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SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, DEC
3, 1928 Published Monday, Wednesday . and Friday Afternoons ny ™aU******** advance) M.50
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LATENEWS
The Markets.
shelby C’otton ___ I9'.,e
Cotton Seed, per bu._64 l-2e
The Weather.
For North Carolina, partly
' In-jdy tonight and Tuesday. Sliglit
ir wvrroer in Interior tonight.
King's Heart Weakens.
Weakening of tile heart of King
George, reported by his physieians
cause growing anxiety although the
same report told of favorable prog
ress In the lung infection. The two
medical bulletins on his majecty's
rendition during the day could on
ly serve to increase distress in the
public mind.
ANOTHER SUIT ill
BUILDING CRASH
Another suit has been filed in con
nection with the tragic building
crash here on August 28. in which \
ix were killed and the seventh vic
tim later died.
The last suit, asking $20,000. is
filed by Onie Thomas asking dam
ages for the death of J. C, Thomas,
colored laborer, who was the seventh]
victim, dying in the local hospital
tecently. Defendants named are
John McKnight, Tom Webb and
Cicero Lutz, trading as Webb
Lutz; E, A. Rudasill and the City of
Shelby,
Damages asked in suits filed to
Late total $120,750.
Mayor Redd To Run
For Congress Next
Charlotte. —Mayor F M Reed,
rl Charlotte, will be a candidate
lot the Democratic nomination for
congress from the ninth congress
ional district in 1930.
The mayor says; “I am serious
>'■ considering running foe con
cress from this district two years
hence. I believe I can win the race
and redeem^ the district for the
Democratic party with the coopera
tion of Mecklenburg county voters, *
Byrd Starts On
Voyage To Pole
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Commander And Party Set Sail
The Antarctic; Facing
Difficult Task.
Wellington. N. Z. Dec. 2.—Com
mander Richard E. Byrd and an ad
vance party of fifty left Dunedin
for the Antarctic early today aboard
I he supply ship Eleanor Bolling,
which had in tow another supply
hip. The party will establish a base
4n the Bay of Whales and remain
here until the Eleanor Bolling re
urns to Dunedin for the remainder
tf the personnel and equipment.
The happiest man ui these parts
oday probably is Dr. Vaclow Vou
cch, a young Czechoslovakian geo
logist whose original application to
join the expedition was refused,
t'outech wfts so keen for the trip
hat he journeyed to Wellington on
his own. arriving soon after Com
mander Byrd. He revwed his plea
and now has been given a place on
he Eleanor Bolling when she makes
icr next trip south.
Three Year Old Boy
Dies In S. Shelby
Troy Ammons, three year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ammons died
Saturday at 3 o’clock in South
Shelby. The child had been sick
wt'h influenza. Intermcn. was at
/oar Baptist church Sunday. Rev.
Rush Padgett, pastor of the Second
Baptist church conducting the
luneral services.
Santa Letters
Letters to Santa C'laus, writ
ten by children in the thou
sands of homes where The
Star goes each week, flooded
our mails over the week-end.
Several hundred have been re
ceived and The Star will begin *j
publishing them in Wednes
day’s issue.
Children who write, are ask
ed to be as brief as possible,
using as few words as neces
sary to tell old Santa what
you want him to bring. But
be sure to give your name and
address.
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Grig? And Drivers Want Children
W ho Ride Buses Better
Protected.
J. H. Grlgg, county superinten
dent of schools, and the near two
score drivers of school buses are now
waging a campaign in the interest
of the safety of the 3.000 Cleveland
county school children who ride to
and from school daily in the 38
buses.
A recent meeting of the drivers of
county school buses was held at the
court house here, at which time the
drivers consulted with each other
about safety methods, oil declaring
that motorists in the county do not
observe the state law about passing
school buses when children are get
ting in and out.
Good Record Now.
The school bus chauffeurs in this
county have a good record so far,
but they cannot tyopo to maintain
their no-accident ranking unless
mere cooperation is given them by
motorists.
In many instances when a bus is
taking on or unloading scores of
children, the bus drivers say that
autos w ill whizz by without slacken
ing their speed. Such was said to
have happened in the county last
week, bringing on the first accident
when a child was struck, and, ac
cording to reports a suit may be
filed.
Law Says Stop.
A paragraph from the North
Carolina laws regarding highways
reads:
"It is a misdemeanor for the oper
ator of any motor vehicle to pass or
attempt to pass any public school
bus while It Is standing upon any
public road and taking on or put
ting off children without first bring
ing the motor vehicle to A FULL
STOP at least 50 feet from the bus.
The penalty is a fine not to exceed
S50 or imprisonment not to exceed
50 days.*’
With the cooperation of the par
ents of the 3.000 children, who are
deeply interested in them. Supt.
Grigg and the drivers believe that
a better observance of the law can
be had.
Bus drivers at the meeting stated
that they breve noticed that when
an auto from a northern or eastern
state comes by one ot their buses
the driver always stops and moves
by slowly due to the fact that the
bus law is strictly enforced in their
states.
Carrying 3,000 school children to
school and back each day without
accident is a good record for the
drivers, who are complimented by
Supt. Grigg. but unless motorists
observe the law better than in the
past the record will not likely stand,
and a general appeal to the motor
ing public is made by school offi
cials- who say the law must be ob
served.
KlBliPl
DIES IT UK GROVE
Well known Woman Of Oak Grove
Community Passes This Morn
ing At Age 68.
Monday morning at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. Mary Jane Champion of the
Oak Grove community passed away
at the age of 68 years after a
lingering illness. Mrs. Champion
was the wife of J. K. Champion,
one of the staunch citizens of that
section. She was a fine neighbor
and wife, a devoted church member
and will be greatly missed by her
host of friends.
Mrs. Champion is survived by her
husband, one son T. A. Champion
and two daughters, Mrs. Lester
Canipe, Mrs. Clyde Reynolds, to
gether with 12 grand children and
five great grand children. At the
age of 15 years she joined Double
Springs Baptist church and has
since lived a consistent Christian
life. Three brothers and two sis
ters also survive. Furncral services
v/ill be held Tuesday at 2:30
o'clock.
With Flu In Family
Star Limps Along
With two cases of influenza in
The Star family, the staff is some
what crippled. Renn Drum, news
editor failed to report for duty this
morning and Paul Abemettly, who
operates one of the type setting
machines and sets advertisements,
went home Saturday mroning. With
these two important positions un
filled. Th’e Star is limping along
under a great handicap.
Their Betrothal Now Official
No, pretty Florence Trumbull (above), daughter of Governor
and Mrs. Trumbull of Connecticut, won’t be a White House
bride despite the many reports emanating from friends. She’ll
become the wife of John Coolidge (inset) in a simple ceremony
in the home of her parents in Hartford. The photo above shows
her as she arrived recently from Europe.
(luurnatlonal Ntwsrccl)
American Farmers Are Losing
Millions At Muscle Shoals Now
Idle Nitrate Plants Not Likely To
Be Changed At Coming
Congress.
Washington.—-The . chances of
congress disposing of the Muscle
Shoals problem before the Hoover
administration takes office on
March 4 appear remote at this
writing, but that isn't deterring
the folks who want the idle Muscle
Shoals nitrate plants Operated—
and operated at once.
The newest frontal attack is be
ing conducted along different
lines; it is designed to show how
much the American farmer is los
ing every day through the failure
of the government to operate the
great fertilizer - manufacturing
plants or lease them to somebody
who will operate them.
According to the calculations
now being impressed upon con
gressmen, so far this year the na
tion's farmers have lost an aver
age of $4,732,772.94 per month, or
at the rate of $52,793,275,23 a year.
When one multiplies this by the
10 years that the great plants
have stood idle, he gets the amaz
ing total of $527,932,752.80. There
fore, since the cost was approxi
mately $150,000,000. these figures
are being cited to show how many
times the big project could have
paid for itself had it ever been op
erated.
The figures are compiled by the j
Florence Times-News, which is
published at Florence, Ala., al
most in the shadow of Muscle;
Shoals.* i'or a long time, this
newspaper has published daily
figures on the amount of available
power going to waste, citing the
mere trifle bought by the Alabama
Power company, but now it is pre
senting the daily loss in terms of
potential fertilizer production.
Here is its calculation for a re
cent day:
“Official U. S. government com
pilations at Wilson Dam covering
Friday, Nov. 16. show that on that
date the Alabama Pow’er company
took a total of 482,000 kilowatt
hours while for the same period
•he total available power was esti
mated at 3,431,400 hours. thus
showing an estimate waste for
Friday of 2,949,400 kilowatt hours
and also that the power company
took only slightly more than 14 per
cent of the total estimated avail
able power.
“Had all available power Fri
day been sold at the present rate
of approximately two mills Uhe
rate paid by the Alabama Power
company for what it cares to
take), the proceeds would have
been $0,862.80.
"This available power, however,
would bring the greatest profits in
manufacturing fertilizer for the
American farmer.
•'Friday’s available supply would
have manufactured 1606 tons of
fertilizer containing 754.820 pounds
of nitrogen or the nitrogen con
tained in 2435 tons of Chilean ni
trate, costing the farmer $62 per
ton. Nitrogen can be m&de at
Muscle Shoals and sold at 6 cents
per pound. Thus, if Friday’s avail
able power had been used to make
air nitrogen, the saving to Ameri
can farmers would have been $105.
681.80.
“Compare this sum with tire
$6,862.80 from sale of power at two
mills."
Buick Distributor,
Coddington Is Dead
A telegram received this morning
from Lee A. Folger by J. L. Lackey,
local Buick dealer, announced the
sudden death of C. C. Coddington,
Buick disrtibutor for the two Caro
linas. Mr. Coddington was away
from home at the time fo his death
and the telegram did not state
where he died. Mr. Coddington has
been the Buick dealer in the two
Carolina.-; for about 25 years and is
one of Charlotte's best known and
broadcasting station WBT, Char
lotte. and prominently identified
wealthest men. He is owner of the
with the business life of the Queen
city.
Children Placed
In New Homes Now
On Saturday J. B. Smith, county
welfare officer, placed the four
children left with him for adoption
in respectable and confortable
homes of the county. /The tour
tots—two beys and two girls—were
turned over to the welfare officer
by their mother, who was unable to
take care of them, with the request
that he find them homes.
There were many applicants for
the children, and after placing them
Saturday the welfare officer declar
ed that all had been located in fine
homes where, in his opinion, they
would be well taken care of.
TAX VALUES FOR
COUNTY INCREASE
ALMOST MOO
Total Property Valuation In Cleve
land Now Goes Over 38
Million.
The total property valuation
of Cleveland county now is $38,
403,065, according to W. R. New
ton, county tax official, at the
completion of preparing the tax
books for collections now being
made by Sheriff Hugh Logan.
This is an increase over last
year's total valuation of $336,
"51. Total valuation in 1927 was
$38,066,314.
Two Year Club.
The increase in general prop- *
crty valuation over a two year
period totals more than one mil
lion dollars. The 1927 increase
over 1926 was $816,952, which
added to the $336,751 this year
gives a total gain in two years
of $1,153,703.
A little more than onc-fourth
of the near 38 and one-half mil
lion total is personal property,
and it was estimated by Mr.
Newton that slightly more than
one-fourth of the total property
value is within the corporate
limits of Shelby.
Since 1S20 until the present
date there has been a steady de
cline in personal property list
ing with the result that due to
the increase this year the to
tal county valuation is higher
than it has been since the boom
period in 1920.
Bateh Of Unfinished Business Such
As Farm Relief. Tariff Re
vision Coming Up.
—
Washington, Dec. 2.—A bristling
batch of unfinished business and
the regular load of routine labor
awaits the reassembling tomorrow
of the seventieth congress for Its
concluding term ending March 4.
©niy the perfunctory formal
opening with its roll cail and im
mediate adjournment out of re
respect to members who have died
during the recess is on schedule for
tomorrow. Tuesday the last an
nual message of President Coolidge
to congress will be transmitted and
then the decks will be clear for
the three months session.
But even before the senate
swings into action again on the
pending Swing-Johnson bill for
construction of a dam on the Col
orado river at Boulder canyon and
the house takes up the first of the
appropriation bills, leaders will be
busy tomorrow conferring on the
fate of two well known campaign
issues—farm relief and tariff re
vision.
Several Tasks.
As soon as the house concludes its
opening meeting, the Republican
members of the ways and means
committee will meet to determine
if they shall undertake upward re
vision of the tariff promised by
their party heads in the campaign,
and, if so, when.
Leaders of both the senate and
house also are scanning their cal
endars to find a p'ace for action at
this session on a farm relief mar
keting bill designed to meet the
wishes of President Coolidge who
last session vetoed the McNa-y
Kaugen measure.
Mrs. Joe Hamrick
Buried At Sharon
Young Matron Of Sharon Com
munity Buried Sunday. Her
Infant Died.
One of the largest crowds seen
recently at a Sharon church funer
al attended the services Sunday
afternoon at 1 o'clock of Mrs. Joe
Hamrick, age 28 years. Mrs. Ham
rick was the daughter of Mr. Chiv
ous Camp and married Mr. Joe
Hamrick about three years ago. She
was a beautiful Christian character
and loved by her host of friends in
the community where she lived. Her
new-bow infant died a week ago
and Mrs. Hamrick never recovered
the ordeal.
At the age of 13 years she joined
Pleasant Hill church and was a
faithful Christian. The funeral
services were conducted by Rev. R.
L. Forbis, pastor of the Sharon
church where the funeral and in
terment took place Sunday.
Marriages Here
Decline In Year \
Dan Cupid had an “off C
} year” in Cleveland county this j
| year.
Today at the office of A. j j
| F. Newton, register of deeds, (
f was learned, that 33 or more (
j couples were married in 1927 (
Sthan in 1928 up to December 5
1, which is the end of the |
I business year for Dan Cupid (
| in North Carolina.
Cp to December 1, this (
j year, license had been issued j
) to .only 138 couples, while up j
j to December 1, 1927, license |
Shad been issued to 171 couples. (
In 1926 license were sold to (
j 135 couples. (
) Of the 138 couples secur- j
) ing license this year, 121 were j
S white and 17 colored.
^ White and 17 colored.
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FOR ELECTION HI
SHELBY DISTRICT
This Is Final Week For Registra
tion. Sentiment Divided With
Registered.
It was stated Saturday by Squire
T. C. Eskridge, registrar, that more
than 600 people have already reg- j
istered for the special school tax
election for the Shelby district to
be held on December 17.
| This is the final week of registra
tion, the books closing Saturday,
the 8th. In the opinion of Registrar
Eskridge more than 1,000 people,
perhaps 1,500. will have registered
by Saturday night.
Is Opposed Now.
Observation about the registration
book was that of those registered so
far opposition to the movement
may be somewhat ahead, while
others say that opinion on the is
sue seems pretty well divided. The
, former view may be correct in that
opposition leaders have been active
for a week in getting opponents to
the measure registered while as yet
there has been no visible movement
on the part of those favoring the
measure to get the voters register
ed. This movement is anticipated
this week.
Meantime the election is being
widely discussed over the city.
State College Team Again Takes
Honors At Chicago Show;
Second Straight.
Raleigh. Dec. 2.—For the fourth
time in six years and for the sec
ond consecutive year, the crop
judging team from State college,
entered in the inter-collegiate crops
judging contest at the International
Livestock and Grain exposition at
Chicago, has won first honors.
According to a wire received at
the college from Professor W. H.
Darst, who had charge of training
the men, the team entered in the
contest Saturday made the highest
score ever made by any team at the
international show. Not only did
the team win first place as a team,
but E. H. Floyd of Fairmont, one of
its members, made the highest in
dividual score, J. E. Zimmerman of
Lexington won second place and J.
W. Davis of Harmony, fifth.
Scholarship
Professor Durst wired that the
team won the trophy scholarship,
which entitled a member to gradu
ate work at some university, or col
lege of his choosing. Eight ribbon
prizes were also won. The team was
first in commercial grading of
farm crops; second in identification
of all crops of economic import
ance, and second in seed judging.
Floyd was high man in crop iden
tification in the entire contest and
Zimmerman was first in commercial
grading. I. A. McLean of Statesville
accompanied the team, as alternate.
Nitrate Dressing.
Top-dressing on an orchard with
Chilean nitrate of soda at the rate
of three pounds to the tree in
creased the growth of the limbs
and made stronger fruit buds than
where no nitrate was applied, re
ports G. E. Arney of Caldwell
county.
Mr. a pel Mrs. Grady Lovelace re
turned Sunday from Raleigh where
they spent Thanksgiving visiting
relatives.
‘Flu ’Epidemic Flow
Spreads In County;
13 In Single Home
Left Two Shirt Studs
fW'fc.w.«. -. ,M ,-,r w*
Stubborn loyalty ot a son tor
his mother cost Allan A. Ryan
(above) more than $50,000,000,
it became known when will of
late Thomas Fortune Ryan
was filed for probate After
disposing of estate totaling
roughly $250,000,000, the will
adds: “I give and bequeath my
white pearl shirt studs to my
son, Allan A. Ryan.”
UaternatiOBA) New
Thinks Train Best
For Raleigh Trip
On “Gardner Day”
Attorney Chas. A. Burrus, who is
temporarily in charge o' arrangin
the Cleveland county special to Ra
leigh for Governor-elect O. Max
Gardner's inauguration in January,
is of the opinion that the best
method of transportation for those
who go is by train.
For several weeks now there have
teen indefinite plans for a motor
cade to accompany Mr. Gardner
down for his inauguration, but last
week Seaboard railway officials an
nounced that they would run
a special train to Raleigh from
Shelby if 125 passengers couldbe se
cured As yet nothing has been
done about either matter with opin
ion as to how the majority wish to
go still being somewhat divided.
"Since it may be bad weather in
January and since considerable time
can be saved by the train trip X be
lieve that would be the best way
f r us to get our crowd of home folks j
< own to the governor’s inaugura- I
tion,” Mr. Burrus declared.
He pointed out that those who go
on the special train could leave
here about 8 in the evening on the
day before, reach Raleigh during
the night where they will be permit
ted to remain in their berths until
morning, thus saving hotel cost for
the night. The train, he added,
will leave Raleigh coming back at
midnight following the inauguration
ceremonies and will get local peo
ple back home the nest day before
noon. This would mean that the
entire affair would take those at
tending the inauguration out of the
county only one day and two nights.
Futhermore, Mr. Burrus stated that
cn such occasions the Raleigh ho
tels would likely be filled and rooms
could not be secured for those who
go down by motor unless applica
tion be made in advance. With
those going by train they are able
to spend both nights in their
berths. The total cost would not
be any more than the motor trip
and hotel bills, If that much.
One County Couple
Married In Gaffney
Only one Cleveland county cpuple
secured marriage license in Gaffney
Thanksgiving day. according to the
Gaffney Ledger.
The couple was listed as follows:
Talmadge McBride Bridges and
Laulie McCurry, both of Kings
Mountain.
Many New Cases Over Week-end
Twelve Sick, One Dead In
Same House.
The influenza now raging over
Shelby and Cleveland county
threatens to become almost as
serious as was the disastrous
epidemic 10 years ago. »
During the rainy weather late last
week scores and scores of new
cases developed in nearly all sec
tions of Shelby and the eounty and
every doctor is near exaustion from
overwork, while on Saturday one
doctor—Ben Gold—was still confin
ed to his bed from an attack. -
Pitiful Conditions.
In some sections where large fam
ilies are crowded into one home
conditions are bad.
Saturday afternon local police of
ficers reported to J. B. Smith, coun
ty welfare officer for Cleveland,
that two families in one house in
South Shelby were sick with no bne
to wait upon them and one dead.
An investigation by the welfare of
ficer revealed that of the 13 people
La the two families one was already
dead, another had pneumonia, the
remaining eleven being down with
the “flu.”
I The home was that of Enos Free
man and in the house with the five
members of the Freeman family was
the family of Carl Rogers, eight in
number. The Rogers faily, which
also lives in South Shelby, was just
over for a visit when all became ill
with influenza and colds, and so
quickly did the attack develop that
no member of the Rogers family
was able to return home. The child
who died Saturday was the thre®
year-old granddaughter». of Fret
man. After his arrival the welfare
officer secured ambulances and mov
ed the Rogers family to their own
home and secured a nurse to wait
upon them.
When the home was first called
to the attention of officials it was
said that the twelve people were
in their beds, or not able to move
about much, and were without aid
for a major portion off the time.
Becomes More Serious.
The epidemic which is in full
sway in Rutherford county, neceosi
tating the closing of some schools
there, first hit this section a week
or more ago and at first the cases
seemed to be of a mild variety.
Later, however, scores of those suf
fering with influenza have become
seriously sick and one or two deaths
were reported. Practically every doc
tor in and about Shelby has been
going at break-neck speed for a
week, hardly taking time to eat, and
with the recent damp weather the
epidemic seemed to increase con
siderably.
Physicians already overworked
urge all citizens to catch be careful
about their colds at the outset as
the big danger of the. epidemic at
this season of the year is the like
lihood of pneumonia developing.
Phonograph Record
On Shelby Disaster
Blind Man Writes Poem On DIs*
aster And Company Sets Its
To Music.
It is to be supposed you have
heard it—meaning exactly the rec
ord entitled “The Shelby Disaster.”
Pendleton reports they got a hun
dred in Saturday morning, ant
when the smoke of the business ol
the day cleared away Saturdaj
night, there was not one left—no
even one,
Whcih is to say they went like ho
cakes.
The record tells the story, set U
music, of the collapse of the Me
Knight building. Many have won
dered how it happened that th<
record makers got the dope: how th«
accident happened to be recorded
' Here's the story as told to Tht
Star:
A blind man in South Caroli’ta
his heart touched by the sentiment
of the sad event wrote a poem about
it. The poem found its way ite
Shelby. Among others. Roy Mc
Brayer got a copy. He took it to O.
A. Pendleton, son of W. A., to read
Oatis read it, and got an idea His
idea was to have it recorded. He
sent it to Atlanta, and In two days
got it back, all frilled up with
musci.
He got the first batch Saturday
morning, with the result you have
read. He says he is going to sell four
thousand.