North Carolina Newspapers

What's THE News IE STAR’S REVIEW other year of 52 weeks and Stars each week. * « • ■ nerous business changes and [first-of-the-year events are -i d in today’s issue. ,. “five greatest needs” of reiand county are bringing a lot ponse to The Stars inquiry. |>f the needs for the year as y citizens are given in this Others will be published big gathering of farmers for .ounty is scheduled for ay afternoon at 2 o’clock. Max ler will have a message of in . for every farmer. ■ o spends the income in E. i Carolina ? One survey as & ihed in The Star today says ' he women spend 85 percent of 'amily income in- this state. suit for an inquiry received , n auto mishap is to be started "le courts here, says today’s r. • • • ne killing of a native of Cieve d county in Kentucky is related ihis issue. * * * [ ;ghway 20 is no more by that ;4 •. It is to be known as No. 74, o learned. * * • The banks of Shelby are pay ■ out good dividends, according to -vs article in this issue. Bank \ , ‘nds mean prosperity. ibT * * * ' .„y firemen were rushed S»t iy answering alarms. It is an • maxim of the fire department * e alarm means three in rap:d P .r.” i * • * ie Shelby schools opened to 7 after the holiday vacation and young college folks are returr *■ to their schools. !. * • » Rutherford man was killed in Georgia wreck yesterday, ac iding to news dispatches. ’ • * » lead the Asheville mayor’s re ' e for prosperity—everybody ailing together. * * * Charles A. Burrus, retiring coun solicitor, was succeeded in of ; today by the new solicitor, P. leveland Gardner. hJr irrus Retires As i dr County Solicitor M? - ly has. A. Burrus, solicitor for the hr rdtr’s court of Cleveland coun t for the past six years, and the ji ’rt incumbent in that office, j -inmates his official duties as nf .blic prosecutor today. His sue .(2 RBor, P. Cleveland Gardner, will , ' e the oath prescribed and pro ed to take over the duties of iat office on Monday, January C d. y It was learned by The Star to r ty that Mr. Burrus will hereaft-^ t ■ devote his whole time to the .'ate practice of law. and will i * lain in the same office he hasj itofore occupied—continuing his lnr? iciatioi in the law business with 1. O. Max Gardner. s a fr. Burrus states that he has ,er enjoyed prosecuting anybody; np that the duties of county soli te‘-i or have necessarily enlarged his “T jerience with the law and ac .hintance writh human nature, i nd that from the association gain o. 1 in public he will be better equip »■ »ed to serve the people of the ' county much better than if he had , not had this experience. Contin ' uing, he said: “I shall forever feel ,rateful to the officers of the law rand to the good citizenship of Cleveland county for the loyalty l they have always shown as I have] \ .ttempted to discharge the duties] l of this trying office.’ It is understood that Attorney i Burrus as his first private cas-f j after acting as prosecutor will de i fend C. O. Champion in the hearing! ■I wt for today. i doctors To Speak At Health Exhibit D. Arnold Kohn, of Chicago, r'1 [ ceived permission from a commit tee of women and local official i after a special showing of the EWorld Health Exhibit of “Evervi iliody’s Business” to have speed [ shows for Shelby school girls and , boys over 16. The schedule is as ; follows for Monday and Tuesday January 3 and 4. > • At 4 and 4:30 the exhibits will ► be on display for school girls over 16 at 5 and 5:30 the exhibit will be on display for school boys over 16. ! Drs. E. B. Lattimore and R. Mc 'Brayer will speak to the girls and hoys about the exhibit and social l hygiene. f The exhibit is on display at the. John Ml Best old stand. Miss Louise Honeycutt is [pending several days in Concord vith relatives. Dr. Joe Osborne and'i Dr. Fred '’alls both medical students y at fake Forest college have returned fter spending the holidays with loue folks. > VOL. XXXIV, No. No. 1 \ 1 TnvnSZr North Carolina PRESS ASSOCIATION SHELBY, N. MONDAY. JANUARY .‘I, 11)27 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By mail, per ye*.r (in advance).... ?2.5l By carrier, per year (in advance) $3 (W Citizens dip Big Needs For Town And County In New Year-Helpful Ideas Y. M. C. A., Merchants Association, Tuber cular Sanatorium, Modern High School Building Among Needs Named The five greatest needs of Shel by arid Cleveland county for 1927 —what are they ? Qui^e a number of citizens have given Mieir version of the answer ; to lhc\Star, and the reeds cited cover il very wide range. Markets,1 public lillidingn, farm diversifies- , tion, scl\»I improvements and nu- i inerous other public interests are included in the list so far. On Friday The Star will decide the two best lists of five needs sub mitted and the winners will receive S3 and $2 each. No lists for the contest will be received after Thurs day noon. Ideas Range. Here are some of the outstanding needs as presented: A strict ordi nance prohibiting vehicles to fol low fire trucks Western Union ob-1 sanatory time piece; A Y. M. C. A.; a Merchants association; “Stop grouching”; a tuberculosis hospi-j tal; a modern county home; a standard junior college an adequate canning factory; park and play-; ground system; a cooperative mar- [ ket for farm products; a commun ity house with educational and amusement facilities; producing own supplies, and reduction of cot-; ton acreage. Throughout the lists many help ful ideas are being submitted to the i citzens of the county and they are ! coming from citizens. With the at tention of the public called to the needs of the section some of the wants may be secured. After Fri day The Star plans to publish va rious lists offered in the contest, j Damaging Blaze In South Shelby Saturday Evening. Smith Lo.ses All Furniture Shelby’s city fire fighters had a strenuous day Saturday with fou> alarms and one serious blaze ir. South Shelby Saturday evening. Saturday morning both trucks were called into service when alarms were turned in from the homes of Mr. Ceph Blanton and Dr. J. R. Osbcm within two min utes of each other. Neither blaze wag serious, one being about a fur nace and the other in some grass. Saturday afternoon the third alarm came from a burning barn in West Shelby, where some feed was burn ed. And the fourth in South Shel by where fire, believed to have, started by defective wiring totally destroyed the home of Charlie Smith, on Broad street Saturday night at 7:30 o’clock. The house next door, which was vacated dur irg Saturday morning, was prac tically destroyed, as was a house across the street, which was also vgeant. Firemen checked the latter blaze before any considerable dam age. i The alarm was phoned in by ’.Forth Micham, a neighbor, who! discovered the house in llames. j fhe Smith family was visiting at] the time and lost everything they ] had. Mr. Smith had just left $62.001 jn currency in the house a few j minutes before leaving. Immediately upon arrival of Chief Herman Eskridge and the first truck, the second alarm was sounded, which brought the re serve truck, that generally re mains in the city station. A north west breeze was fanning sparks high in the air and for a time lork ! ed very serious. t The work of the fire laddies was highly praised. There are no fire | hydrants in that vicinity, which necessitated the pumpers to be | placed over a block away. The Smith house and adjoining house were owned by Oscar O. Palmer, local groceryman. Damage | was placed at about $2,000. There being $600.00 insurance on each place, it is said. Smith had no in surance, it was reported. Haynes Buys Book Store In Shelby Defunct Concern Is Sold By Re ceiver Decat or Elmore And Will Be Sold Out Walter H. Haynes, of Cliffside, has purchased from Decator El more, receiver, through the J. B. Nolan company, the stock of books and office supplies of the Shelby ! Book and Office Supply company in the Union Trust bank building. Mr. Haynes, it is understood will offer the stock for sale, article by article at greatly reduced prices. He did not purchase the lease on the building which runs for a year or so, but Mr. Elmore has this lease at his disnosal. The Book and Office Supply company has been operated by R. E. Brookshear. A few weeks ago it went into receivership and Mr. Elmore was n..nie as receiver. Mr Elmore stated this morning that the creditors will receive practical ly all that is due them when the assets are collected. Albany, Ga., Jan. 2.—C. D. Geer.’ of Rutherfordton, N. C., was killed | instantly and Frank E. Haines, oil Asheville and W. G. Wilson, also of ! Rutherfordton, were injured seri-! ously late today when their auto mobile overturned in a collision with a machine occupied by negroes seven miles south of. here. The ne groes, none of whom appeared to have been hurt seriously, fled. The accident was said to have occurred when the negroes’ auto mobile turned from a aide road into the Dixie highway directly in the path of the other car. Both ma chines were demolished. Geer was dashed to the pave ment on his head and pinned un der the automobile. Haines, who was driving, and Wilson were thrown clear, the former suffering internal injuries and the latter a broken jawbone and severe injur ies. Papers found in Geer’s pockets indicate he was connected with the Wilson Construction company, of Rutherfordton, and it is under stood the three were en route to Tallahassee, Fla., to enter com petitive bids on a paving contract. Come From States Afar For Christmas Many visitors were here for th? holidays, some of them former cit izens who now live in distant states They came from every point of the compass to visit relatives and greet old friends. On Saturday, The Star ran across two in parti cular who probably do not know each other but left this county about the same time, 16 years ago. Matt Ransom Lattimore came to visit his brother Joe, and other relatives in the county. Matt was named for that distinguished North Carolinian, General Matt Ransom. He went to Oklahoma 16 years ago and looks prosperous. He carries a fine physique that is typical of the Lattimores. Then from Atlanta, Ga., came I Rev. S. R. P. Davis. He lived for | years in Shelby on N. Morgan ! street where now stands the home | of Charlie Washburn. Mr. Davis is i the “salt of the earth.” He was al iways active in the religious life of j the community and has retained I that interest in Atlanta where he lives with his son Tom who accom panied him on a hurried trip to Shelby Saturday. Mr. Steele To. Sing With Elsie Janis Mr. Bob Steele will sing in Char lotte on the night of January 7th in the Charlotte auditorium when he appears with Miss Elsie Janis, impersonator. Mr. Steele is the son., of Mr. Phil Steele of Philadelphia, commission merchant who has vis ited Mr. and Mrs. Avery W. Me Murry on several occasions. The young singer’s father is a member of the firm of Mauney-Steele com pany, the ilauney member being from the prominent. Mauncy fam ily in Kings Mountain. Mr. Steelo is a baritone singer of note who made his debut in Chicago Grand opera last winter. A number of Shelby friends will attend the en tertainment in Charlotte. m .750.00 TODAY Dividend Checks From Three Local Hanks Mailed Out This Week Shareholders in the three Shelby banking: institution received today $21,750 in dividends which ushers in the New Year with cheer ard gladness. The local banks have not had their stockholders meetings, but the directors have declared di vidends on the capital stock and the shareholders will meet next week and elect directors for the en suing year. The First National mailed out semi-annual dividend check1? amounting to §15,000. this being six per cent or- the capital stock of $250,000. A similar dividend was mailed in July of last year. The First National placed the bal ance of the net profits to undivid ed profits, raising the undivided profit column to $200,000. This in stitution has $250,000 paid in cap ital stock and $250,000 surplus. A three per cent dividend was paid by the Cleveland Bank and Trust company on its capital stock of $125,000, making the shareholders receive $3,750. Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars was place to the surplus account by directors who met on December 30 and $3,000 to the undivided profic account of $24,000. There has been paid to s^iare holders since the or ganization of this institution $22, 500. A three per cent semi-annual di vidend on the $100,000 capital stock of the Union Trust company wras paid today to shareholders. In July a similar dividend of $3,000 was paid, making six per cent an nually. The surplus has been in creased to $60,000 and undivided profits and reserves to $29,000. This bank has three branches at Lattimore, Lawndale and Fall ston. * Boy Shoots Off Toe Out Hunting Roy Anthony, former player or the Shelby High school baseball team and son of M,v Geet Anthony of South Shelby, rested the barrel of his breech loading shotgun on the toe of his shoe while out hunt ing Saturday and unconsciously pulled the trigger. As a result, his second toe was shot completely off and other toes were injured, but it is thought will be saved. Young Anthony was out hunting with Willis McMurry and had unloaded his gun. McMurry dropped a shell and told Anihony to pick it up, which he did and put it in the gun carried by Anthony. He evidently forgot the fact that he had reload ed and while the gun was resting on the point of his shoe, he un consciously pulled the trigger. Cotton States Consume Much Consumption Of Cotton Is Greater Than In 7 Years; One Exception Consumption of cotton in the cotton-growing: states during November was the greatest, with one exception, recorded during the past seven years, the Atlanta Fed eral Reserve bank said Wednesday, in its monihly business review for the sixth reserve district. The report said the output of yarn was 1.5 per cent greater. Retail trade has exceeded the volume reported for each month of | last year, with the exception of October, it was shown in the re port. Retail sales through Novem ber averaged 5 per cent greater than for the same period of 1925. Savings deposits reported to the Federal Reserve bank by 91 banks in the district were 2 and 5-10 per cent greater at the end of Novem ber than a year ago. Building per mits issued at 20 reporting cities during Noember were smaller in value than was recorded for Nov ember, 1925. City Schools Get Back To Classes After Yuletide The Shelby city school system re sumed regular work this morning after having been suspended dur ing the Christmas holidays. Early referC^tfo" fot is after holiday at tendafSe is g<>tKl and school offi cials look foru'Srd to a good term. Practically all of the out-of town teachers returned to Shelby over the week cSd and were here for the opening* school this morning. Ty and Tris Plan Campaign Determined to tight to clear their reputation* of the char - • of "fixing- a ball game. Tris Speaker licit) and Ty Cobb got tog* ;uer in Cleveland where this picture was taken, and mapped out ic-al action to gain reinstatement in organized baseball No Pledging For Farmers Who Attend Meet Tuesday S “That Old Time |j ! Religion” — Need < Shelby and Cleveland coun ty needs some of the old type religion, and the farm ers need to feed themselves according to one Cleveland county citizen who submits his “five greatest needs” for the county and town during 1927 in the contest sponsored by The Star. His two out standing needs read: “What Shelby and Cleve land county need is a real, hard-down case of that old rock-bottom, sky-blue, John the-Baptist Bible salvation— the farmers to feed themsel ves and then plant cotton.” And that’s that. 1 T OFF Raleigh News & Observer. Eighty-five per cent of the fam ily income is spent by women, ac cording to an estimate made by the division of vocational educa tion of the State department of in struction. Why the women spend 85 cents out of every dollar is, according to T. E. Browne, director of vocational j education, briefly because she is doing a job for which she is inade quately prepared. His remedy, he said, is for the better training of women through the medium of home economics. Home economics is a systematic course of instruction for girls and women, preparing them to be bet ter housekeepers, home makers and mothers, according to Mr. Browne and Miss Rebecca Cushing State supervisor of home econo mics in North Carolina. In an interesting little booklet, now being mailed out the state, the division of home economics ex | plains the “what it is” the “why it is” and “where it is” of home economies. Home economics trains women and girls to plan, buy, prepare and serve health-giving foods appetiz ingly; to clothe the family and furnish the home appropriately and economically; to spend time, energy and money wisely; to manage the home, care for and train the children propefTy,” are the definitions assigned for the “what it is” of home economics. Goose Travels Fast Kingsville, Ont.—Four days aft er Jack Miner, naturalist, tagged a wild goose, it was killed at St. George Island, Florida. Of all the wild geese tagged by Miner, this is the first to be found in Florida, the majority of them wintering in North Carolina. Gardner and Millsaps to Talk on Farm Program For Cleveland County. Farmers who plan to attend the meeting here Tuesday afternoon will be interested tp know in ad vance that they will not be urged to sign any pledges or bind them selves to any agreement affecting their future. Farmers through ex periences of the past are wary cf such procedure, therefore those sponsoring the big meeting think that the citizens of the county should know that the gathering is to work out something really ben eficial to their welfare. The farm problem under cotton conditions will be discussed and farm leaders and the farmers them selves will plan a program for the year that is expected to get “Clev eland county farming back on a profitable basis.” Pracically every farmer in the county is now inter ested in seeing some change. One season of “plenty cotton and no price’ has convinced the majority of them that something should be done. The interest shown in the meeting tomorrow may prove the key to the situation. The meeting is scheduled for 2 o’clock in the county court house with O. Max Gardner and E. S. Mill saps speakers, while other farm leaders may also offer suggestions. The meeting is for the actual wel fare of the farmer, and every farmer in Cleveland county is urg ed to attend and bring with him a neighbor. r armers ironi other counties will likely attend attend as Cleve land has been considered a farm leader for years and others sec tions will be interested in the man ner this county meets the slump situation. Says the Gastonia Gazette edi torially of the meeting: “Cleveland county farmers are already meeting to pran some soit of definite program of diversified farming for next year. A big con ference has been called for early in January to map out a program It would be a good thing for some of our farm leaders to attend this meeting. Max Gardner is to talk, and he always has something of paramount interest to the farmer.” Everybody On The Job At Asheville Asheville, —Mayor John H. Cathey Saturday said cooperation was the moist essential thing re quired to insure continued growth and prosperity for Asheville in 1927. When asked for a statement he took from his pocket a little verse entitled “everybody on the job.” which he said described the spirit which should animate Asheville eit zens during the New Year. The verse said: “Mother’s in the kitchen, Washing out the bottles; Sister’s in the pantry, Taking off the labels; Father’s in the cellar, Mixing up the hops; Johnny’s on the front porch, Watching for the cops.” Former Cleveland Doctor Cruelly Shot In Kentucky ' During Yuletide Season Highway 20 Now \ Known As No. 74 Highway 20, routed through Shelby and one of the best known highways in the state, is now to be known as Highway No, 74, it is learned. Back In November road of ficials decided on a re-rout ing and renumbering of the North Carolina highways to blend with the national routes. Through the medium of the Charlotte Observer it is learned that the new mark ers are being erected and that old No. 20 will soon be history. No. 20, or No. 74, runs from Wilmington to Asheville by way of Char lottee, Gastonia, Shelby, and Rutherfordton. A new sys tem of markers is being used, it is said. No. 10 the other cross state highway is now to he known as No. 70 and will be a part of a highway that practically transverses the continent. Horn win 6i ! Juanita Wall by her natural guar< | dian, E. C. Wall, vs. Mildred Cab iness and H. C. Cabiness is the title of an action filed in the Superior court today asking for five thou sand dollars damages for injuries suffered by the plaintiff in an au tomobile accident. Juanita Wall ia the five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Wall of Ora Mill. The defendant, H. C. Cabiness, is a farmer of the county living near Lattimore, while Mildred Cabiness is the daughter of Mr. H. C. Cabiness and is a teacher in the public schools of the county. The complaint filed by Peyton j McSwain, attorney for the plaintiff, alleges: That on the 20th day of November, 1926 that the plaintiff, a small child, while attempting to cross street in front of her home at the Ora mill was run over by an automobile driven by the defendant, Mildred Cabiness. That the plain tiff was severely injured; her skull fractured, and that she has suffer ed a permanent injury that will al ways affect her physical and men tal condition. That the injuries suf fered by the plaintiff were due solely to the careless and reckless driving of the defendant without due regard for the life and safety of other people on the highway. Harris Draws Fanning Auto Street Full Of People Witness Drawing For Ford Auto Given By Fanning Co. A street full of people that congested a solid block down in front of the W. L. Fanning com pany on Saturday afternoon, wit nessed the drawing for the Ford touring car, completely equipped, which was given away by this mer cantile establishment during a sale drive in December. H. A. Harris, | agent for the Seaboard at this | place, was the lucky man, while thousands were disappointed. Nel lie Reed, a little girl about seven years old, stood blindfolded on an elevated platform and drew No. 14,415—the corresponding coupon being held by Mr. Harris who promptly went forward ahd sat isfied the judges, John Randall, Grover Hamrick and J. A. Har mon, that his coupon was right. The lucky person had to be pres ent and hold the number. Several years ago when the Fanning com pany gave away a ear in a sale drive, many were called and fail ed to respond before the lucky one was found present, but this year, the first number drawn, proved a winner. As customers traded • at the store, a coupon was given with each $1 purchased or paid on ac count. The stubs were placed in a locked box until the day for draw ing. Mik*> Austell and Mr. Kohn did the a-, • A ing while Mr. Fanning cd a New Year’s wish to Mge audience. )r. Robert Lee Lattimore is Dead and Officers Are Held Without Bail. Dr. Robert Lee Lattimore who vas killed by officers who went to irrest him at his home in Blanche, Kentucky on Christmas day is a na ive of Cleveland county, a half mother of Guff and Orange Lot imore and a first cousin of Dr. £3. 3., Josh and Tom Lattimore of Shelby. He has many friends and ■datives in Cleveland county who •egret to learn of bis death. According to a dispatch to the Louisville, (Ky.) Times, Coroner W. [I. Taylor Monday afternoon issued warrants charging Constable Both- ' tier Smith and Deputies Gua Smith. Dan Smith, Frank Bowman and Z:nn Girtman with tno physician’s murder. Officers left immediately for the Straight Creek section of Bell county to serve the warrants. Dr. Lattimore, 66 years old, for a number of years physician for the 1 ox Ridge Coal company, was shi t eight times by officers who went to arrest him, it was brought out at the inquest. Although the find ings of the inquest were not dis closed, it was said Dr. Lattimore’! son, 12, asked for a wurant for his father, with whom he had been drinking “home brew,' after the father abused his mother. Smith and the other officers took the war rant and went to serve it. It was said the boy declared his father was not under the influence of liquor at the time the office! *> arrived, and that the doctor asked to be allowed to eat his dinner he fore leaving home. Botner Smit according to information from th hearing, ordered Lattimore to % at once and a moment later fire one shot into his body. Bowman, was said, then followed with ft\ shots, and Smith with two mol Young Lattimore and his motlv declared, it was said, the physici; did not fire a shot, but that h pistol fell from his pocket after was shot. Dan Smith, Gus Smi and Girtman were said to have re from the room when the shootin started. It developed further that Dr. Lattlmore’s pistol had not been fired for some time. It had been stated earlier that Dr. Lattimore fired first at the officers. Dr. M. Bingham, county attorney, declared the killing “cold-blooded murder’ at the close of the hearing, at which county officers were pres ent and warrants were issued. The men were ordered rield without pending their examining trial. If. Cl WAY Cm J1GM The case of Rev. C. B. Way, of Lexington, against the Shelby Methodist Protestant church, which he served last year as pastor and for which service he has been try ing through that church and through the courts to collect his salary, part of which he alleges, remains unpaid, now assumes the form of a judgment against that church, signature of the same hav ing been given by the clerk of court of Davidson county, E. C. Byerly. Mr. Way, through hits at torney, A. J. Newton and Waker and Walser, of Lexington, won the suit before the Davidson supeAn? court and before the supreme court of the state, but now that the claim has been docketed as a judg ment against the property of the Shelby church, it remains to b seen what course the church wil purs lie in the new premises. Mrs. Nancy Webster Buried In Gaffnej Gaffney, S. C.—Funeral service were conducted here • for Mr; Nancy Morehead Webster, 7 wife of G. W. Webster, of Gaffne and W. Monroe Webster, Gaffe Mr. Grover Hamrick and Hackett Blanton left Sunday me ing for Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. H. L. Newman is spend several days in Charlotte with daughter, Mrs.