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10 PAGES TODAY Published Monday, \V «dnesday , and Friday Afternoons By man, per year on advance) 12.60 ——__ Carrier, ner rear On arfvanoat «•» i\n LATENEWS A Merry hristmas To Our 4,800 Readers The Market. Cotton . IDe Fair Christmas. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Fair tonight an-1 Tw>da.'. Slowly rising temperature in ex treme west portion. Vi BETAKEN TO LI Tossers Of Firecracker-. Liable For Criminal And Civil Actions. In an interview with The Star today, a member cf the Shelby ' bar, advises local citizens that by i law they may prosecute those caus- I ing them bodily or property injury by the shooting cf fireworks. Not only can such a case be pro secuted in the criminal court but civil suit may be entered according to law, he stated. Referring to the statement by the city board and Mayor Dorsey that the people -tuned to want Christ mas fireworks and there was little to do except let them have such, ■ the attorney reminded that the; board and mayor had left the fire- | works ordinance cn tire books, i means that promiscuous shooting of j fireworks may still be earned to the courts if any citizen so desires, j Danger Of Injury. "When firecrackers are tossed! about promiscuously under the feet ' of pedestrians, especially women, 2 r,pd upon ; jnd in automobiles and houses there is- ccmsicle’xable danger "i of bodily injury and property dam age as well, and on this point 1 -think it would be well if the peo ple of Shelby were informed that they may pn i ecute those causing injury or damage both in the crim inal court and by civil suit. There j is a criminal law against the shoot- i ing of fireworks, while at any time uncalled for injuries te the person or property i: ay be taken to the civil court,” u-'tlared the attorney, i "In other words a boy who tosses a firecracker under the feet of a j v, oman or a man and causes some injury to their person may be prose cuted in the criminal court, while he and his parents can be sued for damages by civil action. A suit may, evgn be filed in the civil court by persons frightened by fireworks and caused to go out of their way, to avoid such.” In that connecti >n it is recalled that Mayor Dorsey in making his statement concerning the shooting of fireworks this year declared that when any citizen became annoyed or Injured by fireworks all they had to do was to get in touch with city officers to have them step Ifr and take a hand if the citizens so de sire. "There is a likelihood of injury and damage suits where fireworks are flagrantly tossed about,” con cluded the attorney, "and I think it nothing but fair to warn the parents of Shelby before they per mit their boys become too careless with their fireworks during the holi days.” Lum Ford Passes In Rutherford Co. Brother Of Late O. E. *ord, For Many Years County Commis sioner In County. Mr. M. Columbus Ford, a former citizen of Cleveland county, died Wednesday of last week at his home near EJlenboro, at the age of 79 years. Mr. Ford was a brother of the late O. E. Ford, for many years a member of the county board of commissioners of Cleveland coun ty. Deceased was twice married, the first time to Kate Kiser, (he sec ond time to Nancy Keeter. He suffered an attack of Influenza which developed into pneumonia which caused his death. He is sur vived by one brother. S. M. Ford of Kannapolis and one sister, Mrs Corrah Grigs of Lawndale. Funeral was held Thursday ,and interment was at Morntuin Creek church. Rochel and -3. E. Ken > drick. Than C. Ford and M s. Fen ■k Ellis, relives of this county at t'mdrrl |!«— ! WITH AFTER CMTHIS OVER Physician Fornd Unconscious Near Wreck At Beaver Dam .Sunday. Dr. Dwight Bridge*, well known Lattimore physician, is in the hos pital here with a cerebral concus sion and other injuries received early Sunday rncrning when his car whirled over two or three times with him Just a few hundred yards east »f tlie Beaver Dam filling station on 1 Ighway 20. The physician was found lying i ear the wreckage of his auto about 5 o'clock in the morning and appar ently had been there near an hour. Regains Consciousness. At the hospital today it was stat ed that he had practically regained i cnsciousness and was in better c ndition than yesterday. Dr. Sam ■ chenck, of the staff, declared that i he Lattimore physician had a cere bral concussion, fractured collar bone rnd shoulder blade, and per haps several broken ribs, Early in the morning Sundry a man who lives in a new house Just across the road irom the Beaver Dam service station saw the WTeck ed car on the right of the road be tween the bridge and service sta tion, and near the car the uncon scious figure of the physician. He hurried away to a telephone and while he was seeking aid Mr. Hal Bridges, of Lattimore. passed by on his morning paper route and saw his injured brother, and was with Mm when the other man returned. Mr. Bridges rushed his brother to the hospital. Just how the wreck occurred is not definitely known. One report is that there was a Ford car parked in the highway just beyond the bridge and that when Dr. Bridges was almost upon it he presumably swerved to the left to avoid hitting it. has car striking the bank on the left side of the road and hurtling back against the other car, then turning turtle through a corn field, and seme small pines to the right cf the road. Tlie car was . badly wrecked and in turning over, how ever it happened, had torn a path in the corn and small pines. Tire wreck was about three-quar ter.'. of a mile farther op highway 20 than the fill where A. B. Darden, Asheville man, was killed in a wreck ihc same morning. Henry McLelllc Who Cat Threat Of Daughter Came To Jail Of Own Accord. Henry McLellie. aged colored man, who is charged with fatally cutting his daughter, Martha Megginscn, last Tuesday night, will likely be given a preliminary hearing on a murder count some clay this week after Tuesday, it is said. The woman, who was staying with her brother on the Jim Camp place, was cut last Tuesday night, brought to the hospital here Wed nesday morning, and died early Friday morning, In the last issue of The Star it was stated that the father was still at large, but. this was an error as McLellie came to the jail Wednesday night and ask ed Sheriff Logan if there was a warrant out fer him, whereupon he was conducted to a cell by the sher iff and has been there since, learn ing of his daughter's death while in jail. . The cutting is said to have dc iveloped from an old fuss. McLellie I had been living near Gaffney with this daughter had been makinS her home with him. She became tired ot his abuse, it is said, and left home to stay with her brother In this county. Some days before the cut ting her father followed her and during a rew last Tuesday night is said to have inflicted the fatal wound on her throat. Cleveland Cloth Gives $5 To Each Of 456 Employees A bright new $5 gold piece was given to each of the 456 employes of the enterprise and to impress the yuletide season. a beautiful Christmas tree was erected on a vacant lot near the mill. At night il presents a most beautiful sight with the varies, colored lights flash ing on and off. The (tee is some fifteen -feet high and has hundred.*' of electric lights, Mem people drive by at night to sec the pretty All Roads Lead To Bethlehem Today, Christmas Pilgrimage Repeated Again : Many Flock Annually To Little I Church Over Christ’s Birth Site. Bethlehem, Dec. 2* — Koi* ; twenty centuries, all roads have led to Bethlehem on Christmas Eve. I Every Christmas Eve a strange: | motley procession jams the six ! mile stretch of highway that reach ' es from Jerusalem to the little town In the monger. In it are European and Ameri- < can tourists, native Syrians in their quaint Old Testament garb, mod-! em automobiles and mule-drawn j wagons, beggars and priests—all re-1 tracing the route that the three: wise men of the east, led by a star ! followed nearly 2000 years ago. They are on their way to the Christmas Eve ceremonies in the Church of the Nativity at Bethle hem—a queer, huddled-together church said to cover the exact site of the manger in which Christ was born. The road between Jerusalem and Bethlehem hasn't changed! much In the Intervening years. To be sure, it is made of asphalt nowy adapted to the automobile and policed by traffic officers, whereas it was a dusty affair of white stones in the days of the Gospels; but the surrounding countryside, with rolling pasture lands and bar ren hills, looks much the same as it did in Biblical times. The Christmas Eve Procession. On Christmas Eve it is jammed from end to end by the procession. The pilgrims cover Its entire length, moving slowly through the scenes that, to a Christian, are tlje most sacred and significant on earth? They travel now in aut06, lorries and on donkeys and on bi cycles. Out through the Jaffa gate, near which the crucifixion Is be lieved to have taken place, winds the long cavacade. past a well by an olive grove where, according to tradition, the three magi stopped to drink and saw in the water the reflection of the star that had blossomed for their guidance and heralded t!ie "birth of Christendom. Tending their /locks in the' sur rounding fields ir« shepherds, dressed in long gowns and wearing turban-like handkerchiefs about their heads, with Sheepskins over their shoulders. Beyond i doubt, their appearance is identical with that of the shepherds who. ages ago. were watching over the* flock? by right when they saw’ a vision and heard the angels singr A field to the left, according to tradition, is the very dUM - in which Ruth garnered wheat for old Boaz; then comes the tomb of Rachel, followed by a hill on which, say the natives, stood the (Continned on page eight) ! Shelby Choir On . Air At Charlotte First Baptist Singers Broadcast Cantata. Given Here On Sunday. Radios in Shelby and throughout the section were tuned in Friday night at 10:35 on the Charlotte station WBT tor the delightful pro grom given by the choir of the Shelby First Baptist church direct ed by Horace Easom. The cantata, "The King Cometh," with solo numbers and choruses was well received throughout the territory covered by the Charlotte station and the local choir has re ceived many compliments on the broadcast. The same cantata was given at the church here yesterday as a part of the Christmas program. Among those taking part in the broadcast and the cantata here were: Mr. Easom, director; Mrs. H. S. Plaster organist; Sopranos—Mrs. Grady Lovelace, Mrs. Ben Buttle, Miss Bertha Bostic, Miss Adelaide Roberts, Miss Flossie Grice, Mrs. Wythe Royster. Mrs. Ralph Royster. Mrs. P. C. Gardner, Mrs. C. B. Suttle. jr, Mrs. J. A. Liles, Miss Louise Ledford, Mrs. L. P Holland. Miss Alice I/}we. and Mrs. W. P. j Ingram; Tenors—T. W. Lattimore. Horace Easom. J. A. Liles, and ; George Dover; Altos—Mrs. B. M. Jarrett, Mrs Enos Beam. Mrs. H. A. ' Davis, Miss Pearl Tweed, and Miss j Amos Willis; basses—Rush Ham I rick. Mai Spangler; B. M. Jarrett, Grady Lovelace and H. S. Plaster. ! BIBLE CLASS DONATES *85 TO CHARITY WORK j The Clyde Hoey Bible class at its meeting yesterday at Central Melh dist church gave $83 for Christ inas. charity work, according to Rot Sisk, class treasurer. The fund . will be usee, first to aid unfortu j rates in the churc’ nd class with * the remainder grn.tr to general Wing-Rail Race Is Proof Romance Isn’t Dead Rretty Ruth McConnell (above) and map ehevning how ehe raoed aeroee oountry two train-lengthe and • determined chin ahead «f a flying Jehn Aldan. Body Of Asheville Man Found Near Wrecked Car In Stream West Of Shelby; Chest Crushed Shelbv Men Returning From One Wreck Spy Fktat Wreck From Road. —< *0 11 The bo^y of .Augustus B. Darden, of Asherijje, was found in * snf*HStregdJ, just a few feet from hi$ irreeked car, in a - fttl by Highway »£ a few «fftt« west of Shelby jftjwt 8 o’clock Sunday morning. Joint Hoheycutt arid Mapes New- j man, two Shelby men, had been: up Highway 30 to see where Dr. j Dwight Bridges had wrecked bis ear a lew hours before. Returning Newman was telling about a wreck he was in when he pointed to the fill by the .side of the road and compared It with one in which his ear had plunged. When both look- i ed into the fill there they saw a! badly wrecked car and a man's 1 body. Frozen Stiff. The body, a few feet from the; car and partly in the icy water, \ was frozen stiff. Officers were notified and after an investigation the body was brought to a local undertaking establishment. At first it was impossible to ident- | ify the dead man, but his car bore! an Asheville city tag and commu- J ication with that place revealed that he was A. B. Darden, 44-year-’ old stock clerk for an Asheville au- J to firm. Missing Money Explained. The clothing of the dead man wps searched and officers became some- j what suspicious when it was found, that he did not have any money,, late in the day his widow arrived here from Asheville and explained why no money was found upon his clothhing. According to her, he came home ft^nt work late Satur- , day evening with his wages hr a pocket of his working clothes.; Changing clothes rapidly in order ] to get started on the trip to Wil mington to meet his son he ap parently forget to take the money . from the suit he discarded, for that reason Mrs. Darden said that he ■ left home unknowingly without a cent. 1 Wreck About 3 O'clock. Locally there was no idea as to when the Darden car wrecked , Tracks left by the side ot the road I indicated that the driver had slow ly pulled to the right, moving east, and along the right of the pave ment for about 30 yards before he plunged over the culvert were the tracks of the car, o Ford touring, gradually getting farther from the road. Mrs. Darden stated that her husband left home’ about l o’clock Sunday meaning, and considerin': the speed of the car Ire <■ as driving opinion >s that he pinne d oil the , " 1 ■■ t‘ ’ ■"/ . - No Star Out On This Wednesday Therj will be no issue of The Cleveland Star on Wed nesday, December 26. Fol lowing a custom of omitting one issue in order that em ployes who get out the paper may have a short holiday vacation the paper issued Monday will be the last one until Friday’s Issue. cn this side of Beaver Bam. about two hours after he left home, or around 3 o’clock. Reports are that a colored man w ho came by about 4 o’clock saw the lights of an auto pointed up from the stream bed but did not stop. Injury Killed Him. Fingerprints in the wet sand near the b6dy seemed to tell their mute story of how the injured man, numbed in' the cold w ater, had tried to crawl out of the stream, and for some time many thought that per haps Darden froze to death and might have lived could he have made his way out of the stream. However, an examination was made of. the body at- the undertaking parlor by a local physician who stated that his chest was crushed and that he could not have lived but a short time after receiving the blow. Darden had a son, A B. Darden, jr., who lived in Raleigh. The son, his mother said, had started to visit them, going by way of Wil mington, their former home. At that place his car broke down and Saturday evening he wired his father to meet him there. The father was en route to meet his son in Wilmington when he met his death. The son arrived In Shelby last night and he and his mother ac companied the body this morning to Wilmington where the funeral will be held. Dr. Lee’s Father Dies At 83 Ycars It ic learned that. Mr. T. G. Lee. aged cittzpii of Boiling Springs and father of Dr. L. V. Lee. one of the most prominent physicians of the county. Jiving at Lattimor*. died this morning at 7 o'clock. Mr. Lee was 83 years of age and had been sick with influenza. He died at the home of his daughter. Mrs. J. R Green and is survived by two chil* dren. Dr. Lee and Mrs. Green and ids wife. Funeral "will op brie’ romp time FAREWELL TO IX i smut eve m SPRINGS HOTEL Committee Expects 350 Notables To Attend Kiwanis Event For Governor. Details are practically arranged for Shelby’s farewell for its gover nor, which will be held under the auspices of the local Kiwanis club at the Cleveland Springs hotel Sat urday night, December 29th, be ginning at 8 o’clock. The occasion, one of the biggest banquets ever staged in this section, is in the nature of a farewel Isup per to Governor-elect O. Max Gar dner by the Kiwanis club of which he was the first president. Notables Coming. Among the invited guests are the Supreme and Superior court judges o# the, state, members of the new legislature and senate, ali the new ly elected state officers, and other ' notables who are known over the | entire state. Messrs. O. M. Mull, j close personal friend of Gardner, \ and Charles A. Burrus. his law as i sociate and secretary of the club, i announce that a large number of j the invited guests have already ac ! cepted the invitation to attend the j meeting, and expectations now arc that at least 250 people will be pres ent. No women will be invited as space at the hotel will not permit. The program in complete out line is not made public as there are surprise portions, but the Kiwanis committee in charge states that a portion of the program will be musical, and of course many of the notables present will be called up on to say a few words in addition to the expressions of local people in interest of the favorite son of the club and town. SMIfflilS $600 MARK HERE mwy rtHBuw 'UH' tuns ~ loafs From Star’* Community Charity. Santa Claus packed nis bag Fri day evening from The Star’s Christmas charity fund and began his calls spreading good cheer among the unfortunates of the town. He was still going strong today, and Is likely to continue his good-will and good cheer tour un til late this evening, all because kind-hearted citizens and mer chants of the town contributed over $600 so that he might carry Christmas cheer in the form of necessities of life into the homes where there was little cheer and little on .which to exist. At noon today the fund totalled $624.50, and it was estimated Fri day evening by the special com mittee working under J. B. Smith, welfare officer, that 40 families,, or 150 or more people, would be helped by the fund. At the committee meeting it was decided that shoes, clothing and bed linen would be the first pur chases due to the fact that lack of these necessities had aided in the spread of the influenza. When these needs are supplied groceries and fuel will be placed in homes where needed, medicine purchased, and doctor bills paid with a slight cash surplus left to answer ap peals coming up in the weeks ahead from the influenza epidemic. Friday and Saturday quite a number of boys were elated over nothing more than overalls and substantial suits purchased for them from the fund. Shoes were secured for others Saturday. Next week or late this week the welfare officer, and his committee distributing th.e fund, will make a detailed report in The Star telling how many people were helped and just how the money was spent. A list of last-minute contribu tors follows: Previously Acknowledged . 6093.50 A Lady_..... $3 A Friend .. $1 T. C. Hitchcock . $5 Margaret Crowder . $1 Ray Allen .. $1 Mrs. Ray Allen . $1 A Friend .. $1 J. C. Weathers .. $10 Lottie May Hendrick ....._ $2 J. H. Davis .. $1 Chicora Club .. $5 Total .. ... $624.50 Mr. McCraw Buried In Rutherford Sunday •Reuben McCraw who passed 'trtray Saturday at the Dover Mill, was taken Sunday to Rutherford county for interment Mr McCraw; was br'i-d PI ; Lii-aeag City Schools May Close On April IS; All Close Together Hl»hS^ooI Run On While Other Grades Close. Board Decide. After Holiday Period. Teacher Contract. County Assured Of New Cotton Production Now Over 48.000 Bales Ginned Up To December 13. Next Report Will Reach 50,000. Put it down in the books now that In 1928 Cleveland county established a new cotton production record. Unless something very un usual happeifc the conservative estimate of local cotton men and planters is that by the end of the season Cleveland county will have ginned at least 51, 000 bales of cotton, thus lead ing the entire state. This estimate is based upon the fact that up to December 13th Cleveland county had gin ned, by the official report, 48, 503 bales of cotton as com pared with 45,971 bales ginned up to the same date' last year. The 1927 crop of 48,700 bales, or near that, is only 200 bales ahead of the present gihning. Since December 1, when 45, 343 bales had been ginned, the county has ginned 3,160 bales. Almost two weeks time has elapsed since the December 13th total and girinings in the coun ty now. cotton men say, is close to the 50,000 bale mark. The next ginning total will not be compiled until Jan uary 15, «hd will not be an nounced uUtn January 21, and those ta touch with the cotton crop are oT the opinion that the next report will reach the 50. 000-bale mark as the county up to December 13th was only 1, 497 bales shy of that amount. After th<; January report there will not be another report un til March. Blanton Injured In Auto Wreck Friday Jaw Fractured In Highway Crash. Patient Charged With Reck less Driving. 6 be Blau ten, who lives in the southern part of Shelby, was sev erely injured last Friday night in an auto collision on highway 20 in the Mooresboro section. Blan ton. according to reports, parked in the highway and his car was struck by a passing truck. Following the accident he was taken to the Shelby hospital in an unconscious condition, but later regained consciousness and may be able to leave the hospital in a day or so. He has a fractured jaw and bruises. Following the accident other motorists on the highway that night swore out a warrant charg ing Blanton with reckless driving. Cars Collide, Woman And Child Injured Mrs. W. C. Maloney and her eight year old daughter were bruis ed and cut Sunday morning when the touring car in which they were riding was struck by a car driven by two negro men at the intersec tion of Sumter and N. LaFayette streets near the First Baptist church. The Maloney car was over turned and demolished and Mrs. Maloney and the little girl were rushed to the hospital with ap parently serious injuries. Upon ex amination. however, it was found that their injuries were not so bad and after being dressed they were dismissed. The negroes were jailed to await a hearing. Negro Woman Shot by Husband At Fallston l)ooia Allen In Hospital Here. Hus band Has Not Been I Caught. — I Docia Allen, colored woman of ! the Fallston section, was brought I to the hospital here Sunday night I about 11:30 o’clock suffering from ; a bullet wound In her right thigh. 1 According to officers she was shot 1 by her husband, Tom Allen, dur | ing a Sunday nisht row At tlv *1 raff’s office th'.t:j — it >'t>d that Ah”' ‘ rti' Although no definite an nouncement has been made general opinion is that doe to the defeat of the increased tax lery for schools the city schools will likely close the school about April 13th. A meeting to discuss the problem v. as held by the city board late last v.eek, but at that time the exact date was not set as it could wot be determined then just how much longer the money on hand would operate the schools. How orer. It was the general decision cf "the board to close down when the money gave out and not continue to operate with a deficit. ... Means No Graduates. • Early last week it was suggested by some that the plan of closing down the schools should he. so ar ranged that the grainpja^ and flower frrades ,t£ xlceed, early^ frfo *|W,gijr^ a manner that the high schoOMeoQld operate the Tull nine months so that the present graduating class might receive full-fledged higii Irish school diplomas. However, the attorney of the school board states that such a method would be illegal, as the law says no discrimination among- pupils must be shown—if all cannot receive, a full nine months term, tfigft a Which means that every, school in the city—primary, grammar grades and high school—must be closed at the same time. This in turn means that the senior class in high school this year will not receive hjgh school diplomas as they will not be able to. ..get in a full year. The same wilt appl;- tG the junior class which * cannot advance next year to the eleventh grade unless the extra work is made up, and so on down through the grades. Just after the holiday period the school board plans to meet again, at which time the closing date may be -;et' so that teachers and faculty members cor. plan to go* in as much work as possible in the tew remain-' irtgr month*. ' . : , / ■: j Teachers To I^pse. Immediately fttflpwing^tht defeat of the school measure it was the general opinion that teachers hav ing made contracts for the school year would have to be paid for their ' time whether or not the schools operated the full term. Ad vice since, however, is that the school board cannot be held re sponsible for the contracts, although teachers who contracted to cejne to Shelby for the year wtlTte out'of work earlier than if they were teaching elsewhere end will thereby be handicapped financially. , .1*1 Gardner Inaugural Train On Soutl^m (barter Two1 Palfibwns Mere, Others In Rutherford And En ’ RoiPe. Those in charge of securing trans portation for the Shelby and Cleve land county people who with to go to Raleigh on Friday. January It. tor Governor Max Gardner's in augural ceremonies state, that the trip will be made over the Southern railway system. Charles A Burrus, Gardner’s law associate, says that officials hope to get up several, other ears at Forest City. Rutherfordtoa and other points on the line going east. If enough cars are secured the Southern will make up a special train, and if not the cars will be carried along the regular . - sche dule, the time being about the same as would be.made hy_a special train. The train is scheduled to leave Shelby at 6:30 Thursday evening. January 10th. and will arrive in Ra leigh early Friday morning, the passengers being permitted to re main on the train until 7:30 o’clock thus saving any hotel expense. At 12:30 Friday night, when the cere monies are all over, the train will leave Raleigh on the return trip, arriving in Shelby about 9:45 Sat urday morning. In this manner those going will be away from home only one day and two nights, and as both nights will be spent on the Pullman cars there wiU be no hotel oills. The entire trip, railroad fare and Pullman, lower berth, will cost rnly $20.10 while with upper berth ‘k • cost will be $1?.R3 - j |
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