r ^ reliable home paper Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section, Modern Job Department, VOL. XXXIV, No. 10 IF IT’S NEWS, IT’S IN THE STAR letoelanfc f ‘ 1 .. ■! SHELBY’S POPULATION 1925 Census_8,854 Where Industry Joins With Climate In A Call For You. . Afternoons. J Uy mai1, per yeaf ^in advance) $2.50 I By carrier, per year (in advance) $3.00 74 rupils Un School Roll n I j 11 19 aim w/n Viiam tU’.CICU Honor Roll in Shelby High. Senior Class Leads. During the school month just clos et. 74 .tudents in the Central Hig.i » larlotte Tedder, Lula Moore SutOe.; Mary Suttle. William Hughes, Bloorii-1 field Kendall. Padpett District to Be Divided for School In a recent news article in The j Star calling attention to a school 1 tax election to be held in the Pad- j gett school district, mention was made that the district would ' e consolidated with the Lattimore j district. The Star is informed by County. Supt. J. C. Newton that the district is to be divided between Lat-1 timore and Mooresboro in accord ance with a boundary recently work ed out by a special committee. Part of the patrons will, therefore, go to Mooresboro and part to Lattimore, instead of all going to Lattimore, as ■ was stated through error. This er ror has caused some confusion in the district which The Star now takes ! occasion to set straight. New Ice Cream Plant to Open Here Tuesday! A formal opening of the new ice cream plant of the Shelby Ice and Fuel Co. will be held Tuesday even ing from 6 to 11 o’clock when visi tors will be given an opportunity to inspect the plant, modern in every "ay in equipment and organization, to turn out the famous Blue Ridge Ice Cream which promises to be a household word in this section. Mr. I.eslie Taylor, formerly of Rutherford ♦ on, is the propi’ietor. He started a plant in Rutherford county some years ago and Blue Ridge has had a wonderful sale. Recently Mr. Taylor and his father J. L. Taylor purchas- j ed the Shelby Ice and Fuel Com pany’s plant here, to which they' have added this new industry- for j Shelby. This new plant is hot only j a help locally, but enables the farm-. ers to have a ready cash market for milk, Blue Ridge Ice Cream being made from milk produced on the I farms of Cleveland county. About 10 trucks will operate in connection with : th-s plan and 25 people will consii- : tuie the force. . At the opening Tuesday night the i public is- cordially' invited. Free ice ( cream will be served and the Shelby i High School Orchestra will turnisn i -umsk. THE ONE HE FORGOT * •*# Meet Nan Marraby, the girl Peter Lvster forgot when he lost his memory in battle on the western front. Fate is cruel to this World War sweetheart. Worse than Peter’s suffering in battle is her fight to regain the love she thought was won. “The One Who Forgot’’ starts in THE STAR next week. It’s another NEA story written by Ruby M. Ayres. Order The Star today. Phone No. 11 and read this really worth-while story from the beginning. Georgian Praises Progress In General Of Carolina Charlotte, aJn. 22.—Junking the old “pay as you go" plan has been largely responsible for the wonderful strides made by North Carolina in highway building, education and along other lines. Clark Howell, pub lisher of the Atlanta (Ga.) Constitu tion and one of the outstanding news, paper men of the South, Tuesday to hi ihe Charlotte Rotary club in a brief address. Mr. Howell came to Charlotte from Concord where he is spending sev eral days as the guest ol' his wife’s relatives. “You have here in North Carolina the wonder state of the re public." Mr. Howell declared. He pointed out that the strides made by the state possibly are not as apparent to residents as they are to outsiders. Ditching of the policy laid down by early governors that the state should attempt only such projects as it was able tv) pay for at the time has been instrumental in placing North Caro lina at the peak of the list of pro gressive commonwealths, he told the Kotarians. Mr. Howell said that for the past few years he had consistently pomt cd to North Carolina as an example ot stir Georgia citizens to a more pro gressive spirit. Some success, he said, has attended these efforts, but he ad mitted that his state has fallen far behind North Carolina in civic, educa tional and material development. Georgia’s trouble, Mr. Howell saief is in the fact that nor leaders and her people have not the courage to break away from the traditions of the past and step boldly forward in line with progress. Georgia’s resources are not so far below those of North Carolina, he said, but the people of his state lack the vision to take advantage, to take the fullest possible advantage of these resources. May Build Highway to Henderson Line Highway Nro. 20, from Rutherford toil to the Henderson county line, 22 miles, will likely be hard surfaced, or ;t macadam road built this year. Mr. Kistler, state highway commissioner n the eighth district, of Morgan tor,, made the principal address to the Rutherford county club at the Iso hermal hotel one day this week and made a proposition to Rutherford •ounty that if it put up the money .he road would he built as soon as ipssible. The state highway commis liori, will of course, pay back the mo lt y in (iue time. It is estimated that t will take from $400,000 to $600,000 o build the road. The Rutherford runty club endorsed the project and he commissioners decided to lend the tate the money before the meeting idjoutiad. • -- ---—■——— Bowling to Open Cleaning Plant Announcement comes from J. 0 Bowling, for sometime proprietor oi the Central pressing club, that rjex: week he expects to open on North Washington street an up-to-date dry cleaning establishment to be known as the Shelby Dry Cleaning company A building in the D. A. Beam Auto motive building is now being remod elled for the enterprise, Mr. Bowling says that his plant will be equipped with all the latest machinery and equipment for particular dry clean ing and pressing work and that any work coming in can be handled. W. K. Misenheimer, Bowling says, will be associated with him in the general supervision of the new plant A shift of the presidency, and the revealing of the fact that milk pro duction is falling off in this commun ity, due it is said to lack of proper forage, were the outstanding points of interest that developed at the annual meeting of the Shelby Cream ery Company, held in Shelby Thurs day. The charge of officers brought William Lineberger into the presi dency, taking the place of Joe S. Blanton. Formerly Mr. Lineberger was secretary and treasurer of the i company. ; J. A. Suttle was elected secretary and the following list of directors were perpetuated in office: George Blanton, J. L. Suttle, S. S. Royster L. S. Hamrick, J. H. Quinn, and the two officers. It was announced that the com pany had the best year, from the financial point of view, in its history ; covering a period of sixteen years. But at that table of yearly produc tion showed a decrease in pounds of butter produced from 270,000 in 19 22 to 214,000 for 1925. This condition of the falling off in ! dairy products, and especially in the output of creameries, was said at the meeting to bo genera! over the state, and was attributed to a ne glect on the part of farmers proper ly to feed their stock to secure the maximum output of milk. One authority amongst the gath ering said: “It is the old story. Too much attention to cotton, and the corresponding neglect of other farm products, such as hay crops and the like. "What is needed,” he wont on, “is more and bettor cows and the grow ing’ oi more feed.” J. WHITE!! GRIEG PBlii! VICTIM One of the Noblest Men of Cleveland Mills Community Dies After a Few Days Illness. Squire J. Walter Grigg, for MO years a magistrate in No. 9 township jand one of the noblest citizens of up per Cleveland, passed away after a ' few days illness with pneumonia, i He died Tuesday at noon at the age | of 73 years and the community is j greatly shocked by his passing, j Squire Grigg served as deputy sher ; ft' under Sheriff Byers and was a i faithful officer, honest upright citi zen and consecrated church member having his membership with Palm i Tree Methodist church where his re i mains were buried Thursday morning at 11 o'clock, the services being con ducted by Rev. R. M. Hoyle, Rey John Green and Rev. K. M. Ivester. Squire Grigg had been in fairly good health except for an infected I eye two years ago which caused him *o iose the sight of one eye. He was married to hi ss Mary Gill who pre ceded him to the grave 23 years ago. Surviving are the following children, Miss Hattie Grigg, Mrs Kirrimie Falls. Mrs. Will Gold. Mrs. Will Warlick, J. F. Grigg, L. G. Grigg, Miller Grigg, Gill Grigg and Dewey Grigg. Also surviving are three bro thers Dr. W. T. Grigg and J. K. Grigg of Lawndale, J. R. Grigg of Gastonia and one sister Miss Gallic Grigg. The funeral Thursday was largely attended, retesting the high esteem in which the deceased was held. “Chain Gang” Bow Introduced Here During Court Case Convict on Road Camn Introduces '■ New Neckwear in Courtroom The Latest in Ties Some fashions start in gay Paree, j others elsewhere. Those for men gen erally originate through circum , stances of events or temperment. The latest in neckwear for men I hereabouts is the “chain gang bow.” | And boy it’s a scream for those who ! are fond of staking their rolls on the j upward turn of the galloping dom inoes. In other words the dubs and nros of African golf will fall for this style like enthusiasm wanes when the “snake eyes” show up on the square golf halls. Last week during the interesting Cody trial several convicts were i were brought in court to testify, j Among the number was John Henry Hunt, colored, who is serving a good | calendar year on the road force for1 misdeeds unknown here. Now this ' tie John Henry wore— When lie came in the court room Solictor Burrus— strong on neckwear himself—noted John Henry’s temper 1 mental bow tie. One of a set of red dice with white spots—many men have became acquainted with such dice to their sorrow—had been hol lowed out and served as the knot protector for the how. In the par lance of the ready-to-wear clothing establishments it a was knockout. In other words the knot of the bow was i hidden niftily in the hollow of the j “bone,” wings protruding on each side. When Solicitor Burrus found i time he made inquiry into the tie:! “W'hat kind of tie you call that John Henry?” he asked. “Oh! Dat’s a chain gang bow,” was the reply. Oftentimes have we seen the gal loping dominoes trimmed into cuff! links, and on other occasions one hone used for a stick-pin, but the “chain gang bow" is a new wrinkle.! Instead of being the cat’s whiskers or the mosquitoes manners, its the I dice-shooters dilemna. Lake Lanier Dam Broke Thursday Asheville, Jan. 21.—Giving way under the force of waters brought down from the hills above by re cent snows and rain, the main dam at Lake Lanier, just outside of Tryon, collapsed shortly before 11 o’clock today, sending down upon the lands below a torrent which for a time threatened to ov erflow into a number of small towns between here and the Pac olet valley in South Carolina. Reports late this afternoon were to the effect that waters were just subsiding although ev ery precaution possible was being taken by mill owners and resi dents south of here against flood water. Starting from a seepage which was allowed through rotten rock at the western side of the dam, the break spread quickly over one section. The damage was estimat ed by engineers this afternoon at about $.'10,000 and plans were be ing made foi preserving; the structure. Shelby Hospital To Benefit From Duke Endowmen The Shelby Hospital will benefit to the extent of $1 per 1 ci e ;C I 1 Shel by and No (! town ship. l*tf. r 1 parti cular credit i , the count'. a wh because the. county did r t ' ■ p build it. It is the only plant of its kind in the < nr.dinas, ih.it * . h’idt as a public hospital by 1, toWnddp but its fee erj.ui.ptni ”t, end superb hosital staff are a credit 1,. {'.< sym pathetic loco and set" .ee which vhe people of No G have for .he > ck ttntl suffering Determined By Combliou Dr. Rankin met with the sopi tal staff and several t un ,l>ei s of the board of trustees a; the Hospital when he outlined the three different kinds of assistance Which the Duke Hospital Fund will furnish. In the first place, 67 institutions in the two Carolinus that are not operated for private gain will receiv" SI per day per charity patient, this being forty per cent of the cost of caring for charity patients. About StrSG.OOO be distributed the last of June this year. The amount available will largely be determined by business conditions of the country as the en dowment for hospital! was left in the form of securities, mostly South ern Power Company 1 »ck, the bet ter the- earnings, the largest amount available. In the next few years Dr. Rankins says between $700,600 and $1,000, 000 will be distributed to 67 hospitals in the two Carolina for the help in the care of charity. Business and Professional Data Another help which Dr Rankins will extend to the hospitals i:? through a central clearing house where information w;!i bi compiled ] on pro.'os,onul ant) b . i n Admin istrations. Information wilt lie furn ished on the average «••• ■per patient per day. average of cooking, laundry, n.n• i e. l-t'innttofy worK, etc so that if oti i ir ':tntmn finds that it in ts arc too high, the in tl tut:on which hat a low co,*t will give the other thi' V»i'.• ■ • f• *, of its experi ence. Out-ide Charitv !*'•. Hankins think-. PieknoflS is ■ at ir.'o -i lomnumity to develop i 1 arnc or ’the e i lemmiiities that help ca-'c fir the v:k are henofitted bv doing a -ervice f >r others. It W'-jjH hi vo be n a grt'M in intake for Mr. IKlk • to have lifted the charity btirdi ; from t'n shoulder■; of the pi inleof th - two Carolina*, there fore hr is only helping Ctc«*“ rwtiont who have f. it an obligai ion to i are for th ■-i- k by building hospitals that arc not one iti-H for private pa n. He hop-s. tin -cfoi -, that the churches-, c:vi - and fraternal organ-j i. at;on- and industrial ( irporations will take it upon themselves to sup plement ihi. Duke charity fund so that the hospitals can enlarge their usefulness. Kates Are Low. As for the rates at me Shelby Hospital, Dr, Hankins declares them to be exceedingly low in comparison to other institutions. “Why you care for a patient here, giving room, fond nursing and professional services for less than a first class hotel charges im a room” said Dr. Rankin. We hope the hospitals can lower their charges by caring for more charity. Where the Shelby Hospital has nn average of lii patients a day, it cart easily care for 25, thus bringing down the average cost and the pay patient will not have to bear any of the cost of the charity patient.” The citizens of No. G built and equipped this splendid Shelby Hos pital rejoice that Dr. Rankin has seen fit to distribute some of the Duke Endowment to this institution and the hope is entertained that sometime in the future a tubercular building might be provided. Gassed During War Did Effects Cause Vandyke Rampage? hcrrjville Butcher Will Kpmain ir Jail Until His Trial. UuUnsel For Him Asserts; Gastonia, Jan. 21.—-Was Jesse Vandyke, Cherryville butcher, temporarily insane when he shot Chief of Police A. L. Painter and Horace Farnsworth on the Cher ryville streets? Does Vandyke’s dose of gas he received in the world war so ef fect his mind that he loses his senses at different times? The above are the types of questions running through the minds of local people today who are highly interested in the cast. Whether or not defense council, including Clyde R. Hoey, of Shel by, former congressman and per secuting atorney in the famous Cole case at Rockingham, will ar gue that Vandyke was crazy when he shot up his home town, is a matter of speculation. Vandyke will remain in jail un til his trial. His counsel has ad vised him that he is safer behind the bars. No attempt to arrange bond for Vandyke will be made. Deputy Steve Stroup, of Cher ryville, is already summoning numerous witnesses for the state. Does Advertising Pay? Yes, it Does Does advertising pay? Read this and weep—if you are a non-advertiser. T. W. Hamrick and Company re cently put on a -ale. They advertised the sale. The first day the firm took in in actual cash over the counter $2,462.00. T. VV. Hamrick and Company are jewelers. Their stocks were depleted after the' holidays. It was a sale to clean-out the stock looking to remod el the store. The itmes sold were more for the most parts small items. And it takes a lot of customers to buy $2,462.00 worth of goods in small lots. And that was only one day’s busi ness. “You attribute a great deal of the success of your sale to advertising, do you not?” Mr. Hamrick was ask ed. “I attribute it ALL to advertis ing,” Mr. Hamrick snapped hack. I " ithout advertising we would have; be a uelpies < NEW MUD PUN OF INTEREST HERE Building of Monro# Line of Sea board Would Add to This Section of Road. Monroe. .Tart 21.—Announcement was made by W. S. Blakeney of Mein, j roe, who is chairman of a steering ' committee appointed last month to i ascertain the possibilities of a rail ! road from McBee, S. C., to Monroe, | that the chances for the new road | lias taken on new aspects and that ■ it seems a certainty. The steering committee is made up of representatives from the Chambers of Commerce, of the towns of Gastonia, Charlotte, Monroe, Pageland, Cheraw, Hartsville, Mc I Bee and Jefferson. The committee | held a meeting last night in Page j lan, and present was W. R. Bonsai, ' who first promoted the railroad i from Monroe to McBee. | Up to the meeting last night the j arguments for the new road had | been largely to take care of the ' frieght haul from and to Chester field county. South Carolina, and shorten the haul of freight going to the southeast. At last night's meeting Mr. Bon sai made known the faet that Soa | board officials are interested in the new project for the purpose of es tablishing through passenger haul over their lines from the play grounds of Florida to the play grounds of western North Carolina At the present time the Seaboard hauls a large part of the tourists to Florida. It has, however, no direct passenger service from Florida to western North Carolina. The com pletion of the proposed road would give direct Pullman service from Florida towns to Rutherfordton in the mountains and thus connect the two sections of attraction. High School Play To Be Repeated Tonight “Second Story Peggy,” a c'.evor and comical four-act play will be re peated by members of the high school class at the High school auditorium Friday night, beginning at 8 o’clock. Miss Mae Washburn and nine seniors ip the play have worked hard on this play and romise an evening of most delightful entertainment. The play was given before Christmas but dve to the bad weather the attendance was small. Those who saw it declare it to be one of the best local talent piuys ever rendered here, hence many re quests were made tor its repitiiion. 1 he school orchestra will turnish music between -tt-. BJPTIST MINISTERS SERVES YEARS Gathering of .Ministers and Sunday School Superintendents Reveals interesting Rata. Fifteen Baptist ministers of the Kinp-s Mountain association have had a total aggregate service of 2G3 years, u? revealed in statistics gathered Tues day night at a meeting of the minis ters and Sunday school superintend ents at Cleveland Springs, the meet ing being promoted by A. V. Wash born, associational Sunday school worker in the interest of a forward hiking program for 1SI2G. The aver age number of years each pastor has served in the ministry is 17. Rev. .Jno. W. Suttle comes away with first hon ors with a continuous recod of pas torate work extending over a period '•f ;16 years. Second in length of serv ice was Rev. James C. Gillespie With 27 years, and Rev. I). G. Washburn following closely behind with 2G years. There were 20 superintendents pres tnt. representing nearly every section < f Cleveland county. Three had tied for first honors, the following serv ing for 12 years: W. A. Gladden of Patterson Springs, A. A. Richards of ( asar, and S. Bynum Hamrick of Zoar. A. P. Spake is the pioneer Baptist Sunday schol teacher in the county, 1 eing a veteran with forty years con tinuous service and a round of ap plause greeted him when he was in troduced before the gathering of 50 men and women Tuesday night. Big Car Driven by Andrew Lewis Practically Jumps Ford Where Passing Seemed Impossible. On Wednesday, Andrew Lewis, driving a Hudson coach, with two pas sengers, and bound west for the Ora mill, aproached the Rover mill bridge. The approach going west is down a steep hill, with a spiral road. The Iridge at the fot of this road, leading across the river, is a one-way bridge. Lewis started his car down the spir al, stepping off at about 25 per, which is pretty fast going down a hill as stiep as that. Looking on the bridge, he saw a, Ford just climbing on the aproach on th west side, and headed 1 is way. lie Clapped on his brakes to check the Hudson, but alas! something snapped. It was the big Hudson’s brake rods. As the drag was released the car jumped ahead, figuratively speaking, its head in the air—free. The Ford climbed on the bridge and started across. The Hudson ran down the hill faster and faster. At the foot of the hill was the bridge entrance and a steep river bank. The two passengers climbed out to the edge of their seats, and began to grab things. One ofthese passengers was Henry New. He said to Lewis: “Stop her! Stop her!” The other pas senger was a woman, Miss Bessij Green. She clutched the seat edge and prepared for the worst. The Hudson took the bridge at a good 25 or better. Remember it was a one way bridge. About a third of the way over, headed east the Ford, like Charley Dudley Warner’s boar, was coming on. Lewis, as a last resort, as the Hud son rattled over the floor boards, tried to throw the engine in reverse; hut there was no reversing it. He ttied to get it in low;; then interme diate. But it was £oing in high when it hit the Ford, so to speak, face to Just as the two cars were coming together, Lewis threw his steering wheel over, thinking that by 3ome miracle he might get by the little car. He did. When the dust cleared the Hudson had passed the Ford on the one-way thoroughfare, but the jar was terrible. It broke the Ford’s windshield, and glass flew everywhere. The right rear wheel crashed down, the radius rods bent double. But the little fellow was in first-class condHTon by comparison with the Hudson. The doctor’s bill on the latter will be $50. The left front wheel was smashed, the right front fender askew, front axle bent, and a casing torn up. No one was hurt. Lewis said technically, the smash up was his fault. Actually he said it was unavoidable. But what he wants to know is and probably will be want ing to know for some time, how the Hudson got by the Ford on the one way bridge. “I firmly believe the big car climb ed right over the little one,” Lewis said. The Ford was from Lattimore, and the identity of the driver could not b« 1c Sifted.