Thieves Stole New Ford Only to Abandon It Within a Few Blocks, May 31,1926

Thieves Work Fast Getting Car Here

An auto thief put in some speedy work in Shelby Friday night.

Early in the night Mr. Herman Eskridge drove a new Ford touring car up in front of the residence of Mr. DeWitt Quinn on South DeKalb, Mr. and Mrs. Eskridge entered the Quinn home and remained inside about five minutes. When they came out the new touring car was gone—stolen from under a street light amid late evening traffic, with the owner only a few feet away and gone only a few minutes.

The car was found about 30 minutes later, farther south on the street with the lights burning and the keys gone.

Just why the car was abandoned within a few blocks of the place from which it was taken remains a mystery. Suffice to say the locks on the car have been changed since the keys to the car are gone.

From the front page of The Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., May 31, 1926

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Chamber of Commerce Secret Board to Censor Community Advertising Efforts, May 31, 1926

Secret Committee to Censor Advertising. . . All Community Advertising Propositions Hereafter Must be Passed upon by Secret Board

One of the functions of the Chamber of Commerce will be to protect the merchants and business men against worthless advertising propositions, and a secret committee has been appointed by the board of directors to whom propositions must be submitted before any canvassing is done. To enforce this censorship, Secretary J. Clint Newton will send out a letter in a few days to all contributors to the Chamber of Commerce asking them not to buy any community advertising space until the solicitor has a letter of endorsement from the secret committee which will have thoroughly investigated the proposition and determined whether or not it has merit.

Merchants and business men have been bothered heretofore with outside solicitors who come in to get up some advertising novelty like folders, thermometers, ink stands, programs, booklets, stage curtains, etc., and these advertising propositions usually have little merit but the merchants in their rush to business, buy space without having time to investigate the worth. So in order to determine whether or not these propositions have merit, contributions to Chamber of Commerce are asked not to buy any space from canvassers until a letter of endorsement is shown from the secretary. This does not apply to individual advertising where a merchant buys something specifically for his own business, but it does apply to community advertising where a number of business houses are solicited.

Five thousand dollars a year can be saved if this worthless class of advertising is avoided, a prominent business man stated the other day, and in his opinion the chamber of Commerce will be worth the price if it does nothing else but stop solicitors, local and outsiders, who get most of the profit out of these propositions.

From the front page of The Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., May 31, 1926

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Dr. Ellis Surprised to Find Pres. Coolidge Looking "Very Old and Tired, In Fact, Worn Out" May 31, 1926

Dr. Ellis Shakes with the President

Dr. R.C. Ellis is back in Shelby from a week’s trip North, where he attended in Washington, D.C., a meeting of the Association of Surgeons of the Southern railway. (Dr. Ellis has been a surgeon for the railway for 20 years.) Five hundred members of the association assembled, and a feature of the program was a reception at the White house where all hands shook hands with President Coolidge.

Dr. Ellis said he got the shock of his career when he gripped the fin of the head of the nation. “He is a little man,” said the doctor, “weighing about 120 pounds; looks dried up and old—very old and tired. He looks, in fact, worn out.”

He said the Chief Executive looked about as animated, as he stood shaking hands with the group, as a wilted stalk of celery. Dr. Ellis visited Johns Hopkins hospital at Baltimore while away.

From the front page of The Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., May 31, 1926

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South Shelby School Closing Exercises, May 31, 1926

South Shelby School Has Great Closing. . . Medal Awards, Perfect Attendance Record and Honor Roll—Great Crowd Attends Exercises

A crowd that over-taxed the large auditorium of the South Shelby school attended the closing exercises Friday night when the medals were awarded, certificates given for perfect attendance and honor roll was read, following a cleverly presented operetta entitled “The Fairy Shoemaker” in which Hal Whisnant, Onnie Baker and Andrew Gardner were the main characters with 100 pupils from the primary department. The South Shelby building is the largest school building in Shelby and has the largest enrollment which touches the 500 mark. The people have been very loyal to the school and Miss Selma Webb, the efficient and popular principal, is receiving highest paise for her splendid work, the most outstanding school year in the history of that community.

Medal Awards

There were eight contestants for the Paul Webb and Odus Mull medals—four girls and four boys. Mildred Parker was the winner of the Paul Webb recitation medal. Her subject was “The Soul of a Violin.” The winner of the Odus Mull declamation medal was Tommie weaver. His subject was “The American Flag.” The judges were County Solicitor Charles A. Burris, Mrs. J.A Anthony, Mrs. Rush Stroup. Mr. Burris presented the medals to the winner.

The J.D. Lineberger medal for the best speller was won by Lottie May Mooney of the Seventh grade. She won out in a contest with pupils of the 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8th grades. This medal was presented by Editor Lee Weathers.

Perfect Attendance

Certificates were given to those who had neither been absent nor tardy during the year. The 16 pupils who had perfect attendance records follows:

Halbert Farris, Ray Ellis, 8th grade;

Henel Anthony, 6th grade;

Alma Blanton, Bessie Moore, J.B. Ellis, Annie Ray Jones, Aileen Jones, Louis Erwin, 4th grade;

Elizabeth Hughes, Pearl Glascoe, Gnett Spoke, 3rd grade;

James Moehead, Beula Price, 1st grade.

Honor Roll Pupils

Those how have made not less than 90 percent on their studies the last eight months of school are:

Ola Lee Glacoe, Ruby Lucile Blanton, Helen Anthony, Tommie Weaver, Myrtle Lee Bell, Pearl Glascoe, Mary Sue Hill, Virginia Campbell, Leola Strickland, Pauline Turner, May Oaks, Mary Stewart, Louise Whitener, Herbert Humphries, Edith Anthony, Beulah Price, T.G. Campe, Tom Kale.

From the front page of The Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., May 31, 1926

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Carr Cline New Worshipful Master at Cleveland Lodge, May 31, 1926

Masons Elect New Lodge Officials. . . Young Masons Move Up in Official Rank at Masonic Temple, Carr Cline is New Master

Cleveland Lodge No. 202 A.E. and A.M., Shelby’s strong Masonic order, is now governed by a group of young officials who have moved up through the various offices of the local lodge.

The annual election of the lodge was held Friday night of last week in the Masonic temple opposite the court square.

Mr. Carr E. Cline was elected worshipful master, succeeding Capt. J. Frank Roberts.

Mr. George D. Washburn was elected senior warden, succeeding Mr. Cline.

Mr. James F. Roberts is the new junior warden, succeeding Mr. Washburn.

Mr. Charles S. Young, a past master of the lodge, was elected treasurer, and Mr. Russell Laughridge was again elected secretary. Appointive officers are named by the worshipful master.

Past Year Good

The local lodge, one of the strangest Masonic organizations in the state and housed in one of the best temples in the Carolinas, increased considerably in strength during the past year and is now a smooth-working fraternal body that reflects considerable credit on the growing town of Shelby.

Following the unwritten method of rotation, the new officers elected last week have served in the offices below them and from the standpoint of experience and brotherly relationship are well qualified for their new posts.

Mr. Cline, the new master, is one of the most popular younger Masons in Shelby and is considered a fit successor to Capt. Roberts, retiring master, one of the most popular and experienced veterans of the local Masonic order.

From the front page of The Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., May 31, 1926

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J.C. Campbell's Chicken Lays Extra-Large Egg, May 31, 1926

Some Eggs Are Just Eggs

Hens, like men, sometimes stage remarkable exploits. Mr. J.C. Campbell, who lives about 12 miles above Shelby in the Polkville section, has such a hen.

Mr. Campbell last week brought into this office an egg measuring nine inches around the long way and 7 ½ inches around the other way—which is some egg in the parlance of the hard-boiled gentry.

The egg, which was laid by a white Leghorn pullet belonging to Mr. Campbell, is now on exhibition in The Star office, and old-timers in the poultry world refer to it as one of the largest hen eggs ever seen in the county.

From the front page of The Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., May 31, 1926

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Charlie Cordell, Shelby Pugilist, Visiting, May 31,1926

Cordell in Shelby for Short Visit

Charlie Cordell, native Shelby pugilist, is in Shelby for a short visit following training period in Georgia with his new manager, Jack Farnam. The latter is now in Charlotte arranging for exhibition training for his charge.

Cordell and his manager, it is said, will leave Shelby in about two weeks for New York, where Farnam will open up in fighting season with the local youngster in whom he has much faith. Cordell is under contract with Farnam for one year.

From the front page of The Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., May 31, 1926

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