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_ UNNIEST STORIES EVER WRITTEN, “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, Modern Job Department, SHELBY’S POPULATION 1925 Census_8,854 Where Industry Joins With Climate In A Call For You. . VOL- XXXIII, No. 105 Covers Cleveland Completely.” SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9, 1925. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Danger Spot Now Guarded \f a result of an editorial in The Cleveland Star calling attention to the “danger spot” on West Marion where the street crosses the railroad, General Superintendent Wassum ha? ordered train crews to observe cau tion so orders have been issued, ac cording to information from Station Agent A. H. Morgan, that all trains going toward Marion come to a full .stop as they approach this crossing and that trains going south be under the full control of the engineer. The new A. Blanton grocery building and the siding which is generally filled with cars, obstructs the view of trains jpiing toward Marion, hence the order for all truins to come to a full stop when going in that direction. Freight pains shifting across this street will always be accompanied by a watch man who will oversee the traffic and safeguard the lives of pasersby. Peo ple of Shelby who have become some what alarmed over this “danger spot” because of the number of children at Central school who pass it by the hundreds during the day. COMMISSIONERS PAY BILLSOF COUNTY Board Appoints Highway Commis sioncrs for No. 11 Township. Other Business Up. The regular monthly meeting of the county commissioners held this , week was featured by very little bust less of general importance to the pub j lie other than the paying of the usual I bills. However, the commissioners did ap point John S. Hunt, A. M. Pruett and A. A. Horton as highway commis sioners for No. 11 township. Bills ordered pail by the commis sioners were: \V. W. Covington, bridge work St,55; J. A. Buff, bridge lumber $5.75; j AV. J. Turner, bridge lumber $84; D | A. Fritter, coffin for home $10; Gold i and Bridges, cement $7.20; Jeff D Al len, rebate on poll tax 1024, $2 30; .Stamey Co., supplies $10; R. L. Sain bridge work $11.30; J. J. Hopfc, bridge work $13.30; A. C. Brackett, bridge lumber $38.87; Grady Wilson, bridge lumber $15.40; Dr. Ben Gold, county physician, $195.50; Robert. L. Mode, painting $378; M. A. McSwain, supplies $2; South Shelby Pharmacy $16.80; Shelby Hardware Co., supplies $34.28; Shelby Electric Co., fixtures $326.50; J. C. Weathers, bridge work, $382.67; Williams and Hamrick, of fice supplies, $3; Paul Poston, sup plies $10.33; Post Road Gin Co., gin nirc cotton for home $45.50; Char,. L. Eskridge, home $5.05; L. A. Cab rniss, salary and expenses $162.30; J. D. Lineberger’s supplies $3.25; Press ley Costner, burying mule $4; H. A. Logan, summoning juries $18, ex penses $317.81; Edwards and Broug ton, office supplies $4.89; Ideal Plumb ing Co. $193.57; Piedmont Telephone Co., service $27.70; Bewley-Darst Coal Co., car coal court house $155.70; Southern Sanitary Co., supplies jail, i $9; E. W. Dixon, deputy sheriff serv ices $25.30; Wray-Hudson Co., sup plies jail $46; D. M. Morehead, deputy sheriff services $4.70; Ed Wilson, painting home $13.50. Irma Wallace, home agent $50; Ellis Transfer Co., drayage $5.75; Mitchell Printing C’o., office supplies $8.12; R. E. Lawrence, county agent $125; L. A. Cabaniss, $7; Ideal Ice and Fuel Co.„ wood $1.50; Forrest Eskridge, bridge lumber $201.60; Ellis Transfer Co., freignt and drayage $4.85; E. W. Dixon, court officer, $21; Amy Emanuel, court stenographer $143.50; R. Q. Whisnant hauling still, $18; L. I. Scruggs, offi cer grand jury $2; H. G. AVare, cap turing still $20; H. A. Logan, guard ing hospital, $12; Wizard Inc., supplies court house $9.50; M. A. Jolley, of ficer grand jury $7; J. S. Dorton, t I rofessional services, $12; R. Q. AVhis rant, hauling still $10; Shelby Ice and Fuel Co., ice court house $1.40; Rose’s 10c store, jail $6; Shelby Wa ter and Electric plant, $68.07; G. W. Peeler, services as commissioner $79.08. Catawba Officers After Store Gang Wednesday morning two Catawba county officers came here with an or der from Judge Walter Siler for Sheriff Logan to turn over to them Jack Bolick, Ernest Parker and Wes Hoyle, of the store-breaking gang, that they might be given a prelim inary hearing in that county Thurs day. It is said that the trio broke into three Catawba stores in addition to the Lowery store in this county. Superior court will be held in Ca tawba county in February, the month before the March term here and it is thought likely that Solicitor Huffman will prosecute the storebreakers In that court first. Ohio Portia Knows Pigs. Politics - * — - - Mis'! Anna Quit.hv • : < I'lumbiis <>., not only heads the sole woman law *rm - ' ■ t'h .> 1 st holds a gold medal awarded by the state »ci.-.iu.it d . f. i<ii,_- the only woman In the United States to win '' ■ ' l!! * •.* Ion Utter CT.tb with her pigs. She Is active in politics, be* ••••.. t.l ti the Chic Women's Taxpayers Uuv<. , '-a* Cotton Yield For Year Estimated Far Above That of 1924; 400,000 Increase Washington. ■—Cotton production this year will amount to 15,603.000 equivalent 500-pound bales, exclusive of linters, the Department of Agri culture announced from December 1 condition. An estimate of 15,298,000 bales was made from November 21 conditions. Last year’s crop totaled 12,23,659 bales. The abandonment of acreage is Unrated acreage in cultivation cn timated acreage in eulti ration on June 25 compared with an abandon, ment of 3.0 per cent in 1924 and 3.3 per cent, the ten year average. Increased Average Yield The total yield of lint cotton per acre on the area for harvest is es timated at 16.3 pounds c mi pared with 157.4 pounds in 1924 and 146.4 pounds, the five year average. The percentage of area abandon ee! since June 25 and the December 1 estimate of production by State follows: Virginia, abandoned 1.0 per cent; production 50,000 bales. North Carolina 1.0 and 1,090,000. South Carolina, 2.0. and 1,150,000 Georgia, 2.0 and 1,150,000. Florida. 1.5 and 40.000. Missouri. 4,0 and 260,000. Tennessee, 1.5 and 490,000. Alabama, 1.0 and V,335,000. Mississippi, 1.0 and 1,930,000. Louisiana, 1.5 ur.d 900,000. Texas, 9.0 and 4.100,000. Oklahoma, 2.0 and 1,560,000. Arkansas, 2.0 and 1,530.000. New Mexico 27.0 and 61,000. Arizona 3.0 and 94,000. California. 1.0 and 126.000. All other States 2.6 and 22.000. | About 75.000 bales not included in United States total, are being grown in Lower California, old Mex- i Regular Checks For Vets Not Here Yet Clerk of Court George P. Webb an-' nounees that the regular semi-annual pension checks for Confederate vet erans of this county have not arrived yet. They usually arrive for distribu tion about December 15, giving the veterans their money just befoie ; Christmas. Sometimes the checks are a day late, according to Mr. Webb.' A couple of checks going to incapaci tated veterans have arrived and the report got out that all the checks were in, which was erroneous. With this batch of checks will come the new pensions for the veterans and widows, who were placed on the pension list by the hoard about one year ago. With them, it is thought will be that of “Uncle Phil” Roseboro the old darky, who served so well his South Carolina masters in actual con flict. Are You Reading ‘Too Much Efficiency?* j Arc you reading “Too Much Efficiency,” the humorous serial story now running in The Cleve land Star, an installment every issue? If you are not, you are missing one Of the cleverest stor ies ever published'** a story that would cost you almost the price of a year’s subscription to The Star . if you bought it in book form. If for some reason you did not begin the story with the first install ment, begin it now. There is enough synopsis of the preced ing chapters to acquaint you with the background. This synopsis ap pears at the beginning of the chapter each time, so decide now that you will read the story apd follow it through. You will find many laughs in the story and wholesome period of enjoyment. , Dewey Hawkins Loses Eye From Piece Steel Dewev Hawkins, popular young partner of Hawkins Brothers, au tomobile repairmen and gents for the Oldsmobile, has lost his right eye because of a piece of steel which flew from a hammer whicl he was using at the garage last Friday. Six years ago to the very ('av his brother and business part ner, Paul Hawkins was accidental ly shot in the leg while hunting out in the Double Springs com munity and while a child his brother Paul, accidentally stuck a knife blade in his eye which caused the loss of the sight. Trou ble with eyes seems to follow there brothers like the proverbial hlaek cat of ill luck. It has been less than 12 months ago when some strong acid from an auto mobile battery flew into Paul’s good eye and had it not been for quick medical attention and careful nursiug he would have been totally blind. While Dewey was working in the garage last Friday a piece of steel as large as the head of a big nail flew into his eye and he was rushed to a Charlotte eye spec ialist who removed the steel Sat urday. It was found necessary, however, to remove the eye bail entirely on the following day. flis wife is at his bedside in the Charlotte Eye, Ear, Ncse and Throat hospital and reports that he is resting well and may be able to return home the last of this week. Actor-Reader Here In Lyceum Friday Lura Forbes To Appear on Program At Central School Friday Night. Will Be Very Entertaining Local lovers of those stories which are full of wit, humor and fun, stor ies of life which portray the most common and yet most comical, can have their desires come true Friday evening, when Lura Forbes well known reader and impersonator, will appear at the Central School in an unusual program of selections of a varied, capt'vating, and uplifting character. Miss Forbes success lies in her rare ability to make her audi ences forget that they are an audi ence or that she is an impersonator. Her stylle is as frank and unaffected as {ter manner is gracious and her skill is as high in tragedy as in com edy. She sweeps the field in a more general way than the ordinary read er; she will compel you to lav.gh when you have not intended to and the next breath thrill with pain of acute sympathy. No one could listen to a program by Miss Forbes and fail to learn something of the difference of sincerity and affectation, breadth and narrowness and of the real and unreal. In a voice pure and of extraordin ary depth and reach she reads poems with an exquisite precision that testi fies to the operation of a clear and highly cultivated intelligence. One well known poet has said, “She reads verse as though she were the author as well as interpreter.” Her acting is a splendid example of careful cul ture, as well as the free outcome of large intelligence and native genius. Thirteen More Shopping Days Before Christmas j (icvornor In New York Tells business Operation of State. Other Raleigh News of Interest. (Special to the Star.) j Rahigh, December. 8.—With the ; Governor spending most of the past i week at New York, during which he | told New Yorkers how to operate a , State o.i a business basis, there was | little doing in official circles. How 1 ever, the residents of the Capital had I plenty to think about during the week j with the opening of the civil case a | gainst the Capital Ice Company, the meeting of the Farmers Union, a re vival service in the Presbyterian Church with an unusually able speak er, and other matters. Commissioner of Agriculture Graham also was away being in Chicago recounting the pro gress im.de by North < arolina farm j ers. Treasurer I .ary, just out of bed after two weeks’ illness went to New York with Mr. McLean for the pur pose of selling a large batch of bands. Mr. McLean delivered an able ad dress before the convention of Life Insurance Presidents. He was invited to speak on business efficiency in State government. He recounted what had been accomplished by his ! administration putting North Caro lina’s finances on a business basis, the grouping of all appropriations in to one so that state always could know where it was going and how, and a number of the other measures which he urged and the 1925 legisla ture adopted. Mr. McLean also took occasion to urge training for young | men not in politics , but in business i methods in state government, saying ; this was just as essential as train j ing them for other lines. His speech ] was well received. After delivering j this address the Governor joined Mr. I Lacy in selling some bonds. Commissioner of Agriculture Gra ham e.peakiiig in Chicago told the Commissioners from other states of North Carolina's farm problems and how they were being met. He said progress had been made since the post-war slump and better markets and more co-operation were the im mediate aims. His address was well received. Large audiences heard Dr. Albert Sidney Johnston of Charlotte deliver a series of lectures at the First Pres byterian Church during the week. Dr. Johnston, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Charlotte is an able speak er and told what he thought of the present day problem facing Christ ians. State authorities report the collec tion of $763,071 for gasoline and lic ense taxes during the month of Nov ember which brings the total amount collected for these two items during the first five months of the present fiscal year to $7,642,963, an increase of more than a million dollars over a similar period last year. Consumers pay four instead of three cents per gallon this year and tViis accounts, in part, for the big increase. Raleigh is interested in the an nouncement of the intention of Miss Dorothy Chappelle, a pretty moving picture acrtess of Pittsburg to visit the City soon on a mission she is making through the State with the view/of making a real moving picture of Tarheelia. On the the completion j of a tour of the East, Miss Chappelle I her producer and director, contem plate a swing through the West. The State Department of Revenue Is “getting along swimmingly” with the collection of special taxes for the year 1925, reported receipts since July 1st being $3,437,696, or two and a half times the sum “taken in” be tween July and December 1924. The items: Income, $368,808.45; inheri tance, $442,281.60; schedule “B” tax, $600,569.44; express and communica tion taxes, $515,915.04; franchise tax $869,503.87; marriage license tax, $568; bus tax, $68,773.23; insurance lax, 570,233.92. a decade. Federal Judge Meekins has no pa tience with officers who fire on flee ing persons suspected of violating the Volstead Act. Even firing in the air does not square with the Judge's idea of the proprieties and he plain ly said as much from the bench here a few days ago. Firing in any direc tion, suggested Judge Meekins, in vites a “return fire” for which of fender might be sustained in court. However, the Judge made plain his opposition to making and selling 'dicker.’ Governor McLean and State Trea surer Lacy spent practically all of the past week in New York negotiating a loan of §115,000.000 with which to retire that amount of short term ! notes and State has promised to pay ion January 15, 1926. The State offi cials also had in mind the idea of se curing funds needed for highway con struction and other permanent im provements authorized by the last General Assembly, Enrollment Grows In City Schools The city schools oT Shelby will soon have an enrollment of 2,500 pupils. Compare that with the en rollmoi't five years aijo and see how Soelhv is Trowing. When the city school bond is sue was up recently, I. C. Grif fin, city superintendent, offered the opinion that by the end of this year the enrollment would go to 2,500. Corsiderinjr the enrollment for the third month and *he num ber of new pupils expected in during the second term, the 2.500 estimate will not he far wrong. Enrollment figures for the Shelhv schools for the third school montlj show: School Enroll. Central High . 451 ; LaFayette - - —........T>S East ode 170 Marion . .334 Central elementary . 30.1 South Shelby . 131 Colored . 3W 2,14 I Total Parents Urged To Donate Books To School Library T. W. Ebeltoft Gives Ten-Volume Set of “Wit and Humor". Friends Should Help Increase Library. Parents of Shelby are this week given an opportunity to assist the city schools in celebrating national book week. A booklet containing a selected graded list of books is being sent to every home represented in the city school system. Parents are asked to send to the schools one book or the price of one book—for each child in the family. Every book presented during the week will be placed on a book plate indicating the dotior and the pupil in whose honor the book is given. It is hoped also that not only par ents but many other friends of the school will respond to this urgent call for assistance. The rating of the school, as well as the welfare of the town's school population, is involved. Mr. T. W. Ebeltoft, has already set the pace by donating to the high school library a valuable ten volume set of "Wit and Humor in America" I and a copy of “Retrospection" by Bancroft. He made this donation be fore he was aware that the schools would make the spechil appeal dur ing book week. Parents are urged to keep the book let sent them during the week. It is valuable for reference when select ing books for the home library. MllliPiED IT BALLOT SUPPORT Raleigh, Dec. 7.—Max Gardner on his way from Fayetteville where he delivered the annual address to the Elks Sunday afternoon in their mem orial day exercises, stopped in Ral eigh for a few hours, but came un heralded and missed the jam that al ways is created by him. Mr. Gardner has said his piece on the Australian ballot and all the com ments have been one way. No op position to his program lias been of fered anti none is expectedd. The im press ion here and elsewhere is that the next Democratic State convention will put this proposal in its plat form. And Gardner will have the sat isfaction of running on a body of doc trine which is his own. The 1920 [anomaly is remembered. James M. Cox ran on a national suffrage platform which the South had almost univer sally repudiated in its political con ventions. Governor Morrison ran against the convention platform which was for suffrage. Such opposition as Mr. Gardner will have will come from Democrats who desired that the country women become accustomed to voting before they undertake the more intelligent ballot which is to be provided. This feeling generally comes from the East. The Australian ballot is being tried all over the western part of the State. The impression among Demo cratic leaders who have resisted this ballot is that it always works in fav or of the minority and there appeals to them no good reason for making any fewer Democratic or any more Republican votes. Governor McLean has made no statement on this subject, nor has Senator Simmons. The declaration of Gardner makes it necessary that the party incorporate this issue in its next platform. The mail of Gardner has been im mense. The Shelby man had no hope of any such cordial approval as he has been given him. There is much strong er sentiment for the secret or pro tected ballot thun the Cleveland County leader ever knew. Recorder In Year Disposes Of 1,301 Cases In Court Fcnzi, at Ease 1/ Charles Fonel, "Investment lirok* ?er," is seeking new fortunes while wintering in Florida. Ponsi, who re cently "lomplotett a prison term for, ti s speculations In Boston, says he Is jattoinptlng to make enough to "pay, Among the teachers of North Caro lina who are helping to make the ru ral schools better and to establish longer school terms are Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Eskridge, says the North Caro lina Teacher. They have taught for forty-five years in Cleveland and Rutherford counties; and hundreds pupils have come under the stimula ting influence of their instruction. Mr. Eskridge received his educa tion at Rutherford College, and Mrs. Eskridge, while a student, attended the Shelby Female College. They have two children and both are col lege graduates. During the past three years NVr. and Mrs. Eskridge have taught in a rural school at the foot of the South Mountain. This weak school gradually became 'stronger, and now they have an eight-months term and are doing high school work. If this community where there is practically no wealth can afford a special tax and eight-months school term, surely any community can have the same. The students who come in contact with these two veteran teachers are thoroughly prepared either for col lege or for life; and there is an at mosphere within the school giving every indication of co-operation be tween teacher and pupil. May they teach for many more years! State Marriages With Divorces Decrease In 1924 IV asjiington, Dec. 7.—The depart ment of commerce announces that, according to returns received, there were in North Carolina for the cal endar year 1924, 211,190 marriages performed and 1,401 divorces grant ed. For the calendar year 192.‘1, 24, 028 marriages and 1,504 divorce’s were reported. The decrease in marriages reported for 1924, from the number reported for 1923 is 838, or 3.5 per cent. Th’ divorces reported for 1924 show a de crease of 43, or 2.9 per cent from the number reported for 1923. The statistics of marriages for 1924 were furnished by the register of deeds and those of divorces for the same year by the clerk of th« superior court, of each county. Figures for some of the larger counties are as follows; Guilford, 1924 marriages 1,046;. 1923, marriages 1,159; 1924, divorces 85; 1923, di vorces 87;. Forsyth, 1924, marriages 1,076; 1923, marriages 1,026; 1924, divorces 93; 1923, divorces 85; Mecklenburg, 1924, marriages 843; 1923, marriages 866; 1924, divorces 60; 1923, divorces 67; Buncombe, 19 24, marriages 722; 1923, marriages 737; 1924 divorces 102; 1923 divorces 99; Wake, 1924, marriages 930; 1923 | marriages, 935; 1924. divorce* 52; Summer Drought Les sened Revenue of County Court. De cember and Fair Month Lead Cases — From December 1, 1924, until De* j Timber 1, 1925, Recorder John 1\ Mull disposed of 1,301 cases in the county recorder’s court. Of the $17,573.80 it is estimated tt :it around $15,000 will go to the county school funds, approximately 82.000 being: set aside of regular costs Which means that i naddition to en forcing respect of the law that one year’s fines in the court will be enough t.f> build a handsome school building for some section of the coun ty. Christmas Month Ahead. Judge Mull was appointed to the I recorder’s bench following the re j signution of Judge B. T. Falls, who ■ represented this county in legislature. S lie entered upon the duties of his of | fice on December 1, and a review of | his first year’s work made this week, i reveals the above facts. Of all the months of the year Judge i Mull’s first month, December, led in : cases handled and money taken in. i The holiday season with its inner and I liquid spirits probably placed1 De I cember at the top of the list. The i December collection in fines and costs 1 totalled $2,103.55. The next best month from the I standpoint of fines and costs was Oc tober past, which was fair month aM apparently Cleveland celebrated tha , big farm occasion too enthusiasticaU j Iv. This month ran up a total of $2, I 05)5.40. February, April and January n ine next in the list with $1,720.85, $■1,673.60 and $1,537.80 respectively. Dry Season Sure Enough. The dry season of the summer, con sidering that many recorder’s cases are of and about liquor, was dry in more than one respect. Liquor as well ns rain water was apparently scarce. The August fines and costs fell to $1,171.30 and September fell to the lecord low level of $979.55, but No vember, the month when every one ia saving un for a Christmas carousal, witnessed a smaller number of cases than September, hut a higher total of fines, $1,033.85. Sandwiched be tween September and November waa the big month 6f October and the fair. So- now those who philosophise and prohpesy on criminal tendencies have the nctual figures to back up some of their mental conjectures in Cleve : land county. Always figure the big gest crime wave, or liquor tide, for December, the holiday month, and i luce as a close second October, the fair month. Summer months when money flows none too freely crime should bv the figures, be at its low est ebb, but more than likely Novem ber, the month before the holidays, will also witness little of crime aa physical prowess and financial fettle must be conserved in order to^prop erly weather the Yule tide season, end costs taken in are: December (1924) ... $2,103.55 January (1925) ___ ._$1',537.30 1 February . ._ ... _.$1,720.35 March ....._ $1,463.70 April ... .. $1,573.60 May ...._... ....$1,199.85 June _ ..$1,414.85 July __ __. ....$1,280.50 August ... ... --$1,171.30 September _ ... .$ 979.55 October-_$2,095.40 November__ . _$1,033.83 Total . .... ... $17,573.80 ! Lutheran School Is 1 Winner of Banner The Lutheran Sunday school of Kings Mountain won the large green banner with wh|te letters given at the bounty Sunday School convention held here Sunday and Monday at the Presbyterian church. The banner was awarded to the school having the largest number of delegates, distance travelled, being taken into account. W. A. Ridenhour. influential busi ness man of Kings Mountain, was el ected president, Editor G. ®. Page of Kings Mountain and Mr. Talmadgo Lee of Fallston were elected vice presidents, Attorney C. B. McBrayer was elected secretary, succeeding Mr. Ridenhour who was elected president of the association. The convention here with a success from every stand point and gratifying to the leaders, Mr. Sims, Misses Davis and Magee. i 1923, divorces 47. Buncombe had more divorces in proportion to number of marriage- the»> anv other countv in the Ltatv. i
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