VOL XXX VI, No. 21
SHELBY, N. C,
MONDAY, FEB, 17, 1930.
8 PAG2S
TODAY
Published Monday. Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
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Carrier, per year <1 nadvance) $3.00
LA1E NEWS
ITU MARKET
Cotton, per lb. __ 15Vse
Cotton Seed, per bu._37 ‘/jc
Cloudy And Warmer.
Today’s North Carolina Weather
Report: Fair and not quite so cold
tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy and
warmer.
Marion Home Bombed.
Marion, Feb. 17.—Explosion of a
home-made bomb beneath Its foun
dation Saturday nt:ht wrecked the
home here of R. W. Baldwin, pres
ident of the Marion Manufacturing
company, which was the scene of a
hitter-fought textile strike last fall.
A side wall of the house was blown
in and the roof caved in. The re
maining walls were blown away
and the entire structure apparently
was irrcoarably damaged. No one
was in the hou:e at the time. Bald
win and members of his family
have been in Baltimore this- win
ter where he al ;o maintains a resi
dent e. The Baldwin home is local
ed near the outskirts of Marion.
The nearest rceidents reported
hearing a dull "boom" at that
time, but it was several hours later
before it was learned that the
1 house had teen bombed. Sheriff
Oscar Adkins, who is conducting an
invcetlgation, said the tomb appar
ently had been made from heavy
iron pipe and dynamite.
Fe lls Family
Is Largest;
Given Bible
Squire Falls, Age 84, Hb Wife And
Nine Children Attend In
A Body.
It was "family night” at the First
Eaptist church Sunday night' and
fully a thousand people were pres
ent. Dr. Zeno Wall, the popular
pastor, had proposed to give a
beautifully bound Bible to the fath
er and mother with the largest
number of children present at the
service. When Clay Cox walked in,
heading "Cox’s army,” he looked
like a winner without waiting for
the church to fill up. Then cx
Sheriff Hugh Logan and his large
family marched in, topped the Cox
crew and the Logans appeared
have the edge, but Squire J. Z.
Falls, the oldest regular attendant
upon the services came with his
wife and nine children and the
Bible and honor went to him.
Squire Falls Is 84 years of age,
yet he rarely misses a service. In
addition to the nine children
Squire and his wife have 60 grand
children and 31 great grandchil
dren, but of course these were not
all on hand. Squire is the father of
B. T. Falls, the belcfved superin
tendent of the Sunday school.
Old songs were sung, the congre
gation departing from the church
after singing “Home, Sweet Home.”
Mr. Easom rendered very accept
ably "My Heavenly Home” and the
sendee throughout was very im
pressive.
Officials Here Get
Le'ter Of Inqu'ry.
Of Czecho-Slovakia
A. M. Hamrick, clerk of superior
court, has turned over to The Star
an interesting card just received
from Liberec, Czecho-Slovakia.
Written by Heinrich Kubnel and
addressed to the municipal authori
ties here, the card seeks informa
tion about a family from that
country which came to America in
1832. The name of the family in
quired about was Vokoun, and ail
the writer of the card knows is that
the family settled at some “Cleve
land.” In order to find some trace
of the family andv what estate the
Vokouns left the writer of the card
is apparently writing all towns and
cities in this country named Cleve
land and, also, all counties bear
ing that name.
folks,
Meet Casper,
The Gay Married Man
About Town,
And Toots,
His Adorable Little Wife
A Real Cute Kid who keeps
* Casper and everybody else
head over heels In love with
her.
“TOTS AND CASPER,” one
of the most entertaining
comic strips starts in
tiie star
today and hereafter will ap
pear in tead of “Gus and
Guasie.”
YOIPLL ENJOY THE
MARC ED LIFE OF TOOTS
AND CASPER.
Shelby Bank Opens Offices In
Rutherford Todav
Officers Jail
18:Man Wed s
River, Esccp s
Jail Here Filled
With Imbibers
Tra'n ?*' acrlor-ly M’sres Inebriat
ed Man Cn Cross"e. Active
Week-End.
Ccrnty and c'.ty officers Sat
urday and Sunday had their
mart active week-end since the
Christmas holidays, jall'ng 18
people, the nte’e-ity of the 18
on prohibition charges, and ar
rer'ng several others who were
re'ea-ed under bend unt’l ♦his
merr'ng’s ses-ion of county
court.
Although a big percentage of
those arrested wc.e charged with
violating the dry laws, no great
' amount of whishey was captured as
most cf the arrests were for drunk
enness.
A Cold Getaway.
Centering about quite a number
of the arrests were interesting -bas
es made by officers. Yesterday af ■
erncrn three men were detected m
the ‘Weaver brid -e section between
She’by and Sharon, with some li
quor. Officers gave chase and rap
tured two of the trio, but the ‘hird
said to be Clarence Taylor made
his geta- * y by wading the icy ra
ters of Bread river. Chased > the
river brnk by Dep ’ty Harvey er
relron it is said that the fleeing
man, ridding himself of his shbes
and pants, leaped Into the river ai d
waded across. As he struck the
chil’y water, which at points c»me
j up to hi’s armpit^, he let out an
agonised yell which thoroughly con
vinced the pursuing deputy " at he
did not want V) take the o,d
plunge after him.
Train MLeed Him.
Another cf the 18 arrested i* liv
ing today only by a miracle. When
1 the down Southern reached the
; station here Saturday evening the
’ engineer had the sheriff’s office
called to inform that just a' ave
town he had noticed a man itting
on the end of a crosstie, but did
not notice him until the train was
upen the man and was not -'ire
that he was not hit. Officers hur
ried to the scene, to get there De
fore the next up train came 'ong,
and found the man still sitting on
the crosstie in a stupor said to nave
been caused by bad liquor. How liie
steps of the train or the cowcatcu
er missed hitting him is not 'tr.n,
unless he relied off just as thp t-ain
came along and crawled back -'pon
the tie after it passed. The ^an
himself remembers nothing -Hbut
the train passing, or anything else
that occurred for several hours .hat
evening.
Mr. R. H. Person, manager of
Montgomery Ward’s spent Friday
in Spartanburg, S. C., attending a
district managers’ meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dilling ana
Mr. and M-s. P. F. Dill'ng, of Kmgs
Mountain, were visitors in Shelby
Sunday afternoon.
Forest City Boy Shows Them How To
Grow The Cotton
■V iw
Clark Matheny of the Forest City High school, Kuther
ford county, has the horror of being the champion cotton
grower among North Carolina’s vocational agricultural s*u
tents. The picture shows >oung Matheny in h's cotton fie d.
Viold of 4,280 pounds of lint cotton on five acres.
Clark Matheny Grecos 4,280
Pounds On 5 Acres; Leads State
Deputy’s Home Bums
While Family Is Out
Home Of John Hord At Waco De
stroyed With Contents. Had
No Insurance.
Deputy Sheriff John Hord, of
Waco, Friday suffered the loss
by fire of his two-story home
and all of its contents, includ
ing all the family’s clothing
with the exception of what
they were wearing.
JArs. Hord was visiting a neighbor
and Mr. Hord with other members
of the family were attending a
fiddlers’ convention being held
that evening at Waco. As a result
the blaze was not noticed until the
house was enveloped In flames, and
the fire bad advanced to the stage
where saving the building or car
rying out any of the contents was
a hopele” task.
According to reports here Mr.
Hord did not have any insurance
on the dwelling or its contents.
The blaze occurred around 10
o’clock at night, and the origin of
the fire Is not known in that the
entire structure was ablaze when
first seen.
'Summie Spangler
Sick At Hospital
Summie Spangler Is seriously 111
at the Shelby hospital with what
the doctors fear is blood poison.
While working at the Farmers and
Planters Hardware Co., he scratch
ed his arm. The skin abrasion wai
so slight, little attention was paid
to it but on Saturday the pain be
came intense and he has been su •
fering great agony. He was seme
better tills morning.
County Eask tball Tourney To
Start Here Wednesday; 2 Games
I
Por-vffle Fal'ston, Grover And *nt
timore Play First Night. On
Four Nights.
The annual Cleveland county
championship and the Rotary cup
will get underway In the tin can
here Wednesday night at 7‘30, It
was announced today py Coach
Casey Morris who he'd a meeting
with other coaches and high school
officials here Saturday.
Two games will be played on the
opening night, two on Thursday
night, two cn Friday night, and one
game Saturday night to decide the
championship.
How They Play.
Wednesday night, beginning at
7:30, Polkville will play Falletsn in
the first game, and Grover will play
Lattlmore in the second game.
Thursday Shelby will play Kings
Mountain in the opening game, ard
Eelwood and Casar will clash in the
second game.
Friday night the two winners of
the Polkville-Failston and Grover -
Lattimore contests of Wednesuay
night will meet each other in one
game, while the winners of tne
Shelby-Kings Mountain end iiel
wood-Casar games will play ach
other in the second contest; This
will be the semi fina’s pl^y.
On Saturday night the winning
teams of Friday night’s game will
play each ether for the title
With the basketball quints of
eight schools competing In the
tournament the games will likely
draw large crowds from all section?
">f the county each night.
Lattimore, according to the dores
ters, has the best chances of go
ing through the tournament with
out being defeated. but several
quints, including Kings Mountain,
Shelby and others, are considered
dark-horse possibilities for the title.
This Sounds Interesting.
The opening game of the tourna
ment, between Polkvrtle and Fails
ton, should be one of the big iea
tures of the tournament due +o the
rivalry between the two quints and
the unusual record of games play
ed between them. To date Fallston
and Polkville have played three
"Tames the score has been tied. Polk
ville won two of the three contests
but by totalling the points in all
three games .it is revealed 'hat
Fallston, although having won only
one game, is two points ahead
Polkville last year went to the fi
nals, Shelby winning the chamnlon
shlp in the last game of the <cur
nament by only two points.
Grover has a fast quint and U
xpected to spring several ;urprires
in the game with Lattimore.
| By growing 4,280 pounds of lint
cotton on five acres, Clark Matheny
won first place in the state in the
cotton growing contest conducted
for agricultural students by the di
vision of vocational agriculture.
Young Matheny is a member of the
agricultural class of the Forest
City, school, Rutherford county,
and grew his cotton as his field
practice work, under the supervi
sion of D. H. Sutton, agricultural
teacher.
The cost account record shows a
profit of $531.13 or $106.22 per
acre. Cost items include $10.00 pc*
acre rent; $10.00 per acre for man
agerial services; $150 per acre for
depreciation of tools; man labor at
20 cents per hour; horse labor at
15 cents per hour; picking, ginning,
fertilizer and other expenses at ac
tual cost
Clark used Coker No. S seed and
received »; liberal premium for his
lint He fertilised with 600 pounds
per acre of 12-4-4 at planting and
200 pounds of nitrate of soda at
chopping time, following the Tar
Heel inetbod of fertilization.
This splendid yield gave him first
place In his district and in tne
state contest Hubron Drye of Stan
field, Stanly county, won second
district and state prizes with a yield
of 833 pounds per acre and John
Cook of Cornelius, Mecklenburg
county, won third district and state
prizes with a yield of 819 pounds of
lint per acre. The Chilean Nitrate
of Soda educational bureau pre
sented these young men with $40.00
for first; $25.00 for second aod
$15.00 for third prize because of
their splendid records.
Mr. NoaH Hamrick,
Aged Citizen, Dies
At Boiling Springs
Was 82 Years Of Age And A Deacon
Of The Church For Half A
Century.
At the age of 82 years, Mr. Noah
Hamrick, one of the oldest and
most beloved men In the Boiling
Springs community, died Sun lay
evening at 8 o’clock and is being
buried there this, Monday, after
noon at 3 o’clock, the services being
conducted by his pastor, Rev. J. L.
Jenkins.
Mr. Hamrick was a farmer all his
life, and a good one, making ti.e
necessities of life on his own farm
He was a sturdy, hard-working, up
right citizen and a most faithful and
loyal Christian churchman. He was
married to Miss Mary Hamrick with
whom he lived happily for sixty
years. She survives with two sons,
Carvis M., and Jasper Y. Ilamtick
and two daughters, Mrs, J. T. Jolly,
of Boiling Springs and Mrs. W. E
Goode of Scotland Neck, this state.
Also surviving are one sister, Naucy
C. Hamrick and two brothers, Wiley
and E. W. Hamrick.
Three Tot* Looking
For Heme In County
-»
Two small, yet healthy Cleve
land county boys and their lit
tle sister, all attractive young
sters are looking for a home.
Their father is gone and their
mother is unable to provide
them with food and clothing,
and as a result J. B. Smith,
county welfare officer is look
ing for a home for them. The
oldest boy is 13, the other is
four and the girl Is six.
Ruthsrfordton
Bank Sued By
American Trust
Closed Institution
Facing A Suit
Charlotte Bank Brings Artlon To
Secure Amounts Due On
Two Notes.
Charlotte, Feb 17.—Director* of
the recently closed Rutherford
County Bank and Trust Co., of
Rutherfordton were sued for slight
ly more than $65,000 by the Amer
ican Trust company of Charlotte
In Mecklenburg superior court yes
terday.
Demand was made for payment
In full of a $50,000 note Issued by
the bank and for $16,320.51 due on
a $20,000 note floated by It, to
gether with Interest.
Guaranteed Against Low.
It was claimed that the directors
had executed a written Instrument
to the Charlotte bank guaranteeing
It against loss on any sum borrow
ed from It by the Rutherfordton
institution up to the extent of
$205,000.
Named as directors and defend
ants are G. E. Ervin, T, Frank
Oates, W. B. Walker, K. B. Tanner,
S. E. Elmore, J. L. Robinson, J. O.
Ledbetter, C. F. Cline, C. W. Keet
er, W. C. Twitty, J. W. Beason, W.
A. Harr til, W. L. Long, .W. W.
Hicks, R. H. Crawford, C. E. Jus
tice, J. F. Flack, J. L. Taylor and
M. O. Dickerson, all of Rutherford
county, and W. G. Wilson of Bun
combe county.
The Rutherford Bank and Trust
company and Its two branches at
(CONTINUED ON PAGE BIX.)
Mr. Jones Dies
At Lattimore
Prominent Farmer Passed After
Short Illness With Pneumonia.
Near 81 Years.
Mr. J. H. Jones one of the lead
ing citizens of the Lattimore com
munity was buried at the Lattl
.nore Baptist church last Wednes
day, the funeral services being con
ducted by Rev. Mr. Lynch, the pas
tor, assisted by Revs. Z. D. and I.
D. Harriil and Zeno Wall. A large
crowd was present to pay a tribute
of respect to this noble citizen and
a bounty of flowers was heaped
upon his grave.
Mr. Jones would have been 81
years of age had he lived until Feb
ruary 15. He lived on the same
plantation all of his life and was
married to Miss Susan Oreen over
fifty years ago. She survives, to
gether with two sons, F. Y. Jones
and Joe Jones, Jr., prominent citi
zens of this county and one daugh
ter, Mrs. J. M. Heafner of Crouse
Twenty-two grand children and
one sister, Mrs. M. S. Hamrick alsc
survive.
Mr. Jones was a deacon in the
Lattimore Baptist church, an up
right citizen and greatly loved and
respected by a wide circle of
friends.
Shelby Highs Out
Pf Class B Series
Locals Eliminated Friday Night
By Fast Hap-ietta-Caroleen
Quint,
The Henrietta-Caroleen basket
ball quint, offering a stubborn de
fense and at times a flashy offense,
eliminated the Shelby highs from
the class 8 title race here Friday
night, 20-12.
The elimination of Shelby Fri
day night and of Lattimore Thurs-1
day night by the Forest City five.'
leaves Fallston as the only Cleve- i
land county quint still In the title
race.
Friday night Fallston will play
the winner of the Forest City-Hen
rletta-Caroleen game.
Deputies Capture An
Odd Still In Coun’y
Deputies Bob Kendrick and Jerry
Runyans Saturday captured a
freak looking still in the section
between Shelby and Boiling
Springs. The still, a flat conical af
fair, was of a type never heretofore
•seen in this section, officers say.
The whiskey plant was not in op
eration wh-'i the officers arrived
“id there was no whiskey or beei
about.
To Boy Who Robbed
Opens Door Again
Him Of Almost $! 00
J. .1. I’owcll Take* Orphan Boy
Bark In HI* Home. Foiled
By Gold Tooth,
J. 1. Powell, farmer of the
Polkvllle section, haa proven
his faith in humanity along
with the charity of hit own
heaH.
Wednesday morning of last
week, George Willis, 13-year
old orphan boy who lived in the
Powell home, arose early to
start the fires. Before Mr.
Powell arose Willis had disap
peared and gone, too, was *98
Mr. Powell had left in his
trousers' pocket when he retir
ed Tuesday night. Wednesday
evening the Willis boy was
back in jail here with what re
mained of the money. Ths re
mainder of the money had been
spent for a new suit of clothes
and a new gold tooth hero be
fore he caught a bus to make
his getaway. Ills new clothes
and his gold tooth made It eas
ier for officers to catch him.
Saturday, Willis along with a
negro boy, who was given a
portion of the money, were
given a hearing before A. M.
Hamrick, Juvenile Judge. Mr.
Hamrick sentenced both or the
boys to the reformatory, pro
vided homes could not be
round for them. Mr . Powell
heard the sentence and inform
ed the cdurt that he would take
the orphan back and give him
a home. And he did despite the
protests of friends.
"I’m willing to give him
another chance, and I suppose
it’s my business,” the benefac
tor of the repentant lad said. In
meaning, as he returned home
with the youth charged with
rubbing him.
Building Men Here
Form Association
Contractors And Material Men Or
ganise And Hold Initial
Banquet.
Last Friday night the contractors
and material men of Shelby held
their Initial banquet in the private
dining room of the Wayside Inn.
After the banquet an informal
meeting was in order.
The meeting was addressed by
Loy Thompson and the need fer a
building organization was stressed
After some discussion it was 1ccid
ed best to elect a board of directors |
for the purpose of perfecting plans i
for an organisation. These elected
were: Lee Towman, Z. J. Thomp
son. H. J. Costner. Carl Thompson
and L. U. Arrowood. These men
will call another meeting and rub
mit their plan to a vote of the mem
bers in a short time.
There were present the following:
Will M. Roberts, Charlie Mint*, Gus
Evans, Bill McCord. Max Warb
bura, Louie Gardner, J. H. Harmon,
Earl Lowman, Lee Lowman, Carl i
Thompson, Zoll Thompson, Preston
Glascoe, J. G. Dudley, jr„ W Is.
Vickery, Ham Costner, Hugh Ar
rowood, Claude Thompson and roy
Thompson.
Mrs. Annie Dilling of Kings Moun-1
tain, was a Shelby visitor Sunday. !
Blanton Supervises
Opening Two Banks
Closed Rutherford Banks Not Being Taken
Over, But Union Trust Opens New Banks
At Forest City And Rutherfordton. Carry
Shelby Employes Along, To Get Others
There.
Branches of the Union Trust Company were opened
this mornintr at Forest City and Rutherfordton under the
nlan of expansion announced here Friday whereby the Union
Trust Co. combined with the Cleveland Bank and Trust Co.,
of this place and decided to add two branch offices in Ruth
erford countv where six banks have failed.
Davis Resigns
Cell ge Head
President J. B Davis, who has
been the head of Bolling Springs
Junior college for the pest two
years, has tendered his resignation
to the board of trustees, through
the board's chairman, Mr. J. H.
Quinn, the resignation to become
effective at the commencement May
20th this year.
The resignation was tendered sev
eral drys ago but was not learned
of by The Star until Saturday. Just
what his plans are for the future
were not made public. He did Issue
the following statement, however,
"After a thorough study of the
whole Junior college psychology. Ui
Its relation to the hew education
program, which has Its ever-chrng
ing and ever-increasing standards
of efficiency; and, conscious tim
tor Boiling Springs college to be
recognized as % potent education
institution in its field, there would
be necessary certain reorganization
and readjustments, in the leader
ship of which any new president,
whoever he happened to be, would
become the Innocent victim, unless
and until the lease's and people,
as a whole, should see their way,
r nd Join hands In a g.eat, construc
tive, Christian education conquest;
It. therefore,, seemed best to tender
my resignation, so that, if the trus
tees could secure a president who
might be able to lead our great
host of people to realize that hap
py day. they would ferl free to do
so.”
Tributes Paid Wood
And Durham Sunday
Tributes were paid Rev. C. A.
Wood, former pastor of Central
Methodist church of Shelby and
superintendent of the Methodist
Children’s Home at Winston-Salem
at the time of his death and Dt
Plato Durham cf Emory-Henry"
University, Atlanta, Ga., here Sun
day night at Central Methodist
church. At the msmi'.al service.
Rev. Ed Thompson paid a deserved
tribute to Rev. Mr. Wood while Hon
Clyde R. Hoey spoke of the life of
Dr. Durham, a native of Shelby,
who died suddenly last week In At
lanta, Ga. The church was filled
to capacity for thiAervlce.
Farmers Mast Cat Size Of Cotton
Crop To Avert Disaster This Year
Again Tells Them To Reduce Acre
age Or Take The Economic
Consequences.
Washington.—An appeal over the
radio "to every public spirited clt
ten of the south” to help reduce
cotton acreage was made recently
by Carl Williams, representative of
cotton on the federal farm board.
Williams said the interests of the
entire nation were involved in the
problem of getting a higher price
for cotton and that it is not too
late to plan to get it.
Declaring that the recent weak
ness in the cotton market was a
“sharp warning” to growers, he
urged them to help themselves to
better incomes by curtailing pro
duction.
"The federal farm board cannot
fix the world price of cotton.” he
said. “It cannot fully protect farm
ers from the consequences of over
planting. neither can the cotton
cooperatives nor the new American
Cotton Cooperative association.
“The board wants ♦ help farm
ers To help th^m-elve--. The earnes*
co-operation of every farmer, mer-1
chant, banker, newspaper, educa
tional institution and every public
spirited citizen of the south is in
vited to make effective this plain
lesson of recent years."
Not History.
Citing the increased returns to
growers as a result of the curtail
ment of production in 1927. Wil
liams said: “This is not ancient
history. It is a story only two or
three years old. In 1928 and again
in 1929 cotton growers increased
their plantings substantially above
those of 1927. The crops were larg
er and prices have been lower.”
“This policy does ,not pay,” he
mid. "World consumption of cot
ton has been less thus far this year
than it was in the same period last
year and may be still declining.
“World stocks of cotton are not
excessive. Domestic and foreign de
mand are likely to be somewhat
stronger next year than this year.
If the United States produces in
1930 a crop of 13,000,000 bales or
less, growers may expect conslder
vbly better prices and larger in
-rimes next year than they got last
.rear.”
Men Go To Open Up.
President C. C. Blanton, Casiiici
Forrest Eskridge, J. J. Lattlmore,
Lowery Austell, Clarence Mull left
early this morning for Rutherford ij
coynty with cash and hastily print- j
ed stationery with which ter<open i
the two Rutherford unite. Just who
will be in charge of the banks at
Forest City and Rutherford has not
been decided upon, but Mr. George
Blanton, vice president of t|» First
National bank, who was seen this
morning stated that, two men from
the local organization will be sent
to Rutherford county and be as
sisted by two experienced bankers
from that county. This will give two
men In charge at each place and
they will be assisted by clerical
help secured in those two cities.
Old Banks Not Taken Over.
An impression was given in
Rutherford county Friday by for
mer customers of the defunct
banks that the Union Trust com
pany was entering that county to
take over the Fanners Bank and
Trust company at Forest City and
the Rutherford County Bank and
Trust company at Rutherfordton.
This is not the case. The Union
Trust company is opening new
banks at these places. White they
have made arrangements to use
the same {tanking rooms and
equipment that were used by the
old banks, but checks on the de
funct banks cannot be honored.
These defunct banks are In the
hands of the state banking author
ities and their affairs will have to
be closed up Just as an estate is
wound up. The Union Trust com
pany will act as trustee In receiv
ership for a year or more and set
tle the affairs of the defunct in
stitutions. but this will be an en
tirely separate account and cus
tomers should not allow the two to
get cpnfused in their minds, says
Mr. Blanton.
rtumca nanus xuen Over.
An effort was made on the part
of the Rutherford county bankers
to get the Union Trust company to
take over the defunct banks, but
this was not agreed upon and the
plan as outlined in Friday’s Star
will be carried out. On Saturday,
prominent business men of Forest
City came to officials of the Union
Trust company to urge that the
defunct banks be opened and cer
tain concessions were offered, but
under the existing circumstances,
the Union Trust heads decided to
continue their plans of opening
new banks as branches of the Un
ion Trust rather than ‘We over”
the defunct institutions.
In view of the fact that officers
of the Union Trust company are
busy with the Rutherford situation,
little Attention has been given as
ret to the combination of the
Cleveland Bank and Trust company
and the Union Trust company at
this place.
Customers of the Cleveland Bank
will be served as usual until furth
er announcement is made. Those
who have Accounts there will con
tinue to check and desposit, using
the same stationery, namely
(Cleveland Bank and Trust Co.) as
formerly. It is planned to move the
Union Trust’s Shelby offices into
the Cleveland Bank building, but
this will not be done for a week or
so yet. Each bank organization is
“carrying on” as if the merger had
not become effective, but the con
solidation details have been work
ed out and approved by the direc
tors of each Institution and a meet
ing of the stockholders of the
Cleveland Bank and Trust Co. has
been called to meet next Monday,
February 24 at U o’clock to ratify
and confirm their action.
Many expressions of approval of
the consolidation have been heard
about the streets, all agreeing that
It unite banking foroes into strong
er groups so that the county can be
served much better than hereto
fore. It is regarded as a great move
for the county and will tend to
'tabllize business and forbode a
better year this year than tost.