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VOL. XXX VI, No. 53
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SHFLBY. N. 0.
FRIDAY. MAY 2, 1930
and Friday Afternoons.
Hy mall, per year tin advance) >2.50
Carrier, per year (1 nadvance) $3.0*
I LATE NEWS \
THF MARKET.
Cotton, per lb,_... 15c
Cotton Seed, per bu. __43!ic
Cloudy And Cooler.
Today’s North Carolina Weather
Report: Partly cloudy tonight and
Saturday. Probably local thunder
showers in west and north centra!
portions, and slightly cooler Satur
day In west and north.
Bailey In City.
Hon. I. W. Bailey, Democratic
candidate for the V. S. Senate,
spent a short time in Shelby today
•n route to Hollis where he spoke
at the high school commencement
this afternoon. He speaks tonight at
S o’clock at the Ellenboro school
closing.
Nebraska Tornado.
Omaha, Neb, May I.—A number
of lives were believed lost and
heavy property damage was done
by a tornado which swept a path of
destruction through nearly a dozen
northeastern Nebraska towns late
today. Meager reports from the
stricken area said that two sepa
rate storms struck the section, the
first at 4:50 this afternoon and the
second a short time later.
Fire At Night
DamagesStock
Of Local Store
Schlanger Shoe Store Damaged In
Blaze Late Last Night. Near
Serious.
A night blaze that came within a
half hour of proving a serious
threat to the Shelby business sec
tion last night caused considerable
damage to the stock of the $2.95
Shoe store and to the building oc
cupied by the store, the old Miller
block corner on the southeast side
of LaFayette and Warren streets.
Shortly after 11 o'clock a youth
passing by that side of the street,
known as the old Miller block, and
owned by the First National bank,
noticed a blaze in the rear of the
corner store room occupied by the
Men's shop, operated by Mr.
Brantley Smith, and the shoe store,
which is managed by Red Glover,
but owned by L. Schlanger, of Gas
> tonia. The passer-by dashed to the
City cafe and called the fire de
partment.
Spreading Rapidly.
By the time firemen arrived the
ftames were rapidly eating their
way through the partition joining
the two stores and also through the
over* Td ceiling. In another 30
mlnui * it is estimated that the en
tire t.iucture would have been
aflame. As it was a large number
of shoes in the rear of the shoe
store, about the point where it is
thought the blaze originated, were
damaged by fire, while other por
tions of stock were slightly dam
aged by waters. So intense was the
heat while the blaze continued to
burn that resin in the ceiling of the
shoe store was oozln out all the way
to the front.
The flames did not get into the
Men's Shop at all, but when curbed
were eating upon the partition be
tween the two rooms.
Origin Unknown.
Just how the fire originated
could not be determined today. The
stores had been closed for hours,
and since the majority of the city
was asleep it is considered very for
tunate that a passer-by chanced to
note the flame through a door on
the LaFayette street side of the
building. City firemen were today
being congratulated upon checking
the flames as rapidly as they did.
The extent of the damage to the
shoe store was not known this
4 nior ing as Mr. Schlanger returned
to Oast' "la early this morning and
was accompanied by Manager Glov
er.
Stillwell Succeeded
By Blanton At Store
Mr. Kenon Blanton, connected for
a considerable time with the local
Plggly-Wiggly store, and well-known
to Shelby grocery patrons. Is now
manager of the store succeeding
Mr. Ira J. Stillwell, former owner
and manager.
Some time back Mr. Stillwell sold
the Piggly-Wlggly to the Plggly
Wlggly-WilUams company, with
headquarters at Marion, but he con
tinued as manager until the first of
this month. He will take a vacation
for a time before locating in busi
ness again. V
Howard ‘Doc’ Moore
Slugs Out Win For
B. S. Over Campbell
Jnnlor Baptists Defeat Campbell
College At Bolling Springs. Epps
Hnrls Game.
Boiling Springs, May 2.—Boiling
Springs junior college defeated
Campbell college here yesterday aft
ernoon by a score of e to 4. Epps
pitched for Bolling Springs, Latham
for Campbell. The feature of the
game was two home runs by Moore,
Boiling Springs, third baseman.
Manager Form
Of Government
Urged In Shelby
Talk Made Before
Kiwanis Club.
Charlotte’s City Manager, R. VV.
Riggsby, Says Problem Of Gov
ernment Is Handling Folks,
The managerial form of govern
ment was advocated for Shelby by
R. W. Riggsby of Charlotte when
he stoke here last night before the
Kiwanis club at the Hotel Charles,
and his suggestion struck a respon
sible cord among the business men
who listened jto him. Shelby is op
erating under the old federal plan,
with a mayor and council, a sys
tem instituted nearly a century ago.
Under the managerial form, the
voters would elect a council and
mayor and these in turn would
elect an experienced manager who
has made a study of municipal gov
ernment, thus applying efficient
business methods to City affairs
just like that which is applied to
Human Nature the Problem.
“No government can set that will
suit all folks. Individuals must be
dealt with In an individual way.
There is no difficulty hi handling
government; the real difficulty
comes from handling human na
ture. Today there is one public of
ficial for every eight people in the
United States and the cost of all
these officials 12 billion dollars an
nually, so the public has a right to
expect efficiency from men on
governmental matters who know so
little about it. These men shine lik^
a bright star for awhile, then pass
out of the picture. The real men
who keep the governments going
are quiet workers who have spent
their lives at the job of administer
ing public affairs,’’ said Mr. Rlggs
by.
“We hear a great deal about pub
lic officials going wronMP Some
times they do and It makes a
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But Travel Declines
Throughout Section
Several Buses Taken Off Lines Op
erating In And Out Of
Shelby.
Travel by motor bus has appar
ently declined since the general
business depression was first felt In
this seclllBl of the state. Three or
four outgoing buses serving Shelby
have been taken off in recent weeks,
according to the new schedule at the
Union bus terminal here. Buses now
leave for Charlotte at 7:50 and 10:50
in the morning and at 4:50 and 9:50
in the afternoon and night. Hereto
fore buses also left at 1:45, 2:50 and
6:50, but these have been taken off
with the exception of the 6:50 bus
on Saturday and Sunday evenings.
Going out to Asheville there are
only three buses each day now—
one at 9:45, another at 3:45 In the
afternoon, and the last bus at 8:45
In the evening. The bus taken off
was the one scheduled to leave at
1:45.
Bus Station Cafe
Under New Owners
Sylvan us Gardner and Marshall
Moore have purchased the Bus
Station Cafe which was sold under
mortgage a few days ago. They
have secured permission to operate
the bus station for the Queen City
Coach Co., in connection with the
came arid will therefore continue at
the same place, in the Courtview
Hotel building owned by R. E.
Campbell.
Mother and Son Classmates
I
Mrs. Frank Slutz and her son, ■
Iceland, will both graduate
from Mount Union College, Al
liance, Ohio, in June, the for
mer receiving an A. B. and the
latter a B. S', degree. Mrs.
Slutz attended the college
from 1900 to 1904, did T>ot
take a degree at that time, but
subsequently attended the Uni
versities of Chicago and Cincin
nati, as well as Wittenberg; Col
lege.
(International Neere-raaH*
Millions “Kited” Through Banks
At Gaffney For Mill Operation
Evidence That Several Millions In
Checks Were “Kited” Is
Brought Out.
Spartanburg, S. C., May 1.—Evi
dence that several million dollars
worth of checks were “kited” over
a period of years through the First
National and the American banks
of Gaffney and the latter's branch
at Blacksburg to carry on mill op
erations and alleged speculations in
the cotton market was brought out
at a hearing before H. E. DePass,
referee in the bankruptcy case ol
the Globe Manufacturing company
of Gaffney held here today.
The Globe Manufacturing com
pany capitalised at $150,000 and
with an indebtedness of nearly $500,
OW, is the two Gaffney banks and
branches the alleged cause Of &i£
failure of and the deaths of May
nard Smyth, president of the First
National bank, and D. C. Roes, pres
ident of the American State bank.
" Brother Testifies.
W. D. Smyth, brother of the dead
First National president and vice
president of the Globe Manufac
turing company, told on the witness
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Wake Forest Glee
Club Coming May 9
The Wake Forest college glee
club is schedule for a concert here
on Friday night, May 9th, at the
high school auditorium. This Is a
fine aggregation of young college
musicians and they will no doubt
have a good crowd in Shelby where
there are so many friends of that
institution.
Bigamy Trial Here
Saturday Morning
The preliminary Hearing for Tom
Huntsinger, young white man, held
in jail here on a charge of bigamy,
will be held Saturday In county
court, it was state today.
Huntsinger was brought here early
In the week from Greer, S. C., by
Deputy Bob Kendrick. The com
plaint charges that in * January of
this year he married' Annie Page of
Cleveland,county while he had an
other wife, Zeta Holbert Huntsing
er, living at,, Forest "City. The last
marriage was at Gaffney, it is al
leged. He was first mdrried, it is said
in 1925.
Simmons Has Rivals Guessing
Just Now;\ Bailey Strong Here
Secrecy of Trip Home Worries
Some. Campaign Warming
Up Now.
Raleigh.—New interest is being
evidenced in the Democratic sena
torial campaign between Senator P.
M. Simmons and Josiah William
Bailey as the result of the visit to
Raleigh Monday of Senator Sim
mons and especially as-the result of
the secrecy that has shrouded this
trip and the conference he had with
his campaign managers which in
cluded Governor A. W. McLean, as
well as Charles A. Hines, of Greens
boro, state, {nanager for Simmons,
Col. John D. Langston, of Golds
boro, chairman of the campaign ad
visory committee, and others.
Some are beginnlg to wonder if
the Simmons managers are going
to follow the Bailey policy of say
ing nothing for awhile, and if what
has already become one of the most
peculiar political campaigns in the
history of the state, with no
speeches made as yet by either
side, is going to become in fact a
! speechless campaign. For both at
the Simmons and Bailey headquar
ters the only thing the managers
would say was “We have nothing to
say.”
It is indicted by several of the
few who talked with Senator Sim
mons while he was here that he was
well satisfied with the situation as
he found in the state on his first
visit since the campaign got under
way, and that he is not in the least
worried as to the outcome. It was
also intimated that "when tire time
comes" the Simmons managers have
plans already made for a campaign
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E. L. Galloway 111
In Charlotte; Get*
Blood Transfusion
Former Brokerage Operator Here
Seriously 111 In St, Peters
Hospital.
Mr. E. L. Galloway, who for
merly operated brokerage offi
ces and market wires in Shelby
and is widely known in this city,
is seriously 111 in the St. Peters
hospital at Charlotte, his friends
in this section will regret to
. jiear. ,
Yesterday Mepsrs. jfttve Wood
son and Brood us Newman made
a trip to Charlotte to offer their
blood for a transfusion for him.
but the blood of a Charlotte
man was found more suitable.
The illness results, it is said,
from an ulcer.
Oklahoma Lawyer
Seriously Hurt;
Native Of County
Attorney P. L. Newton, Prominent
Coweta Lawyer, Is In Uncon
scious Condition.
Coweta (Oklahoma) Times Star.
I P. L. Newton, prominent Coweta
lawyer, was dangerously, if not fa
tally, Injured this (Thursday)
morning about nine o'clock when
he lost control of his car, a Buick
sedan, at a curve on highway 51,
one-half mile south of Oneta.
iiu wua enruuie wi i uis», wntre
he was to appear in a law suit, and
according to witnesses, was appar
ently driving at a pretty fair rate
of speed. As he approached the
turn, the car seemed to have failed
to take the curve, swerving to the
left and then striding a pile of
loose gravel, turned abruptly to the
right and into the ditch. At this
point highway maintenance men
had constructed a number of rock;
dykes to prevent the washing away:
of the grade. Two salesmen were j
approaching in a car from the op- j
posite direction at the time, and the
accident was also witnessed by Mr.
Kelly, whose farm home ;is nearby.
When they reached the scene,
Newton was found pinned under
neath the front end of the car.
They extricated him as quickly as
possible and as they laid him up on
the banks, Kelly asked, ‘‘Are you
hurt?" Newton replied "I am kill
ed,” and then lost consciousness.
(Editor’s Note: Mr. Newton is a
natfve of No. 11 township, Cleve
land county. His father Andrew J.
Newton now lives in No. 10 town
ship. He is also related to Attorney
D. Z. Newton of Shelby.)
Cloth Mill To Play
Gaffney Tomorrow
Good Game Expected At City Park
Saturday Afternoon. In
Good Shape.
The strong Cleveland Cloth mill
independent baseball team will fur
nish local baseball fans a good
game Saturday afternoon when
they play the fast Gaffney Inde
pendent team at the city park here.
The game is. scheduled to start
about 3:30.
It is not definitely known who
will hurl for,the rayonite outfit, but
Lefty Smith, well knowrn portsider,
will likely be given the assignment.
Farmers In Need
Of Rain To Aid
Crops Just Now
Extended Drought To
Hurt Cotton
[) roue lit Hamaglng Cotton Stand,
Hurting: Corn and Spring
Oats Crop,
A spring drought may this
year prevent Cleveland county
from leading North Carolina
again in cotton production.
Farmers in town this week
state that rain is not only need
ed for the cotton crop, bat also
for the corn and spring oats
crops and for the vegetable
gardens.
"Unless we get a good rain soon
the stand of cotton In the county
this year will be the poorest In
many years," one well-known farm
er stated.
Hurts Other Crops.
The big damage of the dry spell
is to the cotton crop in that a poor
stand will result, but due to a wet
fall hundreds of acres In the county
were put in spring oats to make up
for the lack of a winter oat crop,
and the dry weather Is doing much
to retard the crop.
Practically all of the season's
planting is at end now, corn and
cotton, and farmers anticipate a
good season provided needed rains
come soon but are fearful of an off
season If the drought continues
many more days.
Mr. Falls To Speak
At Waco Closing
Rev. J. R. Church Of Kings Moun
tain Will Deliver Sermon
Finals May 10.
Mr. B. T. Falls, one of the lead
ing attorneys of Cleveland county
has been secured to make the ad
drfw to the graduates of Wapo high
eehool. The commencement «otf
tfom MM In the achoof att*.
tori am on the evening of May 10.
Rev. J. R. Church of Kings
Mountain has consented to preach
the Baccalaureate sermon or. Sun
day afternoon, May 11.
The people of Waco community
feel proud to have two such speak
ers on the commencement program.
The public Is invited attend these
exercises. The graduating exercises
will be at eight o'clock p. m.. and
the sermon will be at three p. m.
Other announcements will be made
in the next issue of the Cleveland
Star.
Lady Dare-Devil Here
Late This Afternoon
Lady Dolores Coming Here While
Driving In An Endurance
Contest.
Shelby is anxiously awaiting the
arrival this evening of Lady Dolores,
woman endurance automobile driv
er. who will visit three business In
stitutions in the city, nearing the
end of her anticipated record
achievement. Chief of Police Mack
Poston will meet the Lady at Cleve
land Springs and direct her into
the city. She is scheduled to make
her first stopiat the Crawford Chev
rolet company at 5:19 s o’clock,
where Mayor McMurry will be wait
ing to welcome her. Lady Dolores
is driving a Chevrolet six. Prom her
first stop, she will move on to Pen
dleton’s music store, the Majestic
radio dealer, and finally to Robert
C. Hord’s dealer for General Elec
tric refrigerators.
An official radio anouncing car
will precede Miss Dolores by several
minutes, giving complete details of
her conditio nat the wheel and the
program in store for the crowds who
will witness her arrival.
Little Girl Mashes
Her Arm In Machine
Little Betty Allen, five-year-old
daughter of Sheriff and Mrs. Irvin
Allen, severely crushed her arm
this morning at the county Jail
when she caught the arm between
the rollers of a washing machine.
Although the arm was badly mash
ed preliminary examination indicat
ed that the bones were not broken.
New Registration for
Delight Precinct
The county board of elections
finds that the registration books
for Delight precinct in No. 8 town
ship .have been lost or mislaid,
henca a new registration has been
ordered by this board. Marvin Eaker
is registrar in this precinct and
those residing therin who wish to
vote in the primary of June 7th
County Baby Has
Two Great, Great
Grand Mothers
A young son born to Mr.
and Mr*. Press Swrnv, of
this county, on April 38. Is in
a fair way to claim aomc rec
ord In boasting of Urine an
cestors.
The yonng fellow has two
great great grandmothers liv
ing, a great grandmother and
treat grandfather, grandfath
er and grandmother. and
father and mother. Five llv
' Ing generations, so to speak,
ahead of him on two sides of
the family.
One great great grand
mother, Mrs. Harriette Pan
nell. Is 91 years of age and
lives at Rakrrsvllle, this state.
The other great, great grand
mother, Mrs. J. B. Young,
lives at Clarissa, this state.
The great grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Pannell,
of Newton route 3. The. grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs.
George E. Goforth, of Shelby,
route 1.
I
Want Shelby
In New League
Spartanburg Meeting Plans Base
ball Circuit For This Section
Two Carolines.
A meeting was held at Spartan
burg Wednesday night at which
preliminary plans were made for
organising a semi-pro baseball lea
gue for this section of the two
Carolina*.
Three teams agreed, it is bail. to
enter the proposed circuit, these I.e
ing Rutherford ton-Splndale. Spar
tanburg, Forest City-Alexander.
Tltose present at the meeting hope
to have Shelby take the other berth
in the four club loop, and if Shelby
will not enter the other team may
come from Gaffney, or Union.
Another meeting, at which the
.lead* may bs definitely formed,
will be held at Forest owy on Tues
day rttfrt. May «. Representatives
from Shelby may attend this gath
ering.
Another Miniature
Golf Links In City
George Wray Bvlldinr Coarse At
Rear of Victor Hotel, 8.
Washington St.
Tiie miniature golf course fad, the
latest amusement in the sport
world, has swept Shelby to the ex
tent that another miniature golf
[course Is now being built
| The new course, to be named lat
er, is being constructed by Mr.
George Wray, of the A. V. and Six
Sons firm, on the big Wray lot to
the rear of the Victor hotel on
South Washington street. Just when
the new course wll be opened is not
know nas yet, but construction
work is being moved along rapidly.
The first miniature links in th$
city, the Tom Thumb course, oper
ated on North LaFayette street by
Mr. George Beckley, has proven a
success, and Mr. Wray estimates
that a new course will be well pa
tronised.
Infant Of Mr. B. B.
Wellman I« Buried
The Death Angel visited the home
of Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Wellmon on
April 28th and claimed for Its own,
their 9-day-old daughter Sadia Pau
line. Interment was In the cemetery
at Zion Baptist church. Surviving
are the parents, four sisters, and
two brothers.
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Shelby Schools Stage
Colorful Parade Here
Mrs. Tom S. Elliott
To Be Buried Today
New Hope Church
Widow Of Vcimn Passes After
Fourteen Week* Illness. Was
Ellen Hogue.
I Mrs. Eileit Elliott, widow of Tom
8, Elliott, died Thursday afternoon
at her home on McBrayer street,
following an .illness of fourteen
weeks during which time she was
confined to her bed. Mrs. Elliott was
71 years of age and before marriage
was Miss Ellen Hogue. She was a
fine Christian character and will be
greatly missed in her community.
Her noble husband, who was a vet
eran of the Confederate army, pre
ceded her to the grave February of
last year
Mrs. Elliott Is survived by three
children. Mrs. David G. Mauney
and Tom Elliott of Shelby and Jake
Elliott who operates the power plant
at Selces Shoals. Also surviving are
one sister, Mrs. Frank Williams of
the Elizabeth section and one bro
ther, David Hogue, who arrived this
week from Arkansas
The funeral will be conducted this
afternoon at 3 o’clock by Revs. Zeno
Wall and D. F. Putnam and inter
ment. will be at New Hope Baptist
church. Earl.
Mayor Urges Tax
Payments To City;
Schools In Need
Real Estate WU1 Be Advertised
first Of Jane, But Money Is
Now Needed.
Mayor McMurry makes an urgent
appeal for the payment of city tax
es. He says the city schools have
drawn all moneys available bp to
April 1st, yet the schools need
funds for the months of April and
May and their getting money with
which to meet the necessary ex
penses is dependent upon the early
payment of taxes. If the taxpayers
fail to meet their obligations al
ready past due to the city, it will
be a great embarrassment to the
schools and to the city, up the may
or does not care to borrow money
to *s pend beyond the city’s income
as borrowing is not feasible just
now on account of conditions.
Mayor McMurry says plenty of
money is due the city and if the
property owners would pay. it
would relieve the situation greatly.
The city is planning to advertise
the property for sale after une 1st
on which 1929 taxes have not been
paid.
Student Recital At
B. S. Junior College
.
A student recital will be given at
Boiling Springs junior college Sat
urday night, May 3rd, with instru
mental and vocal music, recitations
readings, etc. In the second part
the glee club and a double quartet
will contribute to the program.
Bass Season Opens
In June, Not In Jan.
In an item concerning fishing
regulations published in Wednes
day's Star it was erroneously stat
ed that the bass fishing season
opened on January 10 when it
should have been June 10. The last
season closed on April 20 and opens
again next month .
Democratic Party To Gain In
Approaching Election, He Says
Shouse, Committee Chairman, Ex
pects Democratic Congressmen
To Pick Up.
New York.--Celebrating the first
anniversary of his appointment as
chairman of the national executive
committee of the Democratic party,
Jouett Shouse of Kansas came to
town for a short visit predicting his
party will win at least 40 seats in
the next house of representatives
and six in the senate.
“Put it down in your book now,”
he said. "We will add at least 40
seats—and I think probably* more
than 50—In the next house and we
are going to annex six, possibly
seven or eight senate seats."
Fresh from a swing around the
country conferring with Democratic
leaders, Mr. Shouse said that Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, Owen D. Young.
Governor Alfred E. Smith, Newton
D. Baker and Senator Joseph T.
Robinson were the-leading men be
ing discussed by Democrats for the
1932 presidential nomination.
Roosevelt Liked.
“There is a lot of talk about
Franklin Roosevelt,” Mr. Shouse
said. "The Democratic leaders all
over the country like him and think
he has done a fine job. Also they
are talking a tot about Owen D.
Young. Smith is greatly be
loved by Democrats as he is tre
mendously admired for his courage
and ability .... The West is shout
ing that Newton D. Baker is the
man .... He (Senator Robinson '
is a big man with a great folllowing
in the rank and file of the party.’
Prohibition, the Democratic exe
cutive believes, is hurting the Re
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Several Thousand In
Big May Pageant
Largest Single Gathering of Schoo*
Children Since Old County
{Commencement Days.
More than 2,500 Shelby school
children yesterday staged about the
court square here the most color
ful school event the city has wit
nessed since the days. of the old
county-wide commencements. It
was the first time since Shelby
grew into more than a one-school
town that all the children of the
various schools have been gathered
together, and It was the largest
single assemblage of school young
sters in the hIStory of the county.
The event was a combination
May Day pageant-parade, the par
ade starting at the Central high
school building and ending on
Washington street east of the court
square where the pageant groups
were assembled before the review
Ing stands.
Officials Present
! In the reviewing stand were the
city officials, the school board, the
heads of the Parent-Teacher or
ganisations, the ministers of the
city, the heads of the various Civic
clubs and other city leaders.
Hundreds of parents, brothers
sisters, and friends of the school
children, totalling between 1,500 and
2,000, lined the streets to witness
the event, which proved to be the
best advertisement for public .edu
cation and the local school system
ever seen here.
rue parade was in piany groups,
every school In. the city being rep
resented. and all children enrolled
taking part. The various depart
ments were costumed and placard
ed in such a manner that the par
ticular phase ol school work could
be readily recognised.
How They Marched.
The big parade escorted by Police '
Chief Poston was led by the Shelby
high band, state champions for
two consecutive years. Next came
the Parent-Teacher groups, and a
float representing “The Child in
Our Midst." The Graham-school,
depicting reading and music follow
ed, then the Jefferson school, de
picting play activities and health
education; the LaFayette school
showing a toy orchestra and the
Pilgrims, the Marion school por
traying Story-Book characters and
the people of the world, the Garden
club and the Junior Red Cross by
the Morgan school,--art education
and physical education by the
Washington school, civics by the
special grades,'the Boy Scouts and
Girl Scouts, and then the varlot’s
high school departments—English.,
French, Latin, Mathematics, science
history, home economics, commer
cial athletics. Uniformed athletes
represented Shelby's three-times
state baseball champions, the foot
ball, basketball and track teams.
The end of the parade was brought,
up with floats showing the needs
of the city schools— a new high
school building, a piano department,
and a bigger and better library.
Auer reacnmg cne reviewing
stand at the court square the high
school students recited the Athen
ian oath oX loyalty, the grammar
grade pupils recited the American
creed, and then the combined thou
sands lepeated the pledge of alleg
iance, as the band struck up the
Star- Bpangled Banner for the end
of the formal program.
The May-Day pageant-parade
was a success in its entirety, a
great boost for the schools, and an
eye-opener for parents and patrons
Plan Scout Drive
Here Next Friday
Campaign to be Waged to Raise
$1,000 For County's Quota
In Council.
A drive will be launched Friday
May 9th to secure donations total
ing $1,000 to meet Cleveland coun
ty’s quota in the Piedmont Council
Boy scouts of America. Chas, A
Hoey, Oliver Anthony aDd Lee B
Weathers are in charge of the cam
paign and have asked the services
of a dozen members of the three
civic clubs of Shlby to make per
sonal calls on those who contribut
ed last year when the quota was
raised in a single afternoon.
The Boy scout movement holds a
warm place In the hearts of Clev
eland county people who are famil
iar with the fine work the organ
iaztion is dcing. It is a great char
acter building organization for the
young manhood of America and In
Cleveland county there are nearly ^
:.oo boy -couts in active troops,