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r ** SHELBY W as Carolina’s Fastest Crow ing Town 1920-1925 By U. S. Census. i>„. . r NORTH CAROLIN A’S LEADING NEWSPAPER OUTSIDE OF THE DAILY FIELD r. •.-i THE STAR Is The Leading Paper of Shelby and The State’s Fertile Farm Section. «- — -- ■— ■ VOL. XXXIV, No. 70 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By mail, per year (in advance) .$2.50 By carrier, per year (in advance) $1.00 THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1926. Attorney-General Brummitt Says Lattimore Has Majority Vote For County Commissioner State Official Supports Ruling of Election Board Some Dissension On Commissioners’ Vote Hrings Forth Ruling Establishing Majority Vote. Feeler Out. A. it;. (June, W. vv. Washburn, and Sam C. Lattimore are the Democratic nominees for county commissioners by the ruling- of the Cleveland county election board supported by the attorney general of North Carolina, Den nis G. Brummitt. The decision by the election board and the subsequent ruling by the attorney general followed some dissension over the close Outcome in the race for the com mission board. Supporters of George W. Peel er. one of the present members of the board, expressed some dis satisfaction with the outcome as it is generally understood. So close was the vote between Mr. Peeler and Sam C. Lattimoie. one of the recent nominees, that there were those who contended that Lattimore did not have the necessary majority. Hearing of this dissension the local election board immediately set out to figure the exact ma jority. This was done leaving l attimore high by over a hun dred majority and Peeler close below the majority mark! Continued dissatisfaction was expressed by some, who contend - ed that total vote should include all the votes cast in the orimary. Election officials, on the other hand, stated that the total vote oast for commissioners was what the majority standard should be estimated on. Later the county board learned that Capt. Peyton McSwain. local barrister. was representing the further inter ests of the Peeler side and in fairness to all concerned the total vote with that of each can didate was wired to the state at torney general with the request that a ruling be given. The fol lowing reply by telegram was re ceived : “Divide total vote east for county commissioners by three, divide result by two and you have standard to determine ma jority of votes cast. Applying this rule Messrs. Cline. Wash burn and Lattimore are nominat ed. See lcttter. (Signed) Dennis G. Brum mitt, attorney genera!.’’ The total'vote cast for com missioners was 16,120. This fig ure divided by three equals ■’>,‘>73 1-3, which in turn divided by two equals 2,686 2-3. Latli more received 2,798 vote®, or 111 1-3 votes over the majority mark. Peeler received 2,589 votes, or 97 2-3 votes less than a majority. The discussion that arose and was talked over the county is apparently settled. The election board after the ruling hearing that there was dissension and that an o+torrev was investigating the ruling im mediately forwarded the vote to •he attorney general for a ruling •hut could not be questioned. No ruling accompanied the vote and •he ruling returned, as given above, coincides exactly with that made by the election board, composed of Messrs. Bvnum Weathers, J. F. Harris and Der "ood Hughes. Their estimate ''suited in the same figure as I hose of the attorney general. It is probable that the entire dissatisfaction arose from a mis understanding. it being the opin ion of some that the majority should be derived from total votes cast in the countv. An afterthought will show this to be an injustice as many people did not vote for any commissioner a’ all. Bv adding the vote of a'l six candidates for commis sioners it was easy to secure the •otui votes east for that oft ice. n his divided bv three establishes •he votes for the three high candidates ef the six. and that in •urn divided by two sets the ma •10rity mark. - --v , Dixcn Declares He Will Enter In a telephone commumcatu n • i The Star this morning Ed Y.\ Dixon. former deputy, and ser on high man in the sheriffs race, definitely announced that he would contest the second pri mary with Sheriff Hugh Logan, who lacked nearly 200 votes re ceiving a majority over Dixth and Wellmon, the third candi date. It likel ythat Mr. Dixon will file his entrance notice with the county hoard of elections some time today. The general impression has been that Dixon would enter the second race, hut _i.it was rot officially declared by the candidate himself until made known to The Star today. The second primary will be held Saturday July .'.rd. Highway If) Must Go By Catawba Court House Supreme Court In Following Ruling. The town of Newton, county seat of Catawba, is again a winner in her highway controversy and as a result Highway 10 must cross by the court, house there, according 10 the State Supreme court in upholding th< de cision of Judge James L. Webb. It will lie. remembered that the first hearing on the matter was before Judge Webb here when he ruled with Newton and against the Highway Commission. Numerous noted law yers appeared in the case, which at - tracted considerable interest. Hon. Clyde I!. TIoey, of Shelby, was one of the leading counsel for Newton and is credited with much of the brilliant legal work forwarded by Newton in the1 victory. The Raleigh dispatch concerning the matter follows: The decision of Judge Webb in the Newton highway case again the State Highway commission was today af firmed by the State Supreme cour‘ in an opine \ written bv Judge Brog den. A dissenting opinion was deliv ered by Chief Justice Stacy and Judge Adams As a result of the court’s de cision today the State Highway com mission will be required to build that section of Highway No. 10 which was proopsed to touch the northern limits of the town of Newton through the center of Newton and past ‘‘the court house door.” according to the original order of Judge Wehb. This will lie at a cost of at least $200,000 more than if road had been built according to the original plan ox the highway commission, it is claim ed. A precedent of greater importance has been established by the decision and it is being suggested by some that the state may he put to many thous ands dollars of additional expense as the result of this decision. The majority opinion was written by Justice Hi ogden who went into complete detail showing that it was the original intent of the framers <f the law that the state system of roads should connect in actuality the county scats as intended in the law and that the mere touching of the city limits of the county seat as proposed in tn* case of Newton was a violation of the spirit of the law if not an actual viola tion of the law itself. The decision of Judge Webb was completely af firmed. In their dissenting opinion Jus tices Stacy and Adams stated that toe courts were i ot given regulative pow er in the matter of routing roads and that such problems should be left en tirely with the State Highway com mission. RHYNE CHANGES CHIEF DEI’l'TY AT .CHERRY VILLE Gastonia Gazette. Sheriff Bob Rhyne stated Tuesday afternoon that Will Gates ,a native of Me Aden vilie and well known as a for mer office employe of the old Jaspet Mill, at Cherryville, has been ap pointed chief deputy sheriff for Cher ryville township, succeeding Stephen Stroup. IS. LEE HI ML Mrs. J. K. Lee was found dead In bed Thursday morning at the hon e of her daughter, Mrs. Dan Karl near Karl in the lower part of Cleveland. The deceased had not been sick, hu" | was enjoying hpr usual good health. 1 She was t>8 years old. Her husband I died in Shelby about twenty years ago, having spent a good portion of his lily | teaching schools in Rutherford cotin I ty. Four children survive her: Tab | madgo Lee of the Ht^mev company, ; Fallston, Mrs. Dan Earl of Earl, John ; Lee of Miami. Florida and Lewis Lee | of Marissa, liimois. Her son John had just visited her and had return ed to his home in Miami the dav b<e ’ fore her death. Mrs. Lee has been making her home with her son Talmadge at Fallstc.i for several years and was on a visit t<> | her daughter when the final sum i mons came. The funeral was held at | the Methodist church at Fallston Fri day, conducted by her former past r ' Rev. C. F. Sherrill of Shelby and she was buried in the cemetery beside ho , husband. Mrs. Lee was a good wo man, a kind neighbor and the enti.e j community mourns her death. Civic Betterment Is Kiwanis Program Speakers Tell How to (let Belt-, r Health, More Spirituality, Tour ists and Amusements. Four speakers in brief talks Thur.-i- l day night at the Kiwanis club wi’h ! Oscar M. guttle in charge of the pro gram, told how to reach “civic Ik t terment” in Shelby. Dr. H. K. Boyer, Methodist minister- appealed for spir ituality, the kind that will be so pro nounced in our characters that it will push itself out and show itself in the social and business fife of the com munity. Alfred Marshall who told how to get tourists, placed ihem in three ; classes, those who go on a tour for j health and Shelby has mineral waters ! and climate, those who come for re creation and amusement and Shelby j has bathing, horseback riding, tennb,! movies, etc., but needs fresh water j lakes for boating and fishing, those ! who come to give their children an i outing and Shelby -is without ade quate parks and playgrounds. Mr. Marshall urged that Shelby provide a park and playground at once for the children. Dr. J. W. Harbison says the heaith of the community is good—the birth rate is high and the death rate below the state average, but urged more at tention to flowers, commended the city fathers for the contemplated pur chase of a street sweeper and urged that an incinerator be provided to dis pose of the fity’s trash that is now hauled away and dumped in gulleys. J. F. Ledford always has a unique and interesting program when he takes a part and in depicting the play ground and amusement features, he displayed neatly painted pictures shew ing the different stages through which a young life passes; school days, courting, basebalT, fishing, dancing and golfing, winding up by parenthood with a fine healthy baby. Chamber of commerce folders were distributed and drew favorable com ment for the comprehensive story in words and pictures of Shelby ai d Cleveland county. West Shelby News Of Personal Mention (Special to The Star) Mr. and Mrs. George Ledford are spending a few days in Falls ion. Mr. S. C. Tate moved his family to Chimney Rock, Monday. Mr. Tate has opened a meat market there. Mrs. Mary Proctor of Bel wood spent the week ond with her daughter, Mre. J. T. Ramsey. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ledford and Mr. Ledford’s father of Double Shoal I spent Sunday with Mr. Marvin Led ford. Mrs Lionel Crawford and little daughter, Frances, of Henrietta are spending a few days with her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Weast. Messrs. C. L. Ramsey, O. \Y. Ram sey and B. McFwain are working in i Belwood this week. Mrs. M. Newton of Spartanburg, S. C. spent Sunday with her daugh ter, Mrs. A. C. Canipe. Miss -Mae Champion has gone to Gastonia 10 spend some time with her mother. Mrs. J. T. Ramsey spent Tuesday and Wednesday with her sister, Mrs. S. L Gantt in Belwood. Mr. and Mrs. Venner Hoyle spent the week end in Cherryville. Charlift Rcpk? Julius Coleman Deilinger, as he h ! been known part of his life, claims he is the long lost Charley Ross, the Gei - mantown, Pa., millionaire’s son kid- | napped in 1874, when four years old, and never found. Mrs. Pierre C. Starr, of New York, who says she is a cous in of the Ross family, has recognized Dellinger’s claim. Other relatives in cluding Walter L. Ross, a brother of the “kidnapped "Charley”, have not, however. Photo shows Dellinger as he is today at his home and ‘Charley” as he looked when kidnapped. Juniors Meet In This City The next meeting of the fifth North Carolina district, Junior O. U. A. M., will he held at Shelby, August 7, 1926, at 3 p. m. A fea- j ture of the occasion will be a sale trip to inspect the development going forward at Lake Lure. An invitation has been extended ‘he organization by Vice-President George A. Randal and it is prob able that all the members mu guests will avail themselves of this opportunity for an educa tional trip. The previous session, held at Henrietta, reported greatly ir. cheaSbd membership, a greater number now being on the waiting list than ever at any previous time in the history of the organ ization. New Cotton Office Moves To Shelby Clark Firm Comes Here From Gaff- ! nev. Dull Business Conditions There Given As Cause Gaffney, June 10.—-The local office | of John F. Clark and company, New j \ ork cotton brokers, will be trails-j ferred to Shelby, next Monday for the j summer, it has been announced. W C. i Wilson, the manager, and Bryant! Guthrie, assistant manager, will | handle the Shelby office, going back and forth front Gaffney to the North Carolina town daily. Mr. Wilson spent yesterday in Shel by making arrangement for the trans fer of the business. Tt is understood that the office will be brought baiJi to Gaffney in about two months. Dull business condition here were assigned as the reason for th\ change now be ing made. Fisher Opens Real Estate Office Here Mr. C. L. T. Fisher is here opening an office for Chimney Rock Moun tains, Inc. He has not as yet decided on a location, hut will be set in a few days to sell not only Lake Lure prop erty but real estate in general. Mr. Fisher was principal of the Mount Pleasant preparatory school in Cabar rus county for a number of years and later district sales manager for sev eral large insurance companies. He expressed himself as being well pleat • ed with this section and the people and conies not only to handle Chimney Rock property, but do a general real estate business giving some time to local listings. E. A. Dalton Fatally Hurt When Dragged By His Team Well Known Farmer Of St. Paul Section Falls From \Va«on And Is Dragged Down Rockv Hill. Mr. K. A. Dalton, will-known farmer of the St. Paul's church section beyond Waco, died in the Shelby hospital about f> o'clock this morning from injuries re ceived late Thursday evening when he was thrown from a wagon and dragged by bis runa way team. The deceased was the father of Mr. Chess Dalton, wh> is well known in Shelby, being in the postal service at the local postoffice. Mr. Dalton, according to informa tion, was riding in one a load of oat; about 7 o'clock Thursday when he slip ped and fell from the wagon, becom ing tangled in the reins. This fright ened the team and in their wild dash down the rocky hillside the wagon ran over Mr. Dalton, who was fast ened in the lines and dragged behind. The runaway team lessened its speed at a creek at the foot of the hill and was overtaken by J. D. Dalton, son of Mr. Dalton, who cut his father loose front the lines while he was bginjf? dragged across. The injured man, in an unconscious condition, was rushed to the She'.b? hospital, hut despite heroic efforts never regained consciousness and suc cumbed to his serious injuries this morning. Hospital attendants say that his head was badly bruised and bleef ing and that he was generally bruise 1 and shaken up. Funeral at St. Paul. The funeral services will be conduct ed sometime Saturday afternoon it the St. Paul church, the hour not hue ing been determined this morning. The deceased is survived by his wife, five sons and four dauglit?-*, one brother and one sister. The sons are: Mr. Chancey Dalton; Mr. Chess Dalton, of Shelby; Mr. Clyde Dalton, of Portsmouth, ’ Va., Mr. Roy Dalton, of Charleston, S. C.; and Mr. ,J. 1). Dalton. The daughters and Mrs. W. R. Sweatt, of Hamlet, and Misses Essie, Iva and Vivian Dal ton. Mr. L. E. Dalton, of Gastonia, is a brother; and Mrs. G. M. Harmon, of Shelby, R-l, is a sister. McBrayer Is Third In District Contest Hickory.—With ail but three small rural precincts in the entire district heard from, the total vote cast las' Saturday is practically complete. Final returns from Cleveland coun ty today had considerable influence :>n the solicitor’s race in the 16th judi cial district. They pushed Murphy out of third place into fourth and ele vated McBrayer. Thee,- increased Er vin's position as second high man ar.d added about 100 votes to Spurhng's i lead. The total vote to date is as follows: Spurting, 4,159; Ervin* .*>.375; Me-1 Brayer, 1.756; Murphy, 1.227; Rudi sill. 1,220; Russell, 652. Enlarge Cojtton Mill At Cliffside, N. C. Cliffside, June 10.—Work is pro gressing rapidly in the enlargement of Cliffside Mills, about 500 adddi tional looms now being installed to manufacture Terry towels. It bas also been decided to install a finish ing plant and bleacher. The total ex penditure. according to plans approv ed recently, exceed $600,000, the ma chinery alone to cost approximately $300,000. Should this enlarged plant make necessary the use of more power than is included in the maximum con tract now in effect with the Cliffside Mill, it is known that the Blue Ridge Power company will be in position to supply any part of 13,000,000 k. w. m. to be available next October upon completion of the hydro-electric plant being installed at Lake Lure 25 mites west of here. The Lake Lure dam ;s to be over 100 feet high and is now about half way completed, and Paul L. Holland, engineer in charge at Chimney Rock, expects to begin ac cumulating a partial head of water thi>- summer. ASTOR III NT. FORMERLY OF non in<; springs, dies Aster Hunt. age about 29 years dii'il lit Oteea government hospital at 1 Asheville .Saturday June 5th and was buried at Boiling Springs Sunday afternoon at a o'clock,, funeral si i v ices being ■onduetod by Rev. John fireen the Baptist church. Mr. Uni t was graduated at V\ ake Forest col* lege and was studying for the min iftr;. He was a fine young Christian hoy who had been making his home with Dr. and Mrs. J. \\\ Wood at Boiling .Springs since he was 12 yeai.» of age. He is survived by a sister ard one brother Jennings Hunt of Boiling Springs.. He served in the world war and came home a victim of that awful conflict . Board of County Commissioner Meet in Kegulai Session This Week And Bay Current Bills. The county board of commission!.'!s in regular monthly session this week ( transacted no business of public im portance outside of routine matters. Bills ordered paid were: P. \V. 1). Randall, bridge work $28> J. H. Costner, bridge work *2; Di. Bea Gold, county physician 15 months to June 1st, 192b $240.25; C. C. Mar tin, painting bridge $78.95; E F. Mc Kinney, refund tax 1925. $32.52-; J tV Wesson, bridge work $19.75; ,J. S. Cline, burying mule $8; C. A. Yar boro, bridge lumber $10.14; L. \\. McSwain, bridge work $2.25; burial expenses furnished $10; Tom Sweezy, capturing still $20; I). I’. Washburn, bridge work $4.50; W. \V. Washburn, commissioner 4 months $58.20; R. B. Kendrick, deputy sheriff services $10; Wray-Hudson company, jail supplies $8; M. A. McSwain, supplies 85c: | Sou..h Shelby Pharmacy, supplies ; county home $22.65; Lorin Hoyle, bridge lumber $24.90; It. G. Adams, bridge lumber $127.60; T. U. Lowery, bridge lumber $124.20; Jasper Brtu, ton, carpenter work county nonic $6; Shelby Hdw. Co., supplies $31.20; Farmers and Planters Hdw. Co., sup- j plies jail $2.90; L. A. Cabaniss, sal ary and expenses county home $168.55; American Disinfecting Co., $l;!.7f>; Campbell Dept store, supplies county , borne $81.80; G. W. Peeler, county commissioner $80.78; Mitchell Print ing Co., supplies tax auditor $172.67; T. P. Eskridge, supplies county home $87.85; Lee Cabaniss, bridge work $80; Washburn Oil Co., county home $33.08; Shelby Water and Elec tric Plant, $48.21; F. D. Edwards, professional services $3; Shelby Print- I ing Co., office supplies $5.50; Shelby ! Grocery Co., supplies $28.46; Cleve- ■ land Feed Co., supplies county home $11.75; Star Pub. Co., $218.10; Ken dall Medicine Co., supplies $28.55; C. H. Shull & Son, supplies $5.93; Com mercial Printing Co., supplies $3,50; H. A. Logan, jail expenses $137.50: Alvin Hardin, county agent $125; The Howard-Hickory Co., shrubbery, $296. 35; Shelby Office Supply Co., supplies $6.50; \Y. H. Blanton, 80c; The Heraul i Pub. Co.. $7; Ideal Plumbing & Heat ing Co., court house $27.03; Shelby Electric Co.. $49.57; II. G. Ware, cap turing 3 stills $00; Buren Dedmon, capturing still $20; Edwards & Broughton, Record Book $40.52: Southern Cotton Oil Co.. $12.40; H. ti. Ware, deputy sheriff ser vices $6.60; Roanoke Iron & Bridge Co., jail $7.50; Burroughs Adding Ma chine Co., $3; Charley Sheppard, trip to Goldsboro $45.08; Irma Wallace home agent $50; W. A. Mauney. bridge lumber $12.20; J. L. Holcombe Mfg. Co,, $2.23; C. C. White. $2.10; H. W. McKinney, deputy sheriff ser vice $2.40; F. R. Washburn, damage rabid dog refund $5; Ellis Transfer Co., dray age $1.69; Piedmont Tele phone Co.. $26.20. GASTONIA Cl.I B COMING TO CLEVELAND SPRINGS According to an announcement by Alfred P. Marshall, sales manager of the Cleveland Springs estates, the Rotary club of Gastonia will be the guests of the Estates on next Friday. Details of the visit have not been announced. County Hoard of Education Refuses Five ot Six Bids On He I wood School Buildings Former educational" centers in Cleveland county are going too cheap in the opinion of the county board of ' education. No was the ruling of the board Mon day when six old school buildings iri the Behvood consolidated district were offered at public sale at the court house here. The sale ,of the cix buildings follows the erection at Bel wood of a big consolidated school, the building being those formerly used in the various communities of the dis trist. The lone bid approved by the board 1 was that of the Pleasant Hill build ing. Those rejected were for the building at St. Peters, Richards, Bel wood, Ledford’s and Mull’s. Grigg With Board The meeting this week was the new superintendent’s first session with the board in the capacity of secretary. Prof. J. II. Grigg, former Shelby principal, apparently met with the hearty approval of the educational fathers ni the first meeting, and the ■ routine business of the regular meet ing moved off harmoniously. Mr. Grigg following the meeting left for a short trip to Durham and Raleigh, returning Tuesday night, i While away he conferred with the | county superintendent at Durham and : with the state educational depart [ ment at Raleigh, acquainting himself ‘ with the educational program ahead in ; this county and its direction. Gather At Bel wood | At the meeting the county board | agreed to attend and take part in the I program at the laying of the corner | stone at the new Belwood consolidat ; cd building sometime next month, the : date to be announced later. Mammoth Crowd To Witness Laying Of Resort Cornerstone More than five thousand people from various states have already sig nified their intentions of motoring to Lake Lure next Tuesday morning to witness the unique ceremonies at tend - nnt upon laying the cornerstone of the administration building officially opening the new mountain lake re sort to be known as Lake Lure. Citizens of Rutherford county will serve the biggest free barbecue ever undertaken in Western North Caro lina. General Bowley of the U. S. army will use a silver trowel furnished hy Tiffany’s, ,,f New York to lay the cornerstone, inside will be placed many present-day mementos including current newspapers, photographs au tographed by Governor McLean, Sena tors Simmons and Overman and other sta^e and national dignitaries. Music hy U. S. army brass hand and the famous college orchestra from Princeton, ?|>w Jersey, athletic con tests including Cherokee Indian arch ery exhibition. Pathe news motion pictures will be made of the autos and the crowd during the cerenngiies. Lake Lure townsite is on state high way No. 20 near Chimney Rock. Grreatest Meeting Of Revival Friday -a__ Fifty Professions of Faith, at Wall Tent Revival Last Night. Living in Parlous Tiroes Subject. 7 There were nearly 50 professions of fait;h at the Wall tent revival last nit^t anti the services were the most inspiring of the whole meeting, in the opinion of many. The tent was over filled and hundreds stood and sat beyond the side curtains, a crowd that was inspiring beyond description. Dr. Wall’s subject was “Living in Peril ous Times” in which he called atten tion to four things, the disintegra tion of the American home, 4he ban ishment of the word of God from the schools, the inability of God’s redeem ed to win the lost and the inability of the lost man to move out for Jesus. Dr. Wall throws his heart and soul into the meetings, preaching plarn gospel messages with telling effect. Last night delegations were pres ent from Zion, Patterson Springs and New Hope churches. Six hundred vis itors including pastors were presdht Wednesday night representing the c«n cregations of Race Path, Sandy Run, Trinity, New Prospect and Waco. The meeting continues until Sun day night when it closes after a three weeks run, declared by many t<» be the most successful evangelistic campaign ever conducted iu Shelby*