8 PAGES TODAY w..,-.. , . * By mail, per year (in advam)„$S^t By carrier, per year (in advance) $3 09 late News Jfoey are going to school In Shel (ity Supt. I. C. Griffin stated * morning that more than 400 . nts were enrolled in the first ,f of the Shelby schools. The ar(. divided among six school. , arf taught by 13 teachers. This £re covers white children alone, being around 100 colored chil ^en The remarkable growth of the # school system is shown in the dement. Eleven years ago Mr. Griffin came Icre as superintendent and there ftro only 4*5 PUP'Is >" »he city Hhools altogether. Now there ate that many in the first grade, going their first year. There are a few oddities to a raR.„ of c hance. A local colored boy ,on 30 cents with his pet dice Sun hav but lost more than $5. That’s j'’for the crossword putralc experts t# figure. Meantime, the evplana Uon iS County Judge Mull. Three rolored boys caught chasing tnc African dominoes Sunday, while tour got away, were fined S5 and the tosfs eaeh in county court Monday. The court has numerous week-end tases docketed together with sev erai held over Irom fair week. The Democratic party although ^hio to unite on a candidate for .resident still knows its "political garlic" in getting votes. From Wash ington comes a late dispatch saying that a three hundred and fifty mil lion dollar lax cut is the aim of the Democratic party if it gets the reins. Do not get “in Dutch” with the l»w ai Hickory. The average weigh; of Hickory policemen is 230 pounds. Dick Gurley, former Shelby Hig x athletic director and now Lenoir ■ Rhyne college coach, played his football eleven in an unusual game Saturday night with William and Mary. The entire game was played after dusk the field being lighted with elec tric flood-lights. Romeo Padgett, involved in the pin-battle recently with Charlotte policemen and also wounded, lays the blame of shooting Policeman Moseley on his brother, Charley, denying that Miller Gamble, arrest ed in Asheville, was involved. Page and Wilson Shows. A Day for Each of Four Counties and Prizes Too. A bigger and better colored fair than ever before is promised by Rev A W. Foster, secretary of the Clev eland County Negro fair to be held at the fair grounds east of Shelby , October 19th to 22nd. inclusive. Page and Wilson shows which have been playing many white lairs, will furnish entertainment on the midway at the colored fair here Horse racing will begin eacvt afternoon at 2 o’clock and there w:ll be thrilling free acts each afternoon and night in front of the grand stand with fire works display at night. Prof. Lee Hall, district extension agent of the North Carolina depart ment of agriculture will speak on the opening day in the grand stand at 1:30 o'clock. He is said to be an authority on farming and will have an interesting and helpful mes sage to the colored farmers. School Children Free To encourage attendance, one day has been set apart for each of the four counties interested in the lair The first day will be Cleve land county day, second Gaston day third Lincoln day and fourm Rutherford day. School children Irom these counties will be admit - J ted free on the day set apart for j their county. One hundred dollars id prizes will be given away to the counties bringing the largest num- j kr of automobiles during the tour j •hys of the fair. These prizes will I be distributed ai follows, $50 to the county bringing the largest number | over fifty cars, $25 to the second, j *15 to the third and $10 to the ! fourth. Father Of Mr*. Webb Killed In a Crash Rc'1 W. H. Hutchins, prominent tttizen of the state, father of Mrs. arl Webb of this city, was killed in *n automobile accident at YorkviJie The accident occurred Wednesday. Mr. Hutchins dying on | Thursday at a Winston-Salem hos ! Pita! According to Carl Webb, who. *uh Mrs. Webb is home from the Funeral, which was held at Winston ifdclay. Mr. Hutchins was run down y a tobacco truck, suffering a frai ured skull. Owing to the sufferer c . tutreme age. he was 79, it was seen f°m the first that he had slight wance of recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Carl W'ebb were in shevilie when the accident occurr f®.an<t huried to the dying man’c ®™side. at the Winston-Salem hos !«“■ Mr. Webb said Mr. Hutchin . us walking several feet off the I at0 right of way when the truck ! ^ °ff the roadway and struck “Not A Quitter,? Mayor Dorsey Says GASTONIA nr ON SHELBY FIELD Morris Boys Make it Two Straight By Running fj'p Score On Kings Mountain Eleven With two victories behind them in as many starts this season the Shelby high football eleven will play Gastonia at the local park Friday afternoon of this week. Gas tonia’s eleven is an unknown quan tity so far and as Morris’’ boys arc still in need of some experience the outcome can hard!’ be predicted. However, local fans will swarm the field Friday hoping that the re built highs will make it three straight. Make 47 Points Playing the husky Kings Moun tain team at Kings Mountain last Friday as a part of the celebration program the local youths ran up one of the highest scores ever mauo by a Shelby team in defeating Kings Mountain 47 to 0. Just what the score might have been is a matter of conjecture as the Shelby coach used his entire second string backfield a part of the game along with all the line substitutes he had. From the standpoint of good football neither eleven revealed anything extraordinarily. Yet the Shelby backs in reeling off several long runs for some of their many touchdowns offered a bit of color for the celebration crowd. Laymoa Beam, Shelby fullback and for two years the chief colt in the local pony backfield, chalked up three of the seven touchdowns, and per haps furnished the most spectacular play of the game when he caught a Kings Mountain punt and .an be hind good interf.erei£e. for _a touch down. Harris Is Captain Before going into the game the Shelby eleven elected its captain for the year and it fell to the lot of Ed Harris, the veteran back of the team, to lead the squad for the year. The blonde back has been tr.e kicking mainstay and rally point of the backfield for several years and has earned his honors. Start ing off his captainship auspicious (Continued on page three) Shelby Officers In Double Haul Boy Arrested in County For Steal • ing Auto Seems to be Taylors ville Store Thief. Jake Graham. a young white youth sold his clothes too cheap and as a result may wear new suit in side a prison wall—the interior walls being nothing new' to him, officers say. The charges against Graham are stealing an automobile here and staging a series of store robberies at Taylorsville, in Alexander county Graham came here Thursday, it is said, and put up at the inn at the Southern depot. During his stay he sold a new suit of clothes, it is said, for $6.50 and aroused suspic ion. Saturday night the Chevrolet touring car of Lester Smith, filling station proprietor on the Cleveland Springs road, was stolen from in front of Austell’s barber shop. Smith late in the night had Carr Mull take him up-county to get his father's car to make a search for his miss ing car. While in that section Smith found his car parked by the side of the road above Toluca and out of gasoline. Nearby was the house of Ed Sain and Sunday morning Sam became suspicious of a youngster sleeping in ms Darn ana uau mm rested The youngster turned out to be Graham. Making an investigation at the inn, where Graham had stop ped up until Saturday night, offi eers found that he had taken a trunk full of clothing to the depot and made an order to express it to a brother in Gainesville, Fla. The of ficers seized the trunk before it was shipped and found that it was pack ed with clothing thought to be stolen from the Taylorsville store. The trunk contained four suits, many pairs of socks, shuts, caps and jackets. Taylorsville officers said about $1,000 worth of goods had been stolen there and several wires were sent to Florida to see if any other shipments had been made to John Graham, the brother there. While awaiting the arrival of the Taylorsville officers Graham was bound over to Superior court here under a bond of $1,000 in connection with the larceny of the automobile. The Taylorsville officers stated that Graham had been out of the "pen" only about three weeks. He seems to be in the early twenties. HEADS DOCTORS. Dr. E. B. Lattimorc. Presides Over Medical Meet At Rutherfortiton on Tuesday the Seventh District Medical Society em ' bracing nine counties in this section will hold its annual meeting. Dr. R B. Lattimore, district president, of Shelby will preside. A number of physicians from Cleveland county will attend the meeting at the Iso thermal hotel. Last year the meet ing was held here with 105 mem bers attending. Walter L. Main Circus to Show in Shelby This Week. Famous Flier at Spartanburg. Several interesting events are billed for this section during the week. Two of the most important are on Wednesday. The Walter L. Main circus, the first and probably the only circus to exhibit here this year, will be on the Hamrick lot between West War ren and West Marlon streets all day Wednesday—Advance reports are that the circus will offer numerous is a circus always. On the same day, Wednesday, Charles A. Lindbergh, better known in the heart of America as ‘Lindy' will fly his plane to Spartanburg, S. C., and spend a portion of tilt day and evening. Scores from this section are expected to visit Spar tanburg for a glimpse of the fa mous flier during the parade. A seet at the Lindbergh dinner has been tendered a member of The Star staff and there may be a local ex pression of how the-most written of young man looks. Head Of Junior Orphanage Visits Old Friends Here Marvin Shuford Says Junior Order Institution Will Receive Chil dren About Dec. 1st. Marvin Shuford. former ShelDy citizen, who was recently selected superintenednt oi the new Junioj' Order orphanage in process of erec tion at Lexington, says work is moving right along on the build ings and everything will be in readiness to receive children by December 1st. Mr. Shuford and his family are here visiting his mother. Mrs. W. P. Shuford and his sister, Mrs. Sam Weathers. For the present the institution will have 186 beds but plans are made tc increase the capacity of the institution to 1,000 beds in the years to come. A mammoth plant has been outlined with every possible convenience for the children w'ho will be carried for. When the plant is developed to its final limit will have 45 handsome brick buildings The Junior Order orphanage, the second in the United States, is supported by a per capita tax upon every member of the Junior Order in America. There are 500.000 members in the Junior Order and the tax upon each is only $1.32 per annum but this makes a sum which provides for the care of hundreds of fatherless children. Miss Sillanpaa, once a housemaid, is now assistant minister of indus try in the cabinet of Finland. SPARTANBURG NOW READY FOR LIIUDY 10 ARRIVE IRERE Distinguished Visitor May Fly At Three Points So That Entire Crowd May See. ’ Spartanburg, S C— Adopting, with variations, the ancient Roman circus idea of presenting the chari.it races on a vast circular or oval ring, the committee on program for the visit of Col. Charles A. Land burg to Spartanburg’s new airport on Wednesday, October 12. has ar ranged for the "Lone Eagle” to fly over three points in and near the city, at which crowds are to be as sembled to view the spectacle. While there arc to be no sugges tions of the modern three-ring cir cus. the Colonel will circle over the three great throngs in order to give them an opportunity to see the air plane that carried him to Paris. The idea of dividing the throng into three sections was adopted be cause it was feared that to under | take to concentrate the spectators at one place would lead to a con gestion of people and automobile; that would be literally dangerous and uncontrollable. The fields sur rounding the airport cover many acres, but the pressure on the boun daries of the landing field itself would be so great, it is feared, that no adequate police control could be established for the protection of the planes that will accompany the Colonel, to say nothing of the “Spirit of St. Louis” itself. In addtion to flying over the air port. where the visiting party will first appear from the sky. Colonel Lindbergh will fly over the business section of the city, and then pro ceed to Duncan Park, the great athletic stadium just outside the Eastern limits of the city. He will then return to the airport, where he will land, and the ceremonies incident to his visit will take place At the landing field the official welcome of the state and the city will be extended to Colonel Lind bergh by Governor Richards and Mayor Brown. After this feature, a mammoth parade will be under taken. leading from the airport into the city from the west, through the business and principal residential sections, to Duncan Park. where another address will be made by the colonel. Thus he will follow the same route by motor that he will have just gone over in his plane, so that the three crowds may re main in their places for the two views of Colonel Lindbergh. In the evening a banquet will be tendered the distinguished guest in the dining room of Converse col lege. The guest list has been limn ed to five hundred, the utmost capacity of the dining hall. At the banquet Colonel Lindbergh will make an address dealing with the progress of commercial aviation. Interest continues to center in es timates of the number of visitors likely to come to Spartanburg on Lindbergh Day. One railroad offi cial declares that it is feasible for 350.000 people to come to Spartan burg for the occasion and return to their homes that night. The rail road rates established from points within 200 miles of Spartanburg are said to be the low'est ever offer ed. Edna May Brooks Buried At Lattimore 'Miss Edna Mae Brooks, 17 yea) old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Brooks of the Lattimore communit and popular student of the Latti more High school, died at the Ruth erford hospital September 27th, fol lowing several weeks of illness from a complication of troubles. She is survived by her parents, six broth ers, Ernest. Willie. Sammie, Horace, Herman and Dorsey who served as pall bearers at the funeral and one sister. Irene Brooks. The funeral was conducted September 28th at Lattimore by Revs. X. D. Harrill and J. D. Bridges and a large crowd was present to pay a tribute of respect to her. Gardner To Speak At Kiwanis Meet Rutherfordton.—Shelby and Mar ion Kiwanis clubs will meet with the Rutherfordton club here at the Isothermal hotel, Oct. 20. Hon. Max Gardner of Shelby will deliver th? principal address. He will tell of his i recent trip to Europe. About 100 Kiwanians are expected to attend the meeting here. Shelby Youth Gets Letter From Tunney Buck Bridges, Shelby youth, received the thrill of a life time Saturday when he receiv ed a personal letter from Gene Tunney. world's cham pion heavyweight fighter, the letter bearing the signature of the battling ex-marine. Local people will remember that Bridges wagered a cart ride to Kings Mountain that Tunney would win. Tunney did and Dellinger pulled him the 13 miles in a goat-cart. Photos of Bridges getting his ride together with The Star story of the wager were mail ed Tunney. Then came the let er expressions the champ's ap predation. City Streets Buzz * With Recall Talk As Petitions Go Mission Swings To And Fro, Some For, Others Against. Can Hold Election Before May I i iThe week-end topic on the streets j *nd the homes of Shelby centered j io a major extent about the recall ; movement started here Friday | when an attorney prepared petitions calling for an election w'hich would ! give the people recall privileges, i Discussion heard swung one way, ■ then another. There will be sup ] porters of the recall movement and I also opponents. one would Judge after making a 'tour about the streets. Likewise there seems to be an opposition to the movement. Which is not taken from the recall standpoint. There are those, in this connection, who voice disapproval of changing the city form of gov ernment to make the recall election possible. Just which group has the greatest strength will only be de termined at the wind-up, whatever the wind-up may be. Takes 600 Names Peyton McSwain, employed r.s legal advisor of the group SDOnsor ing the double-barrel election, say-3 that in his opinion it will take in the neighborhood of 600 signers on the petitions to cause the count v board of election to set an election for a change in form of govern ment. This estimate is based, he says, on the belief that the register ed voting strength of the city is m the neighborhood of 2,400—the law requires that the petition for either election must be signed by 25 per cent of the registered voters. A report was current Saturday that if the first election was suc cessful no recall election could be staged before next May. Queried about this report Saturday Attorney McSwain stated that the recall election could be held immediately after the first election provided the preparatory election was successful. With the passing of three day? few names can be heard as likely opposition candidates to any one in the" present administration even if the movement gets to the recall stage. The name of Mr. D. D. Wil kins, state automobile inspector and former sheriff of the county, has been advanced by some of his friends, but whether or not Mr. Wilkins would entertain the idea of getting in a recall race is not known. He knew nothing of it Sat urday, his name merely being brought up by friends during a dis cussion of possibilities. Actual leaders, actively working or in a mental capacity, of the re call movement have as yet not been named by the recall attorney. Mr. McSwain stated Saturday when asked again about the recall lead ers that so far they had authorized them to make any announcements necessary. Numerous petitions were on the street and in various sec tions of the city Saturday. Renovated Station Here Ready Again A. H. Morgan, -station master for the Southern railroad here, an nounces Chat the newly renovated and reconditioned passenger station is again in use for the service of the public. The office of the South eastern Express is also back in the new building. Those who have been observant will have noted that the Southern station, one of the oldest unchanged landmarks in the city, has been completely overhauled and it is practically the same as a new sta tion. Must Be Voted Out, Dorsey Says~ His Record Stands For Itself On City Books Mayor’s Statement 1 Says Books Show As Much Money Taken In As Spent. Fair To AH. j The city’s latest political squabble ' may wind up with a recall election but Mayor W. N. Dorsey lets its be known that he has nothing to apologize for and Is anything else but a quitter. As the mayor, storm center of a looming recall, looks at it the pen pie who elected him did so on hi* platform and to the best of ability he has carried out the platform. If they're not satisfied with the car rying-out it is for them to say so at the ballot box. That in brief ex presses the feeling of Mayor Dor sey following the announcement that petitions are being circulated that would, if successful, lead to a recall election. Not Going To Quit “I am perfectly willing if the people think I haven't par ried out my promises the best possible for them to go to the polls and vote me out,” the mayor stated to a member of The Star staff while he took a few minutes off from super vising the installation of water lines to Sunset cemetery. Takes His Stand As regards the words "mcompet ency and inefficiency" in Xhe .peti tion for a preparatory and a recall election, the mayor has somewhat of a wonder as to what is meant Discussing what he thinks of the complaint made by the recall fac tion Mayor Dorsey said in part:, “The books are here to show for themselves. I believe they will show that no more money has been spent by my administration than has been taken in. And furthermore I’ll leave it to the people if the town is no*, cleaner than it was when I came in. “I did not take this job for the honor, or for any financial gain I would as soon be called street foreman as mayor. I had one ambi tion in seeking the oflice—it was ta make the town I intend to live ami I die in a little cleaner and a little better. My ambition along that re spect stands ar.d if the people think I haven't worked faithfully to that end I am perfectly willing for them to vote me out. Sought No Votes “If it goes to another election I do not intend to ask a single per son to vote for me. I did not ask them to in the first election. Neitn er do I intend to spend a cent. I did i not spend a cent in the first elec- j tion. Carry Out Platform “I have no apologies to make for 1 the condition of the town in clean liness and financially. I shall no' promise to do any better than i have in the four months of my ad ministration, and I intend to do in the future as in the past—and that is to carry out my platform as near as possible. Served All Alike “I have tried to serve those whom I knew fought me bitterly in the first election just as faithfully as I have the friends who support ed me. All I ask is to be let alone ! and let me run it my way, or else put me out. If it is the wishes of the best class of people in Shelby that I get out I will gladly do so. NOT A Ql’ITTER. Mayor W. N. Dorsey. Otherwise I will not. As stated oy Sam Jone3 ‘D-a quitter." About Tax Raise "The recent city tax raise of five cents was made necessary, in my mind, because in the first two months of my administration w-i had to pay accounts totalling ap proximately $13,000 that were ap proved by the old board, also $7,000 borrowed at the barik just before the new administration came in. In explaining this I am not criticis ing the old board. This money had to be taken care of some way, sooner or later. It was my view' that it u'as better to raise the taxes a little than have so many debts hanging over. The old board per haps thought differently and I am not criticising them for it. But som? time the debts would have to be paid and the sooner the tax rate was made equal to handling them the less they would grow. I did not cast a vote for the tax raise be cause the present board voted un animously for it. As I stated before I have the books here to show that my administration has not spent any more money than it has taken in, and I believe all will agree that the city's general equipment is considerably better than it was. That is all I have to say,’’ Mayor Dorsey concluded. “for I do not care to have a controversy with anyone.” Talk Building At First Baptist Here For some time, sentiment has been crystalizing in the congrega tion of the .First Baptist church lor a new educational building to be erected on the lot adjacent the church building and on Sunday morning Max Gardner, teacher cf the Men’s Bible class and Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor, both urged the neces sity of enlarging the plant t6 meet the requirements of the Sunday school which now has an attend ance of over 600. The classes are congested in the church and it is proposed to build a Sunday school department on the vacant Jot and convert the entire church building into an auditorium for church serv ices. The church has a membership of over 1,000. 527 Sign Petition So Far The recall faction, seeking the scalp of the present city administration in Shelby, had only about 75 signers to go early this morning, it was reported at noon today from the office of Peyton MccSwain, legal advisor for the movement. “At 9 o’clock this morning they told me they had 527 signers,” McSwain stated. “Several of the petitions have been filled,” he added. According to the attorney approximately 600 signers will represent the necessary 25 percent, of the registered vote in the city. “However, they tell me that they are not go ing to stop at 600, but are going to keep on seeking signers until they fill every petition. I drew up 12 copies and they say they are going to fill all of them. That would be about 1,000 names,” the lawyer stated. From reports the petitions are being carried over prac tically every section of the city, including the business sec tion, suburbs, residential and industrial sectons. “Another day or so and every petition should be practi cally filled with signatures,” it was announced at the office of the attorney. BOARD EXPRESSES SURPRISE-STAND TO THEIR GROUND Dr. Gold (o Retire From Office and Practice Soon, But Not Be cause of Recall Petition. Surprise was expressed today by the four afdermen over the recall election petition which was started in circulation Friday morning. Neither one has any idea of quit ting. Now that the fi£ht h&3 been started they are anxious to see it through and are willing to leave tiie outcome the voters. They have been assured by friends that thpy have been’-doing the best they i could under the circumstances and {many have told'fhem not to be ur leasy over the outcome. One of thi aldermen said he would have qu.t willingly had he been asked to do so. but he did not relish ‘he idea of being "thrown out” and would hold on until the will of the major ity of the citizens is expresseed a’J the polls. Two of the other aider men expressed regret that the city I should be tom with political strife. Dr. Gold to Retire. Dr. G M. Gold will retire from active medical practice in a short while. For many weeks he has been building a comfortable home on his farm near Polkville and expects io move to it when it is completed tin last of November. Moving away from Shelby will necessitate Dr. Gold resigning from the position on the board of aldermen but "since this recall proposition has come up, I would not quit the board if the I taw did not compell me to," added. Dr. Gold. “I think the recall absuro and a reflection on the mayor board and city.” said he. ' Alderman J. F. I^edford saich he lhad no comemnt to make, except (that "the folks put us in and it is up to us to do the best we man, which we are doing." Alderman Alger Hamrick says “1 am willing to rest the outcome with the people who have the interest of the town at heart. If they want me out. I am willing to go, but it they want me to continue to do the best of my ability, I will serve on." Alderman Rochel Hendrick says, "I have been conscientious in every thing I have voted for and thought it for the best interest of the towm as a whole. I have lived nere 27 years and have seen the town growr from a small hamlet, to the fine city that it is. Folks who know me. know that I do what I think is right and that I w ill continue to do." Eastern Star In ' District Meeting The regular meeting of district number eleven of the Eastern Star was held in the lodge room of the Masonic hall here on October 6. The meeting was opened by dis trict deputy. Mrs. Mary A. Venable During the afternoon session, Shel by chapter received its charter and officers for the ensuing year were installed: Worthy Matron. Mrs. Irma P. Wallace; Worthy Patron, George D. Washburn; Associate Matron, Freelove Washburn; Con ductress, Mrs. Ruth Mintz; Assoc iate Conductress, Mrs. Renna Aber nathy; secretary, Tom Abernathy; treasurer. Mrs. Ettie Hamrick; Ada. Mrs. Kate North; Ruth, Mrs. Jane Wright; Esther, Mrs. Johnnie L. Young; Martha, Mrs. Sue Bolling; Electa, Mrs. Eula Hopper; Marshall. Mrs. Corinne ledford; Warder, Mrs. Bessie Roberts; Sentinel, Mr E. A. Rudasill; organist, Mrs Kimmie Palls. A delightful banquet was served at Piedmont cafe by Mrs. Alice Bo land. Flowers carried out the col ors of the order, and small stars in appropriate colors served as place cards. In the evening session other dis tinguished guests were received, and work resumed. Grand matron. Mrs. Alice Parker made a stirring and practical address on the obliga tion of members, Dr. John S. Wood, past Grand Patron made an ad dress upon foundation of the order and Mrs. Grace K. Edwards told about the Rainbow order. Distinguished guests were Mrs. Alice Harper, from Parmville; grand matron; Mrs, Grace K. Edwards from Charlotte; associate grand matron, Dr. J. S. Wood from Forest City; past grand patron, Mr. Mar shall Dilling from Gastonia; assoc iate grand patron, Mrs. Mary A Venable from Lincolnton; district deputy grand matron and Mrs Taylor from the 12th district. Other visitors came from the fol lowing chapters; Cherryville, For est City, Rutherfordton, Lincoln ton, Maiden and Boiling Springs,

Page Text

This is the computer-generated OCR text representation of this newspaper page. It may be empty, if no text could be automatically recognized. This data is also available in Plain Text and XML formats.

Return to page view