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8 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXV, No. .60 THE CLEVELAND STAR SIIELBY, N. C. MONDAY, MAY 20, 1920 Mnrnlnv Worlnfisdav. and Fridav Aftfirnoona Ui> mail nor vaai* /In orlvonral 10 M LATE NEWS The Markets. Cotton, pe rpound .. 18c Cotton Seed, per bu.. 48c Rain And Colder. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Cloudy with rain tonight and in east portion Tuesday. Cool er in east portion tonight. Slowly rising temperature Tuesday in west and north central portions. School Growth In Shelby For 13 Years Shown Total Enrollment Moves From 684 In 1915 To 3,152 In 1928. The enrollment In the elementary schools In Shelby has increased .439 per cent since 1915-16 and the high school enrollment has in creased .612 per cent, according to figures assembled recently showing the growth of the Shelby schools since Supt. I. C. Griffin came here in the fall of 1915. In the fall of 1915, Supt. Griffin's first year, there were only 684 stu dents enrolled in the Shelby schools. Today there are 3,152 chil dren enrolled. In the high school in the year 1915-16 there were 89 students, while this year there are 545 students, almost as many as were in all the schools 13 years ago. Figures Given. The enrollment figures for the 13 years follow : Year Enrollment 1915- 16 .-. 684 1916- 17 . 886 1917- 18 . 773 1918- 19.~. 913 1919- 20 .-. 965 1920- 21 .. 1,058 1921- 22 . 1,237 1922- 23 .-. 1.331 1923- 24 . 1,588 1924- 25 . 1,820 1926-26 . 2,692 1926-27 . 2,966 19'7-28 . 3,136 1926-29 ..1.. 3,152 High School, White. 1915- 16 . 89 1916- 17. 145 1917- 18.-.137 1916-19. 170 1919- 20 -.-.166 1920- 21 . 171 1921- 22 .i—■-. 237 1922- 23 . 295 1923- 24 . 393 1924- 25 .— 433 1925- 26 . 471 1926- 37 . 507 1927- 28 . 568 1928- 29 .i. 545 Seven Hundred Vets May Attend Reunion In Shelby July 8*9 Spanish •American War Vets Will Mere Than Fill Hotels Of Shelby. Shelby’s hotel and housing capac ity will be well tested here next month when the North Carolina Postmasters hold their convention here, but the biggest housing and hospitality test, prior to the State Baptist convention which meets here in the fall, will likely come on July 8 and 9 when the Spanish-Am erican War veterans of North Car olina hold their annual encamp ment here. Capts. J. F. Jenkins, Hugh A. Logan and J. F. Roberts, all Span ish-American war veterans, who are making arrangements for the big e encampment, would not be surpris . ed if Shelby has 800 visitors for the two days. However, the majority of the estimates are that the attend ance, including wives and other members of the families of veterans will run between 300 and 700 people. At the last encampment at Dur ham 200 were in attendance but the various camp organizations over the slate have already assured the local camp that double that number will be in Shelby. Capt. Logan is com mr nder of the local camp, which is known as the June T. Gardner Camp, being elected some time back to succeed Capt. Jenkins, the first commander. At present there are only 25 members of the camp and other veterans of the war in this county and adjoining counties are urged to joint the organization prior to the state encampment in July. Hoey Speaker For Reunion Jubilee For Gray Veteran* Charlotte.—The first announce ment was made here at the Con * federate reunion headquarters of a. speaker for the Jefferson Davis celebration June 3, the day before the reunion opens. Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, noted North Carolina orator, will be the main speaker for the occasion, according to the an nouncement. The occasion will relebrate the 131st birthday of the Confederacy’s only president. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Cornevin and children are visiting relatives at Newport News, Va. Sheriff After Poll Taxes In County Not Paid Count; Board Orders Him To Col lect Thousands Of Dollars Now Unpaid. There we hundreds of people In Cleveland county who have not paid their poll tax in several years along with thousands of dollars of personal property tax also unpaid the Cleveland coun ty commissioners noted in their last meeting before issuing an order to Sheriff Irvin M. Allen to use every legal method to collect both unpaid poll and personal taxes along with un paid land tax. In carrying out the order Sheriff Allen is today beginning his list of those who have not paid their poll tax or their property tax and at an early date he will start a movement to carry out the order of the commissioners by garnisheeing wages for the unpaid poll tax and by seizing personal prop erty on which tax Is not paid. Other unpaid taxes, property tax, are being advertised now for sale on the first Monday of next month. Hundreds of people who have no other than poll tax in Cleveland county have not been paying this tax, the records show, but the new order of the commissioners was made with the intention of stopping this leak on county funds and the drastic order issued to the sheriff to see that such tax be paid along with property tax. Some personal property was taken in last week and more will be seized for sale because of unpaid taxes when the list now being prepared is complet ed. Sheriff Allen estimates that at least $5,000 is owing to the county for poll tax alone. New Shelby School Head It Praised By Minister W. R. Ware Former Shelby Minister Speaks Highly Of New Superintendent For Home Town. In the following letter addressed to the people of Shelby through The Star Rev. W. R. Ware, promi nent Methodist minister in Ruther ford county and formerly of Shelby, congratulates his home town and the school board as follows upon the selection of the new school su perintendent: “It is with personal pride in my home town that I write to say that Shelby has gained a desirable citi zen and an efficient school man in the election of Capt. B. L. Smith to the superintendency of its pub lic schools. I have known Mr. Smith and his work in the schools of For est City and Spindale for about five years. I have also known him these years as a Christian gentle man. It gives me real pleasure to say any community would be bet tered by having such a man among its citizens. I sincerely congratulate Shelby, the school board and all concerned on being able to secure Capt. Smith for the position of superintendent. The teachers and pu plls will find him easy to approach, kind, sympathetic, firm, helpful—a real friend and promoter of all that is best. His going from us is a dis tinct loss to this entire community —Spindale, Rutherfordton, Forest City, Rutherford county—but since this is so, I am glad my home town has secured him.” Farmer Drops Dead In Grover Section M. L. Beam Dies Suddenly On Porch Of Home. Funeral Held Friday. Mr. M. L. Beam. 64-year-old farm er. dropped dead last Thursday afternoon late while on the porch 1 of his home about one mile north of Grover, in lower Cleveland. His ; sudden death was attributed to heart trouble. Funeral services were held Fri day afternoon at the Grover Pres byterian church with the Lutheran minister from Kings Mountain of ficiating, Mr. Beam beinR a mem ber of the Lutheran church at Kings Mountain. The deceased is survived by his wife and four children as follows; Lee Beam, of Grover; Andie Beam, of Edgefield. S. C.; Mrs. Mamie Bell, who lives near Grover, and Mrs. Carrie Bookout, of Charlotte. Mr and Mrs. E. A. Morgan of Gaffney, S. C. are visiting their son, Mr. F. R. Morgan and Mrs. Morgan and family this week Many Children In County Have \ School Records Ponder Boys Have Record Close To Camp Family. Attendance Records Given. J. M. Ponder, truck driver for the Patterson Springs school, and his two b;ys. James and Max, have a school attendance record which practically equals that of the Camp family, also of the Patterson Springs section, wherein there are three youngsters who altogether ha\e missed only one day in school in five years. Mr. Pender as truck driver has not missed a day in four years, and neither has his two boys, James, aged 12, and Max, aged 10. In the four year period not a single tardy has been charged up to either of the youngsters. Free Lee, son of Mr. James Lee of the Palm Tree section, started to school when he was six and at the age of 11, ready to enter the seventh grade next year, he has missed only two days in school during the five years, the two days coming last year when he stopped to pick cot ton. Five Perfect Years. James Ford Galimore, 11-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gali more, of the Ross Grove section, has a perfect five year attendance rec ord in school at the Ross Grove and N. Washington street schools. He started in school in 1923 and has not been absent or tardy a single time. His brother. Roy Lee Gali more, aged 13, had been in school four years without missing a day up until last year when he was sick. Lloyd Greene, of South LaFayette street, Shelby, has been in school at Kings Mountain and in Shelby for three years without being absent or tardy. Ralph Kale, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Kale, has not been absent or tardy a single time in attending the LaFayette street school in Shel by for three years. Douglas Fair banks Merck, now in school at the Jefferson school in Shelby, has not been absent or tardy in two years. | (Other good attendance records will be published as they are report ed to The Star). Mrs. Sara Roberts Buried On Sunday; | Died Saturday Morn Funeral Services for Aged I.ady Held Sunday Afternoon At Elizabeth Church. Funeral services for Mrs. Sara Roberts, wife of the late William Roberts, were conducted Sunday af ternoon at 2 o’clock at the Eliza beth Baptist church, of which she was a member, by Rev. H. E. Wal drop. Mrs. Roberts, who was 74 years of age, died about 5:15 Saturday morning at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. J. C. Blanton, southeast of town. She had been ill for sever al weeks. The deceased had a wide family connection, was a lovable Christian woman, and highly re spected by all who knew her during her long and useful life. Seven children survive as follows: Messrs. Will M. and Bob Roberts, of Shelby; and Tom Roberts, of Weirsdale, Florida; Mrs. Frank Hord, of Waco; Mrs. Eddins Rob erts, Mrs. J. C. Blanton and Mrs. j Clarence B. Cabaniss, all of Shelby. Much Interest In School Track Meet Boys And Girls Of Grammar Grades To Compete Wednesday Afternoon. Students in the grammar grades of the Shelby schools are keyed up few their first big athletic event Wednesday afternoon at the city park when the students, boys and girls, of the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh grades, will stage a big track meet. For the boys there will be 50 and 100 yards dashes, a relay race, pole vault, etc. The girls will run in 50 yard races, relay raeps, three-leg ged races, and other events. Points will be awarded individually and under the units of the six schools. Griffin Appointed On College Board Dispatches from Raleigh state that Supt. I. C. Griffin, of Slielby, has been reappointed by Governor Gardner to the board of trustees of the Winston-Salem Teachers col lege Other members of the board are- Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, Win ston-Salem; J. D. Humphreys. Dan bury; A. D. Folger, Dobson; and P. W. Gildewell, Reidsville HERE ARE THOSE SHELBY CHAMPS Above is the first published photograph of Casey Morris’ young baseball team at Shelby high, which last Saturday won the western championship and will neat Saturday play Kaeford in Chapel Hill for Shelby's third state title. Reading left to right, front row (kneeling): Harrelson, lb; Hullck, utility outfielder; Mc Swain, outfielder; Queen, pitcher; Bridges, second baseman. Middle Row, left to right: Bumgardner, center fielder; Farris, catcher; Moore, pitcher; Gold, third baseman; Hamrick, pitcher; Poston, rightflelder; Lee, captain and shortstop. Back row, left to right: Allan Suttle, assistant manager; Charles Switier, assistant manager; Teel, pitcher; Daybcrry, pitcher; Silvers, catcher; Ralph Gardner, manager; Casey Morris, coach. Rippy, leftf(elder, was not present when the photo was made. (Star Photo by EUis Studio.) “Jones Place” Sidewalk Last Building Of Dorsey Regime Nelson Boys Back For First Visit Here In 20 Years Lloyd And Theodore Nelson, Natives Of Town, Sec Many Changes Made. After an absence of 25 years from Shelby, Lloyd and Theodore Nelson, made their first return visit to the town of their nativity on Friday and were astonished to see all the evidences of improvement and growth on every hand. Both are married and brought their wives who were here for the first time. Lloyd is district passenger agent for the Atlanta and West Point and the Western railway of Alabama-Georgia railroads, while Theodore has an equally lucrative position with the Western Union Telegraph Co. Both live in Atlanta. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Nelson who lived in a large two story house and operated a store on the site of the present O. E. Ford Co. store. The Nelson children were all boys, five or six in niunber and the en vironment of the railway station inclined them to some phase of railroad work. Practically all of them picked up telegraphy at the local station. The Nelson boys were shown about Shelby by their old friend, Thad Ford. When they lived here there were just a few houses north of the S. A. L. railroad and the Belmont cotton mill was the south ern limit of town. They met and renewed acquaintance with quite a few people whom they knew here 25 years ago. City workman Saturday complet ed what is likely to be the last con struction work of the Dorsey ad ministration in Shelby when they finished the new sidewalk on the southeast side of ‘‘Jones Place” the street which joins East Warren and East Marion street, running from the jail on East Warren to the in tersection with East Marion and the Cleveland Springs load at the Sisk residence. The sidewalk job there w-as han dled by the same plan as has been other paving and sidewalk work under the administration, with the property owners paying half of the cost and the city doing its own construction thus saving any direct expense to the city, Harrill Back With Greensboro Outfit Tommy Harrill, former State college baseball star and a Cleve land county boy, is back with the Greensboro club in the Piedmont League after having been loaned to the Kinston team of the Eastern Carolina League for 10 days. On his first day back he played centerfleld for Greensboro and was one of the hitting leaders in the 10 to 2 vic tory over Henderson. Memorial Services At Buffalo Sunday Memorial services will be held Sunday, May 26, at the Buffalo Baptist church. There will be an address in the morning by Rev. R. R. Cook, dinner on the grounds, and a sermon by the pastor. Rev. H. E. Waldrop, in the afternoon. Papa Patching Pants To Put Finery On Girls, Figures Show New York.—Papa is cutting down on his wardrobe and getting to work to provide more luxuries for mamma and the girls, enabling them to keep up with the fast changing styles in women's clothes, it would appear from an analysis by the Merchants association of the 1927 United States cens'is of manu facturers based on a comparison of 1925 and 1927 figures. In New York City, where 92 per cent of all the garments made in the state is manufactured, the val ue of the output in factories mak ing men's and boys’ clothing drop ped from $379,000,000 in 1925 to $360,000,000 in 1927, while the value of the output of women's clothing factories rose from $1,008,000,000 to $1,145,000,000. These figure? bear out information from the c'othing trade that men are showing a tendency to economize on their clothing, ac cording to the Merchants' associa tion. The value of the output of shirts dropped from *70,000,000 to *60, 000,000, but the output of women’s furs climbed from *206,000,0000 to $256,000,000, the value of fancy and miscellaneous articles went up *4, 000,000, and the production of per furmery, cosmetics and toilet prep arations in New York city jumped from $44,000000 to *72.000.000. The drop of *10,000,000 in the city's manufacture of musical in struments is attributed to increasing use of the radio. The decrease from *117,000.000 to $89,000,000 of tobacco products and the drop from 366 plants in 1925 to 304 plants in 1927 making cigarettes, cigars, pipes, to bacco and snuff is not believed to be due-to a decrease in consump tion. The four leading industries in New York, according to the analy sis, are apparel, food and beverage products, printing and publishing and the maal industries Europeans Visit Shelby Tuesday Sixty or morr people, repres enting 58 Rotary clubs In Eng land, Belgium, Switzerland and other countries, will make a short visit to Shelby tomorrow while en route to the Interna tional Rotary convention at Dallas, Texas. The European party, compos ed of many notables and mem bers of their family, will reach Cleveland Springs about 3:30 in the afternoon and will stop there about- 20 minutes, long enough for the customary afternoon English tea to be served them by the Shelby Rotary club. Messrs. Carl Thompson, John Dover and C. B. McBrayer form the official welcoming commit tee of the Rotary club but other citizens of the town are urged to go out to the hotel and greet the English party. Veteran Of War, Paul Putnam, Dies In Tenn. Hospital Had Bern III For Many Months. Body Arrives Here This Afternoon. Mr. Paul Putnam, 29-year-old veteran of the World War, died last night about 11 o'clock in the gov ernment hospital for veterans at Johnston City, Tennessee according to a message received by relatives here. The body will arrive by train this afternoon at 5:30 ard will be taken to the home of his brother, Mr. B. C. Putnam. Arrangements are not complete but It Is thought that the funeral services will be held at Mt. Sinai church Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Putnam, who served in the United States navy during the war, had been sick most of tile time since the war, contracting tuber culosis during the conflict. He had been seriously ill at Johnston City seven or eight months prior to his death, and was a patient at the Oteen veterans hospital at Ashe ville before going to the Johnston City hospital. The deceased Is survived by one daughter, Anna Betty, nine years old, who lives in Philadelphia. Mrs. Putnam died several years ago. The -deceased veteran was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Monroe Putnam, of the Mount Sinai sec tion. and is also survived by two sisters and six brothers as follows: Mrs, Nick Sanders. Shelby: Miss Dovey Putnam, Rutherfordton: P. H. Putnam. Lockhart, S. C.; B. C. and L. Y. Putnam, of Shelby; F. B. Putnam, of the Mt. Sinai section; S. G. Putnam, of Durham, and Guy Putnam, of Vermont. Mass. The young veteran was a popular young man and had a host of friends here who will regret to hear of his passing. Dr. and Mrs. Ben Gold and baby have returned from Baltimore where Dr. Gold attended a clinic for a fortnight. Mr. Burette Teague, of Charlotte, spent the week-end in Shelby. Shelby Team Plays Raeford Saturday; Win Western Title Special Train For Championship Game Planned In Shelby Fans, Band Members And Players May Make Round Trip For 15. Plans underway here today Indicate that a special train may be operated over the South ern from Shelby to Chapel Hill and back Saturday for the Shelby-Raeford baseball came for the high school cham pionship of North Carolina. Whether or not the spe cial will run will be definitely known by Wednesday, but It is likely that there will be a spe cial. The running of the special de ends for the most, part on the i’umber of people who plan to at <end. One hundred and twenty-five fares will be needed. It Is said, to assure the train. Although a defi nite price has not been fixed it Is estimated that the round trip fare will be something like $5—cheaper than by auto for a large number of people. Furthermore it Is argued that enough automobiles could hardly be secured to take down the basebal team and the high school band even though only a few fans accompanied the team. Talk about town indicates that at least 100 fans hope to attend and if that many will go by the special train nlong with the team and band the necessary number for the train will be secured. Only one day, it is said would be required to see the game with the trip made by train, leaving here about 6:30 Saturday morning and returning about midnight. Shelby won the right to play in the state finals by defeating Win ston at Concord Saturday, while Raeford won the eastern cham pionship by defeating Clayton at Fayetteville In a 11-inning game last Friday. Those who desire to go by special train. If secured, should get In touch with Mr. Wythe Royster. Eaker Was Bridge Builder For Many Years For Railroad Citizen Of Shelby Who Died Last Week Built Bridges For 36 Yean. Older citizens of Shelby, familiar with the early construction of rail roads throughout the section, recall that Mr. A. P. Eaker, Shelby man who died last week at the age of 74 years, perhaps built more bridges and railway trestles in this section of North Carolina than any other man, and for many years he was known as "The Bridge Build er.’’ In 1888 Mr. Eaker moved to Shelby from Buffalo and began work with the Southern Railway bridge construction forces. For 31 years he was with the Southern road building bridges, and for the majority of the time he was bridge construction foreman between Char leston and Marion. Then for five years he was bridge foreman with the Seaboard road. Just how many bridges and trestles he erected or helped erect in those 36 years is not known, but few trains travel in and out of this section which do not run over a bridge that the late Shelby citizen helped con struct. Built County Bridges. Following the disastrous Hood or 1916, in which practically all of the bridges In Cleveland county were washed away, Mr. Eaker who then had retired from the railroad serv ice was secured by the county com missioners to rebuild the county bridges, and today many of the bridges used were constructed by him. In the account of Mr. Baker’s death published last Friday the name of one son. Andrew, was in advertently ommitted. Highs Will Meet Belmont Tomorrow If the weather permits Shelby people will get to see Casey Morris’ western champions in action again before they play for the state title in Raleigh Saturday. A game has been scheduled by Ralph Gardner, jteam manager, to be played here Tuesday afternoon between the Belmont Abbey prep team and the i Shelby outfit Hamrick Hurls Morris’ Boys To Western Championship Over Winston In Concord. In creeping out ahead of Winston Salem by a 4-1 scora In a nerve wracking pitchers’ battle at Con cord Saturday afternoon Oaaey Mor ris’ Shelby highs established a rec ord for the books in winning the western Carolina baseball title for the third time. Two times In the past, once five years ago and again four years ago. the Shelby team has won the weetem title and then backed up both wins by copping the state title twice in Chapel HilL Sat urday of this week the local lads travel to Chapel Hill hoping to bag the state crown for the third time to go along with their three western titles. The western championship game was one of thrills, unusual plays, and at periods scintillating perform ancos for school boys despite the fact that two showers of rain hamp ered speedy play on the part of both teams. Great Hurling. Standing out above all other per formances of the day was the mound work of the two opposing pitchers, Sherrill Hamrick, who has turned in six title victories in a row lor Shelby; and Capt. Livengood, bril liant fast-ball pitcher lor the Twin City outfit By striking out sight men Hamrick maintained his rec ord for the year in striking out seven or more batters per game, but in the department of strikeouts the hard-working Shelby hurler was outclassed by the work of Llven good who whiffed 13 Shelby batters The last four innings were played in a semi-darkness and Liven - good's last ball could hardly be seen. However, Hamrick was the same old cool Hamrick In the pinches and it was In that man ner he stilled the title hopes of the Winston group. The seven hits he gave up were widely scattered ex cept lor two In a row In the ninth inning and when men were on bases he generally stopped all rallies lay striking out the next batters. But it was the hectic last Inning that Hamrick rose to the heights of high school lame when his supporting cast seemed ipady to crack behind him after Winston had two on with two straight hits and bad advanced the two runners to second and third on & sacrifice fly. He forced the next hitter to send a high fif to Rippy. and then with Cook, Win ston's big centerfielder and heaviest hitter, at bat, a man on third and a man on second the Shelby stands were breathless. It seemed near impossible to halt the frantic Twin City rally without a tied score, or at least one or two runs, but Ham rick’s wide hook began working and for the third time he struck out the big center gardener. Such was the dramatic climax that the stands and the majority of the players were dazed for several minutes be ing unable to comprehend that the game was over and that the husky righthander had won for his team a title. The hitting of Bridges, Haarrel son, Poston and Lee featured for Shelby, while Clodfelter secured three of Winston’s seven hits. Great running catches in center and left field by Rippy and Bumgardner rivalled a remarkable jumping catch by Lee on short lor fielding honors. How It Happened. Bridges, lirst hitter up for Shelby in the opening frame, cracked out a double, but Bumgardner strucjc out and Gold and Lee went out on long flys. Cook Winston’s first bat ter, duplicated the Bridges’ stunt, and smacked out a two-bagger but Hamrick struck out the next, and the two following flew out to Rippy with neither team scoring in the first. In the second Inning Liven good struck out two Shelby hitters and the third rolled out. iB Win ston’s half of the second Clodfelter secured a hit, but Hamrick struck out Carter and Lee tossed out the others at first. The first score came in the third when “Rooster’* Bridges slammed out his second hit in two times up and scored on • Whitey” Bumgardner'* screaming double between third and short. Winston secured another hit to {Continued an page two.1 A Birth. Mr. and Mrs. Calen Gettys, of Charlotte announce the birth of a nine and a quarter pound son. Bom May 12. Mother and baby are doing nicely.