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12 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXV, No. 1 THE CLEVELAND STAR SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, MAY Jll, 1020. Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Afternoons By mall, per year (In advance) (2.50 Carrier, per year (In advance) $3.00 LATENEWS The Markets. Cotton, pe rpound _ 18c Cotton Seed, per bu.__ 48c Thunderstorms. Today’s North Carolina Weather Keport: Tartly rloudy with local thunder showers tonight and Satur day. Brummitt And Ehringhaus In Lead, Believed Stand Best Show To Succeed Gardner A* Governor, Tolttlcal Observers Think. Raleigh.—Dennis G. Brummitt, of Oxford, at present attorney general, and J. C. B. Ehringhaus of Eliza beth City are at present the most popular potential candidates for the Democratic nomination for governor in 1932, despite the fact that at present R, T. Fountain, now lieu tenant governor, is general.y con ceded as having done the most work, according to political discus sion in capital circles. For while there is no discount ing the fact that Fountain has a better organisation at the present time than any of the other potenti al candidates^ having lost no time in converting the organization he had in the campaign for lieutenant governor into a potential organiza tion for his campaign for governor in 1932, few believe here that Fountain can actually win the nomination for governor. Consequently the majority of the (Continued on page ten.) Local Junior Order Attracts Attention By Its Increase Has Attendance Of 147 For Ten Consecutive Meetings. Three Hundred New Members. Shelby council of the Junior Or der held another rousing meeting in their hall on West Graham St. last Tuesday night. At this meet irtg 30 new members were received into the local council of the order. About 150 were present at this meeting. In point of attendance the local Junior Order council has led the state. During the past ten weeks the attendance has been 1470 or an average of 147 for each night. The outstanding feature of the meeting last Tuesday night was the address of Prof. Lawton Blanton of Lattimore, on “The Work the Jun ior Order is Doing and Why It De serves Our Support.” Prof. Blanton is councilor of the order at Latti more. A string band of twelve pieces and double quartet furnish music for each meeting. The local council of the Junior Order Is attracting state and na tional attention in Junior Order circles by its wonder increase in membership since January 1 of this year. During this period approxi mately 300 new members have been added to the local lodge here. It is thought this is the largest increase made by any council in the entire country. This district, which is made up of Cleveland. Rutherford and Lincoln counties, has also made a wonder ful record during the past six months. The district has made a net gain of 660 members. Mr. Ed Dixon Is district deputy for this district. Shelby Star May Jump To Pro Ball From School Team Cline Owens Lee, captain of Shelby's North Carolina champion ship high school baseball team, may jump from high school ball to the ranks of the higher leagues. Several clubs in professional base ball have become interested in the youngster who batted close to .500 through an entire season dur ing which he also scored more runs ;,nd stole more bases than all the members of all opposing teams totalled together. Even a more graceful fielder than he is a hitter tha youngster has bright prospects ahead of him. and reports are that clubs in the South Atlantic. South eastern, Eastern Carolina leagues are seeking his services. Texa* Watermelon* Are Sent To City Melon* Sent Prom Carl Hopper Farm Average 44 Founds Each. It's a bit early for watermelons hereabouts, but regardless of the season Mr. M. D. Hopper and fam ily are this week enjoying a num ber of large melons and tomatoes forwarded here from the larm of Mr. Hopper's son, Carl, at Falfur rias, Texas, Mr. Hopper being on a visit to relatives here now. In addition to the melons, which averaged 44 pounds in weight, the Hoppers received two crates of fine tomatoes City Administration Change Saturday; No Business Left Over Dorsry Leaving No Unfinished Work For Neat Regime. Wishes Successor Well. Mayor W, N. Dorsey and his board of aldermen held their last meet ing together Wednesday night, picked up and completed the re maining details and hang-overs of their work, closed their books and wished the best of luck for Mayor £1. A, McMurry and his administra tion which takes the wheel tomor row morning. “We are leaving not a single obli gation or promise made by us for the new administration tc carry cut," Mayor Dorsey stated to The Star, “and as far as we are con cerned they may start with a clean sheet. We've done the best we could, and I hold no ill feelings, it being my hope that the incoming ad ministration can leave office and have it said of them that they have rendered even better service thSn we have." Finish Work. At the board meeting Wednesday right he explained that every de tail of their administration was completed, and that by Friday night there would not be an un finished job in any department of the city for the new regime to com plete, nor any promises or obliga tinns to fulfill Auditor At Work. Mr. J. L. Hoyle, Charlotte ac countant, is now at work upon the city books and has been since last Thursday off and on, and by Fri day night at midnight he will have his audit of the Dorsey administra tion complete and ready to hand oter to the new officials. “The auditor told the board Wednesday night.’’ the mayor stat ed, “that he had never audited a set of city books in as good condi tion as the ones kept by Mr. Cul breth, the clerk, and I think when the audit is published that it will show the town less in debt than it was when we entered office." Luck To Successor. “As for myself." the mayor con tinued, I have done the best I could, and I want it known that the new administration will hear no criticism from me nor will I at tempt to dictate to them. I was asked about recommending any of the present city employes, but I felt as if that was none of my business, although I do believe we have capa ble. reliable employes on the city payroll now and I would be pleased as an interested citizen of the town to see the heads of the departments retained. If they were not all right I would not have kept them and due to my acquaintance with them I would know as a citizen that good men were heading the departments. Other than my feeling in that light as a citizen the matter is none of mine. “In the two years I have worked night and day. and I have signed 4, 000 checks in addition to licenses and other legal papers of the city. Dur ing the two years we have averaged moving 18 truck loads of trash and garbage daily and have managed to clean around the stores and side walks in the business section at least once each week on Sunday morning. I sincerely thank those who voted for me in the last elec tion, giving me 459 votes without being asked by me to do so. The people expressed their wishes for an administration change pnd I am satisfied to abide by their verdict, and the new officials have my best wishes as a private citizen of their town.” Mayor Starts His First Vacation In 2 Years Saturday No Varalion Since Becoming Mayor. Indecidcd As To His Fu ture Work. In the morning when Mayor W. N. Dorsey’s alarm clock rat tles off—that is, if hr has a morning; alarm other than his pet yellow canary—he may turn over In bed and snoore for an other hour or two If he so de sides. And it will be the first time that he has had such an opportunity In two years, for tomorrow morning, y'see, he will no longer be mayor of Shelby. “I have served the city of j Shelby for two years without asking for a vacation and In that time I have spent only one night out of Shelby,” he declar ed today in prospect of taking it a bit easy for at least a day or so. "As yet,” he added, "1 am un decided as to the work I will take up, but I do know one thing and that is that I will not be loafing for any length of time." Highway Routing In City Changed; Last Official Dorsey Act Highway 18 From North Into Shelby Now Follows Lafayette Street To Bank Corner. Hereafter motorists passing through Shelby on Highway 18 will not have to weave in and out of several streets in order to pass through the city and hold to their i route, thanks to the last official act of Mayor W. N. Dorsey and his ad ministration. Last week State highway engin eers approached the mayor and asked permission, which was grant ed, to change the routing in the city so as to eliminate several turns. By the old routing a motorist com ing south would enter North La Fayette street from the Fallston highway by the hospital, following LaFayette street to Marietta street, turning there to the left until reach ing North Washington street, then turning again to the right to reach Warren street and the outlet south of Highway 18 and the intersection with Highway 20. By the change made Highway 18 from the north enters Shelby on North LaFayette street and remains on that street imtil it reaches the First National bank corner on Highway 20. This means that there is not a single turn between the city limit on High way 18 and the intersection with Highway 20. To continue on High way 18 however it will be necessary to make a left turn at the bank corner and follow Highway 20 one block to the Masonic temple corner of Washington street where High way 18 goes out south. Masonic Meeting. Cleveland lodge 202 A. F. & A M will meet in called communication tonight at 7:30 p. m. for work in F. C degree. Visiting brethren cordial ly invited. • Dance This Evening. A script dance will be held to night at Cleveland Springs hotel from 9 to 1. Clint Meredit* and his hcrmony kings are furnishing the music. Will Pay Off Employes Of City Today; All Workers Asked To Be Back On Job On Saturday The city employes of Shelby will have their regular payday this aft ernoon regardless of the fact mat there will be a change in adminis trations in the morning. It was announced at the City Hall yesterday that municipal employes who get their salary by the month will be paid off in full today at the regular end-of-the-month pay day, while the employes who work by the week will be paid for five days, their Saturday’s work going over on the expense sheet of the incoming administration. Welcome News. Ea-ly this morning Mayor-elect McMurry passed by the city hall! long enough to ease the suspense of1 1 i the city employes, all of whom were told to be back at their regular job, Saturday morning and to remain until you receive further orders ’ This was the first order or move passed out by the new city officials since their election, but Mr. Mc Murry informed The Star today that "We'll tell you all about it to morrow after we are sworn in.” l/nofficialy it is learned that the mayor-elect and his board held their first pow-wow, an informal affair, last night, and presumably it was at this meeting that the de cision was reached to ask the pres ent employes to return to work Sat urday morning and remain until the changes by the new adminis tration are in working order. Graduating Nurses WHY STAY WELL?—Pictured above are the recent graduate* In nuning at the Shelby hospital, the photo being made with the beau tiful shrubbery in front of the hospital as a background. The graduates are, seated, left to right; la'ah Janette Rust and Charlotte Josephine Beverly. Standing, left to right: Rena Ophelia Hames, Ruth Ur, Edna Murial Wright, and Ellre Marie England. (Star Photo by EUls Studio) Sixty-Eight Youngsters Graduate Here Tonight; Gov. Gardner Will Make Address For The Graduates Tedder Springs A New Fish Yarn; He Snaps 2,500 The prize for the biggest fish story of the current season here abouts goes to Daniel Allen Tedder the lawyer and student of nature and also an Isaak Walton of re nown. Stand by while we broadcast it. and do not laugh, for The Star will risk its reputation of several score years and endorse the story— Yesterday Mr. Tedder stepped on the starter of his car and drove off to Marion. Yesterday evening Mr. Tedder returned to Shelby witn two thousand and five hundred Llack bass. Get that? And he got the fish by himself and they wer*' all alive when he reached Shelby Now you tell one! Here's how it happened, if you're dibious and no doubt you are: Mr. Tedder drove to the fish hatchery, maintained by the state, at Mar ion. There he secured 2,500 young black ba^s from the hatchery, bringing them here for the pur pose of stocking a local lake and stream. Fan Gets Goat Of Shelby’s Champions Through an entire baseball season nobody ever "got the goat" of the Shelby high baseball team and thereby the outfit won the North Carolina championship. But at the end of the season one of the team's strongest supporters, Mr. Roscoe Lutz, turned the trick by giving the champions and their coach his goat—in barbecue from—at an open-air feed Wednesday night at Cleveland Springs. Other guests ir. addition to the team, Coaches Morris and Falls, were Charles Buice. Yates Harrelson. Wyeth Roy ster. Grady Lovelace, Charles Aus tell and Snooky Lineberger. Kiwanls Club Banquet* Seniors, Band And Athlete*. Griffin Commended Here. Tonight Is graduation night at the Shelby high school with Gover nor O. Max Gardner home from Raleigh to make the address to the young graduates. The event, which v ill be held in the school auditor ium at Central high, will bring to a close the commencement exercise., ol the school. Sixty-eight youngsters will re ceive their coveted diplomas during the evening's program and at the same time the annual awards, medals, and scholarships will be an nounced by Supt. I. C. Griffin, who {eaves Shelby this year after see ing his thirteenth Shelby high sen ioi class graduate. j nose .iwaras. The awards to be given tonight are: the Gardner debaters medal, the LeGrand debaters medal, the Washburn cup for the best all around boy, the Charles L. Eskridge cup for the best all-around girl, the Hamrick spelling medal, the Line btrger improvement medal, the Cleveland county fair trophy cun for the best scholastic record, and the Dover medal for Bible, study. IMcDiarmid Sermon. The formal exercises of com mencement began Wednesday even* j ing when the annual sermon was Reached in the First Baptist (hurch by Rev H N McDtarmid. j For this occasion the church was : beautifully decorated, and special music was rendered by the high school glee club, directed by W. T, I Sinclair and Mrs. H. S, Plaster. The jjuniors and seniors sang for the re icesional ‘Mother Dear Jerusalem. ' :Mr. McDiarmid was assisted by Dr |?eno Wall and Dr. H K Boyer. Mr . McDiarmid s subject was "The Dar. ;ger of Folly" and his text was the |first verse of the 10th chapter of Ecclesiastes. The sermon made a good impressicn upon the members 'Continued on page fen.) Here Are The Boys And Girls Who Get Diplomas From Shelby High Tonight Eleven years of school work will have been successfully passed here tonight when the following 68 boys and girls inarch to the stage at the Central school auditorium for their diplomas: Lula Agnes Arey. Elizabeth Aus tell, Alice Andrews, Cleo Alexander. Emma Bechtler, Pauline Byers, Mary Sue Borders, Mary Franeej Carpenter, Lola Cook. Louise Cots!,’. Sara Cabaniss, Claudia Dcvmncy, Ruth Dellingei\ Rav Ellis, Frances Ellis. Martha Eskridge, Mary Reeves Forney, Frances Graham. Burty Gettys, Estelle Harrill, Virginia Hunt, Virginia Jenkins. Dorothy King, Minna LeGrande, Ruth Laughridge, Larue Lackey, Cleone Liles, Mae Ellen McBrayer, John nie Morehcad. Louise Morrison. Sadie Mull. Vera Mull, Mable Hanviek. Mar\ Faye (Continued on page ten.) May A rgue No. 18 Routing Here; Engineers Favor Direct Route Shelby-Casar-Belwood Highway To Be Taken Over By State July 1 Another state maintained high war Is assured for Cleve land county on .luly I, or a month from tomorrow. A message received early In* day by Mr. Odus M. Mull from state highway officials in Ra leigh conveyed the information that the proposed Shelhy-Polk vllle-Casar-Bel wood highway has been approved by the high way commission and has been placed on the state highway road system map. It was also stated In the message that' the state would take over and main tain the highway beginning July 1. The routing of the highway. It was explained, will he from Shelby to PolkvUle to Casar to Carpenters Grove church and out to the Belwood school where the highway will have an outlet into highway 18. People of the upper section of the county have sought such an outlet for years and some months back Mr. Mull, while In legislature, was assured that the highway rommistson thought favorably of taking over the road, but It was not until this week that the project was definitely set tled. Eventually the highway will be given tar surface. Shelby Scouts To Attend Reunion In Charlotte June 4th Will Join Other Scouts In District In Patrol Work For Con federate Veterans. A number of Shelby Bov Scouts :t, Is understood will go ti Char lotte next Monday for service there during the Confederate reunion. Just how many will go is no! known but Attorney Henry Edwards one of the local scoutmasters, is arranging for a detail. All the scouts at the reunion from the Piedmont district will be in charge of A Thorpe. Gastonia scoutmaster, who in the following rotice sent to The Star assures parents that all the boys who go clown will be well taken care of: "All scouts front Shelbv and vicinity are going to Charlotte for service during Confederate reunion are asked to assemble at First Baptist church here at 4 p. m. Mon day, June 3, for full instruction, etc. —leave here at 4:30 p. m. for Char lotte. Parents of boys in camp in case of emergency and need the boys back home, wire or phone re union headquarters, Independence Luilding, Charlotte, care A. Thorpe, scoutmaster in charge of Piedmont Council Scouts. Camp Goodwin. Charlotte. This is where the 300 tents are for veterans. Bandnicn and scouts are located at Independence Park. I assure parents the boys will be O K Mr. Weathers Out. Mr Lee B Weathers, president of The Star, was able to leave the Shelby hospital today after spend ing two weeks there following an operation. He will be confined to his home for a few days but ex pects soon to be out and about. New Beans. Mrs Lawrence Hawkins of the Double Springs community gather ed new beans from her garden Tuesday May 28. HEADS TRUSTEES Judge Webb Again 'Head Of Trustee* At Wake Forest Trustees liefrat Move To Stop Foot ball At Baptist School. Wake Forest, May 31—At a meet ing of the board of trustees of Wake Forest college held here yesterday in connection with the commence ment, exercises Federal Judge F. Yates Webb, of Shelby, was elect ed to succeed himself as president of the beard of trustees. Features of the meeting included the defeat of a motion by Dr. W. M Johnson, of Winston-Salem, for the abolishing of inter-collegiate football at the Baptist college. The defeat of the motion maintains the present athletic status at the school. Baptist Pastors To Meet Here Monday The Baptist pastors’ conferer. e of the Kings Mountain association will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, June 3. at. 2 in the after noon at the First Baptist church here, it is announced by Rev, D. F. Putnam, chairman of the confer ence. Dr. Zeno Wall will be the speaker and all pastors in the as sociation are urged to attend. Hen Lays Double Yolk Egg Daily; Three Yolks Once Mrs. Maynard Washburn, wife of Alderman-elect P. M. Washburn, owns Shelby's rhampinn egg-laying hen un til other records are produc ed. In her flock of chickens Mrs. Washburn has a young pullet, laying for one year, which has averaged one egg per day since she started lay • ing and every one of the daily eggs has had a double yolk. The hen’s contribution today to the great American brrakfast was an egg with three yolks, something Mrs. Washburn says she never heard of before. To Try Rutherford Officials Ruthcrfordlon, May 29.—The board of county commissioners of Rutherford county will be fried In Rutherford county recorder's court here nex* Wednesday, charged with failure tj ie?ord certain protests in reftrenc-. to a recent emergency toad bond issue. The trial is attracting wide at tention. R M. Twitty swore out the warrant here yesterday. It is a criminal action. Four names are on the warrant to appear as witnesses for the „tate. They arc H. L. Car penter, Ed Thompson, J. R. Wash burn and R. M. Twitty. The coun ty comm’ssicners, H. H. Tucker, chairman; J. P. Jones and A. 8. Price are the defendants. They will be represented by County Attorney ( O. Ridings, while Judge D F. Morrow has been employed as pn- , vate prosecution by Twitt.v. The warrant charges: "That on or about April 22, 1023. H, H. Tucker, J. P. Jones and A. B. Price did un lawfully, willfully and negligently fail and refuse to record a certain protest made by affiant and others in the matter of a bond issue, pend ing at that time and before the said defendants then and there act ing as commissioners of the county aforesaid that the failure to record said protest has deprived your af fiant of a right to appeal contrary to law and, as affiant is informed and believes, has cost the county the sum of $800 unlawful expense, beside issuance of the bonds over said protest to the injury of the tax payers of said county." The county recently sold $40,000 worth of road bonds by a special act of the last general assembly. J Highway Commissioner* May Visit Shrlliy To Hear Appeal For Earl Route. Before it comes to an end the touting of highway 18 from Shelby to the South Carolina line may de velop into a routing argument riv alling that about the routing of highway 10 by Newton. This ti< an extent seemed assur ed hero today when it was indirect ly learner that the district engi neers favor the "direct route" from Shelby to South Carolina This route would not touch either the Patterson Springs or Earl commun ities and the citizens of the two lower Cleveland towns intend, It is learned, to protest with all the force possible. How It Would Go. District Highway Engineer J. W. Noel), of Marion, was in Shelby last week and while discussing a change in the routing of highway 1R through Shelby for the conveni ence of motors he indicated that of the two surveys made of the high* way south of Shelby the route fav ored by engineers would be the di rect route which would leave Shel by on South La Fayette atreet. on by the Zoar section and in a direct line to the South Carolina border. This route o i the mep of the engineers making the survey would be a dis tance of 15 T-2 miles, On the other hand the survey made shows. It Is said, that the route proposed by Patterson Springs church, swerving then to Earl and on to the line would be a distance of 23 1-3 miles, ;'htle a route by Earl, or rather to the lear of Earl by New Hope church, would be 21 1-2 miles. Talk In Raleigh. About the time that It was learned here that the engineers fav ored the direct route several Shelby people were in Raleigh and while there sought to communicate with Mr. R. A. Doughton, highway com missioner, to present to him the be lief that the routing should be made with the Idea of serving the meat people rather than a direct route trom point to point. Mr. Doughton was not in at the time, but the local people talked with Mr. Chas. Ross attorney for the highway commission, and he indicated that there would be a chance of having several members of the commission visit Shelby and hear the pleas for the several proposed routes before going to work upon either. The plan usually followed is to poet a mad of the proposed route in the court house where it remains for 30 dfys and if during that time there is ob jection to the routing a hearing is usually granted by the commis sioners. • v No Law Barrier. The strongest basis of hope on the part o' the citizens about Eart and Patterson Springs who are pulling for the route is that high way 18 is not a eounty-seat-to county-seat highway but more of a local or county highway and, there fore, is not covered by the law per taining to the routes joining North Carolina county seats. The law. At torney Ross pointed out to orfe Shelby citizen, says that highways joining county seats must go by the shortest survey regardless of sec tions or towns touched and this law is rigidly followed. If Highway 18 south was connecting Shelby with mother North Carolina county sea*, there would be very litle use, it w'as said, for the Earl section to at tempt to have the route changed from the direct line, but since the highway is merely a county outlet er.d leads to another state the law applying to. county seat highways constructed, south of Shelby, for the interests of the county rather than as a link in the state network It is argued by the Earl section that the few additional miles required to take that route would be well re paid by the fact that a far larger number of citizens would be bene fitted. Spikes Is Successor To Capt. B. L. Smith * Rutherford Teacher Lands Position Vacated By New Shelby School Head. Rutherfordton.—It- was announc ed Tuesday morning that L. E. Spikes, principal for the past four years of Central high school, had been unanimously elected as su perintendent of Rutherfordton Spindale schools. The choice was made by the local school board, M. L Edwards, chairman. S. E. Elmore, J. F. Flack. K. S. Tanner and C. T. Hamrick, at a meeting held on Monday evening. The resignation of Capt B. L. Smith from bis posi tion to accept the superintendency of the Shelby schools made it ob ligatory to appoint, h successor.
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