North Carolina Newspapers

r~--■** SHELBY Was Carolina’s Fastest Grow ing Town 1920-1925 By U. S. Census. L.----* NORTH CAROLINA’S LEADING NEWSPAPER OUTSIDE OF THE DAILY FIELD VOL. XXXIV, No. 81 tr—r:——-— r THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1926. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. 0 ^ THE STAR Is The Leading Paper of Shelby and The State’s Fertile Farm Section. I.. .. .u By mail, per year (in advance)-.$2.50 By carrier, per year (in advance) $3.00 INJURY III WRECK FITIL TO WOlil Mrs. Johnson Hurt When Car in Fu ncral Procession Overturns Dies At Shelby Hospital. Tragedy stalking a funeral proces sion claimed another victim this morning at the Shelby hospital when Mrs. Alvin Johnson, of Henderson, seriously hurt Saturday, died with a punctured lung. Mrs. Johnson was injured early Saturday morning when the car in which she was riding turned over about 12 miles west of Shelby. Tnt car made up a part of a funeral pro cession carrying the remains of a small son of the woman's brother-in law, W. T. Johnson, of Union, S. C. As was reported in Monday’s Star, the wrecked car left the road when ihe husband of the woman it is said, nodded at the wheel due to the lrs> of sleep in the waiting vigil with the child. The car plunged over a culver and overturned. Although there w'ere 10 people in the car, including two grandmothors of the deceased child, Mrs. Johnson was the only one seri ously hurt. She was immediately brought to the hospital here and underwent ao operation for the punctured lung Sun. day, the injury however proving too deadly for relief. Details of funeral arrangements are not known here, as it is presum ed that the remains will be taken to Henderson, home of the deceased. The funeral cortege of Saturday was cn route to Durham from Saluda, where the young child was under treatment in a hospital before his death. New Thread Aiyencv Opens Office Here Chickasaw Thread Company With a I.arge Force of Salesmen Makes Headquarters in Shelby. A new business firm, one of consid erable importance, onened un in She-. bv this week when Messrs. Fred Dean and his partner, Mr. Turner, moved the headquarters office of the Chick i snw Thread company from Memphis, Tern., to Shelby. The new firm is located in one of the business rooms of the Weathers apartment building on South I.."-. Payette and will deal in textile mill threads and twine. The business of the new firm should increase the outside knowledge of the world in that salesmen of the firm will be located over practically all sec tions of America. The firm, dealing in threads and twine, will be agones for numerous big textile plants in the South and New England and witti headquarters here all orders will be handled through the local office. For several davs now Mr. Dean has been locating his salesmen out of Shelby. Assisting him in the preliminary work hefe is Mr. Yates, one of his as sociates. The office of the Chickasaw entet, arise has hecn located in Memphis, hut since the firm handles some of Shelby’s textile products and since Shelby is near the textile center of the South the office was moved hoc so that orders could be handled with more rapidity. Hamrick Cettinr On To His Office Democratic Nominee Serving D<“ puty For George Webb W h lc Latter Attends Meeting. A. M. Hamrick, Democratic nomi nee in the second primary for Clerk of court, bids fa'r to be acouainfed ’vith the duties of the office when his term hegins. Clerk of Court George P. Webb with bis family left Tuesday morning for Wrightsville, where Mr. Webb will at tend the state convention of clerks < f courts, and before leaving Mr. Webb swore in Mr. Hamrick as de puty clerk and the latter is in charge of the office. During Mr. Webb's ab sence Mr. Hamrick will be assisted in the duties of the office bv a former veteran clerk,'Frank L. Hoyle. Mr. Webb and his family expect to return to Shelby about Friday, it is said. North Brook Deputy Now Under Arrest Lincolnton, July 5.—U. S. Narcotic PRent, E. A. Williams and L- ( Roeehiecioli, Sunday arrested W. D. Baxter, former deputy sheriff m North Brook, on the charge of having in his possession 40 grains of mor phine, in violation of the Harrison Parcotic act. He was placed under a *1,000 bond for preliminary hearing Tuesday before United States Com missioner Morris at Gastonia. “Leaf Hopper” Makes Serious Inroads On ,Piedmont Cotton New Pest Doing Far More Damage in This Section Than Boll Wee vil Iivei Did. Fays Metcalf. He Came Here at Request of Farm Demonstrator Alvin Hardin. Tl a. the ‘‘leaf hopper”, describe* as an insect that is a small edition of a locust, has made more inroads In the cotton fields of the Piedmont thnPi the boll weevil ever did, was the suns of a statement made to The Star on i Wednesday by P. Z. Metcalf, enty 1 mologist of Stat" college .Raleigh. Mr. Metcalf came to Shelby at tne request of Alvin Hardin, county agent to investigate the work of this latest pest to the farmers, and to suggest | means of fighting the invader. Mr. Metcalf, in an interview at the Central hotel, told Th" Star that the i hopper has made a very serious a:-! I tack upon cotton in various sections j of North Carolina, notably in the east ern section of the state. “The insect,” Mr. Metcalf said, "has been known for a hundred vears, but in the past has fed chiefly on the | apple and on weeds, attacking more 1 lately the potato and the garden bean. ] “Now it appears,” the scientist ; went on, “that we are face to face with the fact ihat the pest is chang ing: its food habits, and is adapting it self to the cotton plant. Just hov, serious this threat will prove to be I do not know. But it has done more damage so far to cotton in the Pied mont than the weevil ever did. “And it is proving very destructive lo the potato. I visited a potato field in Cleveland county this morning which I conservatively estimate was knocked back 75 per cent, by the work of the hopper. “I hear reports from other sections of the South that a flea hopper is at tacking cotton. But I have not the slightest doubt it is this same insect.’' Mr. Metcalf and Mr. Hardin spray ed a cotton patch with a poison gas which was found to be highlv effec tive in killing the hopner. But the point is it may burn the plant, ir. which case of course this particular treatment will have to be abandoned a Wolf” Of Section May Be Lost German Police Dog Claimed in Charlotte That I)og Ad vertised in Star is Reported Wolf of Mountain Section. The “lone wolf”, which according i to reports has been terrifying natives of rural communities to the westward of Shelby, may be nothing else than a German police dog advertised as lost some weeks ago in The Star. Sev eral weeks ago this paper carried an advertisement by J. M. Jones, of ! Charlotte, seeking his police dog lost ! some time bkek when he was working | in this vicinity. Then a week or so ago reports : came from Rutherford county telling of a lone wolf wandering through the i night shadows of the section. Thei# were those who remembered the lost | dog and connected the two as by the i lore of police dogs they return to their natural wilderness once they have wandered without a master for a month or so. A news item in the Charlotte Ob I server of this week supports that theory. The Observer says: Out in the wide-open countryside that forms the triangle between RutherfordtOn, Shelby and Gaffney, S. C., whispered warnings of a giant ; timber wolf have sent the children ; shivering and whimpering behind | closed doors of home. And that’s not all. Occasionally the hardy farmers of the section have been driven to the corners where turn the trus y shootin’ irons by the gaunt visage of a gray beast peering into | the windows at night time. Ever and ar.on the lone ranger has been the object of pot shots by the j farmers as he lopes along the hill | sides, his tongue hanging from his ! mouth, until the wily beast has now, i it is said, learned to expose himself I only after dark, when Hie fear-strick j en populace has retired. Mr. Jones. Objects. But J. McL. Jones, of 500 South Brevard street, hearing the reports of the terrorized citizens, objects That wolf, he says, be bought not so long ago in Minnesota. And not only that, he contends, but that beast is no hungry wclf of Hans Christian Anderson extraction—that beast is a full-blooded and valuable German po lice dog. Mr. Jones, with memorandums and specific data on hand, declares that he, an electrician, was, on June 13, working in the vicinity of the dam near Shelby. The dog. he says, was playing nonchalantly about the woods of the district. “Wolf.” Mr. Jones says that the complies, tion originated when a group of chil dren. unfamiliar with German police dogs as a breed or as individuals, saw the canine and immediately rais ed the cry of ‘wolf’, punctuating their accusations with showers of stones. Thereupon, Mr. Jones says, the dog discretly retreated and has failed to make its reappearance at its Brevard street home since. Mr. Jones is thoroughly convinced that the lone wolf of Rutherford Is his dog. Among other things, he sub mits as evidence the fact that the ani mal is reported to have appeared tima after time at the windows, placing Its forefeet against the window panes ana whining. The bereaved dog owner submits that his dog was long wont to do just such things—seeking admittance at the window nane of its own horn* and often gaining just that by leaping through. Mr. Jones adds that he will appre ciate it if the farming gentry of that ect^on will stop taking pot-shots at Three Stores Ajjree To Close Thursday Three stores in Shelby have agreed voluntarily to close for the half holi day Thursday afternoons fofjuly and Aueust. These are the Piggly-Wiggly, Pen ders and the A. and P. The heads of these stores got to gether for a conference Wednesday and decided to close up for the halt holiday. Speaking for the three. Stillwell ox the Piggly-Wiggly said: “We think it is desirable to have the half holiday and are adopting this measure inde pendently, and hope our customers will approve our stand. We will close at noon.” CITY 10 LEI 9060 YARDS SIDEWALKS Bids Are Being Asked For July 20th —List of Streets Where Side walks Will Be Laid Another sidewalk paving program is being inaugurated by the city, ac cording to Mayor A. P. Weathers and bids are being asked on 9050 square yards of concrete sidewalks. 1260 cubic yards of earth excavation, All the bids will be opened in the city hall July 20th at which time they will be made public. This sidewalk paving program comes about by reason of the street paving pro gram now under way and includes n number of streets Where the property owners have signed petitions for same, agreeing to pay their half of the cost which is on the same basis that other sidewalks have been put down in Shelby. It is learned that the street paving program includes both sides of the new asphalt street in South Shelby to the corporate limits, both sides of Lineberger street from the point where it leaves highway :tfo. 20 to the street /west side) to the new school under construction, N. Washington new Eastside school building now building, Sumter street from LaFay. ette to Suttle (both sides most of the way); DeKalk street (east side) from Graham to Marion streets. Possibly other sidewalks will be put down if the $125,000 street improvement bonds issued for street and sidewalks im provements will permit. Abernethy To Start Revivals Very Soon Rev. G. P. Abernethy announces that a series of revival services will be started soon at his charges over t'.u county. The revival at Sandy Plains will open Sunday, July 18. Services will /)t gin at Pleasant Grove, on Sunday, July 25, and at Fallston, Sunday Au gust 1. Mr. J. D. Barnett will have charge, of the music at the Fallston services it is said, while all the preaching will be done by Rev. Mr. Abernethy, who looks for much interest to be shown in the several revivals. The hours ot services at all churches will be at 10 o’clock in morning and at night. his prized pup—at least until he fs able to reclaim the animal and offer such protection as is its just due. And the terrified denizens of the triangle between Rutherfordton, Shelby and Gaffney are hoping that he’s right—but they’re keeping that family musket loaded just the same. / ' Herman RskrMw Is Chief of Y'olnn trrr Brrty. Which Will Work With Sys'eni In Fighting Blaze*. ° Shelby's newly organized volunteer i lire department bids fair to be of considerable municipal benefit. By the new arrangement Shelby will have a volunteer department wi>h svs-1 temntic order and properly drilled much in the manner of the state’s two best bn >\v:t departments at Hivk orv and Statesville. Herman Eskridge, named chief of lhe volunteer organization, together with 14 of the volunteers, were in ’ Hickory Tuesday' evening to attend.1 a nwei'ng-of the crack Hickory dp-1 nartment and to watch the Hickory | fire fighting teams drill. The Hick-. ory teams rank high in state tourna ments r.nd are so trained that they work like machines at a fire. The in formation picked up there by the lo cal fremen should prove valuable to the department. The Hickory teams are now training for the state tourna ment and following the return of the local firemen regular drills will be held here training the men how to combat fires along a systematic method. The new system should eliminate nuch of the confusion and disorder that attends the usual fire in that every man will know his place and what to do and all members must at tend the fires, assuring ample pro te t'on to homes of Shelby. By the system every man belong ing to the department must attend all alarms and carry out the task for which he has been trained. For this the city, as is done elsewhere, will 'give each fireman a certain small sum for every fire. The men making up the department are carefully nicked and voted upon by five offic j ials and endorsed by city officials in I order to keep out. those who would , not show interest in the movement. ! At the organization meeting recent ly J. R. (Lefty) Robinson was nam 'd assistant ch'ef to assist with the volunteer department and quite a number of nhysicallv capable mem bers werp added to tak» part, in the drills and training for fire fighting. Since the organization has been com pleted the city has received several congratulations from other towns where the method has proven to be the most successful way in which a small town may systematically cope | with fires. -— Insurance School Starts In Shelby Tully I). Blair, Pilot Official, Here For Instruction of Insurance Agents. Is Expert Salesman. T. D. Blair, associate agency man- j ager of the Pilot Life Insurance eor* I nany, of which Carl Webb is the j high much-amuck in this bailiwick, opened a life insurance school at the | Cleveland Springs hotel Tuesday to run the remainder of the week. About a dozen Shelby men entered j for the course. ' Mr. Blair is rated as an expert salesman, and is teaching the young idea hereabout what salesmanship means-—its fine points, and the differ ence in the new idea and the old. A representative of The Star talk ed with him at length it the Springs prior to the opening of his lecture course, in an endeavor to find out and j pass on to all those interested in | salesmanship something of modern j methods now being employed. Mr. Blair declared that the old idea 1 that a salesman is “born” is the bunk. Any man. he says, who is willing to work, apply himself and tackle his job with earnestness can become an ef fective salesman. The job represents about t)0 per cent work, as he sees it. And ihe remaining ten per cent, cl a salesman’s make-up mav be intelli gence, personality, or what not. The lecturer divides spiling into two i broad and distinct classes. The first is the sale of necessities—goods which we must all buy. And the selling ot such commodities differs from the i selling of “specialties” under which head comes life insurance. To sell “specialties” according to this expert, reouires salesmanship— j **'at is the duality of indifference in the "prospect” must be overcome. And to overcome that quality requires tact, skill, intelligence. and—work. The approach, as Mr. Blair explains, is different these days from the days of old. Once upon a time a life insure »nee apont told a prospect he wanted to sell him a policy in the best com panv in thp world, and that, was about as far as his convincing argument j extended. In those days life insurance j agents got business on the strength oT a begging appeal and pure gall. Nowadays the agent approaches the prospect wfth the end ip view of tbo prospect’s interest, selling him some thing which he needs, and it is Ids j job to make i:he need apparent to the Miss Muskrat This Indian girl. from the Spavl* n;»«- hills of Oklahoma. Ruth Musk • at. a Junior at Mount Holyoke Col Ioko. recently presented President Coolidge with an essay on "The Red Man In the United States. t "Our old life has gone." wrote - •Miss Muskrat. In her appeal to tho 1 Great White Father. "A new trail must Is? found for the old Is not good to travel farther. V.e must have schools. We must have help and encouragement from our white brothers." County Helpedj By Candidates County Treasury Enriched S142 By Filing Fees Of Numerous Candi dates. May Fay Bill. Speaking in financial terms, the Cleveland county treasury is better off following the recent primaries than ever before. The candidates were numerous, and because of their number were dis cussed pro and con, but nevertheless they all had to pay filing fees, and Tuesday morning Bynum Weathers, head of the county election board, turned over a check of $142 to Mrs. Mary E. Yarborough, county treasur er, the sum representing the combin ed filing fees of all county candidates. Most of the sum came from the 30 odd Democratic primary candidates, but not all of it. Thirty-six dollars of the amount came from H. Clay Cox. head of Cleveland’s Republican party, and was the necessary filing fees for the Re publican candidates in the general election. The remainder came from the Dem ocratic nominess and also entitles the victorious candidates for entrance in the general election. $5 was the fil ing fee for the more renumerativ of fices and $1 for the smaller offices. At that, though, the county didn’t make any money through the politi cal fever. However, the investment was better than ever before. Count./ ing everything in, direct and indirect, voting bees are staged at a financial loss. It is estimated that the recent contest very near broke even. The registrars receive a certain amount for the registration, which will total a goodly sum considering the heavy vote, while printing expenses of the election board will take up the re mainder of the filing fees. Gets Six Months On Roads For Non-Support In recorder’s court this week Eli jah Daves was given a fix months term on a charge of non-support of his family. Daves has a wife and four small children it is said, and for some time they have been under the care of the county welfare department. During his term the family will remain under the care of Welfare Officer J. B. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Barnett and lit tle daughter have returned from a ten days visit in Asheville ana Forest City. Mr. and Mrs. Hoyle Elliott and children of Forest City spent the past week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Claude Grose. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Stroup of Lin colnton were the guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Stroup. customers. Under those conditions the policy sells itself. “We take the position,” Mr. Bla'e explained, “that there must be profit for three parties to the contract, other wise business could not be gotten. There should be profit to the company selling the insurance, profit to the agent selling the policy, and profit to the policy buyer. The modern life in surance agent is actuated by the mo tive to make the transaction profita ble to the buyer; and that is the one main reason why the business these last few years ha.; been so vastly ex* tended.” ..... Fallston Adds Features To Big Celebration On July 10 T Negro Sti ring Rucus Given Road Sentence Gabriel Milliard, a Georgia negre, will nerve four months on the No. 0 ronds as the result of stirring up a rucus among Highway 20 construction forces near Mooreshoro, The sentence was passed by Recorder Mull last week. Hilliard it is said objected to work ing advice given by some white em ployes on the force and after some words threatened two white men ^ritti a sledge hammer. Late, it was 'said, he broke in a shack and secured a gun. Sometime after getting the gun he en countered the men with whom he had been arguing and the affair continued. He threw his gun away and ran fol lowing the second encounter but was caught by officers and the men. Hil liard did not use the gun, reports sayf but one of the other men shot to frighten him just before he ran. According to the evidence the af fair came near developing into some, thing serious. COLORED FOLKS TO GET OLD DUNG County Board Donato* Old Ledford School for Colored Pupils of of Two Townships. The old Ledford school building was donated to the colored people of Nos. 10 and 11 townships at a meet ing of the school board held this week. In view of a new consolidated school, the old building was offered at auc tion some time ago and the bid was refused. It was then decided by Khe board to turn it over to the colored people of that section for school pur poses. The building is to be torn down and moved away from the preesnb site, by a restriction of the board. At the same meeting J. H. Grigg, county superintendent, was author ized by the board to purchase five ot six new trucks for transportation of school children of the county during the coming year. Two of the trucks are to be purchased immediately. It is said. The decision was to purchase Ford trucks. To Light Waco School. The progressive Waco school is ta be electrically lighted, it is noted by a move of the board, which makes an apnropriation for wiring the school building for that purpose. Electric lights were turned on in Waco re cently and with the building wired tt is possible to eive it modem lighting.1 Auction Building". The old school buildings of Mt. Zion and Ellis districts were offered at auctipn at noon Monday, but the bids were rejected by the county board of education. Likewise the bids re ceived on the first Monday in June on the Ledford and Mull buildings wer* also refused. The bids of the St. Pe ters and Belwood buildings, auctioned in June, were accepted. The bid on St. Peters building has been raised several times since the first sale. The nrice for the Belwood building was $600. and $910 for the St. Peters school. These bids cover the old build ings and the sites with one exception. Cotton Ball On For Thursday At Hotel After Some Confusion Big Dance Event Is Definitely Announced For Thursday Night The big “cotton ball’ will be held at Cleveland Springs hotel Thursday night, July 8, according to the latest announcement. There has been considerable confus ion as to what organization was spon soring the event which has attracted some attention and the ball has been announced, postponed and called off several times. However, Tuesday it was announced by Messrs. Paul Webb, Frank Hoey and Roy McBrayer, the present committee in charge. that the ball will be staged Thursday night. Quite a large number of out-of town peonle are expected to attend and as planned by the committee it should be one of the biggest dances ever held at Cleveland. There will be three prizes for the best cotton costumes, the prizes totall ing around $200 coming from textile leaders of the section. An out-of town committee will act as judges for the contest, which will be followed by the crowning of Princess Cotton, the first prize winner. The hotel, it is said, will be decor ated along the cotton scheme and the cotton ball is planned to give added impetus to the “wear-more” cotton movement. Five Thousand People Are Expected There on Saturday. Amusements Planned for Entire Day. Fallston expects and is planning to have five thousands people there Sat urday July 10th at the big Indepeml I ence day celebration which was post poned from July 3rd because of a conflict with the second primary elec tion. As the day draws nearer the va rious committees of men and women are working out other amusement features that will fill the day, afford-. ing entertainment all day long to the thousands who will gather from Clev eland and adjoining counties In the largest assemblage of people that Fallston hus ever had. To facilitate the parking of cars, a committee has been appointed to su-. pervise the systematic arrangement ot all vehicles on ground that will be reserved for the purpose. All cars leaving Shelby and points below Shelby are requested to be on time and join the parade one mile below Fallston which will begin moving promptly at 10 o’clock. The speakers for the occasion are Clyde R. lk»ey and O. Max Gardner of Shelby. These addresses will be short and interspersed with vocal mu sic by the F'allsion choir and band music by the Cliffside band which has been engaged to furnish music ull day. hid Malloy, noted air pilot will be on hand with his machine and make flights all during the day. In the aft ! ernoon at 4 o’clock there will be a ball game between Fallston and Lincoin ton’s crack team. Both have been put ting in good practice for this event day and a fast game is assured. No admission charge will be made to witness the gameT The parent-teachers association wifi have booths to sell ice cream, cold drinks and serve lunches and meaw Other booths will be in the cloak room of the school building and on the school grounds for that purpose. Contests and Prises. The following is a list of the races and contests with prizes for each ana those who wish to enter and compete in any of thu contests should see either member of the following com mittee: H. A. Beam, chairman; Stough Beam, Dr. A. A. Lackey, Yates Williams. 1st prize is $5 for the best decorat ed car entering the parade. Second prize, beginning at noon, pie eating contest. $2 to the one eating the pie the quickest. 3rd To the one eating the most soda crackers in five minutes without drinking anything, prize $2. 4th. Beginning at 1:30 p. m. one mile race, prize $5. 5th 1-2 mile race, under 14 yeais of age, prize a watch. 6th, fat man race, prize $2. Sack race on school grounds, prize $1.00.-- v 8th hopping race, prize $1.00. 9th Tom Walker race, prise $1.00. 10th, backward race, prize $1.00. 11th, race on all fourr. prise $3 00. Hands and feet on ground. 12th bicycle race prise a watch. 13th greasy pole climbing prise $2. 14th, greasy pig contest, prize, the pig. Jurors Drawn For Coming Court Term The following have been drawn as jurors for the next term of the Su perior court which convenes here July 26th and over which Judge H. P. Lane will preside: First week. No. 1 township—W. G. Hamrick. No. 2.—A. B. Hamrick, R. R. Webb, J. B. Clarey. No. 3.—G. L. Anthony, S. L. Rob erts, S. B. Hubbard. No. 4.—M. R. Collins, W. J. Moss, B. O. Dixon, E. M. Lohor, T. D. Bla lock, Rastus Dixon. No. 5.—W. L. Bell, J. F. Hendrick. No. 6.—J. L. Lipscomb, V. O. Cline, R. N. Grayson, Willis McMurry, Al len Thrift, Paul Hawkins, S. M. Mor rison. No. 7.—D. C. Bridges, J. B. Blan ton, L. G. Doty, J. A. Jenkins. No. 8.—Plato J. Elliott, Joe M. Hasting , David Grigg, Ausney Peel er. No. 9.—A. C. Turner, G. A. Lee, G. L. Cornwell, H. S. Cline. No. 10.—J. S. Willis. No. 11.—C. S. Botts. Second week, No. 1.—C. T. Me* Ginnis. No. 2—John Hamrick. No. 3.—J. T. Crawford. No. 4.—J. B. Ellis and A. H. Corn well. No. 5—A. H. Hord and A. H. Black. No. 6.—W. C. Harris, H. F. Hasting, James Tiddy. No. 7.—C. O. Ramsey, B. B. Bridges. No. 8—G. D. Hawkins, Boyd Balti more. No. 9—A. B. Cornwell, W. C. Ed wards, No. 10.—A. G. Boyles. No. 11.—W. L. Walker. j