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12 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXV, No. 64 THE CLEVELAND STAR SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1929. Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Afternoons Bv mail, per year (In advance) $3.50 Carrier, per year Un advance) $3.00 LATE NEWS The Market*. Cotton, pe rpound _ 18c Cotton Seed, per bu. ...-48c Fair And Warm. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Generally fair and continu ed warm tonight and Thursday. Llndy Honeymooning. Where Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh (who was Miss Anne Morrow until Monday) are spending their honeymoon newspa permen and photographers were un able to learn yesterday. No one seems to have heard from, nor seen the young couple since they speed ed out of the Morrow estate at En glewood, N. .1., Monday afternoon at ,r. o'clock following their simple and unexpected marriage ceremony. Large Poultry Firm To Work This Area Now Philadelphia Firm To Locate Houses Throughout The Section. One In Shelby. The recent advance in poultry production and sales m Piedmont Carolina has attracted one of the country's largest poultry firms to the poultry opportunities of the sec tion. it was announced to The Stir yesterday by J. Udell, one of the owners of the Eagle Poultry com pany of Philadelphia. Mr. Udell here on a special visit of investigation announces hat his firm will open a main office in Wadesboro and will locate poulfy houses all along the Seaboard from Wadesboro to Ruthcrfordton. Big House Here. One of the largest, or central buying houses will be located in Shelby, he indicated. These houses located at the central towns in Cleveland. Lincoln, Gaston and Rutherford, will purchase poultry and eggs for carload shipments on all week days, and hereafter, it is pointed out, farmers who have been lining up for hours to load their poultry in cars may when the new organization gets to functioning drive to town sell their poultry and eggs in a few minutes and return home without a long wait. In addi tion to purchasing poultry and eggs the Eagle buying houses wnl handle, ha said, a complete line of poultry feed and supplies. The Eagle firm will begin work ing the section within a month or so. It is hoped, and the entrance into this field of one of the coun try's largest poultry firms Is con sidered a boost for the poultry in dustry of North Carolina and par ticularly this section which is row leading the state in poultry sales. Mr. Eddins Robert# Die# During Night; Funeral Held Today Found Dead In Bed Early Tuesday Morning. Burial At Eliia beth Church. Mr. James Eddins Roberts, 44 year-old citizen well known in Shel by and the surrounding section, died some time during the night Monday at his home on the old Kings Mountain road east of Shel by. Members of the family found him dead In bed early Tuesday morning. Although his sudden death was unexpected he had not been in good health for several years. The funeral services were con ducted this morning at 10:30 o'clock at the Elizabeth Baptist church with Rev. H. E. Waldrop officiating. Mr. Roberts joined the Elizabeth church 26 years ago. Surviving him are his wife, who before marriage was Miss Luna Roberts, and six children as fol lows: Paul, Josh, Eddie, Fred, Edna and Catherine. The deceased was the son of the late W. J. and Minnie Eddins Rob erts. and other survivors include his stepmother, Mrs. Mamie Roberts; two brothers, Will J. Roberts, of Shelby, and George Roberts, of Ak ron, Ohio; two half brothers, Ben Roberts, of Shelby. and Robert Roberts, of Charleston, S. C; four half sisters, all of Shelby, Mrs. Will Arey, Miss Sara Roberts, Mrs. Her bert Whisnant and Miss Ruth Rob erts. Native Of County Die# At Morganton Mr. I. I. Davis, Morgantor. s old est citizen and a native of Cleve land county, died at his home there yesterday evening at 6 o'clock. Fu neral services are to be held there this afternoon at 5 o'clock. Mr. Davis left Cleveland county soon after the Civil war and when he retired a few years ago he was Morganton's oldest merchant, and would have been 86 years of age next December. For over 50 years he had been a steward In the Mor ganton Methodist church, and in holding numerous offices of public trust he was known as the town's ‘grand old man.' Sheriff To Chase Slot Machines To Rid Cleveland County Of Ma chines Brought Over I.inr From Sooth Carolina. A war on the operation of slot machines in Cleveland county will be started next week by Sheriff Irvin M. Allen and his deputies, it was anounced at the court house today. "I want every store and service station owner in the county to have lair warning before I begin seizing these machines which are operated in violation of the laws of this state and county, for it is my opin ion," Sheriff Allen stated, that there are any number of people in the county operating these machines in their place of business not knowing that such is against the law. For that reason, in giving them a just break. I am announcing that be ginning next week all such machines illegally operated will be seized. Over From S. C. "Just a short time back South Carolina started a drive to rid that slate of slot machines and dozens of the machines, I have been in formed, were brought across the line to this state and set up. The drive is continuing down there and after having numerous complaints upon the part of Shelby and Cleve land county citizens I have decided to do all in my power to stop the operation of the machines in this county and the carrying of them over from South Carolina, for it is just as much against the law' to operate these machines illegally in this state as in South Carolina.” Complaints coming to the sher iff from men and women are that many people, including boys, put more money into the machines than can afford. Likewise it is a pre vailing belief about the court house that many of the owners of busi ness houses in the county have not stopped to think that the operation of slot machines for checks and money are illegal. Next week the drive begins. Stockingless Limbs Hit Shelby Streets New Fad Gets Us Tryout With Young Girls Here This Week. They're here, boys—and that classification of boys may be a bit broader in this instance than ia customary. This week, presumably for the first time, girls appeared bn Shelby streets sporting the latest fad, stockingless limbs other than short socks rolled down around neat an kles. The fad, style experts say, originated with a Hollywood ac tress and rapidly spread over the country, the bare limbs during warm weather being considered healthy. Some time back the short sock fad hit Shelby but the socks were worn with flesh colored hose. However, attention attracted upon the streets here yesterday did not come about because of flesh colored hese, but because of no hose at all. Father Of Shelby People Passes Away Gaffney.—Calvin Bright, 70-year old native of Cherokee couni y. died suddenly Sunday night about 8 o'clock at his home at Clifton. He had been in his usual health until seized by a sudden attack which proved fetal Funeral services were conducted at II o'clock Tuesday morning at Thompson Chapel. Interment fol lowed with Courtneys funeral home in charge. Mr. Bright, who was a retired farmer, is survived by his widow and the following children: Andrew, James and Frank Bright, of the Brickhouse place; Wade and Bud Bright, of Shelby; Major Bright of Clifton; Mrs. Ronea Sprou.s». Clif ton; Rnd Miss Sis Bright, of Shel by. A sister, Mrs. Tressy Blackwell, also survives. Rocks And Knife In Fight Between Boys A rork and a knife were freely used in a fight bet wen "Djnamite” Faust, white boy, and Tom Gath right, colored boy. m an alley of the uptown business section early Monday night. Faust received sev eral severe blows over the head v'hile the throat, ears, and face of the colored boy were so slashed that more than a dozen stitches were required to close the wounds. In county court the two boys were bound over to superior court. City Employes \ Curious About Saturday Morn Do We Remain Or Do We <«o? Is Query Among Them. Tuirling Situation. That popular ditty of other days, "Where Do We Go From Here?" Is being hummed mentally at all hours of the day about the City Hall now. On Saturday morning. June 1, just three days off, the Dorsey ad ministration takes the curtain and the McMurry regime makes its bow to Shelby. All of which is gen erally known, but that Is not the thing troubling city employes. So far, and insofar as anyone knows, no meeting, formal or in formal, has been held by the incom ing mayor and his aldermen. And| at a late hour yesterday no city; employe, department chief or what- ] rot, had been informed that he or she would be retained, or would be given the gate. Saturday Morning? It is a bit unusual, and naturally a bit disconcerting to those who amble up to the city clerk's desk on Saturday afternoons for their pay. One city employe reasons that he was employed by the present offi cials, but when the sun rises Sat urday morning the officials em ploying him will no longer be in office themselves, and the incom :ng officials have said nothing to him about coming back to work Saturday morning. "What am I going to do?" he asks Although none of them has made an official statement for publica tion it is understood that unless they hear something between this time and Saturday morning some of the present employes will come on the job as usual. Their reasoning is that It just will not do to let the fire trucks, the police beats, and the other city departments stand un maned during the change in ad ministrations. Others are not so sure about coming back. They are inclined to believe that the new administration might consider them a bit ‘‘smart alex" for showing up when not asked to do so. And that's why the folks about the gram of special music in addition loud, ‘‘Where Do We Go From Here?’’ It may be, of course, that some of the new officials will pass along the word about who is to stay on the job before Saturday morn ing. Shelby High Star Is Hitting Leader For Wake Forest Gillespie Hits .396 At Baptist School. May Be All-State Catcher. Wake Forest, May 28.—Ralph Gillespie, Shelby boy, who was nam ed on the all-state high school base ball team while catching for Coach Casey Morris’ 1925 high school champions of North Carolina ha-, taken up in college where he left off in high school. Playing regular his sophomore year he led the Wake Forest Deacon baseball team in hitting with an average of .396. Outside of the us ual one base knocks he obtained five triples, eight two base wallops, and three were good for the round trip, one ot the latter coming with one man on base against "Lefty" Jenkins, Duke southpaw, who holds the best record in the state. Gilles pie led the club in runs batted in. walks and drew very favorable com ment of his work behind the plate Arthur Hord, another Cleveland county boy. Is also gaining recogni tion throughout the state, his sen sational playing at shortstop for the Deacons. Hord led the team in home runs with five and in trip'.c? with eight. Both of these youngsters are probable choices for their positions on the mythical "all-state" team. CLEVELAND GRADUATES AT VARIOUS COLLEGES Miss Sarah Lee Hamrick, c.f Boil ing Springs, was one of the 33 graduates receiving the bacnelor of arts degree at Limestone college, Gaffney, S. C., last week. Miss Minnie Mull, of Lawndale, will be one of the 59 graduates at the Cullowhee State Normal school, at Cullowhee, on June 5. A Grateful Guy. London.—Already having made large gifts in gratitude for his narrow escape in a motor accident a few months ago, Lord Beaverbrook newspaper magnate, is endowing the medical school of St. Mary's hospi tal. He is to give it $3’5 000 in installments over a period cf seven years SHELBY HIGH’S CHAMPP10NSHIP BAND Pictured above Is Prof. W. T. Sinclair's Shelby high school band which recently won the stale-wide cham pionship In the annual contest at Greensboro. The personnel of Ihe group shown above Is as follows: C ornets —John Best. George Blanton, Colbert McKnlght, I.amar Young. T. B. Gold. Jack Palmer. John McBrayer. Bill toy. Thomas Cottle, Edwin Gibson. Saxophones—Will Arey, Jr., Louis Earl. Fields Young, jr. Trombones —Ed Smith, Ray Holfman. Baritone—Herman Best. John MrClurd. Drums—Herbert Elam. Carlos Young. Everett Toms, Robert Elam. Alto horn—Vergil Cox, Ruth Thompson. Elisabeth Thompson. Mary A. Eeaeh. Mildred Laughridge. Clarinets—Riley McCord, Pegram Holland, II. C. Cox. H. I-ee Weathers. Dick LeGrand, Ed Post, jr., Wm. Ingram. Hill Hudspn. jr.. Sara Thompson. Elisabeth Blanton. Julia Cox, B. R. Dellinger, Orim Smith, James Morehcad, Julian Morchead. Piccolo—Ann Elmore, Basses—Bill Hamrick. Frank Aber nethy. Harlan Bridges. Fine Hoarded Wealth Of Aged Kings Mountain Man In Trunk Cotton Contest Is Extended To June 1 Seventy-Five Farmers In Cleveland Have Entered To Seek $750 In Frizes. The time limit for entering the five-arre cotton contest for Cleveland county farmers has been extended to June 1, It is announced by Farm Agent Al vin Hardin as representing the county board of agriculture. The extension of the time limit for entering the content is made because of the late planting season. Winners in the cotton produc tion contest on five-acre plots are to receive $750 in cash prises, and something like 75 farmers in the county have al ready filed, with entrance pa pers with the county agent. The first prize, for best production on five acres, will be $300; the second prize. $200, the third $100, with three $50 prizes. Essay Contest On Saturday Afternoon An essay contest sporsored bv the N. C. Cotton Growers Cooperative association is to be held in the court house here Saturday afternoon, June 1, at 2:30 o'clock. The subject of the contest will be “Cooperative Farming’’ and so far, it is announc ed contestants have entered from Fallston. Polkville and Lattimore The two winners will receive cash prizes of $15 and $10 from the First National bank and the Cleveland Bank At. Trust company of Shelby. Mr. M. G. Mann, director of field service of the organization, will be here from Raleigh for the meeting W C Ramsey. 83-year-old Kings Mountain man who died at hit home In the Bonnie mill village there last Saturday apparently did not believe in banks. Anyway Just a short time after his funeral Sun day relatives found the little for tune he had hoarded for a lifetime hidden in a trunk in his home. The hoarded money so carefully put away by the old fellow during his many years of life follow'ng the Civil war totalled, when count ed, exactly $1,245, and it was made up of gold, silver and currency of nearly every denomination. None of the family had an idea that the old fellow had such a sum of money and the find came as a surprise to them. It is believed that he had become accustomed to hid ing his money away in small sums soon after the Civil war and at a time when banking facilities were few and risky in the devastated south. “Litte Brown Jug” And So On At Meet Of Fiddlers Saturday Gathering Of Oldtimr Musicians At Lawndale Saturday Night To Be Big Event. The entire section about. Lawn dale together with lovers of oldtime string music in all sections of the county are interested in what Ls termed the largest fiddlers conven tion ever held in the county to be staged at the Piedmont school audi torium Saturday night beginntng at S o'clock. Seven string bands will compete for prir.es in addition to soloists on the fiddle, banjo, mandolin, and guitar. Her e-But They Then Get Married True Love Nearly Hits Rockpile Yount Couple Up For Disorderly Conduct Accept Suggestion Of Judge. The course of true love, some philosopical observer of necking parties in the old days remarked, i,ever runs smooth, but neverthe less a bit of true love exhibited here yesterday avoided the rock pile. Albert Ayers, 18-year-old Green ville, S. C.. boy, has been up to Kings Mountain for a visit with his brother. In some manner, per haps she came along, his girl, 17 ycar-old Josle Bell, also of Green ville, joined him. And as young lovers will do occasionally in spring time when romance blooms they be came a bit. impetuous and daring about their love-making. So impetu ous, in fact, that Officer Greel Ware brought them over to the county court in Shelby yesterday for a hearing. Judge Kennedy heard the evi dence, and Judge Kennedy r.ot be ing weighted down with any great number of years himself renirm jbcrcd that springtime is springtime and that there is no other season similar to the one in which a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of love, and, of course, love-making. “You folks love each other?" the county recorder queried. ‘ Sure, we do," replied the young boy and his younger sweetheart. "Well, I'm going to give you a chance," came back the Judge. "For you," he said speaking to the youth, “it will be three months on the chain gang. And for you," he con tinued as he turned to the girl, "it will be three, months in jail. Both sentences are not to be enforced provided you are made man and wife before you leave this court house." The youngsters took hun up and after securing physical examinations and the services of the marrying magistrate at the court house, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ayers walked from Shelby's stately court square to be gin their honeymoon, and. incident ally. to make love all they may de sire while they snap their fingers a* the law J Twenty Teacher* To Leave Shelby School Next Year Forty-Five Percent Of High Sc liool Teachers Resign. If Percent Of Elementary. An announcement from the city school board of Shelbv this week Informa that 45 percent of the present teachers in the high school this year have re signed and will accept work at other schools next year. It I* also stated that 17 percent of the present elementary teachers have also resigned. The list of resignations al ready turned Into the school board may be increased during the next few weeks as it Is un derstood that several more teachers are considering other offers. Who They Are. Those who are resigning together with their present position in the city schools are: Laura Wcatherspoon. 7th grade. Washington—Raleigh; Grace Reed 4th grade. Marion—Atlanta. Ga.; Ruth Tilley, 7th grade, Marion — High Point; Virginia Calhoun. 6th grade, Jefferson—High Point: Bea'ie Wallace, 1st grade, LaFavette— Raleigh; Mrs. Henry Edwards, 2nd grade, LaFayette—; Rose B. Cham berlain, 4th grade, LaFayette— Winston-Salem; Miss Helen Dick son, 6th grade, Graham—High Point; Murrtel Sutton, 1st grade. Morgan—Like Oak, Fla.; Nina Holt White, H. S. dept . Morgan —Char lotte; S. M. Eddleman, H. S. dept., Morgan—; Alice Lowe, high school —Winston-Salem; Elizabeth Brown, high school—Wilmington; W. S. Buchanan, high school—W.nstv. Salem; J, B. Hatley, high school— Rosalynd Nix, high school—Dur ham; Pauline Huggins, high schcoi —; Ora Upshaw, high school student, Columbia university, N. V.; Kathleen Emerson, teacher train ing—supervisor. Winston; Margaret Cooper, 3rd grade. Jefferson-^-Clln ton, S. C ; S. M. Eddleman. Spanish, high school—Winston-Salem. Mother Starts Search For Missing Daughter Margaret Cline, a 14-year-old Cleveland county girl who can eas ily be identified because of a mass of red. curly hair, is the object of a two-state search being started by her mother, Lou Cline, The girl left Shelby last week, th3 mother Is informed, in the companv of a man 10 years her senior. In formation was that the couple Journeyed to Charlotte but a search there on the part of officers failed to locate either the girl or her al leged companion This week the search Is being extended into sev eral sections of this state and South Carolina. Masonic Notice. Cleveland lodge 202 A. F. & A. M. will meet in called communication Friday night 7:30 for work in F. C degree Visiting brethren cordially invited. Annual Sermon For High Commencement Tonight; Finals On Kiwanis To Banquet Seniors, Band And Champs Thursday Club His Good Program Outlined For Annual Fete. Includes Teprhers. On Thursday night of tin:, week at right, o'clock the Shelby Kiwanis club will stage its annual banquet and program, honoring the gradu ating class at Shelby high, mem bers of the class being guests along with the high school band, the stale championship baseball team, the ntheltic and music directors and the high school faculty. The program, which is hi charge of Kiwanlins William McCord, will Include speaking, music, and other special entertainment. It is under stood that Governor Gardner, who is coming to Shelby to make the graduating address, will be present for the banquet. Medal Winners, Finals Program, At South Shelby Alena Blanton. Hattie Humphries, And Onnie Baker Among Winners. VaHrd Program. tSpecial to The Star.' The commencement exercises of the South Shelby school began Thursday evening May 24 at eight o'clock w ith a varied program which was rendered by the pupils of the primary and grammar grades under the direction of Misses Nora Corn well, Murriel Sutton, Jo Ramsey, Mary Hardy, Mesdames William Osborne, Klmmle Falls and Hugh Plaster. The children acquitted themselves most creditably and reflected much credit on tiieir teachers. I The operetta entitled ‘Midsum mer's Eve'' which is & musical fairy play was cleverly presented by 32 children from all the grades. This operetta v. as directed by Misses Kathalesn Nolan and Edna Parker and as a whole was a wonderfully creditable presentation for such young children. The stage setting of a forest scene was particularly pretty. The principal characters fol low: Dorothy—Louise Jones; Queen Mab—Louise Whitener; Herald— Gordon Weathers; pages—J. E Ferree and Earl Jones; Arbutua— Dorothy Pendleton; Innocence— Marjorie Putnam; flowers—Ella Mae Blanton, Clara Mull Blanton. Selma Benoy, Evelyn Hawkins, Eva Lane Jones. Martha Eubanks; Spirit of Dawn—Eva Lane Jones. The Toy Symphony orchestra composed of about 30 boys from the primary and grammar grades ren dered several musical numbers. Again at eight o'clock Friday evening a large crowd attended the closing exercises. A chorus of 40 girls in the upper grades under the direction of Mrs. Plaster rendered the following songs: "The Gypsy Trail.” "Love's Old Sweet Song.” and "The Circus.” The. dresses of these young ladies being in exquis ite pastel shades presented tn un usually effective scene. Thorp were four contestants for the Paul Webb reader’s medal which was won by Hattie May Humphries an eighth grade pupil, who recited "The Littlest Rebel," Aileen Jones received honorable mention. She recited "Betty at the Ball Game ” Other contestants who acquitted themselves most credit ably were Elizabeth Hughes In “Mandy's Funeral,’’ and Ruby Tay lor in “Riding the Elephant.” Onnie Baker a fifth grade pupil won the O. M. Mull declaimer’s medal. Clayence Queen received honorable mention in this contest. His subject was "Citizenship.” Other boys who showed excellent ability were Lloyd Green in. his de clamation on "Our National Flag” and Clyde Williams on “The De velopment of the Constitution.” The Judges for this contest was Attor ney C. B. McBrayer. Mrs. John Me Clurd and Miss Pearl Tweed. The John Schenck, Jr. spelling medal was won by Alena Blanton, an eighth grade pupil. She won out 'Continued on page eleven * Off For Summer. Mr and Mrs. E. B. Hopper left Shelby today for Bat Cave, where they will spend the summer months at their cottage north of Lake Lure. Rev. Mr. McDUrmld ITeache* At First Baptist. Governor'* Address Friday. The second event In the Shelby high school commencement, is on the program for tonight at 8 o clock when Rev. Hector N. McDlarmid, pastor of the Presbyterian church, preaches the annual sermon to the seniors in the spacious First Baptist church. The graduating class will attend In a body and there will be a pro city hall are humming, but not out to the sermon. The three uptown Shelby ministers alternate each year in preaching to the graduates. On Thursday night comes the an nual banquet tendered by the Ki wanls club to the seniors, the high school faculty, the band and the baseball team. Finals Friday Night. There will be a masque in the Central auditorium Friday after noon followed by the graduating ex ercises Friday night at which time Governor O. Max Gardner, whoee son, Ralph is president of the graduating class, will make the an nual address. Governor Gardner has informed school officials that he will not make a formal adress of political or state importance but will merely devote himself to the awarding of diplomas and a short Informal talk to the graduates. Medals Awarded. The class exercises and the pre sentation of diplomas will be ac companied by the awarding of med als. prizes, scholarship and school honors, the event about which cen ters more Interest and color per haps than any other affair of the school year, the two highlights be ing the awarding of the Washburn cups to the best all-around boy and girl In the senior class. Heretofore these awards have met with un usual approval on all aldss and the honors are the most coveted of all at Shelby high. To be a contestant (or these honors the outstanding boys and girls must be good stu dents, prominent in all departments of the school and also in athletics. The award is given by a secret vote cn the part of the full school faculty. The school hours of the wee£ are being devoted to examinations and the hasty arrangement of the commencement setting. -- ... . - Coleman Will Run Lincolnton Hotel Shelby Hotel Man Assumes Control Of Lincolnton Hotel, The North State. ! Lincolnton.—Mr. F. C. Coleman farmer manager of the Victor Hotel in Shelby, has leased the North State hotel In Lincolnton for -a per iod of five years from the owner, Mr. Vaughn Padgett, and has bought the entire equipment. Mr. Coleman Is a veteran hotel man having had years of experience in the hostelry business. Mr. Coleman stated that com plete renovation would be made of the building with new furniture re placing the old apd certain changes being made in the Interior arrange ments of rooms, etc. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman have a! ready moved into tho hotel and have assumed control of the bus) ness. Grover Telegrapher Becomes A Minister Gaffney.—The determination t< become a preacher, despite the necessity to work in the newspa per business as an Associated Pres: telegrapher, has resulted in the fi nal attainment of his aim for th< Rev. Donald A. Hyde, formerly o’ Grover. Mr. Hyde, accompanied by hi wife, passed through Gaffney > few days ago, en route to the home of his parents at the Nortl Carolina town, after he had grad uated at the Columbia Theologlca seminary at Atlanta, Ga.. end hat rccepted a call to the church a Menlo, Ga.. where he begins hi/ pastorate shortly. Several years ago Mr. Hyde war in the Insurance business here f« ?. short time. He served as Associat ed Press telegraph operator at Columbia for several years, begin ning his study for the ministry while there. When the seminary was moved from Columbia to At lanta, he went to the Georgia city a/ operator and continued his studies
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