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.. ' 1 SHELBY’S POPULATION 1925 Census_8,854 Where Industry Joins With t Ciimate In A Call For You, . .-. SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1926. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.By maU; Per *'car <in advnnce> $2 50 _1 By carrier, per year (in advance) $3.00 r “THE GOOD BAG GIRL" -BY WINIFRED VAN 1)1 ZEN CHARTER ONE Because his gray, shaggy Brows were tilted upward at. the corners, he looked tremen dously droll and amused, and the girl smiled at him with am Ixi eyes. She threw h r head ),ack to watch him on the high, creaking scaffolding w here he ■ Balanced under a ceiling of glass and the little, tweed hoys i at she wore slipped off and 1 ei cropped, red hair was an au n;le of fire in December sun l.ght. He chuckled, “My word ’ and Began to clamber down a sway ing ladder; a pudgy, gnome-like tig:ire in a wrinkled smock, in i' edible agile for all his weight. ■ f don’t know abcut a model,’’ he said, staring at her out landish graygreen ulster. She Would be a country girl in that garment; yet her hands were. tonishinglv slender a n cl white. “A model? Oh,” she said, “I didn’t want to be a model’ Why 1 want to be an artist! I—I thought perhaps you’d teach rne. I’ve heard of vou. There’s one of your pictures back home. In the public library. It’s won derful! That’s why I came to you first, before I asked any one else.” She glnc-ed at a name signed modestly in the corner of a near by canvas, “Winship W Into” and her face was a dimly golden I WINIFRED tW> W2ER qv'id under a line of red. His I rows wabbled up and down and l e seemed to be enjoying a mighty.joke. ‘ Where is ‘home,’ child'."’ “Connecticut, Tranquillity. Connec'/cut. I’ve only been in Now York today. M> name is Mimsi,” She stuttered and bushed. “Mimsi Marsh. I'm nineteen.” He said, kindly, I dm’: think you’ll find an artist who wants to teach. Why don’t you go to j an art school? If You’ve tal ent—” “Oh—art school. I wouldn’t be—well, you see I’ve read a lot about artists. The great ones. They all studied with the mas ters didn’t they? Watteau—| Fragonard—didn’t they? Be sides,” she went on, talking very fast, “I thought 1 could work to pay for lessons. I could sweep your studio, dust, do anything. I’m very strong. 1 haven’t money for art school. Baddy was sick a long time be fore he died and it took all he’d ] saved. I live—did live—-with Aunt Kate. But I couldn’t stay up there with the brass knock trs. "Knockers?” he chortled, hugging himself with his short arms. “Brass knockers*?” “Yes. On the doors. There great-great-grandfathers put them on and they can’t get past ; thorn, folks up in Tranquillity. Anything that’s newer than the knockers they’re afraid of. They live in the past—Aunt . Kate, all of them. When you’re nineteen you want what’s ahead. You want your chance. New York! I’ve got to make! good, Mr. White. I can, too. 1 ; took the prize in drawing at high school. Would—would you j care to look at my sketches? She handed him a thin shout of pencil drawings and be; spread them on a curiously ear yed, black tabe that made her think of the screen great-uncle Oabriel Marsh, the seafarer, had brought from China. The gray brows were, shaggy, per pendicular lines as he studied the pages. “You may have something,” (Cotitinufil nr p,v Doesn’t Shelby Also Need An Apartment The following from the II: . 1 •'<>:>viJh■ K(.\v< should be of interest to Shelby real estate llu ■ ! ilcers and investors: I hat he will buil.l a modern apartment house on the corner <>( liuncombe street and Eighth avenue, is the announcement made In Dr. Frank l»rit;ht to the Mendersanville News Tburs* cl ayi ■■.■■Hendersonville needs at least a dozen apartment houses m,w ,’_. aid Hr. Hrij?ht.” tn-t thin> if you please. -Then think in terms of Shel. h.v and apartment houses. lim last special census gave. Hendersonville a potnilatio.il cf 5,'n ®. art increase of ;!6.1 tier cent, in five years. i he same census gave Shelby ;t population of 8,854, an in crease et 145.in the same, pe I'wd of live years. 1 tender?onville new building apartment houses finds that, a dozen, more are needed. And Shelby— Wei!— Hi.tvv yonr own conclusions. She!hv Rev ~ ! lay In Both (‘hampion t hip Contest. At Series Held At Chape) Hill. In .he state-wide tennis tourna iw;t held last week at Chapel Hil’j both ."Shelby High school teams surf vv ed the semi-finals and played in liie ’championship., matches-, being the ■;i'v school to enter both teams in the las, of the tournament. !•’ the finals for the doubles crown ■ be Shelby team, composed of Gilmore S' .'mtor ari VVhitelaw Kendall, was defeated for the state title by Pauls> n an 1 Merritt, Chapel Hill team. In the' ingles Korda’1, of Shelby, played I. gers, of Asheville ar.d lost in tnree '"t he press dispatch from Chapel Hi t iCbrig of the final matches says: Paulson and Marriit. carried the ruler, of Chapel Hill High to the vic tory ir the doubles play winning from Rocky Mount in the semi-finals by the score of 8-6 and 6-6. Thev met Kendal! and Singleton, of Shelby, in; the finals and took a hard five set match by the score 5-7. -8-6, 6-11. 6-6 | ai-il 6-4. The Shelbv pair had elimin ated Charf, te in the morning match by the count of 6-11 and 6-4. Rogers of Asheville high, succeeded to the singles crown won by Scott of Greensboro, for the last two years. 7C eers won front Merritt, of Chapel. Hiti. in fhe morning round by the re of 6-1 and 6-2. while Kendall, if; Shelby, took Sheffield, of Canton into i snip hv 5-6. 6-4 and i.5. The A - hg v'll*- lad then won from Kendall in three straight sets’ of a five set match ' y the scores of 6-11, 6-11, and 6-T Kuester Coming For C. of C Meet To Be Held Here Tonight t l a re nee Kuester. the live-wire sec. ret ary of the Charlotte chamber of commerce will be here tonight at the organization meeting of the Shelby chamber 'of commerce io be held at ,S o’clock in' the court house. All who •e-e interested, in a chamber of cciii racre are urged to attend this mect ime the purpose of which to perfect an i vgaiiization. by the elec .ion of of f, i, and directors w hose duty it will be to select a full time secretary at tbe earliest possible date to get the chamber at work. Those who have sub seifibed are urged to attend while ih> public generally is invited. The hour Is 8 , ’clock in the court house. Shelby Boy Student Official at State -- Khelby boys continue popular at! State college it is noted by the recent election held there by the students. joh A. Anthony, son of Mr. end M. . ,J. A. Anthony of Shelby, was el ected vice-president of the student body. I.ast year Clyde H- Hoey, jr„ was ),u sident of the student body there, while Henry Kendall is president ot lae body this year. The city fire department responded to an alarm Saturday night at Clev eland Springs hotel where a small |»1 axe had started in the attic. The fire created no damage of ary consequence, and was extinguished with chemicals on the interior. How. ever the truck responding to an alarm in that, section created quite a bit of excitement and crowds gathered thftT*>, v ......._ ...___ Spring Comes Stills Going Bob Kendrick and Other Officers Captured Two Big Outfits In Operation on Mountain The Spring winds are blowing no K01 d to the l.quor distilleries in the mountain sect on of Cleveland coun ty t.ear the Kings Mountain battle ground. Two big, st ills in operation were 'captured in that section last week by ' county officers. fiet Much Beer On Thursday Officer Bob Ken drick and Creel Ware ran upon a plant in full blast on a mountain near the Yorkville road. They got about 10 gallons of liquor and two to three hundred gallons of beer and the Hlo gallon outfit. The operators made their getaway. On Saturday Officer Kendrick and Deputies Creel Ware and Charlie Shjprrl found another GO gallon plant in operation in the same sec tion. Around seven gallons of liquor and about ROO gallons of beer was destroyed at this plant. Accord ng to the officers the iden tity of the operators is known and the wide net of the law is being spread out to nab them, once they beg n to circulate where their appre hension is likely. Shelby Wins Game Here From Lenoir Squad 7 To 2 Entire Team (Joes on Hitting Spree to Return Defeat. Harris, Lee and Peeler Are Stars. \\ ith the entire team hitting heavy the Shelby Highs, defeated the strong Lenoir baseball team here Friday aft ernoon 7 to 2. Morris’ boys appeared the best ot 'i'iy game this season and clearly dem onst rated that they are to be watched in the championship race if they keep up such a hitting attack. Their w< i t i:i the field and on the defensive has 1 eon good so far, but for some reason up until the last week they could not loinc-h their hits and turn them into rura. Mingling their hits with numerous errors the locals very near turned Friday's game into a runaway. Mei v‘n Peeler, working on the mound for Shelby, was practically invincible, : trilling out 11 Lenoir batters, three in cne frame after one man had reached first safely. The fireworks started in the sec ond inning when Harris, first man up, hit to right field for a triple, scoring on Sparks single. Kerr was hi by the pitcher and score with | Sntrks when Lee doubled over .second. ! Lee then scored on an error by the! Lenoir receiver. In the first half ot j tin fourth Lenoir’s first tally came on ! a homer to center. In the fifth Gilles- | 1 >e, Shelby catcher, hit for three ba -t s I am! scored on a wild throw home. In \ the seventh frame Sparks and Ken j gs l on through errors by the Lenoir •field and both scored on Lee’s ' scorching single. Lenoir scored a final j in the. ninth on a flock of errors by , the Shelby fielders. The fielding of Harris, in center. ‘ m e Lee, at short, were features ot I the game. Harris made several run ning shoe-string catches that drew up- | plause from the stands, while Lee cos ! ered the infield territory well arm ; Aarted one fast double play, the first | of the year. CAROLINA PRESS^ Hickory was selected as the next meeting place of ihe North Carol'na Press association and July 21st, 22nd and 23rd were designated as the dates at a meeting of the executive com mittee of the press association held in the chamber of commerce rooms, Charlotte, Friday. Those attending the meeting were J. W. Atkins of the Gastonia Gazette who is president of the association; Lee B. Weather;-, oi The Cleveland Star, vice president; Miss Beatrice Cobb, secretary of the Morgani.oo News-Herald; H. Galt Braxton of Kinston Free Press; J. A. Parham, of Charlotte Observer; J. B. Sherrill, of Concord Tribune; Mrs. Ad die Caldwell of Charlotte Observer. Invitations were extended for the Press association to hold its summer Convention at ihe Fleetwood hotel Hendersonville, at New Bern, Wi'.m ington, Durham. Sanford. Lenoir, Morehead Bluffs and other pieces, hut Hickory was selected because it had repeatedly extended invitations and is to finish a new hotel about July 1st which will have ample ac commodations to care for the 123 members who are expected to attend. Side trips from Hickorv are promis r| in Bloc lpp Kovl. am! Laid L. * • STAGE DRILL PROGRAM HERE THURSDAY r Degree Team Hickory Camp 518, Shelly. 1). legate - fr; :n 21 Counties to Ah Kemble tit Court House. May Get Annual Meeting. Shelby will be the meeting pk.ee eft Thursday of this week of Woodmen from 21 counties of Western Ca.ro line Tim occasion will he the annual meeting of the Western Carolina Hog licking association, the Woodmen nr. Kanization for the section. I)r. T. O. Grigg is president and W. H. Grogan ,ir.. of Brevard is secretar;-treasurer The meeting opens at 10 o’clock in the morning. April 22, at the court horse. J. Clint Newton, last presi de i of the Shelby Kiwanis club, will deliver the address of welcome for the Crab, while Lee B, Weathers, will wel come the visitors for the city, An au dit «s will be made by Hon. II. D. Lewis, of Kinston,- state manager of the Woodmen, and other prominent (Tiiciais 01 tne body. :Mrs. >allie M. Siringfeltdw, district manager of the Woodmen Circle, woman • a axilla iy will also speak. Mrs. Stringfellow i? from Asheville. W. t;. Spake, of She! by, and other local officials will also make short talks. I rem 12 to 2 oelock there will be a ora! by the local degree team of th*. C. R. W. O. W.. a photo of the crack .t.egvee team being shown above. Pm-; net will be served delegates and others U the fair grounds with music furn ished during the lunch hour by the Shelby High school orchestra. Merchants and business men are uniting in welcoming the delegates here as it is hoped that the annual encampment of all the Woodmen in the state may be held here provided this meeting proves satisfactory, Should this meeting be brought here it will bring delegates from thiee slates. Ail members of th" order living i ;! the county are urged to attend the meeting here Thursday. I> is a joint meeting of the W. <>. W. and Woodmer circle, auxiliary for the ladies, unit the attendance is expected to be large. Spelling Contests Here on Wednesday For County Champ Spellers from schools in ail sec tions of Cleveland county will gather in the Central school auditorium here Wednesday morning for the piurnose < f picking a county champion to en ter the Charlotte Observer State core test According to Supt. J. C. Newton in dications are now that many spellers will enter. The main contest will be held at Con ti.il school at 11 o'clock in the morn ir.g when an entrant from each town-1 ship will spell. Schools in- townships that have not yet selected the best speller in the township will send a speller here from each school and the township cham pion will be picked at a contest to ho held one hour, at 10 o’clock, before; the main spelling match. Wednesday The Star will announce the best school speller in Cleveland county. Who wiil k be? Mrs. Stroup Run Down By Car; Arm Broken Mrs. J. L. Stroup was run down- by a ear driven by Miss Lois Wilson on, Saturday afternoon and her ‘arm broken by the compact of the car. M s Stroup alighted from a car driven by a relative Claude Grose in front of ‘ the Nifty-Jiffy store on S. LaFay ettc street when the car driven by Miss Wilson struck,.her, A sister of Mr s. Stroup says t he accident was un-j avoidable and that it was through no fault of Miss Wilson that the accident j happened. Mrs. Stroup was rushed to the hospital where her broken arm was set and bandaged. Mrs. Stroup is :■ daughter of Mrs. Albert Putnam with whom she makes ner hom .r. , S loi Fa > nip Still Search for Link Of Identity In Case Of Ross Julius Dellinger Has Cow-Lick on Head Described in Posters of Missing Charlie Ross 33 PHOTS HOW HI SHELBY HOSPITAL Many Arc Patients From Outsidi Countien. Plight Patients in the Colored Annex. There are S3 patterns in the Shelby h: : pita!—one of the largest nunibn of patterns this institution has ever hid. They come from four or five i 'uv ties, showing the splendid repu tation the hospital has at home and . broad for the excellent care and sue i s with its patients. Mr. and Mrs T. A. Stanley of FaUslon are receiv ing medical attention. Jean, littV daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie l.aughridge who was operated on for appendicitis* is doing well. .Miss i.iit’in White, daughter of W. K White underwent a serious surgical operation hut is improving some what. Mis. Pink R. McMurry of She by; wh i has been a medical patient for several days, was dismissed Sun day. J. K. Harris of Mooresboro who has keen a patient for several weeks is 'inproving while Mr. John S. Wray . f Shelby is still getting a'ong nicely. Mr- S. 1). Melton of (’aroleen. was operated on Sunday and is very ill. V ■: Ethel Parker of Shelby is he*, reiving medical attention. Mrs. F. Y. 11 ant on and her new daughter born A p i) 11th are doing well. Mrs. II H. Jones, mother of Mrs. Bessie Gray, level milliner, is steadily improving Mrs W. I.. Fanning who was operat ed. for pleurisy is improving some what. Mrs. .1. S. Lipscomb of Shelby, (’. rated on a week ago is doing nice, ]> Mrs. T. C. Hicks of Shelby is re vering from a surgical operation. Mrs. Earl Honeycutt and her new born son were able to go to their home , on Grover street the past week. Miss Emily Guigon of Shelby and Mrs. Plato Grigg of Shelby had ton s') operation last week. Ulan Wash burn, ion of Rev. D. G. Washburn, who suffered an injury to his hand i; n wood saw some two ’.reeks ago, him sufficiently recovered to be dis missed. Mrs. .1. M. Beverly, mother ot Mits Etta Beverly, head hospital curse, has gone to her home in Wades boro, accompanied by Miss Beverly. | Eulan Humphries son of Will Humph, i-its had his arm operated on a few ' day- ago. Mrs. J. M. Swafford of Hoi- . lis had her tonsils removed one dry ( last week. Mrs. rmi lallent oi tonneiiy Spwngs who underwent an operation will be able to leave this week. Miss, Annie Leonard of Yale had an opera- ; rim for empyemia. Hokie Powell the young lady of Polkville who was burned some weeks ago at the home 'of Mr. Lein Wiggins on X. Moigan street, was dismissed last week Mrs. T. P. Owcnsby of Cliffside was dis missed last week. Ernest Bailey of Cliffside who ha 1 an operation is recovering rapidly. Mrs. E. C. Wilson of Shelby has been desperately ill but is some better. Mrs ,F. W. Berry, aged women of Kings:. Mountain, is suffering with a fractur ed hip. Robert Lovelace of Boiling Springs is receiving treatment. J. II. Toms who was burned some months ago at one of the local cotton milk, has been re-admitted the third time 1 ecu use he was not doing so well. Gar land Humphries son of Will Humph ries receiving treatment for an injury to his hand. Mrs. 1. N. Sheppard of Shelby is improving. Mrs. Judsr.r, .tones was entered Sunday. There are seven or eight patients in the colored annex, but none are seriously ill. Mr. W. H. Hudson, of Wray-Ilud snn left Shelby Sunday fov Baltimore on a stock, purchasing trip. Mr. Hud-; son had just returned from a road trip over his territory when tie lell lev h. ' •, t Ti c Charlie Ross mystery remains Mill a myster. The man Julius C. Dcllnger, of Denver, this state, still believes he is the lost laid, although there are links in the chain of evi dence to maintain his claim, that have not as yet been forged. One of the missing links at this time is the inability of the searchers interested to procure the photograph of Dellinger when he was a child. It was upon the evidence contained in this photograph that much depend ed to establish the belief of Dellinger that he is Charlie Ross. .1. F. Gaffney, identifed with the case here in Shelby, believed that his sister. Mrs. Gibson, of Georgia, had the missing tin type, hut Mrs. Gibson notwithstanding a diligent search, has not been able to find it. Nor have other relatives been successful. Person who have interviewed Del linger have been struck by the re-j semblance of the type of counten ance as between himself and the ! early photographs of Charlie Ross. | The man unquestionably has the same cast and peculiarity of feature. Notably is this true of the month. The man advanced into old aee has the same type of upper lip, and gen eral contracted form of mouth that was observed on the features of Char lie Ross. Apparently, notwithstanding all the publicity of the case, Dellinger, is no closer today to a solution of his identity than he was since the case was opened. Which ,is to say, that it has been bv no merins disproved he s Charlie Ross. A letter from Dellinger, now in his office, is signed with a question mark after the name thus—“Julius C Dellinger ? ’’ Amongst the letters recently re •eived bearing on the case is one com far away Wyoming. This inter sting eomniun cation is as follows: “Mr. ,J F, Gaffney, Shelby North | Carolina. “There is a woman here who j da rns to have positive information i n re gard to Charlie Ross. Her name | s—Mrs. A. M. Parker.” The letter is from Torrington, Wy miing. Hr. Gaffney is in receipt of a letter Toni Julius C. Dellinger, dated from Denver April sixth, in which the nan wihtout a name reiterates his relief he is Charlie Ross, and quotes ithers who are of the same opinion. The letter is interesting as reveal, ng the man’s simplicity and sinceri v of mind with relation to the case. The communication is as follows: Denver, N. C. April 6th, 1926, dr. J. Frank Gaffney. Shelby, N. C. d.v dear Mr. Gaffney: 1 have been anxiously awaiting four decision as to my resemblance o the little picture which was pub ished in The New York World, while ve were living in Gaffney in 1874. My reason for this anxiety is that, nany people ask, and write to me as o what I think about the pictures vhieh are new being published of 3harlie Ross. They ask me if I re nember them. I say to them all, I vish that I had the little picture vhieh 1 had taken at Gaffney so hat they could compare them togeth er. I do not wish to make any state nent until you, and others make their statement. In other words, I want the people to be the judge as to wheth ?r I am Charlie Ross or not. Today [ received from a lady in Kansas a poster which was published on Sept 1st, 1874 offering a reward of $20. )00 for the return of the child, and’ :his also gave his description, and imong other things it said “slight row lick on left side where hair jarted.” This cow lick is also on the left ode of my forehead where the hair s parted. Have a letter from Mrs. Gibson in which she stated that hei vO>!l' IMIk'I <V po.'i (. Fun Dispenser is Buried at Bethlehem Sunday. Mr. T. Wilson Harmon one of the coiintys oldest citizens and a noted character because of his humor and good fellowship, died Friday after noon at the home of his son T. W. Harmon near Midway Filling station Itiween Shelby and Kings Mountain. Mr. Harmon was in Shelby not many days before his deal h and was as b-’ight as usual, recalling through his \i\id memory the early days of Clev < land’s habits and history. Although years of age without a tooth in his head. Mr. Harmon was active in body and mind. Not. so long ago he could jump into the air and crack his heels together three times before he alight i t again on the ground. He lived at the Harmon homestead midway be tween Shelby and Kings Mountain, until his wife died a few years ago. since which time he has been making his iiome with his children. Mr. Harmon had a most vivid re coder lion of incidents of the past, •and always saw the funny side of life, everybody enjyed his company and ecniparionship. He laughed heaitilv and told things in such a way that he always brought a laugh from others. His keen and ready wit and his vivid recollection of the sunny side of past life made hint a hio-. enjoyable corn pan1* n and an outstanding character in his community In his community he was one of the most prominent citizens and always took an active in terest in the development of his com munity. He was one of the oldest members of Bethlehem churcHt having beer* connected with it since his youth Mr. Harmon’s funeral was conduct c l Sunday afternoon at 2b30 o’e! e!< by Rev. W. X. Cook of Kings Moun tain and Rev. John W. Suttle of Shelby. A crowd that filled the church and church-yard gathered to pay a tribute of respect to Ills life of sun shine and service. He is survived oy four children. Haywood Harmon of Be; seiner City, Price Harmon of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Mary Randall an l T. A Harmon of the Bethlehem section. BOY BIG TRACI OF r . . ... Will C. Lattimcre and. trover King Huy (>40 Acres in the Gumber land Mountains. V. iJI C. Lattimore, nat:ve of the Po'kville section of Cleveland count,, and Grover C. King of Forest City, a member of the firm of Cyclone Auc tion company have purchased (140 ceres of land in the Cumberland Mountains in Tennessee . The sate has been announced by J. B. Harris, reitl estate man of Kissimmee, Florida Purchase price is not given out. Mr. Harris says the land is located about <»0 miles from Chattanooga and has an elevation of 2,100 feet above sen level. The purchasers, Messrs. Lat timore and Kings expect to develop the property. Mr. Lattimore travels tor a large wholesale drug house wb le Mr. King gives hi;s time to the Cyclone Auction company which oper utos in Western- Carolina and Florida. Shelby Debaters Establish Good Record at Hill The two Shelby High school debat !i g teams established a good recordi in the state-wide debates held last week at Chapel Hill. The affirmative team, composed o* Dorothy MeKnight ami Vernon Grigg, continued through to the semi-finals with 22 teams before being eliminated, while the negative team, composed of Virginia Hoey and Jennie May Calla han, passed through the preliminary to be eliminated. The Winston-Salem High school won the Aycock Memorial cup defeat ing the Wilson team. Cleveland Farmers Will Hear Former Illinois Governor Quite a number of Cleveland farm ers expect to go to Charlotte Friday, April 23, to hear former Governor Lowden speak there at noon. Governor Lowden is one of the country’s leading farmers and is one of the largest cottton planters in Ar kansas. He is now devoting his time to better legislation for the farmers, particularly in handling of the surplus crops, concerning which he will talk during his address there. Farm leaders hero urge that every former that can possibly do so attend
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