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SHELBY’S POPULATION
1925 Census_„_8,854
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XXXIII, No. 74
THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, 1925.
$-•00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
baptist hosts gather here at
first CHURCHWEDNESDAY SEPT. 23
Dr. Zeno Wall, Pastor-elect, Expected To Come.
Delegates Representing 42 Churches With
Membership Of 9,617. Assignment Of Hemes.
Rev, Zeno Wall, D-D-, df Goldsboro!
who has accepted a call to the First
Baptist church of Shelby, as ■well as
a number of other ministers of state
wide prominence are expecting to at
tend the Kings Mountain Baptist asso
ciation which meets with the First
Baptist church here Wednesday and
Thursday of next week. There arc 42
churche? in the Kings Mountain as-,
sociation having a total membership
0{ 1)^17, It is hoped that the annua!
digest will show a total membership
of jo.OOO when made public next Weci- ■
nesday by Clerk G. G: Page. The Sun
day school of these churches havy a
total membership of 7,662. Last yeai
the churches raised for all purposes
over $112,000.
Rev. John W. Suttle who has server!
moderator for a number of year*
will preside again and dispatch busi
ness in his usual prompt and smootn
manner. D. Fletcher Hord of Kings
Mountain is vice-moderator, G. G.
Page of Kings Mountain is clerk arid
George Blanton of Shelby is treasurer.
Many have felt that it was unfortun
ate that the First church which is
host to the association this year is
without a pastor, but Dr. Wall who is
coming to enter upon his pastoral du
ties the first Sunday in November,
ha? been invited to be here for the
association. Rev. C. E. Maddry, chair
man of the educational board, Living
ston Johnson, editor of the Biblical Re
corder; Archibald Johnson editor ot
Charity and Children, and Fuller B.
hamrick, treasurer of the Baptist
orphanage at Thomasville are also
expected to attend.
Plans for Delegates.
All plans have been made for the
entertainment of delegates from the
42 churches and those in charge de
clare that the drought will not be
pleaded for any shortcomings, foi
there will be none. The dinner meal
will be served on a common table be
side the church and from the number
of ladies who have promised to furn- j
ish baskets each day, the delegate* I
may he assured that there will be ar. j
abundance. The table may not bear*
the super-abundance that has marked j
the associations! meetings at country 1
churches, but the picnic style dinner
will be sufficient in every way to feed
the visitors as well as delegates. Mrs.
John W. Slittle, president of the Wo
man's Missionary society is also chair
man of the basket committee anc.
those who will furnish dinners have i
given their names.
Homes for Delegates.
Homes have been assigned for de
flates who wish to stay over at night
and the assignment of these home*
has been made by the committee on ■
arrangements composed of O. M. Mull, i
chairman; J. J. Lattimore, George
Blanton, Paul Webb and R. E. Camp
bell, it has been customary in the past;
to assign homes for delegates, but
few have been staying since the ad
vent of good roads and automobiles,
but Shelby people seem delighted to
have the association meet here and
the delegates will receive a hearty wel
come in the respective homes. The
following is the assignment;
Braver Dam—C. C. Hamrick.
Bethlehem—H. D. Wilson.
Roiling Springs—J. H. Quinn.
Buffalo— E. W. Wilson.
f'asar—John P. Mull.
Carpenters Grove—J. Z. Falls,
double Springs—T. G. Hamrick.
Dover—Fred R. Morgan.
I'ouble Shoals—A. W. McMurry.
F.lizaheth—Sam B. Turner.
Fastside—Lee B. Weathers.
Fallston—B. T. Falls.
Flint Hill—Bynum Weathers.
Grover—H. F. Young.
Kings Mountain—George Blanton
a,’d J. L. Lackey.
Fattimore—A. M. Hamrick.
Kings Mountain ,2nd—T. C. Esk
ridge and A. V. Hamrick.
Lawndale—J. O. Propst, l
Masedonia—J. A. Wilson.
Mt. Sinai—A. J. Dedmon.
New Bethel—M. Afl Spangler.
New Hope—S. A. Washburn.
Now Prospect—Chas Eskridge.
Normans Grove—J. L. Smith.
North Brook—C. A. Doggett.
f,ak Grove—C. A. Washburn.
Patterson Grove—C. B. Suttle.
Patterson Springs—H. A. Logan]
Pleasant Hill—J. R. Dover.
PoplRr Springs—L. S. Hamrick. |
Pleasant Grove—A. P. Weathers.
Pleasant Ridge-— Georee Dover.
F«ss Grove—H. M. Pippin.
^ndy Plains—R. L. Weathers. 1
Shelby First—
Shelby Second—Geo. P. Webb.
homasson Grove—Rush Stroup.
Dnion—R. E. Campbell,
aeo—P. M. Washburn,
allace Grove—D. A. Tedder.
/.on-E. F. McKinney.
Zoar-W. H. Yeagu.
visitors—0. M. Mull. C. C. Blanton,
hurehes should bear in mind the
' u-ls* 'n the date °* the ,l*eetin2
u 1 made because oi a conflict
J
with Federal court and County Fair.
The association adjourned last year co
meet here September 30th, but ihe
date was changed a week earlier and
program begins Wednesday morning
September 23 and continues through
Thursday afternoon.
The program for this session Is
ably manned and it is expected that
great meeting will he had. Below is
the program:
Order of Business Wednesday.
10 a. m.—Devotional services and
organization.
10:30 a. m -—Introductory sermon
by Rush Padgett.
11:15 a. m.—Biblical Recorder—1).
G. Washburn.
11:35 a. m.—Sunday schools—G. P.
Abernathy.
12:05 p. m.—Miscellaneous.
Dinner.
1:30 p. m.—State missions—W. G.
Camp.
2:00 p. m.—Home Missions—Rush
Padgett.
2:30 p. m.—Foreign missions—T. V. j
Tanner.
3:15 p. m.—Church Finance—J.
Hoyle Love.
3:35 p. m.—Miscellaneous.
Night Session.
7:15 p. m.—B. Y. P. U.—II. E. War
drop.
7:45 p. m.—Doctrinal sermon—H.
V. Tanner.
Thursday.
9:30 a. m.—Devotional service.
9:45 a. m.—Woman's work—Mrs. i
Fred Washburn.
10:15 a. m.—Education—C. J. Black j
11 a. m.—Boiling Springs high
school.
12 in.—Miscellaneous.
Dinner.
1:30 p. m.—Orphanage—J. R. Green j
2:10 p. m —Temperance and public
morals—A. E. Bettis.
2:45 p. ni.—Obituaries—J. M. Goode j
3:00 p. m.—Time, pla-'o, finance,
treasurers report, miscellaneous bust-1
ness.
Wanted To BrftaV
In Jail And Ha*
Desire Fulfilled,
■Tuesday, Bill Lovelace, Hen
rietta white man, having taken on
“one drink too many” had a burn
ing desire to visit the county jail,
and sometime in the night Tues
day he came to himself well
enough to realize that his desire
had been fulfilled. The result was
that for the first time Recorder
Mull presided over a case Wed
nesday where the defendant was
charged with “breaking and enter
ing"—the jail. How’s that for
something different?
According to the evidence, it
seems as if Bill. nearing the
“pickled” stage made a visit to
the jail to see a friend, or so he
said the next day, and upon being
refused admission by Sheriff Lo
gan's family owing to his intoxi
cated condition, he forced his way
in. One of the sheriff’s sons called
his father and Deputy Sheriff M.
H. Austell dispatched to the jail
granted Lovelace his wish and
added favor to favor by giving
him a cell of his own. In court
Wednesday Lovelace admitted
that he did not know what he was
doing. To which Judge Mull rc
replied: “This court has a habit
of giving satisfaction, so I'll fine
you $25 and the costs and if yo
can’t raise it we ll let you in the
jail this time, but for a 60-day
stay.”
Lovelace apparently has lost
his craving for the hoose-gow
and is trying to rai. e the $25.
This State Leads
In Road Paving
Scu<h Car^ina Mile^e Surfaced
During: The Year More Than
Doubled in This State.
Washington, Sept. 1> —North Car
olina led the stains of the South At
lantic rroup in rhe number of mile
of road surfaced last. year. Total
milpage surfaced in North Carolina
during 1924 was 1.074.2. The total
mileage surfaced at top end of 1925
in that state was 4,374.1, and C'C
total mileage in the slate system
101-1 miles. ,
The total mileatro surfaced in South
Carolina during 1924 w: s reported a-.
511 miles, nnd the-total mileage sur
faced at the end of 1923 was 2,293.4.
Total mileage in the state system of
South Carolina was given as 4.01 j.o.
Central Methodist Church.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Preach
ing at 11 a. m. ad at 7:30 p. m. Mem
bers urged to be present and vi-dors
;uidially invited. _ _.—
1EV TO PROSECUTE
in BIG COLE HE
Former Sholffv Congressman Retained
by Minister-Father of Slain Boy.
Titanic Legal Battle.
Hen. Clyde R. Hoey, of this place,
former congressman from the district
and one of the state’s leading law
yers, Tuesday afternoon confirmed the
report that he would assist in ihe
prosecution of W. B. Cole, wealth>
Rockingham manufacturer, who Is
charged with the slaying of \V. V;.
Ormond, ex-service man. Mr. Iloey
was employed, he said by former
friends of young Ormond at Maxtor,
and by Rev. Mr. Ormond, father of ihv
youth.
Friends of the Ormond family at
Maxton have for some time been
seeking the services of the former
congressman in the case, but it was
not until Rev. Mr. Ormond made the
request that he would like to have Mr
Hoey prosecute his son’s slayer thac
Mr. Hoey accepted.
The entrance into the case of Mr.
Hoey, known in congress as the “sti
ver tongue of the South.” will add
more interest to the already state
wide interest in the case, and defin
itely assures those who desire an ab'.e
prosecution just what they desire.
Rated as western Carolina’s best crim
inal lawyer, Mr. Hoey is not only gift
ed in oratory but a master of cross
examination and tilts on legal techni
calities.
Mr. Hoey in confirming the report!
that his services had been engaged,
stated that he would meet with so’.t
citor Phillips and other prosecuting
counsel in Raleigh Monday or Tues
day for a conference and to outline
definite plans for the prosecutior.
Most folks in the state will agree
that the cream of the criminal law
yers in North Carolina have been re
tained to appear on one side or the
other in this case. To attempt to point
out where one will excel another would
be extravagant anticipation of the
turn the case will take. But a super
ficial glance at the lawyers indicates
that where ease of manner, sober
judgment and intellectual ability is
concerned Mr. Hoey is certainly able
to cope with the astute and sometimes
suave James H. Pou, of the Raloign
bar. In eloauence, as distinguished
from bombast, Mr. Hoey perhaps has
no equal in all North Carolina. As a;
fierce cross examiner, Larrv I. Moore
compares quite favorably with Aubrey
L. Brooks. For vitrolic expression—,
and them will bo a flood of it during
the Cole trial—the elder Douglass is j
as daring as James A. Lockhart and
considerably more seasoned. The
younger Douglass is as much feared
as any criminal lawyer at the Ralctgh
bar. Solicitor Phillips is left to hold a
candle to the Fvockmgham contingent
which will appear for Cole.
Revival Begins At
M. P. Church Sunday
A series of revival services will be
gin at the Methodist Protestant church
in this city next Sunday and continue
for a week or ten days. Rev. C. B.
Way, the pastor, will be assisted m
the services by Rev. H. F. Goglenian,
of near Greensboro, who is a former
pastor of the local church. Rev. Mr.
Fogleman will arrive in time to preach
at the morning service next Sunday
and will do the preaching during the
series of services. He is a young min
ister of much attainments and is an
able speaker. A graduate of Western
Maryland college and the Westminster
Theological seminary, of Westminster,
Md., Mr. Fogleman has served a num
ber of the leading churches of tne
Methodist Protestant denomination in
this state.
Prayer services preparatory to tap
beginning of the revival services r.ox^
Sunday were held in the homes of tac
people in the community of the church
this week and these services were very
well attended.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend the revival services beginning
next Sunday at 11 a. m. Services will
be held each evening during next week
at 7:30 o’clock.
Settle Wreck Suits
In Compromise Meet
Damages arising from the crossing
smash near Dover mill recently when
an auto loaded with negroes was
struck by the down Southern train ana
several negroes injured, one fatally,
have been settled by compromise.
Railroad attorneys and counsel for tin
defendants completing the eompro
mise here Wednesday', Each of the
three Ellis children, minors were giv
en $100 each. Total damages given by
the railroad was around $1,000, most
of which goes to the Ellis family, the
dead woman being Lilly Ellis.
The railway, it may be added, also
assumed all hospital and medical treat
i uieut given the inuueo
j Fast Horses Coming
j For County Fair;
j May Make Records
I Race events at the Cleveland
(«>unty Fair—Scpti 29 through
i ' *r,°ber %—1*411 be* nmon^ (he
! in the South. "Grace Di
I rect,” champion stepper of the
I Penney stables at Greensboro, if
I entered will be starli I for an of
1 ficin! record, it is announced. Dr.
Dorian, fair secretary, his receiv
l a message from pr>e of the I*en
I hey hrothiis statin? that IS hors
I es will he entered by the famous
I twin a in tioneers. it is hoped
I "Grace Direct,” pride of the state,
3 wilt be in the lot. *■
* Ihrce horses, baton ging to R. G.
j l ackey, of Fniorr, are already at
j the fair grounds training for the
} races, ihieh are only It) days off,
j These horses arc "American Man,"
) "Senator Simmons ’ and “Court*
| ney.” V ill Roddey.it)f Morristown,
j Term., owner of “Cljiy Patch," son
l of the noted "Dr.m Patch," hns
« written that he w*’,* tiring line car
) load of re e -s. J. ,*G. l hormis, of
} the sain a itr, is ••'te*l to enter
) five thorn ighbrod /runners. J. F.
i Williams, of Spartanburg, will
> ship five racers here on Mondai
r if nest week.
C Turf fans may now get set for
j *ome ihr lis.
Says Cam Morrison Will Not Oppose
Gardner. Shelby Man Has
Nothing To Say.
Greensboro, Sept. 16.—O. Max
Gaidner came to the city yesterday,
looking t’it as a fiddly, but as taciturn
politically as Mr. Coolidge.
Elmer Long, lieutenant governor,
also came to the city. He looked fit
and talked politics without hesitation.
Both men were here on legal business.
The lieutenant governor hit straight
from the shoulder ttr Gardner. He
'WATthat in his'opImOn Cam Morrison
will not oppose Gardner for governor
in 1928; moreover; he will not throw
his support to any man opposing the
avowed candidate of the Democratic
party.
After speaking earnestly of the fine
sportsmansh'p displayed by Mr.
Gaidner following his defeat at the
hands of Mr. Morrison, Mr. Long said j
that he doesn’t think that any loyal!
Democrat who has the partji’B wet-1
fare at heart should of Will attempt
to cross sabers with the Shelby man.
Surprised At McGougan Story.
Mr. Long expressed himself as
keenly surprised at the new emanr.t
ihg from Fayetteville to the effect
*hat Dr. J. Vance McGov.gan might
consider seriously entering the race
in 1328. He thinks that Dr. Me.
Gougan must have been misquoted,
because it had been generally unrated
around that the Cumberland doctor
would be a candidate for lieutenant
governor.
Switching back to Cam Morrison,
Mr. Long said: “You may say for me
that I think Mr. Morrison made a
great governor; his administration
was a splendid success, but the fact
must not be overlooked that it was
the Gardner men who helped him
make it a success. You will recall
that Young Turk movement. Some of
those fellows held a meeting one night
in Raleigh while the legislature was
in session; things were somewhat in
the air. It was Max Gardner who
came in the room and said: “Boys,
| this is not my administration; it is
Mr. Morrison’s. You must get behind
him and help make it a success.” Then
to show that Mr. Gardner and his co
horts are progressive, Mr. I ong sa;d
that 't was the Gardner men who in
troduced and helped put over many
of Mr. Morrison’s progressive meas
ures in the legislature.” This was fol
lowed by the declaration that he can
not put any faith in the gossip that
Mr. Morrison will oppose Gardner.
Situation Satisfactory.
After traveling in various sections
of the state, Mr. Long said that in his
opinion many Morrison men and prac
tically all the Bailey clan will be
fighting under the Gardner flag, no
matter .how many candidates might
take the field against him.
All this hurrah for A. M. Scales to
carry the Morrison benner isn’t
worrying the Gardner boys, said the
lieutenant governor, who believes the
Greensboro man hasn’t the slightest
idea of entering the race.
Mr. Gardner talked freely on al
most any subject but politics. Fri
day n’ght he will deliver the opening
address at the fall term of the Uni
versity of North Carolina He will be
the chief speaker at the armistice
day celebration here.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Grose and baby
of this city and Mr. and Mrs. Hoyle
Elliott and children of forest Giiy,
formed a pleasant mourn V<*ity
i she vine eUiiUaj', .
Jessie May Francis, OharBrcrt With
Attempting Release Of I’hilheck,
A pain The Center Of (iazc
In Court.
Jessie May Francis, the recipient
of more publicity than any other
Cleveland county woman, was Wed
nesday again the center of attraction
in another Shelby court. This time
she was charged with acts tending to
bring about the freedom, or escape, of
Sloan Phil beck, the married lover for
whom she gave up her home and chil
dren, and with whom according to an
order of Superior court she was nevei
to communicate or have dealings with
any more.
She was acquitted of the charge, the
case being dismissed. but in the ac
quittal an epilogue is added to tlie
final chapter of the countv’s most sen
sational court case, the Francis-Phit
beck trial that drew Shelby’s largest
court crowd last winter.
Others Connected.
About one month ago Mrs. Francis
finished six months of her sentence
and by an order of the court was
hired out by the commissioners for
the remaining six months of her term.
Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willhtra
Ross, who live near the border line of
No. ,°> township and South Carolina,
were her employers. Following het
dismissal from the county jail officers
kept strict lookout for anything that
might pass between her and her erst
while lover, Philbeck, who still has n
year or more of his two-year sentence
to serve on the county chaingang.
It was not until Tuesday night that
any developments came. About nine
o’clock officers arrested the Francis
woman together with several othei
people near the site of the chaingang.
Others in the party were Mary Han ts,
of Belmont bearing a reputation her*.
L. E. Smith, also of Belmont and h
relative of the Harris woman, and
f>avid Eugene Harris, young son of
Mary Harris. Wednesday morning
Mrs. Francis, Mary Harris and Smith
were arraigned before Recorder John
P. Mull on the formal charge of “at
tempted prison breach and trespass.’’
The specific details of the charge
were: “That the defendants did un
lawfullv and wilfully1 convey to oqc
Sloan Philbeck, prison convict, certain
oral or written messages and 6tter
assistance or aid to him to effect his
escape from said gang; did enter and
trespass on grounds of camp, after
being forbidden.” The defendants were
reftesertted in court by Hon. Clyde
R. Hoey and following the introduction
of evidence the charges were dismiss
ed on a lack of evidence at the reguest
of Mr. Hoey.
Wanted to See Sloan.
According to the evidence the Fran
cis woman, Mary Harris and Smith
waited at some point near the camp
about 9 o’clock Tuesday night while
the Harris boy went on to the camp
to see if the guards would permit his
mother to see Philbeck, who is now a
trusty. Officers met the boy as no
was running back and soon thereafter
apprehended the others. No evidence
was introduced showing that they had
communicated with the convict, no:
that they had sent him any messages.
A cross-examination by Solicitor Bur
rus failed to show that any letters
had passed between Mrs. Francis and
Philbeck, although one of the guards
stated that they had talked to each
other while Mrs. Francis was still in
jail and Philbeck was working with
the gang out.-ide.
On this evidence Mr. Burrus asked
that she be held for Superior court
as it was the order of Judge Stack
that they not even talk to each othe».
However, the specific charges had
been dropped and it was not in the
jurisdicion of the recorder to hold her.
According to the general detail of
the evidence the Harris woman and
Smith came over from Belmont in u
car and drove down after Mrs. Fran
cis. It was their contention that the
Harris woman only wanted to Phil
beck, they, according to the Harris
hoy, having known each other for a
long time.
It will be remembered that Philbeck
and Mrs. Francis, both married, elop
ed on two occasions and were brought
back here, given a hearing and senten
ced following the second escapade,
one of the most colorful in the crim
inal history of the county.
GOVERNOR MrLEAN NAMFR
GREER EMERGENCY JUDGE
Raleigh. Sept. 15.—Governor Mc
1 «'an announces the apnointment of
Harry P. Grier sr., of Statesville.
an emergency judge under the 1925
law. to hold a two-weeks term of su
perior court begmnnig September 21
in Haywood county, in lieu of Judge
James L. Webb, who has requested
two weeks rest on account of a run
i,"]. condition mm o 'er'err.
Smiles Now
Tommy Smith, 15-year-old Phila
delphia youth, following the death
of lila father, was sent to a Moose- |
heart, _T«. home. Because of a pe
culiar ormatlon of hhs Jaws his
teeth would not meet, and he could
Haidly at The school dehllst-i fixed,
hfm 'i? however, doing work whlclv
»' »» c- niqicotal rt-tea would havf
t tf.ruO. No wonder Tomras
BETTER Mill SERVICE
BECK Banff
Through the influence' of Post
master J. If. Quinn, backed by a
resolution by the Kiwants club,
another star mail service will bo
inaugurated from Kings Moun
tain to Shelby beginning Monday
Sept. 2lst. Upon the arrival of
Southern train No. 39 which al
ways carries a heavy mail from
the North, the Inter-Carolinas
Motor Bus Co., will bring the
first class mail and newspapers
destined to the Shelby office and
Its branch. This will not only give
Shelby patrons a much quicker
service, but will also enable the
patrons at Belwood, Lawndale
and Fallston to be served much
earlier, as star mail routes leave
Shelby for Lawndale at 1 o’clock
p, m. and for Fallston and Bel
wood at 3:45 p. m., enabling these
two county routes to immediate
ly transfer whatever mail conies
from the North on No. 39.
Postmaster Quinn says this will
greatly facilitate the local ser
vice and he is proud to have made
this acquisition. Train No. 39
arrives at Kings Mountain at
11:35 each day and the bus will
1 immediately bring the pouches to
Shelby. Heretofore the mail on
this train has been transferred
at Blacksburg and did not reach
Shelby until 8 p. m. Under the
new arrangement this mail will
reach Shelby about 1 o’clock and
be worked immediately, so local
patrons can answer their letters
the same day and have them dis
patched in the evening.
This gives a morning and a
noon mail service from the main
line trains at Kings Mountain.
The noon service will not, how
ever, operate on Sundays. *
Rum Cases Fill
Federal Docket
A total of 72 cases a\ e < n the dock
et for the October term of Federal
Count in Shelby, according to records
in the office of E. S. Williams of
Charlotte, deputy clerk of court. Six
ty-four of these cases are for viola
tion of the National Prhibition Act,
and await the Federal grand jury.
The term of court begins September
28, with Judge E. Yates Webb, pre
siding.
There are but eight cases that aie
carried over from former terms, the
records show.
NO TRACE YET OF DEANE
OR MASKED ASSISTANTS
Officers as yet have no trace of
Dillard Deane, escaped convict, or the
masked men who assisted him in his
escape. A letter was received at the
sheriff’s office yesterday from the
Sheriff of Cherokee county asking
the names of relatives of the wanted
men there, with the idea that they
mav be in Cherokee. The rewards
offered by the highway commission
ers, county commissioners and Ku
Klux Klan are still in force, it is said.
Highway System Includes 6,444 Miles.
Figures recently compiled show
that on July 1st, the State Highway
System included 6.444 miles of good
roads. Of this mileage in excess ot
2 600 miles has been paved or is be
ing paved by the Highway Commis
sion, exclusive of paving done y
counties and turned over to the Sieate.
Route 10, one of the most importan
routes in the State has approximate
ly 500 miles of paving completed m
under construction ft* ength
if 579 miles. — -
MUCH INTEREST 111
pur ID HOUSE
EXHIBITS {1FAIR
E*PWt to Have 1,000 Birds Entered
in Poultry Show. Open Entries
In Horse Contests.
C onsiderable interest is being shown
over the county in recent weeks in the
big poultry show department and -.ad
dle horse contest at the coming coun
ty fair. Those two departments alone
are expected to draw several ttiou
saml people.
Rev. John W. Suttle, one of the
county’s best known ministers, who
beads the poultry department says
that he expects to have around 1,00(1
birds entered for exhibit. ' The b^rr
poultry exhibit hall at the fair ground
has been remodelled and is now one of
the best equipped and arranged in tho
state. The display arrangement by the
remodelling adds much to the convert,
ience of visitors to that department
and also to the general appearance of
the birds on exhibit. Rev. Mr. Suttle
spending much of his time now
making preparations for and attend
ing to the entries. Anyone desiring In
formation about poultry exhibits or
anything in connection with the poul
try department should see Mr. SulUe,
who will gladly help perfect plans fo.
entries. He is one of th* best known
poultrymen in the state and his direct*
i"r of the poultry department of
C|«eviand'.; big fair could not be &>.
celled.
The Saddle Horses.
Dr. E. B. Lattimore, head of the
fair’s horRe show, urges that all horse
owners enter their steeds in the horse
show. Some have derived the idea that
the contest and show is for nothing
except high priced saddlers nnd out
side horses. This is a mistake, he says,
and anyone in the county or Election
with a three-gaited steed should .enter
the horse, and he assures them a
chance at the prizes offered. The sad
i die horse contest, which.,is hooked for
the third day of the fair, October 2,
is expected to be one of the high lights
of the week. Last year this contvt
attracted many and broader in scope
this year should attract many more.
Dr. Lattimore will gladly furnish any
information about the department.
Talking Fair Over County.
As the fair date nears the event >3
being talked in all sections of the
county and adjoining counties, ano
from advance indications fair offi
cials are not far wrong in preparing
for a vast throng even larger than
that of last year.
Similar to the weeks before the fair
last year the people apparently can*t
hardly wait and are making visits to
the fair grounds looking over the new
departments, addition and changes.
That the attractions this year will
make the fair outstanding in the
South seems a certainty. The Nat
Reiss is one of the country’s largest
and will cover practically all of the
cleared ground in the fair tract. Their
midway will be a brilliant one with at
tractions for all, including a big num
ber of thrilling rides. The fireworks
program this year will excel by far the
program of last year and the spectacu
lar beauty of the entertainment plan
ned for the nights will thrill thousands
The races will open the season for the
North and South Carolina Trotting as
sociation and should bring many tuiT
followers.
Get the date fixed: Tuesday, Sep
tember 29th through Saturday, Octo
ber 3.
Capt. Hancock Drawing
Big Crowds at Meeting
Bit; crowds are showinff deep and
abiding- interest in the revival meet
ing conducted by Capt. J. L. Hancock
nt the Second Baptist church. Each
evening this week beginning at 7:30
o’clock he has been fighting satan and
sin with the same vigor that dis
tinguishes Billy Sunday and the house
of worship has been filled to over
flowing with a fin" res pops.? from the
congregation to his propositions. Each
service begins with a song service
conducted by the Evangelistic singer
Mr. J. M. Kirby of Williston, S. C..
and this is an inspirational part of
the revival.
Cnpt. Hancock will continue his
meeting all next week witn services
each evening beginning at 7:30. On
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock Cant.
Hancock will hold a special service
for ladies only when he will preach
from the text, “Nurse this child for
me and I will give thee thy wages.”
Methodist Protestant Church.
Services for Sunday, September 20:
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Mr. If.
H. Glenn, superintendent.
Evangelistic services at 11 a. m. and
6:30 p. m. Preaching by Rev. H. F.
Fugleman of Greensboro. The public
is cordially invited to attend all of the
services. The evangelistic services will
continue for a week or ten days, to
be held each evening at'7-30, _d