ive and Ten Tears Ago
flowing items Were Gleaned From Issues Of
The Cleve’and Star Of Five And
10 Years Ago.
Mr ■
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FIVE YEARS AGO
DEC. 21, 1923.
Sarah C. Mode, wife of I
is Mode, died Monday after
fat 3 o’clock at her home on
mton street, death being at
■d to neuralgia of the heart,
le Shelby schools close this aft
jn for the Christmas holidays
will re-open Wednesday, Jan
. 2.
em Connor, bridge foreman on
Is division of the Southern rail
Ly won a prize of a $20 gold piece
jhich he received this week for
his “safe, substantial, standard and'
^economical maintenance of bridges " |
j Work on the new Central Meth
odist church on the corner of
Marion and Washington streets is
going forward rapidly, the concrete
foundation being completed this,
week.
Heirs of the late Dr. Joseph Wil- |
Jis of upper Cleveland have in their
possession a dictionary of the Bible i
printed in 1811, making it 112 years !
of age. It is in a fine state of pre
servation with elegant maps and j
plates of Biblical history and geog- j
raphy. Dr. Joseph Willis bought it I
at the sale of the Jacob Hoyle per- (
aonal property many years ago.
Clyde It Hoey, Jr., son of Ex
congressman C. R. Hoey of Shelby
has been elected manager of the i
State college football for next year ;
Young Hoey Is known among his
College mates as “Cigar” Hoey, not
because he smokes, but because of
ids initials “C. R.” A new coach
A
will be selected for State college
so “Cigar” Hoey expects to have a
Winning team next year.
Although Cleveland county is
making a new high record produc
tion of cotton this year, ginning 37,
223 bales prior to December 1, she
has dropped from fourth largest cot
ton county in North Carolina to the
sixth place. Other counties ahead
of Cleveland this year are Edge
combe with 39,110 bales, Halifax
39,656, Johnston 57,829, Robeson
56.109 and Nash 42,328.
Radio on the farms in Cleveland
county is getting to be about as pop
ular as automobiles and tractors.
Little Car.
Dear Santa Claus:
I take great pleasure in writing
you for my Christmas toy. I am
a little boy five years old and I
want a little car for Christmas. I
sure will appreciate it.
M. W Martin, Shelby, R-3.
(Special to The Star >
A number of our people are sick
with flu. We wish for them a
speedy recovery. A box supper is
to be given at the Beaver Dam
school on Friday night, Dec. 21. for
the benefit of the piano fund. !
Mr. Hoyt McCurry was the guest
of Messrs. Howard and Zeb Blan
ton, jr„ Sunday.
Little Muriel and Master Palmer
McMurry, jr., spent Saturday night
with their grandmother, Mrs. Zeb
Blanton.
Misses Ethel and Francis Hum
phries were the dinner guests of
Miss Faye Glascoe Sunday.
Misses Lallage and Annie Lee
Walker and Mr. Fay McSwain visit
ed Misa Zola McCurry' Wednesday
night.
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Short and daughter, Pearl,
will be glad to learn that they
have returned from Roanoke. Va.,
where they have made their home
for a number of years. They will
make their home on their farm
near Kings Mountain.
Miss Zola McCurry is home for
the holidays from National Busi
ness.. college, Roanoke, Va,
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. McCurry and
family and Miss Pearl Short spent j
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. E. Lee |
McDaniel, .
COACH REMAINS STUDENT;
TRAVELS 60 MILES a DAY
Baldwin, Kan.—Baker university
has a commuting coach for Its
La ketball team.
He is Balfour Jeffrey, who guard
ed the baskets for the University of
Kansas when tt won the Missouri |
Valley championship in 1926 and
1927. Although his playing days are
ever, he still attends the Kansas
law school at Lawrence
It s 30 miles fcc-tween the Baker
and Kansk* bampuses, and Jeffrey
travels that distance twice a day to
train his Wildcat to throw the ball
into the cage He usually makes
the trip by motor car.
RATES REDUCED FOR !
INAUGURATION EVENT
Washington—Railroads are of
fering one and one-half round trip
rates to Washington for the in
augration of Hoover, and the indi
cations are that the atggest crowd
ever to his Washington will be here
for the event. ■'
XI tt tickets arc used by a single '
TEN TEARS AGO
Dec. 20. 1918.
Through the efforts of Rev. C
A. Wood, pastor of Central Meth
odist church and others who have
been such faithful workers during
the epidemic of influenza in Shel
by and in the county, an emer
gency hospital has been provided
in the First Baptist church par
sonage. The house was cleaned,
was secured, and trained nurses
beds and bedding provided, fuel
were hired yesterday for this in
stitution which has been needed
for two months and a half. ,
To the Editor of The Star. I!
write to heartily approve your edi
torial suggestion that Cleveland
county build a memorial hospital in
honor of the soldiers who have
given to the country in the World
war, which has ended in such a
splendid triumph of American ideals j
and American arms. Clyde R
Hoey.
An official message received Wed- j
nesday by Mr. Wm. Guiton Mc
Swain of below Earl states that his
son, Private Thurston McSwain.
who has been a prisoner of war in j
a German camp since June 11 has
been released and is now back in i
the American lines in France and
is in. good health.
Through Mr. W. N. Dorsey, a lo
cal real estate dealer, Messrs. W
W. Queen of Rehobeth church sec
tion and I. P. Campfield of Hen
rietta, have purchased from Mr
Charlie H. Haynes of Cliffside a
tract of 163 1-2 acres of land be
tween Mooresboro and Ellenboro
for 811,445.
The name of Z. L. Jenks of Hen
ry was mentioned in the Associat
ed dispatch this week. He return
ed from France with many conva
lescent patients of the 30th divi
sion. Jenks who is the son of Mr
Pate Jenks has both arms and legs
tom cruelly by shrapnel, says he
would not have missed “the show”
for anything.
Thomas Eskridge, 16 years old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Miller Eskridge of
North DeKalb street, died Monday
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock after ten i
days illness of pneumonia.
Lieut. John Hudson who has been ;
stationed at Camp Grant, 111., has '
been mustered out of the service
and arrived here Tuesday to spend
the holidays with his grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Wray and
other relatives.
party, the fare will be cut to one
and one-fourth, which will be an in
ducement for Pullman parties from
distant points.
—.—.—
Speeding Up China's New Year.
From The New York Times.
The Chinese New Year, which
since time immemorial has occupied
the better part of the month of
February, is to be made to coincide
with our own New Year, as of Jan.
Nanking by the Nationalist govern
ment. So far so good—that is, if
the Chinese obey the mandate. But.
the matter is not so simple as it
sounds.
It is short notice for such a mo
mentous change in Chinese life. The
customary banquets and entertain
ments must be prepare . and rel
atives from distant places assembled.
Business must, cease, and—worst of
all—money must be paid almost six
weeks before the customary day of
reckoning. Is it surprising that
there are Chinese who urge that
the rest of the world adopt the
Chinese New Year, date food and
fireworks?
Tried For Killing Cal.
Rutherfordton. Dec, 19.—An un- !
usual trial was held in county re- j
SANITARY MEAT MARKET
WISHES
ALL CUSTOMERS AND
FRIENDS
A
VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
W. E. CROWDER, Prop.
YVi»i*fs S'v Fiction Of Wedded
Bliss I' Beginning To
Wear Thin.
New York Dec. .20.-—The hoary fic
tion of the "happy marriage" is be
ginning to wear thin. This is the
opinion of Dr. Janies Ctirruthers
Young and Jolm Middleton Murry
in their article "Modern Marriage'
in the January Forum,
"There are nappy marriages, no
doubt," reads the Forum article
"but most people who are honest:
with themselves and have insight
enough o see beyond the familiar
facade of married ‘bliss, will admit
that happy marriages are uncom
monly rare. The devoted mother
has a trick, cn closer inspection, of
appearing much less devoted as a
wife, and the doting husband is no:
only too glad in spite of his formal
protests. to be kept in an office
eight hours a day well out of his
wife's pretended enchantments
They rub along somehow, for the
sake of eppearance. One of them
dies, the remaining one is worked
into an ectssy of regret which; in
so far as it is real at all. is more
Often regret for a lost habit than a
lost person. And another is added
to the long list of happy marriages
that will not bear examination.'’
The Forum writers set down
some of the conditions of a true
marriage, "First and foremost,'
they write, "is the necessity of
bialogical satisfaction on both
sides. Second, there should be on
both sides a conscious awareness of
function. It is the man's business
to lead in married life, and it is
the woman’s business to know and
demand that the man should lead.
There arc realities which a man
knows better than a woman, and
there are realities which a Woman
knows better than a man. The man
is the adventurer in the world of
objects, the woman has the knowl
edge'" of the inward world. Man is
centrifugal. woman centripetal.
Awareness of function thus passes
into knowledge of reciprocal indis
pensabllitv. not merely in the
economic but in the spiritual order
—which is the third condition. A
man should have learned that he
cannot really be a man unless he
has a woman to renew him, to
give him courage, and to restore
his faith, and a woman should have
learned that she cannot be a wo
man without a man to give direc
tion to the abundance of her vital
ity. and to insert design into her
life.
•'In so far, therefore, as a true
marriage relation can be achieved,
with its progressive mutual enrich
ment of man and wife, the problem
of the ensuing generation is sim
plified. By the honesty which men
and women today bring to the mar
riage relation, their children will
profit, ‘with advantages. They will
have fewer difficulties to contend
with when their time come to
choose their mates. In so far as
their fathers and mothers were
complete and creative in them
selves, they will be spared the ex
treme forms of psychological disa- :
billty. For it Is not on the sex edu- !
cation of children by which re- 1
formers of the rationalistic sort set
so much store, that their future,
happiness depends, but on the sex
education of their parents."
corder's court here when Lottie Hill,:
aggress, had Joe P Waters of For- J
»st City arrested for killing her cat |
rhe woman asked for $25 damages,!
aut the court denied her petition.
Lottie charged Waters shot her
'at while hunting, while Waters j
claimed that the dogs killed it and
hat he never killed a cat in his
ife, Waters was charged with
cruelty to animals and with killing
i cat, maliciously and feloniously,
rhe colored woman, with tears in
rer eyes, said the cat was one she 1
tad reared* arid that she was very i
ctid of it. j
Fla Josie PHie, the
8 imincle n;:dicfttJe n- n who be-.
Heves in the v.-nir? man s civil.ra
ti n. is ■ >:rg t.> f.ke trbal n-fiii
cine-r-and take it like a Seminole.
There was a b.- trie royal and
death de p in the E\ v had •« Sun
day and tiv t cs jf the Indian
council of r id it have been turned
on Jcsie.U.-'>.
Billie is .-di.l an Indiar despite his
leadership cf the only Scrittnile
clan living within roach of white
man's law. If he ever returns to the
Everglades without facing council
he will be a marked Indian. If he
does not his plight will be worse
than death--' outcast ’
When Jcsie Billie goes before
council after Christmas, lie will
say that he went imo the Ever
glades to fetch out a" family who
wanted to belong to his elan
•‘Blind Pass.” at St. Petersburg,
which prescribes the three Rs for
its children, and other dreaded rig
amarole. lie will explain that three
irreconcilable braves e? upon him
and beat vim with1 n an inch cf his
life During the me’ e, a squaw was
stabbed fatally. She died in a
Miami hospital.
Cory Osceola, true chief of the
Sominolos. and b,ead medicine man
of the toimcil ha; a different story
of th • ; ffray t he descendant of
the Os eola of Indian war fame
says Billie has confessed to him
that he stabbed tne widow of Billie
Roberts during a drunken brawl in
the Swamps Sunday,
Josie Billie is. at St Petersburg
under protection of W. Stanley
Hansen, trusted friend of the Scm
inoles who has spent decades
among them. If Billie evades those
bent on revenge for four days—he
must go unmolested until the coun
cil has met. deliberated, and passed
judgment ,v the green corn danc:
next June, the only ceremonial
which no Indian would miss under
penalty of death or banishment.
ELECTION BET LEADS TO
ARREST ON FOC1ERY COIN!
Dallas.—Ben C. Richard, jr„
prominent local business man, was
arrested today on two charges of
forgery in connection with a $1,000
election bet which already has caus
ed the death of one man and mur
der charges against another.
Richard wagered $1,000 with V.
Make your plans to visit us Saiur
day and Monday.
Bargains in Christmas merchandise
in every Department of our store.
1 housands of Gifts suitable for any
one. Regardless of what you want to
invest we can serve you well. Just like
other folks you too will declare that
our gifts are the most attractive you
have ever seen for the money. We are
expecting you.
I
Don’t forget to visit our Grocery De
partment where you will find every
thing good to eat: Candies, Cakes,
Oranges, Apples, Nuts, Raisins, and
every item at Bargain Prices.
CAMPBELL
DEPT. STORE
Cxu i m vs <■ 'v
J-.U.OIAS H) GI-VL DVD
NiW York. Nevy York is finish
ing Us iirisfmas t o,;, i.ig m an
I orgy of , hiding as the Ja.-t Sat
I urday- and last pay day before
Chris ' mux Eve dia.u ■ near. . It's
Christinas bu; ‘.hg time all over
town, Not. on y are the »big de
partment stoics crowded until 9
o'clock nightly, but the smaller
emporiums on the Eu. t Side, the
smart shops '■ n; Fi'.ti: avenue and
on the side streets, aro packed as
welL
c neral’y speaking. the taste
in gifts 1 n't eh. n d much
Sstior.ery, baps, lingerie, hand
kerchiefs. perfumes, seeks, ciga
rettes. • lu.-U.erS. gloves and books
are still big sellers. There is,
however, one item on the list
that is comparatively pew and
destined to send papa lamming for
the fall timbers on Christmas
morn Reference is made to those
gay-striped pajamas.
— .__iac-;
SENATOR INVITED lO
. GARDNER INAUGURAL
Wishthrt'an. — Senators Simmons
and Overman and members of the
North Care.ina delegation in con
gress have received invitations from
J. M, Broughton. chairman of
the legislative inaugural committee,
to attend the inauguration of Gov.
O. Max Gardner at noon. Friday
January 11 Scats on the stage Will
be provided for the judiciary State
officials and members of congress,
according to Mr. Broughton's let
teu
10,030 Man Get* Bride.
Reading. Pa —Cathryn Meckman.
of Stcny creek, who asked the
newspapers' last February to say
she would marry a man with $10,000
to enable her to suppor her aged
mother and stepfather, is now a
bride.
It was learned that she was mar
ried several days ago to William
Hers on. a telephone lineman.
The girl received many offers of
marriage last winter, but none with
the hoped-for $10,000.
Ray Adams of Dallas that Senator
Earle B. Mayfield would defeat Tom
Connaily in the United States sen
atorial primary. Orville Mathews, a
banker, held stakes. Connaily won
r"d Adams went to collect the
money, but was told that it had
been paid to a “Clyde R. Vest of
Waco” upon credentials which
Adams charged were forged In
the argument Adams shot and killed
Mathews on a busy downtown street
comer.
E*di. V C\"ON STILL
HU M) NEAR LAKE LI RE
Rutherfordtcn.—Officer C. R
D„:; n, of near Chimney Rock, with
ti e help oi three citizens, captured
n 80-gailcn capacity copper still on
Poole Creek, near Lake Lure Mon
day afterneon. He also captured
about 500 gallons of beer. The
plant had been moved about half
a mile recently and placed where
100 gallons of, pumios were found
Two shots were fired and it is be
lieved by the officers that this wn
; a warning to the blockaders by
someone who was watching for the
approach of the officers. No ar
rests wore made. This makes three
large stills that Mr. Dalton has de
stroyed within'' a week.
t ASlv OF i t I.AULMIA
FOFM IV RANDOLPH
Asheboro.- The first case ot
tularemia, or ‘rabbit di use," was
reported it- Kamlolf county is that
with which Mrs. John Cavencss. of
Staley, is afflicted. Mrs. Cavencss
contracted the disease a few day>
ago while skinning a rabbit A few
drops of the blood from the animal
Which .as affected by the di tease
got into Mrs. Ca veness ’ blood
through a scratched place on he.
hand. Her airr and hand became
swollen out of all proportions, and
the swelling reached into her shoul
der. She f*as suffered considerably
from fever Her condition, however,
is showing improvement.
MAY MOVE BtillV
Of WOMAN Sin
Winchester. V;\. bpoucsmcn it
Confederate societies .n the en :.n
danhnndle ol West Virginia sar
dial they knew nothing ot plans t
move the body of Belle Boyd,
mtms woman spy during the civ
war from Kllbomn? Wit,., to "In
native /ijginia" as reported in
.-i' • di.,patch yesterday
Historians of this section say th
•Mi:s Byyd. -who died rn Wtseonu
.n June iDoo, while on a theatrics
‘opr. was born either in Berkeic
or Jefiersor county, W m Virginia
Confederate organizations in the
counties through official represen
t a fives said that they have had n
information relative to the erectio:
of a in on ui ent to her i emery.
FOR CHRISTMAS
AND A! WAYS
AT
BEST’S
“The Whole Gist Of My
Message To The Public Is,
'Says Mr. Best~“ Bettei
Merchandise For Less
Money.”
.’’here Is No More Fitting
Present Than Furniture.
Anything In Furniture Is
Acceptable, From A ^ul!
Suite, To A Charming
Odd Piece.
Come To BEST’S For Suggestions
JOHN M. BEST
FURNITURE CO.