VOL. XXXIV, No. 79
SHELBY. N. C.
MONDAY, JULY 4, 1927.
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons
By mail, par year (in advarce)_-$5LS*
By carrier, per year (in advance) $3.00
THE
News
THE STAR’S REVIEW.
The Fourth is being observed
ie,15 in Shelby. ^
n-tails of the disastrous wreck
,hp southern above Rutherford
Saturday may be found in to
Star together with a story
« the sole survivor of the death
* * *
^ killing of Broadus Miller,
■organton negro sought for a
II attack on a young white gul,
in today's news. Shelby people
.urneyed 'there yesterday-to see
is body. t , ,
Roiling Springs alumni want a
mior college. Read their plea in
lis PaPer‘ , . .
Dr. Scarborough was an expel t
oner in his cow punching days
j, life’s story is unusually in
vesting considering that he has
Momplinhed about as much in 30
etrs as any living man. Read a
pecial interview with the noted
rangelist as given to a member of
he Star staff. On page six'
« • •
Nothing new in city devclop
*nts. except a meeting of the
lWI) board scheduled for Tuesday
*
(City and county news, other
m that on the front page, will
found on page 8.)
,una Appeals Twelve Months Sen
tence of Judge Mull. Huntley
Also Tried in Wreck.
Robert Luna, Rutherford county
outh, who was sentenced last'
reek in county court to 12 months,
rork for his connection with an
uto crash early in June on High
ray 20, has filed an appeal to Su
erior court, it is announced. Bond
as set at $1,000 and given.
Charles Huntley, Forest City bo*
rho was riding with Luna at th?
ime of the crash, in which six were
ijured, was also given a hearing
iturday on the charge of being
itoxieated. He was fined $10 and
* costs. Attorney Riding of For
st City was his attorney.
The crash occurred between
looreshoro and Shelby on the
light of June 5, and as will be re
jembered six people were injured
wo of them seriously. Pink Bright
nd Ralph Morgan, of Henrietta,
rere the more seriously hurt.
Irieht who suffered a fractured
ikull was in the hospital here for
«me time and Morgan, who re
eived a compound fracture of a
eg, was still in the hospital here
iturday, but reported to be im
proving. Others receiving minor
"juries included Robert Lovelace
he young son of Mr. Fred Love
A car from Henrietta was parked
iy the side of the highway* it was
estified. when the car operated by
ama came along and crashed into
he standing car.
-otton Reserve Fund
Is To Be Paid Out
btributiim Will Come To Mem
bers Of T'lc Cotton Growers
Association Here.
It is learn through Mr. Halus
loore, special agent in this dis
rict for the North Carolina Cot
on Growers association that the
(serve fund accumulated during
k years 1923, 1924, and 1925 will
1 paid out to the members on
(ptember 1st. This fund in the
late amounts to approximately
♦65,000. Just what part Cleve
md county has in the fund, is not
"own, but several thousand dol
ifs will t)e available.
On March 1st, 1928 the reserve
®d for 1926 will be paid out,
•js action having already been
wen by the directors.
Mr. Moore says the farmers are
k|ng the new contract and the
••aciation seems to be taking on
!w 'Ie- The membership is grow
* rapidly and already 65,000
s have been signed up in the
Mt* as a whole.
Hurts Of Police
Bought By Officers
error through the wrong in
^ation was made in Friday’s
« when it was stated that the
" 8un\mer attire of the city po
' officers—gray shirts—was
phased by the city. Police
, ... k. Richards states that
■ o fleers themselves purchased
shirts, the city merely pkay
:.7 ('hange from the heavy
8 su’ta^e gray shirt dur
o warm summer months, and
Wl'g so following a policy of
. arger cities in making their
“ters comfortable.
Boiling Springs Alumni
Boost Move To Establish
Junior College At School
Progress of High Schools in Section Demands
That School Be Closed Or Advanced To
College Rank, They Say. Could Be Fin
anced By Baptist Associations.
If sufficient interest is shown by
three Baptist associations in a
movement started by alumni of
Boiling Springs high school a junior
college for Cleveland county may
result. The three associations sup
porting the school are Kings Moun
tain, Sandy Run and Gaston.
At least an appeal is being made
now to the association to cite the
fact that the well-known Baptist
high school must either recede or
advance to a junior college ranking.
A phamphlet just issued from the
press of The Star Publishing com
pany cites the crisis now faced by
the school, appeals for a junior col
lege to educate the Baptist youth of
the section, and explains numerous
plans by which the junior college
could be financed.
Other High Schools.
In the dav when this section was
not so well supplied with first
.lass high schools Boiling Springs
was one of the outstanding high
schools in the section. In late years
however numerous fine high
schools have sprung up over Clev
eland, Rutherford and adjoining
counties and naturally the patron
age of Boiling Springs has dimin
ished as many students stay at
home to attend high school.
“The rapid growth of high
schools leaves for us two alterna
tives,’ the pamphlet reads. They
are: To close the school and sell
the property at a sacrifice of from
two to three hundred thousand
dollars; or to convert it into a ju
nior college at a cost of one hun
dred and sixty-five thousand dol
lars.
Cost of Education.
The pamphlet in advancing the
junior college idea mentions that
parents of the section could provide
•» college education for their chil
dren at a lower cost than at a sen
ior college. “The average cost of
the senior college per year is about
five hundred dollars. The cost of
junior college work at Boiling
rines would he about two hun
dred and fifty dollars. On a basis
oi two hundred students this would
be a saving of $50,000 per annum
to the parents of the association, or
a total saving of $250,000 in five
years.”
The location of Boiling Springy,
in the midst of twenty-five or more
state high schools, as also mention
ed. Approximately 1,200 children
graduate each year within tha
bounds of the three Baptist asso
ciations supporting the school. At
the present rate of increase the
idea is pointed out that there will
be over 2,000 graduates each year
in five years. “Many of these,” tha
booklet says, “will be denied any
college training unless it be given
them at Boiling Springs.”
On the Finances.
There are 125 churches in the
three associations with a member
shin of 28 901. At $1.10 per member
per year for five years a sufficient
amount could be raised; or an aver
age of $264 per church each year
would suffice. Two hundred men
taking out an insurance policy for
$1,000 would raise the money. ‘Any
or all of these plans may be used
to raise the money,” alumni urge.
In concluding the appeal urges
all members of Baptist churches in
the three associations to debate
the matter and send instructed del
egates to the next associational
meeting.
Mrs. Robert Lynch after an ex
tended visit to “The Rock” near
Barnsville, Georgia, returned home
this week.
I
CITY FATHERS TO
MEET ON TUESDAY.
WILLI MB
Executive Session Said to be on
For Tomorrow Night. Market
Owner* to Visit Board.
With a somewhat tense feeling
over the town since the so-called
“break” last week between Mayor
Dorsey and The Cleveland Star
over publicity of public affairs, the
scheduled meeting of the munici
pal board Tuesday evening is await
ed '"'net-aHy with interest.
Whether or not anything relat
ing or touching upon the events
of the past week will be discussed
at the meeting—if it is held—is not
known. Whether or not the mayor
will take further steps at the meet
ing about his policy of requesting
no comment on city affairs by the
newspapers is a matter of some
speculation on the streets, and was
over the week end.
Likewise it isn’t known whether
or not any issue of the salary boost
question will come up, or whether
the clash of legal opinion will be
talked.
However, it is likely, it is said,
that meat market owners of the
'city will appear before the board
for a hearing in regard to the
tax on markets. The market owners
I hod a short session with the board
one day last week, but reached m
decision in the matter, it is said,
and was carried over until the next
meeting, which it is presumed will
be held Tuesday. The market men
are protesting the tax rate on mar
kets, it is said. The present tax on
market* is up to $160 per year it is
said and the market men feel that
it is too heavy.
I
Operators Here To
Stop Giving Time
Of Day Over Phone
When the house clock runs
down in Shelby this month
housewives may be forced to
wait until noon to learn the
time of day, adjusting their
time-pieces by the fire siren
tooting at 12.
Beginning on the first day
of July the Southern Bell tele-.
--phone headquarters here issued
notice that thereafter opera
tors would not be permitted to
give the time of day.
Some time ago the Western
Union, once a good source for
j securing the time, discontinued
the practice of giving out the
time. Now Shelby has to peer
at the sun, or wait for the fire
siren.
1 The telephone eompany in
issuing the notice says that
with hundreds calling daily for
the time it takes up the time
of operators who should be
connecting and handling im
portant messages.
Dr. D. F. Moore, county physi
cian. will leave tomorrow for Phil
adelphia, where he will attend hos
I pitaf clinics for a week or more.
Mr. Clint Newton, former secre
tary of the Shelby chamber of com
merce spent the week end here. Mr.
Newton is studying law this sum
| mer at Wake Forest college.
Big Cotton Crop Forecast In County
Despite a predicted acreage
cut in Cleveland county some
months ago it was stated here
Saturday by County Agent
Alvin Hardin that he would
not be surprised to see a 50,
000 bale cotton crop in Cleve
land county this fall.
Last year, before the cot
ton ginning reports began to
trickle in the county agent
said Cleveland would make
46,000 bales of cotton and
perhaps 50,000 bales. There
were many who scoffed at the
prediction, yet the final re
port only a few weeks ago had
it officially that over 47,000
bales were ginned in the coun
ty—a big amount of the cot
ton being ginned elsewhere
and some not picked.
Mr. Hardin himself stated
some weeks ago that the cot
ton acreage in the county
| this year would be reduced
perhaps 10 percent. A late
view of his, however, is that
“as many acres, if not more
are in cotton this year as
last.”
Although it is hard to tell
anything definite about a cot
ton crop until it is fruited
I prospects for a good crop now
are bright, and under present
conditions with those favor
able conditions continuing un
til August the county agent
would not be surprised to see
I the state’s champion cotton
raising mountain county make
between 50 and 60 thousand
bales.
“Hay crops”—his pet crop
—he adds “are also very
fine.”
THEY FLEW INTO ENGLISH CHANNEL
■ Photo above shows Conimander Dick Byrd and n.-e plane which
alighted in the English channel after becoming lost r.nd flying all over
France. In the inset ir Bert Acosta, who received a broken collar bone.
Byrd and his crew may fly back across the Atlantic. Then they plan
to fly over the North Pole.
Negro Who Killed Girl
At Morganton Shot Down
Member Of Posse Shoots It Out With Outlaw In Wooded
Cliff Of LinviHe Mountain Section. Hundreds Sec Body
And Killer Of Negro.
Morganton. July 3.—The long
man-hunt for Broadus Miller, ne
gro, who brutally killed 15-year
old Gladys Kincaid, near here two
weeks ago, came to an end early
today when the fugitive was shot
down by Commodore Burleson,
stalwart mountaineer and forme*
Morganton policeman, in a gun
battle at Linville Falls, far up in
the Blue Ridge mountains.
The end came suddenly and un
expectedly. A cafe was robbed at
Ashford last night and citizens,
suspecting that Miller was the
robber, summoned a posse and be
gan scouring the mountains.
The search led toward Linville
Falls, and Burleson, reared in that
vicinity and skilled in woodcraft,
found a trail through the bushes
that others had missed.
Pushing ahead of the crowd, he
came upon the negro sitting on a
boulder with a shotgun Testing
across his knees. Their eyes met
and Miller leaped to his fee lev
eled his gun and cried “halt.”
Burleson did halt, but at the
same time he took aim with a
large revolver and fired. The bul
let went wild and Miller returned
the fire, the load of heavy shot
splintering a tree behind which
Burleson took refuge.
Five more shots were fired by
the white man in quick succession,
the last bullet piercing the negro's
body just belowr the heart. Burle
son’s gun was empty now and he
could do naught but await eventu
alities.
But the fight was over. The ne
gro dropped his gun, one hand
grabbed at the wound from whcih
blood trickled and after swaying a
moment, he dropped to the ground
with a groan. When other mem
bers of the posse, attracted by the
shooting, arrived, Broadus Miller
was dead.
Search of his body revealed a
hardened crust of bread in his
packet. His shotgun contained an
Shell, his last hope for de
fense, for there were no others in
his pockets.
Members of the posse hurried
with the body to Morganton and it
was placed in the county jail for
safe keeping.
By noon the news had spread
throughout the entire region around
this city and thousands of people,
in varying moods and tempera
ments, began to pour into town
and fill the streets about the court
house.
There was murmuring in the
crowd that finally became a shout,
for they were bent on seeing for
themselves the remains of a man
who killed a pretty, helpless girl,
and then eluded pursuing posses in
the wild and uncharted mountains
for two weeks.
Sheriff Halliburton, after a con
ference with other officials, de
cided to bring the body from be
hind lock and key, that the crowd,
then numbering about 5,000, might
see the lifeless form of him who
nad aroused their hatred.
The body, still dressed in
tattered clothes, and his feet cloth
hound, remindful of 12 days of re
lentless flight through the moun
tains, was brought from the jail
and placed on the steps outside.
In order to avoid congestion,
Sheriff Halliburton roped off a
narrow lane, permitting the crowd
to march by in sigle file and view
the slayer’s body.
70 Additions First Week j
Of Scarborough Revival
At the end of the first week
there have been seventy additions
to the First Baptist church as a
result of the Scarborough Revival.
Scores have made professions of
faith and some have joined other
churches. Sunday night a new rec
ord was established with a crowd
conservatively estimated at 3,000
people. There were no service at
the other up-town church, the Cen
tral Methodist, Presbyterian and
Second Baptist coming together to
join in the service of song of ser
mon. Dr. Scarborough is a mighty
man of God and has no doubt done
more for Kingdom work than any
other religious leader in Amer
ica. As is pointed out in today’s
issue of The Star in a feature ar
ticle on the life of Dr. Scarbor
ough he has preached an average
of 600 sermons a year for 25 years,
been instrumental in raising
eighty millions for religious work,
has won 50,000 souls and had a
hand in the training of 7,500
young ministers.
No meeting in the history of
Shelby has seen such an in-gath
ering at ministers. Up until last
night fifty different ministers had
come to the services of Dr. Scar
borough to receive a blessing and
an inspiration from his sermons, i
Many of them are ministers who
attended the Southwestern Uni
versity at Fort Worth, Texas, of
which he is president. With all of
the honors he has had, Dr. Scar
borough is an humble servant of
God, preaching plain Gospel ser
mons of the old-fashioned kind
with a vigor and fervor that stirs
the souls of men.
Churches Invited
Dr. Wall has issued invitations
for other churches to visit the
open air assemblage each even
ing in a body. New Hope and Nor
man’s Grove are invited for Mon
day.
Sandy Run and Zion are invit
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DEATH SCENE AT
HM DISASTER
Fred IVnninjfer. Shelhv Boy, Only
One Living of Six Who Rode
The Death Train.
“I was in the caboose writing
when suddenly and without warn
ing:, I was hurled across the cab by j
a jolt and shock. The impact came
so quickly and so hard that I could
not tell for a moment where, or
what bad happened,’ that's how the
crash felt to the only living sur
viving member of the train crew
that rode to a rendezvous with
Death shortly after noon Saturday
in Rutherford county.
The sole survivor of the crew of
six men is Fred H. Penningcr,
young Shelby man, who was flag
man on the freight.
Penninger was riding in the ca
boose and the five others, includ
ing two Shelby natives, were in the
engine cab.
It Was Horrible.
"It was horrible. I can't tell you
exact details of how things hap
pened or such as that," the young
railroader told a member of The
Star staff after he had returned to
his home here late Saturday even
ing.
"I dashed out of the caboose, out
the end of the trestle, and up to
the debris of the engine and cars.
Steam wras hissing everywhere and
water running about. It was a ter
rible scene. Just what I did or
thought for the next 10 or 15 min
utes I do not know. All I do know
is that I worked and tugged to get
them out. I pulled Pete Eaker out,
but he was dead.
Nobody Spoke.
“Then I pulled out Ward and
Weaver. They say both of them
were living then but neither one of
them said a word. Until somebody
came—and things happened* so
quickly and were so blurry that I
un*<t some one did come—I was
until som eone did come—I was
there by myself doing my best to
get them out. I couldn’t get the
two others out. They were pinned
down by the locomotive or some
thing.
“I kept working and trying to
straighten up things the best I
could until an ambulance got there
and I got Ward and Weaver in and
sent off to the hospital. Then we
got the work train back—we pass
ed it at Gilkey—and I turned the
rest of it over to that crew and
1 came home.”
Anxious About Mather.
Penninger, who has been in
weeks before, was anxious about
his mother. He was afraid she
would not believe t]iat he was
safe until she saw him, and he
came as quickly as he could leave
the task of caring for his dead aud
dying friends.
Penninger lives on East Sumter
street and is married. He is a son
of Mrs. T. R. Penninger, who lives
in the same house and of the late
Policeman Penninger who was kill
ed years ago at Sharon, S. C., by
Mills Moore, recently captured in
Arkansas.
Kept Track Clear.
Even amid the disaster and the
dying groans of his fellow-workers
the code of the railroad flagman
stack to the memory of Penninger
and just as soon as he could turn
the rescue work over to others he
secured his flags and signals and
with the aid of a boy who lived
near the wreck placed warning sig
nals south on the track. He knew
that his train had the right-of-wuy
ahead and that no danger could be
expected in that direction soon, but
he didn’t know about the track be
hind and he flagged it to prevent
another disaster.
Despite the harrowing experi
ences he had been through Pennin
ger exhibited nerves of steel in
telling briefly of what happened.
He was shaken, of course, by the
ordeal he had been through and the
death of his pals, but not to the
extreme of panicky nerves or an
excited demeanor. His relation of
the wreck incidents was calmly
given.
Asked about what he thought
caused the wreck and the speed of
the train he asked not to be queried
on such a subject. “That’s not for
me to say. The officials will de
termine that and it too serious a
matter to talk about.”
Revival Starts At
Double Shoals M. E.
A revival meeting started Sun
day night at Double Shoals Meth
odist church with Rev. J. W. Fitz
gerald of Fallston doing the preach
ing. Mr. Fitzgerald is pastor of
the church and a preacher of great
power and ferver. He will no doubt
be heard by large crowds each
night. The public is cordially in
vited. i
Five Die In Rail Wreck
In Rutherford Saturday;
Two Dead From Cleveland
Pete Eaker And M. M. Kendrick Two Of
Railroad Men Killed When Freight Plung
es From Track Near Gilkey. Scalded To
Death.
NATIVES HERE
Peter Eaker Buried Here Sunday
With Masonic Honors. Ken
drick Buried at Rock Hill.
Conductor A. Peter Eaker and
Engineer Mike Kendrick, two of
the five victims of the train wreck
near Gilkey in Rutherford county
Saturday, are natives of Cleveland
county. Mr. Eaker was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Eaker, his fath
er for years being a bridge fore
man on the Southern. Mr. Ken
drick was the son of the late Mon
roe Kendrick of the Elizabeth sec
tion. Monrot- Kendrick was a broth
er of L. I., Columbus, Joe and Hill
Kendrick. The engineer’s mother
was Sue Borders, a sister of Elsie
and Hugh Borders of this county.
M. L. Weaver, brakeman and an
other victim was a nephew of Mrs.
W. L. Dameron of Shelby R-l.
The remains of Conductor Eaker
were brought here to the home of
his sister, Mrs. W. O. R. Putnam
and the funeral was conducted here
Sunday afternoon from the Presby
terian church by Rev. H. N. Mc
i,:armid and Rev. Rush Padgett.
Mr. Eaker was a Mason and Shrin
er and the service was with full
Masonic honors. A beautiful floral
tribute and a crowd of friends that
overflowed the church attested the
high esteem in which he was held.
Mr. Eaker was 43 years of age. He
is survived by his wife and five
children who made their home at
Sevior, near Marion while he was
on the road. One daughter Mrs.
Ernest Ellington is married and
lives in Charlotte! Other children
are Louise, Laura, Ruth and Ikie.
Three brothers George, Marion and
Dick and three sisters, Mrs. Bob
Sullivan, Mrs. W. E. Page and Mrs.
W. O. R. Putnam also survive.
' Engineer Kendrick who is surviv
ed by his wife and four children is
being buried Monday afternoon r.t
Kock Hill, h. L. He was 49 years
of age. Three years ago his leg was
injured in a wreck and for 16
months he was a patient in Johns
Hopkins hospital. While he could
walk, he limped because of a silver
knee cap, and when he mounted his
engine for a run, he usually kept
to his cab until his run was fin
ished.
Reunion Turns to Funeral.
M. L. Weaver of Thermal City
and P, C. Ward, of Vein Mountain,
brnkemen on the train, were buried
Sunday afternoon at their homes.
A reunion of the Weaver family had
been planned for Sunday and Mr.
Weaver’s brother and sister from
Washington state had gathered for
the occasion which they expected
to be a most happy one. The trag
edy of Saturday converted the re
union into a sad affair for the en
tire family and host of friends.
One brother of Weaver, in South
America did not get here for the
reunion which had been planned.
Railroad men who knew the four
white men, Eaker, Kendrick, Weav
er and Ward who were killed Sat
urday, declare that among all of
the employes on this division of
the Southern, there were no finer
and more likeable fellows than
thees four. They did not have ar.
enemy among their wide acquaint
ance. They were devoted to each
other and were liked all along the
line.
Will Try To Land
Carrier Meeting
G. V. Hawkins, ex-president of
the North Carolina Rural Letter
Carriers convention, Mr. and Mrs.
John Philbeck of Lawndale and per
haps other letter carriers of Clev
eland county, left yesterday for Ra
eligh to attend the annual meeting
of the North Carolina Rural Let
ter Carriers convention. Mr. Haw
kins who is an influential figure
among the rural letter carriers in
North Carolina will invite the con
vention to hold forth in Shelby
next time. The ninth congression
al district in which Shelby is locat
ed, is perhaps the best organized
section of the state among the ru
ral letter carriers and this fact
alone should influence the carriers
to accept the invitation to come to
Shelby.
Train Plunge* From Track
Just Across Trestle At
Gilkey.
Rutherfordton.—Three trainmen
were instantly killed, two others fa
tally injured and a sixth slightly
injured when Southern freight
train No, 68, northbound, was
wrecked near Gilkey, about seven
miles from here, shortly after noon
Saturday.
The dead:
M. M. Kendrick, of Rock Hill, S.
C., engineer. »!
Pete Eaker, Marion, conductor.
M. L. Weaver, Thermal City,
brakcman.
T. C. Ward, Union Mills, brake*
man.
Alf Lytle, Rock Hill, negro fire*
man.
F. H. Penninger, brakeman of.
Shelby, ia the sole survivor of the
train crew. He was slightly injured
Scalded to Death.
Kendrick, Eaker and Lytle were
instantly killed when the engirte
and nine cars of the freight leaped
from the rails to the ties, plowing
up the roadway before toppling
over. Weaver and Ward died early
tonight in the hospital here. Bodies
of the first three were sent to their
respective homes immediately fol
lowing the wreck. All were vic
tims of scalding steam released DV
the impact.
All of those killed were riding hi
the engine at the time of the crash.
Penninger wa8 riding in the ca
boose, 20 cars behind, which stop
, ped on the trestle. Rushing to the
front of the train, he succeeded fn
pulling one of the dead men and
the two injured from the wreckage,
and remained with them until heh>
arrived some time later. When the
ambulances had left the scene, he
remained at his post, keeping'Watch
up and down the track to flag any
other train which might .approach.
The crash occurred on ia, Carte, a
few yards north of thef Catheys
creek trestle one mile from GUke?.
Earlier reports that the train had
crashed through the trestle were
poved unfounded. The tracks were
cleared late tonight.
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Scarborough Gives
Dinner To Students
Dr. Lee Scarborough, president
of the Southwestern Theological
seminary at Fort Worth, Texas,
gave a dinner today at the Central
. hotel to former pupils of his who
' attended the seminary. Those pres
ent were Rev. and Mrs. Jolly and
son of Asheville, Rev. Yeardy of
Tarboro, Rev. Hord Burns of Mt.
Holly, Rev. and Mrs. Rush Pad
gett of Shelby, Rev. and Mrs. H E
Waldrop and Rev. adn Mrs. Zeno
Wall of Shelby.
Mr. Hugh Hoyle, who is now in
Gastonia, spent Sunday in the city.
SERVING NEWS.
When Commander Byrd
hopped off to Paris there
was much interest all over
America in his flight. When
he became lost in a storm
over France the interest turn
ed to anxiety. The Star was
the first newspaper to reach
the business and residential
streets of Shelby last Friday
carrying the information
that Byrd and his party were
safe after plunging into the
English channel. Prior to
publication of the paper nu
merous subscribers were in
formed by telephone of Byrd’s
safety.
That is news service. It
was made possible by The
Star's bulletins from the In
ternational News Service.
The Star isn’t a wire news
paper, or a daily paper, buc
is rather a community, or
county paper, serving the
news of Shelby and Cleve
land county, but on events of
importance elsewhere, or na
tionally, it is indicated by
the Byrd story that The Star
can keep its readers inform
ed