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VOL. XXXV, No. 48 THE CLEVELAND STAB SHELBY,
N. C. MONDAY, AI’UIL 22, 1929. Published
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Auto Crashes Take Toll Of Nine
Lives Over Week-End In Section
Five At Gastonia,
4 Near Reidsville,
One In S. C. Dead
Niece Of Mrs. Nolan And Mrs.
Killed Saturday
Afternoon.
Charlotte. April 22.—Two auto
mobile accidents in North Carolina
yesterday took a toll of nine lives
and injured five persons, one prob
ably fatally.
At a grade crossing on the South
ern railway at East Gastonia, five
were killed and three injured when
their automobile was struck by the
fast Crescent Limited, southbound
out of Charlotte.
The dead are:
J. D. McCurry, 38. driver of the
car.
Fred Parton, 25.
Mrs. Maggie Parton, 23, Ins wife.
Ring Parton, their infant daugh
ter.
James, Parton, their young son.
The injured arc:
Bud Parton, twin brother of James,
expected to die.
J. D. McCurry, jr., infant.
Four were killed and two children
injured in an accident involving
four automobiles on the Reidsvillc
Greensboro highway about a mile
north of Monticcllo yesterday
morning.
The dead are:
G. Walter Burgess, 40.
Mrs. Walter Burgess, 35.
Mary Burgess, 16.
Mrs. Mollie E. Hudson, 55.
All were of Ramseur.
The injured are Virginia Bur
gess, 11, and George Burgess, 10,
children of Mr. and Mrs. G. Walter
Burgess. The boy and girl are ex
pected to live.
Parton was employed at the Lo
ray mill, center of agitation by the
strike-dominating National Textile
Workers’ union, and McCurry was
employed at the Catawba mill In
Mount Holly. He had been engag
ed by Parton to bring his family to
Gastonia.
The train struck the ear near a
church as religious services were
just completed, and a large number
of people saw the crash. Witnesses
said McCurry apparently was ob
livious to warnings of a watchman
who attempted to flag him as he
approached the crossing. Mrs. Mc
Curry said he attempted to back
the car off the track after realiz
ing his danger.
McBrayer Child Is
Killed On Saturday
Small Daughter Of John McBrayer
Dies In Crash. Mr. Mc
Brayer Is Hurt.
The tour-year-old daughter of
Mr. John McBrayer, of Rock Hill, a
brother of Mrs. J. B. Nolan and
Mrs. Lawrence Lackey, of Shelby,
was instantly killed about 4 o'clock
Saturday afternoon four miles be
low York and Mr. McBrayer was
severely hurt when their car turn
ed turtle on the highway.
Mr. McBrayer. the little girl, a
son. and his brother-in-law, Mr.
Smith, were en route to Forest City
to visit Mr. McBrayer's brother, Mr.
Luther McBrayer, when the fatal
wreck occurred. Funeral services
for the little girl were held yester
day at Rock Hill and attended by
numerous relatives and friends from
this section. Mr. McBrayer is still in
a Rock Hill hospital in a rather
serious condition but reports today
had it that he would likely recover.
Car Turns Over And
Injures Two Sunday
A coupe car turned over Sunday
afternoon on Highway No. 18 just
south of the city near the old
Katherine Mill site and inflicted
slight injuries on the young occu
pants, a Mr. Westmoreland of
Kings Mountain and a Miss Wright
of near Grover. Miss Wright was
driving and had minor cuts aDout
her face. Passersby took up the
wreck victims shortly after the ac
cident and took them to their re
spective homes, their injuries not
being serious enough to require
medical attention.
Mr and Mrs. Joe Nash, Mrs.
Jesse Washburn and Mrs. Renn
Drum spent the week-end in Hick
ory
Capt. and Mrs. Joe Grimes, of
Kings Mountain, were Shelby vis
itors Sunday.
DOLLAR DAYS
IN SHELBY
Thursday-Friday
April 25-26
Bargains, such as are seldom of
fered, will be available in Shelby
Thursday and Friday of this week
at the hig trade extension event in
the nature of two Dollar Days set
for Thursday, and Friday, April 25
ano 26.
Today's issue of The Star of 24
pages, carries advertisements of
choice bargains which the mer
chants are offering on these two
days. Look carefully through the
paper and see what rare bargains
are available, then come Thursday
and Friday for this wonderful sale
event, sponsored by the Retail
Merchants Association with a
membership of 73 enterprising
merchants and business men.
Larger, More Modern Shopping
District Has Doubled Trading
Area Of Shelby In Recent Years
Business Districts Here Now Spread Over
Five Main Streets And Draws Shoppers
From Adjoining Counties.
Bank clearings and a check on
the volume of business here in 1928
and so far this year Indicate that
Shelby is the most popular shop
ping town between Charlotte and
Asheville in Western Carolina.
Which is to say that Shelby draws
shoppers over a larger area than
any other town or city between
Asheville and Charlotte.
Three years ago, when a special
census revealed that Shelby’s pop
ulation had doubled in five years,
the business district began to spread
out, Newr stores began to open,
specialty stores, department stores,
chain stores, and stores of all types.
•’We're getting too many stores
for our payrolls and the amount of
money the town and comity has to
spend," was an expression heard on
every side.
But there were those who were
not so pessimistic. "If we make our
business district attractive enough,
and if we can offer the shopper
the same range and same type of
merchandise they now go to Char
lotte, Asheville and Spartanburg
for. why shouldn't our trading area
increase?"
Three years ago the shoppers in
the Shelby business section were
Shelby and Cleveland county shop
pers, while many Cleveland coun
ty people did the major part of
their "trading" at larger cities, such
as Charlotte and Spartanburg, and
practically as near.
But today there are few articles,
exclusive or otherwise, which can
be purchased in Charlotte or Spar
tanburg and not purchased here.
The result has borne out the views
of the far-visioned business men.
Instead of leaving so many stores
that some of them "could not make
it" on the volume of trade, the new
stores have enhanced the repuation
of the city as a shopping center and
today with a modern business sec
tion drawing shoppers from sec
tions never before using Shelby as
a shopping centre the volume of
merehantile business in Shelby is
greater than ever before, and grow
ing each week.
Just a few years ago the autos
parked along Shelby business
streets on Saturdays and trade
day* were tor the most part Shelby
and Cleveland county automobiles,
but of recent years—and the dollar
days event here Thursday and
Friday of tills week will offer the
proof—cars may be seen from For
est City, Ellenboro, Cllffside, Caro
leen, Gaffney, Kings Creek, Ruth
erfordton, Cherryvllle, Lineolnton,
Hollis, York, Blacksburg and num
erous rural sections of the adjoin
ing counties of Burke, Gaston. Lin
coln, Cherokee, Catawba and Ruth
erford.
Barn And Mules
Burned Last Night,
Clem Torncr, Of No. 8. Township, j
Loses Three Mules And His
Fertilizer.
During the heavy wind, rain and
thunder storm which struck Shelby
and Cleveland county Sunday night
the barn of Clem Turner, well
known farmer of No. 8 township a
few miles south of Casar, was struck
by lightning and three mules burn
ed along with the bam and all of
his fertilizer.
Truck Ablaze.
The fire department was called
out West Warren street this morn
ing about 8 o'clock to the Carolina
Fruit & Produce warehouse where
one of the firms trucks had caught
on fire presumably from a short cir
cuit. The damage was confined to
Eight Hundred Sign
Petition For Schools
Around 800 Shelby citizens
have signed the petition slating
that they will vote for the bond
Issue to pay a school debt of the
city school system and urging
the city to supply from an
emergency ,fund enough money
to continue the city schools for
the full nine months this year.
Association Of
Merchants Adds
73NewMembers
Motorcades l.rarr bhelhjr Tuesday
I Morning To Hnost Illg Dollar
Day Festival.
Everything is all set for two mo
I torcades to leave Shelby early
| Tuesday morning, one touring the
twenty mile radius north of High
way No. 20 and the other making
all towns within a redlus of twenty
miles south of Highway No. 20, the
purpose of the two caravans being
; to advertise Shelby two Dollar Days,
set ior Thursday and Friday. April
j 25th and 26th.
i Two divisions of the high school
band, one under the direction of
Mr. Sinclair and the other under
the leadership of Mr. Hatley, will
! furnish music at. the various stop
i ping places and each of the 50 or
1 more cars to form the motorcades
| will carry banners, advertising
| Shelby's greatest sale event. Dol
, lar Days for Thursday and Friday
of this week
10.000 Distribution.
Merchants have .set forth many
of thetr Dollar Day bargains In ad
vertisements In today's Issue of The
Star which will go to the 5.000 sub
scribers. In addition to this, the
Retail Merchants association which
has a membership of 13 merchants
and business firms, has purchased
5.000 oditlonal copies of The Star
for distribution on these two motor
excursions, this giving a total dis
tribution of 10.000 pieces of adver
tising for this big sale event.
Attractive Trices.
Merchants have bought extra sup
plies of merchandise for these two
bargain days and have cut prices
to the bone to attrack customers
from far and near. It is realized
that this is a busy season for farm
ers. but as the women do the bulk
of the buying, the merchants have
I made such attractive offers, to en
tice them away from their duties
for a brief shopping excursion.
Bargains will be plentiful as one
will see from reading the advertise
ments In this Issue. One automo
bile dealer Is offering a used car
for $1. The first customer gets the
car complete for $1.
To Broaden Trading Area.
As merchandise has been marked
(Continued on page nine.)
Shelby Band Gets
First “B” Ranking,
Debaters Go Good
Negative Debating Team Goes To
Second Round At Chapel
Hill.
Representatives of the Shelby
high school attained high ranking
in state wide musical and debating
contests held Friday of last week.
In Greensboro, the Shelby high
band, directed by Prof. W. T. Sin
clair, won first honors in the class
B with Concord taking second
place. The boys quartet from the
Lattimorc high school won second
place In the group B-C ranking.
John Best, jr., of Shelby, won third
place in the trumpet solo contest,
and Ed Smith of Shelby, took third
place in the trombone contest.
In Chapel Hill the negative de
bating team of the local school,
composed of Edith Reid Ramseur
and Mildred McKinney, moved to
the second round of the final con
tests in the state triangular de
bates. Both Shelby teams won dis
trict, or group, honors entitling
them to competition in the finals at
Chapel Hill.
Dr. Matthews Off To
Study His Specialty
Dr. B. B. Matthews, popular
young physician, who has been
practicing in Shelby for several
months, first in South Shelby and
later uptown, left over the week-end
for the University of Minnesota
medical school where he will take a
special course in urology. Dr. Mat
thews plans at present are to re- t
turn to Shelby and resume his j
practice after taking tIre special
course.
Legion Gathering
In Newton Tuesday
Officials of the Warren Moyle
post of the American Legion remind
local ex-service men of tlie legion
district gathering at Newton on
Tuesday and urge that all Cleve
land county legionnaires attend.
The program at Newton begins at
4 in the afternoon. 1
Indian Conducts
Revival Meeting
Rev A C Locker, of Greenville
S. C. Is a full blooded Indian w ho j
will conduct a revival meeting be
ginning April 2B at the M-cond I5up;
list church of which Re\ Rush
Padgett Is pastor. Mr Padgett say.
Mr. Looker has held meetings at
nearby places such u.\ Kings Moun
tain and other points where he
drew great crowds Many of these
people are anxious to hour him
again and will come to the meeting
here.
Services will la» held each even
ing beginning at 7:30 o'clock
Farmers Urged
To Particpate
In Big Contest
Seven Hundred Dollars 'lo Hr
As Prizes To Cleveland's
Best Farmers.
Every cotton farmer m Cleveland
county who thinks he can measure
up to the regulations of the contest
is urged to enter the five-acre cot
ton growing contest to be staged in
the county this season by the coun
ty board of agriculture.
Seven hundred dollars in cash
will be awarded to the winners of
the contest and there is ho entrance
Three hundred dollars will go to the
farmer making the best record on
a five-acre plot. $200 for the sec
on best, $100 for the third, and an
other $100 to be divided among the
others ranking high. These prizes
are given for the purpose of boost
ing county agriculture by bankers,
merchants, mill owners and busl- !
ness men of Shelby and the county.
Regulation*.
The only regulations governing
the contest follow:
1. Five acres entered in contest
must be in one body.
2. Cotton must produce fifteen
sixteenths of an inch staple, or bet
ter.
3. All entrants must notify
County Agent Alvin Hardin of their
entrance by May 15.
The office of the comity agent
upon application will furnish rec
ord blanks to be used by those en
tering the contest, along with oth
er information needed.
The hope is now io have two to
three hundred farmers working lor
the big cash prizes.
City Fathers Discuss
Rate But Do Not Act I
The city officials at their regular ,
bi-monthly meeting last week, dis- |
cussed the proposed lowenng of the
city's light rate asked for by a com
mittee of merchants appointed in
mass meeting four weeks ago,, but
no action was taken. Other matters
came up for discussion and the city
officials passed up the discussion.
The committee of merchants rep
resenting the light patrons propos
ed a revision of the entire scale of
light rates and passed their request
in for consideration. No indication
has been given as to when the city
fathers will act on the adjustment
asked for.
No Marriages Here
In Period 2 Weeks
There hasn't been a ‘marriage
ceremony performed in Cleveland
county in two weeks The last mar
riage license issued at the court
house here was on April G. Up to
that time, however, six couples, or
one per day, had secured license
Mr. and Mrs. Rav Newman. Mr
and Mrs. A Ted Cushion, and Mr.
and Mrs. R. Hope Bryson will
compose a Charlotte theatre party
tonight.
Merchants Plan For
Biggest Trade Event
Husband And Wife
Serving Sentences
For Handling Rum
One In For Five Months, The
Other For Three. Father O
U nman I Inert.
. Tor the first time, perhaps, in Un
is 1st ory of Cleveland! county a man 1
and Ills wife are in Jail line rerv-.
iint sentences for violation of the
prohibition laws
:
A little over a month ago Ira
Dawson, white, of the southern!
part of (Shelby was given a live1
months Uul sentence in federal'
eourt for violating the liquor laws, I
l ast w eek in county court Judge |
Horace Kennedy gavo Dawson s !
wife. Blanche, a three-months jail I
sentence, or a #300 fine, after about
four ga Ions of booze had been ,
found m her home by police offi
cers. She took the three months hi
Jail and will have served hrr time
a short period before her husband
gels through with his federal court5
term.
Saturday in county court J. L
Taylor, father of the Dawson wom
an, was fined $'J00 and the costs by
Judge Kennedy on charges refer
red by oi l leers w ho found around
two gallons of whiskey in the Taylor
home at the same time the search
w as made at the Dawson home,
where Mrs. Dawson admitted to of
fieers that since her husband had
been Jailed she had no other way
of making a living. Mrs Taylor was
indteted Jointly with tier husband
and at first fined, but the fine was
later stricken out by the Judge.
Boiling Springs
Summer School
h acuity Named
Summer School Opens On June 4,
l ontinurs Through July 12,
Is Announced.
The summer school at Boiling
Springs Junior college will open on
June 4 and run through July 12,
according to an announcement
made today by Mr. O. P. Hamrick,
bursar of the Baptist college.
The summer school will offer
both high school and collegiate
work and certification credits for
elementary A, primary C, and gram
mar grade C teachers’ certificates.
The faculty for the summer
school will be as follows:
J, B. Davis, president and Bible
instructor; O. P. Hamrick, English;
H. L. Snuggs. foreign languages;
Mrs. Olive C. Haskins, education;
Miss Martha Reece, natural science;
Mrs. M. O. Pangle, mathematics;
Mr. M. G. Pangle, social science;
Mr. Ledford, mathematics, engllsh,
history; Mrs. H. L. Snuggs, educa
tion-science: with the musical in
structor yet to be named.
Police Guard Stops
Mysterious Fires
Negro Section Here
Series Of Fires, Thought of In
ridentarv Origin, Halted For
Two Weeks.
The attempt to drive colored citi
zens out of the Freedman residen
tial section of Shelby, or the work
ol a pyromaniac. whichever it was,
has been stopped due to the police
guard that has been placed in the
FYccdman section at night fer about
three weeks.
About a month ago Shelby was
considerably stirred by a series of
mysterious fires in Freedman, a sec
tion populated by respected colored
people, resulting in the total de
struction to two homes and some
damage to two others, the resent
ment arising from clues traced
down by the police department and
others, indicating that all four
fires appeared to have been "set."
Kerosene and gasoline containers
were lound about the two burned
homes, anci at two homes only
.-lightly damaged It was found that
the blazes had been kindled under
the corner of the houses by un
known persons.
Although nothing was said pub
licly about ft at the time Police
Chiel Poston kept, guards secreted
about the colored section every
night for several weeks and the re
run has been that not a single fire
alarm has been turned in from
Freedman in a fortnight.
Nrwlv formed Group Ha* Member
ship Of 7J. Miss McCrary
Is Secretary.
Seventy-three merchants and
business tlrms had Joined the Shel
by Retail Merchants association up
to noon today, making the strong
est nnd most promising organiza
tion of its kind ever organized In
Shelby. A committee of merchants
is still soliciting membership but
may not be able to make a personal
call, so those who wish to Join,
should phone the secretary, Mis?
Ossie McCray at telephone 732.
Headquarter* Opened.
Headquarters for the merchant;
association has been established it;
the Llncberger bulldiaig over the
Western Unton and Miss Ossie Mc
Crary, the oflice secretary is giving
each morning to office affairs.
The main purpose of the organ
isation is to sponsor bargain days
• the first one being the Dollar
Pays Thursday and Friday of tjiis
week', seek uniform action on ob
servance of holidays, keep a record
of those who give worthless checks,
hear appeals for advertising andre
fer such appeals to a secret com
mittee who will pass upon wh^thei
such advertising is worthy or un
worthy; strive for an enforcement
of laws as to peddling, etc.
The list of members as it now
stands is as follows:
First National Bank. Clevfel^nc
Bank and Trust Co., C. H. Rein
hardt, Holly Clothing Co., City Ic«
Fuel Co., Stewart Motor Co..
Haines Shoe Store, Dr. D M. Mor
rison, Goo. Alexander. J. C. Mc
Neely. L. U. Arrowood Lumber Co.
Gravity Beauty Salon. Chocolate
Shop, Cleveland Oil Co., Beck Ai
Pratt, O. E. Ford Ac Co., Z. J.
Thompson Lumber Co., Hord &
Ransom. J. L. Lackey, Quinn Drug
Co., Litton Motor Co.. Hawkins
: Brothers, Acorn Stores, Jackaac
;Cash Gro. Co., Waketield Floral
iShop, Charles Store, Stephenson
Drug Co . Arey Refrigerator Co.
! Shelby Dry Cleaning Co.. Ideal
Service Station, Crawford Chevro
5 let Co., John M. Best Furniture Co.
! Cleveland Hardware Co., Doggett
| Service Station, Shelby B. Ac. L.
association. Princess Theatre. Blan
ton A: Wright Clothing company,
C. H. Shull As Son, Geo. L. Thomp
son Motor Co., D. H. Cline, A. V.
Wray & 6 Sons. Cleveland Drug
Co.. Hotel Charles, Farmers As
Planters Hdwe. Co., Piggy-Wiggly,
Central As Shelby Cafes, Kendall
Medicine Co.. Cleveland Cigar Store,
Campbell Department Store. Star
Publishing Co., T. W. Hamrick 6i
Co., Shelby Hdwe. Co.. Automobile
Electric Co., Wright-Baker Co.,
Palmers Funeral Home, Paragon
Department Store, Woo ton's Ladies
Shoppe. Shelby Printing Co„ Mrs.
D. A. Whisonant. J. p. Austells
Barber Shop, Montgomery-Ward
Co., Ingram-Liles Co.. Whiteway
Dry Cleaning Co.,Morton Sign Co..
Suttles Drug Store, Patterson As
Edwards. Florist, J. C. Penny As
Co., C. I. Eskridge, Blue Parrott
Tea Room, Basil Goode, Paul Webb.
Shelby Steam laundry.
District Woodmen
Here On Thursday
Loc*l Camp Will Be Host To Abont
300 Woodmen In Shelby
This Week.
The ioca; camp of Woodmen oi
the World, Hickory 518, will be hosi
this week to ill the Woodmen ol
the district, which embraces tire
section of the state west of Cleve
land county, and an attendancWl
abmt 300 is anticipated bv Major
T. O. Grigg. of Shelby, who has
supervision of the district meeting.
The meeting program al-o in
cludes the annual field day. termed
by Woodmen as the convention of
the Western North Carolina Log
Rolling association. The program
begins at 12:30 in the afternoon
and continues through the degree
rites which open at 8 o'clock in the
evening.
To Operate Pool
Cleveland Spring!
Messrs. F. E. Petway and H. K
Lathinghouse, of Hickory have leas
ed the Cleveland Springs swimming
pool and will operate it this sea
son. it was announced today. The
reservoir is, being cleaned out this
week and other preliminary work
for opening is underway. The pop
ular rendezvous for bathers will open
about Mav 10 and remain open un
til October, according to Petway
and Lathinghouse.
LATE NEWS
The Markets.
Cotton, spot ... 20c
Cotton Seed, per bu. ........ 53!>jc
Tuesday Fair.
Today's North Carolina Weather
'•eport:—Partly cloudy and cooler,
possibly rain on the north and east
roast tonight. Tuesday fair, slight
ly warmer in west portion.
Troops Leave Strike.
Gastonia, April 22.—All state
troops on guard at the Loray Cot
ton mills here where a strike has
been In progress for the last three
weeks were withdrawn yesterday. A
force of 40 deputy sheriffs took
their place.
The troops had been on duty at
the mill since April 3.
Although authorities said that
they did not expect any further
trouble in the Loray mill village
or at the mill Sheriff Eli Lineber
ger swore in five additional depu
ties this afternoon, making a force
of 40 on duty, lie also announced
that he had summoned two addi
tional deputies from other parts of
the counties to Gastonia to start
duty at the mill tomorrow.
Political Pot
To Simmer In
City This Week
Numerous Announcements Will Be
Made During Week. Several
For School Board.
Shelby has two more candidates
for aldermen. Definite announce
ment was made this afternoon to
The Star that Mr. Zollie J. Thomp
son, lumber manufacturer, and
Capt. J. Frank Jenkins, manager of
the Southern oil company pianl
here, would be candidates. Friends
of both men have been after them
to offer for a week or-more but
neither consented to announce un
til today. Mr. Thompson is in Ward
Four and Capt. Jenkins in Ward
Two.
Up until today Shelby had ex
perienced the quietest period prior
to the city election than ever be
fore in the history of a town that,
insofar as entertainment is con
cerned, just lives from one ballot
battle to another.
Today, however, the political pot
which has remained at winter heat,
although the election is just two
weeks off, began to simmer and by
the end of the week there promises
to be at least six announcements
for the two city boards, and per
haps a bit of activity in the mayor
alty campaign.
Reports today had it that at
least three candidates for the city
school board might announce dur
ing the week along with a candi
date for the board of aldermen.
The three men being urged by
their friends for the school board
are Thad Ford as member-at-large,
Roger Laughridge for ward one, H
Clay Cox for ward three, while
Capt. J. Frank Jenkins is being
talked as a candidate for the school
and city board for ward two. The
likely candidate for the city board,
according to his friends who say
that he may announce this week, is
Zollie J. Thompson.
Highs Will Enter
Title Race Friday
Morris Boys Play Gastonia There
Wednesday. Title Series
Are Next.
Friday of this week the Shelby
highs, considered one of the three
strangest contenders in the west for
the state baseball crown, will go
Into their first title series game.
Just who the locals will play and
where is not known as yet. for
Coach Morris leaves tomorrow for
Salisbury where he will be in a
meeting to arrange the champion
ship schedule.
Today the highs are playing For
est City there, while on Wednes
day the local outfit goes to Gastonia
for a return game.
Yitaphone At Webb's.
The Webb Theatre opens with
the Vitaphone today. The picture is
"On Trail.” a hundred per cent,
tallye, which is due for a three day
program. j
Those who have heard this
heralded combining medium be
tween the stage and the screen
as presented at the Webb, pro
nounce the effect as good as in
the big cities.
Mr. Webb has imported a special
Vitaphone operator, w ho will handle
this feature of the program. All of
which means that local audiences
will get the benefit of the latest in
entertainment from Hollywood and
New York. Mr. Webb’s enterprise is
a decided boost for the city.
Come To Shelby’s Two Big Dollar Days—Thursday, Friday, April 25 & 26