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READ THE STAR'S NEW SERIAL “THEY NEVER KNEW.” IT’S BETTER THAN A CIRCUS. NOW RUNNING EVERY OTHER DAY. SHELBY Was Carolina’s Fastest Grow ing Town 1920-1925 By U. S. Census. li’tirlanii tar THE STAR Is The Leading Paper of Shelby ami The State’s Fertile Farm Section. VOL. XXXIV, No. 102 THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY. AUG. 25, 1926.Published Monday, Wednesday and * Friday Afternoons. ®y mai1.’ per year (i,n advance). $2.60 _ J by carrier, per year (in advance) $3.00 uorton rIans Larger Fair Than Before Secretary Expects Between 70,000 And 80,000 People For Week McLean Coming Governor Angus W. McLean will op'-n the big Cleveland county fair in S' ntember, and Dr. J. S. Dorton, fair secretary, is expecting the largest crowd ever for the farm event. Those are the highlights of the coming county fair, the county’s biggest event of the year. The opening day, Tuesday, Septem ber 28, and the closing day, Saturdav, October 2, are naturally expected to he the two hig days of the fair, but a program of the five days, tempor arily outlined, indicates that every day of the five will be packet: w:*.i entertainment and information for the thousands of visitors expected for one of the South’s greatest county fairs. Latest word from Governor McLean is that he will attend unless something nntorseen comes up and for the bene fit of the womanhood of the county it should be added that Mrs. McLean, first lady of the State, has also bee invited to spend the opening day here Governor McLean will formally open tin- fair at 10 o’clock in the mornim. following the big float parade. Indi cations are that there will be many floats in the parade, which will beg*n in Shelby and wend its way to the fair grounds. The floats will inclue. ( business, mill, church, dub and irid* vidual assemblies and is expected to be one of the colorful events of the week. Following the formal opening then, will be an address by Dr. Plato Dur ham, native of the county who hat attained fame. The short address will be a part of the program in co>. motion with “Homecoming Week,’* which is being staged during the fair week. Exhibits and Shows Practically every section and com munity of the county has signified its intention of having an exhibit at the exposition and the exhibit halls prom ise to be completely filled with th * best array of prepared booths yet. Thousands who attended the su-_ n ssful fair last year will be pleased to learn that Dr. Dorton has definitelv closed the contract whereby the fa mous Nat Reiss shows will return for the fair. The Shows presented here last year for the first time met with the hearty approval of the com fy citizenship because of their dean’.' ness and high-class entertainment. Races Every Dry The regular races will be staged on the race track with numerous side attraction races. Wednesday the to ' •■il mule races—promising to he qute humorous—is booked- Thursday the annual horse show, one of the our landing events, will be held. The 1 > cal running horse races will he held <oi Friday and several entries for these races have already been made. On Saturday the pony and local driving races will come off. The regular tares will include two races durinp each afternoon and fair officials are lining up a fast bunch of entries for the event, which is to open the Caro Tina racing season. The usual fire works will he put on each night. Special Demonstrations Wednesday ar.d Thursdav, Mr. Wharton, manager of the big Rey nolds farm at Winston-Salem, wifi judge all the livestock exhibits am* give livestock demonstrations. There will he several days of poultry demon stration, judging and culling under the direction of Prof. Oliver, of State < 'allege. Prof. Samms, also of State ( ollege, will give demonstrations on handling live bees. Secretary Dorton announces that it complete fair program, giving tin • vents as they will come off, will be issued in a few weeks. Workmen arc daily engaged now in preparing and enlarging the fair grounds ami a re cent Southern fair official visiting the grounds termed them the best equip I ' d in the South. Considering crops, evhibits and programs planned ar.d the wide interest being shown simp 'he fame of the fair has spread Dr. Dorton is estimating on handing be Iween 70,000 and 80,000 people during the five davs and nights. The narking space has been increased considerably and the entrance gates so arranged that no matter how largo the crowds there will be little confusion about the several entrances. rocky mount boys on RETURN FROM MOUNTAINS Thirty six Rocky Mount bo--s, head hy J. E. Calhoun and Dr. Yarboro, ’’used through Shelby yesterday re turning home after ten days spent in the mountains on a camping trio. The h'*ys were a't in high soiri-s and had the time of their young lives, seeing ‘ ights they had never seen before and having new experiences. They were ’raveling in a large yellow bus and on a narrow mountain road the road way slipped from under them and the bus narrowly escaped turning over. “Mighty Glad to See You’re Back” i Stand back low on that si \ fcuU)« CK the < —NKA. Log Angelos Bureau —It's a beautiful hack ronier-t held nt Los Angelos. Gowns this winter, it Is said, will bo very ■lo, but hundreds of r.<:' . -I<-.1 there was no use in waiting until then *a show their shoulders, iMi-stunt :> ; n «.u: Miss Vivian de italic, the winner, or. the extreme left. Citizens Eager To Contribute To Suitable Memorial Slab For Dead Of World War Star’s Campaign For War Memorial Immediate ly Answered. Leading Citizens Start Movement Off Well. The World War dead of Cleveland county, the boys whose names j art now publicly written on nothing else than a plain white board j will ere long have erected to their memory a suitable bronze slab on the court square. That’s the sentiment already expressed by ! leading citizens following The Star’s appeal for public contribu tions with which to erect such a memorial. Hardly had Monday's issue of The Star reached the streets carving a suggestion for financing such a mem-, oria! when readers began indicating that they would gladly contribute to the memorial fund. About fifteen minutes after the complete issue Win, Lineberger, prom inent banker and business man. hean ed the contributors with S10. In the brief period that has elapsed the fund has increased considerably aim without any canvass whatsoever it now appears that enough money to purchase and erect a suitable memoi ial will be forthcoming in a short, time Each issue until it is thought that a suitable sum has been raised The Star will carry the following list fund: THE STAR’S CAMPAIGN FOR MEMORIAE TO WORLD .WAR DEAD Star Publishing Co. _S1 <> Wm. Lineberger ___— 10 Chas. C. Blanton _ 10 I). Z. Newton ____— 3 B. T. Calls _...._ :» Clyde R. Hoey _10 J. F>. T.ineberger _ 0 With only one appeal appearing ini one issue of The Star $00 has been raised. The next issue, and the follow ing ones should contain contributions from all sections of the county and from il! walks in life. The boys who, gave their all came from n oone sta-i tion; some were sons of farmers,! others sons of business and profession al men. They marched away shouldoi to shoulder, and died side by side—, comrades all fighting a common eaur.*» for the peace and future of their i country and yours. That's just one o?| the many reasons why contributions to the fund should come from all sec lions. Out in some rural communiH there may he a mother, still wearing black for the boy who didn’t return, and it will mean just as much, ard more to the spirit of the thing, that her dollar or half dollar helps make the memorial possible. Think of her feeling towards the movement; noth- j ing could please her more than know ing that she did something to carry rhe memory of her fallen son on down to th<> coming generations. Perhaps his grandfather remained at Sevei Pines, or some other Civil War battle. To the heroes of that war there is a memorial on the court square—the stately monument, “I-est We Forget, looking to the west and the setting sun. Who for a minute thought that Cleveland county could neglect the memory of their fallen sons in the world’s greatest war—the doughboys fer whom nothing was too good in ’17. In 1919 when the present white board was erected you said it was onlv temporary, that a lasting one would take it’s place .DID YOU MEAN IT? They were your boys, your neigh bors hoys. By relation or friendship some hoy among the fallen was con nected with every one of the 11 town ships in Cleveland county with every town, and some one of the boys was known in practically every home in the countv. When, the news came hack that those hoys were killed and died there was a tinge of sadness, then a thr'l. of pride with the report “They died as soldiers die.’ Has that pride died? Small Sums Help Every contribution to the fund need not be as much as $5 or $10. It’s th. ! small sums that count, many con tributions, cheerfully made and re presenting the spirit of the county, j not just that of a few folks. Besides fathers ami mothers, proud parents 01 j warrior sons, there are boys and girls ! clubs, organizations, business firms, and many individuals who should we’ come the opportunity to do their bit. It’s the quarter, halves and dollars -that should make the memorial a 1 reality. Will you send in yours? For All Service Men The memorial as planned will n « only carry the names of those who gave their all, but will also honor the : memory and service of those who serv ed so gallantly and returned. Across (Continued to page 7) WHAT’S THE NEWS? The government cotton report has materially changed the cot ton outlook. A complete cotton crop story may be found in to day’s Star. While Cleveland county people watched the Speedway races from the stands at Charlotte Mon day a Cleveland county man- wa using his trigger finger with se, ious consequences nearby. Read about it in today’s Star. And another thing: “Red”' James writes the “ads” for The Star. If you dont read them you may miss something. Then you know the merchants always have something to tell about or James would have nothing to write. Sometimes the best news for the shopper may be found in Star “ads.” Charlie Ross—remember hi? Sure, you do-—may come to Shel by to live. You know when a golfer becomes famous he usual ly moves to Atlanta. Shelby can’t get the golfers, but Ross, being famous, has been invited here by the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Farmer you’ll be interested in an article today saying that in the years to come you may turn the rain on and otf as liglus are turned on and off now. Speaking of crops, we should have a good season then in Cleveland. Reao Stephens story in The Star today. Did you have a son, brother relative or friend who gave his all in France? If so, read in today’s Star how you may give something to honor his memory A lot of folks travel in- and out of Shelby daily. lyeep abreast with the coming and going by reading the “Personal” columns in The Star. Yes, of course, if you’ve miss ed your castor oil this week or haven’t had a note fall due, why worry? There’s “Around Our Town.” Read The Star carefully from page to pa6e and gossip will be no more. You'll know the news without leaning over the hacit fence. Don’t Brood! Cheer Up! Life Could Be Considerably Harder ! Cheer up! Out at the poor house or county , home, to be more respectful to the o!« ' folks—the place that Cabaniss calls j the End of the Road—is a man burden j ed with three overwhelming calami- I ties—any one of which would weigh 1 the average man down into perditioi . ‘ In the first place he is in the poor house. That’s bad enoughs but— He also has cancer; and a bad case of it. And again — He is blind; has been sightless for ! thirty-nine years. Buck Hardin, who visited iiim last week, says in spite of all he is cheer- j ful; and apparently enjoys life. As s’ id before, cheer up! You probably have light much to be thank- ' ful for, after all. Man Who Shot Wife May Be Given Bond Byers Arrested Monday After Shout ing by Runyans. Wife Will Not Likely Lose Eye Horace Byers, colored, who emptied a shotgun at his wife onday morn- j ing near their home in the Patterson j Springs section, will likely be re- I leased under bond today or tomorrow according to county court officials as j the condition of his wife does not promise to be serious. Byers was arrested only a few hours after the shooting and had not dc parted for South Carolina as was re- j ported in Shelby. The arrest was made \ by Deputy Jerry Runyans, who brought Byers to the coanty jail. The woman was brought to Shelby j for further treatment Tuesday and as i one shot entered her head jusi above her eye she was examined by Dr. Tom Gold, eye specialist. Dr. Gold i states that the single shot did no* penetrate the ball and that although the eye is still considerably swollen that she will not likd^ lose her sight that eye. Other portions of her fac<, and b:ea t struck by several scatter ed shots are improving and are not considered serious. De Luxe Cafe Here Changes Ownership V- C. Peeler ami Taul Blanton or. yesterday purchased the De Luxe Cafe : rex i door to the Webb Theatre from ■ B. R. and E. L. Whisnant who eanu ! here from Hickory about six mont:>, | ago and established this eating house j which has become quite popular. Me. sre. Peeler and Blanton are both pop ular young men who took charge this morning and will continue the opera lion of the eating house at the sanu stand. Mr. Peeler has been a sales man at Efird’s Department store, while Mr. Blanton has been one of the bus drivers for the Shelby-Chai lotte Bus line. The Whisnant boys have not announced what line of work they will take up. They have a splen did patronage and a high reputation which Peeler and Blanton will main tain in every respect. —Beam Reunion—Everything is in ! readiness for the Beam Reunion to he j held Thursday, August 26th, at the1 old homestead of John Teeter Beam, near Prospect church. Several then sand Beams and their relatives are expected to attend this all-day gathet- J ing. Thinks Hard Labor Would Make Change Banker Offers Novel Plan To Brins Prosperity. Do You lleally Work While Working? A Shelby hanker came into The Star office Monday took a sent, re marked eotm ntioiUllly about the weather and the cotton crop, and then came cut with this: "I have an idea, Suffgeftt that every body in Cleveland county resolve t-> get up tomorrow morning and go to work, and work' for a year, every week day in the year, and see what happens. “1 am serious," the visitor went on-. "It is a great idea, that would have no less an effect than to make this coun ty one of the richest spots on the face of the earth. "Now, understand me, 1 mean that everybody work and work hard, and pay no attentiion to anything but re suits. As conditions exist now, fen people really work. 1 mean few really work up to their rapacity, or anywhere near it. The average man is not u» ing half his energy hardly a third of it. “The average man leafs—idles away more than half his time. And when he j does work works half heartedly. with his eye on the clock, and thinking ot what he will do to have a good time when he gets through.” Me paused, shifted- his avoirdupois on the rather hard chair, and went on. “You want to know a fact ? Tin difference in peonle's circumstances is largely iust that—that those who work—really work, get ahead, and they are just as far ahead of the aver age a« their effort is more lasting and hard.” That is a far more interesting thought than appears on the face ol it. Think it over. It is worth son. thought and then some more, Take your own personal case. How much honest-to-good ness mental effort do you give your job? Glance back over your mental operations and try to check up and see just how idle atvl useless much of your so-called thought is. Most thinking—notwithstanding our boasted efficiency—is aimlessl dti ectionless—just the idle thoughts of a more or less idle fellow. Once—and this.actually hanpened wo observed a Shelby man (ami you all know him) standing by an auto mobile, his foot on the running board, npnarentv absorbed in thought. The writer walked up to him ami said: “Now, tell me the honest, flat truih, what were you thinking about?” He replied: “I was thinking about a widow I know down in Charlotte, and whether I should get in my eu. and go and spend the afternoon witn her. or go out to my farm.” Wuhout cracking a smile he went on: “And I had about concluded, when you came up. to go to see the widow. That man was honest; he told the truth. He did not go to see the win ow that afternoon, hut that is one picture illustrating the sort of think ing we do—most of the time. What would happen if we all put our minds to the job more or less twelve hours of the twenty-four? A local philosopher, to whom we mentioned the subject, predicted that in a few months there would he such over-production in this country that would bring stagnation and hard Editor’s &iiier? i — NKA. Cleveland Ilureau Uouis Maier. who I* < hnrged with the murder of Don It. MrUett. etu junlinc eilitor of Canton. O. M.iier is [tieUeved to have l>een only one of many underworld characters UBPU' | outed In the crime. C. Of C. Invites Charlie Ross To Live In Shelby One of the present day assets of a chamber of commerce is to bring inn# the towns in which they operate pis. pie of fame. In the list of commerce bodies opet atinsr thusly add the name of the Shel by chamber of commerce and its se» retary, J. Clint Newton. The personage invited by the body officially to make his home in Shelby is none other than Charlie Ross, known as Julius Dellinger prior to The Star's original tip that he might be the long. I lost Pennsylvania boy. Secretary Newton this week for warded a letter to Ross, whose home at Denver was recently destroyed by fire, extending him a cordial invite, tion to come to Shelby and make his home. With the invitation was the commerce secretary’s promise to do whatever he could in securing a job here for the man who attained the ! nutional limelight when he announc ed himself as Charlie Ross. Yesterday Mr. Newton drifted about town serv ing what might be suitable employ ment for the aged wandered, who is perhaps the solution to one of the na tion’s greatest mysteries. Ross is an exert at several trades, being ( special ly skilled in wood work and it is pos sible that if he decides to live in “The City of Springs’’ that he may be con nected with some local woodworking plant or lumber firm. Needless to say, the Denver man’s connection with most any firm would be top-notch ad vertising. times for a decade. Yes. and listen: ■ Our banker friend admits he has worked less these past twelve months than for many years—has relaxed, taken up horseback riding, and has gone in generally for the lighter side of life— And has enjoyed living more that, he has any time these late years. And there you are. Cotton Farmers Happy Over Government Cotton Reports\ Raleigh-—Prosperity apparently 1 dug a new toe hold in North Carolina this week with the United States de partment of agriculture report of an estimated Tar Heel cotton yield of* nearly lit per cent above the national average and the violent upturn of prices on the New York and New Or- > leans exchanges following publication of ihe government predictions. The report that sent prices soaring $3.50 a bale in New York this morn ing was distinctly favorable to North Carolina, despite the fact that continued dry weather in the stats has given a pessimistic tenor to early crop conditions. The official govern ment figures give the condition as 6:1.5 per cent of a normal yield anti that of the North Carolina crop as 73 per cent of normal. The condition of the crop in the state was represented as having im proved three per cent since August t, and indicates a yield of 265 pounds an acre. Million Bales Off A total United States crop of lb, 248,000 hales of 500 pounds each was indicated from the 48.898,000 acres under cultivation on .Tune 25, 1926. This is nearly a million hales less than the 16,103,679 .bales produced in 1925. The report of'the North Carolina co-operative crop reporting service, prepared by \V. H. Rhodes, Jr., assoc iate statistician, declares that the I crop this year will be distinctly late—; anywhere from 15 to 25 days. states that further damage may he ] expected from the weather, especially if the summer drought continues. The 1 estimate declares that 1 1-2 inches o! I rain are now needed throughout th* | belt. Boll Weevil Absent Absence of boll weevils has been! noticeable this year, it was declared. I This was attributed to the hot weath er, which, it was stated, was probabiy too much for the young weevils ana ! killed them in infancy. The prediction j was that no material damage was to be expected from insects this year. The report further stated that tl« abandonment of planted acreage was very small this season. Prior to the June 21st rains, there was some, but since then weather conditions have m* been such as to cause abandonment, it was slated. The North Carolina yield percentage will be exceeded in the southern belt only by Missouri, with 74 per cent, ac cording to predictions in the federal report. South Carolina and Georgia stood the lowest with only 53 and 56 per cent respectively. The western cotton raising states showed universally high percentages, California showing 94, and Lower Cai ifornia 95 per cent. Gibson Shot By Champion At Speedway Merchant of Thin County Mysteriously Shoots Man At Charlotte Race Event C. O. (Champion, 22-year-old man of Mooresboro, this county, who shot G. K. Gibson of Gibson, nt the Char lotte Speedway races Monday, hints at a mysterious reason for the shoot ing according to the latest dispatches from Charlotte. Champion is in jail there and Gibson is undergoing treat ment at the Presbyterian hospital. Several ideas and many rumors re garding the shooting and the motive for it have been advanced. However, it might he stated that Champion, who is a member of a highly respected family of western Cleveland, that h* was drinking at the time and undoubt edlv was not in a normal frame 01 mind. It is understood that he has undergone treatment at a sanitarium for a condition brought on by drins. ing. Gibson will probably recover, Char lotte surgeons say, although his wounds are considered serious. For some reason Champion’s name in press dispatches from the Queen City has been given as Chapman. The exact reason for this has not been learned. Startled Race Crowd The Charlotte News of yesterday afternoon says of the shooting: An element of mystery entered into the shooting affair, which eleetrifleu the Speedway crowd Monday after noon. when C. O. Champion 22-yea! old Mooresboro merchant, awakening to a normal condition in the Mecklen burg County jail repudiated Tuesday his alleged statement that family troubles inspired the shot, but hinten that other motives would be disclosed later. G. K. Gibson, of Gibson, lay in a local hospital with a bullet lodged in his abdomen, fighting for his life. The doctors said he had a chance of re covery. Hopes Gibson Liven “I hope with all my heart that he lives,” Champion said in his jail cell, Tuesday. "I don’t want murder on my soul.’ •‘It wouldn’t be murder,’ he said later. “Everybody would understand how it was, if they knew the whole story. I’ll tell all about it when the time comes.” Champion wore the same shirt he had on at the time of the shooting. On the left side, just above the bell, was a blackened hole, as if the revoi ver had been fired from beneath the garment. “I must have shot with my pistol under my shirt,” he said. Eye witnesses said that Champion and Gibson were watching each other closely and silently for some minutes before the shooting. Gibson and a male companion were said to be drink ing soda water at the time of the shot. Champion immediately left the scene, but Deputy Sheriff Avery b. Johnston who was sitting in a cat about fib yards away, without hearing the muffled shot, saw Champion’s re volver in his hand as he left and mado the arrest without knowing of the assault. « iremenoous crowa garnered ai • most instantly. A number of rural *• police officers soon arrived and assist* » ed Deputy Johnston and Deputy L. L. , Chenshaw in Retting Champion into m car and rushing him to the city. Prefers Two Charges Two warrants were lodged against Champion at rural police headquar ters, one charging him with bein£ drunk and the other with assault with a deadly weapon. The prisoner said that he was 22 years old, and a merchant in Moores boro. He said he had been drinking, otherwise the shot would not have been fired. The officers had informa tion that he had twice taken the liquor cure and was inclined to. be violent! when drinking. He refused to divulge his name until Monday night. When he cave his name he asserted that he had not told a police officer that Gib son’s relations with Champion’s wife caused him to shoot. Attaches at the Presbyterian Hos pital expressed the opinion Tuesday that Gibson probably will recower. He was seriously wounded and was running a fever, but this was attribu ted largely to the effect of the opera tion Monday night, when the bullet was removed from his body. Gibson was shot in the abdomen but his in testines were not perforated, it wag explained. Piedmont Picnic On September Fourth The annual Piedmont alumni pic nic will be held at Piedmont, Septem ber fourth. (An all day event.) The annual banquet was discontinued last spring, and this is the big alumni event of the year. A parent-teacher association will be organized coincident with th*4 event.
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