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IF IT’S NEWS, IT’S IN THE STAR RELIABLE HOME PAPER Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section. Modern Job Department, f.... ■ ■■■% SHELBY’S POPULATION 1925 Census___8,854 Where Industry Joi.is With Climate In A Call For You, . V— ■■ I - , _—■ -,-J Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE VOL. XXXIV, No. 2 J Covers Cleveland Completely.” SHELBY, N. C MONDAY, JAN. 1, 19:W 5668 SPENT FOR POOR OF SHELBY Many Home* Feel-Comfort of Christ mas Charity Fund. Itemainder of Fund Used as Needed. Near two score needy families in Shelby were recipients ot necessities from Shelby’s Christmas Charity fund sponsored by the Kiaanis club and appealed by The Star. The first sur vey by Welfare officers listed 29 cases for attention by the fund, but numerous other cases were.helped in addition to the 29. For Remaining Winter. Added to the aid already adminis tered $346.55 is being held by rho c( mmittee in charge and will be dis tributed as needed among the poor cf the city during the remaining win ter months. Of the $t,015 received *>y the fund treasurer $668.45 v as spent in neces sities distributed ; Christmas eve by which many home- were brightned and children of Unfortunate circum stances wore shbfs and stocking.-. Christmas day tint otherwise would have gone witho#: during the cold : nap that followed Colored Ffljks Given Aid. The distribution of the fund and ne cessities which eii.-h contributions pur chased was notf<nly to white fami lies but also to l\ colored families nearly $100 of tic total amount going t's colored poopl^ n addition to cloth ing and food. In some casci where budgets had been made out he distributing com mittee cut or re liced the amount ac cording to the c rumstances found on the day of distfbution. The hi amount going tfc any fann’v $29,90. Covere4 Necessities. The necessiti * given to the needy included merch rdise, clothing, coal, groceries, scho 1 books, shoes wood, food, and house ent. In certain eas H it was thought best by welfare off ptfs that distribution be carried out >-er a period of time as much mightfte wasted by turnin' a certain anioufc over to these caseo. A part of the fcnaining fund will go to these casespfiile that remaining destitute cases com he winter and to ronv reidy helped that will make it through the th the help already best was will go to oth^ ing up during of the cases afc not be able winter even given. School Enrollment Pass!* Over 2,400 In Shelby Schools A new’ enre Inent mark was set in the Shelby ci1 rschools Monday when the schools o eied after the holiday vacation. Tw< housand four hundre 1 i nd eight stu eats enrolled at the op ening, which an increarg of 62 over the closing et 'dlment before the holi days of 2,34^ Quite a ntitdgy of other students are expected > jr\e in during the re *cek and next and by | first school month aft- ! ! the enrollment is ex- j waring 2,500 with that i t assured by the end : »ear. at of 2,500 by the end as predicted by schocd 1 # time of the school J the prediction bids fair j soon. mainder of t the end of t er the holid pooled to b number aim of the schoi An enroll of the year officials at bond issue to be fulfill Mrs. B«rt Harrison, (Nora Beam, jes Away Sun. n< Pi Mrs. Be Ream, elde; Eteie Beam 2 o’clock a days with had not bo being n loj Harrison, nee Non daughter, Mr. and Mrs. ied Sunday afternoon at j t an illness of only four neumonia. Mrs. Harrison j trong for many years, j ufferer with asthma,; so her frailbnly was unable to with - j stand the ffhotje attack of pneumonia.! She was op;- 37 years of age and a | woman of Biw devotion to family and friends, tof-whom the news of her death in tip prime of life, is a souvce of great flbr»ow. Surviving are nor husband aid one daughter, age four years, herhafents, Mr. and Mrs. El zie Beam,it,to sisters Mrs. John Norman aia Mrs. L. P. Mcrgensor, Its, Enos and Zeb Beam, of the Princess theatre, al was conducted from the m McBrayer street Mon 00 at 2 o’clock by Rev pastor of the First Bap of which she was a men - interment was in Sunset two broth proprietor The fur residence j do y after Zeno Wall tist ehurc her and cemetery .1 Carelcfj Please 1< Honor, aj future. Judge | that yoi CareU over 4 driver after accident: Me go this time, your I i’ll be more careful in the H'hat assurance have I be careful ? driver: Haven’t I turned Paige? His Daily Dozen ncyicocmiiuve v naries i*. stca* | man. North Carolina, at 84 Is the oldest member of the House of Rep resentatives. He still is young enough to take his daily dozen in the House gymnasium. Boosts Cleveland On Electric Lights; Commenting on a recent rural lighting line organized in Iredell The Statewide Dai!;,* compliments j Cleveland county as follows ir. rela- i tinjr how this county led in the rural ' lighting’ program: “Cleveland county has led the State in the extension of electric power to rural districts (and that county also leads in many other re spects.) In Cleveland the organisa tion of the rural power companies centers in the village and small towns in the county, and work cut from these centers. Iredell hasn’t so many of these centers as Cleveland but there are a number that could he made the base and there are num erous other localities, as in Sharon citizenship get together and pave the community, where the progressive way. What lias happened'in Shuron may be duplicated in other settle ments. The cost is considerable, but that can be met wherever the peo ple make up their minds that they are going to have the comforts and con veniences that will pay a handsome dividened in labor-saving and satis faction.” Instead of picking up a dead ques tion as they did Just y nr when the hitch''school students of the State de bated the question North Csiiolina going into the ship, port and term inal business as advo. ated by Morri sion, the query to hr* discussed this year is a sensible on v It was an nounced by E. R. Rankin, secretary of the high school debating union, at Chapel Hill, the past Week, and is a follows: Resolved, That North Carolina should levy a state tax on property to aid in the support of no eight months school term. The question was decided upon by 1 the central committee, Mr. Rankin stated after it had received a large, plurality of the vote- which were cast on a list of 1,3 suggested quer ! ies by 314 high school of the State. The result of this balloting by tie"; high school on the list of suggested queries was given as follows: A total of 133 h'jsh . h-n s cast. ; votes for the question selected this question having been given this pro- i liminarj' phrasing: Resolved, That North Carolina should ulopt a State wide uniform property tax for pio-j viding an eight-months school t -r*n ! covering elementary and' high school i education. Fifty-three high schools \o'.itd fori the query Resolved That Conuie should enact the .Sterling': Reed bill providing for a federal depart’.iiqnt'.j of education and for federe' aid to ! the states for education. Twenty-seven high school- voted j for th» query: Resolved, That Noil'i ! Carolina should abolisli captiul puli- | ishment. Twenty-three high school cast bal- i lots for the question: Resolved, That-: the legislature should enact a l;.\v j setting up the county manager plan : of county government in all North ] Carolina counties. Twenty high schools i.i«- ballot i for the question: Resolved, That the I United States should join the world j court. McNeely Clearance Sale is Continuing Mr. J. C. McNeely. proprietor of the J. C. McNeely store for ladies is pleased with the result from his advertising in The Star during'1925 Hnd declares that his business made ft new high record in sales. The stock has been greatly enlarged and a wid-i er variety of the new things in la-1 dies ready-to-wear is carried at all i times. The clearance sale on ladies ready-to-wear will continue for a few days longer, during which time the store is selling all ladies coats and dresses at one third off regular price. McNeely’* store caters exclusively to women and carriers only the best in merchandise. Rank Call Washington, Jan. 2.;—The Comp troller of the Currency today issued a call for the condition of all nation al banks at the close of business on Thursday, December 31. Pension Did Not Come And “Uncle Phil” Roseboro, Aged Servant, Sees Life Hard Christmas did not bring the cheer that was expected to “Uncle Phil” j Roseboro, aged negro well known in I two states and boasting a record of service to his “white folks” that few possess. ' As the result of which the old-time “darky” is touching the ha> d spots of life and wondering when, if ever, his life of toil will be rewarded. Phil’s pension check didn’t come. Together with those of other Civil, war period servants his application! was not granted, arid Phil had looked forward expectantly for months on the check. Weeks ago there were tears streaming down his old wrink led face as he told friends how “dc state was gona pension him fo servin’ in dc war.” “Ah’s black, but Ah don my best an guess All’s due sunipin”, he would add. But he didn’t get it an 1 now ol.l Phil has been sick. lie worked faith fully most of the 87 years of his life, but time was hound to tell and now the old darky, once known as South Carolina’s most perfect physical man, is stumbling as life ebbs away. He followed as a servant two of bis “Massa Captins” to war. Then he came back and when the other slaves deserted, kept the old home place go ing for the “Missus” and buried her tenderly when she died. All ties brok en he was cast into the world and has plodded his way since, working, nev er complaining Only a few months ago, despite the weight ot 87 years and the loyal service dating back < for three-quarters of a century, he g was forced to ditch and cut Wood for a living:. Somebody though. i..e old fellow deserved a pensi >n - and he doer. The story of his applied ion for a pension w-is publisho ; under big headlines in all the Southern states in his day the old fellow had sorted some of the South's immortal sold iers, and served them when other colored folks deserted. Sure, lie d ■ served something, but lie didn't get it, or hasn’t yet. On he worked, going daily to the postoffice looking for some word of his pension They told him it would come Christmas. Then he got sick and couldn’t work. Perhaps, though, the pension would get him on his feet again. And then when the cheeks came, there was none for him. Out of the bed he had to come, at an age most men would be glad to live to, and back to work. He's not complaining even now. The "massa" and the mis sus" he served so well, the immortal Stonewall Jackson for whom hi made coffee during the trying days of oattlc—they're all gone. There's no me to say as to the record he made mderfire for ‘‘his folks.” “Boss, if youse got some ditchin' or ■vood cuttin, leninie do it. Ah aint so spry as the young folks, hut All’ll ret it done. That’s ail Ah'ni askin.; les sumpin to keep goiti’ on." And now one of the most heroic j legro characters the two Carolinas j las ever known may spend his last ’ew days in the “poor house," even ihougli he has behind him a record >f service unequalled. Perhaps he’ll »t his odd jobs, perhaps not. That’s life. He gave his to others Marriages This Year To Exceed Last Year Mark Total marriages in Cleveland county from June 1925, to Jun ■ 1 920>. will exceed the total marri ages in the county from Decem ber 1924 to December 1925, ami will also exceed the mar'dages in the matrimonial year from De cember 1923, to December, 1921. That is the opinion of Register of Deed it. I.ee Weathers, ami so far the number of license issued bears out the prediction. Up until June last year the marring.' year was considered from December 1 to December 1, but at that time it was chanced from June 1. to June 1, Lecense was issued for the marriage of 198 couplt s front December, 1924, to December 1, 1 925, and license was issued for 203 couples front De cember 1, 1923, until December 1, 192,4- Front June 1. 1925, to De cember 1, 1925. license had til read.'' been issued for the marri age of 39 couples. License was is sued for 31 more couples in De cember. malting the total to dut > 130. With five months to go at an average of 15 couple- applying each month for license the year from June 1, 1925, to June 1, 192<> will likely total 205 or more marriages, which w ill he a new record. The average number of couples married each week during the last year reconled was 1C with 20 in one month being tne highest monthly record. I he the year is supposed to do like North Carolina leads the entin nation in the manufacture of tobac co and Winston-Salem “stands at the head in the manufacturing *n this branch of the industry in the State. •This information is contained in an article by Prof. Wajter J. Mathcrly. in the current number of Commerce and Industry, one of the numerous publication issued by the University of North Carolina, Chapel llill. North Carolina, just two years ago, consumed about one-fourth of the total amount of materials utilized in the tobacco manufacture in the United States, produced about one fourth of the output of chewing and smokin'? tobacco and turned out more than one-third of the total volume of cigarettes, the article points out. According to the census of man ufacturers there were 20 tobacco manufacturing establishment in North Carolina in 1928, employing 13, 956. wage earners, paying wages to the value of $10,812,000 and ctea ting products amounting to $295,-, 780,000 If one compares these figures with preceding census yea,-s we find abundant evidence of remarkable growth. From 1899 to 1919, the number of "wage earners increased 110 percent the amount of capital invested more than 1,700 per cent, the value of pro ducts almost 1,800 per cent and the value added by manufacture more than 1,000 per cent. From 1919 to 1920 growth has continued almost u.n c hecked even in spite of the business depression following the world war. According to the 04th report of the department of labor and printing of North Carolina, 17 plants in 1921 reported the value of manufactured products at $251,555,000, the value of plants at $550,198,000, the number of persons employed at 17.174 and the yearly payroll at $14,172,000. North Carolina assumed leader ship in the tobacco industry during the period between 1911 and 1919. “For many years North Carolina has led all tin; other States in the payment of tobacco taxes to the fed eral government,” the article con tinues. “According to the annual re port of the United States commis sioner of internal revenue North' Carolina, for the fiscal year ending. June 30, 1921, paid $79,573,000 her nearest competitor being New York with $45,370,000. Out of the total to bacco taxes paid in the United States as a whole, she contributed more than one-third.” In 1922 North Carolina paid $93, 189,000, again more than one-third of total collected and more than ‘ twice as much as New York, the only j State anywhere near her. In 1924 she donated $136,992,000 far more than one-third of the total and more than three times as much as New York, and contributed the enormous, sum, for the fiscal year ending June j 30, 1925, breaking all previous re cords, of *147„221.000. “The chief tobacco product of North Carolina is cigarettes. Fori the calendar year 1923 the United i States manufactured 66.700,000 000 cigarettes. Of this number North Cnroj lna produced 36,989,000,000 or more 1 than one-half. Her nearest compcti- i tor was New York with 11,772,000-| oob .■ ] CRIPPLED TOTS TO RETURN HO ME SOON j I.it tic Thanks)?!' inj; Vrcdini Children Recover. Mi-* MeNichuh* Ito turninu Other Ncivs n Sick. Little .1 T. Blntvion mi l I tilf Mi.-s Bi tty ( 'mik. tin1 two y ”.,ng cHU lrt n j severely injured <>n Thniik'giving day i end the following day. will be nWe to i leave the public, hospital here in n j few days after remaining there for week . according t > a re port from i the ho pital today. The two tots, forced to lie abed dur j ing the holidays, added a closer tie of friendship between the citizens of i Shelby and Ifospita.l patient*. Both [received very lud breaks of 'hit | legs in similar at eidents and it. was 1 thought-'that all H e money that would | tr unlly go for tmir Christ nm.-t toys ; would this time p for their hospital 1 ill the citizens of Shelbv and :■ ever:;l !' rgttninations saw to it th»< the erip ided totv were i*ot fiego'ten hy Sne, ta. Their gifts were many from the people ef Shi do- a id (hi itstrh ill no the spirit of giving to there phyei i. By disabled during the holiday sea not spread and to ok in many oteei pi tients in t,hi* hbmital. Mis.- F II, MeNu .ols, Huperiht.cn dent of the Shelliy tiospitai, is expect* id to return the l et of the Week front Bhiliolelnhin. where she is visiting 1 home folks and attended the wedding, of her nephew, Mr. rthiir C. Craig. Other .Patient* Becover. Mrs. C, A. Borders recently enter ed the hospital for treatment. Mr Pink MfMurry’s condition is very much improved anti it is thought ■lie will he able To leave the hospital si on. Mrs. Louis Gardner and son are de ity nicely and will he aide to leave ti e hi spital at an early date. Mrs. C. B. Horton, of Grover, who was operated on last week is doing fairly well. Misses Scofield Cook, Hattie Mae Smith and Vernon Green were nil i.ble to leave the hospital last wee* [following operations two weeks ago. Mr. G. T. Wright was operated on \ n few days ago for appendicitis and j is doing fairly well. OHit* Boss, colored, of Patterson Springs, entered the hospital Inst week fur treatment. County Boards In Monthly Session The board of county commissioners and the county board of education are holding their regular monthly meeting in the court house today. ’ The commissioners did hot get well Into their work until afternoon and litt le of importance had been transit r • j id early in the afternoon. However a special school tax election was or dered fur the Ellis district N’o. Hi in No. .‘5 township with the view of con solidating with Patterson Springs. I>. A. Blanton was appointed registrar and Rollins Gamp and Tint Allen were appointed judges. Boxer Marries1 I-W '-. - - Toting StrlbUnj, rrbooHjdy I, vpr of Georgia, and Mlse c: ;,r kt,-tdni:» r»lnncy, Ma^on. Gn., were r.ia;ricU on the pugilUt'a Slit birthday. „ • Heavy Court Docket Before Recorder A heavy docket faced Recorder John P. Mull and Solicitor Charles A Burrus in the county court Monday morning. the docket for the most part being: made up of holiday cases cen tering around booze. Quite a number cf charges preferred were for driving while intoxicated. Court had been in progress nil day and was still in session at mid-after noon Monday. Cops and Firemen Enjoy a Banquet Paid members of the Shelby po lice and fire departments' together with.a few special guests enjoyed an elaborate banquet last Thursday evening at the Hilliard Te i Room. The banquet was informal and was no speech ir.akin<r other than the jovial good fellowship talk of the banquet hour. Cleveland Star Will Continue To Publish Every Other Day—50c Added to Subscription The management of The Cleveland Star has definitely decided to main | tain the every-other-day publication ' through the coming year and into the years to conie, with the idea and pur i pose to advance to a daily as soon [ as rapidly growing Shelby and Clove | land county will justify a daily pub lication. We have been pleased with the encouragement that lias been given us since changing to an every other-day publication. Many of >ur friends have been kind enough to say that the standard and variety of news lias been well maintained. Such words of appreciation of our tireless efforts to serve the county and people ni a manner becoming a newspaper, will serve to stir us on to greater endeavors. In order to maintain this every other day publication, it has n.cii found necessary, therefore, to make a slight advance in the subscription rate ami on and after Tuesday Jan uary 4th. the rate will be as follows: $2.50 per year by mail. S.'l.O® b> carrier in Shelby. In adding the Wednesday or mid week issue, our subscribers receive 155 different issues in twelve months so the advanced rate is only a little above a cent and a half a copy, de livered in your mail box or residence. It is therefore less than the postage on a first class letter. Then figur ing another wav, the extra issue each week for 52 weeks gives our readers 52 more copies a year at a advance o fonlv 50 cents per year on the subscription price or less than one cent )>er copy. By close manage ment, we therefore contend that The Star gives more issues for the money than any other weekly, semi-weekly or thrice a week newspaper in North ; Carolina. Subscription l.ist Climbing Since starting the every other pub ic at ton v little i -• ,n, nt!$ the response on the part* of pur pa trons has been generous indeed. Three hundred and fifty new subscribers have been added and now The Star's circulation is larger than it h:is been since the paper was established nearly a third of a century ago. Of course some subscribers have drop ped by the way-side for one cause or another hut the (Treat majority of them have expressed their desire to have the news fresher in an every other-day-publication and are per fectly wilting to pay the small diff erence In cost. It is the aim of The Star to start a daily paper as soon as the field will warrant a paper that is a credit to this splendid community. It 'would he folly to offer a make-shift daily just for the "big of it". Our equip ment is sufficient for a daily publi cation now and when the time is ripe, Shelby will have a dailv that is in keeping with the town. When such a daily is started. The Star will also issue a weekly publication to meet the needs of those who tire satisfied with the news once a week and can not afford to pay for a publication is sued more often. We thank our thousand of friends and natrons throughout the nation for their generous support in the past and their words of appreciation and encouragement. The Star circu lates in most every state in the na tion. and several foreign countries, hut bo per cent of our circulation is right here in.Cleveland county, muny of them being homes where The Star has shown for thirty odd years. Remember the advance subscrip tion rate takes effect Tuesday. Onlv f>() cents n year more than you have been paying and you get it three times a week instead of tiwee a iVcfk. l*Kh. B. W FATHERS, Rr, ?. Resources of Three Shelby Banka Now Total Six and n Quarter Million Dollars. Dividends amounting to $21,750 have just hewn pnid by three Shelby banking: institutions—the First Na tional bank, Cleveland Rank and Trust company and Union Trust company and according- to the latest statements made at the close of business Decem ber Hist, the total resource of the three banks amount to $(>,254,9-17 Ranks have not had a ‘brag” year be cause of the severe drought and the enforced curtailments of textile plants which effected business generally, The First National paid its regu lar semi-annual dividend of six per cent on its capital of $250,000 which amounts to $15,000. A similar distri bution was made last July, Other ! earnings of the bank for the part year were placed to Undivided profits! which now amount to $100 000, while i the bank has in reserve for interest I and taxes $59,000. Total resources of i the First National amount to $4000, 000. Annual stockholders meeting w;il be held January 12th. The! Cleveland Hunk and Trust com pany paid an annual dividend of three per cent, amounting to $3,750 on its paid in capital of $125,000. Out o£ earnings, $3,500 was placed to surplus and $3,179.39 was placed to undlvid : ed profits. Total resources of the Cleveland bank as of December 4tlst amounted to $740,947. The annual ! toekholders meeting will be held in the director's room on January 12th. The Union Trust company paid a semi-annual dividend of three per cent on its capital of $100,000 amount ing to $3,000. Another distribution of three per cent was made last July. Surplus of the Union Trust which , maintains branches at Lattimore. Lawndale and Fallston was increased from $10,000 to $50,000. Total re sources of this institution, according to bank statement just issued reach $914,000. Stockholders meeting will be held January 19th. j “Human Spider” Not Killed According To Reports Here i A report was circulated over Shel j by Sunday and early Monday morn ing that Henry Roland, the so-called “Human spider,*’ who performed on a building here last Wednesday even ing, had been killed in a fall at I/n coln Saturday while scaling a build ing there. Some of'those passing along the report had it that Rolar.d, v ho failed to thoroughly thrill a thrill-seeking crowd here, was badiy hurt, while others passed it along that he was killed. The Star for once kills news, as it was learned definitely Monday by this paper that Roland was not killed at Lincolnton. lie did not fall and wa3 not even hurt, according to the pro prietor of the North State hotel, there in conversation with a Star reporter. Instead, said the Lincolnton host dry keeper, Roland was very much ;Uive the last time he saw him, ‘live enough to get away wKhout filling a contract with me," the hotel man said Roland, it is said, in climbing the ho le! building both Friday evening and Saturday afternon removed the screens from the windows of the three floors, agreeing to place them back and at the end of the climb mounted his cur in a hurry and departed for, Newton, the hotel man stated. A telephone call from Lincolnton lo Newton by the hotel proprietoryseek ing the fulfillment of the alleged can tract disclosed the fact that Roland told the chief of police there that ho was leaving the state. Apparently, then, Roland at last ac count was still alive, or at least did not meet death at Lincolnton. Very good crowds it is reported witnessed Loth feats of Roland there. All of which is good press-agenting lor the dare-devil—that is if he re turns to Lincolnton and Shebly, Some doubt it. Lexington Firemen Killed In Crash .Lexington, Jan. 2.—Funeral ser vices for the three Uxiugtpn fire man, killed here New Year’s eve, were held yesterday, followed by in terment in local cemeteries. The funeral of Daniel C. Cope, and his son, Edward, was from the first Methodist church at 1 P. M„ follow ed by the funeral of J. Howard Mich sel at Reed's Baptist church, five miles west of here, at 2:30 o’clock. Six firemen from each the High 1 oint and Thomasville fire depart ments will serve with the same num ber from the local department as pallbearers. - V The condition of Henry C. Gibson and Henry Yarbrough. two other fire ******* so» iously Injured in the acci.ient that claimed the three lives wm re* ported unchanged* % fe-i
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