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Of Shelby And The State’s
Fertile Farming Section,
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SHELBY’S POPULATION
1925 Census ..8,854
Where Industry Joins With
Climate In A Call For You. ,
VOL. XXXIII, No. 86
“Covers Cleveland Completely.”
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SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, OCT. 26, 1926. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
Duke University
Ten Milliot
Makes Additional Be
quests to Education
Endowment In
State
.
The will of James B. Duke, tobacco
magnate, disposing of an estate csti- i
mated at $150,000,000, was filed Fri
day in New Jersey, leaving the great
er part to his 13-year-old daughter,
Doris Duke and providing more than
$17,000,000 for the Duke endowment
established last year. Mrs. Nanaline It
Duke, the widow, his second wife, re*
ceivod the Duke residences in three dir
ferem cities and was named guardian
of her daughter.
Two separate bequests were given
to the Duke endowment to be used
for the benefit of Duke university
at Durham. One was for $10,000,000
to be added to the present fund, and
specified that $4,000,000 shall be use;?
for the construction of a medical
school, a hospital and a nurses’ home.
The will directs that this construction
shall be undertaken as soon as pos
sible. ;
A second bequest was contained in
a codicil, drawn October 1, just nine
days before Mr. Duke’s death. This
directs that residuary income shall be
added to the Duke endowment with
the proviso that $7,000,000 be used for ,
new buildings and improvements at
Duke university.
The two bequests add to the $46,000.
000 fund which Mr. Duke created
last December to advance the cause
of education in the South. The on- [
dowment was accepted by Trinity
college, which subsequently changed
its name to Duke university.
Residences to Mrs. Duke.
Mrs. Duke received the Fifth eve
nue. New York, home, the residence
known as “Rough Point” in Newport,
R. I. and the residence known as Lynn
wood in Myers Park, Charlotte, which
is known to Shelby people.
Greater provision wa3 not made for
his widow, Mr. Duke pointed out, be
cause of previous funds established in
ncr rrarr.e.
The sum of $2,000,000 was set aside
for nephews, nieces and cousins, with
the condition that only those related
by blood should be eligible to partici
pate in the bequest. The sum was di
rected to be divided equally. A spec:
cjfic provision was made that any at
tempt to contest the will by its bene
ficiaries shall act as an automatic
cancellation of any bequest made to
the contestant.
The will provided that the Duke
Farms company in Somerset county,
\. J„ shall be dissolved and the as
sets turned over to its shareholders.
The Southern Power company, one
of Mr. Duke’s largest holdings, w-as
left to his daughter in the form of a
trust under her name which also in
cludes the residuary estate.
Personal employes were left vary
ing amounts Alexander H. Sands, jr.,
Mr. Duke's secretary, receiving $40,
000. William Baldwin received $25,
000. Frank E. Yantine, $15,000 and
household servants and farm employ
es received amounts in accordance
with the length of their servlca.
Provision was made for the 15
trustees of the Doris Duke trust fund
of the Duke endowment.
The executors are Mrs. Duke, W. R.
Perkins, of Montclair, N. J„ ana!
C.ecnsre G. Allen, of Hartsdale, N. Y.
The latter men were business associ
ates of Mr. Duke.
!
Extra! Streams In
Section Overrun Banks
Cleveland county folks were treat- j
to something Sunday morning al-|
mni!t as unusual and as far apart as
(hristmas. Numerous streams over
the county were out of their banks
Sunday morning—something that has
n,’t happened since early spring.
Kains Thursday night and Friday
v ith a heavy downpour Saturday
flight and early Sunday morning,
brought the dry streams back to ncr
jual and then swelled them over the
’unks. Motorists crossing the mitf
v'ay bridge over Buffalo creek Sun
‘u»y were surprised, even knowing
about the rains, to see the stream
swollen and covering nearby bottoiv*
■tnd. The heavy rains, continuing
somewhat, should mean much to the
'fl'lustrial plants operated by hydro
Electric power.
(i,)T ALL PROSPERITY IT
GAN STAND, SAYS L. AND N.
York, Oct. 25.—President May
^'tner, of the Louisville and Nashville
a's the outlook for the road is a»
' n,7Tl’raf?in* as could be expected.
Things look good. If they were any
’e ter could not stand them. Wc
recently ordered *6.850,000 in new
fl'-uioment and 65,000 tons of rails
, *» 15,000 toils ar,o^
e tiur ii c mai
' Given
i More By Will
Hoey And Gardner
Defend Man Who Cut
Another To Death
Attorneys (). Max Gardner and
Clyde R. Hoey left this morning
for Gar'.onia, where in Gaston
county court they will defend Wil
liam Reynolds on a murder
charge. It will be remembered
that during a brawl on the Lin
wood road out of Kings Mountain
sometime ago that Reynolds and
another raan enaged in a carving
contest, rutting each other almost
to shreds, their wounds necessitat
ing around 500 stitches. The other
man died and Reynolds, who was
also badly cut, is being tried for
murder.
The case was called at the last
term of Gaston court, but was
continued owing to the absence of
a physician. An unusual a ;pect of
the case is that the lawyers repre
senting Reynolds have already
been paid, “and spent it”, accord
ing Ui Mr. Gardner. Reynolds
when the case was continued at
the last term dug up the required
fees and paid Messrs. Gardner and
Hoey in advance to assure their
return and defense of him.
Yount? School Boy
Dies Near Buffalo
Herbert Beam, 11 year old son of
Mr. ar.d Mrs. D. M. Beam died Friday
about noon at the home of his par
ents on the Shelby-Waco road near
the Buffalo Mill, following an illness
with leakage of the heart from which
he had been very sick for the past
thirty days. Young Beam was a prom
ising student last year of Waco
School and a very popular and like
able fellow. His death is learned with
deep sorrow to his friends and the
many friends of the bereaved family.
His remains were buried Sunday at
New Prospect Baptist church, the
funeral services being conducted at
11 o’clock by Rev. Rush Padgett and
Rev. W. G. Camp. A large crowd was
present. Surviving are his parents,
three sisters; Pearl, Madge, Marie,
Rena May and Geneve, David, jr. and
Talmadge.
Opening Number
Lyceum Thursday
Rus.'ian Orchestral Quartet to Appear
At Central School Auditorium
Thursday Evening at 8.
The opening number of the lycc-um
•season will be Losjeff’s Russian Or
chestral quartet at Central school or;
Thursday evening at 8 o’clock.
Loseff’s Russian Orchestral quarter
offers one of the best and most popu
lar musical program of the season.
This organization of talented artists
appear in their native Russian cos
tume, the pltform effect is indeed strik
ing.
The programs of the quartet are a
combination of life and enthusiasm
and cover a wide range of music from
the wild fantastic Russian dances,
through the most exquisite, inspiring
and difficult arias of the old masters,
to that music termed, “popular, but
never trashy.”
A prominent and pleasing feature,
and one that never fails to evoke the
greatest enthusiasm, is a sterling ren
dition of the beautiful Russian foi-c
songs, accompanied by haunting Rus
sian balalikas. For intensive melody
nothing surpasses those old songs.
Each member of the quartet is an ac
complished soloist.
A program by this splendid organi
zation is in no way an experiment.
Season after season they have met
with enthusiastic approval everywhere
An evening with the company will
rank as a distinct event here.
Baptist Census Shows
Wonderful Possibilities
At' the Sunday school hour of the
First Baptist church Sunday morning,
Supt. John P. Mull made public the
figures of the recent census taken In
Shelby of the First Baptist members
and possibilities, which revealed the
wonderful opportunity ahead of the
church. While there are 967 on the
Sunday school roll, 901 not enrolled
expressed their preference for the
Baptist faith. It was found that 257
above the age of 9 years of those who
expressed their inclination to the Bap
tist denomination are non-Christians
and that 226 Baptists living in Shelby
have their membership elsewhere.
The census was the most thorougn
ever taken and brings to the church a
broad challenge for evangelistic work.
Along this line Rev. Zeno Wall, pastoj,
preached n strong sermon Sunday
morning on “Working and Weeping,
in which he made an appeal for per
sonal work among these non-Sunday
school attendants and non-church mem
hers in Shelby. ____
Speed Kings In Armistice Day Race
U'W are Ilif four horsemen** of Hie autoniobHe speed tracks of America, who will drive their mounts
the rhaiiotte oval at a dizzy |?;:re next Armistice Day. Pete D Paolo, fresh from lib triumphant
-mile Kr»*jM at Indianapolis, in ou! to threaten the supremacy of Earl Cooper and Tommy Milton, win
ner* o? twffmt two races here, tvhil* Dob Me!hm.iiigh, atwjter youngster, who wontlie Altoona tabor Day
classic, will try to show up some of the other veteran*. Olliers hi the p'eture are Hrrry llarfx, "the treat
est second place driver” in the world and l^ui Cooper, daredevil of the speedways of ike country*
Big Tornado Sweeps Over Alabama
Killing 16 People And Injuring Many
Troy, Ala., Oct. 2G:—Sixteen
sons were reported killed and more
than a score injured by a torne ;o,
which struck Pike county, Alabama,
early Sunday, according to Associate':
Press dispatches. Many homes were
laid waste, causing thousands of dol
lars damage.
Relief measures ivere undertaken
that afternoon and first aid was rusn.
ed to several communities which bore
the brunt of the terrific storm. Vic
tims v.ho fled were sheltered by citi
zens of Troy and the local hospital
was taxed to capacity in taking care
of the injured.
Sweeping down with tremendous
force the storm roared through this
section, leveling homes and barns, ana
rushed on its way south eastward.
Loss of life was reported in the
Good Hope section, at Luverne, in
the Oak Grove neighborhood, at Un
ion Springs, in Comer and Spring
Hill, the last three places being in
Barbour county, and at Eufaula,
where three negroes were reported
killed and several persons injured.
Reports reaching here indicated the
tornado struck first in Pike county
and then shifted to Barbour county,
where it spent its force in this section
and then proceeded to the south and
east. Of the 16 persons reported killed,
13 were residents of Pike county, who
lived within a short distance of Troy.
The other three, all of whom were
negroes, lived at Comer, in Barbour
county.
Local physicians and Red Cross
workers qyjckly offered their services
in caring for tornado victims at a mass
meeting held here that afternoon. Five
thousand dollars was raised for relict
work and rescue parties were organ
ized to search for any additional vic
tims of the storm.
Four in One Family.
In the Good Hope section, sever
miles west of Troy, four members ot
one family were killed instantly arid
the parents are not expected to live.
The dead include: ^
Whites: Ralph Knight., 1R; Buoy
Knight, 16; Frances Knight, six;
Mary Ellen Knipfyt, three; Mrs. Eliza
Davis, 65; Negroes; Beatrice Tilirj
and baby, Ella Lee Blue.
Near Luverene two are known to be
dead, both white. They are: Mrs. Pea
cock, 75; Tom Long, 70.
The injured include: Walter Knight
and wife, not expected to live; Her
man Knight, Ray Knight, Frank Da
vis. Bob Jordan, J. P. Davis and Mrs.
Frank Davis, Pat Swanson and wife,
negroes.
In the Oak Grove neighborhood,
Noah Griffin’s home was destroyed
uw iir. unuiii ni- vile and.-;***
4
child seriously injured. Two children
escaped unhurt.
At Orian on the Montgomery-T^oy
road the home and store of Walter
Kelly was demolished. Mr. Kelly and
his family all escaped injury while a
brother was slightly hurt.
In the path of the storm which came
up from the west and passed out to
the northwest, a trail of wreckage was
left, homes demolished; barns blown
down; cattle and other livestock wan
dering aimlessly about; household
goods strewn along the highways and
through the fields; and timber laid
law and farm crops ruined.
Family Decimated.
In one neihborhood, Hope, five
people were killed and one whole fam
ily of nine almost wiped out. Fourteen
houses were destroyed. Noah Griffin,
one of the seriously injured, was hit
on the head by a heavy piece of tim
ber which was blown through the win
dow of his home just before the tor
nado picked it up and scattered it '.o
the winds.
The residents near the path of the
storm were aroused by the terrific
wind and the cries of the injured, and
worked in a heavy downpour of rain
.and vivid flashes of lightning for
hour- rendering aid to the injured an.*
searching for the missing. The dead
and injured were scattered along the
roads and the fields, and around the
demolished homes.
TRIPLETS FIVE YEARS
AGO, NOW HAVE TWINS
( Gaffnev Ledger)
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Dickson, of the
Midway community, who became the
parents of triolets in 1920. have an
nounced the birth of twin sons last
Tuesday.
The bovs have been named James
Miles and John Marion Dickson.
James weighs eight and one-half
pounds while John tips the scales
[ an even pound less
Two g'rls and a boy were horn fc
Mr. and Mrs. Dickson August 1, 1920.
The children were named Pearl, Ruby
end McClain. McClain and Ruby died
in the Spartanburg hospit i! when
nine weeks old, while Pearl survived,
and is now greatly interested in her
little brothers.
On Chimney Rock Board.
Asheville, Oct. 25.—Election of Les
tei B. Manley, prominent leal estate
man and capitalist of Miami, to mem
bership on the board of directors of
Chimney Rock Mountains, inc., has
teen announced in '.to otticnils >}. ne
cornual) v.
'Young Preacher Who Received Brok
en Neck When Car Went Over
Steep Embankment.
Rev. Ford Grigs who received a
broken neck when the car in which
he was riding last Wednesday twen
ty miles above Marion went over an
embankment, was buried Sunday at
| Palm Tree Methodist church near
Lawndale. Mr. Grigg and his brother
Rev. Zeb Grigg were driving along
a highway when they’ met a school
truck and in passing, got too near the
high embankment with the result that
the car plunged over and broke young
. Grigg’s neck. IBs brother, Zeb Grigg
received several broken ribs but his
j injuries are improving and this young
I man is getting along as well as could
i be expected. After the accident both
were taken to a hospital at Marion
i where Ford Grigg lived two days
with his heck broken. His body was
! paralized but he remained conscious
j throughout.
i When the accident happened the
: Grigg brothers were coming to their
j former home near Lawndale from
! the Western part of the state where
they had been conducting-a revival.
1 Ford Grigg, deceased was single and
about 30 years of age.
Rain Causes Damage
To Two Brick Walls
Heavy rains of Saturday night
caused damage to two newly construct
ed brick walls in Shelby. Because ot
improper drainage, a fifty-foot span
of the rear wall of the two story brick
building of Dr. Royster and sons on
S. LaFayette street collapsed during,
the night, taking with it the frame
work of the floors and roof. The
crash made a loud report and war*
heard over all the business district
by those who happened to be up at
that time ot night. A piece of rocf
timber which .swelled under the damp
ness. made a small crack at the top ot
the beautiful pressed brick front.
About 80 feet of a jetainer wall
standing between the sidewalk and
the front wall of the A Bluet, r -ro
cery building on West Marion street
crumbled over Saturday mg because
1 » ''i- i. rut * ot water., ^
Boiling Sonins'?. Loses Hard-Fought
flame 2H t'i 1.1. Shelby Ends and
Backs Outstanding.
Faced with the possibility of lo. ir.j;
countv football honors after holding
the ,title for many years the little
Shelby High eleven fought a fieres
gome with the odds against them Fri
day afternoon, upset the possibility
and defeated the strong Boiling
Springs eleven 28 to 13. It brought
to them county honors and the young
filers coached by “Casey’’ Morris line
up so far in the season with the fa
mous elevens that have gone before
them. Whether or not they go farther
remains to be seen, but their sweeping
victory of Friday thrilled the side
lines and annexed the whole-hearted
support of fans who were expectant oi
little.
If there Is a cup to be presentee
for county honors the receiver should
be Cline Owens Lie, kid brother of
Cline Lee, who completely filled the
shoes at end of the brother who V
now battling a dread disease at San
atorium, with a little more speed that
is saying he is <fne of the best er.dt
in the state. Behind him in the receiv
ing: line should be his fellow end,
Cleve Cline, Beam, Elliott and the en
tire back fled. Madness swept the ends
and side-stepped across the the white
lines as usual but for once bis pre
mier honors must pass to Lee.
But all the stars were not on the
winning: eleven—no by far. Ranking
with Shelby's right end as the trio
of outstanding stars of the game were
Sparks, scrappy Boiling Springs cen
ter, and Woodward, the rangy quarter
back. Shelby's 28 points look big, but
had it not been for Sparks, who
fought himself to exhaustion, Shel
by would have doubled the score. And
the 13 points annexed by the visitors
should all he credited to Woodward
and two of his backfield assistants. In
fact, the Baptist bunch was one of
the huskiest and hardest driving
eq'uads ever seen on the local park.
With enough football knowledge it
would take two Shelby teams to stop
them.
Outstanding plays ran the gauntlet
of football from lengthy runs by
Woodward and M&gness to the tack
ling of Sparks, Lee, Beam and Grigg,
and the line driving of Ramsey, Gil
lespie and Kerr. And freak football
hovered over one touchdown, giving
"Big” Elliott the lasting cognomen of
"Touchdown John,” j
now 1 ney ocurra..
With the largest football' crowd of
the season looking on from the side
lines the followers of the two elevens
cheering lustily, Gillespie tore across
for Shelby’s first touchdown during
the first quarter. The second seVeti
points came in the third quarter when
a Shelby back with only'a few yards to
g<f fhr a* touchdown fumbled the ball,
a Boiling Springs player iWfirerim;
only to fumble himself and John El
liott, Shelby tackle annexed the pip
skin and crawled over while the crcwil
wondered who would fumble next. The
fourth quarter witnessed four touch
downs. On the first play Grigg drove
like a heavyweight for the required
distance necessary for Shelby’s third
score. A few minutes later the rangy
Woodward slipped around a Shelby
end and rambled .‘18 yards for Boiling
Springs first marker. This was follow
ed shortly by Shelby’s fourth touch
down when Kerr plunged over after
“Coon’’ Magness unleashed a 30-yard
run. A well-directed pass in the final
minutes gave Boiling Springs their
second and final score. The Shelby
safety man failed to be a deadlock
safety on both of the visitors scores.
Magness’ southpaw top and a fake
cross-buck gave Shelby every extra
point, while Boiling Springs failed or
Shelby (28) Pos. B. S. S. (13)
Cline___le McIntyre
Beam It Pari:.
Peeler____ lg . DePricst
Gardner — -c - ------ Sparks
Moore __rg — Hamrick
Elliott _—rt -- --- -- Horton
Lee ... ___re _ Haynes
Grigg __qh . _ Woodward
Harris __... lhb - Arnette
Magness __rhb _ __McKinney
Gillespie..rb Ramsey
Referee. Lawrence (Oglethorpe).
Umpire, Hudson (N. C. State). Heed
linesman. Pearce (Georgia). _
Many Attend
Final Service
For Stanford
l ptown ( hurches 1 nitc in Touching
Service at Central Church Sunday
Evening. Beautiful Tributes.
One of the largest congregations to
ever pack the beautiful new Central
| church structure gathered there Sun
day evening in a farewell service to
Itev. Alfred Leland Stanford, builder
of the churc hand for three years pas
tor of the congregation.
Rev. Mr. Stanford leaves this week
for t harlotte where he assuhies the
pastorate of Methodism’s largest,
church in the state, the united Tryon
and Trinity congregations.
1 he service Sunday evening was In
spiring, touching and wide in its scope.
Spoken appreciation of the services
rendered here by the departing min
ister were made not only by repre
sentatives of his own congregation,
but by pastors of the other uptown
churches and the town in general. The
evening services ut the First Baptist
and the Presbyterian churches were
called off and the pastors with them
congregations united in the farewell
service. Sometime before the opening
of the service the big church audito
rium and adjoining Bible class rooms
were packed to capacity and it wan
necessary to add temporary seats to
accommodate those who attended.
Seated around the chancel with the
minister who closed his pastorate
wnr ncv. v-. r. onerrui, a iormer pas
tor of the church; Dr. Zeno Wall, pas
tor of the First Baptist church, and
Rev. Hector N. McDiarmid, pastor of
the Presbyterian church. Special music
was rendered by the choir and tho
opening prayer was by Dr. Wall with
the Scripture reading by Rev. Mr.
McDiarmid. The program of farewell
by the congregation was in charge
of Capt. J. F. ^Roberts, who in intio
duetory remarks told of the efforts
to bring Rev. Mr. Stanford back for
another year and of the wish of the
congregation and officials that he com
plete the four years with the church.
Impressive, and commendatory talks
were made by Rev. C. F. Sherrill, Dr.
Wall and Rev. Mr. McDiarmid.
Colored Churches Join.
A letter from a committee, repre
senting the colored churches of ihe
city, was read by Captain Roberts, in
which the colored ministers expressed
appreciation of the general work in
the city of the departing Central pas
tor, thanked God for his coming here
and wished him God-speed on his fu
ture journey and success in his broad
ened field.
Present Check.
Win. Lineberger, superintendent of
the Central Sunday school, spoke
briefly in relating the great service
rendered the schol during the three
years pastorate and cited figures not
only showing the increase in the Sun
day school, but in the church in gen
eral. It was shown that the Sunday
school had increased in membership
around 300, the total church contribu
tions during the three years being
around $90,000. At the conclusion of
his talk, Mr. Lineberger, in behalf of
the Central Sunday school, presented
a check to Rev. Mr. Stanford.
The peak of the tribute was reach
ed with the farewell of the congrega
tion spoken by Clyde R. Hoey, who re
counted the noble work here of the de
parting pastor, of the sincere life ha
lived, and the devotion of all his ener
gies to building up the church spirit
ually and materially. The recognition
of his ability and his worth caused hl3
removal by the bishop to the confer
ence’s biggest charge, Mr. Hoey said.
With eyes bedimmed a bit by tears
Rev. Mr. Stanford spoke his farewek
last, but with it forgot not the work
started here and urged every churcii
member to stand by and assist Dr.
Boyer, who comes here Thursday, m
continuing the work started and build
ing Central church even greater. His
accomplishment here, he classed as
his most cherished work and stated
that each month he would continue
to pay On his subscription to the
church building until it was paid and
in conclusion added that the passing
years would not erase from his mem
ory the people with whom he had
worked here and learned to love.
The esteem in which the departing
pastor was held by his church and
Shelby in general was evidenced by
the record congregation attending and
the respectful silence that prevailed
for a moment after his final benedic
tion. ' .
Davidson “Home-Coming.”
Davidson, Oct.; 25.—Home-coming
dt.j at Davidson college has been set
for October 31, at which time many
of the alumni of this institution are
expected to come back for one day’s
entertainment. Heretofore very little
attention has ben paid to this day, but
-plans this year indicate that October
31 will be an eventful day at Dvidson
for the students r>d for the ahintgi* fi