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By mall, per year (in advasce)_.$$,6| By carrier, per year (in advance) $3.09 THE News THE STAR’S REVIEW. tw! How Hot! The mercury t0 100 here yesterday, and 7mbing back up again. ^er attorneys say city offic are not restricted by law in ting their pay. The difference } legal minds being cited today. or Dorsey fllso asks The Stai h fet him run city affairs. The - will at all times publish the fJ 0f the taxpayers business ^en possible regardless of re r#'s- . . - Highway -0 through Rutherford ^nty is now paved and will be pened to traffic^soon. The business houses here, it is jerstood, will be closed on the iTurth. No event is planned local * * * The Seaboard will put on busses Ruthcrfordton to the resort „on, making possible Pullman rvice through Shelby, the per son to do being given by the irporation Commission despite a [ht against it by bus interests. « * * . .« j Dr Scarborough last night _,ised the handling of traffic by Sty officers during his revival so • • The new county business system trill officially start on Monday, the commissioners to hold a ses sion on the Fourth. * » * County motorists are making a nsh today at the license bureau hanch here. Over 3,000 tags were told up to yesterday afternoon. * • • Commander Byrd’s flight to ftris almost had a disastrous ending. Read the latest on the hop in today’s Star. * * • The Star's subscription list is growing steadily, because The Star gets there with the news. ■S10 CLOSE BE ■IK FOB I Oil FOOII f» Celebration Or Event Planned For Shelby. Will Take PNrc Of Thursday Closing There will be no particular pro m observing the FWrth of July here, it is understood. No rent has been planned and so far I'is known the day will be quiet observed as during several pre ceding years here. The stores, banks, and business houses—many of them at least— fill be closed, it is said on the sets. Numerous people will notor away,, for the day, some to lebrations elsewhere, some on a dt for a day, while others will Min at home spending the day pietly as a vacation from the reg hr grind. The fact that the stores are ™ing h taken to mean that the lores agreeing to close on Thurs »y afternoons during the summer rdl remain open next ’I'hursday I|®r"oon’ and will begin their Hf day closing agreement on the cond Thursday of July. This was indication igtfnec# ht several “ores yesterday. When the clos petition was passed about it darned a clause stating that if - fourth was observed the half f closing would not take effect ™ the second Thursday of the Wo,nearest cel°bration of th< T. , 18 a' Rutherford fail s where that county wil ,f* a Proftram taking up thi ( Part of the day, including tw°rk» at night. evjvalist Praises Traffic Men Here irmn.l tar»°r“UKh ^‘Pressed in hi* ••y that Vk n'Kht.,on* enough to Shelby arehfhtrafflC regulations in lit,i, ,e the most perfect of any trf a m y *n which he has conduct »»d th« ”e meetlng with noise H&S r. 8h^»tr the mo tif PVt.nin J u P and court«*y in htherino- efwhen there is a great Xople to th, auton’obi'es bringing «4 „„•? sprvice- Dr. Scarbor th,,mrtf<1< Pac.b and every one Mended tJ' Kraciou* terms, com ky a J th* beautiful city of Shel ls t'h ask('d the congregation to Ithed tnfi! b and every man at" lonlil ! he Clty and their families * not i°m°, Chri*tians if they Nice Lnd «*dyj Members <>f the Krk thn re dePai"tment helo 'friin^ a‘‘iS a* they *at|ier each ,per*n„nd when ‘he crowd is ha?|, tbe °tficers help un lt ®"d d,rect the vehicles at > Ih ,n*uerReCtion*- ^ the sec here the revival is held, the Or /0ped off t0 Preve"t an<e from noises. Legal Minds Of Shelby Clash On Raise Of Mayor’s Pay—New View Mayor Dorsey Asks Opinion Of Other Lawyers On Sal ary Boost. Can Raise, They Say. Lawyers seem to differ in their opinions and their interpretation of the law. That’s why the Su preme Court was set up—to inter pret the meaning and application of law. When the city council voted to adopt the financial budget for the ensuing year, the $3,000 set aside for Mayor Dorsey’s salary was amended to read $2,400 a year, an increase from $1,800. City Attor ney Chas. A. Burrus, cited Sect. 2862 of the Consolidated Statutes relating to pay of officials of the aldermanic form of government that the $2,400 for Mayor Dorsey ■was beyond the limit allowed by law. When The Star learned from outside sources that the city’s at torney had expressed the opinion that this law would apply, The Star carried the story as a news item, and not as “speculative comment." The opinion of the present city attorney, elected by the present administration, was concurred in by O. M. Mull, for mer city attorney who had served in that capacity for twelve years. < These two legal minds ought to, know, but Mayor Dorsey has sought other legal advice than from his city attorney and here in the opinion handed down by Attor neys Peyton McSwain and W. S.1 Beam. Mayor Dorsey wishes this letter published, so here it is: “Hon. W. N. Dorsey, Mayor of Shelby, Shelby, North Carolina. Dear Sir:— In compliance with your request we are furnishing herewith our legal opinion as to whether or not there is any law limiting the sal ary of the mayor of Shelby to $1,500.00 a year. Due to the fact that other attorneys have advised there is such a law, we have made a very careful investigation into the matter in order to substan tiate our opinion. We wish to advise that there is no State law limiting the mayor’s salarv to $1,500.00 a year. You and the board of aldermen will be perfectly safe in continuing to ap prove and pay vouchers to you for salary in the sum of $150.00 a month, or $1800.00 a year. Section 2788 of the Consolidat ed Statutes, which section applies to all cities and towns in the state, places no limit on the salary of the mayor, but reads as follows: ‘TTte governing body of any city may by ordinance fix the salary of the mayor of such city or heads of de partments or other officers.’’ Sec jtion 26 of the charter of the town of Shelby reads as follows: “The mayor shall receive as compensa tion for his services such salary as the alderman may fix, payable out of the town treasury, in such sums and at such periods as the aider man may prescribe.” Section 2862 of the Consolidated I Statutes, cited and quoted in Wed nesday’s Cleveland Star, which says that mayors in towns of less than ten thousand population shall not receive over $1500.00 salary, is not applicable to the town of Shelby. In the Consolidated Stat utes under the title of Municipal Corporations there is set out in detail four different forms of city government, known as plans “A,” “B”, “C” and “D”. None of these plans are effective unless formal ly adopted by a vote of the people. This particular section, 2862, quot ed by The Star is found under I plan “A”. This statute can only I effect those towns that have for I mally and legally adopted plan “A”. Shelby has never adopted any of these various forms of government. Therefore none of the rules, regulations, and re strictions stated under these “plans” would apply to our town. We are operating under the gen eral laws of the state and under the powers granted in the charter of the town. Trusting that the above infor mation will be satisfactory, we beg to remain, Respectfuly yours, PEYTON McSWAIN. W. S. BEAM. Mr. and Mrs. William Yarbor ough have taken apartments with Mrs. Bertie Hennessa. The city wel comes this young married couple, coming here from Charlotte. Mr. Yarborough is connected with the Smith-Wadsworth company of the Mecklenburg capital. Byrd’s Big Plane Plunges Into English Channel; Lost Way In Fog (By International News Service.) After remaining in the air for 42 hour* Commander Rich, ard Byrd’s big Fokker plane, America, plunged into the Eng lish channel this morning at 2:30 o’clock. The four flyers are in a state of collapse as the result of be ing lost in the fog and their compass wrong so they were unable to locate a flying field before their gas supply ran low. Great Flight—Byrd. Ccr Sur Mer, France—“We had great flight" Byrd says. The flight of the big plane ended at 2:32 this morning: when plane plunged into the English channel. “It was thrilling all the way. For ID hours we were lost in , dense fogs and heavy clouds. Our charts were lost in land- I ing, and our compass thrown off many degrees caused us to go around in circles,” the flight comman 'er was quoted. With the gi.r. supply run ning low the aviator, who was the first to fly over the North Pole was forced to land this morning in the English Chan nel on his scientific flight to Paris. The fliers were in the ; air 42 hours and all four are in a state of collapse. LICENSE BUREAU HERE IN BI06EST RUSH OE HISTORY Over 3,000 Tag* Sold up to July 1. 1,500 More to Be Sold. Closed Monday. The state Jaw forbidding a motor vehicle to appear on the highways today without a new state license tag may, or may not, be enforced, but by the rush on at the branch bureau of the license department here yesterday and today car own ers are apparently taking the law seriously. 1 Yesterday, Thursday, was the busiest day since a branch of the license bureau was established here. One thousand and tea tags were sold daring the day—a reeord for one day’s work at the local of fice. Charles L. Eskridge jr., stated this morning that 3,663 license plates had been sold up until clos ing time yesterday. This is approx imately 1,200 shy of the total sales of last year, 4,815 being sold al together last year. With an increase in number of automobiles in this section it is expected that at least 1,500 tags will be sold today and during the week atv the bureau In the Eskridge garage on West Ma rion street. Lines formed at the door yester day and filled the lobby of the bu reau branch and today the crowds were almost as large. It was announced this morning that the bureau would be closed on Monday, July 4th. 18 New Readers Of The Star By Mail i Day by day in every way the cir culation of The Star continues to grow. Eighteen new subscribers have been added to The Star’s mail irig list since Sunday and a num ber of others by carrier. It is im possible to give the names of the subscribers served by the dozen carrier boys who serve Shelby and suburbs from house to house each afternoon of publication. These boys are independent and have the names of their subscrib ers. Here are those added to the mail list: Mrs. Henry Patterson, R-l, Kings Mountain; Worth Lutz, Durham; C. D. Spangler, Olaremont; Kate Dixon, Sanitor ium, Julian C. Hord, Cliffside; C. C. Rippy, Ruth; H. B. Covington, Durham; C. B. Way, Lexington; Hicks Brothers, Lattimore; E. C. Sarratt, R-2, Shelby; D. Frank Buff, R-4, Lawndale; Ttosalynd Nix, Wells River, Vermont; Ralph Gardner, Brevard; Foy B. Putnam, R-4, Lawndale. Ask the carrier boy who deliv ers by your door to leave you The Star, four weeks, (12 copies) for 26c. Dover Church Is Lifting Its Debt Within the last few weeks Dover mill church two miles west of Shel hv has reduced its indebtedness by $2,000 In a drive which was very succesful. Mr. J. R. Dover, official of the Ora and Dover mills offered to contribute $1 for each $9 raised, so in the campaign Rev. D. F. Put nam says $2,000 was secured. When Rev. Mr. Putnam took charge as pastor of the church the indebted ness was $6,000. It ha» been reduc ed to $2,900. REPENTANCE IS SUBJECT OF OR. SCARBOROUGH Dr. Campbell From Hickory Offers Prayer. Colorel People Join in Service. Practically all seats were filled last night at the Dr Scarborough open air revival at the First Bap tist church, so the attendance must have been around the 3,000 mark which is the seating capacity of the large assemblage. Dr. Scarbor ough’s subject was “Repentance” from sin, a fervent appeal such as John the Baptist must have preach ed before the days of the Saviour’s coming. It was a masterful and powerful appeal to turn from the ways *f sin. Joy reigns in the heart, God himself is pleased and the Angels in Heaven also reprice when one sinner repents. \ half, dozen or m$jgj,yielded to his pow-i erful presentation of the subject. Dr. Campbell Offers Prayer. j Many visitors are still coming each night from distant points to( get .an inspiration and a blessing j from Dr. Scarborough’s sermons. j Dr. Lee of Westminister, S. C.. here as a visitor sang a solo. ‘The Ninety and Nine” and Dr. R. C. Camnbell. former pastor of the Sec ond Baptist church prayed a beau tiful prayer of thanksgiving that the influence of the meeting is ex tended so far and wide. Dr. Camp bell was a student at Dr. Scarbor ough’s seminary and he rejoices that he is here. At Hickory Dr. Campbell has had Dr. J. B. Phil- j lips of Chattanooga, Tonn., helping him in a revival. Mr. and Mrs. Chas.! Jolley lead in the singing. There j were 94 additions to the church din ing the meeting, making 209 new members received since Dr. Camp bell became pastor. Two hundred or more colored people occupied a section last night on the east of the choir loft to hear Dr. Scarborough. Since it has be come known that they are welcome to attend when seats are available, the- colored people have come in in creasing numbers. Representatives from the Eliza beth and Eastside churches were present last night and these stood up on the call of Dr. Wall, the pas tor. Sunday promises to establish a new record of attendance as they come from far and near to hear Dr. Scarborough. Thursday Morning Sermon. Dr. Scarborough four scriptures on the books we learn that show we are making records and these re cords are being recorded in books of eternity. We must face at God's eternal throne the records we mak.* here on earth. The preacher stated that he wanted his recofd to con tain at least the following things: 1. —That he is saved God’s way. 2. —That he is an obedient ser vant of Christ. 3. —That he is faithful disciple of Christ. 4. —That he is a soul-winningi Christian. » He urged all Christians to so live here so that they will be happy when they face God and their re cords in eternity. Six joined the Baptist church at the close of the service. Wednesday’s Sermon. The preacher used four Scrip tures, Christ’s weeping over Jeru salem in Juke 19:41; Paul’s dra matic expression in Romans 9:1-3. Isaiah's marvelous utterance in 58:1 10 and David’s law of the spiritual hai*vest in Ps. 126:5-6. Concern For Men. Here are four cases where deep, (Continued to page 8) PAVING ROUTE 20 ENDED WEDNESDAY OPEN ON JULY 10 Rutherford ton - Lake Lure l.ink Coroe'eted. Highway Open In 10 Dava Celebration July 30. The paving of highway No. 20. between Rutherfordton and Lake Lure, was completed Wednesday according to a dispatch from Ruth erfordtnn. Work began on this project April 8th, but rains, breakdowns and shortage of material caused the work to be delayed. “The Main Street of North Car olina,” as this highway has often been called, is now a ribbon of concrete from the mountains to the sea. It took 140,000 bags of cement, 29,000 tons of crushed stone and 12.750 tons of sand to pave the 13.5 miles from here to within one mile cf Lake Lure Dam. The concrete bridge across broad river near Lake Lure is nearing completion. THe contractors ex pect to complete paving the Bat Cave and Hendersonville highway by August first. Highway No. 20 will be open for traffic by Sunday July 10th. The celebration in honor of completing the highway will be July 30th at Lake Lure Inn. County Court Held In Kings Mountain Jain* Mull Impose* Suspended Sentences On Drunken Drivers —Take Away Licenses County Judge John P. Mull is carrying out his declared nitention of taking driving license away from all auto drivers convicted of operating a car while under the influence of liquor. Yesterday at Kings Mountain he fined two defendants charged with driving drunk $50 and the CWMs each, gave them suspended sentences of three months and took away their driving privileges for the same length of time. There were only three defend ants before the judge, the third being charged with having a quart of liquor. His fine was $25 and the costs. June Brides Fail To Show Up Here With Final Day Of Bride Month Gone Only 14 Brides Turned Out In County. With the marriage record book for the month closed only 14 brides were shown recorded yes terday afternoon by Register New ton. The last license sold during the bride month was last Saturday and it was hoped that one more license would be sold during the week to run the total up to 15 for the month, or one for every two days. With license issued to only 14 couples it is estimated as one of the lowest ‘‘bride month” records here in three years. Some “Hor*e Trade” Made By The City City Administration Swaps Two Horses, Set Of Harness For One Mule and $50. Recently the new city adminis tration decided to “motorize’' the city departments and in “motor izing” the street department, there were two large draft horses which the former administration had pur chased, together with two dump wagons, to be used in short hauls. On the minutes at the eity hall there is recorded the authority granted Mayor Dorsey by the board to sell the horses. Here is the trade that was made accord ing to information authenticated by Mr. Self, street overseer. The two draft horses, a set of harness and one of the new dump wagons bought just a few months ago for $115 of the tax payers money—all of these were traded to Mr. Lon Spangler for one mule and $50 in cash. Live stock has been tabooed in Mr. Dorsey’s administration, whether for the sake of economy or efficiency remains to be seen after a few months trial. Now the city has one mule and 13 motor driven vehicles. The street depart ment has three trucks, one new *6,500 street speewer and tractor. The water department has one truck; electric department, one truck and one car. In the eity hall there is the mayor’s new car, two fire trucks, one police car and o-je motorcycle. Wants to Learn Aspiring to a stage career. Miss Marjorie Adllngton of Cape Town, South AfricaO'cams more -than *000 miler to try to achieve It. She la in echoes.' now a" SsnCssk/ ,, HEAT RECORDS GO DOWN HERE WITH TEMPERATURE 1QQ Yesterday, June 30, was one of the hoteest days ever recorded in Shelby. Between 4 and 6 oclock the out door thermometer at Ebeltofts reg istered 100, varying very little for more than an hour. Earl/ in the morning the mercury began to climb. It reached 90 and kept climbing aa the town sweltered in the warmest weather of the year and near the warmest ever ex perienced here. The peak of the heat came near five o’clock with the thermometer standing at 100. So far as could be learned this morning the extreme heat did not result in fatalities in this sec tion and no physical mishaps were suffered during tBa day: Last night was very uncomfort able and the entire town and coun ty sweltered instead of slept. This morning the mercury start ed its climb back up and by 10 o’clock had reached 92. However, some breese was in evidence during the forenoon and the heat was not quite so unbearable as yesterday. Whether or not the thermometer during the afternoon will touch yesterday’s record cannot be fore told. Police Officers Here Keep Cool City Has Policemen Wearing: Gray Shirts To Replace Hot And Hesivy Dreas Coat. The “policeman in blue" isn't altogether blue in Shelby now. The city police are wearing comfortable gray shirts instead of the custom ary blue coats, the practice starting about the middle of the week. The gray shirts were purchased by the city to replace the coats and during the warm summer months, it is understood, that the officers will not be required to wear coats. The shirts are of the same color and similar to the sum mer shirts worn by policemen in many of the larger cities. Pullman Train In Rutherford County The first Pullman to go into Rutherford county arrived there Thursday over the Seaboard road. The train passed through Shelby about noon Thursday. A Rutherford dispatch says: At noon Thursday a train con sisting of five Pullmans, ft bag-1 gage car and a dining car arrived in Rutherfordton bringing approx imately one hundred boys from Miami and Jacksonville, Florida, to the Reese Combs camp at Chimney Rock. Two of the Pull mans are from Miami, one from St. Petersburg, and two from Jacksonville, the dining car was put on at Columbia, S. C., while the baggage car came from Jack sonville. This special train left Jackson ville, Fla., at 8:30 p m. Wednes day. Colored Outfits Will Play Monday The Shelby colored baseball team will play the Charlotte team at the city park here Monday after noon, it is announced. Last week at Gaffney the Shel by team shut out the Charlotte team 3 to 0, and a good game is in prospect here Monday. Mayor Dorsey Asks Star To Let City Affairs Alone Town Head Thin',* Newspaper Should Not Say Anything About Business Of Taxpay ers. This Paper AVill Publish City News, The Star is in receipt of the following letter from Mayor W. N. Dorsey, with the request that it be published. So here goes. The attached letter referred to is being published elsewhere in this issue: Editor Cleveland Star, Shelby, N. C. Sir:— Shelby, N. C., June 30, 1927. * 4 If it is »ot asking too much, I would like you to print the attached letter relating to the legal aspects of the salary of the mayor so prominently displayed in your issue of Wed nesday, June 29, 1927. Furthermore, I would appreciate it very much indeed if you would see fit to let us run the affairs of the city to the best of our ability, and to the good interests of all concerned as nearly as possible without speculative comment You gentlemen run The Star, and we will try to run the city as the citizens who voted for us intended we should. Please publish this letter also. Very respectfully yours, W. N. DORSEY, Mayor. The Star Will Publish News To V.. N..Dorsey, Mayor of Shelby, and Especially to Citizens of Shelby: Mrr. Dorsey in his letter citing another side of the muni cipal laws about salary limitations says “I would appreciate it very much indeed if you would see fit to let us run the af iairs of the city to the best of our ability, and to the good in terests of all concerned as nearly as possible without specu lative comment.” What Mr. Dorsey refers to as “speculative comment” must be a puzzle. The news item to which the letter came in reply was not speculative comment—being nothing but news. Any newspaper man, or any one to any extent acquainted with what is news wiU agree that the article was news. So— —Since when has any man elected to a public office by the people, to handle the people’s affairs, the right to re quest that the news of city affairs not be published in a newspaper so that the people may know what is gping on? The affairs that happen in the city hall are affairs of the people—affairs they have a right to know about. Every transaction at the city hall is, or should be a public record. Since when has any official gained the privilege of asking a newspaper not to publish public property? Every taxpayer and citizen of Shelby does not have the time to attend muni ciP*f board ™e.etinK8* or hang about the City hall to keep up with their aTfairs, for dty affairs are their affairs, and they expect their newspaper to keep them abreast of what is be ing done. This newspaper intends to db that regardless of requests. .When there fa a news item, anything of interest to the people about dty affair*, this paper intends when possible to publish it. In Italy Mussolini forbids his press to use any news or anything else that he doesn’t like, or that does not favor Mussolini policies. Mussolini is Czar of Italy. So far as is known no other ruler or officials enjoys that iron-hand privilege in the world. ' Not in the United States, surely. A nation founded and maintained by the people, of the people and for the people. A newspaper published in Shelby enjoys the privilege of publishing1 news About city AffAirs just the sAme as every county record at the court house is open to the public, and just as news stories are carried about county matters. Public Office Is Public Affair Just how Mr. Dorsey handles his city administration is a matter of his business, but the people have a right to know what is going on and insofar as is known the time has not come when a citizen cannot express his views, or comment on public affairs. There were departments about the preceding adminis tration that were changed by Mayor Dorsey—because, as he said a sufficient number of people had expressed dissatis faction to make the changes worthwhile. How would he have heard of dissatisfaction if no one had been permitted to comment? When does any official, high or low, become important enough to have no comment made by the people about public business? As to the speculative comment: The news story about an attorney’s ruling on salary was a news story. Anything worthy of being discussed about the streets is news. That matter was. No speculative comment has been made, or editorial opinions given, by this paper on the Dorsey ad ministration. Numerous occasions have arisen wherein comment might have been, and about matters numerous citizens have asked that comment be made. However, should occasion arise this paper intends to, and will comment when deemed necessary to public welfare. It is a privilege of a tree country and a free press. Many men larger than the • mayor of a town have attempted to suppress newspaper opin ions. None have succeeded. As to news of city affairs this paper will publish every item coming to its attention that is worthy of publication. That is, so long as the source of the news is not closed, and when such comes this paper intends to know why news of the people’s business is to be refused the paper read by the people who pay the taxes. Likewise the paper will carry comment when deemed necessary and when it desires to do so without asking anyone. Mr. Dorsey may be mayor but his salary is paid by the tax payers of Shelby; they elected mm to office and have the privilege to comment, pro'and con, on how their affairs are run. We Will Follow City’s Actions Although such had not been intended so as to give as smooth sailing as possible to the administration, this paper will in the course of the coming weeks secure as far as pos sible details about city business under the new administra tion; details as to the number of employees of the present administration and former administration, their salaries and salaries of preceding city employees, and also total cost of the operation of city affairs by the month. These matters are, or should be, public record. Unless they are suppressed in a free country this paper intends to publish them—and, if it desires to do so, comment upon them. Thank you, THE EDITOR. r * • --J*.