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8 PAGES TODAY ....a By mail, per year (in adverse)—$2.69 By carrier, per year (in advance) 18.08 THE , News HTB STAR’S REVIEW 7f' boll"wcevil have been jn Cleveland county, ^but no n Lit1' f - _ damage is expected for sev j'^ks yet, according to coun neat. .banquet of the Cleveland coun tar association will be held ^ay night. Justice Clarkson is be a guest i noultry meeting for better in farmers will be held here J"t is thought, with a well Jot poultry expert as instruct I h Quinn, Shelby postmaster, J heads the postmasters of the Company K. Returned Sunday m the annual encampment at mp Glenn i hie copper distillery was cap (d in No. r> yesterday morning ut daybreak. inperior cou-t convened here , morning with Judge Michael «nck presiding, * * ,3t living of mothers causes babes.” says a Charlotte It'h officer. The Southern railway is P13™' fag to remodel and renovate the tsseneer station here. * * « ' Community items and personals I this issue. ■ * * * j;ee The Star’s photo colyum on pi inside page. b *s Ins BIST WING f«wr Newspaper Man Who Mar ried Miss Gettys Of Lawndale Is Winner Of Prize. It is interesting to the many fHends of the family of Mr. P. S. (jtftys. of Lawndale, to learn that his son-in-law, Mr. Leary W. Atoms, now a reporter on the (jhnrlotte Observer, won a $250 Nth prize for the best piece of newspaper reporting done in North Carolina during the past year. Mr. Adams is a native of Wake county, but has been doing newspaper w'ork on the Winston Salem journal and Charlotte Ob nerver. “I’ll build an addition to my thicken house now,” young Adams •aid when he first learned that he had been awarded the $250 cash prize. Adams is a chicken fancier daring his off hours from the newspaper office. The winning itory was a historical and de ieription feature dealing with the Wchoring of the tower on Mount Mitchell. J. H. Separk, of Gastonia, offer d last year $500 in cash to be warded by the North Carolina 'ress association as it saw fit, in (cognition of newspaper work, "he cash was divided into two tites, $250 for the best news *per article and $250 for the most dpful service a newspaper ren to a community. The Hickory Wly Record received the $250 for * most notable community serv *■ When the I.enoir-Rhyne ool •tj* library burner, destroying wusands of volumes of books, Record of which Johnson "try is editor launched a cam gn for books to restore the li rJ. A total of 8,000 books was |*IVed ™d $1,000 in cash. For is sendee the Record received coveted prize at the North 0 ln,i Press association Friday. McBrayer Offer* Good Barley Crop Thm are stories galore about Pneyeorn. K.r,e s one about plain barley. i.H!far Mr' J°hn MeBrayer, ” Lattimore, bought two bushels tk. s 81a'n- and planted it in •etc nf"IKL Panted it on an what he considers to be *®r ground. e recently liarvested the crop th eshed out fifty-four bushels U.JL*''s said that average CvT °.Uts wi" Produce about •etc ' 'iVe >ushcls corn to the W-am. "s-the ,and Mr. Me i v mr. me* fe* ' , Panted to barley was be WniuckJ^^6’ He would have h,v* «* fc**,is asked, in view o' * dc » why not more barley *! Mr MeBrayer sat is eoirirr 4.... . . a «. . MivDinycr sa> wrim-".* t0 try another barles ?n ,roallv {food land •suit he believes will b< r- inn r.(,Sl [■•tonisiiinff. Charbe Ross Is Ga. Cracker Nov iv',k\Gaffney told the sta Nved ih/! he ha* recently re m tha, iter from “Charlie Ross Wnl Vi ^ wanderer is no 8 his home in Brunswick, G Boll Weevil Signs Here With Continued Showers No Threatening Danger Thi* Year From Cotton Pest Likely, Hardin Thinks. Cotton In County Good. Signs of the dreaded boll weevil have been seen in this county, ac cording to reports heard here Sat urday. , For some time there has been a dread that the cotton pest might visit this section since there have been steady rains for several weeks and damp weather is per fect weather for the weevil. How ever, Alvin Hardin, county agent, expressed the opinion Saturday that no danger is near just now so far as he can discern. The county agent admits that he has heard cf boll weevil signs in various sec tions, but that personal investiga tion so far has failed to reveal “even a grubs “That the weevil may come this year he doesn’t deny. Yet if the' arrival of the weevil is con siderably later in the year it will not be so damaging to cotton farm ers. Other than a few reported signs of the weevil and minor damage by the leaf hopper the county agent says that the county cotton crop is unusually good, and perhaps is one of the best in county history. The excessive rains of the last week or so have not been top much for thi cotton, farmers at the court house stated Saturday, but a little more sunshine would not hurt, but would rather help in absorbing the big amount of rain. With many rains and quite a number of cool night3 the cotton continues good. Had the rains not been so plentiful and the night warmer the cotton crop would be even better than it is now, the optifnistic say. As it is the crop seems to be above general expecta tions. Hardin Trying to Bring Well Known Authority on Poultry Here to Talk to Farmers A county-wide poulti-y meeting with a poultry specialist to lecture on profitable poultry raising is be ing planned by County Agent Alvin Hardin. Mr. Hardin since here has stress ed poultry raising with Cleveland county farmers. Cotton, he says, does not need more, stressing as Cleveland county farmers are con sidered among the best cotton farm ers in the state. With that view he has been building up farming side lines in the county, poultry being among those most stressed. The county agent stated Satur day that there is a possibility of bringing J. Frank Johnson, of St. Louis, here for lectures on poultry. Mr. Johnson a graduate of North Carolina university and with prac tical experience in poultry, has been making a special study and investigation of various poultry methods and has gathered informa tion in methods used by some of the most successful poultrymen in the country. At one time Mr. Johnson was employed by the Veterans bu reau to instruct disabled veterans in poultry raising. Mrs. Hammond Is Buried At Greenville Mother Of Mrs. C. C. Roberts Of Shelby Passes Away Funeral Friday Funeral services for Mrs. Eli zabeth Hammond, wife of John Hammond was held at 11 o’clock, Friday morning at the Mackey Mortuary on North Main street, Greenville, S, C. The services were conducted by Rev. W. A. McAuley assisted by Rev. W. S. Goodwin. Mrs. Hammond had been a pati ent sufferer through many weeks of her illness. Her death occur red at 6:45 Wednesday evening at her home on W. Washington street. Mrs. Hammond was known and loved by a host of friends as a kind loving mother and neighbor. For over fifty years she had been a member of the Methodist church. She is survived by her husband and four daughters: Mrs. J. J. I McKinney and Mrs. W. T. Grove of Greenville Mrs. C. C. Roberts of Shelby, N. C., and Mrs. C. E. Brammer of Beallville, Va. Following the services the in terment was in Springwood ceme tery beneath a mass of floral tri butes. Miss Beam Added To N. C. C. W. Faculty Miss Mary Sue Beam, daughter of Mr. D. Augustus Beam, of Shel by, has been added to the staff of instructors at N. C. C. W. at Greensboro, according to press dis patches. Miss Beam is one of five former pupils at tlie college to return next year as an instructor. —Another Citizen—Down in South Shelby there arrived Monday a ten pound boy at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Burch. Mr. and Mrs. Buch live within a stone’s throw of Marvin Blanton. Chalie Rein hart and another family where there are already over twenty chil dren in three families. JURISTS WILL BE GUESTS III MEET OF LEGAL GUQUP Justice Clarkson and Judge Schenck To Attend Banquet of Bar Association Tuesday. Associate Justice Harjot Clark son of the State Supreme Court and Judge Michael Schenck will be the guests of the Cleveland County Bar association at a banquet to beld Tuesday evening at Cleveland Springs hotel. Whether dr not the two well known jurists will make talks is not definitely known. Solicitor Spurgeon Spurting, who is acting as prosecutor at the term of court in session here now, will also be an honor guest. Judge Schenck is pres iding over the term. Ryburn to Preside. Attorney R. L. Ryburn, dean of the Shelby bar qnd vice-president of the association, will preside at the meeting in the absence of Max Gardner, president. The program committee for the banquet is made up of Attorneys D. Z. Newton, Pat McBrayer, and Speight Beam. 4H Club Members At Boiling Springs Delegates From Eleven Clubs Of The County Attending Lectures And Camp At Boiling Springs Delegates from the eleven “Four H clubs” in the county are attend ing this week an encampment at Boiling Springs, under the direc tion of Mrs. Irma Wallace, home economics agent. The encamp ment opened today and will con tinue through Thursday night when stunts will be given and the public is invited to witness the fun. Mrs. Wallace says these encampments have been held annually for a num ber of years, with the exception ol last year when there was a conflict with the revival meeting there. The delegates attend lectures given by Mrs. Wallace and hear talks by others. Mrs. Wallace will lecture on health, table setting and ser vice, arts and crafts. Ample time will be given for recreation and it is planned to take the campers Tuesday evening to Broad River for an outing if the water has subsided from the recent heavy rains. Meals are served cafetera style, each camper bringing their own' I table ware and bed clothes. They have always enjoyed these en campments and indications are that the camp this week will be (the most largely attended Mrs. j Wallace has ever had. Booze Gets 13 In Jail Sunday Demon Rum deprived at least 13 people of their liberty over the week-end here, it was stated at the sheriffs office this morning. During the week-end city and county officers jailed the 13 for various connections with booze—some intoxicated,, oth ers driving while under the influence and still others hav ing the supposed nonetity in thn’r possession. The result is that Recorder John P. Mull has a court dock et today almost as big as the docket upstairs before “the big court.” J. H. QUINN AT HIM MEET! Shelby Man Elected President Of Postmasters At Annual Con vention In Sanford-Meet At Wilmington next Sanford^ July 25.—With the election of J. H. Quinn, of Shelby, as president and the selection of Wilmington as the meeting place for the next year’s convention, the North Carolina Branch National League of Postmasters, which has been in annual session here for two days, adjourned today, Quinn was promoted from th-3 first vice presidency by acclama tion. The other officers chosen were, J. W. Gilliam, Sanford, first vice president; G. B. Goodson, Lin colton, second vice president; Miss Sallie K. Wilkins, Magnolia, secre tary; W. B. Duncan, Raleigh, dele gate to the national convention which will be held in Louisville, Ky., in October. Lively Fight A lively fight developed between Shelby and Wilmington for the next convention, the majority in favor of the latter was by a clean margin. At the session last night I. B. Tucker, of Whiteville, delivered an address on “pitfalls, and how to avoid violations of the postal laws and regulations.’’ E. A. Weeks, of Nicolas, Ga, president of‘the national league, and told of the things it was doing to help the members, among then, trying to get the third class offi cers placed under civil service and the fourth class offices granted more allowance for fuel and lights. Robards Speaks. At the session this morning after the invocation by Rev. G. T. Adams, of Sanford, the conveption listened to an address by W. W. Robards, of Sanford, who spoke briefly on the relation of the postmaste’' bears to the citizens of the com munity. E. W. Satterwhite, assistant gen eral superintendent of railway mail service. Washington, addressed the convention on problems affecting the railway service. P. W. Neal, of the accounting department in Wilmington office and Postoffice Inspector L. T. Yarborough, of Raleigh, discussed problems in their departments. Seek Reforms Among the things the convention endorsed was the bill in congress, placing third class offices under civil service and increasing allow ances for expenses of fourth class offices. cony k buck FROM C1P BLEU Company K, Cleveland county’s militia unit, returned Sunday over the Seaboard from summer en campment of two weeks at Camp Glenn, Mprehead City. All members of the company seemed to be in good condition and the officers reported one of the best training periods in the company’s history—Company K took numerous honors on the rifle range and in inspection. The boys were all tanned by the. vacation at the seashore and generally the en tire company seems improved. MECKLENBURG SCHOOL HEAD VISITS HERE Frank Edmundson, head of the Mecklenburg county schools and one of the highest salaried educa tors in the state, was a Shelby vis itor last week. 1 STITIII BE IN SHORT TIME, SKID Headmaster For Division Tells Mayor Old Station Will Look Like New One Soon The old Southern passenger station here, a landmark back in the days when S pa nts h - A rne r ic a n war veterans were mere boys, will be remodelled and renovated into j a new station soon. Such is th • information given Mayor Dorsey arid the town by the roadmaster arid other officials of this division. The Southern officials were here Saturday and had a chat with Mayor Dorsey concerning the old station and likelihood of a new sta tion At the end of the conversation the matter boiled down to wheth er1 or not the city would give a 1* I* ti ;mit for the remodelling of the isent station instead of waiting taps for an indefinite length of e for a new station. This morn in it was stated at the City Hall til t the permit would be issued to Onee the permit is issued irk will begin right away,” the officials are said to have said. ■'he renovation, it is reported, will include the tearing down of the old steeple and the replace ment of the old roof with a mod ern asbestos roof. The waiting room will be made larger, neWj weather boarding put on, and the entire building painted. “When it is completed it will be hard to tell it from a new station,” officials remarked. Shelby through the Chamber of Commerce and other channels has been working for a new station for years • Saturday the officials explained that a new building de cision would have to come from Washington and that it might take two years or more. However, re pairs and new buildings come un der separate heads, and the offi cial stated that he could make ‘the necessary repairs if such was agreeable here. In addition to the repairs at the station the officials also promised, it is said, considerable improve ment at the crossings in town and elsewhere along the railroad route through the city. OFFICEfiSCAPTURE STILL 10 BOOZE Early Sunday Morning Raid Gets Plant, Booze, Beer, And Men. A Copper Outfit Making a call before daybreak Sunday morning in No. 5 township Deputies Buren Dedmon and John Hord captured a 40-gal. copper dis tillery, two men, a small amount of liquor, and some beer. The two men, captured at the plant were Eph Harvey and Lee Abernathy. The Still was still warm, the officers say, and apparently a run had just been completed. The still •and worm were of a high grade of copper and the outfit was gen erally considered a good one. COTTON MARKETS (By Jno. 7. Clait and Co.) Cotton Was Quoted At 11 O’clock Today On New York Ex change Oct. 1875, Dec. 1901, Jan. 1900 New York, July 25.—Eight p. m. southern weather map cloudy south central and southeast, clear west maximum temperatures under 90 at Abilene, Ft. Worth and Okla homa City, rainfall Charleston .52, Jacksonville .46, Shreveport .98, Vicksburg .04, Galveston .14, New Orleans .06. Forecast Carolinaa, Arkansas and Oklahoma fair, Tex as part cloudy, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi fair except local thundershowers in southern por tion. Saturday’s weather details show ed heavy rain in eastern Georgia and light to heavy showers in all other cotton states except Texas. Manchester cable says outlook more encouraging. Worth Street had a good volume of business last week. Washington special says cotton cooperative associations handled only 6.7 per cent of this crop and 8 per cent two years ago. Market may ease some on better %veather but weevil menace still exists and market will respond quickly to any indication of more rain. Cotton was quoted at 11 o’clock today on New York exchange Oct. 1875, Dec. 1901 Jan. 1900. Writes Name in Book of Go^d * _ Directly under t .j name ot Charles A. Lindbergh In the Book of Hold at. the Aero Club In Burls Is that of Commander Bichard La Byrd, who flew across the north pole, spanned the Atlantic by plane »nd now plans to cross the south pole. Behind Byrd is Lieutenant oc-orge N vine, one of the_crew ot the 42ierita. Byrd will start Miuth in the tall. Minister Preaches About His Love; Bride In Pew; Marriage; Benediction (By International News Service.) Watertown, N. Y.—While Rev. Guy Livingstone Brown, D. D., 67, pastor of the First Baptist church here, preached front the pulpit to his congregation, certain words were meant only for the ears of a I member of that congregation who becanve so thrilled with his devout teachings that she quietly slipped from a pew of the church during the services, met Dr. Brown in his study, while the services were still in session and walked calmly up the center aisle to be married before the astonished worshippers. The romantic climax of Dr. Brown's wooing of Mrs. Ada Har , der Rector, widow and mother of two sons, created such a sensation that members of the congregation1 were for a moment undecided whether to cheer or keep silent. Apparently little attention was| diverted to Ur. Brown, who silent ly slipped from his place near the pulpit through a rear door into his study. Soon Dr. Brown and Mrs. Rector walked slowly up the aisle arm in arm. So startled were all the members of the congregation that plainly audible gasps were heard on all sides. Many a neck was strained in an effort to find out “what it’s all about." Dr. Brown and Mrs. Rector paus ed at the altar, stood calm and alone, as Rev Dr. Colbrook, of Sy racuse, made them man and wife. Then, with the congregation still I in a surpressed turmoil, they stood silently to hear the benediction and received the congratulations of their friends. Dr. Brown and his bride left ort a tour of the Adirondacks. immedi ately following the service, "they will spend the summer at Keuka lake with their children. Fast Living And Dieting Of Mothers Blamed For “Puny” Babes By Doctor First Church 4th In Benevolence First Baptist Church Of Shelby Stands Fourth In N. C. In Benevolence. A distinct record has been made by the First Baptist church, of Shelby, according to Mr. J. F. Ledford, alderman and churchman, who says the local church of which Dr. Zeno Wall is pastor stands fourth in amount contributed to the co-operative program (or benevolent fund) of all Baptist churches in North Carolina. Here is how they stand in payments from January 1st to June 29th, ac cording to figures sent out through the Biblical Recorder by Dr. Charles E. Madry, general secre tary. Qreensboro First **_*$9,199.22 Raleigh First __ 7,927.59 Winston-Salem__7,196.59 Shelby First __ 4,826.42 This record is one to be proud of and not only Dr. Wall but mem bers of his congregation were sur prised to learn of the splendid showing. Many County Folks To Attend Big Day A large number of Cleveland county people are expected to at tend the big fete at Lake Lure on July 30, at which time a fitting program will be held celebrating the opening of the paved link of Highway 20 through Rutherford county. Numerous state notables will be present and water events and other features will mark the day’s pro gram. Name Principal Here This Week Supt. I. C. Griffin, of the city schools, was here over the week end from Chapel Hill and met with the city school board Satur day night. Information from the meeting is to the effect that the new principal of the Shelby high school will 'be publicly announced in Wednesday’s Star. Charlotte,—Modish mothers, who ! seek through “polite starvation” j to retain the sylph-like forms of j their youth, are held largely re sponsible by Dr. W. A. McPhaul, city-county health officer, for what was termed the “great num ber of puny children born today.” “The babies born today as a whole are not nearly so strong as those born 50 years ago,” the doc tor declared. Infants of the coifing genera tion were characterized as un commonly weak and suscepible to pneumonia and tuberculosis. Mothers’ styles, which require a slender form if one would be fash ionable, cause dieting and to those the health officer attributed the reasons for the birth of weaklings, j Youthful parents who lead fast' and undermine their health cannot j expect to become the parents of l strong children, it was said. The physician said that he did not know what was “going to be come of the young folks.” Reroofing Ella Mill Weave Room _ i Messrs. Lutz and Webb have the contract for re-roofing the weave room at the Ella Mill of the Con solidated Textile Corporation in South Shelby. The building under repairs is approximately 84x226 feet and the contract calls for an expenditure of about $12,000. In re-roofing the building much of the machinery fastened to the ceiling has to be dismantled while the repairs are under way. Old Student Here Back On A Visit A very interesting visitor to Shelby is Mr. Philip Thorne, of Kingstree, S. C. Mr. Thorne is the father of Mrs. Harry Hudson, of South DeKalb street and is accom pained by his daughter, Miss Marie Thorne, a popular teacher of the North Carolina schools. Mr. Thorne was a student of the old Dr. Turner college for young men in Shelby history in 1873 and is favorably remembered by many .older citizens living here now. SUCK WARNS : JURY OF DRUNK Cannot Drive For 12 Months If Convicted. Ware Heads Grand Jury. Charging the grand jury here this morning Judge Michael Schenck, presiding officer, detailed the news regulating punishment for tipsy automobile drivers. “One drunk driver of an auto mobile can make the road danger ous all the way from Shelby to Charlotte,” the jurist stated. “It is up to you men to help your state, protect the fine roads you have, and help build others by re porting such men.” “If they are reported, tried and convicted the court assures you that they will not drive again in North Carolina for 12 months, and if they are caught again they may not drive at all any more. Likewise they may help work on or pay for some more good roads," explained Judge Schenck in tell ing of the law pertaining to intox icated drivers. Solicitor Spurgeon Spurling is prosecuting for the state, Moffitt Wore is foreman of the grand jury, and Deputy Gus Jolley, is the of ficer in charge. Deputy Jerry Run yan, of Earl, is serving again as court officer. Getting Started After the charge to the grand jury the court began clearing the docket, or as the sailor would say, clearing the deck for action, and the court grind got underway just before noon. The criminal docket is not ex pected to take up more than a cou ple of days with few cases of gen eral interest. A large crowd was in attendance at the opening of court this morning, and several visiting barristers were present. Prof. J. H. Highsmith Talks To High School Leads Here On The New Study Plan. Prof. J. Henry Highsmith . was here Saturday to discuss before the high school principals of the coun ty, the new high school re-organ ization plan of teaching. Profs. Moore, Gary, Ledford, Latham, Lackey, Burns, Bird and Taylor were here to meet Dr. Highsmith and after he had gone over the new plan with them he expressed himself as well pleased with the extent to which they had already reorganized the work. Under the new plan, no teacher can teach more tlan two subjects in high school and these subjects must be in allied fields. Pupils in high school cannot have over four subjects a year. The study of alge bra has been reduced from two to one and a half years. Geometry, formerly an eleventh grade sub ject, has been made elective. Mr. Osteen, of the state voca tional board was also present at the Saturday meeting and dis cussed the matter of extending vocational work in the schools of the county. Last week Prof. Frank A. Ed munson, county superintendent of Mecklenburg county was here auditing the school accounts of the county. Before Prof. Edmunson be came county superintendent he was engaged in school auditing and is now finishing up some work which he had already begun. It will be several weeks before he can finish here as he is compelled to dp it at odd times. Mr. Turner Buried At Fallston Today Mr. John W. Turner, one of tho best farmers of the county and one of its finest citizens, died Sunday at his home on Highway 18 about five miles north of Shelby. Mr. Turner had suffered a stroke C<f paralysis on Friday or Saturday and this was the cause of his death. He was born January 10. 1869, the son of Martin Turner, and when he died he was 58 years, six months and 14 days old. Mr; Turner was a member of Friend ship Methodist church and waS( buried in the cemetery there at Fallston this morning at 11 o’clock. Surviving are his wife and several children. Further par culars could not be learned. So far the earth has lived only one half-millionth of its allotted span of existence, according to rec ent calculations.