VOL. XXXIV, No. 53
SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1927.
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
By mail, par year (in advar?e)„$2.U
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THE
News
THE STAR’S REVIEW.
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The Star today tarries an announ
cement from the high and low man
in the recent mayoralty election,
i Rend their statements. The com
Ute official vote in also given to
Ljher with election details. The
statement by the next mayor of
j shriby should be of considerable
' jptcrest as it is to the point and
possesses much information.
“Casey” Morris’ Shelby Ilighs
wiil play Asheville here Friday
afternoon in the state baseball
race. The game promises to be one
of the most colorful and interest
ing of the year. ^ ^
The equipment for the new city
abbatoir has arrived and will be in
stalled soon.
* * *
Shelby and Kinston are some
, v hV removed, but suppose you
read of the two terrier pups being
mothered by a hen and a goa;
here. It sounds like Kinston.
• * •
Taxpayers ;jll over the county
will* be interested in the report of
thc county commissioners’ meeting
at which it was ordered that a list
of all unpaid taxes be turned over
to them next Monday.
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Have you contributed to the Red
Cross fund for relief work in the
Uriiken Mississippi flood are? ?
Shelby’s being asked for a double
quota'. The first has already been
raised. Help raise this one. Suffer
ing humanity is caling.
HE WEEK GUIDE
10 Plf UP TIKES
List <>f In paid Taxes to Be Turned
Over for Advertising on Mon
day May 9. Last Chance.
All county taxes unpaid by next
Monday, May 9, will be turned
over to the county commissioners
and so advertised, according to a
final notice today from the office
of Sheriff Hugn Logan.
At thpir meeting Monday the
county commissioners {instructed
the sheriff to prepare a list of tax
payers who have not paid and turn
the list over to them at a called
meeting- to be held Monday. This
move by the commissioners irons
out the curiosity over how the new
tax laws will; be bundled. By the
new state law property with unpaid
taxes is ordered to be sold after the
first of May, or in time lor the
sheriff to straighten his accounts
with the commissioners by July 1;
This means that the list must hr
prepared and turned over so as to
give the commissioners four weeks
in which to advertise the property
prior to July 1.
The final notice, by the state law
and the ruling of the county com
missioners, is that Sheriff Logan
must turn in the list Monday.
Those who have not paid by that
time will be on the list, it is said.
Last week a near record was
set in paying taxes. Deputy Aus
tell says that he has already de
posited a sum over $20,000 and has
more to be deposited, all of which
was paid in last week.
Other than discusisng tax mat
ters it is said the commissioners
had their meeting taken up with
the usual routine business.
Pearly Hoyle Has
_ Dwelling Burned
Pearly Hoyle, ex-deputy sheriff
and prohibition agent in No. 11
township, had his dwelling and
practically all contents destroyed
hy fire Friday- afternoon. Mr.
Hoyle lives about two miles above
< asar. The loss is augmented by
the fact that his wife died a few
months ago. Mr. Hoyle was away
from home at the time but his son
"as there and had made a fire in
the cook stove for supper. Soon
thereafter the fire which caught
from the stove flue was eating a
hole through the kitchen roof,
covered with shingles. Mr. Hoyle
arrived home, but too late to save
much of the household goods,
they managed to save a small
amount of bedding, an organ, type
writcr’ and talking machine. Small
amount of insurance was carried,
at nothing like enough to cover
his loss.
WeblTSay, His
- Hand* Are Clean
talking in The Star office in an
erect manner and with a smile
«P'>n his face, Col. A. Hatcher
< )stated: “You may say for
-V record is clean as a Dem
mrat; it will remain clean. Every
tement I made was open and
«'°we ^oard' *n black and white
ith my signature behind it. I ha»e
nothing to take back. I button-holed
no man or woman. I bootlicked no
0r woman for his or her vote.
■ n°f buy or even try to buy
‘i } ha<i no heelers on the day
0 ‘the election.
1 asked no man or woman to
°tc for me. I did no midnight
»ssassin work against any of the
(‘r candidates for mayor.
"My hands are celan.”
W. N. Dorsey Elected Mayor Of Shelby; *
Carpenter Runs Second In Monday*s Race
I
A considerable amount of cot
ton is already up in Cleveland
county, according to farmers an-1
others.
Farm leaders estimate that a big
per centage of the 1927 cotton crop
in the county has already been
planted. Far more than half of the
crop was planted prior to Satur
day and it is said that the week end
rains proved very valuable to the
farmers. Where the cotton had
been planted for some time it came
out rapidly after the rain and cot
ton planted just a day or so prior
to the rain is progressing nicely.
It is not known just what section
had the first cotton up, but several
observant farm folks say that
about the Hamrick section between |
Boiling Springs and Shelby a con
siderable amount of cotton is up
and has been up.
Mrs. John Weathers
Buried At Zion
Mrs. John Weathers was buried
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock at
Zion Baptist church six miles north
of Shelby the funeral services be
ing conducted by Rev. D. G. Wash- .
burn. A large crowd and a wealth'
of floral offerings • attested the j
high esteem in which she was held. I
Mrs. Weathers before marriage was
a Miss Styres, daughter of a well
known preacher. She had been sick
for several months suffering with
dropsy. At the time of her death .
she was 58 years of age. She joined
the church at the tender age of .13 !
years and remained a consecrat'-d
Christian, an affectionate wife and
mother and good neighbor all cf
her earthly life. Her husband, who
is in feeble health, one daughter
and six sons survive. -
Put Water Meters
At Shelby Schools
In order to check up on the
water consumption at the various
school buildings in the town of
! Shelby, the city council in regular
meeting last night ordered the wa
ter department to put meters on
the school lines. Heretofore an un
limited supply of water has been
furnished the schools by the city
and the children have been care
' less and wasteful. After the meters
I determine what is a normal supply
I for each school, it is the purpose
| of the city council to make a
| charge for amounts in excess of
I normal uses in order to teach the
children and the janitors to stop so
much waste.
! Motor Club Man
Is Visitor Here
—
W. F. Shipman, assistant dis
trict manager of the Carolina Mo
tor club is spending a few days in
Shelby this week in the interest of
the club, the largest motor club
organization in the South. It is
not an organization for profit but
is engaged in providing emergency
road service, provides police bond,
recovers stolen cars, fights speed
traps, gives free legal assistance,
works to prevent accidents, favors
good legislation and advertises to
attract outside tourists. Mr. Ship
man says he already has a large
membership here, but is securing
j many more.
Candidate Who Proposed Some “House-j
Cleaning” Hands Town One of Its Biggest'
Political Surprises. Gold and Hendrick
Win In Contests For Aldermen.
Ladies and gentlemen, meet William Nicholson Dorsey,
ca led by the people to be the next mayor of Shelby, and per
haps the only gentleman ever to win a political campaign
without any of the favorite campaigning methods such as
lack-patting, handshaking, multitudinous promises, and such
like.
And, while introduction accessories are in order, he gave
the stately town, supposedly well-versed in politics, one of
the biggest surprises it has ever experienced since back in the j
musty years when Bill Love assigned a spot for the county j
court house and plotted the town now known as Shelby and j
inhabited by near 10,000 people.
Usually after an election there are more "I-told-you-so’s” i
than there were votes cast, but a town that has a frank j
spe iking mayor-to-be now speaks frankly itselfs and admits,
in a tone wherein disappointment cannot be detected, that it j
is surprised. Some three or four other candidates were pre-!
dieted and talked on the streets as “sure winners,’’ “dead
lock bets,” and so on, but the fingers of one hand are suffi
cient to enumerate those who placed William Nicholson
Dorsey in that list.
The widely Known “silent vote”
for once tooted the loudest horn.
The silent figure that stood near
the ballot box Monday, with his
chin set so much as to say "here I
stand with no man’s collar on my i
neck. If you want to vote for me,
do it, but if yd'u don’t I’m not be- j
seeching you,” apparently won the ■
admiration of the voters who milled '
about the lobby. And today, despite1
the fact that many predictions were
made otherwise and some 900-odd
votes cast to other candidates, Shel-!
by seems to like the outcome judg
ing by the conversation heard on
the streets. • .
How They Ran.
All of wrhich gets down to the
figures, which, like silent cam
paigning, speak plainly enough to
be understood by all:
In Shelby’s biennial municipal
election Monday W. N. Dorsey was
returned mayor to succeed A. P.
Weathers by a lead of 125 votes
over the nearest rival ®f five com
petitors. His vote was 438 R. E.
Carpenter was second with ,358
votes; Orlando Elam third with
242 votes; T. W. Hamrick a close
fourth with 238 votes_T. J. Bab
ington fifth with 80 votes, and A.
Hatcher Webb sixth with 55 votes.
A total of 1.456 votes were cast
for mayor.
Board of Aldermen.
The new municipal board taking
office with Mr. Dorsey on the first
of June will be made up of J. F.
Ledford, Rochel Hendrick, G. M.
Gold, and A. V. Hamrick. Ledford
without opposition in Ward one,
polled a vote of 1,254 j fn Ward two
R. L. Hendrick received a vote of
1,155 as compared with 242 votes
received by Hopper. In Ward three
Dr. G. M. Gold polled a total of
768 votes, while Sam M. Morrison
received 558 votes. A. V. Hamrick
was unopposed in Ward four and
received 1,261 votes.
The new school board, without
opposition and voted upon merely
as a formality, is made up of
Messrs. Bloom Kendall, John Mc
Knight, John McClurd, D. W. Roys
ter and R. T. LeGrand. These gen
tlemen, who will for some time di
rect Shelby’s educational activities
received an approximate vote of
643.
Other than the mayoralty con
test the biggest vote was cast in
the Ward three race, the two can
didates receiving a total of 1425
votes.
Those are the figures as turne-l
over to city authorities by Regis
Setting Hen And Goat “Mother” Orphaned
j Bull Terrier Pups—And Do Job Properly
The latest freak from the ani
mal kingdom develops at a
Shelby veterinary hospital
where a setting hen and a goat
are mothering two orphaned
Boston bull terrier pups on
which a high value is set owing
to their pedigree.
It is. the hen’s duty to keep
her odd canine brood warm
and protected and she does it
well, according to the veterin
arian. In the meantime the
pups must have the food neces
sary for very young pups—
they are only four days old—
and their food supply comes
from a female goat.
The hen, the goat, and the
pups, which have two mothers
instead of one since their reg
ular mother the old Boston ter
rier died after an operation, all
are kent in one stall at the hos
pital. Up in a trough the hen
hovers affectionately over the
two pups, keeping them warm
during the early morning
hours, and warming them up
for pup naps at various in
tervals during the day. When
her brood becomes hungry the
goat is so notified, through
some language of the animal
kingdom, and the pups partake
of a goat milk meal. Oddly
enough, it is said that the pups
are thriving and their owner
has renewed hope of their
growing to maturity. Due to
their boosted pedigree the dogs
are considered very valuable
and if they live will likely sell
for a goodly sum.
It is said about the hospital
that the hen is just as parti
cular who comes about her
pups as if her brood were
chicks instead of canines, man- i
ifesting in many ways her in
terest in their welfare. How
ever, the biggest attraction to
the freak comes at the meal
hour and in the look of the
goat as the pups partake of
her milk. And, lest the fact be
overlooked, the pups seem
happy enough as they cuddle
under the hen’s wing after a
meal.
trar T .C. fc.sk.ndge and his election
assistants.
Among the numerous other sur
prises sprung day before yesterday
was the seemingly light vote cast.
It was generally predicted that be
tween 1,750 and 2,000 votes would
be cast. As was noted previously
only a small number over 1,400
wer cakt. The prediction was based
on the fact that around 1,500 were
cast in the three-cornered contest
two years ago, while 401 new voters
registered for the election Monday.
Judging by the final figures of
Monday’s election a lot of folks
have died since last election, or
have moved away, or didn’t care to
vote. Then it may be that six can
didates failed to arouse as much in
terest as three. All of which is f< r
the reader to estimate upon him
self, it being mere speculation.
A day having elapsed since the
voting the town still discusses the
interesting query of how- it hap
pened. The winning candidate for
mayor did not do any active cam
paigning, that is, in the sense of
personally canvassing the town,
asking every noe he met to vote for
him. His public campaigning so
far -as is known—if the statement
will be pardoned—was confined to
several newspaper advertisements
appearing in The Cleveland Star. In
the early days of the campaign Mr.
Dorsey announced the policy of not
going out on a personal campaign.
However, he made it plain that h^
wore no man’s collar and if elected
mayor would be mayor himself.
These announcements appeared in
newspaper form in addition to the
unusual, and reversed statement
from ordinary politics, that numer
ous friends, had not persuaded him
to enter the race, but that it was
his own decision.
Later as the campaign neared an
end, the mayor-to-be inserted one
large advertisement in which he
talked about as frankly and open
ly as any political candidate known
in the history of politics has evtr
talked. The announcement, was to
the effect that if elected so far as
he was concerned there would be
somewhat of a housecleaning in
city affairs. Some names were
given, and some were not, but the
statement was straight to the
point.
On the day following the appear
ance of the paper carrying the
statement discussion rolled one
or the other to reach the final de
cision that it would either “make
or break” his political future. Those
who reached the conclusion, or
reached none whatsoever, know the
outcome.
In the last political election prior
to the recent melee political lead
ers began to give considerable
thought to the “silent vote”—the
folks who do not get out on the
street and say who they ^ire for—
and hereafter, irore’n likely, more
thought than ever will be given to
this class of vote.
Mayor Dorsey and his board of
aldermen will take office on the
first Monday of June succeeding
Mayor A. P. Weathers and the
present board;
Attend Funeral
Of Mrs. McBrayer
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Lackey, Mrs.
J. B. Nolan of Shelby and Mr. Ons
low McBrayer of Warrenton, Ga.,
attended the funeral of their sis
ter-in-law Mrs. John McBrayer at
Rock Hill, S. €., Tuesday. Mrs. Mc
Brayer was 28 years of age and a
young woman of fine qualities, a
member of the Presbyterian church
Her husband John McBrayer, is
a brother of Mrs. J. L. Lackey, Mrs.
J. B. Nolan and Mr. Marshall Mc
Brayer of Shelby. Surviving are
her husband and two children, ages
two and four years.
Kelly Indicted
Paul Kelly, motion'«plcfura j
Juvenile of Los Angeles, is one of j
the principals In Hollywood's new*
est tragedy. After a fist fight with
Kelly, Hay Raymond, musical
comedy star, died."} The fight was
alleged to have resulted from
Kelly's attentions to D&rothy
liackaye, Raymond’s beautiful
wife. Kelly was indicted for mur*
4er.
Highs Meet
Asheville On
Friday Here
Cherryvtile and Charlotte Meet.
"Dutch" Whisnant Will Likely !
Hurl Fourth Game.
The Shelby Highs will play the
| strong Asheville High baseball
state high school championship
i race, it is announced from Salis
I bury where on Tuesday night a
| schedule’ for the eight remaining
teams in the race was prepared.
Cherryville and Charlotte play
| in Gastonia Thursday.
Bonlee and Rockwell play at Siler
| City Friday.
High Point and Winston-Salem
play at Guilford college Friday.
The western championship will
! be determined Friday, May 13 and
! the game for the state title will
■ be played in Chapel Hill May 20.
Good Game Here.
Asheville is reported to have
one of the strongest teams ever
this year and Coach Morris antici
pates a hard game here Friday
afternoon with the chances being
about even in keeping Shelby in
the state race. It has been a long
| time since an Asheville athletic
team appeared here. Locally, all'
Asheville athletic teams will be
remembered by football team that
dropped off here “for an exhibi
tion game before going on to
Chapel Hill.” The aftermath story
was that the Asheville eleven re
turned to their homes instead of
going on to Chapel Hill, but be
tween their coming and departure
Shelby’s greatest football classic
was siageu.
If it could be assured that the
baseball game Friday afternoon
would be half as interesting as the
football game the school park could
not hold the crowds.
History Revived.
With Charlotte, Cherryville and
Shelby fighting for western base
ball honors Raleigh sport writers
are remembering that some of the
greatest scholastic baseball ever
/played in North Carolina fork
place near a dozen years ago when
the same trio battled for the title.
(Continued on page seven.)
Daughters Want
Historical Facts
Claude Gf. Bowers, author of
“Hamilton and Jefferson’' ard
“Party Battles of the Jackson Pe
riod” wishes to write again of the
interesting period of 1866 to 1876
and has asked the historical de
partment of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy for help in col
lecting data. Mrs. E. B. Lattimore,
a member of the Shelby chapter of
the U. D. C. would like to have old
letters, diaries kept and not publish
ed, touching upon the conditions,
the hopes and fears of the people, I
their social life, etc., old pahphlets
published for a purpose in those
years and old newspapers descrip
tive of events anywhere in the
South. If, you have such old ma
terial. it will be greatly appreci
ated ift- you ' will furnish the same
to Mrs. E. B. Lattimore who will
forward it to the proper place.
Of course these old papers will
be well taken care of and handled
carefully, and returned to their
proper owners intact.
mu SECTION:
Spread Of Flood Bring* Added
Suffering. Bed Croa* Head
Want* More Money.
Shelby and surrounding section
is being asked for $350 more to
aid in relief work among the
thousands of people made home
less and suffering from hunger by
the Mississippi flood, the most
disastrous of all American floods.
Shelby has already given its
$350 quota. After once getting
started contributions came . in
fairly fast. Now with the radius
of the disaster spreading every
section is asked for twice the ori
ginal amount. Many towns have al
ready given two and three times
the amount asked and are still
giving. Have you made a contri
bution?
Want It Voluntary
Many Shelby folks have asked
why a canvass of the town has riot
been made. “I’d give something if
somebody would come by for it,”
many say. In answer to that
question Red Cross officials state
that they want every contribution
made voluntary without urging.
Humanity is suffering,' people of
our own kind. Many have been
drowned, others near death from
starvation, cold and disease. The
appeal is made to the heart and
the Red Cross in doing its utmost
for relief does not want any high
pressure work to secure neces
sary funds. It is hoped that when
the raging waters, carrying
homes and happiness in their
path, subside that the people of
the stricken area will realize that
they were helped in their plight
by open-hearted brother mankind
and that no high pressure was
used to alleviate their suffering.
It is an appeal hard to dodge.
Will you turn your ^contribution
over today or tomorrow to D. Z.
Newton, treasurer of the fund?
A Statement
The following statement was
issued yesterday by I. C. Griffin,
head of the local Red Cross unit:
To the Citizens of Shelby and
Cleveland County:
The Red Cross appeal for a cash
donation of $350.00 by the citizens
of Cleveland county, has been met
in full. This morning the follow
ing telegram was received:
“Chairman Cleveland coun
ty National Red Cross, Shelby,
X. C. Upon recommendation
Hoover and myself just re
turned from disaster area.
Central committee decided in
view vast increase in flooded
area that emergency situation
now demands minimum ten
million dollars. This means
doubling original quota each
county. If you have already
raised double your original
quota please continue your
efforts to secure as large an
amount as possible. In this
crisis confident we can de
pend upon continuation of
your loyal and devoted efforts.
JAMES L. FIESER.
Washington, D. C., May 2.
The Red Cross committees will
please continue to function until
this additional quota of $350 has
been raised. No canvass will be
made by any member of the com
mittee personally as it is the de
sire of the Red Cross authorities
that all contributions be voluntary.
It is hoped, however, that each
organization of the city and coun
ty, civic, fraternal, official, or
otherwise, will call the attention of
its members to the fact that
President Coolidge through the
Red Cross is calling for an addi
tional contribution for relief of the
destitute, in the flooded area. Mr.
C. E. Neisler is chairman of the
Kings Mountain district. Citizens
residing in that section of the
county should send their donations
to him. The suffering is intense!
The need is great! "Hie call is ur
gent! Will you respond liberally
and at once? Send all donations
to D. Z. Newton, treasurer. Tour
donations will be acknowledged in
The Star.
Late contributors are:
T. P. Hamrick -.___$ 1.00
Cash —__ __ 1.00
D. E. Webb ..----- .50
T. L. McSwain __ 1.00
J. B. McSwain_ 1.00
Mary Reeves Forney _ 1.00
Lucy Hoyle Missionary
Society__ 9.00
A. M. Lovelace ___ 2.00
Daisey E. Lovelace __ 2.00
George Blantpn__ 5.00
C. C. Blanton. 25.00
T. W. Ebeltoft family_10.00
South Shelby school (add.). 2.25
A. P. Poston_____ 2.00
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Smith_ 2.00
G.-.-L Hamrick_-_ 1.00
Mrs. G. L. Hamrick__ 1.00
A. Y. Hamrick__ 1.00
The aldermen ai;e my boss. My re
“I Intend To Make Good In
My Promise’’-Dorsey Says;
To Enforce Laws Fairly
Next Mayor Says Present City Employees
Will Automatically Retire From Office
With Mayor Weathers, And He Will Hire
Whom He Pleases. Will Hire Or Fire Or
Not Serve. Aldermen To Govern Finance
And Business And Be His “Boss.”
“I intend to make good my promise”—that’s the after
election statement of W. N. Dorsey, who was elected mayor,
of Shelby in one of the most surprising and unusual elections
in the history of the town.
speaking just as trankiy to a
Star reporter as he did during his
campaign Mr. Dorsey this morning
outlined his aims and ambitions,
his plans, his appreciation, and his
feeling. By his style nothing is left
to conjecture. He says “yes” or
"no” and he sticks to it, that is the
conclusion reached after an inter
view.
Will Diacharge No One.
Since his election on a platform
that told of a house cleaning at the
city hall, Shelby has been athrob
with conjecture as to who would go
and who would stay, or just who
would be “fired.’* Here’s the ans
wer: Mr. Dorsey stated today "I
will discharge no one now in the
employ of the town of Shelby. But
all city employes in office now wili
automatically retire when Mayor
Weathers goes out of office. That
is understood and they were em
ployed for no longer than the man
who employed them. Then with ev
ery city office vacant I mean to
employ those whom I want to em
ploy, and in employing them it is
that I intend to keep the promise
made to voters who elected me.”
Hiring and Firing.
“As to the keeping of my prom
ise there have been those who
think that I made a broad state
ment in saying that I would rnaki
several changes. If one cares to
look it. will be noticed that I stated
I would make these changes ‘if I
serve as mayor.’ I did not say I
would ‘if elected’. Which mean that
I will either make the changes or
not take the oath of office.
“I do not intend to infringe in
any way upon the aldermen elect
ed by the people of Shelby. AH I
intend is that I shall be cussed or
praised for what I do and that the
same apply to them. I do not want
the aldermen to be berated for
something I do and I do not want
to be berated for something they
do.
“I intend that they shall have
charge and supervision over all
finances and business matters. They
shall pass upon bond issues, street
improvements, building and tear
ing down. It is for them to pre
pare general and departmental
budgets. As executive officer of
the town I intend to be mayor and
manager. When t(heir budget is
prepared it is for me to hire and
fire employes according to my opin
ion of their service. In no way do
I mean to impose on the rights and
privileges of the board.
All Under Heads.
“The operation of the town busi
ness will be as any other business
system. I shall be responsible to
the board of aldermen—they head
the town—for all the employes
under me. In turn the heads of all
me, and the men under them will
be responsible to the heads. If I d'>
not like the conduct of a fireman I
do not intend to talk to the fire
man. Instead I will let the head of
that department know how I feci
and if he can not make things
proper I will get a head that can.
The same will apply to all depart
ments wherein there are city em
ployes. The heads of all depart
ments must handle their problems
or there will be new heads.
Up to Ahlermen.
“Likewise, at any time the con
duct and work of myself or the men
responsible to me is such that it
displeases the board of aldermen
all that is necessary is for three
of them to ask my resignation and
they may have it without any ill
feeling on my part. I want the em
ployes under me to have the same
view about- me as I have about the
aldermen.
Talked With Board.
“I reserve the privilege of hiring
and firing employes under me just
as would any other man heading
any business. If I serve as mayor
I will have that power. I have talk
ed this plan with the gentlemen
who go into office with me and it
is my understanding that they
agree with a systematic manage
ment of town affairs.
“I will not spend a cent of the
town’s money without the conseht
of the aldermen. It is their busi
ness to govern the financial end.
My intentions are to spend cor
rectly the money budgeted to be
spent by the departments under me
as mayor and manager of the town,
signatiou will be forthcoming when
asked by any thres aldermen and
likewise I expect to have the re
signation of employes under me
when asked by me. The aldermen
will tell me their wishes and I will
tell the heads of the departments.
Fair Enfortement.
“1 believe in fair dealing and ex
pect all citizens to observe the laws
of the town. Everybody will ba
(coated alike in enforcing the laws,
rich and poor, or what not, and I
intend that they shall Iks enforced.
Welcome Strangers.
“If any partiality is shown what
soever it will be to the people from
the country or other towns. They
may not know our laws, but the
officer will hand a copy to them,
tell them where the law was broken
and invite them back to Shelby
again—a hospitable town where a
square deal is given. As to the peo
ple who live here they know tho
laws and there is no reason why
the laws should not be enforced
with them just as strlcrry with one
as another.
Will Take Time.
“It will take time to get all tha
city departments to functioning
properly and I want the people to
bear with me until I can get the
different departments going prop
erly before any complaints are
; made. My sole aim in asking to be
! mayor of Shelby was owing to my
| interest in the town and I want my
work to be a monument to me, aft
er I am laid in Sunset, meaning the
improvements there and in tihe
i -town which I may be able to make
1 with the cooperation of the alder
■ men and the good people of Shelby.
To Have City Services.
“My aim and desire, as soon a3
necessary renovation can be made,
is to have religious services held in
the city hall at least one Sunday
afternoon in each month for the
benefit of city employes and oth
ers who care to attend.
Spent No Money.
“The vote given me is appreci
ated from bottom of my heart. I
can truthfully say I did not spend
one dollar except for my newspa
per announcements and taxi fares
in bringing those to vote who did
(Continued on page seven.)
GEORGE L. JARVIS
ENDS 01 LIFE
AT WALNUT COVE
Son of Shelby Man Shoots Him
self at Walnut Cove. Was 33
Years Old and Lawyer.
Mr. L. A. Jarvis, former Shelby
merchant who resides in an apart
ment in the C. R. Hoey building to
the rear of the Shelby post office
on East Marion street, received
word yesterday morning that his
son George L. Jarvis had ended his
own life at Walnut Cove, this state,
at 7:30 o’clock Tuesday morning.
Mr. Jarvis left immediately for
Walnut Cove to attend the funeral.
A revolver was found lying by the
side of the body, and investigation
revealed the pistol ball had enter
ed the right temple, ranging up
ward, and came out above the ear
on the left side of the head.
No note was left by the attor
ney, who was 33 years of age. It is
stated that he had appeared suf
fering from a mental derangement
for the past few days. Emily Mon
day morning, it is said, he visited
several stores in Walnut Cove, with
the pistol in his hand and request
ed cartridges for the weapon.
Jarvis went to Walnut Sove from
Wilkes county about 10 years ago,
it is understood.
L1NCOLNTON VOTERS
RETURN LOVE TO OFFICE
Lincolnton, May. 3.—J. F. Love
was returned to the mayoralty hero
today, defeating R. H. Dellinger,
who ran on the business men’s
ticket. Aldermen elected were B. N.
Fair, G. E. Cline, J. L. Putnam and
E. M. Brown. V M Ramesur was
elected school trustee. ^
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