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By mall, per year (in advance) $2.50
Carrier, per year (1 nadvanee) >3.00
total
1920 cen
ranks eighty
and only 18 of
more white
county.
Rutherford county ranks sixty
second in the state, Lincoln county
seventy-first, Gaston eighty-first,
and Burke ninety-fourth.
New Hanover has the smallest
number of native white rural illit
erates, 85, and the lowest rate, 2.9
percent Wilkes county has the larg
est number, 3,601, and the highest
rate, 17.01 per cent State average
4.0 percent urban, and ruarl 9-02 per
In the state at large, there are
104,673 native white illiterates ten
years of age and older; 94,664 of
these are in the farm regions, and
82,056 of these are 21 years of agr
and over.
That is to say, approximately
nine-tenths of the native white il
literates are in the countryside, and
more than four-fifths of them are
beyond school ages.
The white illiteracy problem is es
sentially that of adult white illiter
ates in the farm regions.
Mrs. Gamble Leaves
Store After Years
Mrs. Gene Gamb’e, one of Shel
by's best known sales ladies, has
resigned her position with the
Eflrd’s store here to take a needed
rest. For 10 yean Mrs. Gamble has
been In charge of the alteration de
partment and a saleslady In the
ready-to-wear department at Eflrd’s.
and during that time she made a
wide acquaintance with the ladies
of the Shelby trade area.
Reader
Interest
Writing to The Star under
date of April 8, Mr. Stanley
High, editor of The Christian
Herald says: “Your paper has
a Mg advantage over the met
ropolitan dallies In the com
pleteness with which you can
cover local activities. After all,
moot of us are more interested
In what other folks are doing
than we are in Important na
tional and International af
fairs.”
Editor High puts the facts
plainly. The Star has more
“reader interest” than the city
dailies, because it tells what
home folks are doing That
/What makes this "reader in
terest” all papers desire so
much to have.
Last Friday’s Star carried
news about 820 Cleveland
county people. Today’s issue
has about as many locals
names. No other paper, daily
or weekly in North Carolina,
“covers” Its circulation terri
tory with local interest news
as completely as The Star.
If you are not a Star read
er, you are missing step with
your county folks. The Staj
costs $2.50 per year by mail or
$3.00 by carrier. If you llv.»
in Shelby or suburbs, pay the
.carrier boy who passes your
door 25c a month and get a
dozen copies on trial.
Ehrlnghaus was Introduced by D/25.
Newton. John Best aqd bis orches
tra furnished music. Souvenirs were
distributed to all and twenty or
more valuable prizes were awarded
to the lady guests present
Erwin Speaks To
Hollis Seniors
Grady Withrow Is Toastmaster At
Banqaet Here. Gvests Attend
Movie Show.
The senior class of Hollis high
school held their annual banquet at
the Hotel Charles Wednesday night.
The dining room was appropriately
decorated in class colors and a
sumptuous dinner was served by
the management.
Mr. Grady Withrow acted the*
part of toastmaster to perfection.
His ready wit and inexhaustible
supply of good humor prevented"^
moment’s dullness during the even
ing. A number of guests made brief
and appropriate talks in response
to toasts by the seniors. Prof. Clyde
A. Erwin was guest of honor and
delivered a most fitting address. Hir
topic was "Preparation for Life.”
During the banquet Mr. Webb
called the toastmaster oyer the
phone and extended an invitation
to the entire party to attend the
Webb theatre as his guests. The
offer was heartily accepted and the
remainder of the evening spent at
the theatre.
The following attended: Seniors—
Misses Mattie Lee Campbell, Effle
Daves, Viola Gamble, Matt and Ola
Gettys, Clara Mae Gordon and
Laura Mae Irvin; Messrs. C. C.
Crow, Blaln; Jones, Buford McCar
son and Kenyon Withrow. Little
Miss Oreeta Daves, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Fred Daves was mascot.
In addition to these were Mr. and
Mrs. Grady Withrow, Mr. E. M.
Jones, Prof. Clyde A. Erwin, and
the Hollis high school teachers, Miss
Edith McRee, Mr. J. L. Rhyne and
Mr. J. J. Tarlton.
Grover Officer Has
Stolen Chickens
Deputy1 C. H. Sheppard of Grover
has 20 stolen chickens and be cap*
tured the thiefr but the thief made
his escape from the Grover lock-up
soon after he was incarcerated. Last
Monday two men giving their names
as J. A. Matthews of Gaffney and
Jas. Coffee of Cowpens drove into
Grover in a roadster with two sacks
full of chickens, alleged to have been
stolen. Coffee was released but Mat
thews was Jailed. Soon thereafter he
escaped. Owner of the stolen chick
ens can get them by Identifying.
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Daughters To Meet
At Kings Mountain
Seven chapters of the United
Daushters of the Confederacy wil1
| meet Tuesday April 15th at Kings
Mountain and a number of ladte
from the Benjamin Cleveland chap
ter of Shelby expect to attend.
There are seven chapters in the dis
trict comprising Cleveland. Lincoln,
Gaston, Rutherford and a part of
Catawba county. The meeting will
be called to order at 10-80 o’clock
who
the four
put ou this
board of agrl
tneir entry manat
with me or some
agricultural board
County Agent R. W
stated today.
to enter and
proper entry blanks
re them from the county
from the member of the
board In theta: town*
Fov Contests.
There are four separate contest'
which may be entered—the five
acre contest, the three-acre contest,
the two-acre contest, and the one
acre contest Cash prizes are to be
awarded the winner in each con
test
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Prominent Farmer
Passed Last Night
Mr.
Philander Bridges Dead
learns Mill Section. Funeral
Saturday.
Mr. phOaodBT Bridget, aged 75
years, one Of the most prominent
t/fimyt* gmd best known citizens of
the Beams Mill section, died at the
home of his son, Mr. W. C. Bridges,
last night about 10:30 o’clock, death
resulting from the infirmities o;
age.
Funeral services will be held a'
Pleasant Grove church Saturday
morning kt 10 o’clock conducted tiy
Itev, C& & Abemethy. £
Mr.-Bridges, who was a highly re
spected citisen and generally admir
ed by his neighbors, friends ard
acquaintances, had been in declin
ing health for several years. He had
lived in that section all of his life
and was one of the sections leading
and most stalwart citizens.
His wife preceded him to the!
grave, and among the survivors are
two-grandsons who live in Shelby.
McBrayer In Race
To The End, Says
Attorney C. B. (Pat) McBrayer,
who some time back announced his
candidacy for solicitor of county
court, declared today that he was in
the race until the finish. A report
has been in circulation for several
days that Mr. McBrayer had with
drawn or would withdraw, but the
report, he declared today is without
foundation.
Other announced candidates for
the office are P. Cleveland Gardner
the present solicitor, and Attorney
J. Clint Newton.
Presbyterian Men To
Entertain Their Boys
The men of Shelby Presbyterian
church will meet Friday, April 11,
at 7 p. m. in the dining room of the
Simday school building. In this sup
oer meeting the men will have as
their special guests the boys of the
congregation. An interesting pro
gram has been planned under the
leadershlo of Mr. L. P. Holland and
Mr. M. H. Randolph.
lobby Inquiry
osephos Daniels, former Secretary of the Nary hi the Wilson
Cabinet, and now a publisher of Raleigh. N. C., as he appeared
before the Senate lobby investigation committee and testified
regarding an editorial in his paper attacking Chairman Raskob of
the Democratic National Committee.
JaffneyHasA Number Of “Jake”
Paralysis Cases; Deny Drinking
May Be A Dosen Cases There, Phy
sicians Say. Victims To
RecoTcr.
Gaffney, April 11.—Several cases,
perhaps as many as a dosen of
"Jamaica ginger paralysis” have de
veloped here and In Cherokee coun
ty In the past few days, a survey
conducted showed. Physicians re
ported a number of patients bad
been under treatment for several
days. Most of the victims, it was
said, showed *k disinclination for
publicity.
Some of' the patients admitted
drinking what was supposed to tie
Jamaica ginger, according to phy
sicians, while others denied con
suming such a concoction but
claimed to have partaken of other
alcoholic fluids.
in pracucauy an instances, tne
victims base shown -similar svtnn
toms. The affliction developed first
with' pain in the calves of the tegs,
which gradually became more In
tense with the paralysis taking ef
fect In the feet apdlatpr ascending
jW to and above the knees. A few
of the patients have felt the effects
to their bands Also, It Is said.
The most of the victims thought
they had contracted rheumatism, at
this
' «W>rdtng to cftemj&l analyses
made' elsewhere after the appear
ance of the “Jake” paralysis, the
concoction which the victims used
contained quantities of carbolic
add, creosote, 'and other poisons
that affect the . nerves controlling
the action of the leva.
The paralysis was first reported
several weeks ago from the middle
west, but since that time appears
to have spread practically all over
the south. Governbient agents ars
attempting to trace the poisonous
ginger to Its source of origin.
Physicians here said the victims
generally recover, but that some
times recovery Is a long slow pro
cess.
ed the natura df
for
ta lndl
fllctlon.
Rev. Mr. McDiarmid
Speaks In Virginia
Addresses Synod Committee At
Roanoke And Another Meet
At Mt. Airy.
Rev. H. N. McDiarmid, pastor of
the^ Shelby Presbyterian church,
was* in Roanoke, Virginia, yesterday
where he attended a meeting ot the
Synod of Virginia’s committee on
men's work of the Presbyterian
church, being invited by Mr. F.* L.
Temple, the chairman.
The Shelby minister, who is
chairman of men’s work In the
North Carolina Synod spoke Wed
nesday morning at the Winston
Salem Presbvtery In session pt Mt
Airy. He will be back in Shelby In
time for the monthly meeting of
men tonight at the Presbyterian
church.
Community House
For Shelby Mill
People Finished
Social And Civic Center Building:
Provided For Employee* At
Shelby Min.
A community building, two stories
high and centrally located, has
been completed at the Shelby mill
village and is now ready for the
use of the social and civic bodies of
this splendid industrial community.
It will be the meeting place for the
Thrift chib. Boy Scout troop, Tex
tile club and Sewing club, all of
which are functioning In the vil
lage. *
The building bu a neat and well
equipped kitchen, shower baths, a
dining room that will seat lt| tao
ple, a reading room, etc. One room
Is Bet aside for a first aid station
which Mr. It T. LeOrand, the pop
ular head of the mill, hopes to pro
vide soon when conditions will war
rant
While the building is not as yet
furnished. It Is completed and is be
ing fitted up for the convenience of
the citizens of the village and where
their social and civic activities will
be carried on.
The sewing club will serve a sup
per at the community house Satur
day night of this week, charging 79c
per plate, the proceeds to go for
charity. These suppers have been
served before and are said to be
everything one might expect In
taste, variety and abundance of
good things to eat.
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Carolina Band Here
Next Tuesday Night
Famous Musical Organisation.
Known Throughout South, Com
ing To Shelby.
The University of North Carolina
band, one of the souths best known
musical organizations, will give a
concert at the Shelby high school
auditorium Tuesday night of next
week
The band, which first attained
wide fame by its performances at
gridiron games, is made up of skill
ed musicians and in addition to the
full band numbers there will be
violin and trumpet solos. The Car
olina band appears here under the
auspices of the Shelby high music
department of which Prof. W. T.
Sinclair is director.
Shelby Musicians To
Broadcast Tonight
Mr. John Kester, tenor, and Mlsr
Sedahlia Propet, pianist, will broad
cast tonight over radio station
WSPA at Spartanburg. The popular
Shelby musicians will be on the air
from 10 until 10:30.
Cleveland Cloth Mill Team Managed By Morris
May Enter Semi-Pro Baseball League In Section
Number Of Flayer* Employed By
MSL Team ijleing Trained
Information ben today bad
it that official* behind the
Cleveland Cloth MUi baseball
dab, which was a fast iKmond
outfit last year, may consent to
have their dab form the nucleus
for an independent Shelby team
to play in a semi-pro or amateur
league. «« Is hdnf proposed h*
the section.
The Cktth mill has eight or
nine good ornate nr and semi
pro ball players employed there
the year round and the boys are
already in training and have
new uniforms and other equip
ment.
The suggestion that the Cloth
mill team represent Shelby in
the proposed league wins the ap
proval of fans and another re
port has It that Casey Mortis,
Shelby high school director and
farmer Sooth Atlantic league
player, is being considered as
player-manager for the Cloth
mllL With the addition for lea
gne games of Morris, Tommy
Harrlll, the two Farris boys,
Hamrick and a few others fans
are of the opinion that the Shel
by team, made up altogether of
local talent, could offer stiff
opposition to the other teams In
the prospective loop.
Shelby Growth
Shown By Facts
Of Old Census
Only 990 Here In
1880 Census
Town Ten Timet At Large At It
Wat At First Census. County
Gain Shown.
If the census now underway
shows Shelby to have nine or
ten thousand population, as Is
expected, the town will be just
ten times at largo as It was
when the first government cen
sus was made here.
Old census figures,, searched out
of the U. 8. census records by T. W.
Hamrick, Jr., show that only 090
people lived in Shelby when the
first census was made in 1880. The
first census was made in 1840 but
no records are given of Shelby un
til 1880.
No record of the county popula
tion is shown before 1900 and at
that time 25,078 were the figures
given.
Shelby Population.
The old records given Shelby pop
ulation at the various census inter
vals as follows:
1880 . *--,- 990
1890 . _ 1,394
1900 . 1.874
1910...1 3,127
1920 . 3,809
1925 (special) ...._8,890
1930 . ..
The figures given for the entire
county were:
1900 . .. 25,078
- 1910 . 29,494
1920 _____... 34,272
1930 ...
Taxpayers Urged To
List Their Property
There la Penalty For Thoee Who
Fall To List, Newton
Announce*.
Cleveland county property owners
are urged to Mat their property dur
ing April fcy W. Ht Newton, county
tax supervisor, who publishes a list
ing warning in todays Star.
The law requires that a penalty
be inflicted on all property owners
who do not list during the month
and Mr. Newton calls attention * to
this requirement. Listers are now at
work la all the townships of tire
county.
Weather* Will Build
Burned Home Back.
Material Is being placed for re
building the dwelling of County
Commissioner R. L. Weathers which
was burned during a high wind on
Monday at noon. Since the fire Mr
Weathers arid family have been
living across the street in the Mrs
Pattle Ware house, accupying the
downstairs. Mr. Weathers carried
$4,000 insurance on the dwelling but
bad nothing on the furniture. His
loss was considerably more than his
coverage.
Highs To Play Kings
Mountain Saturday
Game Here Tomorrow. Shelby Play
ing Charlotte In Charlotte
Today.
The Shelby highs and Kings
Mountain, rivals of old, will meet
here tomorrow. Saturday, afternoon
in the city park with Coach Ch;ls
tenburys team determined to put a
crimp In Shelbys winning streak. A
close game Is anticipated.
This afternoon the Morris outfit
is playing Charlotte a return game
In Charlotte. The locals defeated
Charlotte here last week 3 to 1 due
to the masterful hurling of Ham
rick, but since Hamrick pitched
Tuesday it Is not likely that he will
start against the Queen City team
today. With the game being played
there the probability Is that the
strong Charlotte team may give
Shelby the first high school defeat
of the year.
Rutherford Banks
That Failed Had
301 Stockholders
(From Rutherford Hews.)
The six banks that closed on
Feb. 4, 1930 had a total of 301
stockholders who owned a total
of $418,300 stock. The Farmers
Bank and Trust Co. had 153
stockholders who had a total of
$303,200; the Rutherford Coun
ty Bank and Trust Co. bad a
total of 114 stockholders who
owned a total of $191,800. while
the Chimney Rock Trust Co.
had 34 stockholders who owned
a total of 321,300. The above fig
ures include branch bank*.
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High Court Frees
Woman Who Cot Life
Mrs. Etta Mae Miller, (grand
mother, one* sentenced to life for
violating the Michigan State pro
hibition law, has been assured con
tinned liberty by a decision of the
State Supreme Court. She had
formerly been sentenced to life in
the Detroit House of Correction
following her conviction for selling
a “jint of liquor” in December,
Committeemen
County Schools
Named For Term
No. S Township Wants New ten
trmllzrd High School. Boards
Consider Election.
At the meeting of the county
board of education this' week a dele
gation qX clUutns from. No, 3 toitja*
ship appeared before the board and
petitioned for a special election to
be held in that township for the
purpose of having the citizens vote
upon a centralised high sehool for
the township
If the request is granted It will be
necessary for a change to the made
in the county-wide school plan and
a meeting has been called for Sat
urday. April 36. to discuss the mod
ification required. If the, needed
change is made in the county-wide
■plan at the meeting the board of
em^atlon will likely ask the com
mlssfc^ers that the election be call
ed as revested by No. 3 citizens.
New ^pommitteemen.
Another feat we of the board
meeting was thewjpointment of a
number of new sclfeo] committee
men for the rural sfchdajs. On the
majority of the county school boards
the term of one or more members
expire each year. The new commit
teemen named were:
Pa’mer school—C. E. Holder; Hol
ly Springs—John Welche; Prospect
—8. D. Jones; Mt. Pleasant—D. B.
Matheny; Grover—A. H. Rollins;
Boiling Springs—J. L. Hamrick;
Flint Hill—Edgar Moore; Sharon—
D. D. Dodd; Shanghai—J. B. Wal
lace; Waco—M. C. Whitworth and
Zeb Cline; McBrayer—John A. Bor
ders; Earl—R. F. Borders; Patter
son Springs—G. B. Patterson; Cedar
Grove—Fred Blanton: Pleasant Hll)
—C. E. Camp and John Gantt: Lat
tlmore—D. G. Washburn and John
A. McBrayer; Mooresboro—R. G.
Burras, C. C. Walker and A. I. Jol
ly; Bethlehem—Spurgeon McSwaln;
Beth ware—Waye Ware; Piedmont—
P. P. Richards, John Schenck, and
Decatur Elmore; Dixon—Whitney
Wells; Fallston—R. W. Wilson: Bel
wood—Gordon Carpenter; Caser —
A. A. Parker and A. R. McNeillv;
Moriah—-Joe Logan; Plonk—C. 3
Plonk; Oak Grove—T. A. Cham
pion; Marys Grove—Pink Beatty:
Broad River—Leo Putnam; Stubbs
O. C. Black; Ross Grove—Thad Al
len: Elizabeth—Julius Mull; Poplar
Springs—Mills Cline and E. B.
Clark; Zion—J. L. Spangler— Pat
terson Grove—Bun Patterson; Bea
ver Dam—T. P. Hamrick; Beams
Mill—Lem Hamrick; No. Eight—
W1H Davis and E. M. Eaker; Hayes
—Carl Baxter; Philbeck—O. C.
Cook; Trinity—E. B. Lovelace;
Whites—A. E. Elmore; Dover Mill -
Charles Bulce; County Line—Char
les Connor; Park-Yarn—C. E. Nels
ler, jr,
U«n*CiiibPia^ At
Predmont Saturday
The Shelby Lions club minster’
will be given at the Piedmont schoo'
Saturday night, April 12, beginning
at 8 o’clock instead of at the Lat
timore school as previously an- [
nounred.
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Negro Robber
Shot In Fight
TharsdayNight
Hit In Leg By Deputy
Bob Kendrick
Pat Up Fight When Officer* Caught
Him Working On Safe
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Ell Campbell, eolored, was shot
In the leg here lost night by
Deputy Bob Kendrick after flw
deputy and Policeman Marshall
Moore had surprised the negro
while he was attempting to rob
the'safe at the Suttle hatchery,
the negro patting up a scrap
when cornered and knocking the
\ deputy down with a flashlight
before he was winged In the leg.
The struggle between the robber
and deputy brought them so does
together, that Policeman Moore
could help very little or bring hit
gun Into play before the deputy
was slugged for fear that he might
aid the wrong one In the dark.
Seen At Safe.
Hatcher Jones, an employe of the
Suttle hatchery, went by the hatch
ery while going home last night end
accldentaly noticed the negro work
ing about, the safe. He hurried to ft
telephone and called the police de
partment. Policeman Moore answer
ed the call and took Deputy Ken
drick with him. The policeman en
tered the front door and the deputy
was sent to the rear door. Seeing
that he was trapped at the front
Campbell, it Is said, mode a dash
for freedom out the rear door run
ning Into the awaiting deputy just
on the outside. He swung his flash
light at the officer, knocking him
down. After the officer was knocked
down the negro it la said took ft
crack at the officers head with s
partly filled whiskey bottle and >lt
was then that the officer fired from
the ground and wounded the negto
so that he could not hit him again
or escape before Policeman Moora
and Jones, who accompanied the
officers, could get hold of the ne
gro.
The bullet. Bred from a small .»
calibre gun, entered the fleshy part
of the thigh, it is said, and la not
considered a serious wound. Camp
bell being treated at the Shelby hos
pital where he was ^ajtpn, again to
day to have the bullet remdvqd. •.
Campbell has been In trouble here
before, being charged soma tlma
back with entering the A. V. Wray
store and Stealing: ' a quantity of
clothing. Hb later served time for
stealing beef-liver from tlfe "D. A.
| Beam firm. . • •
He had consumed a quantity of
the whiskey from the bottle he
threw at the officer, it is said, and
put up a desperate fight when cor
nered. The officer,'knocked down
with the flashlight, was hi close
quarters before the others could get
to his assistance and might have
been seriously injured while lying
on the ground had he not managed
to get to the small gun in hts coat
pocket.
Postal Council
Met On Tuesday
C. B. McBrayer~~Principal Speaker.
75 Gnests Present fSaac
Shelby Hotel.
The Cleveland County Postal
Service council, held Its quarterly
meeting and banquet at the Isaac
Shelby hotel Tuesday night. The
postal employes with their guests to
the number of 75 were present. The
meeting was called to order by the
president, followed by singing
“America." The invocation was of
fered by Rev. R. L. Forbes. Those
present then proceeded to enjoy a
splendid menu. Delightful music was
rendered during super by Mr. For
est Bolin and his string band.
The address of welcome was deliver
ed by Alderman John F. Schenck,
jr. litis was responded to by Rev.
W. E. Furcron. “A Kentucky Story”
a highly entertaining and humor
ous reading was given by Mrs.
Howard Camnltz.
The principal address was made
by Attorney C. B. McBrayer. A num
ber of questions previously assign
ed relating to the postal system
were answered which were of es
pecial interest to the employes. The
officers ware re-elected as follows:
J H. Quinn president, S. & Weir,
vice president, J. W. Hartgrove, sec
retary. Palm Tree M. E. church waa
selected as the next meeting plaoe.
This organization enjoys the dis
tinction of being one of the first of
these service oounclls formed at the
request and with the support of the
postoffice department and has been
commended by the department for
its continued success under the lead
ership of the efficient president «f
,T. H. Quinn.