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VOL. XXXV, No. 1 THE CLEVELAND STAR
SHELBY, N. C.
FRIDAY, MAY Jll, 1020.
Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Afternoons
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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.