VOL. XXXV, No. MG
THE CLEVELAND STAR
SHELBY, N. C. FRIDADY,
16 PAGES
TODAY
DEC. 7, 1928.
Published Monday, Wednesday , and Friday Afternoons
ny mall, per year (in advance) $2.50
Carrier, per year (in advance) *aon
LATE NEWS
The Markets.
(d’l'TON, Shelby basis l!lr
l otion Seed, per bu. . fit l-2r
Rain Tonight.
Today's North Carolina Weather
Report: Rain tonight, and prob
ably in east portion Saturday
morning. Not Winch change in
temperature.
Need Health Officer.
At the meeting of the Shelby Ro
tary club today Dr, .Sam Schenck.
of the surgical staff of the Shelby
hospital, in a paper read to the
club declared that there was an
urgent need in Cleveland county
now for a full time health officer
and urged that local citizens sup
port such a movement.
At the meeting of the county
commissioners this week jurors f >r
the January term of superior court
were drawn. The term convenes on
the second Monday, January ’ I,
and Judge Oglesby will likely ur<_;
side.
First Week.
•furors for the first week follow :
W. T. Humphries. R B Patrick,
F C. Dobbins, Chevious Camp, J J.
Neal, Hugh Neal, J. E Randall.
Hubert Herndon. J A Neisler, An
drew J. McGill, J P. Blalock. N. F
McGill, W. E. Arrowood, M I,.
Brown, S. O. Bell. J F Carter. V
Rex Mitehem. Burgin Hamrick, J
C. McNeely, C. G. Grigg, A. W
McMurry, F. S. Dcdraond. M. M.
Gold, Hugh F. Harr 111, N. B Mc
Swaln, E. O. Hamrick. W. Fred
Powell, Leroy Elliott. L. 71. Grigg,
F H. Grigg, W. A. Williams, Willie
J Dixon, H G. Richards, B Al
vin Wright, W, A Proctor, Amos
Pruett.
Second Week
R. F McCraw. E. G. Whitaker,
W. M. Lowery. E. Y. Qallimore, G.
Pat Falls, J. B. Carpenter, D. K
Carpenter, Andrew Dellinger, L. M
Cochran. J. M. Dedmcnd. H G. Ir
vin. C. G. Grigg, R, A. White, A. D
Harris, L. G. Bowen, C, L. Wilson,
J, L. Mode, O. T. Carpenter.
Average Attendance For This Month
Is Just Over
2.000.
The total enrollment, for the third
month in the Shelby school system
had 2.820 students enrolled with j
an average attendance of 2.503. I
The enrollment and attendance
figures by schools follow:
School Enrol. Av. Atten.
Central High
Jefferson
Graham
Washington
Lafayette
Marion
S Shelby
Colored
505
348
272
176
.274
316 -
485
444
468 j
291 j
243
165
231
"9.6 \
449 !
360 j
Totals
2.820
2,503
Numerous Patients
At Hospital Now
Dutch VVhisnant Improving. Con
sidered Better. “Flu" After
math There.
Quite a number ot new pt-Hunts i
at the Shelby hospital have en- j
tered for treatment resulting from ;
the aftermath of the “flu'’ epidemic j
It is understood.
Among the new patent in :-:’e j
Mrs. B, E. Jolley. Boiling Sprite ;
Mrs. B. C. Wallace, Lawndale; Mr ;
Sam Wilson. Shelby: Mrs. J E.
Westmoreland. Kannapolis ; and J
Mrs. J. R. Gibson. of Cliffisde. who
underwent an operation this ;
morning.
Horace • Dutch) Wliisnant, for
mer baseball' star, was said to be
showing some improvement and
his general condition is considered
somewhat more hopeful. Young j
Whisnant's right leg was amputat- 1
ed following complications from a i
bullet wound in the leg.
Mrs. J. L. Smith, who has been j
very sick, was considered .some- !
what better today
Mr, R. Z. Riviere, operated on !
recently for appendicitis, was re- j
ported today as doing nicely.
Farewell lo Gardner; |
To Invite Notables!
- • i
The most distinguished mt*n y>
nil walks of lift' iri North Carolina |
will be invited to Shelby the firs j
week, in January when the Kiwanis j
club will give a farewell dinner at
Cleveland Springs hotel to Max
Gardner, Carolina's governor and
first president of the Kiwanis club
A motion to give a farewell party
and invite distinguished men of
the state to participate was made
by Mr. C C. Blanton last bight and
unanimously supported. It is ex
pected that between 300 and 400
guests will be present.
SUM HANKING
| Sixteen C ounties Have Passed
This County" In Four
Years.
The ranking of North Carolina
school systems based upon a table
! termed educational efficiency, just
issued in "School Facts,” reveals
that during the four-year period
just closed Cleveland county has
been paved in the ranking by lf>
other counties arid now ranks 83rd
among the North Carolina coun
ties. or only 1.7 from the foot of
the list.
The ranking comes from the of
j !ic> of the state superintendent of
I public instruction in the depart
ment's semi-monthly publication.
How We Dropped.
At the end of the 1923-24 Cleve
land county ranked 67th in the
state. On the following year. 1924
25, the county dropped to 76th
place, meaning that nine counties
passed this one in the school rank
ins At the end of. the 1925-26
term the county was in 81st place,
or five lower than the previous
year the close of the 1926-27
term, last year,.found the county in
43rd place, or 16 counties lower in
ranking than in 1S22-23,
Shelby Also Down.
In the same, period the Shelby
schools listed with 15 other town
systems in Group Three dropped
from 12th place to 15th, place, or
brie from the bottom.
Tile ranking of the school 'sys
(era for educational efficiency Is
based upon 10 factors dealing for
the most part with attendance,
scholarship and salary of teachers,
per* capita cost of expense and
school property valuation. The 10
factors, divided among the heads
above, used to rank the school sys
tems of the state follow:
l Percentage of enrollment In
average daily attendance. A 100 per
cent, attendance is the perfect
score
2. Average length of term In
days divided by two. A term of
200 days is regarded as the stand
ard. which divided by two gives the
score of 100.
3. Scholarship of teachers* index
divided bjf eight. Asevidenced bv
certificates held. 100 points is given
to each year's training above ele
mentary school graduation; Thus,
four years high school training with
400 points and four years college
training with 40 points makes a to
tal of 800 points, which divided by
eight gives the standard score of
100, ,
4. Percentage of total enrollment
in high school multiplied by four, it
is assumed in this, factor that 25
per cent of the total enrollment
should be in high school. This
percentage multiplied by four gives
the basic score of 100. In those
counties having systems operating
independent of * he rural schools,
the entire elementary and high
school enrollment, within the coun
ty was used in this factor for the.
reason that high school enrollment
in inost instances is common to the
county and interrelated with the
independent systems.
5. Percentage of enrollment nor
ma! and under age for grade mul
tiplied by 1.25. In this factor it is
assumed that 80 per cent of the
pupils enrolled should be in the
normal age for t rade and - un
der age for grade groups. Normal
ace for each grade is G: and 1
years old for the first grade. 7 and
8 years old for the second grade,
end so on to IS and, t7 years old
for the eleventh grade. The per
centage in this group plus the un
der age group multiplied by 1.25
gives the standard score of 100.
Cleveland's average in the five
factors above was 63.1.
Factors lSod—financial.
6. Average annual salary oi
teachers and principals divided by
twelve. An annual salary of $1,
200,00 is assumed to be a fair salary
for the standard- Dividing this
amount by twelve gives the basic
of 100.
7, Per capita cost of instructional
service based upon enrollment mul
iContinued on page fifteen.)
Veteran Collins Is
Dead At Age Of 93
“Uncle" Suimney Collins, ninety*
three year old Confederate soldier
died Fridav last at ins home on Mr
Elzie Borders’ farm east ct Shel
by. Mr. Colt.ns was \\°11 and fav
orably i;ho>n to tic older oe >plc
of the com!'unity, lie a as buried
at Elizabeth Baptist church, the
funeral services being conducted by
Rev. D. F Putnam. Surviving are
five children: Mrs. Irvin Lee
Hughes. Mrs. Jack Dixon. Mrs. Sal
lie Hippy. Miss Lizzie Collins and I
Mark Collins,
Ruling in King’s Stead
J Whl « Ku]g George lay desperately ill, these members of th«
I royal family and high national leaders were constituted a state
J council to administer the affairs of the throne. Above. I to r
Prince of Wales, Queen Mary and the I >uke of York . below
Lord Chancellor Hailsham, the Archbishop of Canterbury and
j Premier btanley Baldwin.
(InterfiatlQaal New® reel)
| .• •
Preacher Prisoner. Writes
Book While In N. C. Prison
Rev. Mr. .Iordan. Now Free. Has
Manuscript For Book He
Will Sell.
Raleigh.—The Rev. Willis Fred
erick Jordan, central figure in a
sensational disappearance and en
suing bigamy trial in Charlotte a
few months ago. early this week left
State prison here a free man, the
picture of health fhr all of his 61
jears of age, and more than 13
months of penal servitude.
With him, he carried the long
hand manuscript of a book, detail
ing his experiences, which he an
nounced would be offered for sale
all over the State and nation, while
he and his wife traveled and con
ducted religious services,
"I know what constitutes good
newspaper and magazine 'dope' or
copy," he said in a statement. “I
know the book will be in demand
by papers and magazines as a great
serial story of increasing interest.'’
VMM .loin Wife.
Jordan said he planned to go to
China Grove to join his wife. One
oi the chapters in his book is en
titled "the dearest and best among
women" and in his statement, the
minister explains parenthetically, "a
portrayal of the character and de
' votedness of my wife—Mrs. Vescy. V.
Snyder-Jordan, the only wile , I
have."
Another chapter In the book re
fers to Governor McLean'., refusal to
. extend clemency to the writer. It is
entitled "No executive clemency for
this minister, and why the Gover
nor’s attitude?"
j Still another is headed “Am I ‘the
Jma?fyin’ parson ?" That was a name
applied to him in connection with
his trial, and Jordan has never fail
ed to show- that he resented it,
j The minister: launched a broadside
' against the press, which he declared
had maligned him.
' “All I ask is no more lying, sensa- *
tional. billingsgate write-ups,” he :
.said, “but the simple truth be told
and published about me; and that.'
I be given the chance to show all j
, that I am not the criminal and all
! around mcmebank I have been
painted.”
Jordan was convicted in Mecklen
burg county on the bigamy charge
and on October 26, 1927. he began
serving a sentence of 18 months to
two years. State prison officials said
he made an exemplary prisoner and
on account of the time allowance
for good behavior, his term expired
today. He became an honor prison
er and was superintendent of the.
chair factory until three cr four
months ago, when because he want
ed less confining employment, he
was. given charge of oiie of the
prison gates.
Marion Street Home Burns As
Occupants Watch Movie Show
Thompson House Occupied 15'
Reese Blazes I p. Oil Stove
Thought Cause.
Mr. and. Mrs. C. M. Reese, who
live in the Carl Thompson house on
west Marion street, nest door to J,
C. Newton, went to the theatre last
night and left an oil stove burning
in the kitchen.
An hour and a half later a call
went ringing through the Princess
for Mr. Reese, and when lie got
into the lobby lie was told his house
had burned down.
Blazes Up Rapidly
II was a fire with dramatic ele
ments. When the alarm was turn
ed in the flames were leaping so
high out of the root that the whole
western end of the town was alight.
To give some idea of the speed
v ith which it got under way, Mr.
Forrest Eskridge, who lives diag
onally across the street, said he
Came; out his house and got in his
automobile, which was headed in
the direction of the Reese house,
tirid did hot' observe that anything
was amiss.
He drove down town, and
when he got to the court square
the fire siren sounded, and he turn
ed and followed the engine. When
lie cot to his bailiwick which he
had left not more than five min
u.tes before, he -aid you could pick
■up a. pin on the sidewalk, so great
\v<js the glare from the blaze.
The occupants of the house were
not found until a party who were
at the fire made a search for them,
Mr, William Crowder, his sister,
Miss Bertie Crowder, and Mrs Pat
top, joined the host that went to
the blaze, and realizing the tragic
circumstances of the couple sud
denly bereft of a home, tried to lo
cate them. They were found at the 1
Princess. Taken Into the Crowder
car they were drievn to the scene,
where Mrs. Reese socn for a tithe
became hysterical.
Dog Not Burned.
Mr Reese, faking the catastrophe
more calmly, went in search of a
pet. bull, dog which had been left in
the house, and which it was be
lieved had been burned up. But
the animal was found curled under
some boxes in the back yard, ap
parently no , worse tor his experi
ence.
Mr. and Mrs. Reese two months
ago moved to Shelby from Dan
ville, Virginia, bringing their fur
niture with them. They lost vir
tually everything in he house, the
effects being about half covered by
insurance.
Mr. Reese came to Shelby to
take the managership of the lord
Cinderella store.
“Flu” Epidemic
Is Severe Now
Jleoent Victims Suffering More
Than Three Weeks Back.
30<V Cases.
There are 300 or more cases of
influenza in Cleveland county and
the epidemic now is* more severe
than it has been since the epidemic
of 1!) 1H when such a disastrous toll
was taken, according to I)r. D. F.
Moore, county physician for Cleve
land.
‘‘Cases being treated by myself
and the Other physicians of the
county are considerably more sev
ere than they were two or three
weeks ago when the epidetitle start
ed." the county physician said.
"At. first it seemed only a mild
attack but during the last week
many of the cases are severe and
the victims are being confined
longer and are suffering more
than at any time since 1918. Gen
eral indications are . that it is the
worst epidemic since the one of
1918. There is no method of figur
ing definitely as all our physicians
a-f doing all they can do, and more, I
but .1 believe there are 300 cases |
and perhaps more in the county,”
Dr. Moore stated.
Several deaths have resulted
from the epidemic and “flu" cases |
too scattered over neferly every i
household in the county with few I
bu-mess' firms in Shelby in which J
rime of the employees are not out j
with an attack. j
M
HITS THOUSANDS
70 Deaths Caused By Disease Since
December 1 In Los
Angeles Alone.
Los Angeles, Dec/6,—With 600
new cases ot influenza In Los An
geles today, the number of cases
reported during the first six days
of the month increased to 2,821
Nearly 70 deaths have been caus
ed by the disease, or Complications
Arising from it:
Schools here remained open, al
though authorities • at Pasadena
continued to suspend classes.
Schools in four other counties of-j
southern California were open,
after a temporary close in several |
communities. ■
On December 1. the last date on !
which definite figures were avail
able, there were 8.712 cases of in
fluenza under medical observation
in California, Dr. W. M. Dickie,
state director public health, report
'd. Los Angeles county had 5,182,
Dr. Dickie described the outbreak
as "mild" and said many of the
deaths ascribed to influenza, were
undoubtedly due to "complications.’
Suspended Term For
Boy Caught Peeping
Jimmie Cox Gets six Months Sus
pended Sentence, in Father’s
Custody.
In county court yesterday Judge
John P. Mull, who has recovered
from his attack of influenza, gave
Jimmie Cox, young boy caught
peeping in a house Tuesday night,
a suspended sentence of six months
to continue over a period of two
years during which time he will
be in the custody of his father.
Other conditions of the suspended
sentence included one that the
youngster get a job arid go to
work.
It was testified in court that Cox
was only 1® years of age.
Tuesday night, according to the
evidence. Jesse Harrell, who lives
on the Cleveland Springs road,
noticed some one peeping in the
Reid Misenheimer residence next
door. Securing his shot gun Har
rell shot at the peeper when he re
fused to halt and: laterofficers
found young Cox in; the cloth null
vicinity bleeding from a sprinkle
oi shot about the shoulders and
face.
Daughters In Aopeal
Here For Old Clothes
Mrs. Speck and Mrs Dean rep
resenting the local chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion made an appeal last night to
the members of the Kiwanis club
lor old clothes to be sent to the
Crossnore school near Spruce Pine.
This mountain school headed by
Mrs. Mary Martin Sloop operates
on old clothes contributed by indi
viduals and organizations through
out the country. Those who have
cast off wearing apparel of any de
seription are asked to send the
same to Paul Webb's drug store.
GARDNER If GET
RUSE (S
STATE GOVERNOR
Plan Being: Talked In Raleigh
Since Legislators Have
Pay Raised.
Raleigh. Dee. 7.—Now that, the
people of North Carolina have de
creed that the members of the gen
eral assembly .shall receive larger
salaries than heretofore, their pay
having been increased from $4 a
day to $10 a day by the constitu
tional amendment apr>>-0' ed by the
people on November 6, will the
general assembly now show its ap
preciation and increase the salary
of the governor of North Carolina
proportionately before he takes of
fice?
This question is being discussed
generally following the announce
ment that Governor Gardner will
not be inaugurated until January
11, while the general assembly will j
convene on January 9, thus al
lowing the legislators two days in j
which they might adopt a bill in-j
creasing the salary of the governor
before his inauguration on January
11. For under the revised laws,
whereby the general assembly no
longer has to certify the Election
of the state officers, it is believed
that it would be possible for it to !
pass such a bill and have it apply
to the salary of the incoming gov- j
ernor. The general assembly of 1
course could not pass such a bill
after Gardner is inaugurated and
have it take effect during his term
of office. But it is believed that
such a bill passed before he takes
office and while Governor McLean
is still governor would conform to
the requirements of the constitu
tion.
Present Salary.
At present the salary of the gov
ernor of North Carolina, is'$6,500. a
year, with an allowance of $600 a
year for traveling expenses. The
state provides the executive man
sion and its maintenance with the
exception of food. But the governor
must pay the grocery bills not only
for his own family, but for the re
tinue of servants, which frequently
outnumber his family and certain
ly consume much more food. The
grocery bill of the governor of
North Carolina averages approxi
mately $100 a month, according to
those Who have past knowledge of
those details. It is also an admitted
fact that the $600 a year does not
begin to meet the actual traveling
expenses of the governor on official
business for the state
There have been several efforts
made to increase the salary of the
governor and other state officers
within the last eight or ten years.
(Continued on page fifteen.)
In Good Old Days
Of Hoey’s Boyhood
Item From File Of 30-Year-Old
Gastonia Paper Interesting
Here.
The Gastonia Gazette tilts week
in reproducing news items taken
from their files of 30 years ago
i Dec. 1. 1898 > had the following;
item which should be of interest in
Shelby.
“C, R Hoey, editor of The Shel
by Star and the representative
elect from Cleveland was in town
last week, guest of liis .sister, Mrs. j
r C. Warren. He will be the
youngest member of the next gen
eral assembly. He didn't even vote
tor hints - f in the elect.hn, not br
ing of age, nor lias he yet reached
that important notch of til years
ir. the scale of life, thougn lie will
reach it before the legislature con
venes.”
Noted Jockey Hurt
In Grover Car Crash
Rider Of Famous McLean Horse
Injured In Turnover At
Grover,
Gastonia. Dec; 6.—A Pascuma.
jockey who stepped into limelight,
mounted cm Justice F.. of the Ed
ward B. McLean stables, suffered
bruises and mino* lacerations .when
the car which be occupied wi’h
friends was vrocksd c t Grover i.«tc
today.
All went to Chariot'.J for the
night.
Thieves Break In
Webber Gas Station
According to reports here today
thieves last night broke into the
filling station and store of Mr
Alma Webber, at Mooresboro, get
ting 40 or 50 gallons of gasoline
and perhaps other things.
The locks to the station, it was
said, .were pounded off.
City’s Finance Reviewed;
$316,000 Business Vearly
KIWANI.S HEAD
VVm. Llneberger Is Elected Vice
President. New Officers For
- I
Next Year.
At the annual election of officers
of the Kiwaiiis club held last night
Dr. E. B. Baltimore was made pres- '
ident for the entiittg year to suc
ceed Dr. J. S. Dortcn whose time
expires the lest of this month. Wm j
Lineberger was elected vice presi
dent, C Rush Hamrick, treasurer,
Paul Webb district trustee, and the
following seven men will Const!- i
tute the board of directors: Chas.
S Young. J. S. McKnight, Clyde
R. Hoey, Chas. B. Eskridge, George
Blanton, D. W. Royster, and Bee B.
Weathers./
Dr, Baltimore the newly elected
president, has been one of the most
faithful members' the Kiwanis club
has had. He and the other officers
will be inaugurated and begin their
terms the first week in January. j
Reduce—Flu Gets
The Heavy Folks,
Says Coffin Maker
South Carolina Order For Shelby
Casket Creates A
Stir.
Here’s a yarn with a moral. The
inoral is this: if you don't want the
goblin flu to get you—reduce. It
picks the fat ones. And the thought
is written with reverenee and con
sideration.
Last week Zol Thompson, who
shines in a time of epidemic, being 1
a casket maker, got an order from
South Carolina for caskets for flu
victims—brother and sister. The
casket for the man measured 37
inches wide and 23 inches deep; i
and the woman's measured 31 by
22. Let it be borne in mind that the
standard measurement . is twenty,
by fourteen.
It is estimated the weight of the
man was close to five hundred
pounds; that of the woman, four ,
hundred. Describing the size of the j
casket for the man, Mr. Thompson, j
talking with a group of five per
sons, said it was large, enough for
all five to get into.
It so happened the order for the
two caskets reached Mr. Thompson ,
at two o'clock in the morning, 1
while he was himself uv bed with
the popular malady. Mrs. Thomp
son said it. caused the gentlemans j
goat to stir and bleat.
Blantcn Fnlarging,
Remodeling Home
—^—;. i
Mr. Geo. Blanton of . the First |
National bank is remodelling and :
enlarging his horns on West Marion
street. For awhile he thought ot
buying a lot elsewhere and build
ing anew, but the beautiful grounds
and shrubbery at the present home
were too pretty to leave, so the
scccnd story us being made full and
the house brick veneered. i
Mrs. St. Clair Dies
Of Pe’lagra Wed.
Mrs. Lelu, Penn *! St Clair died
yesterday morning at the Shelby
hospital where she was a patient :
for several days Mrs. Ft Clair was
29 years cf age and ,:ved at
Royster avenue Her remains were
token today tc Boomer in .V'lkes
county for in'* rmcnt
Water And Light Department Self
Supporting—Revenue Up 50
Percent in 18 Months.
An interesting review of the city’s
financial condition was made last
night at the Kiwanis club by May
or Dorsey who was the guest of the
dub, along with members of the
city Cornell Alderman John
Schenck made a comparison of
municipal corporation to a private
corporation and urged careful sel
ection of officials to handle Shel
by's affairs, the* financial budget
of which is about $316,000 annual
ly Mr. Schenck's remarks will be
published Monday.
Mayor Dorsey cited Shelby as one
oi the best sewered towns in the
state, a city with $40,000 fire fight
ing equipment, a low tax rate be
cause the water and light depart
ments are more than self-sup
porting and that the revenue from
these departments increased fifty
per cent in the last 18 months. The
bonded Indebtedness shows an in
crase of $5,000.
The following figures were given
for the fiscal year ending May 31,
1928:
Receipts.
The amopnt of receipts for this
period was $320,386.51; total amount
expended $318,987.49, leaving a
bank balance of $2,222.
Source Of Revenae.
The department of administra
tion and finance consists of the tax
collections and small miscellaneous
items $180,169.77.
The department of public works
consists of the collection cf water
and light accounts, water connec
tions etc., $138,158.31.
The department of public safety
consists of collection of court costa
and sale of products of city ab
batior, $5,058.43.
Expenditures.
Expenditures of the above named
departments: department of ad
of administration and finance, pay
ment of bonds and interest, clerical
help, engineering, tax books and
special appropriations $149,041.55.
bepartment of public works,
sewer, water, lights and street ex
tension,, maintenance pay rolls and
equipment, $140,936 96
The department of public safety,
pay rolls for police- and fire de
partment equipment and mainten
ance of the city abbatoir, $29,008,
97.
Question Of Taxes.
The the question of taxes which
citizens are more or less interested
in, the abstract of 1927 tax charge
was $115,212.21. Of this amount
$30,202.69 was paid to the schools;
also 1,454 polls which amounted to
$2,908. The amount paid on school
bond are interest, $11,074.32.
Amount paid on other bonds and
interest $24,663.94. Total of the
above leaves a balance of $46,363,
26 for the operation of the city.
Only $9 Per Family For Schools
To get this tax proposition more
clearly, take the case of the aver
age real estate holder, say for in
stance the average valuation is $3,
00, this would mean $37.50 tax at
the rate of $1.25 per $100 valuation.
Of this amount $9 goes to the sup
port of the city schools. The aver
age school family is three, which is
only $3 per child. $3.30 goes to pay
the principal and interest on school
bonds. $10.50 goes to principal and
interest' of the city’s bonded in
debtedness, leaving a balance of
$13.70 to the support of the city,
for which this average citizen re
ceives police, fire protection, lighted
streets, trash and garbage removed
and other things.
Self Supporting Departments,
The water and light departments
are self supporting. No water bonds
are charged to the levy. These de
partments showed a profit last
year which goes to the maintenance
Of the city, thus keeping the tax
rate as low as it is. This city has
one of the lowest tax rates in the
state. The revenue from these de
partments increased fifty per cent
in the past 18 months. The depart
ments are in tt\e best shape they
have been since the installation.
A member of the state board of
health says Shelby is nearer 10J
'Continued on page fifteen.'
Called Back To Death
Bed Of Her Husband
Tragedy and sorrow are follow
ing Mrs. Deemie Rippy Bristle, of
Pittsburgh, Pa. About a month
ago she was called to Shelby on
account of the death of her brother,
Brady Rippy, who was killed In an
automobile accident in South Car-*
olina. While she visited her broth
er. William Rippy on South DeK&lb
street she was ill with influenza
and pneumonia and is Just getting
up from this spell.
On yesterday she received a mes
sage saying her husband was found
dead in bed at their home in
Pittsburgh, so she left immediately
for the funeral, but hardly well
enough to make the trip.