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SQUARE DUNCE SIC
KIWIS FEATURE
Two Hundred and Eleven Attend Ki
wanis Ladies Night Program.
Gardner Speaks.
“Ladies night” at Kiwnnis ckm
Thursday night brought out an attend
acre of 211 and the program in charge
"of ('. C. Blanton and Forrest Eskridge
v,., s featured by an • oM-fashiorod
square dance that is becoming more
p, pular in town and county among
old as well as young. Being the seu
sor, of St. Patrick’s, green was in evi
dence in the decorations. souveuir.
ar.ti refresh™ bents. The attendanc.
and the pleasure of the evening stands
out in Kiwanis annals as the really
big night of the organization for the
members had their wives and friend.,
with them and the evening was g ven
over to real entertainment. Mr. Will
Neal, banker of Charlotte, rendered
several vocal selectiones, accompan e d
i,v Mrs. McCord at the piano. Mr.
Neal won the applause of the great
audience by his beautiful rendition
in a clear, rich voice of several num
derr. Mr. Neal’s voice is declared tv
be one of the finest ever heard here
and he was forced to answer several
encores.
The Square Dance.
After the distribution of a number
of prizes, a dozen couples took the
floor to demonstrate the old fa-b" r.
(d square dance. Knowing that Mr.
Charlie Blanton used to cut the fig.
urer in his younger days, the Kiwiir.
tans thought it fitting that such a
dance should be given at the ladles
night program. A dua-n c tuples fa.
miliar with the figures followed the
eailr of Coleman Blanton and for an
hour the spectators looked on ■■With
envy. Those dancing were Mr. are
Mrs. Fred Wright, Mr. and Mrs. 1 m
Abernethy, Mr. Charlie Alexandc r
with Miss Maude Bookout. Mr. ano
Mr.-. W. V. Metcalf. Mr. and Mi v
Clarence Self. Mr. and Mrs. Maynard
Washburn, Coleman Blanton with
Mrs. Maude Gladden, Mr. and Mrs
Griffin Smith, Ab Poston with Airs.
Quinn Roberts. Dr. K. B. Lattimor
with Miss Sara Roberts. After .these
bat' danced for 45 minutes to the
stringed orchestra of local talc:*,
led by Mr. Ross of Gaffney. S, C •
wim played at Cleveland over .511 years
ato and had conducted a number of
old time Fiddlers Conventions, otheis
took the floor and a general g !
live followed. The square dance i*
dignified and wholesome, but requic s
more endurance than the modern-,lay
dances.
Old Time Tunes.
"Another splendid feature was <■ ■
operetta by talented young local n.u
sioiens who appeared in the costumes
'if colonial days. Mrs. Ben Suttle sang
"Coming Through the Rye, Miss Mii
lb’cnt Blanton recited hat Gk!
Sweetheart of Mine"; .uiss Ann
'dams sang “Love’s Old Sweet Song
Mrs. John Schenck jr., played a beau
tiful violin solo entitled “Believe Me
if All Those Endearing Young
Charms’*; Mrs. Grady Lovelace sang
“Annie Laurie.’’ These musicians were
accompanied on the piano by Mis*
Eugenia Holland. The costumes were
clever and the music took the audi
ence back to the period of 50 ye;, r -
ago.
“Spirit of Shelby.’’
Max Gardner, in an eloquent ap
peal delivered a short talk on ih<*
‘•Spirit of Shelby” in which he stress
ed the importance of hospitality, so
ciability and kindness, especially to
strangers within our gates. Mr. Gard
ner expects more visitors to be :n
Shelby this summer than ever be fori
and declared ihat if Shelby people
will give them a welcome, extend an
out-stretched hand and show them
son e act of kindness and friendship,
it will be a greater blessing to hu
manity than all the profits from real
estate. He cites Charlie Blant-m s
geniality and cordiality as outstand
mcans of his success and expressed
the wish that Paul Webb’s wonderiul
spirit of cordiality could be cut into
thi usands of piece san dinoculated into
t’u bodies of every other Shelby cit
izen.
Masons Sell Vacant
Lot For $15,000
Another realty deal of interest was
fnnsumated Thursday when the Ma
yinlc fraternity sold 112 feet and two
inches of ground on S. Washington
treet, adjoining the four story Ma
sonic building to Lee B. Weathers and
■o sociate for $15,000. This lot extend'
a depth of 100 feet to a ten foot
alley. In all probability the property
will be improved for business use-.
I'*"ng located in one of the best retail
districts of the town. There b
growing demand for close-in buaine ^
ni'.'Perty but little is available and
t'lir sale transfers the closc.-n -in
p-i.perty that has changed ham.*
Alice the a'clivity started hi real es
tate. Deal was made through Lin1
hciger and Hoey, realtors.
Shelby Property Enchanced In
Value 40 Times, Sale Shows
With the tr-.T'u of Shelby’s
realty lever spreadinif >o the bu
T'* ‘’ttiori- umispal property
eo hunc. mi at is be’njj revealed in
>ides of this. Week.
Wotine-.ky,;, when Claude Webb
tt'lil ! " Coi'se■;::■■! lot. two b.tS
< ayt ' f t he .M.isoni • teniele strut
'!l; on r. t V« arren s ■ aet, to
Alt; ttney It. Newlon Sir $25.
UOO an enhar.ei meat of 40: times
"\t.r orijjjpul et <t was sh .\vn. Let
‘la. in .. | debate, in your
i lied -shelby hosiiHes property
Values!.r
'•>* !::■■• y. of • "t:
T;4 ■ >-ie".' ;o phi She!, y lard
Ir;.!-1.., S’.itei). wht i.e t’’« Web >
I or • now t ’eirtfs : i the se"
bu be., tr trie*. Th■ ■ lot. 100
lent by 2rti tent.-'and the .b'iildine;
•>’ 'M rf anti, r. The lute \Y
T. Pure r rise i bill, if SOOT on
the proper .y. (liaude Webb, then
a youngster, added one dojlar
and made the bid $tlQ8, and he *
bought it. Mr. Webb had the huge
tabernacle torn down. used the
lumber in building the present
house and of the i4maining ma
terial sold about fl,000 worth.
Speaking in realty terms .Mr.
Webb pool ftf! per front foot and
fold it for $280 per front foe'..
Hear in mind, however, that Shel
by as a business and industrial
city has advanced approximately i
the same distance in the 20 years
covered and values of present day
trading are just now reaching the
level of a town that has doubled 1
in population in five years, dou
bled in freight receipts in two
years and industrially in four
years, not to mention resort cer
tainties and possibilities.
Jesse Vandyke Found Guilty
Of Murder In Second Degree
Act* rdlni; to a message ro
te veil here about noon, Jesse Yar
c’yke was given 1.7 years at hard
labor in the state penitentiary at
Raleigh fir the murder of Po
liceman Painter of Cherry villa.
Ga-- inia. Mar. 11.—Je se Vandyke
w- - found guilty ■ f murcUr in the
st rood degree of A. L. Pa( her
; yvillf chief of • polite, Tr ■ .,ury re
turned the verdict at j>. m. Judge
< ' 1 ' I y t jviil |is tin Van
dyi tomorrow- ;;t <j:3.o o'clock.
The ease went tV the jury at 5r38
o'clock after las ting nearly thiite'.n
hours actual trial times The largest
crowd that ever aft; ndetl a court ses
sion here witnessed the proceedings
fri m beginning to t ml.
.The charge by judge ('. ('. Lyon
wn- brief end to the point, the pedujU
of Jaw being explained very clearly.
It was .judged ori;1 of the fairest
thiiges ever delivered in the state by
attorneys on bp-th sides.
The state a. ke-i for a verdict < '
first degree murder, -The defer.'
iislted for a verdict of ilianslaughter.
V; tthc-w Strou.r, T. B. Butler, A. I’..
W'olfz,. and Solicitor . John Carpenter
poke ft.r the state, whil - Carl Cr
prater anil Clyde It. Hoey argued fur
Vandyke, yo uthful meat cutter.
1)< fense Spring- Surprise.
The defense sprang the surprise of
the ilay \vh- n it offered -no- a single
word of testimony from witnesses aft
er having summoned, more tha: 20.
Tl.t state used 44 witnesses. The de
fense relied entirely upon oxtenua’irg
facts brought out in the cross exam
;■ rnnlittit of stjiie witnesses.
The plea of the defense was that
: the tlcfentlant. though gtiil' v of an uti*
lawful killing, was not guilty of pre
meditated murder, with malice afote
! thought. charged. The opinion was
advanced that the defendant commit
ted the tleetl when "crazy thunk” and
,iid not know what he was doing.
'ir. Carpenter refer red to. the mul
ls; which killed Painter as a st&a,
K„|; t," citing the evident e that the
, rda . bat! been firing at random
anti shooting up the tnyvn before he
fht i the shot which killed the polite
man. .
Clyde R. Hc.tey making the closing
speech for the defense, made one e.f
t.’v .'most brilliant speeches ever heard
in the .(laston court house.
Tin failure of the state witnesses.
I, 11; rd and A. B. Sweat i, Che>
i t \ villc men. t" arrive from Fort Lau
!(ale. Florida, this morning, was
i ore or less favorable for the de
l f,Court room talk put it that
!these two men were prepared to sweat
that Vandyke had threatened the life
of Painter.
Respected Colored
Man Died Thursday
Stott ihinter, aired negro man and
one <d! thi' most respected colored cit
j•/« .,s of Shelby, died at his home here
Thursday night, death resulting from
|a socoiid stroke of paralysis. Scott was
! around TO years of age.
I years a blacksmith with the.
i Lb.c.herger family >he aged negro i'a>
hard worker, honest and straight
f inward in. his dealings with his own
and the white citizens. He was
a legular reader of the Star. taai
j Vei'V intelligent and polite for one
] overcoming, the handicap of the war
land reconstruction days. He is *ur
■ vived lit hi' second wife and three
| ( h'Jdretp it is understood, by his first
| marriage. .
Twenty Thousand Peo
ple read the Star. DO
YOU?
A. L. Stanford to
Attend Banquet of
Men’s Bible Class
Rev. A. L. Stanford, of Charlotte, j
former oast or of Central Methodist
church hero, will attend the annual 1
banmie* of the Men's B bio class of
Centra! Methodist church to he held
at Cleveland Sprint's hotel this r-vci
irjr Friday-, at 8 o’clock, t is detin
itelv announced. Rev. Mr. Stanford
while pastor here took much inter
est in the b'jr Bible class taught by
Clyde R Hoey and it is with pie
sure that the 375 members of the
class hear that he will be able to, at
tend the b.g occasion.
The program for the banquet fol
lows:
Music by Tar Heel Syncopators, j
Opening Song, “America"—Every- ■
body. j
Invocation—Rev. II. K. Boyer.
Everybody eat while Syncopators
syncopate.
Violin Si lo (’. E. Ge chell. Min.
Ruth Howie a: the piano.
Remarks—Rev. H. K. Boyer.
Voc.al solo—Miss Ann Adams.
Introduction of Speaker of the I
Evening—Clvde R. Hoey,
Address—Rev. A. D. Wilcox, Pas-j
tor Trinity Methodist Church Char- ;
lot'e, N. C.
Vocal Duet—Misses Bessie Clarke
and Lucy Harmon.
Remarks—Rev. A. L. Stanford.
Pastw Tryon Street Methodist
Church, Charlotte, N. C.
Closing Song, “God Be With You"
— Everybody.
Benediction—Rev. A. L. Stanford.
Veteran Was At
Lee’s Surrender
At Appomattox
Squire Rufus Gardner Buried Thurs
day at Pleasant Grove. Store
Clerk for 20 Years.
The funeral of Squire Rufus Gard
ner who died early Wednesday morn
ing at his home iu Beams Mill at the
age of SO years, was conducted Thurs
day afternoon at 2 oVl.-k at Pleas
ant Grove Baptist chureh where he
was church clerk for 40 years.. A
e rc-at throng of people attended the
funeral services conducted by the
pastor Rev. G. P. Abernethy assisted
by Rev. D. G. Washburn. Beautiful
floral offerings attested the high es
teem in which he was held.
Squire Gardner is said to be toe
only man in his company, Company F.
5fth regiment, Ransom’s brigade who
was at. the surrender of Appomattox,
saw General Lee give up his sword
and heard him deliver his speech to
his men, bidding them return home
and help rebuild the stricken South.
Squire Gardner could repeat almost
word for word, the immortal deliver
aru- of that, great hero who fought
for a lost cause. Squire Gardner was
church clerk for 40 years, took the
lead in the construction of the build
ing, in winning membership and in
directing the music. For 20 years he
clerked in Stanley’s store at Beams
Mill prior to which time he clerkca
for Mr. Groves in a mercantile es
tablishment in Shelby.
Pall bearers were O. P.. Colin, Flay,
and Max Gardner, Herman A. Beam
and Gordon Hamrick. Flower bearers
were Addle Gardner, Exie Smith,
Luna Beam, Orilla Gardner, Ada
Gardner, Ada Gardner, YVlva Ham
rick, Sara Hamrick. Out-of-town at
tendants at the funeral were: Mr. and
Mrs. Alvin Smith, of Hickory; John
A. Gardner, of Charlotte; Mrs. B II.
Craig, of Gastonia.; O. R. and Colin
Gardner, Miss Ada Gardner and Mr.
and Mrs Stanley Holbrooke, of On.,
coru
Ouieide World
Watching Shelby
(tiustoiiia On;':; t e,)
The Merida hocm i on in fi’il
: w >nK in Shelby. Construct ten
f. rves are al work out a! •
eland Springs mr. In ■ thing
ev r in pr ; paration ! r (he bin
doing- this summer, tsic'ir tin
dirertion of Mr. Mi. (n il, the
Florida owner. viark ••oint{ on
rapdly. The Clevehiul Star
:a>s:
“ I In se « l a have v i ited re
•art developments n thiv • lata
and Florida declare they have
'■(‘rn few spots wire beautiful
by nature and added laneeaue ■
artistry for a residential resort.
The wo: ded lands with t ;Wi :
in; pine and oaks offer a semi
fore d l ire unexcelled vvhle the
i p :: hilltop; tjive wide scenic,
views Over the new pelf lair
v. avs and hotel park.”
Things ought t > hiam low n
this w ay, too. soon if every
thing break - righi. S me of that
( lev. land money is behind some
i.aston county d. elapraent:.
m l when it i turned Ipe e «e
diall sen a replica in (hi , cun
Substantial Farmer. A ’.I Herein Of
Prospect Church Pa- es After
A Year's Mm : s.
Mr. George ft. C!ui.:i;iion. well
known farmer of the county and a
d a on of New Prosp. ct church for
many years, died at his home on the
edge of Waco Wednesday evening at
9 o’clock following a protracted ill
ness from paralysis. He suffered a
stroke about a year ago and since
that time has tint walked a step. Mr.
Champion was horn ;:j McDowell
county but came to Cleveland when
a young man and has lived he resiiice.
fie farmed in No. 6 township and was
a very reliable and successful man,
being regarded as a most trustwor
thy and honorable citizen.
Mr. Champion was married twice,
the f'rst time to Miss Sarah Iloweh,
who died in 1915. fly this union the
following children survive: Ezra
Champion of Lincoln comity, Delbert
Champion, address unknown. Horace
Champion and Mr-. .Julia Hamrick
o ' Wacb. and Grady Chuir.pt
! f Wgco. Two daughters and one son
by this marriage preceded him to the
grave. Mr. Champion was married
the second time to. Miss Minnie
Wright who survives with one son,
CharPe.
Deceased was buried Friday morn
ing at 10 o’clock at New Prospect
Baptist church where: lie was a dea
con for many years. His funeral was
conducted by Rev. W. G. Camp, the
pastor.
One of Most Progressive and Suc
cessful Farmers of No. 7 Town
ship. W as 71 Years Old.
Mr. Irvin Philbeck, one of .lie most
progressive and successful farmers,
of No. 7 township a member of the
township highway board and a most
active member of Double Springs
church was buried at Double Springs
Friday morning at: 11 o'clock, .funer
al services being conducted by K v
John W .Sultie. assisted by Itev. D.
G. Washburn. Mi. Philbeck had peon
in failing health all winter hut had
kej t going until h< had a spell of in
fluenza which developed into pneu
monia. He died W ednesday mg's
about midnight.
Mr. Philbeck wa born near where
he lived December -’8th IS65; He wa
married to Mary Ann Fortune pf
Rutherford county February Ut.n,
1875 and to this union Hi children
were born, eight boys and eight girls.
His widow and nine children survive-:
Horace Philbeck of Memphis, Term :
Gt.s who lives out. west, Paul and fern
of Cleveland; Mrs. George Grigg, Mrs
Pink Grigg, Miss. Jessie June, .Ma
bel and Yernie Philbeck. Twenty-one
gr.- ndchildren and four great grand
children survive.
Mr. Philbeck joined Sandy Plain;
church in 1888 and was a consistent
Christian, lie was a .member there
for many years before moving to
Double Springs ami in his younger
day s he taught a Sunday school class.
Th ecommunity is greatly saddened
and the county loses one of its past
substantial and worthy citizens- in '.is
passing.
Irishman Turns Jew for Girl
j&JMh*
Walter J O'Neil, a s n of Knn. changed hij name to Wait, r IVrg ami
javc up the Catholic religion when he tell In love with Huth Friedman, u
i£*tty Jewish girl.
Florida Interests Buy Big [
Timber Tract For $350,000
Mammoth Purchase Runs Along
Border of This County Into
Burke, Rutherford and
Mcl): weil.
Florida nteroft have purchased a
RO.POO acre tract of timber lying
along the borders of Cleveland and
Bhrke counties and .extending* west
ward through mountain sections of
Rutherford arid McDowell bounties,
according to information received m
Sheiiiv '.this week. The puts ha- '
ertec is raid t" be tSn.'iO, 000. It w 1!
be remembered that a mart nanied
Middleton c' Mn achusettr at one
time owned th.s large timber tract
and sold it to the Broad River Lur.i
her Company, icore antmg that d.n
tract contained one Hundred mill!-a
feet of trtercl.rmtahln timber. Middle
toil bought it for Sf.n.'Wo anti sold b
to the Broad River Lumber ( iciraari;
\v>;h offices at Grtensborofor $150.
oO<>. The Bread River Lumber Com
pany had reason to believe that
there was not one hundred million
feet of merchantable timber in 'the
boundary and contested the payment
of the purchase price. Older people
in Cleveland, Burke, Rutherford and
McDowell counties tv member th:r
the'dispute was taken into the Fed
eral Court. Men were sent , into the
wools to cm.-e the tract, h required
a force of lumbermen IS m< at its- to
count tiie trees, measure them ■"( id
list the.'r variety and uses to. which
they could he pi^i, in lumber, cross
ties, popular logs fur veneering, fan
hark. etc.
Judge Boyd sitting on th • Federal
Court bench in this district appoint
ed a man by the name of Craig to
act as referee ill the matter and the
evidence was heard at Rut arford
ton with Butker Justice -on one - i V
and Judge Bynum on G. ■ other. V
is understood that Middleton won
his su.t after several v. eek- of legal
battle.
A few years ago the b; ■ acre age
»\vas purchased by the Wright-Brovk
man Company of Indianapolis, Indi
ana. About that time the proposed
Casar railroad bond issue was vote !
■in Cleveland county and ..while lit t'U
«,f the. large boundary ' • in Ca vc
land: county, a represent .live o ' the
Wright-Rnu kman Lumber Company
spent sometime in Shelby o.xpe, ting
to take the county bonds and apply
on the building of a railroad from
the timber tract to ,Shelby, tills road
to he used primarily as a 1 i n'vr
road. The Wr.ght-Brockn an < ",;n
pany, however, found that a .road do
Shelby would not reach into the
heart of the big timber boundarv, ;-o
tie moved to Thermal Citv and un
dertook to haul to the Southern arid
CTnebfield. I be •••si we- ' a great
i
in saw and market the timber, most
< f which lie- mi far from a raiL
icid and the mst of building a. log
frintr road through the mounta.n vast
ne.se would be toi> expensive. Tide
big saw mill was abandoned after a
f w year.; operation and nothing has
I been done recently toward the cut
tihjr of the timber. It' is understood
that ■ Mr. Ilarrill of Rutherford
county was agent for the Wright
Hri < liman Lumber Company of In
dinnapol .. and that lie made the deal
el! iur the big acreage to Florida in
t r- ' •. .In:-.* what is expected to be
done with this property; remote from
a railroad, ir- unknown: It lies in the
mouf tarns of four counties anil is
• •<:d to be well timbered with pine
ar.d h'lrdWo' d.i. bat that it is almost
'• inam ssiblo. .The tract is so large
•hat. t’ • > number of acres is no' de
finitely known. The owners guar
20 ' bill! but they chijn that a
ait’vcy would show it to contain 22,
011(1.
The Ilf.cal' River Lumber, Company
[tva partly owned by John Swanson
cf Danville, \’a.. a brother of Sena
tor Swam ondf th ■ Odd Dominion.
March Snowfall
Heaviest Seen
During Season
•Sic I by shivered awak • early Thurs
(day morning to find the city and
county blanketed in the heaviest
now fall of the winter.
Slipping up in the darkness of the
light Wednesday the fading flakes
caught “'The City of Springs" by sur
ma ■ ju t ns speeded work was hur
rying on r •sort developmental for a
l ie summer and. a warm spring.
Thursday construction forces on the
Cleveland Springs resort were tem
porarily hatlcd as snow filled the
nooks and dales of the vast estate
'itsking grading and other- develop
ment work impossible, and from the
.shelter of the big portico Florida vis
itors witnessed their first falling
simw.
According to early risers snow be
gan to fall between 5 and G o’clock in
the morning and by the time the aver
age person awoke the ground was
blanketed several incites ■ deep. Snow
continued to fall steadily until nearly
noon, hut by late afternoon much of
tin whiteness had disappeared due to
the warm sunshine.
If it was the final gasp of winter
it was a lusty kick
I
f)ne of Pioneer Farmers of < leveland
Passes Away at thi> Age of 86
Years—Member at Sandy
Plains.
Mr. William Sidney Weather.;, one
f tin* pioneer furnirrs of Cleveland
nullity, died Tuesday March 'Jth at
the age of 8(1 years, e.ght months
and three days at the home of his
'on S. A. Weathers where lie had
been makmg his home for the past
few you;,, Mr. Weathers was horn
Inly Gtii, 1831) and joined the Bap
ti-t church at Zion in 1865 where hit
was a member most of his life. He
was a v-'ry active man and highly
esteemed by all who knew him, lie
was a man of quiet manner, but a
very energetic an I reliable •c'ti/.en,
rtgarded a - the salt of the earth,
in 185H he was married to Miss Eli
sabeth Earl ami to this, union were
,nrn five children, three sons and
two daughters, i Van Weathers, of
Shelby Route 5, R. Pink Weather of
Shelby Route 4, Sam A Weathers of
SheIby Route 2, Mrs. Ella Haynes of
Gastonia and Mrs. Mary I Varney of
High Shoals, the latter press'd nit him
to the grave'a few years ago. His
fin , wife died in June li»05 and he
w is married the second time, to Mrs.
Mnhala Bridges in 1906. She died in
l!*2£.
Mr. Weathers leaves to mourn his
death his children, two Ifrotherr.
Bailey and John Weathers, 17 grand
children, 14 great grand children and
a host of friends. He was a faithful
Christian and. at the time of his
death was a member of Shindy Plains
i’aptif i church, lie was buried \Ved
h.< day at Ross Grove Baptist church
the funeral services being conduc
ted by Revs. J. C. Gillespie, H. E. Wal
drop, and I D. Harrill, amid a large
crowd of sorrowing friends and re
latives.
CLAUDE WEBB BUYS
WEBB'S THEATRE
Jim Sells His Half Interest in Pic
ture Show to His Brother Claude
Who Owns it all.
Seeing so much trading going on
in real estate circles and being a na
tural born trader himself, Jim Webb
just couldn’t stay out of the fun. He
has sold Ilia half interest to his bro
ther Claude in the Webb Theatre
equipment and now Claude is sole
owner and will continue the opera
tion of this popular movie house,
while Jim is likely to try his fortune
again in the real estate business. It
is understood that about $8,000 was
involved in the transfer.
After Jim Webb purchased the
old Central Methodist church proper
ty and converted it into a picture
shmv house, cafe and offices, he took
in his brother Claude as part owner
in the show house equipment. To
gether they have been successful as
half owners, but Jim wants more
sensation. He still own his real
estate where the picture show is lo»
cated, also several store rooms down
on the corner of Graham and S.
Lafayette streets. His sale of the
picture show equipment was mad? so
hasty yesterday that Jim had not
decided whether he would devote his
time to the sale of his own property
or open up an office as a realtor
handling property on commission for
other people.
At any rate Claude Webb is now
sole owner of the Webb Theatre and
the operation of it will cont.nue as
if nothing had happened for Claude
has been half owner and actively
identified with the play house as
manager.
S. C. Lattimore Out
For Commissioner
In this issue of The Star former
Senator Sam C. Lattimore announces
his candidacy for a member of the
board of Cleveland county commis
sioners. Senator Lattimore is the
first candidate to announce so far
the board.
Mr. Lattimore, one of the county’s
leading farmers and business men,
has represented this district in the
State Senate and has held other pub
lic offices with a good record for
service, and at present he is Feder
al farm loan appraiser in connection
his private farming interests.
A hustling young business man
Mr. Lattimore is well known over
the county and state and his en
trance into the county political dope
adds much of interest.
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