VOL. XXXVI, No. 56
SHELBY. N. C. MONDAY, JUNE 2, 19S0 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
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THE MARKET.
Cot ton, per lb. ................ 15c
Cotton Seed, per bn.-- 4014c
Fair Weather.
Today’s North Carolina Weather
Report: Fair tonight and Tuesday.
Not much change In temperature.
Chicago Battle.
' Chicago, June 1.—A war of ex
termination between rival liquor or
ganisations was signalled today by
the execution of three gangsters
and the probable fatal wounding of
five other persons, one a woman.
" The dead, all members of the com
bine headed by Terry Druggan.
overlord of the turbulent Valley dls
| trict were: Sam Pellar, 32; Michael
^ Qtrirk, 40, and Joe Bertsche.
Negro Shot Over
Wife Of Another
Charlie McKinney In Hospital
Here With Chest Wound.
Shooting Today.
Charlie McKinney, colored, known
among his race as a bad fighter, Is
In the Shelby hospital with gunshot
wounds in his chest and arm as the
result of a clash this morning with
Robert Ingle, another negro, the af
fair taking place above the Metcalf
section.
Details of the shooting are not
known, but it is understood that bad
blood originated between the two
over Ingle's wife.
Ingle Jailed.
Ingle shot McKinney, it Is said,
one time with a single barrel shot
gun. Soon^ after the shooting Sher
iff Allen's office was notified and
Deputies Bob Kendrick, Buren Ded
mon and Plato Ledford soon had
Ingle In jail here.
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Mr. Munn Dies In
Eastside Village
Body WHI Be Taken To Rock Hill
Tuesday for Interment. Fu
neral Here.
Charles Franklin Munn. age 51
years, died at his home in the
Eastside mill village Sunday with
complication from an attack of in
fluenza suffered sometime ago. Mr.
Munn moved to Shelby from Gaff
ney five years or more ago and was
highly esteemed by his host of
i friends. He joined the Baptist
church at Gaffney 26 years ago and
was married to Miss Rebecca Rob
ertson on June 15, 1899. Mr. Munn
was a veteran of the Spanish
American War and Is survived by Mis
wife and s}x children.
The funeral will be conducted
from the residence Tuesday morn
ing by his pastor, Rev. H. E. Wal
drop and the remains will be taken
to Rock Hill for interment Tues
day afternoon.
County Court Rushes
♦Along, No Lawyers
County recorder’s court zipped
and boomed along here this morn
ing with a speed typical of Judge
Yates Webb’s Federal court ses
- sicms. Approximately one dozen cas
es, the majority of them minor in
fractions of the prohibition law,
#ere disposed of in 30 minutes.
One reason for the speedy hear
- ing and disposal of the week-end
aftermath docket was the absence
from the court room of a big per
centage of the local lawyers, who
uere busy, this being first Monday,
ih political activities. Another reas
on was that practically all of the
defendants had been caught "red
handed” or “with the goods.”
r#i Get Returns
From The Star
Ob Saturday night, June 7,
The Star’s news Catherine
forces will concentrate, their
efforts on securing, as rapidly
as possible, the outcome of the
Saturday primary.
* Readers of The Star, and all
citizens of Cleveland county
are cordially invited to attend
the paper’s primary matinee
In front of The Star building
Saturday nicht.
Just as fast as the returns
come in they will be placed on
The Star bulletin board in
front of the building.
When the returns are com
plete enough to determine the
winners in all county races,
the congressional, judicial and
senatorial contests The Star
will Issue a primary extra—
thus giving the people of this
section the first news of the
results.
BE ON HAND FOR THE
BULLETIN NEWS—
and read THE STAR EXTRA
late Saturday night and early
Sunday morning for the re
results.
Highsmith Makes Address As 66
Boys And Girls Get Diplomas At
Shelby High; Teacher Is Honored
Future High School
Is Discussed
High Schools Of Future To Be Bet
ter Equipped For Training
Pupils.
The Central high school audttor
luh was packed to capacity Friday
night at the graduating exercises
when 66 graduates received their
diplomas, and Dr. J. Henry High
smith, supervisor of state high
schools and author of the standard
of excellence for the schools of the
state, delivered his address on “The
High School of the Future.” Many
could not get seats, the crowd was
so large.
It was the final day of the school
and an epoch In the lives of the 66
boys and girls, who dressed In their
regulation caps an dgowns, were
presented with diplomas by Supt.
B. L. Smith. On the stage sat the
superintendent, the principal, mem
bers of the board of education, to
gether with the mayor and board
of aldermen. Mr. Sinclair and his
.orchestra furnished music.
High School of the Future.
Wlille Dr. Highsmith has been
suggested for governor and tendered
high positions in other walks of
life, he prefers to follow his "line”
as an educator. His reputation Is
nation-wide In this respect and In
speaking last night on "The High
School of the Future,” he said in
part “The future high school will
take Into consideration the fact that
boys and girls have Individual dif
ferences. Physical education will
play a more Important part In
school work, vocational guidance
will be Instituted In the training of
boys and girls of the fufefre; man
ual training will be given; teachers
will be properly trained and fitted
to their Important tasks.”
State is Wealthy.
“It will cost money to provide the
high school of the future, but Dr.
Highsmith pointed out that a com
paratively small part of the state’s
Income Is spent for education. “Last
year. North Carolina, -bought 73,000
automobile at a cost of sixty mil
lion dollars and was the second state
In the union In the amount of In
ternal revenue paid the federal
government, so it Is evident that
the people are well able financially
to provide the best for their boys
and girls,” declared Dr. Highsmith.
inis, namseur Monorra.
Medals and wards were made by
tlje principal, Mr. Abernethy, while
Thad C. Ford, a member of the
school board presented a silver lov
ing cup to Mrs. Jessie Ramseur as
a token of love, esteem and ap
preciation of the citizens for her
faithful services as a teacher. Mrs.
Ramseur is retiring from the pro
fession after 21 years. When she re
ceived the loving cup a round of
applause went up from the large
audience.
Patrons Contribute.
Supt. Smith thanked the citizens
generally and the various organiza
tions that have contributed and co
operated toward the success of the
schools, announced the enrollment,
pointed out that patrons had con
tributed over $2,100 to help stand
ardize the elementary schools, sup
plemented the salaries of Casey
Morris who led his baseball team to
the state championship in group B
and W. T. Sinclair who directed the
band which was adjudged the best
in group B in the state.
Class Day Exercises.
Class day exercises weer held Fri
day afternoon at 3 o’clock with a
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Major Honors To
Miss McKinney
Wins Three Coveted School Honors.
Bennete Teele, Elisabeth Le
Grand Honored.
When the seniors of the Shelby!
high school were awarded medals
and honors along with their di
plomas and awards to other classes
Friday night, major honors for the
school were given Mildred McKin
ney, Elizabeth LeGrand and Ben
nette Teele.
Miss McKinney was the outstand
ing medal winner of the class, with
three awards, while Miss LeGrand
won the best all-around cup for
girls and Teele was the winner of,
the best all-around cup for boys
which for years has been awarded
to the outstanding youths who have
graduated at Shelby high. Hal
Farris, who captained three of
Shelby’s major athletic teams, one
of which was the state baseball
championship team, was second to
Teele In the major award for boys
and won the Abernethy cup for the
outstanding athlete with the best
scholastic record.
. Awards in the commercial de
partment were: Verda Wright
medal from Royal Typewriting Co.;
Ormi Lee White certificate from
Royal Typewriting company; Henry
Lee Weathers certificate from Royal
Typewriting company; Clyde Wright
certificate from Royal Typewriting
company; Edwin Smith certificate
from Royal Typewriting company;
Montrose Davis certificate from
Underwood Typewriting company*
Other awards and .medals:
Margaret Ray Bridges, first prize
in poppy day poster contest, Amer
ican Legion auxiliary.
Edwina Oidney, best church at
tendance, Mrs. A1 Bennett, 9-a
room.
Alfred Parris, representing South
Shelby, elementary school spelling
contest, (35 contestants—17 perfect
scores), Lee B. Weathers cup.
Mildred McKinney, best high
school speller, T, W. Hamrick medal.
Edith Blanton, best reading, J. R.
Dover medal.
Edwin Smith, first place in state
trombone contest, W, T. Sinclair
pin.
Mildred McKinney, best triangu
lar debater, O. Max Gardner medal.
Hal Parris, senior member of var
sity teams with best scholastic rec
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7:12 Poll Closing
Hour Next Saturday
Voting booths in Cleveland coun
ty will remain open until 12 minutes
after 7 o'clock next Saturday even
ing. The election law states that
the voting booths must remain open
until sunset and Blum’s almanac
gives the sunset hour as 7:12 for
Saturday.
Webb Will Be In
Hospital 2 Months
Carl Wray Webb, who was serious
ly injured in an automobile crash
last week, was said to be improv
ing today. Due to the fact that his
pelvis bone was fractured as well
as his leg physicians are of the
opinion that he will be confined to
bed for two or three months.
Officers Round Up Church
Vandals; One Is Jailed Here
Several Churches Robbed. Am
Towery Jailed For Robbing
Corinth Church.
In the last six weeks several
Churches in the Three County
Corners section, near the intersec
tion point of Cleveland, Catawba,
Burke and Lincoln counties, have
been robbed of furniture, and last
week Cleveland deputies made their
first arrest in a round-up which it
is hoped will bring all the church
vandals into the toils of the law.
The man arrested and jailed here
was Am Towery, who is charged
with participating in the robbery of
Providence church just across from
Cleveland n Catawba county. Last
week Deputies Tom Sweezy, Plato
Ledford and Frank Stanley were on
the trail of thieves who robbed the
chicken roost of Joe Harvey, color
ed in the Belwood section. The trail
led into Alexander county, near the
river, and at the home of Am and
Rob . Towery the missing chicken
were located, It is said. While there
Deputy Sweezy noticed several
pieces of furniture In one of the
Towery houses. Later he carried of
ficers of the Corinth church to the
home and they identified the sev
eral church chairs by some paint
which had dropped on one chair
when the church was painted some
time back. Bob Towery made his
getaway and is still being sought
along with a third man who is be
lieved to have been working with
Bob and Am.
Just which church the chairs
belonged to could not be determin
ed until an investigation was made,
as several other churches in that
section had been robbed. One of the
looted churches was Mulls chapel
above Toluca, where a new settee
and chairs for the pulpit had been
taken. Another was Corinth church
Just across the line in Lincoln. Be
fore they complete their search the
deputies hope to locate some mere
of the stolen furniture
Flight, Twenty Years Later
Glenn II. Curtiss, famous * •
pioneer of aviation, with his
wife after they landed at
Curtiss Field: L. I., In a modern
Condor 20-paesenyer plane.
Curtivi flew over the seme |
course from Albany to New j
York on which he made aria
tioa history 20 years are.
flatcruticM! NrairMl)
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Annual Honor Roll List For
High And City Schools Given
Farm Work Moving
Along Rapidly Now
Cotton Crop Nearly All Thinned.
Rain Not Badly Needed. Good
Oats Crop.
| Cleveland county fanners are In
pretty good shape Just now and
farm prospects for the year are
good, according to a survey made by
R. W. Shoffner, farm agent.
Practically all the county cotton
crop has been thinned and due to
several weeks work the farmers
have the grass under control. Al
though gardens over the county are
in need of rain, Mr. Shoffner says
that the cotton and corn crops are
not suffering as yet, and adds that
it Is best that there was no ^in
prior to the cool spell late last
week.
Good Hay Crops.
Although It appears that about
the same acreage Is in cotton this
year In the county, the farm agent
believes that the hay crop is larger
than ever before. The spring, oats
crop turned out even better than
was anticipated, generally speaking,
and a big Increase In the soy bean
crop is issured.
Legion Will Support
Junior Ball League
Want Foot Clubs Of Boys In. City.
To Be Supervised By
School Coach.
It was announced today by Com
mander Tom Abemethy. of the
Warren Hoyle American Legion post
that the local ex-service men will
support a junior baseball league for
the young boys of Shelby.
A meeting of the Legion will be
held Tuesday night at 8 o'clock at
the court house and all Legion
members interested in the Junior
league are urged to attend.
The Legion's Junior baseball lea
gue is a nation-wide affair. Cities
having leagues made up of boys
under 17 have a schedule through
the season to determine the win
ner, and by the process of elimina
tion two teams of boys meet at the
end of the year to decite the Am
erican championship. If four clubs
of young boys can be organized In
Shelby, their play in the league
will be supervised by Casey Mor, is,
high school athletic director, me
local legion post announces
Juniors To Plan
State Convention
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Meeting Tuesday night of Local!
Juniors. Degree Work to
Be Conferred.
The State Council meeting, Jun
ior Order United American mechan
ics will be Shelby in Shelby August
19th at which time 600 visitors are
expected to gather here from ail
parts of North Carolina. The local
juniors will meet Tuesday night in
their lodge hall to complete plans
for the entertainment of these visi
tors. A special steering committee
has been appointed composed of J.
S. Dorton, Wm. Lineberger, DeWitt
Quinn. John Schenck jr.. O. V
Hawkins and J. C. Newton.
Tuesday night there are two can
j didates for membership and side de-!
gree work will be conferred, after j
I which refreshments will be served
The hour of meeting is a o'clock, j
Many High and Grammar Grade
Students Make Coveted Honor
For Term. Other*.
The list of students In the Cen
tral high school and the Shelby
city schools who made honor roll
marks for the entire year was an
nounced Saturday as follows by city
school officials.
High School.
Seniors: Montrose Davis, Irene
Davis, Mary Faye Dellinger, Ray
Gibbs, Kathleen King, Mildred Mc
Kinney. Elizabeth LeGraud, Edith
Ramscur, Helen Roberts. Bennette
Teele, Clyde Wright, Thelma Spang
ler,
Juniors; Annie Mae Bobbitt,
Edith Blanton. Elizabeth Blanton.
Helen Best, Frances Carver, Mildred
Camp, Lena Hemrick, Annie Lou
Hoyle, Matilda Jenks, Alice Ooode
King. May Lattimore., Mary Llne
berger. Evelyn Short, Miha Putnam,
Sara Thompson, Louise Miller Ai
leen Vaughn, Ormle Lee White,
Mildred Weaver, Lizzie Allen, Hes
sentlne Borders, Mary Frances Ken
drick, Helen Roberts, James Mc
Swaln.
Ninth grade: Isabel Armour, Ed
wina Gidney, Bernice Houser, Mil
dred Laughridge, Edith Ledford,
Virginia McMurry, Nancy B. Sper
ling, Elisabeth Thompson, Mary Sue
Thompson, Ethel White, Herbert
Hamrick, Frank Jenkins, J. R.
Pruett, Billy Quinn, Ida Mae Brid
ges Hattie Mae Humpliries, Evelyn
Smalley. Torrey Tyner, Paul Wray,
Alena Blanton.
Eighth grade—Loris Dover, Grif
fin Holland, Richard LeOrand, Col
bert McKnight, Ed Post jr„ Eliza
beth Carver, Rachel Connor, Ruth
Forbis, Margaret Ford, Lula Belle
Huskey, Bernice Miller. Hazel Put
nam, Jean Thompson, Maxine Cost
ner, Annie Ruth Dellinger, Helen
Miller, Cornelia Sparks. Edith
Saunders, Roy Newton, Thurman
Moore.
L&Fayete school: Loyd Duncan,
Emma Wease, Nell Bowman, Glenn
Short. Georgia Hughes, Dora Nix,
Paul Lail, Ethel Barnett, Virginia
Kent, Floyd Bost, Juanita Bates,
Dorothy Greene, Pearle McKee, Es
ther Howell.
Douglas Eades, Juanita Noggle,
Winona Daves, Mildred Bates,
Mae Wilson, Jack WUson, Edith
Huggins, Ella Mae Tesseneer, Lloyd
Bost, Hattie Bess Carpenter, Milli
cent Hicks, Dorothy Roberts, Buren
Hughes.
Ned Bost, Mary Bosworth, Kath
erine Lane. Eula Mae Hicks, Una
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Attorney Stroup In
A Dying Condition
Attorney Rush Stroup who
for fourteen years was treasur
er of Cleveland county Is in a
dying condition at his home on
West Warren street. At noon to
day his pulse was growing slow
er and there is little or no hope
of his recovery from a heart
trouble with which he has been
suffering for some time and
which cansed hint to retire from
practice of law three years ago.
Since that time Mr. Stroup has
been directing the operation of
seven Eagle five and ten cent
stores which he owns In seven
different towns in Western Car
olina.
Members of his family arc at
his bedside, expecting the cmi
In come most any hour.
President May
Lunch In Shelby
After Address
Three Cities Talked
For Luncheon
CMtonU Makes First More For
I.anchron On Day Of October
Fete.
There Is a possibility, it develop- j
ed over the week-end, lhat Presi
dent Hoover and the party which
accompanies him to the Kings
Mountain battleground celebration
this fall will lunch In Shelby fol
lowing the address to be made at
the celebration by Mr. Hoover.
Clarence Kueater, chairman of the
celebration committee, informs that
the President and his party will
lunch at Charlotte, Gastonia, or
Shelby.
It Is also understood that Shelby
was given the first opportunity to
entertain the presidential party,
due to the fact that the city and
county are named for two of the
outstanding Revolutionary leaders
at the Kings Mountain battle.
First Move Made.
Gastonia, however, makes the
first move for the honor of enter
taining the distinguished party as
the following news dispatch indl
cates:
Gastonia.—At a meeting of re
presentatives of the chamber of
co;r.merce. American Legion and ail
the civic clubs of Gastonia Satur
day morning, an invitation was ex
tended to the luncheon committee
of the Kings Mountain scsquicen
tennlal celebration committee to
hold the luncheon for President
Hoover and the congressional dele
gation to the celebration in October
in Gastonia.
Attending President Hoover mill
be a delegation of official Wash
ingtonians, governors of six or sev
en southern states and r.tgb rank
ing military and diplomatic heads.
In addition to special representa
tives of the Associated Fress, the
United Press, the International
News Service and the Newspaper
Enterprise association, big news
gathering agencies, there will be
representative*, ot the Paths, Ftos
and Movietone news pictures here
Radio broadcasting will carry the
events of the day to all comera of
the United States.
If the moves goes through a pro
fe: rlonal caterer frrm Washington
or New York will be brought to
Gastonia to handle the uncheon.
An elaborate decorative program,
both for the building and for the
c'ty in general Is in prospect.
The chamber of commerce, the
American Legion, the D. A R. and
ell the civic clubs of tbs city arc
actively behind the movement and
it is hoped that the invitation of
Gastonia will be accpeted.
CPir’otte and Shelby ar-* cihrr
possible p aces where t">-> luncheon
might be held.
W. M. U. Annual
Meet On June 5-6
The W. M. U. of the Charlotte
division will hold Its annual meet
ing at Rutherfordton June 5-6. Each
society in the Kings Mountain as
sociation Is asked to send a delegate
Dr. Zeno Wall, Mrs. John Wacaster
Miss Zona Hord, Mrs. Carl David
son and possibly others from this
association will appear on the pro
gram.
Send name of delegate to Mrs. R.
E, Price, Rutherfordton, N. C.
New Car Burned On
Road Friday Night
Lummle Phiibeck who lives at the
Shelby mill suffered the loss of his
new Chevrolet automobile Friday
night on the road near the Lutz
bridge a few miles north of Shelbv.
Mr. Phiibeck was en route to visit
his parents who live in that com
munity.
No Trend A way From
Farm In This County
Farm Population Cleveland County Increas*
es Nearly Seven Thousand In Ten Years,
Town Population Gains 9,902. County
Growth Evenly Divided Over All Rural
Sections And Towns.
, *' ve^aiul county there is no apparent movement
,arni to the towns and cities. Despite the fait that
the 1980 census figures show a general trend of the popula
tion to the cities, this county, basically an agricultural coun
ty, is an exception with the rural sections showing a gain in
population proportionate to the incorporated centers.
Few Unemployed
In County
Only One Person Out of Every 113
In County Is Unemployed.
Shelby Has 123.
There is very little unemploy - j
ment in Cleveland county as
compared with numerous other
sections, according to additional '
census statistics announced to
j day by Mr. Howard CainnlU,
who supervised the census work
in the county.
Only one person out of every !r>
in Cleveland county Is without em
ployment, the data shows. Of the
52,308 people In the county only 455
were listed by the census lakers as
“unemployed."
Two hundred and two of the 435
were listed at Kings Mountain and
In that area. 123 In 8helby. and the
remaining 128 scattered over the
county.
Official Figures.
Official census figures, differing
slightly from previous figures an
nounced, were also made public by
Mr. Camnits after a visit Saturday
to the district census bureau at
Hickory. These official figures give
the oounty a population of 52,309, a
jump Up on the figures announced
last Friday, and a population of
10,788 for Shelby. The first report
gave Shelby 10,887, the second 10,
588.
McSwain To Oppose
Compensation Act
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inopposeji candidate For State
Senate Here Announce* Fight
On Workmen's Bill.
Capt. Peyton McSwain. who has
been declared as the Democratic
nominee for state senate from this
district, issued the statement Sat
urday that he was opposed to the
workmen’s compensation act and
would do all in his power to either
repeal the act outright or amend it
so an appeal could be taken from
the industrial commission to the
superior court where a trial denova
could be had before a jury under
the same rules of law and evidence
as before the act was adopted.
Bulwinkle On Visit
To Cleveland County
Major A. L. Bulwinkle, of Gasto
nia, former Democratic congress
man and a candidate again for the
[ nomination, was a visitor in Shelby
and the county late last week. Ma
jor Bulwinkle seems confident that
the Democrats of the district will
give him the nomination again. His
district campaign manager feels
that the Gastonia man will carry
every county in the district with the
possible exception of Mecklenburg,
and will there give his Mecklenburg
rival, Mr. Hamilton C. Jones, a
close race.
Rutherford County Population
Is 40,449; Gains 29 Per Cent.
NVtfhborin • County Third Lamest
In District; Cleveland, Catawba
Ahead.
Rutherfordton, June 2.—The popu
lation of Rutherford county for
1930 is 40,449, as compared to 31,
,423 for 1920, an Increase of 9,026 or
about 29 per cent. Rutherfordton
township, in which the county seat
and Spindale are located, the larg
est population, 7,937, while High
Shoal township, with the four towns
of Caroleen, Henrietta , Avondale
and Cllffslde, Is a close second, 7,
910, and Cool Springs township, of
which Forest City is the principal
town, Is a close third with 7.968.
For»?t City is th<* largest town ini
the county with 4,068; Spindale
second with 3,066, and Rutherford
ton third with 2,020. Rutherford
ton reported seven farms w’th'n the
corporate limits while Fcrcst City
had 38. Lake Lure is the smallest
Incorporated town. 20-*, tr the coun
ty, while Morgan is the smallest
township, 602
Cool Springs township increased
3,990 during the 10 year period
while Rutherfordton township In
creased L990 and High Shoal only
Increased 71. Chimney Rock town
ship lost 151 people and Golden
Valley lost nine. There we*t 3,764
farms reported this year compared
to 3.628 in 1920. The report also
stated that 297 people *er> oat ol1
employment in the county, |
From 1920 to 1930 the gain In pop
ulation In the eight incorporated
towns of Cleveland county was 9.902,
but the 1930 population of the rural
sections clearly proves that this ad
ditional population in the towns of
the county was not drawn from the
rural sections. The rural sections of
the county gained 6.968 In the ten
year-period. and in the increase In
the population of the rural sections
is very evenly divided over the ele
ven townships of the county.
More Farm Owners.
Another indication that Cleveland
remains as a leader in agriculture,
despite tiie growth of county In
dustry In 10 years, is that there are
990 more Individual farms In the
county now than In 1920. That
means 990 more farm owners who
operate and supervise their own
farms, indicating a decrease In
large farms tilled to a considerable
extent by tenants.
No. 8 township, according to the
census data, leads all other town
ships In increase in farms with a
gain of 224 Individual farms. No. 3
township is second and No. 9 Is
third. Only two townships, Nos 2
and 8 allow a decrease In number
of farms, the incorporation of
Boiling Springs being designated as
the cause of the decrease in No. 2
and the spread of Shelby for the
decrease in No. 6.
The number Brrwms per town
ship In 1930 and In 1920 with the
gain or decrease shown is given as
follows
Township
No. 1..
No. 2_....
No. 3 __
No. 4..
No. 6.
No. 6..
No. 7 ...
No. 8_
No. 9 ..._
No. 10_
No. 11.
• Decrease.
1930-1920 Gain
- 167—119 48
. 386—421 *35
- 631-319 212
.403-494 9
- 433—384 39
- 499-344 *45
. 550—443 97
- 572-348 224
. 597—455 142
. 317—224 93
.. 270—221 59
Population Gains Shown. ~
A proportionate gain In population
over the entire county Is shown by
the fact that the gain In the rural
townships ranged from the 300
mark to 800. Nos. 6 and 4 town
ships, In which Shelby and Kings
Mountain are located, show the big
gest increase of course.
The combined gains by township
in the ten years Is shown os fol
lows:
No. 6—7,924; No. 4—3,338: No. 3
874; No. 9—769; No. 2—620; No. 10
-599; No. 7—544; No. 8—504; No. 11
-341; No. 5—312; No. 1—209.
No. 1 and No. 11 are the small
est townships In the county and No
6 and No. 4 are. the largest No
township hod a decrease In popula
tion in the 10 years.
The population of what Is term
ed the Greater Shelby community'.
No. 6 township, is 16,333, and the
population of Kings Mountain
Grover, the Kings Mountain town
ship, or No. 4, Is 10,123.
Rutherford Likes
Bailey Candidacy
Neighboring County Expected To
Go For Bailey By 1,600
Votes.
Rutherfordton.—The campaign be
tween Senator F. M. Simmons and
Hon. J. W. Bailey Is growing unus
ually warm in Rutherford county.
Bailey will carry the county by from
1.000 to 1,500 majority, in the be
lief of many who have made a close
study and survey of the situation.
The majority of the leaders of the
county are for Bailey. The majority
of the fanners are for him while he
will get the bulk of the textile mill
vote.
Both sides have claimed victory
from the outset in Rutherford. Mr.
Bailey made two excellent speeches
in the county May 3 at two large
school commencements. Many heard
him through curiosity and all liked
his pleasant manner of speech and
approach. He made many votes by
his visit to the county, though he
made no mention or reference to hi*
randtdacy In public.