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SHELBY’S BUILDING PROGRAM IN 1925 TOTALLED THREE MILLION DOLLARS—1926 WHAT? MAKE A CITIZEN OF EVERY VISITOR. RELIABLE HOME PAPER Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section. Modern Job Department, i* "i SHELBY’S POPULATION 1925 Census_8,854 Where Industry Joi.is With Climate In A Call For You, . *_—* VOL. XXXIV, No. 12 “Covers Cleveland Completely.” SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, MARCH 15. 1926. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afterno ms. l Uy mail, per year (in advance) $2.50 \ Ry carrier, per year (in advance) $.'1.00 SHELBY ASSOCIATIONS LET OUT OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR BUILDING HOMES 0. S. C0II OPENS IN SHELBY IS Usual Large Number of I i'liidr V j< i i fions on Docket, flood Crowds. Politicians Are Bus;. 'ilia spring term of Feik -a! c ou t convened in the eoutiiy court h m •• here today with United St; to: Judg.. K. Yates Webb presiding and Hi trict Attorney Frank ■ Lim.ey pi effing. Large crowds are in -teme.r rtany crowding the corridor of ■ court room several hour- t fore ■ ■•-> • opened. No Big Cases. Contrary to the < us i• c-yfi-.Mi ed hy Shelby’s first few !'. b-ral i ur there are .no cases docketed of out s tanding importance, so ■■■■•■• fing 1 K. S. Williams, deputy clerk at*1 g; statistician of Western Ci-.K-iin.c e< urts. On the docket, however, i - < ne 1 a: 1; ing case, said to be from i.ii: i '.n that is expected to take up con ; r ah'e time in trial. Other than th it is understood that the niaj unity of t erses, as is customary with Federal courts, will have to do with the vi< tion of Federal liquor laws. Ne at the foot of the South Mount; the Shelby district of the court m ud-, ly has a large run of such violatl According to Mr. William- m i other court officials the court v id likely extend over three ur four da;- . if r.ot longer. In addition to the judge and dis trict, attorney the other regular t-Airt officials are in attendance inclm-i g Mr. Williams. Marshal Browr.low Jackson, Clerk R. L. Blalock, deputy marshals, revenue officers, st<-:. - graphers and general court attend r lit s. Politics Working. With good crowds from, the rut’; I .•cctions in attendance political dis cussion is in order about the court house and in the corridors .dur ng court intermissions. Quite a nun la-r of candidates arc high marks of tire week as a sideline to the u^ual court activities. This Weather—— Snow and Spring March snows are no longer u'nusu; i Shelby ploughed through a n g'.d' i f'andadian blizzard Saturday, N“'r spring, judging from the past wee!:, weather prophets will begin predu i tg March snows instead ot the ; 11 ■ verbial lion-like winds. A few tailing flakes warned of the coming blizzat',! early in the morning Saturday and .1 short time later it came. During the entire forenoon the town experi need one of the most driving show-star. • in history and despite the warmth Mother Earth it stuck for a time. The older fellows about town w! •• talk of the weather and back up win. their talk the experience of from 1" to 60 years say that next week .a I sec spring really break and hat 1 after the weather will be niildly w until it breaks into summer. i March snows they contend (ei i a spring that excels all other c! • Republicans to Hold Meeting Here C ounty Convention to be Held Mar.h 27th—Precinct Meeting- March 20th. k. A norder signed by •!. i 1;.' < cbariman of the Republican I'-'' live Committee and K. R. '' secreta^r of the Republican Lm tive Committee of Cleveland «•>-un.> reads as follows: At a meeting duly rolled and i on this date, a Republican (. o.n\ eri mu for Cleveland County i* hereby .a'l <d to convene in the Court House in Shelby, N. C. on Saturday. March 27th, 1920 at 2 o’clock. P. ' elect an executive committee toi county for the next two years and to anpoint delegates to the Republican State Convention, which convene in Durham, N. €., on April aih, and to the various other Conventions. “Precinct meetings are also h<-ie. by called to meet at their respective voting places on Saturday* Man -• > at 2 o’clock P. M., to elect a Pre cinct executive committee of tine or more of the most active Republi cans to serve for the next two >eai and to appoint precinct delegates to the Countv Convention which con venes on March 27th, at 2 P. M., in the Court House.” Mrs. James L. Webb and Mrs. 0. Max Gardner accompanied Mrs. Hilaries Partin to Charlotte Saturday and spent the day. Mrs. Partin and baby, Amelia Love have been the house guests of Mrs. Webb b r the past week. __ Wen Essay Medal (h'-s \Y. liiRsrd'rrtaff Mods With Ac cidental Death While Working For Dig Construction Co. < \V. Biggerstaff,; age about '30 y -..I-.', was killed March 8th in an ac cidentwhile in th- employ of a large construction company in Florida, ar cotding to telekrants received here Saturday by hi.- father Robert Big g • taff, formerly of I.at!imore. now living near I'illcnboro. Mr, Iliggerst tiV l td I • t n in Florida about five nruvr.hs working for a large railroad construction coiafiany.. Details of the accicki which brought. aboil tdeath, have not been learned. It i: ttnilcr-toiid that I s body v.as hr .ugh; to Baltimore and carried to ltd oi* th church . where it was inter b M. day. it v.a a brother of Mrs S. C. Crawley i f Lattin'ore, \Y. I’. Big gei * aff tit Lattinipre, Tom A.. 1. X and Joe Diggers tuff of Rutherford V .unty. He was married to a Mis; . ic .,.y of Lirtcoln county who diet! ! . t J':fi;e. For -awhile . he*, lived ..in Cimilotie. ('.ring from, there to Florida «i re ho met with ;v fatal accident. ; vi rai tele crams were exchanged pi . r : 1,i- relatives w- evli eated, aft f ; \ hi, !. they asked \hut 1 s body be .-c :. !. t.i (1-. ■ • lard county for in .a'f m. ;i ! :i!g await is ).,dat ivek.tts do ;h naUn •' of ■ Ptitle- Says Mute* Are Gocd Workers [j;i, , > 1 Sh--I In N.at Says i; , [.*n Moyers Make: l auhtul Vio! I. r- ?n Furniture Plants. i: V : h Mr. [i,: . 1, p :td ij the ■t ■' d * (li’afj will iv> inter ■ t , }; v. ) ■ v/ dvm ap ; *;>■■ |p Leyh K :w- and Ob I n .'-a rek:. . ; , i ; r, - .,,,| } y vhc vcral iUUt ; , h i' in, furniture fac p.yj, | ' I r. It , . i ! A- factory. Sit fl t.Wt Hugh <Milier. chief of the I!ureau ,,f ,. .. !>: .if. it; the Depart racnt of ki kiting ti} .n his return i ;.■ fi mu the f urnituri City, •vhere he rot:;erred with a number of manufacturers with-'regard to the Wo! king of the deaf. Mr. Miller Mated that he war uc , ifed in finding; a number of jobs lor mptcs who rave petitioned him to procure jobs for them, furniture men are very well pleased with the results they have obtained from the several mutes in their employ ami they have no fear that they wdl not get efficient work from the mutes, said Mr. Miller. Since the instituting of the deaf employment service in the depart m(,i,t iif Labor and Printing at the start of the Grist administration, the results obtained, according to Mr Miller, have been remarkable. 1„ -peaking of Mr. Miller, who is a mute, <'onmtjksioner Grist describ ed him as being one if the hardest wm>m men in the employ of the state . .. - -i - —. Two Are Held lo r Selling Murder Liquor To Vandyke Wiil K. Farnsworth. 55, Ft!i:;*rril\ stur.ekeeiier and H'rmen of • ho He ■curt City-Cherry»die road.' •ajul hi.-; ron, Fvrma'rt Kj*rn -.worth, IT. arc out o’l §1,000 a:i<l S-i lKIO Iwh'!*, (ri soect i>:e!y, today, following their "aw1 bv of fivers oh-, warra rts ch.arg irr that the two,Sold Jo<se Vandyke, u. ’vdrm v nf Chief A. I,. Painter, of ( hr n yvillo, a quart of'e no liquor whYU the lay ir thank when he was on bis erasty, -drunken syte.. l<--c Vandyke swore at a hearini? that he boughtthe •. liqucr front; the la n.wer In th • day he.ft.r- ho killed Pail.ter, Janvaty eft. He went t' thyir r i re throe n;• ’. .. outride of Clr-n yvi l "'ir. I'erhswn. th went ;,tr the old yton* i»ui! li-er arid h ihd (d , a qua! t. I R: • hi c. and i y f-b'-t l: for .t'.dv ke raid. "T* is is not <>.-i or T l" .til.,ijfi-iiy," Solicrit Ip 1 *;■> i .l ."It's an extraorf lb:'! c is the liquor wh.Yh h vi id •. if .they fur ; .-.I that caused the killi: g • t.h■ y arc party t*» the or almost of n'insUi r :Hrjr 1 !f that > of a five er ten thou, end . t os ' irv : mall thine." ‘ MjJii'pr in 'iv.it hailable. h sold this liquor t ' iy! •••: if that is the >' .pell on .i .!• entfSe'. I hi'i'i trie in a f! Is liquor is. bn t »».• •- iliy :t< Jesse- Van tyke i. SI.at) in ■-!) !' • - it. * ' v ca e of ■)• ar ;■ ease 1 f fiUSOil the the liquor >f a Tint or, i.ne. It ■ i. and i\. t if the matter .lofiai' bond ' f Ferns - •l o- Van in* or fm n t hat sold . of niUMin Elease Charges Booze Sold Under Dome Nation’s Capitol South Carolina Senator Declares Pro hibition Over Nation is A Huge Joke. Washington.—Liquor Is sold • daily ■‘under the very dome of the capital,' and Senator Bleaso. Democrat <■*' South Carolina, who makes that charge is willing to prove it to any Doubting Thomas by buying him a , drink ir. the halls of congress. “Prohibition is a joke,” he told the Washington policemen’s association, adding that it would remain so imt'l j -he men who voted for prohibitn stepped drinking liquor. ‘ The trouble with congress,” he continued, “is they veto dry and drink wet.” Sell Wares in Capital. Bootleggers, he said, sell their wares “every day in the house and senate office building” and they come around to him daily and ask, “Hew much do you need today. Senator?” ’ To a newspaper man who expressed doubt of the situation, the South Car "h'-jan later said: “If you don't think 1 u,can what I sav, come up to the cvp'ud with me and 'll buy you a drink.’ About the same time that Senator Bhase was addressing the policemen Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of the anci-salooh league., was .delivering that organization’s second attack in a few hours on the polls being taken by ' many newspapers on the subject of total prohibition as against beer and light wines. Only a minority of the people want beer.-and wine, lie said, while the ma il lit; has spoken its mind on the pn position repeatedly, “not in straw | votes but in official ballots, and that majority has rejected the wine and : bi t ! plea,” Police and Biqucr. If the prohibition question ever comes before the senate again, Sen at r Blease told die policemen’s meet ing, “1 am going to vote dry because tin people of my state want me to. bin 1 am.also, going to tell the senate \\h- n 1 do it that it is their voce and j net mine.” The senator declared it was a . shame for policemen to brag about how many arrests for drunkenness had been made, adding that when ho was a mayor he had ordered his ef fiv rs to escort drunken men to their holies, lie remarked that he knew of or.e case where a judge sentenced a man for being drunk when the judge hinnelf “had liquor on his breath.” P. C. Gardner Enters Race for Solicitor | -- — Attorney P. C. Gardner today an nounces his candidacy for county nrosecuting attorney, opposing At torney ('has. A. Burras who now holds this position. The contest is likely to lie a lively one for both are popular members of the local bar and well known throughout the coun ty. Mr. Gardner is the son of the late L. S. Gardner of the Beam's Mill community. He was graduated at the University of North i’arolina and i later practiced law in Oklahoma for eight years, being solicitor of Osage i county for a number of years. While j there, lie was a law partner with kludge R. B. Boone who went to I Oklahoma from Durham, this state, j Mr. Gardner came back to his native i county about 2 years ago and locat i ed in Shelby for the practice of law. Police Chief Charlie Price, of West Hickory, and Attorney D. F. Russell, j of Hickory, were in Shelby this week , attending Federal court. Mr. Russell, well known in the county, is a candi date for Superior court solicitor in the Jun« primary. Carl Thompson to Build Three Story Buildings Mr. Carl Thompson, proprie tor of the Thompson Lumber company on West Warren street is preparing to erect three, three story brick store rooms on the site of the old Shelby Gro cery Company building which is now being torn down. This pro perty faces W. Warren street and fronts on the railroad where there are sidetrack facilities Mr. Thompson has not made up his mind as yet just what s.ze buildings these will be but he is preparing the .site and is employ ing an architect to assist h.m in working out the plan to the best advantage. He has not decided whether lie will have the build ing cut into three separate rooms with brick partitions or whether the dividing walls will be tempor ary affairs so that the floors can be thrown together for one occupant. The new building will be of first class const ruction and make an ideal location for a business bouse that needs side track facilities. It is also close to the retail district and If Mr. Thompson should let the building face on West Warren street they would suit well for retail busi ness. Mrs. R. C Champion dropped dead at her home in the Mount Sinai Church' section of the county Monday mV tiling, according to information !. anted in Shelby this morning.. Her death is a source of great sorrow to her many friends in Shelby from which place she moved about a month ago. While hery she lived in South Shelby and her father Dock Putnam died at her homo last fab. Cause <S her death is not known, neither has The Star been able to find cut what the funeral, arrangements arc. Mrs. Champoin was a fme. Chns tain woman with a host of frierns ami relatives and the news of her sud dtn death is -a great shock. She is sur vived' by her husband and the follow - inff children: .Marion, Benton, Gradv. I Palmer, Margaret, Cofinne. Mrs Win. I HcSwain. Also surviving are two sis ters. Mrs. .1. J. Spurlin of Boiling I Springs, and Mi's. Hush Hamrick, of I Jeffersonville, (la., three brothers: W i 0 K l’utnani, Shelby postal carrier; ; <ko.sie Putnam, of Taccna. Ga.. and | I t o. It. Putnam of Shelby K-2. Flay Hoey Sells His Grocery Stock Play Hoey who lias owned and on elated a retail grocery store on X LaKayette street since he purchased the half interest of his father-in-law Charlie MeBrayer, has sold the stock of merchandise to Andrew J. Dellin ger and John J. Justice who took | charge today. Messrs Dellinger and Justice will continue the store at the I same stand. Mr. Dellinger gives up ! his position with Arey Brothers with ■ whom he has been associated for the , past 12 years. . Mr. Dellinger lias sold a lot ad j joining his residence on the Clove ! land Springs road to Mr. Hoey at a jobusideration of S.'t.OOb, Ho y Bible Class of Cntral Church Hold \muiat Binque*. Term i I ! .a .';;est ii N. (', Th- Mi n' ’ Hili!.- Cbi of Contra! Methodi: t church, l>:*»,11*f known ink the llo<‘v tin \ held its annual ban <iUi*t Ft day evening a! ( I'vliil l blprintrs wi a over 2nd members i r<-'otu <u f . . v.-ial pron.jaon; vi • | tors. Ti e ha ..|Ut t was . terniMi o • of I tile t) <t ''vim sU'Etil 'liy the biti (dass and ti e program could not be ex cel !c (I. Two compliments worthy. of th" i oi st ntr i f all Fdndby were handed to ;h • (!a • during the evening by Rev. A. i). Wilcox, of ( harloUe,, nnd Dr. II. K. Hover. They were: "Th > biggest and host H ide class in North Carolina,” arid “the largest Bible (la s of men I have ever faced.’ Rev. Mr, Wilcox, pastor of Trinity state's most prominent ministers, was the speaker of the evening;. With him was Rev. A. L. Stanford, Trydn street pastor of Charlotte, and one of the best boosters the class has ever known. -inttTjestitig rroxrani MuVic fur the evening was furnish ed by the ‘‘Tar Heel Syncopators", Shelby’s own crack orchestra. In ad dition to the orchestra selections there were several additional num bers including a violin solo of re markable technic by E. Getchel; a vocal solo by Miss Ann Adams, and a duet by M.sses Bessie Clarke and , Lucy Harmon. A highly humorous and entertain ing number coming before the for mal program was a recitation “The Jew Wedding,’” by Dr. J. R. Osborne. Rev. Mr. Wilcox was introduced by I Hon, Clyde R. Hoey, class teacher and toastmaster of the banquet. W arns of Hanger. The speaker, apparently moved by witnessing such a large group of men gathered in one B.ble class, made a stinging attack against athe ism and non-believers and a fervent appeal for those “who see God and have faith.” “This will he termed down through h story as the ‘Age of Materialism,’ declared Rev. Mr. Wilcox. “It is the age when inert dare make attacks" against the church that would not have been countenanced just five years ago. There is danger ahead; something is hound to snap. When widely known writers publish articles telling ‘Why 1 I,eft the Church" and organized movements by atheists so creed of the Christian religion, there is danger.’” For 40 minutes his stiring appeal gripped his large audience -f men and it is thought that few evangelistic services have had more earnest at tention. Many were visibly moved by the talk, regarded as one of the plainest and most direct urgCs for a return to real religion ever heard ; here. In concluding the speaker gave his idee of the vast size of the Bible class and explained how he no long er wondered at such a gathering of I men after hearing and seeing the I teacher of the class. Kev. A. L.. biantord,! allowing Kev i Mr. Wilcox, whs given a rousing round of greeting by the class he hr. ' boosted wherever he goes. Briefly, the j former pastor told of his affection and 1 interest in the class and Shelby and how that interest would linger al W lys, closing with the statement: i “ I ruihfully, 1 can say, no matter I where I go, that 1 never expect to encounter a finer and bigger, or more J cordial and open-hearted Bible class than this.” Bor er Braises Class. Or. 11. K. Boyer, Central church ■; pastor, who preceded both speakers I on the program, told the class of hi“ appreciation of their support and ! what such a class means to a church. | From him came the statement that it | wrs ihe largest Bible class with the j he. t teacher in North Carolina. Ming i ling some humor with his talk Dr. | B( yer established himself as an un I usually entertaining banquet talker. ! ■ j __ Cleveland Heights Name of Division — The development property recently ! purchased by O. M. Gardner and O. ! M. Mull on the Elizabeth road and j Highway No. 20 just beyond Cleve i land Springs has been named Cleve land Heights, or “Suburban Shelby Supreme.” About 50 lots of the property will j be sold by pre-development sales this i week handled by Shelby’s entire list ; of real estate o-ei ci*‘ 1 * Recitation Winner II .tmr.’n-;, U»iKn«r Si i -n^s rtudcnt. wt\~ the 1026 wiorer of the Selma Webb Urrit i: ion medal lb. • Mibjuet sva “Thu hit ai t of. Briar Gardner Not CommereialmnK Re spect of State Voters, Bui I sinjt Outside Capital. With a real estate boom similar to that of Florida sinking this state the major portion of pessimistic investi gation centers around the remark: “But the bin thing Western Caro Lna needs is outside capital.” That outside capital is be in if heav ily invested in Western Carolina is [ evidenced by the two b.g realty firms recently organized by O. Max Gard ner. of Shelby. With the exception *of the capital ii* ested bv Mr. Gardner and a few Shelby associates practically'all. of the capital behind, the dug- Gardner Land Company and the niilhon dol lar Henderson Mountain Lakes is coming from New York, the north ami east. A prominent real estate visitor here this week commenting on the magnitude of Gardner's vision for the future re- rt pOss biVties of thi state was highly complimentary to the manner in which Mr. Gardner is supporting and financing his pro jects. Not Endangering Friends Instead of ea p. tali zing and earn-, niereialraing on his popularity and esteem as a statesman Mr. Garduar has goiy forth from this state to secure mis financial support. Thou ...srims of dollars have been turned over to the Shelby man for use in his development work, but not a peo ny has been subscribed by friends nr upon nolitical prestege. ‘I his alone marks the integrity of the man,” declared the visitor. “Mr. Gardner might have secured ail the money desired for his huge moun tain resort by sol,citing the financi al suport of his political friends and imposing upon the service he has rendered in public life." Mr. Gardner himself has little as yet to say about his land companies. “[ merely have a vision of the great future for our state, and 1 could not afford to have my friends invest their money: in a mere vision of mine. Going to New York I explained my' plan of Carolina's future; told the men I conferred with that it might go. and might not. They apparently believed enough in the future of the state to invest iii my organizations. To them it is a mere matter of busi ness; North Carolina does need out side capital for development and the entire financial support for my or ganization is coining front the out ! side except that of the investment of , my associates and myself.” That the Gardner companies will I soon he in the midst of development activity is further .evidenced by the ; preparation of a suite of offices for I the headquarters of the firms here i in tlie Webb building. The best forerunner of the success iof Mr. Gardner’s big undertaking is . found in the fact that he has an un usually' keen sense of values and ha« [ been remarkably successful in every venture he has touched. Mr. Char. C. Blanton, president of th * Shelby First National Bank, says that Mr. Gardner possesses the finest sense oi land values and business judgment of any professional man in his ac quaintance. Fastern capitalists evi dently think along the lines of Mr. Blanton as Mr. Gardner has already bi ju,:1h iv,-i aOMMV'O'i - I foj'r mn w» f Remarkable Growth of Shelby Made Possible Through Goans To Home Guilders by Associations. Here’s why Shelby grows. Loans totalling Over two and one half million dollars are now on the bqks of the three up town building and loan associa tions of Shelby. Of that amount a little over two million dollars has gone to the building of homes in Shelby, it is estimated by officials of the local associa tions. Today. Shelby ranks among the leading building and loan centers of the state although outclassed l>y many towns and cities in population. lloine Owners State building and loan officials a year ago gave Shelby the title of a [city of home owners. Since that time ! several hundred new homes have ; lieen constructed through the local building and loan associations and j quite a number are now under con ’s* ruction in various residential sec tions and developments. From calculations made by offi c als of the building and loan -asso ciations. loans outstanding through the three associations total a little i over 82.500,000. An estimate is that two millions of this amount has trope or is going towards building Shelby. One building and loan official es | timates that three-fourths of the loans made by h,s organization go i for home building, while the presi dent of another says more than that i f>(jure goes for homes as his associa tion stresses home building and is none too strong for other loans. Some loans are made for other out poses t han home biulding hut I from a general estimate from several ! officials $.">,000 goes out for btiildin(j homes every time $1,000 is loaned | for other purposes. Shelby only a decade back was a mere county-seat town. Then it be : gnn to irrow. On an average the ci tizenship was that of all small grow : ing towns with a goodly percentage renting their homes. Then the build ing and loan associations became ac tive and renters began to be home owners. Today, few towns of similar -•ir.e have more homes owners than ' Shelby. Kush on Now In addition to the three up-town associations a new organization was ; recently formed in South Shelby with Marvin Blanton as secretary and treasurer. This association has start ed off with a vim and although in its I infancy is adding to the home owning ! class along with the older associa tim. .1. L. Suttle, John 1*. Mull and J. Frank Roberts, secretaries of the ; uptown associations, say that with the present real estate trend the asso ciations are being flooded to an ex tent with applications for loans to build homes in the new sections open ing up- Due to this rush practically all the associations are several weeks j behind with loans and applications are being filed and taken up in or ! der of filing. However, building and loan offi cials are making extra efforts to car ry through loans for those building homes in which to live, this class al ways receiving special favor from the associations. Many of these loans, especially dur.ng a building rush period, have been made possible by the folks who j make a systematic habit of saving | through building and loan shares. | The president of one association tells j of a farmer in the county who only j recently had 70 shares to mature. I Considering it a safe medium of | saving the farmer instead of with i drawing the money coming to him : through the matured shares, $7,000 • in all, merely added $250, and in six I years will have 100 matured shares, worth $10,000. Thus the motto of budding and loans is stressed: Every dollar saved through one of the as ; sociat.'ons means another dollar go | irg into Shelby homes. There seems j to be a constant demand for loans • with which to build homes and con sidering the rush of applications on recently 1926 promises to be a rec ord building year ip Shelby. money into North Carolina. Starts Work Earl S. Draper, prominent land scape planner and vision creator of Myers Park and I.ake Lure, has ne-* cured the plan to the big mountain development, and the lake dam will be constructed under the supervision of the consulting engineers of l) 4 i Soin hern Power Company.