SHELBY’S BUILDING PROGRAM IN 1925 TOTALLED THREE MILLION DOLLARS—1926 WHAT? MAKE A CITIZEN OF EVERY VISITOR. ... ....-q SHELBY’S POPULATION 1925 Census_8,854 Where Industry Joins With Ciimate In A Call For You, . j r . ■> RELIABLE HOME PAPER Of Shelby And The State's Fertile Farming Section, Modern Job Department, libelant) tar VOL. XXXIV, No. 12 Covers Cleveland Completely.” SHELBY, N. C.WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1926. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons, I. By mail, per year (in advance) -$2.50 _ " ' * \ Bv carrier, nor vmnr fitr nn Famous Author and Nati\:- of County Comes to Shelby on Speaking Tour of State. Thomas Dixon, famous orator and author of “The Clansman,” "The Leopard’s Spots,” and of the s::o a rio, “The Birth of a Nation,” and a native of Cleveland County, North Carolina, has accepted an invitation to .‘■ peak at the court house in She I. by Thursday, April 15th, at 8 o’ch ck in the evening. At 7 o’clock, preced ing the meeting, Mr. Dixon will be a guest of the Kiwanis cduh at dinner. Mr. Dixon goes to Shelby fi-r. m, Hendersonville, where he is scheduled tr speak on April 14th. He ha- also accepted a number of other -peaking engagement in this State, hi- itiner an being as follows: Marion, in McDowell county, April f>th; Eastern Carolina Exposition and Auto Show, Greenville, Ajril 8th; Fayetteville, April 9th; Wilmington April 10th; Winston-Salem, April 12th; Charlotte, April 13th; I Tender sonville, April 14th; Shelby April 15th, and Asheville, April 16th. A capactiy audience is expected t< greet Mr. Dixon’s appearance at Shelby, where he will be upon hi na tive heath. Shelby people have always been interested in Thomas Dixon and hir speech in his home town i- • im ported to be of more than usual in terest, Mr. Dixon was born in Cleveland County on January 11, 1661, thy son of. r well-known minister. At the aj'e' of 19 he graduated from W^ke For est college. He then entered Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., as a special student in history and politics. The following year, 188-1, he took up the study of law at the; Cm ensboro Law School, from which he Was graduated in 1886. That sam „' year he was admitted to the bar or, all the courts in the State, including the United States District courts, ahil also the bar,of the United States Su-, preme Court. at Washington. However j he resigned these privileges in Oeto-, ber, 1886 to enter the ministry-. Sev en tenths before he had been married * to Miss' Harriet Bussey, of Mot.tgo incry, Alabainu. In 1887, after his ordination, Mr. Dixon was elected pastor of a Bap t;st church in Raleigh. During the! following yArs he occupied a .Baptistj pulpit in Boston, and the next year ae ! c« pted a call to New York, where lv .rerrained until 1896. Before the close of his ministry he enjoyed the repu tation of attracting larger congre-: r,.«*»or>s than any other Protestant minister in the country. n nas been as a writer of nove l.- , dealing w'ith life in the South during j the time of the War between the States and during the Reconstruction j period, and as an orator that Mr Dixon has gained his great reputa lion which has spread to many coun tries. His motion picture, "The Birth ■ of a Nation” was remarkably success I ful. being declared by many to bo the greatest picture ever produces1 Mr. Dixon plans the erection of. a home in Wildacres, which he select ed as the summer assembly ground (|f the Mount Mitchell Association of Arc1 and Sciences, following a 2,b00 tn'de tour of the Apallaehian muunta.ii chair. Officers of the Mount Mitchell Association of Arts and Sciences i are: Mr. Dixon. President; Elhott j Dangeffield and Henry W. I.aniei. Vice-President; and Dr. Norwood G. Carroll, Secretary-Treasurer. N. Hires, of Raleigh, is general sclcs , egt-nt Cherryville Loses To Shelby Highs; Piedmont Defeated Locals Cop Another Game and King-1 Mountain M ins Again. Play Here Thursday. “Casey” Morris’ Shelby Highs dt\ f'sted Cherryville there Tuesday 5 to 4 in a good game, the hitting fea tures being by Gillespie, of Shelby, and Boggs, of Cherryville. Hoyle and Smith were the opposing twirlers, the former giving up r x h’ts and the latter only four, both bjrlers whiffing 12 batsmen. Two Games Here. The Highs play Mt. Holly in Mt. | Holly today and meet Morganton hero' Thursday in the first home game ot! ihe week. Friday they play Lenoir at Lenoir and on Saturday the Charlotte j Highs come here for a game which it is expected will draw a large crowd. In Champ Rare. Playing here Tuesday Kings Moun tain continued their romp towards the county title by defeating Piedmont lo to 3. Hord and Mauney were rtars for Kings Mountain and \\ his nunt starred for Piedmortt. Bodies Springs and Kings Mountain play tore Friday, Shelby As Viewed \ By Hendersonville j (Hendersonville News) J Tlic Cleveland Star is cal- l culatul to stir up a real estate j lemm with its headlines to the j eCect that recent sale reveal- | •«! enhancement of 40 times J over the original value 23 { yea-, ago. Shelby :s situated i v.Mere j will catrli the main j ‘hap to and from the moun- ! tiai ; <'ll the part of Eastern j and ihedmoHt Carolinians. At [ this rate Shelby will soon be » aide to show Hendersonville ( something rare in the realty C realm. ( Legion A'-Ls for Building Site for ( hih. Other Business t ransacted By Commissioners. At the monthly meeting of the county hoard of commissioners held tr’s week the commissioners upon- re quest agreed to purchase and pay for Alte planting of shrubbery and other d r-igr.s about the court building on the -quare. The plot to be beautified by the aid of the commissioners is that part, of the square in iite interior of the walk circling the building. With this arrangement through it, is understood that the Woman’s club • of Shelby will confer with city of ficials. about taking care of the plant ing and other work planned for the re man der of tlie square. The couruy convict force was this we.-k moved to. the square and is as i.-ung in the, work there. The lawn is being broken; for regrassing and the work of widening the walks is nearrg completion. At the meeting of the board "Dr. J. S. i enton and others representing the local post of the American legion ap peared and asked the board about ve liu-irg a triangle corner on East Warren near the county jail for a club building. It is understood that the legion hopes to buy this plot', which at present is useless. Just what will be done about the matter has not been decided, but the probability at ; resent is it is understood, that the ex-service men may get the plot de (Continued on page night.) Aviators Can Find Shelby From Air Shelby has come in for a new brand of advertising—this time from up above looking down. There is a law ,n Japan that aviators may not sail over Tokyo, the capital, for the high mogul of the empire lives there, and no man may look down upon the Emperor, even from an airplane. But, we don’t care about that sort of thing over here. Flyers who have sailed over Shelby, say the town looks good from the skyward view — and that's that. This br.ef narrative has to do with a sign on the roof of the Ford or Charles I- Eskridge building, in Shelby. On this roof is an aviator’s guide—the name Shelby, N. with an arrow pointing north. Ford nstructed that, such a sign be placed there, to guide fivers. The story has been told in these columns. Now comes the Automotive Daily News, a national sheet published in New York, with a good sized cut of the Shelby air sign. The picture from which the cut was made was taken from aloft, and shows the name Shel by, N. C., and the arrow, in big time lettering. It is another good ad for the town, and as the News remarks, is proof that Mr. Eskridge has in this case done his bit. John Mull to Run For Recorder’s Job ,fudge John P. Mull who is round ing out his first term as county re corder, announced himelf for the of lice again-, subject to the action of the Democratic primary, June nth. Judge Mull succeeded Judge B. T. '' ills about two years ago. Within the but 15 months, it is understood that hr has tried 1.600 cases, the record er’s court serving to dispose of many petty cases and thus lessen the num l ei "of Superior court terms and cut down a great expense to the county. Judge Mull is a popular mem ber of the local bar, a graduate of Wake Forest college and law sciiool, and has been for a number of years, superintendent of the First Baptist Sunday school, one of the largest in 'I- ^ . - - _ i_ jsf SOILING SPRINGS 10 CLOSE APRIL 17. Lib rary Addre: s Ily I)r McGlothlin of Greenville, S. (’.—Sermon by Dr. Zeno Wall. Hotting Springs High school will hold its nineteenth commencement exercises beginning April 17th am} running through April 21st. Hi,nil some invitations have been issued showing that Dr. W. J. McClbthlin ol Greenville, S. C., will deliver the annual literary address while Hew Zeno Wall, pastor of the First Bap ti: t church of Shelby will deliver the annual sermon. The following is the program and list of graduates: Program Saturday. April 17th 8:00 o’clock P M. Alumni meeting. Sunday. April 18th, 11:0 o’clock A. M. Annual Sermon by Dr. Zeno Wall, Snclby, N. C. Monday April 19th 10:00 A. M. Declaimers contest; 11: f*0 A. M. Art exhibit: 2:30 P. M Headers contest; 8:30 P. M. Concert by Glee club. ’ Tue sday, April 20th 10:30 A, M. Class Day Execiscs; 2:00 P. M. Orator’s Contest; 8:0u P. M. Play by the Literary Societies en titled “Miss Somebody Else.” Wednesday, April 21st 11:00 A. M. Literary Address Dr. \\. J. McClothlin, Greenville, S C. 2:00 P. M. Graduating Exercises Marshalls Atheneana and Rhamsacur, Eliza beth Thompson, Chief. Barney Mc Entire, Macy Ezell Vance Horton, Cassie Horton. Kallicrgeonian and Kalagathian Paul Gibbs, chief; Oxie Edwards, Harvey Sparks, Elizabeth Hamrick, Cejey Walker. Senior Class Class Motto: Launched But Not Anchored. Flower: Pink Rosebud. Colors: Pink and Green. College Preparatory Aileen Kendall Biggerstaff, Mar tha Mozelle Biggerstaff, Ruby Lu ede Buchanan, Lura Carter, Pauline Myrtle Culbreth, Mary Calla Cle ment, R. Ryan Ezell, Bertha Helen Fails, Mozelle Gold, Daranda Hul ton Holland, Myrtis Hamrick, Five lyn Huggins, Florence Attie Mao Hamrick, Winfrey Durham Hamrick, Chas. R. Hamrick, George Rolanfl Hamrick, Arnold Wesley Kinca'd. Richard Francis Lancaster, Maty Lena Lineberger, Wilma Lovinda Mice, Baxter Lewis McKinney, Eloise Pruett, C. M. Rollins, Grove-. W. Splawn William Rufus Walker, Harold Eugene Williams. English Scientific R. Howard Allen, Effie Bridges Worth F. Bishop, Bentha B. Bean, Addie Pearl Barber, Lawrence Case, P.eauttv T. Gladden, Guy G. Green, Irene Greene, Grace Elizabeth Hodge. B. B. Harris, Jr.. Pearl Odessa Hum phries, Mattie Marie Hamrick, . Jennings Hunt, A. Yates Hamrick, Madge Josephine Irvin, Dewey W, Kimgrell, Carl Y. Matheney, Della L:\rena Powell, M. J. Padgett, IVnl Queen, Paul Eugene Ramsey, Worth J. Stroud, Lela Mae Wall, Alva Juicne Williams, Joe Lee Woodwind, Lee Wacaster. Former Shelby Girl Queen in Festival Miss Marie Tessier, Daughter of Lizzie Ellis Takes Regal Honors In Florida. Miss Marie Tessier, whose mother is Lizzie Ellis was born and reared in Shelby is being lauded in conspi cuous fashion in Florida papers, be cause her regal bearing and majestic beauty led judges to name her Queen of the Festival of States in St. Petersburg. Fla. Her picture ap pears on the cover page of the Morn ing Sunday News, St. Petersburg's Picture Paper. Miss Tessier is from Washington, D. C., and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Tessier. Her mother is a daughter of Bob Ellis »nd she has a number of relatives here with whom she has visited in the past Miss Tessier is a beautiful young woman and the honor is one much coveted by youth. All through the picture section of this Florida paper, Miss Tessier is shown presenting gold medals to winners of the vari ous prizes. Miss Tessier is a niece of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Turner. FORTY-FIVE XATIONALITIES IN SHANGHAI SETTLEMENT Shanghai, April 2.—Forty- five foreign nationalities were disclosed in the last census of the French and International settlements at Shang hia. Of these the Japanese led with a population of 13.804. England was second with 8,131 Russia third w.th 4.169 and the United States fourth with 3,093. The total population of Shanghai including territory properly belong ing to it. was estimated at more than two inillltri. Rum Cases Low In Cleveland Only 28 I’cr Cent of Court Cass Deal With Liquor. 42 Counties Have More Liquor Cases. Although bordering on the South Mountains, somewhat noted for moonshine, Cleveland county rank lower than adjoining- counties in li quor violations. The fact is derived from statistics on court dockets gathered by the University News Letter. According to these figur onlv 28 percent cf court cases carried in Cleveland county are honor cases, Total liquor cases on the dockets in Cleveland were 83. Rutherford county has She largest percentage of liquor eases with 75 percent, nr 100 cases. Lincoln eounty has 37 percent, with 202 cases. Catawba with 150 eases ranks 18 fn m the highest with 30 per cent. In Burke 170 eases were on dock et fi r a percentage oj 30. The mountain counties of North Carolina hive th» largest proportion of liquor law violations, according to an article in the University News Letter. “Especially i.-i this true, says the News Letter, “of rural counties that have easy means of communications with large urban centers that serve as markets. Carters' v smuggles a great, deal in by boat. On the whole, rural counties make a worse show ing than urban Counties, possible be cause it is easier to apprehend liquor law offenders in the courtry. On the other hand the temptation t , the cropper with spare tine- on his hand: to turn a bushel of meal into £15 worth of bottleg liquor i? much greater than it is to the steadily employed and more prosperous city dweller,” “It is worth mentioning.” the University publication says, —that the whites have more liquor law violations per thousand than do the negroes. The only exception to th.s is in the Tidewater counties, where the writer has reason to believe Cat the law is enforced more strictly against negroes than against whites,” Camden, Currituck ami Hyde re ported no state cases involving li quor violations. Rutherford county reported 100 cases on the Superior court docket, 75 of which were for the violation of State statutes gov erning prohibition enforcement. John Watts, 75 year old moun taineer and in destitute circum stance:-,, wept for joy when $5 in j money was shown him with which to buy food, clothing and bedding ■according to Mrs. I>an Sain of Toluca. When Mrs. Sain wrote .1 letter to The Star telling of the j destitute circumstances of Mr. Watts, I.ee B, Weathers, treasur- . er of the Kiwanis Charily fund, finding that a small amount was still left in the winter charity j chest, sent $5 to Mrs. Sain with 1 the request that she buy some j food at once for him, also some bedding. Mrs. Sain did this and I the old man's heart was over joyed because lie is in destitute ! circumstances, slowly dying in rags and on a bed of leaves, in a little hut three miles above Tolu ca. His wife and son died a f*’w weeks ago and The Star is reliably informed that his wife had only a bed of leaves for a couch when ■ he final summons came. John. Watts is a dwarf. His fate in life has been hard. He has never been used to comforts, not even the ne cessities of life but .he never grumbled or complained. An ap neal for help was issued in The Star a short time ago. If you have anything to spare to help the old man along life's hard road, send it to Mrs. Dan Sain, U-4 Lawn dale, and she will see that it gets to him. Realty Sales Given In Shelby Section A. M. Hamrick and Company re port two realty sales of recent date. One of the properties was that of Draper Wood, located on the Cleve land Springs road, sold to Messrs. Ward and Will Arey and Zol Riviere. The size of the lot was 102 by 192 feet, and the considertain was. $2,100, Another of the properties was the .1. W. Silvers lot on the Mike Bord ers development, sold to Mrs. L. E. Ligfon for $1,250. The size of this property was 100 by 20n —; , orncr Scotch and Irish ’ Mellies ’ uere The he m In old time fiddling In America Lrousht these two veterans from the lands of the heather And the i-hannot k to try their prowess. To the left Is John Wesmiinn. 76, Self styled ‘yount; Irish ditto ’ fn in Itantry Bay. To the right Is J. Stott Skinner, s:l. the champion of AUir deen. They’ll play In thy contest at Lewiston, Me., in April. Newton Reelected County Superintendent Of Schools At a meet.ng of tho county board of education held this week J. Clint Newton was rejected county superin tendent of schools for a period of two years. Mr. Newton’s new term will start July 1. The relection, if is thought, will meet with the general approval of the county and ull inter ested in rural education. During the period lie has headed; the work of the county schools much i advancement has been made and the | County plan of consolidation as spon sored by him and the boards of edu cation directing educational methods was started. The benefit of the plan is just now being felt and it will mean much to the county that the present superintendent will carry on for another term. Appoint Committee Men One of the important features of the board meeting was the a» ioint ment of school committeemen lor all districts in the county. Only one com mitteeman is appointed annually in each district ns only one term ex pires arming the three men serving as committeemen. Exceptions to the appointment of one were made where resignations had been tendered, or in new districts. The complete list when ready will be announced in The Star and offi cial notices will be sent out to those appointed. To Determine Boundaries. The county superintdent was in structed by the board to call a meet ing of the committeemen of the Earl and Patterson Springs district for the purpose of defining the bound ary lines of the two districts. Changes at Bethware The board voted, according to the minutes, to eliminate the teaching of the eighth grade at the Bethware school and agreed to transport those of the grade and additional high school pupils to Kings Mountain. Other than the above mentioned features the meeting was devoted to routine business that comes before the board. City Officials Extend Safety First Signal System For Working Motor Traffic Here B. Y. P. U. Convention To Meet At Earl 1 ho Kings Mountain Association al H. V. F. U. Convention vv.ll be held with the New Hope Baptist church, at Earl April, 17-18. The first session will be held Saturday, night at 7:30 at which time Rev. J. Black, of Kings Mountain will speak on “The fall of Today” follow ed by a reception to delegates. The program on Sunday will consist of talks and demonstrations on various phases of B. V. P. U. work, together with an address by A. R. Waters, Field Worker for Sandy Run Asso siat:on and the closing message Sun day afternoon bv Rev. Zeno W'all l). D. of Shelby. A complete program will appear in an early issue of the Star. It is expected that every church in the association will send a large delegation, whether there is a B. V. P. U. organization in the church or not. Mr. Paris Yelton, of Lawndale, is the efficient president and will preside at these meetings. STATE POPULATION 2.811,969 LAST CENSUS SHOWS Raleigh.—North Carolina's popula tion, as of July 1, 1925, is 2,811,909 according to the Federal census bu reau’s estimate, received in Raleigh Tuesday. This represents a gain of 252,846 since the 1920 census. Incidentally, the gain over the 1925 estimate is the largest of any year since the 1920 census. The government’s estimate is based cu the normal growth, as shown by previous actual censuses, it is doubt ful if it takes into consideration the rapid development of Western Car > line, sections where activities have been most pronounced recently. SHELBY’S Biggest Need “A MODERN APARTMENT HOUSE” Watch Star Realty Ads. for a Good Location The “safety first” street signal system of Shelby, inaugurated iiv the center of the city some six weeks ago, has worked so successfully it is to be extended, and at once. T|^e city council met Tuesday night at.,! discussed the project of the ex tension at length, and met again, Wednesday morning and made a final decision to extend the system. In accordance with this decision safety signals will be placed at 24 additional street intersections, at points where traffic danger is consid ered to be acute. The new signals will not be sis' elaborate as those in the center of town, but of a different type—the permanent signal style. They will be of ti low framework, set at ihe inter section center, and carrying a per manent sign—in some cases a full stop signal, and in others a “slow ci >v.n” signal. They will be placed at cercaii strategic points in the eehier of town, at the meeting of alleys which aie arteries of travel, with the main streets. And in the outlying sections at such points as the intersection of Lee street with North LaFayette, and North Washington at Grover. T W. Hamrick, city alderman, dis cussing the new plan with The Star Wednesday morning was enthusiastic over the prospect of securing added safety for motor vehicles in the city. He said the installation of the new system will be begun practically at cnce. Eggs Coming Here From Tennessee ••'Kgs! Eggs! The hens are getting busy in Ton ne.if ee. Down at the Ideal Ice and Fuel com pany, where they specialize at ‘ids season in putting eggs into cold stor age they have already received a car load. C. B. Cabiness ,the manager said Tuesday, he expects to get in ten eai lords while the season is on for stor age to he released next fall, when eggs will be eggs. Ten car loads contain -1500 cases, and there are thirty dozen to the case. Sometime take a day off and make the calculation to find out how many eggs the Ideal will have for fall ujrjlleU "'hei. the lull supply- >s is. COiraiCT LEI FOA SCHOOL OUILDIIG l.ut/ and Webb Awarded Contract For New School Building to be Erected at Eaatside Contract has been let to Lutz ar,d Webb for a new school building to be erected near the Fas table Mill, the total cost of which will be nppmx: iv.atcly $35,000. Lutz and Webb who have the general contract nre to re ceive $2-1,000. Plumbing and heating has been let to Ideal Plumbing com pany. of Shelby. Wiring contract has net been let yet, neither lias the equip ment been bought. Construction work n il! begin right awa.v. The site is on tlm demonstration tobacco farm be tween the Eastside mill and the Mor gan ton state highway. The building will be a duplication er mits and the ispection of electric and plumbing work done within the cor porate limits of the town. A Ford touring car was purchased to be used by the police department in the exercise of their duties. Peeler Sells Out Dodge Place Here To Lambeth Firm W. T. Lulie Coming to Shelby to Take Charge. Peeler to Go in Oil and Gasoline Game. Mr. C. P. Peeler has sold the Sliel hy Dodge agency, the purchasers be ing the Charles E. Lambeth Motor company, of Charlotte. The transfer was mad^the first of he current week. '1 he Lambeth Motor company is a big concern, with headquarters in Charlotte, and carrying three branches, of which Shelby will be one Mr. W. T. Laslie jr., came here from Charlotte and took over the agency for the Lambeth company, but it may be Mr. Laslie will not remain here. Decision as to who permanently will manage the Shelby business has not been made. Mr. Peeler told The Star he will transfer his energy to the oil and gas oline business. Just where he will make his headquarters he has not de cided. He launched in the automobile busi ness in 1916, with Charles L. Esk ridge, selling the Ford, In 1919 he took over the Dodge agency, and has operated it successfully ever since. Mr. Peeler has been a popular busi ness man of the town. Discussing the taking over of tbe agency, Mr. Laslie said Tuesday the new owners made a good sart Mon day by selling a car—the first day or) the job.