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MONDAY SEPT. 27, 192C>.
TWINKLES
* iThis is no weather report, but
It "Wilt be some fair tomorrow.
TRe flew heavyweight champion,
Mr. Tunney, says “give the credit
to the Marines," but it seems he
rover said anything like that
about tlie coin.
Ga-nsrtior McLean apparently
considered the Cleveland county
fair not of enough consequence to
attend. Which isn’t good politics
for around 60,000 Democratic
votes will mill through the fairway
here.
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.^AGHT FUTURE, BOYS.
Generally speaking the Lott -
more fair of last wpek with its col
lection of outstanding farm pro
ducts assures still greater pro
gress in that section. But that thr>
hoys .of that section are exceeding
ly fortunate is an earmark vhrt
can’t be overlooked.
Fact is, the love-lorn youth of a'l
Cleveland county might find it pro
fitable to head their radiator caps
towards Lattimore. Ail the old
time checking points of fine
wives in the making are to be
found in the damsels of that sec
tion.
Their fair offered the proof.
The biscuits tnking first prize
were cooked by a girl who has no
“Mrs.” before her name.
And the two first prizes in the
making of sofa pillows went to two
young girls, and not their moth
ers.
What more could the seeking
youth ask? Prize winning sofa
pillows on which to lounge w?iile
getting going, and the commun
ity's best Kjscuits to work for?
THE PLUGGER WINS.
^rperica despite some financial
reverses and overturned advice
from experts idolizes today one of
its most popular heavyweight fight
ing champions—Gene Tunney, the
fighting marine.
'tiutside of Tunney’s war record,
his trving days with the devil-dog!.
and his sheer nerve and good
Sportsmanship, there is little of
glamour in his personality.
He is a plugger that has at
hi' ^oal.
Back in the days when things
were none too cheering Tunn y
first started boxing for the enter
tainment of his fellow marines.
His nerve, physical prowess and
ability to absorb tips soon rated
him aa a medium fighter. Then
the waY ended and the ex-marinc
fixed as his goal the crown worn
•by Jock Dempsey.
Last Thursday night he won.
j His explanation of victory goes
back over the years he spent study
ing the plugging; the years when
his eyes were never shifted from
the ‘ goal, always planning, work
. ,wards one end. There is noth
brUUant about the new chain
“ Nothing more than that he
$a an ordinary man come through.
Hut the world likes the fellow
Who sticks until he arrives, arid
what’s more from the standpoint
of popularity his war record is of
untold value.
The Fighting Marine may not
hie crown long, but while he
lies it and after it’s gone he will
lie remembered as a regular fel
low, not a fighter by instinct,
"#■ a brute; but a steady wort,
(hat made himself fit, and le
thal way.
Marines were rightly call
“devil dogs” and Tunney with
reat is proud of his war record,
after a bloody battle in
noted general has relat
gome of the men In the French
were so shot up about the
St it was difficult to de
their nationality. The gen
at the head of a bed
rested a young soldiei
bead completely covered
an
fellow, are you
t?” the general asked,
the wounded man re
a Marine."
today is conten
champion that was
FUffl SHOWS 1
I READY FOR EVENT
!
Nat ; Outfit Bigger Than La t
Year. Fair Grounds Hustle
Today With Activity.
All was in readiness along the
big midway late Monday afternoon
for the opening Tuesday of what
promises to be Cleveland county’s
greatest fair. The 4Vat Reiss shows,
with its galaxy of sideshows and
riding devices, reached the city
early Sunday nror;i.'ng and conces
sion operators who will operate the
many booths and bazaars, with
their games of science and skill,
started pouring into the city Sat.
urday and were still arriving late
Monday. The concessions, as usual,
will be erected at i.he head of the
midway between the Nat ltciss at
tractions and the grandstand.
The Nat Reiss shows, making its
second bow to the amusement lov
ers of this section and patrons of
the Cleveland county fair, is con
siderably larger than last year and
every bit of the r dditional space
which Secretary ,1. S. Dorton had
set aside for the amusement zone
was filled. The train arrived from
Mount Airy, con.*ng over the
Southern, with two engines nulling
it. There are five more double
length railroad cars 'his year than
'•'st. The train was unloaded early
Sunday morning, the big wagons
. being parked al«ng Warren street
and overflowing through South
Morgan to Graham street. Only the
wagons containing the electrical
equipment and the cookhouse,
where the 860 carnival people eat,
were taken to the grounds Sunday
but after church hours Sunday
night a battery of trucks started
in on the hauling job and practi
cally all night the big wagons weiu
rumbling through the streets.
The fairgrounds Monday morn
ing was a beehive of activity. The
small army of workmen attached
to the Nat Reiss shows started at
daybreak erecting the tented the.v j
tics that will house’ the many
shows, and the mammoth riding
devices. The concession operators j
started the erection- of theii booths
a few hours after the Nat Reiss ,
workmen but it appeared at noon-'
that everything would be ready
hours and hours before the arrival
of Tuesday’s parade that launches ’
Cleveland county’s 1U2G exposition.*
There are many new shows on
the midway this year and among
the new riding devices will be
found the lley-Day, ride sensation
of the decade. There are said to be
only six of these rides in operation
all of them being on the larger
collective amusement organizations.
The ride has all the thrill of a
run-away automobile with the elc-1
nient of danger eliminated. The au
tos operate on a platform and the
cars spin around and around a cir
cular track blending th^ thrills of
many of the cider rides.
The two bands of the Nat Reiss
shows will take part in the big par
ade i ‘ ~ ~ ’ " —
Mrs. Borders Dies
At County Home
Widow < f I.ate Glenn Borders.
Wes Miss Lottie Cabani; s
P * ore Her Marriage.
r : ■
M'—. 1 : V B->r:l "s, widmv of
, Glenn Borders, dic'd Fumlaj* rfter
noon at 5 o'clock a’ .*> --‘v
home f ilb wing a protracted dl
l'' She had been an inmate of
the county home for sor.u t’ma a'd
| was 82 years of age at the time of
j ir th Before marriage she was
; Miss Lottie Cabaniss, an esteemed
1 woman-of the coun.y and member
I cf c ne of the most prominent fam
ilies. She is the last of the old Cab
aniss family, all of her brothers and
sisters having preceded her to the
grave. She married Mr. Bordevs
when his children by his first wife
were young. While she had nc
children of her own, a number of
step-children survive.
The funeral was conducted this,
afternoon at New Hope Baptist
church, Earl, by the pastor, Rev.
G. P. Abernethy and the interment
| was there among a large crowd of
fiiends and relatives. Mr. Borders,
' her husband, died about three
j years ago.
j Ambulance Service
At Fair G ounds
Here’s somethin)? new rt the
county fair this year. The Paragon
Furniture company has opened up
a first aid Hospital in a tent with
two nurses in charge and a driver
for the ambulance or invalid ear
which will be on hand day and
night for use in case of sickness
or injury. The nurses are both
j graduates and will render any first
' aid necessary, while the amhulunee
! is on hand to rush a patient to the
I hospital or to a physician in case
i of sickness or injury. Whiie a ne
cessity for such service may not
1 develop, the Paragon feels that pre
j puredness is the U.'./ig, consequent
ly this service was tendered to Dr.
Dorton the fair secretary, who wc!
comes it as an emergency conven
ience to all who attend the fair
this week.
Sixty miles an hour is plenty
fast, except when yout are in a
hurry to reach some _ place, then
30 is about rijiht.
. ...
(Continued from first page.)
| LATTIMORE COMMUNITY
FAIR IS A SUCCESS
; s'derable information in- recent
years on systematic farming from
Professor Taylor, a valued member
of Prof. Lawton Blanton's high
, school faculty. Which is to sav
that their exhibits not only con
j tained good material but were at
j tractively and tastefully displayed.
With the thought comes another.
It is that the Lattiniore High
school should be watched. Thi;
handiwork and ability of the
' young school children formed a
background for the occasion and
parents seemed even prouder of the
ribbons carried home by the young
sters than of their own prizes with
horses, fruit, and suchlike.
More Watermelons.
1 h"te were sidelights galore to
the day. J. B. Francis has his 7t
pound watermelon gnnwed away
by rodents, hilt'nevertheless he had
a 65-pound “August ham” in the
(fair which was good enough for
first prize. And to console himself
over the loss of his big melon he
carried home numerous other "first
prize ribbon^. Then the pumpkin
show was a “pippin.” Come cele
brity of i he past who, apparently,
knew ns much about eating as farm
ing, said “the section that has
plenty of pumpkins need never
worry about prices received for
other products for they are going
to live royally.” And that ^houtd
apply to Lattimore and the visita
tions of the army worm on the
cotton fields. The community h>d
enough delicacies to go with the
hams and pumpkins to feed them
over the year if cotton had to be
given away. The home economic do •
partment of the school is starting
out some young cooks and fancy
work artists that will give the'r
mothers a race for honors and the
farm department of the school is
turning out boys who can already
give their dads tips on the profes
sion of tilling the soil—though, the
dads may not admit it.
Fact is, those who didn’t attend
the fair here missed a representa
tive idea as to why Cleveland
county forges ahead In farm life.
From the kitchen to the pastures
and fields Lattimore was on dis
play at the fair, and there may
be better exhibits of this and that,
but the community that gets to
gether such a collection of every
thing will be hard to find.
The event covered too much to
be “covered” in detail from a news
paper standpoint, and it is suffi
cient to say that those who looked i
over the Lattimore community fair
can now understand why the big j
county fair is the state’s best—for
the big fair is merely an assem
blage cf many such communities, j
County celebrities were there
during the day and many of them
for the entire day, perhaps because
dinner is served at Lattimore at 12
o’clock sharp and usually lasts un- i
til one or better. County commi"- j
sioners, home and farm agents
and others were numbered on the
list. The report that they carried
away should bring double the num
ebr back next v«'r.
Prir-a and Winners
Owing to the multitudinous ar
ray of winners The Star corres
pondent was unnble to secure a
complete, verified list of the win
ners, but through the courtesy of
-.eveial Lattimore people a list is
given below as near complete as
was possible to secure soon after
the event. Those not mentioned
should not feel slighted for in the
estimation of The Star representa
tive the judges could have made
a mistake or two, so fine were the
competitive exhibits.
In connection with those not men
tioned in ihe prize-winners Mr.
Gideon Price should not be over
looked. Mr. Price entered shrubs
: and flowers that would make any
j florist weep with envy, but Mr.
i Price characteristic to his princely
I modesty refused to have his en
, tries passed on by the judges. He
I didn't say so but he would hardly
! have left a chance for the others.
| Anything one w'.dies to see this
section’s premier collection of
| shrubs and flowers ali he has to do
I ts visit the Price home. A little
, shrub, one of the cedars of Leban
j on from which Solbmon’s magnt
: ficent templS"wa's built, is per.
! haps his pride of the collection.
| Close to it will rand his Scottish
heather, h's Japanese gold dust
tree, his 14 varieties of eve-green,
his cut flowers, and old-fashioned
pinks blooming for the second time
in me year.
I Prize winners in a collective
j manner follow: Best horse, Robert
j Palmer. W. E. Fite: best pony, 11.
i G. Walker, Robert Weathers; bes<
mule, Albert White, R. G. Adams;
; pair mules, Dr. R. L. Hunt; reg
; istered Jersey cow. Dr. L. V. Lee;
milk cow, J. B. Francis; heifer
Leland Frances, L. A. Padgett;
. best heifer (over year). Dr. L. V.
■ Lee; best groat, Robert Palmer;
heavy breed. Mrs. J. B. Wright;
i best pen Rhode Island Reds, D. G.
| S. Walker; Barred Rocks, Ivey Wil
lis; White Leghorn. L. S. Hunt, jr.;
I Barred Rock pullet, Ivey Willis:
i white leghorn cockerel, J. L. Cal
I lahan; Rhode Island Red pullet,
Mrs. J. B. Wright; Rhode Island
I Red cockerel, Dock Walker; pullet
; (other breeds), Fred Washburn;
There is a craze for French fur
niture just now. It may be all
right, but the Cabinets 'don’t last.
It seems ,now as if the Hal'.
MIIls murder has enjoyed about as
long a run as “Abie’s Irish Rose.”
cockerel, Marsbe Blanton; cocker
el (other breed), Dr. R. L. Hunt.
Horticulture—Table beets, Mar
garet Wilson; stock beets, V. C.
Taylor; best gourd, C. O. Pompey;
eeg plant, Mrs. Robert II. Bridges;
rhubarb stalk, J. B. Francis; okra
pods, L. C. Jones; field peas
peanut, Leland Francis; popcorn,
! I,eland Francis; broom corn, Lilah
Davis; best sunflower, Melvin Mor
gan; turnips, Charles Wilson;
squash; Mrs. Robert H. Bridges;
cucumbers. Lilah Davis; tomatoes,
Mrs. T. Green; bell pepper, Mrs.
[ Robert H. Bridges; hot pepper,
i Avery Hamrick j collection vege
! tables, R. G. Stockton, lima beans,
Fred Washburn; apples, Yulan
Washburn; peaches, R. M. Wilson;
pears, W. R. Walker; grapes, Avery
Hamrick; scuppernongs, T. A.
Johnson; fruit collection, Elijah
Brooks.
Farm booth, Jim Canipe, W. A.
Crowder; corn, ears. Fred Wash
burn; stalk corn, Sam Brooks;
wheat, Julius Wilson; oats, J. B.
Francis; rye, V. C. Taylor; hay,
R. M. Wilson, J. S. Canipe; sweet
potatoes, Leland Francis, Paul Wil
son; cowpeas, J. G. Canipe, W. W.
Washburn; sov boars. J. G. Canipe;
watermelon, J. B. Francis; can.a
loupe. Sam Brooks; citron. D. R.
Washburn; cotton stalk, J. R. alar
able; cane, L. E. Jenkins; oollcction
legumes and grasses, Wilbur W’l
son, J. B. FTancls; millet, G. L.
Hamrick; Sudan grass, S. W. Mc
Swain.
Shopwork—Study table, Sam
Brooks.
Canned goods—Collection, Mrs.
Tom Greene. Mias Leila Crowder;
damsons, Mrs. J. S. Bianton. Mr .
Plato Lee; peaches, Mrs. R. M.
Wilson. Mrs. V. C, Taylor; nople?,
Mrs. T. C .Stockton, Yulan Wash
bum; cherries, Mrs. J. S. Blanton,
Mrs. Lawton Blanton; soup mix
ture. Mrs. V. C. Taylor. Mrs. R. G
Stockton: tomatoes, Mrs. J. A.
Bowers, Mrs. Lawton Blanton; corn
Mrs. Lawton Blanton; pickles, Mrs
Plato Crowder, Mrs. Forrest Crow
der; string beans, Gladys Marabie
cucumber pickles, Mrs. W. S. Wal
ker; peas. Mrs. T. C. Stockton;
peach pickles, Mrs. V. C. Taylor,
Mrs. k. M. Wilson; mixed pickles.
Miss Sara Hamrick, Mrs. W. T.
Calton; beet pickles, Miss Willo
reo Calton, Mrs. T. C. Stockton;
pear preserves, Mrs. R. M. Wilson.
Miss Maggie Beam; peach preserv
es, Mrs. T. C. Stockton, Mrs. W. A.
Crowder; collection preserves, Mrs.
V. C. Taylor; watermelon preserv
es, Miss Georgia Bridges; damson
preserves; Mrs. R. M. Wilson, Mrs.
Plato' Crowder; cherry preserves,
Mrs. J. S. Blanton; fife preserves,
Miss Sara Hamrick, Mrs. L. C.
Jones; apple preserves, Mrs. J. B.
Francis; Miss Annie May Gold;
apple jelly, Mrs. T. C. Stockton.
Mrs. R. M. Wilson; plum jelly, Mrs
W. T. Olaton, Mrs. J. M. Gardner;
grape jelly, Mrs. J. A. Bowers;
Blackberry Jelly, Yulan Washburn;
grape juice, Mrs. R. G. Stockton.
Mrs. J. S. Blanton; apple butter,
Mrs. R. M. Wilson, Mrs. Clyde
Jones; molasseb, S J. Cabaniss, J.
C. Martin; hams, J. B. f’rancis;
jelly collection, Miss Lucy May
Francis; honey, Mrs. M. B. Smith,
Mrs. J. B. Francis; candy collection
Mrs. Forrest Crowder; chocolate
creams, Mrs. Forrest Crowder;
chocolate fudge, Mr§. Foster Jones;
bread collection, Mrs. Forrest
Crowder; collection pies, Mrs. W.
A. Crowder; corn bread sticks, Mrs
Lawton Blanton, Mrs. Forrest
Crowder; biscuits, Miss Margaret
Bridges, Mrs. Lawton Blanton;
Rolls, Mrs. J. B. F’rancis; apple pie,
Mrs. Lawton Blanton; plate of pic,
Mrs. Lawtorf Blanton; butter, Mrs.
J. M. Gardner, Mrs. R. M. Wilson;
collection dried fruit, Mrs. R. M.
Wilson, Mrs. T. C. Stockton; rhu
barb, Mrs. R. M. Wilson.
Fancy work—Collection, Mrs.
Forrest Crowder, Miss Lillie Blan
ton; fanc£ r4>ron, Miss Lillie Blan
ton; Mrs. J, R. Marabie; work
apron, Mrs. Forrest Crowder, Mr3
Less Hamrick; luncheon set, Mrs.
J. M. Gardner, Miss Edna Lackey;
ladies house dre^s^Mrs. R. L. Hunt,
Mrs. Margaret Stockton; child’s
dress, Mrs. R. L. Hunt, Mrs. T. C.
Stockton; tatting, Mrs. J. B. Fran
cis; fancy work, Mrs. J. R. Mara
bie, Miss Maggie Beam; sofa pil
low, Miaa Lucy May Francis. Miss
Sara Hamrick; crazy quilt, Mrs.
Mcllie Green; cotton quilt, Mrs. Z.
A. Harrill; coverlet, Mrs. R. G.
Stockton, Mrs. John Hunt; coun
1 terpane. Mrs. O. O. Toms, Mrs. J.
T. Walker; baskets, Mrs. L. E
Hoyle; boys suit, Mrs. N. J. Fite;
overalls, Mrs. N. J. Fite; collection
; Confederate money, Mrs. Z. A. Har
rill.
Home eeenomics department—
Night gown, Ora Jones, Libby
McGurry; bloomers, Louise Hefner;
! fancy work, Frances Hamrick, Wil
I lie Walker; kodak collection, Mar
j garet Stockton, Roy Green; tinted
photos, Mattie Lee Gardner; art
collection, Mattie Lee Gardner;
health poster, Mrs. A. V. Wash
j burn, Ora Jones.
Grade Art exhibits—Sixth grade,
first grade; pen sketch, Miss Ann
Hamrick; collection potted plants,
Mrs. Plato Crowder, Mrs. R. R.
Hewitt; begonias, Mrs. J. B. Lat
timore; ferns, Mrs. Beatrice Blan
ton; cut flowers, Mrs. Robert H.
Bridges; eggs, Mrs. J. B. Wright,
Mrs. D. T. Washburn.
As the prize winners were decid
ed by number several of the win
ners could not definitely be check
, ed up when the list was handed
The Star.-Several winners perhaps
; have been omitted owing to a
1 slight confusion on getting the
j names and number to tally. Also,
| perhaps, a few winners are incor
rect, but tabulated records were
I checked closely to prevent the en
. trance of errors.
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