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North Carciino V*' PRESS ASSOCIATION By mail, per year (in advau«)_.$2.G4) By carrier, per year (in advance) $3 Ofl What’s THE News THE STAR’S REVIEW. Contract for a new Shelby school (jidmKh;is beel k.L . survey of Dr. Scarborough’s ia! at the First Baptist church 4ls issue. The revival was ternv ' „ne of the best ever held m jr section. » « * • South Carolina plans for paving . highway to the state line a* rover are given in today’s paper. ghat does rt cost to run the of Cleveland each year? The runty budget summarized in to „’s paper tells^ ^ Fourteen divorces, equal the umber of marriages in June, arc hofjulcd to come up in court dui . the latter part of this month. A rooming house register here ay play an important role ;n a eorgia flogging affair. The half day-closing starts on hursdav afternoon, A baseball umv is scheduled for the same iy. Sport news on page 6. The first Pullman train over the aboard was operated through Why yesterday. A convict escaped from the chain ing camp here last night. Is there room for criticism of urke county over the Broadur. iller affair? Read the editorials (day. * * * The Star covers Cleveland coni letely with the news and as an dvertising medium. Wise business ten know the value of Star ad srtising. .,/■»* [I IT« terksburg-Grover Link First on South Carolina Program. Of Interest to County. Gaffney. S. C.,—Possibility that ie «mh act s for a par or all of the »ving to be done in Cherokee ounty under the reimbursement greement negotiated several ronths ago will be let in August y the state highway department as seen here by local officials upenisor E. Wright Jolly and teasurer E. E. Gossett this week igned and returned to the Guar atee Trust company of Cincinnati he 500 bonds of $1,000 denomina ion each, and the money for the isue is expected to be received i a few days, it was stated. The late highway department will open ids on several projects in Colum ia next Tuesday, but Cherokee’s ork is not included in the lot. It i thought likely the department an got ready to. receive bids on ome or all of the local projects dthjn another month. The first road to he hard surfaced is expected, will be the National ighway from Blacksburg to Gro ff Arrangements will be made to wneet with the paving now rur itig through the town of Blacks »rg, and a bridge will he built ter the Marion and Kingville line f the Southern railway, thus Iraightening the highway. Colored Man Beat In Woman Affair Robert Carpenter, colored, is in *^be<| at his home on “Jail al ly” suffering with several i'ounds bis head said to have been made Albin Beam, another colored TV affair happened Thursday <nt but asj js the custom jn the 'red denizens word of it was •pt quiet until Carpenter’s wounds un’e'i a serious aspect. Satur Offjepp McBride Poston was | ed to the home and told about affair. Carpenter says that slipped up behind him. Jr ed him down with a stick and , " 111 at him up with a rock. C^ter'a head tells its own o story of the beating. *ortfc "Jail alley’ is that i'ul heard something about P("l< r talking to Beam’s wife. Wesson Barn Was Burned Saturday l!'er!' vvas a loss of $3,000 or gc s,lfu'day night when fire ol wnown oriKin destroyed the , 0 ^r- Joe Wesson, one oJ . u'st *'rosPerous farmers in the ,iJ' 'v'nk west across the river *“‘-haron community. The fire “ discovered ahout 8 o’clock and J**"* worl« on the part of the 1. the tools and livestock were lich'f!,Uit’ hut tlle building and ^ ‘'d and corn were destroy fievera] members of the fami‘lj . i-bghtly burned in their ef to save the contents. 1 $ > i ) > Half-Day Closing Starts Thursday Employees of Shelby busi ness houses will enjoy a half-holiday Thursday if it doesn’t rain—and even if ifc does rain. Which is to say that the half-holiday weekly during summer months rec ntly decided upon will go in.o effect here the coming Thursday afternoon July 14. According to the petition as published in this news paper last week a large number of business houses will be closed during the aft ernoon. < < ANOTHER DAY TO HEAR COMPLAINTS ON TAX LISTING! Commissioners p-nd Tax Officials | Having Scores of Callers To- , day. More Tomorrow. With a full day hearing coni- i plaints of county tax payers Mon day th ' county commissioners and tax officials state that they will be at the court house-again tomorrov', Tuesday, for the purpose of hearing other complaints on tax listing. “Looka-here, this land was so-and so last year and it’s moved up this year,” was a frequently heard ex pression about the court house to day. * “.See here, you have my property listed too low. It should go down on the books for more than that”, wasn’t heard so much about the court, house today: It is this way: Monday was set aside for the hearing of complaints from county taxpayers regarding the listing of their property, a task just completed by the new tax of ficials and listers. Scores Make Call. The day was one of the busiest in many moons at the court house. Scores of farmers and others call ed during the day to see how their property was listed and to discuss the listing with Commissioners Cline, Washburn and Weathers and tax officials. Court house lobbies were crowded early in the morning, and throughout the day the activity about the county structure resem bled that of a combination “first Monday’ and “court week” in by gone days. Commission Chairman A. E. Cline stated at noon today that they would not be able to hear all com plaints and tax matters today and therefore would be in session again tomorrow. All returns have not been made for Shelby and Kings Mountain, j _ Stove “Still” Gets Second Year Term For Man In Court Blackberry Brandy Factory Takes McKinney Up To Big Court For Second Appeal. Gcnous McKinney, of the river section of No. 1 township, was i given a year sentence by County j Judge John Mull following a hear I jng in connection with a miniature I distillery and blackberry brandy found aboui the McKinney home. McKinney entered an appeal. It is his second one. Back in March, as Judge Mull remembers it, Mc Kinney was given a similar term and entered ,an appeal. The two ap peals may come up at Superior j court the latter part of the month. The still brought in by Deputies | Gus Jolley and Kester Hamrick was a small outfit, apparently made to use on a cookstove or small boiler. The cap was made of a sawed-off churn. Deaf People Watch Minister Say Rite Of Church Baptism ..Among the numerous, children baptized at._ the.. Presbyterian church services yesterday was the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Miller, jr„ deaf mutes. The class of deaf people, instructed in. re ligious worship by . Rev. and Mrs. Miller, filed into the church and with intent gaze watched Rev. H. N. McDiarmid pronounce the bap tismal rites over the child of the two people who have given them a contact with God through regular church services. Following the baptizing a strong discourse on “Infant Baptism ’ was given by Dr. I. R. McElroy, of Kings Mountain, who was recently ! highly honored by the Presbyterian 1 church . _ 14 COME UP BEFORE SUPERIOR COURT Most Of Matrimonial Splits Arc Uncontested. Suits Against Physicians Not Up. The term of Superior court dur ing the latter part of this month and the first of August will be largely devoted to the civil calen dar with divorces and several in teresting suits featuring the usual ly dull grind of the civil dockets. Get This, Now In June, the bride month, license were issued for the marriage of only 14 couples in Cleveland coun ty. At the coming term of Su perior court, which convenes July 25, divorces will be sought by 14 discontented husbands and wives. The first divorces are scheduled to come up on Wednesday, July 27, and the majority of them—as has been the custom here—are not contested. Approximately three days, it is said by bar members here, will be given to the criminal docket and * he remainder of the term to civil issues. Several big suits have been pre dicted, or rather set, for this term, but some of them will not come up it is understood after a perusal of the court calendar. The suits against Drs. E. A. Houser and J. A. Harbison in con nection with fractured arms will not be heard this term, it is re ported, because the court will not likely get around to these cases. They may come up at the special term set by Governor McLean for early fall. Among the numerous suits in which there will be local interest the following are scheduled: V. E. McDaniel, W. N. Dorsey and Rob ert Hord vs. J. P. Lindsay in con nection with stock sale. Clarence Leonard vs. Gulf Refining com pany, concerning alleged injuries, and G. G. Bone vs. Western Union Telegraph company. Third Of Million For County Quota In Budget Report ,The county budget as prepared Commissioner A. E. Cline and passed by the county board dis closes several small cuts in vari ous items of general expense. The budget shows an estimated coun wide expenditure for the year of $321,441.75. For various township road funds a total estimated ex penditures $115,740 is set. The No. 6 hospital fund is placed at $10,680. In the advertising columns today is carried a summary of the budget passed last week, citing the main items of county expenditures. When the budget is complete it will be possible to show the reductions in various departments. Mr. A. L. Wiggins Buried Last Week Mr. A. L. Wiggins, one of the most respected old men of the New House community died last Wed nesday, following a stroke of par aysis which struck him a week be fore he died. He had been in h>s usual good health until he wa3 stricken. Mr. Wiggins lived with his grand-son Troy Wiggins. He was 88 years of age and was buri ed at Sandy Plains Baptist church, the funeral service being conducted Thursday by Revs. I. D. Harrill and G. P. Abernethy. His wife has been dead some time, also a son Elijah and a daughter. Two daughters survive, Mrs. J. Van Walker of Boiling Springs and Mi s Dow Bridges of GGastonia. Sherrill To Read Paper To Medico* The Cleveland County Medical association will be entertained at a dinner this evening at 7 o’clock at the Shelby hospital. After the dinner the regulai monthly meeting of the associa tion will be held. At the meeting a paper will be read by Dr. Sherrill of Lawndale, one of the county’s new physicians. Dr. Weather* At Shelby Hospital Dr. B. G. Weathers, son of Mr. John D. Weathers of Shelby Route 6, is spending the summer months at the Shelby hospital for prac tical experience. Dr. Weathers finished the pre medical course and the first two years in medicine at Wake Forest. This fall he will enter the Medical College of Virginia at Richmond to complete his medical education. Pacific Flyers and Their Families » ■■■■■ ..■.---a-.a: .-.- - just before Lieutenant Lester J. Maitland and Lieutenant Albert F. Tfcpanberper hc-pped off at f-'at Francisco on their successful nor,- . ';- fiiplit to Honolulu, they were photographed with their fami lies. The Maitlands, who have one daughter, are shown to the left, with Mr and Mrs. Ilegeubciger and thoir two children to the right. Rowers Greet Shelby’s First Pullman Train Over Seaboard Road On Sanday Chamber Of Commerce Presents Crew With Flowers. New Move For Improved Rail Service To Section. Brabble Buys First Shelby Reservation Over Road To Wil mington. Seaboard Pioneer Here. Shelby’s first Pullman and ding ing car service was inaugurated Sunday over the Seaboard and out of appreciation for the new serv ice the chamber of commerce pre sent the train crew with basket of beautiful flowers bearing t.n> words of long training ribbon “Shelby welcomes you” and “Shelby welcomes the Seaboard's Pullman Service, Chamber of Commerce. ’ One basket went to Engineer Baskerville who pulled the throttle, while the other baskets were set i i the two Pullman sleeping cars am} the dining car. A score or more people were at the train as it par - ed going east at 5:14 to present the flowers to the train crew. Each member of the crew seemed greatly elated over the thoughtfulness and appreciation of the new service on the part of Shelby. The new train looked good as it came steaming in with six nice coaches anti all along the line peo ple gathered to see it, not because the sight of a Pullman is unusual, but in appreciation of the Seaboards forward step for this section. Since the recent visit over this division by President Davies Warfield of the Seaboard, reports are current that the Seaboard eventually be ex tended from Rutlierfordton on through the mountains and thai other extensive improvements will be started when the Seaboard's Florida development is finished. Florida Points. A twelve section sleeper operate • from St. Petersburg via Hamlet, Shelby and Rutherfordton on Mon days, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. On Tuesdays, Thurs days and Sundays, another twelve section sleeper operates between Miami and West Palm Beach via Hamlet, Shelby and Rutherfordton. When travel will warrant from Florida to the mountains of West ern North Carolina, the Seaboard officials expect to operate the two sleepers every day, Portsmouth and Wilmington. Starting from Norfolk and Ports mouth at 8:35 p. m. there is a drawing room sleeping oar coming as far as Charlotte where connec tion is made with the Seaboard at 10 a. m. for Shelby and Ruther fordton. Going north passengers can leave Shelby 6:14 for Norfolk without changing trains and reach, Norfolk at 8:20 the following morning. 1 Brabble Makes First Reservation, A. I). Brabble, of the Central ho-' tel was the first to make a Pullman1 reservation here. Mr. and . Mrs. Brabble going to Wrightsville Beach for an outing. Every day, there is a drawing room sleeping car between Rutherfordton and Wilmington. You can leave Shelby ta 5:14 p. in. and arrive at Wil mington at 2:35 a. m. where pas sengers can remain in their berths ' until 7 a. m. This through service; will stimulate the travel between j the mountains and the Carolina seacoast. On return, passengers reach Shelby the following day at 11:59. I Each train is met at Eutherfonl f >n by a big motor bus to take pas sengers to and from Lake Lure, Chimney Rock and Bat Cave, the One way fare from Rutherfordton j ot Lake Lure being f 1,10 or $2, round trip; Chimney Rock $1.25 or $2.25 round trip; Bat Cave $1,50 or $2.25 round trip. Summer Fares, i In order to stimulate summer travel, low' round trip rates have j been established, effective July 7 to July 31. One day round trip tickets are sold at fare and one third. Five day round trip tickets are sold for fare and a half. As the busses operating between Ruth; erfordton and Chimney Rock are owned by the Motor Transportation it is presumed that these low fares, do not apply on the bus line, but for one day or five days round trips, the reduced fare applies to the rail j road and the above published faro to the bus line which meets all Seaboard trains incoming and out going from Rutherfordton. Miss Ruth Beam spent the 4th of July in Washington, L). C., , on a sight seeing trip. Photos Of Slain Negro Still Attract “Boy, he sho looks lak he wusn’". a’scairt to go a’shooting,’ remark ed a colored boy Saturday to his pa as they gazed at tbe photos ot Commodore Burleson and Broadu; Miller in front of The Star offie' Burleson is the man who shot am killed Miller during the man ho ■ for the clubber Sunday week agt in Burke county. The photos of the dead negro a no Burleson were made soon after the killing, brought here and placed o j the bulletin board in front of Th S'.ar office. In the few days f- ! lowing the end of the man-bun scores looked at the pictures. \Y a fairly large crowd in town Sat urday numerous people came in ( the office asking to see the photos they were again placed on the bul letin in front, many crowds gath ering about to look at the pictures during the day. * t I; Total Cost Of New Ward School Building In $hel$y To Be L^fs Than $23,000. ‘ J. H. Brackett of Belwood who has built several school buildings in Cleveland county won the gen eral contract for the new ward building to be erected in West Shelby on the lot recently purchas ed by the city school board from J. F. Ware of Asheville for $5,000. Mr. Brackett was low bidder out of the eight general contractors, his price being $18,750.00. The Ideal Plumbing and Heating Co., of Shel by was the low bidder on the plumbing and heating, the heating to cost $3,350.00 and the plumbing $981.10. making the total cost of the building $22,706.40. There were four bidders on the heating and plumbing. The new school building is to hq,ve eight class rooms and one work room. Hollow tile inner wall is to be faced with tapestry brick, j The bids were opened by the school board of which John S. Me- ; Knight is secretary on Saturday! and the contracts were awarded as j soon as the several bids were gone , over by the hoard. Mothers’ Aid Fund For County Raised A letter to County Welfare Of ficer .1. B. Smith' from Lily E. Mitchell, director of the Mothers’ Aid Fund for the state, says that the new half-year quota for this county is $791.82, or $131.97 monthly. Part of the additional funds may be used for prisoners’ families when such families can meet the requirements of Moth ers’ Aid standards, the Jetter in forms. Campbell To Start Big Sale Friday ..Mr. R. E. Campbell,, of. Camp bell's Dept. Store, in. discussing business conditions said, “It seems to me that business is better. I am putting on a big Sale under the direction of Mr. M. L. Sullivan, of the Sullivan’s Sales Service, begin ning next Friday morning at Nine o’clock, to last through July 30th, as I feel when the people are cer tain they will get real bargains, such as I am offering, they will buy. We will move in. our. new huilding as soon as complete; and for this reason we are making un usually attractive prices for. this Value-Giving Sale.” 117 Members Added As Result Of Big Revival Scarborough Meeting Declared To Have Had Most Far Reaching Effect. 81 Ministers Attended. HOTEL REGISTER HERE TO FIGURE j One Of Accused Men In Flogging j Affair Spent Night At Ar cade Here Reveals. An unimposing guest register at the Arcade rooming house operat ed on West Marion Rtreet here by Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lybrand ,may feature in an important Georgia flogging case, it was learned by a Star reporter here over the week-end. Whether or not the register will1 clear the guest concerned is only a matter of prediction now, but the register does reveal that on the night of the alleged flogging in Georgia the man slept at the Ar cade. Furthermore, Mrs. Lybrand remembers him as a guest. The man came here Saturday one week ago for the register and carried it back with him to use at the hearing, following which he has promised to return it here. He also carried back affidavfts by local people declaring that he was here and could not have been there to have participated in the flog ging. As it is understood, although exact details are lacking, the flogging was the muchly-aired Toccoa, Ga., incident now being tried. Mrs. Ansley Bowers and her 15-year-old son were flogged on the night of June 12, a high school principal arid others being charged with taking a hand in the merciless whipping of the woman and her son. Mr*. Wm. Green Is Buried Wednesday Noble Woman From This County Dies in Georgia Hospital. Bu ried at Double Springs. (Special to The Star.) Double Springs, July 0.—Mrs. William Greene “Georgana” as most people knew her, died at a hospital in Georgia on July 4th. She had been in bad health for sometime but was considered by her loved ones to be improving when she became worse and the end came. Mrs. Greene was a member of the Union Baptist church joining when she was 12 yeaf-s of afce. Al though living in Georgia 3he re membered her church bade here at home, sometimes sending a check to help along the Kingdom of God. Until just a few years ago Mr. and Mrs. Greene lived in this com munity. Later moving to Georgia where Mr. Greene was engaged in the lumber business. She had many friends here, won by her pleasing personality and ability to think of others. She was 48 years, five months and 28 days old. Surviving are her husband and mother, Mrs. Mary Champion, also two sisters, Mrs. Greene Martin and Mrs. P. B. Bridges. The funeral was conduct ed Wednesday at 2:30 o’clock by Rev. D. G. Washburn assisted by Rev. J. D. Harrill. Interment was in the Double Springs cemetery. Nephews of the deceased acted as pall bearers and the nieces as flow er girls. The mound was covered with beautiful flowers which show ed how much her friends loved her. Kings Mt. Planning Protest Over Road Information from Kings Moun tain is to the effect that officials and citizens of the town are plan ning a protest to A. M. Kistler, district highway commissioner, and the State highway commission about the highway from Kings Mountain to Grover. Contracts were let last week for work on the Kings Mountain Grover road and also from Shelby to Toluca. Citizens at Kings Moun tain hearing that it is to be only an oil-topped road are thinking of protesting to Commissioner Kist ler because it is said that a paved road was promised. Funds, Kis tler, is reported to have said, pre vented the hard surfacing of the road. .. One hundred and seventeen had joined the First Baptist church as a result of the two weeks revival, conducted by Dr. Lee R. Scarbor ough which came to a close last night. Seventy-three went forward for Baptism while 44 joined by let ter, thus making one of the most successful revivals the First Bap tist church has ever had here. Dr. Wall confidently expects the great est in-gathering the church has ever had this year. One of the most inspiring things to him has been the whole hearted co-operation cn the part of the ministers, 81 dif ferent preachers having attended some of the services during the past two weeks. Many preachers of other denominations were pres ent to get an inspiration and a blessing from Dr. Scarborough's’ great gospel ’messages. Rev. John W. Suttle who has been in close touch with the religious life of the county for the past 43 years, says this meeting held by Dr. Scarbor ough has had the most far-reaching effect of any he has ever known. The attendance was always good and they came not only from every section of Cleveland, but from Gas ton, Lincoln, Rutherford and Burke counties. Contribute $1,100. Sunday morning Dr. Scarborough took occasion for a brief personal word, saying that as head of the Southwestern Thelogical seminary, his salary goes on whether he is out soul-winning or attending to the affairs of the institution. Therefore, he never accepts for his personal use any of the contribu tions that are made when he con ducts meetings, but turns the mo ney over to the school to help train Christian workers. He was given a good sized check and in addition, pledges were made by 11 men to the amount of $1,100 to be used at the institution for the training of reli gious workers. < Blessings of Cross. ! “The Blessings of the Cross? was the subject of Sunday morn ing’s sermon when the congrega gation filled the church and Sunday school auditoriums, Dr. H. K. Boyer of Central Methodist church, being away on a vacation, many of liis . congregation joining the Baptist yesterday at both services. In speaking of the blessings of the Cross, Dr. Scarborough said Daul gloried not in the churches he founded, not of his success aS an evangelist, not on his writings, bur; t the Cross of Jesus. The importance of the cross was stressed by Dr. Scarborough who declared that as the death of Jesus is the best evi dence of sin, it is also the remedy for sin. In the plan of salvation, since Jesus had to be crucified on the Cross to save sinners, how aw ful must be sin and how valuable must be the souls of men. Nothing in all the universe is so valuable, since Jesus had to die to save sin ners. You can search the annals of motherhood and the stories of pa triotism but you can’t find a love that compares with that of Jesus when he suffered death of the cross. Life eternal depends on the blood of Jesus and His blood alone —not morality or generosity or so cial standing or culture. In decid ing on this plan of salvation he dig nified man by leaving it up to man’s will or choice. “If I had a soul to save, or a life to live or a church to build, I would build it around the cross of Christ,’ continued Dr. Scar borough. Dr. Scarborough and his charm ing family left by motor this morn ing, returning to their home in Fort Worth, Texas. Louis Turner Makes Second Escape From County Chain Gang Louis Turner is “at large ’some where today after making his sec ond escape last night from the No. 6 chaingang. Turner was serving a sentence for his connection with a girl affair that centered interest in Lincoln and Cleveland counties, and meantime he was waiting court' on a suspended sentence. Reports are that Turner greased his feet and the shackles slipped over. Chaingang officials calling Sheriff Logan to notify him of the escape could hardly make them selves heard for noise made by the other convicts in rattling their chains and singing “Home, Sweet Home” apparently with the idea of helping Turner get a "good, running start.’ Turner, it is understood from of ficers, has been giving quite a bit of trouble for some time, and it was planned to bring him to tue county jail for keeping Until -ourt.