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IF IT’S NEWS, IT’S IN THE STAR /------% RELIABLE HOME PAPER Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section, Modern Job Department, » "■ I,, § VOL. XXXIV, No. 29 ——-------_.. "Covers Cleveland Completely.” SHELBY, N. C, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1926. Published Monday, ... ..—.■—. SHELBY'S POPULATION 1925 Census_8,854 Where Industry JoLis With Climate In A Call For You. . .-. TTLI1. .ll!1 L.1 ■■■'" Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. ' By mai1, ,HM' year <in advance) $2.50 _ " _ ( By carrier, per year (in advance) $3.00 Construction Work Begins At Cleveland Springs On Big Year-Round Shelby Residential Resort Workmen Now Levelling Slopes and Clearing Streets in Wooded Hills Contruction work on Shelby’s first major resort development is now in full swing on the Cleveland Springs Park estate just east of the city li mits on Highway 20. Under the active direction of S. p F>aird, prominent engineer, native I Cleveland county construction forces! were set to work last week clean.ng ' off the minor shrubbery of the wood j cii hillside development, opening, streets and grading golf fairways. With only a few days work behind the ultimate plan of Mr. Alfred P Marshall, the developer, can easily be visioned. Those w'ho have visited resort developments in this stat and in Florida declare they have seen j few spots more beautiful hy nature and added landscape artistry for a re- j sidential resort. The wooded lands ! with towering pines and oaks offer ] a semi-forest lure unexcelled, while the open hilltops give wide scenic \iews over the new golf fairways and 1 hotel park. Mr. Marshall Here Mr. Alfred P. Marshall, developer of the resort, arrived in Shelby Fri day night with his brother, Conrad I Marshall, and has since been in con ference with Mr. Baird, the chief en- ; ginecr, of the construction division, j The younger Mr. Marshall will re main in Shelby and will be connected with the office of the construction division, while his elder brother re turns to Florida tomorrow to com plete a business transaction there 1m.' fore coming to Shelby for permanent headquarters. Like Biltmore Forest That the park, especially the resi dential section, will be developed along an alluring plan is assured by the announcement that it will be con structed along the plan of the fam ous Biltmore Forest club section. The Marshalls and Baird visited B lt more Forest over the week-end offer ing the engineer an opportunity to in spect the general plan of Skyland’s famed spot. Hive of Activity That part of the park estate north of Highway 20 is this week-end a hive of activity. Teams are engaged in cutting and levelling streets and avenues for a mile or more through the north section of the park and the stumps and trees are being cleared for the 18-hole golf course, which w.ll be one of the state’s best courses, of fering attractive yet hazardous fair ways lined on each side with tall pines and running across small roll ing hills and streams. A number of the holes have been mapped out by W. H. Lyle, Cleveland Springs pro fessional, and the course is rapidly taking form. Westfield Road The first residential street to be opened, Westfield road, is already at tracting the attention of motorists and passers-by through the woll nlanned lay-out wh.ch sends the Road, planned as an exclusive resi dential boulevard .winding through the pines. Westfield Road opens on Highway 20 on the north side just across the bridged stream and fac ing the mineral spr.ngs. It winds back through the pines across the hill for a half-mile or more. Coming to Carolina Mr. Marshall discussing the devel opment with The Star Saturday "'as very enthusiastic over future pros nects of the development he is build ing at one of the most historic a n popular resorts in the Carolinas. “Mr. Gardner in his radio speech from Miami had it right according to my way of thinking in saying that they were coming to Western ay lira in swarms this summer . dt - clared Mr. Marshall. The developer spent much of his time Saturday walking over the new golf fairways and the outlined- avenues thruogh the nines and woodland.. It was his u ea that folks accustomed to lowlant s would be eager to obtain homes des in the rolling, wooded hills of t u park with privileges to the minora springs, golf courses and other at tractions. Work on the big golf club house will start at an early date. Althoug i he will not yet make the announce ment Mr. Marshall it is intimated 1 eonsidering duplicating the 4 eat water, Florida, club house here am give the section one of the outs am lug courses and clubs in WesU.t.i Carolina. , A few more weeks will see pre-de velopment sales start and the t‘-soi in full blast for the big summer ahead. It is estimated that the last c - manufactured this year will be "0I SI.826,000 to rural communities, stars is to watch young southpaws when snow is ammunition. Once the great nations love |U'S’U.' well enough to be guided by a wot < court, they won’t need it. FACES ENTRANCE TO WESTFIELD ROAD V. t {field Hoad, half-mi'e boukvard through hills uf p nw end and'lhe Srst street to b_> timed in Cleve land Springs Park development will open on Highway 20 just oposite the beautiful mineral sprit^:* pictured abo ve. Syndicate Acquire. II Acres at $1, •iO'i I’cr Acre Near Cleveland Springs for Sub-division. Brevard interest;.: purchased on Saturday 11.01 acres on Highway So. 20, fronting 750 feel on the Charlotte-Asheville highway and ad joining the Gardn -r Land Company';! development, at a consideration said to be around $1,500 per acre. This act case was a part of the Jim Allen farm and lends itself well for devel opment purposes. The purchasers are ( has. P. Wilkins, formerly of Shelby, now a;i active realtor of Brevard, J. W.. Cobble, Brevard merchant and realtor, Mr. and Airs. S. M. Macfie druggists, C. P. White, realtor It. L, Gash, attorney, Starrett and Sterling publishers, B. J. S.tton, sheriff of Transylvania county. Tim property belonged to Lee B. Weathers and associate. It is undestood from Messrs. Wil kins and Cobble who were in Shelby Saturday to close the deal for the purchase that they inter.de to provide streets, sidewalks, water and Sewer j service for every lot on the property which is now being sub-divided into beautiful residential sites. NTo lots will be sold until the conveniences are finished, after which tne lot? vvul be sold at pr.vate sale by a sales or ganibzation of the Brevard syndicate. An engineer is now engaged in land scaping the property and plotting the lots for the improvements which will to started right away. Messrs. W.ikins and Cobble stated Saturday that they expect to make of it a high class sub-div sion with certain restrictions as to the type and kind of resid -nces to be erected there on and that they expect to sell most of these lots to out-of-town people who have manifested such a desir* to purchase property iti Shelby and in the vicinity of the Cleveland Springs Park development. Van Dyke Goes To Trial This Tuesday Hccj and Carpenter, Slayer s At torneys, Will Ask for the Case To be Continued. Attorneys for Jesse Van ILht, butcher of Cherryville, who is charg eil with the murder of the late A. L. Painter chief of police of that place, will go’ into Gaston Superior curt Tr'ewlav morning before Judge C. C. I and ask that the case be contin ued until another term, it was learned Saturday. Reason for making such a motion itv Attorneys Clyde R. Hoey, of Shetbv. ami Carl E. Carpenter <f Gm-toniaj Van Dyke’s counse, include the statements that they are not ready • o- trial and that the feeling against Van Dyke is still too high to give the defendant a fair trial. the other hand, Solicitor John G Carpenter, for the state. A. E. Woltz. and Matthew Stroup, for the private prosecuting art' busy with e' er- detail of evidence in their hands. They claim they will push every charge against the meat .cutter. At torneys made several trips t oCher , yville this week to secure data tor the trial. The jurv selected to try Van Dyke d;cs not include citizens from the Cherryville section. If a special ve nire. is ordered by Judge Lyon, it is expected that the men will come from -other townhsips in Ci^sion, instea.r o: Choi ry ville. Sue Town Of Kings Mountain For Damages Of $100,000 Asking $100,000 d.images in a complaint filed in Gaston Superior court, Mrs. .1. T. McGill, Mrs. It. L. Meteor, T. I’. McGill, K McGill, ! \V McG 11, Mrs J. O. Ross, Mrs. E. F„ Carpenter, Mrs. R L Gantt, N E Mc Cili and J 1). McGill, plaintiffs, who Ov n 282 acres of land in Gaston coun ty along the Cleveland county line are suing the town of King? Mountaii for alleged damages done their prop erty by the sewage system of that place, it was announced Friday. The parcel of land said to hav,e been damaged is at the head waters of Crowders creek in this county. The ptemiees have been used for a resi dence by the plaintiffs and their fam ilies, it is further alleged. In 11123, Kings Mountain authori ties established a water and sewage sys tem for the use of its citizens, the out fl nv, being “transport -<! by pipes and empties into certain poinds, res ervoirs and tanks near the premises of the plaintiffs, and is then discharg ed and runs through and over the lands of the plaintiff's, crossing the entire tract from west to east and traversing the entire lands." “dhe value of the land has been ('.i fC.ved by roason of the collection of tilth and the value of the lots has h<n r destroyed by reason 01 the odors flies, and mosquitoes produced by said Stream," the complaint stales. The plaintiffs, through their at torneys, Woltz and Vyoltz and George W Wilson, ask that4m injunction be issued forbidding the defendant from the commission of the acts complain ed of and ask that they recover dam ages in the sum of $100,000. The case is pending for trial. Says There Is Exodus From Florida Cifcie? Mr. Garland MpBrayer who return ed a few days ago from Fort Lau derdale, Florida where he has been executing some paving -contracts for the S. S. Summer and Company, of which he is a member, tells that there is a tremendous exodus of people from Florida just now. Many are leaving because the winter is about over ‘‘back home,” while others are leaving because there is a slump in building. Land values in some towns have crumbled, real estate is at a : to nil-still. This applies, however to only a few of the towns. Some cities are still keeping a lively' pace and have such a solid foundation that val ues will hold up, but the tourist towns are suffering because of the exodus. Mr, McBrayer says it took an hour’s time for him to get his tic', t home and that when' Ins train left, 500 colored people were left at tite station because there was no room for them on the train. Clyde Hoey Will Address N. C. Ladies Hon. Clyde R. Hoey, former con gressman and widely known speak* r of Shelby, will on Tuesday afternoon address the State League of Women voters in their annual convention at Charlotte. Mi. Hoey’s appearance before the j women voters of the state will be of peculiar interest in that back in 1920 as temporary chairman of the Nortn Carolina Democratic convention he; advocated the adoption of the woman suffrage amendment. . Mr. Hoey’s address will be along! the principles of “Goals Worth At taining in North Carolina.’’ Campbell Accepts Call To Hickory Rev. R. C. Campbell, former pastor of the Shelby Second Baotist church, has* been tendered and has accepted n cull to the First Baptist church r.i | Hickory. It is understood that lie will) take up the duties of his pastorate I there about the last of this month.! Rev ,Mr. Campbell, a native of: Cleveland county, has been serving a ■ pastorate during the past year at | Scotland Neck. Locally, the message of his call to Hickory is well received | and many look for the time when Rev. j Mr. Campbell will rise even higher in j Baptist pastoral circles. Mr. Sidney Heavenr Dies Of Paralysis On Saturday morning. March 2(5, 1326, Mr. Sidney Heavner, an indus trious farmer and good citizen of Township No. 6, died at his home on th*-. farm of Thurman Horn from a paralytic stroke. Deceased has been an invalid for about three years as the victim of some, two or three at tacks of paralysis.. His remains were buried at Union Cemetery with ritual of Baptists church of which he was a consistent mem tar, Rev Gordon Washburn con ducting the funeral rites. Deceased leave- a family and many friends and relatives to mourn his loss. Spring Opening At Paragon Furniture The annual spring’ opening of the Paragon Furniture company wilt le held on Friday and Saturday, March 12 and l.'lth. The opening is being sponsored by the Woman's club. In connection with the opening a mammoth sale of Sellers kitchen cab inets' is being put < n from March il through March 20. Cordell Wins Fight With Marvin Ford Quite a crowd of “squared ring” devotees were in attendance at the athletic show held Saturday night at the old Armory. In the main bout Charles Cordell, Shelby boxer of note, was given the decision • over Marvin Ford, Kings Mountain battler, in what boxing fans termed a fast mix-up. The big portion of the evening’s entertainment was derived front the battle royal be tv.-ten three hard-slugging huskies, while the preliminaries carried sever al interesting features. County Teachers To Meet Here Saturday The teachers of Cleveland county will meet here Saturday at 10 o’clock in the Central school auditorium, it is announced by Superintendent J. Clirt Newton. Every teacher in the county is urg ed to be present and take in the full Session. The meeting of the teachers will he featured by an address by Dr, Mosher of University of North Carolina . ! Anderson Nolan Passes Away in II2iul Year. Buried Beside \\ ife at New Bethel Monday. Mr. Aside!son Nolan, friend and co mrade of old and young. veteran of tno Civil war and Bible student par excellent, d'ed Saturday nigln at d:'iO o’elock at the home of his daughter Mis. A. Weathers on S. | aFayoVo strrel whore he had been '•<mfined to bed since December.?Mr. Nolan was PI years eld last November and ot o of tr.e most respected oi l men in the con it .a man of rtrorg physical, mental* und moral attain me i < wim narched in the sixties ; t the, head < f Company F. 50th regiment, Rar.- **•*»» hrigt.de carrying the col >'rs of the i Confederacy which he held aloft and never allowed to fall opt 1 a Yat> ;< ■ hullet wounded him in the tlngh in the skYnii di at Plymouth. this sun o. liuritd at Bethel. Mr .Nolan was buried Monday morning at 10 o’clock at Bethel Bap tist church near Lawndale where he h»ld his church membership since 1858, when he was baptised by Rev. Joe Suttle. a pioneer preacher of that day. His body was placed beside that of his wife Sara Nolan, who passed c vay in May 1917, a noble companion and spirit of the sixties. Mr. Nolan war born November 3rd 1834 in the neighborhood of Cleveland Mills wl ere stood the first Schenek cotton factory. He was married to Sure. Crowder May 20th, 1800. Shortly aft er their marriage there was a call to colors and Mr. Nolan went away with the last volunteer company raised in i Cleveland. A few vears ago the f> ur tall, stalwart specimens of manhood wl.e marched at the head of their c'lopany were living: domes C. EL Hot t, Spencer Crowder. Mike Crowder and A. Nolan and this quartet attend ed a Confederate reunion in Shelby. With the passing of Mr. Nolan, the only survivor is James C. Elliott of the Polkville section from which tei ritory these four men came. Anetler comrade. Squire Rufus .Gardner, of Beams Mill, smaller in stature, but a devoted friend and companion lies at the point of death at his home at the age of 89. The funeral was conducted by Rev. Joi n W. Suttle, assisted by Revs. Zeno Wall and G. P. Abernathy, while the following grandsons, Hay Weathers, Ernest Gardner, Anderson Nolan, jr.. Claude MeCraw, Herman A. Ream and Lee B. Weathers, serv ed as pall bearers. The floral offering was a rich testimonial of the high esteem in which Mr.Nolan was held by young and old alike. Constant Bible Reader. After the war, Mr. Nolan lived near Lawndale where he farmed. He and his good wife reared three fine chil dren, Octavia Weathers, wife of May or A. I’. Weathers, ,T. B. Nolan, prom inent real estate dealer of Shelhv, and Florence, wife of Virgil Gardner, long experienced teacher, of Beam? Mill. On» sister, Mrs. Joe Kistler of upper Cleveland is last of his family surviving. When they broke up honse i keeping at an advanced age, Mr. ami Mis. Nolan lived intermittently with their daughters. Eight years ago Mrs Nolan died at Mrs. Gardner’s home and was buried at New Bethel where Mr. Nolan’s body was interred ves teiday. They received’ most patient and tender core from all hands. Be sides the three children, 17 grand eh i dien and 8 grand children sur vive , Mr .Nolan was a man of powerful ; nh' sioue. strong religious convictions ! and alert mind. He loved to make and hold friends and it was his .joy to associate with them and nartake of their fellowship. His recollection of the past was most vivid and while he talked much of the trying days of the sixties he. en.ioypd young people. His Bible was a daily companion and in snivntion. Since the death of his wife he has read the New Testament j through eight times and never a day parsed over his head without a daily .Bible reading. No evil or unkind \vi:rua wfie tiyiT uuiTt'u; mh suKm'jS J was without rain or complaint. In a vision before h<‘ died he says he saw his. venerable friend and comrade. Preacher Irvin who recently passed over the river to rest on the otehi shore and expressed a readiness to join him in spirit. Four Bound Over On Larceny Charge At a hearing before Recorder John P. Mull last week four men were hound over to Superior court on charg es of breaking and entering and lar ceny in connection with three stores in upoer Cleveland and Lincoln coun ty. The men were Vernon Johnson ad Clem Davis, ad Tom Justice and Pres Self, giving their homes as Gastonia. The stores which they were charg ed with entering were those of Doug las Carpenter, W. R. Porter and Ger Jard SLamey. Kite Flying Caused Lights ! lo Flicker Saturday Night Mrs. Hamrick .'<> 15. sc mi- I’.irt of Fan .1 r.g Orj; nrr i un, lie-ar ■ •: t.i t I .-»jde .:((••«. •' i la • ! I r') ii k who r:>Jo '' 5 i T 1 thi• Fn'ott Trust Co., Ini hi ril Klini' .she has mere lady cus t‘ i-c’ ■ f^hrr. ■ ;dn and facial treat meet to: 0 ’to a id h ft a - .••la:., •, cat! a t-rd ,o,. v if 1 i, ;.i • ,, >> i.t if the W. 1. l-'-i.-rn'r.: . it >natiy organization ’it' lit1' ::-ft of n.-Kt month. Mr. f, rt\t g is having th:' stare re-arr-iM; H .'Inside to j t o vide for this depart me; . which appeal* so mu; h to wo tre-1' n. ,v- ;- I iy-. Mr* Gray atiu.it. et ••"d- -'art me.it*. now < « mezzanine wi" be tnoved to the second floor and with i1 tir- ladies ready-to-wear :le riHitiaetit which has been on the au.ia fleet. The entire second floor will th« tc fore be devoted to millinery, ready-to-wear and fitting r< urns whirl-. Mr. Fanning says naturally tog't.h er This change he feels will be a great convenience to customers for it provides more privacy. He expects to greatly enlarge the stocks of mil linery and ready-to-wear and mak-t F: fining's one of the largest in these lines between Charlotte and Asheville. Adds Picoting Department. Mrs. Fred Turner, who is an ex nort in hemstitching ami picoting, having had many years' experience in this department of dress making, will also become a part of the Fanning or ganization- between now and the first of the month. Mrs. Turner is well known in this community in thi aline of which, she has made a specialty for i number of years. Siie will make headquarters either on the mezzanine or main floors, adjoining the piece goods de partment. C Mr. Anderson of the GrandRapids i show case company spent a couple of I day-- here last week workinging out j a shift in the handsome fixtures. New shelving will be added where the ready-to-wear is now handled and here wash goods, white goods, drap eries and curtain goods will be added. The office comes down stairs from the mezzanine floor. The mezzanine floor will he g-ven over entirely to the “Beauty Shoppe” nod a comfortable rest room, all convenient to the ready-to-wear artd millinery on the second floor. Booths will be fitted upon the mazzanine where Mrs. Hamrick and her as sistants, Mrs. L. R. Phillips’ and Miss India Tate of Atlanta, Ga., will do general beauty culture, doing all sorts of hair and scalp treatment, facial massages, manicuring, ?tv. Tr.e&e three booths will be equipped with the very latest type of beautv culture instruments and treatment concoctions. Gardner and Realty. Chat ditto Observer. They are talking about Max Gard ner's $1,000,000 real estate corpora tion as if that is something big, while the fact is that the Shelby promoter has just started. Max Gardner has been leaving footprints all the way from Charlotte to Shelby ..nd beyond to Rutherfordton and on to Henderson viilo and Asheville. He is going to do more real estate talk than any other single man in North Carolina the com ing season. DAMNED SOILS CL IB" FORMED BY STUDENTS Rochester, N. Y.— The Rochester Journal and the Post Express says that the “damned souls1' society has been formed by students at the Uni versity of Rochester, a Baptist insti tution, "to prove the necessity of atheism and to abolish belief in God am) all religions based on that belief’. SlriiiK Mad.- of Old Blanket Became Wet and I'art of Shelby in Darkness as Result. Boys will be hoys and for ho ot.ht reason “The City of Springs" was in darkness off and on .Saturday night. Down at the old Armory hail. Chi.s! Cordell, Shelby battler, had to stop a •wing in midair because the li virts jumped off and he couldn't see tti«> t’.h'in at which he was air.dnu; ulo'i.g the residential streets bn-tlge play ers' with "grnritl slam" harms had io wait, patiently or imp'd1 idly, until the lights came hark on ; t,,l roulo'l tha bleak darkness; in tl < uptown stmres merchants and clerk • hud con siderable delay in waitin'; ■upon their customers; here, there and every where about town there v, as . cons u ritil. ' tor, in brief, Shelby c if y lights ■■ w i ■ spasmodic, to say tho prac tically all of Saturday night and Sun day. Unexpectedly they would go off si ltd after some minute-, of dark Mr. would flash on again Ar,| * kept re pining throughout tho night. Uptown, city electrician; undo tho dire tlon of Supt It. W 1" ,ms, looked perplexedly for the cause. After a time they found it. lays* week the March winds a re so a-.d flurried. It was kite-fiying timer' and fhnvn by the laundry the hoys sent their kites sailing iryto the air. Some of the kites had strings onto them, which is customary <jth kites. On." hoy had torn up an old blanket . s a tail for his kite. In someway -;! e kite became entangled in the high powered wires. The old blanket v.u'nu ped itself around two of the mjiin wires and remained fastened there. Nothing of Consequence <|t \ el.1. But then it rained and the tail of tb * kite made of an old blanket beeur.n. a conductor of electricity when they cughly saturated with water, and therefore a short circuit and the ,,fe •’•'d "*' lights of Saturday night and Sunday. If you became enraged Sanirday i ight by the jumpy lights, just re member that you were once a boy and that boys will fly kites in March and that kite tails many times do things they are not supposed to do, Fo ends another mystery. C. B. McBrayer C. M. T. C. Official For This County The War Department has anounc ed appointment of Mr C. B. McBravec Shelhy, as a County Representative for the Citizens* Military Tra.ning Camps, for the coming summer. Mr. McBrayer states that he has received a supply of application blanks for jthe training camps and will be ready to pass these out to young men between the ages of 17 and 24 who might want to take a month's encampment in Juiy, at gov ernment expense. Congress appropriates nearly $11, 000,000 annually to enable young men to develop their physical powers un der proper supervision. Railroad fare, meals enrouty add at camp, uniforms, laundry, athletic equipment and medical and dental treatment are furnished. Five vacancies only have been allot ted Cleveland County and it is ex pected that these will all be taken by April 1st. Others may apply cod if vancancies occur later they will be taken care of. Mrs. James Moore Dies At Hospital Mrs. Ada Moore, 18 year old wife of James W. Moore of the Flint Hill section of Cleveland county died about noon Friday at the Shelby Hospital where she had been a patient for a short time. Mrs- Moore before mar riage was Miss Ada Kelley, daughter of George Kelley, well known farmer of the Flint Hill section. She was a young woman of fine character, a lovely wife and mother, whose dedh in youth, is a great shock to her many friends. She leaves her husband and 'one child. The body was buried Sat urday at Boiling Springs Baptist church, the funeral being conducted by Rev. John Greene. Cigarettes New Aid to Beauty; Make Lips Red and Cheeks Whiter Philadelphia—The girls have a new way to redden their lips. It is cigar ette.1-. that give them the desired gray white complexion accenuating rose bud mouths according to a dentist, a cosmetician and a local photographer. “The up to date young woman no ticed the new cosmetic effect which smoking gave them,” a manager of a beauty culture school declared. “She recognized it as something new and different. So she decided to use it to advantage in creating a new style of beauty. That is why the combination of red lips and white cheeks has be come popular." Nicotine dries out the feminine | complexion, creating an uuusual pul lor. beauty experts and physicians said. However, it is said, the cigarette aids in drawing moisture to the lips. The constant moistening reddens them. So, although the face is bleach ed by smoking the effect of the cigar ette is much better than that of tho lipstick. ‘‘The cigarette is the best lipstick she can procure and use,” said Jonn Ivazian, photographer. “Constant moistening of the lips keeps them bright and red.” “Twenty per cent of my feminine patrons smoke cigarettes,” declared Dr. S. C. Brown, dentist, “I can al ways detect a girl cigarette smoker. Her complexion is whiter and iu* features more defined.
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