VOL. XXXIV'No.
SHELBY, N. *J. MONDAY JAN. 17, 1927
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Warmer weather is promised. Let
us hope the promise is not like that
of farm relief.
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Enrollment in the schools of Shel
by is steadily increasing. A good
• indication that the town is growing.
Still the girls lead the boys on the
honor roll.
An unfortunate death, with un
limited agony, is related in this is
sue of a boy who took an overdose
of medicine by mistake.
* * *
The deaf people of this section
are rightly protesting against a
proposed bill that would prohibit
them from driving autos.
The big annual meeting of the
Piedmont Boy Scout council will be
held at Cleveland Springs tomorrow
night.
Secretary J. C. Newton, of the
Chamber of commerce, tells in this
issue of his plans for 1927.
¥ ¥ *
The water storage basin in Colo
rado would mean what to the South
trn cotton farmer ? Read a Raleigh
news dispatch and an editorial in
this issue.
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The Catalina channel swim was
won by a 17-year-old boy who will
use the S25.000 to bring back health
to his widowed mother whose en
couragement drove him on to vic
tory.
What Shelby business firm has
been in operation for 30 years?
The Star advertisements tell. It's
seldom that firm is not represented
in the “ad’ column. Perhaps that’s
why it’s still in business.
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Live news on every page of The
Star—and worthwhile messages in
the advertisements.
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Look for the next issue jusf
before you go to prayer-meeting
Wednesday evening.
B-r-r! What
Weather For
Spring City
Mercury Tumbles to 10 Above and
Shelby Gets Shakiest Shiv
vers in Years.
A blanket sale would have
been a tlffitffWgHPsWirtdiry in
Shelby—provided an overcoat
.‘ale had been staged Friday so
that the hundreds of anxious
customers could have fallen in
line with some degree of com
fort.
Meaning, that Saturday and Sat
urday night will go down on the
records as one of the coldest ever
•experienced here. The old pun
about the soldier on the court
square monument putting his hands
in his pockets wouldn’t even have
drawn a laugh about 6 o’clock Sat
urday evening. Instead no one
would have been surprised had he
taken the pack off his back and
wrapped it around his feet.
The majority of this section
awoke early Saturday morning be
'ause enough blankets in ordinary
winter weather here are not enough
for a record-breaking cold snap.
And throughout the day Saturday
the mercury descended as rapidly
a* the sun ascended. By mid-after
noon local thermometers were un
decided around 15 above and from
that period on until Sunday morn
ing Shelby needed no imagination to
think of a North Pole climate. Eb
'‘toft’s thermometer registered
around 12 above for the lowest de
spite the fact that other weather
ftauges dropped to eight degrees
above and lower. However, a check
with the official gauge of the gov
ernment at Charlotte shows that the
bookstore weather bureau was
about-Tight. Charlotte’s official
weather by hours tallied approxi
mately with the one here—whicn
i°pt the mercury in the 10 sec
iion throughout the night. The
Weather warmed up to an extent
Sunday but the temperature was
'till below the average and on Mor
iay morning the disappearance of
be ‘‘wintry blast” as predicted by’
be weather man had failed to take
dace. Those who shivvered over
be week—think the local thermom
eters were rather high-toned, but
t must be remembered that the
mtting wind played a part.
At Rutherfordton.
lUithorfordton, Jan. 15.—Ruther
oi'dton experienced one of the
"iilest days in its history today
^’i'h a cold north \vind blowing ill
my.
How’s This, Mates?
Asheville, Jan. 15.—A tempera
of 16 degrees below zero pre
'"'•ed on Mt. Mitchell’s summit
i 18 morning. The snow there is
°or feet deep.
Successful tests of a new device
0 prevent airplanes tailspins were
w-cntly made near Santa Monica,
ml.
Farmers I here Hy Irrigation
Produce ('( ton at Profit At
13 Cents Pound
Raleigh, January 17.—Southern
cotton farmers are evidencing
cons.durable concern over the pro
posal that the United States gov
ernment spent, $125,000,000 on a
project to create a most formidable
competitor to this section in the
cotton growing industry, accord
ing to reports from widely scat
tered sources throughout the
South.
The proposal is contained in
what is known as the Swmg-John
•son bill, recently introduced in
Congress by Senator Hiram John
son ar.d Representative Phil D.
Swing, both o" California. It calls
for government appropriation of
public funds to build the largest
dam in the world and back of that j
dam to create a water storage re
servoir of a capacity of 26,000,000
acre feet.
Y'ater to be stored m this an-1
gantiq reservoir is to be used in ir- j
rigating -he Colorado IJiver Lower •
basin; and the thousands of,
other fertile acres comprising 1
that basin are to be cultivated in i
cotton—the crop which has, even J
without competition, spelt disai .er j
for thousands of Southern farmers. I
It is claimed by proponents of the;
biil that cotton can be raised in i
the Basin at a substantial profi. j
even if tht. market price is only !
fifteen cents the pound.
According to the authors of the |
bilk the Colorado Basin enjoys >
many important advantages over j
the group of Southern state-- from
which American cotton production,
has heretofore, come. those ad- j
; vantages arc given as (lj No boll]
weevil (2) No need for fertilizer!
1(3) Better grade of cotton and j
i higher prices (4) More cotton per
• acre (5) No dependence upon rain
fall (6) Great seaports within
easy range (7) Excellent manufac
I turing conditions.
The item of “fertilizer” in one
I of the largest in the Southern
‘'armor’s expenses and with no
uch expense the California farm-_
■ r no doubt can produce his crop
and sell it profitable at fifteen
cents a pound.
It is claimed that all the cotton
grown in the Colorado Basin is of
the “Acala” variety and that it
' commands 2 1-2 cents more at
the farm ’, New Prices than the
! average good middling Southein
cotton brings.
It is significant that cotton pro
duction in the Basin has increased,
| even under difficult water condi
i tions. from zero only a few years
! ago to a production of 224,393
bales of 500 pounds each in 192o.
According to expert estimates.
| with an irrigation system finalized
I by the Federal government 1.000.
000 bales of rotten would be added
to the country’s annual output.
Southern farmers see in that even
tually nothing but financial ruin
for themselves and possiblj,
through a surfeited market, ruin
for the Colorado Basin i armor at
the same time.
Should congress decide to spend
$125,000,000 of the public’s money
and the project be authorized, the
Southern farmer’s attitude is that
the Federal government will be us
ing public funds to establish an
industry in competition with the
means of livelihood, upon which
millions in the South are depend
ent.
Guy, jr., the three-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wallace, of
Rutherfordton was killed there i at
urday about noon when he was
struck by a Dodge truck at the in
tersection of highway No. U1 and
Green street. C. H. Lavendar was
driving the truck for Lure Cafe and
bakery company. It is reported that
the truck Had just passed a curve
when the boy ran m front. ot it. A
buggy was in front of the truck,
both going into town.
The truck stopped and picked the
bov up and rushed him to the hos
pital where he died two hours late,
without regaining consciousness
His skull was fractured, the radia
tor of the truck striking the bo> on
‘"taTim... «f &«."
was in the truck with Mr. Laven
S and says the accident wus un
avoidable as the boy ran m front
of the truck from a building on the
side of the road which the true
wS making from 10 15 mile, per
Cold—But It’s Lots of Fun
Vou don’t mind the snow when you're dressed for it, sp.y these tm
young ladles, who took a Joint spill while on skiis at Yosemite J»a
tional Park, California. Anyhow they’re not hurrying to gat up.
Commerce Secretary After
New Industry For Shelby
Sending Out 500 Letters; Giving Shelby Advantages For
Industrial Plants^ Working Big
One Now.
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT
TO BE DISCUSSED
Broughton-Falls Bill Provides For
One Ballot Which Carries
Names of All Nominees
Raleigh, Jan. 17.—To hear argu
ments pro and con on adoption of
the Australian ballot .law for
North Carolina, the electionsvcom
mittees of the Senate _and,fl<mse
will hold- a joint hearing • Tuesday (
afternoon at 3 o’clock, it has been
announced by Senator W. P. Hor
.on and Representative B. T. Falls,
Cleveland, chairman of th». sam
speetive committees.
Senator McNeill, of Ashe, has al
ready introduced a bill in the Sen
ate to give the voters of the state
an Australian ballot law. and Sen
ator Broughton, of Wake and Re
presentative Falls, of Cleveland,
have drawn another Australian
ballot bill and will introduce it in
the Senate and House next week.
“The Broughton-Falls bill will
be the product of careful study of j
the laws of other states and ofj
the needs of North Carolina,”
said Mrs. Mary O. Cowper, execu
tixe secretary of the Legislative
council of North Carolina women.
“The bill,” she explained, “em
bodies every feature that the
membersof the Council arc ask’ng
for, I believe that women will take
much more interest in politics and
vote in much larger numbers if it
is passed. If observed, and there
are penalties for nonobservanee it
will do away with ,he crowding at
the polls, to which we so much ob
ject, and will make an election an
expression of a democratic form of
government, instead of the rowdy
confusion that is so often now.
“The Broughton-Falls bill pro
vides for one ballot which con
tains names of all the nominees
for all offices. The entire party
ticket may be voted for by one
mark, or each individual may be
voted for. Careful provision is
made for assistance to disabled or
illiterate voters, preserving their
rights but preventing fraud. The
right of all citizens to an unco
erced vote is preserved.” .
COTTON MARKETS
(By Jno. F. Clara and O.J
Cotton was quoted at noon today;
January 13.27; March 13.38; May
13.59; July 13.78; October 13.98.
New York, Jan. 17.—Liverpool ,
12:15 p. ni. March 4, May 6, July.
8, October 6, American points low
er than due, spot sales 10,000
bales, middling 722 vs. 71G Friday.
Memphis special confirms an esti
mate given out there Saturday of
16,100,000 ginned to January 15th,
report due next Monday.
Berlin cable reports . Lockout
of 30,000 men in cotton mills in
Lausitz district.
Fair business in Worth Street
Saturday, sales for week estimated
at close to a million pieces, prices
up 1-8 to 1-4. j
Manchester cable reports consid-,
erable expansion of inquiries, buy
ers more confident, stocks shrink
ing and outlook encouraging.
Market will be more or less nerv
ous this week awaiting ginning re
port. Local ideas are that it will
be sixteen three to four. 1
If Shelby does not land several
new industries during 3927 it will
not bo the fault of the lc>al
chamber of commerce, which is
i ow working on the biggest ex
pansion program ever planned i«
the town.
The program for the early part
cf the year is an ambitious one but
to its realization Secretary J.
Clint Newton is directing all en
deavors. It reads something like
this:
1. Secure the P & N extension
by Shelby.
.. 2. Land big northern industrial
plant now being communicated
With.
2. Aid in securing the paving of
remaining highways in County
t 4. Secure several small, diversi
fied industrial plants. \
Going In Earnest*- ^
And the above is rot so much of
a pips dream after all one believes
after hearing the commerce secre
tary talk. Several of the projects
are not so far from realization
now.
An ' indication the chamber
of commerce really means to in
crease Shelby’s industrial payroll
during 1927 may be found in the
fact that 500 letters are now being
mailed out co that many industrial
plants of the north and east citing
advantages Shelby offers to in
dustrial plants that will locate
their branch plants or their main
plants here. It is no; too optimistic
to hope that something should
come of the 500 industrial heads
corresponded with. Many northern
industries are now locating
branch or main plants in the
South and in the trek Shelby
should land some of the 500 com
mun jated with, Secretary New
ton thinks.
Work On One Plant
Although names and details can
not be given yet Secretary Newton
says that one big industrial plant,
plannig to come South, is now' cor
lesponding with local folks and
the comerce body is centering on
landing this plant, ' which, it is
said, would add considerably to the
town’s payroll.
Generally speaking the program
of the chamber of commerce calls
for a bustling year for Shelby if
even one-fourth of the ambitions
are attained.
When the major league base
ball teams head south next month
for their spring training. Secre
tary Newton plans to get in touch
with several moguls and have
them visit Shelby to see for them
selves what kind of spring train
ing location the town could offer.
Young Couple is
Freed of Charge
Grady Hames and his wife were
acquitted Saturday in Recorder’s
court of the alleged charges of liv
ing together as man and wife
when not legally married.
The young couple was arrested
at a local boarding house last week.
Peyton McSwain was attorney for
the defense.
Miniature photographs in eight
different poses may be secured for
a quarter dropped into a new slot
machine installed on Broadway,
New York.
By a new process, the bony
structure of crab and lobster shells
may be converted into artificial j
silk fabric. I
161 New Pupils in During Month.
71 Student!! Make Honor Roll.
Girls Lead.
_ t
An enrollment gain of 101 pupils |
is shown in the Shelby school svs- :
teiti during the fourth school
nujnth, according to the monthly ■■
school report, and the average at-!
tendance has crept up to 95 per j
cent, from 91 per cent.
In total enrollment the Morgan I
school, in South Shelby, still leads
with 518 students and the Central
school ranks second with 417. The
best attendance of the month was'
established at the Marion school
which exchanged places with the!
Washington school, attendance lead
er last month.
/There are now 2,669 pupils in the ‘
city school system as compared
with 2,508 in the third month en
rollment.
The attendance
School
Morgan
table follows:
High S.
Jeffer’n
So niter _
La Fay’e
Washint.
Marion
Col. sell.
3-Mo
471
enrl.
404
255
238
522
153
292
373
Totals.. 2,508
4-Mo.
518
enrl.
417
Gain Av.At.
47 92 9.1
3rd. 4tn,
13 97 95
277
246
318
160
299
404
2,669
8
26
7
'.7
161
Ninth Grade Leads.
91
95
91
99
98
85
94
1 he girls continue to set the pac_‘
for their boy friends in scholastic
work the honor roll report shows,
there being 59 girls on the roll and
only an even dozen boys for a total
of 71. The ninth grade with 32 hon
or students leads other sections of
the high school with the senior
class ranking second. Honor stu
dents, by grades, for the month
Gibbs, Kathleen King Maggie M< -
Gowan, Mildred McKinney, Lal
la'ge Sperling, Aileen Webb, Ray
mond Hord, Vivian Buice.
Grade 8-2: Lillian Crow, Mil
dred Hamrick, Yangie McKee, Ir
, ane Roberts.
-GfiRte D-P: 'Lute Agnes Amy.
Mary Sue Borders, Mary F. Carpen
ter. Lola Cook, Gladys Colquitt,
Ruth Dellinger, Mary Reeves For
ney, Burtie Getiys, Madie G^iis
pie, Virginia Hunt, Virginia Jen
kins, Dorothy King, Ruth Laugh
ridge, Ada Laughridge, Minna Le
Grand, Pearl Lybrand, May Ellen
McBrayer, Annie L. McSwain,
Madge Putnam, Dorothy Putnam,
Mary F. Penninger, Buna Rollins,
Norine Rollins, Elizabeth Riviere,
Alice Sanders, Bessie Sue Wilson,
Ruth Waldrop, Pauline Byers, Rob
ert Gidney, Alex Gee.
Grade 9-2: Florine Richardson,
Lorena Belch.
Grade 10-1: Kate Bridges, Lu
cile Bridges, Boneta Browning,
Martha Eskridge, Viola Walker,
Ethleen Webb, Minnie King, Sara
Richbourg, Milan Bridges, William
Webb.
Grade ll-l:Margaret Blanton, Ir
ene Bridges, Elsie Green, Charlie
Mae Laughridge, Jennie Lee Pack
ard, Maude Rollins, Mary Brandt
Switzer, Madge Sperling, Novella
White, Bernard Mauney, Daniel
Troutman, Lee Wray, Brady Lail,
George Richbourg.
Grade 11-2: Anna Belle Lutz,
James Webb Gardner.
Grade 8-l:Minnie Allen, Ray
Sfiiy DEAF ARE
T. W. Hamrick. Jr.. Sending Night
Letters to Every Member Of
Legislature Fighting Bill
Raleigh.—Thomas W. Hamrick,
a' deaf mute, of Shelby, has sent
night letters to every member of
the 1927 General Assembly ask
ing them to oppose the Lawrence
bill, which would require every car
driver to have at least two per
cent normal hearing before he
would be given license to operate
an automobile.
Incidentally the author of the
bill, Senator Lloyd J. Lawrence, of
Hertford, has been receiving a
calumnious quantity of mail every
day from deaf persons, who pro
test the inclusion of the clause in
his bill. The Hertford solon has
made it clear that he did not offer
his bill with a view of having deaf
persons barred from driving autos.
He has amended his bill so that
every capable driver, whether or
not he be deaf, can procure license
to drive.
Agonizing Death Comes To
Boy In Overdose Medicine
Grady Davis, Aged 11 Years, Gets Wrong
Bottle, Takes it all Goes Blind, and Jaws
Lock Befo: e Death Claimed Him
Grady Davis, 11 ven-yeur-old sort of Mr. ami Mrs. William Davis,
of t!i<‘ New Hmis • district, died art agonizing death at the Ruthehford
hospital at 1 VInek last 1 harena.v morning, as a result of having taken,
by mistake, an overdo? e of medicine containing “Atropine” a highly vo
latile poison.
The child took ihe dose at school Wednesday and was immediately
taken id, and Thursday afternoon was rushed to the hospital- totally
blind «t: d with his jaws locked as with tetanus—in the hope ihat doctors
at the i's it tit ion would be able to overcome the poison with an antidote*
But he was beyond medical aid.
The circumstances of the case
were there: A doctor was called to
the Pavia home Tuesday to pre
scribe for Grady. Medicine Was
prescribed, containing “Atropine”
with directions to be given six
drops at intervals in water.
The child was we'.i enough to go
to school Wednesday, but his moth
er wishe dhim to get the benefit
of the medicine, and to this end
dropped six drops of the prescrip
tion in a bottle filled with water,
and told Grady to take it to school
with him and at the hour appoint
ed, drink it.
In his haste in getting off from
home the boy took from the shelf
not the bottle with the six drops in
water, but the original bottle, con
taining the unadulterated solution.
At the appointed time Grady
took the dose, and almost at once
it took effect. He went stone blind
and developed halucinations Within
an hour. ’
Before the school took in that
morning' the children played a
game of hunting the rabbit. And
Grady’s halueination took the form
of the rabbit hunt. While the school
children, his friends and pals, stood
around the stove aghast and won
dering. the little fellow whooped
it up in the school room, chasing
the imaginary rabbit, hitting at it
as the vision darted among the
benches.
Meantime the pupils of his eyes
had dilated until they took on an
unnatural imd wild appearance. He
was sightless as the Sphinx.
A physician was hurriedly sent
for in the hope of administering a
helpful antidote. But by the time
the doctor arrived the jaws of the
sufferer were so locked together—
, simulating the form of lockjaw—
that it was impossible to pry them
apart.
As an extremity he was rushed
to the Butherford hospital, where
he lingered, delirious, until four
' o’clock Thursday morning.
Man Who Was Sentenced To Roads
He. e Spent Nights In Lincoln
Barns And Girl Wore Overalls
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J. T. S. Mauney Reports on Florida
After a 1.500 Mile Trip.
Speculators Gone.
"The oltl or iTatTveFlorida is
moving right along, but the specu
lative side of Florida is over/’ de
clared Mr. J. T. S. Mauney of Un
ion who returned with his wife Fri
day night after a three week motor
. trip up and down and through the
state that has been the talk of the
entire nation during the past three
or four years. Mr. and Mrs. Maur
ey went down primarily to visit
their daughter Mrs. H. H. Gold at
J Auburndale but while there Mr.
Mauney, who is a close observer
I and astute business man, mads
some trips and surveys to learn
what he could.
Strawberries, beans, tomatoes
and other truck are being harvest
ed now and shipped north at
fancy prices. The citrus crop is
large and very profitable to fruit
growers, but a severe freeze the
first of last week did considerable
damage. Subdivisions are dead and
construction on many large hotels
has been stopped. Where outlying
farm lands were cut up and sold,
streets sidewalks and other public
improvements made, this property
is being turned back and the land
is being planted to fruit trees cr
farmed by truckers. The natives
are not discouraged but are making
out of Florida a fine state—a great
; winter resort and a fruit and
J trucking district. In the opinion of
I Mr. Mauney the “slump" will do
] good because it has weeded out
1 the land speculator and option
| shark who thrived so freely up un
i til last spring.
Mr. Mauney saw little effect of
the recent storm except around
Fort Lauderdale. Miami has revived
and the cities show a prosperous
air but the visitors are less than
, half of last season. Mr. Mauney
owns no Florida land but for curi
osity priced a bearing orange
grove and learned that the owner
wanted $5,000 per acre. Millions
have been wasted in sub-divisions
which are being converted into
farm lands.
Would Change
Date Of Buying
Auto License
l’lan Introduced By Bill Would
Make It Easier On Farmers
Of North Carolina
Raleigh.—A measure to change
the automobile registration stat
ute and one to equalize taxes on
property were presented to the
legislature.
Senator C. C. Cannady, Johns
ton, proposed to amend ihe con
solidated statutes, changing the
A recent issue of the Lincoln
Times gives more complete inform
ation about the escapade of Lewis
Turner in that county prior to his
trial here last week. It will be re
membered that at the trial Turner
was given two terms of three
months each on the charges of
prostitution and persuading a girl
away from her mother.
— SajFs- the ■ Times- Leads—Turner
and Reba Spurling. both of Lawn
dale, are being held in the county
jail, awaiting the arrival of Clev
eland county officers who will carry
them to Shelby for trial. They
were arrested Monday night by Of
ficers Hinson and Leonard and
lodged in jail here on charges of
disturbing the peace in the How
ards Creek section of the county
about four miles from Lincolnton.
Turner, who officers say has
something like 18 month suspend
ed sentence hanging over him in
Cleveland county, has been in this
section for several weeks evading
arrest, is bondsmen have been on
his trail and Monday night he was
located in the barn of George
Brown on R-l.
The Spurling girl, who gave htr
age as 17, joined Turner here sev
i eral weeks ago, and according to
' reports the two have been living
out in the open,sleeping at nights
in some out house, barn or even on
the ground. They had with them
\ when arreated several thin sheets
! and blankets.
Monday night when arrested the
two were sleeping in the hay in Mr.
! Brown’s barn. When Turner dis
covered that officers were after
him he jumped from the barn loft
and tried to make a get-away. He
was barefooted at the time. The
girl was taken in the barn.
The two, it is said, had been liv
ing ‘on what they could pick up
around the neighborhood. A num
i ber of chickens have been missed
and this is thought to have consti
! tuted their principal diet.
) The girl, when captured, was clad
in overalls and persons seeing them
through the day w’ould have taken
them for two young fellows, prob
i ably out at work.
I Turner, it is said, has a wife and
; three small children living in this
! county. He appears to be about 30
j years of age.
! automobile registration date from
j June 30 to December 31. He an
nounced his bill has the approval
of Kevenue Commissioner R. A.
Doughton and Highway Commis
sioner Frank Page.
The bill calls for the issuance of
j two sets licenses this year. On
June 30, when present licenses
expire, owners of cars would be
required to purchase tags good
only until December 31, when they
would be required to buy licenses
for 1928.
Senator Cannady said the bill
will be favorable to farmers who
have more money in December
than in June. He wanted senate
committee on judiciary number 2
to consider his bill.
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Piedmont Councm aid Supporters
Hold Annual Gathering at
Cleveland Springs.
Perhaps one of the largest gath
erings of men interested in boy's
work in this section, of the state
will bo annual meeting of the Pied-,
rnont council of the Boy Scouts of .
America which will he held at-|fee
Cleveland .Springs, Tuesday- affcht.
At this meeting men front Iryw,
Columbus, Rutherfordton, Ruth,
Spindale, Forest City, Alexander
City, Ellenboro. Cliffside, Henriet
ta, Caroleen, Bostic. Hollis, Lawn
dale, Shelby, Grover, Kings Moun
tain, Bessemer City, Cherryvillc,
Gastonia, Ranlo, Lowell, Belmont,
Stanley, Crouse, Lincolnton, Mount
Holly and Cramerton, will gather to
further the development of the Boy
Scout movement in the five counties
of Cleveland, Gaston. Lincoln,
Rutherford and Polk and to bear
the reports of the work of the
Piodmont council during the year
1926.
The Piedmont boy scout council
has been the outstanding boy scout
organization in the state and leads
in having the largest membership,
in scout advancement, in having the
largest camp enrollment and in the
general activities of the year.
During the year four hundre
scouts of the Piedmont counc
camped at the council camp :
Lake Lanier, thirteen hundred mei
it badges have been awarded, six
teen scouts have qualified for tb
eagle scout rank and the aetivitif
of the year have been especially r<
cognized both locally and natioi
ally. The membership of the Pie^
mont council covers more than l.H
men and boys.
Fred L. Smyre of Gastonia ha.
given leadership to the Piedmont
council as president of the organi
zation, Harry Page, of Lincolnton,
L. A. Kiser of Kings Mountain, F.
C. Kinzie of Spindale. and F. P.
| Bacon of Tryon have served as vicfc
[ presidents. Rev. George R. Gilles
| pie, of Forest City has served as
cwnnrisstowcr. R. M. Schfelc,
with headquarters at Gastonia has
! given professional leatVrship to
the work as executive of the coun
‘Trained Manhood.’
“Manhood Trained to Serve Boy
hood” will be the theme of the an
nual meeting and banquet. Max
Gardner of Shelby will address the
body in the interest of the scout
movement.
In addition to the receiving of re
ports of the various officers and
committees of the council, officers
for the year will be elected.
The eagle scouts of the Piedmont
council will be the special guests
of the occasion and eagle badges
will be presented to Harold Shelby
and Arthur Martin, of Gastonia.
Smyre Head.
' cil.
Colored Driver
Does Big Stunt
In Car and Lives
Drives Car off Embankment on
Marion Street East of the
Square. Car Kuns On.
Beverly Jolly, colored, attain*'
his honors unintentionally bu
today he holds the dare-devil recort
for the community.
Saturday night about midnigh
Officer McBride Poston, who live
on the corner of. DeKalb and Marioi
street just across from the big em
bankment on the north side of Ma
rion, noticed a car dash out of Di
Kalb street and by instinct he wat<
ed. Imagine his surprise when 1
saw the car fail- to make the tur
I go on across the side walk at
plunge off the street into th
| field. The officer called someon
and hurried across the street t
see how many were killed. Thet
his surprise grew for the car h;
alighted on its wheels and had r<•
| on for about 200 yards tow:
Sumter street. When the officer
rived at the car Frank Poston, <
ored, and his wife were crawl
out.
Four folks were in the car, B
erly and his wife and Frank and
wife. They were returning froi
party they told the officer whc s
ed the remark that it came near
ing their last party on this spl
whirling in space. None of the
cupants was seriously hurt, but *
of the women was bruised up co
siderably.
To those who have noticed tl
jump the wonder is that several fi
nerals were not held this wee
However, it is said, as how Beverl
will some time this week go up an
tell Jqdge Mull just how a car S.f
driven under such circumstances,