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READ THE STAR’S NEW SERIAL’ “THEY NEVER KNEW.” IT’S BETTER THAN A CIRCUS. NOW RUNNING EVERY OTHER DAY. SHELBY Was Carolina’s Fastest Grow ing Town 1920-1925 By U. S. Census. Ihe Irtulanii THE STAR Is The Leading Paper of Shelby and The State’s Fertile Farm Section. VOL. XXXIV, No. 94 THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1926 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.J* Sri«rieI^lJi(,|irld“mij"S’' .60 .00 Only Three Accidents Out Of 703 Unavoidable More Than Half of Fatal Accidents 1 Caused By Violating Traffic Laws, Says Commission Only three out of 703 accidents on the State highway system during the i first half of this year were unavoid- j aide according to a summary of j causes of accidents on the State , highway system from January 1 to July 1** 1926, made public yesterday by the maintenance department of the State highway commission. These 703 accidents resulting from a multiplicity of causes took the lives of 75 persons and resulted in injury to 660 others. The hulk of the accidents wet el caused by direct violation of the criminal laws of the State with regard to the regulation of traffic. The same general ratio applies to ; the causes of the 1,775 accidents caus- ; ing the death of 151 and injury to ' 1,546 persons during the year July 1. 1925, to July 1, 1926. Speeding caused neatly half of the j total number of' accidents. Speeding, : careless and reckless driving and driving while intoxicated alone caus- j cd 415 of the 703 accidents, during the i first half of this year. These three | causes were also responsible for 51 of the 75 fatalities during the period. ; The causes of accidents during the half year on the State highway sys- I tom were as follows: speeding, 261, | careless and reckless driving, 154, driving intoxicated, 65; improper lights, 44; fault of cars, 33; cars parked on highway, 24; walking on highway, 6; inexperienced drivers, 3; unavoidable, 3; other causes, 55; and cause unknown, 58. Where Accidents Occurred The accident report for the year, .Inly 1925 to July 1926, shows the following distribution of accidents by State highway districts: Injured Killed District 1 _.— 211 District 2 _142 District 3_ 92 4 .165 5 __... 210 6 _186 7 _232 8 _155 9 _153 District District District District District District 20 18 18 15 13 26 12 13 16 Ac'd't. 253 194 96 192 285 211 202 159 183 Totals _ _1,546 151 1,775 The worst single accident on the State highway system occurred on May 26, 1926, near New Bern when three persons were killed and three injured. This accident was caused by the driver being under the influence of whiskey and by speeding. The cause of fatal accidents dui irg the last six months are given as follows in the report: Speeding .. _ 20 Reckless driving .. - 9 6'arelessness _ __ 10 Drivers intoxicated __,-- — 10 Blinding lights - _— 4 Walking on highways _ 6 Inexperienced driver _. __ 1 Fault of cars __ ..._ 2 f'ars parked on highways —- -- 2 Unknown causes ___ 9 Total _ _ 75 The report, however, shows a de crease for the first six months of this year from the last six months of 1925. There were 1,072 accidents dur ing the 1925 period as compared with 703 for the first half of this year. The number of fatalities this year, however, was practically the same as during the 1925 period, with 76 deaths from July to December, 1925, and 75 deaths from January to July, 7926. The number of injured this year was much smaller, a drop from 886 to 660. Filling Station Falls On Man’s Leg Esley Barnette, of South Shelby, sustained severe bruises Tuesday when a filling station which he was assisting in moving fell on his leg nist above the knee, and crushed it. Beep imprints of the timber showed en his leg where the weight had rest '“'h The accident occurred when the ■'ark, which was supporting the build ing off the ground, slipped on the wet , and practically the entire weight nf the hotise fell on the man's limb. Some time was required to extricate him from his painful position, and he was immediately brought from the ^'•ene of the occurrence, eight miles from town, to the Shelby hospital, where an x-ray showed that the leg was not fractured, but only crushed. Bate reports from his home sta'? 'hat he appears to be recovering nice iy from his injuries, and that his leg "'1> probably be saved. Barnette’s escape, in view of the manner in which he was hurt, is al most miraculous, since, the only thing 'hat saved him from a loss of the hnib was a slight depression in the ’ mind at the spot where he fell- The building would probably weigh sev •'ral tong, and if the whole weight had •alien upon him, the results would probably be much more serious. Mr. Stroup Building Handsome New Home Attorney Rush Stroup is building on West Warren street a handsome brick veneered residence which ho and Mrs. Stroup will occupy when completed. The residence will be modern in every particular with vapor heating system, hard wood floors, tile roof, etc., and represents an in vestment of $12,000 or more for the home alone. Mr. Gus Branton is doing the carpentry and masonry woik while Mr. Stroup is letting out tne other contracts himself. Construc tion work started this week. The site is a corner lot adjacent to Mr. J. L. Lackey's home. Cannot Be Within75 Feet Of A Resi dence, Except The Owner— Water and Sewer Lines Cows are virtually banished from Shelby by an ordinance passed Tues day night by the city officials in reg ular monthly meeting. They may dwell in peace near their owner, pro vided the owner has no near neigh bors, but if the neighbors are within a distance of 75 feet, Miss Bovine must move out. Here is the ordinance: “No person shall stable, stake or con fine a cow within the town of Shelby at a point closer than seventy-five feet of the residence of another person (of in the public alleys or streets) of the town of Shelby.” For violation of this ordinance there is a $10 fine for earl) offense. Water and sewer mains are still be ing ordered by the city fathers to serve patrons in the newly acquired territory. Five hundred leet of sew er line will be put down on West Marion street and 800 feet of water lines on N. Washington street to serve citizens who have homes on these two streets. The mayor was authorized to purchase a car load of sewer and a car load of water pipe for these pro jects. Four firemen wil have their ex penses paid to the State Firemen con vention to be held at More head City^ which will include Chief Herman Esk ridge and three others. The city ap propriated $175 for this purpose. Women Challenge Attack On Style* The article relative to “feminine styles” published in the last Star aroused quite a bit of comment, es pecially among the women. All of them were distinct in denying the allegation that today’s styles are the direct cause of the downward trend in feminity—in fact, most of them de clared that there is no downward trend. One of the observations heard was: “People are just as good as they ever were. You can take people of the same class for several successive generations, and the percent of mean ness will be almost the same. We know more about it now because the news papers print it all. thus calling it to the attention of those who formerly would have known nothing about it.” Another was: “If the women art headed for hell, they will have plenty of company, for the men are also on the way. More than likely they will be there first.” Somebody else said: “That’s all bosh. The only difference between women of yesterday and today is that they are slightly franker now.” “Speaking of automobiles,” came another, “I read somewhere that you must keep at least one hand 8n the steering w’heel of the car, while olo Dobbin could generally find the way home with no hand on the rein at all.” Civil Suits Against Kings Mtn. Postponed Several civil suits against the town of Kings Mountain were continued from the civil docket of the present term of the Superior Court which has been in session here this week. One suit was brought by J. R. Mc Gill and others, asking for damape because of a septic tank owned by the town of Kings Mountain and four other suits are on the docket by B. TV Goforth and others, asking dama ges because of the town's septic tank on Beason’s Creek on which the plain tiffs own property. Mr Thomas W. Hamrick, Jr., leaves next week on a pleasure trin North. He will attend a convention of the National Associativa, of th* Deaf, which meets at TTasnington, D. C. He will rake in the Sesqui-Cen tennial at Philadelphia, and visit At lantic City and New York. Dr. Royster Who Travels County Freely Says Cotton Prospects Are Be.*! He Ever Saw That Cleveland county will produce forty-five thousand bales of cotton this (food year 1926, is the opinion of Dr. S. S. Royster, who says he has made his estimate after a thorough canvass of the farming district. It is an opinion of a current event, so to speak, that will have the right ring for local ears. Dr. Royster spilled that optimistic I opinion in conversation Thursday with' William Lineberger. He told Mr. I.inc bergor he had trj/ehvJ back and for ward over the county, and observed the crop condition in every section. “It is the «est we ever had," was his summary of the situation. If his estimate is correct, he is tell ing the exact truth. The highest the Cleveland farmers have climbed the latter toward supremacy so far be* been forty-two thousand bales. And that was in 1924, when the noon of nrosneritv was at the ful’, and the flooi tide on. 1*4r. Lineberger said. c.j ’incnChg on the estimate, that he too had trav eled very thoroughly over the county, and believed we had a banner crop. He Baid: “I have never Been any such devel opment as has taken place in the last two weeks. In that length of time the situation has changed from one of de nression and gloom to one of extreme brightness. “Not only is the cotton crop the best that I have seen, but apparently we are going to make the biggest corn crop in the county's history. Ard I saw worlds of forage crops, which proves that the urge that the farmers look to this class of production has gone home. "I hope they will keep up the good work. “In addition to all this, there is the biggest fruit yield in local history. That is. so it looks to me. There is i so much fruit it is going to waste by ; the car load. Urge the people to do something to save this valuable food. Till them to collect the apples ami j peaches and dry’ them. That is the easiest add quickest way to preserve them. An<f dried fruit is one of the best of foods. "Of course,” Mr. Lineberger con cluded, “It is not wise to count too | heavily upon the future. The crops of course can be destroyed. But if noth ing unfortunate happens Cleveland county is in this year for its fanner production.” New Coif Course To Be Ready For The new 18-hole golf course at Cleveland Springs will be ready for play some time in October, according to Mr. Lyle, professional at the course, and it is hoped to secure some major tournaments for the city upon its completion. The greens have been sown, the fairway is in first-class condition, and with a little more work to be done, Shelby golfers will soon ; be enjoying the benefits of a course equal to almost any in the state, since the construction of the first nine holes necessitated an outlay of ap proximately $9,000. Most of the new holes are rather more difficult than those that have already been in use, traps and natural hazards being numerous, and many difficulties encountered at the var-1 ious holes. No. 1 is a “dog-leg” hole, in golfing parlance, the fairway in clining sharply to the right, while No. 2 is a little the same way. Both greens are protected by traps to the right and left, with hazards all along the 778 yards of the two fairways No. 3 is a short, hut by no means easy hole, 160 yards distant from the tee, with a bogey status of three, while 4 is a blind hole, a long drive over a hill and a branch being neces sary. No. 5 is surrounded by four traps and a grassy hollow, and the fairway to No. 6 is hemmed in close ly bv woods. Nos. 7. 8, and 9 have a total distance of 1125 yards, and the three holes are all par four. Total yardage for the 18 hole course is given as 6,365, with a par mark set at 72. Tt is hoped that the opening of the new course and the construction of the club house will awaken much more golfing interest in a city that should develop some fine talent for the game. Mr. Lyle is highly enthusiastic over the prospects for a record breaking year. “Your magneto needs adjusting— didja hear that funny noise in the motor when you stopped; it.needs ad justing. I’ll fix it, what?” “No! I want only gas, gas! Do you hear!" “Yes sir!” And with the gas ob tained, the exasperated motorist drove angrily away. But for once the garage man had got even with his barber. Down the Long, Long Trail Again -w —NBA, New York Bureau Ezra Meeker. years old. went over the Oregon trail with hla young wife and child In 1S52. They traveled behind an ox team then. Now ho Is going over the same route with a motor camping outfit. 11s started from New York. ' 1 To Date 4.430 Cars Receive Licence Here—In The Number Are 46 Different Makes Following1 is a list of cars register ed in at the Shelby bureau for 1926 license. The list includes forty-six different makes of cars. The Shelby bureau em braces four counties, but the number of cars licensed here for other coun ties about balances number of licenses bought direct from Raleigh by Cleve land owners. The list was compiled Friday morn ing from the registration officer's files, and is accurate to that time, and is well nigh complete, as the time for license registration set by law has ex pired. The list, with truck's appended, fol lows : Passengers Cars: Anderson 2, Ajax 2, Buick 223, Briscoe 6, Chervblet 348, Chrysler 23, Chalmers 7, Colum bia 2. Caddilac 9, Cleveland 2,.Chan dler 2, Dodge 164, Durant 5, Earl 4, Dort 7. Essex 108. Ford 3141. Frank., lin 2, Flint 1, Hudson 63, Hupp 28, Hearne.v Hearse 1. Haynes 1, Jewett 1, Lincoln 2, Lexington 1, Maxwell 33. Meiz 1. Marmon 1, Michigan Hearse 2, Nash 24, Overland 40, Oldsmobile Lieut. Breen Talks Here On Holy Land A lecture, illustrated with stereopti can slides on the Holy Land, will be given by Lieut. E. G. Breen in the Princess theatre, Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Lieut. Breen obtained the material for his lecture while stationed in Turkey, Egypt and Palestine tm a member of the Royal Flying corps in the World war. An extended tour through the Holy Land was made by Lieut. Breen, from Port Said, Egypt to Jerusalem, over the Jericho road to the Dead sea, to the river Jordan, to Jericho to Mount Temptation. The pilgrimage to Bethelehem also was made. The lecturer, who will appear un der the auspices of the Shelby assoc iated charities has been delivering his talk and displaying the stereoptican views for the last two years. Lieut. Breen's talks have been given largely in the New England states, New York and Pennsylvania. 20, Oakland 4, Peerless 1, Packard 6, Pontiac 4. Paige 1, Patterson 1. Rickenbacker 2. Roamer 2, Reo 3, Star 44. Stucebaker 72, Velie 3, Willys-Knight 14. Trucks: Ford 178, Chervolet 14, Dodge 21. Federal 3, International 2, GMC 1. Republic 5, Reo 3, Graham , 22, Selden 1, White 2, Paige 1, Macs' 2. Total 255. Thinks Cotton Industry Has A Brighter Outlook John R. Dover, prominent textile j authority of this section, told The j Star on Tuesday, in a conversation bearing on the textile business, that he believed the clouds which of late have been hanging over the mill bus iness are lifting. He said he believed the situation1 is brightening. Now there comes to this newspaper a business review from Springs and j Company, of New York, dated August third, which, forecasting the textile future, bears out Mr. Dover’s predie-; tion. *• The review is very optimistic, and throws light upon the cotton outlook both fron* the standpoint of the man ufacturer and the grower. We quote the cotton forecast in full: Crop Estimates Revised Downward A sharp, almost abrupt, downward , revision of crop estimates coupled with evidences of broadening con sumption have caused a decided mod ification of the bearish views which, until this time, have been justified towards the cotton price outlook, say? the review. We have passed into a new cotton vear with a carryover estimated hy Secretary Hester of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. as 5,362,000 baits against an expected figure of between 5,750,000 and 6,000.000 bales. Secre tary Hester further surprised the trade by his estimate of the year’s consumption as 14,750,000 bales— hotli the carryover and consumption figures include linters. 261,000 bales in the carryover. Last year’s carry over was 2.880.000 bales. Consider ing the pronounced improvement in business conditions, with sales of cot ton goods mounting steadily, it is not too much to look forward to a con sumption at least equal to that of the last cotton year, while the views of the crop indicate an output less than the past vear’s takings for domestic consumption and exports. After four years of aimless wan derings the textile industry is begin ning to stride forward. The prosper ity which is general throughout the country has reached the textiles not withstanding the pessimists, and it finds retailers and distributors with practically bare shelves and spinners with no more cotton on hand than is required for immediate requirements. It has been this reluctance of the trad# to depart from the hand-to-mouth policy that has so depressed cotton prices, but with the multiplying evTBences of a smaller crop than has been generally expected we look for mills to show more confidence, and distributors to look farther ahead. As recently as a week ago we felt that the cr ip would exceed 15,000,000 hales. The reports that have since come to hand, however, necessitate a sharn reduction in this figure. The Florida storm conies a month earlier than the normal or customary tropic al storm rer.iod and it is interesting that it coincides with forecasts of an early frost, not from goose-bone readers but from scientific observers of metreological conditions and na tural phenomenons. Weigh this against a crop two or four weeks late. Private crop forecasts painstakingly compiled show as much as a million halos less than forecasts made several weeks ago and based on data from identical sources. Weather conditions over a large part of the belt have been unpropitious and elsewhere merely fair to good. We believe the flea or hopper damage has beon greatly exaggerated, but it must be reckoned with; and the weevil is only now entering his heyday, is yat to show whether his ravages are to force further curtailing of crop estimates. Cotton Begins to Look Cheap In the lieht of the way in which the crop is beginning to shape up and in view of the revitalising of the tex tile industry cotton begins to look cheap under 18 cents for the October to January options (which is far enough to look ahead at this time) and wo woo'd suggest that, the easy spots be availed of to establish a long position for a pull, rather than for an imniediatt trading turn. Forest City Upholds Its Morals- Cops Made To Go t $63,442 Taken In In Auto Licences Forty eight hundred and forty eight automobiles hat been registered for license up to Wednesday night, E. L. Ir vin, registration officer, told The Star Thursday. Mr. Irvin is stationed at the F.skridge garage building. ! The total income in license [ fees for the forty eight hundred and forty eight cars was $03,- ( 442, Mr. Irvin said. ( He further announced fhat 3 the list would show that some [ ninety per cent of the cars reg- i istcred were lizzies. f Memorial Service For Rev. G. P. Bostick Tributes To His Noble Work As A Missionary For 37 Years By J. H. Quinn and Dr. Wall A large crowd was present Wed nesday evening at the First Baptist church when memorial services were held for Rev. G. P. Bostick, mission ary who died of typhus fever in China June 21st. Appropriate hymns that Mr. Bostic loved so dearly were rendered whije J. H. Quinn and Rev. Zeno Wall delivered short but timely talks on his life. Dr. Wall said in his closing remarks: “Brother 'Pleas’ Bostick was the first missionary I ever saw, and was, as I recall now, the first missionary to go out from Rutherford county and this immediate section. We are there fore justly proud of him, and rejoice that God permitted him to live so long in China, and to do such wonder ful work for ‘those who sit in dark ness and in the shadow of death.' tic was. in the truest sense of the word, a pioneer missionary going far into the interior of that land where no white man had ever gone, and there preaching and teaching, and sacrific | i"g and dying for the Lord Jesus Christ. "ina passing year nas witnessed the falling of some of the tallest men in our denominational forest: Dr. Russell H. Conwell, of Philadelphia, builder and lecturer, Dr. W. W. Lan drum, Russellville, Ky., orator and prince among men, Dr. J. F. Purser, Atlanta, Oa., pastor and leader of men, Dr. B. F. Riley. Birmingham, Ala., author and scholar, Dr. John T. Christian, New Orleans, La., historian and teapher,. Dr. A. C. Dixon, Balti more, Md., pastor and champion of the Old Gospel, and Missionary Pleas ant Bostick, Pochow, China, pioneer missionary and friend of the heathen. Mighty oaks were these whose sha dows have sheltered and blessed un counted thousands, and whose lives and teachings have pointed multiplied thousands heavenward, and the sound ing of their falling has been heard around the world, and the influence of their noble lives will never, no never, never die; and you will note, with b< th sorrow and thanksgiving, that two of these giant oaks (Dixon and Bostick) grew in our own forest—were gifted and beloved sons of our own section. We shall greatly miss these men, for when shall we see their like again? My prayer is that God shall raise up men from this section to take then place.” Paving On No. 20 In Lake Lure Section Actual paving work upon state highway, N. C. 20, in Rutherford county In the Chimney Rock region has started. Commencing at the east ern end of Luremont section number one, the work will progress westward, crossing the two new bridges span ning Pool Creek and Rocky Broad river, thence along the old highway through the village of Chimney Rock, beyond Esmerelda Inn, where it will connect with the Henderson county line. The total distance is approximately four miles. The Wilson Con struction Company, of Rutherfordton, has the paving contract and will place a large force upon the job. Large quantities of concrete, sand and gravel have already been pTaced upon the site, so that the paving operations may be expedited. Progress at the rate of two miles a month is antici pated. Owing to the impossibility of mak ing a detour along the river front, one half of the highway will be paved at a time, while traffic makes use of the other half, employing the flag patrol system to avoid blocking over • the one-way stretch. Stone for the concrete highway is being furnished from the Lake Lure quarries, at the rate of 150 cubic yards a day. Two IVlicemen Made to Leave Because They Had Been Keeping Com pany With Married Women Citizens of Torest City dealt sum marily Tuesday night with the town’s two policemen, who, it is alleged, were caught in a compromising situ ation with two women of the city. Now the town is “Copless,” and buzzing with the thrilling episcdc. Incidentally the citizen body are be ing congratulated on taking a stand to uphold the morals and decency of the community. According to report the two police men were given an hour to leave the city precincts, and stood not upon the order of their going, but went at once. • With Other Men's Wives A peculiarly sad and deplorable feature of the affair, according to authorities who revealed the circum stances to The Star, is the fact that nil four parties to the misdoing hnd families—children Ueing involved at each angle of the tragedy. The culminating episode happened Tuesday night, when the two police men. the chief and his assistant, were caught in the home of one of the two women involved in the affair. It was following this denouement that they were given their walking papers by the citizens of the community. According to one report the final scene was dramatic. According to this account a host of automobiles bore down on the house where the party of four was assembled, the men called out and the riot act was read to them, when they were told to leave the city in one hour flat. According to another report the citizens collected and wrote a note to the alleged offenders, and dispatch ed to the house . This note embodied the warning to beat It. Went To Movie Show The developments in the case to the point where it assumed dramatic pro portions were sudden. The first ink ling of the relationship which existed in the romantic affair came to light Monday night, when the two women 1 kept a date with the guardians of the ! town’s peace. in order to keep the appointment, they took their children to a moving picture show in Rutherfordton. De positing the youngsters in the cinema house they met the cops, but failed to return before the theatre closed. The children, finding themselves out in the night upon the street, and motherless, began to cry. At *this juncture, in steps, to use a figure, the Destiny of the bunch. A man fro#n Forest City came along and recognized the children, standing crying on the sidewalk. He took them up and started with them for home. But in “the way met the two mothers anS the two policemen, Rutherfordton bound and in haste. The man’s suspicions were aroused. Signal to Come Next a note appears to cause fur ther undoing. The Chief of Police went Tuesday afternoon to the post office and got a letter, and rode down the street a bit. parked in a peaceful soot to read it. As he read it he chuckled. Concluding the missle, lie beamingly tore it in four pieces and tossed the bits over the side of his motorcycle. A sleuth with an eye to develop ments, watching the procedure, and waiting until the cop had left the scene, gathered up the four pieces of paper reforming the letter, then read it. It was said to be racy, conveying in particular the information that they (the cops) would be anxiously awaited that evening, and if all was well, and it was expected it would be, a red light would appearthe house appointed as the rendezvous, which was the home of one of the women. From that time on the climax was insight. The sleuth told what he knew. Word flew about of the party impending. Citizens conferred; a plan was laid. The citizens decided to rid the city of the undesirable pair, and they acted promptly and with dispatch. Observers say there wasn’t a hitch in the program. It is reported that the two women also left the city that night, but this is not confirmed. The two policemen came to Forest City from Charlotte, one, the Chief, about two months ago, and the other some weeks later. Traffic.. Cop: What’s the idea ball ing up traffic! Why don’t you use noodle ? Sweet Miss: Didn’t know the car had one. Bill McCord says the pedestrit.n usually knows what the motorist is driving at. Bill Pendleton says the smallest town, the more girls can crowd into a jitney. If something must be hugged, let it be the curve, not the driver.