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CLEVELAND: PAID-UP CIRCULATION Of This Paper Is Greater Than The Population Given Shelby In The 1920 Census ^“A COUNTY THAT LEADS A PROGRESSIVE STATE IN DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE, AND WHERE HOSPITALITY REIGNS” letielanft RELIABLE HOME PAPER Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section. Modern Job Department. VOL. XXXII, No. 93 THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY. N. C. TUESDAY, NOV. 25. 1924. S2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE (Jrijrjr And Line Players Stand Out In Great Battle Before 1500 Frenzied Fans Saturday afternoon on the city ath letic field eleven blue-jerseyed grid warriors started a march towards the opposing goal—a goal that could only be seen through the tears of many vears longing—and when they halted onlv momentarily at the end of the game they were one notch nearer a dream of four years than ever before. Facing them was another eleven, the champions of North Carolina, fighting ju>t as fiercely, tears flowing jus*, as freely, but at the end defeated by one point, their first loss in many battles. The game—the budding out of a dream for one eleven, the wrecking of a vis ion for another— was considered on the sidelines, where 1,500 frenzied fans watched anxiously, as the great est high school game ever played in the state. By defeating Charlotte 13 to 12 Shelby earns the privilege of meet ing Spencer in Charlotte Saturday for the championship of Western North Carolina. Thrills Mark End. Heralded before hand as a frame ur equalled in the past the hundreds look ing on witnessed far more than they expected. Beginning with a rush, both elevens crying in their eagerness and determined to win, the rush continued, swaying to and fro for the first quar ter. A spark of extra confidence enter ed the second quarter as the result of which “Casey” Morris’ blue-jerseyed hoys drove down the field for the first touchdown that threw the sidelines into a shouting pandemonium. The third quarter saw a rejuvenated Char lotte eleven, a fumble, and a touch down that tied the score, leaving it as equal as the start and hard on those with weak hearts. In the fourth and final chanter of the struggle high school folks will never forget were two touchdowns, inimitable exhibition of gameness, superhuman playing by three or four olmost exhausted young sters—and thrills. Big Blue Line-Heroes. As things go in football it is usual ly the fleeting, hard-hitting backs that draw the honors and emerge heroes from a victory, but Saturday it was different, although an entire eleven fighting together gets first praise. Centering around Harry Grigg. who came from the game as the outstand ing defensive player on, the high school gridiron, the sheer grit and the unconquerable spirit of the Shelby line was responsible for the victory. Tearing through with Grigg to smear frequently the Charlotte plays were Caldwell and Beam, on the tackle posi tions, and holding when things had to be held were Captain Auten and Sar rat. On the flanks three ends, hard to distinguish hy their playing, were thorns to the Charlotte offense Lee, Dedmon and Hopper. In the drive that netted Shelby’s touchdowns Max Con nor and Steve Furches were central figures. Time after t me the speedy Connor tore ofF gains and shot over the white lines in old time form, and when yards had to be made I" urches hurled his all against the line, and gained. Wray off form at the outset came back in the finals, while Mag ness minus his fleeting runs was the hardest tackier on the field. Lllerbe > interference paved the way for the first marker and the eleven was no ticeably weakened when his fumble removed him from the game. For Charlotte two players Won the applause of both sidelines by theii great playing. Farris, a plunging de mon, has few equals J/ his style of play, and his running-mate Landis, at full, was near his equal. Other than these two the Queen City boys weie just eleven players that fought to gether to the last second, and fought more stubbornly tiian anything Shelby has ever faced. v A battle of punts with little diiier ence in the gains and a strategic de fense marked the first quarter, b ar ris with a 25-yard run was the only offensive star while Lee, Dedmon and Furches stood out for Shelby in the period. Shelby took on new life, wept a little more freely, and drove harder in the second. Connor opened the fire works when he swept around left end for ->0 yards as the crowds cheered. In some unknown manner Furches ripped through a line twice his weight tor eight more, and Connor side-stepped 15, the prettiest run of the game, for a touchdown. Wray failed on the goal. Shelbv took the defense in the third when Kirkpatrick’s squad started a drive few elevens could stop. Pushing Shelby back to the 15-yard line Char lotte’s first chance to score came when Kllerbe fumbled and Charlotte recov ered on an attended punt. A penalty : against Shelby 'canoed the ball a lit . tie nearer the line and gave Charlotte ! only a few yards to go. This they made 1 in line bucks, but failed to untie the score on goal. Both elevens tried to ! 1 ab the game on field goals,' but |Crigg and Hopper tore up Charlottes attempted place kick and the visiting defense returned the honor on Connor’s 1 try. In the eventful fourth the struggle was about even for five minutes and then the thrills started. Forced to punt under the shadow^ of their goal posts Charlotte for the‘first time really felt a line gone wild. Shoulder to shoulder "Big" Beam. Sarratt, Aute n,Caldwell brushed aside the aside , the opposing Jfoe and swooped down on the punter ancFas theball toppled and rolled across the Charlotte line a fighting mass was only a few feet behind. In the lead was Caldwell, who fell on the hall for the touchdown that won the ! game just as the avalanche of Char lotte players hit him. Connor steadied hi in self and kicked goal, leaving the score 13 to 12. Back came the Char lotte offense and pushed Shelby up the field. It seemed as if the whistle to end the struggle would come within a few seconds hut in that time Shelby was pushed back over her own goal line and the visitors crossed on bucks when Connor’s punt was blocked. Again the Shelby line saved the day when it tore through enough to make the kick that would have tied the game miss by inches. The offensive spirit then returned to Morris’ boys and they started a ihrive that looked like another marker when the whistle ended the game. Color and Tears. For the first time Shelby will battle' for western state honors in football j and owing- to this the town took on a wildly enthusiastic spirit when the game ended and held it until long aft er nightfall. Gray hairs and youth, celebrites and everyday folks stood side by side and trembled through the game. And on the other side at the end ! was sadness. Someone had to lose and \ it could not have been other than heartbreaking. The color started Ire fore the game. The sidelines felt the spirit but not in keeping with the two elevens. Up at the Legion club rooms Kirkpatrick talked to his boys with huskiness in his voice and when he stopped they assured him their all through their tears. Over in the dress ing room at the field just before the game started the Shelby squad trot ed on the field crying. What happened in their dressing room the boys alone know. Some say “Casey” longing for a championship his first year as coach, made them a talk, others say “Jay” Iiarrill, the player with a broken arm brought the tears begging them to win. As for color and fight few college gridirons have witnessed better ex hibitions. (12) -_Posi. 1 e Charlotte Ausband Yonan Smith Schwartz Alexander Kistler Haves Farris _ Lanier Landis Redfearn - Charlotte _ Shelby It 1 g . c - - r g r t -- r e . 1 h . r h f b qb n o Shelby (13) Leei Beam -Sarratti Grigg -.Auten -Caldwpll Dedmon _Connor __Fllerbe Wray. F urches 0 6 6—12 6 0 7—13 Summary: Touchdowns, Connor, Farris, Caldwell, Landis. Goal after touchdown: Connor. Substitutions: Mason for Yonan, Rowe for Smith, Lawing for Lanier, Magness for Wray Hopper for Dedmon. First downs: Charlotte 8; Shelby 10. Officials: La | Farr (Davidson) referee; Harrel (Car olina) umpire:: Chinn (Centre) head linesman. Faithful Dog Is Killed By A Car A thoroughbred water spaniel be longing to Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. Weath ers, S. DeKalb street was killed by an automobile Saturday night when it wandered away from home, something it rarerl.v ever did. and consequently was not accustomed to the heavy traffic. The water spaniel had been a family pet for several years and a most faithful and devoted dog. Mrs. Weathers has been practically an in valid for two years and this dog was a devoted attendant, following her in every step she took and carrying mes sages to other members of the fam ily. Its intelligence was far above the average for a dog and when spoken to, seemed to understand as perfectly as a child, obeying every command. There were moist eyes in Weathers family when the spaniel was killed and on Sunday Mr. Weathers prepared the body for burial in a pretty veneered goods box which interred in a patch of woods near town. i Schools Will Take Contributions For Needy In Shelby "'ll F«How Custom of Collecting Thanksgiving Offering For Poor Assist Destitute Children A plead for the poor and needy of the community and destitute chil dren of Shelby is made this week by the public schools of Shelby through Superintendent 1. C. Griffin. The schools have an annual custom of receiving Thanksgiving Contributions foi this cause, and this year money is also asked for the purpose of l.clp itiK needy children and to buy them school books, shoes and clothing. According to the habit each school child brings to school just before I Thanksgiving his or her contribution,! be it little or big. The assembled con-j tribution generally is of some size' and helps gladden the spirit of many homes-'Where prosperity"! p,,,,,. evdent. The announcement of the offering this year made by Superin tendent Griffin follows: "To The Friends and Patrons of Shel- j by Public Schools: “Following the custom of previous years the Public Schools will receive Thanksgiving offerings on Wednes-1 day of next week to be distributed! among the poor and needy of Shelby j and vicinity. While it is customary > to ask for offerings in the form of fruits of the earth, yet casht will he very acceptable. It requires nearly $100.00 a year to buy books for des titute children. The money received for Thanksgiving offering will be used for this purpose. In some few eases, upon recommendation of the welfare officer, or teacher, shoes and j clothing are provided in order that j the child may attend school. This year a part of the offering will be given to the Shelby Hospital. All citizens who know of a destitute family, are requested, to send the name and address of such a family to school in order that no needy fam ily may fail to share in the Thanks giving offering. A committee repre senting all the churches will l ave charge of the distribution of the of fering. It is earnestly hoped that ev ery eh:ld in school will bring an offering.” Famous Entertainer “They call you great, I call you rare; But calling does not make you! For little dreams Have found your soul— And, God, how dreams can shake you! They call you great, l, . I call you rare; W But did not Life awake you?" These are the words inscribed to Hazel Popheide by Roscoe Gilmore Stott, famous poet and lecturer, and judging from the poet’s enthusiasm the people of Shelbv, may expect an evening of true delight as arrange ments have been made bv the Senior cjass of the* Shelby high school to bring fyiss Dopheide here for an engage-! 'fnent on the night of Nov. 27 at 8 p. j m. at the school auditorium. Announcement is made that she will interpret as her chief number the Clever play “The Money Makers” by Klein and Hornblow, also a number of humorous sketches and miscellan eous selections. Clay Smith the noted eomnoser and musician writes of Miss "Dopheide: “For several years I have watched the growth of Miss Dopheide. I had never heard her ‘show’ but the many grwjd reports that floated in from the folks who had heard her, coupled with the enthusiasm of her manager, whetted my interest and at the same time made me just a wee bit skeptical. You know bow easy it is to form that ‘show me’ fspirit when some certain person’s ability ha sheen Raised by so many. This was my attitude when I first heard Miss Dopheide read her wonder ful play ‘The Money Makers’. Well— what’s the use of adding more super lative adjectives to what has been said about her workT It would only make some one else more skeptical than I was. I feel like the old negro in Alabama who, when asked what the three best things to eat were, answer ed, ‘fried chicken, and dey ain’t no mo’ to say’.” The matchless manner in which Miss Dopheide impersonates the nine major characters of the play, it is said is truly remarkable. Critics say that she grips and stirs an audience in a superb way and is so completely the master of her art that the characters take form before you, her own person ality being entirely submerged. Miss Dopheide, will be accompanied by her assistaing artists, Miss Sterra Feigan, ’cellist, and Mr. J. G. Jones, pianist. These accomplished musicians will add much to the program with their splendid playing Miss Feigan is well known in Chicago and the mid west as a fine 'cellist and her solos on this popular and beautiful instru ment will be long remembered. Here Thursday Eve Receipts in October Were Stl.H.DOO_ Telegraph Operator on Duty All Time Here. Whin* Seaboard officials arc trying >o get permission from the state cor poration commission for the removal of two. passenger trains on the Char lotto-RiPherf iril division- on the grounds of poor business, receipts have never been better, epeeially in the freight department than it is at this season of the year. The recoints at the Shelby st a‘ion during the month of October were S.iH.OPO anil in ati eighteen hour period last week there were received thirty or more solid cun' loads of freight, consisting ef hr'f-krwheat, bnv - lumber and mer chandise. The Shelby station is one of the busiest ()n the division and be ing about midway between Charlotte and Ruthfrfordton with an increase in th<' number of freight trains pass ing daily, it has become necessary to have the telegraph operator on duty day and night to take orders for the trains. Beginning last Saturday night a telegraph operator i i on duty at the Seaboard station all the time. It is learned that one day last week there were so many trains running that the engines used all the water in the tanks at EHenboro and Stubbs and when the passenger train needed water, there was hardly enough to enable it to get to Mount Holly. The position as agent here is a heavy duty job and since Mr. G. Smart left the agency to go with the Eagle Roller mill it has been difficult to keep a man who is willing to do the great amount of work and assume the heavy responsibilities of the office Mr. R. M. Stroup who succeeed Mr. Smart has gone to McBee. S. C., to take a telegraph job and it was ex pected that Mr. Scruggs of Raleigh would take up his duties as agent, hut cri Saturdav the local office was no tified that Mr. H. A. Harris of Kol loek- Si C., is on route here with his family and will take the agency. The state corporation commission has not as yet handed down its de cision as to whether or not it will let the Seaboard remove the morning pas senger train to Charlotte and after noon passenger train to Rutherford ton. Davidson Glee Club Coming Here Friday Complete Collegiate Musical Organ ization To Give. Performance at Graded School In Evening The Davidson College Glee Club —said to be one of the most com plete collegiate musical organiza tions in the south—will appear at the Shelby High School on Friday even ing, November 28th at 8:20 o'clock. The club, under the able direction of Mrs. Coral Hayner Baker, well known Charlotte vocalist, will brirfg to Shelby an entertaining array of musical talent in a well-rounded pro gram, and the club is certain to please the large crowd of people who are ex pected to attend the performance. The personnel of the club includes a chorus of approximately twenty five voices, a number of talented soloists, a novel and unique jazz or chestra, and an unusually large sym phony of other feature performers, the most outstanding of which are two black-faced impersonators, in an original skit, who will amuse the audience with their jokes and novel ty songs. The club will make two extensive tours through the south this year, besides a number of short trips throughout the state. Leaving De cember 1st, the club will tour the states of North and South Carolina, and Georgia; and early in the spring they are booked for a trip into the Virginias. On the southern tour, the dub will appear in the principal cities of the states through which they pass, including Atlanta, Spar tanburg, Charlotte, Rome,, Green ville and others. FOREST CITY' ISSUES BASKETBALL CHALLENGE To Editor of The Star: We have organized a basketball dub in Forest City, and will play aMy amatuer team in this section. Any club looking for a good game get in touch with the manager. LEON FRYE, Forest City, N. C. Box No. 13. This Cleveland county keeps in the limelight in the cotton business. Now the Co-Ops have shipped local cotton to Spain and other foreign countries. Perhaps to make cotton night shirts for the king, who knows? If O. Henry were living nowadays perTiaps he would write “Boll Weevils and Kings” instead of “Cabbages and Kings.”??? We connect Genoa, Italy with the discovery of America and Columbus. Now, Cleveland is shipping cotton there. Some world! LOCAL COTTON GOES ABROAD > Last week Cleveland county, one of North Carolina's leading cotton coun ies. pulled ;i new one in the local cotton ironic. Several car loads of Cleveland county cotton left here during: the week to he shipped to Barcelonia, Spain, and Genoa, Italy, according: to J. . I’ropst, of the local brartch of the North Car tlina Cotton Growers Cooperative as nc.ia imi. Moreover the cotton was in the raw— just like we sell it here— which is some boost for the cotton farmers, of the county and the grade of their pro duct. Heretofore Barcelonia and Genoa were only historic .and geo graphic places to be conjured with -T-noW they are markets for our cotton. Such sales by the Coopera tive association of the couny’s cot tnrrwrrH tend t<+ put C^e.vela ntl. again in the limelight, ( Shelby and Cleveland county peo ple will on Wednesday afternoon of this week observe the Thanksgiving season by an offering to he given the Shelby Public hospital. A county-wide contribution, as has been announced heretofore, will he made and the entire offering turned over to the hospital, which is a public institution. Hour of the "shower", what it will mean to the hospital and how it will be made was announced front the pulpits of j the Shelby churches Sunday and much more interest created in the move- j ment. Over the county club women and others have been advising of the offering for a week or more, and I many things are expected to be given j Wednesday afternoon: In addition to linen of all kinds the , “shower” will include vegetables and fruits to be used at the institution. The hours are from ■” until 5 o’clock in the afternoon. It’s the Thanksgiving season. Hennessa Heads Poultry Association Rev. J. W. Sul tit* is Secretary-Treas urer to Encourage Poultry Rais ing in Cleveland P. L. Hennessa lias been elected president of the Cleveland Poultry Association and Rev. John \V. Suttle, secretary and treasurer. The Associa tion's officers together with Frank A. Hamrick, Bloom H, Kendall and B. (). Hamrick will compose the ex ecutive committee and these gentle- i men will appoint four vice-presidents j front various parts of the county. It; is planned to serve the association j members four or five chicken dinners | each year at which time they will dis cuss various phases of the poultry industry. The first dinner will be served sometime between now and j Christmas by Mrs. E. B. Olive at Earl. The association will also conduct an , auction sale of pure bred poultry next I year at the Cleveland county fair and the poultry department will have two classes, one In which the pure bred ! exhibition fowls will be shown and an- j other at which the utility chickens will ' be featured. Cleveland is rapidly becoming a leading poultry county and the organ- j ization of this association with 110 members is certain to stimulate more interest in the raising of poultry for show purposes and for market. Mr. George Webb Is Stricken at Church Mr. George I*. Webb, popular clerk of the Superior court, suffered a slight! •stroke of paralysis Sunday morning at the First Baptist church just aft er he had finished teaching his Bible I class of men and seated himself in thoj main church auditorium to await the; preaching service. Mr. Webb was feel ing unusually good Sunday morning and taught his class with more than his accustomed vigor. Just after he had seated himself, he felt a strange feeling of numbness coming over him I and he called Mr. J. J. Lattinvore who was sitting nearby. Mr. Lattimore hurried to his side and assisted him to his car. He was unconscious for a short period of time and lost use of his limbs, but while on route home lie came to himself and has been improv ing since. His physicians however, are keeping him in bed for a few days in order that he might not over-exert himself. Mr. Webb thinks he will be able to resume his duties at the court house in a few days. In the meantime the clerks office is being kept open by his brother, Mr. E. L. Webb and Mr. Frank L. Hoyle, former clerk. Doctors get very little from people who whistle while they work. Ben Curtis Faces 3 Court Counts; Trial Saturday Had llwn on l.onjj Trip With <iirl Who S. i\h Sin* Was 1’orcod To <io Against iter Will Urn Curtis, contractor and builder and well known S.heiby citizen will Died Saturday of this week bc fuiv Recorder It. T. Kalis charged with drunk and disorderly conduct, assault, with deadly weapon and operating a motor Vehicle while under the influ ence of liquor, lie was arrested Sun day after non and lodged in jail after he had 1 eturned to Shelhy it i alleged from a protracted tour of the country wi;h his adopted daughter Lillian ( urtis, age 15 years and Yada Pear son, age 21, daughter of his neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pearson on South Washington street. Bond was fixed Monday morning nt^S20O-which - hr gave in cash and was released. His physician reported to the court that he was unable to report for trial Monday, so the case was postponed until Saturday of this week. It was hinted about the court room yesterday that ('urtis might have to face more serious charges on testi mony for Curtis is alleged to have left. Shelby about three weeks ago with the two girls in a car for Hen dersonville. Miss Pearson, who is a friend of the Curtin girl and had previously made n trip to Florida with Mr. Curtis and his adopted daughter, says it is said that she was asked to go up town and when invited into a ear in which Curtis was riding, she was assured by Curtis that she would he brought back in an hour or earlier, but that she was taken to Henderson ville where the three hoarded a train for Detroit, Michigan. From there they went a short trip into Canada, thence back to Jacksonville, Florida, thence hack to Charlotte where the girls were left until he made a brief trip home. Miss Pearson says that last week they were taken to New Orleans and returned to Charlotte where they were left until Sunday, he coming to Shelby Friday when he was asked by the Pearson parents to bring the girl home. He left in his car Friday with the Pearsons thinking he would return that day with the girl but she was riot brought in until Sunday. There was a joyous home coming at both the Curtis and Pear son households when all returned, but Sunday afternoon Curtis went to the Pearson home and demanded Miss Pearson again it is said. When he failed to get her, officers say he loft the house and returned shortly with a shot gun with which it is alleged he threatened Everett Pearson, the 17-year-old brother of Vada. The Pearson girl has told that she was forced against her will to remain away from her parents and offers to give other damaging testimony which might lead to other and more serious charges against Curtis. Curtis has a wife here and has been quite success ful '/’his building operations and has made a number of extended and ex pensive trips recently. “Whistlin’ Pete’’ In Shelby For Visit “Now folks dis am de mockin’ boid, an his mate answerin’’,—And if you closed your eyes it seemed in reality as if the peer of song birds and his mate were nearly. The speaker was one of the few remaining typical spe cimens of the “culiud peeple” that in habited the Old South. His first for mal appearance here was at the Ki wanis club Thursday evening, his last will be when the demand ceases for the entertaining tunes that emit from his eontortioned lips. “Whistlin’ Pete fum Alabam” he Ts formally, but behind the stage he passes as Claude Underwood, “bohn neah Pleasant Hill in ole Alabam. Ise been a’whistlin’ up and down de South an all ovah de country fo yeahs” is the best summary of his travels, and if you once hear him whistle you will understand how he lives by his entertainment. Few of the best known vaudeville circuits ever give their houses better entertainment in the whistling line, and none of them can equal him in imitating the birds. His bird repertoire includes the mock ing bird, lark, sparrow, red bird hob white and others. He whistles in pe culiar manner working a quiver of his lips and whistling with the teeth. After performing at the Kiwanis club. Pete visited the high school Fri day morning and gave another per forinance and will give others. Mon day he performed for the colored school. He never charges for his en tertainment, but accepts an offering and contributions—needless to say, he will never starve. The favorite in his tune repertoire seems to be “Old Pal O’ Mine” and in most any gathering the gaze of his hearers is the far uway look of those who remember as he whistles through the verses. Look out for cold weather. Get al cohol for your radiator at Arey Broth ers. Andy (lump's Campaign Manager Convicted in Brilliant Legal Battle. Some Whittling. Thursday evening was ‘Lawyers' Night" at the Kiwanis club and true to the custom of the legal lights they put something over on their hearers. Korern. t in the program, which was in charge of Dr. J. S. IWton, was a mock trial—the pro.-' ution of the campaign manager of Andy Gump for his failure to have the name of “the people's choice” on the ballots. Of an entertaining nature naturally the hearing took unusually humorous turns and the court room characters proved to be excellent actors. A 4§ generally the case in. Cleyp land county Judge B. T. Falls was on the bench and Chas. A. Burrus was prosecuting. Sheriff Hugh Logan fill ed his customary handy role, while the incomparable Gump was none other than J. r>. I.inebergor. The defendant, Gump's alleged campaign manager way Peter F. Grigg, his attorney was Pat McBrayer. Witnesses for the state included Gump himself, Paul Webb and Wyeth Royster. The defense -based its appeal on the testimony of two witnesses, Grigg and his so-called office boy, I. C. Griffin. The trial went something like this: “Mr. Webb, do you know the prose cuting witness, Mr. Gump?” “Yes sir.” “What kind of citizen is he?” “He is 100 per cent for the people and wears no man's collar.” "Do you know the defendant Grigg?" “Who, Pete? Yen, I know Pete, Uh, huh.” And so the questioning proceeded. Finally the witness was turned over to the counsel for the defense. “Mr. Webb, you say you know my client, Mr. Grigg, and that his reputa tion is somewhat shady. Now will you tell this honorable court here that there is a stain op the escutcheon of this defendant? Answer Yes or No." ‘Lr-r Oh yes, I guess so, you see he handles coal." The oath taken by each witness was somewhat as follows: “Do you swear that you will tell nothing that is the truth, so help you Annania*.*” The prosecution set forth that the American people were robbed of their * ‘>-'hts and deprived of a great leader through the failure of Gump’s man ager to get his name on the presiden tial ballot. That his indiscretion had cost the nation a great administra tion of progress directed by the fath er of little Chester. Once or twice during the testimony Mr. Gump was momentarily chagrined, once when the defense counsel questioned him too closely regarding his many ancestors, those who settled every town, and on another occasion by a reference to Babe Summers. In defending the campaign mana ger the two witnesses introduced, one Mr. Griffin as ‘heavy evidence” told of how Grigg was never officially campaign manager and could not be charged with leaving Gump’s name off the ballot. According to the two Mr. Gump itered Grigg’s office prepara tory to employing him as his manager, but just as he started to write a check to bind the contract was interrupted by a clearing of the throat like a “swallow in the summer” in the hall. Turning he saw someone and imme diately left without finishing the con versation or writing the check. The someone was Babe Summers, who fur nished the side features of the hear ing. Another matter that caused some controversy was regarding a “dime” contributed to the Gump campaign by a young fellow', Clyde Hoey. It seemed as if there were those who thought the campaign manager had also an nexed campaign funds. After some deliberation the court decided that an injury to the Amer ican people had been done, that con stitutional statues had been broken, and in the absence of any other who might be adjudged guilty the punish ment would have to be borne by the defendant Grigg. It was the sentence of the court that the defendant at tempt to appease the wrath of his excellency, the governor, against those Cleveland county people who were considered other than ducks to teh port bill. While the Kiwanians were engaged in their meal some preliminary amuse ment was furnished by “Whistlin’ Pete fum Alabam.” This wayfarer, a relic of the Old South, for the few minutes he whistled held the atention of his hearers like few visitors ave done. His selections included old and late jazz, plantation favorites, and religious tunes, in addition to some near perfect imitation of practically every kind of song bird. There was also some discussion of “Ladies Night” to be Thursday even ing, December 4. There will be no meeting this week owing to the big affair next week and the dub plana the biggest event ever.
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