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SHELBY Was Carolina’s Fastest Grow ing Town 1920-1925 By U. S. Census. i—---—-' * THE STAR Is The Leading Paper of * Shelby and The State’s Fertile Farm Section. ..* VOL. XXXIV, No. 78 THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE .‘50, 1926. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons By mail, per year (in advance) ..$2.60 • By carrier, per year (in advance) $3.00 City Working On Plans To Insure Much Cleaner Shelby proposed That Old I’unp Station He C onverted Into City Abattoir and Incinerator. A cleaner and more sanitary Shelby j. . remised in a fight against mus (|ijitoes and flies and the conversion ,,f the old water pump station into „• abattoir and incinerator. The city fathers decided a few nights ago to wage an early campaign on the breed ing places for mosquitoes and flics and authorized Mayor A I“. Weath ers and I)r. J. S. Dor ton.' meat u’j\ in-'ilk ' inspector, to inspect all insani tary places within the corporate lim it- and to use proper means and meth ods to destroy these places before flic- and mosquitoes make any head way in their usual summer propaga tion. Dr. Horton, city inspector and Dr. J. W. Harbison, hospital surged-, have suggested that the old city wa t'ei station which will be abandoned when the new pump station is com pleted. be converted into a combine 1 abattoir and incinerator and the cltv *Ya'.i < rs are pleased with the sugges tion. so much so that they have au thorized Dr. Dorton to get an esti mate on the cost and make a renort to the council at a subsequent meeting. At thi- abattoir all cattle slaughtered for market would be killed at the cen tral abattoir under the direction and supervision of an experienced man. A nominal fee would be charged hv the city to maintain the citys abattoir. The meat and milk inspector would carefully inspect all cattle before slaughtered and pass upon the meats before they are sent to the retailer. At present there are two or mor. ‘■'laughter pens” which are not as “clean as the proposed new abattoir would he, because sufficient water is no to he had for cleaning purposes. The old pump station has plenty cl water for cleaning and the surround inos arp more sanitarv. In addition to the abattoir, it is pm nesod. that an incenerator he "rpvid ed at the pump station where all trash and re-fused from th« e-tv lie collected and burned. To do this would require a furnace especially built for the pur pose but the cost would he -mall and the advantages great. Waste. paper, fin cans and »olher refuse that has a value would bp salvaged and sold, the proceeds being used to maintain the combination abattoir and incinerator plants. All these years the city trash wagons have been hauling .he trash from the city streets and piling it i:i gullevs near town. These make un sightly and insanitarv peaces which are now eye-sores to the residents or those vicinities since Shelby hes grown so rapidly. The time has come when property owners do-not wish to grant the city trash dumping privi leges on their property and the city incinerator is urgently needed to care for this refuse. The convertion of the old pump station into an incinerator and abat toir has not been definitely decide.! !»y the city council, but they have this in mind to do as soon as the new pump station is completed. There, is n good brick building at the old pump station, several acres of land and a tenant house, all admirably suited for this proposed improvement in the sanitary department. It is in line with what other towns and cities are doing and the citv fathers declare that die use of the old station for these purposes will save the town a right considerable sum over the cost ot an other site. Shelbv Cbnrch Team Wins Tennis Match Whitelaw Kendal! and Johnny Mr hnight, renresentimr the First Pres byterian church of Shelby, won two of three matches in a tennis meet ■v th the Main street Methodist chur -n "l Gastonia Tuesday. The matches were played on the courts of the Gas Ionia church. la the first singles, McKnight lost f° H. Rankin of Gast >nia in straight <ts, 6-1: 6-1. In the doubles Kendall :'"d McKnieht triumphed over C. i’ankin and Harbin after a hard strug* el<. hy a score of 4-6: 6-1; 6-1. Ken '■”1.1 won the last singles match from P-trbin with comparative ease 6-2; 6-1. It is hoped that this event will he the starting point for the, formation 'd a Western Carolina Athletic as saviation of Sunday schools, to include ail the churches in the section spon soring activities of the sort among their young people. W. A. Smith, di rector of athletics for the young ne< "Je is back of the movement, and alt Shelby churches interested are re 1'nested to communicate with him as Sl,on .as possible. Continuing the pre paratory program he has la'd out a f“am from the Central Methodist 1 hurch here will nlaV in Gastonia Frt (,av while, the Gastonia representa Gves are scheduled to conic to Shelby next weelc for a return engagement v 'th the Presbyterians. First Cciton Bloom Of Year Reported Dave with his Ridgeway tac tic' is again ihe winner! 1 hi1 first cotton bloom of the year in < leyelaml county wax brought in to The Star Wednes day by ! ave d trrner, colored ten ii.nt. <»t Max Gardner's Moperacre i farm eu.-t of Shelby The bloom came on Tuesday. .rune 2ft. There are quite a number of other ■blooms in his cotton, according to Dave, and he has a “cominir stand.” 1' oi three seasons Dave, a na tive of Ridgeway, S. C., where they plant early, has been among the first to. report cotton blooms in this section. Dave ascribes his ability to come in first to the distrust- of Carolina farmers of their own soil, "This Xo’tb Ca’lina land .will make early cotton and Ah'm ashowin’ 'em.' says Dave. Primary Ahead Little Talked Outward Interest in Second Primary None Too Keen as Day Nears. C andidates Are Busy. If Cleveland county shows no more interest in voting than in discussing political prospects, then no heavy vote should be expected in the second primary S’aturday. Despite the fact that the four can didates to be voted on by the county are active little is hea 'd of what’s going to happen. Sucn, it may again he stated, was the case before the first primary and notwithstanding a big vote was cast. It is generally hoped that such will be the case again Saturday. Star Returns. For the service of its thousands ot readers and friends The Star will again on Saturday night make an un official tabulation of the county vote for clerk of court and Superior court solicitor. The big bulletin board in front of The Star office is still up and the figures as they ccfne in will be posted there for the information of those who gather in Shelby on the night of the primary. Judges and registrars over the county are urged to assist The Stai as much as possible bv telephoning the vote in to The Star as early as possible after a count has been made. A1.hough this tabulation will he un official it will give voters of the county some definite idea as to the outcome and election officials seeing that these returns are telephoned or sent in will he benefiting their fellow citizens and in return will be given votes from other sections. Solicitors Work. Sourgeon Spurling and Sam Ervfn. candidates for Superior court solici tor. have campaigned in several sec tions of the county and annarentlv line nn with the dopestors in the prediction tha. the vote of Cleveland county will about decide the race between ther». Both men are popular in the county and indications are that both will re ceive a nice vote. Saying which will ho the nicer is another matter. Messrs. A. M. Hamrick and C.corge D. Washburn, candidates for clerk, are more active than ever this week in the final campaign sourt. Both men. as was apparent,in the first primary, have a big following and it remains to he seen which will carry the vot.e given Rollins and other float ing vote. So close was the first orl mary between them that anything] like a split, of the remaining vote will make the race an unusually close one. Either way it goes veteran poli ticians and observers about Shelby say that fh<‘ margin will be nothing great Predictions on the margm ranged from 100 votes *o 500, with 250 being the average estimate. The county election board has urg ed primary officials to get in the of ficial vote to the board earlv Monday morning in order that the official out come may he announced considerably earlier than was the case in the first primary. From demands from other sections of the Superior court district it is evident that these counties expect Cleveland's vote to plav a big part in the solicitor's race and practically all of th" counties are desirous of get ting the unofficial count front Cleve land some time Saturday night. Dr. W. H. Frazer. president ot Queens college. Charlotte, will be a guest and chief sneaker at the meet ing of the Shelby Kiwanis dub Thurs day night. Max Washburn will have chinge of the program. Italeigh l)op? Has It 'I'hat Shelby Man As Governor Will Name Morri son and .Mel.pan Senators Raleigh—The Raleigh Time says Cameron Morrison arxi A. W. McLean are slated to fill the seats in the United States Senate of Lee S. Over man and F. M. Simmons, according to J oersistar.t talk among State officials, that has passed the stage of gossip, i They will be appointed by O. Max Gardner. who will be the next gov i ?rnor of North Carolina if he keeps his health, in the event of the death or retirement of either of the sena-j tors. There is little likelihood of either of the senators seeking an ither term of office and in the interest of party harmony it is considered certain that they will retire before their terms expire in order \o give chosen ap pointees the advantage of standing for nonrnation as incumbents rather than he thrown barehanded into the turmo'l of a free-for-all. Mr. Morrison they say has been selected for the office now held by Senator Overman and Governor Mc Lean for the office now held by Sen ator Simmons. Both will support Max Gardner wholeheartedly in the primary two years hence and both will probably receive the senatorial appointments from O. Max. In the meantime peace reigns in the party in spite of Reynolds' huge vote and in spite of the constant at tacks which have been made against the administration from chronically prejudiced sources. Day by day in every way “the machine” is guining in power and prospects are at the present time considered bright for every present holder of a State office to come through the primary two years hence unscathed. Was 75 Years Old and Died Here at The Home of Her Daughter Mrs. T. A. Spangler. Mrs. Dovie Smith Williams, widow of the late Ham Williams, died Tues day morning at 3 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T A. Spangler on Lee street where she had been making her home for the past two years. Her remains were taken Wed nesday to Palm Tree Methodist church where she held her member shin and the interment was at 11 o’clock beside her husband who died May 29th, 1923. The funeral services were conducted by Revs. John Greene, H. K. Boyer and Zeno Wall, her grandsons and nephews acting as pall bearers and granddaughters and nieces serving as flower bearers. Mrs. Williams was bom February 5th, 1851 and was married in 18(57 to Mr. Williams with whom she lived happily for 55 years. She joined the Methodist church in girlhood and was. a faithful, consecrated member. She possessed a jovial disposition and ra diated love and friendship among all with whom she came in contact. Three daughters survive, Mrs. -T. H. Hai relson, of Maiden; Mrs. T. A. Spang ler of Shelby and M>'s. Alex Costner of the county. Also surviving are J4 grand children and 22 great-grand children, four brothers: W. S. and J. P. Smith of Shelby; Tv H. Smith of Gastonia, A. B. Smith of Columbia, S. C., twro sisters, Mrs. Joe Harrel son of Cherryville. Mrs. Jake Mauney of Columbia, S. C. Mrs. Williams has a large family connection throughout the county and a host of friends who regret to learn of her death, although it was expect ed for she had been desperately ill for the past nine months. Water Line Asked On Lineberger St. A petition has been sent to the mayor and hoard of aldermen asking that a water main be extended north on Lineberger street to the new East Side school building which is now un der construction and the petition has been acted upon favorably. It means that 100 taps will be added. These taps are already made and serving houses, most of which are in the East side mill community, but the water is bought at wholesale through one meter. Under the extension plan each tap will have an individual meter and ample fire hydrants will be pro vided for fire protection in that thriv ing section. , MAKKS l*K TI RES HERE. Mr. \V. E. Rutherford. Rutherford Here to Direct Camera Work of Business, Industrial and Historical Shelby. Shelby is poinp into the movies- ' some 1,250 to 1.500 feet of film t< | unwind the propressive stary of prow inp Shelby. W. E. Rutherford, head of the Ruth| erford-Fox productions, is in Shelby, to direct the camera work which will, be shot Wednesday, Thursday and I Friday throuph the -ooperation of i the chamber of commerce and the1 Princess theatre. Mr. Rutherford has been in the movie directing work for | 11 years and now heads the only film production firm in the two Caroiinas with headquarters in r'harlotte. The scenes made heie will be I shown locally and over five Southern states, it is said, in addition to a j bookinp in New York. The camera was broupht into play at the luncheon nieetinp at Cleveland ! Sprinps last week, gathering out-j standinp events of the hip meeiinp. I Scenes will be made of civic, indus- i trial and business centers, including shots of the beautiful court equate, 1 textile plants, schools and many' other i points. A date will be announced when ! the school children of the city will be asked to pather for a portion of the , film. Rack in July. Mr. Rutherford says the film will ; be lack fur a local showing at tho i Princess theatre about the second, week in July and may he on for a rus of a week. After exhibition here an,1, at other points in«the Southern states j the film will he turned over to the Shelby Chamber of Commerce. The film it is said, will be in the nature of a booster for Shelby and the cooperation of citizens and busi-j ness men is asked in the making of the film. GOOI) REVIVAL CLOSES AT KINGS MOUNTAIN CHURCH j (Special to The Star.) The revival meetin'<r at Kings Mountain Second Baptist church, which lasted two weeks was a fine meeting. Rev. IL S. Bcnfield of Le noir diil the preaching, He preached such heart touchinp and soul winning sermon. They reached men of our town that never had been reached and they gave their hearts to God, i and lined up with the church. Both I old ami young were converted and tbo church greatly revive 1. The meeting will be long remembered. Rev. Mr. Benfield is a fine preacher and a great revivalist. He made a host id friends in Kings Mountain and the surrounding county and we hope to have him come to our town again. Our i pastor. Rev. W. X. Cook is doing a; fine work in East Kings Mountain. We hope to do greater things for tde ! master in the future. We have a fine j Sunday school which is graded and standard school. Robert L. Chaney is, the superintendent. We have a fine B. Y. P. U. and good W. M. U. MRS. J. C. BLANTON. NEW DATE SET FOR MAYVIEV. PARK SALE Lenoir, June 27.—Sale of Mayview nark property, Rlowing Rock, was stopped this morning, according to announcement given out by Penny brothers, sales agents for the com missioners appointed by the federal court to sell the property. A new sale date of August 10 was announc ed. The postponement of this sale af fects only that part of the property not sold yesterday. This includes about one-third of the entire May view park property with the May view golf course and the Green Park —Norwood golf course. Old Ticket Shows Light Vote In County In 1865 Kntire County Colled I.nw Than 1.000 Vote.* in Those Davs. Polling Places Change Names. Three times as many people are expat ted to vote in .Saturday's se oml primary as voted altogether in Cleveland county 01 years ago. Rack in 1H(55 an old newspaper (dipping shows that the total county vote was less than 1.000. The olft clipping revealed many more inv esting things. With one or two exceptions the names of the voting precincts havs changed through tlv years. Shelhy and Mooreshoro are two remaining precincts unchanged. Further perusai of eld ticket shows that one Shct by ward nowadays votes almost as many pyople as the entire county in '05. The names of candidates on the ticket bring back memories of the men who laid the foundation for the present progressive county. And over the county are many descendants ol the names carried on the ticket. List of Precincts. The list of old precincts us carried in the clipping is as follows: Shelby, (Joforths, Swanns, Hurtown, Hollands Mill, Sandy Hun, Mooresboro, Rey nolds, Peelers, VVarlicks, (iriggs. Car penters and Bordets store. Cleveland county was spelled us “Cleaveland County." The candidates for governor were Worth and Dockery. Worth received 01!) votes in the county and Dockery received only 80. Logan and, Harris were candidates for the state senate, and Logan, father of the present sheriff, Hugh A. Logan, led 4fiG to 211. The candidates for commissioner were Durham. Whitfield, McAfee, Luttimore, (inrdner and (iidney. Dur ham received 028 votes. Whitfield, 292; McAfee, 288; Baltimore, 195; (iardner, 132; CJidney, 130. The Shelby precinct with 17!) votes polled more than any other precinct in the county. Reynolds with G2 rank ed next and Burtown with GO was third. Mooresboro being a dose fourth. Fallston Plans Celebration Of Big Proportions July 10 District Conference Meets At Cherryville The Shelby district conference of the Methodist church will meet in Cherryville July 5th, at 9 o’clock and will be in session two day?. Rev. C. S. Kirkpatrick, the presid ing elder will preside. The delegates from Central church are R. M. Gidney, R. E. Carpenter, J. A. Anthony, George A. Hoyle and J. H. Grigg. The Shelby district includes the churches within the counties of Clev eland, Gaston and Lincoln. Furnished His Nest In Jail Young Bride Waits Outside While Groom Serves Time For Selling Furniture Bought in Shelby. Gaffney. June 29.—Mrs. Char les Bagwell, a bride of two months, is reported to be patient ly waiting for he" husband to complete a sentence of 20 days on ihe Cherokee county gang, im posed by Magistrate J. B. Bell Friday, on a charge of selling mortgaged property. The charge against Bagwell was preferred by a Sheloy furniture store, it being alleged that he bought certain ar ticles from the store, brought the I goods from Shelby to Gaffney and sold them here without hav ing paid the store. Captain Bell gave the defendant his choice of paying a fine of $25 or serving 20 days and he took the latter. Little Girl Hurt By Shelby Auto _ Automobile of Shelby Woman Strikes Little Florida Girl on Concord Charlotte Road: Breaks Leg year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Dixon, of Cargarillu, Fla., suffered a broken leg and other injuries when struck by an automobile on the Con cord-Charlotte highway Monday aft ernoon. The woman driving the cari which struck the child resides in Shel- j by but her name is not known here. According to information received here the child was standing beside her parents’ car when struck, the family having stopped by the side of the road to rest. In passing another car the Shelby woman drove so close to the Dixon car, say the reports, that she struck the child, breaking one leg, in flicting a deep scalp wound and oth er wise bruising her body. The woman stopped, it is said, and offered to bring the child to the Con cord hospital where she is undergoing treatment. Her offer was declined, howover, the child being brought here by her parents. Later, attaches of the hospital said, relatives of the woman telephoned that they would be respon sible for any action that might devel op as a result of the accident. The Dixons have been on a tour of the state and u'ere en route from Asheville to Morehead City when the accident occurred. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Branton, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Branton spent last week at Bridgewater. Hoey and Gardner to Speak—Brass Hand, Baseball and Amusements Fill the Day Several thousand people are expect ed at Fallston July 10th for the big fourth of July celebration which is being planned for that thriving com munity ten miles north of Shelby, ideally situated to draw from the ad joining counties of Lincoln, Catawba, and Burke. This celebration was scheduled for July 3rd but a second primary election became necessary and this election is thrown o nJuly 3rd, hence the change in date for the cele bration until July 10th. Mr. Claude C. Falls who has been one of the ac tive leaders in promoting the cele bration was in Shelby yesterday and declares that It will be the biggest event Fallston has ever had with speeches by two of Carolines best orators, vocal and instrumental music, amusements, baseball and airplane flights. Hon. Clyde R. Hoey and Hon. O. Max Gardner are the speak ers, and these ulone are headliners. Their addresses, will be short and snappy, however, to allow for the other features such as the horseback i and automobile parade, the greasy pig catcht the greasy pole climb, the pie eating contest and the baseball i game between Fallston and Frank Love's LincoLnton team .both of which are being whipped into shape | for a battle royal. Such a throng is expected, the j Fallston people will not undertake to feed them, but free ice water and i lemonade will be furnished and all! visitors are asked to bring their din ner ami spend the day. Meetings have been held for the past few weeks laying plans for the celebration and the Fallston people assure all the vis- | itors that there will not be a dull moment during the whole day. The parade will feature the opening of the celebration. Those who at tend are asked to be on hand by 8 or 8:30 o’clock and form in line one mile below Fallston on the Shelby road. Horseback riders and automo biles, some of which will be made into handsome floats will constitute the parade, headed by the renown Cliff side band. The parade will begin to j move promptly at 9:45. After the line of march is broken a musical | program will he given in the school , auditorium by the Fallston choir. j lloey and (iardner At 11 o’clock there will be an ad dress by Hon. 0. Max Gardner, fol lowed by a selection by the Cliff side band. At 11:30 Hon. Clyde R. Hoey, another famed speaker of the Old North State will deliver a short ad dress. This part of the program will be closed by a musical program by the Cliffside band and quaxtetes and solos by the Fallston choir. In the afternoon a varied line of amusement is furnished. Beginning at 1:30 those who care to may try to climb the greased pole, catch a greas ed pig, enter the rope pulling contest and have a mouth and hand in the pie eating contest. The baseball game between Fallston and Lincolnton teams begins at 4 o’clock and there will be no admis sion charge to witness this classic. All during the day Sid Malloy, noted aviator, will be on hand with his Waco plane and do stunts in the air, carrying passengers who desire to mount into the heavens. Sid Mal loy will be remembered as having been at Cleveland Springs last Fall where he carried up several hundred passengers 'without a mis hap. COLORED CHURCH LOCUTION OPPOSED White Citizen** Living on Ka.st Gra ham Strict Oppose Colored Church on That Street. An interesting; situation is devel oping on E. Graham street whereby white people living in that vicinity are protesting to the city officials, asking that the congregation of the A. M. K. Zion church be denied n per mit in erect a house of worship on a lot opposite the Snowflake luundry. White citizens, who are in the ma jority on this paved street, are op posed to the colored edifice on the ground that it would injure the value of their property and that the congre gation assembling nt the churni would congest the traffic on this narrow street. It is understood that the A. M. E. Zion church of which Rev. O. L. Miller of Charlotte is pas tor, is planning to dispose of its church across the railroad at the Southern depot and has an option on , a parcel of land belonging to Judge B. T. Falls on Fast Graham street where it is proposed to erect the new building. This lot, according to Judge balls, is 400 feet west of the bridge and next to Pinkney street, on the opposite side of Graham street from the Snowflake laundry. Three colored people own anh live in their own homes down on this street, but all ot the remainder of th eresidents on both sides from the Presbyterian church corner to the bridge, are white citi zens -with comfortable homes which most of them own themselves. Just what will become of the mat ter remains to be seen. Some Of the citizens have protested to the city fathers, asking that building permit be refused, but Attorney O. M. Mull says there is no law by which thi city fathers can take this stand. The pastor, Rev. O. L. Miller, Is errev lating a petition among white friends asking for money to help build a new church, but the petition does not heaj the location or reveal the protest of the white people in that vicinity and white people, as is customary here, are subscribing liberally, several hav ing put down $25 toward the new church. Makes Long Trip To Arrive After Death of Mother Miss Grace Reed Notified at Gang Plank While Starting to Sail Hurries Across Continent. Making a hurried trip across the continent from a boat in the Pacific at San Francisco after being notified of her mother’s serious illness. Miss Grace Reed, a member of the Shelby school faculty, lost her long-distance race with death and arrived at Grenc wood, S. C., Monday the day aftei her mother died. Miss. Reed, one of Shelby’s most popular teachers and who lives at Sa luda, left shortly after the close of the city schools for San Francisco where she expected to sail to Hawaii to spend the summer with her sister, wife of a U. S. army captain, .lust A few minutes after reaching her boat in San Francisco last Wednesday Miss Reed received a wire informing her of her mother’s desperate illness. \\ ith only 10 minutes before the gang plank was drawn in Miss Reed left the boat and caught a trans-conti nental train and made the long trip to Greenwood, S. C., only to arrive on Monday following her mother’s death on Sunday. Her mother, Mrs. J. M. Reed, it is understood, was visiting relatives In Greenwood when she became ill. Fu neral services were conducted at Greenwood Tuesday, Mrs. Reed being a native of that city. Eastside Meeting A Great Success The revival services ju£t closed nt the Eastside church proved a great success. The preaching was by Rev. Jim A. Anderson, of Greer, S. C., and hun dreds heard his stirring appeal for a better world during the services. There were more than 100 profes sions of faith during the services and 05 additions to the chuich were made. Rev. H. E. Waldrop is pastor of the church. The services ended last Sun day night after continuing over a period of two weeks. Juicy Watermelons Attracting Shelby If you see a colored boy making a dash for*the rear end of some Shelby cafe, don’t get excited—it’s only “wat ahmilyum time.” Shipments of melons from the far south arrived several days ago in Shelby, coming from Florida and parts of Georgia, and already slices of the red melons are proving the most attractive lots on the menus of the local eating house.
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