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READ THE STAR’ r SHELBY Was Carolina’s Fastest Grow ing Town 1920-1925 By U. S. Census. -- - • S NEW SERIAL “THEY NEVER KNEW.” IT’S BETTER/ THAN A CIRCUS. NOW RUNNING EVERY OTHER DAY. r. , .. THE STAR Is The Leading Paper of Shelby and The State’s Fertile Farm Section. VOL. XXXIV, No. 96 / THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 11, 1926 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Aftemoons.®y rnail: per year (in advance)-f2 B0 ______________ _By carrier, per year (in advance) fO.OO Expect Million Bales Of Cotton In North Carolina While less than a month and a half ago North Carolina’s cotton crop ap peared to fall nothing short of com plete failure, indications now are that with a 70 per cent condition report for August, the State will produce more than a million bales. This prediction )S based or. a study of the fields of 1,000 of the state’s farmers made by , rop reporting service of the United States department of agriculture. Despite a ragged st<md, the rains of latter July came just a- the crop was beginnig to bloom, points '"it the crop reporting service, and since ’hat time the plants have done more grow ing and blooming. In the main the cultivation has been good and the plants themselves have been able to utilise a maximum of the artificial plant food supplied them in the form of fertilizer. This year’s crop will be apprecia tively later than those of other sea sons, points out the service. Despite the good rains of the past 30 or 40 days the crop had already suffered such a setback that it has been im possible for the crop to register a complete recovery. It was estimated that the first grown boll would be made on an average date yesterday, while the first boll will not open be fore September 1. The best stands are found in the northeastern ares of the states, while the poorest conditions exist along the South Carolina border, extending un into Cumberland county. The stands around Raleigh are very poor and the development of the plant is weak and small says the report of the crop re porting service. Although, Johnston countv usually has one of the best conditions in the States, continues the report, this year it is not noarlv up to par, and the crop from Wake county northward is very poor. Rather than the boll weevil, it is evicted that the weather is the con trolling factor in the cotton crop this year. The boll weevil does not appear row to offer sufficient signs for un due alarm. The effects of the cotton hopper, or flea, is very limited, and will probably not menace appreciable areas of the state. Continued rains, « vs the rePWrt 4*1*1! reduce the pro ductio^while dry weather for a lim ited time will mean a crop of more than a million bales. North Carolina has 2,057,000 acres in cotton this year, it is estimated by the United States department of ag riculture. GULF CO. ERECTING URGE WIMEHOUSES Construction Work Starts On Ware house, Garaee and Storage Tanks In South Shelby The Gulf Refining company is erect ing a large warehouse. garage ami storage tanks that will store thous ands of gallons of gasoline and oil in South Shelby, making this a central distributing point for petroleum pro ducts in this territory. There has just been completed a sidetrack from the Southern railway to the site of the Gulf warehouse near the Belmont mill and along this siding there is be ing built a brick warehouse 40x70 feet that will require 150,000 brick in the building. In addition to the warehouse there will be a brick garage for the housing of eight large motor trucks. Down below this place, the immense storage tanks will be provided that will store thousands upon thousands of gallons of motor fuel. All of this work is being done by the Gulf Re fining company, one of the large re fineries of the country. Local distribution is made by the Royster company of which Ralph Royster, the enterprising head of the •Janet Hosiery mill is proprietor. This district which is served by the Roy ster company, distributors for Gulf "otroleum products, extends from Gastonia to Rutherfordton. Suit By Mr. Stoltz It Declared Absurd Hendersonville, Aug., 10.—The suit hied at Hendersonjlle a.gainst Thomas R. Byrd, of Asheville, and the Standard Mortgage Company by Com modore Perry Stoltz and the Fleet wood Hotel, asking $2,000,000 for al leged breach of contract over loans has been characterized as “absurd and “ridiculous" by attorneys repre senting the Asheville man. "We absolutely deny all liability,’ said one of the attorneys, “and no such contract as is alleged in the complaint ever existed. We are anx. ious to have the matter presented in the courts and have it disposed of as expeditiously as possible. The whole thing is absurd. It is no doubt an attempt on the part of Mr„ Stoltz to justify his failure to carry og* his agreements." Waco Family Hurt In Auto Accident Mr-. Raven 1 'raft, of near Waco, is a patient in the Shelby hospital suf fering from injuries sustained Sun day night. when the ear in which she was riding was struck in the rear by another ear, turning the Craft car over and pinning some of the occu pants underneath. Mr. and Mrs. Craft and Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter and some children were in the Craft car going to church a few miles nortTi of ( herryville. They stopped at a filling station to get some gas and turned across the road. As the Craft car turned to cross the road another cor struck the Craft car from behind. Mrs. Craft was the most seriously in jured in the party and she waj brought to the Shelby hospital in an ambulance, but her condition is im proving somewhat. She has a serious injury to her back. Mr. Jay Killed By High Powered Car Car Skidded And Went Down An Em bankment In Georgia—Young Man With Him Following an account in Monday's Star conveying the news of the death of Mr. B. L. Jay who was kill ed in Georgia last week by an auto mobile, The Star is in receipt of the Monticello (Ga.) News of Friday, August 6th w’hich confirms the re port and says Mr. Jay was killed when his car skidded and went over an embankment about five miles west of Jackson on the Griffin high way. Mr. Jay was en route to Monti eello, Ga., his wife’s home, from Hendersonville. Mr. Jay was sales man for the Tom Dixon Wildacresi development near Little Switzerland and maintained a sales office in Shelby during the early spring of this year. says the Monticello (Ga.) News: “At Griffin he was asked by a young white man for a ride to Jack son which request was granted. The young man escaped with minor in juries from the accident while Mr. Jay was killed almost outright when the powerful machine left the road, his body and head being cut in sev eral places by glass from the wind, shield. “The remains were brought to Monticello Wednesday night and the funeral conducted from the family residence Thursday afternoon at five o’clock by Rev. W. H. Cooper, pastor of the Methodist church, after which the interment was made in West Yi^w cemetery. “Mr. Jay was about forty-five years of age and was highly esteemed by all who knew him. He was married to Miss Bessie Pope about a year and a half ago since which time they have made their home in Henderson ville. Asheville and Atlanta. “Mr. Jay was a great grandson of John Jay, of New York, first Chief Justice U. S. Supreme court.” Glad To Promote Cleveland County Director of Development of Seaboard Appreciates Star Editorials On Page Advertisement Anunt the full page advertisement run in the Manufacturer’s Record by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad and the complimentary editorials appear ing in The Star about the Seaboard’s generosity to Cleveland county, the following letter from Clement S. Urker, director of development of the Seaboard with headquarters in Sav annah, Ga., will be of interest locally: “Mr. E. W. Long, our Division Freight and Passenger agent in Char lotte, has just sent me two clippings from your good paper, regarding the advertisement recently run in the Manufacturers Record by this depart ment of the Seaboard. I have looked these clippings over with a great deal of interest. I trust the advertise ment which we ran in the Manufac turers Record w'ill produle some di relt results in the way of development in your county. “I wish to thank you for the man ner in which you have called our ef forts in this particular to the read ers of your newspapers. Permit me to state that it is a pleasure to adver tise the advantages of Cleveland county and cooperate with your good ; people in any way we can towards securing a wider development of your resources.” Apt Pupil School Superintendent—Now, Sam, what are you doing? Learning something? Pupil—No, sir. I’m listening to you. QUICK WOI MS f IRE II UR Two Revival Meetings Close—Foun dation For Stamey'a Store— School Opens -— (Special to The Star) Fallston. Aug, 10.—Two very sia' cessfal revivals have heen held recast | ly at the M. E. and Baptist churches, j Rev. J. P. Hipps did some very fare? ! ful preaching at the Methodist Apis I copal church, while Rev. G. P. ,’Abcr 1 nethy, pastor of the Baptist .church in his usual way brought sonffc great messages to Ms people. The concrete foundaton M the Stamney company’s new stbre build ing has been laid and the ltaasons be gan laying brick Wednesday. We understand this is to be one of the largest store building ip this part of the county and is to have modern fix tures and equipment. Mr. G. H. Edmunds and family have returned after spending several weeks with relatives at Cameron. S. C. They were accompanied home by Miss Lois Stroman, of Cameron, S. C., who is to he a senior in the Fallston high school. Mrs. Edmunds was one of our effi cient high school teachers last year and she returns to take up her school work again. Mr. Boyd Stroup and family, of Savannah. Ga.. have been visiting relatives in Fallston for the past few' days. We «re sorry to learn that Mr. Andy Wright is in the Shelby hospi tal undfrgioing treatment prepara tory to an operation in a few days. About 11:30 Saturday the firs alarm was given and it was found that fire had started in the Fallston Hardware company’s warehouse ad 'joinine the store. There was such prompt response that the fire we* soon extinguished with but very little damage Prof, W. R. Gary, the competent principal >f the Fallston high school with his family have returned from Danville, Ky.. for the opening ot school, which opened with a large attendance Monday, August 9th. Miss Juanita Ray bourne, of Spring field. Ky., accompanied Prof Mrs. Gary on their motor trip from Kentucky and spent a week with them in Fallston. Prof. White, of Rock Hill, S. C., has accepted the position as one ot tha high school teachers. Stacy Ferry Road Is Completed And Accepted At Cost of $46,000 Be tween Shelby and Gaffney Gaffney Ledger: The Cherokee county road com mission Saturday officially accepted the Stacy Ferry road from the con tractors, the Cherokee Construction company, accordng to announcement made yesterday by W. E. Peeler, chairman of the road body. The route is expected to be accept ed into the state system for mainten ance this week, Mr. Peeler said. Thf* section includes five miles of standard top-soil road from Gaffney to Stacy Ferry bridge over Broad river, reported to have been construct ed at a cost of approximately $46,000. The road Is a part of the highway from Gaffney to Shelby, and provides a short route between the two cities. With the acceptance of the road Saturday the office of county highway engineer was abolished and the ser vices of C. W. Wannamaker in this capacity Were automatically termin ated in accordance with a decision made and announced some months ago by the Cherokee county road com. mission. Mr. Wannamaker had filled the post of highway engineer for th? past several years. Mr. Peeler yesterday said that since the maintenance work of the county and state road departments has been separated, he is confident his department will effect a saving of at least 25 per cent in future opera tions as compared with past costs. The county department has no build ing program in view, but expects to devote itself to maintenance in the future. BIG SALE ANNOUNCED AT THE BATTERY The Battery is opening its final summer season sale Friday, detailed announcement of which appears in a two page advertisement ii> this issue of The Star. A special sales expert has been em ployed to nut on the sale, and some phenomenal bargains are advertised, bargain price's run through the en tire stock. The proprietors say this is one of the very hugest of the Battery sales events. ft-' Two Big Guns of the War T”"T f —NBA. Washington Bureau Twenty German |uns. captured by the American force*, have been broueftl from Fran.* to the Smithsonian Institute at Washington!. Set peant Michael Dona Maori, who received the Congressional honor medal for t-elng the outstanding lyeto in the late war. Is shown with one of the guna he captured. Indictment Grows Out Of Whipping Lee Cody PEOPLE HIVE LESS REM FOR DERI Habit of Debt Is Growing and Habit Of Meeting Obligations Is Rap idly Passing Forrest Eskridge, cashier of the First National Bank, leaned hack in his swivel chair in an off moment dur ing the humid lull of Wednesday and discussed with The Star the changed | habits of people with relation to debt and the handling of money. It was an interesting discussion of a subject, which is coming more and more to tbo front 4n‘Hwblki thought. Mr. Eskridge is no alarmist; he doesn’t voice radical sentiments, he doesn’t talk unguardedly; he is a con servative, who thinks through, ami hence his considerations have value. Especially when he talks money. He said he has observed a growing tendency of people to become indif ferent to debt. And it "is a bad sign, he said. “People have got into the habit of I running into debt,” he declared; “and I they are becoming more and more I careless about debt. It used to be with 1 most people if they contracted a debt it worried them until it was paid. They weren't accustomed to be cramp ed by obligation, and the rule was the old fo»s didn’t rest until they paid every cent they owed. “But that is so no more. Debt has ] ceased to worry us. We have become too accustomed to it. It used to he that when a man had a note coming due liiere at the bank, he would at tend to it promptly. It might be that he couldn't pay it, but he would be on hand promptly when tL was due to make some arrangement about it. “Nowadays the fallirig due of a note is often overlooked entirely. We have to jack many people up with a , second notice. And I observe that certain people get into the habit of perpetually borrowing from the bank. I They seem to take the position that the bank just ought to carry them. All of which represents a changed attitude of the public toward money. We have become too careless about debt and obligation generally. We have got the debt habit, and that ap plies not only to the bank here but to stores as well. It is so easy to run into debt; it is a habit so easily form ed. “A man sees something he wants; it can be bought on credit; why not gpt it? He can't resist the tempta tion. “It used to be that we thought of “money as a commodity to be saved. Now we thiitk of it as something to ’ spend. We are living too fast: our spendings anticipating our earnings; in other words, we are extravagant. “And individuals are not the only offenders,” Mr. Eskridge supplement ed. “Towns and cities, states and the nation persistently run into debt, and are ereat spenders. “I do not wish to preach pessimism, or reaction. Debt is necessary and • beneficial at times. And money, in the last analysis, is made to spend. Its purchasing power is its value. “But there certainly is occasion for thought in the changed habits of the people with relation to debt. Shey are contracting the habit entirely too easily, and it is a bad habit.” Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Shull and children, Lallage and Keith, left ; Tuesday fpr Abington. Va„ to be gonu I several days. They return the last of I this week. Cody Released a Prisoner From Shelby Camp-—Convicts Laying Down On Job in Buncombe Asheville, Aug. 10.—Indictment by a Buncombe county grand jury several days ago of Capt. L. E. Peyia. con vict superintendent, has resulted in a ( silent revolt at the county camp, it was learned today. ( Capt. 'Revis was indicted for whip ping C. Lee Cody, youthful prisoner, who was serving time for holding up a Shelby convict camp to release a pal. Since then the guards have re frained from’ applying the strap, and the result, these in charge say, is that a good part of the prisoners have be come gentlemen of leisure. Whenever the sun beams warmly or the day’s work becomes, irksome, it is alleged, these insurgent prisoners aver to the shad* ofj. tree and lie down, saying that they are Indis posed. not feeling well or that they do not care to work. Jess Luthers, one of the assistant superintendents of the camp said that as many as 18 men quit work at once end lie out in the shade on the pre-, tense of “not feeling well"’*! nd pre tense at all. They’ve gotten to be r«al sassy to the guards, too, Luthers said. Whm asked whether he reproved the men for their indolence Luthers replied that he didn’t and that he just let them alone because they said they were sick. “Why, I used to get more work out of 35 men than I do out of about C of them now.” Luthers said. “They read every bit that comes out in ths papers and then they hear a lot, too, I guess.” Capt. Luthers was not at the camp and Luthers was in charge of the work. * The white men at the camp have formed a sort of ring under the lead ership of Walter Tinslep, according to Luthers, but the negroes appear to have no leader. The 18 men seen ly ing in the shade were all white, Luthers said, adding, however, that the negroes “are just as bad as the white men.” When questioned, 1 insley denied that there is any organized revolt at the ramp, but he admitted that more men stem to be “lying out”. Those who were working, however, are put ting forth as much effort as ever did, he said. Tinsley, who is serving 12 months for assaulting his wife, was one of the men who testified before tha grand jury. He said today that I** thought he had been imposed on by Luthers and Capt. Revis and that he had been given some of the hardest jobs when he was physically unable to perform them. Revis probably will be tried at thj next criminal term of superior court, which opens August 16. It is under- I stood his indictment is the outgrowth of public indignation over the CWj case, and of an investigation by the Asheville Prison Reform association. The case will doubtless determine the legality of whipping convicts in county camps. Mrs. D. A. Whisnant left Monday for Atlanta to buy her fall milliner!. | Miss Mary Whisnant is visiting rel atives in Blacksburg. Mr. A. C. Washburn who is engag ed in the lumber business at Macon, Ga., arrived Monday night to spend awhile here with relatives. Mr. John Hudson of Brevard, is spending some time here with his mother, Mrs. H. T. Hudson. Mrs. Loy Stroup has returned to her home in Cherryville after a ffw days visit to her sister, Mrs. George Elam. __■ 1 South Shelby To Have 40 Foot Street Part Of Way Honeymoon Rooms Are Not Sufficient At Cleveland Springs Out at the Cleveland Springs hotel there is one special room — the bridal 'chamber. In the old days every .'••team boat and hotel had a bridal chamber, where grooms were also admitted. Hut there got to be ho many brides, matri mony got to he such a common occur ence, that ihe couples had to take their chances with the rest of hu mnrritv in the scramble for accommo dations. But out at Cleveland they still re serve a room for honeymooners, and it is reliably said that since .!, 1). Linebergcr has been running the hotel, there has never been a mistake made. rWhich is u way of saving that Mr. Lineherger can pick the rice dodgers every pop, and never make an error. Mr. I.ineberger says that you can Hearn enough alwiut human nature ’running a hotel to write a book. “You get so." he said, “that you can read 'people unerringly.” (Lineherger didn't use the word unerringly that’s ours, but it sounds good.) He pulls the same dope that other hotel managers pull, that everybody carries signs around with him as to who he is and what he comes from. So if you are wise, dear hearts, y.uj won’t try to do any camouflaging in a hotel. They’ve got your number. 1 Mr. Lineberger likes his new job—* 'fairly well. You understand he is not, so to speak, carried awiiy with it. “Hotels are all right,” he says, “but as for me personally give me the mountain cabin and the running brook. I like the simple life. “But hotels are all right for those who like ’em, and tfclp we are run ning is a good one." * LIST OF PATIENTS AT SHELBY HOSPITAL i Mrs. Raeburn Croft, badly hurt in ‘an automobile accident at Cberryville la few days ago. is in the Shelby ho*, faital in a critical condition as a re sult of injuries sustained in the crash. 'Although she is improving slowly, het Recovery is a matter of conjecture. The extent of-her injuries was not ’divulged. Other patients at the hospital aror Mias Blanche Shull, of Shelby, who was operated on Monday for appen dicitis. and is recovering rapidly. 1 Mrs. C. B. Cabiness, of Shelby R-7. ‘She also underwent an operation 'Monday and is doing nicely. Mrs. Frank Williams is recovering rapidly. Mrs. A. M. Hawkins,. who wa3 operated on 10 days ago, Is doing well. ‘ Mrs. D. C. Jones, Lattimore, shows some improvement, after receiving a course of medical treatment. Mrs. Andy Wright, of Fallston, is doing well, after her operation yes terday. Mrs. M. G. Southard expects to re turn to her home in Lawndale within the next few days. Carrie DePriest, of Lattimore, sua. tained an operation for appendicitis nicely. Mrs. B. F. Spake, of Shelby, is con valescing from an operation. • Mrs. C. V. Robbins and Mrs. H. N. McDiarmid are both proud possessor*, of new-born babies, and are doing nicely. Dwight Houser, son of Dr. E. A. Houser, entered the hospital this morning to. undergo an operation. Five colored patients in the annex, are doing well. Heavy Lybrand Adorn* Coffee House Organ 1 The Maxwell House Messenger, ft 'magazine published by the coffee company whose name it bears, carries this issue a half page story introduc ing to the readers of the periodical ’“the world’s biggest booster of Max Well House Coffee” in the person of •‘Heavy” Lybrand, proprietor of “the 'famous Heavy’s Cafe of Shelby. C.j” to use the words of the author. ’A fine cut accompanies the story showing “Heavy" and Mrs. Lybrand 'besides an automobile, and the arti cle as a whole is a fine boost for the cafe in particular, and the town in ‘general. * To quote further, “Mr. Lybrand, who weighs over 3Q0 pounds, is known 'to hundreds of friends in many states "as ‘Heavy’ and gave his restaurant 'the same name. With him in the pic ture is Mrs. Lybrand, who has helped1 her husband make their cafe famous ! for good food.” The article also quotes Mr. Lybrand in praise of the coffee. Mrs. S. E. Hoey and daughter, Miss Virginia, spent Wednesday very pleasantly in Charlotte. I hi* W idth Through Business Section Then Narrowed Down Three Widths In Three Qunrter Mile' Work has actually started on the new forty-foot paved street through South Shelby, and South Shelby is happy. There is a feeling down there that progress and growth are in the air, and plans are being laid for the future, when, the chances are some new store buildings will be erected on the new' highway. All that seems necessary now for South Shelhy to be reconciled to con ditions that be, is for the newly adopted section to be elevated to the dignity of an election precinct this fall. Meantime the grading work for the new highway is going forward, and trees are being taken up on the east side of the thoroughfare to make room for the additional width. Prac tically all the trees on the east side of the eight hundred foot street that is to be extended to the forty foot width will have to come up, and a few on the west side. The new street lino on the west approaches to within about six inches of the tree line, so they were saved almost by the pro verbial hair. After considerable difficulty the matter of the width of the streets has been settled, and it is to be hoped, satisfactorily to all parties. There h still some objection to making the street 22 feet wide from the end ot the present paving on S. LaFayette through the Belmont Mill property to the Southern railroad tracks, where the 40 feet will begin. The 22 foot width, however, was voted on unani mously by the board of aldermen, all four being present, at a meeting held July lt>, according to the minutes in the City Hall. The new street will be paved from the Belmont Mill southward about, three quarters of a mile to the south city limits. The stretch between tho Belmont Mill and the railroad will ba twenty-two feet without a curb so eventually it can be widened, it is an* nounced. Then will come the broad and expensive forty foot stretch, which will extend eight hundred feet’, through the main business district, then the width will be narrowed to thirty feet for tho remainder of the distance southward through the resi dential section. BusinesMhen of the district believa the im{ffc>vement is going to bring big things to South Shelby. Amongst those especially pleased with the developments in DeWitt Quinn. Quinn has two outstanding virtues. He reads good literature and he believes in South Shelby. Go down there far n visit and he will take you out in the rear of his drug emporium and point to the west, and reveal the development of property in that direction for the paBt three years. — — Then he will point southward, and eventually will tell you that the dis trict has really just started to grow. Charlie Reinhardt, who runs a ge». eral store aeross from Quinn’s drug store, is another of those fellows wno believes the new paving is going to do wonders for his home baliwick. The immediate news of the district is the closing this week for the vaca tion period of the Consolidated Mill. The Behnont Mill started up Monday on full time following a week’s vaca tion shut-down. . The Olive Hosiery Mill is reported to be building an addition. Packard Thief Gets Into Store and Jail Something more than a year ago a Shelby negro named Odell Eskridge, tiad a date at a dance in Rutherford* ton, and didn’t have a car. It was an embarrassing position which he solv ed by “borrowing” the Packard of Mr. Charles Blanton. He drove the Packard to Ruther fordton, danced until dawn. Had the deuce of a good time. But the authori ties thought he ought to have had a Packard of his own'; didn’t approve of his borrowing the banker’s, and iu their heartlessness and misunder standing of a gentleman’s plight, sent him to'the pen for a year. He came out, returned to Shelby, and hung around. And when you hang around sometimes you get into mis chief. Two robberies have occurred it* 'Shelby within the past week—one at the Piedmont Grocery and another at The Shelby Steam Laundry. ' Eskridge, hanging around, was ac cused of the jobs, arrested by Chief Hamrick and Poston, and questioned. And it is said, spilled the beans. And all of whlfch dates back to the dance, where he took the wrong road, when he borrowed a car instead of buying one. Now he is in fhe lock-up, and as the saying goes the pen again yawns for him. Judge John P. 'Mul! is spending a few days with his mother-in-law, Mrs. Hoyle, in upper CletxaUied.
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