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What’s
THE
News
.the STAR’S REVIEW
jn t)ie summary of “What's the
K : me Star toeiay reports a
ikl ui week-end tragedies. A
killed in Soutn Shelby
strikes
j»mo
!fc'n\lu- Southern train
,lk llUek. A Cherryville youth
* k,ilod by an overturning cur and
, South Carolina n</gro meets
death m a brawh ^
c,i, Horton, the “spark plug1’
ftht. Cleveland County fair gives
“review of what may be expected
this year.
Johnnie ooncs and his
musenicn't aggregation will do the
midway entertaining.
\ new lawyer but not a new
‘ ,| ( . Newton passes the
i,„urd and will associate him
st'lf wnh Attorney D. «. Newton.
Xhrce thousand school children in
Eh-n.v will soon find their vaca
tion period ended for Supt. I. C.
Griffin will open the city schools
September 12.
To help Offset the high cost of
marriages Squire John Miller Roo
•rts wi
■ - ~ —.
tie ’em up without charge.
Cotton continues to mount to
fcher levels. This is the big news
the thousands of farmers in
ruveland county. Last minute quo
it,on- are given in The Star each
and a prominent farmer told
fhc Star today that the cotton
nSrket alone is worth a year s
aibscription.
An upper Cleveland man is found
ifad j„ mule stall when he had
’one to feed his.
tacular ( limb in Price of Cot
on. Next Government Re
port Expected Bullish.
Cotton has been making a .spec
tacular climb during the past few
Leeks and when the market ex
■hang. in N'ew York closed Satur
lay. new high records had been
jstabli hod for all months. October
teed at 22.33 and local buyers
»vre offering 21 cents but no col
or, wa- offered at this price. There
ire a few lots of cotton about over
be county. Inrt the general opin
oii prevails that cotton Is bound
or higher levels and very little
is been offered since the market
tarterl on the up-grace.
With a very few exceptions, ev
irybody connected even remotely
nth the cotton growing, selling or
nanufacturing business In these
arts of the country ;s a pronounc
'd bull. From a number of prom
nent figures in the cotton busi
less here came reports which some
if their fellows described as ex
tremely bullish and estimates
dace the nation’s crop this year
it not more than 13,000,000 bales
md perhaps only 11,500,000.
A little less than a year ago cot
on was bringing just half of to
ay’s price. The increase has been
,ue to the ravages of the boll wee
dl and to the damage by flood wa
ers during the summer. The fol
owng interesting ftg'Ves have
ieen Compiled:
Value of nation’s estimated crop
his year at time condition report
ran issued that is, 13,400,000 bales
,t lb cents per pound. $1,072,000,
flo.
Value nf nation’s crop as prlvate
r estimated here Saturday at 12
00.000 hales at 21 3-8 cents per
wind, SI.281.000,000 or a gain **f
W.OOO.OOO for the belt.
Value of North Carolina’s crop
bs year, at time condition report
issued, that is 1,150 000 bales
110 cents per pound, $102,000,000.
Value of North Carolina’s crop
* privately estimated here Satur
at 350,000 hales at 21 3-8 cents
er Pound. $00,737,500 or a loss of
PProximately $12,000,000.
»p*s Almanac 81
Years Old At A
Sale On Saturday
*"u J,|xon, rormer deputy sner
f and spoken of as a candidate
next .sheriff, was /exhibiting
Wera' old articles he purchased
■an auction sale held Saturday at
le °ld John Kistler place in up
if Cleveland.
Had Old Letter
Amone the various old things
* a h'lim’s almanac of the year
_ ^ho almanac was muchly
Bn'ar t° the present day Blum’s.
Jother almanac which was not «o
had stuck in it a cony of a let
written home hv a Confederate
ler 'n The letter was
Won in a Virginia hosn!tal nnd
nf his having his letters s«nt
Id
k,s comninv under
Pi Hi' on, Although ft 1 years of
the letter w«s legihle. fh" !nk
it'>od and the handwriting
* old hand-painted rng. said to
"pn Painted hv Mrs. Klstl'o*
years
ago was among +h«>
’oli's picked ,1p bv the Bel
gian.
Shelby Schools Will Open
On Sept. 12, Griffin Says
The city schools of Shelby will
open for the fall term on Monday,
September 12, according to a dci
[ inite announcement from I. ('. Grf
fin, city superintendent now head
ing the state normal school at
Chapel Hill.
Use Same Books.
The teachers and principals of
the various schools of the city wih
assemble on Saturday ror a comm
ence and outline of the years work.
Another announcement of 'mer
est is that there will be no change
in text books.
Of the school opening Mr. Grif
fin in a letter to The Star says:
The Shelby public schools will
open on Monday September 12 at
it a. rri, It is urged by the school
authorities that all children of le
gal school ago enter the first day
and thus enable the teachers to do
more efficient work. The teachers
will meet with the .principals,
the superintendent and the board of I
education on Saturday. September
10, at 0:30 a. m. to discuss, plans
of organization and other prob
lems relating to the school.
There will be no changes in text
hooks for the ensuing year. A list
of the books to be used will be j
published in The Star about a j
week in advance of the opening of j
school. Book lists will lie available
at the book store and at the high
school building at a date to be
given later. On account of the
crowded condition in the book
store on Saturdays, the chddren
will not he assembled at the school j
buildings on Saturday preceding
the opening of school for the pur
pose of distributing nook lists.
Parents are urged, however, to se
cure books before school opens for
all children who were promoted.
Due notice will be given in The
Star concerning the opening of the
new building in West Shelby. Plans
have been tentatively made to take
care of the children, should the
building not be ready for use at the
opening of school.
Squire Roberts
Will Tie ’Em Up
Free Of Charge
To help offset the “high cost
of marriage” in Cleveland county,
Squire John Miller Roberts an
nounces that he will unite couples'
without a charge. All he asks them
to do is to come to his home at
Patterson Springs in No 1! town
ship. When in Shelby Saturday he
made it a poin. to commend The
Star for its efforts in behalf of
cheaper marriages in order to conn
teract the custom of crossing the
line into South Carolina where li
cense is cheaper and no medical
examination is required. A fee of
$5 in North Carolina is too much
and the law-nvkers who go to
Raleigh next time should reduce
the fee. He argues that with a
cheaper fee, more couples would
marrv at home instead of “cross
ing the line” in order to save the
difference and avoid the medical
examination. Squire Roberts thinks
the medical examination of both
pouples is a step in the right di
rection. but as the physicians make,
a charge for examination and the
cost of the marriage license has
been “histed” to $5, it is no won
der that the brides and grooms
seek a cheaper avenue of “tying
up.’
Sou ire Roberts says it is beyond
his power to cut the cost of licen-e
but he announces a “no charge”j
policy for the ceremony and he can
tie ’em up as tight as the next
man.
Church Wiring Gets
Airing In Hearing;
The wiring of the New Central j
Methodist church edifice was the
center of controversy in a double
barrell court case before Recorder
John P. Mull Saturday. The hear
ing of a suit and the counter ,
claim took up most of the day.
In one suit J. P. Little <£• Son,
contractors, were suing J. L. Outen
electrician, and Outen on a counter
claim was suing the Little firm. A
non-suit was taken in the Little
suit owing to the absence of con
tracts, it is said, and Outen in his
suit was given about $47. ( buries
A. Burrus and B. T. Falls were the
attorneys appearing in the case.
To Move Into New
Building This Week
Cleveland Springs golf club of- (
ficials hope to move the headquav- |
ters of the club front the old club
house to the new club house build
ing on highway 20 this week, the
new club house, one of the most up j
to date in the section, has been
practically ready for some time ;
except for the hot water facilities.'
It is also said by club officials |
that the dub tournament last week j
has resulted in quite a number of ,
new golfers taking up the game, j
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Police Chief Richards received a
hurry call from West Shelby Satuv
day morning and upon arriving
found that a doctor was needed
vnr-'» than a police ♦'ficer as the
result of an early moming brawl
fit tween Noah Foster . and W. L.
Noblitt, both white. Noblitt was
bleeding badly about the head,
where he had been struck with an
automobile spring, according to his
story to the officers. There were a
number of lacerations about his
head but when officers took him to
a doctor it was found that his skull
was not fractured. Foster was al
ready missing when officers arriv
ed on the scene. __
The brawl, it was said, centered
about an old grudge concerning
the division of a roasting ear
patch worked by the families of the
two men.
Fruit And Produce
Co. In New Quarters
This week the Carolina Fruit and
Produce company is moving into
new quarters in the Carl Thompson
building on West Warren street,
occupying the space vacated by
Pierce, Young, Angel company,
who moved a few weeks ago to
Spartanburg, S. C. A cold storage
plant has been built In the base
ment of the building for the stor
age of fruits and vegetables. The
Carolina company Swindles all
kh-d of fruits, vegetables and pro
duce and will greatly enlarge :ts
line when the new quarters are oc
cupied. A fleet of six trucks deliv
ers to the merchants in this terri
tory who patronize this hustling
company.
Pacolet Band To
Play At Dover Mill
(Special to The Star.)
The people of Dover community
prP still doing things and when
they launch an enterprise it goer,
over with a rush. On next Satur
day night they are having the big
gest ice cream supper in the his
tory of the community to which
the public is cordially invited. A
32-piece band from Pacolet, S. ( .,
will be present and furnish enter
tainment. If you want some good,
clean fun and plenty pf cream
come over to our lawn on Septem
ber 3rd between 6 and 10 oclock.
Son Of Cleveland
Negro Killed In S. C.
Jim Collins, son of Albert Collins
who farms out on R-2, from Shcl
bv. was killed Saturday near Edge
field, S. C.. according to a telephone
message to Chief A. L. Richards of
the police department Sunday from
the manager of the Morgan Lum
ber Co. for whom the dead man
worked. No particulars were given
except that Collins was shot and
killed in a row with another ne^
rgo at Edgefield. From the be«*
information obtainable, Collins is
a native of South Carolina, but
h‘s father moved to this county
and is farming in lower Cleveland.
f'ronc Muni Dies of Injuries, Hut
l'orresl Darker is Recovering.
Accident Near Lily Mill
Grone Hunt, 10-year-oM negro
1 boy,' died Sunday morning at the
Shelby hospital us a result of in
juries he sustained last Saturday
afternoon when the Southern’s
southbound passenger train struck
a milk-truck at tlie grade crossing
hear the home of Bynum Hamrick
below Lily Mill. Hunt had one arm
I broken in two places and bruises
about the head and back. Forrest
Parker, white driver of the ill
fated truck was scarred in the face
and otherwise bruised about , the
body but is resting well at the hos
pital and is reported to be 6n the
road to recovery.
. Truck Demolished.
Parker started to town with the
truck load of milk Saturday even
ing and from the best information
obtainable, when he approached
the grade crossing be stopped tie
truck and listened for the train,
asking the negro boy Crone Hunt
to look also. Parker said he heard
no sound of an approaching train
and started the truck across the
track, when ihe train, coasting
down grade, dashed out of the cut
which obscured their view and bore
down on them as the front wheels
of the truck were on the track.
“Seeing ihe danger I was in and
with no time to jump, I gripped the
the steering wheel and shut my
eyes,” says Parker. Hunt shouted!
"Here it conies, here It comes.’ Be-1
fore either of the men on the truck j
1 could jump, the trarn struck the
[ ear and demolished it. The engin
eer stopped and both of the injured
were rushed to the hospital in cars
by Gordon and Burgin Hamrick.
Young Hunt had been working
I about the barn and milk house at
| the Hamrick dairy, but was paid
off at noon and was riding to town
; with Mr. Parker, the driver, accord
: ing to Virgil Hamrick.
Found Dead In—
Stable Of Mule
j I). I). Cook, Well Known Citizen
of I'pper Cleveland is Pound
Dead. Death a Shock.
j Mr. D. D. Cook, one of the most
‘ beloved citizens of upper Cleve
i land was found dead in his mule’s
I stable Thursday August 18th to
| which place he had gone to attend
to the stock. He was found by his
grandson Charlie Crotts abou*
12:30 o’clock. His death was a
great shock to the family and many
friends as he had left the house!
about an hour before in seemingly
perfect health. (
Mr. Cook was - 72 years, four
; months and 10 days old. He joined
| the Baptist church about 47 years
i ago and has since that time been
I n faithful and loyal church worker,
; besides being church treasurer for j
! many years.
He was married to Miss Sallie
Workman and to this union were
born 10 ehildren. seven of whom
survive: Mrs. Roxana Jackson, Mrs
O. C. Cook, Mrs. Johnie Walker. I
Messrs A. H., C. M.. John aid,
Sidney. }le is also survived by his j
widow 25 grand children and thrc-e
brothers and cne sister: Messrs!
Jess Cook. Rev. ,J. H. and Samuel;
Cook and Mrs. Jane Howell.
The funeral was conducted at j
Olive Grove church Friday after-1
noon August 10. Rev. R. L. Mc
Daniel in charge, interment was
in the Olivo Grove cemetery. The j
grand daughters were the flower -
girl. A large crowd was present to
pay the:r last tribute and the
grave was completely covered w’thj
beautiful flowers. The family has I
the sympathy of the community
in their bereavement.
Scout Troop No. 6 1
Off To Camp Today
Troop No. G of the Boy Scouts,
left this morning for a weeks stay
at Chimney Rock with Scoutmas
ter Roscoe Lutz, and assistant Ev
erett Dellinger.
The following are the boys that
made the trip: H. Clay Cox, J. P.
Austell jr„ Roy Willis., Fields
Young jr., Carlos Young, Floyd
Willis. Richard Riviere, Virgil
Cox, Frank Wilson, Carl Dellinger
John Caveny, Fred Mintz. Jack
Ross, Guy Laughridge, O. C. Con
nor, Red Lemmons, Ruren Peeler.
CITY DOG TAGS MOVE
VERY WELL, IS SAID
It was stated at the City Hall
Saturday that the city license tax
on dogs was being paid fairly well
I to date. Numbered tags are given
j as the tax is paid and police offi
I rials are requesting that dog own
j ers put the tags on their dogs as
after Sept. 1 all dogs with tax not
paid will be rounded up.
The Aftermath of a Famous Air Race
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Seven liv«.-3 are i<:
prize rf J25,000.
WMt i. ,iv,« Miitvip. .
wb :< li w . •» t he i ace
'he Langley, which
a red lost as a result of the Siin Ki .prlsco to Hon-f :r race for the Dote
•;i: aviators, two of them vo! wi'ary ve-n iters, and .Mhi Viildred Doran, a pas
i ,,s Doran is shown above. with Ait Doe be 1 (loft), ,>iloT of tlie Wools roc
ftv.d Lio.it. \V, V. Dnf>. hi .. ,vi ,’■ >r Below is the a.Vy airplane carrier,
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One Legged Man j{
To Swim Channel M
(By 1. N. S.)
Dove r.— The question
whether or not a one-legged
man i.s capable of accom
plishing the approximately
30-mile swim from Dover to
Calais is being asked with
the arrival here of Arthur J.
Luscombe, a 32-year-old one
legged amateur swimmer.
Luscombe has started
training, and says he will
make an attempt to swim the
Channel shortly.
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I. GLINT WEWT9N
- TO PRACTICE HERE
Former County School Super Be
comes Associated Wil.'i Senator
I). Z. Newton.
J. Clint Newton, for a number
of years superintendent of public
schools in Cleveland County, has1
associated himself with Senator I). \
Z. Newton for the practice of law.
Mr. Newton has been reading law
for several years and this summer
attended law school under Prof. N.
Y. Gulley at Wake Forest college.
He has just passed a successful
examination before the Supreme
court and received his license to
practice. One more thing is neces
sary, and that is, he must be
sworn in and this he expects to be |
in Gastonia this week before
Judge J. L. Webb who is holding
cour* there.
The new firm of Newton and I
Newton will become effective Sep- i
tember 1st. Senator D. Z. New
ton has a lucrative practice which
has grown to a point where he
needs assistance. He considers
himself fortunate in making a con
nection with Mr. .J. C. Newton who
is one of the most popular young
men in the County and one of the
most gifted young orators in this
part of the state. The new at
torney is a native of upper Cleve
land. After graduating from Wake
Forest college he taught for a
number of years in the MeCallie
school for boys at Chattanooga,
coming back to h:s native county
about six years ago as superintend- ;
ent of public schools. When he re- ;
signed from his position he was ;
secretary of the chamber of com
merce for a year.
Cherrvville Youth
Killed By HU Car
Was Driving Studebaker W hen it
Turned Over on a Curve Near
Grouse, Killing Him.
Sunday afternoon Herman
Beam, Cherrvville youth about
23 years of age, was killed on
the highway between Cherry
ville and Crouse when his
Studebaker car overturned on
a curve, according to informa
tion received by telephone
from Cherryville to The Star
this morning.
Young Beam tvas riding with
two other boys from Crouse
and of them is said to have had
his collar bone broken in the |
accident. Young Beam is well
known in Cleveland county. He
is the son of Jacob Beam of |
Cherryville. j
Were Seen There Three Hours
After Tragedy by Coroner.
Townsend Drinking.
Greenville, S. C.,—The stive
called upon subordinates and fel
low officers of Sheriff Sam L>.
Willis Friday in its effort to con
vict the slain officer’s frail young
widow and Henry S. Townsend, his
deputy and bosom friend, of hu
mid night murder.
But the defence, by unrelenting
cross examinations, succeeded in
drawing from one of them, Ben
Parrish, who was Willis’ chief
deputy, that he and Townsend vvtfe
not friendly, and that a “coldness’:
existed between him and Mrs. Ethel
Willis. Parrish was not permitted
to explain the reason of this cold
ness.
The former chief deputy, quiz
zed by James H. Price, of defens*
staff, admitted that he had at one
time tried to have Sheriff Willis
discharge Townsend Inst denied that!
he and other deputies were Jealous >
of the 32-year-old war buddy of
their chief.
The prosecution centered its ef
forts today on proving trie resem
blance between footprints of a
man and a worn aft found at the
scene, the shoes of the defendants,
and at the same lime, appeared to
be trying to forestall any attempt
of defense witnesses to account for
the tracks by showing that no one
was allowed to enter the garage
after Sheriff Willis had been shot
down by four pistol builds.
Testimony that Townsend and
Mrs. Willis were' lying beside each
other on a bed in her bedroom
apparently asleep within three
hours after the tragedy was given
by John L. Parks, coroner, who
acted as sheriff pending the ap
pointment of a successor to the
slain officer.
Parks swore also that Townsend
was drunk, nauseated and smell
ing of whiskey for some time aft
er Willis was shot But E. L
v laigo, another Willis deputy, and
Sergeant Will Cox of the city p« -
hce, both testified that Townsend
seemed to them to be normal wifK-j
in an hour or so of the tragedy.
The coroner swore further that
he had discovered the print of a
man's foot with the toe pointing,
down on fa bag of salt in Mrs. Wil
lis' car when he examined the
groceries found in the automobile.
The defense sought to show by
cross-questioning L. W. Hammon
chief of the city detective force,
that the footprints made in soft
earth of the garage floor would re
main fresh for two or three days'
on account of the protection from
the weather but the witness stub
bornly maintained that the tracks!
in question had in his opinion been
made a short time before the sher
iff was shot.
Introduction of the garments j
worn by the sheriff when he was'
shot, blood stained and showing
bullet holes, brought Mrs. Willis,'
dressed in full mourning and plain
ly showing the strain of her ex
perience, apparently to the verge
of a break down. With her own
mother and the r.ged mother of her
husband sitting at her side, sh?
dropped her head into Vr hands
and her body was visibly shaken.
She meovred her composure when
the testimony took a different turn
but she was obviously nervous.
She leaned far forward in her seat
to chich every word of each witness
and occasionally wiped her eyes.
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Son Of Judge :|
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Greenville, S. C'.--(INS) —
}•; An unusual coincidence has
developed in the trial here
j| of Mrs. Ethel Willis, ,‘H-year
old widow, and Deputy
J.t Henry Townsend for the
slaying of the former’s hus
band, Sheriff Sam I). Willis,
S': of Greenville county.
Proctor Bonham, one of
the members of the large
•• array of defense counsel, is
the son of Judge Bonham,
f: the 72-year-old jurist who is
K presiding over the proceed
ings of the trial.
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THREE SET HURT
IIMISf
Three pepole were taken to the
Shelby hospital Friday night suf
fering from injuries received in
an automobile accident; on high
way 20 between Shelby and Kings
Mountain, or somewhere in the F.l
Bethel section. The injured were
M. I). Carroll, of Cramer ton; Mrs.
Pauline Myers, of Gastonia; and
Miss Sara Wright, of Henderson
ville.
According to reports here the
accident occurred when one car
tried to pass another and both ran
out of the road and turned turtle
One of the cars was a Hupmobile
and the other an Essex. A Mr.
Gregory, Hendersonville auto deal
er, was driving one of the cars and
Carroll the other, it was said.
At the hospital Saturday it was
stated that Mrs. Myers and Miss
Wright would likely be able to
leave during the day as they suf
fered only bruises and lacerations,
while it was added that Carroll
was more seriously injured and
would be in the hospital for several
days at least. A complete examina
tion of Carroll had not been made
Saturday owing to his condition.
COTTON MARKET
(By Jno. F. Clark & Co,)
Cotton was quoted at 10:10
o'clock today on New York ex
change: October 22.70; December
22.00; January 22.00. Saturday’s
close October 22.40; December
22.07; January 22.GO,
New York, Aug. 20.—Eight p.
m. weather map western belt clear.
Minimum temperatures at Fort
Worth and Abilene 100. Central
belt cloudy, easternTfc** part cloudy
showers recorded at Ft. Smith,
Knoxville and Macon. Forecast Car
olina* fair warmer. Georgia and
Alabama part cloudy today, show
ers tomorrow. Mississippi, showers.
Arkansas cloudy, Oklahoma part
cloudy. East Texas fair, west Tex
us part cloudy.
Good business in Worth street
Saturday morning but later mills
refused to sell at current prices
and held for more.
Manchester cables say advance
in raw hampers business, bids ten
per cent too low.
Greenville, S. C., special says
virtually all plants operating night
and day and expect to run without
interruption balance of year. An
other boll weevil report due to
morrow. which will no doubt be
again bullish. A natural reaction is
due any time to correct technical
market conditions on which pur
chases look advisable based on a
government report probably 13,
)Q0,000 or less September .8. ^
DORTON GETTING „
FI ■■ III
SHIIt FOB Effl
Ka<<- Track Hein* Enclosed to
Protect Spectators. Best
Shows Already Rooked.
Dr. Sib Donoii, Cleveland coun
ty fair secretary, hns an announ
cement for the record books. He is
not promising “a bigger and bet
ter fair than ever before.” That’s
something unusual for fair secre
taries.
But Secretary Dorton says that
every one of the thousands expect
ed to attend the annual farm event
this fall will enjoy themselves
more than ever before or they will
have lost t heir* seventh sense of
enjoying thingAp Perhaps that is
another way of slying “bigger and
better”, but the fail' secretary of
fers as proof of hla assertion one
of the biggest lists of* entertain*
ment ever booked for a one county
i exposition. He is taking it for
granted that the farmers and their
wives will be on hand with the
j main attractions and that the ex
: hibit buildings will be crowded
j from door to door. “Out on the
farms they are looking for a good
| year and they are planning t.o show'
| up their farm prowess at the fair,’
j he says.
The fair opens at the same data
it did last year—Sept. 27 Through
October 1,
Renovate Grounds.
Among the numerous things a!
j ready underway to improve the fair;
i '-s a lonl? list of changes and reno*
vntions at the fair grounds. The
race track is being enclosed to the
extent that spectators will iot bo
able to get out on the track dur
ing and between races. This move
is for the safety of the milling
crowds. A-separate building is be
ing erected in which to store the
fireworks, and a spectacular night
program of fire works will be a
feature of the event again this
year. The comfort of the .hundreds
of women who attend the affair
is also being considered and a
complete ladies rest room is being
constructed under the grandstand,
i A new light line is being put up to
assure better and more satisfactory;
lighting for the night programs,
and the interior of all the builds
ings are being painted.
Good Shows Coming.
From the amusement standpoint
the major attraction will be Johnny)
Jones’ Exposition shows, the larg
est show of the type playing fairs*
Johnny Jones usually sticks to
state events, but the reports of
preceding county fairs in Cleveland
have assured him that the county
i fair here will have just as many
I people attending as the average
state fairs. The free attractions
and stunts, one of the most enter*
taining portions of the fair pro
grams in the past, promise to bo
“corkers” throughout this year. Dr.
Dorton has devoted considerable
time to lining up these attractions
! in realizing the kick the crowds
get from the stunts in front of tho
grandstand, and he says “tbtir
i hair will stand on end this year and
' they’ll hurt their sides laughing at<
ihe stunts I have booked.”
A good series of races on the half
! mile track will ngain open the rae
! ing season in the Carolinas and
I racing fans from the two states are
expected to attend the daily races.
The annual horst-show will also bo
j staged and as horse shows havo
! gained in favor in recent years
hundreds of visitors are expected
I for the show alone.
I he program and premium list*
now out show several additions to
the usual exhibits and prizes. “Wet
may not be bigger and better,’ Dr.
Sib declares, “but we’re adding a
little and growing a little every,
year.’’
Sweepstake prizes will be offer-*
ed this year by the fair association
for the most attractive booths in
both buildings, and cash prizes will
be given the best pulling horses
driven to a wagon. This contest ia
divided into four groups according
to weight.
And then the youth of the county
will have an event about which
they may talk for days and weeks.
The pony running races this yeaC
will offer some real entertainment.
A pony sale was held here recently
and more ponies are scattered over
the county than ever before. Na
turally every pony owner believes
his steed to be the fastest animal
on four feet, and many of the
boys are going to the fair grounds
daily now warming up their en-.
trants for the big fair race.
The premium lists published by
The Star Publishing company arq
ready for distribution. ,
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Get Three With Booze. r '
—
Officers Kendrick, Hord and
Dedmon Saturday arrested three
young men with a pint of liquor on
the outskirts of the city. The trio
had been drinking and were bound
over to the recorder’s court foi 4
hearing today, it was stated.