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VOL. XXXIV, No. 102
FRIDAY, AUGUST 26. 1927.
Published Monday , Wednesday and Friday Afternoons By mail, per year (in advar»)__|2Jt
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SHELBY, N. C.
What’s
THE
News
.THE STAR’S REVIEW.
j j[. cirigg, county supermtend*
, 0f schools, has fired the open
,jng pUn of his drive for eight
Lunth school terms all over Cleve
land county. t f t
The dub tournament over the
Cleveland Springs golf eourso
vcsterday was a success from ever;
anple. Details and winners given
in the pews columns.
A program of the county Sun
day school convention at Fallston
js published today.
\ former Shelby boy attained
the limelight recently by swimming:
Lake Waccamaw.^ ^
(’. It. Doggett says tie's In the j
sheriff race and no joking about it.
Kecent raids by county officers
brought in two stills, watermelon
brandv beer being found at one.
Two youths, ono white other
black, were bound over to Superior
court yesterday.
Shelby's third theatre *.o open
aon.
premium lists for the coming
air are now ready for distribution
General community news
!vc.ry page today.
on
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Remodelling Old Best Furniture
Store Building For Show
House—Admission Ten
Or Fifteen
Shelby is to have a third motion |
picture house. Enos Beam of the j
Princess has rented from C. C. i
Blanton the store room recently j
vacated by the John M. Best fur- j
niture store on S. Lafayette street
and is having the interior reim Jel- j
led with a view of opening up aj
popular priced show house in about!
four weeks. Mr. Dewey Plumer is
interested with Mr. Beam in |h<?
ownership and operation, but he
is away on the road most of the
time.
“We will run comedies, Westi flns
and serials at the new show houhe,
says Mr. Beam” and expect to »et
the admission price at either ten
of fifteen cents. We have not ie
cided just yet what the admis ipn
price will be. but certainly it '*ill
not be over fifteen cents. The cia|ss
of pictures shown will in no way
conflict with the high class pic
tures we arc running at the P: in
cess."
Carpenters started to work 'fc's
week changing the interior of -fve
building. The floor is being starved
to give good vision from any por
tion of the house. Three hundred
opera seats have been purchased
and later on, the promoters expact
to double the capacity, Making it
600. There will be no staige for
the present to care for road shows.
It will be an exclusive picture house
with a popular price. Twoiof the
latest model Simplex nn chines
have been purchased and th 1 work
of remodelling the interior of the
building will be pushed along
rapidly so the newf house ca i open
for business within the nex four
weeks, says Mr. Beam.
No Change Books
For Coming
_ The next regular meeting <4 the
Sute text Book commission! will
be held at Chimney Rock October
5-f>th. The commission will |ear
representatives of the book kub
I hshing companies who are subpit" ^
ting text books for State adop
The final report of the comtis-j
I W'H be made on Nov. Sfctii,
The only books ttiat are he
lntt considered by the commission
are language and health books'.
The commission will also make a
recommendation of the supptemen
wry reading list at tne October
| meeting at Chimney Rock. There
l»ill be no changes in the text
I °nks this fall. Plans are now, to
If. °ut certain text books and coni
| jne with others, thereby saving
I We school patrons on text books
If"1 affor«l an opportunity to do
I ter work on the subjects that
I,fe taught.
|*hh k house air mail
carrier hurt in crash
I Scotts Bluff, Nebr., Aug. 25.
■Bob l<'nan*' ^an*c^s and Sergean
IV "^ ®arlow were seriousl;
■-iurod today when their arm;
lt*pne USefl to carry «>*■ mail be
It.* 'I tac SUm™e white house a
|jnP'< ' 'ty S- D- and Nortl
| >le, Nehr. crashed at Bridge
|*°rt near here.
YOUNG II THIEF
HELD FDR COURT
DETER REJIG
Negro Charged With Entering
Kings Mountain Filling Sta
tion Also Held To
Big Court
Only two eases were disposed of
in county court yesterday but both
charges were for serious offenses
and the two defendants one a white
boy and the other a colored youth,
wer» held for Superior court in
October under bonds of $500 each,
The white youth, Walter Dam
ron, is from Spartanburg, S. C.
Monday night J. F, Hollars who
works in the Phoenix mill at K'ngs
Mountain, missed his Chevrolet ear
when he left work. Chief Alien
was notified and the search let to
Spartanburg where Damron was
located. He told the officer that
he and another hoy, who is still
missing, took a car in Spartan
burg, drove it to Gastona and
abondoned it. At Gastonia they
got a Chevrolet and drove it to
Kings Mountain, where they aban
doned it for Hollar’s car when them
lights failed to work. The tires
on all the ears were removed and
hid about 16 miles below Spartan
burg. Damron took officers to the
spot where the tires were hid but
the other boy could not, be located
so Damron was placed in jail h">-e
until the hearing yesterday Hol
lar’s car was in bad shape wh»n
located. Damron took ’he stand
in court and stated that he merely
accomnanied the other bov and had
not driven either of the three ca>-s
He gave his age as 19. sa’d his
mother was moving to Spartanburg
this week, and did not know his
farther was dead or living.
In the other case Boyce Hughes
was charged with entering the fill
ing station of It. A. Scott at Kings
Mountain. Mr. Scott told the
court that th.e entrance was made
by prying open the front door
Tuesday night. Canned goods,
chewing gum, and other articles
were taken. Chief Irvin Allen
working on the case tracked
Hughes from the rear of the store
to h’s home. An odd tap on one
of Hughes’ shoes made the ident -
fication of the tracks possible.
Since being arrested Hughes ha:
told several different stories as to
who accompanied him in entering
the filling station, the police offi
cer stated.
Miss Belle Fromm Is
Dead In Atlanta, Ga.
Miss Belle Fromn. who Is re
numbered as one or ttie miiiineri,
in Shelby up until twenty years
ago, died this week in Atlanta, Ga.,
according to a message received bj
Mrs. A. P. Weathers. Miss Fromn
conducted a millinery store fc^
many years in Shelby back in the
early days of the city. Her place
of business was in the store room
where Nix and Lattimore are new
operating a clothing store. Before
that row of brick building were
erected, Miss Fromn qperatec! In a
wooden store room. For a number
of years she has been a patient in;
the Old Woman’s home to Atlanta,
where the end came arter a lin
gering illness. One sister, Mrs.
Jennie Burrus, of An(*orson, 3. C.,
survives.
Beam Is Speaker
At Postal Meeting
Attorney Speight Beam was the
principal speaker Iasi night at the
meeting of the Rutherford county
postal service council meetifig held
at Hollis. Mr. Beam delivered an
eloquent and inspiring address on
the importance the postal service
plays in American life. Attending
the council meeting from Shelby
were J. H. Quir.n, G. V. Hawkins,
Charlie Carson and Charlie Well
from Shelby. Other postal service
men of Cleveland county a:tended
and the meeting was a most en
joyable affair.
\ colored youth who had beer,
liv-ng in the Lawndale section was
arrested this week by Deputies
Bruce Fortenberry nml Duron TVd»
mon and turned over to Sheriff A.
Y. Crawley, of Athens, Georgia, it
was learned at the sheriff's ottue.
The Georgia sheriff came h■"*
looking for the colored man who
left Georgia after the alleged kib.
ing and together with the local
officers located the negro wanted
Monday afternoon.
Pretty Hobo
Police at Pittsburgh. Pa., have
arrested many a hobo—but never
>ne as attractive as this one, Mi?s
Virginia Purdue, of Richmond,
I'a. Arrested when she came iruo
Pittsburgh via “blind baggage."•
die revealed that, though only
die had lioboel it a loin* from
Richmond to California and bacfc.
S. 8 WORKERS TT
MEET AT FALLST1
PROGRAM OUTLIE
County Sunday School Convention
On Sept. 3 and 4. 1). W.
Sima To lie l’resent.
P’ollowing is the program for the
Cleveland County Suniray school
convention to be held with the
Methodist church at Fallston Sat
urday and Sunday, Sept. ;; ana ■*,
1927. The convention Is Tor all Sun
day school workers of all denom
inations.
Saturday Night. Sept. 3
8:00—Devotional, Rev. J. \V.
Fitzgerald, Fallston.
8:15—The Work With Young
Children in the Sunday school, Miss
Daisy Magee, Hickory, director of
Religious education, First Me
thodist church.
8:45—Song.
8; 55—Suggestions to Sunday
school workers. Mr. D. W. Sims,
Raleigh, Gen. Supt. of trie N. C.,
Sunday School association.
9:25—Announcements.
9:30—Adjourn.
Sunday Morning, Sept. 4
10:30—Devotional, Prof. W. D.
Burns, Lawndale.
10:45—The Work with Older
Children in the Sunday school, Miss
Daisy Magee,
.11:45—Business'- session.
Reports of county ana township
officers.
Appointment of committees.
Record of attendance
11:35—Our expanding program,
Mr. D. W. Sims.
12:10—Offering for support oi
i county and State Sunday senool a-:
j sociations.
12:25—Announcements.
12:80—Adjourn.
Dinner at the ehuren. Everybody
come and bring a basket.
Sunday Afternoon, "opt. 4
2:00—Devotional, Rev. J. M
' Morgan, Fallston.
2:10—The home and trie Sunday
school working together, Mr. J. K
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k Premium Lists
For Fair Here §
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& The premium lists for the ft
| annual Cleveland county fair,
ft North Carolina’s largest ft
| county farm exposition, are j;
|{ now published and ready for
ft use. Those desiring premium ft
IS list- may secure them at any S
a of the county hanks. Star ft
g I’ut'lishifig company, or from j|
ft Secretary Horton and other ft
j| fair officials. ft
i|| l’he prog-am of the fair i-J
^ week arranged assures the ft
k greatest fair ever staged in ft
ft the county with added priaes. jjj
}'; attractions and the targes; g
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C. i DOGGETT10
RUN-NO JOKING
ABOUT IT, SAYS
Says Friends Want To Know If Mi
ls Definitely In I'lieriff s
Race. Says He Is.
C, R. Doggett, prominent Shelby
business man who has been con
templating the race r.ir county
sheriff, has gone President Gaivn,
Coolidge one better. Mr. Cooiidg,
said ‘‘I do not choose to run.” Oft
times candidates say “I'm thinking
strongly of running and have about
made up my mind.’ Mr. Doggett
offers the novelty to politics in
that he has made up Ms mind de
finitely. He is going to run for
sheriff, no joking about
Mr. Doggett discussing the race
yesterday stated that since an Item
appeared in The Star stating that
he had about decided to run num
erous friends have come to him
wanting to know for sure. “They
want to know one way or the
other and no maybes about it,” Mr.
Doggett continued, “and I have de
cided to let them have It straight.
I'm going to run.”
Now that he is in, Mr. Doggett
says he is going to give somebody
a race. His friends, he says, have
been urging him to say so definite
ly so that his suporters could. ge„
I ned up, “And if they mean what
they say—and they’ve never fooled
me—we’re going to give somebody
a mighty good run. now that it Is
absolutely decided that we’re in,”
he concluded.
Watermelon Brandy
Plant Is Captured
By County Officers
Fifty Gallons Watermelon Rind
Beer At No. 4 Plant. Get
Still In No. 5
Watermelon brandy is one of the
modern beverages of the kick vari
ety. A few days back Deputies
Buren Dedmon, Hugh Lowry, Char
lie Shepherd and John Hord raided
a plant in the Beason creek sec
tion of No. 4. At fhe plant 50 gal
lons of watermelon rind beerwas
captured along with 150 gallons o?
the so-called pure corn beer. The
still was about 40 gallons in capa
city.
Thursday morning Deputies
Dedmon and Hord ran up on an
other plant beyond Waco near the
Gaston line. A still, two gallons
of liquor and about 200 gallons of
i beer were captured. The 25-ga'
lon copper still was brought to
Shelby and placed with the other
! copper relies at the court house.
! FORMER SHELBY
BOY SWIMS LAKE
James Lattimore Swims Lake Wac
camaw In Record lime of Two
Hours. Second Over.
' A 15-year-old boy who lived in
Shelby until this Spring side-strok
ed himself into the limelight this
week when he swam Lake Wacc*
maw, near Wilmington, m two
hours time.
The youth was James Lattimore.
son of Joe Lattimore, well known
Eastside citizen up until March.
It will be remembered that just
a few weeks back a young Eastern
Carolina girl did the Ederle stunt
across the five mile lake in around
four hours. Last Saturday young
Lattimore dived Into the water at
one side of the lake and within
two hours crawled our on the op
posite bank after covering the five
miles in a new record time.
| He was the second person to
swim the entire distance across
the large body of water, which is
located near highway 20 in Colum
bus county between Whitevlile anu
Wilmington.
Clint Newton Returns
From Wake Forest
J. Clint Newton, former secre
tary of the chamber of commerce
who has been attending law school
at Wake Forest college returned
home yesterday alter taking the
law examination before Supreme
court. He has not heard from Ills
examination but expects a report
today. Mr. Newton .'ms *>een read
ing law for a year or two amt went
to Wake Forest during the sum
mer to finish up h’s course. It
goes without saving that Mr. New
ton has passed- In all probability
tu will locate in Shelby for prac
r'ce. although he *as not made
announcement' a-- yet about
hlocation
Miss Illinois
*
Lois Dclattri. r 1'. of Joliet, 111
13 the unbobbed beauty chosen to
represent Illinois in the Atlanta
City beauty pageant in September
where the tit.e Of Miss Amcnc.
will be ooiifoi. i
FOOD SPECIALIST
HERE NOT BACKED
BY MEDICAL MEN
Health Official In Raleigh Goes
After Paul Sampson. Now
^ Drink Coffee Here.
The joke is now on Mr. Paul
| Sampson. Incidentally, it was on
I numerous members or ShelbyV,
■ lunqheon clubs, Kiwanis and Ro
tary.
As it is these leading lights of
| the city who make up trie weekly
| dinner parties may again call for
I their customary cups of Java and
mingle a little chow-chow with
their other victuals.
The reason is mis: Mr. Paul
Sampson, who Some weeks ago told
Rotarlans and Kiwantans here not
to drink coffee or eat chow chow,
has been scored by a Siare neattn
officer. This official says Mr.
Sampson and his National Health
league have no medical backing;
that Mr. Sampson is making a
livir^g with his lectures.
Good news? You're blooming
’ ight.
After one of the luncheon ctulr
meetings here a prominent pro
fessional man waited for the hotel
lobby to thin out, eased up to Mr.
Sampson and asked "Do you use
sugar and cream in your coffee?”
“I don’t drink the vtte stuff,” the
food expert replied.
No one knows how lonesome that
professional man has been reeling
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Stores Lining Up
For Fall Business
A. V. Wray and Sons Adding Bal
cony—Pendleton Adds Kadio
Supplies—Gilmers.
As Fall approaches and good
business is Ln prospect, local mer
chants are making ready for a
business that has not *ieen exper
ienced in volume for several years.
A. V. Wray and Six Sons who oper
ate a department store down in the
Central hotel block are having
mezzanine floor-- constructed along
both sides of the building, extend
ing from rear to front. C*. A. Mor
rison and Son haye the contract and
set to work yesterday. Mr. Wray
says he has bought heavily of Fall
and Winter merchandise and needs
the additional space which the mez
zanine floors will provide in orc’ei
to house the stock. *
W. A. Pendleton, the music deal
er. has added a stock of radio sup
plies, covering practically every
appliance for the radio usm-s. Mr.
Pendleton bandies the bolster
radio and the Brandies loud speak
ers advertised in a hair page ad
vertisement in today’s Star.
Gilmers Shelby store has taken
on the sale of the Victor Talking
machine pi oducts and has stocked
a big line of Victrolas, including
the orthonhonic machines and rec
ords.
Grigg Launches Campaign
For Eight Months School
Says Already A Majority Of Rural Pupils
Attend Eight Months. Says Schools Could
Run On 40c County Tax.
A campaign for an e;ght month
school term In Cleveland county
was launched last nig?.: «• the K
wan is luncheon by County :5upt. J.
Horace Crigg who declared an
eight months school to he the
‘•greatest need" lighr r.r>. tor the
welfare of Cleveland county school
children: Mr. Grig- anrtcipates
some objection to ;»se movement
lint says that after n tliorougn
sounding <f the sentiment of the
rural people, they are strongly for
it. "This sentiment »» reflected In
the fact that 200 students riving In
shoit-term districts are coming to
Shelby every year for better school
advantages, that hnndre<*s of other
pupils in S'x months <51»tr*etx are
going by permission of the board
to eight months districts ami pry
ing tuition and that many farmers
unable to get an eight months
schools, are asking that the!"
property be assessed in the long
term districts in order that they
might have the advamitges these
schools offer.
"Educational udvar.-ages are not
equal. The children rn the sparsely
settled rural communities rio not
have the advantages the children
have in the richer sections and a
county-wide tax shouM tie levied
to operate for eight months m all
schools,” declared Mr. Grlgg.
Majority Attend 8 Months
“Already the majority of the
rural school children have an eight
months school. Last year wo lied
enrolled in the rural school 7,096
pupils. Two hundred and sixty
eight teachers were employed.
Forty-eight per cent of the childien
had only six months school while
3,678 or 52 per cent already en
joy the eight months school. This
longer term has not been forced
upon the tax payers. They have
wanted it an 1 provided for it
■themselves. These eight month'
rural schools nre located In the
largest cotton producing townships
of the county and the parents find
that it works wonderfully well.
: Under the state school law a pupil
must attend each grade for eight
months. Where the schools operate
for six months, a child is 22 1-2
years old before he finishes high
i school,” said Mr. Grigg.
Hun Un 40c I ax
Mr. Grigg contends that the
i rural schools could bo run for
I eight months on a county-wide tax
| of 40c. It is possible that 35c
j would be sufficient for a year o*
two until teachers raise their cer
' tificates which would entitle them
l to more pay. At presen', tre lev-j
Is 67c. Last year it sens 6Ge. The
decrease was brought about by an
appropriation of $47,00 from the
•tate equalization fund. To operate
eight months in all the rural
schools, the richer sections would
help the poorer sections, but this
is no more than they snould do,
contended Mr. Grigg.
The operation or .schools is the
biggest item of expenditure which
the county has, but the average
man knows very little about school
finances and *is satisfied to trust
tne matter to the school nuthorl
ies. Since school constitute the big- j
gest branch of county government,
Mr. Grigg gave interesting figures,,
showing that the county budget
this year for schools property at.d [
real estate $214,000 of the fund is 1
raised; $47,000 comes from tne1
state equalization fund $12,500 fiom‘
fines and forfeitures and 78,000 or
$9,000 from dog tax. Tile cost pev
pupil is $18.11 annually, wnich is1
much lower than the state aver
age. j
Mr. Grigg is confident that an
eight months school is coming as a :
state-wide project, but he wants
Cleveland to inaugurate it within ]
the next year or two. Already a i
number of counties run their j
schools eight months and others
are joining the ranks.
| First Bale 1927
k Cotton In N. C. «
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£t Wadesboro, Aug. '25,— «
Ancon county’s first bale- of j.t
}'{ new cotton was pinned Wed p'
|| nesday, August 24. and was *il
p sold on the Wadesboro mui - j-j •
:• ket today and 20 and three- fi!
;•* fourths eeijts. It was grown :•!
i} by .1. Vann Gulledge, of Gul- jit ;
|i ledge township, on the faun t-j
2t of his father, E. Gulledge. It j.j,
?« was ginned by J. P. Ratliff ;>.
it and Sons, and was purchased |
H by E. T. Childs and Sons. It |f i
i- weighed 540 pounds. So far ;
J; as is known here, this is the ft j
& first bale in North Carolina, tj
Mrs. Lattimore Off
To Father’s Funeral
Her l ather John l>. Brevard Dies
In Montgomery. Ala.—For
merly Lived Here.
__
The many friends of l\Irs. E. B.
Lattimore sympathize with her in
her bereavement over tee death ot
her father, Mr. John 1). Brevard,
who passed away Tuesday hi
Montgomery, Alabama. Mr. Bre
vard had been in failing health for
some time. Mr... Latu«tr« left im
mediately upon receiving the death
message for Montgomery to attend
the funeral there Thurso ty. lui.
Brevard is pleasainty remembered
in Shelby where he lived for a
number of years and traveled for
large shoe factory. lie was 77
years of age and is survived by his
wife and the following children:
Mrs. E. B. Lattimore, of Shelby;
Mrs. Harry Reid, of Washington,
D. John Brevard of Mississippi,
George Brevard, of Montgomery;
Mayo Brevard, of California.
Queen City Considers Making
Abattoir of Old Filtering
Plant as Shelby Did.
Charlotte city officials were In
Shelby Wednesday inspecting one
of this city’s pride spots, ine new
city abatfoir and slaughter house.
An account of the visit as given ty
W. K. Lawson in the Charlotte fol
lows:
That the city of Charlotte ts ser
iously considering the conversion
of the old filtration plant of the
Charlotte water works into a mod
ern abattoir was indicated have
when the entire board or city coir
missioners, the health officer and
meat inspector of Charlotte visitet,
the abattoir just installed in Sheu
by on the First Broad river, about
two miles from the city. This c:t>
used its old filtration plant to
ho us" the abattoir.
In the delegation were Mayor
Redd, Maj. W. R. Robertson, com
missioner of public surety, :n whose
department the abattoir would be
operated; Robert L. Brown, com
missioner of public works; Dr. W.
A. MePhaul, city health officer,
and Dr. Leon R. Kendrick, city
meat inspector and manager of the
city-county market.
Members of the party were mef
by Mayor Dorsey, of Shelby, anti
Dr. Dorton, meat inspector, of
Shelby, and R. E. Jordan of Bal
timore in charge of the east and
such territories of the Alibright
Xell company, of Chicago, which i
installed the abattoir equipment.
The Shelby officials accompan
ied the Charlotte delegation to the
abattoir, which was not In opera
tion today. Cattle and hogs were
in the pen ready for slaughter, but
the butchers said they would not
have any market for their produces
until today, and there are no stor
age facilities available.
However, the Charlotte deTega-'
tion was principally Interested in i
the rendering process, which Is the
only important improvement over
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Beginning Sunday, August 28tti,
and continuing for ten days, one I
of the most successful revivals in
the history of LaKayetre Street
Methodist church is hoped for. Dr.
Hugh K. Boyer, pastor of Central
church will occupy the pulpit eachj
night, while Rev. T. B. Johnson
will deliver the Sunday services.
Song services will begin each even
ing at 7:15 o'clock. Solos, quartets
and old familiar hymns will fea
ture each service.
The first service wilt open at the
usual eleven o’clock discourse
Sunday morning. AH visitors ana
strangers are cordially invited to
attend every meeting, as these two
Hvines. Drs. Boyer and Johnson
have messages that will find a wel
come in every heart.
DOBS HUE it ,
DAY OVER ERIKS
ni big in
I Police Chief Nabs First Prize, Hen
| drick Takes Second. Austell
Has High Score
Chick Evans, Bobby Jones, op
whoever wins the national golf
, tournament now being played had
better look to their laurels. Cleve
land Spring’s first dub golf tour
nament played yesterday afternoon
revealed several likely golfers aft
er the dust settled over the butch
ered fairways and roughs.
The Winners
A. L. Richards Shelby police
chief, continued his nabbing habit
by turning in a smart score of 62
for first honors. The chief like
wise chalked up the first par of
the beginners’ iourng? when he
rolled his putt in for a three on tho
third hole. Ben Hendrick shot tho
only birdie of the day on the last
hole for a 65 and second honors.
H. G. (Shoity) Long, who shoots
a mean rifle in the army, shot a
wicked mashie to take third hon
ors with a total score of 66 for the
nine holes. B. O. Stevenson, the
druggist who usually rolls pills in
stead of golf balls, tied with B. E.
Williams, of the legal fraternity,
for a 67 and fourth honors. Mike
Austell, the deputy sheriff, wasn’t
so lucky as his friend the polios
officer and he turned in a grand
total of 106 strokes to win the so
called high score prize.
The prize won by Richards was
a silver vase given by George
Alexander; Hendrick won a silver
airplane given by C. L. Eskridge,
golf club president; the third prize
won by Long was a silvpr loving
cup given by T. W. Hamrick. The
fourth place winners received three
golf balls from Kelly Cloth:ng
Company, and the high score prize
was a fountain pen.
The fact that the four first
prize winners made scores under 70
over the nine-hole course isn’t so
bad considering that not a single
entrant ever played a round of golf
before. Fact is, a lot of the fellows
who have been dubbing about the
course several years feel right
much elated to come in to the club
house in the low sixties for the new
Cleveland Springs course isn’t so
easy to wrestle Old Man Par upon.
Have Much Fun
Other than the prize winning
and tiie entertainment thereunto
a gala day was enjoyed by all of
the near 40 new golfers participa
ting. In the years to coot* son*
of the freak shots made by the
beginners will be the talk ef thy
day. Several acres of topsoil ww
upturned, it is estimated, daring
the afternoon, and enough bails
were lost to cause an advance in
prices on the rubber market.
What's raor« numerous fellows who
haven’t exercised in aui;e a bit
went home last night feeling ?sk*
boys.
Among the many freak shot
stories related was one .of. the sec
ond prize winner. A freak, it sn
said, caused him to make the only
under par hole of the day. Ote No.
9 Bon Hendrick drove once and got
a fairly good shot down the fair
way. On his second shot he chose
to drive again and away the be!
soared towards the home pin. At
the time B. O. Stevenson, one of
the prize winners, was sinking a
putt at No. 9 and Hendricks ball
struck him on the shoulder and fell
dead at the pin for an easy birdie
three. The caddies serving the em
bryo niblick wielders say that of
the 40 playing more than 50 p. c.
spent the major part of the aft
ernoon in the woods along the
fifth, sixth, and seventh fairways.
So well did the dub tournament
go over that Charles L. Eskridge,
club president, is expecting many
of the dubs back with ambitions
to hit ’em far away and straight
ahead.
The Scores Made
The score cards turned in reart
r.s follows: J. H. Grigg 86; W. T.
Sinclair 86; H. S. Plaster 95;
Harold Hamrick 103; D H. Cline
77; Durham Moore 97; H. C. Long
66; J. L. McDowell 86; Henry Mas
sev 80; Howard Hamrick 82; Rob
ert Hord 93; H. A. Mills 93; H. K.
Boyer 80; W. N. Dorsey 92: A. L.
Richards 62; George Alexander
79; Bill McCord 92: B. O. Steven
son 67; D. F. Moore 82; W. E. Jor
don 77; S A. McMurry 90; John
Cam obeli 77; Brevard Hennessa
68; Ben Hendrick 65; Paul Webb
83; B. E. Williams 67; Fred
Wright 77: H. C. Dixon 98; Ed
Morrison 77; Ray Lutz 75: Ernest
Johnson 80: Fred Dover 76; B. A.
Lefler 78; Jimmy Blanton 69; Rus
sell Laughridge 90; Mike Au. i«*H
106; B. M. Jarrett 77.