North Carolina Newspapers

I 8 PAGES I TODAY . * By mail, )>er year (in advasca)—9&0t By carrier, per year (in advance) 98.09 The civil calendar of Superior L j, being disposed of in the **. , grind here this week. Today .“divorce day” with numerous di vorces being taken up. he What’s THE News THE STAR’S REVIEW The four prisoners sentenced to date prison last week left here Sunday for Raleigh in cutsody of iffieer*- . . t A large crowd, among them be , several notables, attended the Pghway 20 celebration at Lake kure Saturday. Two county schools started today .„d several more will start during L month. Summer vacation time about over tor the youngsters. Three week-end accidents victims reported here and three were dlled in the state over the week [od in auto fatalities. pv. C. H. Laughinghouse, state lealth officer, did not hold a con ,erfnre here yesterday with county ,ealth officials, it is stated. The e,er epidemic continues to subside the county. Weigh Reported That Laughing house Would Be Here Sunday Abou', Fever Cases. Despite reports from Raleigh hat Dr. ( has. Laughinghouse, state ifalth officer, would be here Sun ay for another 4 investigation of he county epidemic of typhoid ever, Dr. Laughinghouse did nor how up during the day here in Shelby. Or at least that is the in ormation given out by Dr. D. F. (oore, county physician. If Dr. .aughinghouse was here during he day he did not consult the ounty physician or members of he county board of health. The Raleigh report was that ince 39 cases of fever developed n county since July 1, the state lealth officer was coming back to irobe the source of the fever. The county physician stated to lay that no new cases had been ■eported to him in the past week or to, and that if there were new Me? he did not know of them. It ras also stated in the Lawndale ommunity. where the fever raged or a time that there weie no new wes. Due to the fever epidemic and he talk thereof the county has lew experiencing several “sore rm" weeks with hundreds being 'accinated. Scores of others, it is laid, started taking their “three ever shots,” during the past week. Mr. Joe Runyans Buried Sunday (fthndist Church Steward Passes A»ay at Age of 81 Years. Wife and 5 Children. Mr. Joseph Monroe Runyans, itter known as “Uncle Joe” Run ins died Friday at his home at •r! and his body was interred at hr Earl Methodist church cenie “ry Sunday. Mr. Runyans being a hward in the church there for 20 fears. Hp was a respected citizen if the Earl community and highly (•teemed by a wide circle of friends possessed a most affable dispo irtion and no one was a stranger ' him. Mr Runyans was 81 years, five Miths and IT days old. He was the father of nine children, five it whom are living: Mrs. George R. Undall of Rock Hill, S. C.: Mrs. ' A. Earl of Earl; Mrs. Ralph D. of New York city; Mrs. Lee whetstone of St. Petersburg. Fla.; one son Thomas Purvis Run J»ns of ( harlotte. His faithful wife •Iso survives. County’s Oldest To Celebrate Her 96th ^" Elizabeth Houser will cele .her 9«th birthday on Tues ugust 9th, The Star is re y lnf°rmed. Mrs. Houser is aPs the oldest person in Cleve V J',°unty- W there is one older irtha r llocs not know of it- The ''a.v celebration will take ... at ^ home of Hubert Bor d,ij P,lr C. Borders and all ivito/( anr^r*en(^s are cordially •L: J°*n with Mrs. Houser 8 haPpy occasion. tart Gets August Kange Last Week Mo ,rr?ry hereabouts climbe On KrPi Al’ffusfe e,vel last weeh •*irHor10Cal thermometer i»riaJ/' sr'°nd high for th kttle Satur<1«y was but a ver hyo*<j ner', A breeze Sundu *mLTh ,°f the heat- hut « C «?li<r h*Kan ita upwar * 8ftcr the coc “•ummJril °f the ProPheev abou H J summer” the se,. to be already on hanc Vacation For School Children Nears End, Two Schools Take Up BUM COUNTY OFFICES Two Courts on and Two County Boards Holding Regular Monthly Meetings. With two courts »:•. session and both county boards meeting there is considerable activity today about the county court house. The civil calendar was taken up by Superior court this morning, while Judge John Mull's county court is hearing the usual run of week-end cases, made up for the most part of alleged drunks and alleged i*'foxiented drivers. Completing Taxes. The countv commissioners, it is understood, have very little out of the routine on the day’s slate except for a hoped for final clearing of tax matters. The commissioners "•ill likely during the day wind up their endorsement and supervision of the tax assessments just com pW®d in the county. The county board of education is dealing with routine matters, it is understood. Another Motor Swing: Starts Around State Four-day Motor Trippers Due to Arrive in Shelby This Aft ernoon About 5 O’clock. Another motorcade starts today | from Wilmington and will arrive in Shelby about 5 o’clock this aft ernoon, according to a letter from J. E. Warford, district manager of the Carolina Motor club at Wil mington to Kings Service station on the Cleveland Springs road. Mr. Warford compliment* the Kings station for the cordiality and co operation when the dawn-to-durk trip was made July 24th with a brief stop-over and a front wheel check-up. The motor party will stop over again at Kings place this afternoon and come into Shfl by for a brief stay. According to Mr. Warford, the Capt Fear Motorcade in charge of Mayor Walter H. Blair of Wilming ton, left Carolina's seaport this morning early for a four day swing around the state. Mr. War ford says, “we are due in Gastonia at about 4:30 and in Shelby about 5 o’clock” and hope to have a mo torcycle escort through Shelby. It is understood that Chief Richards has been appraised of the coming of the motorcade and will lend his assistance to the party in executing the trip through Shelby. Four Prisoner* To Prison On Sunday Aggregate Term For Cleveland County Prisoners Is Just Seven Years Chief Irvin Allen and Deputy Grecl Ware, of Kings Mountain, left yesterday morning for Raleigh taking with them four defendants given prison terms by Judge Schenck during court here last week. The prisoners were Mace Clack, white, one year for bigamy; Doug Ray, colored, three years for store breaking, and Edgar Ross and Tom Gatherwright, 18 months each for attempt to commit rape. Dub Golf Tourney Attracts Interest The “dub” golf tournament plan ned for the Cleveland Springs links for some Thursday afternoon dur ing August is attracting consid erable interest from those who never have enjoyed the ancient game of the Scots. Charles L. Eskridge golf club president, says that the date has not been decided, but may he an nounced soon. During the tourna ment prizes will be offered for the different professions entering and no one will be allowed to enter who has ever played golf before. A number of amusing stunts are also booked for the day. County Crops Look Fine Now, Reported From all sections of the county renorts come saying that crops never looked better, not in recent yp'”-s at least. So far as can be learned the “boll weevil scare’ has not mater ially developed although signs of the pest are to be seen. The cot ton crop so far, it is said, looks to be one of the best in several years. The good, old summertime with its attendant joy of being free and unencumbered with school duties and “lessons to get up’ is about over for school children of Cleve land county despite the fact that the thermometer hovers in the iow nineties. With the crops “lain by” there isn't so much work on the farms at this season of the year for the youngsters and Cleveland county schools have a habit of adjusting themselves so as to get a fair amount of farm work out of the youngsters. Numerous schools start early in the year and thereby are enabled to “let out” in time for the children to get back to their farm work early in the spring— several of the schools starting early so as to permit a vacation period during the cotton-picking season. To Start Today Two of the county schools, Bel wood and Fallston, start today, and a good enrollment is expected at both institutions. On August 8, according to the Piedmont and Grover schools get goin. On August 15, it is said, the Mooresboro and Waco schools will open, with the Casar school sche duled to start on August 23. All the six-mont term schools will ilkely open between October 15 and November 1, it is said, with the hope of getting them started earlier this year than last. The Shelby High school is slated to open on Monday, September 12. Ellen boro Couple Love For 65 Years Ellenboro.—Sixty-six years is a long time, but for Mr. and Mrs. Sam L. Spratt, who live near here, that span of two-thirds of a cen tury, has been all too short. It represents merely the years they have spent together. Friday the Spratts celebrated their wedding anniversary. It was a quiet affair. In fact, it was hardly a celebration at all, for they are getting so far up in years they take but little part in tiring parties, “just livin’ along in love now.” They went Friday to the home of a son, J. C. Spratt, who lives about three miles from town, to spend the day quietly with his family, after a brief stay at the home of Mrs. Ellen Green, a daugh ter, here. There was little fuss or furore in “Clint’s home.” Just a tender greeting and childish love from those who are children no longer. “Health is good, thank you,” they replied in response to a query by a solicitous friend on their an niversary. A goodly number call ed during tha day to congratulate them. Otherwise July 29 was but little different from any other day. Poultry Expert And Show Coming Mr. Alvin Hardin, county agent stated this morning that there is a possibility of bringing a poultry specialist to this community for a lecture on profitable poultry rais ing. He is trying to obtain the services of Frank Johnson, of St, Louis, who has been lecturing in some of the most prosperous poul try sections of this state. Mr. Johnson has been making a special investigation of poultry methods and has gathered togeth er information on the methods used by some of the most successful poultrymen in the country. In his lecture, he shows how j poultrymen in all sections are us ing these methods to increase their profits and results, Autoists Travel Over Highway 20 To N. C. Mountains Highway 20 through Shelby yesterday was the heaviest travelled of the summer sea son, according to the observa tions of numerous people. From early in the morning until noon the highway was filled with cars of all descrip tions heading westward to the mountains and resort sections. Late in the afternoon the re verse trek started and contin ued until late in the night. The formal opening of the pav-. ing in Rutherford Saturday added to the motoring crowds Sunday. A _ving at 6 V w , Hero Is Michael, llio new „ins ©f all the Rumanians. The six year-old boy was crowned fol lowing the death ot his grandfath er, King Ferdinand, and during the absence of his father, Prince Carol, who prefers Paris to the throne While regents are "in terpreting the royal wishes,” Kins Michael continues to build rar.d castles at I*iai*ua, cu the Black Kea. CROWDS ATTEND LUKE LURE FETE OF BAY n Kirkpatrick Talks Of Roads In North Carolina. Highway Commissioner There. Numerous Cleveland county peo ple were among the hundreds at tending the highway 20 celebration at Lake Lure Saturday, the fete celebrating the opening of the paving of the highway through Rutherford county. An account of the day’s pro gram follows: Calling upon North Carolina to march on undivisably to even greater glory than that provided by her glorious past. Col. T. L. Kirkpatrick, of Charlotte spoke Saturday morning at the exercises marking the formal opening of the hard-surfaced route 20 between the coast and the mountains. Hundreds of visitors from all parts of the State, including Frank Page. State highway commission er, W. C. Wilkinson and other of ficials, gathered for the all-day program consisting of speaking, a luncheon, boat races and stunts on the side of Chimney Rock. The exercises, at which Ruth erford county was the host, were held in celebration of the opening of the last strip of hard-surfaced road which was completed a few weeks ago. Following the address of Colonel Kirkpatrick and the luncheon to the visitors at 1 o’clock, a complete program of boat races on Lake Lure and swimming contests were held in the afternoon, and a fire works exhibition and a dance at night. State Once Divided All North Carolina was once di vided into three parts, the Moun tains, the Piedmont and the Coast, and was more than a little inclin ed to disagree and set up diverg ing attitudes on the common prob lems of the State, Colonel Kirk patrick said. He then set about to show that the State’s $100,000,000 road system was more than a mere network of roads, but, as he said, were “ribbons of gold, binding the hearts, the minds and the impulses of the State to paths of progress, of peace and the common good.” "We are now in one household, under the same vine and fig tree, and the problems of the coast are also the problems of the moun tains and North Carolina marches on undivided and undivisable to even greater glory than that pro vided by her glorious past.” Good Roads History He then entered upon an outline of the history of good roads in the State. He credited Captain Syd neyham Alexander, of Mecklen burg, with inaugurating what grew into the good roads movement with a bill in the North Carolina legis lature authorizing Mecklenburg to i build a county road system in1 1889. It was a strange fact, un usual in the scheme of things, that the farmers of the county favored the roads and the urban population opposed it. The next step came ten years later when the leaven began to work and the good roads move ment became State-wide. Even then the people did not, dream of distance consuming automobiles and thousands of miles of pave (Continued On Page Four) I THREE WEEK El WTO ACCIDENTS HOSPITAL PATIENTS Non- Ate Serious. Mrs. Rachel Wells Very Sisk. Rafe King Has Head Hurt, Over the week end there were throe auto-necident patients in the Shelby hospital hut none seriously hurt. Hazel Newton, three-year old son of Mrs. Mary Newton of Casar was struck * / a ear driven hv R. fj. Brackett, contractor of R Iwood and the child’s head was lacerated, but the injury is not serious Tt is understood that while the child was walking along the j road with its mother, it broke I across the road when the car struck liL .. V\ ith his Chevrolet closed mod, I car completely demolished, L. C. j Darnet of Gastonia and Asheville, ! was brought to the hospital Sat - | urda.v in an unconscious condition ‘ by Mr. Nolan who lives on the Blanton brothers farm west of Shelby. Darnet could not explain how it happened. He was cut and bruised somewhat but soon regain ed consciousness and after his wounds were dressed, he was dis missed. Rafe Kings had a sudden attack of apoplexy or kidney colic Sat urday while sitting in a chair at the Litton Motor Co., and fell, hi> head striking some iron piping. An i ugly cut was inflicted and it was feared that he had a skull fracture, but the X-ray shows negative and this morning he is improving. A young Troutman boy, riding a bicycle, was struck Friday after noon at the intersection of LaFay ette and Marion streets by a car driven by Miss Blanton, daughter of Mr. Joe E. Blanton. The young fellow was rushed to the hospital but his injuries were minor. Perhaps the most dangerously ill patient is Mrs. Rachel Wells of W. Marion street, widow of the late Capt. John K. Wells who suffered a stroke of paralysis a few weeks ago and has been a patient in the hospital for two weeks or more. She had a sudden turn for the worse Saturday and her condition is very grave. Miss Nellie Blanton of Dover mill, was operated on for appen dicitis Sunday. Frank Short, Gardner street, .. improving from an nneration for acute appendicitis. Norman Devine, R-2, Lawndale, 3-years-old, had an ear operation by Dr. Tom Gold Sunday. Josephine Gantt, R-2 Lawndale, underwent an operation for appen dicitis Saturday. Attorney Rush Stroup, whose many friends have been uneasy about him because of a hea,-t trouble, will be pleased to learn that he had a good week and his condition is satisfactory at pres ent. G. F. Wood of R-9 Gaffney, en tered a week ago for appendicitis operation is improving. The new son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Brooks is doing nicely. The child has been named Albert Loyal. Mrs. Palmer Hoyle, R-l Hollis, operated on July 20th will be able to go home in a few days. Paul Wallace, South Shelby, op erated on July 26th is improving rapidly. Miss Fay Magncss, came to the hospital with abscessed appendix and in a very grave condition, but she is doing well now. Typhoid Cases Out. Two of the typhoid fever pati ents from Lawndale, Zela William son age 5 and Dalbert Williamson, age 7, have recovered and were dismissed Saturday. The three oth er cases, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Wal lace and Mrs. Williams are getting along fine. Farewell Service To Pippin Family A farewell service was held Sunday morning at the First Bap tist church for Mr .and Mrs. H. M. Pippin who are leaving this week for a month’s vacation after which they will live in Birmingham, Ala., where Mr. Pippin will be assistant pastor and music director of a large church there. Pastor Wall and J. H. Quinn, chairman of the board of deacons both paid glowing trib utes to work of Mr. Pippin while here especially to his successful | efforts in behalf of the young j people among whom he has eight organizations. On behalf of the church and Sunday school, Mr. Quinn presented Mr. Pippin with a handsome gold watch and chain as a token of appreciation of his services with the Shelby church for the past three years. Mr. C. C. Blanton is spending two weeks at Virginia Beach. Mr. Blanton went by motor to this popular resort. v^Cindf rellaand Her Prince • O s .^-1- jssr X - One of the biggest weddings the St. Maurice river country of Que bee.ever has known took place recently when Janie* "Bud" Stillman •on of the New York financier and society man. James Stillman am Lena Wilson. ^Cinderella of the Woods," were married Lena !i her wedding dress, and "Bud" In'the ap and gown he wore whei graduated from Princeton, are pictured above. Divorce Necessary Evil Increase Not Alarming Mrs. Grey Will Run .Shop At McNeely’* Announcement was made this morning that Mrs. Bessie J. Gray will on about the 20th of this month establish millinery headquarters with the J. C. McNeely company. Which is to say that Mr. Mt Neoly has leased this department of his business to Mrs. Gray, who is one of the well-known business wo men of Shelby. Formerly, for sev eral years, she has made head | quarters at Fanning’s. Concerning the lease of the mil ; linery department of his establish I ment, Mr. McNeely said: W1 am re 1 linquishing this phase of the busi | ness in order to concentrate on I ready-to-wear, which I have spe cialized in for 17 yetrg. ‘‘My millinery business has been a success, but I feel that I better serve my buying public to concen trate on my ready-to-wear depart ment. Shelby is growing so rapidly that I figure it wilt pay me to put all my energies on the line I know best.” Mrs. Gray said Monday she is leaving this week for Atlanta and New York, where she will buy fall stocks, which will be placed in her new quarters at McNeely’s. The new millinery department at McNeely’s will occupy the same space as formerly, but will be re arranged, refitted and made as commodious as possible. Will Advertise Tax Delinquents Soon Mayor Dorsey says there has been very little response on the part of the delinquent city trx payers to the published notice that property will be advertised for sale on which the 1926 taxes have not been paid. The list is being prepared this week for publication and final notice is given that the property will be advertised this week. Cost of advertising will be added to the delinquents. The city needs the money, says Mayor Dor sey and it is unfair for the tax payers to delay any longer. Good Meeting Ends At Pleasant Grove A revival meeting has just clos ed at Pleasant Grove Baptist church, the preaching being done by Rev. G. P. Abernethy, the live wire pastor.. There were 1* addi tions to the church, all coming as candidates for baptism, and the ordinance of baptism was adminis tered at sunset Friday to 14 young men and four young ladies. Three Dead And Many Injured In State Car Wrecks Week-end automobile mis haps in North Carolina result ed in the deaths of three peo ple and the injury of more than a score, according to a compil ation made Sunday night. One was killed at Lexington Sunday morning; one at Aibe marle yesterday afternoon, and another at Badin Saturday night. Of the score or more injured three of the number were in jured here from Friday noon until Sunday evening. (By International News Service) Denver.—“Divorce is an evil, but it is also a necessity,” said dis trict Judge Henely A. Calvert here recently. He attributes much of the diffi culties encountered in modern mar riages to the fact the most couples refuse to make any attempt to make a success of their marriages. This effort should come first of all from the mother, he said since she more than any other can form closer connections between the | members of the family. The difficulties experienced by the young husband just starting out in business and the young wife just learning to keep house cause an unnecessary number of separa tions, he explained. It is no worse iur the bride to find fault with the husband and his work, than for him to take her to task for not doing things “as mother used to do them.” While divorces continue to in crease in proportion to marriages, this increase is not generally very alarming, Judge Calvert said. In many states, in fact, there has been a slightly larger increase in marriages than in divorces. Den ver is far better in this respect than many cities. During 1925 and 1926 than one-tenth of 1 per cent while marriages have decreased less than .05 per cent. Big Dinner At Hord’s Birthday “Uncle Dock" Gives His Report. Says 200 People Were Pres ent Sunday. ‘‘It was the biggest dinner I ever saw spread in Cleveland county”, says ‘Uncle Dock’ Suttle this morn ing after he had atended the birth day dinner for J. Y. Hord out in the Waco section Sunday. Mr. Hord was 88 years old. Uncle Dock says “two hundred people were present but they could not eat near all the dinner. They' were good looking people, too. Most of them were kin folks of My. Hord and the few that were not akin, wish they were.’ When The Star asked Un cle Dock if they had speaking, he replied, “No, nothing but grace and dinner andthe preacher who said grace, offered a prayer as long as y’our arm. I thought he would never get through so I could get to that dinner. When we were turn ed loose on that dinner, I saw ev erything from tomatoes to cake, fried chicken, fried and boiled ham, pies, pickles and everything else good to eat. Everybody had a good time and expressed the hope that Mr. Hord wouid live many more years and that each time they will serve just such dinners as they had Sunday. Fine Meeting Ends At Popular Springs There were 87 accessions to the church as a result of the revival meeting which has been under way at Poplar Springs church during the past week. Services were conduct ed by Rev. D. F. Putnam the pastor who did effective preaching. The meeting closes today with 44 can didates for baptism. Thirty or more are strong men and boys who made professions of faith following the appeals by Mr. Putnam. Has to Get Gum Out of Way to Tell of Desert ion Must Pay Coot of Divorces. Getting rid of a husband who fail ed to support her was worth losing her chewing gum to one divorcee in Superior court this morning. •She gave up the gum and the court gave her a divorce decree. The woman was suing for divorce on the grounds of abandonment and desertion but taking the stand to tell of the abandonment her evi dence proved hard to hear because of the fond manner in which ahe chewed her gum. After making several efforts to hear, the court ordered that she cease chewing gum until the evidence was in. She put away the gum and the jury within a few minutes found the is sues in the case for her and the divorce was granted. Monday was “divorce day” at the county court house and such were the matrimonial rifts upstairs that Cupid, the little god of love, forsook the downstairs office where marriage license are sold. Four di vorces were granted in the court upstairs before the city fire siren sounded the noon hour, and not a license was sold downstairs. After several of the divorce de crees had been granted Judge Schenck informed the clerk of court that none of the divorces would be final until the costs of the divorce had been paid. Considerable trouble, it is under stood, has come up here in the past because the costs of several divorce actions were not paid, the recipi ents of the divorce decree not tak ing time to straighten up the costs after being freed from erring mates. In addition to the divorce casei the court today got to several civil litigation* and one or two of the suits attracting major interest may, come up late in the afternoon to morrow. Several more divorce cases will likely be disposed of during the week, it is thought, as there are about 14 in all on the docket. Solicitor Spurling having com pleted the criminal docket is not here this week and the only offi cial court attendants back are Judge Schenck and Miss Jordan,; court stenographer, Miss Jordan be ing a business associate 6f Miss Amy Emmanuel, well knowh her* as court stenographer. Had Been Bedfast Fpc Several Years. Last of the Webb ' Family. 78 Years Old. Mrs. Joe N. Quinn who before marriage was Miss Rossaline Webh died Saturday nt her home on N. Washington street, following a protracted illness and her remains were buried Sunday at Beaver Dam Baptist church, the funeral services being conducted by her pastor, Rev. D. F. Putnam. Mrs. Quinn before marriage was Miss Rossaline Webb. She was a sister of the late David Webb and is tha last of that family. She was 78 years of age and had been bedfast for a number of years. About two weeks ago she fell from the bed and sustained a broken bone which aggravated her trouble. Through all of her trouble and affliction she was bright and cheerful. Her life, has been a benediction to those with whom she came in contact for she possessed unusual mental pow ers and unusual common sense. A large crowd attended the fu neral. Surviving are her husband Mr. Joe N. Quinn and one son, Paul Quinn, chief of , police at Blacks burg S. C. High School Star Injures His Hand Cline Owens Lee, Shelby High school baseball and football star, severely injured a finger on hi* right hand in a baseball game be tween Henrietta and Avondala Saturday afternoon. Lee, who has been doing a nifty job of shortstopping for Henrietta this summer, was working as a re lief catcher taking the hooks of “Dutch’ Whisnant, former star hurler here behind the bat, when a foul tip caught one of bis finger* and split it. He was here yesterday having Dr. Ben Gold halt tha bleeding of the injured digit. The injury is not expected to handicap Lee for any great length of time and he will likely Lt reaoy for high school football practice early in September.