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HE STAR’S REVIEW.
", he coal man- has the laugh now
cold weather is here and cold
[prices are up there.
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Tomorrow, Armistice day, Cleve- j
fland county citizens are urged to
bontribute to the fund to create a ’
hiemorial for the county’s Word
Jar dead. The Star today urges |
Fou to do your part.
A Winston-Salem sport writer
links Dick Gurley is one of the
Jest football coaches in the state,
says The Star today. Seeing as how
Gurley started his career at Shel
by High school local folks should
be interested in the remarks.
Don’t faint. so. Local “hello ;
girls” are ntfs^Mftrlhg "Thank you ’,
when a telephone number is asked;
for. The Star announces it for r ■
fact today.
Would more Shelby folks vot..*
against A1 Smith than for him if
the New York man was nominated
for president by the Democrats V ;
An article i nThe Star today take.-,
up the question after a little in
vestigating.
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The Morgan school in South
Shelby is one of the most enter
prising units of the city school sys
tem. A resume of students and
honor roll pupils appears in this
paper today.
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Mon do not like to see their fel
low beings in iror'-.e but there is
always interest shown in hospital
news, such as is given complete in
today’s news.
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What does the cotton price de
pend upon? The question should be
of interest to farm readers espec
ially. A news artic*> says it’s aii up
.o the acreage, while The Star’s
editorial writer says it depends
upon sales and publicity methods.
Read both.
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0. Max Gardner, Shelby citizen,
was tendered a great tribute last
night in Charlotte at a banquet giv
en in his honor by the Charlotte
chamber of commerce. Many Shelby
citzens attended and high lights of
the gathering are in today’s issue.
Practically every newspaper
reader in Cleveland county will re
member die case of Ida Ball War
ren. the first woman sentenced to
death in the electric chair in this
state. Her sentence was later
commuted and then changed to 30
years imprisonment, and The Star
today says that Governor McEt-an
will not shorten the sentence.
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The Superior court grind is oc
cupied with suits against Shelly
and Kings Mountain, Divorces w'll
feature the remainder of the dock
et.
Forsyth Woman Who Was Sen
tenced to Chair to (Jet No
Mercy From McLean.
Raleigh,—Ida Ball Warren, the
only woman ever to face electro
cution in North Carolina, will not
gain a parole or pardon from her
long prison sentence under the
McLean administration. This was
definitely learned here Tuesday.
Formal declination of recent re
quests for clemency is expected to
be issued by Pardon Commissioner
Hoyle Sink in a few days.
Commisioner Sink stated that ho
had been visited by two brothers of
the woman and other relatives, but
that he had informut them that
both Governor McLean and himself
were of the opinion that when a
person had been saved from death
that enough had been done for
them unless conclusive evidence of
innocence or extenuating circum
stances developed.
In the Warren case, Mr. Sink
said, no such evidence hud been
produced, and that there appear
ed liule doubt of guilt of one of
the most heinous murders in crim
inal annal, as she was convicted
of murdering her husband and
placing his body in a trunk, which
was then hauled out of town by
her and her paramo-.". The man
was also convicted and sentenced
to death but was also commuted
During Governor Morrison’s term
the woman’s life-term was reduced
to 30 years under a blanket order.
She is now employed in the needle
work division of the prison and of
ficials state that her record has
been perfect in every respect.
—Cal and Al—Born Tuesday *o
Mr. and Mrs. H. Clay Cox, tvv j
fine boys, seven and pine pounds
each. Mother and babes are getting
along fine. Mr. Cox is chairman of
the Republican executivecommit
tee, while Mrs. Cav is a very ar
dent Democrat so ii has been sug
gested that the twins be named
Cal for President Calvin Coolidgt
and Al, foe- Al Smith, the Demo
cratic hope for the presidency.
“Thank You,” Comes
Sweet Wire Voice
“l-l-.j-i. Thank You.’’
* hat’s what Kheioy telephone {
Patrons are hearing these days, and
so iar no surprise faints have been j
recorded, which is unusual.
Not long since other towns in
the state noted the fact, with glee
and surprise, that something had
happened at their telephone offices.
I he “hello gil ls " instead of saying
“Line s busy ’ so much are saying
“Thank \ou after each call. There
were those in Shelby who read and
shook their heads—couldn’t be true,
must be one of those fables one secs
so often in the newspapers.
But it is true. For it’s happening
at the Shelby central.
Several days back a patron pick
ed up his telephone and asked for
a number. “10, Thunk, you”, canic
the reply from the operator. In a
dazed manner the patron called
six straight numbers to see if it
was true, and it was. Meaning that
the orders up in the central office
now are for all the girls to say
“thank you" after being asked for
a number.
Which is somewTiai like service
with a smile. Call a number and sec
if it isn’t so.
.Max Peeler Accidentally Shot Him
self in Knee. Fred Dover In
jured in Tract Accident.
Max Peeler of Lawndale R-2, »;!
a patient in the Shelby hospital ■
sufferin'? with a -wounded knee. On
October 22nd while carrying a gun j
he shot himself in the knee and the j
bullet has been extracted. Peeler is j
improving nicely, but will he in the
hospital for quite awhile yet.
Fred Dover's truck turned over
with him a few days ago and he
suffered a fractured knee cap.. He j
is receiving treatment in the hoi-;
pkal-and may be a patient fori
some time yet.
T. W. Justice of Belwood is re
sponding nicely.
Mrs. Dock Griffin of Shelby has
recovered front an operation an 1 j
was able to be dismissed Monday. j
Mrs. A. R. Eskridge who has .
been a treatment patient for some i
weeks, continues about thd same 1
with good days and bad clays.
M. M. Green of Mooresboro who
had a carbuncle removed front the
back of his nqck sonic weeks ago '
and has since had two'skin grafts,
is improving rapidly and able to go |
about the hospital.
Mrs. II. H. Allen and baby went
home Monday, both of them get
ting along nicely.
W. P. McArthur -..'ho lias been
critically ill is showing steady im
provement and may soon be able to
go to his home iwo miles west of
Shelby.
Cline Wright of Fallston is re
covering from an*operation for ap
pendicitis and will be able to go
home in a few days..
Mrs. F. II. Lackey, daughter of
Ex-sheriff W. D. Lackey of Shel
by was a patient for several days
and has recovered sufficiently to
go home.
Mrs. John Doggett, treatment
I patient and R. McKee, under
treatment for snake bite, were dis
i missed Monday.
Two colored patients are in the
1 colored ward.
Town Civil Suits
Keep Court Busy
For Several Days
Mode Suit Afcainst Shelby and Mc
Gill’s Against Kings Moun
tain Are Features.
Civil suits against the towns f
! Kings Mountain and Shelby are en
gaging the major portion of the
Superior court's time this week.
The suit of Mode vs. the Town of
Shelby, which began early in the
' week, was still in progress this
i morning.
The ease is that in which shade
trees in front of Mode’s home we:c
| cut down by a city electrician re
! suiting in a damage suit by Mode.
; Attorneys B. T. Falls, Peyton Mc
! Swain and P. C. Gardner are re
presenting the plaintiff, and City
I Attorney Mull is counsel for the
defense. Quite a number of wit
i nesses were introduced and con
j siderable interest is being shown
! in the case. Arguments to the jury
j began this morning v.’lth a verdict
^ expected later in the day.
Following this case the court will
i take up the suit of J. T. McGill
against Kings Mountain. Barristers
say that this case will also likely
take up the day tomorrow and the
remainder of the session today.
A couple of divorce cases were
heard prior to the two civil suits
j and following the Kings Mountain
! case the remainder of the minor
I suits and divorces will likely be di&
| posed of.
Celebrate A rmistic Day j
By Creating Memo rial !
November 11, 1918-1926.
Fight years ago today this
country milled anxiously
about awaiting news from the
front, word of the boys who
might during the day give
their all as a sacrifice to
their country. Those were
days America does not care
to go through with again.
Fight years ago tomorrow
America along with the rest
of the world was happy—the
Armistice was signed. And
eight years ago tomorrow
America along with the rest
of the World was happy —
—the Armistice was signed.
And eight years ago tonight
all over Cleveland county the
talk by the firesides all cen
tered about the introduction
“When the boys get home—
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Many of them liefer “get
home.” True enough among
that number were several
who did come back, but mere
ly as a labelled, numbered
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pine box. The names of those
boys are inscribed on u
county’s heart—that’s what
the orators f ay—yet the
only public' place on which
the names are recorded is an
old wooden board,
Tomorrow, eight years after
the first Armistice day,
Cleveland county school chil
dren will bring in contribu
tions to a fund being creat
ed for the building of a suit
able memorial in Shelby to
honor the memory of those
boys.
Will you see that your
child takes something to
school for the fund? Will
you also see that you send
something ii, yourself, eith
er to the main fund, or by a
contribution through your
favorite school ?
What does tomorrow mean
to you anyway ? Will you
show it ?
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Cotton Price Depends On
A Reduction In Acreage\
Reduction In Acreage Must Be Sure To
Affect Price, Is Opinion Of
Crop Report
“The price of cotton cannot be
expected to improve until there is
a good basis for expecting a large
reduction in the acreage next year,
says a report from the crop re
porting service of the department
of agriculture in which it indi
cates that a good portion of the
cotton now in the fields may
never be picked although it points
out this is a matter on which no
one can .do more than hazard a
gue.'"., ..ays the Net.'s oi Observer.
“While the meeting held here
was made up of representative
farmers and those interested in the
farmer’s welfare and who devised
some very admirable resolutions
and nhans for acreage reductions, |
it will be several months before
confidence in the results of this
program can he gained,’’ continues
the report. “As one member said.
‘This is no time to talk about
doubt as to the effectiveness in re
ducing the acreage, for if it is not
reduced the cotton farmer might
as well call for the undertaker. ’ ”
iJust as the cotton convention
called by the Governor was open
ing its session in the State’s cam
tol, the government crop report
was being released at Washington
for 17,018.000 bales expected pro
duction. North Carolina’s share of
1,210,000 bales. This was right
much in line with the expectations
of those familiar with the crop.
There are fields which have not j
been touched and which are now
hanging full of cotton that looks
like a great banks of snow, accord
ling to farmers.
As to what per cent, of the crop
1 that is already opened that will be
■ picked nobody knows. If t.h» rain
I which occurred on the 8th i« the
i beginning of a season and if the
| labor is as difficult to get as dur
the past two weeks, quite a
ing
1 large percentage or this cotton
I will not bo harvested in North
iCarolina. As to whether the crop
i is overestimated, suffic" it to say
j that of nineteen basic indications,
the lowest was for 1.044,00fl bales
jand the highest l*36r>.000 .Most of
the estimates were close around
j 1,200,000. The basis of these esti
I mates were such factors as ball
I counts, condition estimates, yield
; estimates, ginners’ figures, county
j bale estimates, formulae compar
i isions and other recognized statis
tical determinations.
North Carolina’s production in
dicates 284 pounds of lint per acre
as compared with 261 a year ago:
714,488 bales ginned as compared
| with 855,673 a vear ago, with the
i acreage to be harvested given as
2,000.000. which is about the same
I as a yeer ago. As evidence that
[the U. * production will be, very
'heavy, 11,260,000 bales were gin
ned to November 1st, as compared
with 11,207,196 a year ago. This
crop is recognized as being much
later than last year’s. The national
yields was given at 181 pounds per
acre which is appreciably more
than the 167 pounds estimated for
1 last year. The crop is not nearly
picked in this States as shown by
the ginners’ reports which indi
cates that 57 per cent of the crop
has been ginned, while the per cent
picked will be probably 10 per cent
more than this."
Dare Devil From
Shelby Injured
Meridian, Miss., Nov. 8.—Mr.
and Mrs. A. N. Mauney. of
Shelby, N. C., were recovering
in a local hospital Monday
from injuries sustained Sun
day when an automobile in
which they were riding, turned*
over on a highway near here.
Mauney was making an endur
ance ride, handcuffed to the
steering wheel of the car w hen
it turned over. He was dragged
with the machine and held a
prisoner until a Meridian po
liceman who had a key to the
handcuffs, arrived and releas
ed him. Mauney suffered sev
eral bruises. .Mrs. oTaune.v sus
tained a br-i.en collar bone.
Thinks Gurley Is
A Leading Coach
Winston Sport Writer Says Gurley
Must .Class Among Best Foot
ball Men in State.
Shelby people will be interested
in the following tribute to Dick
Gurley as written by Frank Spen-j
cer, sport editor of the Winston
Salem Journal:
“The ability of Dick Gurley,
former North Carolina State star
and present coach of Lenoir-Rhyne
college, was brought forward Sat
urday afternoon by the impres
sive showing his Mountain Bears
made against his alma mater.
“The Lenoir-Rhyne eleven failed
to turn in a victory, Put lost by the
scant margin of 6 to 0 to a mem
ber of the “Big Five”. Although
the Wolfpack is not exceptionally
strong this season, the critics will
be forced to admit that the Bears
gave them something to worry
about and might do the same
against several other members of
the select circle.
“If Gurley continues the brilliant
work he has done at the Lutheran
school for the past several year,
he will be classed among the best
coaches in the South and ho might
be deemed one of the best in the
State at the present.
“He has formed a powerful ag
gregation at Lenoir-Rhyne and haS
been building this club for several
years. It will be hard to find a trip
of smoother backs in the state than
Owl, Spurlock and Whisnant. When
the critics begin to consider an all
state eleven, the name of Spurlock
will be pushed forward for a berth
on the team.
“Gurley first drew attention
from football fans in th» state
while coaching successfully Shelby
High school. Ife then moved to Le
noir Rhyne and since that time
there has been a powerful threat
in the mountains for the college
teams in the state and the futuie
will probably be even greater for
the charge of the former State star
and it will not be so many years
I before he will be recognized as one
of the greatest coaches in South.
“There have been a few rumors
i that Gurley may take over the
coaching job at State in the near
■ future and it would be a great
, move for the college.”
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Two County Teams Will Hook up
in Good Came. Croppers Have
Chance to Win.
Local football fans are promised n
rather interesting tilt here Friday
afternoon when the hefty Boil ini;
Springs eleven meets the re-vamp,
ed Shelby Highs on the local field.
The game is of added interest
owing to the fact that the Baptist
boys are given near a 50-50 chance
of winning and it hr.:< been quite
a number of years since countv
teams have entered the fray with
the odds about even against Shel
by. Fact is, this in addition to be
ing an upset year in footba'l offers
something new for the gridiron
game in Cleveland county. Ordin
arily Shelby has the class of the
county and the other elevens battle
it out, but this year things were
not exactly so. To start the year
off Tilden Falls had at La Ui more
a squad of material that might
have developed into one of th?
best teams in the county. Then
came Kings Mountain along with
a green, but fast-learning eleven
that held Shelby to a tie for the
first time ever. /The dopesters say
that Shelby outplayed the visitors,
hut they canitot get around the
fact that Shelby did not win, and
also the evident knowledge that
Kings Mountain is coining out in
football with a speedy team built
around the county’- best athlete of
the year, Johnny Herd. Added to
that comes the news and game re
sults from Boiling Springs show
ing that the Baptist preparatory
institution is to be reckoned with.
They got off to a bad start, but
have since been coming into their
own. Last week they walloped
Chesnee by a lopsided score. They
have a couple of real threats in
their backfield and with such play
ers as Coble, former Shelby tackle,
in the line their forward wall
should not be so weak. Therein
considerable interest should r be
shown in the game here Friday.
Later Shelby will p ay Kings Mouti
tain and Friday’s game together
with that with the Mountain out
fit will about decide the county's
own little backyard honor-:.
It is said that Boiling Springs
will send over a large number of
supporters. They say that Shelby
will be held to a tow score, and
“Casey” Morris isn’t taking chances
that they might mean more and
is shifting things to meet the un
expected.
Backs Are Changed.
Shelby , fans when they visit the
field Friday afternot n will likely
see a re-vamped backfield. Indi
cations fn r.-i Morm hint that the
local backfield Friday will differ
as much from former appearances
as does a double chin after a visit
to the beauty parlor. Recent scrim
mages on the high field have seen
a backfield that does have punch,
a grinding eager drive. And that
is something that wasn't present
in the final game wherein Shelby
couldn’t score. The rumor is that
Ed Harris and Tommy Kerr will
have two new running mates Fri
day. One will be big Singleton,
who can pass, kick and run, and
the other is Laymon Beam, the
flash who hasn’t been able to real
ly strut on an end posftion. Morris
has known for sometime that Sin
gleton was the fastest mail on his
eleven despite the big boy’s bulk,
yet Singleton has been needed to
plug the line. .With Billy Grigg and.
Shorty Whisnant to shove in tile
line the Shelby coach has decided
to see just what the big fellow can
do, and Singleton is laughing ail
over himself at the opportunity to
lug the pigskin. As for Beam, the
little end has already shown that
he can side-step and trick his way
down the field better than any’ j
back of the year with the possible!
exception of Irisiw Bridges. Just
how Morris will work in the.two
backs remains to be seen. The side
line boys say he may put Kerr on
Beam’s end on the offense and use
Bridges as the fourth back.
Anyway, fans shouldn’t forget
that some good entertainment is
billed for Friday afternoon. Shelby
is out of the state race, but not
through with football. The local
plans for a continuat* schedule
would indicate an unofficial cham
pionship try. Kings Mountain, and
the loser of the Gastonia-Charlotte
go may figure in the games. And
what the highs show ir. these
games with everything turned loose
to win will offer an idea of what
next year’s eleven may be—seeing
as how so many of the present
youngsters will not depart this
year, believing that with a year’s
growth and the possible develop
ment of a punch they may go down
to the HiU come another season.
America's Votingest Wliistler
Emory Hylant. Jr., son of Lleui^JEmory P. Hylant, U. K.
the youngest whistler in America^ Only seven months olJ,
a tune whenever his parent* ask him to—In fact, he was
the photOb^uplupr took this picture.
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S., probably Is
he will whlstio
whistling when
Would Shelby Be For A1 Smith
As President If Chance Arose
“This isn’t for publication, un
derstand, but A1 Smith would
carry the Democratic ticket through
at a walk-away,” that’s the big
expression one hears about Shelbv
these days when talk of the 1928
general election comes up.
In other words, there are hun
dreds of voters about Shelby who
favor Smith as the Democratic
leader, but have not enough nerve
to step out and say so. Meaning
that if some leader took a stand :
publicly as a Smith supporter that
he could gather a following of vast
magnitude, hereabouts. No doubt
the same would apply to North
Carolina generally.
On the other hand there-" are
those—and several of them, too— j
who declare vehemently that they j
wouldn’t vote for Smith under any
circumstances. "Sure, I’d vote the i
Republican ticket’’, some of them
reply when questioned as to what
they would do. Then some of the
others are not that blunt about it
and fail to say just what they
would do were Kastside’s A1 nom
inated. Corn Cracker is perhaps1
the only person interviewed—and
everybody in Cleveland knows ,
Corn Cracker—who wouldn’t mind
folks reading what he thought
about Smith prospects: “No, I
wouldn’t vote for Smith. Not be
cause of his religion, that part of I
it doesn’t mean anything to me,
but I’d never vote for a ‘wet’ tr
enter the White House.'*
A man generally regarded as a :
political leader delivers the opin- j
ion that “Smith would carry the
solid South about ns solidly as any- j
body. Perhaps the vote, deserting j
him wouldn’t be the same that
would desert another t candidate,
but the percentage for and against
Smith in the South would be nbout
the same as the percentage for and
against any other Democratic can
didate, even if the percentage was
not made up by the same personal
ities.”
Arthur Ruhl writing special ar
ticles recently to the New York
Herald-TribunS'^ays that there is
a sentiment in North Carolina for
Smith but that it is n-ot organized,
and he adds that the delegates
would not likely be for Smith, but
that he would get the state’s elec
toral votes. And Mr. Ruhl, who
made a trip to the state to get his
information, apparently got it
about right.
i ne writer tuning a guess on ms
own opinion believes that three cut
of five of the generally termed po
litical leaders in North Carolina
are for Smith. And there are a lot
of private citizens with similar
thoughts. However, it isn’t often
that a private citizen will lead a
Crusade when it'» likely to be criti
cised. Usually he yust bides his
time and votes for ids man should
the opportunity show up. Let if
some leader would come forth he
would find many of the type ready
to rally under the banner.
That’s the hitch in the rope in
the new North State for New
York’s pet—the p> gtical leaders
themselves are dubious as ever
about leading a movement from
which there may come some bad
retorts. In other words the leaders ;
who do favor Smith are not going
to say so publicly tor the value
their own political hereafter at a
higher price than that of the New
York man. /
Some fellow migft/step to the
fore and in the election turn out a
| good majority for Smith, but in
[ future'elections he alight find his
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own count short several thousand'
votes. And politicians do not take!
those chances, that is, if they re-j
main politicians long.
But from a general walk about
Shelby and from conversation with
citizens from other sections of the '
state set this down Tor a fact: A!
Smith would not be completely ta- j
booed if the Democratic conven
tion takes a notion to let him lug'
the banner. The delegates may not1
say much in public a’aout Smith ]
while at the convention, but there
would be a considerable amount of
votes silently cast for Smith should
occasion arise, <
Which isn't saying Smith will or!
will not be the Democrats next!
pick' for the White House, and
likewise it isn’t saying Smith
would or would not get nil the
votes hereabouts. Instead it shows
a little of the trend arguments
and discussions are wont to take
these days when political talk
comes up. —R. D.
Dr. Boyer’s Son
Married Today
Ceremony to be Pei formed by Dr.
H. K. Boyer in Charlotte.
Marries Miss Morrison.
Mr. Hugh Graves Boyer, son of!
Dr. Hugh K. Boyer, pastor of Cen
tral Methodist church married Miss
Elizabeth Morrison in Charlotte at
sunset this evening at the home
of the bride’s parents. Captain and
Mrs. C. S. Morrison. The ceremony
will be performed by the groom’s
father who with Mrs. Boyer and
Mrs. Boyer’s sister, Mrs. L. A.
Sanders of Chilhowie, Va., and Mr. |
and Mrs. C. B. Alexander attend
the ceremony from Shelby. The
bride is a niece of Mr. and Mrs. C.
B. Alexander, West Marion street,
and a very attractive and popular
young lady who has visited Shelby
on several occasions. The bride is
a beautiful brunette and was edu
cated at Mitchell college, .States
ville and Queens college, Charlotte.
The marriage will be a quiet af
fair with only members of the im
mediate families present, owing to!
the serious illnqss of the bride’sj
mother, Mrs. Morrison.
A luncheon was given at noon
today to the bridal party and out
of-town visitors by Mr. and Mrs.
Luther Boyer of Charlotte, Mr.
Boyer being a brother of the groom
After a wedding trip to Wash
ington and other points, the couple
will return to Charlotte to make
their home. Mr. Boyer being con
nected with the Caskie-Dillard
company, wholesale paper dealers,
in which firm he is a stockholder.
He was educated a: Duke univer
sity. A m
Mr. McGinnis Dies
At Age 59 Years
Mr. Ike M. McGinnis of the
Sharon section died in the Shelby
hospital Sunday afternoon about 3
o’clock following an illness with
abscessed liver. He had been a pa
tient in the hospital for two weeks.
Mr. McGinnis was 59 years of age
and is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Crawley of Spartanburg and
one son Ralph who is enlisted in
the navy. His remains were buried
Monday at Double Springs. Rev.
D. G. Washburn, conducting the
funeral services.
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GARDNER HONORED
AT BIG B10UE
ON TUESDAY E
Tributes to Shelby Man J’aii
Affair Given by Charlotte
Chamber of Commerce.
Charlotte. Nov. 9.—The ar
crat of the future will be one
has served his feilowmgn O.
Gardner, of Shelby, declared?
tonight in an address at a di
given in his honor by the Chai
chamber of commerce.
The dinner was attended |
many of the outstanding lead®
business and government fro|
over the state.
Leaders in commerce, fint
industry and the professions
tribute by the presence, and
grams of regret at their inai
to be present came from tl S
ntors Overman and ‘Simmons,
rrnor McLean and other nob
of the state. Also came n tele<
of regret from Richard H. Edm
of Baltimore, editor of the M
facturers Record, regretting
his imminent departure for j
prevented his accepting what u
be a pleasant engagement. Am
telegram from Associate
Clarkson bf the North Car
Supreme court. §
“It has been truly said,"
Gardner asserted, “that the no
word in the English langua
‘service’. This word describee
subiimest thing in human 1
breathing the humblest and y«
loftiest spirit, insp;»ing the iiv
all the greatest men and worn
all time.
“It constitutes the sole foi
tion of enduring • greatness,;
greatness implies service and?
ice implies unselfishness, i
therefore my firm judgment
the aristocrat of the future w
the, man who has done somel
for his fellowman.
“Service to the intimate
of North Carolina is our -
problem today. V.e are beg,
to realize fully that the life e
average man is the exact
ter oT the life of the state;
North Carolina is to be and ;
a fit place for you and me t
in it must be and remain a fit
for all of us to live in.
Mr. Gardner gave ur,
praise to the men who ha%_
enyaved in public life in the,
“I have never known a publ:
in North Carolina, Republi
Democrat, while engaged
leyislative, judicial or ex
discharge of duty, even to 1
pected of graft or corruj
office.
Discussing the 5evefo;
North Carolina Mr. G#„
dared that the spiritual
tural life of the state
pace with the material .
Shelby, home town of
of honor, was represented
tween 40 and 50 of Its le
izens, including men and
whose appreciation of the
shown to their fellow tow
was expressed by J. C.
secretary of the chamber
nierefe.
The progsam was somewi
que in confining the speech-i
to that of the toastmaster,
T. L. Kirkpatrick, to a bri
of appreciation from Mr.
and tihe principal address,
Mr. Gardner.
“No man in North Carolhfi
Zeb Vance has been more 1
than our honor guest o£ this
mg,” Colonel Kirwpatrick s
presenting Mr. Gardner. The
ment brought a burst of ap
“This is Shelby’s and Cl«
county’s night,” he continue
county in the state has fw
more patriotism, more brail
more courage tnan CleVelars
ty.
“Our honor guest of the <
lias been found in the foref
every educational and Indus'
well as every religious and s]
endeavor which has been in
the building of a greater an
prosperous North Carolina.”
Jail Builder Is
Dead Says Rej
J. W. Smith Passed Keren!
Columbus, According I«
Message Received Here.
Quite a numer of Shelby
wil regret to learn that Mr.
Smith, builder of the'riew Cie'
county jail, died recently i
lunibus this state.
Mrs. Hugh Logan received J
sage from Mrs. Smith sayin
her husband died at Co
during the latter part
month and that he was
Georgia his native state. .
suited, it is said, from he*