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PAID-UP CIRCULATION
Of This Paper Is Greater
Than The Population Given
Shelby In The 1920 Census
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SUM OBSERVANCE
Rev. A. L. Stanford Says Lawlessness
Has its Origin In the Home.
Home Problem Discussed.
Her. A. L. Stanford preached on the
outstanding local issue of the day
Sunday morning at Central Methodist
chnrch when he made an appeal for
stricter observance of the Sabbath,
declaring himself in favor of closing
the drugs stores except for filling
prescriptions and closing the filling
stations which are accustomed to stay
ing open for the sale of gasoline. A
circular distributed Saturday announc
ing that he would preach on “Shall
we have in America a Continental
or a Christian Sabbath; Shall we Live
in Houses or Homes”, aroused inter
est as to what he would aay. Mr. Stan
ford said the more he visited the
homes, the dearest spot under God’s
bending Bkiee and the more he con
templates the sorrows and joys, the
successes and failures therein, the
more convinced he is that the home
problem is the moat complex prob
lem in our land today. If the home is
pure all is pure, but If home is cor
rupt, all currents of our national life
are corrupt. Our national life can nev
er rise higher nor sink lower than our
home life. You may build mansions,
furnish them elegantly, pile up your
fortunes and enjoy your luxuries, but
what do these amount to when you
sit In your home and contemplate
“where is my wandering boy tonight”
and what of my fallen girl?
Mr. Stanford referred to the Chica
go murder and declared that if Leo
pold and Loeb had been reared in a
Christian home they would never have
perpetrated such a heinous crime and
said the most beautiful thing in all the
world is a Godly home where the
members are on their way to Heaven,
while the saddest thing that God eve*
looks down upon is a Godless home in
which the members are on the wav to
hell.
At this point he asked his hearers
to picture if they could what Cleve
land county would be without the
church of the living God. He declared
that the county’s greatest assets are
not the cotton mills, banks, stores,
schools, roads, etc., but the greatest
institutions are the homes and the
churches. Destroy these and the peo
ple go to the devil exceeding the
speed limit. God’s plan for each fath
er and mother is first and foremost
that they be Christians and that they
teach their children to obey His com
mandments. Mr. Stanford bemoaned
the lack of parental authority declar
ing that lawlesanes has its origin in
the home where the parents fail to ex,
ercise proper restrictions upon their
children. This has caused an era which
has never been equalled for disregard
for civil, religious and political au
thority. Children are turned loose;
parents don’t know where they are. If
the children do not want to go to pub
lic and Sunday schools, they do not
(?o and parents don’t seem to try to
set the proper examples and compel
them to live in the ways of righteous
ness.
Again Mr. Stanford said we are vio
lating the divine law because some of
us are arguing for personal liberty.
hesp people argue that because gas
is sold in other places on Sunday it is
nght to sell it in Shelby. The'argu
ment is false and rotten to the core.
hey say we must have more freedom
and liberty. That was true years ago
when the Israelites were circumscrib
ed and wanted a king like the heathen
nations round about, but when they
got it their troubles began. The same
thing was true in France which did
away with the Bible, repudiated God's
word and stopped Sabbath observance.
Because of that, Germany was a far
better nation morally than .France
and any soldier who went overseas
, corroborate my opinion,” declar
ed Mr. Stanford.
Mr®. Harriet Callahan
Buried At Beaver Dam
Mrs. Harriet Callahan, who died
Thursday night, was buried Saturday
afternoon at the Beaver Dam church.
9 uneral services being conducted
^ Revs. J. c. Gillespie, D. G. Wash
burn and B. M. Bridges.
ra. Callahan, who was a valued
mem^r the Poplar Springs church,
JJ” 7 yGars of age. She had been af
,c ed for about 15 years, but bore her
. Ur *‘n w*th passive courage and
ravery until death relieved her suf
fering.
She is survived by her husband,
* Callahan and five children
«« follows: Roland Callahan, of Boi-1
?? ^ex Callahan, of Way
sl p. Ga.; Alva Callahan, who is in the
army and was unable to attend the
uneral; Mrs. J. B Blanton of Kings
Mountain, and Mrs. Vessa Flowers,
°r Asheville.
Mrs. R. E. Campbell and two daugh
^returned last week from Chimney
oc«. where they spent two weeks.
FIRST FEDERAL COURT
TO BE HELD IN SEI*T
The first term of Federal
court to be held in Shelby will
convene here about the fourth
Monday in September, according
to Attorney O. M. Mull. Judge
E. \ . \\ ebb who is now on a trip
through Europe will return about
the first of September and the
term of court here will be the first
term he will hold after the sum
mer vacation period. The docket
for the court will be made up by
the clerk of the Federal court
in Charlotte, Hon. Ernest Wil
liams. It will be remembered that
the judiciary committee of the
house >f Congress recently pre
pared the bill providing for two
terms of Federal court annually in
Shelby so the term in September
will be the first to be held. The
county commissioners granted
permission for the Federal gov
ernment to hold the court in the
county court house.
*
Sloan Philbeck and Mrs. Jessie
Francis, who are said to hare eloped
together last Wednesday week from
their respective homes at Earl and
who were later arrested in Pullman,
Washington, on a warrant sworn out
by Avery Francis, husband of Mrs.
Francis, are expected to arrive here
today in the custody of a deputy sher
iff from Colfax, Washington, local
officers state. Immediately upon their
arrival here they will be given a
preliminary hearing befre Magistrate
T. C. Eskridge, according to Attorney
B. T. Falls, who is assisting in the
prosecution. The charge against Phil
beck who is also married, is that of
elopement, and so far as is yet known
no charges hare been preferred by
the Federal government, although this
mav be done later.
Philbeck and Mrs. Francis left Earl
last Wednesday night one week ago
and the husband of Mrs. Francis in
making enquiry next day learned that
they left together. They were taken
to Moreanton by J. O. Tavlor, local
taxi driver, where they boarded a
train for the state of Washington.
Local authorities wired a warrant
there for their arrest and shortly af
ter their arrival they were taken in
charge by ah officer there and start
ed on the return trip. Mrs. Philbeck
is said to have received a telegram
from her husband Monday stating that
he would be back Tuesday.
Philbeck’s wife, mother and broth
er were in Shelby Monday seeking
counsel and it is further reported that
Max Gardner and Clyde Hoev have
been retained by the defense. Local
people are awaiting the preliminary
hearing with much interest.
Over 1,500 People
At Lutz Reunion
Many Shelby people attended the
big annual Lutz reunion held at Ka
desh church Thursday, the exercises
lasting throughout the day. The event
was considered one of the largest
family reunions ever held in the coun
ty and was attended by at least 1,
500 people from approximately six
counties in Piedmont Carolina.
I Members of the Lutz family and
I connections from many sections were
j present and the event was more suc
cessful than was even hoped. The
! dinner spread on a long table picnic
I fashion was considered the biggest
array of “eats” ever seen in the
section.
Features of the day were addresses
by Congressman Bulwinkle, of Gas
tonia. and by Rev. W. A. Lutz, who
spoke on “Our Reunion Settlers.” The
address of welcome was by E. W. Dix
on and response by S. E. Lutz. There
was singing by the Belwood commun
ity choir and a number of short talks.
Many People Enjoy .
Big Hamrick Reunion
The fourth annual Hamrick reunion
held Thursday at the Hamrick Springs
about three mlies from Kings Moun
tain on the Bertie Hamrick farm, was
the largest attended of any reunion
ever held there. It is estimated that
over 1,000 people were present, many
attending from Kings Mountain and
Shelby.
A talk on “Americanism” was made
at 2:30 in the afternoon by Hon. A. L.
Bulwinkle, who was introduced by
Editor G. G. Page, of the Kings Moun
tain Herald. Dr. J. S. Dorton also
made a short talk on the county fair
A general picnic dinner was enjoyed
and the youngsters were directed in
games and contests by 0. F. McGill,
field representative of the cotton
growers association.
TRY STAR WANT ADS.
raMr is m
Mrs. Mary Abernethv Bern in Char
lotte W hen it Was a Hamlet,
Passed Away in Shelhy
Mr». Mary Abernethy, widow of
Columbus Washington Abernethy,
(lied Thursday evening at 6 o’clock at
the home of her daughter Mrs. Daisy
Wright on N. Morgan street after a
lingering illness of f> or 7 weeks from
general break down of health by bid i
age. Mrs. Abernethy was born in j
Charlotte in 1835 when that city of I
today was a small way-side hamlet. !
In her girlhood, she knew everybody
in town and all the homes were fa
miliar piny places for her. When she i
died at the age of 89 years and two !
days, she was receiving the most pa- I
tient and loving attention at the hands !
of her daughter Mrs. Wright and her
sons who tenderly ministered unto
her during her illness. She was a
typical old fashioned mother who
loved the beautiful, the true and noble
things of life and the devotion of h'jr
children was most commendable. Al
though she had surpassed the allotted
time of life they loved mother and
did everything possible to prolong her
beautiful life and make her comfort
able.
Before marriage Mrs. Abernethy
was Mary Kistler. She was married
to C. W. Abernethy when she was
about 21. They moved later to Cataw
ba and later still to Burke county
where she spent her latter years. Her
husband died in 1918, this being the j
first death in the family. A son Char- j
lie died in 1912. While in Burke, Mrs.
Abernethy lived with a daughter,
Mrs. Jessie Cook, coming eight weeks
ago to another daughter, Mrs. Daisy
Wright on N. Morgan. She leaves the
following children, T. H. and Will of
Shelhv, J. S., o Huntersville, E. S.,
of Hilderbran, Mrs. Dr. Jennings of
Banner Elk, Mrs. Jessie Cook of
Connelly Springs, Mrs. Daisy Wright
of Shelby, 32 grand children and 29
great grand children, together with
a host of friends. Rev. A. L. Stan
ford conducted a short funeral serv
ice over the remains here, after which
her body was carried to Connelly
Springs and tenderly laid to rest be
side her late husband, the funeral
there being conducted Saturday at 11
a. m. by Revs. Jim Green and Rev.
Mr. Poe, pastor of the Methodist
church of which she was a member.
Oldest Woman in the County has 19G
Descendants—Bible With Age
Record is Found.
Mrs. Susan Grigg, perhaps the ol<D
est living woman in Cleveland county
celebrated her 102nd birthday near
the three county corners at the home
of John Grigg last Friday when over
000 people were present. Mrs. Grigg
was bom when James Monroe was
fifth president of the United States
in 1822 and she remembers well many
of the changes that have taken place
in our government. Her body is frail
and emaciated, but when her friends
and relatives gathered Friday to pay
tribute to her long life, she was able
to walk out on the porch with the as.
sistance of relatives and there have
a great-granddaughter Ivie Watterson
of Shelby dress her hair and arrange
her for a photograph. The crowd that |
came this year was the largest that j
ever attended one of her anniversaries |
people going from Shelby, Grover, |
Kings Mountain, Gastonia, Mt. Holly, j
Paw Creek, Charlotte, Bessemer City, |
Mewton, Morganton and other points.
Two ministers made short talks dur
ing the day and all enjoyed the bounti
ful dinner and the social intercourse.
Even Mrs. Grigg who is past the cen
tury mark has a clear mind and she
laughed and talked with her hundreds
of friends.
It was expected to have the Bible
there in which her birth was recorded,
but it is in possession of a brother-in
law, Perry Wright of Bessemer City,
and Mr. Wright was unable to attend.
She is the mother of 7 children—
Rachael Poston, Levi Grigg, Monroe
Grigg, Frank Grigg, Sarah Baker,
Daniel and Columbus Grigg, the latter
two being dead. The 106 descendants
are as follows: 7 children, 42 grand
children, 117 great grand children and
30 great, great grandchildren.
Play at Fallston.
There will be a play “Valley Farm’
given by the Casar Baptist Sunday
school at the Fallston school audito
rium Saturday night August 16th, be
gining at 8:30. Admission 20 and 30
cents.
Dr. and Mrs. Horace L. Yelton of
Erwin. Tenn., are visiting relatives at
Lawndale. _-. ** .Jfr
Gregory Hoy Huns in Front of Hud
son Driven by Zeb Costner. Skull
is Fractured.
Again the inevi able accident may
claim as a sacrifice a human life. The
life being that of little Neal Gregory
six-vcar old South Shelby boy, who
lies in the Shelby public hospital in n
serious condition as the result of what
was apparently an unavoidable acci
dent Friday evening, when he was!
struck by the big Hudson bus driven
by Mr. Zel> Costner on the Shelby
Rutherfordton bus line.
The accident occurred Friday even-!
ing between 7 and 8 o’clock near the ]
corner on South LaFayette where the
paved street link joins South LaFay
e1 te and South Washington streets
ard just above the Belmont mill. From
the best information to be secured it \
seems as if the small youth, who was j
on the west side of the street, started i
to run across the street just after a :
car had passed going south and ran j
directly in front of the car driven by :
Costner, the bumper or front of the
car striking the boy and knocking him |
against the pavement or curb and frac
turing his skull. Costner from reports
was driving at a slow rate of speed
and managed to stop his car within a
few feet. The boy was placed in car
and hurried to the hospital by Mr.
Costner, it is said. Those living near
the scene of the accident state that
the wheels of the car did not run over
’he boy and that the car was making
less than 20 miles per hour, perhaps
about 15.
As is usual in auch cases reports
were circulated around town Friday
night that the child was killed, while
other reports had it that Costner was
driving at a high rate of speed. How
ever, it was stated Monday that rela
tives of the boy did not consider the
driver at fault and were not holding
him responsible for the near tragedy.
The boy is the son of Will G. Greg
ory and the Gregory family is employ
ed at the Olive Hosiery mill.
In Semi-Conscious Condition.
At the hospital it was given out
that the little fellow is “in a serious
condition, his skull l>eing fractured
hv the impact.” With the exception of
the fracture the other injuries are
minor bruises and scatches and ap
parently there are no internal injuries.
No prediction was made as to recov
ery further than' that his condition
was serious and that an operation is
not possible at present as the boy is
in a semi-conscious state.
Arthur Kendrick
Dies At Kings Mtn.
Well Known Kings Mountain Citizen
Died Suddenly of Heart Trouble.
Funeral Saturday.
The many friends of Arthur Ken
drick will be grieved to learn of his
sudden death at his home at Kings
Mountain Friday morning. Mr. Ken
drick was well known throughout Clev
eland county, especially at Kings
Mountain where he was born and rear
ed and around Shelby where he had
charge of road work for sometime.
Recently he had operated a jitney line
between Shelby and Kings Mountain,
but for the past few weeks his health
had been bad, although physicians did
not consider his condition serious. He
died of heart trouble and complica
tions.
Mr. Kendrick was the son of the
late Squire George Kendrick one of
Kings Mountain’s most influential cit
izens who died several years ago. Mr.
Kendrick is survived by his mother
and wife, his wife before marriage be
ing Miss Sue Cannon of Horse Shoe
and a sister of Mrs. Bird who resides
at Columbia, S. C. The funeral was
conducted from the home at Kings
Mountain Saturday afternoon and the
burial was with Masonic honors, he
be an honored member of that frater
nity.
Train And Car Got
Here At Same Time
Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Weathers return
ed last week from Morristown, Tenn.,
where they spent a week with rela
tives, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Goodson. In
making the trip to Tennessee they
travelled in automobile, but Mrs.
Weathers did not enjoy the mountain
roads and dangerous ravines. When
time came for their return she pre
ferred to come on the train, so Mr.
Weathers left Morristown at 7 o’clock
in the morning and she left at 9
o’clock hy train. There was no effort
on the part of train or auto to run a
race but Mr. Weathers had to wait at
Spindale to let the train pass on
which his wife was a passenger. When
the train reached Shelby Mr. Weath
ers was at the station to meet her and
accompany her home.
Miss Jane Moseley, of Snow Hill,
spent the week-end here with friends.
BILL PROVIDES FOR
SABBATH OBSERVANCE
New Law is Introduced Giving Au
thority to Make Sunday Closing
l.awn and Employ Police.
Representative .1. R. Davis of Clev
eland county ha introduced in the
special session of t he General assent-|
bly a bill which if it becomes a law, j
will give the county commissioners |
authority to make such ordinances
and regulations for the better obser
vance of Sunday and also appoint ru-1
ral policemen to enforce th<> new Sun
day laws and all other laws which are I
on the statute books. This is the out
grow, h of an effort being made in the
Shejby churches in which the town al
dermen are asked to close the drug
stores and gasoline filling stations in
Shelby on Sunday anil an appeal
made last first Monday by a number
of farmers and other citiens of the
county to the county board of com
missioners in which they were asked
to close the rural garages and filling
stations because many of them have
become public gathering places where
rowdyism and immorality take place.
The Davis hill reads ns follows:
“A bill to be entitled an act to con
fer. on the board of county commis
sioners of Cleveland county the power
to make ordinances and regulations
for the better observance of the Sab
bath day and the appointment of ru
ral policemen.
“The General assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
Sec. 1. That the board of county
commissioners of Cleveland county is
hereby granted the power to make
such ordinances, rules and regulations
for the beter observance of the Sab
bath day in the rural districts of Clev
eland county as they may deem neces.
sary and may provide for their en.
forcement by imposing penalties on
such as violate them: and may com
pel the performance of the duties im
posed on the officers of the county by
providing suitable penalties; and may
in their discretion, employ one or
more rural policemen to aid In en
forcing the general state laws and
the ordinances, ruin.; and regulations
as they may make from time to time
—such rural policeman shall work un
der the direction of the sheriff and
board of county commissioners of the
county.
Sec. 2. This act shall be in force
from and after its ratification.”
Officers Want Owner
Of Abandoned Coat
No one Eager to Claim Good Serge
Coat Left Hanging in Pool
Room. Court Cases.
This- is not the “penny column" but
Chief Hamrick has a pood serge coat
he will turn over to the owner upon
application. Perhaps the “penny col
umn" might get better results in this
case for the coat was not exactlv lost.
Saturday night Policeman Hester
eased into the pool room and took a
seat. A little later Chief Hamrick and
other officers sauntered in. Near
where the officers took their stand to
watch the ivories cavort around the
green tables hung a coat—just an or
dinary coat and apparently like other
coats hanging alongside while the
wearers were doing the Willie Hoppe
As tim° slipped by coat after coat was
taken down and put on bv its owner,
but not so the coat hanging near the
officers. No one seemed to want it.
tl finally dawned on the bystanders
that the vigil of the officers was to
see someone put on that particular
serge coat, but no one ever did. and
today in the police department is a
neatly made coat bearing on the in
side pockets the initials “C E \V.’ and
lest it be forgotten and the owner un
able to describe the missing garment
-the inside pocket also contained
what appeared to be a perfectly good
pint of corn liquor.
Cases Heard Monday.
Among the cases disposed of in re
corder’s court Monday were:
Thomas Champion, worthless check;
judgment suspended upon payment of
the costs and the check.
Marvin Byers, larceny of shoes;
fined $25 and the costs.
Vernon Branton, receiving and pos
sessing; fined $100 and the costs. Ap
peal noted.
Grover Green, receiving and posses
sing: fined $25 and the costs.
“John Hoe" alias William Henry, an
escaped lunatic from the state insti
tution at Morganton, was ordered re
turned to the institution. Henry, who
was captured at Kings Mountain, was
taken back to Morganton Monday by
Officers Dedmon and Lattimore.
Ray Panther, J. D. Branton and
James O’Neil, operating motor vehi
cle without proper license; judgment
suspended upon purchase of license
and payment of costs, which amounted
to $<>,10 each.
Ed Hamrick colored, drunk and dis
orderly; fined $25 and the costs. Ap
peal was noted.
DOKIES TO HOLD A
bk; ceremonial here
The Dokies are coming! A big
ceremonial will be held in Shelby
Labor Day, September 1st, at
which time between 000 and 1,000
visitors will be present, accord
ing to an nnouneement made yes
terday by R. E. Carpenter, a
Knight of Pythias, The Dokie
band in full regalia will head a
parade through the streets of
Shelby and the citizens will be
privileged to witness an exhibi
tion of a fraternal order that is
unusual for this locality in splen
dor and magnitude. The ceremon
ial will be put on by Suez Temple
No. 7.'t of Charlotte. A banquet
will be held at Cleveland Springs
on Monday night September 1st.
The Dokies are a fraternal
branch of the Knights of Ppthias,
being an organization somewhat
like the Shrine is to the Masonic
order. There is a local order of
Knights of Pythias here which
has recently become quite active
and numbers amoung its members
some of the best men of Shelby.
• * * « *
NEW Slum
VIA ESRt APPROVED
A new state tiighway from Shelby
via Earl, Patterson Springs and on
to the South Carolina line has been
approved by Mr. Kistler, state high
way emmoissioner o fthis district, ac
cording to a telephone message re
ceived yesterday by O. M. Mull and
maintenance work will begin about
the first of September. Mr. Mull who
has been working patiently to have
the state maintain a highway south ot
Shelby toward Gaffney says Col. T. B.
Butler, of Cherokee county is urging
the South Carolina highway commis
sion to maintain the state road from
Gaffney to the South Carolina line to
meet the North Carolina highway,
which will give the county a good
road from Shelby to Gaffney, a dis
tance of only 19 miles, via the Dravo
douhle-width bridge. Mr. Butler says
the South Carolina authorities are ex
pected to act on the maintenance pro
position in their state at a meeting to
be held today.
The route which has been selected
already has a fairly good road built
by the townships but the road after
September first will be maintained by
the state highway commission which
guarantees that it will he in fine con
dition alb the time.
Fixtures Arrive For
Fanning's New Store
Brown Mahogany Finish—New Lines
W ill he Added When Big
Store is Opened.
The handsome fixtures for the W.
L. Fanning company’s new shore have
arrived and will soon be installed. The
fixtures are a brown mahogany made
by the Grand Rapids Sho\v Case
company of Grand Rapids, Mich., one
of the largest concerns of its kind
in the world. The new store here will
be opened between the first and 15th
of September and Mr. Fanning stated
yesterday that he is arranging to add
several new lines. The first floor will
he devoted exclusively to men's and
ladies ready-to-wear, one side for la
dies and Qne side for men. The fix
tures are of the latest and most mod
ern design, the cabinets being glass
fronts and absolutely dust proof.
This floor will also carry a full line
of fine shoes, piece goods, notions,
toilet articles, novelties, etc. The mez
zanine floor will be devoted exclu
sively to millinery with an altering
department for the ready-to-wear,
also a rest room for ladies, etc.
The basement floor will carry a full
line of boy’s wearing apparel, white
goods, bed coverings, staple shoes for
men, women and boy’s, curtain goods,
work clothers, draperies, etc. It will
be noticed in this list that the Fan
ning store will add a number of new
lines such as piecegoods, boy’s wear
ing apparel, millinery, bed and curtain
goods, draperies, notions, toilet arti,
cles and novelties. The store when
completed will be one of the finest in
this section and aformal opening will
no doubt be had when the new merch
andise is placed in stock.
To Attend Convention
Of Deaf At Asheville
Prof. Robert C. Miller, Mesrs. Hugh
and Andrew Miller, and Thomas Ham
rick, jr., leave Shelby Tuesday, Aug
ust 12. for Asheville to attend the
convention of North Carolina asso
ciation of the Deaf which opened on
Tuesday and continues through Satur
day, August 16. The convention will
be attended by many from South Car
olina and Georgia as well as from
this state.
Prof. Miller of the faculty of the
state school at Morganton, is on the
program for an address to the eonven
tin Wednesday.
Or. Oort on I <‘ll.s His Ambitions for
County’s First Big Agricul
tural Exhibit.
We nil want it to bo the best coun
ty fair in North Carolina, and if we
want hard enough, it will be,” declar
ed Dr. J. S. Dorton, secretary of the
Cleveland County Fair association in
telling the Kiwanis club Thursday ev
ening of the progress being made oft
the fair grounds and late plans for the
! event. Dr. Dorton’s talk was the main
j feature of a brief program and the
'representative body heard with inter
est the detailed necount of fair pros
pects.
"Only $5,000 more stock will be sold
by the association, after which nft
more stock will be sold to anyone,”
the secretary Rtated. It is the hope of
fair officials to have this scattered
among a number of people. Recently
subscriptions as small as one dollar
have been received from former Clev
eland county people now living in oth
er states who wished to have an in
terest in the fair and are planning to
attend the big event this fall. The
three main fair buildings have been
completed; the race track is almost
finished, and within a very short time
the grounds will be ready. Dr. Dor
ton in the course of his talk stated
that no county in North or South Car
olina has better equipped grounds or
tracks. The race track is the only up
to-date one in Western North Caro
lina and is better arranged than the
one at Spartanburg. Within a few
days work on the grandstand, which
will seat 2,000 people, will begin. The
view from the elevated fair ground
was spoken of as one of the best in
the state. With a first class site and
buildings for a fair, the fair itself
should be up to the hope* of its sup
porters. Manufacturers were remind
ed that a sample of every product
manufactured in Cleveland county
was to be put on exhibit and that a
special building for the manufactuers
has already been completed.
The program Thursday was in
charge of Oliver S. Anthony, who
called on various members to tell
what they knew of the member to
their right. A fountain pen as a prize
was offered by Anthony and Anthony
for the most informing speech. The
pen was won by Gene Schenck, who
introduced Wythe Royster as follows:
“Kiwanians, this is Tck' Royster ppd
I know very little about him except,
that he has never been in jail. If you
ask me why, I can’t tell you.”
Halt Lengthy Programs.
Clyde R. Hoey introduced a motion
that would hold programs to one
hour unless special arrangements are ■
made, or a special program prepar
ed to last over an hour. Recently soma
speakers before the club have over
stepped their time limit and these
long distance talkers have visibly af
feted the attendance. The motion met
with favor and hereafter a speaker
will be informed before hand as to
the time limit and called down if he
exceeds. Exceptions will be made
with approval of the club for feature
nights or other events that cannot
be confined to one hour.
A picni or barbecue during August
for Kiwanians and their families is
i being discussed and will be deeded up
| on at the next meetng. ,
Home After 13 Year*
In Pueblo, Colorado
Mr. Fitzhugh Hamrick, son of Mr*
and Mrs. eLander Hamrick arrived in
Shelby a few days ago driving with
his wife and 26 months old baby from
Pueblo, Colorado where he has been
making his home for the past 13
years. Mr. Hamrick lived on a cattle
j ranch for a number of years after go*
| ing to Colorado, but recently has been
[living in Pueblo where he has a re
j sponsible position with a large whole.
! sale house. He likes Colorado but says
j the temperatoure drops to 20 degrees
| below zero during the winter, but does
| not stay this low for many days. He
and his family came through the
country in a Ford touring car making
the trip in 12 days with no mishap
whatever. They had a complete cantp
ing outfit and enjoyed the outing
across the continent. He brings good
tiding from Mr. J. T. Heatwole, a for
mer resident of Shelby who is now an
engineer on a railroad running out oZ
Denver. Mr. Heatwol" is a man of
considerable means uad still holds a
warm spot in his heart for Shelby. It
will be remembered that some years
ago he gave a large mounted deer
head through The Cleveland Star to
the Shelby Public library. Mr. .Heat
wole contemplates a trip to Shelby in
the near future.
Mr. Hamrick and his family will re
main here on a visit to his parenta
and relatives for two weeks or longer.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hudson and son
Hill, Misses Ettalie Moses and Lucifc
North are on a ten day trip to Bal
timore, Atlantic City and New York,