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Old Petition in Shelby Termed Auto Of Churle* Eskridge Public Nuisance, Days Of 'Horseless Buggy Contraptions’ / - (BY HKNN DRl M) In this day of constant honk-honking the youngest colt In Shelby does not give the noisest of flivvers ene-half the attention he does to the fly he tries to switch off his back with his tail. Yet there was a dky when a good many Shelby citizens termed an automobile as a “public nuisance.'’ Can you imagine that? Not hardly, if your years are less than 25. « Yet it is »«t. Back in the days ■When the first “horseless buggy contraptions" came to Shelby they interferred with the young bucks < and their courting-that Is, if the young bucks themselves ftad no Urns buggies. Just a short 15 or 20 years ago the young fellow with a spirited horse and a sporty-looking buggy—occasionally rubber tired— was the- idol of the sweet yountf things. The tnofe fiery his steed the more friendly did the ladies look upon him ami his peg-topped trousers. , Naturully a fiery buggy horse in those day* was shy of the carri age that was not pulled by a pal, • and the young lady who went n’riding with her swain was more than likely to get dumped when one of the new-fangled autos came Chattering and popping by. lMdn’t Like It. Charles Eskridge, who today sells more flivvers in a year than n half-dosen horse dealers sell I horses, owned one of the first pe-' trol buggies to be seen ih thesjj parts. Always interested In tlnk-' erihg about any type of mechanism from a rifle and telephone to a1 steam engine It was fitting that Mr. Eskridge brought one of the first cars to town. iieveiann springs, then as now, was a favorite courting ground,! and after thfe horseless carriage' had made a few trips out to the j springs dnd had routed numerous fine buggy steeds a feeling Of re sentment began to arise hereabouts co-er the odd-looking thing he piloted and at which the horses shied vehemently—or so the story of the beginning of the automobile age hereabouts goes. > Would Bar Autos Them The young "sparks” of the town —that was the name for the drug • store' cowboys and tea hounds in those days—finally got chough of having their lives ahd those of their sweethearts jeopardized by the horseless contraption and they circulated a petition which asked that the contraption be barred from the public streets and high ways bf Shelby as a public nui sance. Naturally every young fel low owning a norse and bUggy signed (he petition and the patii of the first auto oWhet hereabouts became one of tribulations. Of course, as time passed, and as is strikihgly plain now,'the auto finally won the war, and today Old Dobbin minds not in the least to help yank a luckless motor out of a mudhole. Ih fact autos are so nu merous these days that Shelby al most stages a pitched battle every Saturday afternoon and evening over a parking place ih the business district. So numerous, too, that an nutb law has been passed that pro vides punishment for "promiscotta tooting’ of ah auto horn. But back In those days—days the boys artd girls just finishing high school remember very little about .—there were trying times between the buggy drivers and the first owners of thfe petrol pests. Many a steed has been unhitched, taken from the sshafts and out to the side of the road while one of the nuisances back-fired its way by- Many rt damsel, who pulled her skirts down over her ankles even more modestly than the modern damsel *em, her knees, has been dutftpfcd With her swain from a buggy overturned by a horse frightened almost out of his wits by the carriage with ho shafts ih ftont, and many a farmer has forgotten the sermon of the past Sunday and rent the air with pro fanity over having a load of hay, or feed scattered across a cotton natch as US team made a getaway from the new apparition appearing on the roam. HoW -times haVe changed! The Old Dobbins of today will rub nosea With a radiator from Detroit, the .modern girl has a fohdhess Mr rnuggllng up ih a cushion behind a high-powered motor, and hiahy ; farmers haul their feed and ferti Itker home Oil a motor truck. Times have changed—that’s all. Mr. Eskridge referring recently to those heCtiC days of Shelby’s first automobiles recalled having a 'group of young swains call him Up one day and ask: ’'Charlie are you going out in that thing this even Wr’ “No, I don’t think I will,” the early auto owner replied. “‘Well, if you’re not We are figuring on hav ing a picnic end dance out at Cleveland.’ “I may take a ride out later,” Mr. Eskridge came hack. “We’ll call the picnic of# then and you can have the entire road and surround ing country to yourself-and that would end the conversation. ' Courting that night took pWe in ' the family pKrlof, where Jennie t and her fellow looked at the steres cope vleWs, of rambled through the family albutn, bashfully hold ing hands at intervals until the 10 o’clock bed hour was called. Half Day to Cleveland. "Many a tithe,” Mr. Eakridga ,«ay», "it took me a half day to drive my car out to Cleveland Springs. , “I’d get along very well until I got nut’About A. P. Spake’s resi dence, and then when I topped the hill I could be seen on over to where Mike Borders' house now stands, and the farmers in their wagons and others in buggies would begin waving at me to stay still until they got by. “I'd have to drive in behind the house and wait until a wagon got across the bridge, up the hill and by. .lust about the tithe it would g?i past I’d drive out into the road again to make a new start, and about that time another buggy '’•mild cortte over the hill and the driver would begin yelling for me to wait until he got by. , "Some times I’d get tired of waiting and go baekrfiring and a popping on down the grade—but that wasn’t so healthy if too many teams ran nway. Yes, it has taken me near a half day several tifnes to drive an automobile to Cleveland Springs. Now they make it in three or four minutes, and the horses do not flick an ear when the car passes.” On several occasions Mr. Esk ridge 'recalled having to take his motorcycle of the early days out in the woods and hide it behind the bushes until some scary steed got by—but that, as Mr. Kipling says, is another story, which we may tell some other day. vorap; e inwt1 limes. Sa|irday aftopoon when you '♦roll down street and see more au tomobiles than the famous STx Hundred saw cannon, just remem ber that there was a day when the young fellows of the town wanted Charlie Eskridge's ear barred frotij the streets as a public nuisance. There may be a moral to this yarn. Perhaps it would indicate to the present generation, many of whom are scared to get in an air plane and leave terra firma, that some of these days airplanes will do to the automobile what the au tomobile did to the horse. Then what 1 (A later installment will tell a few nntusing episodes of Eskridge's firrt motorcycle.) MED UP III nemm case Hickory Colored Folk* Say Pleture Of Broadus Miller I* That Of Gene Martin. Which Now7 Hickory Record, 2Ttln ... ... _ Pictures reaching here of the al leged hegro slayer of Gladys Kjn caid, 15-year-old Morgantnn girl, have canned considerable __ stir among the colored element. The picture Is one of Gene Martin, they say, and notof Broadu* Miller. Martin lived here for IS months while the Hotel Hickory was Being built and he ran amuck of the law during his stay. At one time he was chased by the Hickory bloodhound, at another time he threw a gnrt on Philo Sherrill* white man, and trttd him to march, at another time he engaged In a brawl in “the flat," and at another time he bent up his wife and evaded police. .. - lh>ck Hill, a negro.- automobile salesman of Hiekorv, who has had considerable dealings with Martin, was shown the picture sent out hy the sheriff of Burke county which is claimed to be that. of. Broadu* Miller. Hill said “that's Gene Mar tin." Several other negroes, took olte look at the~ photograph and snid the same thing. - . __ Accural** to the Hickey colored folk, Marti* Is a tnlL negro ami Broaduh Miller Is a short, stocky, Mack negro. Home of the Hickory negroes believe that It Is Marti* the officers are hunting and others believe that it is Miller. Rut there la a great mix-np somewhere^ ■.-f»-,0 i SMn • Motorists Have To Phone Ahead There | (By International News Service.) Topeka, Kan.—Every motorist ih Kansas is a law-breaker. In 1905 a law was passed by the legislature requiring motor ear drivers, before entering a town or city, to stop at the corporation lipe, and telephone ahead that he whs coming. This was to prepare thd business men and cititens for the passage of the automobile through the streets. It was espec ially enacted to notify farmers who had driven their teams onto the main streets and “narked” them to the hitehracks, to he with the teams, holding them to pre vent a runaway when they became scared as the ear passed by. Strange to sky, this law is still on the statute books and has never been repealed. It is sometimes easier to step in to another man’s shoes th&ft it is to walk in them. Union Community . Church And People beleeatips R**urn From -State B. Y. I*. tT. Convent inn— Per sonal Mention. (Special to The Star.) June 27.—Our Sunday school continues to progress under the management of Jtsupt. Geo. Gold. We have several Visitors each Sunday. They are always welcome. A program for the cradle roll and home department is being planned to be given before long. The B. Y. P. U.’s #re ull three keeping up their splendid work The delegates to the state B. Y. P. U. convention college, brought back splendid reports of the work. The Union church was represented by five delegates, Mr. and Mrs. Dother Spangler, Misses Frances Mauney, Lillian McEntire and Nellie Weathers. The new B. Y. P. U. officers have been elected for the next quarter and will begin their duties next Sunday night. The most im portant otticers are: Frances Mauney, director: Mrs. J. T. S. Mauney, intermediate leader; Mrs. Fontz Williams, jr., leader; Mrs. A. A. McEntire, Mrs. Cl. A. Greene, and Miss Evalie as junior spon sors. Mr; Latvrence Hamrick, sen ior president; Miss Verna Mae Mode, intermediate president. New members are being added each Sunday night. Visitors are welcome in all unions. 7:45 is the hour. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Greene and family'spent the day, Sunday, with Mrs. Greene’s father, Mr. Max Greene, of Shelby. > Mrs. t ntvis Spangler visited her mother, Mrs. M. M. Mauney, last week. , Mr. ami Mrs. Lawrence Shu ford and baby spent the week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Mode. Mr; and Mrs. W. W. Mauney am! Mr. and Mrs. C. B, Williamson visited in the New House section Sunday. Miss Evangeline McEntire was the guest of Miss Veilu Blanton. Miss Alma Bell Was the artiest, of her sister, Mrs. Marion Poston, over the week-end. Miss Frances Weathers has been visitirig her grandparents, Mr. 'ind Mrs. Will Yelton Mrs Dewey McEntire and baby of Virginia have arrived to attend the summer with relatives. Messrs. Ray McEhtire and Ber nard Maaney have returned from Roanoke, Va. They accompanied Mrs. Bohnie McEntire home and spent a few days. , Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Maurfey and daughter, Patay, and Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Mound ahd daughters, Jean ! ette and Mary, spent (Sunday With j Mr. and Mrs. and MrB. J. T. S. j Mautiey. MeSsrs. Curtis arid Easter Pbw ell and Misses Lillian McEntire and Moselle Gold ef New House, spent Sunday at Lake Lure and Chimney Rock. (By Evelyn Mcbonald. INS Staff Correspondent.) Paris.—Fringed, tassled and old-fashioned puffed sleeves are given special emphasis in the mid season collections. | Dong silk fringes fall from the , newest afternoon gown sleeves. Shaded fringes on tight sleeves gives a Spanish trend to ihe co« , tu me. Short Bleeves made entirely of tassels are novel and very a la mode at present. Poriet Uses this .sleeve fon it.formal and sports dresses. i ror the plain tailored gown, the long tight sleeve with tiny turn over tuff is most appropriate. Flowered chiffons and georgette *owns usually have bell-shaped sleeves ending in deep pointed ' pita tings or ruffles which corres ' pond with the trimmings on the rest of the gown. Bishop sleeves are worn by women with the slen der silhouette. Save for sport clothes, one rarely sees a sleeve less daytime frock. A number of fluffy suhttner frocks have short puffed sleeves trimmed with bows or buckles. False cuffs appear ih simple little dresses from Ber nard's. Often an inch or two of 'the sleeve is left loose. Undersleeves are still In vogue. I Sometimes they are merely nar row bands of georgette or crepe de chine ih white or flesh color, softening the Urt-ist lihe and even rehchmg to the elbow in some in stance*. Sleeves are also slit in the baek or front below the elbow 'showing the under-sleeve, either . plain or gathered, and sometimes jpipfed on the edges showing the arm. Embroidered sleeves give a fes tive air to the unadorned frock. Original sleeve designing is an art itself, for the sleeve is considered mote aftd mote ih connection with the lines of the dress. Practice may not make a lawyer perfect, but enough of it may make him rich. LILY MILL DOTS (BIT PEBBLE Pastor Johnson Preaches Good Sermons. Rejly Day Next Sunday. Personals. (Special to The Star.) The people of the LaFayette St. Methodist church enjoyed the map:-1 nificent sermon preached by Rev. 1 T. B. Johnson Sunday. Next Sun day July 3rd will be rally day. Ev eryone is cordially invited. Sunday night We enjoyed two quartets •• i nere is Rest' and ‘Glory is Coin ing,’ sung by Miss Daisy Hasting-., Sir. L. W. Warlick, Fred Hastings, 'C. T. Haynes, and O. M. Ivester. On Saturday night June 26th vv ehjoyed an ice cream supper at th ' LaFayette Street Methodist church,! given by Mr. W. H. Ledbetter’s class. It was given for the benefit of their building and loan debt. The 'class made enough to dear their building and loan obligation. Mr. and Mrs. Grady Anthony and 'faniily Mrs. C. G. V. Anthony and Misses Helen Whitener, Elizabeth' Anthhny were visitors in Cherry- j ville Sunday. ' Miss Kathleen McLloud spent tre 'week end with her mother Mrs. Ola ' McCloud of. Lincolnton. Mr. and Mrs. Zeno Bivins and family and Miss Essie Wood visit ed her mother ahd father in Lin colntbn Sunday. ' Master Hubert Morehead is now in the Shelby hospital with appendi j eitis. We sincerely hope he will soon : be better and back home again ; where he is missed very much by 1 his friends, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Boyd and fam ily of Gaffney, S. C., spent Sun day with Mr. and Mrs. Barnette | Ervin. I Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ledbetter ! and family spent Sunday at tno | 1 home of Mr. and Mrs. Garland I Webb at Kings Mountain, j Mr. and Mrs. Clarenee Rogers j and family of Cherryville, spent | | Sunday with his mother Mrs. | j Laura Rogers. I Mr. Rnd Mrs. Sam Ellis, Misses Helen Whltener, Elizabeth An-! i thony, Evelyn Short and Rav El lis, motored to the Ellis Ferry Wednesday where they met n party from Gaffney for a fish fry which they enjoyed very much. Miss Bessie and Harold Moore who were visitors at the home of their grandmother, j Mr. Bill Patterson, Misses Ra chel Byars and Precious Stewart ] were visitors in Oak Grove at a singing Sunday. i Mr. and Mrs. Brittain Mult, Mr. : Pruett and Mrs. J. W. Mull spent Sunday with relatives in Morgan ton. I__;- . Mr. Frank Pool? and family at tended the funeral of the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Pruitt at Pleas ant Hill. Mr. C. T. Haynes, O. M. Ivester, Fred Hastings and Mr. L. W. War lick went to Oak Grove for sing ing Sunday. Miss Juliet Smith, of Gaffney, spent Sunday with Miss Rachel Byars. Mrs. S. A. Patterson is spend ing the week with her children in Kings Mountain. Mr. and Mrs. Thad Peters and daughter, spent Sunday in Lawn dale with relatives. Mr. Monerol Smith, Mrs. L. M. Patterson, Mrs. J. J. Farris and Misses Mildred Patterson, Blanche Wilson, Helen Wilson and Dorothy Lee Wilson, spent Sunday 'at Pine View lake. Mrs. Chariiy Patterson, of Mar ion, spent Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Patterson. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Blanton, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Canter motored to Bridgewater Saturday where they spent the nigh,. Sunday they mot ored to Black Mountain, Asheville and Chimney Rock. Beam’s Mill Items Of Personal Interest (Special to The Star.) Shelby, R-6.—The people of this community are very busy with their crops after severul pood showers of rain. Mr. Hugh Williams, of Kings Mountain, spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Carrie Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Phijector Ledford spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Ledford. The many friends and relatives will regret to learn that she is real sick. Mr. and Mrs, Buren Dedmon and children spen,, Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Hoyle. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Beam, of Frlisten, snent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Beam’s parents, Mr. nhd Mrs. Virgil Gardner. Misses Anne and Thelma War lick spent Saturday afternoon with Misses Wray and Marsona Hoyle. Miss Velva Hamrick spent Sun day with Misses Ophelia and Bea trice Hendrick. Miss Vetus Costner and Mr. Paul Bridges motored with Mrs. Ethel ,Smith and Mr. Grigg, to Gaff ney, S. C., where the latter couple was married Sunday. The many friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. George Yorke will be glad to learn that their little son, Matthew, is improving. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Grigg spent Sunday with Mr. nhd Mrs. Kim Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Worth Lattimore spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hamrick. Summer Accessories For Men | Freshness of apparel means com fovt during the hot months—which are here. Low collared colored shirts are very attractive for summer wear; set off the whole costume; you will prob ably need more socks and ties, sus penders and underclothing. Perspiration is hard on clothes, and the more changes you have the longer the garments last and of course the fresher they appear. junm CLOTHIIK CO. “SHELBY’S BEST MEN’S STORE.” Mrs. L. H. McMurry, of Shelby, visited in the community. Messrs. Clem and Clyde Led ford spent the week-end with par ents* Mr. and Mrs. John Ledford. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hamrick, of Fallston, spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Thompson Hamrick. Mr. and Mrs. John Canipe spent Sunday with Mrs. Mary Costner. Mr. and Mrs. Grady Hoyle spent Sunday with Mrs. Hoyle’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Pressley Cost ner. Wife Of Murdered Sheriff And Deputy Will Demand Bond Friday. Greenville, S. fc.» June 28.—A writ of habeas corpus looking to ward bail for Mrs. ftthel Willis and Henry 8. ToWnsend, Who arej bring held prisoners on charge of ! slaying Sheriff Bam t). Willis two weeks ago, was .obtained ' day from Associate Justice T. P. Cothran by defense counsel. The writ is returnable Friday morning July 1 at 10 o’clock. 1'ownsend, who is now in the State Penitentiary, will probably not waive his right of personal ap pearance r.t the bond hearing, it was indicated by Colonel Alvin H. Dean and James H. Price, of the defense. Mrs. Willis, widow of the ! slain officer, is being held In the count!? ifliil fo\o\V,ng her arrest Thursday afternoon. j Application for the writ of hab-1 •4'* corpus was- mad^ yesterday after Solicitor J. G. Lea .her wood had declined to consent to bail for the two defendants. He stated the state would waive no right in the case, even the four days notice on the habeas corpus proceedings. The bail movement will be strong ly opposed by the staiC, lie said. Filing of affidavits on return of the writ will bring into the rec ords for the first time a nori'on. I if not all, of the evidence the state has been guarding so closely. Nj definite , knowledge has been es tablished by the public as to what information, real or circumstantial, ns possessed by Solicitor T/»ather jwood, whereby Mrs. Willis and Townsend are linked with the slaying. auditor Leatherwood vu served with the order ' to K cause in the Mrs. Willis case, el, santed to a hearing on the Tow send wuh Friday morning Townsend papers eouid ' rot served until today, as a„ affith hus to he obtained ffom the m i er in Columbia. RABBITS INVADE north Carolina like KlMDF.Mi ' "" Trlti rnnt. orial New, .Service , Raleigh.—The boll weevil n *he only pest that the North («, lina farmer has to deal with \0, it’s the rabbit—the ordinary co ton-tailed rabbit that infests | Piedmont section of N.alll ^ lina. An “epidemic” of rabbits ha broken out in certain sections 1 the Piedmont, it seems antra's result of this, certain crops, (.spe< ially the soybean crop, are jerk*,, ly menaced. Complaints reaching the sta department of agriculture here d scribed conditions in c. rtain se lion of the state. Under the sta law, the rabbits may be killed oni between November and March 1 ‘.'The rabbit hunter has gone ( work.” This was the explanatw one Randolph county farmer gav as the reason for the • iri.-mTc.” A Little Chat About Shoes Seventeen years a?o 1 started in ba dness in Shelby and one of nu first problems was my shoe business. Knowing that “Concentration was t''.e keynote of si’ccesr1 decided to con centrate on three of the best lines of Sho s made in America: Namely Ail leather Htaf Brands—Queen Quality and Bostonian Famous Shoes For Men. These famous well known lines have been business builders, and year by year my shoe business has grown until we believe it is second to none ‘ in thn entire section. It is a great protection and consolation to know that when you are buying Shoes that they are solid leather and wi 1 give you service, comfort ati<] wear. This Tramper Tie, light tan Oxford with snajte trim, crepe rubber sole for hiking,, camping, and. vacation wear—Comfortable and easy on your feet. A real sport pattern. Price_ x&y uii yuui $4.95 *Jrw £•»»• Sma Au3t >.» Ladies’ black Kid, Chaperon last, front gore princess, rubber tap heel, built for neatness and comfort, for the hot summer days. Prico____■ ^UUUI L, lUf $2.95 < IUuuJ Shu.? This light parchment kid, one strap, fancy trim, military heel for the light summer sport dresses is a business builder. d*o AC Price_._ This perfectly plain, French heel, one strap patent pump, dainty pattern in such a beautiful style with an excel lent quality and style, softyi reasonably priced_ $ ~ 3# INCH DIMITY — Unbleached, fine count, full cut. Special_ 10c lir THtfS glM Uy£j?Tnu Ladies’ Felt Moccasins, chrome cush ion sole, ribbon trimmed with rosette —colors, Old Rose, Copen Blue. Sap phire, American Beauty and C em purple. Special, pair_ wOC SliZr l^nrttd Stodd sh* BOHt* Bicycle oi- Scout Shoes. Men’s brown glove-composition double sole, nailed and sewed and made for comfort and long service. Special___ $1.69 Ootton flannel knit wrist canvas gloves, heavy weight. Brick Mason’s friend. 1 Special_* _ _,_l”v w SPORT HOSE 10c — Ladies’ mercerized cross stitch and striped spprt hose in ail light shades. Special 10c UNBLEACHED broadcloth 38 inch Wide extra fine count—ideal for sheets, pillow cases and 1 underwear. Special_ —'SIJL.K STRIPE MADRAS — 38 inch silk stripe shirting, easily bleached and guaranteed fast colors. Price_ A. V. WRAY & 6 SONS --“vvh 12fte prices satisfy”-—
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