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r " * SHELBY Was Carolina’s Fastest Grow ing Town 1920-1925 By U. S. Census. *.— - ■ - ■ . / NORTH CAROLIN A’S LEADING NEWSPAPER OUTSIDE OF THE DAILY FIELD VOL. XXXIV, No. 69 ' THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1926. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By mail, per year (in advance)—$2.50 By carrier, per year (in advance) $3.00 SECOND PRIMARY NOW CERTAIN FOR COUNTY--- VOTE TOTALS NEAR 6,000 Only Four Votes Separate High Candidates For Clerk Official Vole Shows Overman leading Reynolds By 534. Three Contests To Enter Second Primary' July 3rd. A second primary for Cleveland county on July 3 is now assured by tabulation of the official vote of the first primary. The official vote, as was expected, changed very little the standings of candidates as listed by the posted re turns of The Star and in no contest was the vote changed enough to mat erially alter standings. Last indications today were to tnn effect that A. M. Hamrick and George I). Washburn would oppose each other in the second primary for the Demo cratic nomination for clerk of court. Only four votes, in Hamrick's favor, separated these candidates in the first primary, Rollins, the third man, poll ing 1,186 votes. Ed. W. Dixon, sec ond man to Sheriff Hugh Logan in the sheriffs race, although not definite ly announced is expected to enter the second primary, while the othe: race tb be voted upon by Cleveland county folks will be that between Sam , Erwin, Jr. and Spurgeon Sparl ing for Superior court solicitor. A dispatch from Hickory says that both men will enter the primary. One effect of the official Cleveland county vote was to place C. B. (Pat) McBrayer in third place in the solid- i tors race, ranking just behind Sputl ing and Erwin. Until the official Cleveland county vote, giving Mc Brayer, 1,684 votes, was sent in Jce Murphy, Catawba candidate, ranked third. Spurling, however, led the Clevelahd county ticket, McBrayer second and Erwin a good third over the other candidates. Gardner-Burrus Close The contest between P. Cleveland Gardner, the nominee, and Chas. A Burrus, incumbent, was a close one. The official tabulation reveals that Gardner won by 98 votes. Congressman Bulwinkle lacked on .".8 votes of carrying a 4,000 majority in Cleveland. Commissioners Also Close By official vote A. E. Cline, IV. W. Washburn and Sam C. Lattimore are the nominees for commissioners George W. Peeler was close behind Lattimore for third place. 13.129 votes were cast for all the commission ers, which establishes a majority mark of 2,686. Lattimore was something more -than 100 votes over this mark while Peeler was not quite 100 votes below the majority mark. The popularity of Sheriff Dick Lackey is further exemplified in the official vote as he polled 5,023 voles, the highest of any candidate. Mr. Lackey was a successful candidate f< r the county school board. f Interest Ahean From discussion heard, especially among the candidates, the second pi i mary isexpected to bring out a record number of second-primary voteis in Cleveland. Hundreds of citizens are interested in Spurling and Erwin, and those who predict on the tides say unhesitatingly that between Wa.-n burn and Hamrick there will be “some race,” while interest will be little less in the "Vote between Logan and Dixon, should the latter definitely decide to enter. Highway Commission Tom Cornwall, Marvin Blanton ar.d Mike L. Borders led the ticket for the No. 6 Highway commission. Official Figures Given The official vote as reported by the county election board follows: Register of Deeds: Newton. 3,05b; Weathers, 2,572; DePriest, 217. Clerk of Court: Hamrick. 2,315; Washburn, 2,311; Rollins, 1,186. Sheriff: Logan, 2,864; Dixon, 1,656; Wellmon, 1,387. Commissioners: Cline. 3.458; Wash bum, 3.286; Lattimore, 2,798: Peeler. 2.589; Patterson, 2,340; McSwain, 1,649. Education Board: Lackey. 5,023; Ridenhour. 4,583; Hord, 4.469; Forney, 4,352: Willis. 4.257; Spake, 2,648. Recorder: Mull, 3,553; Cline, 1.992 County Solicitor: Gardner, 2,858; Burrus, 2,760. * * * Representative: Falls, 3,173, Ken nedy, 2,410. U. S. Senate: Overman, 2,725; Rey nol is, 2,191. State Senate; Fulton, 3.006; Mc Swain, 2,299; Woodson, 382. Congress; Bulwinkle, 4,307; Dim mette, 345. No. 6 Commission; Torn Cornwell. 1-549; Marvin Blanton. 1.573; Mike L. Borders. 1,722; J. W. Wesson. 1.092. Superior Court Solicitor: Spurl'nv. 1.967; McBrayer. 1,684; Erwin. 1,20-*; Rudisell, 278; Murphy, 257; Russe-H, 206. Young; Wives Make Telling Cam paign for Husbands—Spurlin's Native County Gives Good Vote. “Vote for my husband" was the greeting which several young married ladies gave voters as they approach ed the polls Saturday, pasing out printed card3 or advertisements. The^e young ladies proved themselves fine campaigners and won many votes for husband. They had a manner of ap-i proach that a man can’t assume and j the two young wives in particular won ! favor that showed up in the returns.! It is said one of the young matrons made a house to house canvas in j Kings Mountain an<j there her hus- j band's majority gave him the noni- i ination. « * * There was apparently little interest in the election before voting day. Men and women refused to express an opinion but they voted and watched ' with eager eye the returns as they : came in well up into Sunday morning. Women were interested as well as me n and half of the telephone calls to The Star office were from women want- I ing to know how the election “went.” * * * “Our Bob”, meaning Bob Reynolds of Asheville who opposed Senator Overman, made a fine race in Cleve land. The youih of the land sup ported him because he is young and Overman is old. Older men would have favored Revnols and put him across if he had been Senate calibre. Senator Overman has been there a long time and the popular desire is for a change, but the older heads feel that if Overman were displaced, he should be succeeded by a m$m big, broad and capable enough to keep in. the Senate long enough to command some influence. Burras who was defeated for solici tor did not go in much for canvass ing. He was too cock sure of victoiy. His opponent worked and work hard and had a good organization. In pol itics it is always safest to run like a scared rabbit and work like defeat is sure to come without a strenuous campaign. ,__ .* * Spurlin is ar. example of how loyal Cleveland county people are to a native son. Although he had mov ed to Caldwell county, he beat Mc Braver in his home county. It is another case like Burrus. McBravcr did not take his own candidacy ser ious enough. Spurlin had fhe edge on his other five opponents because he had two big counties, Cleveland and Caldwell, to give him good sup port. Now the second race lies >e tween him and Erwin of Burke and the run-off takes place July 3rd, the dav before the fourth of July cele bration at Fallston. The winner should be invited there to sneak, if the election returns can be made early enough to notifv the right fellow. Sneaking of returns, the board of elections was still canvassing Tues day afternoon. When The Star tried to' get the returns on the more ini oortant races Saturday night, near by pr^inct* were mid-night report ing. With six thousand votes and 40 candidates, it takes time and patience. There are vote counting machines and machines, von know are tlways more accurate than handwork. Let s buy one and suspend the agony of delay.. * * • Hamrick and Washburn who are to make the second race for Clerk of the Court are rel.Ved hv marriage ard some of their mutual kin will be in an embarassine position from now nnt'l Julv 3rd and perhaps longer. This second race will he a lively one and the job is worth having because *ne clerk serves for four years when he gets it- There is no fortune in the nav. hot a -teat deal of consolation in the fact that you don’t have to go through the agony of an election every two years. * * * Hugh L-'gan is not a goad campaign 1 Rescuer. Captain Carl Graalfs, of th3 Hsnn burgfAnierican liner Westphalia, who recently rescued! the crew Of the freighter S. S. Alkaid in mid-ocean. VISITING CHURCHES IT HIT TUESDAY! Sand}' Plains and Ross Grove dele- i gallons attended the Wall tent revival i Tuesday night in large numbers. Han tlapping led by Dr. Wall greeting the j visitors as they were asked to stand so the great congregation under the large canvas could see how many has come to the service. Rev. G. P. Aber nethy offered a beautiful prayer, couched in choice language after the ; Sandy Plains, delegation had been j seated. Following the standing of the ', Ross Grove congregation, a trio of) young ladies sang a beautiful and) touching song and on a hand vote,] were invited to sing again tonight. Dr. Wall is pretty well worn by his strenuous days of the meeting. On Monday night Rev. Rush Padgett preached a most effective soul-win ning sermon. Last night Dr. Wall preached on “The Three Greatest Tragedies” which he declared to be the tragedy of sin, the tragedy"' of the Saviour on the cross and the tragedy j of Christians who make no effort to j save loac souls. His description of the j Saviour on the cross was a most vivid and dramatic portrayal of the suffer ering of the Saviour and men and women in the large tent leaned for ward to catch every word as he held j them in rapt attention. Mr. Pippin j rendered a beautiful solo while Glc-rn I Williams gave a trumpet number dm- j ing the collection taking. The meeting continues through the ‘ remainder of this week and close.? ; as scheduled Sunday night. City Receives New Auto License Plates New outo license plates have been I received by the city and are being is- I sued to automobile owners at per ] passenger car. They are seme large; than last year with the name of Shel by displayed so it can be seen at a distance. Each plate is numbered ser ially and shows the date of license ex piration, June 31st, 1927. There ait over a thousand passenger vehicles in Shelby and the city has more than this to allow for increase during the year. This is the second year the city has resorted to this source of revenue j and it helps out the city’s finance; I wonderfully, at the same time dis- j playing a Shelby tag which is a fire medium of advertising out of town. Mrs. S. E. Hoey and daughter. Miss I Virginia Hoey spent Wednesday in Charlotte. O. C. Adams, of Gastonia, is the new face behind the meat counter at the Piggly Wiggly. Mr. Adams taker the place of W. J. Gibbs, of Charlotte, who resigned. Mr. Ike Griffin, who is a real rs- j tate agent in Brevard, is spending several davs in Shelby. Mr. and Mrs. Lee B. Weathers and.; two children expect to leave Friday morning for Danville and Charlottes ville, Va., to be gone about a week. Mrs Joe Nash who has been spend ing a fe wdays here, returns toda" to Hickory to join her husband. er, but has made a good sheriff crwlj the vote which he received Saturday is something to be proud of. He lacked only a few votes having a majority over both of his opponents and his opponents, Dixon and Weli mon were strong men with big fol lowings, either one of which would have made a good officer. Logan is popular as his vote shows. Homecoming On Fair Week Cleveland county fair week thin fall, September 28-Oetobcr 2, is planned to be one of the biggest events in the history of the coun ty. The expectation^ are centered around the idea of staging a “Cleveland County Homecoming Week" that will be felt in every state of the union and will bring back home notables and others who years ago drifted away from their home county. Preliminary plans cull for the return uni partaking in the pro gram of Tom Dixon, famous play wright: Plato Durham, Southern educator; Hatcher Hughes, whose plays are gripping New York, and many other sons of Cleveland who have ascended the ladder of suc cess nationally. In addition to these native son? Gov. Angus W. McLean ig still ex pected to attend. The fair officials and Chamber of Commerce workers will an nounce soon a method by which it is hoped to bring back every man ! or woman who claims Cleveland county as home. All letters for warded from Cleveland county a month or two before the fair will urge relatives and friends to come back for the week. A slogan to be used the fair j and Chamber of Commerce will i be “Bring Them Back To Cle^e- j land During Homecoming Week.” Cleveland Springs Paying Moves At Added Speed Now | Paving work on the Westfield road, first and most beautiful avenue of the Cleveland Springs Estates, is now nearinf Highway 20 just opposite the mineral springs and swimming pool. The near completion of this street offers an insight of the estates tc tourists and passers-by from the high way. The bed of the paving is cf crushed stone and winding through the the wooded hillside the resident tial street offers one of the most en ticing views in Shelby. Opening day at the swimming pool at Cleveland was highly celebrated by the youth of Shelby, the pool be ing well filled with water lovers throughout the day. Little Comment On Election Outcome Prior to the primary of last week comment on the various races could hardly be heard. Then Saturday un usual interest was shown and the county turned oui to vote. And apparently having cast the vote interest ceased. No one seems riled over the outcome in any race and joy is not expressed publicly— everyone seems to merely take that what is without praise or criticism. But, take it from some of those who were candidates the public gen erally talked a plenty Saturday. Discovers Mine On Farm In County C. C. Borders, who lives on Shelby R-l about eight miles east of Shelby, has discovered on his 50-acre farm a deposit of some type of mineral. The hard rock substance found in the mine glitters on inspection, but is not discernable otherwise. Mining experts who have seen par ticles of the mineral term it felspar or something of similar rock nature. GAFFNEY CHILDREN GATHER 16,000 EMPTY TIN CANS Gaffney Ledger Approximately 16,000 empty tin cans were brought in by Gaffney children on ihe two “tin can days” ct the Cherokee county health depart ment and the city authorities. By far the larger number were delivered last Friday afternoon, when the total ran to approximately 14,000. Brock man Turner, who brought in 3,200 in a one-horse wagon, was the winner of the first prize of $3 cash, and Je!T Parris, Jr., took second place with 2,004 cans. Several other children produced around 1.000 each. All in all. city authorities believe the two “tin can days” have resulted in the best clean-up Gaffney has experienced in manv years, and at a remarkably small cost. Moving pictures show tickets w-ere presented all children bringing in 24 or more can each. They’re “All the Class*’ at College * A'.*>vc you pet- t!;- only MO pound graduation claim in Amcrioa^Dorotii) Dtoion flefti tnd Thelma Porter They air taking C A degree* at Whlt> «ortb college Spokane. Wash, and form the entire class. Double Appeal Now In Way Suit Against Local Church Minister And Defendant Both Send Appeal To Supreme Court. Final Decision Will Be Sometime Off. When Rev. C. B. Way filed suit against the Shelby Methodist Protes tant church for back salary he start ed something that seems likely to continue over a lengthy period. Late information on the case is that it will go to Supreme court on a dou ble barrelled appeal, one by the plain tiff and one by the defendant—which' is an oddity in itself. Another interesting feature about the case is that it may establish a precedent on just who should pay the pastor of a church congregation, and against whom salary due might be charged. Since the case originated various judges and editorial writers have expressed themselves and now 'with a double appeal to the state's highest court the discussion promises to be more interesting. Palls Notified. Attorney B. T. Falls, of Shelby, was notified this week that the at torneys for the plaintiff had also filed an appeal to Supreme court on the decision of Judge Shaw in ex empting church members and church officers from being sued for a pas tor’s salary. Judge Falls some time ago filed a.i appeal to Supreme court on Judge Shaw’s decision that left the church liable to salary claims. In other words the two appeals ore extreme opposites: One wants every connection, church, officers and meir bers, held responsible for the salary claims, while the other contents that no one connected with the local church should be held responsible. Just when the appeals will be tak en up is not known, but it is likely that the now famous Way case will continue before the public eye for some time yet. Coach Casey Morris Goes To Alabama Roy W. Morris, athletic director of the Shelby High school, left this week for Tuskagee, Alabama, where he will manage the Tuskegee base ball team in an independent Alabama league. The season there will extend to about August 20, it is said, after, which Coach Morris will return to Gastonia and later come to Shelby to start the fall football training. Auto Found Was Not H&rrill’s Car | Reports received here this morning by the police department indicated that the automobile of Mr. H. F. Har rill, stolen Saturday afternoon, had been found near Kershaw, S. C. However, a later inquiry revealed that it was not the Harrill car. The car found there had been wrecked, it is said. Mr. and Mrs. J. D Barnett »>nd lit tle daughter. Irene, are in Hickory, where Mr. Barnett is ass’sti"* Rev, R. C. Campbell in a series of meet ings. Miss Selma Webb leaves today fer Chapel Hill where she attends sum mer school. Miss Webb is principal | of the South Shelby school. County Fourteenth In Bank Resources Cleveland county ranks four teenth among the counties of North Carolina in bank resources per inhabitant, according to fig ures published in the rdvertise nient of the First National Bank of Shelby, last issue of T'nj Star. There was an error in the first publication which gave Cleveland only $22.18 per inhabi tant in the banks, but we glad ly correct ti\is in justice to the bank and to the citizens. Cleve land has $220.18 per inhabitant This is not what it should be in a rich county like Cleveland and the bank is waging an active cam paign to increase its banking re sources. The total resources of the banks of the county * mount to eight million dollars and they should be considerably more than this to come up to the average which is $558 per inhabitant in the United States as a whole. Affleck Tenders Tract For Meet Mr. Phillip G. Affleck, prominent Washington realtor who owns consid erable holdings about Shelby and Cleveland Springs, has written here tendering his big tract of the Wilson lands adjoining Cleveland Springs estates to the proposed gathering there of neighboring luncheon clubs. Should the meeting and outdoor en tertainment necessitate more terri tory the Washington man says that any part of his proposed lake site may be used. He also announced that it was his intention to attend the gath ering which he endorses as one method of advancing a section he, as an outsider, considers one of the most valuable sections of America. Commerce Booklets To Be Distributed The Chamber of Commerce booklets have been printed and will be seen for the first time at the Kiwanis meeting Thursday night at Cleveland Springs, according to Secretary J. C. Newton. Mr. Newton expects 1,001) of the 15,000 order to arrive tomorrow morning from the printers and will have one at each Kiwanis plate Thurs day night. s O. M. Suttle has charge of the Thursday night Kiwanis meeting and has secured J. F. Ledford to speak for a few minutes on playgrounds and amusements. Dr. J. W. Hardison or* the city beautiful and its health con dition, Alfred Marshall on how to get tourists to town, Dr. H. K. Boyer on what we need spiritually and how to get it. Mr, J. B. Jones and three children end Miss Sara Ellen Wray and Har vey Wray, children of Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Wray, left Monday for Lynch burg, Va., to visit relatives. Mr. J. D. Lineberger and son John left Tuesday morning for Raleigh on a business trip. CITY TO PURCHASE SECOND FIRE TRUCK Also Considering the Purchase of a Street SwSeper. Herman Esk ridge Elected Fire Chief. A new fire truck wil) be purchased by the town of Shelby, it was decided Tuesday night at a called meeting of the city fathers to consider matters pertaining to the work at th^ new pump station. The city fathers have thought for a long time that more fire fighting equipment is needed to protect property in greater Shelby and the new truck will be purchase! as soon as the output of all manufac turers can be examined thoroughly to determine which truck is best suit ed to the needs of the town. Herman Eskridge was made fire chief and B. O. Hamrick, vice chief and in all prob ability the firemen will be thoroughly I organized. Mr. Eskridge has been a fireman for a numb* of years and has attended firemen's conventions and drills which qualify him tar effective leadership. The new truck, when purchased, will be stationed at the city hall alongside the present truck. The new trudk will no doubt be equipped with long ladders to reach buildings above the second floor. Street Sweeper. A former woman mayor, Mrs. Hath* erine M. Cowan was a caller before the board last night, offering for sale a street sweeper, motor driven which sucks up the dirt and dust from the street and takes it away in a container. The city fathers are con sidering the purchase of a stieet sweeper End ere looking over what the manufacturers have to offer. Mr«. Cowan’* hu«<bond who was editor of one of the Wilmington papers, was elected mayor of that large coast city. He died in office and Mrs. Cowan served out his unexpired term of 11 months. Now she is selling ma chinery for a large manufacturer. The city fathers are holding up the purchase of a street sweeper for the rresenc. A small tax will be placed upon I merchants in the business section, the revenue to be used by the street cleaning department. The amount of the tax will be worked eut later. It will be a small fee for carrying away waste and trash from the stores. At present the street cleaning depart ment is spending $100 a week trying, to keep the streets of Shelby clean, but the effort is not satisfactory be cause many of the merchants and busi ness men do not place their trash in boxes and containers and allow it to blow to the four winds, thus neces sitating an addition to the street cleaning force. New Station Talked. A representative of the Southern railway was here to confer with the city fathers with reference to the new' passenger station which the city has asked the railroad to build. The Southern representative argued that passenger travel is so low that an um brella would suffice to shelter the incoming and outgoing passengers at the Shelby station, but the city ia asking that the old wooden station be not repaired,' but replaced by a nice brick building. While passenger travel here is low,, the freight re ceipts are heavy and show a suffi cient profit for the railroad to build a new station. The proposed new con crete bridge over the railroad on Sum ter street Was discussed, and the city hopes to have a suitable bridge er ected there some time this summer, an the street has been widened and will be graded and improved. Piggly-Wiggly Head Marries This Month Folks who know him knew it wjs coming. Every Sunday for years he has been burning as on the Charlotte road, and when a fellow is in liis twenties, and regularly heads one way on a holiday—it doesn’t take a Sher lock Holmes to dope the result. His name is Mack R. McConnell. You doubtless know 'httoi. He’s the other half of the Piggly-Wiggly. The young lady is Miss Elsie Faye Ford, of Clover, South Carolina, known In Shelby for having visited Mrs. Renn Drum. She and l|rs. Drum were classmates together at Winthrop col lege. Miss Ford lives at Clover, but teaches at Charlotte, hence McCon nell’s weekly trek to Mecklenburg. The happy event is slated for the latter part of June. And all who know the couple wish them worlds of happiness. u
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