An explanatory article of
the state educational commission
is published in today’s paper. Sam
C. Lattimore, of this county, is a
member of the commision.
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Where are the wedding bells
ringing for Cleveland county
couples? A local jewelry firm sold
70 wedding rings in December yet
the marriage license bureau her"
sold only about one-third that many
“hitching” papers.
County officers are running to
earth storebreakers who have been
entering Cleveland county stores,
says a news item.
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The Hoey oratorical contest will
be held this month and will be fol
lowed by the Selma Webb recitation
and essay contests for Cleveland
county high school students.
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Chickens come high at times—
—that is. when Recorder John Mull
sets the price. 90 days for one and
about $30 for the other. Details in
a news story in The Star.
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A list of patients at the Shelby
hospital is published in this issue.
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If local officers keep active the
No. G chain gang may have to be
increased. Ten of the 12 colored
fellows charged with stealing coal
will have to raise some money or
go to making “little ’uns out of big
uns.”
Cleveland county representatives
at the present legislature will do
their utmost to protect the interests
of the deaf in connection with auto
driving, it is learned.
The latest news at the smallest ;
cost in the state—In The Star.
Charlotte, Jan. 18.—President W j
S. Lee of the Piedmont and North- :
ern railway yesterday announced i
the appointment of Frank H. Coth
ran as chief engineer for the rail-,
road. Mr. Cothran as chief engineer |
will have supervision of the con- j
struction work on the new exten- •
sion to be built by the Piedmont &
Northern from Charlotte northward
to Lexington and, it is understood
later to Winston-Salem and Dur
ham, and the "missing link” from
Gastonia to Spartanburg which will
tie together the North Carolina
and South Carolina divisions of the
railroad.
Pushing Plan.
The addition of Mr. Cothran to j
the executive staff of the railroad
and his immediate assumption of i
the duties of the position indicate |
that the Piedmont and Northern is j
rapidly pushing forward its plans j
and that actual construction work is j
likely to begin in the immediate j
future.
Mr. Cothran is a native of Green
wood county and a member of one
of the outstanding families in the
Palmetto state. He is recognized
as one of the ablest construction en
gineers in this country. One of his
first important engineering engage
ment was in connection with the
building of the Clinehfield and Ohio
railroad from Johnson City to
Snartanburg. When the Piedmont -fc
Northern railway wad built by the
Duke interests in 1911 Mr. Cothran
was a division engineer on that job.
Later he was put in charge of work
on the Bridgewater hydro-electric
development of the Southern Pow
er company. j
Soon after the completion of the
Bridgewater development Mr.
Cothran was elected vice-president
of the Quebec Development com
pany and was put in charge of con
struction of the huge hydro-electr:c
plant built by the la'% James B.
Duke and his associates at Isle Ma
lgne on the Saguenay river in the
Province of Quebec. The construc
tion of the Isle Maligne plant is
regarded in engineering circles as
ope of the outstanding engineering
achievements in the western hemis
phere.
In becoming chier engineer of
the Piedmont & Northern railway
Mr. Cothran is coming back home.
He assumed the duties of the new
position immediately after his for
mal appointment yesterday, having
arrived in the city from Quebec t
few days ago. His family is still at
Isle Malinge but will arrive in
f barlotte in the immediate future.
Lattimore Pupils
To Perform Here
The pupils of the Lattimore
school will present “The Gypsy
Rover” and operetta in three acts
m the South Shelby school audi
torium Friday evening January 21,
at 7:.‘i0 o’clock.
Including the character parts
more than 65 of these pupils will
take part in this operetta. An hour
or more of real enjoyment awaits
all who come. A small admission
wdl be charged. The South Shelby
school will get one half of the doer
receipts.
By mail, per year (in advance). _|2.6l
By carrier, per year (in advance * S3
Four Colored Fellows (Jive Enter
tainment to Court in Relat
ing Chicken Catching.
Doug Ray, colored, will likely
hereafter consider his chicken din
ners rather costly and be particu
lar about how he gets them per
haps. Meaning that Doug, unless
something unforseen turns up, will
labor about ,10 days for the last
chickens he annexed and during that
time be satisfied with the meals
served to the laborers on the coun
ty road force.
Doug’s sentence together with
that of others came as the result
of a wholesale raid by Denuty Bob
Kendrick who brought in Doug and
two brothers, Broad and Bird, and
Andrew Williams Tuesday charg
ed with stealing chickens from Cole
man Blanton, for whom one of the
culprits worked. Broad and Andrew
Williams were considered too yourg
to be tried by the recorder and
were turned over to tide juvenile
judge of the county. Judge Muil
first let Bird and Doug both take
90 days each. Bird’s chickens were
not so cheap, the price tag Judge
Mull put on them ranging around
$30.
The court was entertained quite
a bit by the confession of the-'chiek
en thieves, they telling, it is said,
practically what happened. Six
chickens were taken by them, they
said, one an old, white rooster that
they choked to death getting away
from the roost.
More chickens than they ac
counted for, however, it is said, dis
appeared from Mr. Blanton’s flock
Officers say that Mr. Blanton un
doubtedly had been 50 and 100
chickens missing.
Mrs. Allen Buried
At Pattesron
Mrs. P. S. Allen, faithful and
devoted member of Pleasant Hill
Baptist church was buried Tues
day morning at 11 o’clock at Pat
terson Springs Baptist church, the
funeral services being conducted
hv Rev. Hoyle Love , of Grover.
Mrs. Allen before marriage was
Miss Sallie Whisnant. daughter of
the late David and Martha Whis
nant. She was born June 18th,
1865 ai d died Monday. Jan. 17th.
She was twice married, the first
time to H. D. Dillingham v.fco,
preceded her to the grave some
thirty odd years ago. To this un
ion were born four children, two;
sons and two daughters. Her sec
ond marriage was to Mr. P. S. Al
len and to this union were born
four children, three sons and one
daughter. Fourteen grand-children
also survive. Mrs. Allen was con
verted early in life and joined the
Methodist chuch. After her mar
riage to Mr. Allen she joined
Pleasant Hill Baptist church where
she remained a faithful member
until death.
—The Poetess—The poem, ‘What
Santa Brought Me” appearing in
The Star recently was written by
Lavonda McRary, 11-year-old girl
of the LaFayette school. No name
was with the poem and at the time
The Star published it the name of
the young poetess was unknown to
the paper.
Coal Thieves
Get A Chance
To Pay It Up
Unless some 10 colored fel
lows can produce some of that
stuff the whole world chases
—meaning mazuma—the No.
6 chain gang is likely to be
overcrowded with occupants.
It was recorded recently
that Kings Mountain officers
brought over a record bunch to
be jailed, there being an even
dozen in the party, charged
with stealing coal from the
Kings Mountain cotton oil
company.
Tuesday the dozen construc
tion hands were given a hear
ing before Recorder John
Mull, who gave them an op
portunity of paying for the
coal with a little sum to go to
the court. Two of the group
were able to produce, but the
10 others were not at the
time and were remanded to
jail for a restricted time to
see if they could secure the
necessary money.
“If they don’t get it," says
Judge Mull, “it may be 30
days, and it might be 60—
better wait and see.’’
Hoey Contest To Be Staged
Here Friday, January 28
i Webb Contests W'ill Follow One Week After Boys Oratorical
Contest: For Annual Coveted
Gold Medal
The Hoey Oratorical content, the
i annual event of the year for Cle1-’
i eland county high school boys, will
! be held Friday nignt, January 28.
j in the Shelby Central school audi
torium, it is announced by J. H.
Grigg, county superintendent of ed
ucation.
Forney Las* Winner.
Charles Forney jr., of the Pied
: niont school, won the medal given
: last y^ar by Hon. Clyde R. Hoey
and his successor will be picked at
| this contest.
Two boys from each high school
in the county may ente rthc cor
j test.
Webb Contests Coming.
One week later, Friday night,
j February 4, the Selma Webb re
! citation contest will be held at Cen
tral school. The winner of the Webb
essay contest will also be announc
ed during the evening. Each high
school in the county is allotted one
entrant each for the Webb recita
tion contest, an I the three best es
says from each school may be sub
mitted in the essay contest. The
essays, it is announced, must be
in hands of Judges by January 28.
So far, Mr. Grigg says, the
judges for the contests have not t
been selected, but an effort will be
made to secure out-of-town judges.
Annual Affairs.
The Webb and Hocy contests
have been annual affairs in Cleve
land county for years. Mr. Hoey
and Miss Selma Webb in establish
ing the contests created the high
lights of the school year for Cleve
land county boys and girls. The
honor of winning either of the
medals ranks as about the highest
achievement in high school life for
boys and girls of the county.
Educational Commission Split Over
Long Term School In Annual Report
Daily News Writer Explains How Commission Was Divided. |
Cleveland Member of Commission Against
But Favorable
(Bost in Greensboro News)
Raleigh.—Division in the North
l Carolina educational commission
on the proposal to give North
Carolina a uniform school term of
eight months, will not stop the
agitation before the present gen
eral assembly, and that body will
have to cay whether the issue shall
be submitted to the people in the
1928 general election.
The story in the Greensboro
Daily News purporting to give the
vote carried something of a
shock to ihe capital in which for
mer state superintendent James
Yadkin Joyner lived officially as
state official 16 years and has
since lived as a private citizen for
eight years, for it is no longer
secret that Dr. Joyner’s vote made
possible the defeat of the recom
mendation. There has been no
statement from anybody. the
chairman of the commission has
1 ot even disclosed the result. But
things of this magnitude do not
remain secret. The story is out.
Seven men voted down the re
commendation, three women stood
up with two men for it, and this
wholesome minority will make it
self heard whether it files a re
port or not and it is expected to do
so.
To Be Carefully Worded
The findings of the majority
will be so carefully couched that
they will be an apologetic rather
than a pronouncement of policy.
The vote of no man expresses the 1
same conviction as that of Dr.
Joyner, chairman James O. Carr is
a well-known attorney, business
man and publisher of Wilmington,'
always conservative and loyal to
his administration. James K. Nor
fleet, of Winston-Salem, hails
from the richest county which is
all-sufficient and more than able
to care for itself. Captain Nathan
O’Berry, big lumber man and cap
italist, comes from Wayne coun
ty, which has Goldsboro. That city
has its eight months term and
more. Sam C. Latimore is resident j
of Shelby and Cleveland county, j
the most progessive of many of i
the smaller places, but smitten I
sorely on cotton. Shelby and Cleve-1
land are. however, well-fixed for!
schools. Edward W. Pharr is from
Mecklenburg which hasn’t failed
on any occasion to say what it
thinks about the general policy of
making the rich counties put up
for the smaller ones. And Mr.
Pharr has been on the side of dis- [
aster more than two years. Stan
ly Winborne never got in the
game. In the 1921 session on the
good roads movement he was un
convertible; on the proposal to
furnish women with machinery to
vote after Tennessee ratified in •
1920. Mr. Winborne, a bitter-ender
forevermore, voted against the
women. He could not be counted1
on any proposal to give more of
anything. But Dr. Joyner isn’t so
easy to analyze.
Dr. Joyner Puzzles Thera
There is no assault on Chairman
Carr. He is known to be friendly
to the longer term, so is Mr. Lat
timore, and so are they all condi
tionally. But somehow the school
experience of Dr. Joyner, the
thousand cries that he has met
with faith, gets his neighbors.
They can’t quite work out his
vote. They do not feel hostile to
him; they do not censure him;
they act as if some near neighbor
has died. They are utterly lost for i
an explanation of such a vote.
Analyzing the minority attitude
it is found that Mrs. McKee, wife
i . \ " \J. '■ - V. I
of a bier business man; Mrs. Brow n i
wife of a planter and business
man in a section hard smitten with
disaster; Mrs. Fearing, wife of a
prominent Pasquotank man and
resident in a section greatly re
presed for years by hard condi
tions; Mr. Andrew’s, superintendent
of a city system and loser of much
by going into the eight months I
terms; Mr. Teague, head of a
town system and fixed on his own
school account, all voted for the
longer term. The two men do not
need any help and they go out for
others. The city was very happy
that all the women voted for the
eight months term.
Of course the succeeding re
ports will give some light on the j
findings. The criticism of the
commission will not be rank. The
censure that it will meet is that it
lacks faith in the school and fears
to take steps beyond which it can
not see. And Dr. Joyner will get
much more of this than any other
member will receive.
Art Exhibit On
Fcr Benefit Of
Shelby Schools
As this goes to press final pre
parations for the Elsore Art ex
hibit to be held in the old Best fur
niture building under the auspices
of the schools of Shelby, from Wed
nesday afternoon, January 19,
through Friday night, January 20,
are being made. The hours for the
exhibit are 3:30 to 5:30 p. m. and
7:30 to 9:00 p. m. daily.
The proceeds from the sales of
the fifteen cent tickets being sold
by the school children will be used
for the defrayal of expenses of the
exhibit and for the purchase of
master paintings to be placed on
all the school room walls of the
city, ivvery one to whom a ticket is'
offered for sale is being urged to
purchase it. The advantages to be
gained from a visit to the exhibit
hall are extremely educational and
pleasant.
Orders for copies of any picture
on exhibit will also be taken by
Miss Gertrude Samuels, of the high
school faculty of t*e city, who i3
in charge of the work.
To see the originals of the mas
terpieces would require a visit to
practically all the large art gal
leries of the world. Since this Js i
not a possibility for everyone, the
Elson Art company of Belmont,
Mass., has co] lected over two hun
dred reproductions of the master
pieces of art of many different
counties and periods from the j
greatest public and private gal-]
leries and is sending them to vari- j
ous schools over the country to bs
exhibited by and for the benefit of;
that1 school. The (Shelby schools j
are most, if not the most success
ful ones conducted in the state. So,
varied will the selections be that j
everyone will be sure to find his or
her favorite picture on exhibit. In
formation concerning any paint
ing will be furnished by those peo
ple in charge of the exhibit. The
hall, as already stated will be open j
at convenient hours both afternoon
and evening.
The people of Shelby are espec
ially invited and urged to visit the
exhibit at some time during the
three days on which it is to be held, i
I
Kuok K'rikes Him In Hark Of
I load end Knocks Forehead
Against Pick Point
Raymond M.-Swain who lives
lift ween Earl and Blacksburg is
a patient in the Shelby hospital in
a semi-conscious condition suffer
ing with a double injury received
Monday while engaged in digging
a well. Mr. MeSwain was working
in the bottom of a well when a
l'pek fell from the sidewall or
ton and struck him in the rear of
the head. The force of the impact
not only injured his head, but
forced his head downward, driv
ire his forehead against the sharp
coin; of the pick he was using.
Sustaining an liniury gt'ing and
coming in this peculiar fashion, he
vns rendered unconscious and
rushed to the SheJbv hospital
where ho is now receiving treat
ment, but the nature ,of his in
iurv is quite serious and he was
■-fill in a semi-conscious state this
morning.
The rock that fell from the too
| ef the well or sidewall of the well
[ was knocked off unintentionally,
j according to the best information
j obtainable by The Star. No one
from the neighborhood where the
accident happened could be seen
l this morning to give more of the
[derails and Mr. McSwain was un
j able to talk. While his condition
| i-’ serious, it is thought that he
j Will pull through all right.
Their Mother Dies
In Polk County
Word has been received in Shel
by of the death of Mrs. Nancy
' Philbeck who passed away at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Della
Turner at Columbus, Polk coun
ty, this state. Mrs. Philbeck died
Monday about noon and was buried
Wednesday at Cool Springs Bap
tist church in Spartanburg county.
| S. C. Mrs. Philbeck was about 70
years of age and was a victim of
paralysis. She is survived by the
following children: Mrs. J. N. Tur
ner. of Columbus; Mrs. P. B.
Shields, of Shelby, R-7; Mr. Claude
Philbeck, Shelby; Mr. Slcan Phil
beck, of Alabama; Mrs. Charlie
Car, of Oklahoma.
Lincoln Hatchery
Turns Out Chicks
Demand for Custom Hatching at
Lincoln Hatchery Very Brisk.
Overflow of Eggs.
Lincolnton—‘‘You will never fill
that 12.000 egg hatchery at one
setting,” was what promoters of
the Lincoln county hatchery heard
when the 12,000 hen was being in
stalled. But you don’t hear that any
more.
At a setting last week the large
12,000 incubator was filled to over
flow and two 400 egg incubators
were filled and there were 300 eggs
left over, so great was the de
mand for hatching at this season.
Buford Hamrick, of Union Section
Is Burned When Clothing
Catches Fire
Buford Hamrick, ten year old
son of Zeb Hamrick poured gaso
line through the crack of a stove
in a school room at Union Consol
idated school Monday and the fire
flashed out, igniting a can of the
volatile fluid which he held in his
hand. As a result, his clothing
caught fire and he was badly
burned from the knees down. He
was rushed to the Shelby hospital
where he is undergoing treatment
and will be out in a short while.
Young Hamrick did not know
there were hot coals in the stove.
After pouring a small quantity of
gasoline through a crack in the
stove, the hot coals ignited the
fluid and flashed out. He was
standing some distance away
holding the can of gasoline in his
hand and this was ignited by the
explosion. With his clothing on fire
he started to run with his school
mates after him. Shortly, he gain
ed presence of mind to strip him
self of his flaming clothes, but
his flesh was painfully burned be
fore he got his clothing off. A
number of his school mates were in
the room at the time but no one
else was hurt.
Many County Couples Must
Have Married Over In S. C.
[One Shelby Jeweler Sold 7(5 Wedding Kings During
December But Only One-Third That Many
Marriages Here
• Piedmont Council Electa Officers
At Meeting Here and Di>
cusses Boys Work.
The annual meeting of the l*icd
I rnon Council of Boy Scouts anJ
their supporters was ThiTfi Tuesday
evening at Cleveland Springs hotel
here.
The meeting vyus featured by n
number of talks, election of offi
cers and a survey of important
scout work, and the hearing of re
ports.
Hugh E. White of Gastonia, was
elected president of the council fc.i
the new year, while Dr. Reuben
McBrayer of Shelby was named as
one of the vice-piesidents.
Brief talks were made by 15 or
20 members of the council and ac
tive scout leaders, while one of the
main features of the program was
a short, but inspiring talk by O.
Max Gardner, chief speaker of the
evening.
Approximately 125 men and boys
were in attendance at the meeting
it is reported.
m HEELS SPEND
I QUARTER MILLION
Raleigh.—Tar Heels spent more
than one-quarter of a million dol
lars on automobiles in every
j working day during the past year,
•according to Sprague Silver, head
j of the automobile bureau of the
State revenue department.
Records of Sfr. Silver show that
a total of $70,200,000 was sepnt on
automobiles in North Carolina dur
ing 1926, and that of this amount
$54,000,(X)0 was spent for the pur
chase of 68,000 new autmobiles.
For 63,300 used cars automobile
buyers of the State spent $15 -
800,000.
The average working day ex
penditure for automobiles during
1926 is estimated at $270,000.
This heavy purchase of automo
biles by North Carolinians brought
the number of cars and trucks in
the State to more than 400,000 at
close of 1926.
The total value of motor vehi
cles of all types in North Carolina
at the close of 1926 is estimated
by the automobile at $266,000,000.
It is also estimated that two
thirds of the automobiles purchas
ed are bought on the partial pay
ment plan and that one-third are
bought for cash.
Health Is Better
During This Winter
According to the physicians, the
general health of the community
is much better this winter than it
has been for several years. Us-1
ually there is much sickness pre- ;
valent in the dead of the winter. |
but there is comparatively little j
sickness with no epidemic of any :
kind. One case of small pox and a
few cases of mild influenza are re
ported, but these are not in suffi
cient numbers to say there is an
epideiyic. Undertakers report the!
lowest death rate in several win
ters which is further evidence of
the fact that the general health of
the community is good
Sue Shelby Mill
For Smith Injury
Attorneys Peyton McSwain and
Speight Beam have filed a com-!
plaint at the court house, asking
$5,000 damages against the Shelby t
Cotton mill for personal injuries to
their client Charlie Smith. It is al-:
leged in the complaint that while
Charlie Smith was in the employ
of the mill, a lap pin fell from a'
rack and the end of the pin mashed
his foot which later became infected
and caused considerable trouble. '
The complaint alleges that the mill
was negligent in the proper care of
its employes and therefore asks
damages for the injury.
There may be a difference be
tween a fast automobile and a
swift one, especially if it’s fast in
the mind.
Smith Caroline magistrates ap
parently do a rushing business in
marrying Cleveland county couples.
General estimates are that since
marriage license in this state ad
vanced to five dollar j twice as many
couples in border counties have been
married in South Carolinn as were
in their home counties.
Believe it or not, but court reg
istration books show that the num
ber of marriages performed at
home are not increasing, and other
records offer similar poof.
The T. \V. Hamrick firm, in the
jewelry business here for 30 year1-,
reports that in December that store
alone sold 76 wedding rings to love
lorn Cleveland youths. Which is a
very interesting announcement con
sidering the fact that license were
issued for the marriage of only
about one-third that many couples
at the county court house.
Yet during December Register
Andy Newton came near estab
lishing a record in the marriage
license business.
Judging by the number of wed
ding rings sold here around 40 or
50 couples must have journeyed
over to the favorite Gretna Green
j in South Carolina to be “hitched.”
Uattney. t>y news dispatches
from that place, seems to be the
favorite beginning *•? bridal tours
for Cleveland county couples, al
though quite a number go to York
and others to Sparsanburg.
The moral, if there be any, is
that the difference in the cost of
getting married in the sister states
is about enough to make the fir3t
payment on the wedding ring.
Business School
Opens January 27,
In Webb Building
Gcorgia-Carolina School of Com
merce to Open in Shelby. No
tice to Enroll Pupils.
The Shelby branch of the Georgia
Carolina School of Commerce will
open for regular class work on
Thursday, January 27, it is an
nounced by J. H. Owens, special re
presentative of the school.
The school will be located in the
Webb building on Warren street
and will be on the second floor
over Pendleton"!* and the Electric
Service company. The day class will
report at 9 i nthe morning and the
night class at 7:30 in the evening.
Those who have enrolled are re
quested to be present at one of
these classes at which Mr. McLane,
vice-president of the school, will be
in attendance.
Mr. J. H. Owens, who has been
here for several weeks organizing
the school, feels elated over the
success he has met and is of the
opinion that the entire school in its
work will be successful.
Mrs. Ledford Is
Buried Saturday
Mrs. Sallie Ledford, wife of
George Ledford died Saturday at
her home at Fallston, to which
place she had removed after living
in Shelby for awhile. Mrs. Ledford
was 58 years, four months old and
joined Friendship Methodist Pro
testant church in early girlhood,
remaining a faithful member un
til death. Her remains were hurieii
at Friendship Saturday, the funer
al services being conducted by Rev.
J. M. Morgan. Mrs. Ledford is sur
vived by her husband, a step son,
one brother and one sister, togeth
er with a host of friends.
Deaf Assured
Auto Driving
Bill No Good
Cleveland .County Representatives
Will Fight for Rights of
The Deaf of State.
T. W. Hamrick, jr., of Shelby,
who entered a protest against the
proposed bill introduced by a leg
islator that in a way would pro
hibit deaf people from driving an
automobile, has been assured, he
says, by members of the legislature
and senate that such a bill stands
very little chance of getting
through.
Both Representative B. T. Falls
and Senator Tom Fulton have com
municated with him, it is under
stood, and given him the assurance
that they will not support it, one,
t is said, going so far as to indicate
:here was little likelihood of the
OFFICERS TRAIL :j
STORE BREAKERS
TO LOCH. MIT
—
Have Been Cornering Men Who !
Broke in MauneyV Store and
Others of County.
Store breakers who have of re
cent months been giving quite a bit
of trouble to county merchants are
| now- being rounded up by Officer?
Huron Dedmon, Bob Kendrick an' *
others.
Two have already been triei
and another awaits a hearing it i
Superior court along with one o
the others who was bound over.
It will be remembered tiiat P. I
Mauney’s store at Buffalo has bee
entered several times. The las
break-in was in early December
and followed an entry of about l
months before.
Brady Barrett, said to have been
connected with the last entrance,
is already bound over to court un
der a bond of 8500, it is said,
while Monday night Deputy Ded
mon returned from Marion with
Barrett Moore, who is charged, it
is said, with entering the store
about one year ago. Barrett, of
ficers say, waved a preliminary
hearing and will get a trial in Su
I perior court.
Sold Goods Back.
Henry Lazarus, colored, is sa;d
to be doing 60 days time on tlio
county roads over his connection
with the same store. Lazarus, who
will also, officers say, face another
charge in Superior court, is said
to have taken goods at Mauney’s
store. On occasions it is said Laza
rus took cigarettes and resold then
to the rightful owner.
Several of the entries were rath-'
| er mysterious in that few cluei
were left behind but officers kept
what they learned to themselves
and slowly rounded up those under
suspicion.
LIST OF PITOTS
uni
School Boy Receives Broken Ana.
D. Parker, Confederate Vet.
Is Hospital Patient.
Harlan Ledford, son of Mr. Zol
lie Ledford who lives near Salem
church on the Shelby-Kings Moun
tain road, had his arm set at tha
Shelby hospital yesterday, his arm
being broken when he fell from i
base in a game of baseball on the
school ground. Young Ledford is
12 years old and a student in the
Roberts school in the eastern part
of No. 6 township.
D. Parker, one of the county’
oldest Confederate veterans, is
patient in the Shelby hospital aui
fering with a head trouble, but is
getting along nicely.
Pearline Anthony of R-2 Shelby
is getting along nicely from an or
eration for appendicitis.
Mrs. Foy Lemons of R-2, a p:
tient for treatment, is improvii
and will be able to leave the ins
tution soon.
Miss Donnie Sain, a Shelby hi
school student, is rapidly recovt
ing from an operation.
Miss Margaret Allen of Shel
R-7, operated on a few days ago
improving.
Mrs. J. H. Williams of Lasts
is a patient for an operation wh
has been successfully performed
Mrs. Paul Quinn, severely burnt
some weeks ago when gasoline c
the stove exploded, is improvin;
rapidly.
Mrs. R. G. Stockton has enterci
the institution for treatment.
Mrs. W. F. Davis of Shelby, op
erated on two weeks ago is improv
ing and will be out soon.
Mrs. J. F. Peeler and little daugh
ter will be able to return to their
home on Lattimore, R-l, in a few
days.
Mrs. C. R. Doggett is much im
proved after a stay for treatment
and has gone to her home on N.
LaFayette street.
Rev. Andrew C. Miller has suffi
ciently recovered from an opera
tion to be dismissed Sunday.
—Masonic Notice— Cleveland
lodge No. 202 A. F. and A. M. will
meet in called communication Fri
day night for work in the second
degree. Visiting brethren are cor
dially invited. Lodge opens 7:30 p
m.
—Firemen Sponsor Picture—The
city firemen will sponsor a moving
picture at the Princess theatre on
Tuesday. The title of this picture
is “Going Crooked” and Mr. Beam
who has seen the picture says it is
me of the best shown here recently.
The Society for the Prevention
>f Useless Giving could probably
•ecruit a large membership right
if ter Christ****.