IuiuoRihS OK SHELBY
SSJ V DECADE AGO.
Thi!• I-- anniversary week with this colyuni. Not that
il interested in that fact, but in recalling that it was
iiMYars ago" Monday that we first arrived in Shelby
(mating how Shelby looked then and how rhe old
■h»hg«l in one brief decade.
it is
town
[ »mo u>w« by bus -an
L vrr t iron: Kings Mountain j
r,r ait old; Kings Mountain road.
' ' w iunder the im
' slon till: there was no railroad
Lyjng- $b. ;:n ' Speaking of being
burnt
, in had not been com-;
but the Stearns
Brothers contract mg firm was about1
' beti the two towns on!
fcije* hich was the big |
■opit m ft.’
X .* bigii*-'t change in Shelby
Ln« Oct. 30. 1023 has been in the
L|’v; Stir vour memory a
,r; .. > remmitce.
Where die handsome four story
Masohft Temple now stands there
a ift tie wooden residence,
L-hich was then a studio. The old
|lcAr::-.;t: mare, 'know . . . Cen
T, ,: tui.r. t been erected
m; . Methodists were wor
it; the present Webb thea
pt building. • ■ the Lineberger
■ Woolworths is now
|.juset. was just then being com
i and the site w as just a vacant
|r ■ >■■ me. court square corner
", The Royster buildings on
south Washington hadn't been
I and where they
iunri the residence of Police Chief
Ig b Ha'mrick was located , . . .
|Hf!f and th> t e about the city there
•re mam .;nt spots which have
since oxen' built up ... . There was
■no Cleveland Springs Estates, no
U- no Hillcrest
a tank town rn those days, a
|v:- If --op with growing pains.
mam operated by the
■ r>.- new-r-io-be-forgot
Q-. • n ■> a- just then in it-,
" "it Ii Hip interim since Beck
r- r town's best known
mum have h<-»r. gathered to their
r»;r.e:> Many men we first
anri tame to admire have
passed on among them such as
J A Am lore .fudge Jim Webb.
Kb'■'.•oft Sheriff Hugh Log
it, .'"hr. R Dover Capt. Prank
Jir.k r , KsKridge Dr. Griff
Gd' - ion numerous to!
Mntion
boom dav>
•' ®ere boom days in Shelby •
M me town grew by leaps and !
bounds Out over the county pros- I
ptrrt rc-giv-ci prosperity such as'
"f hra; so much about these days!
ltd cannot see so clearly.
The bit- rea-on was that cotton
'did rthen !o; a fabulous price—or
Taat «nin<! term a fabulous price;
°ca' - t:j c'T;ts per pound. And the |
b Oct. .10 had ginned 24.-{
® balc.v the largest crop ever, j
’iiUe - this- year 10 years later, we I
fee rontplairong about a small 35,- j
GOO-bale crop.
*::h r'f";r,n bringing that magic1
price farm land in Cleveland was!
rorb rirri'd a gold mine investment. |
, A C'fo"• to years ago paid;
:Wi. for tor Fully Beam place and'
««sirfered it a bargain. Max Gard-!
tf- am nu Mull paid j3re00 for
'f (! ‘ Hendrick place justi
**st of town
F e a here homes were going
, l;' 15"tig purchased and
.dads being constructed
RU.lfM; |T ,,R
VOT: ify; XRl f
To shqi you how Shelby
rr irt ‘hat decade: In Oct.
’he
has!
1923.j
' ;ist 1331 students in the I
hnoh r,f Sbelby. Today there are!
'*r 5* enrolled
Sit?!31?11' °r Shelbv high. Dick
i... ' rt>rtl football team here
ZT* dav- The local eleven had
„ '™-n aH steamed up in defeat
^ Mountain 80 to 0 and
f>v 4' tr> p But the Caarolina
j0„" ?“ ‘l: turned the damper
:5 . fthv flpfeating the Ourleyites
tV h • !'r'1,eihher that team and
$LS;’' '!l°Played on it? Broadus
the !iiT 3l!f! Hi*igh Arrowood were
^ ff'd Beam and Ike Nog
'utfr R e * ' Jr' Harriu- Junius
mopBPa.‘t :.:n Ca1dweH and Lay
ttoter x. ' _suards: Harry Grlgg
Sr,,../.:' Connor, quarterback;
j*. h. rli'lKsa and George Ded
back t 1K,,lc*' Bumgarditer. full
on thr bov-s COuld 8b places
«ould ■ r1:011 anrt lhp entire town
tt.. and 80 to the park
’ ^"5 P'syed at home. In
.i;m v| 'ose " pre the days when
S,«0p. ■anrl H«ah Query at' the
V W.J..' (;^ttr were giving Shel
Jb for playing “ringers."
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' POLITICS
( femcaibe
stories
verv clearlv the
trial1
written by us:
n»gr onr of The Star '
| One was about Dr. R. 1,. Lemmons,
! first Baptist pastor, who had been
' refused a hand-shake Dr. Lemmons
I was much like Dr. Zeno Wall: he
■ he believed in shaking hands with
[every man he met. He stepped in
the McMurry cotton office, then lo
cated in the Court view building,
j started shaking hands and one man
refused to shake. "Why?" asked the
! minister. "Don't you like me. or are
| you mad at preachers?" The reply
was: "Nossir. I’ve just had the
smallpox. Don’t want ’em. do you?"
"No, thanks." replied Dr. Lem
mons Well shake some other i
dav."
The other story on the first day
here was a political story An m
\ terview with Clyde Hoey. A W Me-!
j Lean campaigning for governor,
i had just resigned as national com- j
mit teeman, and Tom Bost, writing j
I in The Greensboro News, was men
tioning Hoey and Cam Morrison for
the job. Senator Bailey was run-1
Ining for governor then against
McLean and appealing to the farm
ers. How- the political situation ha
changed! Now Max Gardner has
just resigned as committeeman and
they're again talking Morrison forj
the place and Hoey for governor. :
BUSINESS SHELBY
IN THOSE DAYS
Shelby's business section has also
changed. The Campbell department
store was then located at the corner
of Sumter and LaFayette streets. \
The new store was just a pipe
dream then with Ed Campbell and
Ogburn Lutz.
Many firms of that day have
gone on. How many do you recall?
D. A. Beam was selling Star' autos.,
F. N Wood was selling Overlands
and Charles Hoey, just a young man
cutting his business eye-teeth, was
agent for Hudson and Essex ....
The Paragon Furniture store <Mal
Spangler, the late P. L. Hennessa
Jack Palmer and Wm. Linebergen
the New Princess theatre (the Beam
brcthersi. and W. L. Fanning Sc
Co. (the late Walter Fanning and
Joe Nash' were among the Star’s
biggest advertisers . . Frank
Hamrick then operated the Arcade j
Furniture store, and Bill Riviere and
Garnet Cox ran the Riviere drug
store . Gilmer's was a big Shel
by Store, and, before we forget, re
member the orchestra they had at
the Princess theatre in those days?
(And the night Ikey Griffin. John
Hudson, Red Newman. Brevard
Hennessa. BUI Moses and this cor
ner celebrated with a box seat par
ty there when a road show was in
town—and Chief Olin came near
putting the whole works in the cool
er?) .... Another firm of that day
was Miss Maggie Black's millinery.
shop . . And Ed Morrison's jew- j
elry store Start reminiscing!
around the fire tonight and you may |
recall other firms no longer in ex- j
istence . . Among them, as they:
popped back to mind, were Nix Sc
Lattimore and the Rose five-arid
ten.
preachers then
Who were the ministers in those:
days?
Dr. Lemmons ai the First Bap
tist; Rev. A. L, Stanford at Central
Methodist, Rev. J. W. Ingle at La
Favette. Rev. W. A. Murray at the1
Presbyterian, Rev. Beverly Wilson
on the Shelby circuit, and Rev. j
Rush Padgett at the Second Bap |
tist . . Rev. C. F. Sherrill had
just been superannuated and was
moving to Shelby,
SOCIETY THEN
The big social events in the city
during our first weeks here were the
Margaret Jenkins-DaU Laughing
house and Harriet Holton-Oliver
Anthony weddings.
MERE MEMORIES
Other tidbits out of the past, dat
ing back to the two weeks this
corner intended to stay here—a
fortnight which has sprouted into a
decade: The late Judge Jim Webb
(what a lovable man and jurist)
was holding court here that week,
and now a painting of him hangs
over the bench where Judge War
lick. just a young lawyer then. :s
now holding court • • Workmen
were then drilling the fountain
well on the court square and the
old-timers w'ere sitting in Beck s
chairs watching the work go on .
The town was all hot and bothered
anticipating the location here of
the Junior Order orphanagF. now
located at Lexington R E
(Breezyi Lawrence was thr county
farm agent And we couldn t
help but chuckle when Deputy
Sheriff Mike H. Austell gave us a
news story somebody stole his;
flivver .... Meetings were being
held to discus a county fair which
has since become the South's great
est agricultural exposition .... The
first golf tourney was being staged
at Cleveland Springs by W. H. Lyle !
pro. and Willis iBratcher) McMur-i
rl was Champ No. One , . , Judge
Bayard Thurman Palls was county1
recorder and the boys about town
had nick-named the affable B T
"Iron-heart' ... hehheh! The
| cops staged a raid on the fire de
partment section of the city hall
'that first week, hoping to nab some!
; 40-odd gallons of hooch it was rum- j
ored members of tht department!
j had stored in their trunks. 'There i
j was a tip or something, anyway,
no booze was found .... And ft
knew only two people when we
came in: Harold (Ikeyi Griffin and
Dr Tommy Mitchell with whom we
were at Davidson ever so many
| years before . Auction sales
were being held on every vacant
corner and on every other farm,
i and was land selling high? The
| Fanning firm was giving away a
j new automobile—remember it?—— i
and Jesse Washburn bet us that a
Hamrick or McSwain. or somebody
related to a Hamrick or McSwain
would win it. They did and Jesse
won the. bet . The late W. D.
i Dick» Lackey was mayor of Shel
by ... and the late Col. J. T. •
Gardner was still a political power
about town . . . and two or three
Shelby school teachers were getting
married every time a holiday came
along. Supt. I. C. Griffin eould pick
>m: ask how-many married men
about lown today
JUST 10 YEARS
It is astounding the changes j
which have taken place in Shelby in |
the past decade. The above is mere- j
ly a hurried rehash of memories;
plus a scanning of Tlie Star files.!
Much more has taken place since j
19.23 and perhaps the above may i
serve to bring back fond and in
teresting memories. Also if the
harking back has been of interest.;
why not clip this and put It among
your souvenirs so that it may be!
brought out and perused again 10 i
years from now. in 1943? Most of
the things mentioned here will
likely have slipped the memory al
together by that time. , 1
Great old days they were! Per
haps the most interesting period In
Shelby's history, for it was from
1921 to 1926 that Shelby made the;
most progress. The whole face of
the town, in every aspect and fea
ture has changed since then
Belwood News
Of Current Week
Mr. And Mr*. Tillman Move. Sw
era I People Sick. People
Visiting A bowl
'Special to The Star,'
Belwood, Nov. 2.—The farmers
are about through picking cotton
A number of corn shuekings a«! be
ing given in the community.
Dr Guy Dixon and mother, Mr*
Amelia Dixon of Hendersonville
visited relatives in the community
Sunday afternoon
ML and Mrs. Andrew Alexander
of Hickory and Mr. and Mrs Tow
Willis of Polkville visited Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Stamey Sunday.
The community regrets to kose
Mr. and Mrs. Atlas Tillman who
have recently moved to Flay.
Miss Addie Hoyle and nephew
Master Hudson Hoyle, of Coolomee.
spent the week-end with her fath
er. Mr. Lem Hoyle.
Mrs. Rosco Dixon mi ouitf sick at
this writing.
Mrs. H G. Stanley is spending
sometime with her sons. Messrs.
Tom and Wyatt Stamey of Polk
ville.
Mr. and Mrs Bob Shufoid and
children of the Palm Tree com
munity were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. George Grigg Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Djuis and chil
dren spent Sunday with her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs Parris Martin
of Fallston
Miss Pearl Gantt and bi-other,
Mr. Jack, spent the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. M, L. Willis of Lum
berton.
Miss Kathleen Boggs who teaches
near Casar spent the week-end
with her parents. Mr and Mrs.
John Boggs.
Miss Edna Whisnant of Polkville
is spending this week with Miss
Martha Falls.
Miss Ethel White of the Pleasant
Hill community was the week-end
guest of Miss Hazel Richard.
Miss Tula Ivester who teaches at
Philbeck near Casar spent the
week-end with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. Ivester.
Miss Madeline Porter of Shelby
spent the week-end with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Porter
l&iss Mary Beth Miller and broth
er. Master Gene, of Toluca, spent
Thursday night with their grand
mother, Mrs. S. L. Gantt.
Misses Blanche and Alice Brack
ett were, the dinner guests of Miss
Blanche Peeler Sunday
Episcopal Church
Sunday Services
Oti Sunday, Nov 5th. at the
Church of the Redeemer. S. Lafay
ette and Graham street, there wd!
be the service "f the Holy Com
munion at 11 a m.. the feast of All
Saints (Nov. 1st) being observed
Church school will be at 10. Rev. J.
B. Sill will be in charge and is stay
ing at the Cleveland Hotel
Toluca And Knob
Creek [.ate New;
Thinn Steel $16 from Quill. Sevei
*1 Corn Shucking*. Mrs. Hick*
111 Family Move*
'Special to The Star '
Toluca, Nov. 2. Thieves entered
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Andy
Willis last week taking from the
purse of Mrs. Willis', the sum of
$16 The purse was In the quilt pack
and contained $17 The purse and
dollar was left
Mr and Mrs Blain Willis move '
back home on the farm of Mr Fred
Faker of Dallas Monday, Mr Willi'
has been workitiR at the Toluca Oi
Co.
There have been several corn
shucklngs In the eommunlt\ t.h<
past week.
Mrs. Dark! Willis of near Char
lotte spent some time the past wee
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A T>
Willis.
Mr. and Mis P,"} Boyles of
Morgan ton spent the week-end
with his parents Mi and Mrs Wal
ter Boyles.
Mias Joyce Alwran ot Hender
sonville spent some time recently
with her father. Mr. J W Alwran
Master Wayne Boyles spent last
Sunday with his cousin. Master
Zane Yarbro of Lincoln county
Mrs. S A. Sain and Mrs. Emma
Mull were visitors in Newton on
last Friday
Mr. and Mrs W H Young mol
ored to Charlotte Sunday to visit,
her brother's wife. Mrs. James
Hicks who recently underwent an
operation in the hospital
Miss Elvie Hartman of Hickory
spent some time recently with her
uncle and aunt, Mr and Mrs Ed
Canipe
Mrs Kate Boyles of Lincoln coun
ty and Mrs. Texie Boyles and chil
dren were dinner guests Sunday of
Mr. and Mrs. F A Boyles
Mr. Carroll Mull ot Morgan ton
visited his mother. Mr*. Emma
Mull or last Friday.
Zoar Community
New? Of Interest
Two HaNoween Partin. Birthda>
Oinnrri And Personal
Mention.
'Special to The Star.'
Zoar. Nov. 2.—Misses Ruth and
Ruby Hollifield delightfully enter
tained the B. Y. P. U and a number
of invited guests with a Halloween
party at the home of their sister,
Mrs. Charlie Warren. Games, con
teste and progressive conversation
were enjoyed by all. Between 40 and
50 guests ealled duimg the even
big.
Little Frank Young Putnam has
been stek for several days. Mrs. J.
B. Hamrick la also on the sick list
at thus writing.
Mr. and Mi C.oi'don I’.tiiham
spent the week-end with the lat
tor's parents. Mr and Mrs John
Gantt of the Pleasant Mill com
m unity.
Muss Morre Beheler nt (iu. tonm
is spending ’veral days visiting in.
the community.
Misses Ruth and Maiioii' Pm
nam entertained a number of their
school friends with a Halloween
party at their home Friday ntght
The home wits beautifully decorated
for Halloween and a nice time xva
had by all Refreshments weir
ser\ed at the close of the evening
Mr. and Mrs T H Ware and
lainilv attended a birthday dinner
■JL
.U the home of Mi and Mi Oveci
McDaniels of Kings Mountain
Mi and M; - Eslcy ItaniHI and
|ehltorott Of Shelby spent Sunder at;
Inis' home of Mr*. J n Hamrick
| Mo and Mis Kverette HotlifieUi
1 and < hildn n attended if birthday
[dinner at the hcim <>! Mi Julius
i Greene of Shelby
Mi Brondus Wilson and baby
’ .mu Mr. Ctai,a Newton of Shelln
; 4priit- Siinday afternoon id the home
I of Mi and Mrs W O Pari is
i win \ IN NW’h Ot JOB pd' o 1
, ini’’ rail No tt the Sfai off a. >nd
|,,-pve ml at i'e .'vltl be sen, v ■
1"ftente ' with vou
Vote For Roosevelt
And The Blue Eagle
Wilt* J£ii\ t\ • "II H five li.i v
iw'i'k, and an n,;hi hmii da>
KOOSKN El l .
\\ ho ha- made. rm end no).
lull (K.issi.lllt'x
KOOSKN Kl I
V\ llu lias ati t .nl>' iItt|a me]',
for I hr working man I Man
any I’resilient i n 1 h* liistoi \
of our eountr* "
| KOOSKN Eli.
1 Who is i'a er,v.bod> depriuk
I mg upon to get u mil ol i his
I depression and bring hark
pro; purity'!
KOOSKN ELI.
PRESIDENT KOOSKN 1,1 I
is now asking that tin- eigh
teenth amendment KK RE*
I’KAI.HU as a pari of his
program under the Blue hagii
to hriiiK hack prnsperit v.
Thirty-!hive state.- have already voted for repeal
No state has yet voted against repeal. The A merit an
Federation of Labor, 1'he American Legion. and other
I prominent organizations have joined the President in
; asking for repeal. The plat form of t he I >enm< rat it
Party says;“\V'e favor the repeal of the tnghteenth
intendment."
A VOTE AGAINST RE
PEAL IS A VOTE AG AI NS I
PRESIDENT ROUSE \ EET.
the NRA Program, the Bine
Eagle, and the Demin rati<
Party, (’an you afford to do
that V
Cleveland county cahnof af
ford to go bark on President
Roosevelt in this light.
Go out to the Polls on Nov
ember 7th, and vote for re
peal.
Two New
FALL
Groups Of
SUITS
at
Two
Prices
12.75
6.95
'i cm nr< bound to find wh*»t you vwmt—bOc*«n#
then' arc' so many style*, enloM imd *rxi4n«i»W
itirludc'd in this jrrotip, Ri/,i'« 14 kt 90,
— I \l NTV DKESSRS IN HAIRY WOQfJMfii Z
Sixes 12 to 20'— ko Mtkl far
$3.95 —
150 FINE QUALITY COAT0~.
Some: with luxurious furs , . . *o«n«> plofta •qal*
m beautiful ijunlity woolen* , . . wide wmbif
of model*, *» -
$5.95 $9.95 $12.15 - $15.1* -
THE STAMEY CO.
Fallslon Polk villa
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TELL THEM YOU SAW IT IN THE STAR!
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1 keep coming back
to that word balanced”
on the back of the
(Tiesterfield package
\rOti often hear the word balance —
smnething is out of balance — lop
heavy, not on an "even keel.”
What you read, "Chesterfield Cigarettes
arc a balanced blend,” means that the right
amounts of the right kinds of tobacco are
welded together; that is, home-grown to
baccos, the right kind, the right quantity
arc blended and cross-blended with tobao*
cos from Turkey and Greece.
Vi hen these tobaccos are balanced one
against the other, then you have a mild
cigarette.
W lien they are in balance, then you have
a better-tasting cigarette.
Ma y ue ask you lo read again the statement
on the hark of the Chesterfield package?