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VOL. XXXV, No. 62
THE CLEVELAND STAR
SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1929. Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Afternoons
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LATENEWS
The Markets.
Cotton, pe rpound .... 18c
Cotton Seed, per bu. ..- 48c
Fair And Warmer.
Today’s North Carolina Weather
Report: Mostly fair tonight and
Saturday. Somewhat warmer in ex
treme west portion tonight.
Graham School
Wins City Wide
TrackMeetHere
Field Day And Track Events For
Grammar Grade Youngsters
Is Big Occasion.
The Graham school track team
took leading honors in the grammar
grade field day held Wednesday
afternoon at the city athletic field
with the Washington school rank
ing second.
With two boys, J. B. Ellis and
Stewart James, taking first place
in all events, the Graham school
piled up a total of 56 points in tak
ing first place. The Washington
school youngsters cornered 20
points, Jefferson school made 16
points, Marion school 14 points,
Morgan four points, and LaFayette
school one point.
The event, the first of its type
staged for all the grammar grade
children of Shelby drew large
crowds of children and parents to
the park, and those along the side
lines were well rewarded by excep
tional ability shown in some of the
contests, particularly in the pole
vault.
How They Won.
The winners were as follows in
the events for boys:
100 yard dash—J. B. Ellis, Graham
school, first; Graham school second,
Marion school third.
Relay race—J. B. Ellis, Stewart
James, Zeb Mauney and Wade
Vaughn, of Graham school, first:
Jefferson school second, Marion
school third.
Pole vault—Stewart James, Gra
ham school, first; Washington
school second, Marion school third.
Running high jump—Stewart
James, Graham school, first; Mar
ion school second, Washington
school third.
Running broad jump—J. B. Ellis,
Graham school, first; Graham
school second, Washington school
third.
In the events for the girls the
winners were:
Sixty yard dash—Rachel Connor,
Graham school, first; Washington
second, Morgan third.
Three legged race — Cornelia
Sparks and Lucile Whisnant, Wash
ington school, first; Morgan second
and Marion third.
Sack race—Bernice Miller, Jeffer
son school, first; Washington school
second, LaFayette third.
Walking race—Annie Ruth Del
linger, Graham school, first; Jef
ferson school second, Washington
third.
Relay race — Rachel Connor,
Gwendolyn Dellinger, Pauline Bak
er, and Virginia Mintz. of Graham
school, first; Marion school second,
and Jefferson third.
Mr*. Taylor Buried
At Sunset Thursday
Wife Of South Shelby Merchant
Enl Wednesday Eve
ning Late,
Mrs. J. Ij. Taylor, wife or a well
known South Shelby merchant,
died late Wednesday as a result of
heart trouble. She had suffered
with her heart for a long time but
had been sick for only a short peri
od prior to her death.
Funeral services were conducted
at the residence yesterday afternoon
at 2 o’clock with Rev. Rush Pad
gett, of the Second Baptist church,
officiating. Interment was in Sun
«et cemetery.
The deceased is survived by her
husband and several children.
Hagley Moving His
Tailor Shop Here
William Hagley, who was In the
bank crash, since which time hav
ing made headquarters with the
Vickery plumbing establishment,
has removed to a permanent loca
tion on LaFayette street, south of
Warren. He announces he is install
ing a new and complete dry clean
ing plant, to conduct in connection
with his regular altering and press
ing business.
Graham School Gets
Star Spelling Cup
In spelling off the tie resulting
from the first spelling contest in
the city schools Graham school won
The Cleveland Star spelling cup by
defeating Washington school. The
second, third, fifth and seventh
grades of the Graham school were
winners, while'the fourth and sixth
grades of the Washington school
won.
New Marriage
Law May Stop
Local Weddings
Very Few Marriage License* Sold
Here Now. New Law Takes
Effect July 1.
Come another month or so
wedding: bells may be heard so
seldom In Cleveland county that
the youngsters coining up may
Cain the idea that it Is against
the law to be manied here.
In the last two years the num
ber of couples purchasing their
license in this county has dwin
dled month by month until it is
an unusual thing for more than '
five couples to secure license
here in one month. Which is to
say that since the law passed
requiring physical examination
before marriage in this state
and also a boost in the price of
license more than seventy-five
per cent of the young couples
in the county have been motor
ing to South Carolina to be
married.
And on July the first another
new North Carolina law may
send the small percentage be
ing married at home now away
for the ceremony. This new
law will require that couples
under 21 years of age who are
planning to get married must
file such a notice publicly with
the register of deeds five days
prior to the issuance of license
unless the couple is accompanied
by their parents.
“I've sold only two licenses
this month, both to colored
couples," says Register of Deeds
A. F. Newton, “and I guess by
this time in July I will be do
ing well to have sold even one."
Method Using
Road Coin Not
Worked Oat Yet
$35,430 Will Be Used, Ilowever To
Lower, Road Expense In
Count).
Just how the #35430 Cleveland
county will receive from the new
one-cent addition gis tax for high
ways will be used has not been de
cided definitely as yet by the coun
ty commissioners.
“One thing about it is that we
will certainly find a way to use
it,’’ County Manager A. E. Cline
stated, "and it will be used to lower
the cost of highway upkeep on the
part of taxpayers.”
Two methods of using the fund
tendered the county by the state
have been talked but neither has
been decided upon. Cue plan is that
the entire sum go to the mainte
nance of highways thus eliminating
that portion of the road tax which
is assessed for yearly upkeep of the
roads, while the other plan talked
would be to apply the money to
the road indebtedness and thus
reduce the tax assessed for inter
est on road indebtedness. By this
plan it is argued that the highway
debts of the county would be gradu
ally eliminated and eventually the
fund each year could be used to
cover the annual upkeep.
The Chain Gang?
The proposed legislative act to
abolish the No. 6 chain gang never
became a lawT but for a couple of
months there has been a movement
upon the part of some with the aim
of making the chain gang a county
institution instead of a township af
fair. This movement a'though talk
ed considerably has never materi
alized into official action.
Princess Secures The
Vitaphone-Movietone
The Princess theatre Is announc
ing in a half page advertisement in
The Star today the opening next
Wednesday of the newly installed
Vitaphone and Movietone. A pic
ture starring Dolores Costello—
"Glorious Betsy,”—Warner Brothers
celebrated Vitaphone picture, will be
the opening attraction.
The Princess in installing both
the Vitaphone and Movietone is
going in one hundred per cent for
the latest motion picture entertain
ment. The Beams told The Star they
are seeking the very best, and to
give their patrons this class of serv
ice, are subscribing for both the
great modern inventions.
Both the Vitaphone and Movie
tone instruments have been tried
out, and it is said, have given per
fect renditions. The public will be
given an opportunity to pass on this
top notch equipment next Wednes
day.
Hoover Picks Representative Committee
The National Law Enforcement Commis
sion, which was picked by President Hoover
and will serve without pay, is being spoken of
as entirely representative, since the members
favor none of the radical elements of the ques
tions with which they will have to deal. Above
are six of the eleven who form the commis
sion. Top, left to right, Judge Paul J. McCor
mick of Los Angeles, Cal., Southern District
Judge of California; Roscoe Pound of Cam
[ bridge. Mass., dean of Harvard Law School,
and Newton D. Baker of Cleveland, Ohio, for
mer Secretary of War; and below, left to right,
are Judge William S. Kenyon of Fort Dodge,
Iowa, former U. S. Senator and a U. S. Circuit
Court of Appeals Judge; Henry W. Anderson,
Richmond, Va., former special assistant to the
Attorney-General of the United States, and
George W. Wickcrsham of New York City,
Attorney-General in the Taft Administration,
who will head the commission. ‘
(International Ne»*reel>
Bailey To Oppose Simmons;
Anti-Smith Thinks G. 0. P.
Will Stand Behind Senator
Jaeiah Bailer Mar Be Democratic
Candidate. Mason Sees Re
publican Behind Simmons.
Charlotte. May 24—Judge Ike
Meekins is wise In nis hesitation to
resign his federal judgeship and be
come the Republican candidate for
the United States senate in opposi
tion to Senator Simmons, E. L.
Mason, prominent Anti-Smith lead
er here last fall, stated as his opin
ion. His idea was that enough Re
publicans would vote for Simmons
to make the Meekins candidacy al
most as forlorn a hope as under
former political conditions.
“A large number of Republic
ans have talked to me about this,"
Mr. Mason said, “and they say they
are going to vote foi Simmons.”
“ ‘Simmons stuck by us when his
help counted, and new we are go
ing to stick by him when he needs
us,’ is the way they talk," he con
tinued.
He and they referred to the sen
ator’s port in the Anti-Smith cam
paign of last year which resulted
in North Carolina's going nationally
Republican. Mr. Mason said that
he was not attempting to speak
for the Republican pcrty as a whole
in North Carolina, but was ex
pressing personal -views which re
sulted from conversations with in
dividual Republicans.
Local Democracy ha : not yet made
up its mind to be fully in accord on
the Simmons candiaacy and prob
ably never will. Among the leaders
is a group which, while fighting
for party regularity last fall, would
be much pleased for the regular
Democrats to accept Simmons for
renomination and reelection next
year despite his bolt last year, this
in the interest of harmony and
Democratic stablization.
Whether that influence will carry
weight is not yet apparent in the
slowly developing pclitical situa
tion, but politicians were inclined
to regard it as probable that the
Democratic organization would ac
(Continued on page eleven.)
Musical Program At
Kiwania Club Here
Shelby Kiwanians enjoyed a fine
musical program a! Cleveland
Springs last night with Mr. Josh J.
Lattimore in charge of the pro
gram. Vocal selections were given
by Mrs. Louis Lattimore, a gifted
singer, with Miss Ethel Elmore as
accompanist. Miss Elmore also gave
a couple of piano sclos.
Following the regular meeting a
committee of the club met to ar
range for the banquet next Thurs
day night for the Shelby High grad
uating class, the championship base
ball team and band.
Forest City Chief
Gets Snake On Hook
Forest City.—Who was it that said
there was nothing new under the
sun?
John T. Poole, lire chief of this
city, caught a three and a lialf-foot
water moccasin snake with a reel
and rod in Lake Lure, while on a
fishing trip recently. It is said by
those who claim to know that it is
never possible to catch a snake on a
fish hook, that they won't "bite
that way.” If this is so, Mr.
Poole can claim the honor of be
ing the first person to ever catch a
snake with a fishing line, for he has
plenty of witnesses tc prove that
this particular snake did ‘‘take the
bait” like a hungry fish, swallowed
the bait and was caught with the
hook in its mouth.
Masons Here Elect
New Officers Tonight
Shelby Masons at a regular meet
ing of Cleveland lodge 202 A. F. &
A. M. tonight at the Masonic tem
ple will elect their new officers for
the year. All local Masons arc urg
ed to attend the meeting.
Road Routing Hanging Fire
The routing of the new highway
18 from Shelby to Gaffney insofar
as the interested citizens in south
ern Cleveland county are concerned
Is still "up in the air” with no hint
being given as yet as to where the
routing will be when it comes down
to earth and traverses the cotton
fields from the Shelby limits to
the state line.
The engineering party making
the survey, with whom the final
decision as to the route will likely
be made, completed their .surveying
of two or* three routes and desert
ed the county early in the week for
Charlotte. Before leaving no mem
ber of the party gave any of the
citizens an idea as to how the high
way would be routed, nor have
highway officials had anything to
say or do about the matter except
to listen at times to the Cleveland
county citizens who are consider
ably stirred up about the route.
A delegation of county people, it
is said, may confer with engineers
within the next week at which time
they hope to be given some assur
ance as to the routing.
Plow Handles Bring
End To Hollis Man
Walter Gettys Struck By Handle*
In Abdomen Die* En Route
To Hospital.
Rutherfordton.—Walter Gettys, 40,
eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Jeff
Oettys, of near Hollis, met a most
unusual death recently, It wao
learned here today.
About ten days ago he was plow
ing in the field on his farm when
the handles of the plow struck
hint in the abdomen. He went
on about his work not realizing
that he was aerious'v injuied but
complained of pain.
He became seriously ill one- night
last week and the next morning
his brother started with him to
the Rutherford hospital, but he died
within four miles of his home.
Funeral services and burial were
held at Big Springs Baptist churcn
with Rev. W. M. Gold in charge.
He is survived b/ his parents, one
brother and three sisters.
Sam Lattimore Back
On State Farm Board
Governor Re-appoints Two Mem
ben And Adds Two Master
Farmers.
Raleigh, May 24 —Governor O.
Max Gardner yesterday added two
“Master Farmers” to the state
board of agriculture, v.'hich has be
come of increasing importance un
der the policy of this administra
tion to paramount agriculture.
The two men. who have been
given the distinction of “master
farmer” by the North Carolina
State college named to the board
yesterday were Charles Cates, of
Alamance. representing the fifth
district, and George W. Trask, of
New Hanover, representing the
sixth district.
Mr. Cates who is a past president
of the State Farmers’ convention
and who lias built up a large Indus
try as the manufacturer of home
grown pickles, succeeds the late R
W. Scott, also of A’amance. who
was also a “master farmer.” Mr.
Trask, who ts one o. the largest
truckers in the s’ate. succeeds
George K. Grantham. Dunn drug
gist.
Governor Gardner also reappoint
ed yesterday W. A. Brown, of Pen
der, of the third district; and S. C.
Lattimore, of Clevelard. who suc
ceeded Governor Gardner as the
board member from the ninth dis
trict.
Representatives of the other six
districts continue on the board, ap
pointments being for six years
each.
First Baptist Church.
Sunday at the First Baptist
church the pastor. Dr. Zeno Wall
will preach on "Tli? Loneliness of
Christ” at 11 o’clock and a> eight
o'clock his subject v ill be “Over
coming Life's Handicaps.'
r
Big Percentage
Teacher* Here
Are Resigning
It I* likely that not more
than 50 per cent of the pres
ent Shelby high school facul- j
ty will be back neat year, ac- j
cording to reports reaching
The Star today telling of ,
numerous resignations.
The cutting of teachers'
salaries to the state schedule I
basis together ntth the fact
that many of the teachers
haTe received more renumera
tive offers elsewhere, due to
their training under Supt. I.
Griffin, Is considered re
sponsible.
According lo one ciiitetr in
close touch with the school
situation more than 40 per
cent of the high school teach
ers have accepted work else
where for neat year while
more than 13 per cent of the
present elementary teachers
will not return,
_i
School Finals
Underway Here
Monday Night
Junior-Senior Banquet Monday
Night. Sermon Wednesday
Mfht. Finals Friday.
Commencement sea?on gets un
derway at the Shelby high school
Monday night of next week, while
this week is examination week, the
examinations continuing over into
the final week.
The first event of the commence
ment program comes Monday night
in the annual Junior-Senior ban
quet, one of the colorful highlights
of the finals, which will be held at
Cleveland Springs hotel.
On Wednesday night Rev. H. N.
McDiarmld, Presbyterian pastor,
will preach the annual se-mon to
the graduates at the First Baptist
church, Thursday night the Ki
wanls club will give the yearly ban
quet to the graduating class.
Gardner Speaks.
On Friday night will come the
graduation exercises, the awarding
of diplomas, medals, and certifi
cates, and the literary address by
Governor O. Max Gardner, his son
being the president of the senior
class.
Young Golfer From
Shelby Going Good
On Charlotte Links
"Snook” Webb Topped By Only Six
Golfers In Two States On
First Day.
Fred (Snook* Webb, kid brother
of Shelby's golf champion, Pete
Webb, Is in Charlotte this week
blazing his own trail towards a
championship on the Charlotte
Country club cours-.
Yesterday in the qualifying
rounds of the Charlotte invitation
tournament, in which the cream of
the golfers of the two Carollnas are
playing, young Webb turned In a
score of 80 in the qualifying 18
holes and was sixth man in the
list of 74. Tully Blair, Greensboro
champion, and Ed Reid, of Char
lotte, had the low score of the day
with 76. Of the five golfers ahead
of young Webb all <<f them except
Blair, two-state champion several
times, were Charlotte men and ac
customed to playing the course reg
ularly. Webbs play placed him in
the first flight today and at 11
o'clock this morning he started on
his second 18 holes in match play
with S. T. Henderson, of Charlotte,
who made 83 yesterday, as his op
ponent.
Others In.
Other Shelby golfers in the
qualifying round were Willis Mc
Murry, who made an 85, and H. C.
(Shorty) Long who turned in a 95
card. McMurry is playing in the
second flight today at 9:50 with R
B. Ham, while Long is in the third
flight playing againut J. H. Howell
Rotarians Here Of
Conventions Coming
The Shelby Rotary club at Its
luncheon today was addressed by
Postmaster J. H. Qhinn who told of
the North Carolina postmasters’
convention which assembles in Shel
by next month, and by Capts. J. P.
Jenkins and Roberts, who gave in
formation about the state encamp
ment of Spanish-American war vet
erans in July. At the conclusion of
the luncheon the club forwarded a
telegram to Casey Morris end his
Shelby high baseball team at
Chapel Hill informing the western
champs that the club was expect
ing them to bring home the town's
third state title.
Shelby Highs Leave
For Title Contest;
Run Special Train
Will McNeill Sop
Hitters Of Shelby?
Eastern Champion* Will Send Re
markable Tram Against Morrl*'
Hoy* Saturday.
Harford, May 24-—Coach Hod
gin, whose Harford high tram
ha* won 19 gamr* this .vrar, ha*
hi* charges groomed for thr
stair championship tilt with
Shelby at Chapel Hill Saturday.
Thr local mrntor witnrasrd
thr Shrlby-WInston-Salrm gamr
last wrrk and rrallirs thr stiff
opposition his sluggers will mert
in Hamrick, Shelby mound are.
However. Hunk McNeill, local
hurling star, is in fine shape.
Sis of the locals are batting
over .300 while McNeill and
Kogrrs arc hitting well over .400.
Chick Doak, N. C. State coach,
who officiated in the locals'
Eastern title gamr with Clayton
was loud in praise of McNeill,
stating that he had yet to see a
better high school pitcher and
all-around athlete.
Team Star Able To
Play In Big Game
Cline Owrns Lee. captain and
outstanding star of the Shelby High
baseball team. wiU do In the lineup
tomorrow afternoon tit. the game
with Raeford for the state title un
less he becomes sick or something
happens to him prior to that time.
Tuesday Lee was not feeling good
and was permitted to rest by Coach
Morris rather than cxirt himself In
the Belmont Abbe/ game and his
absence from the lineup caused a
pessimistic report to be circulated
that he would be unable to play to
morrow. But the Shelby captain
took his regular practice yesterday
afternoon and left with the team
this morning.
Drug Stores Will
Get Game Returns
Several Shelby drtg stores and
business houses will receive accounts
of Saturday's Shclby-Raeford title
baseball game in Raleigh, while at
Stephenson's store the game will be
brought in by half innings.
List Of Parents
In Hospital Here
The following are now patients at
the Shelby hospital:
Mr. J. L. Smith, Shelby; Mrs.
Burgan Hamrick, Shelby, R-2: Mrs.
C. S. Caveny, Shelby; Mrs. W. J.
Roberts, Shelby; M-s. Walter Fan
ning, Shelby; Mrs. B. T. Lazenby,
Shelby; Mrs. O. S. Freeman, Shelby;
Miss Violet Patrick. Shelby; Mrs.
W. F. Wilson, Shelby; Mr. J, L
Parker, Shalby; Mies Charlotte
Beverly. Shelby; Mrs Sam Black.
Cherryville; Mr. Leo B. Weathers,
Shelby; Mrs. Call Thompson
and daughter, Shelby: Mrs. R.
M. Ross. Kings Mountain R-4; Mrs.
Edgar Oaks, Shelby; Mrs. Beulah
Sanders. Shelby; M s WiU Leigh,
Patterson Springs; Mrs. Nan Turn
er. Kings Mountain: Mrs. D. L
Troutman. Shelby; Mrs. P. O
Moore, Shelby.
Ella Jay Harper (col.>, Shelby,
Eliza Ross and baby <col), Grover.
The Mexican rebellion seems to
be down to its last general.—Des
Moines Tribune-Capital.
Over Two Hundred Shelby People
To Make Chapel Hill Trip
On Special.
Coach Casey Morris and hhi
Shelby high baseball squad of
1.1 players left Shelby early thin
morning for Chapel Hill where
they play Raeford, eastern
champions, for the state high
school championship tomor
row afternoon at S o’clock.
At 6:45 in the morning a special
Southern Railway train will leave
Shelby with the Shelby high school
band and two hundred parents and
fans aboard. The tiaki trill leave
Forest City, wheat Ians of that
town will board the Shelby special,
at 6:30, and along the route base
ball fans of other towns and cities
will be picked up. The train will
reach Chapel Hill before noon, and
will start the return trip soon after
the game, arriving back In Shelby
before midnight.
Practice Today.
Coach Morris carried his town an
ahead of the train so that the boys
might practice this afternoon on
Emerson field where the game will
be played. All members of the squad
were in good condition and full of
fight in their determination to brine
the state title to Slielby for the
third time.
Information out of Chapel Rill
gives the Morris’ team a slight edge,
but hereabouts fans are of the opin
ion that Raeford will give the locals
the toughest game or the year. The
eastern champions are coached by
Billy Hodgina, fanner Davidson star
and coach at Mt. Holly a few yean’
back when Chick Outen and other
famous Mt. Holly players were re
ceiving their first training.
Raeford has won 19 straight
games this year much through the
remakable all around play of their
star pitcher. Dunk McNeill. In ad
dition to ranking among the best
pitchers of the state McNeill is ths
leading hitter on the Raeford team.
Refreshment Car,
By an arrangement with R, H.
Graham, Southern official, the
baggage car on the special train
leaving Shelby tomorrow will be
used as a refreshment ear from
which members of the high school
band will sell refreshments, sand
wiches and lunches In order to de
fray the expenses of the bend to
the big game.
Just how many Shelby people,
students and grown-ups will be on
the train when it pulls out early in
the morning cannot be told, but
school officials have already been
assured that near 300 will go and
from the interest being shown about
town the special may haul 300 or
more Shelby people.
Children Half Fare.
To clear up some misunderstand
ing about the rates on the special
train to Chapel Hill was announc
ed today by Mr. Vernon Proctor, of
the Southern office here, that Shel
by children between the ages of five
and 12 years may mske the trip to
Chapel Hill and back for half fare,
or $2.50. Children under If accom
panied by grown-ups may go free.
Some Records.
Incidentally if Shelby should win
the title clash the echoed will be In
a tie with Clayton, recently de
feated by Raeford, In holding the
state title three times. Teams that
have won the event in the past
have been Sylvan. 1914, 1915; Clay
ton, 1916; Cherryville, 1917; Win
ston-Salem. 1918; Red Oak, 1919:
Clayton, 1922; Pomona. 1923; Shelby
1924-25; Clayton. 1926; Winston
Salem, 1927; and Forest City 1928.
World War Vets Of This Section
Urged To File Bonus Applications
Veterans or the World war in this
section who have not filed their
applications for their bonus should
[ do so at once as the time will soon
I be up for applications to get in, ac
cording to Congressman Chas. A.
Jonas who has written Mike H.
Austell, commander of the local
legion post urging him to see that
veterans in this section file right
away.
The Jonas letter follows:
"Approximately four hundred
thousand veterans of the World war
have failed to file application for
adjusted service certificates (com
monly known as the 'bonus,') which
law was passed by congress on May
19, 1924.
The time within which these ap
plications must be filed will expire
during the year, and congress will
not likely extend the time, since It
has -already made one such exten
sion.
“Unuer this law all enlisted men
who served more than sixty days
are entitled to the bonus, the
amount being dependent upon the
length of service of the soldier.
“Veterans who have not filed ap
plication should do so now.
“If a veteran died either before
or since the enactment of this law
without making this application,
then the widow or children or the
dependent mother or father of the
veteran may apply for the amount
due them under this act.
“These applications must be filed,
however, or it will be too late.
“Please help me give this matter
publicity asking those desiring
information or application b.anks to
write me."