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RELIABLE home paper Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section, Modern Job Department, Ibe Dtoelanii tar SHELBY’S POPULATION 1925 Census_8,854 Where Industry Jobs With Climate In A Call For You, , VOL. XXXIII, No. Ill “Covers Cleveland Completely.’ SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 23, 1925. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE CHRISTMAS CHARITY FUND WILL TAKE HOLIDAY CHEER TO MANY SHELBY HOMES Mrs. T. W. Hamrick Finds Her Long-Lost Father After Search Lasting 24 Years Father, Who Left In Her Childhood, Found in Sunny Florida by Shelby Lady, Who Thought Him Dead Florida, the land of sunshine and nal estate rush', was the scene last week of a reunion that coupled a gap of a quarter of century in life’s path way and brought together a father and his daughter after a period of 24 years in which they had not seen each other and both considered the other dead or hopelessly missing. A romantic story with a happy end ing, as fiction writers would make it, tut touched up by the hard spots in real life so as to make it bring an extra heart thTfib of so. For many years Wrs. T. W. limn rick prominent society woman of1 Shelby and wife of one of the town's-' leading business men, has thought her father dead, 24 years having passed since she had seen or heard of him—long years in which she kept up j the search and without avail bad 1 almost given up hope and considered her father dead. Then one day a; message came. It told of a man tha* might be her father, the father she had given up as dead. The message was traced to its source, other me, s'-ges passed. And last week Mrs.! Hamrick stepped from a train in Li ke I City. Florida, into the open arms ef| the happy father she had not seer, j since her childhood. Memories of thei days, long, trying years were forgot ten in the happiness of the occasion. Next month her aged father will visit her here and Mrs. Hamrick will have the pleasure of entertaining the fath er she has not known since about the time she was old enough to lisp his , name. All stories wit hhappy endings are) rot to be found in novels or movi; plots. This is one in real life with all the color of the make-believe. , Started Down South. The opening'#6f the story of life a? it came to a happier medium last week began in the Sunny Southland i f Georgia and Florida many years hack. There lived in Lake City, Flor ida. shortly after the Civil war when the old South was crumbling, a prom inent Southern family of Turners. In the family there was a beautifid young daughter, Alice Genevieve. The family was well-to-do and promin ent socially, the father was court Cerk, a position of high rank then. About that time there came down from Kentucky an old-time Methodist ( minister, Rev. John Waters, sent to ( Florida and Georgia to do mission, work. With him came a son, a dashing handsome young fellow, Bascom Waters, who was rather reckle.-s end daring as young men go. Along t’bout his 19th birthday young Waf ers met Alice Genevieve Turner, one of tire belles of Lake City. With the rush of the Kentucky blood he wooed end won her, this girl of 16. The mar riage, though, met not with the ap proval of the Turner family. Young Waters was only the son of a broken minister and somewhat wild himself, ■ end their daughter—well, that was different, and the marriage never ' as blessed by her parents. Then The Daughter. After a period of two years a little daughter came to bless the life of the young couple—Mae Willie, known to Shelby as Mrs. T. W. Hamrick. Four more years passed and the fo'id j ii.other still hoping for a reconcilia, j lion with her proud family took her ! haby with her and made a visit home! loping that the sight of the littlej granddaughter would bring her par- j tots around. Then the Lonely Years. But such was not the course fate I'sd outlined. The family was glad enough to have the daughter, and her ''■■t^jhter, back, but never would they •onsent to the husband and welcome * ini. Pleading, cajoling, they finally l^rsuaded the daughter and little Mae Millie to stay at the family home. Back at his home the husband and A>ther waited patiently. No word j rsme from his wife and little daugh |er- Then the news that she had wen persuaded to remain at home il(id not return to him—a dark, grin message, one that darkened the suc-j reeding years of his life. Heart-Broken, Died. They both loved, yet they were apart. More years passed and (Continued on page tv\o ) Holiday Shoppers Continue Rush On Lccal Merchants V. 'th only o:ie more day in which to '! op the rush on the lo cal merchants continues. Liltj shoppers are now yetting bury. The v.eather Saturday evening r.nil night he’d back what pro mised lo be a record Christmas shopping crowd, hut Monday t ie street* were thronged in re gular Saturday style. Tuesday was bettor still, a near record for mid-week buying being es tablished. Tomorrow, Thursday will see I the climax. Every g:ft to be J placed in the kit of kind old San- j to must be bought before dusk x-d stored awav from prying j childish eyes, Thursday evening the merchants thcroselvs will be gin carrying bundles home and sneaking them into the closet and I other safe hiding places. But those who believe the dav of th“ late shopper is over should make a v'sit to the business sec tion Thursday provided the wea ther is r.ot too bad. Relirfd Methodist Minister Looks In On A Deaf Servant Preaching i To His Beloved Deaf Friends (Rev. C. F. Sherrill in Charlotte Ob server) In my time I haVe been in many1 unique religious services. On a holy Sabbath morning I stood by the cas ket of a suicide and read the burial services of the dead. A young white, man, standing on the scaffold, the black cap on his head, the sheriff ready to spring the trap. I preached a short sermon to the living. I preached once in two counties. The county line ran down the aisle, midway through the pulpit, and I was sometimes in one county and some times in the other. I preached a high sermon once—to the guests of Eagel Nest Hotel, on I the top of Junaluska Mountain over Waynesville. 5,000,feet above the sea, level. Sunday morning at breakfast the manager of Moore’s Spring an nounced that I would preach to the guests at 11 o'clock in the dance hall I preached a sermon once 30 miles long. Carrying a crowd of leaguers ^ ♦o a three days’ convention at Lo< Angeles and a six days’ convention at San Francisco, Sunday morning as the Southern Pacific was nearing Los Angeles at the rate of 40 miles an hour the leaguers asked me to hold divine service for them. The most unique service, perhaps, that I was ever in was last Sunday morning in Shelby, when Mr. A. C. Miller Jr., a deaf mute, preached to the deaf. It was a service of rever ence. Not a word was sooken. After all, in spiritual things, the soul can not hear the ear. Everythin" was ny signs— fingers eyes and head. They hear with their eves as we hear with oui ears. Thev kept their eyes on the preacher. When Mr. Miller lifted his eyes to heaven, put his hand on his ear his lips and his heart, I thought* he said: “0 God, hear the words of; our mouth and the meditations of our HtMr! Miller’: text was Acts 22:1G. The songs sung were, “More Love to Thee. O Christ” and “Hark Hark, mv Soul.” ,, , , , They were not a sad looking people. Shut out from the rattle of the auto mobile and from the siren voice of the world, they have time to meditate on things divine. Who are more for tunate—we who hear so much, or they? Mr. Miller is doing a wonder ful'work. He went Sunday afternoon to preach at Hickory, He feels to the work. Lift un your hearts m prayer friends for these good people and their preacher. Shelby man got a tire that smiles at miles'and now is complaining be cause it burst out laughing. -—— “Do you know why they have quit putting horns on I' ords ? “No, why?” “Because they look too much m.e the devil anyway.” Gifts For Little Boy and Girl By Shelby Carpenters The appeal for the needy of Shelby, continues to be answered by Shelby people and along with the needy ea-es listed many are remembering the lit-’ tie boy and girl in the Shelby hospital who suffered bad leg breaks on Thanksgiving and the day after. The carpenter’s union of Shelby on1 Tuesday morning turned over $10 to the Kiwanis Charity fund and $5 for the little boy and girl, with the re ouest that the So be equally divided in presents between both little crip ples. The unions of Shelby are among those answering the appeal quickest. A contribution from the brick Masons and Plasterers’ union has already eben recorded. The carpenter with their contri bution to the general charity fund decided that they wanted five dollars to go as they designated and little Betty Cook, the girl who broke her leg Thanksgiving day and has since* been in the hospital, and J. T. Blan ton. 7-year-old boy, who also suffer ed a bad leg break the day following Thanksgiving, will get the special Two Buy Interest in Shelby Supply Co. Bynum Crow and E. L. Overstreet have purchased stock in the Shell y Supply company which has been do* ing business for a year or more on N. LaFayette stree t under the man agement of Gerald Morgan. Mr. Crow formerly with the Shelby Hardware C'o., will take a position with this company the first of the year. Mr. Overstreet who buys an interest, has been connected with the firm for some time. Mr. Morgan retains his interest and connection. It is planned to incorporate the business with a paid in capital of $25,000 and travel one man on the road selling mill sup plies and hardware which this will known concern handles. Klan To Spread Christmas Cheer According to information given The Star the Shelby Klan of the Knights of the Ku Klux klan will on Thursday morning distribute gifts and cash contributions among needy homes of Shelby and the county. The , gifts, it is understood', will be distri buted by Klansmen robed and hood ed. Only recently, it is said, the klan j visited « needy home in Eastside and | left coal, food and clothing for the I family. LIWGQLN NEWSPAPER UTS IW HIGHWAY Talks of The Day When New H;gh way by I.incolnton Will Lead From Shelby to Salisbury In connection with the survey just made on the highway between Shel by and Linco’nton County News is now boosting a continuous highway to open up a new direction an entire section of the state, running from Shelby to Salisbury by way of Lin colnton, Denver and Mooresville. The plan as offered by the Lincoln ton newspaper is a good one and would relieve traffic congestion on the two other main highway routes . co ving travellers operating in the general direction between Salisbury anti Shelby. Furthermore it would offer a more direct route for travelers entering the state at Reidsville and heading for Southwestern North Caro lina. I.incolnton Idea The Lincoln News says regarding the matter: “Since the state is having the Lin colnton to Shelby highway surveyed perhaps the State lias the idea of completing eventually a through 1 highway from Shelby to Salisbury by I way of I.incolnton, Denver, Moores ville to Salisbury. A state highway over the above named route would greatly relieve the heavy traffic on No. 20 State highways and also on No. 10. provided the state also build a highway from Lincolnton to Mor ganton direct. This might be one of the best ways to relieve traffic on both of the main state roads I ruling east and west, as Linconton is mid way between Nos. 10 and 20 ” College Inn Is Now Named Victor Hotel A. V. Wray1; ■owner of the College Inn, leased and operated by Mrs. Gladden, is undergoing extensive re pairs both inside and „*ut. new floors have been put down on the porches, the exterior has been re-painted, while the interior has been refurnish ed" and rennovated, making this place more up-date and modern in every way. Already it has steam heat, plumbing and hot and cold running water in every room. The name has been changed from the College Inn by which it hps been known for years by “Victor Hotel,' namesake of its owner, Albert Victor Wray who now lives there with his family while contractors are building their hand some new brick veneered house at the corner of Lee and 'N1. Lafayette -t reels. Hospital Gets Two Roller Chairs Given By Farmers’ Union The Christmas giving spirit has re corded another entry. This time the gift goes to the Shelby Publie hngpi- | tal and comes from the local unit of the Farmer’s Union. The gift consists of two roller chairs for invalids at the hospital and the total cost was about $95, accord ing to Mr. A. P. Spake. The chair* j will prove very beneficial about the wards and will add to the service of the institution. Carpenter’s Union To Have Oyster Supper The carpenters union of Shelby with about 60 members will have an oyster supper in the Hall over the pool room in the Hoey building on East Warren street Monday night, Decem ber 28th. All carpenters, whether un ion or non-union, as wel las all con tractors are cordially invited to at-' tend as this is in the nature of an i cquaintance meeting so that those engaged in this trade may know each other better. Members of ihe Hickory, union have been invited as a whole and the president of that union will make a speech. Possibly other speech-1 es will be delivered to make the occa sion an enjoyable one. No Christmas Day Mail Service Friday For the first time in the history of this country there vvil be no Christ mas day mail Service, according to an order issued by Postmaster New of Washington. This is done in order to give the thousands of postal employ ees throughout the country a day to be spent with their fnmilies and friends. Postmaster Quinn says the general delivery window of the Shelby office will be open Thursday night until 10 o’clock, but on Christmas day there will be no delivery of mail eith er at the window, by the city or rural carriers. Special delivery will go out as psual. however. The local office is buried with Christmas cards addressed to children whose names are not known to to the office employees because they have never received mail before. It is im possible' for the postul employees to know every child in the families of the'r patrons and if the mailers would only give the street address or mark such mail in care of the family head, it would avoid all of this confusion and delay. Shelby is no longer a little vil age. Its a city and the mail to be handled satisfactorily should be prop er1 \ add'r -rd i Total Contributions Pass $900 Mark-Other Gifts Nc3 Paper To Be Issued by Star Christmas Day Follow i\r a tirm- honored eus t • ■' ’ one tin t ha? been ad h ‘ta il tn tor y< a •« by this putter t’t< .• • " ill i„. i ■ a . „f The Star j Mi-. 1C il !• ?i ■ y. f hr ; tmas Day. A, ;••• t}it*•- i«sn« there will he llo other ur iini Monday when the P«P» ’•'ill tome out at it ; usual hOW With ftw it l;a.S 1 i"z bren the ,>• t. >•. u of new,. iv.per:i< i!tdn- : t pybl For.* chti’y and some of those, to (five a dr.y’a vacation fur Chrstrnas. As it happens this year one. of the three days of publication of th« tri-weekly Star falls on Christ mas P;ty and ot.ly one issue will I be missed. Since the Star hits been used as a publicity medium for the city-wide Charity Fund and the response has been so (food, the paper takes this opportunity of thanking its many readers w1 c, will brighten Christmas in many of the poorer homes of Shelby and the countv. mleiIMof STATE IMPORTANCE (By M. L. Shipman.! Raleigh. December. 22.—The action of the Salary and Wage Commission in reducing stute holidays, the verdict in the Wyatt trial, the record of elec trocutions for the past year and the successful sale of more than twenty millions of state bonds were matters of interest in the Capital City last week. In addition Raleigh people heard with regret of the death of Judge Oliver H. Allen of Kingston who sat on the Superior.Court bench for a ciuarter century. The action of the State Fair Committee of the Chamber of Commerce in recommend ing removal of the Fair to another section of the city also was of inter est. ' The Salary and Wajfe Commission decided that empldvefs would only have one instead of two weeks holi days. This came after the Attorney General had ruled the Commission had no right to eliminate legal holi days from the schedule of holidays for the employees. The ruling was made public Saturday morning and | not sufficient time has elapsed for the sentiment to lx? felt but a safe s prediction is that the Salary and Wage Commission may find itself lighting for existence before the next legislature. The Commission had a hard job and has successfully suc ceeded in making it harder. The tobacco co-operative associa tion mailed out $1,590,000 to mem bers in Western North Carolina and Virgina during the week, this being in nart payment for the 1924 crop. The removal of the State Fair to an other site where it can be expanded will be recommended to the N. 0. Agri cultural Society by the special com mittee of the Chamber of Commerce which has been co-operating in solv ing the fair problem. Additional re venues are needed and it is felt more room would enable the Fair to ex pand its activities. The Carolina Motor Club, a state organisation having headquarters in Greensboro, with more than fifty lo cal offices in as many cities and towns does not believe the State Au tomobile license Bureau will be able i to handle the volume of business than is now being transacted on the cooperative basis between the State and the Motor Club, officials of the latter having already made protest to Commissioner Doughton w’ho has indicated that machinery is soon tc take the place of “hand work” in the License Bureau. Representatives of the Motor Club here recently sug gested that abolishment of branch of fices from which license and titles are now procured would be strongly protested by the public on account of inconveniences and delays that must follow necessarily. Pension cheeks for thousands of widows of Confederate veterans and surviving veterans themselves have gone out from the State Auditor’s of fice during the week for distribution by superior court clerks of the 100 counties. The widows receive $50 and the veterans $77.50 each in June and December this rate applying to fourth class pensioners only. The last Legis lature divided the pension apropria iConuniw on page four./ t Santa Will Carry Many Necessities Into Needy Homes of City. Dis tribution Thurs day Eve "It was (he night before Christinas; and all through the house, | a creature was stirring; not even a mouse; The stockings were hung b) the chim ney with care. In hopes that St. Nicholas would soon be there.—” —.lust an ideal setting for Santa to slip down the chimney and into the picture. Santa with a load of shoes, t"od and necessities for the needy of I Shelby. Minus some of the color and the mystery that usually accompan ies his visits, Santa will be just as wel j come for he will bring instead into ti e needy homes things that must bo to keep life in bodies to whom fate has 11roved fickle. The Kiwanis Charity fund will see to that. Tie response to the appeal for the destitute of the city has been more whole-hearted than officials behind the moV*|iient had hoped and by Wed nesday the total funds in hand hud passed the $!>50 mark. In addition to the money Contributions received by The Star and charity committee much clothing and food has oeeg turned over to the committee. Some brought in their money, others have sent checks, families as a whole have-given old clothes still serviceable and one Venn brought in a quantity of fresh meat. Such gifts will prove valuable to the committee. The needy homes to be served first are in actual want meaning for bread, meat and cloth ing. Those who have given, or intend to give, should have no worry about bow the jnoney will be spent. Thera is enough of poverty about the town and county that every dollar may be spent for qctual necessities and then Have the fund ntin,short before every home is visited. Toys and trinkets would be appreciated. They may be placed with poor children in some in stances, but any of the children in the homes to be visited by the Santa of the Charity fund need shoes and clothing more than playthihgs. Com fort, something they’re not acquaint ed with, will bring more joy into their lives than a top to play with while their feet are freezing and hunger, gnaws inside their little bodies. May Go Over $1,000. , The fund will be closed Thursday and distribution will begin. Every* i ne having something to give in either money, clothes, or food should nee that it is turned in nt The Star office or to the Kiwanis committee before Thursday evening—Santa starts on his calls then. > With the fund already over $000 it is likely that the total may be swelled tt' 81,000 by Thursday evening. .It is not much to ask of all Shelby, that part of the city, that is through good fortune enabled to live and help oth ers to live. What it Will Do. One thousand dollars given by Shel by now to relieve the suffering and hunger of the poorer homes would be greater than, §500,000 for public im provements. Pictures of the needy homes as given in recent issues of The Star have not covered the situation by far. Out of the 2J0 most destitute cases there are a dozen or more widows that need help badly. Old couples, .sickness in homes, children uncared for, all will be visited if possible. Christmas to theBT’cannot mean all that it will convey to homes of plenty, but it can bring comfort of a kind—• c oal for the fire, bread and meat for the tables, clothing for the children, medical service for the invalids. Will He ‘Jes P’tend’*? Somewhere in Shelby Thursday night there will be dozens of little boys and girls, in needy homes, ex pressing the thought of the youngster .in the fotloiuiug lines: An’ when iKb to bed at night I jest’ p’etend ’at I am not So awful cold. I snuggle down An’ make believe ’a’t I’m too hot— Sometimes all night, I jes’ p’etend! An’ when I hear the kids all talk 1 'Bout Santa Claus and his reindeer, An’ all the things he’s goin’ to bring I jes’ p’etend ’at h’ll stop here!—! I wish he knew how I p’etend! If everyone contributed something there’ll be a fe./ youngsters in the town who will have to do on pretend ing alone. tConUnueu ou yage lluec—
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