SHELBY
Was Carolina’s Fastest Grow
ing Town 1920-1925 By U. S.
Census.
VOL. XXXIV, No. 76
NORTH CAROLIN A’S LEADING NEWSPAPER OUTSIDE OF THE DAILY FIELD
THE STAR
Is The Leading Paper of
Shelby and The State’s Fertile
Farm Section.
THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C.
FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1926. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
By mail, per year (in advance)_$2.50
By carrier, per year (in advance) $3.00
( o:i>truction Work On 5125,000 Worth
(it Asphalt and C< ncrete Streets
Begins July 1st.
Fly Construction Co, and Zeb It.
\\'< others and -sons will begin con
: ruction work on the $125,000 street
mprbvement project on July 1st in
•K i iirdance with their contract which
>-|H-cifles that actual work must Com
mence Within 15 days after the letting
r,i the contract June 16th. Th'- Ely
i. ,pany with headquarters at Wil.
taitigton, was the low bidder fur tht
;i-pha.lt streets while Z. B. Weathers
and sons received the contract for the
inncrete alley-ways and both have
gi-.en bonds for the faithful perfor
mance of contracts. The Ely Co., as
lia< been previously noted, put down
the first asphalt streets Shelby ever
had when the hard surface was plac
i I around the business section.
Asphalt streets will include the ox
t< -ion on S. LaFayette through
South Shelby, the extension of West
(iiaham, the widening of E. Marion
or No. 20 highway six feet on each
side to Lineberger street. Lineberger
street from No. 20 highway to tht
r v Eastside graded school building
now under construction. South
Shelby citizens have petitioned for a
forty foot street through that section
hut the width has not been determin
er! by the city council. S. LaFayette
street is 32 feet wide at the old cor
porate limits and in all probability
th. extension will not be any narrower
than this. Ely Construction Co., does
alb of the asphalt work.
Weathers and sons were low bidder
on.the concrete alley-ways widen in
clude both alleys on each side of the
Baptist church extending from N
LaFayette street to N. Washington
street. An effort is being made to
pave the alley between the Star of
fice and R. E. Campbell’s Court view
hotel property to Lackey’s Buick gar
age, but this has not been approved as
■yet. The alley between Judge Webb’s
building and the Paragon will be
paved to Graham street also the al
ley at the Royster building on S
LaFayette street to S. Washington
street.
I
Election Board Asks
Early Return of Vote
All tickets have been sent out to
the respective registrars __ together
with a letter of instructions ir. ac
cordance with the request of the
state board of elections, asking th'.'t
the ballot boxes be sealed in orot r
,he! a recount could be made, shot Id
same be demanded. It was also re
quested that no tickets be distiibn.t <1
1 y the registrars and judges Until the
day of the second primary. July 3rd,
except for the neecssary absentee
voters.
( ounty Chairman, Bynum K Wentii
e> advises that an emergency sup.yl>
sufficient to meet the demands of the
various precincts is be.ng kept on
hand, and wishes to inform earn fi
ts, rar that if he finds there is an in
sufficient supply in his oaekage 1 o
pi'f mptly notify the board and a new
: apply will be immediately dispa '.P
ed. If, on the day of the primary, if
is discovered that the supply ts l un
iting low communicate with thy
chairman at the court house.
It is hoped that each registrar wi .
comply with the instructions in r -
i ; rd to making returns. The county
hoard hopes to be able to fuBv tabu
late the votes on Monday foil wing
the election, which will be first -dun
day. July 5th. and to that end io
guests each registrar or judge I”
hiing the official returns to the c“i' t
house by 10 o’clock a. m. so M e can
’ ..-sing board will be able to go about
ti>< task without any delay or inrun-,
vinience.
Anyone desiring to procure tick, .o
M r the purpose of mailing to absent: e
frichds who would be interests. in
voting in this second primary are re
emosted to see Chairman B>num
" a,hers or Secretary J. F. Harris
once as they are now in Position
to furnish ballots for that purpose.
Tom Dixon Explains
Wildacres Matter
Thomas Dixon, woh is back of the
TMdacres development, stated in an
interview with Mr. Bennett. Snelb>
lawver, Thursday, that all claims otic
peainst his branch office in '.be ei >
"'f uld be paid by him personally. Mr.
f'ixon further said that W i! Inc if ■
r"1' boen under his direct sun°i■vision.
these and other obligations/were
''’c result of sales mans cement, and
that the entire force had been rent'C
en as a result of the affair. He plans
tie' reorganization of Wildacres on an
entirely different scale, end €"Pre3s
himself as refretful of the occur
fence.
One of America’s Great Trees
—,\'EA. Chicago Bureau
Tiiis giant sycamore near Worthington, Ind.. is the largest tree in Indi
na and one of the largest in America It Is almost 45 feet in ci; umfer
nee at the base, and its topmost branches are approximately „5 feel
torn thy ground llow old the tree is is a matter of conjecture
Wake Forest Alumni Here
Contribute to Their School
Thirty Gather Around Festive Board.
Building Law Library and En
dorsing Bible Chair .
An effort is being made to raise $2,
000 from ihe alumni of Wake Forest
college in Cleveland county to help
build an addition to. the library at this
large Baptist institution to provide
space for the law library an I more
recitation rooms for Prof. N\ Y. Gul
ley's law classes. This movement was
launched at Cleveland Springs hotel
Thursday night with 30 alumni gat ti
ered around the festive board an ! lis
tened attentively to an appeal made
by Arch MeMilHan, alumni secretary
and Dr. Bagby, college pastor, both
of whom declared that 'he present
facilities are inadequate with 42
teachers and instructors Dying to
teach the boys in IT class co ues L’t.
Gulley says ample books are avail
able from the 1.100 law students
who have passed the state board from
his bur school, acknowledged to be
one of the best law schools in the
.South, but books are piled in the n.iti
d'e of the floors and more space is
absolutely necessary. In addition to
providing for the law school a part of
the £84,000 which Mr. Mc.Milben and
Dr. I'okat are frying to raise from
ti e alumni, will be used to endow the
chair of Greek which Dr. W. B. Roy
al ha.- been teaching consecutive iy
and without interruption for over 68
\-o- i- a record unheard of in the ar.
nalr of education.
Talk (her By-gone Days.
]n. Potent who was scheduled to
? i-.k at the alumni gathering had to
t ill an. appointment at Winston-Sa
lem, epnse'ijiRntly he did not aj pear
at the meeting-, but the alumni wire
i nthusiastie about the alma .water
at,.i readily subscribed about S500 to*
waid the goal si t. Rush Hamrick, ,1.
C. Ac w ton a ltd John 1*. Mull v ere ap
r anted a eontiiiiUee of three to sec
id..cut alumni am! present the urg
ent appeal with a view or securing the
r ominder of the. amount,
O. M. Mull who presided, displayed
one of the first sweaters that was
i warded an athlete 25 years ago, lie
regards it as a priceless r-dic of his
college days and when he held 't up
I ef< re the tit) alumni, the boys cheered
like they did in the days of victory
on the fields >d' contest, Geoi go Blan
ton, E. V. Webb and E. B. Lattimore,
v,h(, were members of that famous
football team which won Southern
| (.i.ms. recalled those days of vi.tt.oey,
'vhde Clyde Jones, member or" cho
victorious tea mot last year empha
ihe importance of athletics.
Judge E. V. Webl) who has been a
member of the board of'trustees D't
.10 years, pointed out the wondi rful
work the college is doing in spite if
limited taeilities and called attention
t ■ the law school, medical school and
. •li'ctir life which have brought such
tto the institution. Wake Forest
men are now holding high positions
of trust andj honor in this and other
.♦at<s which is evidence of the fine
work that is being done under limited
< utupment.
O. M. Mull was elected president,
B. T. Falls vice president and Max
Washburn secretary-treasurer of .the
alumni association which will be a
permanent .organization and hold an
nual meetings, according to the sug
. , tion of Attorney C. B* McBtayer.
JULIUS DELLINGER
RETURNS TO STATE
Writes Letter To Star From Denver
Telling of Northern Trip Coming
To Shelby On Visit
A irfember of The Star staff has
received a letter from Charlie Ross,
whom Julius Dellinger, of Denver,
has generally come to be called, tell
ing of his arrival home in the North
Carolina town, and of his plans for
the future.
Ross is planning a trip to Shelby,
as the city that gave, him the start
on his course toward world renown,
but he says he will wait until such
time as Mrs. Gibson (Mr. Gaffney’s
sister) arrives here, so that he. may
have a visit with her.
Mrs. Gibson knew Dellinger or Ross
back in the old days. It was she who
it wafe thought had the picture of
young Ross taken about the time he
was at Gaffney, which would, could
it have been secured, cinched the mat
ter of the Ross identity.
Ross said nothing in his letter about
the New York World offer of twenty
fire thousand dollars for the story of
his life, but he did mention that he
plans to put out such a work. And
he says further that he is going north
again at an early date.
Meantime, his trip has confirmed
him in the belief that he is the lost
Charlie Ross, having been accepted
in New York and Philadelphia as the
lost lad.
Note—W.lliam Lineberger, back in
Shelby Wednesday 1'rom -a two weeks
visit in Philadelphia and New York,
states that he heard a great deal of
comment while in the big town about
the Ross affair, many expressing the
belief that Charlie Ross had at last
been found.
New Faces Appear
In The Star Office
■ 4. _
New faces have appeared in The
Star office. The faces are more dis
cernible and appreciated by members
of the fourth estate who carefully
scrutinize every type face that is
used in the newspapers. Readers do
not notice type faces as much as
printers and publishers. The reader
class only “takes in” the general ap
pearance of a newspaper, but the
general appearance is made up by the
careful selection of different faces of
type which tell the story in print
The Star has just received an array
of new type faces which will material
ly add to the dress of the advertise
ments, giving snap and variety to this
important part of the paper which is
a sort of shopping guide to th» 20.000
who scan these pages every other day.
The Star is always anxious to keep
abreast of the times and its policy is
to improve the paper in style, make
up and appearance when the treasury
will perpyt.
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I Gala Meet At
Resort Today
\ Business Men From Half Dozen
Towns of Section Enjoying Half
Day Flay at Springs.
An early outlook at Cleveland
Springs today speaks for ihe
success of (he big gathering there
of (he business men of the sec
tion for a half day vacation and
community event. The meeting is
the result of an idea forwarded
by Bar Ionia and Shelby newspa
pers for the mingling together of
the leading but iness men of the
western piedmont section, attend
ance b, ing restricted to luncheon
club and chamber of commerce
members and their families.
The afternoon is being spent in
wi'ii-us forms of play at the Shelby I
resort, consisting of golf and tennis
tourneys, horseshoe pitching,r.. ,witn
! tr.ing and diving.
Quite a number of golfers were list- |
j cd for the golf tournament w>th sec- ,
| oral teams on hand for the renirs j
i games, while Dick Gurley. Cleveland
: Springs play director has rrrangeC
numerous attractive water events.
The crowd is expected to increase
in size considerably late in the ufier
nron and evening as other bu«ims}
men and their wives come in from |
neighboring towns for the evenii g
program. With about 100 outsiders
it. attendance during the afternoon i
around 100 others are expected in tor I
the evening’s activities.
At the “dutch” banquet in the hotel
i-his evening addresses will be made
by Clarence Kuester, Charlotte cham
fer of commerce secretary, and Col.
j V ede Harris, editor of the Charlotte
i Observer, and also talks by cb.’b ami
! commerce officials of the visiting
j towns with O. Max Gardner acting
j rs toastmastar.
Visitors here came from Gasfor.-t,
! Lincolnton. Kings Mountain, Clover,
| S C., Rutherforaton, Forest City,
! Gaffney, S. C., and other towns.
I Aiound*150 Shelby business moi: and
j their wives will be among tbtf cven
j ing gathering.
Thompson Starts Work
On $25,000 Building
i L. A. Morrison and Son have beer.
: avarded the labor contract for the I
| erection of the $25,000 brick store
| building which Carl Thompson is hav.
j ing erected on West Warren siieet,
1 irfiacent his lumber plant and facing
| tt e Southern railway tracks, Mr
i Thompson has been excavating for
I ti.'s building for several weeks, aft
■ er the old wooden buildings occupied
by the Shelby Grocery company was
j removed #from the site. The building
j .vill be 90x120 feet, two stories hi.-n
j with a basement. Construction v ill be
j of brick. After the building is coir.
j pleted it will be partitioned oft to
1 suit the needs of the occupant. It will
, be ideally located and constructed for
i the use of a wholesale firm because
i the railroad track extends along one
side and the street on another, facili
tating shipping by truck or rail.
Material is now being placed on the
ground and Morrison and Son expect
i to begin actual work on Monday c f
| next week.
Star Advertising—
It Pays, They Declare
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Does STAR advertising pay?
Ask Wray-Hudson.
This firm inserted a page id. in
j ine past Wednesday's issue of this
i newspaper, announcing a sale.
1 hursday morning the stoiv was
! packed. According to Mr. lluiiron
many could not be waited on. "We
had one of the biggest day’s business
we ever had,” said Mr. Hudson, “and
I give credit for the result to Star
advertising.
“It certainly pulled business for us.
“Our sales were more than double
the figurd we had put down aa the
maximum of our expectations.”
The crowds of Friday were almost
! equal those of Thursday.
Branton Goes With
New Cleaning Plant
Announcement was made Friday
that Worth Branton, for two years
with the Whiteway Dry-cleaning com
pany, had resigned from thai. firm
ai d bought a half interest with J. C.
Bowling, of the Sheiby Dry-cleaning
eomDany.
Mr. Branton will move over bag i.nd
baggage to the Shelby company, in
the Beam block, Monday.
This young man is well and very
favdrably known in Shelby, and his
friends are congratulating him upon
I his move of going into business as a
j proprietor. •
SUMTER STREET IS
NOW BEING WIDENED
Southern Railway Engineer Coming
To Look Over Proposition Of
New ISridge
A force of workmen are engaged 1
in widening Sumter street from the j
overhead bridge to the rear of the j
high school building to the rear of
Squire T. C. Eskridge residence, the |
street which was ordered opened sev- |
era! years ago under the J. T. Card- j
Rer administration. Sumter was wid
ened from Morgan to the bridge a j
year or more ago, hut the narrow
bridge and lack of funds hindered
further work. Some of the prettiest j
.residential property in Shelby lies
along this new street and the old
buildings and barns will be removed.
When Sumter is opened to the rear
of the Eskridge home it will turn into
W. Marion alongside the Eskridge re
sidence. This will furnish a new
drive to the cemetery and probably
place on the market some of the most
desirable close-in residential property.
No petitions have been signed asking
for street paving or sidewalks but
this will no doubt follow later dn.
Mayor Weathers was in conference
a few days ago with a Southern rail
way representative in regard to a
concrete bridge, supplanting fbe pres
ent wooden structure, and the rail
road official expressed himself fav
orably to the permanent structure. He
will send an engineer here at an
early date to make another investiga
tion of the re<juest on the part of the
city for a concrete bridge arid if it
meets with his approval, a concrete
over-pass as wide as the s.reet and
sidewalks will no doubt he built.
Rains Help Realty
And Other Business
Recent Showers Inject New Pep Into
General Business of Section.
Prospects Brighter
The recent rains have proved very
stimulating to business in general in
Shelby and over the section.
Local real estate agents say that
sales and trades have picked up very
briskly during the past week with
the promise of better weeks ahead.
And the same report comes from fhe
stores and other business centers of
the town.
A section that depends primarily
on the cotton crop prospects were none
too inviting during the drought and
a slight wave of pessimism invaded
the business world, checking to an
extent real estate activity although
not having much noticeable effect on
general retail trade.
With the showers of the past week
and the report from the office of the
county agent that the cotton crop
will likely turn out well in the coun- i
ty a change can be noted on the I
streets.
Numerous new residences are now I
under construction in the town and
the years building program bids fair
to hold up to par if not an improve
ment.
Presbytery Meeting
At Shelby Church!
The Presbytery of Kings Mountain
will have a called meeting in the
Shelby Presbyterian church Monday
at 2:30 p. m. to receive two new min
isters and arrange for their installa
tions. One of these young men, G. C.
Bowan, of Bessemer City, will be ex
amined for licensure and ordination. |
The public is given a cordial welcome
to all the activities of the church.
At .the Presbyterian church Sunday
there will be services appropriate to
the season. No regular service is al
lowed to last more than one hour, and
every minute of that hour is filled
with helpful worship. The workers
council of the Sunday school will con
vene at 9:30 a. m. The worship per
iods of the departments begin at 9:45
a. m. J. S. McKnight is the super
intendent, and he is asking for a large
attendance Sunday morning. At U
e. m. and 8 p. m. the pastor, Rev. H.
N. McDiarmid, will preach on timely
topics. In the morning his subject
will be “Danger of Hearing,” and
“Restored” will be the evening theme.
The junior and senior Christian En
deavor will hold their meetings at 7
I
P
m.
Letter to Build at
Cleveland Springs
Alfred P. Marshall. director if
sales of Cleveland Springs estates
announces that a home site in the de
velopment was yesterday purchased
by Mr. B. A. Lefler, sales manager of
the Charles L. Eskridge garage.
Mr. Lefler, it is understood, will
at an early date start the c instruc
tion of an attractive home in the de
velopment. ^
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Highest Honors
—NEA, New York TJureau
Ellen Elizabeth Henson, 12, wai j
graduated from her preparatory !
school In New York City this year
with the highest honors In her clasB. i
Her teachers believe she Is the most |
imaging girl prodigy In the country, i
having a mental age of 19. She Is to !
art In college next fall.
Another Suit
In R. R. Crash
According to information front
Charlotte the second damage suit re
sulting front a fatal grade crossing
t evident on the Dowd road on April
26 was started Wednesday in superior
court when the estate of R. H Spar
row filed a f50,000 damage complrint
r.gainst the Southern railway.
The suit followed a $60,000 com
plaint filed last Saturday by the es
tate of J. V. Sparrow of Cleveland
ccunty who with his father, R. H.
Sparrow, was killed when their Fet'd
touting car was smashed to bits by a
northbound Southern train rnglC miies
front Charlotte.
Mrs. Mary Knight, as administra
tor for the estate of R. H. Sparrow,
filed the complaint.
Vanstory Surrenders His Lease and
Directors (Jet Lineberger to Op
erate the Hotel.
J .C. Vanstory of Goldsboro, mana
ger of the Hotels Kennon and Golds
boro, and lessee with his brother
Henry Vanstory manager of the Cleve
land Springs hotel who met a tragic
death about six weeks ago, surren
dered his lease on the Cleveland
Springs hotel Tuesday of this w< ok
end the directors pui J. I). Ltneberger
in charge to operate the institution for
the stockholders. Mr. Linebergcr has
taken charge but has not leased the
’nsiitution. IKs position there is sim
ply that of representative of the h
1 cctors of the Cleveland Springs com
pany and the stockholders an i he will
continue in charge of affairs ui til
some permanent arrangement is Made.
There was a noticeable improve
ment in the dining room fare of the
he,tel when Mr. Linebergcr took
charge. He has had considerable ex
f'erience in making menus, heing one
of the owners of the S. and W. chain
of cafeterias, one of the largest, chains
of eating places in the Carolina® It ts
understood that the directors will ail
t irrize Mr. Lineberger to carry on an
advertising campaign for summer vis
itors. Outlook is very promising and
there is aready an appreciable in
crease in the number of guests with
Cleveland Springs estates offering
recreational facilities and making a
strong bid for outsiders to come and j
enjoy the climate, cusine, mineral we- j
ter® and recreation at this noted old
resort.
Miss Reinhardt Dies
At Virgina Home
The remains of Miss Janie Rein
hardt who died last week at Warren,
Vh., were brought to Cleveland county
for interment last Thursday at Ka
desh Methodist church, Belw’ood. Miss
Reinhardt had been living iu the Bel
wood community until 7 years ago
when she moved to Virginia with J£*\
and Mrs. John Webber with whom
she had lived for nearly a half cen
tury. She was a woman of fine quali
ties and her death is learned with
great sorrow to her many friends in
the two states. She was 'sick for
awhile with menengitis and pleurisy
which ultimately affected her heart,
resulting in her sudden death. A larga
crowd of friends from Virginia accom
panied ihe remains to Cleveland coun ■
tv and Revs. Charles Goode and Jc)in
Greene conducted the funeral services.
Second I’rimarj Results Apparently
l'p To Vote of Farmers Judging
From Working of Candidates
\\ ith ( leveland county's second pri
niary only a week and one day in the
offing, Interest is at low ebb in Shel
by, with little more being shown over
the county.
However, it's the county vote that
will decide things as appearances go.
Anyway, that seems to he the belief
nf the two county candidates and the.
two outside candidates for Superior
Court solicitor..
In Slielby one hears considerably
less talk of the second primary than
was the case in the first—and inter
est was none to high before the first
primary although a heavy vote was
cast.
Shortly following the first primary
the political dopesters surmised that
the outcome of the second would be
up to the farm vote. “Getting the far
mers out for the second primary with,
out a full ticket will be the big job,”
they said.
And apparently the remaining can
didates accepted the prophecy us
straight dope.
Messrs. A. M. Hamrick and George
H. Washburn, the two county candi
dates for clerk of court, are not vis
ibly giving Shelby a hard working,
but reports eking in from the rural
sections have it that they’re letting
none of the proverbial “grass grow
under their feet" in the farm sec
tions. Both have campaigned Shelby
and Kings Mountain to an extent and
apparently feel confident that their
forces are properly lin$d up in the in
corporated places, leaving full time
work where it is expected to be a task
to get out a heavy vote.
In that instance someone may be
fooled. From general appearances
and by the predictions of some only
a light vote was looked for in the first
primary, and nearly 6,000 people ex
pressed their wishes that day by cross
ing a ballot. And, on the other hand,
the greater number of voters may
feel like that they got enough kick
out of the initial ballot battle and a
light vote may result. Either light
or heavy, the two candidates for
Clerk George Webb's office seem to
believe that the farm vote will have
much to do with their future.
Sam Ervin and Spurgeon Spurling,
candidates for the solicitor, look at
it from practically the same view
point, it seems. Both men have been
recent visitors in Shelby, but not for
any long stay.. Their cars soon head
ed for the rural sections, and on var
ious occasions have the trips been
made out with friends in the county.
JIFFLECK TO PUCE
The A fleck holdings in and about
Shelby will go onthe realty sale^, mar
ket next week, it is announced by
Mr. Phillip G. Affleck, of Washing
ton, owner of the property.
Mr. Affleck, who is in Shelby to at
tend the business men’s gathering at
Cleveland Springs today, is having
the final survey made of his valuable
property adjoining the Cleveland
Springs Estates. The Washington
man, now a big Shelby boost ir, was
very much interested in the luncheon
dub meeting today and announced
some time back that he intended to
be present.
On Highway 20
His first property to go on the
market will be what is known as the
Affleck Sub-division No. One, which
is just east i^ the Cleveland Springs
Estates on highway 20 and the Eliz
abeth road, lying between the estates
and Cleveland Heights, the develop
ment of Gardner and Mull.
Mr. Affleck has had the property
plot teil* and announced that by mid
week it should be in the hands of
local real estate agents, who will
handle the sales. He purchased the
property in several separate deals and
will unite it and block it for sale.
This property, favorably situated, is
considered the highest residential
property on the Cleveland -Springs
road, or especially m that vicinity
which has become a realty center.
Following the sale of the sub-divi
sion the Washington realtor plans to
open a second one on the Lincolnton
highway, disposing of a part of the
Wilson lands purchased some months
ago by him. Then, he says his lake
just west of Cleveland Springs Es
tates towards Shelby, will be con
structed and a lake residential section
opened. . .
Having a verv optimistic opinion
of this section, Mr. Affleck expects
homesiteS about Cleveland Springs
I to be more in demand by another year
and still more as the outside world
gradually learns of the climatic and
living advantages of the section.