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SHELBY. N. C. 12 PAGES TODAY *---— FRIDAY. MAY 30, 1930 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By mull, per year (In advance) $2.50 Carrier, per year (1 nadvance) $3.0C LATE NEWS i THE MARKET. Cotton, per lb.15c Cotton Seed, per bn..45c - N A Saturday Fair. Today's North Carolina Weather i Report: Clondy and cooler this aft ernoon and tonight. Saturday fair and warmer. Celebration Sure. Committees of citizen from several mantles gathered yesterday at the Kings Mountain battleground and heard reports of the October cele bration plans which assured that the celebration would be one of the biggest events ever held In this sec tion. —- - -.. .. Shelby Youth Badly Injured In Auto Crash Curl Wray Webb Has Ley And Pelvis Fractured When Car Hits Concrete Bridge. Carl Wray Webb, young Shelby man, was severely injured and Yates Paston, South Shelby youth, was lacerated about the head about 3 o’clock: Thursday morning when their car crashed into a concrete bridge on Highway 20 east of Shel by and near Cleveland Springs. At the Shelby hospital today it was stated that Webb’s right leg is broken a few inches above the knee and his pelvis bone is fractured in two places. Paxton’s injuries con sist of lacerations and bruises about the head. Car Demolished. The big Hudson sedan, the prop erty of Webb's mother, was badly demolished by the crash into the concrete bridge, which Is over the stream Just above the Cleveland Springs swimming pool. Consider ing the force with which the auto mobile struck the bridge it is con sidered fortunate that the young men were not more seriously in jured. • Paxton, it is reported, was driv- j ing at the time of the crash. The noise of the automobile plow ing Into the bridge awoke residents I of that section who hurried to the scene and called an ambulance. The two injured youths were placed in the ambulance and rushed to the hospital. Webb was in an uncon scious condition when taken from the wreckage, but recovered while! on the treatment table at the hoe- j pital. Today it was said that he had ; apparently recovered from the shock as well as could be expected, and, barring complications, would’ recover. Postal Workers At Casar Today Postmasters, Clerks, Carriers Are Meeting Today In This County. All the postmasters, postal clerks and rural carriers of Rutherford and Cleveland counties are meeting to day in the annual joint convention of these two service councils* at Casar. An extensive program has been arranged. Prof. H. M. Loy, princi pal of the Casar school will welcome the visitors, while Postmaster S. S. Weir of Kings Mountain will re spond In behalf of Cleveland coun ty and C. M. Butler, carrier on Rutherfordton 3, will respond for the Rutherford county delega tion. Postmaster T. T. Long, of For ^CSt City will discuss the "Ups and Downs <ff& Postmaster’s. Life,” while the principal address meeting will be made by R. E. Price of Rutherfordton, editor of The News. Property Sells For Taxes Next Monday Several Hundred Pieces of Property Go On Auction Block In County Monday. Today's issue of The Star carried the fourth and final list of prop erty to be sold for unpaid taxes. The list appeared May 9 and has been published every Friday for four weeks. Each week a few property owners have paid their county taxes and their names have been stricken from the list as it was re vised each Friday morning before publication, but today’s publication finishes the fourth and final time with less than fifty names excluded since last Friday. Several pieces of property will go on the block Mon day at the court house when 9he list of all property on which coun ty taxes have not been paid will be sold. Piano Recital Monday Night. The piano pupils of Miss Bertha Bostic Will give a recital next Mon day night at 8 o'clock at the high school auditorium. The public is cordially invited. Cleveland County Population 52,107; Big Gain Sixty-Five Will Complete High School Careers Forty Girls In Senior Class Dr. Highsmlth To Make Address At Final High School Exercises Here Tonight. The final exercises of the Shelby high school commencement will be held tonight at 8 o’clock in the Cen tral school auditorium when sixty five boys and girls end their high school career. The feature of the final program will be the address to the graduates by Dr. J. Henry Highsmith, of Ra leigh, official of the state board of education. Class day exercises were held by the sixty-five seniors this afternoon. The annual soph-junior debate was held this morning. The senior play was rendered last night, and the Dover reading contest was held yesterday afternoon after the gram mar grade graduation exercises had been held in the morning. Girls In Lead. Forty of the sixty-five seniors, who walk on the stage tonight to receive their diplomas and then walk off forever as high school students, are girls. , In addition to the finals by the seniors and the Highsmith address, the annual wards of medals and honors will be announced during the program. The list of seniors who passed their work and will be awarded di plomas tonight was announced to day as follows: Minnie Katherine Allen, Ruby Lucile Blanton, Vivian Agnes Buice. Juanita Cline, Mary Lillian Crowe, Geneva Irene Davi3, Montrose Davis, Mary Faye Dellinger, Sara Mar garet Dellinger, Ann Elmore, Evelyn Ray Gibbs, Elizabeth Lamar Gid ney. Elsie Belle Gidney, Hattie Mae Cornelia Goodwin, Laura Rebecca Hamrick, Sara Lee Hamrick, Sara Elizabeth Harris. Marietta Isabel Hoyle, Sarah Rebecca Hoyle, Sophie Ellen Hunt, Dora Kathleen King, Elizabeth Reid LeGrande. Maggie Murray McGowan, Mil dred Lucille McKinney, Annie Bell McSwain, Wilburn Moss, Edith Reid Ramsaur, Sara Josephine Ri viere, Helen Roberts, Irene Eliza beth Roberts Annie Mary Rushln, Lois B. Scott, Thelma Elizabeth Spangler, Mary Elizabeth Sparks, Lalage Louisa Sperling, Ruth Frances Thompson, Aileen Eliza beth Webb, Rachael Walker Wells, Bessie Corine White. Hattie Lee White, Elsie Mae Wilson. Frank B. Abernethy, Howard Wil liam Allen, Ernest Evans Beam, John McClanian Best, jr., H. Clay Cox, jr., Halbert Mitchell Farris, Anderson Faudel, Roland Gantt, Frank Lee Harrelson, John Roachel Hendrick, Graham M. Miller, Matt O'Shields, George Buren Peeler, Robert Reid, Austin Roberts,, Claude Brown Rippy, Edwin Yates Smith, Allen Suttle, Charles Crawfond Switzer, Leonard Bennette Teerc, Zeno Wall, jr., Henry Lee Weathers, Clyde Tullie Wright, Albert Ed wards White, Pastors of the Kings Mountain iJaptist Association are asked to meet Mpnday at 2 o’clock at the First Baptist church in their regu lar monthly conferences. A Prince On His Knees Completely oblivious of the fact ■ that be is beir to ith* British throne, the Prince or Wales is so absorbed in the g-olf play of American amateurs competing for the gold vase at Sunning * dale that he tall* to his knees in order to get a better view of the proceedings. The Prince, found the match too exciting to take with rpyal equanimity. <l»t*r nation*! New sum* 1* One Hundred Twenty-One Pupils Graduate From Grammar Schools In City Thursday; Grigg Talks Marion School Sends Largest Num ber Freshmen Into High School Next Year. One hundred and twenty-one Shelby boys and girls yesterday graduated from the grammar grade departments of the city school sys tem and will next year replace the sixty-five boys and girls who will to night graduate from the Central high school. The. graduating exercises of the grammar grade graduates were held in the Central auditorium yes terday morning, and Prof. J. Hor ace Grigg, county superintendent of schools, made the address to the graduates. Divided by Schools. Marion school led the list of grammar grade graduates with 33. The number of graduates by schools follows: Marion 33; Jefferson 22; Special 21; Graham 19; Washing ton 15; South Shelby 11. List of Graduates. The list of grammar grade grad uates who go into high school next year follow by school's: Jefferson school—Ella Belch, Vic-i (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWELVE ) County Farmer Has Good Record As Poultry Raiser; System Given B. Austell of Earl One of Those Who Shows This Not Just a Cotton County. Normally Cleveland county is thought of as a cotton producing county, and little Is said of other farm enterprises conducted as an adjunct to this cotton, writes C. F. Parrish, of N, C. State college in the North Carolina Farm news. Poultry production is one branch of agricultural endeavor rapidly in vading Cleveland county and ap parently meeting with great success as evidenced by the farm flock re ports sent in to the poultry spec ialists by R. W. Shoffner, county agent. One of the most successful demonstrators reporting is B. Aus tell of Earl. In addition to caring for a flock of leytrs, Mr. Austell op erates also two incubators with an egg capacity of 11,520 eggs. Mr. Austell started his poultry year on November 1, 1029. with 1, 255 birds in his laying pens. A close watch has been kept on the! performance of these birds andj when the birds went out of produc-i tion, culling was in order. The aver-] age number of layers kept for the , six months period of November 1 to j May 1, 1930,- was 1141. These birds < produced 107,952 eggs or an aver-1 age of 94.65 eggs a bird for the six’ months. The eggs sold for $4,185.49. In the production of these eggs, the birds consumed 26,154 pounds of scratch feed valued at $773.08 ; 23, 470 pounds of mash valued at $880, 12, and green feed, milk, and oys ter shell valued at $31.25. The total feed cost to produce the 8,996 dozen was $1,684.45 when deducted from $4,185.49, the gross income from the eggs, leaves a hen-margin over feed cost of $2,501.04. Mr. Austell co-operates very close-, ly with the extension forces of State college and plans to blood-test his breeding birds next year. Records on performance of the flock are al ways essential if poultrymen hope; to obtain profitable results. Fred C. Reynolds Dies In New York, Partner of Schencks Son of Late Janies E. Reynolds Who Was Partner of Late Major H. F. Schenck. Frederick C. Reynolds, wealthy textile commission agent, died in New York suddenly Sunday night from a heart attack and was bur ied Tuesday, the funeral being at tended by John F. Schenck, sr., and Gene Schenck of Shelby. Mr. Rey nolds was the son of the late James E. Reynolds who was a partner with the late Major H. F. Schenck in the ownership of one of the earliest textile plants In this section—the old mill at. Cleveland Mills which was abandoned years ago. Upon the death of the late James E. Reynolds and Major Schenck, Mr. Frederick C. Reynolds and Mr. John Schenck, sr.. continued in the ownership of the mill at Lawndale, and the Lily' Mill in Shelby. Mr. Reynolds was also a stockholder in the Arcade mill at Rock Hill and the Beaumont mill at Spartanburg, S. C. and also selling agent for these plants. Mr. Reynolds came to this coun ty frequently on visits and was here, a few months ago, the guest of Mr Schenck at Lawndale. Shelby Business Man Hurt In Car Crash R. E. Campbell Cut And Bruised Near Waynesvllle. Riding With Hill Hudson. Mr. R. E. Campbell, prominent Shelby business man. was painfully lacerated and bruised Wednesday afternoon in an automobile acci dent near Waynesvllle. Mr. Campbell was riding with Mr. Hill Hudson, Shelby travelling salesman, when their car left the road and struck' a culvert guard a few miles out of Waynesvllle. Mr. Campbell, who is now at his home here, was cut about the forehead and hands, and his side, hips and legs were bruised and strained. He spent the night In the Waynesvllle hospital, returning horns yesterday. Mr. Hudson was shook up and bruisfd but not painfully hurt. Primary Voting Rules Outlined For This County No Mixing Ballots Is Permissible Democrat* Cannot Vote Republican Ticket, or Republican" a Demo cratic Ticket, Ruled. In the primary in Cleveland county tomorrow week, Satur day, June 7, Republicans will not be permitted to vote Demo cratic tickets and Democrat* will not vole Republican tickets. Neither ran independent voters participate in either primary. This was the rullnir of the elec tion board (riven out today by Judge John P. Mull, chairman. ! His statement regarding the reg ulations follows: “Heretofore in the primary only one party nominated their candi dates for office in this county. This year both parties have candidates to be voted upon in the primary of June 7 and hence there will be a primary for both parties. Under the new Australian ballot law, the law under which the primary will be held, each party has a Judge to look after the primary of his party, that is the Republican judge will be In charge of his party box In the pri mary and the Democratic Judge will be in charge of his party box. The duty of the registrar is to handle the registration book. Under the law each voter will be asked when he foes to vote what party he affiliates with and he must designate either the Republican or Democratic party j it he votes. No Democrat will be al lowed to vote in the Republican box ! and no Republican will be allowed j to vote in the Democratic box. Each vOtet's, name as he vot$a wJJJ,., be [ placed on ffiA poll book, and party ; in which he votes will be placed aft I er his name on the poll book for a permanent record. There is no pro vision in the law for any independ ent to vote in the primary and he will have to wait until the general election to exercise his independent voting. No voter will be permitted to vote part, of one party ticket and part of another in the primary. Independent Voters. “1 have been asked many times what about a person who voted part of both tickets in last election vot ing in this primary. It all depends what his attitude is now If he in tends to support the nominees of the party in which he votes in the gen eral election this fall he would be entitled to vote in the primary of that party b«t if he intends to mix his tickets in the general election (CONTDroXD ON PAGE TWELVF i Many Candidates Give No Expenses John P. Mull, county election board chairman, stated today that only two or three of the county candidates had filed their cam paign expense accounts with? A. M. Hamrick, clerk of court, as is re quired by law. The regular filing time was up Wednesday night, and he states that these accounts should be filed this week sure. Mrs. George Rippy Is Buried Today Well Known Lady of Patterson Springs-F.arl Community Dies of Heart Trouble. Mrs. Florence Eleanor Hippy, wife of George Rippy. substantial farm er of the Patterson Springs-Earl community, will be burled this aft ernoon at 4:30 o’clock in the Zoar church cemetery below Shelby, the services to be conducted by Rev. John W. Suttle. Mrs. Rippy who was 01 years, three months and 27 days old, died at her home Thursday from a heart trouble which had been serious for two weeks. She was a fine Christian woman and greatly beloved in the community where she lived. At the age of 16 she Joined the church and was a member at Zoar at the time of her death. She was the mother of ten children, eight of whom sur vive: C. O. Rippy,, B. F. Rippy, and Jesse Rippy, Mrs. J. C. Smith, of Rock Hill, S. C., Mrs. G. C. Patter son, Mrs. O. D. Gibson. Mrs. J. E. Blanton, Mrs. J. A. McCurry, Misses Ellen and Ida Rippy, all of this county. Also surviving are three brothers, Ranson, Broadus and Frank McIntyre, one sister. Mrs. Demis Hamrick, 36 grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Shelby Larger Than Cleveland Wa* 80 Years Ago Four hundred and seventy one more people live In Shel by now than lived In all o( Cleveland county in 1830, or 80 year* ago. Mr. Gaither Higgins, well known Shelby citizen, has un earthed some old census data showing Cleveland's popula tion In 1830. At that time there were 8,592 whites and 1,804 blacks In the county, or a total of 10.396, which is 471 less than Shelby's population of 10,867. At that time John G- By num was state senator and G. G. Holland was the county representative In legislature. C. E. Isler Is | Buried Today Prominent Plumber Succumb* After Loaf Hines*. Wife and Two Children Survive. * C. E. Isler. well and favorably known plumber, died Thursday morning at 5:30 o clock at the Shel by hospital where he had been a patient off and on for the past seven months, suffering from appendicitis and complications. Mr. Isle# was 37 years and one week old and was born near Blacksburg, 3. C the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fellz Isler, in July 1S18 he was married to“*Mlss Beulah Camp who survives with two daughters, Juanita and Constance. Mr. Isler joined Pleasant Hill Baptist church and moved his mem bership to the First Baptist church of Shelby about four years ago. For the past ten years he was in terested Hk the plumbing business in Shelby and was a honest worker a good plumber and a loyal citizen, upholding the church, schools and the better things of the commun ity. He had the confidence and es teem of friends and death in the prime of life was a great shock to all who knew him. Also surviving are his parents, ! five sisters and one brother. The fu neral service was conducted this afternoon at 3 o’clock from the First Baptist church by his pastor, Dr. Zeno Wall and interment was In Sunset cemetery, with Masonic honors. Mr. Isler being a member In good standing of Cleveland lodge No, 302. “Heavy” Going Back Into Cafe Business [ __ Earl Lvbrand Will Take Charge Of City Cafe Here Next Week. Tills Is one of those news items that will Interest citizens who have been living in Shelby some several years: Earl (Heavy) Lybraud Is go ing back into the cafe business. It was announced today that Mr. Lybrand will on Monday take charge of the City Cafe, which for years has been operated by Mr. Jim Morrison. For a long time Heavy operated a popular eating house on East Marion street which was the favorite gathering place of the younger men and the sports fol lowers of the city. Gains 17,061 In Ten Years, Census Shows Census In 1920 Was 35,046. Shelby, Kings Mountain, Grover, Lattimore, Mooresboro Show Gains. Lawndale, Waco Lose. No. 6, 4 Townships Lead. 5,005 Farms. The 1980 population off Cleveland county, including' towns, is 62,107, or 17.061 more than the 36,046 population of 1920, according to figures given out by Mr. Caldwell of the census division at Hickory today. The new population figures for the county surpass all estimates made, as it was not thought that the population would reach 50.000. State Takes 2 County Roads Al a Hire tin* of the stale highway commission in Raleigh Ihis week the state took over and added to the state main tained system two stretches of highway In Cleveland county. The first was a six-mile stretch from Kings Mountain to the South Carolina line in the direction of York. S. C For Celebration. This is the stretch of roadway that leads to the Kings Mountain battleground, and the battle cele bration committee, headed by Clar ence Kuester, of Charlotte, was In strumental in having the state take over this road so that it might be placed in good condition for the big celebration at the battleground this fall. Marion Road. The other portion of highway, 8.4 miles of which is in this county, is the road leading from highways 183 find 18; and geea west acrttaff Cleve land, Burke and McDowell into Marion. The road leaves highway 182 just on this side of the point where highway 182, which runs from Shelby in a semi-circle to the left back to highway, taps highway 18. In other words, the road to be taken over leaves the highway 182 and 18 section at a point between Belwood, Toluca and(Casar. The road taken over Is 31.8 miles In length, and Is divided as follows kmong the counties: Cleveland 8.4, Rutherford 11.9, Burke 14, McDow ell 12.1. Off On Auto Jaunt To California, West Mr and Mrs. Ira J. Stillwell and Mr. Gilmer Putnam left yesterday by automobile for an extended trip to the Pacific coast and then through the northwest. Their west ward route is by way of New Or leans. Juarez, Mexico; Grand Can yon. Arizona; Los Angeles, San Francisco, and up to Seattle, Wash ington; from Seattle to Yellowstone park, to Chicago, then Into Canada, and back into the United States at Niagara Falls. They plan to make the trip in approximately two months. Geo. .Blanton, J. D. Lineberger, Dick Brabble and Lee B. Weathers were at the Kings Mountain bat tleground yesterday. Primary Voters To Be Ashed “Are You Denocrat Or Republican?” Must Name Party Affiliations. No No Split Tickets Can Be Voted, is Ruling. Raleigh—When the voters of North Carolina go to the polls in the primary election on June 7 they will be asked their party affiliation for the first time in many years. At every voting precinct in the state, according to J. C. Biggs, chairman of the state board sf elections, eiery voter will be asked “Are you Demo crat or Republican.” This question has not been asked in previous primary elec tions of a state-wide scope as in previous years there have been no Republican state-wide pri mary contests, Mr. Biggs said. No Split Tickets. "In previous primaries it was assumed that if a person came to the polls to vote he or she was a Democrat” Judge Biggs said, “as the primary was only i a Democratic primary. This year it’s different. In order to get a ballot a person must de- ! elare which party he is sup porting and he will not be al lowed to vote a split-ticket.” Judge Biggs said that in some counties where there is no Re publican county ticket he has had inquiry if the Republicans can support the county Demo cratic ticket and the G. O. P. United States senatorial candi dates. This cannot be done. Judge Biggs said, as it would mean a split-ticket which is banned by satute. In order to set straight the question of "markers’ for the primary. Judge Biggs today again called attention to the railing of Dennis G. Brummitt, attorney general, which held i that any of the election officials or any friend of the voter who is approved by the election of ficials may help mark, the bal lot. There will not be any offi- ; eial markers, Judge Biggs said. Shelby is the leading town In the fj county with Kings Mountain sec- j ond. but the figures given out todav decrease Shelby to 10,588. Shelby's gain Is 6,979, King. . | Mountain's is 1,997, Grover's is 139, '5 l.attimore's is eight, and Moore? boro's is 38. Lawndale shows a loss I of 196 people, and Waco 14 people. Townships. Only two of the eleven township show a loss in population. These are No. 2 and No. 6, Bolling Springs be ing incorporated, and 724 of the out - side No. 8 population beiiig includ ed in the new population of Shel by. Boiling Springs not being Incor porated in 1920 had no figures' fo: that year. The present population is 672. The largest township in the coun ty is No. 6. which, including Shelby, ’ has a population of 16313. No. 6 outside of Shelby with a population of 5,446 is larger than No. 4 town ship, which is second, with 4351 outside and with 9.983 includin' Kings Mountain. - i u»wn i ujwuiuuu\ The 1930 and 1930 populations of Cleveland county towns follow. Town a- v Shelby . _ Kings Mountain Bolling Springs Lawndale . .... Grover __ Lattimore _ .... Mooresboro „ ... Waco . __ 1930 192* 10,588 3,609 .. 5,633 3,635 ^ - „ 072 none 578 774 435 396 . 270 262 ... 266 228 ... 175 189 Township Population. The population of the unincor porated rural section, by townships, follows: Township 1930..192* No. \ .. , 933 724 , No. 2 (outside B. 8.) 2,313 2,365 No. 3 — 3,067 2,213 No. 4 (outside K. M.) _. 4,488 3286 No. 5 -.2,508 2,196 No. 6 (outside Shelby) 5,466 4,800 No. 7 . 3.348 2304 No. 8 .. .. .. .. 3,875 2,171 No. 9 . 4,351 3,582 j No., 10...1.714 1415 No. 11 1,628 1.287 Gain In Farms. A good gain in farms is also shown by the report. In 1920 there were 4. 015 farms In the entire county, " while there are 5,005 now, or a gain of 990 farms. Complete statistics on the farms by townships will be given in Monday’s Star. The new figures show that Cleve land comity Is the largest county in this census district which is mad up of 10 counties. Catawba is sec ond. Census work is not yet com plete in Rutherford and Mitchell. The population of the counties fol low: Cleveland 52,107; Catawba, 44,230; Burke, 29,495: Caldwell, 26, 477; McDowell, 20,482; Watauga. 15,155; Alexander 12,982; Averv, 12,203. Mooresboro Farmer Dies In Rutherford Thus. H. Frazier Who Came To County From Georgia Dies Of Cancer Thomas H. Frazier. 74 year old farmer of near Mooresboro, died in the Rutherford hospital Tuesday morning with cancer of the stom ach. Mr. Frazier was born in Geor gia hut had been living in Cleve land for a number of years. Hi! wife preceded him to the grave » number of years ago and he is sur vived by the following children: Marvin and Hill Frazier of Georgia; Will, Belk and Spear Frazier of this county; Mrs. L. T. and W. T, Deat on. Mrs. H. C. Little. Mrs. L. T. Titshaw, Mrs. W. A. Wadsworth, of Georgia. Also surviving are 43 grand children and one great grand child. v; The funeral was conducted Wed nesday by Rev. Z. Harrill and In- J lerment was in the cemetery at ^ fandy Plains church. 4.