Lawndale Epworth
League Winner
* tBj William Eaker.l
On Friday night, June 24. at a j
regular quarterly" meeting of thej
Gastonia Epworth league district (
held at Armstrong Park, Gastonia. I
the Lawndale body of leaguers won<
the much coveted award, known as I
the Maltese Cross, that goes quar-1
terly to an Individual chapter. The j
largest number of delegates present |
plus the number of miles travelled,
is taken into consideration. The up
per Cleveland county chapter had a
total of twenty-three present with |
a mileage approximating forty-five.'
and these figures multiplied deter-;
mined the winner. About one hun- [
dred and fifty were in attendance as [
representatives from leagues com
prising the district.
This most beautiful award, de
signed presumably by a designer of
sacred art church windows and set
In ft box casement two feet square,
will be placed near the Cleveland
county union cup which during the
past month has become a second
award of honor earned by this de
serving organization. The cup is
given on a basis of monthly reports.
which obtain to the highest per
centage.
Extraordinary Design.
Set in a background of blazing
whit* and orange, the two black
arms of the cross intersect in the
middle of the square and gradually,
become larger at all four extremi
ties. At the center, Illuminated by a
crescent of streaming black lines,
stands out the motto so significant
to a host of youth throughout the
world, "All for ChristThis insig
nia is in curvature placed In a maze
of blueeolonng and in the very cen
ter id a smaller cross of orange.
When lighted fro man electric bulb
secreted behind the face qf the cross
the coloring effect shows mastery of
workmanship and a visionary love
liness as a piece of art,* The audi
tor is attracted at once by the cor
ona of light waves radiating out
ward from the center so graphical
ly does it resemble the aurora of a
shimmering sunrise In the sky
The Maltese crosr, signet of
achievement and exemplary of Pau
line Christianity, has come to be
regarded as a modern counterpart
of an ancient order of faith when
men died for their beliefs on src
nficial altar* tt Is fitting that re
ligion have as it symbol or stand
ard a c.ross instead of marching to
the roll of fife and drum and under
a flag of human creation Especial
ly is the cross an emblem of purity,
truth, valiant courage, and victory
to which every Epworth leaguer's
heart turns to with pride, couched
In a sort of fervent hope. There
have been holy men of the past who
fieemen 11 were noi wise 10 iakr inr |
cross u significant of crowing vie-'
tory, contending that It is mor*
•ynon venous with defeat; and there
have been holy men who deemed
that sacred palm leaves or branchesi
from the far-lamed Tree* of li
bation be a sign to bear forth when
on errands of glad tiding But JRp-I
worth leaguer* have chosen the
Maltese cross to give expression nf
victory rtaing out of defeat, and as
a recognition of the deathless, ever-,
soaring spirit of liberat minds which
Is finally the spirit of all true Ep
worth la n*
Vine Organisation.
The Lawndale church is proud of
this company of busy youngsters.
Who have wrought so well and have
carried on They have accomplish
ed alt that could be expected of
them, by having In their possession
the only two award possible to re- 1
ceive during one year. Aside from [
aggressiveness in these fields Lawn- j
dale expects to support * reasonable I
number of student delegates to the'
summer assembly to he held at lake (
Junaluska July t, at which time:
leaguers from the western part of
!,the state gather in annual confer
rtnee.
Old Cleveland Map
I* Being Sought
Ts there anywhere in the county
one of Kiser’s maps of Cleveland
county?
This map. giving the location of ;
all post offices, streams, etc., in the
county, was made about 1*70 At
torney P Cleveland Gardner, who is
Ipterested in historical facts roVi
cemimt the county, is anxious to
pet hold of one of these old maps.
Anyone who may have one is asked
to get tn touch with Mr Gardner or
The Star
bot scouts or pouk viixk
TO MEET THURSDAY NIGHT
_
The Boy Scouts of troop 1. Potk
aiUe, will meet Thursday night, July
*. at 8 o'clock. This will be the
last meeting before going to camp.
All scouts are requested to attend
Charles E Ridge. Scribe
Penny Column
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LOST BLACK COIN PURSE
Containing key and some money.
Finder return to Star office Re
ward. 3t lc;
POTATO PLANTS!
fresh pulled, $1.50
per thousand. D. A.
Beam. ot-lc
Dr. Kendall Made
Surgeon For Fleet
Of 5 Big Steamers
(CONTINMOJ ON i»At.1C CIUHI
steamship company's money in the
employment of physicians, nurses
and medical supplies. Dr. Kendall
will sail on "The City of Baltimore"
for Havre, France and Hamburg.
Germany on July 2nd on the ship’s
maiden voyage and now that all
the five ships are fully equipped
from a medical standing, Dr. Ken
dall will study in Berlin. Germany
and tour Europe for about eight
months
"The City of Baltimore ’ is the
first of the five giant mail and pas
senger steamers to be put in serv
ice between Baltimore and Europe
and Baltimore citizens gave the ves-1
sel a noisy reception as it steamed
into harber a few days ago to make
ready for its maiden trip on July 2.
Airplanes swooped down as tug
boats and vessels sounded airens in
welcome. Distinguished guests were
in the receiving party, including
Governor Ritchie and officials from
the U. 8. Shipping board. Merchant.)
Fleet coqsoratlon, B. and O. rail
way and Pennsylvania railway and
the Baltimore Trust Co. Three days
were set aside this week for the
public inspection of the new vessel
and a buffet luncheon was served
Monday evening to 3.000 guests ns
the vessel stood docked at the pier
Dr. Kendall has been away from
Shelby for several year.) while pur
suing his medical course. but is
pleivantly remembered here. He
returns as often as his business will
permit and his friends and those of
his parents are proud of his rise in
the medical profession. He is an ex
ceptionally brilliant and well
equipped young man for the pro
fession he has undertaken.
VETERANS INVITED TO
FOURTH AT MOROANTON
Members of the Warren Hoyle
American Legion pan have been In
vited to attend the Fourth of July
celebration at Morgantoh. Ihe In
vitation, sent to Post Commander
W. 8. Beam, comes from Max Long,
district- Legion commander.
In Lincoln County.
Mrs. Irma Wallace, Cleveland
demonstration agent, spent Tuesday
in Crouse, Lincoln county, conduct
ing a canning school. According to
, the new demonstration regulations
home agents must spend a day each
month In adjoining counties that
do hot have agents.
Population Increase
In County 6th In N. C.l
•CONTINUBD PROM PAUIb UNti<
Durham. Guilford, Mecklenburg, ]
Buncombe. Forsyth, Moore, David-1
son, Lincoln, Nash, Hoke, Iredell, j
Lee, and Gaston. It will be noticed i
that these are mainly Piedmont
counties. It is Interesting to note j
that from 1910 to 1920 almost all
counties In the western part of the.
state lost negroes, or gained only!
dlghtly. However, during the last!
decade there has been a decided m- !
crea.e of negroes in the Piedmont I
and along the falls line. The great-!
est gains were made by cotton court- j
ties in the southern Piedmont.*AIso'
several counties m the cotton-tobac
co belt experienced marked gains in!
negroes,
"In connection with negro in
crease.. jn the western halt *>f llic
state it Js interesting to note that
the increases took place mainly in
the cities of this area rather than
on the farms. Among the cities that
experienced abnortfial gains in ne
groes are Asheville, Charlotte, Dur
ham, Greensboro, High Point, Kocky
Mount, Shelby, and Winston-Salem.
"There are seventeen cwmtic
that lost negroes. These are almost
all In the extreme western or ex
treme eastern parts of the state As
a rule the counties (hat lost ne
groes had few negroes to start with
Large Negro Increases
"There are nine counties in the’
atatf with negro majorities, and one
city above ten thousand inhabitants
has more negroes than whiles.
"Mecklenburg has the largest tie
gro population, slightly more than
thirty-eight thousand, followed
closely by Forsyth Eleven counties
have more than thirty thousand
negroes each
"On the other hand there are 12
counties with fewer than five hun
dred negroes each Graham county
has only one negro
"Especially interesting is the fact
that during the last decade there
were thirty-two counties m which
negroes increased more, rapidly than
whites. These counties are distri
buted over the state, but are mainly
in the cotton belt
"The largest numerical increase
in negroes took place in Mecklen
. burg. 11,366, followed closely by
j Guilford and Forsyth. Many east
ern counties experienced large num
erical gains, but due to their large
negro population to begin with the
percent gams are not excessive as a
rule."
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Now that graduate students are
Romg to find out about. Prohibition
maybe the drink problem will be
solved by degrees Virginian-Piln*
Cannon To Fight
“Wet” Candidate^
«CONTI NURD KROM RAOf ONfc .
the stand the party take* in 1932
on the important question.
Political Change.
Anyone who now oppose* a wet I
candidate upon a moral basis—and
I want you to get this, especially—
and then lHter. after a wet has
been nominated, turns around and
upports the wet candidate and wet
platform, cannot Justify his position
on a moral basis, but only upon a1
political basis." declared the bishop.
I hope I make myself clear. If
anybody favors prohibition uponj
the grounds that it is a moral issue
and then changes his stand after
his party has nominated a wet, nc
certainly cannot justify that
change, except on the grounds that
it is political."
The bi Imp did not name any I
particular person who would be un
acceptable to him as the nominee
of the Democratic party. He made
it quite clear, howtver. that any
"wet Tammunyite" would be well
beyond the political pale.
"If Franklin D Roosevelt is nom
inated," lie was asked, will you
fight him?"
The bishop smiled. "I’m not mak
ing my remarks specific," he de
clared. "But Governor Koosevejt has
called upon the national congress
to modify the prohibition amend
ment. 1 am oppo. ed to an.v amend-,
mtut, 1 will be against any wet, aityj
of the Smith-Tammany crowd. You
can say that I'll be in 1932 like I
was 1n 1928. I'm a Democrat, I want \
to say. I have always been a Dem-j
ocrat I’m against Smith, Rsskob.
Tammany and any of that crowd
CORDEI.l, SI SI’ENUKD
IN MASON SHOOTING
Charlie S. Cordell, Shelby native
who is a patrolman on the Char
lotte force, was suspended for is
days by the city civil service com
mission there this week after an in
vestigation of the shooting of Low
ell Mason. Duke football star. Capt.
Alex West, who fired the shot, was
suspended for 30 days, and Guy
Vickery, another officer, was given
i the same suspension as Cordell.
The suspension dates back to the
shooting, meaning that Cordell and
Viekory will be back on the force
Friday Cordell was a boxer when
he lived here.
Wear Overcoat*.
Rio Dip Janeiro Heavy overcoat
are beniR worn generally The first
coid snap of winter is on
. '.—~
$5 IN CASH
SATURDAY, JULY 4—8 O'CLOCK P. M.
WHAT TO DO — Leave your name in the ballot box provided in the office
of the New Shell-bv Service Station, on West Warren Street,
FILL IN THIS COUPON AND BRING IT TO THE SHELL-BY SERVICE
STATION
Shell-bv Service Station
West Warren Street. Shelby, N. C.
Gentlemen:
Please consider my name in the So prize eontesr to be held at your
New Shell-bv Service Station, Saturday. July 1. at 8 o'clock
Name .... ... _______
Address _ ........ .. .
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The New
Shell-by Service Station
WILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS THURSDAY, JULY 2
FORMAL OPENING
SATURDAY, JULY 4
-FEATURING
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SHELL OILS
TIRE SALES
TIRE SERVICE
CAR WASHING
CAR GREASING
CAR POLISHING
AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES
FILL YOUR TANK WITH SHELL GASOLINE
-and take a spin for the Fourth!
Shell-by Service Station
PHONE 164 FRANK H. KENDALL, Manager W, WARREN ST,
FRANK H, KENDALL ED NOLAN
FOR SERVICE AT THE FRONT
HENRY GUYTON
FOR A GOOD WASH JOB ON YOUR CAR
Sunday School Meet
At Zion On July 5th
Officer* Teachers And Workers Will
Discuss the Theme ol
"Kvantelism.”
Zion church, six miles north of
Shelby will be host to the Kings
Mountain Sunday School associa
tion which meets there Sunday
July 5th» begming at 2:30 o'clock,
p. in Evangelism is the theme for
discussion.
J. W Costner and superintendent
and L H Ledford is associate. They
have prepared the following pro
gram and request all schools to
send complete reports for the past
month
2 30—Worship in song. 2:40—Scrip
ture lesson and prayer by J. W. Ir
vin. 2:50—Address The Sunday
School as a Soul-Winning Field by
Prof C. A. Ledford, supt. Normans
Grove Sunday school. 3:10—Spe
cial music by Beaver Dam Sunday
school 3:20—Address, The Church
Using the S, S. Organization in, the
Revival Meeting by Leland Royster
r>f Double Shoal* S S. 3:38—Confer
ence on Evangelism. 3:45 —Roll
call and announcements. 4 00— Ad
journ.
POSTOFFICE contract
TO BE AWARDED SOON
Rutherfordton, July 1.—The U. S.
treasury department has notified
Postmaster John H. Williams here
to have the postoffice lot vacated
and cleared within 00 days from
that. date. This means that the de
partment is getting ready to let the
contract for the new $75,000 federal
building here. Postmaster Williams
. ays the plans for the new build
ing are likely to arrive any day. He
has already notified the U S treas
ury department that the building lot.
is vacated and ready for building
The soil survey has been made and
other preliminaries carried out.
Just Couldn't Wait.
"Uncle Peter, is a bottle of whis
ky’ Just as good after it’s been in a
cupboard for a year?”
"t don t know It's an experi
sment I've never been able to com
j plete.”
At The Theaters
The Webb theatre opened this aft
ernoon with a new and muchly ap
plauded Warner picture, •‘Illicit,'’
starring Barbara , Stanwyck, noted
beauty queen of the screen. Charles
Butterworth, James Rennie and
Ricardo Cortez are other principals
in the excellent cast. Three selected
vaudeville varieties add greatly tn
the entertainment. ’•Illicit" plays two
days only, today and Thursday.
Elissa Landi is noted for her in
comparable charm and dramatic
talent. These brought her from the
New York stage to her first motion
picture, "Body and Soul," a few
months ago. Now she appears in her
first starring vehicle, “Always Good
bye," another Fox production, with
lewis Stone and Paul Cavanagh
"Always Goodbye” is a romance told
with speed, suspense and daring, at
the Carolina today and Thursday.
Farm Prices Show A
Slump During June
Waslngton June 30 ~rhe agri
culture department said t #’ay farm
prices declined six points from May
15 to June 15.
The June 15 level was 80 per cent
of pre-war level, as compared with
86 a month previous and 123 a year
ago.
The continued decline was due to
generally lower prices of all com
chlckens. June 15 indices by group'
showed the following declines from
May 15.
Cotton and cottonseed, nine
points; meat animals, eight points;
grains, seven points; fruits and vege
tables, five points, and dairy pro
ducts. five points.
Poultry and poultry products went
up four points.
FLORENCE CAMP II.L IN
RUTHERFORD HOSPITAL
Florence Camp, wife of James
, Camp icol.' who lives south of
! Shelby on No. 18 is seriously ill in
i the hospital at Rutherfordton. with
a stomach trouble.
| It Pay* To Advertise
Newton Mill Makes Covering For
CottonBales; Helps Solve Surplus
Newton.—The Newton Oil and
Fertilizer Co displayed on the streets
of Newton Saturday • bale of cot
ton covered with a new style cotton
ekrtt) covering which was manufac
tured by the City Cotton mills from
raw material grown in Catawba
county.
The purpose of this movement is
to create a new demand for cotton
and it. is estimated that covering for
the Catawba county crop will re
quire 80,000 pounds of cotton When
:these figures are applied to the state
then to the nation it is easy to see
that much of the surplus cotton in
[the county might now be put to a
jgood use
The new covering adds much to
the looks of a bale of cotton costs
very little more, and it is to be hop
ed the new movement will be taken
up all over the country, local peo
ple declare.
It is asserted that the American
Spinners' association is in such
hearty accord with the movement
that it is offering to pay for seven
pounds more cotton in a bale with
this new cotton covering than one
covered with the old-stvle jute cov
ering
1
Sport Events At
Lawndale July 4j
Whaler And Jimmy Pearson In Box
inn Match. Ball Game Al
Morgan ton.
'Special to The Star'
Lawndale. July 1.—A boxing bout j
is scheduled for Lawndale Saturday
; night. July 4. between Jimmy Pear
jsflltt. of Lawndale .and Pied Whaler,
1 of Boone
i Whaler comes here from Boone
and has a wonderful record Jimmy
has won a large number of fights,
for instance he has won two or three
times over Jack Blanton, CUffside,
the lightweight champion of Rmh
jerford county ,It appears that both
jof these light weight boxers are just
Cloth Mill And
Ora Meet Here
On July Fourth
fast Local Clubs Tn Battle Earl
Other In High School
Park. *
Which Shelby club Is the
stronger the Cleveland Cloth
mill club of the Western Caro
lina league or the strong »Ora
mill independent club?
That question, one of interest te
Sjielby baseball fans, will be fought %
out at the Shelby High park Satur
iday afternoon, July Fourth, as on«
of the feature attractions of thi
’holiday ■
The contest will likely see Johnny
Putnam, Ora's star hurler, pitted
against Lefty Smith or Fisher of thi
Cloth mill club.
OTHER SPORTS
On PAGE THREE
POLKVTLLE LADIES CLUB
TO MEET JLLY 7TH '
The Polkville ladies club will meet
Tuesday, July 7th, at 2.30 o'clock a:
the home of Mrs. Dob Lattimore. All
members are urged to be present.
about evenly matched and we ex
pect one of the snappiest bouts of
the season Also in addition to the
main bout there will be several black'
giants fight in the preliminary
bouts and there is your fun and
more fun Also there will be a pie
eating contest—John Cantpe vs?
twho.)
The Lawndale baseball club will
play the fast Alpine-Depot club of
Morganfon m Morganton at 10 a
m . July 4th Also there is a big
celebration in Morganton on the 4th,
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