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RELIABLE HOME PAPER Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Fanning Section. Modern Job Department, i ■■■■■—■ i t VOL. XXXIV, No. 5 “Covers Cleveland Completely.” *--IF IT’S NEWS, IT’S IN THE STAR *. .. SHELBY’S POPULATION 1925 Census_8,854 Where Industry Joins With Climate In A Call For You, . SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, ANUAIIY 11. 1926Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. ( By mail, per year (in advance)2.50 I By carrier, per year (in advance) ?;.\00 —r-‘ OUTSIDERS BUYING LOU REAL ESTATE Washington Capitalist and Reality Dealer Invests in Cleveland Springs Property. Outside investors are already be coming interested in Cleveland Spr ngs and Siclby red estate even though work has not yet started on the big resort development planned if eveland Springs Park by the Mar shills of Florica. ne of t' e rm-rt outsiders to buy •- Phillip G. AlHe-k, prominent mem ber of a big Washington realty and investment firm. Not content with what he is purchased Mr. Affleck nas edified local realty dealers to keep him in touch with the real estate t:end and inform him of changes and development. Mr. Aft lecit’s first pur chase was the property owned by Sheriff Hugh Logan on Highway 20 in the Cleveland Springs property and near the residen.-e of John Wynn Doggett. Although the purenase price lias not ben made public it is undei Siood that Sheriff (.ogan realized a nice profit on the sale, which was handled through W C. Harris Com pany. Many Sales Recorded In a period of about two weeks sales totalling $67,600 have been re corded at the office of the register ;f deeds. Among the transfers recorded are th following: C, A. Morrison and wife to O. V. 1'ord, two lots on Jefferson st. fee S 1,680. John Honeycutt and wife to John It. Mauney, two lots on Palmer street in Hoey property for $3500. M. E. Knight and wife to B. G. Logan, lot in Kings Mountain $3,000. J. K. Harwell and wife to Joe I.. Jenkins, 10 3-4 acres in No. 2 town ship for $1075. C. B. McBrayer, commissioner, to Lee Jordan tracts in No 7 township for $700. Jno P. Mull trustee lot on Huds .n street to Carr E. Cline, $2350. Allen Glenn and wife to J. L. Suttfe and M. A, Spangler, 7 1-2 acres in No, 3 township for $745. W. P. Anthony and wife to C ui Anthony tract on highway No 20 in No 4 township $455. J. W. Powell and Elza Powell t i C. D. Hicks 41 acres in No 6 tow. - ship for $5000. A. E. Blanton and wife to R. L. Dedmon and wife, tract on Fallston road for $4500. B. L. Dedmon and wife to A. E. Blanton 40 acres in No C being port lion of Sam Whitworth land, $6,500. Sue C. Kendrick, widow to Jdr Willie Kendrick, her dower interest in ; two tracts in Kings Mountain $1000.1 T. F. McCoy and wife to T. F, McCoy jr., lots in Shelby for $10 and other considerations. A. W. Heffner and wife to Shelly Cotton Mills lot in Southwest Shelby for $100. i. II. Lutz and wife to E. F. Mc Kinney 42 1-2 acres in No 6 for $11 281. •I. L. Suttle and M. A. Spangler to •I It. Robinson, lot on Sumter street for $2750. •7. R. Robinson and wife to J. ! . Suttle and M. A. Spangler lot in S. I'ekalb street for $125< Lem Conner and wife to \V R and I! L. Newton, lots on Martin street for $5000. R. E. Lawrence to T. H. Lutz, bouse and l^c on Grover street f r $5450. R. E. Lutz and wife to C. B. Sc.t lle Jr., lot on South side of Jones place, E. Warren street for $2000. W. W. Whisnant and wife Cora Whisnant to J. A. Lail and other:-, farm in No 4 township for $0250. Pearl E. Towery to T. I). White, •'> acres on No Business Creek in No 11 township for $300. Earnest Ellis and wife to ShelPv lical Estate Co. lot on S. , DeKalb street for $10 and other consider - tions. B. T. Falls and wife to Sara Gra ham lot on Graham street for $2,200. Turner Graham and wife to J. L. j Webb, lot on Andrews street in She!-I by for $1200. P. Bessie Lattimore and husband and M. H. Cabaniss, _ widow to I Blanche Cabaniss, 22 acres in No. 7 j township for $2750. •Ino A . Beam and wife to G. C. Beam lot of E. Warren street for $10. and other considerations. Roberts Kendrick to I). A. B ran ten interest in David Branton homeplace for $175. MT. IIOLLY COUPLE STRUCK BY TRAIN Belmont. Jan. 9.—A. H. Barker and his wife of Mt. Holly narrowly escaped death or serious injury here this moroinjr when the car in which they were riding was stuck by the 11 o’clock Southern train as it was pulling into the Main Street Station. The small car in which the aged couple was riding was badly dam aged by the collision, but in some manner the occupants escaped with only a few tcratihe- and bnii-e Coolidge’s Son Visits Parents • * ' J ' i CaalU: e. son of the president, spent the holidays with his mother a- 1 <V!nr at the rapital and is here shown at the steps of the White ligate with hia parents. John is wearing the latest in balloon t rouse*a. 102 Year Old Negro Walks Six Miles To Lincolnton The olue.-i per: oi in Lincoln coun ty. Peter 1! kins, colored, of Crouse vt;., 102 yea: of ape' last Chris t ma:", a visitor in Lincofritdn Wednes day afternoon where he purchased s-.me horehound candy, this -be’rig one of his quarterly visits to the Lin coln Capital, soys a Lincolnton dis pacth. Peter walked tin1 siX'~tniles distance from CrOuse to Lincolnton and start ed on the return home at 4;30, re marking as he departed that, some-au tomobile driver would likely pick him tip on the highway and give him a lift home. He ha; but one tooth left with which to, grind. When asked how old did a man get before he lost, desire for candy. Peter said “you’ll have to ax somebody past 102 years i f ago; I don’t know that yet.” Would Change Nothing “What changes would you desire made if you had your life to live over was asked the old darky. “I would change nothing; things have racked along just as the Almighty directed ti em," said he. Peter who owns his home and an <3 acre plot at Crouse, has lived there 50 year . fie was born in Henry Coun ty, Ya.. and was a slave of Capt. Henry Iloskin. of tliat County, and was a .ervi-.nt of bis Master through out the Civil -war. following which he moved, near Walnut Cove. X. <’ •, where he lived for awhile. He then engaged in rail road building as a nick hand, and as steel drill driver, lie says he worked with the construc tion force, on several railroads back ie the el l days when he. was younecr. und declares he does not yet ftel : id. Railroad- Ke helped build, he re rells the “Air Line road, from Char 1 tte to Atlanta;” the “Seaboard fi.oni Shelby to Rutherfordton;” ’The road form-Greenville, S. C., to Hen icronville." the road from Swanee to Lilcsville. Ga..” and that from “Wal lialla, to Anderson, S. C.,” He re ceived from the railway 31 day in the winter and Si.25 in the summer. Chops Wood Since living at Crouse he has made r.iB- way by chopping wood. He says ie used to cut wood at 3oo a cord and r-ould pile up four cords a day with >ase. lie still chops by the cord, and iavs his price now is $1,25 a cord and .hat he can chop two cords a day. Peter lives alone does his "\vn anise work, but says lie does not get ip mornings as early as he formerly lid. No Bootleggers There are two things Peter has not juken on in his life, he ha.;,never got en under the steering wheel of an lutomobile, and has never used pro ubition days booze; he is afraid of :nth. lie says he does not deny that ie took his dram back in the old days .vith a little sugar in it, bur never ooks on the booze of the present day. \s to riding in the horseless Chariot fetor has no objection if the driver is tnown to be “kerful” and has been iriving a “good bit of a whet.” He says he does not eat meat .but Till eats candy and nuts and that Mr. I 3erge sends him a Christmas sack >ach year. “I guess from the State.” Vter says there is one thing he docs vot quite understand, that is why he] loes not receive .i pension, especially .t. Hi age, ___ Sheriff Logan Gets One Day’s Wear Out Of Suit—It Burns Sheriff Hugh Logan is not a Beau Brumnicl. nor does iia boast ef owning a couple dozen suits of clothes, but he can say, hereaft er, that he wore a new suit or.iy one time. Not that he is such a fastidious dresser, but a small fire in a closet at the jail Sunday night was on respecter of a new suit. The past week the county's high sheriff purchased a new suit. Sunday morning he wore it to church and Sunday night In* hung it in the closet in his room at the jail. About 6:30 Monday morning he awoke to find the room full of smoke. Investigation revealed that there had been a i ire in the closet during the night; further investigation re vealed that the new suit together with other clothing had been burned. Included in the clothes burned was an overcoat belonging to Deputy Austell, two raincoats, Mrs. Logan’s coat and clothes be longing to some of the children. It was rather disagreeable weather Sunday morning to wear a now suit in the slush of the meltirg snow, but now the sher iff i glad that he did wear it. He will not wear it any more and it would have been still worse had he never worn it. Just how the blaze started has not been learned. The damage was confined to the closet, and a trunk and other valuables in one section were not damaged.' The Selma V.'ebb recitation and es say contests will be held Friday night, 1- ebruary 2fi, at the Central school au ditorium here, it was decided at a meeting: of the County High School association held in Shelby Saturday afternoon. The date of the lloey Oratorical contest had already been set for Fri day night, February 5. Any high school may enter two stu dents in the Hoey Oratorical contest for the Clyde It. Hoey medal, while each school shall have first and sec ond choice entrants for the Webb Re citation contest. Both entrants may be used if too many schools do not enter the contest. In the essay con test one school cannot enter more than three contestants. Essays by February IS. The recitations must not exceed 12 minutes of speaking time, it was de termined by the association. The max imum limit for the essays is 1,000 words arid the essays must be submit ted to the judges by February 18 The Hoey and Webb contests have for years been an annual event with the schools of Cleveland county. Al though the date of the contests has been changed more than usual inter est is expected to be shown in the •"inning of the medals. Announces \\ itkdraual of Ils Request For Curtailment of Klcctfic Current. Textile workers and mill officials in Ck-yela'r.tl county rejoiced that the h.m.thi rn T’ower Co., ha a notified i;, j l.i ndroda <f customer, in the Caro l hints, textile mills and other indtts-i tries Usi tig hydro-electric power, that i "effective Monday, January 11. our] request for curtailment is with- ! d-awn." The curtailment in the use of elec tric power ha: been on a basis of only one day each week for the last month i pi so. The curtailment wa first made refect ivc last Augnist t!(> ar.d reunit ed its peak on a basis of two and a half days each week in the fall, made necessary, it was explained bv the. unprecedented drought in West ern Morth Carolina last year. Officials of the . company explained ! that roeent. precipitation is believed j to have been sufficient, t uretiier with \ the operation of the company's steam print. . to make further curtailment ' unnecessary. provided frequent ruins! ontl: ue, but that without furtheri frequent precipitation renewed cur- j tailment might latar he found neces-] s; ry. Not Even A Rope Used In Statesville By “Human Spider” . Shelby folks, who shivered in the cold sometime back to watch the so called “human fly” do a few antics or. the Farmers Hardware building will rend the'following- dispatch f'om State • ville with inter4- t: ‘•Sonic were expecting to see the “human-fly" climb outside wall o.’ the Vance hotel Thursday night, ac cording to. schedule arranged by his advance agent. However, the collec tion was hot sufficient to be enticing -and the climber chd ,jp< t climb. There was ;dl&a{)po:intman4ir«4tui dissatisfac tion on the part ot an me and the lat ter was brought to the attention ef Mayor Bristol, The mayor warned him against offering again ltc-re any such exhibition.” LOCiTE G. L GILBERT IT FITB'S H Charlotte, Jan. 10.—Grady L. Gil bert, of Rutherfordton, paymaster of i.he Spinners’ Poreessing company, of Spindale, who mysteriously disappear t <i last Saturday and whose wife lied in Asheville Tuesday from distress caused by tire disappearance of her husband, is ill and in bed at the home of his father, C. L. Gilbert, at Dar ongton, S. to which place he re turned from Washington, I). C., Fri day. This information was given the ( liar'.otte Observer Saturday night by the elder Mr. Gilbert over long dis tance telephone. The elder Gilbert said his son was in bid asleep and ill and he would not disturb him to talk with the newspaper. He said that the young Gilbert heard in Washington of the death of his wife. What was the reason for the younger man’s disap pearance, could not be learned front the father, he merely stated that be did not know. The same answer he gave to questions as to the young man’s plans for the immediate future. A search over several states lies been made for the young man since his disappearance and request for ili ft filiation as to his whereabouts was broadcasted from a Charlotte radio station. Sherrill Buys S. & W. Cafeteria From Webber It will be interesting to the many friends of Frank Sherrill and Fred Webber in Cleveland county to know that Frank Sherrill has purchased Fred Webber’s interest in the S. and W. chain of cafeterias located in Charlotte, Asheville and Greenville, S. (’. Mr. Webber is the son of Mrs. Ij. G. Webber of Earl, Cleveland county, while Mr. Sherrill is a son of Rev and Mrs. C ,F. Sherrill of Shel ly. Thes hustling young men started in business together about six years ego and have made a remarkable suc cess. Mr. Webber will not be actively engaged for awhile as he and Mr. Sherrill have extensive property' in terests in the two Curolinas. They did cwy a cafeteria in Winston-Salem but this was recently sold to Cart B. and J. C. Webber, brothers of Mr. Fred Webber of Charlotte and sons of Mrs. 1). G. Webber of Earl. All m enterprising young business men whose success ha- been nothing shot t of > 3 Orchestra Spreads Shelby Over Many States By Radio “That .election ns by tho-e Carolina Synenoator.s ,f .hirlhy.” was the often rope d -1 • mfc meat c f the r.nnmi.i. r ;.t < h; r loft ’s broadcasting «tatm i VVI5T last Friday night. Tb ■ . rmuin, n men! was after'each selection an I the program port inn d ' on 11 o’clock until 1 o’clock. It was perhaps S’‘ !i>y'< est advert semer.t by nidi • and toe local orchestra, op • of the crack musical tv mi: tmn of-the state, fed ived numerous mes sages congratulating ,h •Hi. up'-n their selection. In Shelhv the waves wen not right, So iv.r as has been learned r.at a mege Shelby radio fa.i w able to git tune 1 in on Will However, thousands of others mu t ha i for by the end of th.- music ! f roe rum the Chariot :a < hamhe-r of < hiihmi r,s- ref -ivi 1 dozens of messages boosting the pro gram and the S.. na p i‘ ,rs . Che fm.t message re eivtd ran • from far awav Kukot . Indiana, and a result of the program members of toe orchestra, all lo cal talent, received a wired otter from the Southern f’Olleainns. It is announced by the managt - niept of the orchestra that they will g.ve another program on the air soon. Gasiohia, Jan. lie—Four persona are dead as the result of a wreck last right about 8 o’clock when the Cres cent limited, the Southern railway’s crack passenger train, struck an Ov flaiid sedan at Webb's crossing, in Cray’s mill section in West. Cast. >uiu. Robert. Anderson, the driver of the car, arid Robert Dixon were ki’lrd outright; Mrs. Mary Wheeler died while being carried to the city hos i ital in Gastonia, while Miss Zanrie Sutton, the fourth occupant of the machine, wjs taken to the city hos pital, with both limbs broken, a broken hip, a broken arm and nit« about the body. She succumbed to her injuries shortly after midnight. Completely Demolished Car. The automobile was demolished, parts being scattered in all directions and many feet from the crossing. Anderson’s body was found on the pilot of the engine. His death Was caused by a broken neck. The todies <t the other three occupants were found in the road, not far from the track. Al! the bodies were badly mangled. The train stopped in half it length, Gastonia police officials re ported. Slight Curve. Webb’s crossing is the last grade crossing in the city limits of G?.s ti nia. Its anproaeh is a slight curve. Engineer Ki-siah, of the Crescent Limited, told the Gastonia police that the first he knew of the presence of the car was when the engine struck the machine, at which time he sud denly- applied the brakes. There were no eyewitnesses to. the accident. All of the dead persons were em ployed at the Ranlo mills at West Gastonia. Anderson, who was about ;:0 years of age. had a wife and four children. Mrs. Wheeler, who was a widow, is survived by several cb'.! dren. She was about Go years old. Robert Dixon was about .‘15 years eld and single, while Miss Sutton, who died at the hospital was about -16 years of age. Best Closes Store At Kings Mountain John M. Best is now conducting a big close-out sale of his branch fur niture house at Kings Mountain. The store will be closed about February 1 it is understood. However. Mr. Best will continue to use a salesman in the section in connection with his store here. Regining here Wednesday celebra ting the opening of his store in the new Royster building Best will put on a big opening sale for 10 days, through January 23 that period lie invites the entire section to visit his new place of business and take ad vantage of the bargains offered. NEW HOTEL PLANNED FOR HENDERSONVILLE Hendersonville, Jan. 8.- Proposal of C. G. Sayre and .1. K. Summers, Greensboro, Salisbury and Charlotte men, to erect a 10 to 12 story fire proof hotel on the city lot on main street is before the council for con- ; sidcration along with another propo- j sal from other parties. Decision will be reached January 20. The Savre-Summers plan is to | build a 200-room hostelry, along the j lines of the Vanderbilt, the iw t<-j - |T < h i Men Wanted For Aiding County Convict In Escape Caught By Ohio Officers Son of Princess 1 Ueoi'iie ili'iuy Jliilbcrt I.:vse«lF*, Isi Snc.ces Mal .v » t l it .■ him, i- a sre.it favorite of the 1‘iaivc oi Waite au4. f’rincc llenry.j — Shelby Boy Not In Pick To Attend Big Hi-Y Conference Harold McMurdy, of Salisbury, and • Henry Ruark, of Raleigh, were se lected as North Carolina’s represen ; tat.ves to the World Conference of ; the Young Men's Christian Associa tion to be held August l b, at Hel j singfurs, Finland, it was announce ed at State headquarters at Char lotte. Chandler (Iordan of Asheville, i and Carl Moore, of Wilmington were | appointed alternate delegates, j The State association’s personnel | committee, of which Bishop E7 A. , Pen.ck, of Charlotte is chairman, se j lected the delegates on the basis j of school, church and Sunday School ( activities. 5 . M. C. A. works, gener | al character and ability to represent ! the association in the conference, i At the older hoys conference held last fall at Shelby, Salisbury ahd : Goldsboro, eighteen boys were nom inated. From this number, one boy was selected to represent the East ern section of the State and one was , chosen to represent the western sec tion. The expense of each delegate to the conference will be about $500 it was estimated. , Louis Roberts, son of Capt. and! Mrs. J. F. Roberts and a senior in the Shelby High School was among the 18 nominated. Young Roberts is one l of the leaders in the work here and j 'is district j resident. Gity Engineer Dari Frazier starts this week making a survey for ar id er street paving program wh;ch will include first of all a concrete * road 30 to 40 feet wide in South Shel-: by. extending down S. La Fayette street from the old corporate limits a distance of three quarters of a mile to the new corporate limits near the' t ome of Mrs, W. E, Morton. Some years ago the majority of the prop erty owners signed a petition asking • or this street to be paved and agreed to pay two-thirds of the cost which is the basis on which other street pav ing has been done in Shelby, but the work was delayed because the sower and water mains were not down. Rome grew impatient about the de lay in this paving project which was j discussed more or less when the cor- j porate limits were extended, hut the work could not Ik- done; until the wa ter and sewer mains were laid and the soil given time to settle. It is also, understood that the administration expects to build sidewalks on both sides of this newly paved highway. In addition to the South Shelby •a oik. the city is giving consideration to the paving of the two alleys on j both sides of the Baptist church ex-; tending from X. LaFayette to N. j Washington streets. These streets! arc not the heavy traffic streets of Shelby but it is found necessary toj pave them to prevent the soil wash- ‘ ih'g on X’. Washington street and stopping up the drains. The alley be tween the Paragon Furniture store and the Judge J. L. Webb building may also be included as well as Westj Graham street from the John Me Knight and company’s big wholesale) hi'Use to Mchrayer street. The total mileage of these streets is ..bow oat •o-‘ lu-uie.t nit!-.. Lee Cody And Crawford Deane Thought To Have Figured In Escapade Being Returned. Lee Cody and Crawford Deane, young white men wanted here in connection with the sensational es cape of Dillard Deane from the coun ty gang camp here September 7, have been arrested at Osborne, Ohio, according to information re ceived here. Dillard Deane, the con vict who escaped and still lias one and one-half years to serve, made his getaway. The announcement of their arrest has been received with much inter est here as the preliminary hearing that will follow may clear up some of the mystery of the gang camp do- 4 livery bv so-called masked and hood ed men during the night last Septem ber. The Escapade It will be remembered that Dillard Deane and Crawford Deane, young brothers of Gastonia, W'ere convicted on different phases of an assault on two young girls while riding in a car in this county. Dillard was giv en a two year sentence on the roads while Crawford received a lighter term. Soon after Crawford had com pleted his sentence the county was given a sensation one morning in September when the gang camp guard reported that he had been held up by armed and robed men who released DiMard Deane and made their get away. Officers somehow connected Lee Cody, who had just completed a term on the gang, and Crawford Deane with the delivery. The road commissioners offered a reward di rect for Cody’s capture, while an other reward was offered for the leader of the gang and S25 for each member of the gang. The impression was received by some that the night visitors were Klansmen and the lo cal Ku Klux Klan in «n effort to clear up the matter offered the as sistance of the Invisible Empire in catching the men and clearing the Klin- of the charge. First reports hid it that there were many men in the party assisting in Deane’s es cape. Later the number dwindled. Through some method officers learn ed that Cody mightt have had spine thing to‘do with the affair. A drag net* was Cast over the country in an effort to nab Cody, the two Deanes and the Hudson car, in which they were supposed to be travelling. However, the search proved of no avail. f Were In Ohio. Friday night Osborne, Ohio, of ficers wired to Gastonia stating that they had one or two boys there on a money larceny charge who claimed Gastonia as their home. One of the boys proved to be Crawford Deane and Sheriff Hugh Lgan was notified. Local officers, including Chief Ham rick, had the idea that Cody and the other Deane would be at the same place and Ohio officers were wired to hold the trio. As it was Dillard Deane made his escape, but his brother and Cody were arrested, the arrest of Cody being made possible through a description of him wired there by local officers. The two Deanes, it is said,, were going under the name of Deane Crawford and Ralph Ken nedy. Coming Without Requisition A wire from Marshall W. A. Sehei der, of the Ohio city, Saturday stated thaat Deane and Cody were willing to come without requisition papers, and Sunday morning Deputy Mike II. Austell and Claude Harrill, gang superintendent, left for Ohio, to bring back the two prisoners. The officers are expected to get back here about Tuesday or Wednesday, it is thought. The younger Deane and Cody will more than likely be given a hearing upon their return and if there is suf ficient evidence bound over to Su perior court. Meanwhile a lookout will be kept in Ohio for the other Deane, who still has a sentence to serve here. IS THERE ANOTHER IN LINCOLN COUNTY?, (Lincoln Times) Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Howard of Tri angle were visitors in the city yes terday. This like many other per sonal mentions while it would be of interest to friends, wpuld not be an unusual piece of news were it not for the fact that Mrs. Howard was pay ing her first visit to Lincoln county’s metropolis. She admitted yesterday to friends hat she was 48 years of age and inn- she had lived in the Triangle section of the county all her life sha nad never been to Lincolnton be fore. Mrs. Howard hefore her mturmgtj was Miss Memle Pritr
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