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1928.
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LATENEWS
The Markets.
Cotton, Shelby...19*4c
Shelby, seed per bu. ___6154c
Falls ton, seed per bu._ 6454c
Fair And Wanner.
Today’s North Carolina Weather
Report: Fair tonight and Satur
day, Light to heavy frost tonight.
Rising temperature Saturday.
Amputate Leg
Of Whisnant
At Hospital
Condition Favorable After Opera
tion. McEntire Under Larger
Bond.
Horace (Dutch) Whisnant,
who pitched the Shelby high
baseball team through a victor
ious season In such a manner
two years ago as to be termed
the best high school twirler in
the state, is through with base
ball forever. This morning at
the Shelby hospital surgeons
amputated his right leg just
above the knee.
The operation came as a neces
sity after Whisnant passed into a
serious state from a bullet wound
received late Saturday night or
early Sunday morning when he was
shot in the leg at Lawndde by ?.
A McEntire, it is alleged.
Heavier Bond Made.
Following the shooting McEntire
was placed under a $50 bond and
W. J. Littlejohn under a $50 bond.
Later in the hospital if developed
that the baseball star, who had
bled profusely, had the arteries of
his leg shot away and his condi
tion became serious. When this was
learned at Sheriff Logan's office,
McEntire was immediately sought
out and placed under a $2,000 bond.
Such was the nature of the
wound, according to hospital sur
geons, that the remainder of the
right leg below the knee could get
no blood circulation at all, and be
tween 9 and 9:30 o’clock this morn
ing the leg was taken off just above
the knee.
At noon it was stated at the hos
pital that young Whisnant was do
ing as well as could be expected
after the serious operation.
Miss Haines, Wonder
Girl At Lattimore,
School Tuesday
Dorothy Haines, the Wonder Girl,
is coming to Lattimore. The Nobles
ville, Indiana Ledger, speaking of
a recent visit of Miss Haines and
her assistant says in part: “Never
has an artist been more enthusiast
ically received than Miss Haines.
She has always been a very talent
ed and gracious entertainer, but
her constant study for the past
years has enlarged her ability un
til she is one of the leaders in her
art.”
Miss Haines began the study of
dramatics at the age of seven and
has had the best instruction avail
able both in America and abroad.
William O. Bates, note-worthy
play-right and critic, regards Miss
Haines in a class with Ellen Terry
and the ether notables of a genera
tion past.
Assisted by Miss Paula De Leon, a
young musician of exceptional skill,
The Dorothy Haines Duo promise
to be one of the high-lights in the
local lyceum series being sponsored
by senior class, Lattimore. This en
tertainment is scheduled for the
evening of November 27 in the
school auditorium.
PENNEY TOYLAND TO
. OPEN HERE TONIGHT
The Christmas curtain is rising,
and it is being rolled up, and the
season of good cheer coming earlier
than ever before. The J. C. Penney
company is planning a big toyland
opening tonight, with old Santa on
hand, and everything. That event
will usher in the full Christmas
buying season at the, big store.
The event, as being planned, will
be elaborate, Old Santa, in full
regalia, with his pack and maybe a
reindeer or two, is scheduled to
arrive on the "Down Southern.” He
will proceed to the store, where
elaborate plans have been made for
his reception.
Every kid in town and county is
Invited. There will be music. And
old Santa will remember the tots.
It will be a gala occasion.
Lutheran Church Services.
Sunday school at 10 o’clock. A
short time devoted to the study of
the Holy Word of God. Those who
are not already active in Sunday
school work are asked to meet with
us every Sunday morning.
Morning worship 11 o'clock. Sub
ject: “A Measure of Faith.” Even
ing worship, 7 o’clock. Subject: "The
Last Harvest.’
The annual every member can
vass is to be conducted in the aft
ernoon. It is hoped that evety mem
ber will feel the privilege of coop
erating in the great work of saving
the world.
The place: Marion street school
building. Visitors always cheerfully
welcomed
Third Suit
Filed In
Collapse
Father Of Gay Green, Bank Clerk,
Asks $50,000 For Son’s
Death.
The third salt coming as an
aftermath of the disastrous
building crash in Shelby on
August 28, in which six were
killed, has been filed with A.
M. Hamrick, clerk of court here.
The three suits now filed ask a
total of $100,750.
The last suit filed yesterday by
R. L. Huffman, of Morganton,
former Superior court solicitor, was
an action taken by Mr. R. B. Green,
of the county, who asks $50,000
damages for the death of his son
Guy Green, young bank clerk, who
was killed in the crash of the Mc
Knight building and the First Na
tional bank.
Same Defendants.
The defendants named in the
third action were practically the
same as in the two previous suits
filed. They were named as "John
McKnight, Tom Webb, Cicero Lutz,
and others.” Previous suits were di
rected against the trio named above
E. A. Rudasill, building inspector,
and the City of Shelby.
Other suits, which have already
been filed, were the one filed by
the Clyde Carpenter estate—Car
penter having been killed in the
crash—for $50,000, and one filed
by Fred Bowers asking damages
for a car demolished by the tumbl
ing walls. |
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Asks Damages of
Deputies For Shot
In Leg During Raid
Bob Moses, Shot While Running
From Booze Raid, Sues
Four Officers.
A pauper’s suit has been filed in
Superior court here by Bob Moses
asking $1,000 damages for being
shot in the leg a couple of months
ago during a raid for whiskey in
the Lawndale section.
The suit is directed against Depu
ties Harvey Guin, Pink Williams
and Dow Haynes, and Frank Stanl
ey, who is said to have been depu
tized for the occasion.
It will be remembered that the
officers were raiding a home in that
section when Moses, according to
the officers, took to his heels, car
rying, it was said, a jug in his hand.
A shot fired from the group shat
tered the jug, according to reports
‘at the time and struck Moses in
the leg, necessitating treatment at
the Shelby hospital.
McSwaln and Cline are booked as
attorneys for the plaintiff.
Kidnapping Affair
Is Dismissed Here
Middle-Aged Farmer Acquitted Of
Taking Away 15-Year-OId
Girl.
Judge John P. Mull wiped out a
prospective "Peaches" Browning
case for this county in court here
today when he dismissed a kidnap
ping charge lodged against Judd
Green, middle-aged farmer of No.
1 township, and Lester Phillips.
A charge preferred by W. D. Bea
ver, who lived on the Green farm,
was that Green accompanied by
Phillips kidnapped Beaver's 15-year
old daughter, Dorothy.
A large crowd, most of it from
No. 1 township, neard the hearing
at which the father of the girl
regaled tlie whole affair without
presenting sufficient evidence to
convict on the charge alleged, al
though the court declared that
some of the things said to be going
cm did not reflect particularly well
for Green.
The young girl, shy and smiling,
was in court along with the de
fendants and ter father. A family
argument, the father stated, oc
curred at the Green home and the
girl left. Acting apparently on sus
picion and circumstantial evidence
the father and officers sought the
girl with belief that Green had some
thing to do with her going away. She
was found the following day at the
Beheler family, and the evidence
failed to show her with Green at
any time after she left home.
The father declared that Green
had purchased dresses, shoes and
hose for his daughter and that the
two had been friendly, although no
evidence tended to show any
wrongful relations between the two.
General opinion among the No.
1 people at the trial was that Bea
ver had fallen out with Green
about the rent of the Green place
on which Beaver lived
Women Object To Barrymore
Marrying His Third Wife
Screen And Stage Lover Has Ro
mance Balked. Divorce Is
Denied.
Los Angeles, Nov. 22 —Things
happened here today that threaten
ed to delay the projected third
matrimonial venture of John Bar
rymore, the actor.
Barrymore announced the other
day that he and Dolores Costello,
motion picture actress and daugh
ter of the veteran screen star,
Maurice Costello, would wed soon.
Miss Costello confirmed the an
nouncement, but no date was set.
Today there was excitement. An
attractive young woman, identity
unrevealed, informed the marriage
license bureau that “you can't issue
a marriage license to John Barry
more.’’
Reporters who asked the actor
about his wedding date were told
that "it's none of your business.”
Another woman telephoned the
license bureau and also said that
Mr. Barrymore could not get mar
ried. The reason both women gave
was: "Because he is already mar
ried and has never been divorced.”
The woman who telephoned said:
"I happen to know that the
mother of Michael Strange (pen
name of Mrs. Leonard Thomas, au
thor and second wife of Barrymore)
has telegraphed a woman in Los
Angeles that her daughter has not
obtained a divorce and has no in
tention of doing so.”
To enjoin the bureau from issuing
a license, a formal complaint must
be filed by Saturday, the day on
which the notice of intention to
marry expires.
There is no record here of Bar
rymore's divorce from his second
wife. He said however, “I Know that
I am divorced and that I’m going
to get married.” He said he
thought his second wife was trav
eling in Prance.
I91EN HIGH MAN
FOB SUITE BICE
Tops Governor-Elect Gardner, Un
official Figures Say. Durham
Also High.
Raleigh, Nov. 22.—Revised com
plete unofficial tabulation made by
Raymond C. Maxwell, as secretary
of state board of elections, reveal
ed today that Dr. Arch T Allen,
state superintendent of public in
struction led the state Democratic
ticket in the election of November
6.
Unofficial tabulations made fes- ,
terday in the office of J. A. Hart- 1
ness, secretary of state. showed j
that O. Max Gardner, running for
governor on the Democratic ticket,
and Baxter Durham, incumbent
state auditor, led'the ticket Secre
tary Maxwell’s figures as tabulated
today, however, showed that Dr,
Allen led the entire Democratic
ticket, topping Gardner 1,527 votes.
The state board of canvassers, sec
retary Maxwell said, will meet here
on Dcember 4 in the hall of the
house of representatives to make
the official canvass of the votes.
The unofficial returns, expected
to be made official with perhaps a
few slight variations when the state
board of elections meet here next
month to canvass the returns, how
high candidates for state officers
ran as follows: l
Governpr: Gardner, 362,000; Sea
well, 288,015; Gardner’s majority,
73,193.
Auditor: Durham, 361,248; Caeger,
288,239; Durham’s majority 73,109.
Superintendent ot public instruc
tion: Allen 363,527; Grier 289,163;
Allen's majority 74,364.
Mrs. C. H. Hardin and children
and Mrs. Fred Morten were Kings
Mountain visitors Wednesday.
Engaged to Wed
A romance of the Hollywood • lots
will blossom to fruition with the
marriage of beautiful Dolores Cos
tello (above) and John Barrymore,
the bold lover of the stage and
screen. The announcement of their
forthcoming marriage was first in
timated that Barrymore had been
divorced from his second wife, the
former Mrs. Leonard- M. Thomas,
whose pen name is "Michael
Strange.”
Trapped In Barn,
Bel wood Farmer
Is Badly Burn ed
Trying To Save Slide From Burn
ing Barn, Pink WcTmon Is
Badly Burned.
(Special to The Star.)
Belwood, Nov. 22 -Mr. Pink Well
mon was taken to the Lenoir hos
pital Monday morning where he
will be treated for burns received
Tuesday night, November 6 when
his barn caught on fire. He was the
only one at home at that time and
was trying to save all that be could.
He had gotten all of his mules out
of the bunting barn but one, and
returned to get it out. The barn
began falling in around him and
soon trapped him He had (o either
run through the fire or be burned.
He ran through the fire and was
badly burned.
The mule was not saved, but four
others were and several plows.
HAS BEEN TAKEN IN
CHI TAU FRATERNITY
Mr. George Thomas Cornwell,
son of Geo. L. Cornwell, has been
initiated into the Gamma Chapter
of the Chi Tau Franternit.v at the
University of North Carolina, Chap
el Hill, N. C.
LATER ON MEANEST
MAN AT SULPHUR SPGS.
If you want to hear the latest on
the meanest man in the Sulpher
Springs community be at Sulphur
Springs Methodist church Sunday
11 a. m. At the preaching service.
High Tribute Paid Judge James
Webb In Catawba County Court
Newton—A splendid tribute was
paid Judge James L. Webb here by
W. C. Feimster, local attorney, Just
before a one week term of criminal
court over which the venerable
Judge was presiding adjourned. Mr.
Feimster, speaking for the Catawba
county bar, called attention to the
high esteem in which Judge Webb
Is held by every member of the
Catawba county bar, and congratu
lated him on the efficient service
he is rendering at the age of 75
years. He also went back 33 years
ago and stated that when he began
practice as a young lawyer in this
county, Judge Webb was at that
time solicitor of this district, which
comprised Catawba, Lincoln. Gas
ton, Cleveland, and other counties,
and spoke highly of him as being
an able and conscientious prosecu
tor at that time. Since then the
solicitor has been elevated to the
Superior court bench, and since that
time has been reelected every eight
years by the Democratic party.
Mr. Faimster then spoke of the
able career of Judge Webb, always
open and considerate, meting but
justice tempered with mercy in all
cases. He also called attention to
the fact that on November 12, the
day court convened here, Judge
Webb celebrated his 7§th birthday,
by doing a hard day’s work in the
court room. The speaker and bar
extended congratulations and wish
ed many more days of vappiness
and expressed a desire to have him
hold the Catawba cotntv court
again and again or years tc come.
COTTON COOP TO
CLIMB NEAR THAT
HERE LAST YEAR
Ginning In County Less Than 1,000
Bales Behind Last Year
Nov.-v
Cleveland county will make
almost a much cotton, and prob
ably more, this year as was
made in last year’s record crop,
according to the last ginning
report for the county issued
yesterday.
According to the report made
by Miles H. Ware, special gin
agent, 37,989 bales had been
ginned in the county up to Nov
ember 14, this year, as compar
ed with 38,987 bales ginned up
to November 14, last year. In
other words only 998 more
bales had been ginned up to the
same time last year, and cotton
men here say that more cotton
remains to be ginned in the
county now than at the same
time last year.
Just 10,009 More.
If the county gins a little
over 10,000 more bales this year
a new cotton producing record
for the county will have been
set. This seems likely as near
10,000 bales were ginned in the
county this year between Nov
ember 1 and November 14. It
has been one week since the last
ginning report and there will be
several weeks more of ginning
in the county.
ME FMLTT
KIWIS GUESTS
1 300 Boys And Girls Out Of High
School In Three Counties, Not
Going To College.
"There were graduated last
Spring in Cleveland, Rutherford
and Gaston counties from the high
schools, 1800 boys and girls who are
not in college this Fall, declared Dr.
J B. Davis, president of B. S junior
college at Cleveland Springs hotel
last night when the faculty of the
college were> the geests of the Ki
wanis club. The junior college Is
trying to reach these students and
give them a higher education and
Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor of the First
Baptist church stated .hat the
economic saving to these boys and
girls by reason of having a junior
college hh their midst is between
$50,000 and $100,000 annually.
Dr. Davis announced what he de
clares to be the five greatest insti
tutions in the world life, the home,
church, school, and the cosmopoli
tan spirit of mankind. These are
the ideals of Dr. Davis and the
ideals of the college to which he
has devoted his life. Both Dr.
Davis and the Boiling Springs pas
tor. Rev. J. L. Jenkins and Prof.
J. D. Huggins who has been with
the institution for twenty years
were generous in their words of ap
preciation of their invitation to the
college faculty members and for
the interest and help which the
business men of Shelby are giving
the school.
A check for $10 was donated to
the school to be used by Miss Etta
Curtis, one of the devoted members
of the faculty may deem wise.
Music was lead by Horace Easom
and a delightful number lendered
by two members of the school facul
ty. Prizes were awarded and the
primary held for the nomination of
Kiwanis officers for the ensuing
year.
COMPROMISE BIG SUIT
IN SUPERIOR COURT
The Suit of the McGills, of
Kings Mountain,against the town of
Kings Mountain, in which damages
totalling $10,000 were asked. was
compromised in superior court here
today, barristers stated. The suit
has been on the ducket for several
years.
DR, WALL TO SPEAK
AT MASONIC MEETING
Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor of the
First Baptist church, will be the
speaker at the meeting of the
Cleveland lodge 202 A. F. & A. M.
this evening at the Masonic temple,
it is announced.
SECOND WEEK JURORS
WILL NOT BE NEEDED
Sheriff Hugh A. Logan announces
that jurors named for the second
week of court need hot report as
there will be no session >f court
next week.
Mr. Deane Duncan is soendlhg
the week-end wUn relatives in
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Bible In Hand,
Rum In Pocket,
Law Grabs Him
Rev. Janies Gray, itinerant
preacher, was strolling op the
highway in the Dobbins
church section Wednesday
when he was stopped by
Deputy Lindsay Dixon. Rev.
Gray carried his big Bible in
his hand, but that didn’t
keep the officer from search
ing him, and in the rear
pocket of the travelling par
son’s coat the officer found
what he described to be a
half-pint >f whiskey.
And Reverend Gray was
booked on the court docket
for “possessing and transport
ing,” but was later freed in
county court.
FEW REGISTER IN
SCHOOL ELECTION
Those Who Do Not Register Cannot
Vote In Special Tax
Election.
Only 150 people have registered
so far for the special school tax
election in the Shelby district, it
was stated yesterday by Squire T.
C. Eskridge registrar.
The election is to be held on Mon
day, December 17, and an entirely
ne\y registration is required. Which
means that those who do not
register again, regardless of whether
or not they have been registered be
fore, cannot vote in the special
election. The registration books re
main open two weeks more, closing
on Saturday, December 8. Those
who wish to vote in the election
should register before that time.
The election was called tor the
purpose of increasing the maximum
tax limit in the Shelby district,
alone, from 30 cents to 40 cents, to
keep the school on the state accred
ited list, figures cited by the board
showing that expenses have in
creased accordingly.
Hicks Appeals From
Fine Given In Fight
In county co"urt today Crawf
Hicks was fined $50 and the costs
for an assault upon Edgar Cham
pion, who lives on the Hicks place.
Hicks through his attorney. Judge
B T. Falls appealed from the sen
tence.
PARAGON TO DISCONTINUE
MEN’S CLOTHING STOCK
Joe E. Nash, manager of the
Paragon department store, announc
ed today that the Paragon is pre
paring to discontinue the sale of
men's suits and overcoats.
Asked for a reason why & move
of this more or less radical nature
has been made, Mr. Nash replied:
“I will be perfectly frank and say
that the line is no longer profitable
to the store. And so we are discon
tinuing it. I plan to add another
department which I believe will
have a wider appeal. It is always
so; we have to cater to the public,
and the lines that are in greatest
demand are the ones we must of
necessity feature.”
The change will be put in effect
at once, Mr. Nash added.
BOX SUPPER AT BLACK
ROCK SCHOOL HOUSE
There will be a box supper at
Black Rock school house near
Cherryville on Friday nignt. Nov.
23. The public is cordially invited.
Go To Spartanburg.
Quite a number of Shelby foot
ball fans are in Spartanburg this
afternoon attending the Gaffney
high-Spartanburg game for the up
per South Carolina title.
Mayo r Do rsey Leaves
His Re-election Up
To Shelby Citizens
Four Tots Want A
Home For Christmas
Present From Santa
Welfare Officer Has Four Children,
Brother And Sister, Needing
Home.
The hundreds of children in
Cleveland county will want hun
dreds of different things from old
Santa Claus this Christmas, but
there are four youngsters in the
county who will think Santa is a
mighty fine fellow if he just brings
them a home and somebody to play
Santa for them.
Two of them are boys and two 1
are girls. The boys are 10 and four
years of age, and the girls are seven
and two. All are healthy, bright
youngsters and their mother is un
able to take care of them. Any one
who would like to see them prepara
tory to adopting them by legal
methods is asked to see J. B.
Smith, county welfare officer, at
the court house.
Those Senior Boys !
At Shelby High; j
Where They Lead j
Gold Is The Athlete, Black Has
The Lips And McDowell
The Eyes.
Right often a high school senior
class picks its ideals among the
girls—the prettiest, the cutest, the
sweetest and so on -but this year at ,
Shelby high the scholastic young
folks added a new wrinkle to the
idealistic scheme: They picked the
ideal boys, and the peculiar mys
tery is: Did the boys or the girls do
the picking?
; According to the Shelby high
! paper, “The New Reflector," Milt
Gold, a two team captain and a
star on a third varsity team, is the
ideal athlete; Gene Black has the
lips, and Bob McDowell the eyes
(so the girls must have been In the
voting for they even included Ed
Washburn’s dimples).
Anyway here are the ideal boys at
Shelby high:
Executive ability—Robert Gidney;
physique—-Ed Washburn; eyes—
Bob McDowell; complexion—Ralph
Gardner; athletic ability—Milton
Gold; lips—Eugene Black: popu
larity—Ralph Gardner; “Pep”—
I “Mud” Poston; hair—Bill Lattl
j more; dimples—Ed Washburn;
musical ability -Flay Gardner;
' voice—Frank Abernethy; wit—
“Buzz” Falls; foot—Bob Elam;
clothes—W. D. Lackey; teeth—Hal
bert Farris; grace—“Bob” Elam;
smile—Halbert Farris; nature—
Thurston Bumgardmer.
FOOTBALL PLATER HURT
IN GAME HERE IMPROVES
Forest City.—Charles Ford, Gold
en Tornado fullback, was injured in
the Shelby-Forest City football
game last Friday at Shelby. His
injuries necessitated his removal to
the Shelby hospital, where he spent
the night, returning home Satur
day. He is now back in school, and
his friends are delighted to know
that his injuries will not prove
serious. Ford is one of the out
standing players on the Forest City
outfit.
Box Supper.
There will be a box supper at the
Broad River school house Thurs
day night. Proceeds for the benefit
of the school. The public is invited.
Waterworks People Follow Up
Baptisis-May Come Here Next
The Baptists just must Have their
water say the people who just
must have their jokes. And it so
seems.
Next year the North Carolina
Baptist convention will gather in
Shelby, and it isn t at all unlikely
that the State Waterworks associa
tion will hold its convention here
or. the following year. In fact, if
the custom of the past holds true
it is likely that the waterworks
people will hold their convention
two years hence in Shelbv.
To which there, is a story con
nected: Several years back the
State Baptist meeting was held in
Asheville and the next convention
entertained 'there was the Watcr
j works association. Then the Bap
tists met in Durham and on the
following year the Waterworks as
sociation met in Durham. This year
the North Carolina Baptist assem
bled in High Point, and just a week
later the Waterworks group, meet
ing in Raleigh, decided to meet in
High Point next year.
“Since the Baptists decided at
High Point to convene in Shelby
next year," declared Supt. R. V
Toms, of the city system, and City
Clerk Fred Culbreth just oack from
i the Raleigh meeting, “We guess the
i only thing for us to do next year
[ at High Point is to in.ite the Wa
1 terworks association to meet in
| Shelby on the following year. It
j seems as if us waterworks people
; have to keep on the trail of the
j Baptists.”
Undecided As Yet As Office Is Fin
ancial Sacrifice. Will Let
People Say.
“I’m absolutely undecided as
yet. Frankly, I haven’t {riven It
any thought,” Mayor W. N.
Dorsey stated to The Star yes
terday when asked point-blank
if he would be a candidate for
mayor to succeed himself.
Mr. Dorsey was asked regarding
his candidacy after The Star learn
ed that there is already some spec
ulation about the city as to the
next mayor, and quite a bit of the
speculation, political dopesters say,
hinges about what the present
mayor decides to do.
Financial Sacrifice.
In discussing the prospects of his
running, the mayor stated that he
had found the office to be a finan
cial sacrifice, and the $1,800 re
numeration for full-time service in
adequate to meet family expense?
thus necessitating his going intQ
other sources of income to break
even.
However, Mayor Dorsey leaves the
decision as to what he will do with
the people—just as he left his first
candidacy in their hands without
soliciting votes and without mak
ing promises other than he would
“clean house” to a certain extent,
and fire and hire as he pleased.
“My answer depends quite a bit
upon what the remaining portion
of my term brings forth,” he said.
"I am going to leave it to the peo
ple and the board of aldermen to
say whether I should be a candi
date again. And I haven’t talked
with the board and don’t even know
whether the members of it will be
candidates again.
Abuse And Praise. M
“I have devoted my whole time
to the office at a financial sacrifice,
and with it I have taken a lot oi
abuse and quite a bit of’ praise. 1
like Shelby and expect to make it
my home as long as I live.
“Some of the work I have started
will not be complete when my pres
ent term is up, but unless I am
convinced the people want me, and
want me to run without soliciting;
votes or making promises, I do not
want the job. I do- not feel as if I
can afford to serve at a financial!
loss to myself, at the same time as
suming great mental strain due to
the responsibilities of the office lu
a city growing as is Shelby, but itf,
is not my disposition to force my
self or my views upon the people
of the town. It has been a pleasure?
to serve the people whom I thinl^
aDDreciate my efforts.”
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A Good Record.
Incidentally, a bit of the mayor’)
record bobbed up ■while a Star stikfl
man was in the city hall securiiu
the interview. It came throtq$
Supt. R. V. Toms, of the city wat«
department, who has just returnee
from the state meeting of th<
Waterworks association. At th(
meeting Mr. Toms said that Mr.
McRae, head of the state sanitatkR
inspection for the state board ol
health, declared that under th<
present administration that SheQq
had come to be “the nearest |(X
percent sewer-connected town 01
city in North Carolina.”
One Of Four Posts In State To
Mention For Membership
Increase.
An official notice from head'
quarters of the American Legion fe
North Carolina state that the She!
by post, Warren Hoyle No. 82, wa!
one of the four posts in the stat)
qualified for special citation fron
national headquarters for distin
guished service during the member;
ship campaign. The others wen
posts at Pittsboro, High Point an<j
Lcuisburg.
The Shelby post ranked secant
by building its membership iron
37 to 53. and local ex-service met
are continuing their drive to in
crease the roll of the post here.
An additional note from the stati
department says Winston-Salem
High Point, Washington. Wilson
Shelby. Oxford. Mooresville, ant
Lexington are setting a fast pace.
BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF
LINCOLNTON-TOLUCA RO.
Lincolnton, Nov, 22 —Contraetq
for the grading, of state highway j
from Lincolnton to Toluca, col
neeting there with the Shelb’
Morganten highway are movii
equipment here preparatory to b<
ginning work on this 29 miles i
state highway which traverses tl
heart of a fine farming section '
Lincoln county.