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SHELBY’S POPULATION
1925 Census_8,854
Where Industry Joins With
Climate In A Call For You, .
iroi, XXXIII, No. 113
“Covers Cleveland Completely.”
SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 30, 1925. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
Effort to Reach Agreement on What
Town Will Pay for Privately
owned Improvements.
A tailed meeting of the mayor,
board (>f aldermen and owners of
municipal improvements in the terri
t rv added early in the year when the
corporate limits of the town were ex
tended, will be held in the City Hall
tonight with the hope that a satisfac
tory" agreement might be reached on
t o' amount of money the town shall
iay the cotton mills and individual
' r crs of such improvements. It will
b,. remembered that when the corpor
,... limits of the town were extended,
was agreed for the town to take
over the water and sewer lines and
electric lines that were installed by
Palmont Eastside and Ella Cotton
Mills, the price to be paid to be deter
mined by appraisers, one selected by
the town and one by the mills. The
town selected D. R. S. Frazier, its
c ty engineer, while the mills select
ed J. E. Sirene, mill engineer of
Greenville, S. C. Both have filed re
mrts. placing total values ranging
from $30,000 by the town of Shelby.
There is some difference in the esti
mated values of the two engineers
and the meeting tonight is to try to
reconcile these differences, -In the
event of a failure to agree, a third
a -hi fa* or is to be appointed, who
with Frazier and Sirene will pass fin
al judgement.
Bond Money Here
These privately owned munic'pal
Improvement* which were installed
before the corporate limits were ex
tended but which are to be taken over
by the town of Shelby in accordant
with the extension contract, will be
pil’d for out of the recent bond issue
of 5200,000 for water and sewer im
movements issued some months ago.
The bonds were signed a few weeks
ago and have been returned to the
buyers. This week the money ca>
ird was placed to the credit of the
town in local banks. The remainder
of the $200,000 after the thirty or
thirty five is paid for the now pri
vately owned municipal improvements
will be used to enlarge the water sta
tion and increase the city’s water sup
p’y
Lady Farmer Leads
Cotton Coops In
Cotton Delivery
Raleigh.—North Carolina has one
woman farmer who leads the proces
sion, Mrs. M. C. Braswell of Whitak
ers is the member of the North Caro
lina Cotton Growers Cooperative As
sociation who has delivered the lar
gest number of bales this season ac
cording to General Manager Blalock.
Mrs. Braswell has delivered 630
l ales. She says the Association bene
fits women farmers particularly in
that it relieves them of all worry, and
the trouble of insurance storage and
furnishes expert classing of the cot
ton. Mrs. Brasswell is an enthusiastic
member of the association.
Three Months For
This And For That
Three months, which carries just as
much work as 90 days, seemed to be
the favorite sentence of Recorder
•h hn P. Mull Tuesday morning in ore
f,f the after-Christmas sessions of
the court.
The thin? worked two ways. One
fellow, a white man, got three month s
lor not keeping what he had—a wife
—and another fellow, a colored min,'
K' t three months for having what he
wag keeping, several bottles of liquor
that in appearance resembled the nat
ional colors, red, white and blue.
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Grover Young People
At Home From School
(Special to The Star.)
Grover, Dec. 29.—Christmas was
l" ssed off very quietly arond Grover.
Although every one seemed to enjoy
‘he holidays.
The following young folks are spend
'b* the holidays at home: Misses Te
,:>h Pinkleton, and Neely Keeter from
Timestone college. Miss Gwendolyn
Rollins, who is teaching at Bakers
v’He. Miss Margaret Sheppard who is
Caching at Waco. Mr. Avery Hardin
from Lenoir-Rhyne college.
Mrs. L. A. Crisp, Misses Margaret
Sheppard and Gwendolyn Rollins
spent last Tuesday in Charlotte.
Hot Dawg.
™wton Beanpot.
j n‘‘ little doggies
Sibling on a plate
came the boarders
A;id then they were ate
There are mep who speak twice
b' fore they think.
Whatever happens to Mitchell and
Army, Frank Reid gets a million
dollars’ worth of advertising.
Human Fly Will Scale Wall Of
Building Here This Evening
henrUd. jjjjpi
'WJhtojSHp I
Dare-devil Roland, known America over will give Shelby a thrill this
evening, VVednerday. at 7:30 o'cxcrC when he will scale the brick wall of
the Fanners* Hardware on South La Fayette street. The grin on the hit
man fly's face in the above photo is the one he says he wears when .climb- j
ing a dangerous wa*l. A spotlight wi !1 play on him during his daring j
climb. Atop the building he will poise himself in the air, do trapeze j
stunts and balance himself on two chairs set on top of a table. Jugging j
things high in the air arid defying the laws of gravitation the human fly j
should prove good after-Christmas e ntertainment to the crowds expected j
lor the feat. It was first announced that he would climb the court house j
wall, but his feat can be better see r. at the hardware building.
20 Violent Death Happen
In State Within Four Days
Raleigh, Dec. 20.—Statistics may
7;ot have been kept on former Christ
mas killings of one or another kind,
but everything appears from the Ra
leigh Times compilation to have been
in a murderous mood.
The pistol hasn’t been busier in
many a year and erf course the auto
mobile has done double duty with the
wood alcohol in both the drivers and
the radiators. The Times covers t ie
four days only. It begins with Thurs
day and ends with Sunday. Its list of
fatalitis is 20.
Twelve of the 20 killed were white
people.
The list of the violent deaths fol
lows:
Crabtree—-Taylor McCracken, 38.
farmer, killed with pistol by Howard
Messer in hand to hand fight.
Salisbury—-Samuel Fink, young
man of Rowan county, received during
a target practice with some friends a
wound from which he died.
Albemarle— Henry Smith, a mavim
ist. was electrocuted while wrapping
a live wire at the plant of the Nor
wood Brick company.
Lumberton-—Luther West. winds
farmer, is instantly killed by prema
ture explosion of dynamite.
I'arKton—A. B. McQueen. negro,
shot to death by Fquik Fisher while
prowling in the latter s yard at nignt.
Durham—Bose Ncese. was fatally,
injured when struck by an automo
bile driven by J. L. Bell while cross
ing a street.
Lexington-— 1 oung ciaugm.er, ~
14, of J. A. Gillipsie, burned to death
when can of kerosene exploded in
her hands.
New Bern—Sarah farter, negio
killed Ned Dixon, another negro by
stabbing him through the heart dur
ing a fight.
Wendell—-Arthur Dowell, a negro
killed Wiley Shores, two-year-old
negro boy. after first seriously shoot
ing another negro boy.
Raleigh—Elizabeth Butler, a negro
woman, was shot at her home as t e
aftermath of a drinking pa' >•
Foster Wilson, Pullman porter, is
suspected of the murder.
New Bern—Sam Sanders, a negi o,
was shot to death by Bill Tayl i
during a fight.
Warsow—Janies Torrms, wait?
farmer, was instantly killed when tv. o
automobiles collided.
Asheville—Hardie Plemmons and
Ormer Ducker, white boys, were elec
trocuted while working on a radio
aerial thought to have been chaiged
after coming into contact with a
high tension wire.
Now Bern—The body of Will Bry
ant, a negro found near a raided -ti
and thought to have been shot by of
ficers.
Raleigh—Will Brown, a negro, was
instantly killed when he drove his
car into the side of a fast moving
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Seaboard Air Line freight train;
at Ncuse about 10 miles from this;
eity. j
Mount Olive—William Lambert, * ;
white farmer, found in his. home with
his throat cut from ear to ear. The
coroner decided it was a case of j
suicide. !
Rowland—Police Chief Boyd Rog-!
ers was shot to death by two negrot s,
when he attempted to arrest one of.
them.
Raleigh—Edward Simms, negro |
porter at a local grocery store drop-|
ped dead on street in front of the;
stole.
Dunn—Walter Parsons, white farm-!
cr, fatally injured when an auto
mobile wrecked a buggy.
Wray-Hudson Begins
Big Overstocked Sale
Wray-Hudson company begins Fri
day of this week, a big “over-stocked'’
sale in which bargains will ce offered
throughout every department. Regu
lar and extra salesmen have been
figy for several days re-arrangin'*
the stock and marking down the prices
for this big event, which Messrs.
Wray and Hudson declare will be the
biggest sale in their history. Doors
open promptly at 8:30 o'clock Friday
morning, New dear’s dajv and the
sale will continue in full blast fo"
some time until inventory is taken. A
double page advertisement in today’s
issue of The Star points out many of
the low prices that will prevail during
the sale.
Bonds Expected Today
for Local Signatures
Bonds in the sum of $200,000
are expected to arrive today for
the signatures of R. E. Carpen
ter, chairman and John S. Mc
Knight, secretary-treasurer of
the Shelby school board. It will
be remembered that $200,000
worth of bonds were issued some
months ago and sold to the First
National Bank at a premium, to
build new school buildings and
enlarge present buildings, such
work to be done within the next
five years to meet the growing
needs of the schools. These bonds
have been printed and sent here
for signatures of the school
board, after which the money will
be turned over to local officials
to begin the school building pro
gram.
RECENT STIITE NEWS
OF CAPITA EVENTS
Governor Turns on {iiuht for ' Hite
Christmas Tree. Ask Kijrht
Months of School.
(By M. L. Shipman.)
Raleigh, dec, 28.—R Weigh capitu
lated to the Christmas spirit and the
Chief Executive of the State took tho
lead Thursday evening by Dressing a
button which illuminated a hog.' j
Christmas tree provided by the Ro-j
taiy club on Capitol square at the,
head of Fayetteville street. Around j
this pretty tree choirs of the various’
churches sang appropriate anthems
and from that good hour until this
morning the capital city of the suite
enjoyed a quiet and orderly 1 uhday [
season, during which all state and
rity departments were closed. Cover
nor McLean issued a Christmas me*
tare to the people of the stale in
which he stated that “the immortal
conception of the Fathlerhood of God
imd thy Brotherhood of Man is the
great charter (f human freedom and
human happiness, “and admonishes
one and all to keep in mind this reve
la! ion of strength, of kindness and
cn .elfishness. The executive and his
family spent the holidays here, whi c
the heads of some of the departments
and many state employes went to
their former homes in/various sec
tions of the commonwealth.
Lon ;’st Bridge in State.
During the week the State High
way commission let the contract for a
bridge over the Chowan river between
Windsor and Edenton and received
bids for the construction of the Beau
fort-Morehead bridge across Bogue
sound. The Chowan river bridge will,
it is said, be the longest in the state,
having a swing span of 200 feet, and
end being all told one and a half miles
in length. It is to be constructed by
the Sanford and Brooks company, of
C harleston. S. C.. at a cost of $4"2.,
■122.T5 the actual work of construction
to begin early in the new year. Con
tract for the Bean fort-Morehead
hi idge. to be the second longest in the i
slate, is to be let later on.
Use Carolina Stone.
Governor McLean ®sued a state
ment commending th# decision of
Duke university to er<(pt its proposed
'bp'\v'butl3iii£s‘from stone procured in
the quarries at Hiilsbord, Orange
county, instead of running out or the
state for material that is little if anyj
more desirable for building purposes.)
The governor does not fancy the idea |
of neglecting native stone and has in .
mind a movement to utilize other)
North Carolina resources whenever
possible in the construction of build
ings and for other purposes.
Detective Begins Sentence.
Jesse Ilf. YJjyatt, former Raleigh
detective captain, will begin his sen
tence of not less than eight nor more
than 18 months in the state’s prison
for the killing of Stephen S. Holt,
Smithfield lawyer, on March 15. Thet
date was advanced by Judge Midyette
tn account of the expectancy of an
other child in the Wyatt home.
Wyatt’s former associates on the local
police force expressed their appre
ciation of his public service and sym
pathy in his misfortune in the presen
tation of a nurse containing $60 dur
ing the holiday festivities.
Ask 8 Months School.
The North Carolina education asso
ciation will ask Governor McLean to
join in the fight for a minimum
tight months school term. Officers of
the association expect the governor,
on recommendation of the organiza
tion to appoints n educational conunis
f ion and express the hope that he will
he guided in his attitude on the pro
posal by the report of this commis
sion. The governor has not yet com
mitted himself. The course suggested
was agreed upon at a conference of
those interested in the office of Sup
erintendent Allen during the past
week, which also reached a decision
to raise the standards governing
teachers’ certificates of those employ
ed in the conduct of state schools.
Ban Irish Potatoes.
Commissioner W. A. Graham of the
state department of agriculture, is
sued an order during the week which
puts the ban on importation of seed
Irish potatoes from states infected by
the potato tuber. The states involved
■irt California, Delaware, New Jersey,
Maryland and Virginia, but officers
o< these may secure permission for
shipments by issuing certificates of
non-infection.
Stewardship Conference.
A regional conference on steward
ship and brotherhood of the Methodist
Episcopal church, South, is to be held
in Ialeigh during the period January
J8 to March It ,this being one of 16
i ities selected in the location of those
conferences by high authorities of the
denomination. The Raleigh confer
ence is sot for January 20 and 21 and
will be attended by a number of high
lights in the church.
Commissioner Doughton of the de
partment of revenue, is considering
the advisability of retaining some
half a dozen of the brunch offices in
(Continued on page five.)
Georgie; “Joe” All Tired Out
¥ Oeorfce Totlier, l'ai mington. Minn,, and 'hi* prise pig "Joe," were nil
tired out after having '>0toaded" 22 limes in six days and ivaruulng a
pUltjor more it *Pdi *t< ^uring a tour of his lion, »U tc.
FIND STOLEN CAR
LEFT IN COUNTY
Clyde Towery is in jail here await
ing the arrival of Gaston county of
ficers, who will carry him to Gastonia
where he will be charged wih the lar
ceny of a Ford coupe.
Last week Deputy Sheriff Ed Dixon
of Behvood, located the car abandoned
on a road in that section. A general
investigation by the oficer followed
and it was learned that the car was
the property of J. II. Benfield, of ML
Holly, and that it had been stolen. In
some manner the officer also learned
the identity of the man who aban*
doned the car, then the search for
Towery began.
Found in Railroad Cut.
Several days later Towery vis
found hiding in a railroad cut near
Buffalo, and the presumption of offi
cers is that he was waiting his chane.;
to board a passing freight train and
mnke his escape when the officers lo
cated his hiding place.
Officers say that Towery admitted
taking the car ^nd that it had been
ir. his possession about one week be
fore" it WQtt abandoned cm -a’ road in
this county.
To Stock Brushy
Creek With Fish
Fishermen of Cleveland county will
be interested to know that tii' United
States government has decided to
stock Brushy creek with black bass.
This action was brought about
tirough the application of D. A. Ted
der. endorsed by Congressman Bul
winkle. Ti e fish wih be distributed
some time in the spring. They will
find plenty of young Knotty heads and
suckers to feed on and will flourish
until Shelby folks will have a fishing
place worth visiting.
Laying Cable For New
Stop and Go Signals
Workmen started Tuesday
digging small ditches along the
street curbs in the business sec
tion for the installation of the
“Stop and Go” signals which will
regulate traffic at the six most
congested street corners. The
work is being done under the di
rection of Supt. R. V. Toms of
the water and light department.
These “Stop and Go” signals
will be placed at each of the
four corners of the court square,
at the insertion of Graham and
S. LaFayette streets and at the
intersection of Sumter and N.
LaFayette streets. The red and
green lights will be located in
middle of the streets at these
four corners and lights will
flash to indicate when tratfic
must stop and go. Mr. Tom’s
says, however, it will he a week
or ten days, perhaps longer, be
fore the signals can he pul in
operation
Mrs. Francis
OutOf Jail
Hundod Out By Husband in Time tu
Go Home for Holidays With
Family. Bonds Total $550.
Mrs. Jessie May Francis, younsj
married womah and mother who Iihs
featured over a, course of months in
one of the county’s most talked af
fairs, was permitted to spond the
Christmas holidays with htri husband
and children.
Her bond was arranged «nd trade
last Wednesday evening; by her hus*
band, Avery Francis, and she icft'th^
jail with her husband to return home.
Shelby and Cleveland county watching
the case with much interest for new
developments momentarily forgot the
matter during the holidays, which
were being enjoyed at the Francis
home by the,mother and family re
Total Bond $550.
Bonds over Mrs. Francis until the
next term of court total $550. Two
I hundred and fifty dollars of the bonds
| is that required by Solicitor Huffman
j to hold her to Superior court on the
j prohfble charge that she might have
j violated the probation conduct of the
; sentence imposed at the first trial by
! Judge Stack, the alleged violation be
1 ing'Something in connection with her
recent visit to the chaingang eamo
: to see Sloan Philbeck, the man w>th
whom she left her home. The other
$’00 bond comes from Recorder John
P. Mull’s county court, which convict
ed her on three minor counts with a
month's sentence in each, and which
was appealed by P. Cleveland'Gard
ner. her attorney, bond being set at
$100 in each case.
The reopening of the case has been
discuaeed to a considerable extent
over the county and there is consid
erable debate as to whether or not she
can he held to answer on certain of
the probation counts of the first sen
tence. It is reported that Mrs. Fran
cis before her release stated that sh?
' wished the entire matter could be re
moved from the attention of {Vie gen
eral public so that she might enjoy a
life of quietude again unmolested by
talk and rumors. Many of her sym
pathizers, since the case is being ron
i tinued in the limelight, express sim
ilar sentiments.
CHRISTMAS BOX PRESENTED
TO MR. AND MRS. CARPENTER
(Special to The Star.)
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Carpenter of
near New Prospect were surprised
' and overjoyed Christmas eve when
theft children and grand children
presented them with a “surprise
Christmas box.”
The box contained 42 pretty and
useful gifts. Mrs. E. C. Carpenter
suggested the box, and it was kept
in her home until it was presented to
them Christmas eve.
Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter are express
ing their many tnanks to each and
'every one as they call on them during
i the Induin'
BUM6HRDNER KILLED
BY FULL 111 PL1T
Weaver, Well Known in Shelby Kilted
Monday Afternoon While At
Work. Funeral Held j
Otis F. Butnfcardner, 27 years of
age, and one of the best known tex
tile workers in Shelby, was suddenly
killed Monday afternoon sometime
after 2 o’clock when he fell into a
loom at the new Oka textile plant
nest of town.
No One Saw Fall
There were no witnesses to trag
edy, it is Understood, Bumgardne,1
falling while no one was near around
him. and his dead body was discov
ered a short time later by other em
ployees of the mill.
Heath, it is said, undoubtedly re
sulted from the fall in which the neck
was broken, although he fell into the
loom and received numerous injuries
over the head and body. There was a
gash on the front side of the face,
one on the rear of the head and
wounds on the leg and hand.
He was dead when found, ac
cording to reports from the mill, but
physicians were summoned immed
iately after he was discovered.
Bumgardner was a native of Cald
well county, hut had been living in
Shelby for 12 years. 11 years of
which he was in the employ of the
Kiln mill, going'with the new plant
when it was first opened. He was a
skillful weaver and considered ny his
superiors aw a valuable worker.
lie is survived by his wife nnd
three children nnd his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. N. P, Bumgardner, of South
Shelbv. and other relatives. The old
est of the three children, Lorinr,
Thackel nnd Jack, is only six years
of age.
Services at Second Baptist
The funeral services were conduct-*
ed Tuesday afternoon at. the Second
Baptist church conducted by Rev.
Rush Padgett. Interment was at Sun
set.
Max Gardner Not
Talking Politics
Greensboro. December 29.—0. Majf
| Gardner, of Shelby, generally regard*
! cd as one of the strongest candidates
in Democratic fioM for governor of ,
North Carolina, was in Greensboro
Monday on “striftly business.” Hp >
and Clyde Hoey aye attorneys for
Alexnndef "IMamifitkurihg company
and they appeared before a board of
arbitrators in the concern’s behalf.
Mr. Gardner confined his remarks
to legal phrAseS almost entirely, hut
did venture so far as to say that’
A. M. Scales, spoken of as a possi
ble candidate, was a fine gentlem"- •
and a good citizen. As to politico^*
talk he simply smiled in his happy
way and said: “Sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof.”
The Shelby man says that he will
make what political forecasts, that
ere nOw forming in his brain, at a
later date but his pleased counte
nance betrays him to the extent that
it speaks volumes about his unwor- 1
ried mind.
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Auto Crashes Take
Heavy Life Toll
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 29.— Death cut
a wide swath through Dixie over the
Christmas holidays. Three-score and
ten persons in the South met their
doom through traffic accidents, involv
ing automobiles, motorcycles, trains
and trolleys. In addtion, 3777 persons
were hurt by the same means. These
figures are revealed in a survey made
today by the Associated Press for the
week which closed last night. The
figures are from ten states.
Florida led the South with thir
teen deaths while Virgina and Geor
gia trailed closely behind with twelve
each. Tennessee and Mississippi were,
the lowest with three each.
Georgia Leads.
Georgia led in the number of in- r'f'•
juries, her figures being 66. North
Carolina and Florida reported 61 and
60 injuries, respectively. At the foot
of this column was nine injuries.
NOW COMES SOMETHING
NEW—“BARBARIC BOB'*
New York. Dec. 29.—The “barba
ric bob” has been imported from Par
is by hairdresses who are trying to
knockout the shingle.
This is the fuzziest effect which
has yet been introduced since women
began to bob their hair. And it re
quires a skillful professional mani
pulator to produce it; it is far beyond
the ordinary barber who has reaped
a fortune out of the boyish effects.
“The barbaric bob” carries with it
a parting of the hair on the right
side. Two combs are used to raise
the hair off the ears and drape it
back of them, so long curly locks en
circle the ear and hang well for
ward underneath it. The hair still4
has a shingled line at back to giv<. i|
a ; mart and modern touch.
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