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ONE OF THE FUNNIEST STORIES EVER WRITT EN, “ TOO MUCH EFFICIENCY”, IN EACH ISSUEOF THE STAR. A LAUGH IN EVERY LINE. RELIABLE home paper Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section, Modem Job Department, Utoilttttib SHELBY’S POPULATION 1925 Census_8,854 Where Industry Joins With Climate In A Call For You, . VOL. XXXIII, No. 104 “Covers Cleveland Completely.” SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, DEC. 7, 1925. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. $2-00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE J.J, BUUM DIES HEW SUDDENLY One of Fallston's Leading Citizens is Victim of Heart Trouble While Visiting a Relative. Mr. John J. Blanton, age G9 years, 1 month and 23 days, died suddenly Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the home of his brother-in-law Columbus Ledford wholives almost in the church vard at New Bethel church. Mr. B'un ton and his wife had gone to visit these relatives after church and he T;a- itting around the fireside when the final summons came and he top pled- over while sitting in his chair, dying instantly. The news of his dea:h ji a great shock to his many friends. While he had been suffering for some time with heart trouble, a few people knew of his serious condition. Mr. Blanton was one of the most prominent churchmen. Masons mid business men of Fallston where he had lived for 20 years or longer. He operated a repair shop and farm and was a very industrious, generous hearted citizen, active for all things that made for the betterment of nis community. Everybody loved to dec! with him because they knew he would give a square deal. For a number of years he served as magistrate at Fall-ton and the people were glad lo have their differences adjusted by him because he lived by the golden rule and quietly and calmly adminis- | tered justice tempered with mercy. In church work he was deeply inter ested and gave unstintingly of his ' time and talent to religious work. He was past grand master of the Masonic lodge at Fallston and the funeral Men day afternoon at 3 o’clock was with with .Masonic nonors, me services ov ine conducted by Rev. John W. Suttie and Rev. G. P. Abernethv. While he held his membership at Fallston, the interment took place at New Bethel Baptist church, amid a large crowd of devoted friends who gathered from far and near to pay a tribute of re spect to his useful life. Mr. Blanton woe building a brick store room at Fallston on the site o^f the fire some months ago, where he expected to open a grocery store at an early date, Mr. Blanton is survived by his wife, two brothers, White Blanton of Bes semer City, George Blanton of Karl end two sisters, Mrs. Sara Mode of Cherrwille and Mrs. P. W. Hammlt. of Hickory, rbictf i-ustice Lattimore Man Dies On Visit To Son James W. Phillips, Of Lattimor* Passes At Home Of Son Near Gaffney. Funeral At Grassy Pond. Gaffney, Dec. 5—James W. Phillips 73-year-old farmer of Lattimore died Thursday while visiting at the home of his son, Summie Phillips, on Gaffney rural route No. 2. He had been a sufferer from heart trouble for the past year, it was stated. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at the Beulah Me thodist church, in the Grassy Pond section of Cherokee county. Mr. Phillips is survived by his wife Mrs. Tula Phillips, and the following children: Mrs. Della Moody, Pfizer; Peter Phillips, Florence; Summie Phillips, Cherokee county; Willard, Monroe, Mattie, Catherine and Bettie Lee Phillips of Lattimore. Little Billy Wilson Is Pneumonia Victim three Year Old Son of Mr. and Mr*. Carl Wilson, N. Morgan Street, Died Friday Evening. William Jutlson, known as Billy Wilson, three ^ears and two months <'ld son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl B. Wil son died Friday evening of pneunio r>a at 7:25 o'clock at the home of his Parents, after an illness of tfnly one "eek. The news of the little fellow’s death is a shock to the many friends °t the bereaved parents who have i’een through .months of anxiety and trouble. Billy was ill for three and a half months with pneumonia back in the summer when complications such **s colitis and other trouble which ne •'“ssitated an operation at the Shelby hospital. He had recovered from this illness, however. Just a week before he died another pneumonia attack brought on an illness which proved fatal. Billy was a bright, robust lit tle fellow, the pride and joy of his Parents and neighbors and his happy Presence will be greatly missed. hfis remains were buried Saturday afternoon at Mount Vernon church. ‘Utherford county where the parents formerly lived before coming to Lat timore for nine years and one year 'a Shelby, Dr. Zeno Wall, assisted by Kevs- Rush Padgett dnd D. J. Hunt (onducted the services. The parents, ,,ne sister Florene and two brothers, Ja, r> and Jack, survive. Politicians' 11 Women- i'ii' i!ion> bettor Jobs," is tho sitOf Miss JullA M. • Alox uiiiei, , of former Con. | KiC'ssnuHi S. Ji A!i.-:-..mdoi'/ She Is* ca'isiruT wurry to l-iolitit iar.sj cf North) Carolina by the 1 : -kins she .Is ob-f tiaiiny as a c.iJKliUate for the next bovenioiship. (By R. J. MeOarley’s private wire to New.York, New Orleans and Chi cago.) New Orleans. La., Dec. 7.—As yet the cotton market shows no recuper ative power, having ruled barely steady, the lower prices not-with standing owing to prospects for bet ter weather inland, report that the German cabinet resigned, and be cause of uncertainty attending next Tuesday’s Government final crop es timate. The Government's annual crop es timate will be released Tuesday, Dec ember 8th at 10 a. m. New Orleans time, and will report as to the indi cated yield and ginnings to Dec. 1st. Private estimates of recognized au thorities, by reason of their larger estimates of late, have influenced the trade to anticipate the probability of a government crop forecast of about 15,500,000 bales vs Washington’s pre vious prediction for a yield of 15, 208,000. It is possible, however, for returns to the Government to indicate a small er production than the 15,293,000 predicted as of Nov-14th never-the less. Hutton and (,'o our New York correspondents, they estimatedd the probable crop at 15,725,000 bales ex clusive of linters. Last year, on Dec ember second L. F. Hutton and Co, estimated the crop at 13,675,009 bales exclusive of iinters where as, at that time, the average of private estimates was cnly 1.3,214,(500, which was the largest of private estimates and nearest to the seasons final ginnings of 13,625,000 bales, although the .Government's1 December estimate of that year was only 13,153,000. In event of the government report Of Tuesday ^Indicating a production of 1515.500.000 hales or larger,, the mar ket will likely decline temporarily perhaps advance if ihe forecast is for 15.300.000 bah • or less. Meanwhile the trade is ignoring .the enormous takings by spinners of American cotton so far this season 5.902.000 vs 4,032,000 to even date last year, or nearly 1,000.000 bales in excess of one year ago of which 518, 000 were taken by mills of the world last week vs only 426000 for corres ponding week last year. May Lose Sight of Eye From Hot Spark John Durham Withrow, ten-, year-old son of Grady Withrow of Hollis, may lose the sight of an eye as a result of a hot spark from a blacksmith's forge. Some two or three months ago the little fellow was passing a hlacksmitn shop at Hollis when a red ho. iron splinter from a well windlass which the blacksmith was forging flew into the young fellow’s eye. He has been under the care of a Charlotte specialist who removed the iron splinter, hut now the spe cialist is waiting developments to determine whether it is necessary to remove the eye. The boy’s father, Grady Withrow, was in Shelby Sunday night to meet his son who was coming in from Charlotte with his aunt. Miss Lera Martin and brother Kenyon \\ ith row, ... . I • Sunday School Workers Here Attending County Convention 25 Schools Represented at Opening Program In Presbyterian Church. Sever al After Pen nant 1>. \V. Sims, general superintendent ef the .North Carolina Sunday school association might well be called the “Billy Sunday in Sunday school work' lor he is the premier in this work and has a delivery and a flow of humor and Homely expressions that drive home his points of emphasis. His subject Sunday night was on “Trained Ten.ti ers,’’ how and why, in which he de clared that if the Sunday schools are to prosper and do their best work, the teachers must be trained and school? ed by experience arfd study. Goodness of heart and purity of motives are not alone qualifications for successful teaching. \\ hile they are essential, the teachers must be trained at Teacher Training classes conducted by the Sunday schools and by study of literature sent out by the denomina tional publishing boards. Mr. Sin s held his large Sunday night audience in rapt attention and every story he told and illustration he gave, re-er. orced his argument for trained teach ers. Miss Flora Davis, assistant worke. in the state organization spoke at the Sunday night program on “Story Telling”, emphasizing the importance if story-telling in Fne teaching of the Sunday school lesson for, said ?he: “A good story well told will immedi-j etely draw attention of grown-ups as I well as little folks. Jesus was the world's best story teller and he often j iesoriea 10 stories to empnasize nisi meaning. When he was asked ‘Who is | by neighbor’ he told the story of the j good Samaritan.” Miss Davis indi-1 rated on the black board the four ale- i irents of a good story and warned the teachers never to tell the moral but! tell tb» stofcv in such fashion that even j a child will draw the lesson which, the story is intended to teach. Show Much Interest. Approximately 25 Sunday schools of Cleveland county were represented at the Sunday night meeting of the j Cleveland countv Sunday school con vention at the Presbyterian church here. Much interest is being shown bv ! officials and schol members ,of all j sections of the county and the con - i volition nromsies to be one of the best ever held in the county. A beneficial attraction of the meet- j ing is the instructive work of Super inendent D. W. Sims and his worthy j assistants, Misses Daisy Magee and Miss Flora Davis. Their instruction i and advice as it touches instruction in j the individual schools and the work1 of teachers and officials is proving j helpful to those in attendance anti is so imparted that it is entertaining as i well as beneficial and useful. Several Want Pennant. From the attendance at the open ing session several Sunday school,-, of the county are apparently out to win the attendance pennant to be award ed to the school having the largest lenresentative attendance considering miles travelled. So far three Kings Mountain churches with Bethlehem. New Hope, Fallston Methodist and Oak Grove appear to be taking the lead. At the initial meeting Munaay an: ernoon there were two pastors pres ent. seven superintendents, nine as sistant, superintendents, 46 teachers and three assistant teachers. The program for the afternoon was in (barge of G. G. Page, of Kings Moun tain. head of the association and the opening reading and praver was bv Dr. H. iK. Rover of Central church here. “The Child in the Midst” was the s"bieet of an informing talk by Miss Daisy Mnnee. who is superinten dent of the children’s division of the state. The manner of the Sunday school in meeting the needs of the voune weonle was disc"ssed bv Mins viora Davis, w{iile Superintendent Sims snoV'> of how to not and hold adults in the Sunday school. Attendance at the oneninn nror.ram V,,, peheol^ we** as follows* First Meth oUist. Ktnns Mountain. 15: Seeond Buotloh. K>p"s Mountain. id; Luther on. K'nns Mountain. 15: Now Horn, e,- Ro»h)ehem. 1°* Fallston Methodist n* Oqk Crese Xfefhodisf. P- Pspchr. ferp*p. Shel^” ?.!■ Control Method''**. Chelhv 21* First Baptist* Shelhv. 7* First Baptist. Kin"* Mountain. 6: Unffalo. 3* New Bethel. 3* Normans Orove, 2* Seeepd Baot.ist. Shelhv. 1 : ir.,listen Baptist. 1: Double Shoals Baptist, 1; Keesler, 1. 15 SHOPPING DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS ASSISTS IN WORK. Miss Flora Davis, of Raleigh, who 15 assisting in the work of instruction at the County Sunday School Conven t.on here Sunday and Monday. $45.,000 Involved In Recent Realty Deals Trading Continues Brisk In Cleve land Real Estate, Despite Feeling of Pessimism* Trading in Cleveland county real estate continues brisk -despite the! fee’ ng of pessimism among some. Recent deal., filed in the register’s ofr-ice involve $15,000, 'these deeds be ing as fo'lows: D. II. Ahernethy to N. L. Abcrnethy Halt e Bees and Maggie Towery 130 acres ’n No. 5 township for $8000. G. A. Spangler and wife to B. H. Elliott and Coleman Elliott, two tracts of 10 and 27 acres for $'5000. A. P. Spake and school board to trustees of Ellis Chapel church lot in No. 3 townshin for S10. M. A. Spangler and J. L. Suttle, to H. O. Huddleston, Lot in Shelby $10.00 and other considerations. South Carolina Gas and Electric Co to Chas. H. Hayne 1C acres in No. 2 township for $3,200. W. D. Poston and others to Renn Drum and G. H. Cox lot on highway 20 for $10.00 and other consideration. Evans McBrayer to Mike L, Bord ers and V. O. Cline 170 acres in No. 5 township for $8500. Josh R. Wright and wife to Ge6 Spangler and wife two small lots in No. 9 township $2500. Cleveland Springs Co to Frank Hoey and wife, two lots in Cleveland Springs Park for $2700. W Geo. Spake and wife to Herbert Long and wife 23 acres in No. G township for $2000 and other consider ations. J. O. Bowen and wife to C. H. Reinhart. 1-3 interest in J. El. Bow en lands $200. •J. II. Kennedy and wife to E. S. Weaver and wife, lot on Dodd St. $1 100. I-. A. McSwain and wife to Odessa McSwain -11 acres on Sandy Run in No. 7 township $1000 and other con sideration. C. D. Hicks and wife to J. M. Whis nant, 10 acres in No_ 8 township for $200. L. C. Walker anil wife to W. J. Jones, lot in Fallston road for $350. i’utman and wife to J. B. Lowery undivided interest in lot in No. 3 township $25. W. S. Walker and wife to Farmers Mercantile Co. lot in Lattimore $2000. W. M. Williams and wife to Mary E. Houser, 43 acres in No 4 township $3500. E. M. Beam and wife to John Nor man and wife, lot on West Graham St. for $1000 and other considerations. L. F. McBrayer and wife to Oe land Washburn, lot in M. L. Borders property $500. Whites Predominate In Prison Criminals 31 White Men And Only 16 Negroes Sent To Fen In November. One From Cleveland. Ralegh, Dee. 5.—Fifty-one white men and only 16 negroes were com mitted to state prison during the month of November, according to the record of commitments announced to night by Superintendent George Ross Pop. There was one life termer. The combined sentences of the other 66 amounts to 404 years. The prisoners came from the fol lowing counties: Twelve from Guilford; there from Gaston: eight from Stanly; three from Pitt; si;; from Rutherford; six from Robeson; three from Buncombe; three from Perquimans; two each from Mitchell and Rowan, and one each from Cumberland. Meckleburg, | Washington, Jackson, Union, Hanover Iredell Swain. Cleveland, Cherokee and Bertie. * ' * - —' l r. ■ ;;/.v: CHRISTMAS SPIRIT SHOWING ALREADY Santa is in the Windows and Shelby la Decorating Colorfully For The Year’s Dig Event. Only 13 more shopping days be lore the artival of old St. Nj,ck! Get that straight, then get out the saving purse and get busy. A peep over busi ness Shelby will help bring your eye to the realization that the Yuletbii* season is here. Shelby is preparing, it seems, to have a Christmas that should equal any ever known in the city. The bril liance of Christmas colors is already evident on the streets a, d in display windows, and the good-natured feed g of Christmas cheer is abroad in the land. Santa peeps out of practically every other window as you pass down the business streets and the other win dows are loaded with gifts that he will bring. Already the merchants are display ing their holiday wares in brilliant pro fusion, charitable organizations are tnahwig their plans for a big Christ mas for all—one that will spread the cheer of the Christ Child to the homes of the city’s poorest families. Fes tooned light posts, vari-colored dis play windows, the Y’uletide bell dang ling in the family car. and the irrepres sible fireworks beginning to sizzle and boom. It’s high time to shop and get readv. The stores and business houses have already been transformed from their ordinary appearance into a reg ular Snnta-land. The display perhaps is not complete, but practically every store is loaded for the shoppers and prepared to take care of the last rush of the 15 day shopping period. Window decorators are vicing with each other in catching the eye of the boy looking for his present, the eye of the mother scouting for Christmas for the fam ily. Dolls, the delight of girlhood, can be seen in many windows—Dolls some way go with Christmas and San ta without a‘doll to the little girls would be a mean, mean man. ToylanJ basements are overflowing. In them ere everything and more that a child could wish. Christmas is first for the children, rather they get the spirit first and enthiise moreover it, but their enthu siasm soon spreads and catches, until it envelopes the entire family, and knowing this Shelby merchants are ready. Just 15 days! The merchants are scady, the spirit is here, an:l don't for get the same early bird that got the worm in 1924 will stand a good chance of taking this one. Prove it to your self that the great birthday season is just around the corner; take a shop ping tour to see what’s going on and don't buy a thing—if you can help it Early Morn Blaze In Shelby Cafe Prove* Damaging An early morning blaze at the Shelby Quick Lunch on West Warren street in the McKnight building Sun day morning resulted in a damage near the $2,000 mark, it is thought. The fire was discovered about 6:45 and the fire department called, some of the damage >esulting from smoke •and water in extinguishing the blaze. The exact origin of the fire is un known. unless it started from a stove in the front of the building. The cafe closed about midnight Saturday and John Haney, cook, coming to work early Sunday morning discovered the smoldering fire within. It is thought the fire had been smoldering for three or four hours, and when fire fighters opened the rear dor the flames buist forth with the gust of air fanning their spread. The building, owned by Mr. John S. McKnight, was damaged to the extent of about $600 or $700, which is said to be covered by insurance. The cafe stock, owned by Clarence Sypsos was probably damaged about $600 to SI,000. The cafe will be reopened it is said in about one week’s time. Another Alarm. Friday night the fire denartment answered an alarm to the Eskridge garage on West Marion street, where the automatic sprinkler alarm had sounded because of low pressure, there being no fire. To Pull Out Of Mud Try This When your car gets stuck in the mud and the rear wheels merely spin around and your friends advise you to call for help, get a bunch of newspapers slip them under Ae rear wheels turn on the juice and see the car come out of the mire. News papers are great uplifters. When your business gets into a rut, the newspapers will help you out if you use the advertising columns. Great is the power of the press — Horro'ved. Governor ,'Mu", FergusonVlatcst. 1 at tie is with the Texas state legis lature/^} The governors stated-'she! would not call u special kcsskJii of the legislature and dt lied them to meet in jjpociul soaslon^’ to tear her upai t.."-* State Fire Loss Shows Decrease In October. Far Below Last Year Figures. Shelby On Honor Boll. Raleigh, Dec. 5.—North Carolina's fire loss during October of this year was almost $100,000 less than dur ing October, 1924, ami was more than $40,000 less than during October, 1923, the monthly report of fire loss issued today by the State Insurance Department shows. The report was 'issued late, it was explained at the Insurance Depart ment, due to the belated vacation of Andrews Joyner, publicity director and statistician of the department who hus just returned from his vaca tion. The exact figures from the three Octobers are: October, 1923, $323, 053; October, 1924, $331,981 and October 1925, $282,064. Of the total loss during October, *ast, $180,650 was due to nine fires The remaining 103 fires caused a loss of only $101,414, or an average loss of $620 per fire. The'latter figure includes all fires where the loss was less than $5,000. The heaviest ions of the month was at Oxford, where a fire in a hosiery mill caused damage of $55, 000; the next largest loss was caused by a store fire at Winston-Salem, with a loss of $49,'200; a veneer plant at Edent<m came third, with a loss of $22,000. nsuie iroii’ s ires m vvinston-aaioni and Durham—one for each city— there was not a single fire loss in any of the larger cities of the State amounting to more than $5,000. While there were many fires in the State during toe month, Com missioner Starry \V. Wade takes pride in the records made by Char lotte, Wilmington, Greensboro, Rocky Mount, Raleigh and High Point, where the combined loss for October was $27,595, or an average per city of $ 1,500. In this class, Asheville holds first place, with a total loss of $1,300 for the month. Records made by other cities, which arc noted by the report include those of Goldsboro, $400 loss; Washington, $220; Kins ton, $50; New Bern, $160; Lumber ton, $300; Salisbury, $580; Lexing ton, $200; Gastoti'a, $1,600; Eliza beth City $1,400; Hickory, $2000 and Dunn $10. The following points had no fire during the month, and are placed on the department’s honor roll: Greenville, Roxhoro. Waynesville, Clinton, Sanford, Lincolnton Mar ion, Shelby, Graham, Ayden Elkin Smithfield, Mount Airy, Raeford, Aberdeen, Fairmont, Jefferson, Bon Lee, Pinelops, Elm City Weavervilte Hookerton, Middlesex an Granite Falls. SHOP EARLY ONLY 15 MORE DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS t i Standard College and High School Students Must Devote Less Time To Their Training. With a feeling that too much at tention is given to athletics in the colleges and high schools of the south officials of the Southern Association of Standard colleges and high schools I P'n«*d restrictions around the' ath | let *s at their meeting in Charleston, I S. ( last week, according to Supt. I. < (iriffin of the Shelby high school who has just returned from the meet ing. Their action is of utmost im portance in North Carolina tvhero there are 77 colleges and high schools holding membership in this associa tion, said association having for its I Purport* the adoption of fixed stand ards in the physical training ard I equipment as well as in the courses '< of study that tire followed. The Shelby High school is a standard in stitution so the ruling adopted by the Southern Association applies to the I Shelby High as well as to 76 ether . standard colleges and high schools i« North Carolina. Practice Only Two Hours One of the most important rulings oi the association is to litpit the jirac tice and training to two hours daily. To give more time than this to phy | ; ieal training is looked upon as inter | fering with the mental training of students. There has been a tendency | among some of the colleges and high schools to turn the athletes over to the coaches for unlimited time, Ihus neglecting the mental training for which the institutions were establish ed. It is felt that the schools would give so much time to sports will re sent this restriction, bat the school authorities have felt that it is nec rs™'.v. II mere lore applies to all standard schools which constitute the majority of the institutions all of which Rive attention to athletics. Further than this, no student will be allowed to be away from school more than five days during any term on account of athletic games. Fresh man teams at colleges will not he allowed to play more than one game each term away from the home ground. Recently the freshmen teams at colleges have played regular sche dules of baseball and football, much to the neglect (of their studies, but I this will not be permitted in the fu ] ture. To Teach Bible. The Bible will be substituted to a large extent for athletics. The asso ciation voted to offer course in Bible in the various member colleges and high schools and give credit for the same just as is given for any other study. After Reminiscences of Dixon’s Boyhood -*- % Mrs. Helen Dixon, Wife of the late A. C. Dixon, one of Cleveland coun ty's most noted sons, has written ’friends here iir the interest of secur ing information regarding the boy hood and life in this section of the Dixon boys, particularly reminis cences of the youthful days of Clar : cnee Dixon family years ago. Dr. I Clarance Dixon was the eldest of his family and even members of his own I family can recall little of his early | boyhood and it is about this period of life that Mrs. Dixon is interested. Mrs. Dixon with Mrs. Frank Dix on plans to visit the section of their husband’s youth sometime after Christmas and would like to meet and talk with old friends of the family while here. Those remembering points of interest and entertaining reminis cences of the early life of the Dixon : boys are asked to write her and con | ' ey what information they may. Her address is Homewood apart men, N. Charles and 31st street, Bal timore, Md. Wake Forest Glee Club At Boiling Springs The Wake Forest Glee club, one of the most talented college musical organizations in North Carolina will give a concert at Boiling Springs high school Thursday night of this week, beginning at 8 o’clock. This is :hc first time this organization has been i t Boiling Springs and the school of ficials feel confident that a largo crowd will attend. Baptist people from Shelby as well as from every other section of the county will no doubt hear these re presentatives of the Baptist college. The college students render a varied program of vocal and instrumental music, both classical and popular. They visited Shelby two years ago and a lull auditorium greeted them. In the organization there are 24 students, *he most talented musicians in the stu dent body which numbers over 500. Seats are on sale at Riviere’s drug store for the convenience of these whej wish to procuie cUutee , ■" j t
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