VOL. XXXIV, No. 45
SHELBY. N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1927.
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
By mail, per year (in adva-?a)„$2£»
By carrier, per year (in advance) |3.(H
Interest as yet is not red hot in !
the coming city election, says an ar- .
tjcle today listing the candidates
>ml election outlook.
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Shelby schools are trying to im
prove the attendance average, ac
cording to an article from the city
schools office.
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Two Shelby boys are attaining
high honors this week at Davidson
college.
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A new candidate for alderman
announces today.
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Shelby tennis players are mak
ing a good showing at Chapel Hill.
Th. baseball team will likely get
in the state race next week.
(Tub women of Shelby keep in
touch with social events through
the society department of The
Star.
PISTIL HI
li FINE MEETING
Quinn Again Heads Group. Mc
Diarmid Addresses Council at
Grover Meeting.
The regular quarterly meeting of
the Cleveland County Service
council of the post office depart
ment convened at Grover, in the
dining room of the new Presbyte
rian church, on Tuesday evening,
April 12th, where a most interest
ing and instructive program was
rendered and a most sumptuous
supper served by the ladies’ auxil
iary of that church.
All post offices in county were
represented with good delegations
and numerous guests, except three,
and these gave notice in advance
that they could not be represented
at this meeting.
' Exercises opened with a song
“America”—by the audience fol
lowed by invocation by Rev. Hoyle
Love, pastor of the Baptist church
of Grover. Mr. J. L. Herndon, May
or of Grover, delivered a very
hearty address of welcome which
was responded to in an appropri
ate style by Carrier Fred whene,
of Shelby.
Several selections were beauti
fully rendered by Grover’s crack
quartet and Misses Zona Hord and
Gwendolyn Rollins greatly enliven
ed the meeting by readings.
The principal address of the ev- j
ening was delivered by Rev. H. N.
McDiarmid, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of Shelby. Itj
was a most timely and instructive
address. He was followed by Pro
fessor Bird, principar of Grover
High school, in a brief but appro
priate address.
A most interesting and instruc- j
five feature at this meeting was the |
new system of questions and ans- j
wers by the members of the coun- j
til. About two weeks prior to the
meeting, all members were given
the privilege of filing with the
chairman a list of questions on
which they desired light in con
nection with their work. These
questions were then assigned to
certain members of the council
throughout the county with the
request that they prepare correct
answers to be announced at meet
ing. From the answers given, it is
evident that careful study had been
given the questions. All persons
connected with the service were
benefited materially by these ans
wers. No doubt this plan will be
come a permanent feature of all
programs of the association in the
future.
The old officers were reelected
by acclamation for another year, tr
wit: J. H. Quinn, chairman; S. S.
Weir, vice chairman; and J. Walter
Hartgrove, secretary. The following
were named as an executive com
mittee: S. S. Weir, A. F. Collins, G.
V. Hawkins. J. W. Lee, C. A. Brit
tain, J. B. Low'ery and A. G. Hig
gins.
The next meeting of the council
will be held at Boi'.mg Springs, on
the second Tuesday evening in July,
1!>27. It goes without saying that
another great time awaits us at that
meeting. We must have every of
fice in county represented with a
full delegation at that meeting.
A series of resolutions were un
animously adopted thanking the
citizens of Grover and Ladies aux
iliary of the Presbyterian church
or the great style in which they en
Wtained and feasted us and for
the use of their handsome hall.
About 135 attended this meeting.
Grover will not be forgotten in se
lecting places for future meetings
of this body.
Program committee for next
meeting Mrs. Bertha Hamrick,
George Dover and P. P. Richards.
shelby rotarians at
GASTONIA MEETING
Quite a number of Shelby Ro
f'U’ians attended he weekly meeting
the Gastonia Rotary club in
Estonia yesterday. Among the 1">
Cf|l Rotarians going over were of
fers of the newly-organized lunch
*on club. This was the first out-of
tf|wn visit made by members of the
fluh since its organization.
Additional Sidewalks Make It Pos
sible to Get City Mail Delivery
Extended.
Mayor Weathers has been in
conference with Postmaster J. H.
Quinn in an effort to get the post
office department to order an ex
tension in the delivery of city mails
by postal carriers. Sometime ago
when this matter came up, Mr.
Quinn assured Mayor Weathers
that the service could be extended
when additional sidewalks were pro
vided, it being the policy of the
department not to have the post-1
men travel streets that do not have
the postmen travel streets that do
not have sidewalks. Last fall the
city started a sidewalk paving pio- {
gram. It was suspended during the
winter while the weather was un
suitable for pouring concrete but
has been resumed this spring and
in a few weeks many additional
miles of sidewalks will have been
put down.
Mr. Quinn thinks this postal
service can be extended and as scon
as the sidewalk work is finished,
he will ask that an inspector he
sent to Shelby to investigate the
matter. Sidewalks have been and
are being pui down where the resi
dences are thickest and certain con
nections have been made so the
postmen can make a circuit ahd not j
have to “back track” a portion of ]
their new routes.
Mayor Weathers and Postmaster ]
Quinn are anxious to have this ad- I
ditional postal service available to i
the public as soon as possible and j
are working this end. All boxes at :
the postoffice are rented and no
new box patrons can be added until
the deliver}! service is extended so
some of the present box natrons
can relinquish their boxes.
One or possibly two additional
carriers may be added for the ex
tended service.
Local Band Goes
To Music Contest
Shelby High School Band For First
Time To Enter Annual Mus
ical Contest.
^Fifteen hundred high school
boys and girls are going to
Greensboro April 28th and 29th 10
take part in the eighth annual
North Carolina Music contest. A
band contest, an orchestra com
petition, and other instrumental
and voice events are scheduled for
ihe two-day music meet. which
will be in charge of Wade R.!
Brown, dean of the school of music i
of the North Carolina College for j
Women. All of the music pro- j
grams will be held in the college i
auditorium.
Among the entries in the band i
contest to date are: The Greens-1
boro high school hand, the Win
ston-Salem school band, and bands
from Lenoir. Concord, Shelby and
Gastonia. The winner in the con
test will be declared the best
school band in the state and will
go on to Council Bluffs, Iowa,
May 27th and 28th to represent
the state at the National School
Band contest. In addition, a trophy
will be awarded the winning band,
and also a cup to be retained by
the winner until the next contest.
If the trophy is won for the same
school for three successive years,
it will become the permanent pos
session of that school.
The band contest is intended to
stimulate greater interest in music
in the schools of the state and to
raise the standards of perform
ance, says Dean Brown. The
value of music in the curriculum
is becoming increasingly appar
ent and the band and other music
contests offer the schools a splen
did opportunity to see how they
measure up in comparison with
other schols. They give pupils the
advantage of public appearance
under suitable conditions, and
those who excel are given ihe
credit they deserve.
Training Class For
Men Starts Sunday
A co-operative training class, to
develop leadership among men,
starts at the Presbyterian church
Sunday school and continues
through April ‘22nd, in charge of
Rev. J. E. Purcell, D. D., of Chat
tanooga, Tenn. Central Methodist
church of Shelby and the Presby
terian churches of the Kings
Mountain Presbytery are sponsor
ing the school. The first session
will be held Sunday afternoon at
3 o’clock. During next week, up to
and including Friday. sessions
will be held each evening at the
Presbyterian church at 7:30
o’clock. Dr. Purcell is executive
secretary of men’s work in the
Southern Presbyterian church.
'Youth’s -Choir at Easter Time
Rabbits and teddy beats (and they ; 1 lay e;rc , . ■ ,
youth’s universal Kaster choir. Thc«» .*•••••. children i .ck ’.an i
Bsstev Cunny recital gives In Kcw Vork City.
rf of
in an
Easter: The^Eternal Morn
Shelby Youth In
Davidson Contest
John Mcknight in Junior Oratorical
Contest There Today. Four
Enter for Honor.
A message w«*5 received here
today stating that Johnny F.
.Mcknight, brilliant young son
of Mpi and Mrs. J. S. Mc
knight, was the winner of the
Junior Oratorical medal at
Davidson college today. The
Junior ora torical contest is one
of the big events at Davidson,
and the honor one of the out
standing awards at Davidson.
Davidson.—Davidson college’s
spring holidays began at noon
Thursday and will continue until
Wednesday morning. During th’3
period of time, the junior class will
have charge of affairs, and have
arranged a full program for the en
tertainment of the students who
will remain and the guests who will
be present.
The first event will occur Friday
morning at 10:30, when four jun
iors will participate in an oratori
cal contest for a medal which will
be awarded at commencement. The
juniors in the contest are: J. P. Mc
knight, of Shelby; A. T. Dillard, of
Greensboro; M. C. O’Neal, of Mont
gomery, Ala., and C. H. DuBose, of
China. The Davidson College Glee
club will perform that night.
Union School To
Close Next Week
Commencement exercises at Un
ion Consolidated school will begin
Monday evening April 18 at eight
o’clock. Primary grades will render
program at that time. Wednesday
evening April 20, grammar grades,
consisting of songs, dialogues and
a play.
Thursday April 21 at 10 a. in.—
Gth and 7th grades declamation con
test also 7th and 8th grade recita
tion contest. 11 a. m.—Annual ser
mon. 1.30 p. m., 8th and 9th grades
declamation contest and 9th and
10th grade recitation contest. 8 p.
m. high school pupils will present a
three-act play entitled “The Thread
of Destiny.”
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J. L. Thomasson Out
For Ward Alderman
Mr. J. L. Thomasson, well known
Shelby real estate man, announces
in this issue of The Star that he is
a candidate for the board of aider
men from the second ward.
Mr. Thomasson’s entry into the
board race makes a total of five
candidates now seeking: a place on
the board of aldermen in the com
ing election of May 2.
ONLY ONE PRISONER IN
CLEVELAND COUNTY JAIL
The majority of the cell doors
at the new county jail still swing
open and are unoccupied.
Two prisoners were in con
finement Thursday, but one will
likely leave after a hearing today
before Recorder Mull. For almost i
a week now the jail has had only :
one prisoner, but officers say he j
will likely be a permanent one un- j
til next court as he is under bond
to the big court and seems unable
to raise the necessary cash.
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(By Rv. C. F. Sherrill)
The open grave of our Lord near
Jerusalem opens up to the soul a
new day. The hope of the soul, in
the glad light of Easter, goes far
beyond the distant hills and hori
zon; from the seen to the unseen,
from the perishable to the imper
ishable.
The risen Christ is the Lord of
life. Easter is the soul's eternal
May morning. It is the day of
hope and gladness. It is the angel
of our higher nature; the avangel
of our longer hope and life.
“It must be gain to see
The Lord of grace,
Not darkly through a glass,
But face to face.”
“To die is gain.” On this side we
go into the grave blind, on the
other side we come out to see the
King in his beauty. On this side
we go in deaf, on the other side
we come out to hear the harpers
harping on their harps. On this
side we go in dccrepid, on that
side we come out young, joyful, to
walk with the glad immortals
heaven’s golden streets.
On this side we go in the grave
pale, emaciated; on that sgle we
come out with the bloom of per
petual youth on our cheeks and
heaven’s Eternal Easter moon in
our hearts. In heaven the ransom
ed will forever sing: ‘Joy, joy for
ever, my work is done. The gates !
are passed and heaven is won.”
Calvary Easter
Calvary, the crucifixion of i
Christ, marks the darkest dev in j
the annals of men. For three j
hours the sun hid his face in
darkness. Hope from the human
heart had fled.
Easter marks the brightest and I
holiest day. It is the soul’s eternal ;
May morning. It reveals the sup- j
ernal glory of God. It put a new
light in the soul’s eye. Jty ew song j
in the mouth, a new hope in the
heart of heaven in the sail. Allehi
jah! the Lord God omnipotent
reigneth! Forever more, the last
enemy, death, slain His children
shall live with Him in glory,
through all the ages to come.
“And death has lost his dread.
And all the graves become
But places where the dead
Rest on their pathway
Home.’
Sickness is the absence of
health; cold, of heat; darkness, of
light; death of life.
“O let me know
The power of Thy resurrection;
O let me show
The risen life in calm and clear
reflection;
In mind and heart
Let me dwell always, only where
Thou art;
O let me live
With life abundantly, because
Thou livest;
O let me shine
In darkest places, for Thy light
is mine;
O let me sing
For verv joy, because Thou art!
King!”
100 Weeks Court
Italeigh.—(INS)— Applications
have been made to Governor Mc
Lean for more than 100 weeks of
special terms of superior court.
The applications are being filled as
fast as possible, it was said.
Asheville Mystery
Letter Written In
Shelby Reports Say
Missing Asheville Insurance Man j
May Be in Shelby or Charlotte |
Wife Tells of Letter.
Asheville, April 14.—Author
ities probing the disappearance !
of Frank W. Valentine, young i
insurance agent, who has been
missing since last Saturday,
have reached the conclusion
that he may have gone to Shel
by or Charlotte.
This view was expressed aft
er his wife had revealed that
Mr. Valentine received a short
time before his departure, a
letter from Shelby. Although
she did not know the contents
of this letter Mrs. Valentine
believes that it may have been
an offer of work.
The musing man had been con
nected with the lfurhnm Insurance
company hut had move recently
been negotiating for a position with
the Business Men’s Life Insurance
company, of Greensboro, although
it was stated by local representa
tives that he had not signed the
| contract with the latter company
before his disappearance.
No Man Diet Of Old
Age, Says Doctor
"No man ever dies of old age”!
declared Dr. J. P. Monroe of Char-j
lotte who addressed the Kiwanis i
club at Cleveland Spring on "How ]
to Live Long." Death is hastened '
by bacteria or by impairment of
kidneys, heart, lungs, blood or
nervous system because of wrong
habits of life. To prolong life, we
must know our ailments and how
to care for ourselves, therefore,
Dr. Monroe urged that every per
son have a medical examination
once a year. Because annual exam
inations have been given by many
life insurance companies, life ex
pectancy has been increased from
48 to 68 years*in the past century.
Dr. Monroe’s talk was very practi
cal and in every day language so it
could be understood.
Boyer Meeting To
Close Sunday Night
I’Re revival meeting which Rev.
Hugh K. Boyer has been conduct
ing at Central Methodist church
for the past ten days, closes Sun
day night with a sermon by Dr.
J. E. Purcell, of Chattanooga,
Tenn. Dr. Boyer has been preach
ing sermons of wonderful power
because of their plain gospel mes
sages, founded on true principles
of the Bible and the response has
been remarkable.
Mr. Ward Milam has had
charge of the singing w'hich has
been a strong feature at each
service. Beginning yesterday, aft
ernoon services are being held
daily at 3 p. m. for the young peo
ple. Sunday morning will be given
over to the reception of new
members which will be received in (
two classes, a junior and adult i
class.
Star Must Serve
Readers On Time
Items of news and advertising
! copy for the columns of The Star
! must be in not later than 10
! o’clock on the day of publication,
j The Star must go to press on time
| in order to serve it readers. A de
layed paper is alw'avs a disappoint
' ment to the reader and loss to the
advertiser. Mail schedules are
made by the government and
transportation companies and un
less The Star is printed in time to
meet these mails. Uncle Sam’s
men won’t wait. Let us therefore,
urge all who have news and ad
vertising for The Star columns to
give us copy on the day before.
Late copy will be received until
10 o’clock of press today, but in
sertion in that day’s issue is not
guaranteed. We work as hard as
possible until press time, then
everything is stopped for the
printing and mailing. It is to the
interest of those who use the
paper for news and advertising to
have the paper reach the reader
on time.
“NECKING” FAVORITE
PASTIME IN SPRING
(8y International News Service)
Cleveland, O.—In the spring a
young man’s fancy lightly turns to
thoughts of love—and necking!
Dorothy Henry, woman police
captain, opines that a little moder
ate spooning is nothing for the law
to get excited about.
And with the advent of balmy
spring evenings, Captain Henry
has issued a statement. It is terse,
to the point, as a statement from
the police department should be.
But it proves that there’s romance
even in the police department.
“Policemen will not interfere
with polite necking in public
parks,” it declared.
With Mayoralty Candidates
Announced Mild Interest
Shown In Town Election
Candidates Active But Politics Isn’t Boiling
Fast. No School Board Candidates
Out As Yet.
It is only two weeks an! two days '
until Shelby braces itself to pick
a mayor from a list of six candi-j
dates, together with a municipal
board and a school board. However'
the atmosphere two weeks in ad
vance is not near so warm as it
was a few weeks ago before C men
had announced themselves for may-1
or.
At that time the town balanced
on its toes and awaited eagerly for
the next announcement. Now that
the announcing period seems about
over the interest has calmly with-1
drawn, perhaps to stay in seclu- j
sion until the first Monday in May.
Mayoralty candidates together with
those seeking the toga of other of
fices are somewhat active in the
welfare of their personal popular
ity, but the good populace refuses .
to get “pepped up’’ to any great
i extent. As has been heralded here
j to-fore, after, observing from ex-j
j eprience, these lulls just before a i'
| election in Shelby usually mean el
, ection day with the proverbial po
1 litical pot boiling over suddenly
To date no two men, or group i f
men, have evidenced anough per
sonal partisanship to even approach
a fist fight for the champion of
j their banner. The candidates are
working quietly and their support
ers seem to be taking things just
as quietly and serenely.
with such a situat.on prevailing
it is hard for any one to predict
any certain candidate will be el
ected. That is, even if anybody
should wish to do any predicting.
When there are six candidates for
one seat in the city hall and the
people are not talking much it is
about ‘“a half dozen of one and six
of the other” when it comes to pro
phesying, and with just that many
candidates the aged equivalent
phrase is entirely fitting.
The Other Openings.
But when one gets away from
the mayor’s race there is a little
more mild curiosity as to some of
the other candidacies. One of the
curious elements bobs forth in the
matter of a school board. When
this was written not a single can
didate had announced for a place
on the board. Just what will be done
if the situation prevails remains to
be seen. The present school board
is made up of the following gentle-;
men: George Blanton, J. F. Rot
erts, R. E. Carpenter, J. S. Mc
Knight, and Bloom Kendall. It is
parctically authentic that two of
the present board will not seek!
j membership again. Mr. Carpenter
is one of the six candidates for
Mayor Weather’s job and automat-1
tically cannot be a candidate to
succeed himself on the school board.
Then it is reported that Capt. .1
Frank Roberts will not be a candi
date for the board owing to the
press of business duties. Thati
leaves two vacancies to be taken!
care of.
Here and there among those fa-!
miliar with the background of
school activities the names of two
likely successors are mentioned,
the names being those of R. T. Le
Grand and John Schenck, jr. Other
than that the school board ballot
battle hasn't even made a simmer
Among me Aiaermen,
There are four announced can
didates for the board of aldermen,
but as two come from the same
ward another announcement is to
be anticipated. J. F. Ledford has
already announced as a candidate
to represent Ward No. 1 in city
affairs. This office is now held by
J. P. Toms. No announcement of a
candidate has been heard for Ward
No. 2. M, D. Hopper is the present
alderman and whether or not he
will be out again is something for
the future to determine. In Ward
3 where John Schenck jr., is now al
derman, but will not enter the race
again, S. M. Morrison and Dr. G.
M. Gold have announced. In Ward
Four Alger Hamrick is the only
candidate so far, the present aider
man for that ward being T. W.
Hamrick, candidate for mayor.
Since the above was written J.
L. Thomasson has announced as a
candidate for alderman from ward
two.
And, lest it be overlooked al
though all should know it, there are
six candidates for the mayor’s of
fice—W. N. Dorsey, Orlando Elam,
T. J. Babington, Hatcher Webb, R.
E .Carpenter and T. W. Hamrick.
Mrs. D. Z. Newton and children
leave today for Orangeburg, S. 0.,
to visit Mrs. Newton’s sister, Mrs.
J. R. Thomas.
Mr. Holly Ledford of the Rex
Cigar Company is on a business
trip through Tennessee and Ken
tucky.
Fennis Players Go
Fine In State Play
A message received thin aft
ernoon from Chapel Hill nays
That Harris Ligon. young Shel
by High tennis player, defeat
ed Rogers, of Asheville, state
champion this morning in the
tournament for the state title.
This afternoon young Ligou
meets a Charlotte player for
the state singles championship.
A telegram received today by
Superintendent I. C. Griffin, of the
city schools, says that Shelby High
tennis performers in the state
tournament at Chapel Hill are mak
ing a good showing.
Harris Ligon, young singles play
er. is still in line for the state title.
The telegram states that Ligon will
meet Rogers, of Asheville, who is
the present champion, in the semi
finals for state honors. The youth
ful player won this privilege by de
feating Wilmington and Fremont
entrants in the singles. Alex George
after defeating the Turnersburg en
trant 6-2, 6-1, lost to the racquet
wielder representing Charlotte.
The telegram did not give any
information about Shebly’s doubles
team.
SOUTH SHELBY
n OF SCHOOL
' Pupils Interested In School Gar
I den—Two Act Play Friday—
Magazines Contributed
(Special to The Star.)
South Shelby, April 14.—In
, September we adopted for our slo
i pan: "Six hundred pupils for the
| South Shelby school.” We need
only thirty-five more pupils to
make this slogan possible. The
following new pupils were enroll
ed at the beginning of the eigth
month: Verna Champion, James
Campbell, Mozelle Clark, Gertrude
Braddon, J. B. Wright, Notie Rup
pe, Ben Wright and Aileen Pruitt.
We are indeed grateful again to
Mrs. Vernon Proctor for the fol
lowing magazines which she gave
to our library: “Ladies Home
Journal.” “Popular Mechanics,”
"Pictorial Review,” “Good House
keeping,” “Saturday Evening
Post, "Red Book,” "McCall's
Magazine” and the Delineator.
The pupils in Miss Cornwell’s
section of the first grade are in
terested in their garden which is
near the athletic field. They not I
only have a flower garden but a
vegetable garden as well. In their
flower garden they will have the I
following flowers: Chrysanthe
mums, violets, larkspur, iris, pop
pies and shasta daisies, and in
their vegetable garden the follow
ing: tomatoes, cabbage, corn, cuc
cumbers, onions, butterbeans, snap
beans, lettuce radishes and mus
tard. This is a very worthwhile
project.
Une of the best Current Events
program which we have have had
this session was given Thursday
by the pupils of Miss Roberts’
section of fifth grade. Janell Hill
is president of the Current
Events club and Charles Rhem
hardt is secretary. After the
singing of ‘Holly, Holy, Holy” and
reading the 9th Psalm the secre
tary announced the program.
The pupijs of the seventh grade
under the direction of Miss Irene
Chandler will give two-act play
Friday morning during chapel
period. The title of the play is
“Goose Creek Line”. The patrons
of the school are cordially invited.
Miss Cleo Cochrane and Miss
Helen Morehead were welcome vis
itors Wednesday.
Splendid reports were given in
chapel Wednesday of the Junior
Red Cross work which was done
during ihe month of March by our j
pupils. Each grade has been ask-1
ed to contribute to a well planned
portfolio which our Juniors will
send to the Shinahara school in
Japan.
Miss Ruth Howie of public
school music is teaching her pupils
the following new songs: “Tis
Spring-Time” Go To Sleep, Lena
Darling,” “The Bird’s Return,”
“Alouette.” These songs are in our
new song book.
Mr. and Mrs. Flay Plexico spent
Sunday in Forest City with friends.
I
sens OF CITY
AFTER MOB
Superintendent Explains Only Ex
cuses for Tardies and Ab
sences. Enrollment Gain.
Officials of the Shelby city
schools are striving to improve the
general attendance average.
The following notice Issued from
the superintendent’s office is self
explanatory:
To the Patrons of the City Schools:
The school officials are making a
special effort to reduce the number
of tardies and absences of pupils In
school. To this end we invite the
co-operation of all patrons. The
rules and regulations of the school
nre very reasonable. If a child is
tnrdy or ubsent three times with
out excuse he is suspended until
the parent promises that the pupiis
will not be absent or tardy again
without excuse. The law fikes the
limiations as to excuses. Only ill
ness or family affliction forms a
valid excuse. If the child is absent
or tardy for any other reason, he
should be required to make up the
lost time. The monthly report will
show how many times the pupil has
been tary or absent. Check up the
number reported with the excuses
you have written. The school will
notify you of the second unexcused
tardy or absence in order that you
may take up the matter with the
child before he is suspended.
Attendance Figures.
An improved atendance during
the seventh school month is shown
over the sixth month. Central, Ma
rion and Sumter schools lead in the
attendance percentage. The full at
tendance report and gain in enroll
ment for the seventh month fol
lows:
School Enrollment
6th mo. 7th mo. Gain
Washnigton ..162 165 3
Marion ... ,...278 280 2
Sumter ... _258 263 5
Jefferson_295 300 5
Morgan __637 557 20
LaFayette __380 387 7
High school ...476 475 0
Colored school 460 460 0
Total ... ..2,845 2,887 42
Highs Play Forest
City Outfit Today
Only Few More Games Before
State Series Which Will Likely
Get Started Next Week.
The Shelby Highs, enthusiastic
over eight straight victories will
take on the Forest City Highs in
the newly renovated city park here
this afternoon. The Highs already
I have one victory over Forest City
| to their credit this season and are
hopeful of making it two. However,
that will not be known until about
6 o’clock in the evening.
State Series Soon.
The battle for the state titles
will likely begin next week, accord
ing to Coach “Casey” Morris. Just
how many more exhibition games
the locals will play before jumping
in the cramble for the state title
is not known. It is thought likely
that they will play Gasontia in Gas
tonia about Tuesday, and perhaps
Hickory again before the elimina
tion games. Friday of next week is
generally predicted as the date for
the first state contest.
Fans are hopeful Shelby's
outlook. With the pitching staff
holding up in creditable fashion the
local prospects are bright. Dope
sters rate that the two strongest
teams of this county, Shelby and
Kings Mountain, will be among the
strongest contenders. (Charlotte is
also looked to offer strong opposi
tion for western honors.
Arrowood Honored
At Davidson Again
“Tapped” for Next to Highest Hon
er at Presbyterian College. In
Honorary Fraternity.
Davidson. April 14.—The annbal
spring “tap” day for Omieron Delta
Kappa, national honorary leader
ship fraternity which has a chap
ter at Davidson took place at chapel
exercises here Thursday morning,
when eleven members of the stu
dent body received next to the high
| est honor that can come to a stu
dent at the Presbyterian institu
tion. $2
Four seniors were tapped, who
were G. R. Sims, Statesville; W. S.
Broyles. Meridian, Miss; R. L. Lin
coln, Marion, Va.; and J. C. Bern
hardt, Lenoir, while seven of the
juniors who are leaders of David
son next year were selected, being
B. F. Martin, Atlanta, Ga.; F. C.
Withers, Columbia, S. C.; W. R.
Grey, Jr., Davidson; W. O. Nis
bet, jr., Charlotte; H. M. Arrowood,
Shelby; W. L. Lingel, jr„ Richmond
I Va., and C, F. McRae, Maxtor l