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--1 8 PAGrS TODAY *- ■ # VOL. XXXV, No. 66 TIIE CLEVELAND STAR SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1920. Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Afternoons By mall, per year Carrier, per year (In advance) (In advance) $2.50 $3.00 LATE NEWS The Markets. Cotton, pe rpound ....__ 18c Cotton Seed, per bu._.’-- 48c Warmer Tuesday. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Partly cloudy, cooler In ex treme west portion, and showers and cooler on coast tonight. Tues day fair and warmer. Gray Veterans Here Going To Charlotte Meet Local Civic Clubs To Furnish Bus Transportation Tuesday And Wednesday. Something like a score of Con federate veterans, their wives and widows are expected to leave Cleve land county by way of Shelby Tuesday and Wednesday to attend the reunion of veterans in Char lotte this week. Veterans who are able to make * the trip together with their wives and widows Will have their round trip fares paid by bus to Charlotte by the Daughters of the Confeder acy, the Woman's club, the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs and other civic organizations of Shelby. A repre sentative committee from these clubs stated today that veterans, wives, and widows who apply at the bus depot here will be given tickets for the round trip and In cases where veterans are so feeble that they will need attendants the lares of the attendants will be paid. ' However, the civic clubs do not ex pect to defray the transportation of other members of the families cf veterans. It Is suggested by the committee that those who plan to attend catch the early morning bus shortly aft er 7 o'clock here Tuesday morning or Wednesday morning. Hoey Speaker For Reunion Memorial Address Honoring Jefferson Davis. Highlights Of Reunion Program. Hon. Clyde R. Hoey will be the chief speaker at the exercises open ing event being the program honor ing Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, on the 121*t an n.versary of his birth. Other highlights of convention week in Charlotte follow: Tuesday night, 8 o'clock, in Ar mory auditorium, formal opening of it uni on, with Governor Max Gard ner and Senator Pat Harrison among the speakers. Wednesday night, in Armory aud itorium, Sons of Confederate Vet erans will meet in afternoon, veter ans will hold brief session. Wednesday night at 8 o’clock the historical pageant, the Rise and Fall of the Confederacy will be pre stnted, after which there will be a joint session of all organizations for tha observance of memorial hour. Thursday luncheon for delegates to Confederate memorial associa tion. Friday morning, 11 o’clock, par ade of veterans and associated or ganizations. Mercury Drops 30 Degrees Here From Friday Until Today Mid-Snmmer Heat Replaced By Cold Drizzle Today. Mertury Flops To 58. An unusual change in the weather took place in Shelby in the two-day period from Friday until this morn ing, and early today topcoats and winter wraps had replaced electric fan* and the coatless attires of Fri day and Saturday. Friday saw the mercury in the Ebeltoft thermometer climb to the highest peak of the year, 88 degrees, but early this morning it had flop ped down 30 points and was regis tering a cool 58. The August heat of Saturday afternoon first began to ease off with a heavy shower of rain late in the afternoon, and a cold drizzle which set in early to day completely transformed the weather. Gold Reunion To Be Held June 9th There will be a reunion and family dinner of the Gold families and their friends and relatives at the W. F. Gold spring near Double fjhoaJs at the home where Jno. M. Gold now lives, on Sunday June 9 It will be an all day gathering and everybody is invited to be pres ent with baskets of dinner. Legion Meeting. A meeting of the Warren Hoyle post of the American legion will be % held in tho court house here Tues day night at 8 o’clock. All ex-serv ice men in the section are urged to attend. School Finals End With Gardner Talk, His Son Is Honored — Ralph Gardner Gets Washburn Cup And Mae Ellen McBrayer Coveted Eskridge Cup. The largest commencement crowd ever to attend school finals In Shelby packed the Central school auditorium and swarmed about the campus here Friday night for the graduating exercises, the awardin'; ol diplomas and honors, and the address to the graduates by Gover nor O. Max Gardner. The addres sof the governor was naturally the highlight of thy evening in that he personally pre sented the 67 young graduates witn their diplomas, but ranking close to the outstanding event of the evening was the awarding of the two high honors of the school, the Washburn cup for the best all rround boy to Governor and Mrs. Gardner's second son, Ralph, presi dent of the graduating class; the Eskridge cup for the best all around girl to Miss Mae Ellen Mc Brayer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs V/. G. McBrayer; and the tokens of appreciation and gifts tendered to the retiring superintendent, I. C. (Continued on page eight.) 578 Graduates In Shelby High Under Tutelage Of Griffin Largest Class In 1926, Smallest In 19:6. Eleventh Grade In 1917. Five hundred and seventy-eight boys and girls have graduated at the Sheiby high school since Supt. I. C. Gritfin took charge of the local schools, the class graduating last wsek, the last one under Mr. Criffin, being the third largest. The largest graduating class wa in 1926 when 80 boys and girls fin ished and the smallest was in 1916. 10 years before, when 17 finished. 2 here were no graduates in 1917, that being the year when the elev enth grade was added. The graduates by years during the 13 years the schools have been headed by Supt. Griffin follow, a . oteworthy feature being that near ly two-thirds of all the students enrolling in high school graduated, follow: Year Enrolled 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 18 36 23 23 28 25 42 52 77 88 97 86 103 105 Graduates 17 19 25 24 22 34 36 55 66 80 64 66 67 Totals 808 578 Governor’s Pride Ralph Gardner, above, second son of Governor and Mrs. O. Max Gardner, was Friday night awarded the Washburn cup for being the outstanding boy in scholarship, con duct and athletics in the Shelby High graduating class. The young ster’s father was on the stage when the surprised youngster received his award amid the cheers of his schoolmates and his mother was one of the touched spectators. (Star Photo by Ellis Studio, Shelby.) Three Plowing Days During Three Months The main reason that Cleveland county cotton farmers have been and are behind in their planting is that there was far too much rainy weather during the early spring when ground breaking was in order. One farmer who keeps close t.ab or. the weather says that during the first three months of the year there were only three perfect plowing days, or one per month. • More City News On Page Eight.) Gold Heads School Board; Andrews Principal Again, Teacher Vacancies Filled New School Board Organizes At Saturday Meeting. Name Cox Secretary. The first official announcements of the new Shelby school board, made Saturday, stated that Dr. Tom B. Gold had been elected chairman of the board, and that Prof. Columbus Andrews had been reelected principal of Central high school. It had been anticipated for some t<me that Prof. Andrews would likely return as principal, but the oificial announcement was not made until the board held its first formal session. Other officers of the new board in additon to Dr. Gold as chaiiman as named were Mr. H. Clay Cox, sec retary, and Mr. Thad C. Ford, treasurer. Name Committee. The two important, committees of the board were named as follows: Thad Fora and L. P. Holland, building committee; Roger Laugh ridge and H Clay Cox. teachers committee. At the meeting of the board the 10 or 12 vacancies in the faculty of the city school system were filled along with the prlncipalship but due to the fact that Capt. B. L. Smith, the new superintendent, desires to make some changes in the teach SCHOOL CHAIRMAN DR. TOM B. GOLD mg arrangement the complete list of teachers for next year is not to be announced, it was said until the board holds a. conference with him iat.au early date. Gardner Tells Graduates They Must Want To Just Wanting To Succeed In Life Not Such An Easy Task, Governor Says. Sixty-seven young graduates of Shelby high school were told Fri day night by Governor Gardner that their success in life depended quite a bit upon how much they wanted to succeed. "Some ol you." he said, "may be thinking that it is a comfortable gospel I am preaching for all, of course, want to succeed. But by wanting to I mean that you must want to enough to give up and sacrifice many easy things. If you want to, you can. But it is hard— so hard that some of you. unless you arc a most remarkable das', will not be interested enough; you will not want to enough The speech by the governor to the graduating class of his home town, of which his son was president, fol lows: Certainly the major part of a commencement address should b: directed especially to the graduate —to the young people sitting here on the rostrum who tonight have reached an important milestone in their careers. In thinking of what I should hk'1 most to say to you young people who for four years have worked and played and hoped—and perhaps sometimes despaired—but who to night have arrived in that you have achieved a goal which you set for yourselves, I have decided that I should like to examine with you the measure of success and achievement which, in the planning of your whole life, you might reasonably hope to attain to. And as we ex omine it, I am sure that I shall want to give you some adv*ce. It is a habit that we older people have —that of giving advice to young people. I myself like to do it. I do not think it does much harm, eith er, provided you will take it and examino it critically and give it the weight which it merits, and nc more. What is the measure of success that it is possible for you—for each of you—to achieve? When you look about you at grown-ups. at old pe ple, or at middle aged people, you are bound to say in your own heart, as you think of this person or that or the other, “he has been unusual ly successful,” or “she has certain ly made a success of her life,'' or "he has been only fairly success ful,” or "but Mr. So-an-so, poor fellow7, has certainly made a fail ure—he has been so unsuccessful.” I say that most of you let such ideas play through your mind, and I Imagine you let your fancy play most with the people whose lives measured by your standards you would count as being successful. Have you, any of you, ever un <Continued On Page Eight) Tax Listing Time Extended Ten Days Big Percentage Of Property In Shelby And County Not Listed At Closing Date. It was announced today by Mr. W K Newton, county tax supervisor, that the time limit for listing tax able property in the county had been extended to June 10, or 10 days more than the original preiod. At the end of the May 31 limit Friday quite a big percentage of the property in the county and in Shel by had not been listed. With the listing time extended for 10 days citizens are urged to get busy and list their property as the penalty for failure to list Is $50. School Tax To Be Slashed In County This Year, Is Said Here’s a bit of news that should be interesting to nearly every citizen of Cleveland coun ty—in fact, to every citizen who pays taxes: The county-wide school tax rate will be reduced this year. Just how much is not known as yet, but it was definitely stated by County Manager A. E. Cline I and School Superintendent J. H. Grigg today that there | would be a slash in the school I rate due to the *82,506.17 the county is to receive for six | months schools from thr stair equalization fund. The new school budget, pre pared by Supt. Grigg, is today the major part, of the business being taken up by the com missioners and the board of education. If the two boards okay the budget it will then be possible to tell how much reduc tion there will be in school taxes. Lindy Flees on Secret Honeymoon Mrs. Charles Augustus Lindbergh, left, the former Anne Spencer Morrow, has achieved the goal which was the secret ambition of more girls in America than any other. She is the wife of Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh. Their sudden wedding at Englewood, N. J, with none of the pomp and cere mony which was expected to attend it, was skilfully planned by Lindy and was over before the announcement was given put by Ambassador Dwight Morrow. UnttroaUonal Mitiml) South Carolina Folks Not Enthused Over 18 Highway Cherokee County Will Hardly Build Bridge Over River To Get New Road. Gaffney, June 3.—While Cherokee county officials have not made any public statement on the matter, the Impression seems to be gaining ground that Cherokee is not par ticularly anxious to Invest any big sum of money in constructing a new highway to meet the proposed hard surfaced No. 18 which is to be built south from Shelby to the state line. It is understood the view on the pan of some local officials is to the effect that two reasonably good highways now connect the two towns, and that when the road leading west from the Stasy ferry bridge over Broad river by Dravo dam is improved there will be little need of building a new route. If the South Carolina highway department should decide to make tin agreement with North Carolina for meeting at some point on the line, that would be a matter with which Cherokee county officials would have nothing to do, more than likely. North Carolina authorities have proposed three possible routes for a road. One of these would necessi tate a bridge over Broad river in Cleveland county, but either of the other two would call for__a bridge In Cherokee county territory. It is said. The Tarheels are reported to insist strongly on the adoption of the second or third surveys, rather than the first. Cherokee county of ficials certainly would not approve of placing the cost of the construc tion of another bridge on the tax payers of this county, espetially in view of the fact that a new bridge has already been planned for the National Htghway between Gaffney and Blacksburg to cost in the neigh borhood of $100,000. Citizens residing in the territory between Gaffney and Shelby are greatly interested in the routing of the proposed highway. The North Carolina authorities have been with holding their decision pending the results of efforts to reach an under standing with South Carolina and Cherokee county officials, it is un derstood, but unless the state high way department is offering encour agement it appears that North Carolina might as well proceed. Engineer Gives Survey Figures For Highway 18 Two Miln Farther By Earl, He Say*. Travel Distance Is One Mile. Following the wide controv ersy In this county over the location of new highway 18 south from Shelby and with the hope of getting the figures correct The Star early today wired John W. Waldrop, chief highway engineer at Raleigh, for the mileage shown by the surveys. Mr. Waldrops wire in reply said: ‘Construction distance of survey via Earl to South Carolina line is nine and two-tenths miles. Con struction distance of line via Zoar church (the direct route) Is seven and two-tenths miles. Difference in travel distance from court house to South Carolina line is one mile in favor of Zoar church route. John D. Waldrop, state highway engi neer.” In Friday’s paper The Star gave unofficial figures on the survey routing from Shelby to Gaffney, the figures reading unintentionally from Shelby to the line. Later there was some discussion as to whether or rot the figures were correct for the full distance to Gaffney. The Star merely gave the reported mileage as a matter of information, and later an attempt was made to secure from the surveying engineers the correct figures. Engineer Noell. with district headquarters at Marion, told The Star in a telephone mes sage that it was 15 1-2 miles from Shelby to Gaffney by the direct survey, just one-half mile more than a direct shoot. Figures on the other survey he did not have at hand, and suggested that The Star wire Raleigh. This was done, but the chief engineer's reply, as may be noted above, gave only the fig ures to the line. The present route used from Shelby to Gaffney, how ever, Engineer Noell declared was 22 miles and a fraction of ft mile. Mr. and Mrs, Julian Thompson spent the week-end in Orangeburg. School Board High In Praise Of Retiring School Leader The following resolutions signed by the Shelby city school board were read Friday night at the grad uation exercises at the city school j in appreciation of the services dur ing 13 years of the retiring super intendent. Prof. I C Griffin: Whereas, Prof. I. C. Griffin has tendered his resignation as Super intendent of the City Schools of Shelby, after having served in said capacity for a period of 13 years; and whereas, under Iris administra tion the schools have grown from a very small to a very large system both from the standpoint of build IngS and equipment and in in creased enrollment of pupils; and whereas said school has been con ducted in such manner as to pro mote good feeling and co-opcration among the citizenship of this City, and to promote high scholarship among the students, and the spirit of loyalty among the students themselves in athletics, In class work, and in all other phases of school life; and whereas, he has been aggressive and active in pro moting the school life but at the same time has never attempted to tContinued On Page Eight; New City Officials Sworn In Saturday; No Changes Made Yet Siren Didn’t Blow Saturday; Some Are Late For Noon Meal Before Mayor McMurry en tered office a report about town stated that tie intended to stop sounding the fire .siren at the noon hour each day and pres sumably the report was pretty well founded for .Saturday all local citizens who awaited the siren to set theirs watches or to drive home for dinner never did set their watches or get any dinner, lor the siren did not blow. At the fire department, where the siren batton Is located, it was said that one of the first orders passed along was to let the .drcn stand until there is a fire. Finals At Graham School In Shelby Hugh Teeler Wins Webb Declama tion Medal. Other Cnps Awarded There. — Hugh Peeler was the winner of the Carl Webb declamation meda’ at the Graham school In the closing exercises of the seventh grade which were presided over by Lula Moore Thompson, the class president. An nie Ruth Dellinger was the winner of the B. T. Palls medal for the reading contest. Awards given the school as a whole at the exercises Included The Cleveland Star cup for the spelling contest In the elementary schools of the city and the Kiwanis athletic cup for high honors in the city wide track meet. The nine students swarded per fect attendance certificates were: First grade—Sara Mundy Hamrick, Mary Margaret 8ilvers. Second grade—Vera Lee Hamrick. Dora Mc Swain, Mary Glenn. Third grade— Lenlth Hamrick. Fourth grade — Ray McSwain. Louise Kiser. Sixth grade—Edna Earle Origg. Taxpayers In Big Rush Saturday To Avoid The Auction Sale Of Property For Unpaid Taxes Underway Here This After noon Began At One. Belated Cleveland county tax payers swarmed into the office of Sheriff Allen here Saturday to pay their 1928 taxes together with the advertising penalty so as to avoid having their property sold at the tax auction which began at the court house this afternoon at 1 o’clock in pursuance of the law regarding unpaid taxes. Approximately three-score people visited the office of the sheriff Sat urday for the purpose of paying their taxes but when the books were closed preparatory to the sale to day more than $10,000 in taxes was , unpaid. Morrison To Build Postoffice Boxes The contract for the building of the 300 new boxes at the Shelby postoffice was let Saturday to C. A. Morrison ds Son. Shelby contractors, or. a bid of $1,631. There were six bidders coming from Virginia, In diania. New York and this state, the highest bid going to $2,400. There are now 535 boxes at the local office and the government is pay ing for the 300 new boxes. Webb And Glover Handle Golf Club Beginning June 1, Pete Webb and Ed Glover took charge of the up keep of the Cleveland Springs golf club succeeding Quinn McCombs, who had been club professional since W. H. Lyle left the local club to become pro at the Spartanburg country club. Young Webb, who Is the Junior Carolinas golf champ, has charge of the club shop, while Glover, who has been with the club for some time, has charge of the upkeep of the course, it is announc ed by club officials. Couple Is Married Here On Saturday Fields B. Toney, of Lawndale, and Maude Alice Gantt, of Fallston. were married Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Squire Sylvanus Gardner at his Shelby residence, i Employ** Under Dorsey. Adminis tration Rrturn To Work. Get 30 Days Notice. Shelby’s city government has been operating since 8 o'clock Saturday morning under the new city regime with Mr. 8. A. McMurry as mayor, all officials being sworn In at that hour by Magistrate T. C. Eskridge. Mayor McMurry and the four al dermen—John F. Schenck, jr., Ab Jackson, Z. J. Thompson and P. M. Washburn—were sworn in by 8quire Eskridge while the chiefs of the va rious departments were later sworn in by Mayor McMurry. Quite an audience was present for the early morning Inauguration, the retiring mayor, Mr. w. N. Dorsey, being among those present to express his best wishes to the new officials. Still Are Silent. Although the new administration has been in charge for two days citizens are still at loss to knew Just what changes, if any, will be made on the city payroll. Hereto fore some of the observers haya been able to get enough Inside in formation to start a few rumors, but not so on this occasion, and If the new mayor and hia board know what changes are going to be made It is a pretty sure thing that no one else knows. Meet Monday Night ..It was announced at the City Had Saturday that the first official meeting of the mayor and his ooun cii would be held at the City HaU Monday night and it la presumed that the slate of employes to remain and go will be made up at the meeting. Saturday morning all employee under the Dorsey administration re turned to work to awkit further or ders, doing so upon the request made of them on Friday afternoon by Mayor McMurry. Get SO Doji Notice. "If any changes axe made,” May or McMurry said Saturday, “in de partment heads those who are re lieved will be given 30 days notice once we decide what we are going to do.” The silence maintained for over a month on the part of the new of ficials has the town speculating as never before. Who will be police chief. Who will be fire chief? Who will be city clerk? are some of the questions being hurled about, and all answers are nothing but guesses Major opinion about the town seems to be that Police Chief Mc Bride Poston stands a good chance of being retained due to the fact that his record since going In as acting chief has met with wide ap proval In the city. However, at the same time other views have it that one or two former chiefs may suc ceed him, while still another view Is that the new chief may be a man who has never served as chief here. Perhaps there win be definite in formation tomorrow, and perhaps not. Clerk Culbreth To Resign End Of June Files Resignation Today With Mayor And Aldermen. Considers Several Offers. Mr. Fred P. Culbreth for two years city clerk and treasurer filed today his resignation with the mayor and aldermen for their consideration at their first official meeting tonight. The resignation filed states that he will resign on Jane SO, provided the auditor now work* ing on the clerk’s books has completed his audit by that time. As yet Mr. Culbreth says that he has not definitely decided what he will do after June 30, but ut present he has several offera under consideration, one being a position with an audit ing firm. City officials who retired last Saturday were high in their praise of the efficient methods employed by him in the city of fice and in taking care ef and collecting the taxes, and Mr. Hoyle, the auditor completing the audit of the old administra tion, told the oM board at their last meeting that in Ms experi ence he had never encountered a better kept set ef city bosks. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Allen and MR and Mrs. W. Y. Crowder spent Suns day in Charlotte. Mr. and Mrd Crowder will visit their daughter! Mrs. B. L Green and Mrs. Mail Francis Uns week.
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