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SHELBY’S POPULATIO? 1925 Census-8,$54 Where Industry Joi.is With Climate In A Call For You* . SHELBY, N, C. FRIDAY, JANUARY, 1, 1926. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE d Progressive i ear In Shelby’s Growth lion of City Lim fa* Perhaps High )t of Year. Two lew Industrial >lants Added experiencing its greatest , growth in 1924, continued a |ive march in 1925. The year will rank with 1923 and outstanding years in past the town. ear 1&24 saw Cleveland’s tat change from a mere coun i town into a thriving little 1925 brought recognition as snsion of an antique city brought into the corporate [hat which had spread out in }g years and a special census a growth that was remark a trading town for farm i a center for farm industry, it# might have been its most ye year handicapped by a for the farmers. Never •he year brought much to the usjrially, financially and soc "« the handicap that came mokioy shortage resulting id the failure of four cotton ®*y dUridends on a million alf dollajrs invested mostly by opl* in /common stock, the Ivance kept up the a steady stride Tex e encountered great se of the unsettled it which forced a un‘one to thi“e days, past three or four ed the orgaiiir.i and operation of ial plants, the fVa leveland Cloth Mill, itions to industria1 Bthe extension i f the #00 bonds issue for atcr system and the tie development of igs Park were out rous little enterprises were new business bouses erected teady growth in the rcsiden ion. General,High Spots, al high spots of the year, losed yesterday, would in sion city limits. 00 school bond issue. 00 water bond issue, povernment census, giving the der advertising, and planned development td Springs hotel, y hoards 50-50 support of vide school building plan, ord county fair attendance. Rural lighting systems, ion and operation of Ora l textile plant. ution and erection of Clevc . .th mill. ddition to Shelby Cotton mill", letion of four-story Masonic •eUi denartment added Shel and Fuel company. ng of modern milk distrihu nt. letion of big A. Blanton whole Iding. Hshment of tailway freight I here for Marion-Kingsville letion and occupancy of Line building. ion of eight new- store build Dr. S. S. Royster and sons. V Public hospital placed in i class. al opening of Central Mcth urch. s of new residences, intions Including District Ki Hi-Y clubs. Plumbers, farm ion and others, into business of six or more fires* firm-. A. P. Ledford I* iried at Cherryville Ledford, born* end rcar 1 ilkvilh section of Clcvc was buried at Cherryville -•ruing at 11 o’clock, the tr conducted by Rev. Mr. Rev. F- MM. Needham. <j before marriage was Nolan. She lived with tors at Cherryville since d’s death two years ago. *r death is learned with her ninny relatives and IJevelami. Attending from ye re Ml. Joe' Young and jin, Mrs J. N. Ledford, of r». C. I\ Peeler, Mr. and daunc.y Plato Grigg and R. C and Frank Hicks C. lalmer and son White and B. C. Hick* lie, R-l W ife Of Well Kn,un Bui der In South Shelby Passes Away After Lone Illness. Mrs. Roxie McKinney, wife of Elam McKinney, well known South Shelby contractor unit brick mason, died • Wednesday afternoon after a pro tracted illness, followed by a serious operat'on for tumor at the Ruther ford Hospital during the summer. Mrs. McKinney before marriage eras Miss Ro\’ie Hamrick, daughter of A. Hamrick. Site joined Double Springs church at the age of 1i years and re mained a consistent Christian. II*-r de votion of family and friends mused all to love her with the terulerest de votion. Her family connection was large and a crowd that filled the sec ond Baptist church attended the ser vice Thursday to pay a tribute of re spect to her noble life. Mrs. McKinney, wa« 47 years of age and is survived by her husband and the following children, Clyde of Jacksonville, Van, Aree, Irene, R. K. Ellie and Earl all of Shelby. The funeral was conducted at the Second Baptist church ot which she is a member by Rev. Rush Padgett assisted by Rev. Mr. Campbell and the interment was in Sunset cemetery here. The news of her draft is a source of great sorrow to her host of j friends and relatives. Episcopal Rector Is Living In Shelby Now Mr. Allen, an Episcopal rector has moved with his family to Shelby from Canton to take charge of ♦he Shelby and Bessemer City churches. Mr. Al len has filled a number of important charges and comes to the loci! work under the direction of the dieccse to stimulate this mission church which will hereafter have sendees more fre quently. Mr. Allen and his family have rented a home belonging to Mbs May me Roberts on Sumter street. Ife i? a man of broad vision and scholarly attainments and will be welcomed to the Shelby field of labor. Human Fly Attracts Audience In Cold Despite the biting cold the feat of the human fly, Henry (Dare Defij 1 Roland, attracted a large crowd to the street in front of the Farmers Hard ware building Wednesday night. Traf fic was jammed and the streets were packed for over a block before ami } during the performance of Roland in scaling the front wall of the building and after reaching the top doing chair and other dangerous acts there. The long distance between stories, second to third floor, forced Roland to vse a rope in making that part of the climb. Quite a number were disap pointed in that his ascent was not like that of a spider and made in a few second, they looking at it from the ground failed to take in the danger ous angle from which he was work ing. However, the stunts atop the cor nice afforded a real thrill. The cold weather, numbing Roland’s fingers, | placed '?Um at a dangerous disadvan tage. Roland is contemplating returning , here in about a month to scale anoth ■ rr building. Stock Reducing Sale at Nix and Lattimore’s This is the sea o i tor January clearance sale-; when bargains are greatest bccau*■ the merchant? are plainning for stock-taking a1 <1 em ptying their .shelves for t *'e arrival of spring goods which will come in .-hortly. Nix and l.attimore have i i augurated a. ""stock reducing sale on •lien’s ready-‘■y.v,-ear and furnisnme.s and make attractive prices >•' lM* issue of The Star. Water and Sewer j Patronage Grow* During the past year 251 eloc trie light patrons and 143 water patrons were added tothe niuniei ! pal water ind light plants. ac cording to figures compiled by ; Supt. R. V. Toms who declares i this to be the largest number in any single year. The total num I ber of patroi s of the water and light departments is now 1730 ' and new connections arc being added every week. The daily wai ter consumption for the entire town is-| approximately 400,000 and the preesnt capacity of the water station is taxed to the lim it, therefore plans are under way for a new and larger plant, work on which will begin right away as i soon as in vii,- has been secured. What Has It in Store for You? I Negro Admits To Slaying Another And Burning Body One of Most Brutal Crimes in Section’s History Uncovered Yesterday Near Cleveland Line L. C. Haynes, 30-year-ol<J Arkansas r.egro, was given a preliminary heav ing in Rutherfordton Friday after noon for the murder of Johnny John son, another negro, and the burning of Johnson’s body. The crime, one of the mopt brutal known to the section, was enacted near the Cleveland conn ty line in Rutherford, taking place near a highway construction camp at Fuzzle creek between Ellerboro and Forest City. Johnson was killed Wed nesday night before Christmas and his body made away with and the crime mystery was not solved until this week so thorough was the destruc tion of the murdered man’s body, Both negroes were working for Fdliott and company, sub contractors, in building highway 20 from Shelby to Forest | City. Bloody Cruelty. Meager details as reported ficrn I the alleged confession of Haynes have I it that the two negroes had a quarrel some months ago, Haynes being cut up by Johnson. Wednesday night be fore Christmas Johnson was return ing front Forest City when Haynes met hint in the road and after a few words shot hint three times. Johnson ran down through the woods groan-' i ing and Haynes continued on to the j j road camp. Later he decided to go l back and see what had happened to the man he shot. Returning he found that Johnson, fatally wounded, had dragged himself a quarter of a mile through the woods before falling over and dying. Then, Haynes says, he faced the problem of making away with the body. After thinking i bit he dragged the dead negro to an iso lated anot some distance away in an. old field, cut him up and started the gruesome work of .barring; the d & membered body. Charring everything down but the bones, he put them in a sack and carried them back to the i road camp, burning some of the re maining portions of the body and bones in the camp heater. Portions of i the victim were hard to make away with, it is supposed, and they were placed in a sack and carried back to! Puzzle creek where they wete burr ed some more and throurn in the creek. These are practically the details of the horrible story ns related by Hay nes in his confession to Sl'°riff W, C Hardin, of Rutherford co*Tty, accord ing to a telephone message from a Star reporter to the sheriff. Was Baffling Mystery. However, ferreting out the bloody murder was for days a mvsterious job. Some days after the killing, por tions of the charred bones were found and turned over to oificests. Johnson was missing from the rogtt^amp and coupling clues together afpeers car ried some of the finger bines to phy (f'untiniied on "age five.) V* i^;.- 4 \ L Real Estate Active for Past Two Weeks, J. R. Nolan to., Reports Sates To taling $23,01)0. E- F. McKinney Buys 512,000 Worth. J. B. Nolan company report real es tate sales aggregating 512.000 for the j past two weeks. E. F. McKinney, Shel by business man and farmer, has pur chased the T H. Lutz farm north of Shelby for $12,000. Part of this "al ucble farm is in the incorporate lim its. T. H. Lutz has bought the It. E. Lawrence home on Grover street fac ing the Shelby hospital. Mr. Lutz and his estimable family will move to Shelby at an early date. Mr. Lawrence formerly of Shelby and county agent, is now a resilient of Brevard and is engaged in the real estate busi ness. Consideration $5,400. Conner and Lewis, merchants of W. Shelby have purchased another store, this time from M. N. Hargett at the Shelby mill. Conner and Lewis are successful merchants and will oper ate both stores. Consideration $2,000. Mr. Hargett moves to Florida where he will engage in the mercantile busi . ness. J. W. Spangler purchased the Blan ton aril Grigg stock of goods and fix tures in the Beam building on North , Washington street, consideration j about $1,000. Blanton and Grigg pur chared a house and lot in South Shel by from J. W. Spangler, consideration : sL,500. Fanning Company to Begin Big Cash Sale Beginning Saturday the W. L. Fanning department store inaugur ates a “cash converter sate” which is being extensively advertised in newspaper and by posters, heralding rare bargains in evofy department of the store. Mr. Wunder, an exper ienced sale co.iducter is in *hargc, representing one of th» largest sole conducting agencies in this country. For several days the store has been closed with all help busy mat king down prices in plain figures and in dications are that the sale will be one of the best the Fanning Comp any has ever •audueled. Doors open Saturday morning. Expects Mountain Country to Go R. E. Lawrence, former county • "«nt of Cleveland, on a visit here Thursday in connection with the attic of property owned here by. him was enthusiastic over the future of West ern Carolina and especially that sec tion around Brevard, wheie he is now locate l and has large bolding r. mountain developments. “They’re swarming into that sce ! tion from all parts of the country and . Florida is sending more than any oth er state. It's cold there now, but real ■ c si: te sales cor;.nue showing thn( '■ spring and warn weather wi*l herald Tea! activity.” I , The Yuletide season is best-liked; hunting season of Dan Cupid, the' match-maker. Up until December the | books on the marriage mart revealed i ;< shortage in matrimonial unions, hut j tho month of December ushering in j Christmas brought the record back j up to par. License was issued for the marriage of 31 couples during December, ac cording to Register of Deeds R. Lee Weathers. *. j Holiday marriages were numerous.' During the so-called holidays period,' from December 20, to January 1. there were 17 couples receiving the legal approval of marriage. 11 coup les were white and six colored. Mar- j riage license during the period was ] issued to the following white coupler: j Loyd B. Biggers and Ruth Black; Ev erett A. Bingham and Lula Eaker; W. C. Jackson and Florence Woods; Jur.ie j Johnson and Clara L. Wallace; Lee F. i Lewis and Florence E. Gantt; Clot- ] Moffitt and Violet Bumgardner; Al fred Randall and Minnie S. Rucker: John Roberts and Metier Griffin; Lonnie T. Stewart and Bertha May Hoyle; Gardy Turner Svvink; John Williams Falls. Colored couples cense were: James H. Douthit and Georgia M. Strong; B. Hall and Em ma Bell; Bill Hull and Clara May El der; Booker T. Lattimore and Viola Norris; James Williams and lea Stone; Dent Williamson and S: Hie Lutz. and Jume • and Lucyj receiving li Uses Vicious Dog As Store Watchman Byron Keeter. native of Grover who operates a general store at Bes semer City finds that a virions airdale dog is a safe and inexpensive watchman for his Bessemer City t store. The Keeter store was robbed sometime back in 1925 and other ; robberies were frequent with stores in his community, so he bought a vicious airdale'dog and each night this dog keeps store during the night. While Mr. Keeter sleeps peacefully knowing that all o fhis merchandise will be present and accounted for on the rising of the sun. When the store is opened each morning, the dog is taken to a large lot where it is al lowed to run, but it never comes in contact with others than its master and strangers have learned to shun his presence. Even Mr. Keeter would have to renew acquaintance and tho roughly establish his identity before he could enter his own stove after it is once closed for the night Mr. Keeter finds that the airdale i« cheaper to maintain than a night watchman and gives perfect protec tion to his merchandise. Rastus—“Ah wants a divorce. D&t woman dis talk, talk, talk, night and day. Ah cain’t get no rest and dat talk am drivin' me crazy.” Judge—“What does sht talk about?” Rather Indefinite ! Rastus—“Sh- doan’ -y ’ C.C. Blanton Buys Business Property $500 Per Front Foot Was 77 T< ars <>t Ag ■ nnd Mother of Large anl Prominent Family. A Noble Christian Woman. The fguenl of MV;*. John S. V.’n. v will t'-K • f< * am tin? i, c” on H. Di'Ka!’) street J*; tunin',1 aiti > noun at 2 o’clock • ' e n i vkch to be conducted by lu vf . i ' i i V. .ill, A. C. Irvin and ll N. .'!rl> ; : 11i i. I Ii -:. Wray died id ■> •>'•: It.,.-!, Friday morning fol low : - a pnt vi ai illness of a ;;"iv tHr !.•: i few months of which time, death had been cx r-rt d it any time. Before mar lia/m Mr.. Wray was Mis- Ella ■ Boarders a d v.as married to Mr. Wray at the age of 16. She was n devoted wife and Kind, loving mother who reared a large fam ily, premia •nt in affairs in Caro lina. All during her husband.' public, career, she was a strong i and faithful companion. Mr. | Wray was deputy sheriff and • jailer under Sheriff Ah Suttlc’s .administration and for 16 years was county treasurer, the Wrav borne being noted for its hospital ity. Mrs. Wray was a fine Christian character whose life of service aod whose kindness and good deeds will long be remembered. She is survived by her husband, ore sister, Mrs. Joe Austel.l of Earl, one brother Wra. Borders of Blacksburg, and the following children: Mrs. C .R. Doggett, Mrs. H. T. Hudson, Mrs. Margar et Wray Gardner, Mrs. Barnett Cabaniss, Mrs. I.. A. Blanton, Mrs Chatlie McBra>*!*f, Hugh Wray of Gastonia, Mrs. Mayrno Wray Webi of Charlotte and Mrs. Zeb C. Mauney. Interment will be in Sunset ccmetery; erne Wit Settlement Reached th Cotton Mill* A satisfactory settlement was reached with several of the corpora tions in the newly acquired territory to the town of Shelby in the matter til adjusting with them the price) at which water .sewer .and light lints, installed by these corporations, are taken over by the town of Shelby since extension. It was not neeessarv to have even a third man to arbi trate the differences. The fill a Manu facturing company gets SU.'iT5.04 for water and sewer lines, $198.86 for light lines. Cleveland Springs -Cft.,1 gets $5,420.67 for water lines; Eaai side mill receives S9.503.49 for water and sewer lines and about $600 for for light lines. The difference has not teen adjusted with the Belmont mill I which has been unwilling to accept' (he report of the- appraiser. It is est> mated that it will cost about 830,000 to take over the privately owned con veniences whft'h the tow.i will main-1 Itain uml extend in t! -» future. License Bureau Is Closed Here ! _ Th'j local automobile license tag bureau operated here in connection with the Carolina Motor Club branch was closed Friday. January 1. and hereafter it will be impossible to pur chase auto tags in Shelby. The license taps will now be han dled direct by the revenue depart ment anrl not by the branch offices of the club, those needing license will have to apply for them direct. Wide W. Iloev, local manager of the Caro lina Motor Club, will assist state of ficials for another week in cleaving up the work here and any auto own ers seeking information concerning tags may apply to him during that period. Only Two More Days Before Star’s Advance Only two move da; s remain in which to secure the thrice-a week Star at the price of the twice-a-week—$2 by mail and S'J.50 per year by city carrier. Since the publication has gone to every-othor-day. thereby giving 151 copies a year, a slight ad vance must be murln in the sub scription rate which will l.e an-' pounced Monday. You can renew1, however, at the old rate up until Monday night. Notice the label on your paper and if not conven ient to call, send remittance by mail. The Star promises to get better through the year 19J<> and always maintain lis High stand Ninety Fee| Improved Business Property in Miller Block on S. LaFayette.. Sold by First Nation Bank Five hundred dollars per front foot I is the price paid for business proper- | ty not fronting the court square, but I main street property, nevertheless, % in a real estate transaction announc- I ed for the New Year whereby C. C. 1 Blanton buys from the First. National 1 Bank ninety front feet on S. LaFay ette street from the First National § Bank. This 90 feet frontage consists I of the John M. Best Furniture store rooms, Morrison Cafe and Ellis | Transfer Office, all being a part of the Miller Block purchased some year or two ago by the First National 1 Bank to be used for a future home for this banking institution. Mr. Blanton has no plans to an nounce as to how this property wilt he used after two of the store rooms - ~'f are vacated by the John M. Best Furniture store which moves shortly into the Royster Building on the f same street. f The price paid is less than the t record price pahi by jSollie Riviere and Carnet Cox for the M asonic building facing the Court Square and now occupied by the Rose Five and Ten Cent store, which brought $025 per front foot two years ago. The ' sale of a part of the Miller Block establishes an ew record price for busi ness property not fronting the square but Shelby is no longer a “court square business town” as the busi I ness center is moving rapidly out every street. It will be remembered that the First National Bank bought the Kil ’ti block from C. C. and George Blanton and A. W. McMurry for $100,000. The bank retains 110 feet c n S. LaFayette and about 90 feet on Warren street where it expects to erect sometime in the future a l ands..me banking i» ime with office* on the floors above ground. Just what type of buildig and when it will be started has not beer determined by the bank’s executives but it gets without saying that the building will be one of which the town and coun type of building and when it will lie built to meet present requirement* but the future growth of the town and county w.ll be anticipated it its proportions. In all probability the new bank and office building will cover all the ground of the Miller block -etained by the First Nation/ Bank". . Thousand Attend A. Blanton Ope of New *! A thousand chants from, Wry of the f r-any attend the hrnds»J4_^iew nay when a reception w?— •' a- ***. to 9 p. m. Wrigm I resident of the com pan ' i'ung, local i>r*# | handsome white gold Hamilton^!.]* : and chain in token of the company’* ! appreciation of his worth and esteem. The charming and commodious of fices in the new building were decor ated with white carnations, fries, roses and holly, making the iChrist mas decorations most beautinU. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Laughridge, a/d Mr! and Mrs. C. S. Young greeted the guests as they arrived and invited them into the spacious building At the I register were Misses Mildred and ; ^uth Laughridge. In the adjoining I room, punch, cakes and candies w-*-e | served, Misses Fay Lutz, Foy Moor-.! and Gene Laughridge presided over the punch bowl. When the guests were shown over the spacious buildirg and pointed out the conveniences in handling the merchandise, each was presented with souvenirs such as'ce reals, fruits, candies, etc., from the Blanton company stock. All officers ofi the company ar,<| sotre managers from Spruce Pine, Morganton and Marion were here to assist in receiving and making the in spection tour of the thousand callers ; as pleasant as possible. He Knew How. Watson had been having trouble with his wife, who had grown petu lant and morose with advancing age. Chancing upon an old friend Martin, whom he knew to have a wife of a bout the sani£_1i||l5"«as his own, Wat son asked:-T^s yot| wife a woman who is easifly soothed?" "^Velt, /»> lifetimes”. thoughttulij "sometjfces a new %> ri*’i;,-'f igfii ' 75 V - — -.~i l
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