THE CLEVELAND
Shelby, N. C.
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Entered as second class matter January 1, 1005, at the postofficc
Ht Shelby, North Carolina, under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1870.
We wish to call your attention to the fact that it is, and has been
custom to charge fi%’e cents per line for resolutions of respect, enrds
thanks and obituary notices, after one death notice has been pub
ished. This will be strictly adhered to.
WED. DECEMBER 22, 1928.
TWINKLES
f Add to the North Carolina “firsts” that of tobacco pro
duction.
A gift or two to the needy of Shelby will make your holi
day the brighter.
I Modern murderers instead of going to the electric chair
^merely go insane for a time.
§• In another week and a half use a pencil that has an eraser.
^ you’ll write it 1926 more’n likely.
i It is just about time for Shelby to take another growing
§Bpurt and the securing of the P & N extension would just
|about set off the fireworks.
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| Kings Mountain is to have a new newspaper, a new athletic
• field and several other new projects - according to informa-1
tion coming over highway 20. This right on the heels of rec-'
pit improvements and just ahead of the P & N extension in-1
dicates that the border town is out to do “some stepping.”
THE MODERN DIALOGUE
f It is with interest that this paper notes the schools of
.Cleveland county will contest in one act dialogue, known in
/modern education as dramatics. In the days when Corn j
Cracker was in his prime as a teacher Cleveland county
schools were famed far and wide for their commencements,
'the dialogues and “home entertainment” of the pupils. That
was the day before the advent of the movies when the folks
iwere starved for entertainment that stirred the imagination
•and carried them away from the dull daily routine. Sex
[appeal and such modern stage bunkum is the marked appeal
■of a new era of entertainment. But ask any man or woman
who was thrilled through several hours of the old-tim?
iechcol commencement dialogue if he, or she, has ever derived
Jap equal kick from the muchly modern screen and stage en
tertainment of today and the answer will be an emphatic
negative. The proposed one-act plays, even modernized,
should do much to bring back that departed home entertain
ment as well as develop the art of acting in our young. The
‘’perfect poker face” was once considered good for nothing
outside of a card game of chance, but it is one of the marks
of success in modern marts of commerce. To live as America ,
flow lives is to make as if one I kes a thing he doesn’t and !
get by'with it.
. Never again do we expect to sec the old love dramas of the !
dialogue days when Clyde Hoey wrote in The Star of the
^hundreds drawn to Corn Cracker’s commencements, but the
^one-act play contests give us the hope of a reminder anyway
of that day—A day when the audiences were not measured
by the nudity of the performers.
THE LITTLE RED SCHOOL
The little red school with its one teacher is no more, our
orators and boosters would have us believe. “There lived a
man in bygone years by the n: me of Aycock and since his
day the little one-teacher schools in North Carolina hn\e
vanished”—how many public addresses have carried that id a
over thousands of hearers in recent years ?
I The little red school on the hill is already the topic of many
poems, and is often used an an illustration to picture to the
modern generation one that preceded it when North Carolina
knew no “firsts” except in the production of good “cawn
likker” and in illiteracy.
But apparently a mistake has been made. With other
school problems clouded by the controversy of the eight
months term the remaining little schools go unnoticed. There
just 2,510 single-teacher schools remaining in North
Carolina. In other words nearly 100,000 North Carolina
children are still deriving their education from a little red
school with one teacher.
In a day when we boast of our roads and schools there is
Ke county in North Carolina that has two dozen singlc
ucher schools.
Which is nothing but a friendly tip to some of our orators
who should get away from the “little red school” basis for
senting the transformation of the Old North State into the
iw North State
its
NEWS IS CHANGING
It may be that the trend of *his puzzling age is to create
new idea of news values. Judging from the individual
forth placed on events by a range of people the new idea has
^dv arrived.
The newsboy who attained the headlines recently because
► yelled of the “ad bargains” wasn’t so much of a freak. He
merely heard frhe folks talk and struck up on an idea
jat deplenished his pile of papers. Perhaps he started
mething far greater than that of disposing of his papers,
uch would not sell for the scandals and sensations.
/Arthur Brisbane writes in his daily column of the com
he heard on the Fall-Doheney verdict. Little more than
interest was displayed by the general run of readers,
it been of the change in price of ear fare or a ton of
considerably more interest would have been shown,”
sbane wrote. Brisbane who observes life with a keen
some times brings out in words a new philosophy of
That was one.
apose through some method the price of cotton should
pnly jump to 40 cents tomorrow what would be consid
bigger news by readers of The Star than that informa
From the standpoint of interest, and having a con
with Cleveland county generally what news story could
5S it? Far more folks would feel something personal
than in the most startling of murders or elopements,
ose, then, that on the next day coal should drop to $3
>n. Isn’t it easy to see that the boys who sell The Star
slby streets would dispose of more papers than if the
ines told of the P & N extension coming the Shelby
rica perhaps is getting commercial, or, rather, has ar-*
at a high peak of commercialism. But it is an old say
‘most people never yell until their own pocketbooks
News then seems to be changing from inter
itional affairs to that of having a personal meaning to
It is said that modern youth knows as much about the
.world at 16 as did hi3 father at 30. And that, we judge by
I crime statistics, includes an early acquaintance with inner
prison walls.
Zion Community
News Of Interest
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Christmas Program and Tree De
cember 25th School Pupils
Home for Holidays.
(Special to The Star.)
Our Sunday school is progressing
| nicely, having fine attendance fori
| the weather. We are going to give I
a Christmas program and have a I
Christmas tree December 25, at 21
o'clock. Old Santa Claus will sure
ly be there. Come and enjoy look
ing at the old fellow again.
We were very glad indeed to have
back with us last Sunday Miss Lyda
Poston, who has been ill for some
time.
Mr. G. T. Cabaniss, Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Cabaniss jr., were Charlotte
visitors lust Tuesday.
Miss Zelma Hord was the pleas
ant guest of Misses Madge and
Ruby Irvin this week end.
Miss Clara Roysterjwas the de
lightful guest of Misses Margaret
and Pearl Cornwell, Sunday.
Mr. John Cornwell came home
Sunday to spend Christmas with
his parents Mr. and Mrs. Will Corn
well. lie is a student of Wake For
est.
The following are at home for
the Christmas holidays: Miss Cal
lie Owens, Shelby High school;
Misses Nina and Thelma Cabaniss
Shelby High; Miss Margaret Cab
aniss, Teacher’s training school of
Shelby; Mr. Milton Gold, Shelby
High. 1
Mr. and Mrs. Charjie Mints and
family spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Cabaniss.
The members from Zion who vis
ited Union last Sunday night re
ported a fine time, the program
was splendid.
Miss Madge Mauney will be at1
home December 22, to spend the
holidays with her parents Mr. and
Mrs. S. S. Mauney. She is a student
of N. C. C. W.
Mrs. O. E. I^ce Entertains Younger
Set. Students Home for the
Holidays From School.
(Special to The Star.)
Boiling Springs. Dec. 21.—Miss
Corrine Putnam returned to Win
ston-Salem Tuesday. She will re
sume her training in a hospital
there.
Mrs. O. E. Lee most graciously
entertained a number of the young
er set Wednesday night in honor
of her brother. Den Jolley, who has
been visiting here. The home was j
lovely and cheerful with the Christ- I
mas decorations. Beautiful wreaths '
of red and green adorned the win-,
dows and the mantel was banked
with holly. Interesting games were
played all during the evening. A
“Girl” contest was given and Miss
Mary Lovelace made the highest
score, and was given a lovely box
of handkerchiefs. A most enjoy
able evening was spent by all. Mis.
Lee assisted by Miss Thelma Jolley
served delicious refreshments.
Most of the college girls and boys
are expected home by the middle
of the week. Miss Sarah Lee Ham
rick came home Friday from Lime
stone for the holidays.
Misses Moselle and Aileen Big
gerstaff cf Asheville normal cam?
home Saturday.
Messrs. Allen ar.d Henry Cash,
and Stanley Greene of Chapel Hill;
D. J. Hamrick of Wake Forest, Ed-!
win White of N. C. State, came
home Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Rollins and I
daughter Irene spent Friday and
Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. B. F.|
Jolley.
Messrs Brondus Simmons, New
ton Bridges and M. J. Padgett vis
ited friends at the high school Sat
urday.
Mr. and Mrs. Belton Beasqn of
Shelby spent the week end at the
home of Mr. John Landrum Ham
rick.
Mr. Arnold Kincaid of Gastonia
spent the past ween end with Mr.
Howard Moore. !
Mr. Den Jolley, who has been vis
iting his mother, returned to.Cov-,
ington, Va., Thursday
Mr. and Mrs. Weaver and fam-,
ily of Wake Forest spent the week j
end here with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. John Mintz and;
Mrs. Tilden Grigg spent Saturday!
in Spartanburg.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Hamrick, Clif
ford and Thomas Hamrick spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Rush
Hamrick of Shelby.
Miss Lucille Hamrick, who has
been teaching at Gaffney is at
home for the holidays. I
Misses Katherine Moore, who|
teaches, at Thomasville and Olliel
Moore, who teaches at Concord, are]
at home for the holidays.
Friends of Mr. Roy Lee and MiRS
Tillie Greene will be surprised to
learn of their marriage which took
place in Gaffney, S. C., December
16th.
The public school closes Friday
for the holidays. The high school
closes Thursday, most of the stu
dents will go to their homes for
Christmas.
| Christmas tree at the church Fri
day night. The pub’s' is invited.
Pictures were taken of the Sun
day school teachers, the secretaries
j the department superintendents
and the class officers Sunday.
These will appear in the Sunday
School Builder. Also the history of
the growth of our church and Sun
day school will be given.
Little A. G. Whisnant jr., son of
i Mr. and Mrs. Adam Whisnant has
| been seriously sick but is some bet.
I ter now. Mr. Charles J. Hamrick
j continues to improve. Mrs. Oliver
Hamrick is getting along nicely
now.
Miss Bess Jackson is visiting at
the home of Rev and Mrs. J. M.
Walker.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McClure
and family of Gastonia visited Mr.
and Mrs. Bobbie Green Saturday.
Mrs. Rhoe Davis and son, Ernest
spent Sunday in Blacksburg, S. C.
Miss Neater Greene of Shelby,
spent the week end at home with
her parents, Mr. and Mr3 J. F.
Greene.
Will Mouldeh Dean
Of Prisoners Now
In Prisan Of State
McDowell Negro Only One Who
Can Count His Years of Ser
vitude in Terms of Score
Raleigh.—Of all the fifteen hun
dred odd human beings composing
the population of state’s prison
there is only one who can'count
his years of servitude in terms of
a score.
That is Will Wouldeh, who was
sent up from McDowell county in
1907 to serve thirty years for
murder. He came to prison as a lad
of 23.
Now, past middle age, he cannot
count a single prison acquaintance
but who is at least five year3
younger in prison ways than him
self. Will is the acknowledged
“dean” of the prison.
“He has never escaped—never
given any trouble at all. I believe
he’d be homesick if he left, declar
ed Supt. George Ross Pou, prais
ing this veteran.
Will is now working at a rock
quarry in Forsyth county, and
counting time off for good beha\
ior, is nearing the end of his ser,
tence. Friendless when he wju*
convicted, the negro has lived hj;}
prison life without aid from tho
\ -- Tj
Why not resolve to bpy at horn*
during 1927? , i
OLD DOS BIRD s
AY'S
P VRo8
When my shoes wear out
I will be on my feet again.
YOU WILL LIKE OUR WAY
OF DYEING
Perhaps you have a Dress that.is faded and needs
o he brigh >:ned up. The solution is—send it here
and let us Dye it for you.
We can tell you what colors dve successfully.
— PHONE 113
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-HOLIDAY SPECIALS
ASSORTED CHOCOLATES 5 LBS. Sl.fiO, $1.80 and
$2.00. Pounds 35c, 55c, $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50.
High Grade Brands of Assorted Chocolates, 35c
per pound. Bulk__ 3 lbs. for $1.00.
GEORGE’S HOLIDAY HOME MADE ASSORT
ED CANDIES.
PEANUT BRITTLE — 15c per lb., 2 lbs. for 23c.
PEANUT BAR — 15c ner pound.
CHOCOLATE SHOP SPECIAL 35c per pound.
COCOANUT BRITTLE 20c per pound.
COCOANUT FRUIT CANDY 25c per pound.
CONEY ISLAND WALNUT TAFFY, 15c per pound.
PEANUT CLUSTERS 25c per pound.
BOSTON CARAMELS 10c per pound.
GENERAL GRAND MIXTURE 25c per pound.
BOSTON ROLL 30c per pound.
PURE SUGAR STICK CANDY 15c lb., 2 lbs. for 25c.
CUT ROCK CANDY 20c lb., 2 lbs. for 35c.
CANDY WALKING CANES 5c and up.
HIGHEST QUALITY OF ASSORTED FRUITS
AND NUTS AT LOW PRICES.
Honk your horn at our door and we will greet you
Jvith a smile and be ready to serve you.
— THE CHOCOLATE SHOP_
outside. Pressure, invariably
brought to bear for paroles for bet
ter connected or wealthier prison
ers has been conspicuously lacking
in the case of the McDowell coun
ty negro.
Next in length of sentence to
Will comes Jake Graves, negro
committed from Cherokee county in
1912 for murder. Prison life didn’t
fit in with Graves’ wild mountain
| associations and he went crazy, He
I i? now in the State negro insane
asylum at Goldsboro.
| The woman’s division, while not
so populous, also numbers its vet
erans.
Bast known by far in this sec
tion is Ida Bell Warren, the For
syth county husband killer, who
was recently denied a parole by the
Governor. She bears the distinction
; of being the only North Carolina
woman ever sentenced to die in the
i electric chair—a fate from which
she was snatched by the tender
mercies of Governor Bickett—but
she isn’t the “dean” of women pris
oners.
That distinction falls to Mac;/
Kerley, also a murderess. She
came to prison in 1912 from Swain
county with a thirty year sentence
over her head. Both these women
veterans are employed in the
needlework divisions of the prison
and the fingers once used to kill
are applied to fashioning garments
for convicts to wear.
Many prisoners come with long
sentences hanging over them. Some
young men, saved from death in
the electric chair, go into the pri
son enclosure with life sentences
but few stay more than 20 years.
Death overtakes, paroles are grant
ed others, and a few escape.
So short is the average term
that the annual turnover, that is ,
replacements due to admittance and j
discharges, amounts to more than ;
one-third of the average daiiy I
population.
Last year this daily average was
1,480, 508 new prisoners were
admitted and 337 were discharged
due to expiration of sentences.
Sixty-eight were paroled or par
doned and 45 escaped, but of this
number 38 were subsequently re
captured. Five died and two were
killed trying to escape.
Very, very soon, its going to be j
too late to shop eaily for Christ- ■
mas.
A good job for this winter will be
to thin out the dead- an 1 weed j
trees in the farm woodlot. The
straight, rapid growing trees will
then make better growth next year. J
Swap the cotton seed for meal
for cattle feed and fertilizer.
Thrifty farmers are strengthen
ing their terraces and otherwise
improving their fields this winter.
They must raise wild brides in
Texas.
FflOM MILLS DIRECT TO YOU
—STATIONERY—
I)i Attractive Christmas
Boxes. Select no UP
Nov,' <&tJ C
—HAND BAG:
All styles, included
in this lot __
—WOMENS SLIPPERS— j
In a variety of
colors, cushion sole
65c
SUEDE GLOVES—
All new colors to
select from_
85c
-MENS SUITS
Last warning men. If you
want that new suit for
Christmas, you had better
select now. One and two
pants suits. Plain and dou
ble breasted. New fabrics,
and patterns.
--SPECIAL—
— TOYLAND —
Is In Full Swing
HURRY
DOLLS
All sizes
25c l!p
KITCHEN CABINETS
Oak
Finished_ '
PIANOs, 5 keys
Mahogany _ __
TEA SETS
Aluminum .
TOP
GUNS_
WIND-UP
BUSSES
AIR
RIFLES _
Humnty
25c
25c
._.25c
- 50c
$1.50
Dumpty Circus 2l •
69c
$1.98
$1.48
39 c
1.00
6.95
.39
.00
25c
3.98
TINKER
TOYS
SKATES
DRUMS
BLACK
BOARDS
WIND-UP
TRAINS _
ELECTRIC
TRAINS . _
SCOOTERS
KIDDIE
KARS_
Wheel Barrow
Fainted red __
Velocipedes
— HOSIERY —
- For Gifts
Guaranteed pure s ilk
full fashioned hose A
big variety of shades.
Packed 1 pair in Christ
mas greeting box.
MEN’S HOSE
Choice
Pair _
$1.85
Plain and Fancy
Cotton__
Mens Lisle
Hose_
Mens Silk
Hose_
Mens Silk
Hose_
—
—LINEN
Guc;t size
Jn pretty
colors _ _
TOWELS—
linen towels
25c
—CRIN'Kl ED BED
TREADS
P,l
!uc,
yc.iow, "re;
,$1.25
-HANDKERCK !EF£
Tn Gift
10c
up
PILLOWS
d mojt all
TAPESTRY
Ve lvet trimm
color;- to ft* *3 AA
select from ^l.UU
- WOMENS
DRESSES
A new shipment of wo
mens and misses dresses
just arrived. Materials of
crepe, crepe satin, etc.
Some velvet trimmed.
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