed until finally the officers convinced
Scott of their identity, then the whole
situation became gradually clearer.
The ladies in the Scott car were al
most frantic, so were Mrs, McBrayei
and her daughter-in-law. *
By the time the would-be enemies
were found to be friendly, a half hun
dred people had gathered. then all
who were armed rejoiced that neither
had shot to kill.
The old-fashioned man who could
always bring on rain by getting his
shoes shined now accomplishes the
same thing by leaving the inucu a
ia.s'., i- i-i- civ-.u
i
II• iiirr of Madness, Who Scored JJoth
Touchdowns. Injects I'ep In Shel
by Offensive. 13 to (i
The side-stepping stride of "Coon"
Magnus was the difference between
the Shelby and Lenoir high school
elevens here Friday afternoon and
Shelby won Id to C. Map ness and his
p.bil'ty to keep going scored both
Sh< lby touchdowns and blocked punt
pat over the Lenoir score. Minus Mag
n. ss and the blocked punt the pa me
would in all probability have ended
in a scoreless deadlock
Lenoir exhibited a fire-eating lit
tle backfield that drove fiercely
through the holes torn by their hip
1 ne, but the punch repeatedly failed
along about the fourtli down when
the light-weight Shelby forwards de
cided they had to hold or else. And
they held with one or two exceptions.
On the offense Morris' linemen dis
played better form and opened up
regular Boone trails for their backs,
but unless Magness was the back the
bail generally got there after the
frail had closed. A little more speed
In getting off and more thoughtful
interference should have given Shelby
several more touchdowns. As it was
the center of the Lenoir line was a I
regular wall except when pulled op- !
en on fakes. In Tuttle, the big Le-j
noir center and captain, Gardner
bumped into a duplicate Firpo and
was of necessity nil for the afternoon
except in halting numerous tackle
plays. There must be an if to all
things, and if Lenoir had used the
strength in the center of their line
to m ire advantage and mixed line
plays with their alert end runs the
score might have been different. But,
on the other hand, had Magness per
formed the entire game the score
would have been different, no“might
have beor.s” about it.
Unique Flay
The first half of the game as is
the custom in high school grid battles
was unusual. Both elevens scored a
touchdown, but during the quarter
Lenoir never ran a single signal.
Magness, in his first game of the
season, ripped off 20-sump yards in
that quarter for a touchdown and
then put his southpaw toe under the
pigskin for an extra point. Lenoir
playing a head-up game took ad
vantage of opportunity’s door bell
and scored on a Shelby punt that wa.
utwt&vV*
me fttruunu quarter,
through instinct perhaps, a Shelby
lineman gave Magness just enough
interference to get him through'the
line, and the learned ones know that
is about all Magricss requires. The
flashy little back wriggled through
the Lenoir backfield like smoke creep
ing through a seive. He was here,
there and then across the line for his
i-ecord touchdown. Two Lenoir backs
and the safety man lined up for him
and he side-stepped the trio. The run
clipped off near 40 yards of space.
nn another occasion Magness at
the call of Grigg attempted a long
dropkick, which failed by. just the
three inches on the inside edge of the
goal post. Thereafter it was to and
fro from one 15-yard line to the
other, sometimes closer and others
not so close, but none holding up
for the desired distance.
In seeing Magness perform the oth
er Shelby backs should have seen
seen their own weakness. They get
through the line and around end at
times as good and perhaps better than
Magness, but passing the line is more
than Rubicon to them. The art of
side-stepping and not laying up in the
arms of the first opposing back ap
parently has not as yet come to them.
It is in the backfield where he has
a little bit of space to get going that
Magness really shines. And it is in
the same open spaces that the other
backs fail to shine. Once they learn
to keep going Magness has around
him several likely-looking running
mates, especially in Harris and Whis
nant.
The Shelby line profits by experi
ence, but it looks to have some exper
ience coining. Cline, playing the end
left open by the injury of Cline Lee's
brother, and Beam, a tackle filling
the shoes of a mighty big brother,
were the only ones to make them
selves felt consistently. Elliott once
he got into the play was depth to
any advance and Peeler occasionally
broke into brilliance. To the credit of
the little line it migh be said that
they faced a line good enough to g<*
through for a state title and a bunch
of ripping little backs difficult to
solve even by an experienced team.
Tuttle, Lenoir captain, performed in
the leading role for his eleven with
three of his backs, Goodman, Hays
and Tripplett, driving well for young
sters.
With a few more games experience
and Magness working full time “Cas
ey” Morris has an eleven that will
not dishonor him in the state race.
Shelby (13 Lenoir (6)
Cline - --LE ___-Robbins
Beam_ . _LT lutz
tv el. ..._. 1j'_ ____ii.jc.ev
First Fair Prize
Won By Cleveland
On Electric Lights
Raleigh.— Rain broke up the
the state fair for children's day,
but whether the insurance which
covers the contingency works in
the light of required heaviness of
fall, the managers have not said.
They have the exhibition covered.
Nevertheless, there was a show
' and Cleveland and Guilford won
first and second prizes. Presi
dent Max Gardner’s county walk
ed off with the $500 prw. for the
best county exhibit and Guilford
took second money; $500, Cleve
land. won on its electrical display,
that county having distanced its
sisters on electricity as a farm
worker.
County exhibits this year out
shone all their predecessors, and
barring the horticultural display,
It is agreed that no state fair has
quite equaled this, %
Missing Auto At
Fair Grounds Found
Later In The Night
Car Stolen From in Front of Princess
Theatre Week Before Last is Still
Missing. Belonged to Miss
Witherspoon
Friday evening a colored employee
of the Hoey Motor Company took or.e
of ’he company’s cars, a second-hand
Dodge, to the colored fair grounds.
Returning about 6:30 to where he
parked the car he found that the car
was missing. A search was instituted,
hut proved fruitless until about 8:3ti
Friday night when the car was found
a quarter of a mile or more away
from the fair grounds.
It is thought that some colored fel
low’ attending the fair merely “bor
rowed” the car for a spin and wnu
afraid to return it to the parking
grounds for fear he would be arrest
ed The ‘borrower’ as yet is unknown to
officers.
Theatre Gets Another
Theatre-goers continue to hi the
mark for auto thieves working in this
section it seems. Week before last
Miss Sara Witherspoon parked her
Ford touring car in front of the Pro
cess theatre only to find that it was
missing when the show was over, bo
far officers have ho trace of the miss
ing car or the thief. This is the third
car to be stolen from in front of Shc
by theatres within recent months.
Would Remove Those
Who Teach Evolution
Kings Mountain Association Passes
Resolution Without Discussion
Against Teaching Evolution.
.«. -
the roiipttfng is a correct ver
sion of the i-osolution offered by
Rev. Rush Padgett at the recent
meeting of the Kings Mountain
Association which passed said
resolution without discussion:
“Whereas, the theory of evolu
tion is so foreign to the belief
of the members of this associa
tion. We therefore the Kings Mt.
Baptist Association in session
Sept. 24th. 1925, do petition the
Board of Education and the trus
tees of all oar schools to speed
ily remove from our colleges and
High Schools every President,
Principal, or Teacher who peliev
es in or teaches Evolution.
Be it further resolved that we
go on record as opposed to evo
lution being taught in our State
Schools.
Resolved further that a copy
of these resolutions be sent to
the Secretary of Education, The
Chairman of the board of trus
tees of Wake Forest Colege, The
Biblical Recorder, and our Coun
ty papers.
Has Old Book Of
English Printed 1876
J. W. Allen has in his possession
an interesting old book printed in Eng
land in 1796 or 129 years ago. Tne
title of the book is a “new help to
discourse” and is filled with parables
and saying somewhat like Benjamin
Franklin wrote jn his life-time in
his “Almanack”. The book is in a
fine state of preservation and belong
ed at one time to a man named Lack
ey whose name appears on the inside
cover. Mr. Allen prizes it very highly
because of its age.
Mayor and Mrs. A. P. Weathers
were in Forest City Sunday visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Flay Weathers.
Gardner_C Tuttle (c)
Moore _ RG Anderson
Elliott_ — RT -McDade
Singleton_RE_:- Allen
Grigg (c)-QB - Jonas
Harris_RHB-Goodman
Whisnant__LHB - Hays
Kerr_FB -- Triplett
Scoring touchdowns: Magness (2>,
Robbins. Shelby substitutions: Mag
ness for Whisnant; Lackey tor Sing
leton. Keleree, Lawrence (Ugle
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Boy Slayer
JX.il. )1
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Norbert Nobel, aj?o ft, cf Tampa.
Fi*., shot and killed Jila 4-ycarold
aister and 2-ycar-old brother ‘be
cause they would not mind him.
IN FAIR EVENTS
News And Observer Editor Says
Cleveland Continues At The Head
Of The Table. State Fair
Winners.
—
| Cleveland County people are ex
hibiting; quite a bit of pride in the
county booth that won the $500 first
prize at the State Fair in Raleigh.
Regarding Cleveland's winners there
Hon. Josephus Daniels, of the News
And Observer, says editorially:
“That “Cleveland County Oligarchy’
of which so much was heard around
Charlotte in 1020 seems Still to be on
the Job and taking the lion’s share of
the prizes. The exhibit from that
county got the blue ribbon for the
, best exhibit and if there had been
-any prizes for the best looking wom
en it would have gone- to-Mre.-Or Max
Gardner. Where Cleveland county sits
seems to be the head of the table. If
that isn't true, neither Judge Jim
Webb or Judge Yates Webb, of Cleve
land will file dissenting opinions."
Mr. Daniels could have elaborated
further on the county's capacity to
take the lead had*he investigated fur
ther. The county not only won the
first priee of $500 in competition
with the greatest field in the history
of the State, but Misses Evelyn Hug
gins and Eloise Pruett, of Boiling
Springs, wo nfirst place in the health
contest- Sampson county won second,
Rutherford third, and Beaufort
fourth.
In the afternoon of the same day
with a Shelby man, president of the
State Fair and former captain of
both the Carolina and State football
elevens, looking on Carolina was as
sured a victory over State when Jay
McMurry, Shelby boy scored the,first
touchdown.
Great credit in the county exhibit
winnings goes to County Agent R. E.
Lawrence and Mrs. Irma Wallace,
home agent, and Eldridge Weathers.
The decision for the exhibit prize was
made largely upon the educational
manner in which the exhibit was ar
ranged.
JOHN RAMSEY BRINGS
IN STII.L FROM NO. 1!
A small sheet-iron still and worm
of about 10-gallon capacity was
brought into the sheriff’s office Satur
day by Deputy Sheriff John Ramsey.
The still was located during the
week in No. 11 township and was not
in operation at the time.
More Farmers Sign
Cotton Co-op Contract
Mr. J. R. Leigh, district supervisor
for this district of the Cotton Grow
ers Co-operative association advises
that cotton is coming into the as
sociation very rapidly and that new
members are coming in daily. Very re
cent contracts signed .with new mem
bers are Mr. J. W. Irvin, 90 acres,
Mr. Andrew J. Elliott, 100 acres; Mr.
O. P. Hamrick, 25 acres; Mr. Fred
Byers, 15 acie- • M; J, F MeorehemL
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Estimated Highest Price for Rural
I.and Paid for Spake Property
Adjoining Cleveland Springs.
A touch of the real estate activity
that will come with the gigantic de
velopment planned by Florida capit
alists at C leveland Springs came last
week in a deal made between the
Cleveland Springs company and
George Spake.
The highest price per acre ever paid
for rural land in Cleveland county was
thought to have been the $(!0o per acre
given by the resort owners for the
Spake land. The 35 acres of the Spake,
property joins the park property just i
west of the hotel and starts on the
south side of Highway 20 and runs
down the small park stream between
the swimming pool and pavilian on to
the southern edge of the property. It
includes the home on the iitttle green
knoll just west of the springs. It la
not definitely known that the price Is
the highest ever paid per acre for
Cleveland county land, hut O. M. Mull
handling the deal for the resort com- *
pany is of that opinion.
Greene Place Bought.
The Greene place, of between 50 and
00 acres, east of the hotel property
joining and on the Cherryville road
and Highway 20 and reaching to Eli
zabeth church, has been purchased by
Odus M. Mull. The deal was trans
acted last week and whether or not
it will figure in the park develop- j
ment is unknown. The deal, however,
was a private one with the transfer
to Mr. Mull.
Local real estate dealers are active
and are listing much property in the
section around the development. Some
little trading is goitig on, but appar
ently the majority of realty owners
nearby are ‘ holding on” while await
ing developments by the Florida syn
dicate.
The detail plans of the resort work
are now being made and will be an
nounced at an early date, it is said,
by the Marshalls. Florida newspapera
nre heralding the purchase of control
by the Clearwater men as the begin
ning of the summer drift to scenic
Carolina and the cooling breezes ot
the mountains.
L. C, Painter Loses 12 Bales And
Many Tools. School Truck Burn
ed. Zeb Mauney Loses 3 Bales.
Fire did damage to two lots pf cot
don in the county last week. L. C.
Palmer, former county commissioner
iof the Pqjkville section was the heav
iest loser when fire broke out between
1 and 2 o’clock last Thursday morning
in a lot of 45 bales, completely de
stroying 12, burned $100 worth of
corn and cotton planters, three turn
ing plows, seed from six bales of cot
ton, a six horsepower corn mill and
crusher. Mr. Palmer says his loss
will amount to $4,000 or over. Just
how the fire started is a mystery. The
building which house the cotton and
mill was also destroyed and in it the
Fairview Consolidated school truck.
After the fire was discovered, men
set to work and hauled away the bales
that were burning on the outside,
dumping them in the creek to ex
tinguish the flames.
Zeb C. Mauney lost three bales
when fire was discovered in a ten
bale lot on his farm in the Union
community. It is reported that a negro
struck a match on the cotton tie to
light a cigarette when the match ig
nited the cotton. In this fire Mr.
Mauney lost htrec bales and the oth
ers were damaged.
Phone In When You
Miss Your Star
The management of The Star would
appreciate it if subscribers would tel
ephone promptly to The Star office
Phone, No. 11 when the paper fails
to come. In Shelby we are forced to M
deliver the paper by carrier boys who
I are not as sure as Uncle Sam’s ear
riers. But they are paid for 100 per
cent service and if you miss, telephone
the office-late Monday, Wednesday or
Friday afternoon or before school foU
lowing morning when you miss ycur
paper and a boy will be dispatched
promptly with it. It is our desire and
purpose to serve you promptly but we J|
have no way of knowing whether you
receive it unless we are notified.
LATTIMORE ELEVEN MEETS
KINGS MOUNTAIN FRIDA\
The lattimore Highs will play Kings
Mountain at Lattimore Friday of this
week, it is announced from Lattimore.
Last Friday Tilden Falls’ boys de
feated Forest City 14 to 0 and feet
sure that they will give the Kings
Mountain outfit a good hattl<>