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Shelby and Tho State’s Fertile
Farm Section.
Yesterday was the weekly auto
VOL. XXXIV, No. 110
SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, SEPT. 13, 1926.
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons** 4
day.
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Once and anon a defendant in
county court comes away complain
ing about the high cost of having
one’s self arrested and tried. May
be it is high, for during the 21
months Judge Mull has been in of
fice he has, on the average, col- j
lecled $44.60 per day, ninety per
cent, of which goes to educate Clev
eland county children. Why kirk?
Let the folks who call on the judge
daily pay for educating your chil
dren. But, anyway, read in today’s'
Star the summary of the county
court’s grind.
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There’ll be all kinds of chickens
at the crunty fair ibis month. It’s:
a foregone conclusion that there’ll
be hundreds of the type referred to I
as flappers nowadays, while Diree
ton John W. Suttle says the regular
chicken show will exceed that of
last year. An idea of the poultry
exhibit may be gained from an ar
ticle appearing today.
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Now they’re estimating a cotton
crop of 50,000 bales for Cleveland j
county. Keep up with the estimates !
in The Star and watch for the first j
information on the ginning reports, i
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Another article in The Star to
day says that a celegation rf
Gaston county farmers will visit
this county during the week seek
ing information on modern farm
ing methods.
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The football eleven from the
Gaffney school will during the sea
son encounter two of Cleveland
county’s stro|-rest gridiron teams
in Boiling Springs and Shelby.
Gaffney will open tile season with
the. Baptist preppers a news item
says.
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Lattimore, one of the most pro
gressive communities in the county,
will stage a big community fair
this month and a peep at the pre
mium list leaves the impression
that it will be some event.
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Corn Cracker writes down in his
usual mood and grows sarcastic at
the idea of Lincoln being born in
this state. It’s a “granny” story, he
says. Look for his article in The
Star, if not today some other day.
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Here’s a tip: Don’t take time off
from work to do anything except
to read The Star for Recorder Mull
is suggesting in today’s issue a
workhouse for those who won't
work. But how’n-the-heck can a
house filled with men who refuse
to work be called a workhouse?
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Orneomy! Happy Jack will be
. hack at the fair grounds on Sep
tember 28th, and The Star will
twinkle again on Wednesday.
Sheriff’* Sister
Died On Friday
Mrs. Ida Hogue, Native of County,
Passes at Her Home In
Newport, Arkansas.
Sheriff Huga Logan Friday re
ceived a telegram notifying him of
the death of his sister, Mrs. Ida
Hogue, death occurring at her
home in Newport, Arkansas.
Mrs. Hogue, widow of John
Hogue, left Cleveland county
nbout no years ago, going with
her sons to Arkansas where she
has lived since. She was about ti‘?
years of age and was well known
to many of the older residents of
the county. Three sisters and one
brother survive. They are: Mrs.
Amanda McBraycr, of Shelby; Mrs.
John Ellis. Grover; Mrs. J. \V
Irvin, Shelby Route 5; and Sher
iff Logan. Four sons and one
daughter, living in Arkansas, also
survive
Sheriff Logan on first receiv
ing the message planned to attend
the funeral, which was held there,
hut later decided that it would be
impossible to make the trip. Hun
dreds of friends of Mrs. Hogue
"nd of the family will regret to
h'arn of her death. The first mes
sage did not give any details, but
't is presumed that death came
Unexpectedly.
Riviere In Charge
Star’s Jop Plant
Mr. Pink Reviere who has been
operating the Commercial Print
fry in the Courtview hotel build
ing, has accented a position in
The Star’s job printing denar ■>
•nent, succeeding Mr. W R. Adams
who left last week for ClarksbuTg,
West Va., to take a position in
the mechanical department of the
f larksburg Telegram. Mr. Reviere
has closed his shoo and will off,,r
it for sale, since he will give his
entire time to The Star’s job
Printing department. He has many
friends in Shelby and a splendid
Patronage, hence The Star feels
fortunate in securing his services.
. e is one of the best job printers
>n this section and The Star would
aimreciate it if his former custom*
ers would call on him at The Star
office.
Judjio Mull S-iggestN Reformatory
I‘or Roys and Workhouse
for Worthless Men
Vr hat to do with men. charged
with non-: upport of their families, ■
and boys who break the law with- ■
out realizing the seriousness of I
crime is a puzzle to Recorder John
P. Mull ir, his “daily grind” at the
count hous disposing of a great
majority of the small eases before !
they are carried to the Superior
court, involving a heavy expense
to the county.
A work house for such men was
suggested by Judge Mull at the
Thursday night Kiwanis club
meeting when he filled the pro
gram at the regular weekly meet
ing. Judge says he is in a predica- \
men* when he finds a man charg
ed with non-support. If he is fin
ed he can’t pay. If he is put in
jail, he is an expense to the covn
fv. If «ent to the roads, that
brings dishonor and disgrace to a
wife and children who can’t help
themselves and he goes back home
when the sentence is finished to j
become a drone and a parasite i
again Judge Mull would build a i
workhouse for such characters |
where they can be put to work and
the results of their labor turned
over to the family for support.
As for the hoys, he would build !
a reformatory in Cleveland roun- j
ty or build a cottage rt the Jack
sen Train tie school. as many
other counties have done because
there is no room for new-comers
since all the available space is tak
en up. Rutherford county propos
ed some years ago to join Cleve
land in building a cottage at the
Jackson training school near Con- |
cord, hut nothing has ever been i
done. Judge Mull is in a predica- j
meat as Superior court iudges and ;
the judge of the juneviie court j
have found themselves when hoys
face the court charged with crime i
more serious than they realize. :
Such boys are on the downward I
road. To send them to the chain j
gang if they happen to be old
•Plough means that they, are to j
have hardened criminals as oom
paniens. They can’t be entered at
•hr Jac kson tTJO’ng school for the
institution is full un. They must he
punished to make them realize th«
majesty of the law. Jude- Mull
says during their confinement
they should he made to work hut
at the same time taught the prin
ciples of morals and righteousness.
Record Cotton
Crop Estimated
By Many Farmer*
Will Cleveland county this
year make a record cotton
crop, surpassing the crop record
of several years ago?
Such seems to he the opin
ions of many of the county's
leading farmers. At Austell's
barber shop, where discussions
from international statesman
ship to turnip patches are disr
posed of. the McWhirters are
positive that the crop will
come nearer 50,000 bales than
40,000. Their estimates come
from hearing many estimates
by farmers visiting the shop.
And farmers themselves, bar
ring early frosts and contin
ued rains which would delay
opening, say that the crop will
go beyond 40,000 bales. The
optimistic run the gauge from
43,000 bales to 47,000 bales
and above while the more con
servative stick to “40,000 and a
little better.;’
A better idea as to pros
pects will come by another
week when “fodder pulling
time” is over and cotton pick
ing starts in dead earnest.
Meanwhile a record corn
crop is to be disposed of.
Everett Houser On
Shelby News Staff
Mr. Everett Houser, a well-train
ed and gifted young newspaper
man, son of I)r. and Mrs. E. A.
Houser, of Shelby, has accepted a
position on the staff of the Cleve
land News, owned by Mr. Milton
Tiddy. He succeeded Miss Maymic
Jones this morning and will give
his attention to editorial work. Mr.
Houser has been connected with
Greensboro Daily News until last
winter when he resigned and went
to Sarasota, Fla., for awhile. Hav
ing a lnrge acquaintance over the
county and being a seasoned young
newspaper man, the News is to be
congratulated on securing his serv
ices.
2,148 CHILDREY IN SCHOOLS OF
SHELBY ON FIRST SCHOOL WEEK
WAWAWVWJ
They washed his face, scrubbed his ears, patted him on the back
and sent him to school this week—2,148 hims and hers.
The Shelby city school system dropped into its first full school
week this mrning with a registration of 2,148 students—a new open-'
ing record for the town.
Last year the opening registration was only 1,878, according to
Sup,,. 1. C. Griffin. The increase in students shown during the year is
270 with several score more of students expected to come in during
this and next week as the rush season on the farm permits.
An idea as to the growth of Shelby and its school system, whirh
ranks second in its group, may be gained from the following figures: j
Opening attendance in 1910 was 610; in 1920, 2,148. In other words,
today’s attendance was three and one half times that of 1916.
Today's enrollment by schools was as follows: Sumter, 200,1
Washington (estimated), 150; Jefferson, 213; Marion, 279; LaFayett
e, 257; Morgan, 367; High school, 370; colored school, 300.
Liquor And Whites Feed
Judge MulVs Court Here
Leaves Her Teeth
In Coat—Cleaner
Finds Them There
And lie Sent ’Em Back Right
Away So I’atro« Wouldn’t
Lose a Meal
Here’s a good one.
Some weeks ago the Star pub
lished an account of the articles
recovered by Claude Webb at the
Webb theatre, revealing the sort
of things people lose in the hour
of enthusiasms at the show.
Saturday morning Louis Ham
rick, of the Whiteway, told this
newspaper he could go Mr. Webb
one better. Mr. Hamrick said he
recently found a set of false teeth
in the pocket of a coat of a wo
me~ patron, which had been sent
to -he Whiteway to be cleaned.
“What did you uo with them?’’
Mr. Hamrick was asked.
“I didn’t want the lady to miss
a meal,” Hamrick replied, “So I
sent them back to her at once by
special messenger.”
CHAMBER HAS
NEW COMMITTEES
At a meeting of the board of di
rectors of the chamber of commerce
held a few days ago Secretary J. C.
Newton asked for the appointment
of several committees which will
assise him in the work of the club,
Prospects are bright for satisfac
tory accomplishments by the club
and the fall is opening up and busi
ness becomes more active Mr. New
ton will have the assistance of
members to advise with him and
help him in his work.
A committee on civic affairs was
appointed composed of the follow
ing. Paul Webb, Wm. Lineberger
and Secretary Newton. This com
mittee will look after matters per
taining to the beautification of the
city, schools, health, safety, etc.
A steering committee to advise
with the secretary on matters that
come to the club's attention is
composed of O. Max Gardner, J. D.
Lineberger and Lee B. Weathers.
On membership and finance J. D.
Lineberger, Oliver S. Anthony and
J. S. Dorton compose another com
mittee.
Lattimore Plans
Community Fair
With Attractions
That the Lattimore Community
fair of Friday, September 24, will
be one of the biggest community
events ever staged in the county
is the general expectations of
those in charge.
The premiums list of the fair,
carrying many inviting premiums
for various community exhibits,
well upholds the promise.
Farm booth exhibits rank first
in importance on the premium list
with three enticing prizes offered.
Farm crops run a wide gauntlet of
prizes in various varieties and sel
ections, and other departments
wherein premiums are offered in
clude horticulture, shop work, gar
den seeds, fruits, meats, livestock,
poultry, flowers, canned goods,
pickles preserves, jellies, honey,
candy, cooking sewing and art.
Such events as the coming com
munity fair have made of Latti
more one of the most enterpris
ing and progressive communities
in Cleveland county. Their fair
coming this year just before the
big county fair adds much to the
larger event—even if nothing
else was shown here than the Lat
timore community winners.
He Tried 2141 Case* In 21 Months
—Thirty Three Per Cent
Liquor Cases
Recorder John P. Mulls “tear
proof.” That is, he is hard to
make cry, for if tears came easily,
he would be brought to tears ov
er many cases that come before
him in the Recorder's court.
Judge John has a heart and sym
pathises with the erring and down
fallen, but so often the mothers,
brothers, aunts, uncles, cousins
and friends of convicted offen
ders come to him after he has
dispensed what his conscience
tells him is justice, he wonld be
brought to tears if he allowed his
sympathy to get over-worked.
Judge Mull filled the program at
Kiwanis last'week when A. V.
Hamrick had charge of affairs.
Then he let forth a string of sta
tistics about crime and crimin
als in Cleveland county that even
the Judge didn’t know himself un
til he collected the data from his
docket to get information for his
speech.
Tried 2141 Cases
Two thousand one hundred and
forty one cases have come before
him in the 21 months he has been
recorder. Practically all of the
cases that are tried in the Super
iar Court have passed before
this bar of justice. Many of them
terminate in his court because he
I makes a final disposition of the
'case. In the trial of 2141 cases,
ihe averaged three a day in the
I “daily grind” as he calls it, or ov
er 100 cases a month. It is a
“daily grind” because his time is
not only taken up as he sits on
the bench and steers the court, but
after the court is over he is called
on for many conferences with wit
nesses, prosecutors and defend
ants. Many of these cases should
never be in court, but he can’t
help that when neighbors can’t
settle their differences between
themselves.
10 Per Cent Not Guilty
In 21 months his court has col
lected in fines and costs $28,1181.
81, an average of $1,340 per
month or $44.60 per day. Ninety
per cent of this sum goes into the
school fund to educate the youth
of the county.
Judge Mull has sent 169 people
to the roads in 21 months, given
them sentences that total 426
months of 36 1-2 years, an aver
age of two and seven tenths
, months per convicted defendant.
Ten per cent of 214 defendants
brought him charged with viola
tion of some criminal law have
. been adjudged not guilty. Sixty
' five or three per cent have appeal
ed to a higher court.
Liquor Violation in Majority
But what have these 2141 peo
; pie done? Judge Mull answers
that question because his docket
shows that 33 per cent or 727 vio
lated some of the prohibition laws.
Giving of worthless checks comes
| next. During his 21 months on
the recorder’s court bench 328 or
15 per ceht have been charged
with this growing crime which
comes second to the number of li
quor violators.
The majority of the violators
before the recorder’s court are
white people. Judge Mull recall
ed the remarks of some tax pay
ers made when the new court
house was built. They declared
then it would be foolish to spend
so much money for a court in
which, to try negro criminals, but
it seems that the records show
that whites predominate over
blacks as criminals in Cleveland
county.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude H. Grose
have as their guest this week, his
brother, Mr. J. C. Grose of Forest
City. Mr. Grose is a ministerial
student at Duke university, whera
he will finish next year.
MORE enOOD sows
FOR COUNTY URGE
OF MAX GARDNER
(Gardner Telia County Farmers
How to Dispose of Their
Surplus Corn Crop
Not so long since 0. Max Gard
ner, Shelby's lawyer-farmer, gave
Gaston fmnty folks some perti- |
nent tips on farms success and in j
the tips told of the success being
made in Cleveland. His latest move j
is to show the farmers at home J
that Gaston leads in some things :
With the information comes a !
valuable suggestion to farmers of
the county anont their big corn
crop and more porkers.
As head of the Cleveland coun
ty board of agriculture Mr. Gard
ner ijafaes along the suggestion,
which if followed here would un
doubtedly add to the prosperity of
the county. The suggestion fol
lows:
“In my Gastonia speech I told
of the agricultural superiorities of j
Cleveland, hut did not tell in what
respect* Gaston surpasses us. One
conspicious superiority of Gaston
over Cleveland is in brood sows.
Gaston has three times as many
hogs as we have—better hogs.
“The shortage of corn last year
in this county resulted in the kill
ing of manv of our brood sows; we
•ire woefully deficient in swine
this year. My thought is that it
would be fine, and I think profit
•ible. thing if some of our live
stock dealers would ship into
Cleveland county three to five
hundred shonts weighing from 50
*1 1Q0 pounds, to be sold to the
farmers of the county. There, is go
ing to be an unusually large corn
cron and every tenant will have
some surplus crop. If every far
mer would buy a shoat in October
and feed it his surplus corn rt
would save hundreds of dollars
next soring and sumnter on the
meat bills alone.
“Corn will be very cheap this
fall and I can think of nothing
hetter than the fattening of 50ft
hogs this fall and winter. They tell
me that Georgia is a better place
right now in which to huv hogs
than in Tennessee, and I believe
shoats would sell fast on the mar
ket here now.”
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That Mr. Gardner make a wise
suggestion in his statments seem'-,
j to be the opinion of other members
of the farm board and agricultur
-»adprs of the county. Apparent
ly it is now un to local livestock
dealers to order the hogs and to
the farmers to buy them an<j thus
make money while solving their
surplus com problem.
Deserting Sailors
With Auto Held
In Local Jail
Two of Uncle Sam’s gobs, Me.
Daniel and Franklin by name, are
being held in the county jail here
awaiting the arrival of an officer
fcorn Portsmouth, Va.
The two were picked up Thursday
night by Officer Bob Kendrick
under suspicious circumstances.
The boys, both of whom are young,
readily admitted that they were
navy deserters—that is. admitted
exceeding their 72-hour leave from
the Norfolk naval base. The car
in which they were traveling, a
Ford roadster, they claimed to
have purchased for $100 in Rich
mond. However, a check has been
made on the car number and a re
port has been received stating
that it was stolen in Portsmouth,
coming with the information was
the request that the boys be held
until an officer arrived.
Gaffney To Play
Shelby Outfit
Will Meet Boiling Springs Squad
In First Game. Shelby Game
Comes Later On
Gaffney, S. C.—The Gaffney
high school will open the football
season this year with a game here
September 24 with the Boiling
Springs high school, of Boiling
Springs, it has been announced.
The following week Shelby, will be
played at Shelby, and October 8
the North Greenville Academy, of
Tigerville, will come to Gaffney to
meet the locals here. Additional
games are to be scheduled.
Boiling Springs will be a new
opponent for Gaffney, the two
elevens never having met before.
The information here is that Boil
1 ing Springs has good prospects
for a strong team. Shelby and
North Greenville have been regu
lar opponents for the locals for
the past several years.
Order Restrains Youth
From Living With Wife
Unique Court Order To Keep Couples From
Living Together During Annullment
Proceedings
Association Date
To Be Changed To
September 5 And 6
The Kings Mountain Baptist
association will in ail probabil
ity change the mre of its an
nual meeting this year from
September 2Hth ami 30 to Octo
ber 3rd and 0th, in accordance
with ihe wishes of the execu
tive committee and the major
ity of the member churches.
The executive committee in
meeting on Thursday at the
Baptist picnic and thanksgiv
ing service asked the First
Baptist church of Kings Moun
tain, the entertaining church
this year, if a change in the
date would be agreeable to
that church and Rev. C. J.
Black, pastor, when asked
over the telephone this morn
ing what action tiad been
taken, stated that ata recent
meeting of his deacons, they
consented to entertain the del
egates of the association in the
event the date was changed by
the executive committee.
Thus ends a subject which
has been under consideration
several weeks, the change be
ing suggested because of con
flict with the Cleveland county
fair which meets Sept. 28th
and runs for 5 days, many of
the farmers who will naturally
be delegates to the associa
tion, having exhibits and offi
cial duties at the county fair
exhibits.
EH LEAGUE
IN MEETING HERE
Three HundfW!'Members Troin At)
Over Shelby District At
Central Church
Approximately 300 Epworth lea- '
guers coming from all sections of
the Shelby district attended a un
ion meeting of the district league
at Central Methodist church here
I Friday night. The session was con
sidered one of the most successful
ever held in the district and the
result was that Shelby was again
selected for the next meeting
place. Three towns made a bid for
the meeting to be held Friday, De
cember 10, and the vote of the
meeting was to return to Shelby.
The high light of the night’s
gathering was an interesting and
inspiring address by Hon. J. R.
Davis, of Kings Mountain. Mr.
Davis used “Loyalty” as his sub
ject and throughout held the at
tention of the young delegates.
The address of welcome to the
Shelby church was made by Chas.
A. Burrus, county attorney, while
a brief but timely talk was made
to the gathering by Dr. H. K.
Boyer, pastor of the church". In
addition to the regular business
and program taken up there was
a musical program consisting of
both vocal and instrumental sel
ections. Apparently from the en
thusiasm of the meeting the work
of the league in the district is
finding ready and willing workers.
Around 25 or 30 leagues were
represented and officials present I
included Rev. Claude Moser, of
Gastonia, president; and Miss
Grace Lowe, of Lowell, secretary.
COTTON MARKETS
(By Jno. F. Clark and Co.)
—
Cotton took a tumble of nearly
40 points Saturday and showed a
downward trend this (Monday)
morning. At 10:30 it was quoted
on the New York exchange as fol
lows:
Jan. Mar. May Oct. Dec.
17.15 17.37 17.53 16.89 17.09
Liverpool 12:30—October 18,
December 20; January 18; March
12. Amn points lower than due.
Last weeks tropical storm was
about 600 miles off northern Flor
ida last night pointed northwest of
north by west. Another tropical
storm of slight intensity has de..
veloped in the Carribean sea, point
ed towards ucatan channel.
Light business in Worth street,
Saturday prices firm. Hedge sell
ing has increased in volume earlier
and faster than expected and may
depress prices further unless bet
ter support is given the market by
the trade and my speculators, who
believe the crop is a million bales
less than the last government in
I dication.
Newton filed a restraining or
■ler ty keep the State highway
commission from building a high
way and the town of Shelby had a
restraining order served while
building a street, but a new type
of restraining order has been in
troduced in the courts here.
A deputy sheriff left the court
house Saturday with a restraining
order and journeyed to No. 2 town
ship where the order signed by
Judge James L. Webb was to pre
vent u young married couple from
living together as man and wife.
Thy order came after one week
of matrimonial happiness, the
young couple having been married
one week ago Saturday in South
Carolina.
The ago of the chufl-hriae ana
alleged physical defects of the
,’oung husband furnished the mo
tive power for the matrimonial
restraining order.
Just a week ago, Letha Clary,
aged 14, and Alfred Blanton, a
few years older, journeyed to
South Carolina, where getting
married isn’t such a problem, and
were married according to regula
tion of that state. They returned
to this state and began living as
do other husbands and wives, or so
says the complaint of Mrs. Mary
Clary, mother of the bride, who
alleges that the girl is too young
to be a wife and that they were
married without her consent and
against her will. So she came to ate
a lawyer, Copt. Peyton McSwain,
and the restraining order, a part
of an annullment proceeding, is
the result.
Has Legal Question
In addition to being unique by
keeping a man and his wife apart,
the action being taken may involve
a legal point between two states
and methods of matrimony.
The first sep was to institute
the annullment proceedings. This
being done the mother wanted to
get her daughter hack home until
the matter was decided. Then came
the complaint and the subsequent
restraining order, the merits of
which were shown the Superior
court jurist by Capt. MeSwain and
was signed by him. In addition to
ordering the boy not to live with
the girl as man and wife until af
ter the matter is adjusted in court,
the order further says that he
shall not interfere with her, or her
mother, while she is in the cus
tody of the mother
Those acquainted with the case
have already broached a question in
discussing the matter. If they
were legally married in South
Carplina how can the marriage be
annulled? The complaint in the
anrullment papers apparently con
tains a clause or so anticipating
the question: One allegation is that
the girl is too young to be mar
ried. Another that she was married
without the mother’s consent, and
a third, that her husband owing to
physical defects could not have ob
tained marriage license in this
state. And for the matter of play
ing safe still another cause is
added, in tending to show a viola
tion of a North Carolina law\ This
charges that the trip to South
Carolina was for no other purpose
than to violate a North Carolina
law, which would not permit their
marriage in this state. Therein may
come the interstate law' and its
complications. ''
In its unique rating many new
legal angles may develop should
the case continue in the courts
without compromise. Some of the
many other questions asked are:
They were legally married in
South Carolina, so if they moved
back there and lived would it be
possible to annul the ceremony?
Can the trip to South Carolina for
the purpose of marxage bf inter
preted as an intended violation of
ar.y North Carolina laws? Can the
state of North Carolina annul n
marriage made in the state of
South Carolina? A state where
once married one remains married
insofar as that state dissolves
matrimonial bonds?
Unusual in practically every
angle—no angle beig more un
usual than that of restraining a
man from living with his wife—
the case will naturally attract,
wide interest over the two states.
As it is* by the restraining or
der, the young man has a wife but
is not to live with her until after
the October term of court here,
ar.d perhaps not then, all of which
is up to the court to decide.
Blissfully married for one week,
then separated by a court order.
Such is life.
P. S. For some folks, at least.
DOLLING UP HOGS j
FOR EXHIBITION
; AT COUNTY FAR
Expect Biggest Hog Show Yet At
Fair Thin Fall. Joe Blanton :
In Charge of Show
' Tons and tons of hogs will ty
sliown at this year’s Cleveland
county fair, Shelby, September 211
to October 2, announces Sccretarj
Dr. J. S. Dorton.
Special efforts are being mad*
by the management to interesl
every farmer in this locality in en
tering one or more animals in tty
show. To stimulate interest in £ty
show, liberal classifications hav<
been worked out, and the breed!
recognized in the premium list
include Poland Chinas, Ham
shires, Duroc Jerseys and Berk'
shires.
Cash prizes and ribbons will M
awarded to the owners of win
ning hogs. Director Joe Blanton
who is handling the details of the
swine show, is tying to Interes
every breeder in this section W
enter his best animals. He is mafc>
ing plans for an extraordinary
show.
Show hogs must be clean to g$
much consideration from tl
judges this year. Warm weter
tar soap, applied with a ser
bing brush to free the skin fro„
scales and dirt, will win many .1
blue ribbon this year. A dry bn '
rubbed vigorously over the ent
body after it has become dry
advocated to stimulte the flow 0
oil and make the skin smooth an
pliable.
White pigs are often rubhq
down with sweet oil and vaselin
to soften up the skin. Black
are not only rubbed down* in
same way but often given life
massages with lampblack to add
shir.y blackness and lustre to
hog. for most judges are opi
to the too liberal use of “cost,
tics” preparing an animal for t
ring.
Entries for the hog show will
received until September 27.
ioned by Mr. Gardner in
t address here, and aly>
conditions in Cleveland c<
Gaston Farmers, d
Coming Here On
Inspection T
Delegation Will Be Escorted Ov
County By Agent Hardin
and Farm Leaders
Gastonia, Sept 13.—A del
tion of Gaston county far„
and business men willgo to Cl«
land county next Wednesday, Se|
15th to study conditions in
county according to infori
given out by County agent
man. Special attention will be „
en to the cold storaee Drooositii
Mr. Altman requests all wl
wish to go, to be at the courthom
at 8:30 o’clock next Wednesdi
morning. He says enough has
signified their intention of goia
to guarantee the trip. The count
agent in Cleveland county and M
Gardner have been notified, ai!
they are expecting the delegate
and will be prepared for a got
crowd. It is earnestly request!
that as many farmers and businei
men as can get away try to mal
this trip, for there is much <
value, to be learned from an ii
spection of crops and farming coi
ditions in Cleveland county.
Auction Sals Is
Called A Succes
The auction sale of the M :
Hopper place, in the Clevelai
Springs district Friday went ovi
with a whoop, reviving interest ;
real Estate transactions in th
section. > $
The tract embraced ninety-thri
acres, and was completely dispo
ed of, the property bringing, a
cording to figures supplied by tl
J. B.tNolan company, sellii
agents, approximately fourte
thousand dollars.
The contracts were all confiri
ed, three sales, which were n
confirmed on the grounds, beii
settled up later in Shelby. T
Nolan company announced that t
sale was in every way satisfa
tory to the company, as sellii
agents, and to the owner, 5
Hopper.
The following purchasers of t
property were listed: R. L. Lo
man, J. L. Thomassot\ J. G. Bla
ton, .T. W. Allen, C. E. C. Lemq
and T. E. Wilson.
The winner of the Ford ei
which was given away, was Ml
Ponder, of Shelby.