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ONE OF THE FUNNIEST STORIES EVER WRITTEN, “ TOO MUCH EFFICIENCY”, IN EACH ISSUEOF THE STAR. A LAUGH IN EVERY LINE. r— RELIABLE home paper Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section, Modem Job Department, VOL. XXXIII, No. 101 »■—.... ."■> SHELBY’S POPULATION 1925 Census_8,854 Where Industry Joins With Climate In A Call For You, , ^—... SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, NOV. 30, 1925. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Auto Thieves Active Again (;et Two Cars In One Night. One ( ar Wrecked At Weaver Bridge Is Recovered. Officers here today placed un der arrest Bill Gamble, young white man, in connection with the larceny of the two cars stolen here Friday night. Gamble, it is ,aid, admitted that he left Shelby with another young man in the McMurry sedan and that after the wreck they came back to Shelby, secured the Ford coupe, that was also stolen, and left town again, Gamble getting out at Gaffney, S. C., while the other man con tinued on southward in the coupe. Gamble, officers say, contends that he was drinking and did not know the cars were stolen, the other young man telling him that (he Studebaker was his property. The identity of the other man is thought to be known, but is being withheld from the public by the officers in order that they may apprehend him. Clues that led to the arrest of Gamble came fast. Howard Moore w ho was at the home of his unci-? near Weavers bridge, Friday night near where the sedan was wreck ed was asked by two young men to take them to Gaffney or Shelby, telling him that they were strang ers and had been wrecked in the section. Young Moore complied, not knowing anything of the auto thievery. Later after hearing that some one in the car w as cut in the crpsh Chief Hamrick followed up the clue and apprehended Gamble, i who was identified by Moore, as one of the two he brought to town, being the one having a cut on his face. Sometime after the return to town the Ford was taken from in front of the hotel. The auto bandits who have been plying1 their trade of recent month* j among the cars parked in front of' Shelby theatres renewed activities a-1 gain Friday night, taking one car j from in front of Webb theatre and extending their • area to the Central hotel, where another car was taken. The first car missed Friday night was the Studebaker s^ian of Mr. J. J. McMurry. The car was parked in front of the Webb theatre by Jesse Washburn and was gone when Mr. j Washburn came out of the show, j ■passersby and others in front of the theatre noticed the car depart, but did not suspicion that anything was wrong. The other car, a Ford Coupe, the property of W. L. Hobbs, state high way employee, was taken from its parking place in front of the Central hotel. Mr. Hobbs says that the steer ing wheel of the coupe was locked. Get Studebaker Back. Saturday morning the Studebaker sedan was found wrecked at the Wea ver bridge in the Sharon section. The big car in crossing the bridge plung ed off the high fill and turned over. Blood was found on the car and on clothes in the car and it is presumed that the driver was injured and per-1 haps cut by the broken glass. Find Stolen Clothes On the same night the Central Pressing club was entered and sever al suits of clothes stolen. Part of the missing clothing was found in the wrecked car, revealing the fact to officers that the auto bandit also en tered the pressing club. The car al though. eonsideralby damaged was driven back to town Saturday after repairs were made. Two Worked Together Local officers are working: on the theory that the thieves taking the two cars worked together, and they have quite a bit of information supporting their theory. It is thought by them that the driver of the stolen coupe followed the sedan and after the "reck, which is thought to have been caused by liquor, picked up the injur ed driver of the sedan and kept going Reports from Boiling Springs were to the effect that a coupe resembling the missing car and occupied by two young men stopped there early Sat urday morning, inquiring about liqour anrl the route to Florida. Officers, it is said, suspicion the identity of the two young men, one °f those suspected having a criminal record in several cities over the state. Owing to the fact that the driver of the setlan was injured in the wreck Probably cut about the head, it is' thought that they will easily ■ identi fy and that perhaps the injury will( a'd in their apprehension. Play The Theatres The auto bandits, who have been 'siting Shelby of recent months, Play the theatres with more regulari > than do vaudeville troupes. It is estimated by some that cars stolen r°m their parking places ear the oati'es in recent months will total ground 10. The thieves apparently ; or* their scheme skilfully, watch owner uf the cur emu- the Georgia Peaches and Rye f ■ y -i »5j if t »♦* »\'v' < |*i rtfv* i*i n'lti Mr,!'' ; ■ .'•'•■'■■, ' ' ■ V.» •'«.!. ■«. • ’ • '■ *. .,*»•! ii-.fM J • v ^ ^ Ul litO Officers Get Alleged Store Breaking Gang After Haul Seven, Connected With Robbery of Lowery . Store, Are Nabbed at Lincolnton and Jailed Here. Store breaking in Cleveland coun ty, by one gang at least, is ended foj a time, officers thick. For behind the. bars in the county jail here are seven member ; of a gang that will be chaig ee before Recorder Mull tomorrow with entering the Lowery store at Pat ten on Springs and perhaps several other stores in this section. The seven now imprisoned were ar rested early Sunday morning at Lin colnton and brought here Sunday aft ernoon. Lincolnton officers nabbed the outfit as they returned to Lin colnton with a haul mad a Saturday right at the Lowery store. Those ar rested were John Bolling, Jack Boll ing. Ed Bolling, Eula Moore Seal Jeffries,.Ernest Parker and Wes Hoyle. Tjie Bollings, the Moore wo man and Hoyle formerly lived at the Ella mill here it i.- said, whole Park er is reported to be a native of Ashe ville. A portion of the stolen goods was found in the roadster coming in front the raid Saturday right, while other goods were found hidden at homes of some of the defendants near Lin colnton. (lot Big Collection. Chief Farris, of Lincolnton, it is said became suspicious of certain must bers of the gang and set officer.-, to watch their movements Saturday night. About 3:30 o’clock Sunday morning the Ford roadster came in and occupying it were Jack Bolling, Yyes Hoyle and Ernest Parker. In the car was a big collection of goods in cluding three overcoats, 10 to lo t.n tons of cigarettes, bolts of cloth, bam and other meat, silk hosiery, coffer, gloves, and other articles. In addition to this officers upon a search found in the homes of some ot toe gang 1 big collection of what is thought to be stolen goods. This collection im lud ed tires, tubes, dresses, overalls, coats, furs and many other things. Admit Lowery Kobhery. Sunday Chief Hamrick, Sheriff T.o pnn and Officers Poston and Hester went to Lineolnton after the F1" S’ taking with them Messrs Tesse and Billy Lowery who identified the goods brought in Sunday morning, the Low ery store being entered Saturday night. Furthermore, officers say members of the gang admitted having entered the Lowery tit ore once befoi about two weeks ago. In addition to the goods taken from the Lowery store Saturday night and the articles taken in the previous en try and identified by the Low. rys there was a considerable amour., ot theatre and knowing that they have so much time in which to get the car started and make their getaway be fore the theatre-goer leaves the show and gives the alarm. Cars taken from in front of thea tres in recent weeks in addition to the sedan of Friday night were the Hud son coach of J. S. Willard, which was recovered, and the roadstej 0 f * Webb, operator at the Princes- then other stuff, presumably taken from stores in this and adjoining counties. Store breaking over the county has been frequent of recent1 months and officers are of the opinion that the preliminary hearing of the seven now in jail will bring to light much about t' e chain of robberies. The officers with the Lowerys have been working on clues for sometime and the assist ance of Chief Farris and his officers at Lincolnton resulted in the big ar rest. Proprietors of stores in several sec tions of the county will in ?U probabil ity attend the hearing and may be able to identify ^ome of the goods. speciOpWrs FOR S. S. MEEI11 Miss Daisy Magee Will Have Charge of Children's Division at County Convention Here. Appearing each day on the pro gram of the Cleveland County Sun day School Convention, which is to be held on Sunday and Monday, Decem ber 0 and 7, at the Presbyterian church here, will be Miss Daisy Ma gee, Children’s Division Superintend ent of the North Carolina Sunday School Association. In the coming of Miss Magee to Shelby those who work with children in the Sunday School will have the opportunity of hearing and conferring, with one of the most practical Sunday School workers that has ever visited the city, according to the report of the officers of the County Sunday School Association under whose auspices the meeting is being held. Another outside speaker who will attended the convention will be D. W. Sims, Raleigh, General superintendent of the North Carolina Sunday School Association. Mr. Sims will especially emphasize the work with adults in the Sunday School. Those in charge of the arrange ments for the convention are making [ an effort to have respresentatives present from every Sunday School in the township. The meeting is open to all Sunday School workers of all denominations. Sessions will be held I as following: Sunday afternoon 2:30 o'clock and Sunday and Monday (nights at 7:30 o’clock. On Monday afternoon at 3:30 there will be a spec j ial conference for workers with chil I dren in the Sunday School. Auction Sale Friday Proved Successful The auct'on sale held here Friday afternoon by the Shelby Real Instate Company proved very successful and .were well attended, all of the proper ty offered being sold by rbgular sale methods. In the J. M. Black property on East Avenue and DeKalb street lots were purchased by B. R. Dellinger. Frank L. Hoyle, Mrs. Z. .1. Thompson, and Mrs. John Black. Five lots in the J. W. Jones property on North La Fayette sold to O. O. Palmer and W. ('. ‘Lutz. Four lots on North Wash ington belonging to J. C. Wood were sold to Claude Turner, Cleveland Big Boll Appears Beat For Soil Here. 900 Pounds Of Fertilizer j To The Acre. A finul report given out by retir- ; ing County Agent Lawrence shows that from the tests held in the coun- ' ty that Cleveland Big Boll is the best strain of cotton for the section and that 900 pounds per acre is the pro per amount of fertilizer. Cotton Variety Test. The following is a result of the co.t* ton variety test conduced on the coun ty home farm this year to determine the best variety of cotton to p'ant in Cleveland County. Variety Seed Cotton Cleveland ( Wake Seed Co) -- 810 Cleveland 20 Ilumco --- 810 Pedigree Cleveland Big Boll — 780 Wannamaker Big Boll ... - 750 Mexican No. 6 ---- 660 ! Salisbury _— 780 j Cleveland (E. S. B. A. _ 060 ! Local Cotton (J. G. Canipe) 690 Coker No. 3. 1. inch -- 810 Local seed (Sikes) -—750 Over-the-top __ 690 , Rucker __ 720, “From the above test 1 would reeom mend to the farmers of the couj»ty to j plant o;i of the Cleveland Big Boll strains of cotton,Says R. E. Law- l rence, Good cotton seed will pay and every farm should select his cotton seed each year or buy one bushel from the seed breeder for each fifteen acres planted to yet planting seed each year. Don’t buy cotton seed from a seed peddler just because he has seed for sale, hut be careful to get a variety of cotton that has been tested out thoroughly by the extension service or State experiment stations. Many farmers in the county arc getting the riekors cotton seed be cause it gins out a large per cent of lint at the gin without considering the yielding of ricker compared W'ith other varieties. A cotton with short lint will gin out a greater per cer.t of lint than a cotton with long lint. These factors should be considered toy Everyone ha lf ore getting your cotton seed. The Salisbury is a good yielder but has very small bolls and is harder to pick than the Cleveland. An order of improved cotton seed will be gotten up in the county and anyone wanting to get a few her'ids of improved cotton seed would get in touch with the new county agent, Alvin Hardin. Result Fertilizer Test The following is a result of the fer tiliser test conducted on the farm of S. C. Lattimore in the Sharon section of the founty. This summer to de termine the best fertilizer and pro per amount to apply per acre. Owing to the dry season the tests at Mr. T. C. Blacks farm near Kings Mountain was not gathered separate ly. The test at Mr. Lattimore’s did not show up as good as it did last year due to the dry season, but it was found from the test to determine the proper amount of fertilizer that I; it pays to use 900 pounds per acre. . The following is the result of the I test this year from the different a mount of fertilizer applied per acre. Fertilizer per acre. Cost per acre No. Fert. 300 600 .. 900 _ 1200 _ 1500 _ Pounds Cotton 435 __ ... 696 __ 754 928 _ _$ 5,25 _ 10.60 _15.75 _ 21.00 _26.00 Profit per acre _$24.80 _ 50.30 _ 49.90 ..58.45 957 __ __55.56 928 _ 47.95 Heads Grange jr - I.num .1 Tuber or Colon.'m*. <>., wu» reelfctwl Mutli'i of ttao Nil tional (irangc for a iifilo.l of Uvo yearn at the iinmi il rumen lion held in Sacramento. Calif. , Aged Darky Made California Peach Brandy In Churn Eff Bell, of Kings Mountain, Mashed His Fruit in Crockware and Cook* ed It in Open Fireplace. “Jedge, Ah jes made hit fer a leetle holiday cheer-up, and Ise didn’t know hit wuz wrong ter make hit, eus hit aon’t make yer drunk an only makes jou feel a leetle better an then sor ter sick,’’ that was the explanation Eff Bell, aged Kings Mountain negro, gave Recorder John Mull Saturday as he faced the court charged with manu facturing liquor from California peaches. The aged darky, a native of the Suffolk section of Virginia, where thiy talk the brogue of slave days, is now a native of Kings Mountain and ac cording to Officers Irvin Allen and Creel Ware, had been suspected for two yearB of making liquor of 3ome nature. And in the court was the entire distillery—a crockware churn, and several jugs. Eff told the court that his method of making his “Cheer-up’’ was to buy California peaches, tnaSh them up in the churn and_ place the mash in one ul( the * enickware jug-* pour water on it. and cook .the,equa tion on the coaisW an bjien fii% {(lathi in hi*, Ipppfe.' It ’ t(»ke3~slnnHer' dp farc produe*;& kick out <>f ,the,fhui*» thou it does to bring blitter, the fetnier., tation taking something like a week. The old darky denied making any for sale, saying that it was for his own use and that he didn’t like the taste of liquor. Answering n query of the judge he gdmitted that the stuff made him somewhat sick after drink ing it, but that it produced a happy feeling for a time. The officers, how ever, stated that the California peach kick had a peculiar odor and that the kind manufactured by Eff had been smelled on a number of drunks. After some deliberation Judge Mull fined him $50 and the costs and left over him a suspended sentence of six months on the roads if he tried h;s art again on California peaches.*The ruspended sentence was explained to j the old negro, who replied: “Jedge, >ou don’t need to say nuffin about dt six months, cuz Ah haint gone mess wid it no more. If Ah comes back yo’ kin jist kill me. Ise haint acoming.” At the same seccion of court Ed H. Allen, who operates a filling station cn the Cleveland Springs road was fined $100 and the costs for driving a car w hile under the influence of liquor. Americanism: Being too good to one’s women folk. County Farm Board Plans For Next Year At Meeting Held Here Today Thh Cleveland County Board of Ag riculture at a meeting held here f.hia ^ morning discussed plans for the ag ricultural future of the county, and more particularly brought up phases that would advance county agriculture next year. Representatives, about 16 farmers and the county commission-; err present, together retiring Agent, Lawrence and the new agent, Alvin Hardin. The 11*26 aim will be to produce more cotton on less acreage with the aim being that of making more feed crops. More and beter pastures was another feature of the meeting, as was the discussion of better cows. Those behind the movement urged that farmers weed out the poor producers in their herds and advance the county in the dairy field. It was also decided that the board will push poultry rais ing. which has a profitable sideline with Cleveland farmers. Cleveland' county should produce its own hay crops instead of buying j from outside sources was the senti- j ment again stressed by members of j the board. Over $100,000, it is said was paid out by Cleveland county farmers last year for hay and the sum will be exceeded this year, it was said. A halt should be called on such an ex penditure, the board said, and local production of hay is the answer. Among the many topics taken up and discussed it was desired by the ] board that the one to be stressed the most would be that of producing more I feed crops and devoting less acreage I to cotton, with the idea of producing1 just as much cotton as ever before, j but on less acreage. Alvin Hardin the new county agentj was intriduced and became h me«lVei'| of the board *f Agriculture. State Education Head Sees No Harm In Girls Smoking New Traffic Lights Ready by Christmas SM’n’s new e'evrie traf l c sijfnils will be in opera tion by Christmas or bo f »re it is rnnouneed from tht c'ty offices. Tire firm from which the city purchase I the system that vv'll mo b rnize local tr flic icye’:itons has as • 0t\U citv authorities that t o i"st 'll ti i i will be com P f t d c i lv in December* pe: i a.is by December 10. The r.o.v system, of stop ur.J emo, 11 be operated by electric signals is the latest tr iffic device and is aim lar to the one used in Raleigh, the state capital. The electric wires operat ing the signals will all be underground beneath the pavement with nothing above ground on the streets except the signal posts at the busy corners of the bus iness district. Chief Ham rick and members of the police department last week made a survey of the amount of wiring that would be needed and how much would be used under ground. WEST SHELBY NEWS OF LITE INTEREST Rev. L. S. Helms, of Caroleen, filled his regular appointment at the Metli odist Protestant church last night and a large congregation was present and heart the interesting sermon. Rev. J. B Sisk, also of Caroleen, was present and delivered a brief but helpful ad dress on “Unity and Co-operation in Church Work”. The next appointment for preaching is next Sunday moi ring at 11 o’clock. Mrs. Humgardner Dies. ^terday morning at 4 o’clock at the, htttue of her son, Mr. W. H. Bumgnrd ner, on Clegg street- She about 92 years of age and had made her i home with her son for the past 35 j years. Mrs. Bumgardner had been nn j invalid for the past 12 years, not hav ing been able to be out of doors in that, many yeajs. Old age was attributed! as the cause of her demise. She was Che widow of the late Andy Bumgard ii*r, who preceded her to the grave about 22 years ago. She was a native of Cleveland county, having formerly j lived in the Casar section. Mrs. Bum- 1 gardner was a god woman, and ini early life became a member of the , Baptist church, remaining a member i until her death. For the past several i years she was a member of St. Pauls Baptist church in the Casar commun ity. i uut'uu M-i v iui ini s. xsuiii gardner were held today at 11a. m., at St Pauls Baptist church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Parker, assisted by Rev. C. B, Way, of Shelby. The de ceased is survived by one son, Mr. VV. H. Bumgardner, of Shelby, and one sifter, Miss Jane Devine of Grover, an da large number of grandchildren r.nd great-grandchildren, besides a hest of other relatives and friends who mourn her departure. Traded Residences. Mr. J. B. Crow, one of the valuable citizens of West Shelby, has traded his- residence on Roberts street for a nice bungalow near the Shelby hos pital, and will move his family into it soon. The West Shelby community regrets the departure of Mr. Crow and his excellent family. Personal Mention. Messrs. E. C. Kiser and Harold Hamrick. West Shelby citizens, have heeded, the Florida call and departed for the warm climate one day last week. They went there to seek em ployment. Mary Margaret, the young daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Silver, has almost recovered from an illness. Rev. C. B. Way spent part of last week at High Point and Burlington. At High Point; he attended a meeting of ministers and laymen of the Meth-, odist Protestant denomination and at Burlington he visited his mother and other relatives. Mr. Perry Sellers has returned from Florida where he went recently in search of employment. Due to a short age of building material Mr. Sellers failed to secure employment and he returned to North Carolina. He is now employed at the Shelby cotton mill. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Stroup spent Sunday with Mr. Stroup', rel■■ ,ve-3 mvi Double Shoab. Allen Says Other Schools Will Follow Bryn Mawr. Rec ords Show Caro lina Girls Smoke Raleigh, Nov. 29.—“What Bryn Mawr has done in setting aside a room for the girls to smoke in and thereby recognizing the present state of affairs, other women's colleges wlH eventually do,” Superintendent of Pu blic Instruction A. T. Allen, who is also ex-officio chairman of the board of trustees of the North Carolina College For Women and the East < aroliua leaeher’s College, predicted although heads of the women’s col leges in the State were unanimous in their disapproval of women smoking stating with but one exception that smoking was not allowed in their in stitution. Although the heads of the three women’s colleges in Raleigh were unanimous in declaring that their stu dents do not smoke, estimates made by five drug stores here showed that between seven and eight dozen pack ages of cigarettes are sold school girls each week. And as one clerk re marked “Of course there are lqts of girls who have boys buy their cigar | ettes for them.” “I see no reason why women should not smoke as well as men,” Mr. Al len said. “It is merely- a part of the general breaking down of differences between the sexes. To me it seems there is no material difference be tween a man and a woman’s smoking. It is merely a matter of taste or judgment. “Of course the institutions have a right to bar smoking among their students if they like. I think they are within their rights in doing it, but eventually women’s colleges will re cognize women’s smoking as Bryn Mawr has done.” Dr (harles E. Brewer, president of Meredith College, stated “Our girls would not tolerate it ior a min ute. We havo had no occasion folf! * the question to. aunise, bwt H dhows' an attitude entirely contrary to dur'^ way of thinking here,” /. • f< t, • ‘• In regard to Bryn Mawr’s r«sc*rit ■ ruling on the question, he said only that it was Bryn Mawr’s bnsiit«*s‘ while. Dr. W. D, Way rector, at SfF' Mary’s School for Girla’ thought it was a bad move for the college ! make. "Our girls are not allowed to smoke, ot course not,” Dr. Way said. I do not apprbve of it because it is bad physically for boya and much worse for girls.” Prominent Raleigh physicians stated last night that there is nothing to make ryioking more harmful for * one sex than the other, and that white excessive smoking was bad for any one, a moderate amount of smoking was not injurious to the health. In-, „ surance agencies it was pointed uot,,, do not lower a man’s rating for mor derate smoking—only for smoking in XC63S, Two Shelby Boys On All-State Team J. McMurry, of Carolina, and Hugh Arrowood. of Davidson, Named on Mythical Eleven. Shelby football fans noted with con siderable interest that sport writers of the State in naming their mythical All-state elevens Sunday placed two Shelby boys on, the first eleven. They were J. McMurry, son of Mr. and Mrs A. W. Me Murry ,*and a Carolina star. f.nd Hugh Arrowood, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. U. Arrowood, and star end at Davidson. Both boys are ends. z It is quite an honor coming to Shel by and it is not likely that there is another town of similar size in the state that has two players on the All state eleven. Both boys are products of Dick Gurley’s training at Shelby high, McMurry playing at quarter here and Arrowood, on the wing, winning the honor in his final year of being the outstanding student in the high school. Another Shelby boy, Fred Logan, at State college, was mentioned in the picks for center. McMurry was picked by several of the writers for an end berth, the no table selection being by Simmons in The Charlotte Observer. The picks placed him on the composit eleven. Arrowood was given first pick by the Charlotte News selection made by Marvin Ritch and favorable mention by all the others. The two star flank men will be back in college next year end will likely repeat the honors. People could make any section boom if they would turn their money loose ns they do in a boom section. Paris says stockings won’t be made ihis year, but doubtless something will be d-me to K.autv the -.crag*., •
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