North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XXXIV, No. 80 By mail, per year (in advance)—$2.64 By carrier, per year (in advance) $3.04 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons fee county tax rate may be low I three of 4 cents, that’s the ■^ews of the day. What’s THE News jHE STAR’S REVIEW. The sale of auto tags here has 'ady surpassed that of last year. ronviets on the road force were attendance at the Scarborough (rival last night. Thp countv-wide school plan was Kxl.fied at the board of education s (ting this week. Mr A. E. Cline has been appoint | county accountant. The roof of* a local school build s wa« blown off in the storm on londay. , . . No accidents or fatalities marred K observance of the Fourth here, few drunks however found their ty to county court. Again comes the cry “Thar’s Oil Them Thar Hills’’ around Shelby. Summer school will start here onday. Transactions at a meeting of the ty fathers are cited in today’s iws. * * * Complaints on land values will be ard Monday. Hospital Does Not Report Any Vic tims of Fourth Celebrating. Several Get Tanked Up. It is a somewhat hackneyed phrase, but Shelby and surrounding etion enjoyed a quiet Fourth of Inly. Newspapers in late years have a abit of checking up on Fourth of [fitly observance by calling the un lertakers, hospitals, and jails on ■ morning after. Shelby undertakers failed to gain |my business from auto or train cks, or even exploding fire works, Likewise a report from tlve lelby hospital Tuesday did not in clude a single accident case brought i on or after the glorious occasion, 'own at the jail house a slight dif ferent story was told, but none of |he new arrivals registered were there for serious offenses. Imbib g, or transporting booze to cele irate their freedom landed most of pent in the hoosegow. Tuesday morning County Judge Mull “aired' tit the Fourth observance and nu merous fines were plastered about ghe court room for drunkenness, ninor affrays, and steering a mo |or vehicle while seeing things not atural to the ordinary flitting seen >ry from a car seat. Briefly, that covers Shelby’s fourth. Booze in Sock. Policemen McBryde Poston and Fred Dover, however, did nab one »te celebrating wanderer, or so phev testified in court. Journeying Town about the railroad tracks pne about 2:30 in the morning ®y had suspicions about one man *>' Silw' Apprehending, or catch hint, Officer Poston testified Jat a search revealed a half pint booze hid in the fellow’s sock, mnother pint was found nearby, *t the method of concealing booze tjialf hosiery was about the only trick introduced in the day’s •wit session. >torm On Fourth Removes Top From School Building A heavy wind and rain storm * Monday afternoon tore off the roof of the East Marion street _00 building and hurled it in the l" of ,he school yard. School of a * say that the top will be re J right away, and workmen put to work yesterday clean ^ UP the debris. big, washing rain fell over the i ,r*jSf?tion !ind the wind uproot It i ew 'bjwn numerous trees, lilrti 6r *^an bhe roof of school damaSe to amount to • ng has been reported. In ay Case To Come Cp During Month HERE NEXT WEEK Tax Assessors Have Finished. Prop erty Owners Mr.y Complain At Values July 11. July 11 has been set by W. R. Newton, tax supervisor as the date on which the board of equalization will hear complaints from tax pay ers, if they have any complaint tO| make, on the value placed on their property by the tax assessors. This has been revaluation year and 36 tax appraisers have been viewing the real estate in the 11 townships of the county and placing a value thereon. There were three apprais ers in each of the 11 township while in No. 6 three extra men were furnished to help with the Shelby! property. Counting the tax super-1 visor, W. R. Newton and two clerks in the tax supervisors office, 391 people are being used this year j in assessing the lands in Cleveland county and working out the tax. Mr. A. E. Cline, chairman of the county board of commissioners has been making out the budget for the county for the ensuing year, has allowed $10,000 to pay the cost of making the assessment. This means that the cost of revaluation this year is about $7,500 more than last year when the budget only had to cover the pay for Mr. Newton, tax supervisor, his clerks and the "ssoR«ors who had very little work to do because their work was more or less routine. In off years, the real estate is usually placed on the tax books again at the value of the previous years, so tax assessors were only list takes. This re-valua tion yp*r has been different. Values were placed according to the best judgment of the assessors without regard to nrevious values and the assessors have visited all of tic real estate in the county to get an idea as to its tax value. These return sheets have been f;!ed in the tax auditor’s office in the court house and property own ers may go to the court house any time between now and July 11th and find out what value has been placed on their real estate for the purpose of taxation. Complaints, if there be any, must be made on July 11th before the board of equalization which will be in ses sion on that day for the sole pur ! pose of hearing the tax payers. Young Attorney To Go To Arizona Bynum E. Weathers, young I Shelby attorney who has been in 1 the li. S. veterans hospital No. 48 ! in Atlanta, Ga„ for the past sev eral weeks, returned yesterday accompanied by his wife who join ed him a week before his return. Mr Weathers has been suffering with asthma and expects to leave the last of this week for Prescott, Ari "ona, where the climate is such that physicians think he can be cured. He will make arrangements for his family to follow him later. He expects to be gone six months or a year. If he can be cured by the , climate there, he may locate in Arizona. NEW ENGLAND TO BUILD 1,000 MILES OF ROADS (By1 International Hews Service.) Boston.—The six states of New England plan to build more than 1,000 miles of hard roads this year. Thirty-six separate undertak ings are under way in Connecticut, 240 miles in Massachusetts, 110 miles in Vermont, 100 miles in New Hampshire, and 414 miles in Maine. Rhode Island has a few short routes under way. Nearby Town* On Air Mail Route, Seeking ' Field* An emergency landing field for the planned South ern air mail route will be at Kings Mountain, it is under stood. This week a represen tative of the Department of Commerce was at Gaffney trying to arrange for a field there to be used as an emergency landing field on route. The route will be be tween New York and At lanta and flying will be on day and night, thus necessi tating emergency fields. Regular stops include Rich mond, Greensboro and Spar tanburg. Provisional plans call for emergency landing fields at Mooresville, Kings Mountain, Gaffney and other points >n the two Carolines, it is said. Going North? Here is the newest picture of Capt. Roald Amundsen, the veteran arctic explorer, who flew over the north pole in a dirigible last sum mer. and who is reported from San Frajtftsco as making plans for a nevOvoyaga of discovery in th* north. RURAL LIGHTS TO “ GET LOWER RATES BY BOARD RULING Mayor and Board Hold Lon? Meeting. Transacting Various City Matters Last Night. By reason of the petition on the part of the Fallston Light and Power company to the mayor and board of aldermen, asking foi scaled power rate for power bought from the city, it was agreed to give a sliding rate from six cents per kw. downward and this new rate will apply to all rural light lines served through Shelby. Herman Beam and C. D. Stroup of Fallston appeared, asking for the reduction. Don Spangler was awarded con tract to grade a sidewalk on West Warren street to serve the pupils, who will attend the new ward school building in West Shelby, as well as the public generally. Petition was allowed the county to tap the city water mains for a line to be extended to the county home near Elizabeth. A petition was presented by J. H. Hull, John S. McKnight and Dr. J. W. Harbison asking that North Washington and N. LaFayette streets be paved. No action was taken on this petition. Dr. S. S. Royster asked relief rfom paving in the alley between Warren and Graham streets abut ting his property, where one layer of paving was put down upon the first layer, due to mistake in the first grade line. Action was defer red. Dr. Royster and the Gulf Re fining company were refunded $80 for overcharge on privilege tax 1925-26. Meat Dealers Tax Reduced. Privilege tax on meat dealers in the city was reduced to $50. Clayton Peeler presented a peti tion asking that the city take over and pay for the water line to his house on old Highway 20. Matter was tabled for later action. Permission to Erect Clock. The matter of allowing George Alexander, jeweler, to place an or namental clock in front of his store which has been in controversy for a year or more, was settled last night when permission was granted Alexander to erect this clock in ac cordance with a contract on file in the city hall. The sum of $218 was appropri ated by the city council upon the suggestion of Fire Chief E. B. Roach to send delegates from the Shelby fire department to Greens boro to attend the state firemen’s convention. Tag Sale Record Beats Last Year Last years sale of automobile li cense plates at the branch bureau here has already been surpassed this year, it was revealed today by Charles L. Eskridge, jr. So far—up until this morning— 5,285 tags have been sold since the first of June. From 500 to one thou sand more tags will be sold, it is estimated, running the total to, or above 6.000 plates. Altogether last I year 4,800 tags were sold at the local branch office of the state li cens® department.» CHAMPION REUNION AT FLINT HILL, 17TH On the third Sunday in July near Boiling Springs at Flint Hill church, there will be a gathering of the Champion family in reun ion. Good speaking and singing is promised. The public is invited to be present with well-filled baskets. Men In Chains Heed Appeal Of Scarborough Convicts Come In Body To Open Air Revival. Interest In Last Week Of Revival Grows. There was a torching scene last night at the open air revival which Dr. Lee Scarborough, cowboy evangelist, author and teacher is conducting on the lot adjacent the First Baptist church. The men on the No. 6 convict force, 17 whites and 11 colored, were brought in a body and given a front seat. Dr. Scarborough preached one of his best sermons—simple, fervent and j forceful and several of the men | touched by his wonderful message gave their hearts to Jesus, trust ing him with contrite hearts. Christian mSh and women gather ed around them and offered pray er and personal workers whisper ed to them the message of Jesus and His love. In the entire body of 28 men, not a one appeared over 28 or 30 years of age. Some were just passing out of their teens and all appeared to be men who were not hardened criminals, but men who had fallen the victim of sin and got caught in the meshes of the law. Back of the convict force on a tier of seats were some 200 colored people who gave the clos est attention to Dr. Scarborough’s wonderful message on drifting into sin. From Zion church came a fair sized delegation, but from Sandy Run at Mooresboro there were a hundred or more visitors present. Great Salvation Last night when Dr. Scarbor ough preached his subject was “So Great Salvation.” His text taken from Hebrew 2:1-3 is a record of a great question, “How shall we es cape if neglect so great salva tion?” The preacher spoke of our sal vation being great in its saving, keeping, joy-giving and delivering and character-building character. The great danger is that men will neglect this salvation and fail to escape hell and its eternal banish ment from God. His call was fot men out of Christ to attend to this salvation while life and time arc theirs. World’s Greatest Interview-. Tuesday morning Dr. Rcarbor-1 ©ugh subject was “The World's Greatest Interview’ taken from John .'i where is found the record of Christs interview with Nicode* urns on the subject of the salvation of the soul. This interview and the truth revealed have influenced more destinies than any interview or conference in all history. Jesus instructs the big- Jewish lawyer on the new birth or how to be saved. He shows that salvation is not a matter of a new creed, nor a new ordinance or a better men tality, not joining a church, but is a new nature from the inside out for the souls of men. He admits its mystery and halts not to preach the new way life because it is myste rious. It is mysterious and is thus in line with all life. Life in all realms hides its sources and powers be yond the limited mind of man. We do not understand birth, eating, di gestion, flowers, stars, atoms, elec tricity, all life is beyond us. So is salvation. Its mysteriousness is one of its divine credentials. But it is real—its facts are real, its re sults and issues are real and are believable though . not understan dable. Salvation is a birth from above, heavenly, divine, real, eternal ar.d effects the very vitalities of life and immortality. The preacher asked: ‘What do wc get in Salvation?” The answer is life, eternal life, the very life of God in the soul—deathless life. ‘We are partakers of the divine Nature, New Creatures in Christ Jesus.” By a spiritual process God interfuses or transfuses the very vitalities in Christ into our immortal spirits thereby giving us Christs imputed Hghteousness. This comes by faith in God’s uplifted crucified Son. Sister Of Movie Star A Guest At Jail In Shelby ? Girl Claiming to be Jack Hoxie’s Sister in Jail While Jack Appears on Screen. While the youth of the town, al ways fond of Wild West movies, wended their wav to and applauded Jack Hoxie in a wild and wooly picture at a local theatre Monday a slight, young girl was down in the county jail on West Warren street claiming to be the sister of the star of Western cinema. Quite a bit of fate, that. All the young boys of the town cheering wildly as their movie hero dashed hither and yon on his horse, a’shool ing meantime with his six guns, and only a couple of blocks away his sister a’peering through the bars of the jail house awaiting for the evening mail, or something else. Of course, that’s her story. Maybe so, maybe not. Anyway— Early Monday morning, in the I wee hour3, Kings Mountain offi cers were called to the Pauline mill 1 section. There in a waste house they found a young girl and a slender youth asleep, the girls arms twined about her sweetie’s neck. Taken up to where the key clicks loudly the pair was locked up. The girl, giving her name as Edith Talley, claimed to be a sister of Jack Hoxie, famous movie star. How and why Talley and Hoxie are sister names is a question, but that diverges. The girl told newspaper emn theer that she came with Jack from California to Jacksonville, Florida, and secured a job in a cafe, but life got dull and she came on to South Carolina, and to Kings Mountain last Friday, leaving the alleged famous brother behind to the Florida breezes—if they have em this time of year. Asked why she had to “sling hash” for a liv ing with such a famous brother and why she didnt go into the movies herself the girl said she wasn’t pretty enough—and so on. Anyway, as they say in the movies, dawn came—it usually does —nnd here was the Fourth of July. Then coming along likewise was Judge Mull’s court and a fine of $10 and the costs for the girl and the voung fellow known as “Slim”. And so it was that the girl clairn herself Jack Hoxie’s sister spent the night in jail while Jack, on the screen, entertained the youth of the town. He was there because he is a movie star, and she was there be cause the “$10 and—” hadn’t been raised. Tuesday morning the coin necessary for Edith Taliey-Hoxie was still not forthcoming. Shelby Girl Gets Parent*’ Consent By Wire To Wed Home Folks Say “Go Ahead, Me Are Willing”— She Goes, Other Marriages in S. C. Gaffney.—“Go ahead, we are willing,” was the satisfactory message received here Saturday from her parents in Shelby by a 17-year-old girl who had forgotten to get a statement of consent for her marriage before leaving home with her fiancee to have the cere mony performed here. She was Miss Ruby Nix, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Nix. Immediately after the arrival of the telegram Judge Lake W. Stroup performed the ceremony making Miss Nix the wife of Junnie Cook, also of Shelby. Judge makes a practice of re quiring written consent from the parents of girls under the legal marriage age. Other marriages performed by Judge Stroup over the week-end included: Victor Simmons and Maude Ed wards, Mt. Holly, Saturday. Ray Neeley and Addie Burton, Kings Mountain, Saturday. Grover Green and Elsie Mae Burton, Kings Mountain, Satur day. Eddie Dorough and Blanche Lynn, Kings Mountain, Saturday. Bura Pearson and Marie Justis, Henrietta, Saturday. John Reynolds and Annie Bess Bowen, Chesnee, Saturday. Lee Bostic and Minnie Bum garner, Rhodiss, Saturday. Lonnie F. Walker and Susie Redmon, Shelby, Saturday. Leroy Ledford and Aileen Ken rick, Shelby, Saturday. I Scores Look Over Morganton Photos On Star Bulletin The interest in this section over the search and capture of Broadus Miller, Morganton negro clubber, who killed a young girl there, has been evidenced by the crowds look ing at photos of Miller and his slayer. Through the courtesy of Boyce Dellinger photos of the dead negro and Burleson, who shot him, were placed on the bulletin space in front of The Star office Monday. During the day and on Tuesday several hundred people, it is estimated have stopped to take a minute ap praisal of the photos. SUMMER SCHOOL HERE TO STURT FIRST OF WEEK Prof. Sinclair to Hiwr Charge. Is For Students Who Failed on Work Last Year. The regular summer school at the Shelby high school will open next Monday morning. The follow ing statement giving the details of the term, has been issued by City Superintendent I .C. Griffin, now' heading the summer school at the State University: “A summer school for high school students will open on Monday, July 11, at 9 a. m. Mr. W. T. Sinclair will be in charge with Mr. V, C. Mason jr., assisting him. Other teachcis will be added if found necessary. “The school will be conducted especially for those pupils who fail ed in one or more subjects in high school last year. No student may register for more than two sub jects. The school will continue through a period of 30 days, classes reciting 6 times a week. The hours will be 8 a. m. to 12 m. daily, In cluding Saturday. The tuition will be $10 for two subjects for any part or the whole of the 30 days, and $5 for one subject. All students who were conditions on one or more subjects and all who failed to pass any subject last year, are urged to attend this ression of the sum mer school and make an effort to secure the desired credit. The teachers do not guarantee that a pupil will pass the subject in the Rummer school and no refund of tuition will be made for any reason. However, the teachers will do all within their power to enable the pupils to pass the subjects. All tuition charges must be paid in ad vance. No pupils may enroll until the tuition charges are paid. “The following regulations in force last year in the high school organization may be helpful in de termining whether one should at tend summer school. “1.—No high school student may enter the ninth grade with less than three units of high school credits; the tenth grade, 7 units; the 11th grade, 11 units. “2.—No high school student may enter the eleventh grade with a condition in English. “Parents should check up and determine the present standing of their children. The final report given to all high school students at the close of school will provide the necessary information. Mr, Sin clair will be available at all time to provide the information from the school records on file in the of fice.” .T. Well Known Farmer, Lumberman and Churchman Passes Away At the Age or 65 Years Mr. William Thomas Calton, one of the county’s most esteemed men, farmer, lumberman and churchman died last night at his home at Lat itmore about 9 o'clock following an illness of a year or more. Mr. Cal ton suffered a stroke of paralysis about 18 monthes ago and since then his health has been on the decline. Last Sunday a week ago he took a turn for the worse, since then hav ing been confined to his bed. Mr. Laiton was bo years, three months and one day old. He was a man with an inventive mind and during his life he made a number of inventions of a worthwhile na ture. He was a farmer, lumberman and churchman, being a deacon in the Presbyterian church of Shelby for a number of years. Coming to Shelby from Lattimore he was head of a machine shop here. Later he was engaged in the lumber busi ness at Henderson and near Reids ville where he founded the town of | Caltonia. He was an aggressive business man, a kind sympathetic friend and neighbor without an enemy in the world. He went through life with a smile on his face and a kind word to all. He was always on the side of progress and was a staunch friend of all pro gressive measures. Mr. Calton was married Decem ber 1896 to Miss Corrie Hamrick, who survives with two children, Mr. Aubrey Calton and Miss Willoree Calton, both leaders in the Latti more community. Two brothers, J. M. Calton of Sunshine, Rutherford county and J. D. Calton of George town. Ga., also survive. At the age of 18, he joined Mt. Harmony Pres byterian church in Rutherford county and has remained a consis tent member of Presbyterian churches wherever he lived. The funeral takes place at the Calton home this afternoon at 4 o’clock, services conducted by Rev. H. N. McDiarmid, assisted by Rev. Zeno wall. County Tax Slash Appears Certain, Cline Now Thinks; May Be Up To 4 Cent Cut Cline Appointed County Accountant And Purchasing Agent By Board. Will Sys tematize County Business. Appointment Considered Good Move. SCHOOL HEHOS III HLGULi MEETING Budget of *311,000 it* Passed. Switch Fairview Pupils to Hollis. Change Plan in 8. The county hoard of education enjoyed, or at least passed through one of its busiest days in the regu lar monthly meeting this week. One of the features of the edu cational month was the passing of the school budget by the county commissioners. The budget totals around $311,000 and will be explain ed in detail in the next issue of Tht Star. At the meeting formal arrange ments were made with the county superintendent of Rutherford coun ty to make a temporary transfer of about 40 pupils to the Hollis school in Rutherford, from the pres ent Fairview district. One of the major controversies Of the board meeting centered about a modification of the county wide consolidation plan. School committeemen from Fairview. Un ion, Delight, Cabaniss, Lattimore and New House districts were pres ent. The plan was modified as fol lows: “That all No. 8 township, except that part of Union district now in No. 7 cast of Brushy Creek, form one unit. “That that part of the Union dis trict in No. 7 township, west of Brushy Creek be added to Latti more; also that the Cabaniss dis trict be made a part of Lattimore in the county wide plan. It is the opinion of the board that eventually a corner of the Cabaniss district be added to the unit in No. 8.” Signals Out Of Order; Grounded Since Saturday the stop and go signals have not been working be cause there is a ground in the wires placed in cables underground, ac cording to Mayor Dorsey. The city electrican Mr. Gordon says the un derground wires should have been put in regular electric conduit in stead of w'ater piping in which the wires were housed. His idea is that when the wires were pulled through the piping, the rough surface in the piping cut the insulation on the wires, so when water gets in side, a ground is caused. Mayor Dorsey has considered suspending the stop and go signals overhead, but nothing has been decided. Last night the question of repairing the signals or putting them in work ing order, was brought up before the board for decision, but action was deferred. Mother Eve Was Angel Compared With Pal Adam (By International News Service.) Belfast.—Eve tnay have 5 S been bad but she was an an- \ gel compared with Adam, in ' the opinion of Lady Astor, ; the former Nancy Shaw, of i Virginia, and England’s first 'i woman member of Parlia- >, > ment. Addressing a Belfast wo- $ ') man’s temperance meeting, j Lady Astor remarked that s Eastern women not only had s \ to obey their husbands, but i; ( had to worship them. “A > ■ lot of husbands wish there ; ' were more women about like ' <t that,” she added. “I would like to show,” $ she went on, "that women ;> ; have been great protesters in > their time. Eve was the first ] 5 protester, but I am not go \ ing to say much about Eve, > because men came out S rather badly in that story. £ Eve might have been bad, but she was an angel com pared to that weakling, \ / Adam.” Within the next few days the county commissioners may hand up an appetizing dish to Cleveland coAnty tax payers in the form of a general tax reduction for this year. Such a move has been predicted for several weeks, and A. E, Cline, commission chairman and county accountant, stated to The Star yesterday that present indications are that the tax rata will be low ered. Generally speaking— using the phrase in the broadest sense—» that will be good news over Cleve land county. How Much Now? If land values now being listed stand up as they have so far in dications are, and the board sub stantiate? it, that the tax rate will be reduced three cents and possibly four cents. Of course, the clause "maybe more than that” could be added, but the commissioners do not like to prophesy something they may not be able to do. Meantime until their definite re port and budget is completed in the next few days taxpayers may reliably anticipate a reduction of three or four cents. The commissioners have for two day* now been working overtime in going over the new budget, pre pared by Mr. Cline, as required by the new state-wide county law. County Attorney R. L. Ryburn has been working with them and gradually they are smoothing the wrinkles out of the budget and making necesary changes. In all likelihood definite figures may be obtained by Friday, Mr. Cline thinks. The new budget as prepared by Mr. Cline will account for every cent and business deal of the county, operating county govern ment along the plan of an up-to date business system. Cline Is Appointed At the meeting of the commis sioners Tuesday they appointed Mr. Cline, commission chairman! as county accountant and pur chasing agent at a salary of $3, 000 per year. His job is a full tibia one and will be one of thf, mdst strenuous in the county in heading all business affairs of the county as a business manager. In appointing him the com missioners seem to agree with a goodly portion of citizens that they have about the best fitted business manager of any county in the state. For several years Mr. Cline has been chairman of the commissioners and he is well ac quainted with county affairs, hav ing devoted practically all of his time in recent months to studying modern methods of county gov ernment and business. Futhermore the new accountant, who was tem porarily appointed in April, is considered one of the county’s leading business men. With busi ness judgment and a knowledge of county affairs he is expected to cut the cost of county operating expenses under the systematized plan. For several years now Mr. Cline has been preparing a modern budget for county expenses and when the new state law came re quiring a business head and a complete budget this county was not caught with a hard problem. The new plan of budgeting the county is considerably similar to that used by him heretofore. Thei commissioners, Messrs. W. W. Washburn and R. L. Weathers, in working with the new accountant have decided that he is the best man in their knowledge to handle the new office, which is calculated to make other offices work smooth er and along a better business plan. Mr. Ryburn, county attor ney and an expert in county legal affairs, considers the appointment a good one. ? All business affairs of the coun* ty will now be handled through his office like the manager of a biff business. --- ! Revival Meetings Dates Scheduled Rev. H. E. Waldrop has sched- • uled a number of revival meetings for the summer. The ordinance ol! baptism will be administered at the Elizabeth church next Sunday at 11 o’clock in the pool near thei church. The meeting at Buffalo will start the fourth Sunday in July. The New Prospect meeting will start the 5th Sunday in July. Ross Grove revival will start. xsQ Sunday in August. Elizabeth the second sundjjg* J