IF ITS NEWS, IT’S IN THE STAR /■--—--^ RELIABLE HOME PAPER Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section, Modern Job Department, letielanii SHELBY’S POPULATION 1925 Census_8,854 Where Industry Joi.is With Climate In A Call For You. , VOL. XXXIV, No. 21 “Covers Cleveland Completely.” SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24, 1926.Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. < n,aiI- P«* (in advance) $2.50 i By carrier, ner vp«r fin nriv.in<>/0 nn T Hood Crowd Expected to Attend An nual Contest at Central Audi torium Here. Fourteen girls of the county will match prowess in reciting Friday' night at the Central school here r.r 1 advance indications are tlrat a fair sized crowd will hear the contest. Nearly all of the leading schools of the county have entered contestant's in the Selma Webb Recitation eontc.-; and the annual event with school girls of Cleveland county is expected to Pr one of the most interesting and en tertaining ever staged. Added to the interest of the recita tions will be the announcement fol lowing the program of the winner of the Selma Webb Essay medal. Tire essays have already been turned in and are now in the hands of judges, who are going over the merits of the various papers. These two contests are the high lights of high school life fu the girl in school in the county as are t ■ Hoey contests for the hoys. Musical Program. Miss Webb, who offers the nie 1^1-= and who has instilled much heloful interest in the county through her contests, announces that in addition to the recitation program there will be an entertaining musical program put on by the music department of. the various schools. Among the oth er numbers will be several section:-! by the Shelby High orchestra which has gained considerable local fame through the combined talent of the youthful array. There will also k- a number of individual selections, vocal and instrumental, it is understood. Seven schools as follows have < n tered contestants for the essay pro gram at 7:30 Friday evening: I'-non, Shelby, Boiling Springs,-Kings Moun tain. Piedmont, Waco and Lattimefv, Each School will have two entrants making a total of 14. The general a mage length of essays Superintendent Newton thinks will be around e;gh minutes and the program should l ot b long enough to prove tiresome. The names of the entrants of erdy two schools were available Wednes day. They are: Veila Blantojn and Bessie Campbell of Union school, and Lula Moore Suttle and Mary Sue Bor ders of Shelby. Miss Blanton’s sub ject will be “As the Moon Rose", wb l Miss Campbell’s subject will b - “Moriah's Mo’nin’.” Williams Sells Out Book Store Interest Charles H. Williams has sold inter est in the Shelby Office Supply and Book Company, Inc., it has been an nounced. The withdrawal of Mr. Williams leaves Mr. W. R. Newton, and Iv.s son-in-law, R. E. Brooksher, as own ers of the business. Th's enterprise was started about a year and a half ago as Williams and Hamrick. Later Mr. Hamrick withdrew, and the business was in. corporated under the title of ti e Shelby Office Supply anil Book Com pany. Mr. Williams said Tuesday that he has made no plans for the future in a business way. Chocolate Shop to Open Tuesday New Ice Crcani Parlor. Cand> Kitch en and Fruit Stand in the Beam Building. George Smyrnois, well and favor ably known Greek candy maker who is a Chesterfield in courtesy and an expert in candy making will be nian n?er of the Chocolate Shop which opens Tuesday in the Beam building, occupying the store room recently vacated by Jackson's Cash Grocery. A beautiful new plate glass store front has been put in by Julius branton, contractor, and the interior has been all gone over and beautified. A new liquid carbonic soda foun tain has been installed, booths built for private service to customers, new fables and chairs added, giving a seating capacity for 3(> in the soda department. In addition to sodas, George will make fine candies of every description in a sanitary candy kitchen where new candy making machinery has been installed George ' as a wonderful reputation for his fine candies, the like of winch has never been made locally before. He rame here a year or more ago trom California. tobaccos and fruits will also be sold, niaking one of the most attrac tive place in Shelby for these several hnes. The Shelby Candy Kitchen in the Union Bank Building will be eon t nued and carry the same merchan dise. Owners of the Chocolate Shop are Moses George, George Smyrnois, Moses Kouri, and Joe Owens, tour enterprising fellows who have been ‘‘ bltndid succtsb in (their. Hi'-' Bull Pays Mayor a Visit Hay or Edwin Brown, Seattle, Wash., played host to a real-honest to goo<* hull recently when the animal strolled into the executive’s Office, Woman Pleads Poverty, Then Rides Away in Big Expensive Limousine Ri.lcigH, Feb. 2'’.—-It■ is not often that one li.to.es to a pie*:* -of pov erty . f ■ ir a woman in ra;< * and th.-n witr,esses that same woman, when >he thinks.' she - is unobserved, 'ride away In a handsome limousine driven by a liveried .chauffeur. And yet that is exactly the experi ence that befell Pardon Commission er ..HI Hoyle Sink yesterday and the commission r related several instan ces of the same land. Pretension to -unreal wealth is more common that simulation of poverty and yet i. i> the time honored custom whet) applying for a pardon to put up a “hard luck story" of dire distress. tlix Sink's visitor yesterday was a woman from Durham. She leit r.o record- 'behind her and the commis sioner was vague as to who she was and for whom she entered a plea. The commissioner states she presented a w.ie-hegoue and bedraggled appear ance. hut tha. his attention was at tracted when in the height of her ar gument site excitedly dropped a cham ois hag which appeared to contain rings. The commissioner began to, sit up and take notice. He saw that his vis itor's shoes and stockings were im maculate— in striking contrast to the rest of her costume. He further ob served that there were visible marks on her fingers where rings had ob viously been worn for a long time. Thus far could Mr. .Sink go without assistance, but the situation was be coming too complicated for a mere mam He needed help and relating his suspicions, called in his feminine as sistax., who returned a true bill upon the commissioner’s hill of indictment. To a practiced feminine live there Was no question but that the visitor had resorted to the simple expedient of turning her dress inside out. When his visitor departed Mr. Sink went to the front of the building and asked.permission .of Mrs. Griggs, sec retary if the Library commission, to observe the view from her window. From that vantage point, Mr. Sink ob served his erstwhile caller, her die s once more light side out, step into a large limousine driven by a liveried chauffeur. Tha. is.only one tale. There are oth ers. One of them relates to another w,.imtn. who excited the sympathy of the girls in the office. When they were asked to call a taxi they were ,uri. that the woman, who waited in vain' lor the commissioner's return to Hie office which had not materialized, mcrelv wa- not'able to find her way about, the city and instead of calling ‘the taxi, gave the woman minute m : tract ill.- for reaching the bus sta tion.'only four blocks away. However* the next time she called she said: “I’lease call me a taxi and tell them n,,t n, send one of those yellow cabs, but xir.e of the closed Hudsons.” The taxi was ordered. Another story relates to a woman in adistaiu county whose son was on the road-: She told a pitiful tale of a helpless, invalid husband, complete ly impoverished. Inquiry brought forth the information that the man owned 2(H) acres- of land and was i’l perfect health. Griffin Attending Educational Meet Prof, I. 0. Griffin, superintendent ,.f the Shettiv city schools, is spending this week in Washington where he is attending the annual meeting: ot the National Educational association. Mr. Griffin is expected io return from Washington '-*n Friday Shoots Brother Accidentally Billy Mcknight, 14-year-old sod of Mr. and Mrs. John S. MeKnight is a patient today in the Shelby hospital as the result of an acci dental shot Tuesday evening, when a gun in the hands of his younger brother, Colbert, aged years, was unintentionally dis charged. Reports from the hospital have it that the youth’s condition is not serious and that the bullet was removed Tuesday night. Mr. Mo le night, prominent wholesale gro cer, states that he expects to re move his son home Wednesday or Thursday if he continues .to im prove. Ic is understood that the two brothers were playing Tuesday evening about 6 o’clock when the younger boy picked up a .22 cal ibre rifle, which he did not know was loaded and in some way caused it to discharge, the bul let striking the older brother in the lower part of ihe back. Spring-Time Must Be Nearing Shelby Spring, the real thing, can’t be tar away on the calendar, that’s what the observant ones about town are saying Their proof is under the eaves at Beck’s Fountain it’s been several months now since the chairs have been tilted back there to gain the best ad vantage of the sun’s rays while deep topics were discussed. But the chairs are occupied again now. Which is the same as saying that Sheriff Logan's council now holds forth on the court square’s most famed sunny spot. With the summer like weather of Tuesday .he sheriff noticed a vacant appearance about the office and couldn't fathom the mystery until he noticed that the his toric fountain was again a place of activity. And Mr. Ebaltoft agrees wiih the statement that spring has come. “When they gather around Beck’s Fountain, it’s springtime, and when, they depart in the fall it’s almost time for the snow to fall," according 10 the bookstore sage. Now Building New Golf Course Here \V. H. Lyle, professional of the Clev eland Springs Golf club, is now en gaged in preparing nine holes of the new 18-hole golf course that will sup plant the present nine-hole course of the resort. The nine holes now being prepared are on the north side of Highway 20 and to an extent face the front of the hotel from across the highway .Mr. Lyle has practically half of the first nine holes roughly laid out and in his opinion the course will be one of the most attractive in the entire section. Engineers in the construction divis ion of the resort company are assist ing in the work. The other nine holes of the 18-hole course will be in the neighborhood of the present nine. , Of recent months local golfers have been using only five holes of the present course while the other four fairways were being grassed. These fairways are now in near per fect condition and within a week or so the nine holes will be open for full play. The new nine being prepar ed will probably be open for play | about the first of June. STATE CAPITAL NEWS li BRIEF State Il ls a Financial Deficit—Uni versity Head May Go to Ore gon—Flag on Every School House. (Special to The Star) (By M. L. Shipman) Raleigh, February 22.The mount ing state deficit, the interest in the situation at Chapel H 11 whore Dr. TI. W. Chase may resign the presi dency of the University for a better offer in Oregon, and the selection of football coaches at Wake Forest and Carp'ina were among tie matters wi i h chiefly held attention in the' Capital City during the week. For sever 1 weeks now there has been a con p cuius lull in political circles, perhaps due to the fact that the mas ter hand of Governor McLean is keeping down turmoil ancf perhaps the calm before the storm of elec tions scheduled for this summer and the ‘Political activity of next fall which always precedes a session of the general assembly. State Has Deficit The financial statement of the month showed that on February 1, 1926 the state had a deficit of $1, 083,3K4.26 in the general fond. This was an increase of about three hun dred thousand over the previous month but Governor McLean is not worrying. He is confident that by the end of his first fiscal year, July 1, 1926, the state will be operating on an even basis. He believes the heavy income tax payments and other taxes due during March will offset the deficit. In his connection it is Interesting to note that R. A. Doughton. head of the revenue de psr‘ment. has started a drive for an early collection of income tax pay ments which are due by the fifteenth of March. Mr.. Doughton points out there is no use to delay because of prospective action bv congress be cause the action of that body will ef fect only Federal and not state in come taxes. May Leave State. Dr. H. W. Chase, president of the University of North Carolina is con sidering an offer to head of the Uni verstiy of Oregon. A reported high er salary and a larger school are the inducements. The trustees of the University through their hoard of di rectors or executive committee, have expressed their approval of his ad ministration and ha\e urged him not to leave. The full board will meet early in March to canvass the sit uation and hear the report of a com mittee appointed to confer with Dr. Chase. Selection of Baldwin as a recom mended coach for Wake Forest by tne athletic convmittee was made curing the week. It is likely that the college will confirm the recommendation. Coach Baldwin formerly coached Duke University. Over at Carolina several are being considered for the post of coach and a selection is to bo made this week. Employes and Pistols Railroads are responsible for the actions of their employes who tote guns, the Supreme Court rules and are liable for damages if their em ployes use said pistols on others. The court handed down this decision in a case affirming a verdict against the railroad for the widow of a man killed by an employe of the road. The North Carolina Mutual Build ing and Loan Association has failed hut will be able to pay‘off about 80 to 90 cents on the dollar. Trying to operate on a state wide basis with heavy overhead expenses is said to have caused the crash. Employees need not report to the United States government on salar ies of less than ?1,500 for single men (Continued on Page Five) Officers Go After County Meat Thieves Two Men Are Arrested at Salisbury With Hams and Shoulders Thought to be Stolen. Two white men have been arrested at Salisbury who are thought to be the thieves who made a rich haul when they entered meat houses from Mooresboro to Shelby the other night. Officers at Salisbury report they have two men under arrest who had in their possession 17 hams am! shoulders, thought to have been stcjen from Monroe Green, Mrs. J. F-. McBrayer and Mr. Nolan at Blanton Brothers farm. Rural Policeman Fcst erman of Mecklenburg county has telephoned that he thinks the thieves belong to his county and he joined Sam Green, Monroe Green, Yates Mc Brayer, Sheriff Logan, Mr. Nolan and Bob Kendrick in Charoltte Wednes day, all en route to Salisbury to iden tify the meat and the thieves if pos sible. In the event the meat answers the description of that stolen in this i county, the men will be brought back i to Cleveland and lodfvid in jail Americans Will Soon Be Spindle-Legged Creatures North Carolina Man Radio Play Winner Hilliard Booth, of Brevard, N. C., won the second prize of $200 in the nation-wide radio drama con test conducted by the Drama League of America and WLS, the Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation station, Chicago. His play is entitled, “Back Stage,’’ and will be pnsented over W LS March 3. By the latter part of the week Shelby autoists will be going and stopping by the electric traffic sig nals on six uptown street corners, such is the present plan of the police department. City workmen began Tuesday aft ernoon marking off white lines that go with the new traffic system and according to Chief of Police B. O. Hamrick the painting of the lines will more than likely be completed by Thursday or Friday. Lines will be marked at the traf fic corners where the signals are stationed both for pedestrians and motorists. The lines include stop marks on each side of the street where motorists must stop until the “go” ! light is turned on and announced by the bell. Much interest awaits actual oper ation and enforcement of the system and to see how long it will lake local motorists to absorb the city air in. threading uptown traffic. Central Parking.. It is not definitely known,, accord ing to reports emanating from the City Hall, as yet whether or not the proposed plan of parking in the cen ter of the business streets will be car ried out. It seems as if the plan hus yet to receive a definite ckey of the officials before that time are care fully considering the advantages and disadvantages of the two parking systems. Legion Members In Another Big Drive Doughboys, gobs, aviators, artil lerymen, kitchen police and all, mean ing the members of the \Va> ren Hoyle ‘ post of the Anveriacn legion, sallie 1 [.forth in a concerted drive Tuesday [evening that in its way fesembled some early dawn charges in No Maos land back in the days of ’IV. However, this time the bayonets were replaced by paipt brushes, mops and sand paper, and thp wire entan glement and trenches ahead were nothing more than the walls of the legion club rooms, while overturned paint buckets were the only things approaching shrapnel. Which is to say the hangout of the legionairres has i been renovated and painted. The | members of the post gathered in force I there Tuesday evening ' and “falling to" in older style made a complete change in the appearance of the quar ters within a short time. Realty Sales By J. B. Nolan Co. J. B. Nolan company report the following hales for the past few days: D. E. Honeycutt has purchased the E. B. Hopper house on East Marion street for consideration approximate ly $10,000. Rev. G ,P. Abernethy has bought a lot on S. LaFayette street from J. A. Nolan, consideration $1,650. Forrest Eskridge has bought five lo*s from V. A. and A. A. Powell on the Mike Borders property. Rev. H, E. I Waldop has bought R B. Turner's four lots in in Borders property. M*1'. Whisonant, milliner, who recently came here from Sharon. S; bought | Miss Maggie Black’s hat shop, Her shell Ponder and J. L. Thomasson l have bought several valuable lots and jbu-imt- property at ''It:.'!.’" " P ( Janies An-! dorson Who Says We Kide Too Much; Walk Little. La Ancelo- Vnmrieans of the future will be -ii nd In-legged crea ture i with unpaired powers of loco motion. Generate ns of people with shriv el d aims end leg * and generally ill '* .' 1 ’ !*re descending on .the I’nited Statis, nv a m w supreme in athletics V't > a I I'1 r r e prowess of for ei -r.er- within a comparatively short tin •' T are t ■' < o n on ; of James 1 a! culture ex P * ' ’ ’hVir < -amor, who declar ;;•«»” v ih . «’v would be es trb i na! as truths if • lost art of w 1 ! rot revived in America ari l a cure mhd for what he term °d "a*’tf> rb b litis." •• •* due '6ns co.verni.it future fff'Pfr vti ns in Ar'liica v, *n » proVnp te l by fi-i-ur^s revealing the stagger ing number of automobiles in ‘his Country and th«* increasing readiness of Americans to succumb to the lure of soft inviting motor ear t ushie ns. Anderson, who was coach of the Swedish national track teams of 1917-1918 and 1919. director of the Russian government's athletic pro gram from 1911 to 1917 and who Con ti tioned the track team of the uni versity of southern California, win ners of the 192.o national champion si'!> has made an extensive -tudv of athletics in America and abroad. “In America very little n known ;>b