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Football Star
Fatally Hurt
Baxter Gillion* Captain of Dick Gur
lev's Eleven at Lenoir-Rhvne
Fatally Injured in Game.
Baxter Gillion, Salisbury boy, cap
tain and full back of the Lenoir-Rhyne
football eleven coached by Dick Gur
jpv, former Shelby High coach, died
Sunday in a High Point hospital of in
juries received in the game Saturday
afternoon between Lenoir-Rhyne ar.d
High Point college.
Gillion was known by a number of
Icral people, who have seen him play
,,-jth Lenoir-Rhyne and also while ho
was with the Carolina university el
even. Coach Gurley and the entire
Lutheran eleven stopped over in Sal
pury with the remians afid in a body
the funeral services of their captain
and teammate.
A High Point dispatch says: “Phy
sicians said death resulted from a
broken neck and afracture at the base
of the brain. Gillion was a star in the
game Saturday, his defensive play be
ing one of the outstanding features of
the contest until he was injured near
the close of the first half. He was
taken from the field unconscious art!
never regained consciousness.
"Gillion had been a star at Lenoir
Rhyne college for two years. Prior
tc entering the Lutheran institution
he was a student at the University of
North Carolina, where he played foot
ball. He was 23 years of age and the
fon of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Gillion, of
Salisbury. In addition to his parents
be is survived by two brothers, Char
>s Gillion, of Salisbury, and Paul Gil
lion of China Grove, and by two sis
ters, Mrs. Conrad Hill of Concord, and
Miss Lucille Gillion of Salisbury
"The body was taken to Salisbury
to ibe home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs, B. M. Gillion, on Mocksville ave
nue. The funeral took place there |
Monday morning and interment was j
at China Grove, the former home of i
the family.”
m DESCENTS
OF ELLIOTTS WIN
Thee Babies Who Won f »'ves a:
The County Fair Bahy Show
Have Elliott Blutid.
At last it has been discovered by
Misses Irma Wallace and Irma Bow
r.ian that the unknown prize v.in
t’injy baby at the county fair hol-J
irC a certain number, is t^e 21 month
old daughter of Register of Deeds
lb L. Weathers and wife. When the
mcasturements, etc., of the children
"'Ore taken at the baby show contest,
the babies were entered by number
find not by name in order that the
judges might render an impartial de
cision. After the number was publish
no parent came forward to claim
the distinction, but the parents have
at last been discovered completing
the list of winners and it is interest
ing to note that three winning babies
have Elliott blood in their veins. I:.;
enough to make the Elliott genera
tion swell up with pride and no
doubt will.
The baby winnirg sweepstakes at
the fair was Dorothy Ann Sappen
beld daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M.
happenfield, and grand-daughter of
Mrs. David Mauney who was pn Elli
ott before marriage. Another prize
"ent to Bynum E. Weathers, jr, nine
teen month old child of Attorney and
Mrs. Bynum Weather. The newly dis
covered prize winner is Marie Weath
‘ is, 21 month old child of Register of
Heeds R. L. Weathers and wife who
before marrige was Miss Susan Ell
iott, county home economics demon
strator for a number of years. The
Bvnum E. Weathers child get its
Elliott blood through its father,
whose grandmother was an Elliott.
Felix Harvev Is
District Head Of
Kiwanis Clubs
Rinehurst, N. C., Nov. 6.—Felix
Harvey, Jr., of Kingston, N. C., was
elected district governor of the
( arolinas District of the Kiwanis In
'"■national here today and Chnrlos
t(in S. C. was named as the next con
ation city.
Ucutentant Governors elected
J\ere: J. B. Johnson, of Statesville,
■ Robert W. Herrins: of Fay
««eviHe, N. c., c R of Eliza.
p, 1 City, N. C., James Yynch of
Florence, S. C., and T. W. 'Crews.
01 Spartanburg, S. C.
he time of the next meeting wil1
** decided later.
’feensboro won the attendance
JP by a safe margin and Wilming
°n eame second with Raleigh third.
eetion of officers officially clos
** the convention.
SHELBY FOLKS TO
ITTEi BIG DUCES
Ma-y ’ g f0r St-e' (!,«sjc from
County ( itv. Ke-c rJs I']\
P ct *d in Speed.
A large number of Shelby and Clov
eland county people are planing to
attend the Armi stice day races on t’ e
Charlotte speedway Wednesday if
weather conditions will permit. The
two races, now histn-y, drew large
crowds from this section. and practi
cally an who nave had a taste of the
thrilling speed sights will return with
several friends
When the e-ent 'em automobile
race drivers begin th ;* long grind i f
J50 miles at t <• Civ rlotte speedway
on November 11. one of the largest
crowds in the hi t .ry of North Caro
lina is expected t;> He ’’resent to greet
them. Rheedv.’iy PffHuls believe that
the 1025 fall race win exceed that of
last Mnv " hen rn attend-mee record j
was established for a ing’.> event in
the South.
Osmond Barringer, who has ger.ee
a! supervision of the rice, being the
general manager < f the speedway,
has been busy during the last several
weeks sending out t'ckets to these
who enclosed checks for reservations.
At this time he is swamped with ai
flood of letters from race enthusiast',
from all sect’ors of North Carolina
and states to the north and south.
Fred Wagner, veteran =tarter who
will wave the checkered flag in the
Armistice day race at the Charlotte
speedway, thinks the track record is
in danger of being shattered.
“Super racers with the surer
chargers—forecasting super °peed—
will turn the trick.” predicts Wagner.
All the cars entered in the forth
coming 250-mile grind will be equip
ped with these devices which mean
speed and more speed.
The same mounts that carried F.arl
Cooper. Pete DePaoln, Harrv Hartz,
Tommy Milton and Bennv Hill whiz
zing around the Culver City bowl at.
the unprecedented speed of 135 miles
an hour, will roar around the Char
!(tto toval on November 11.
Fred Wagner sees record-breaking
performances just ahead. “If atmos
pheric conditions at Charlotte are sim
mer to those at Culver City, it is not
possible blit probable that the Culver
City records will be equalled," he says.
Mcoresboro Man And
Wife Enter School
Mr. nr.d Mrs. Carl Jordan Are Both
Freshmen in Georgetown, Ky.
College.
(Special to The Star)
Georgetown, Ky., Nov. 9.—One of
the unique features of the student
body of Georgetown College is the
presence in the Freshman class of a
man and his wife who,entered in
September, both planning to take the
A. B. degree with their major in
Music, both preparing themselves
for professional musical careers.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jordan of Moores
boro, X. C„ are the two who are uni
que on the campus and probably
stand as the only husband and wife
entering an American college this
year as freshmen for their collegiate
training. B >th are extremely young
and both are attractive and promin
ent campus activities. Mr. Jordan is
doing his major work in the Music
department with voice as his spec
ialty while Mrs. Jordan is working
in the same department with her ma
jor work in piano. After completing
their college course they plan to at
tend a conservatory of music foi the |
completion of their musical educa-!
tion after which they will work to
gether in their chosen profession.
Mr. Jordan came to Georgetown
last June to visit the school and lik
ing the College and the location ho
returned to North Carolina and per
suaded his wife to accompany him to
this city for their college work. They
will graduate from Georgetown Col
lege in June 1929—when the institu
tion will be celebrating its one hun
dredth birthday.
Bryan’s Friend
Gets Hair Cut
Smith Center, Kas., Nov. 9.—
More than 30 years ago W. S.
Clark, 80 a Civil War veteran of
this country made a vow that
he would have his hair cut until
William Jennings Bryan was in
the President's chair.
The recent death of the Com
moner, however, weakened his
resolve and yesterday a barber
cut the hair that hung about
Mr. Clark’s waist.
For many years Mr. Clark
has been a pietureque personage
at G. A. R. National encamp
ments, his keen eyes and distin
guished appearance leading
many to mistake him for Buffalo
Bill.
NORTH CAROLINA’S MOST REMARKABLE FAMILY
Three of the same family who have celebrated their golden wedding anniversirirw Thm- i
mg from left to right, Mr and Mr- S S \T-,nn ... -uuir.g anrmersarjcs. The* are, read
1875; Mr. and MrlJ. SMaSnev£ Kin«m?nied ^mber 1.
Mrs M L. Rudisill, of Chcrryville, N. maJ^d Oct^er 20 mS Mr^i * m 1873Mral,d
of Mr. M. L. Rudisill. Mrs M L RedMlI ' V-It,. J ’ I8J°k Mrf\S; S- Mauney is a sister
Mauney is a daughter of the late John Rudis*iU.‘ This Lmilv'fs^/prdminen^i^r- *1™’ J> Sj
Cleveland County and have many worthy descendants in this State. P in GHston and
Sixty five Asheville men and
women who form a “motorcade
on a “know Noth Carolina” expe
dition, were dinner quests at Clev
eland Springs Monday on the
first stop of their seven day trip
to the coast and back to the
mountains. O. M. Mull welcomed
the-srwesta on behalf of the Ki
wanis club and this was responded
to by Commissioner Johnson. Del
egates were in the motorcade from
Waynesville, Spruce Pine and
Chimney Rock, the purpose of the
trip being to study the state,
see what is going on, learn the
people better and incidentally
boost the Great Smoky Mount -
tain National park of 650,000
acres which is advocated in North
Carolina and Tennessee. The
guests were served Col. Isaac
Shelby cigars and greeted socially
by representatives of the Kiwanis
and Woman’s club.
The- party left at 2:10 for Char
lotte where they will be given a
banquet tonight..
Compromise Lucas
Suit In Court
The suit of Walter Lucas, form
er superintendent of the Mooresboro
Cotton Oil company against that com
pany and the Liddell company was
compromised here today as it was call
ed on the civil calendar. Lucas, it is
said, will receive around $3,000 dam
ages.
It will be remembered that Lucas
lost his arm sometime last year in a
cottorf gin belonging to the Moores
boro company of which he was super
intendent. O. Max Gardner the plain
tiff in the action and Clyde R. Hoey
and Odus Mull the defendant compan
ies.
Book and Office
Store Has A Change
Max Hamrick of the Williams ana
Hamrick, book and office supply stoic
in the Union Trust company building
lias sold his interest in the *tore to
W. R. Newton and his son-in-law
law, Mr, Brooksher. Mr. Brooks'ncr
and Mr. Charlie Williams, me of the
original partners who retains his in
terest, will continue the business at
the same stand, but the company will
be incorporated under the firm name
of Shelby Office Supply company. It
is understood that one or two sales
men will be put on the road and that
the line will be enlarged.
Singing Convention.
The Union Singers convention will
meet with Zoar church two miles south
of Shelby on the third Sunday in
November at 1:30 p. m. Everybody
is invited to bring singing books. Let
us make this a union singing. We will
expect some quartets and special
songs. Come on we will be glad to di
vide time with any and all singers.
We hope to have good attendance this
Nrfng the last convention in this year.
J. C. BRIDGE^ Director.
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be sent. Many turn to the story the
first thing after getting the pa
per. An installment is carried in
each issue anu those who did not
start with the first chapter may
catch up by reading what has gone
bef r > in each paper. You can't
afford to tell anyone in the county
that you haven’t read “Too Much
Efficiency', ’ for as ore of our sub
scribers says: we believe everyone
is reading it.
Tell your neighbors about the
story and the interesting news
carried in The Star now that it is
published tri-weekly and advise
them to subscribe. See that The
Star goes into every home in your
community.
Chair Car Bus Now
Oil Through Line
Shelby-Charlotte
More progress for North Car
olina travellers!
Passengers who now travel by
bus from Shelby to Charlotte will
be afforded the convenience and
Comfort i f the railway chair car.
This morning at 10 o’clock a big
new Fageol bus equipped as a 22
pat i-enger chair car arrived hero
on its first run from Charlotte to
Shelby. It. will make one of the
regular runs b.'tween the two cit
ies and the same stops as the
ether big line busses.
The car is modern in every de
tail. heavier looking than the oth
er busses arid driven by a six
cylinder motor. Each passenger
has an individual chair.
Look For Topics
Of Import From j
_ Gardner Address j
Those of a political ber.t over the
state will listen with much interest to
the Armistice day address of O'. Max
Gardner of this place, to be delivered
at the Armistice Day services at
Greensboro. Report in the home town
of the prominent statesman has it
that the former lieutenant governor
in addition to praising ex-service men
will offer advice as to how the ex
service men may improve politics in
the state. Just what the topics are is
■nknown.
The Shelby man for several years
has taken little interest in general
politics although he has been the cen
ter of practically every political dis
cussion in the state. For this reason
alone his remarks coming Wednesday
have aroused much curiosity.
Then there is another added incen
tive of interest. Of late much has
been said by some of the political dope
sters regarding the proposed candi
dacy of A. M. Scales, a Greensboro
man, for governor in 1928 with Gard
ner generally supposed to be the op
position. So what the Shelby man will
say will he said in Scales’ home town
stronghold—which would furnish col
umns of copy for Tom Bost, Red Pcw
c 11 and a certain imaginative Wash
ington writer, who apparently receiv
es his injection of enthusiasm from
a Lon^ Leaf Fiiie source.
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Shelby Defeated By Gastonia and I.af
timore Loses to Lenoir High
Eleven in Elimination.
In (fames Friday afternoon Cleve
land county’s two entrants in the hitch
school football championship race were
eliminated. Gastonia ran over Shelbv
1*4 to 0. while the Lenoir Highs made
it one better and stopped the Latt!
mote Highs 40 to 0.
The game at Gastonia proved irtei
£. ting to Shelby fans through the first
quarter, but thereafter it was a gen
eral march for touchdowns by Pat
Crawford’s smooth working eleven. In
the first quarter “Casey ’ Morris’
young and lightweight eleven held the
strong Crawford offensive scoreless,
hut the plunging of Frederick finally
v.cre the little line down and Gastonia
tacks tore through repeatedly for
i scores,
RH qrly between players and the
questioning of decisions were high
lights of the game other than the two
"5-yard runs by Jackson and Hender
son. Several players were put out of
the game for fighting and penalties
inflicted on the Gastonia eleven were
questioned often. Grigg and Magnets
were outstanding performers for the
heal eleven, although the little line
deserves praise for its determined
, : tand in the first quarter.
Although eliminate;! from the state
race Coach Morris will keep his elev
en in exhibition games and the boys
will continue practice and hold train
ing. The first game is with Clover here
riday and the next with the Hickory
Highs.
Gastonia (.34) Pos. Shelby (0)
Henderson _ Jo . Beam
Carson ___.lt __ Peeler
Bradley lg__ Whisnart
Schneider __c _ Gardner
Yarborough .rg . _ Roberts
Page rt Singleton
Pearson _ _re _ __ _ _ Le»
dutter -■_qb ... . _ Grigg
Jackson _hb Harris
Shelton __ __ lib __ Magnes*
Frederick __fb _ Cline
Lattimore Defeated.
Lenoir, Nov. 6.—Lenoir high school
won its way one game nearer the
state championship today by defeat
ing Lattimore on the local field. 40
to 0. The two teams were pretty ev
t oly matched in weight but superior
playing enabled Lenoir to pile up a
large score. The entire Lenoir team
plaved a good brand of ball
Goodman at quarter did some pret
tv running and also Robbins at full.
Those two backs tore through the op
ponents for 10, 20 and 30 yards time
after time.
Captain Tuttle Lutz, McPade and
Benfield all played a real defensive
game.
Schools Observe
Armistice Day
The city schools, according to Supt.
I. C. Griffin, will observe Armistice
Day Wednesday with appropriate ex
ercises and a half holiday.
All the schools of the city will hold
an Armistice Dav program Wednes
day morning at 11:30 o’clock, each,
school having a program in their own
building. Following the program the
children of all the schools will be »?v
tn a holiday. ___
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Judge Urges Reformatory
In State For Boys 16-21
! Shaw Declares Big Portion Of Crime In State Is
By Boys of That Age. Advocates That State
Spend Ccst of Three Miles of Paved
Ro?.d For Future of Carolina Boys
North r.-tro:ilia’s crime wave, the term given the general law
lueakmg in the state, in borne on a tide of young men one would
.l"dge from the observations* of Judge Thomas J. Shaw, presiding
oti.ctr of Superior court now in session here.
A Ng percentage of the crime committed todav in North
( am mu is hy ho vs and young men,” the jurist declared last week
: s i.c i :.ced -by a long row of youthful prisoners waiting to be
s-onter.cci.. The oldest defendant in the court room was 40 years
ot age and t s« m ljprily of the defendants were mere boys, some
ol whom were under 1G and had to be turned over to the county
;Uvfeni.e judge.
prater’s Landscape
i/cn At Cleveland
.Making Measurement in Getting
Ready for Plans on Dig Re
sort Development.
A crew of men connected with
Karl S. Draper, landscape archi
tect of Charlotte are working
daily on taking measurements and
making plans for the Cleveland
Springs development recently
bought by E. A. Marshall and Son
of Clearwater, Fla,, who will pro
mote the sale of residential lots
at this noted resort. While some
may be getting impatient to see
the property placed on the market
it must be understood that it re
quires considerable time to locate
the drives, walks, boulevards, etc,
and before this can be done the
300 acres must be carefully sur
veyed and the contour of the land
drawn on a scale on paper. The
preliminary work is now under
way and Mr. Draper and his men
arc pushing the work as rapidly
as possible.
It is interni ting to note that
there is an organization knovvn
ns the American Society of Land
scape architects. In 1924 in 1924
there were only 145 members and
at that time there were three
memberships in the Draper or
ganization, showing that Mr.
Draper has associated with him
some of the leading men in this
profession which is quite a covet
ed distinction.
Grand Jury and Solicitor Huffman to
Trace Down Deports of Lewd
Women and Whiskey.
Tomorrow the Superior court grand
jvry and Solicitor H. L. Huffman will
make a complete investigation, it is
understood of the No. 0 township
convict camp here. The investigation
comes as the result of a recommenda
tion by the grand jury to Judge Shaw
that there be a general clean-up at the
camp. The jury was ordered back last
week and it was learned today that
the investigation is to be Tuesday.
Solicitor Huffman was not here
Monday as the court is now on the
civil calendar, hut he will return Imre
tomorrow for the special investiga
tion. No more regarding the repoiti
of Tewd women and whiskey” at the
convict camp has been heard since that
carried in the grand jury’s report.
The criminal docket was completed
last week and the court crowds this
week have dwindled considerably,
there being few spectators othe^ihan
witnesses and officials in civil suits
and divorce cases. There have been a
number of divorce cases disposed of,
mest of the cases coming from Kings '
Mountain and other sections of the
county. |
There were still a number of civil
issues to he disposed of Monday
morning when court adjourned, in
cluding one suit involving a railroad
accident. The civil calendar calls for
cases until Friday, but it is thought
likely by local barristers that the
docket will be completed in two days,
perhaps Wednesday or before. The re
port of the grand jury investigation
will perhaps be made to the court
prior to the final adjournment.
Blackwell Buried
At Boiling Springs
Gaffney, S. C„ Nov. 7.—J. Rufus
Blackwell, 27-year-old textile oper
ative, died Wednesday afternoon at his
home, 301 Ivy street. Funeral servicer
were conducted Thursday afternoon
by Captain W. N. Ellis, of the Salva
tion army, and burial followed at Boil
ing Springs. N. C.
Mr. Blackwell is survived by his
widow, four children and his lather,
and mother.
In one cuse where there were two
defendants, one of therti barely under
1C and the other just over the line
drawn by law for severe punishment.
‘ What difference," the judge asked,
"is there in the moral knowledge of a
boy 15 years and 11 months old and
a boy 16 years and one month old?
Yet the state provides a place to send
the wayward boy under 16 while the
one just over 16 has no other choice
than the road camp or prison. It is
not right and I long have advocated
that the state make some provision for
boys from 16 to 21 years of age.
Roads or Boys.
"At last account,” Judge Shaw con
tinued, "I believe this st«te had ap
propriated some 65 million dollars for
good roads. These paved roads I un
derstand cost around $33,000 pev
mile. All I ask the state is that the
cost for three miles of paved road bo
turned over to some competent per
son, a large farm bought and a re
formatory established for boys of
this age. That’s the best solution to
North Carolina’s crime in my mtnd
s'nce practically half of the defend
ants who face the court are that
age. Three miles of paved roads
i against the future of North Carolina'a
I boys, that’s not much to ask. Is it?
Education Makes Smart Criminal.
“Some say the best solution is ed
cation, and the right kind of educa
tion does mean much, but education,
the book method, alone only make.*
smarter criminals. Education withoat ..
moral and religious training only
gives the boy a bigger capacity for be
ing a criminal. Our schools in the
state are better than at any time in
past history and and it is something
for which we should be proud. Bat
we should be mindful that moral arid
religious training is beipg given our
boys and girls'as we’ll as educational
training. Our far-sighted ancestors In
making our constitution foresaw the
need for great state schools and estab
lished them for the moral, religious
end educational training of the state’s
youth— not educational training
alone.” i
Makes Impression.
The observations of the well-known
jurist made an impression on thosa
who heard them and many were struck
by the judge's statement that a bigf
per centage of crime in the state is
credited to boys of that age and prac
tically all favored the avocation of the
cost of three miles of road being ex
pended to better the future of such,
boys rather than have them take the
chance perhaps of a consistent crim
inal life after serving road \id prison
sentences.
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Lyceum Number At
Boiling Springs Hi
W. I'owell Hale, Impersonator to <Jir#
Entertainment There Tuesday
Night of This Week. t
W. Powell Hale, impersonator,
promises a delightful entertainment at
Boiling Springs High school auditori
um Tuesday night of this week when
he appears as the first number on th«
lyceum course for the winter. Mr.
Hale is reputed to be onei of the Best
impersonators on the lyceum plat
form and Prof. O. P. Hamrick who
was in Shelby Saturday state that
he expects an auditorium filled w£th
people to hear him. A moderate ad
mission charge will be made.
Mr. Hale’s repertou* consists of se
lections from Artemus Ward, Mark
Twain, Fred Emerson Brooks, Hood,
Poe, Schiller, Lew Wallace, Mary
Kyle Dallas Riley, Field, Dickens,
Stanton, John Trotwood Moore,
Frances Hodgson Burnett, Page, King,
Shakespeare, Tennyson, Original se
lections, etc. Also evenings from the -
writings of Edgar A. Guest and the
late U. S. Senator “Bo” Taylor.
In monologue he pesents Dickens*
Matchless Yuletide story, “A Christ
mas Carol;” “Esmeralda,” the beau
tiful four-act play, written by Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Burnett; and Thom
as "Nelson Page’s “Marse Chan.” Mr.
Hale presents each story or play se
that the different characters stand
forth as clearly outlined as if
b$ a full cast of clever actors.