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VOL. XXXVI, No. 2
SHELBY, N. C.
FRIDAY, JAN. 3, 1030.
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. g“J>; ff£JSSS?) ££
LA TE NEWS
THE MARKET.
Cotton, strict mid ——...... 16}£c
Cotton Seed, per bu. .......... 36c
Fair And Colder.
' 't0day’s North Carolina Weather
It/port: Fair and much colder to
night. Fair Saturday.
Boston Mob Active.
In Boston yesterday an angry
lathering, after a meeting in Fane
nil hall, swarmed upon the coast
gaard recruiting headquarters and
tore down and destroyed recruiting
posters as a vehement protest
against the killing of three rum
runners by coast guardsmen Sun
day.
Warlick Seeks
Nomination To
Succeed Webb
Newton Attorney First Candidate
To Definitely Announce For
Judgeship Race.
The anticipated battle among at
torneys of this Judicial district to
seek the Democratic nomination as
successor to Judge James L. Webb,
who will retire this year, Is gather
ing momentum.
This week Wilson Warllck, prom
inent Newton attorney and ex
service man. definitely announced.
Attorney A. I*. Qulckel, of Llncoln
ton, has been endorsed by his home
bar and is expected to enter but
has not been announced. Shelby
and one or two other towns may
also offer candidates.
News of the Warllck announce
ment comes from Newton hi the
following dispatch:
Following the definite decision of
Judge James I*. Webb that he
would not be a candidate for re
election in 1930, Attorney Wilson
Warllck, of Newton, has definitely
announced his candidacy for judge
ship of the sixteenth Judicial uls
' trict
"Mr. War lick has been urged by
Ills friends to enter the race but
would not consent to rur. until he
was certain that Judge Webb would
not perk candidate to succeed hl*n
- The announcement that he
would ran was received with much
enthusiasm in this section of the
state, since his record as a lawyer
is well known.
"Mr. Warllck has served the city
of New ten for a number of years as
city attorney, and has acted as
chairman of the Democratic execu
tive committee of Catawba county
for several terms. He is a graduate
of the University of North Caro
lina, having received his LI*. B. in
1913. He was also in the service of
his country during the World war
having served about two years over
sea."
Manager Scott
To Leave Shelby
3. C. Penney Company Manager To
Open And Manage Penney
Store At Greenville.
B. E. Scott, the popular manager
ot the J. C. Penney company Shelby
store, will leave Shelby to become
manager of a new J. C, Penney
company store In Greenville, S. C.,
according to Information learned
yesterday from Mr. Scott. The Pen
ney company has secured a large
and well located building in Green •
ville and has offered Mr. Scott the
managership, which he has accept
ed and which means that he and
his family will move to Greenville.
Mr. Scott will go to Greenville In
j about thirty days and supervise the
remodelling of the building walch
will be one of the largest stores in
Piedmont Carolinas.
Just who will succeed Mr. S-ott
as manager of the local store has
not been learned.
MT. Scott came to Shelby four
'V and a half years ago from HastL.gs,
Nebraska and has made many
* warm friends. He Is regarded as
one of the finest merchants in the
Penney organization of over a
thousand stores and leaves Shelby
very reluctantly. The Greenville
proposition, however, offers a great
er future and Mr. Scott has ac
cepted the management. He owns a
substantial block of stock In the
Penney organization which firm he
has been associated with for a
number of years.
, New Chevrolet
Car Showing Here
The new 19S0 Chevrolet model
automobiles will be on display a*
the Crawford Motor company’s
headquarters cm East Marion street
Saturday. These cars are being
shown simultaneously throughout
the country and many surprises re
in store for auto owners In the lew
Chevrolet line. As tomorrow has
teen set for the first showing, Vhc
♦*« ptar is not permitted to reveal ai y
pt the features or prices until its
/next issue which appears on Mon
,i» y , v ,
Bailey Will Oppose
Simmons In Primary
For U. S. Senatorship
Raleigh lawyer Gets In Race Be
cause Others Will Not. A
Strong Foe.
Senator F. M. Simmons, who re
fused to support the nominees ol
the Democratic party, which his
kept' him in office for 30 years, in
the election last fall, will have op
position In the June primary for
the Democratic nomination. His op
ponent will be J. W. Bailey, promi
nent Raleigh attorney and former
editor of the Baptist Biblical Re
corder who opposed Governor Mc
Lean for the governorship.
The following Raleigh dispatch of
yesterday tells of the Bailey an
nouncement:
“Josiah William Bailey, Raleigh
attorney, today announced his can
didacy lor the Democratic senator
ial nomination in opposition to
Senator P. M. Simmons next June.
'The announcement was made by
Mr. Bailey at his office Just about
noon. In commenting on his de
cision to run, he remarked that the
field had been open at all times for
any candidate to oppose Senator
Simmons, and that his decision to
run had been induced solely by the
fact that none had offered as can
didates.
“W. J. Brogden, associate Justice
of the state supreme court, had
nothing to say when questioned
about his candidacy, widely talked
in political circles here. He re
ferred all questioners to‘ Mr. Bailey.
“Mr. Bailey had announced that
he would run for . the senate only
if no one else offered. The devel
opment today was taken to indicate
that Justice Brogden, who, it ts
known, has been considering the
matter carefully, had decided that
a race on his part would entail too
great sacrifice.”
Agents To Attend
Session In Raleigh
Will Attend Livestock Show And
Make Live-At-Home Plans For
Coming Year.
County Farm Agent R. W. Shoff
ner and Home Demonstration Agent
Mrs. Irma P. Wallace will be in
Raleigh all next week attending the
annual conference of agents ore
sided over by Director Schaub.
The main feature of the confer
ence will be a review of the 1929
work and the planning of a pro
gram for 1930, and the program for
the new year, it Is announced, will
be built around Governor Gard
ner’s llve-at-home idea. While In
Raleigh the two Cleveland county
agents will attend the Southern
Livestock show in its 17th annual
meeting at State college. Mr.
Shoffner and Mrs. Wallace will be
back on the job here January 13.
Shelby Has Regular
Travelling Hospital
The latest thing in the way of a
motor ambulance—a regular trav
elling hospital within itself—was
being exhibited here yesterday by
Mr. Chas. L. Eskridge who sold the
big 110-horsepower Lincoln ambul
ance to the undertaking firm of
Lutz and Jackson. The ambulance
built to make 90 miles per hour
with all safety is the most up-to
date motor car in the interior ever
seen here. The carrying portion of
the ambulance is equipped with
fresh air heat at any temperature
desired, electrio fans, hot and cold
water, medicinal cabinets, and
everjr modem convenience, and the
outfit is said to be one of the most
complete automobiles of any type ia
this section of the state.
Bailey To Get
Local Support
In Senate Fight
Announcement Of Rival To Sim
mons Pleases Many Demo
crats Locally.
Judging by comments heard on
the streets in Shelby yesterday
afternoon and today It appears as
if Josiah W. Bailey will receive the
major portion of the Democratic
vote of Cleveland county In the
primary next June with Senator
Simmons as his opponent.
The Balley-Simmons fight Is al
ready heralded locally as a political
battle which will stir the entire
state but general opinion expressed
so far Is that the Raleigh lawyer
will emerge the winner. Those ex
pressing this opinion say that those
who remained loyal to the ticket
last fall will not, under any cir
cumstances vote for Simmons in the
primary although they will in the
election if he is the primary nomi
nee, while it is further pointed out
that for many years a third or more
members of the Democratic party
have never been strong for the
Senator. Kitchen supporters have
not been enthusiastic about Sim
mons since the Kitchen-Simmcns
battle, and thousands who support
ed Gardner in his first campaign
for governor in which the Simmons
outfit defeated'him have not been
for Simmons since. It is pointed
out, too, that many of the party
leaders, such as Cameron Morrison
and Charlie Webb, who were with
Simmons in those days are no logg
er for him. These three elements it
is argued, will tend to give Bailey
the upper band in the race, pro
vided. of course, Simmons enters
the primary.
Afternoon papers carrying the
news of the Bailey announcement
caused a stir in Shelby and during
the remainder of the afternoon and
evening the prospective race was
the major topic in all gathering
places about town.
Beam Opens A New
5helby Barber Shop
Four-Chair Shop, New And Mod
em, In Brick Building On
West Graham Street.
Mr. Zeb Beam, formerly one of
the proprietors of the Princess
theatre and for years in the movie
business, has erected on West Gra
ham street a new brick building in
which he has opened a modern
barbershop.
The shop, a four-chair tonsorlal
parlor, is equipped with new equip
ment throughout and Is modem in
every detail, with three shower
baths and other conveniences. Mr
J. M. Lane, formerly with the Cen
tral barber shop, is manager and
has associated with him three first
class barbers.
METHODIST PROTESTANT
SERVICES FOR NEXT SUNDAV
The pastor of West Shelby Meth
odist Protestant church, Rev. E. G.
Lowdermllk, anounces services for
his church as follows:
Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m.,
the first and third Sundays in each
month.
Sunday school at 10 a. mfl every
Sunday. J. W. Maloney, Supt.
A welcome is awaiting all v/ho
attend the above named services.
Charlotte Talking Of Combine
To Back Sen. Simmons And Jonas
Coalition Of Anti-Smiths And Re
publicans Getting Active Now
In Mecklenburg.
Charlotte.—A coalition organiza
tion composed of anti-Smith Demo
crats and Republicans in this coun
ty is preparing to put a ticket in
the field to capture from the Dern
ocrats the state legislative Jobs and j
the five places on the board of
county commissioners and to sup
port Senator Simmons for the sen
ate and Charles A. Jonas, Republi
can incumbent, for the house, it is
announced by Will H. Hall, veil
known Charlotte citizen.
The coalition group has made
considerable progress, said Mr. Hall,
and leaders in the movement al
ready have held “several' meet'n?#
to further their plans. Though he
explained that at this time he uid
not wish to divulge any names, Mr.
Hall said that quite a number of
“very prominent Charlotte people,
several of them with barrels of
money,” are aligned with the coali
tion group. t
Dislikes Taxes.
The particular grievance the
group has against the Democratic
regime, said Mr. Hall, is the matter
of taxation. “We are going to put a
strong ticket in the field for the
state house of representatives and
the state senate and for the board
of county commissioners," he said.
We don't plan to put out a special
state ticket or a ticket for the o',her
county offices thugh we may later
(Continued on page ten.)
Narcotic Farm
MayBeBrought
To This Section
Government Blirran Of Health In
terested In South Mountain
Iioeatton For Farm,
The big 1.200-acre narcotic farm
which the federal bureau of health
plans to establish In the South may
be located In the South Mauntotn
section of Cleveland or Rutherford
counties, according to information ,
here.
Mr. W. H. Wright, one of the !
owners of the big timber tract in
the South Mountain stretching
across several counties, has inter
ested the federal government m a
location in this section and this
week was asking the cooperation of
Rutherford and Cleveland leaders '
in presenting favorable points ic
the bureau.
Several locations throughout the
South have been advanced and
many cities and counties are seek
ing to have the narcotic farm, when
dope addicts will be kept and work
ed. located at some point favorable
to them.
The opinion Is expressed locally
that chances of landing the farm
for this section, something that
would mean much to the section,
are favorable In that the quiet and
the climate of the South Moun
tain section would be especi-d’y
suitable for such' an Institution.
Mr. Wright, It Is understood. Till
soon make a trip to Washington to
present his plea.
Denies She Was
Wife Of Suicide
George Porter Called Madge Davis
His Wife In Letter But She
Denies It.
Miss Madge Davis, of R-3,
Vale, upper Lincoln county, de
nies that she was the wife of
George, Porter who killed him
self with a shot gun at the home
of his parents at Forest City i
Monday afternoon, although
Porter left a note addressed to
her In which he referred to her
as “dear wife.
Miss Davis sends the following io
The Star:
"Please give me space to correct a
statement which appeared in The
Star, January I.
“In the report from Forest City
of George Porter’s death, it was
stated that I was his wife. This Is
a mistake. We were not married.
Please correct this In the next is
sue. Yours truly. Madge Davis.”
Porter had made a few calls on
Miss Davis, but the young lady de
nies that she was married to aim.
Porter who was 26 years of age ad
dressed her as his “dear wife” and
asked that she attend the funerel.
He further said. “I am sorry that
me and you can’t live together.”
Porter had been employed by P.
L. Hawkins of near Boiling Springs.
Efird’s In New 5tore
Will Open Tomorrow
Efird's, now in their new location
on South LaFayette street, in the
former Paragon stand, are opening
their doors to the buying public to
morrow. This shift of location, for
both stores, is an epochal even', in
Shelby. Efird's for long years was a
fixture on the square, as the Para
gon was south of the square. Now
all that is changed.
A full page Advertisement in to
day's paper formally announces ihe
Efird opening. Manager Earle will
be on hand to welcome all his old
customers and friends.
ftiwanis Officers
Installed Here
William Lineberger, president of
the Cleveland Bank and Trust Co.
was installed last night as president
of the Shelby Klwanls club for the
ensuing year. Other officers were
installed, also in. a brief, session
Mr. George Blanton presented the
president’s button to the new pre
siding officer who succeeds Dr. E.
B. Lattimore who retires after a
year’s service.
Mr. Maff To Speak
To Presbyterians
J. A. Maff, field worker for the
men of the Presbyterian denomina
tion in the South will address the
men of the Presbyterian church
here tonight at the monthly meet
ing of the men of the church. Mr.
M. H. Randolph is in charge of the
program. All men of the church ate
urged to attend. The program be
gins at 7 o’clock and supper will be
served to all who attend.
Labor Delegates to Conference
Rath Andrus,
of Chicago,
at the left, and
Clara Fisher
are delegates
to the
International
Labor
Conference
in progress in
Pittsburgh.
Labor leaders
will make an
exhaustive
report on the
conditions
in the
Gastonia, N. C^
textile strike
situation,
which was the
chief source of
trouble
in the past
six months.
(InttroitlAntl
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What Is Greatest Need Of Shelby
And Cleveland County For 1930?
A Star reporter asked the above question today of the following per
sons and received these answers:
WILLIAM LLNEBERGER, bank president and creamery head:
“Frankly, It seems to me that the majority of us are Inclined to live be
yond our incomes. We have steady payrolls, good crops, etc., but we are
living to the limit. We need to adjust our expenditures with an eye to
the future."
Dr. S. S. ROYSTER leading business man: “More grain and a di
versification of crops. We are damaging our land by Intense cultivation
We need more hogs and cows."
J. C. NEWTON, attorney: “More optimism generally. We are In
clined to picture the future too gloomy.”
CHA8. L. ESKRIDGE, automobile distributor: “We need to practice
more economy. When we do things will adjust themselves automati
cully/*
yT, W. EBELTOFJ*. bookseller and philosopher: “More civilization."
(The book seller was kept awake all night New Year’s by the celebra
tion).
JOHN P. MULL, lawyer and building loan official: "What Cleveland
county needs most is a county highway commission, with the 15 com
nisions we have abolished and the work centralized under one commis
sion,"
PAUL WEBB, leading business man: “The county needs to diver
sify a bit more with farm crops, particularly producing more hay. In
•bhelby we need an active organization something like a chamber of com
merce. Shelby Isn’t being advanced as she should. I am a civic club
member and very loyal to my club, but all of our clubs should be mak
ing a better Job of boosting Shelby. A few years ago we were putting
Shelby on the map, but we’ve been lagging on the Job lately.”
Martha Richards
Is New Year Baby
Little Miss Martha Jean
Richards, two days old today,
appears to be Cleveland coun
ty's first New Year baby, ac
cording: to information given
The Star. If no births are re
ported earlier In 1930, she
will be given the year’s free
subscription to The Star as
"Miss 1930.-'
Miss Martha Jean, who Is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Richards, of Lawndale,
was bom at 6:30 o’clock at
the Shelby hospital on the
morning of January 1.
Want Shelby Voice*
For Passion Play
Prof. W. T. Sinclair has a letter
from Charlotte people who are
sponsoring the “Passion Play” In
Charlotte the last of next week
asking if Shelby singers will volun
teer to sing in a mixed chorus In
connection with the rendition of
this play next week. Surrounding
towns are being asked to furnish i
voices and it is hoped to have one
of the largest choruses ever as
sembled in North Carolina. Singers
' in Shelby who will volunteer are
asked to report to Mr. Sinclair and
if enough are willing to go there
and sing, a man from Charlotte will
come up and direct the rehearsal.
Club President In
Talk To Rotarians
The Shelby Rotary luncheon ciub
program today was conducted oy
the club president, Carl S. Thomp
son. Mr. Thompson devoted his
talk to Rotary principles, urging
every member during the year to
follow the Rotary code of placing
“service before self,” thereby serv
ing his community better.
[n Shelby They Live
To A Ripe Old Age
W. J. Jones, head of the Cleveland
Furniture company, tells this one:
Last week he sold a stove to Mrs.
Gantt, who lives in Shelby on Blan
ton street. Mrs. Gantt, being ninety
six years old, was unable to visit tr e
store to see the stove, so she sent
her seventy year old son. Drew
Gantt, to mike the purchase. "Good
life Insurance risks, I call that fam
ily,” was Jones comment.
Six People Insane
In County In Week
Court records here show that six
pecple from this county have been
committed to the State hospital for
the Insane at Morganton within a
week’s time. This Is believed to te
the largest number of insanity cases
ever in the county In one week’s
time.
Banker Believes
’30 To Be Year
Of Saving, Work
Will Not Bo "Boom” Year Bat
Business W1U Be Good Due
To More Economy.
The present year will be a good
business year, but not a "boom”
year In the opinion of Mr. Forreet
Eskridge, cashier of the First Na
tional bank, from whom The 3tar
secured Its annual Interview on
New Year business prospects.
‘‘What do you think of business
prospects for 1030?” Mr. Eskridge
was asked.
He answered as follows:
In the face of some of the diffi
culties the past year has disclosed
for the business world and this sec
tion, that is a rather trying ques
tion to answer, but facing these
conditions squarely and with cour
age, I am inclined to be optimistic
and I look for a good year In 1030.
By a good year I do not mean a
boom year, nor a year of great ad
vancement or great enhancement
in property values, but a good hard
working, saving year with the peo
pic living sanely, economically—ai.a
by hard work, energy and thrift ac
cumulating more than is spent and
my prediction Is that the savings
accounts and total deposits in the
banks will be larger at the close of
the year than at this time.
In comparison with other sections
Cleveland county has really been
greatly blessed this year, and while
there is some distress, and business
is not moving along high tenion
lines, we have much to be thankful
for. The fact that there is over five
million dollars in deposits in the
three banks in Shelby is an en
couraging factor and it appears to
me that the legitimate demands of
business and the financing of a new
crop can be taken care of. We must
keep in mind though that some of
our people, both high and low, In
state, county and town have been
too free to go into debt and after
periods of inflation come periods of
re-adlustroent when many debts
must be paid. Slates wiped out and
new starts made. 1030 may suffer
and be called a hard year on ac
count of the years of Inflation
coming before it. When values were
(Continued on page tenj
Two Small Fires On
Wednesday Evening
The fire trucks were called out
twice Wednesday afternoon and
evening, neither fire causing any
damage to speak of. The first was
a grass fire on Oakland avenue, and
the other, early in the evening, was
a kitchen flue burning out at the
Thede Luts residence.
AT CENTRAL METHODIST
CHURCH FOR NEXT SUNDAY
The morning services at 11 o’clock
with sermon by the pastor, “The
Message of the Years.” The special
music by the choir at this service
will be "The Heavens are Telling.”
by Beethoven.
The even service at 7:30 p. m.
will be led in song by the men's
chorus of this church. The subject
of the sermon is "The Open Door.”
TO CONFER SATURDAY
ON CARPENTER CHURCH
On account of an accident, Rev.
J. M. Page was unable to meet his
appointment at Carpenter’s Grove
church on Dec. 32.
He plans to meet with us there
Saturday Jan. 4 at 4:00 p. m. to
confer with the brethren concern
ing the remodeling of the chuich
building. All interested parties are
urged to be present for this meet
ing.
County Agents Think That 4-H
Clubs Will Help In The County
Young Farm Boy* And Girls Gan
Do Much To Advance The Llve
At-Homc Program.
The 4-H club boys and girls of
Cleveland county can do much to
add Impetus to the llve-at-home
farm program for Cleveland county,
according to the two county agents,
R W. Shoffner and Mrs. Irma P.
Wallace.
By competition with each other
club boys and girls can put over at
home products better than by any
other method. It Is believed.
“The 4-H clubs have a great in
fluence on farm boys and girls
throughout the United States,’ said
Professor Quist of the University of
Iowa, who was in charge of the
boys division of the 4-H clubs at
the International Live Stock shows
at Chicago.
The baby beef and pig clubs aic
popular with the boys in the mid
dle-west, as they usually return a
fair profit, and results are obtained
in less than a year.
The most important factor after
the selection of a good animal is the
feeding of it Professor Quiet says
that the boys spend considerable
time in working out balanced ra
tions for their'proteges, and that a
protein concentrate such as Un
seed meal has yielded large and ef
ficient gains both for the livestock
and their young owners.
Fat cattle depend on a weU-bal
anced ration, which contains a con
centrate; the farmer who attempts
to raise a steer on a ration too low
in protein will not be economizing
^Continued on page ten.)
Banks Pay
$21,750In
Dividends
Capital Stock Structure of First
National Changed To
9730,000.
The three Shelby banks distribut
ed this week $21,730 in dividends to
their stockholders and added sub
stantial amounts to their surplus
accounts. The First National pays
Its regular semi-annual dividend of
six per cent on a capital of $250,000.
this distribution to shareholders
amounting to $15,000. The Cleve
land Bank and Trust Co. paid a
three per cent dividend on Its
$125,000 capital amounting to $9,780
while hte Union Trust Co. paid
paid its regular three per cent
semi-annual dividend on a capital
of 100,000, this amounting to $3,000.
Surplus Increased.
One of the most Important an
nouncements at the beginning of
of the New Year was a change lr.
the capital structure of the First
National Bank. For ten yean this
Institution has been accumulating
I undivided profits which amounted to
more than dividends paid and this
year the directors decided to art
aside $250,000 to surplus account
which makes the surplus now $500.
000 which with a capital stock of
$250,000 gives the institution a cap
ital stock structure of $750/100. This
surplus cannot be paid out exoept
by a vote of stockholders.
Cleveland Adda.
The Cleveland Bank and Trust
company In addition to paying $3,
750 in dividends, added #2,000 to
surplus which is now #26,600. The
undivided profits amount to #4,
030.23 and the reserve far deprecia
tion #7,388.24.
Union Surplus.
The Union Trust company this
January paid a three per cent semi
annual dividend amounting to #3,
00Q. last June the surplus was In
creased to #100,000 giving the In
stitution with Its #100,000 capital, a
working capital of #200,000. The
Union Trust maintains branches at
Lettlmare, Fall*ton and Lawndale.
Allen Gets Almost
Quarter Million In
Taxes Here So Far
Sheriff Here Bias Collected Approx
imatdy Half Of County Taxes
In 3 Mentha.
In a period of leas than three
months, and Just a little mom than
two and one half months. Sheriff
Irvin Allen and his assistants hate
collected almost a quarter of a mil
lion dollars In county taxes. This Is
approximately half of the total
county tax levy.
The first tax collections were de
posited on October IT and up to
January 1, Sheriff Allen had col
lected #213,850.01, and today the
collection total was #221,750.6#.
Very few counties In the state; ac
cording to newspaper dispatches
have collected more county taxes to
date.
Many Absent As City
Schools Open Again
Fhre Hundred Listed As Absent
Thursday. 24 New PnpOs
An Reported.
When the Shelby city schools re
opened yesterday after the Christ
mas holidays the attendance was 2,
311. according to a report today from
the office of the superintendent.
Five hundred children, 150 of
whom were colored, were reported
as absent for the first day of the
new term, while 24 new pupila en
rolled.
Buggy Of 5ick Man
Burned By Gathering
On New Year’s Night
Several angles of the whoopee
welcome of the New Year here
Tuesday night were not so pleasing
to many citizens of Shelby, talk
about the streets had It today.
One incident being talked con
siderably was the burning, by the
crowd of merrymakers, of a buggy
belonging to Mr. Fink King who Is
now sick in the hospital and has
been 111 for some time. Also, quite
a bit of complaint against the noise
made has been heard on the part of
people who live close uptown and
by hotel guests who were kept awake
most of the night.
Mr. Loyd Luts has returned u>
Duke university after spending the
holidays here with hfa parents