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Of Shelby And The State’s
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SHELBY’S POPULATION
1925 Census_8,854
Where Industry Joias With
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VOL. XXXIV, No. 4
SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, JAN. 8, 1926.
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. $2.00 A Y'EAR IN ADVANCE
PREACHER PRINCE
A. C. IRVIN DEAD
\ i tcran of Confederacy Who Preach
ed .">0 Years and Baptised 3,000
Will be Buried Saturday.
At Zion, his home church, Satur
day afternoon at 1 o’clock the mortal
remains of Rev. A. C. Irvin “prince of
country preachers” will bo buried,
'inis saintly apostle with a half cen
tury of faithful and fruitful labor in
the Master’s vineyard, died Friday
morning at 3:30 o’clock in the Shelby
hospital of an intestinal trouble. A
week before he was taken sick, he was
on the streets shaking hands with
friends and in homes visiting the
sick, distressed and discouraged, mis
sions of ministry which he performed
with great joy. Gas crowded his he..i t
and caused it to cease to beat. The
end was peaceful and without pain
and he was conscious that the end was
rear, singing favorite old hymns at a
midnight hour when he realized he
would not live to see the dawn of an
other day.
Veteran of Civil War.
"Uncle Abe” as he was affection
ately known was one of those pioneer
ministers who help establish the Bap
tist church in this section and bis
n me goes down in history along v. ith
those saintly apostles: Dobbins, Sut
lle, Webb, Dixon and others. When
the war between the states came on,
he was a layman and went to the
front, serving valiantly in Company
56th regiment, Ransom’s brigade.
After the war was over he came home
to help rebuild the South but be was
more interested in building up the
kingdom of God so after hard study,
praying at the plough, he prepared!
himself for a career of service. lie;
set about on a half century of imrn
lery and there is not a Baptist church j
in Cleveland county in which his voice ;
has not been lifted in praise of Him
and in appeals to the unsaved: .Vo i
selfish motives were ever harbored mi.
l i.s bosom. Never once did he have i is
heart set on earthly riches but he
strove with all the power of his bo- :
ing to “lay up treasures in Heaven.”,
In ell of his half century as a minis
ter1 he never received more than 3250
annually from any one church as
pastor. Some of his charges only paid |
$10 a year. By holding several pa*-,
torates he never received more than '
$1,000 a year yet, in his own opinion
”t was amply provided for and rich- i
ly rewarded in knowing that I had
done the Master’s will.” For many
years he was moderator of the Kings
Mountain Baptist association which
I <“ lived to see grow from a handful
ot churches, to an association of thir
ty-odd with a total membership of 10,-)
""0. In 1914 he retired from the min-j
■ try, but lie had lived to baptise 3,-j
000 souls and convert many others!
ny his strong Gospel preaching. Mej
did not know how many funeral? he!
preached and how many wedding!
ceremonies he performed, but his \
1‘ ng and useful ministry took him in
homes of sadness and homes of glad-,
l ess and he always carried with him |
the spirit of an Apostle.
Mr. Irvin was. commander of thg.
Confederate Post in Cleveland coun
1V for many years. One by one he saw
his comrades drop*?^ the wayside and I
it always brought sadness to his'
I tart for he loved them with the ten-I
.oerest devotion. The snows of many!
winters covered his noble head yet
up until a week ago he enjoyed ex- j
(optionally good health l'or a man
who would have celebrated his 8drd j
birthday in February. In May 1012-1 i
he retired from the active pastorate]
' ut his home calls did not cease. Just j
the other day he went and bowed over:
the sick bed of his friend Anderson,
•'‘'dan, a comrade of the sixties, and |
while they discussed the nearness of
the journey's end, their hands were
(la sped in fellowship and sympathy.
To Bury at Zion.
Mr. Irvin was first married to
Harriett Weathers, daughter of A. G.
H eathers of the Zion community. To
1 UI'ion two daughters survive, Mrs
whiv Washburn, of Shelby; and Mrs.
H, Wood, of Boiling Springs. His
second marriage was to Miss Mari ah
•b'ne Cornwell and to this union
three sons and one daughter were
l orn: Jim and Pink Irvin of the Zion
community asd John Irvin auperinten
nt of schools at Kings Mountain.
"e daughter May, died a number of
•Pars ago. About ten years ago h:s
" 'fp died and wras buried at Zion
"here his remains will be interred
Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock, 'his
‘ peacher boys” Rev. D. G. Wash
urn and Rev. Zeno Wall having
charge of the services. A number of j
1 reachers are now in the ministry be
cause of his influence and he loved
‘ nd spoke of them as his “preacher
boys”. A number of other “preacher
boys” will probably take part in the
service. Mr. Irv.m was a Mason, oik
because of the snow and sleet, Ma
(sonu. ceremony will K Joteguge
Descendant Of Isaac Shelby
Makes Visit To Cleveland
A descendant of the man for whom
Shelby, the county y.< at of Cleveland
was named, made a visit Tuesday to
this county and rode out to '.he Kings
Mountain battleground where his
famous ancestor fought in the bat
tle that was the turning point of the
lit volution.
Tie- visitor to K ngs Mountain
Tuesday was Mr. Cas> Knight Shel
by, great grandson of Cot lane
Shelby, one of sturdy frontiersmen
who kil his men against Ferguson's
redcoats entrench .1 on top of the
mountain. To Shelby a.- the county
seat of the county and to King^
Mountain the visit was of import
ance. The town of Kings Mountain
takes i s name from the battle ground
wh.le Shelby is named for the great
grandfather of the visitor and 1 he
county, Cleveland, is named for 'he
leader of the American troops in.the
engagement. Col. Benjamin Cleve
land,
After stopping in Kings Mountain
Mr. Shelby made a visit to the bat
tlefield in company with Editor Page
of the Kings Mountain Herald. The
visitor is a high official of the Penn
sylvania railroad stationed at Al
toona, Pa., and made the long pilgrim
age to the county, which 'bis noble
ancestor rendered immortal in the
fight for American i.berty, to see
the shrine of the first break tor
jthat liberty. While there Mr. Shelby
| gathered considerable da*a. made
j several photographs and asked many
1 questions about the historic old
mountain top where Cornwall!men
| first felt the power of the squm-ei
j hunting soldiers of Shelby and Clove
| land. The visitor is the sun of Wib
: liam Reid Shelby, who was the son of
John Warren Shelby, who was the
, son of Evan Shelby, who was ih ; o>.
i of Col. Isaac Shelby.
After the battle of Kings Moun
tain, according to the narration of
the visit in the Kings Mountain
Herald. Colonel Shelby moved to K -ti
[ tucky and became the first gpvprnoi
| of that state. He was a large plan
ter as were his sons until William
Reid, father of Tuesday’s visitor,
who entered the railroad game and
recently retired as vice-president of
a big system. William Reid Shelby
is now touring Europe and his sen
will make an attempt to have him
visit Kings Mountain on his return.
The visitor Tuesday comes of Revo
lutionary stock not only on one side
of the family, but on both. His ma
ternal great grandfather v.as Jona
than Cass of Bunker Hill fame. Mr
Shelby stated that h's father, having
it handed down from Col. Shelby,
always contended that the battle v.a
fought in North Carolina.
Snow, the falling whiteness of
temperamental weather, covers
Shelby today for the lirst time
this season and in a greater
quantity than in two years.
The first snowfall began some
time about 8 o'clock Thursday
right -and caught the town and
county unawares. Weather proph
ets had been predicting snow un
til the;,' believed not their own
predictions and although ' the
weather was suitable late in the
evening the snow slipped up on
many. Snow and sleet fell inter
mittently daring i/.e r.rgiit, stop
ping and starting again, and was
falling early Friday morning.
Later it changed to sleet, got
warmer, melted some and start
ed snowing and sleeting again.
The mercury from about 'i'.'■><)
Thursday evening started hover
ing around the freezing point and
still dangled, near that point Fri
day morning. Reports from some
thermometers had the cold sever
al degrees below freezing, but
Kheltoft’s. the city's standard au
thority, held around ,'il and 32
above. Although the freezing
snow and sleet gave the appear
ance of dire cold the weather did
not. approach that of the recent
cold snap that caused consider
able damage in the section.
Shelby accepted the falling
snow Friday night with a note of
hilarity. Boys arid girls grown
up are boys and girls again
when the flakes begin to fall—
and it has been many months
since Shelby has had a snow that
hold for any number of hours.
The pent-up longing the major
ity of folks have for the falling
whiteness added to the joy with
which it was received. The added
sleet and freezing temperature
held down the almost inevitable
“snowballing” that usually fol
lows.
The court square with its
stately trees bare now of foliage
presented a beautiful appearance
early in the morning with snow
covering the park lawn, half of
the trees and the big court struc
ture in the center.
EIGHT YEAR OLD CHILI)
IS BURIED AT UNION
Forest James Melton, eight year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Melton
died January 4th and was buried
Sunday following at Union. Funeral
was conducted by Rev. D. G. Wash
burn and the interment was in the
cemetery at Union Baptist church.
The little fellow was a jewell in the
home and will he greatly missed.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Melton ex
tend their sympathy in this hour of
bereavement. One brother and two
sisters survive.
Lutheran Church of the Ascension.
Rev. N. D. Yount, pastor.
Sunday school promptly nr 10
o'clock. Morning worship II o’clock;
subicct. “A Great Lesson Taught by
a Boy.”
Evening worship, 7:30, subject:
‘The Christian’s Daily Portion”. We
are always glad to see new faces; but
ive want the pleasure of giving you
■. regular welcome in all our services.
Don’t toi'get the place, trie S>cuu< Le
l u/tsiU .choui Liuildia. __
Judge Bynum Died
Of Heart Failure
At Guilford Home
Greensboro, Jan. 7.—Judge William
\ Preston Bynum, of this city, brilliant
I lawyer, died at his home here to
night at 6:25 o'clock. Heart failure
was the cause of his death. He had
been in ill health for about a month
jand critically ill for a few days. He
was G4 years of age.
Funeral services will be held in St,
Andrews Episcopal church here Sat
urday afternoon at 5 o'clock, to be
conducted by Rev. Joseph Blount
j Cheshire, bishop of the Episcopal di- -
icese of North Carolina, assisted by
| Rev. C. E, Buxton, rector of St. A n
drews. Interment will be in Green Hill
cemetery here.
William Preston Bynum was born
'in McDowell county, August 1. 1861.
|the son of Banjamin F. and Charity
■ Morrison Bynum. He was of English
land Welsh blood„ his ancestors having
koine to America in 1620 from Eng
|lend. The first of the family in this
■country, his great-grandfather, Gray
! Bynum, settled in what was then'
Rowan, later Surry, now Stokes cosu
lly, .just below the present site of Gor
manton.
He was related to the Martins, of
Stokes county, the Hamptons,' the
Prestons, a line of statesmen, lawyers
generals arid ministers. Col. John Mar
tin of Stokes county, his great-grand
father on his mother’s side, was a
whig of pronounced type, soldier and
patriot, and the John Marshall type
of political thought became tradition
al in the Bynum family, with'its gift
of constitutional thinking.
Elizabethan Players
Coming To Shelby
Pierre Pelletier and his Elizabethan
Players in Shakespeare’s master plays
will appear in Shelby at the Central
school auditorium Friday night, Jan
uary 15.
The plays will include ‘ The Mer
chant of Venice,” “Macbeth,” and
“The Taming of the Shrew.” It is
expected to be one of the- be t per
formances offered in Shelby in some
time.
T'J r w > r-'*> o 4-r ,
1
ral«l. 4'- Nyo,' a Nor i h
< JOC-tlUh V.:i • '
« <1 b'l sj-nator liV <’ )\.-i
to >'u • < i the lat»‘ lv*u . V
« Ia-‘ a ; • * \}’a c t>.) i!i .n.;
v.i»< !!>• 1 <;i not the ,.;-i*v.'.,Ui»u.t iS
Koui.
Search Fails
To Find Man
Car >if Hpindale. .Man, Believed t;» Be
in Florida, Found in Cluu
lotto Garage.
The mystery surrounding the dis
appearance of Grady 1. Gilbert front
his tffice at Spindak- two day:; before
the sudden death of his wife, Mrs.
I.ouise Gilbert at Aidhwilk. Monday,
deepened '1 hui: bay v • continuing'
efforts to locate him failed to disclose
an; formation «>f value, it \va i
ported from Charlotte Thursday.
Gilbert's automobile, in which he
rode alone to Charlotte, was located
at the Auto Inn, on South Poj lar
street, whore it Was left Saturday at
noon.
The 'missing man who was pay
master of the Spinners Proves; ing Co.
of Spind'ale. has gone to Florida, ac
cording to the belief expressed in.'tel
egrams received from his father. In
quiry has ben ingde by the father
siisi others of Grady Gilbert's friends
it: that state none, of whom were
able to give any information regard
ing bis whereabouts.
Investigation failed to confirm re
ports that Gilbert was accompanied
by anyone when he left his car at the
Auto Inn at Charlotte, . requesting
that it bo washed immediately.
Mrs. Will Blanton
Dies In S. Shelby
Was Active Methodist Church Work
arid Former Member of the
Board of Stewards.
Mrs. Will Blanton died Thursday
afternoon about 4:.‘10 o’clock at her
home in South Shelby following a pro
tract r>d illness from heart trouble and
cither complications. For the past
three weeks she had been confined
to her bed but it was not thought tin t
the end was near, when suddenly she
called for help and expired ‘before
friends could administer unto her.
airs. Blanton was 40 yt-Ars of age
end born and reared in Chester. S. C.
She was one of the most energetic
workers in LaFayette Street Metho
dist church and served for awhile on
the board of stewards.
Her remains were buried in Sunset
cemetery Friday afternoon, the fu
neral being conducted from the
church at 3 o’clock by her pastor. Rev
A. S. Paper. Her husband is a mender
ot the firm of Blanton and Blanton,
electricians who have a store on West.
Marion street. He survives with 1 r
four sister and one brother, living .n
South Carolina.
Shelby Orchestra To Broadcast
Concert Friday Night At Charlotte
Shelby’s crack dance orchestra, the
Carolina Syncopators, already well 1
known to the younger social world of
Western Carolina, will make their
initial bow tonight. Friday, to an au-l
dience of untold numbers. The Syneo-!
Tutors, Shelby’s own producers of
jar.", and more sedate melody, will
broadcast from 11 to 1 o’clock Fri
day night over station WBT at Char
lotte.
Headsets will be adjusted in a half
Ur,ren or more Western Carolina
towns and cities tonight as radio fans
listen-in on an orchestra they know
and have long wanted to go on the air. I
In Shelby practically every radio set
will be tuned in on 'WBT. Usually toj
Shelby the radio waves bring in some
thing that cannot be had at home, but
Shelby is right proud of the towns'
own syncopators, who could liven up a
dance number at a mummy ceremony !
The syncopators are all home folks—|
talented on one musical instrument or;
another and gathered together lor.g i
enough to sell ■< harmony that is teal1
tonic- to sliding feet.
The Syncopators have played dance]
end dinner engagements all over the;
section and are in demand for the
hill country's greatest frolics, but to-.j
night for the first time theyTl put on
a real radio program. It will be an!
experiment, an interesting one. to j
them, and it is something of a tryout
with the Charlotte broadcasting sta-j
lion. The program will be put on by
the Charlotte chamber of commerce
in testing out the range of the ststftfcnj
since the addition of tubes in an ef\j
fort to carry programsfrom coast t i]
coast. The program has been well ad
vertised and hundreds of Tar HpeC ]
living in other states will listen, in
on Carolina mountain melody.
The Carolina Syneopators persom. 1
follows: Herbert Whisnant, banji;]
Mrs. J. S. Willard, piano; J. S. Wil
lard. drums; Louis Cathey, baritone:
saxaphone; W. S. Buchanan, ait.>
fexaphone; W. T. Sinclair. saxe-j
phone: Prof. Staccato U ,i liiism., ;
violinist and 'eade>
Unusual Young Pastor For
Baptist Church In County
One of t'.e oldest !> .p: i ■, . i u /.e
this se ,am, servm • a,' a t... •: of
j woi'ship for HU your: i > • 1 ■ ) y-<j V
i cl Olevt Ian 1 county ami ; i .> . f
i Cherokee c.runty. .South, fan n. . t .• ■ <i
* niodt l a method of . ivm o
(tor sir.it si pi- siehrr to fill the exue'i \
qrolit’e.; !.a- been.■ i'ofttMt r iT1 t i.s ■
fount y.
I The church r ('i r :,r
II he state lino ami. the mcor'ii.e
j pastor is Rev. ( . M. IloJli. i urn
I 11 : :.ll : t Uijr-rt .It th ;• V ill- fail V.'ti
* Rolling Springs IRi'h who. 1, thi.
i' runty.
Wl.at i'hij Ask.tl.
! The church recently at. ei, ■ .i ; t
a pastor as follow “who i in [i sy1
the whole <;■■ groirat I > t«
liian v h r tries t-> j i si . - '.re; a a: n
.that tV-ars the la-rd at ti e.-, ar.il
ne that v. ill feaeh his h< :u'i i-s i
Curve the same gc« '** ivi; ; a tit an , to.
I will stand ! ehitul the sacred iesk to
! ridicule, hanas. or I :..ba. ■! his flock
i without resortingt i : uclr !<• tics el. e
•vhere,"
Rollins, a mini, let i. i -: uhe t In t> e
senior- class at Boiling Spring . v, id
a. urne the piisfoiTte the third. Sun*
day in this month, Ja listiy 17.
K. J. Hailey, of Gaffney, .chairman
( f the pulpit coinniittee that recom
mended Mr. Rollins, said a trial ser
mon preached by the mini.-:. rial stu*
*<<•■ n: It.:. ■ w. »•;. ■: t t' require-!
• *'V th- i .i.gs ga'an. according.
1.. ;i <it.t.i' i• .. ; \h. Mr. I».iiloy said
i- i-i t , ,i. '■ : Jwle-ve Mr. II it
It it I. * ''o\ • ■ .i'i - far! .•) y > hepherd !
>.f fhe thick’.
l i-.l i t’..e pablh .ifion in a
’ ■ •• > '. tin- I. •leer. December i
1 Vt so a n i .nvement. t • the ft'-]
f< th it- I jiti; - < re I; d.'sivt .1 a pas
tor. w* i-.urld- till .’it .jseeificatt*r.a |
tif'i it. . It isle;. .-.aid . i vend ap-j
1 i ' ,.ei > et t'.ivfil. Sonic eapie :
f.a i.i . c V v.t I.• .distance' away.
Mr '' I ■ '.I among the itum
l>i b i aft ward.-, he was
■h1'■ i • i-i ;• in.’i .I a id a cmitniitln*
i 1: ■ i.' ••• it \ jt-ifed Ism t;‘ Hail
i.B : ' i' v, I re arrangements
■ i ■ ad.- fee (lie tie!;,'cry nf the
t i l’ * 1 M \ kujlin:, is ‘-aid t-> be.
i * !'h< ■ 1 - - a v, • il a:. a ]
.‘ ittiie . ;'the H .wine Spruit's High:
>• . . I
( : . (V id. is .i .( . . the nhlcst.
and i. . h' liv.f; church it. j
!,. . that of tile (.' titt.'. The lOf.'h
hniiivi i ary of she founding 'was oh- ]
i '. .’il I’l.d ■ • years ago. The1
mend's rsaip of. the church is in the1
s.eifjhhiifh!' el of It Of) persons, who re
suie principally ii Cherokee anil C;ov-J
(land counties A mod. 1 Sunday
sclv-ol department containing ten
large class rotor ■ was recently added.
C. Vance Henkel,
Brother Of Mrs.
S. E. Hoey Dead
Mrs. B. K. Hoey was notified early
Friday morning of the death of tier
brother, Vance Henkel, of State
\illo. death occurring during the nig d
Mr. Henkel has often visited in Sl.cl
Ly and was known to quite - a number
of Shelby people.
He was one of the most promin
ent men of Statesville and builder of
the large Vance hotel there, which
is named . for him. Mr. Henkel had
been in bad health for sometime, but
1 is sudden passing was a surprise.
The pioneer developer of Blowing
Rock. Mr; Honk'd had taken part in
many activities which had made him
< ne of the best known men of the
slate He was also vice president of
the Henkel-Craig company in States
ville.
Mr. Henkel had returned only
Thursday from Charlotte, where In.
visited relatives there.
He is survived by his wife and four
children, Mrs. Robert Hpeurniar, of
Knoxville. Term.; Misses Virginia and
Dorothy Henkyl and C. Vance Henkel,
jr., all of Statesville.
Big Sales Drawing
Record Crowds Here
Merchants Report Best After Holiday
Trade in History—New Sales Are
Announced
Merdtsi ts are more than pleas ed.
■with business since January 1st. 1 su
ally there is a lull after holiday
siiree of. buying, but enterprising mer
chants have offered such bargains
in their January clearance sale- tha’
record crowds have been attracted
here.
In order to start their twenty-ninth,
■•i.ir ki business with in entirely
new stock, the T. W. H ■mre.-k Com
pany begins Tuesday morning a five
day sale with astonishingly low
prices on every item of merchandise-’
A double page advertisement, today
gives attractive prices. The A’orr:
son Jewelry store winds up a su-cess
ful sale of jewelry where reductit ns
were made from 25 to 40 per cent to
satisfy the creditors. John S. Me
Ki;igiit is trustee and George Alex
ander manager of this store since the.
receivership.
Then the general stores ha e of
fered wonderful bargains. \V. 1 . 1 mi
ning Co. has had one (if its most suc
cessful' sales and the crowds have
been more than pleased with the bar
gains. This sale was a cash converter
and it. proved that in every ,si use of
the word, with the store still fuil e'
bargain shoppers.
Wray-Hudson. Ef.rtls. Gilmer ■< and ,
McNeeiy’e, Nix and l.attimore report
gratifying sales, although earn
store made the “supreme sacrifice”
in profits. These sales are in the last
days, most of them closing on Sat-1
unlay of this week when it is ex- :
peeted that crowds will equal those;
that attended on the first day.
Bianton-Wright Clothing Co. which
recently bought the Evans McBrayer
stock of men’s clothes ami furnish
ings, began a clearance sale Tours-;
day on men’s wearing mmarel. offer 1
ing such prices that will reduce th
stoi k before inventory is taken.
Buyers have never before had such
an opportunity to save money o.i pur
chases as they have imcntly had m
still have in many lines. As the sales
dose, the merchants began tnk’nis
inventory then u won't be long bvtore
Spring merchau li- if! <• be.
k -,i! .ma' kcl, 1
The ranks of the “thin gray
li,,e" are growing thinner. Ere
lorig the pride soldiers of the
Southland will have joined their
ini mortal leaders'. Lee and Jack
son.
Over in the office of Clerk of
Court George P. Webb, six pen
sion cheeks, Carolina's reward for
Civil war veterans, are uncalled j
f r—that is by those to whom
they were made. Eight in one
year, only 72 more to go and ,
death taking n bigger swath ev- j
ery year.
This Christmas Mr. Webb re
ceived T9(> checks, SO for veterans .
and lie for widows of the old
wanders. Investigation revealed
that eight of those for whom the i
(hecks were for had died in the J !
half year since the last checks \
were received. Death called about
an ejual number from the veter- i
ans and the widows of veterans. 1
The eight checks were mailed
(sack to Raleigh for instruction
and have been returned to be
turned over to he nearest rela
tive, Hereafter they will be writ
ten no more.
Nine other checks so far are
uncalled for. Some of these may ;
he dead, but are being held by tla
clerk until it. is known definite- |
ly or a call is inade for them. , :
Street Assessments
In Shelby Are Due
- |
B;r« et assessments for street and I
side ' ulk paving’ in-Shelby, arc due;
by the property owners, one intall-i
ment’ on' January loth and another t
February 1st. Bonds issued for these j
improvements are due by the town
on these dates and must be met, so
Mayor Weathers urges all property
owners against whom street assess
ment have been levied, to be prompt
in the:!- payments in order that the
town van meet the bonds when due.
These. assessments' are soon due, to
gether with interest at the same rate
the bonds were sold and if property
owners wish to know what the total j
amount is, such information can be
had at the city hall. A few have not
paid any assessments that were due
one and two years ago, so the inter
est is rapidly accumulating. Most of
the assessments run in ten annual
installment \ Interest on the principal
<_ -m be stopped by paying in full and
thus enable the town to pay off the
bonds.
MILLION DOLLAR ( HECK FOR
KITHERFORD DEVELOPMENT
The Asheville Citizen, Saturday,
carried a photographic reproduction
of the million dollar check given
Chimney Rock Mountains, Inc., with
the following comment:
Photo shows the million dollar
cheek which passed Thursday into
the hands of officials of Chimney
Rock Mountains, Inc., through the
Central Bank and Trust Company, of
this city. The cheek was signed by
Tfumias R. Byrd, president and
James B. Hensley, vice-president, of
the Standard Mortgage company, of
Asheville. The money will be used by
the Chimney KocK. Mountains, Inc.,
for development purposes. The chec..
is said to be one ot Vlw lalceil e\er
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1). Lincbcrgcr is Inaugurated Pre
sident—New System of Dealing
Out the Programs for Year.
•I. 1). Lineberger, young, alert and
popular, was inaugurated president
of the Kiwanis elub Thursday night,
succeeding .1. Clint Newton whose
term of office expired with the new
year and a new svstem of dealing out
each member will he responsible for
the program committee, but he will
the program on a given night. Lee
• !. Weathers was elected chairman of
the programs was adopted whereby
he relieved of drafting some member
to handle the evenings' program
weekly programs, because by the now
method each member drew the date
he is to have charge from a box full
of dated tickets. Kiwanians are sup
posed not to shirk or decline a duty
a.id on the dates drawn the members
will have charge or be responsible.
If he falls down he and he alone is
to blame. Charlie Williams is to have
charge next Thursday night. He can
handle it himself or get a substitute
but he is responsible just as each one
of the other members will he respon
sible.
The retiring president did not re
view the year’s work of the club, but
in an eloquent speech, cited the
sp^ndid fellowship that has been en
gendered, the noble work of charity
that has been done and the commun
ity snirit that has been nutured by
the club. He presented the new pre
sident Mr. Lineberger with the presi
dent’s button, then Odus Mull pre
sented the retiring president Mr.
Newton with the past-president's but
ton. Mr. Lineberger did not promise
to deliver eloquent speeches that
characterize some of the club's mem
bers, but he did promise to throw his
whole heart and soul into the work,
with the appeal for help and co-opera
tion on the part of every member to
do a rear's work that is in keeping
with the club’s motto and purpose.
He Was congratulated upon his noble
beginning and year promises greater
things in the way of accomplish
ments. Short talks were heard from
each of the officers and the year’s
work has started off with promise
of splendid achievement.
Lawndale Ceases To
Carry Passengers
Effective today, the Lawndale rail
road operating between Shelby and
Lawndale, a distance of 11 miles,
■ea ;es to carry passengers. Good roads
and motor vehicles have made such
inroads into the passenger travel that
permission has been granted the
company by the corporation corhnvss
■on to operate only as a freight line.
Mail service was discontinued some
years ago. The Lawndale was built
primarily as a freight road but when
highways were deep in mud and
travel was by horse or mule drawn
vehicles, passengers were carried as
a sort of convenience to the public.
Cant. Johnnie Lattimore will no long
er ‘‘puqch" tickets, for there will be
none. He, therefore, quits his daily *
visits to and from Shelby. For nearly
a quarter of a century he has made
his daily trips hut now he quits the
road and Engineer Buren Wilson does
the checking: of freight. The Lawn
dale, however, continues to operate
as a freight road, serving not only
the Cleveland Mill and Power Co.,
but the people in upper Cleveland.
Mr. Tom Wright Is
Buried At Fallston
Mr. Tom Wright, one of the most
esteemed farmers in the Cabaniss
settlement died at the Shelby Hos
pital Thursday morning at 9 o’clock
following an operation for appendi
citis. Mr. Wright had been getting
along nicely when he had a sudden
turn for the worse and passed away
suddenly. He was 55 years of age and
was a member since early life of
Friendship church at Fallston where
he was buried Friday morning at 11
o’clock, the funeral services being
conducted by Rev. Mr. Morgan. Mr.
Wright is survived by his wife and
?leven children; Mrs. Esper Champion,
Foster. Lem, Lebon, Grady, Hett'te,
Paul, Bonnie, Essie, Louis and Pleas.
He was a good neighbor, a splendid
citizen who will be greatly missed in
his community.
Vote On Recorder’s
Court At Forest City
Citizens of Forest City, Ruther
ford county, will vote Saturday up
on the question of whether or not
they will have a recorder’s court.
Newspapeds there are supporting
the move for such a court and urging
all citizens to vote as failure to do
so will mean opposing vote" it. r*u»
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