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North Carolina PRESS ASSOCIATION Published Monday, Wednesday atid Friday Afternoons. IJy mail, per ye*.rffiii advance) By carrier, per ycnr (in advance) $3 Of' ( \\ : , was it now that predicted a ln..i and warm winter? as yet has been done by which lend $600, eompletion of county. n„w much is the state of North -:ina worth? A news item in , „ Star tells. • * * II, Falls of this county, has I,.....ft named head of the election ]u-., unmittec of the present leg iiliit u: e ? * * * S verul law suits will come up . nest term of court according vefal separate news items to South Shelby school is grow ,r._ one of the most important .., n. links of the city system. of this section enjoyed (,n-> of.their biggest meetings last night at the temple here. The funeral services of former Mayor W. H. Jennings were held thi afternoon. The deceased was (j the best known public of ficials of the town, having been may* r. alderman and a member of the county board of commission ers. . i. willing' Bill hail an oppossum for his New Year dinner and it emu- from this county. Today he writes about something else. * » * 7h city schools now have cafe teria. working under the home eti, mimics department serving warm lunches to the school children * * * ' meeting of Cleveland county V- ;:en 'F on this afternoon at the Ci rural school auditorium. • * * I*:* >• ]•. and officers of two ■;/ 1'Efnks were elected at ar .1 m eetings held yesterday. Th..- new high school gymnasium.' new mder construction will le t, a::feted next week, it is said. North Carolina ministers are 'a; King-for fewer divorces and long er. wooing before marriages in tire state with only one ground for d1 v rce. says a news article from High Point. • * * * Ti e Star is read by the major it. of Cleveland county citizens. Get In with the crowd and you’ll under rand why—the rows while it is ’ evfS and of home folks and home events. of the biggest Masonic gath erings ever staged in Shelby was held Tuesday night at the local Ma sonic Temple with several hundred Mr. : coming from a wide area, in attendance. • The particular drawing card of the evening was third degree work piu on by past masters. Clcvelar I lodge has 17 past-masters in it: membership and although not ah of these present Tuesday evening, every chair and office in the lodge w< e filled with past-masters. The degree work was the most complete ever put on here, the en tire work being in full regalia with the required accessories of time .awl legend. Members of the degree team won the praise of the large assemblage by their histrionic abil ity as the various characters in tr. ? work. It estimated that visiting dele gations'from six to eight lodges wire in attendance in addition to individual visitors from lodges scat tered all over the country. Suit To Open Up Clegg Street Here Attorneys O. M. Mull ami Pey ton McSwain representing the town : helby and some ten or twelve Property owners on Clegg street j1av<‘ riled an action in the Super ior court against Mrs. Fannie 0. Thompson and Z. J. Thompson ask ttf: for an injunction against the tendants enjoining them from at smptihg to close said street or froir, doing any act or acts that wilt nt rfere with the use of said tr< ct by the public. The complaint filed by attorneys with the court says: that on Jann ri> 6, 1925 a majority of the prop 1 t.v owners along the proposed ante filed a petition with the town king for a street connecting Blan °n street with West Graham treet; and at that time all the rope, ty owners consented to the oeation of said street across their property, which street was known f Clegg street and was duly lo oted and opened for the use of the •ublic; that since September 1926 he defendants have been trying o close said street by placing ob tpuetions and etc., in same con rary to law. Cleveland Women In Big .Meeting At School Today I he mass meeting of (lleve l.ii.U -county women called for 2 o’clock this ufw moon by Mrs. Ini.a Wallac •, home agent, is on today although definite re ports of the meeting have not beta secured as yet. .'oi;- lie 1^ i, Fastabrook, of ike state department is on the program for an address, and meeting i.- of joint similarity with that of the gathering of fai niers held here last week in planning a diversiiied, profi- | table farm ptogvuih for the county. ( lose Of Month Finds 518 Enroll ed. Girls Lead Hoys By Slight Margin South Shelby, Jan. 1!—The . total enrollment of the South Shelby school at the close of the fourth month is 518. Of this number 233'are boys and 285 are girl-. Including the enrollment of • the night school more than 600 j boys and girls arc being taught'in' this community. The: e were fort} j two new pupils enrolled during the past month, The average daily at tendance at the close of the month was -584. The percentage of at tendance was 5)3 per cent. Through- 1 out the entire.sc ool there were 65 tardies which is an average of 1 : tardier per room. Idifi e.-, Ruth Howie and Adeline Bostic report ed no tardies for the month. Miss j Frances-Hoyle-and Mrs. Tom' Moore reported only one tardy. | There was no boys or girls in the: school who failed in two subjects during the month. There were 82 pupils who made 1 the honor roll this month. Of this j number six were boys and 26 were girls. The name follow: Sixth grade: Hazel Abner. Ten dla Abner. Bertha Bridgeman, Magnolia Carter, Lloyd Green, Gazzie Hastings, Catherine Ham tick. Marshall Ledbetter, Yerr.ic Morrison, Matilda Peters, Tommie Weaver, Velvie Wilkie, Ruth j Queen. Seventh grade: Mary Sue Bell, Evelyn Blanton, Lucile Blen 1 ton, Edith Blanton. Elizabeth j Blanton, Corine Barnett. Annie May Bobbitt, Lena Hamrick, Willie Hamrick. Evelyir Short, Flossie Stewart, Hattie WarKck. Yirg'e Weavdr. Eighth grade: Clyde Wright, Lucile Blanton, Gladys Bostic. Ninth grade: Harvey Blan ton. Mildred Parker, Ruth \\ i Hants. Says Coddling Of , Prisoners Silly Superior ("our1 Judge Says Prac tice Is Against Rule Of Common Sense Charlotte.— Judge T. B. Finley, of North Wilkesboro. rt tie open ing of Mecklenburg Superior I court here declared himself against the practice of sending prisoners o the chaingang and then “■wor shipping them in a wave of niolly j coddling sentimentality. Such practice. he said, is -against the rule, of common sense : and is a silly fad chat must fade \efore the power of cold reason.” Judge Finley asserted that pris i oners must be subjected to proper ! treatment—hot harsh and not i sentimental. In charging the jury the judge i ,typed that all good citizens lend : their in flue n e to all movements j tending to restore respect for law. ‘•I do not believe in severe pun I iy.hmerit,” he declared. "I believe jo swift and certain punishment. For the first offense 1 am inclin 'd to he as lenient as the circum stances will permit. For the second of tense the punishment should be greater and st>U greater for the third. If the defendant continues to disobey the law habitually then I think he should be removed from among his fellow citizens and kept where he can no longer in i' u e them." hills Large Hawk. F. M. Lowmu i. of South Shelby, hunting in the Zoar church section Monday, bagged one of the largest chicken hawks ever seen in these parts. He brought the bird to The Star office, where its wing spread was measured, and totaled some thing mere than 40 inches. Tim hawk was not only an unusually large one, but a fine specimen. Clarence Leonard, Carpenter. Seeks Damages For Alleged injuries ( arence Leonard. Shelby car penter. has entered spit against the tiulf Reviving corona' y asking for fifteen thousand dollars in dam ag's as « result of personal injur •'-•8 sa d to l ave betn received by h:ni v’hile in tlr?:r employ. Mr. Leonard. it vs alleged, was njnr«d la«t September while en gaged >n eor s'eruption of a ware house on the defendant’s property 'n Fov..h Shelby. According to the ■■orr plaint filed by Attorney Pey ton McSwain the plaintiff was workii g on top of a brick wall about twenty feet front the ground, when ? gin noie upon which was "ur-pended a huge truss weighing over a thousand pounds gave vav. crashed down unon the plaintiff, breaking two ribs, breaking his "ose.. fractar'ng the bone above his eye, tearing the muscles and l’gaments of his right arm loose. That as n result of said injury the plaintiff has been permanently in jured rendering it almost impos sible for h'nt to continue to per form any kind of manual labor,” re.ds the complaint. Latfcimore Is Not Talkative About 8-Months School Member of Education Body Admits Views on Longer Term Are Close With Group. Sam C. Lattimore, former state senator ar.d now a member of the state educational commission, is at home until Thursday following his attendance at a session of the body, the meeting centering around school reports and the present edu cational topic of the eight months term that may face the legisla ture. Mr. Lattimore was not very talkative about the general opin ion of the commission on the school question, -- but seemed to think that the public would gain knowledge of the commission’s stand following the meetings of Friday and Saturday which he will attend. Boxing Program On For Saturday Boxing fans of Shelby are as sured a taste of their favorite en tertainment Saturday night when a program is scheduled in the new Thompson building near ihe South ern railway. There will be a battle royal, three semi-finals and the main fight, according to the sched ule. The main bout of mixing gloves and scrambling faces will between Battling Coon and Young Firpo. weighing in at 170 pounds each. Buck Bridges and Jack Blan ton will face each other in the semi-finals at about 140 each with Battling Hoyle and Kid Rippy go ing in for another. The other semi final tussle will be up to Knockout Mauney ar.d Jackie Fields, 135 pound battlers. Vogue Of Roller Skating Comes Back Roller skating apparently casts a germ like an influenza epidemic. About the time other towns and cities of the state are noting an abundance of youthful skaters on the streets the same problem bobr. up here. More Shelby youngsters have been skating of recent weeks perhaps than ever before. A death or so has been reported of the state recently _ from the skating epidemic and parents here should take care that their child ren are warned about the danger spots and street traffic. To Have New Show At Fair This Fall It is understood that at the meeting of Cleveland County hair stockholders to be held Friday afternoon Dr. J. S. Dor.on, secre tary, will announce that a con tract has been secured to have one of the largest open shows in America to play the fair this fall. If this report be true, and it seems definite, it will interest thousands who attend the fair, The shows of the first fairs were excelllent. but a change to a new show, and one reputed to be among the best, should increase the midway crowds. General re ports of the fair will also be heard [at the meeting^ Extryl If you bought a paper in Bueha* rest, capital of Rumania, this l? the kind of a newsboy—or rather newsgirl—that you'd get it from This young lady was photographed as she sold papers announcing King Ferdinand's serious illness Adultery Only Cround for Divorce With Privilege I t Innocent Party to Remarry. High Point. Jan. II.—Ministers ; representing five denominations i gathered here this afternoon and | passed resolutions favoring strio : gent tightening of the state marri | age laws. The resolutions were then j turned over to a committee with in . structions to seen re their incorpor ation into the hiys of North Car olina. The resolution.' would alter the present law so as :o allow only the Scriptural cause, adultery, as ground for absolute divorce, with j privilege to remarry for the inno I cent party. They >v/.ild allow sep aration to hu. ■: and wife who have liver vest, li e r.vs*'. Nve years, but without privilege 'to re marry. j These two main provisions con ! stitute the sum of the action taken j by the ministers on the subject ■ f divorce. Although at the. outset hi | vorce appeared to o; cupy! the spot - i light, the, conference tin ned its at ! tention toward the end of the two J hour session, to 'marriage require nunt s as the more important of the | two propositions. Rev. R. E. M.-CUire, of McLcans ville, provoked the change of the spotlight when h • declared that authoritative invest; ration into the sentiment of the legislature reveal ed that the body would probably hesitate to change the present di vorce laws, but would welcome a bill to make stringent the law or. issuing marriage licenses: Rev, Charles P. Coble, of High Point, averred his opposition to niak I ins much change ;n tire divorce law, j an dcalled upon the conference to j give its chief attention to making | it more difficult for people to get married: Divorce legislation is de structive in its nat.me, but a policy of marriage regulation would be construction, lie dot lared. As a result of this turn in the conference attitude, when the reso lutions were drawn up,, they were | preponderantly devoted to the mat |ter of marriage regulation, espec ially with regards l > the issuance of license and regulating of medi cal examinations. The resolution as adopted pro vided that a written notice of desire to secure a license be made to the register of deeds at least two w eek prior to the contemplated matri mony, and that this application b ' given publicity. A statement was read from Kate Burr Johnson, com missoncr of charities and public: welfare in the state, who was un able to be present declaring her en thusiastic endorsement of the two weeks clause. This would prevent hasty marriages that eventually end in divorce, she said. William L. Sherrill, of Chartedte, originator of the movement to re vise marriage and divorce laws, pro sided over the conference, and de clared in explaining the purpose of the meeting that it should arouse sentiment to bear on the legislature and keep that body passing from time to time laws of greater and greater leniency. V,i;j<»rit\ of All Officer-. and Oiroc tors Re-elected hi Stockhold ers Yesterday. The annual meeting of the stock k 'dor: of two local banka were 111!: re yesterday The First Na t H mk and the Cleveland Bunk and Trust company. b’usintv session of both nit'.dmgs v.a- for the most part '••••ten up with the annual report.1’ i general busoos. expression* . -.1 tie election of director* and i ccficern. I Vt the f irst National meeting :!; showing of the annual state* n ; i was commended and stock - 1 ' ! . expressed their joy at the i • > d health of Mr. dims. C. Blattton. president. The following i >1 f . were reelected: C. C. Blanton. John F. Schenck, A. C. Mil . J. L. Webb. L. A, Getty-., Clyde R. Hocy, O. M. Gardner, J. ! -Roberts, Paul Webb, George Blanton and Forrest Eskridge. The following officers were also re elected: C. G. Blanton, president; ; John F. Schenck, Vice president; <1 ,-gf; Blanton, vice-president; i ..nest Eskridge, cashier; R. It. ; SH and G. S. Mull, assistant cash i- . At the Cleveland Bank and Trust mpnny meeting the following di rectors were re-elected: R. E. Ga ,f.'bell, Z, J. Thompson, C. Rush tl: nrick, Wrn. J. Arey, J. A. Suttle J. 1. Futile, 11. F. Young, William Lineberger and J. J. Lattimore. Of ficers of the institution will be i mod at a later meeting of the directors, it is understood. Mrft. John ;on. of Gastonia. Marries Man Who Wrcte Governor Ga- tonia.—There may be those who think that romance anil hiprh adventure never trail their glitter ing robe- through Gastonia streets, that the sole business of news napers is promoting- the material ‘h:nrr: of life, and that the minds ! of shop girls behind the counter are entirely occupied with the ! routii e of the day. Let such mis guided individuals read this story, and they will never be so prosaic again. Some months ago a news storv was sent out front Raleigh in which was given the matrimonial j ambition of a son of Virginia, who had written to Governor Mc Lean asking his aid in securing a North Carolina wife. This story appeared in bold black tyoe on the front page of The Gazette, and was read with more than passing I interest by Mrs. Lennie Clemrher Johnson who was finding it a pretty hard task to get the bread and a little of the butter of »ec- j iessary, to a continued stay on this, interesting .planet, she having both 1 herself and a seven year old son 1 to provide for, and a position in a ; 1 local ten cent store as a shield be- j tween herself and the proverbial j wolf at the door. .Mrs. Johnson wrote to tne go\ .•mor—why shouldn’t she?—ask-1 ing for the name and address of i ; the gallant Viririnian, which was j forthwith furnished to her. No doubt she exercised great care in the selection of the stationery for this important piece of corres-' nondenece, no doubt Emilv Post , was pressed into service for the I little niceties of phrasing. At any rate, in the expressive language f of the day, the letter went over t>ig. a voluminous correspondence followed and one fine day a few weeks ago the resourceful Vir ginian arrived upon the scene and ; carried his long distance charmer I to York, S. C., that city of dreams come true, where the words were 1 spoken by which people are sup posed to live happily ever after and are frowned upon most sev erely if they don’t. Saturday morning the bride, with a smile on her lips and , a cluster of carnations on her breast, went happily to Greenville, S. C.. where she joined the groom, one Mr. Guest, for a motor trip to Payton, Ohio, after which they will be at home in Tennessee. Does it pay to advertise, and to answer advertisements? Mr. and Mrs. Guettf are agreed that it does. Getting a Kick Out of Winter " ' " .. . W wutter sports are just as good its mvmmrr coon. and sometimes they’re a lot more picturesque. This shows a party on sltia going cross-country near Lake Placid. N. Y. School Youngsters Now Operating Cafeteria For Lunch Of Children A new cafeteria system has spread over Shelby and has now three branches about the town. It is not operated by any famous French chef and makes no claim to a pretentious business yet it is serving warm luncheons to the j school children of Shelby who on j “bad weather” days of othor occa j sions are unable to go home for their luncheons. Three school cafeterias are now i functioning among the uptown -- schools—one at Central high ar.d others at the Marion and Washing ton schools, all being under the su pervision of Miss Edna Jordan’s home economic students. The cafe terias are self supporting as well as filling a need of the children. Wt first nothing but soup and milk graced the menu, but the feeding system is advancing step by step as it makes its own way, and now sandwiches and fruits are served as well. Rambling Bill Gets His Possum From Casar Section; His Wife Now Has Like For North Carolina ! Bank Depositors Have Saved Much There are in the Uniter! States 40,762,240 persons who have in various types of banks saving accounts aggregating $24,090,192,000, or an average of $211 for every man, woman and child in the country, the American Bankers’ association ! reports. The total on deposit in 1920 | was $1,500,000,000 more than I on deposit in 1925. There were ; almost 3,000,000 more deposit ors, and the per capita sav ings rate showed an advance j of $7 in the year. Between 1912 and 1916 sav | ings deposits increased only j $1,000,000,000 savings per per son advanced from only |88 to 094, and the number of de j positors decreased from 12, 1 005,260 to 10,482,832. i _ ' Children’s Teeth Being Examined Free By Dentists Lath' dentist in Shelby is now 1 giving one hour every other day to i the free examination of the teeth I of Shelby school children. Following a recent meeting with ! Supt. I. C. Griffin the dentists of j the city unanimously agreed to > I stage the examinations. Free blanks j I for the work are furnished by the ! state board of health and when j , the teeth of every child in school i have been examined these reports, | filled by the local dentists, will be turned over to the parents showing the condition of the teeth of their children—the examination being without cost to the taxpayers or i ; patrons. New Golf Course In Good Condition By Spring’s Coming Golf devotees in and around j Shelby are awaiting the coming of I Spring with considerable* interest. I At that time they expect the new | ' Cleveland Springs Estates golf j course to be one of the outstand- 1 ing links in the Carolinas. Those who have been following the game through the fall and winter keep remarking about the fine stand of grass on the fairways and greens | and the fall opening tournament i acquainted everyone with the ex ! pert and attractive layout of the I new course. j Golf officials expect the course to ttract greater golfing crowds than ever to Shelby in the spring-and summer. I ——— Editor of The Star: I can certainly commend The Star for results. My S. O. S. call for aq ’Possum Christmas brought me a delicious one and I have just i finished picking its bones and am ' now at peace with the world. Mr. Decatur Pruett, of Casar, sent me mister O’Possum post haste, with tail attached and I de voured tail and all. My wife has repeatedly said that O’Possum was not fit to eat. but believe me she has now chang ed her mind and wants to move back to North Carolina where she can get her fill of this delicious meat. Even our nurse who is n Louisana product, states that she would like to live in North Caro lina where mister ’Possum grows, and waxes fat on persimmons and berries ai d other good things lhat grow wild in North Carolina., She says (the nurse) that every bless ed thing that grows in Arizona will either sting, bite, stick, or scratch you, and I am believing she is about right as a fellow stung me out of t *n bucks the other day with a bum check. I was in Los Angeles New Years day and can say that they certa-nly can celebrate New Years in tlie city of Angeles. I saw more Scotch whisky over there in thir ty-six hours than I ever saw- in Columbus, Ohio, during the days of the saloon. That is it had scotch labels on it, but not trying a sam ple I could not vouch for its vera city. I wonder if I should broadcast an S. O. S. for some good ole mountain dew if someone there would be so kind as to oblige. Ari zona bootleggers are careless as to ingredients that go into their concoctions. With best wishes to the Star and its many readers and especial good wishes to Mr. Pruett for his kindness in sending me the delic ious ’possum, which we all enjoyed very much. I am, Sincerely, RAMBLING‘BILL Phoenix,. Ariz., Jan. 5, 1927. Gymnasium Ready Next Week While Field Is Graded According to school officials the new gymnasium of the Shelby high school, already dubbed the “tin can’’ will be completed some time next week and actual play in the much needed building will get underway during the latter part of next week. It is presumed that the belated bas ketball schedule of the Shelby Highs will open at that time. It is said that the construction work would have been completed this week had it not been for the snowfall and inclement weather. The work of grading the athletic field is al§o under way. Last Riles at Home on South Wash ington Street For Public Offi cial of Maiiy Years. Funeral services of Mr. William H. Jennings! wip jliod Monday aft ernoon f'lllowint^ a.lingering- iilnes were held tins'*afternoon at 2 o'clock at the JArmings residence on South Washington street, being conducted by Rev. Hector N. Mc Diarmid, pastor of the Presbyterian church of which the deceased waai' member, assisted by Dr. Zeno Will pastor of the First Baptist churcn Burial was at Sunset cemetery wit! Masonic honors, Mr. Jennings be ing a Shriner. Mr. Jennings had been in failing health for three years or more and had been confined to his bed for several months and although hi* death was a shock to his many friends and relatives it did not come as a surprise. Long Public Leader. The deceased for many years of his life was one of the leaders in the town and county. He was for several terms a member of the county board of commissioners and in that role became known to hun dreds of Cleveland county citizens. He was elected mayor of Shelby for three or four terms by the citizens of the town and for quite a period directed the policies of the town government so that he became fa miliarly known as “Mayor Jen nings” even in after years. He was also alderman for some time. Outside of his public service the late mayor and commissioner de voted his time to his farming in- i terests and general business. In his public service he established a high reputation for integrity and although openly frank about his opinions he enjoyed a large follow ing of friends and supporters by his honest views and upright stands. Few public officials have I served their town and county long er. Mr. Jennings was 07 years d£ age at the time of h*s death and he died just across the street from the home in which he was born the , son of Major E. B. Jennings and ft Anne Danieron Jennings, his efi- • tire life beig spent in this county. His father was a native of South Carolina and his mother came from a Tennessee family, both of | old Southern lineage. Brothers Are Here The deceased is survived in his immediate family by his wife and two children by his first marriage They are Miss Frances Jennings of Shelby, and Mrs. Lucile Belut of Spartanburg, S. C. Mrs. Jen nings before marriage was Mis Dora Hamrick, daughter of the latt Sheriff Hamrick. First wife before marriage was Miss Docia Suttle. The late mayor is also survive* I by two brothers and one sister: I B. Jennings, of Roanoke, Vn., vvl lefi Shelby when a mere bo James W. Jennings and Miss M dred Jennings, of Knoxville, Tet The two brothers were here 1 the funeral services, but the sist was unable to attend owing to i ness. ABOVE AIL DEBT! Raleigh.—The State of North Carolina is worth approximately fifty-six million dollars over aid above its entire indebtedness, ac cording to figures contained in Governor McLean’s famous Bal ance Sheet submitted to the Gen eral Assembly recently with the budget. Liabilities of $144,065,600 offset by assets of $200,054,865 leaving a capital surplus of $55, 989, 265. By far the most valuable asset of the state is the State hjghwny system which is worth $126,666,675 but the second most valuable piece of State physical property is the University of North Caroim; plant at Chapel Hill which is lisl ed as being worth $6,492,414. This shows the University prop erty to be more valuable than ti'CJ entire State administration plan* at Raleigh, which is valued at $0 036,409. Rated fourth in value among tho State’s assets is the North Caro lina College for Women, eb Greensboro," which is listed worth $5,468,645. _
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