VOL. XXXV, No. 6 |
shelby, n. c.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1928
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Fair Weather.
Today's North Carolina weather
report: Fair tonight and Thursday,
except local thundershowers Thurs
day afternon in extreme west por
tion.
IN MERGER HERE
Furniture Firm to be Absorbed by
Big Department Store. New
Store by September.
Formal announcement is made
by member of the firm of the
Paragon department store, that
this enterprise has bought out
and absorbed the Paragon fur
niture company. In about 10
days. The Star Is informed, the
doors of the Paragon furniture
company will be closed and what
stock Is left over after the sale,
which is now in progress, will
be transferred to the basement
of the Paragon department
store.
According to arrangements, hence
forth the latter enterprise will in
clude furniture in its selling lists,
the basement being fitted up espec
ially for this department.
And so arrangements have been
made for the passing of one of Shel
by's best known business institu
tions. Meantime plans are actively
in progress to re-arrange the build
ing which Is now> occupied by the
Paragon furniture company, to be
occupied by the Charles stores—
a chain enterprise. Architects were
in Shelby the first part of this week
making designs for the change.
It is said the new company will
probably be installed here by the
middle of September.
BIO COURT GRIND
NEXT WEEK
Heaviest Criminal Docket In Recent
Years But Few Rig
Cases
The term of Superior court con
vening here Monday, July 23, will
face one of the heaviest criminal
dockets in several years. In fact,
it is the heaviest since Court Cleric
A M. Hamrick has been in office
he stated today.
"I am Issuing subpoenas for morn
witnesses for this court than I ever
have heretofore," said the court
clerk.
Lippard Case On
Although there is a big criminal
docket, or rather a long list of eases,
there are few major criminal cases
and very few of a sensational na
ture. One of the outstanding cases
perhops will be Lippard killing. The
charge has been entered on the
docket since the preliminary hear
ing in county court and Ralph Lip
pard and Claude Heavener, young
Gastonia men. are charged with
homicide in connection with the
fatal shooting of Lippard's wife.
Evelyn, at Grover several weeks
back.
There arc about 10 divorces on the
civil calendar and a large number
of civil suits, but it is thought that
near 100 rases on the criminal dock
et will take up the major part of the
two weeks term Judge James L.
Webb will hold here.
Rudasill Is Made
Building Inspector
-<fc
Matter in Issuing Building Permits
And Inspecting Buildings Out
Of City's Hands.
At the mid-month meeting of the
city council last night, Mr, E. A.
Rudasill was appointed building in
spector for the state and his duties
will be to issue permits to build or
repair any structure within the city
limits, inspect such buildings when
completed and see that they con
form to the state law.
Some months ago the city was
called upon by the state to comply
with the state law and appoint a
building inspector. Chief Roach of
the fire department was appointed
temporarily until some suitable man
not in the city's employ was located.
Mayor Dorsey stated this morning
that the city has no authority to
regulate the duties of the building
inspector who operates under a state
law and not the city law, and Mr.
Rudasill will collect such fees as the
state law prescribes and enforce the
building law of North Carolina.
Lattimore Students
Plan An Encampment
All agriculture students of Latti
more school are especially requested
{to meet at the school building Sat
rday evening, July 1, at 7 o’clock,
|'*f*make final arrangements for our
encampment trip at White Lake. It
Is very important that all boys at
tend this meet.
V. C. TAYLOR, Agriculture Teacher
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Austell and
eon, formerly of Earl, now living at
Port Benning, Ga„ are spending a
fortnight in the county with rela
tives.
No Increase In County Taxes, Cline Declares
LETTERS SENT TO
AUTO MEN ABOUT
MOTOR POLITICS
Shelby Auto Dealers Get Anony
mous Letters About Kaskob.
Many In Charlotte
Quite a number of automobile
distributors in Shelby have received
anonymous circular letters in recent
days seeking to enlist their support
in the campaign fight against A1
Smith because the Smith campaign
is listed as an automobile combine
since John Raskob. General Mo
tors official, has been appoint-d
Smith manager.
Apparently the letters would inch
dealers of cars hot made by General
Motors to be against Smith because
his campaign manager is an officbl
of that company.
At the Charles L. Eskridge motor
company today it was stated that
such a letter was received, but was
•‘not read half way through" and
immediately thrown in the waste
basket instead of being posted in
the window as requested.
"Were in the automobile busine s
not polities,” it was stated at tlie
Ford agency.
At least one slip-up seems to have
been made by the sender of the
anonymous letters as J. Lawrenc'
Lackey, Buick dealer—and Buick is
made by General Motors—received
one of the mysterious unsigned let
ters. According to Mr. Lackey he
spends very little of his time reading
letters that no one cares to sign.
Charlotte Flooded
CHARLOTTE, July 18.—North
Carolina branches of automobile
concerns in competition with the
General Motors corporation are be
ing circularized with letters whose
apparent purpose is to gain the sup
port of these companies in fighting
the candidacy of Gov. Alfred
Smith for the presidency, it was
indicated here yesterday.
The circulars, quoting several
state daily papers and two leading
metropolitan dailies, were mailed
out from Greensboro, the postmark
showed, but were unsigned. Several
Charlotte dealers handling cars not
manufactured by General Motors
had received the letters in the
morning mail and their receipt by
dealers in other towns was also re
ported
"The greatest automobile combi
nation now in politics," the head
ing of the communication declare-;.
"John Jacob Rascob to manage Al
Smith's campaign; Rascob is head
of the gigantic General Motors cor
poration—General Motors competi
tors to be tried on political op
ponents.”
The letter, containing a page of
single-spaced typewritten line;,
strongly denounces the action of
Mr. Rascob, chairman of General
Motors’ finance committee, in as
suming the chairmanship of the
national Democratic executive com
mittee and also caustically discusses
the methods of the General Motors
organization. Charlotte dealers pro
fessed no theories as to the author
ship of the letter or its definite
purpose, but its receipt was the
subject of a great deal of discus
sion and afforded a topic for much
conjecturing.
Quotations m tne letter wevo
from news stories apppearing in The
Charlotte Observer, from whicti
there were two quotations; from
the Greensboro Daily New-s, the
Raleigh News and Observer. The
New York World and The New York
Herald.
"Democrats Bid for Big Business
and Wet Vote,” reads the heading
over the first quotation from a
news story that appeared in The
Charlotte Observer, quoted as fol
lows: "Mr. Raskob. a Catholic, one
of the most militant against the
eighteenth amendment, is the gov
ernor’s definition to the natioin’s
electorate of the issue.” “Today
he,” the second quotation declares,
"is director of a dozen corpora
tions employing more than 300,000
workmen and has a personal for
tune. said to be in the hundreds of
millions of dollars.”
Commenting upon a quotation
.from The New York World in
which Mr. Rascob is quoted a.s
saying, "Well, we -made 20 mil
lionaires in four years in General
Motors,” the letter asks, "Is that
boast to be accepted as proof of
having better goods than our com
petitors?” The question alludes to
the letter’s contention that Mr.
Raskob often declared, in discuss
ing the rapid rise of the General
Motors group, that "in our busi
ness life we succeeded by construc
tive work and by having better
goods than our competitors."
The circular was closed with a
request ttiat it be posted by the
dealer. Those dealei-s interviewed
had declined to do so,
All Shelby Once Sold
For $10, Record Reveals
MUSTY RECORD OF
LOVE GIFT SUM
Town Created When Auctioneer
John Harry Sold Lots
Given By Love
With uptown business prop
erty selling at so-many hundred
dollars per front imagine selling
all the land on which Shelby
is located for one ten-dollar
bill. That's exactly what James
Love did 87 years ago—except
that the S10-bill was a mere
legal technicality and Love act
ually gave the land on which
more than 10,000 people now
live.
Recently Attorney R. L. Ryburn.
while musing through some old rec
ord books at the county court house,
uncovered the original deed convey
ing the land to what was then no
city but merely a commission board
established by the state,to lay out a
town to be known as Shelby, which
in turn would be the county seat of
the new county of Cleveland.
Two Deeds Made.
In fact, two deeds were made be
fore the Love property became build
ing lots for citizens of that day and
citizcns-to-be. The first deed was
made in 1841 and conveyed 147 acres
to the commissioners establishing
Shelby. In 1343 another deed was re
corded with the worlding very simi
lar but calling for 150 acres. Just
why there were two deeds so much
alike for the same property puzzled
legal minds for a time until it was
recalled that the first deed perhaps
was not legal in 1841 as the state
legislature did not ratify the act
creating the county until that year.
This view is reenforced by a histo
rical article published in The Cleve
land Star 25 years ago and written 1
by Major H. Cabaniss. This article ;
says "the county was chartered in 1
the legislature of 1840-41 and was j
taken from Rutherford and Lincoln ;
counties.” The act also provided, it j
was explained, that the town of
Shelby, county-seat-to-be, be locat
ed “within four miles , of Thomas j
Wilson's sulphur springs.” In his !
article Major Cabaniss says the land
on which the town was built was do |
nated by James Love and William
Forbes, but the deed records only 1
one name, that of Love.
The Commissioners.
The first deed made August 11.'
1841, was made by James Love to j
"Robert H. Burton, Eli Hoyle. Henry
Can.sler, Alexander McCorkle, John
McDowell, David Gray, Archilles
Durham uid Samuel Andrews—com
missioners appointed by legislature i
to locate the town of Shelby."
The conveyance was made "in con J
sideration of $10 and many benefits 1
and advantages which James Love
expects to derive from the town of
Shelby.”
A total of 137 acres "beginning at [
red oak near P. M. Alexander’s j
spring," was conveyed. This point is |
said to be just behind the Beam
block on North Washington street.
Provided for Churches.
How certain tracts were to be set ,
aside for churches and schools was |
also related in the old deed, which
reads as follows: “* * * with p. j
perfect understanding that six acre- j
lots be dedicated and set apart by ‘
the commissioners for the purpose1
of religion and education. Two of
which are to be appropriated for a
male and a female academy, and i
four for the use of such churches •
as may be permitted thereon.” Older
citzens say that the uptown church
es now are not erected on the four 1
original plots, which during the;
course of years were sold and other
sites purchased as the business sec
tion changed. j
In 1843 a deed differing very lit
tle from the previous deed made, j
One of the changes was that the
first deed was also made to W. M
Morris, chairman of the county
court, while the last deed was mad-> j
to BurweH B. Bridges, chairman of
ithe county court.
How Recorded.
As it often becomes necessary foi ]
lawyers drawing up deeds to check
back to the beginning on property
transfers it is stated that the two
deeds are to be found on pages 15
,and 282 in “Book A” at the county
; court bouse. Another important dis
covery was a plat of the original
gift, or rather a copy thereof as
found in Plat MM-237. This plat
was made by J. R. Logan in 1850 for
D. T. Williams.
Property Sold.
After the property had been deed
ed over to the commissioners of Shel
New N. C. Chairman
Odus M. Mull was last night named
chairman of the North Carolina
democratic party succeeding Attor
ney-General Dennis Brummitt. The
election of the Cleveland county
political leader was made by the
stae executive committee following
the recommendation of O. Max
Gardner, gubernatorial nominee.
by it was surveyed and plotted by
Samuel Gidney and John R. Logan
and divided into a certain number of
lots. These lots were sold at auction
in October 1842 with John Bull
Harry, native of Martland and for
mer Lincoln county sheriff, as the
auctioneer. Just how much the Iocs
sold for does not seem to be record
ed in any of the history of the
county except that Major H. Cab
aniss in his article says “th •/
brought fabulous prices.”
The money received for the lots
as sold to citizens was used, for the
most part, it is said in public
buildings and improvements, around
which the present day Shelby was
built.
CROSSiiSlT
OH HIGHWAY a
Heavy Grading Finished on High
way No. 206 From Shelby to
Gaston County Line.
Grade crossings are eliminated on
state highway No. 206 leading from
Shelby via Waco in the direction of
Cherryville on the Gaston-Clevreland
line where it connects with the
highway which continues into Lin
colnton, the county seat of Lincoln.
The road now being graded from
the Mike Borders home between
Shelby and Cleveland Springs to the
Gaston comity lines lies on the
south side of the seaboard tracks
until it reaches within a few hun
dred feet of Waco where one over
pass is being built. This eliminates
the 'many grade crossings and the
dangers incident thereto. A concrete
bridge is being built across Buffalo
at the Buffalo cotton mill near the
site of the old steel bridge.
It is stated by highway officials
that the Wilson Construction com
pany which has the contract to d >
the grading, has finished the heavy
grading and is now doing the lighter
work. When the grading is finished
and the bed allowed to settle, it is
understood that some type of hard
surface will be put down, although
the contract for this has not been
let. When this road is finished, it
will give a hard surface road from
the county seat of Cleveland to the
county seat of Lincoln where roads
radiate to other county seats in this
section of the state.
CAT GETS HOME FROM
CHERRYVILLE IN ONE
MEEK TO ABERNETHY
HICKORY,—F. E. Abernethy, R.
F. D. No. 4, Newton, has a cat story
that would make the grade even in
Kinston. He had a year old Tom cat
which he sent to Cherryville two
weeks ago by a negro man who
works on his farm. The cat stayed
away exactly one week, and wh in
Mr, Abernethy w'ent out to the
smokehouse cn Monday morning
there was Tom waiting for his
breakfast, just as he had been do
ing every morning for the past year.
Tom came on to the house and went
through his regular program, as If
nothing at all had happened.
Mr. Abenethy thinks he might as
well keep Tom around the house.
STATE COMMITTEE
NAMES MULL FOR
Name Advanced to Committee by
Hoey. Some Discussion Over
Governor A1 Smith.
(Bost in Greensboro News.)
Raleigh. July 17.—Following a
furious fight of an hour and a half
tonight, the state democratic execu
tive committee called to elect Odus
M. Mull, of Shelby, to succeed retir
ing Chairman Denis G. Brummitr,
adjourned with a resolution of sup
port to the entire ticket, over which
offering of Congressman Lindsay j
Warren offered a resolve to con
gratulate the state ticket on the
promise of future good government
which it offers with a further hand
shake for the party at the prospect
of getting back in Washington the
days of Cleveland and Wilson.
Instantly Charles S. Wallace, of
Morehead City, carrying Mrs. Wal
lace's proxy and W. L. Knight, of
Halifax, bearing Mrs. Knight’s com
mission. were up and objecting in
their names. Mr. Wallace would suu
port the state party handsomely, but
Mrs. Wallace would not go all the
way. Neither would Mrs. Knight, and
Mr. Knight offered an abbreviated
[resolution, handsomely backing the
[state ticket. There the committees
[ fought 90 minutes. It ended when
retiring Chairman Brummitt took
the floor and begged the Halifax
! man to withdraw the resolution. Re
jluctantly he did, Messrs. Wallace
;and Knight excused from voting
I and the committee ended in a flame
of love with Max Gardner speaking.
The committee came from the up
jroar united at the last with still a
sprinkling of anti-Smith people who
never pledged to support him and
cheered no utterance of loyalty to
him. Even Max Gardner’s statement
that he never has learned how to
! fight a democrat, is not now in tram
ing and will not go into training to
learn that art, did not win complete
! applause. There were quite eight or
ten members of the committee, not
all regulars, who cheered the opposi
tion of Messrs. Knight and Wallace,
though the 93 members sitting to
night in person or proxy were 100
per- centers for the state ticket.
Mull Appeals for Loyalty.
The committee had an easy time
for 15 minutes. Sam Gattis, after
Clyde Hoey had presented the name
of Mr. Mull as the next chairman,
offered a change in the plant of or
ganization by which the new state
chairman appoints his secretary. Mr
Hoey offered his townsman in a fine
tribute to his tact, loyalty, intelli
gence and good judgement. Mr. Mull
delivered vigorously. He asked mem
bers of the party present, also can
didates on the ticket to meet him
tomorrow and talk over the plana.
The new chairman is rearing to go
into his work. He has that habit.
When he is elected he gets his di
rectors with him. Several times in
his brief speech he appealed for loy
alty all the way.
The small group of recalcitrants
applauded heartily the state part,
but they have not yet voted for
Smith.
The committee passed the Gattis
resolution and then Congressman
Warren offered his proposal. Its con
gratulations to the state for the
Ticket and the pledge of continued
| progress went well, but when he pic
tured the return of the Cleveland
and Wilson days there was an im
mediate abbreviation of the ap
plause. The restoration of honest
government was universally hailed,
but the unconverted were able to
see through the Smith lorgnette.
Pool Room License
Issued To Hamricks
City Council Consents to Issuance
Of License to Building
Owners.
Last night at the regular mid
month meeting of the city fathers,
license to operate the colored pool
room in the Hamrick building was
issued to T. W. and Frank Hamrick
which has recently been converted
into a colored hotel and rendezvous.
The pool room at this place has been
operated by Romeo Eaker and when
he applied for arenewal of his li
cense, it was refused on the ground
i that it was a "public nuisance"
j against which many citizens had
protested.
The city council last night felt
that the Hamricks would see to it
that the place is kept orderly and
when they applied for license, the
same was granted upon the payment
| of $50 tax on each of the four tables
(—a total of $200. 1
5crs
Mississippi Negro Rule
Hit In Patronage Probe
July No Freedom
Month In County,
Jail Sheet Shows
One of Busiest Months of Year At
County Jail, Sheriff Logan
Says
July may be the anniversary
month of America’s freedom,
more people are peering through
jail bars at outside freedom In
this oounty than at any time
within a year’s period, accord
ing to Sheriff Hugh Logan.
Six White Women
Numbered among guests at the
county institution of confine
ment arc six white women—the
largest number of white women
ever to be in jail at the same
time since Sheriff Logan has
operated the jail, which is some
several years.
There are eight women in jail
in alL two of them colored.
The total number of prison
ers is 22.
Most of the white women, it is
said, are confined awaiting court
or following appeals from loose
moral charges, while one or two
are held for drinking or fight
ing.
Two Negro Youths
Drown At Lake Lure
Bodies Are Found Near Capsized
Boat. Victims of Night
Boat Ride
RUTHERFORDTON, July 17
Mystery surrounding a canoe, found
Sunday on Lake Lure, turned upside
'down between the boat landing and
the old bed of the river, was solved
yesterday when the bodies of two
negro j'ouths were 6een floating on
the lake.
They were Thomas Parker A
Lake Lure and Lee Pari Lewis of
Rutherford ton.
It is supposed that the boys took
out a boat late at night for a ride
when it capsized with them. A
watch was found in Lewis’ pockets
which had stopped at 12:35 a. m.
Lewis’ body was brought here
gnd buried at Chimney Rock.
This makes three victims of Lake
Lure by canoes overturning late at
night, young James Wilkie having
lost his life in a similar manner
about a year ago.
Miss Isabel Morgan of LaGrangc,
Ga., will arrive tomorrow to visit
Misses Betty Suttle and Evelyn
Dover.
Midwest Farmers To Back
Democratic Farm Platform
Coolidge-Hoover Farm Relief Rap
ped By Corn Belt Farm
ers In Meet
DES MOINES, July 17 —Con
demnation of President Coolidges
veto of the McNary-Haugen Bill, the
Republican farm relief plank, and
the candidacy of Herbert Hoover to
day were contrasted with the ap
proval of the agricultural plank of
the Democratic party as the results
of a meeting of the corn belt com
mittee.
Members of the committee, made
up of midwestern farm leaders, as
sembled yesterday to discuss the po
litical situation as it affected the
farmer in the forthcoming election.
"Organized agriculture speaking
through the corn belt committee
hereby expresses its determination to
carry on the fight for the principle
of the McNary-Haugen bill, which
is the only plan that has been sug
gested to make the protective tariff
execution on these agricultural pro
ducts of which we produce a sur
plus, without government subsidy,
which we have consistently oppos
ed,” said the resolution.
The Houston agricultural plank
was commended ctn ground that it
"includes a definite indosement of
the principles for which organized
agriculture has long been fighting.”
The Republican stand on the farm
question was pictured as “a renewal,
in less definite form, of the pledges
adopted in 1924 at Cleveland.”
"Witlx every ounce of our strength
we oppose the Hoover-Coolidge pol
icy of the industrialization of Amer
ica at the expense of agriculture,”
said another resolution.
Jack McNary and Bobby Wilson of
Greensboro were week end guests of
Billy McKnight.
18 Large Uptown
Firms Will Close
Half Of Thursday
Half Holiday Move Grows Here. Still
Some Dissention Among:
Grocers.’ said.
Business Shelby’s summer half
holiday each week will be a little
more general this week than last
as a petition presented for pub
lication today reveals that 18
more uptown business firms
have joined the movement to
close up each Thursday after
noon during the remainder of
this month and August.
The banks of the city have been
closing. Later they were joined by a
number of grocery firms. However,
it is said that some dissension about
the grocery closing came up last
week and numerous grocers
’’scratched" the closing ticket. Just
what the grocers will do tomorrow
remains to be seen.
In the meantime the following
firms have signed a petition agree
ing to the half holiday: Gilmers,
Efird’s, Paragon department store,
Wootton's Ladies shoppe, A. V. Wray
& Six sons, Roses, Alexander’s jew
elry store, Woolworth’s, Montgom
ery-Ward, John M. Best, J. C. Mc
Neely and company, Kelly clothing
company, J. C. Penney company.
Paragon furniture company, Ingram
Liles company, Nix and Lattimore,
Wright-Baker company.
Miss Cornelia Bolts will visit her
grandmother in Greer, S. C., the
last of the week.
Republican Leadership May Return
To “Lily Whites” After Post
office Probe
BILOXI, Miss., July 18.—While
a federal grand Jury continued to
receive evidence of methods employ
ed by Mississippi Republican leaders
| in dispensing federal patronage
: speculation became rife as to what
jeffect the investigation would have
ion sentiment which has kept a
' group of negroes in control of party !
affairs.
A bitter facitional struggle has
been waged within the party in the
white forces headed by Perry W.
state for the past several years
Howard, negro national Republican
committeeman from Mississippi, bit
terly opposed at every turn by
the group headed by George L. Shel
don, former governor of Nebraska
and now a dalta farmer, and leader
of the “lily white" faction advocat
ing white leadership. Sheldon has
made several attempts to oust How
ard from his acknowledged position
of party leader.
Arrest Imminent
The arrest of Perry W. Howard,
who is a special assistant attorney
general, on an indictment charging
conspiracy to violate the law pro
hibiting sale of federal offices, was
imminent in Washington.
At the same time three of six
other under indictment on similar
charges were en route here today
for arraignment before Judge Edwin
R. Holmes in federal court.
Howard, with S. D. Redmond, A.
M. Redmond and E. L. Patton,
negroes arrested yesterday at Jack
son, Miss., and Scott Hubbard, dep
uty United States marshal stationed
I at Bilovi, was charged specifically
| with conspiring and receiving $1,500
for the appointment of A. P. Rus
! sell, of Mageee as deputy marshal
for the southern district. Russell
served from June until October,
1927.
Bonds Fixed
Hubbard, the Redmonds and Pat
ton, the latter of whom was indicted
on the seventh count, gave tem
porary bonds of $2,500 each at Jack
iSon for their arraignment here.
Howard, whose delegation at the
Kansac City national convention
was recognized over the “lily white"
| delegation headed by George L. Shel
don. declared through counsel in
Washington that he would not op
pose removal to Mississippi to stand
itrial. His indictment was mailed to
i the attorney from Biloxi.
The first arrest of Patton came
last Saturday at the same time
J. C. Tannehill. former deputy mar
shal at Sumerall was apprenhended,
iThe other arrest w as that of William
iE. Miller, postmaster at Wiggins. All
were admitted to bond.
1
Natural Increase In School
Expenses Made Tax Raise
Seem Sure.
Through an endless calcula
tion, cutting and trimming of
county expenses, A. E. Cline,
county auditor and chairman
of the board of county com
missioners, was able to an
nounce today that there will
be no increase in the county
tax rate this year.
He and his board, together
with the school board have
been scratching their heads
for weeks, trying to work out
a way whereby the rate would
not be increased anti at the
same time the county schools
would not be considerably
hampered, and at last they,
found a way—so, this is in
substance how it was done:
To amply provide for the schools
the county school board asked for
an increase of $37,000 in revenue for
school purposes This increase was
cut so that it will be less than $12,
000 more than last year.
No Increase in Teachers Pay,
The new budget does not provide
for any salary increase of teachers.
There may be some increases, how
ever, provided by the various district
committeemen, but they must keep
within the amounts allotted them
by cutting expenses elsewhere.
The new budget provides for only
a small increase in the number of
teachers, so many schools will nc
doubt have more pupils than they
can well teach.
Heretofore the county has been
charging the special school taxing
districts with the tax collector's
commissioners for collecting these
special taxes, these commissions
being turned In to the general coun
ty fund. This year the districts will
not be charged the usual tax col
lector’s commission allowed by law,
or if charged, the commissions will
be turned back to the districts.
Eighty-eight Cents Rate.
The county tax rate has been re
duced three cents, from 31c to 28c.
The school rate has been Increased
three cents, from £>7c to 60c, which
offsets, of course, the reduction in
the county irate.
No Emergency Fund.
A summary of the uniform annual
budget estimate of the county w'll
be published in Friday’s Star for the
information of the tax payers, as
provided by law, and will reveal sev
eral interesting facts.
No emergency fund has been pro
vided for, so that if taxpayers come
before the county commissioners
and ask for an unforseen and un
provided for expense, there will be
no emergency money to take car
of It. 4
There was no deficit in the coun- ?
ty fund at the beginning of the fis
cal year and the estimated value
of all real and personal property
on the books for tax purposes is 38
million dollars.
Only $1,000 is provided for schools
as an emergency fund, ahd the
county commission expects the tax
payers of Cleveland to pay the^r
taxes for only $1,100 is the estimat
ed amount of uncollected taxes for
county purposes and only $600 for
school purposes.
Specials the Same. __
It will also be interested to the
tax payers to know there is no in
crease in the special township road
taxes or the special district school
taxes, all of which remain the same
as last year except a lowering of
the rate in the Boiling Springs dis
trict.
From June last year to June this
year, there were 202 patrons added
to the city’s light system and 195
patrons added to the city’s watar
system, according to information se
cured this morning from Mayor
Dorsey at the City Hall. This makes
a total of 459 patrons in a year and
is some indication as to the growth
of the city which is steady and
gradual and very noticeable to the
visitors who come back after an ab
sence of a year or longer. '
This is perhaps a record that has
never been equalled in the city’s
history, thinks Mayor Dorsey.