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^"THE CLEVELAND STAR '< Shelby, N. C. "r" Monday, Wednesday and Friday .. f; Subscription Price ft$ Mail, per year --*— -- $2.60 ‘JB|r Carrier, per year----I3.0P iiii • Ti i ~ ' T ~~ i ' ' ■ - "— The Star Publishing Company, Inc, XEE B. WEATHERS - ——— ■ «ENN DRUM_-----— President Local Editor '* Entered as second class matter January 1, 1905, at the postoffice • <£t Shelby, North Carolina, under the Act of Congress, March 3. 1879. Wp w.'8b to call your attention to the fact that it is, and has bean • War custom to charge five cents per line for resolutions of respect, cards ”*f thanks and obituary notices, after one death notice has been pub | fished. This will be strictly adhered to. FRIDAY, SEPT. 2:?, 1927 'Ten'll' ' - TWINKLES v.w »* » t; Wonder how O. Henry would tell about this recall elec •lion in Greensboro Monday if here were climaxing his puns »*in this late day? -The Cleveland County fair gates will open Tuesday ;.mo.qungs, A record attendance is being predicted. Of course • those who predict are “figgerin’ on you” to he there. ' North Carolina Republicans are at least lion-hearted. They tried to attract interest by a party brawl on the day of -a three million dollar scrap. 4» * _ Those who have given the folks down Alabam way the sarcastic warble over floggings thereabouts should he par ticular, especially those in this county who without thought express a heated Opinion about a few race rows. Such ex - pressior* do not smooth ruffled feelings. TWINKLES. Why clamor for a cabinet committee to stop the trans Atlantic flights? Had you noticed how the hopping publicity died-away during the Chicago fight propaganda? Now with the football season here ami a lingering wonder if Babe’ll do it the ^Viators will be content to remain at the home fire sides. No publicity, little hopping. ; WHY THE ADMIRATION? JvWe praise was heard in Europe of Col. Lindbergh and ! BobHV JoYies than of any American visitors in many years, ' according to a returning Shelby party. As the Stanly News ! Herald points out without saying it the praise was not pri | nattily because Jones is the world’s best golfer, or because Lindy is the best aviator, but because both played modestly , the role of true sportsmen Says the News-Herald: Max Gardner who has just returned from Europe, says that Charles Lindbergh, the aviator, and Bobby Jones, the golfer,;were the greatest ambasadors America has ever sent tonfcairope. That statement is no doubt true, and the reason is summed up in the fact that they were both REAL MEN. ONE OTHER REMARK. Considerable editorial space in this and several other ’^newspapers has been used up recently in discussing the ori word “souging” following a query from The Star to ThF Mfinroe Journal as to the source. In the discussion suggestions have been advanced and to our mind the thought* that the word developed from “scrouging" is the Tn’OTFgr one. However, the word-building theories have 1 frwmTp' far and wide. One fellow explains that “soughing” * came from “sough,” which is defined to “moan, murmur, or * sigh.^ery good tracing as it were, but it hapens that | “sougfftnlgf’ was not the word in question. There is no “h' — ! perhaA because “hit’s H’English—in the “souging" refer t ring toa nig load, so we trail along with Ebeltoft and some : of the other elderly fellows who knew what “scrouging” was t irv their days. Me^time, for all that it matters, the ,vom “soughing" • may betyaced back to the Darwinian principle or farther. ACTION VS. TALKING. Hereabouts, and no doubt it is likewise in the majority f df "towns' and cities, there are those who hold a more set re I fryin abq.ut community progress than the pifflicated do on l “Sweet Adeline.” Often we hear the remark “the thing we * need is more industry, or payrolls.” And after hearing* the j renjijjvjtfmost as many times as “line’s busy” over the tele* • phmjs-it is only natural to wonder what those same fellows ♦ sag&$W Jtapproftched by a representative of an industry ; whtf W.rrrts to locate his plant on property owned by the talk * er. Does the professed community builder make a little cut ‘ in the prife he thinks right to help bring in new industry? * Or does he push up the figures so as “to get his?” ! Talking about new industry is just like talking about any • thing else. If it is not hacked up it is not worth half the ! priyt* of p Yield of cotton in which a boll weevil family decid • es to take an apartment. Talking does not turn the wheels * .of industry and it does not get them to a town to start turn » u*> ?x MicKory. as mentioned neretoiore, a drive is on to aeclirt&'pfcw silk mill. Anent the drive The Hickory Record •—not realizing perhaps that they are fortunate to even get d (drive smarted—says: who do a lot of talking about community prograss now have a chance to put out considerable action. Before the i n*w;sUkjnill is moved to Hickory there must be sold locally $100,000 in stock.. Leading business men have pronounced the investment as perfectly safe.- It will bring 200 employ ees to this city and will increase the merchants business five percent,„ It will mean a great step in the direction of pro gress. Hhf* thrt4 tttH'he men in the city who are "willing to back the movement. -L?'*Ij&kory my^tjiylh realize what the bringing of new in dustries mean fo its development. * >«*iO --— NEXT WEEK FAIR WEEK. Numerous people consider the Cleveland County Fair, secfiejfci^^an optimist. He is. for he puts things over and a I pessimist^seldom attains such achievement. There may be! gold? tfit|ings Sib Dorton has started out to do that he dki notm ® (we never heard of ’em) but it is a^irtch that no one heard him say he couldn't until the last straw was plucked, j That odkfrism built the Cleveland County Fair into one of | the greatest county fairs in the south. Attendance records j have been falling each year. This gets us down to the fair which opens Tuesday. J rs it will break attendance records. Sounds almost i but considering events of the past, and knowing | the fyir^sjcretary, The Star will string along with his opin ion uritiitne le figures prove otherwise. Now tne secretary advances a reason or so for his an- i ticipation of a record crowd. His major basis for the pre-1 dictum is. that it will be different. Heretofore the fairs have j H^a*^i<Wy entertaining and educational, but last vearjthe! similarity of some of the attractions and exhibits began to ! 'palTfCNtr This year it is learned there will l»e an entire! new array from gate to gate. Anything that is .differffit gets the crowds and there is no indication that the fair wn lose any of its attractiveness by being a bit different this year. There doesn’t seem to be any doubt but what practical- J ly every healthy person in the county will be headed for the | fair grounds Tuesday. Cotton is opening fast, being picked and sold. And the price, mind you, is “a leetle different,” j too, from that of last year. A great week is that promised next week. What To See In Juarez,. Old Mexico, And El Paso, Texas. I BY ROBERT C. MILLER.) El Paso, Texas, is the largest city on our Southern border and the door to Old Mexico. The old name of the city was El Paso del Norte, “the pass of the north," because above El Paso and Juarez, Mexico, the Rio Grande flows through the only water pass in the Rocky Moun tains. El Paso is 3,719 feet above sea level. It is built in a natural pass at the crossing of several old trans continental highways. Railroads following these highways, have made it an important transporta tion center. El Paso handles a large propor tion of our Mexican trade and is an important port of entry for cattle imported from Mexico. Stock raising was the fitgi im portant industry of the vast sur rounding range country, which found its market in El Paso and now annually produces $60,000,000 worth of livestock. The stockyards receivg as many as 400,000 head of stock yearly An unlimited'timber supply is .within the city's trading area. Easy access is had by rail to the 3,500,000 acres of white pine forests across the border in Chihua hua. El Paso is the center of $15,000. 000 Rio Grande irrigation project under the Elephant Butte Dam 150 miles up the Rio Grande river that serves 300.000 acres of the most productive soil in West Texas Southern New Mexico and Northern Mexico. Cotton, rlfalfa, cantaloupes, fruits, vegetables, grain, dairy, poul try and honey are the major crojis. Located in El Paso is one of the largest customs smelters in the i United States, a large cement plant, and numerous factories. On the outskirts is Fort Bliss of our largest garrison posts, sporty 9-hole golf course with 1: trees on every side has been hi from fine woods. There are sev beautiful parks and a great m beautiful modern residences in city. About sixty-five per cent, of people of the city are Mexicans city has 102.000 inhabitants climate is delightful in winter Juarez. Mexico, the most imp, nnt port of entry to Mexico, is uated on the Mexican bank of Rio Orande. n was named honor ol Benito Pablo Juarez, pr, Ulned hfCX1C0' " h° once Uintd his capital in the city During the revolution in n U‘rs m thade hiS rebel headfl» tm m the mountains to the u of Juarez, from which place he Mr,"id»1rp,ur”' I lie first provisional cai the revolution was es table the old custom house on tli street. Later General Pascual made his revolutionary hei ters in Juarez and Francisco Villa maintained it as his provisional capital during the Villa revolution. Villa’s headquarters may be seen after crossing the international bridge. The famous old bull ring 'was used as a fortress during the fighting in 1911, and many were killed trying to scale its adobe walls. The commanding general's head quarters was at the Tivoli Gardens. Many soldiers were killed there Fighting was also fierce in the vic i inity of the Juarez monument, where the scars of battle may still be seen on the sides of the school | house and residences. The new municipal palace built ; on the monument circle, was ae 1 stroyed by fire during this fighting : Villa commanded the rebel forces on this sector. —• The old mission church yhJcn ; was built in 1659, was likewise tile | scene of much of the fighting as the Diaz federal troops fought from the roof of the church. This old church was built by the Jesuits and the bells in the tower were made by hand in Spain and broug.u | from the coast on mulebaak. The \ Jurists may visit the Old churen, but are requested to remove their l hats and refrain from talking as prayers are in progress most of the time. It is also customary to make a contribution to the poor box be side the door. The old Jail was the place where political prisoners were confined before being executed Many prominent politicians were confined there. The market is one of the mi interesting places in the Mexic town. Everything is sold under roof and a trip through the mar* is well worthwhile. The old custom house was t place where Presidents Taft a Dias met and dined in regal sple Since prohibition in the Unit States, Juarez has become one the most famous resort towns the Republic. The cafes along Ca Comercio, are known from coast 2? i 'r music and servi safety " * ^ with P-ft 1 „cfTheubUl1 ring 18 a of mu skilled*and lJ*q,lent “Wbitions the* crowd*. matad0IS thl The other attractions of CaSi,n° fftmouS Carte <!«* nghts dancp haj race tracks, with daily throughput the winter-mom) £l “re The iad.e reel absolutely safe jn v sswaar ssr SK-SST-5* «°ing to Juar, the mL lVCry few rwiuislt« tne Mexican custom house ar S5*‘*hn“> *U ot them bo u have a good time." East Side Americanized—Bowery Is Gone, And Chinatown Is Tamed 'oyvames L. Kilgallen, INS Staff Correspondent.) New York.—The famed ‘East Side" is not what it used to be. Gone is the old Bowery; Lite pic* turesque -characters such as "Gyp ! the Blood": the ruthless and crook j cd politicians; the houses of ill re j pute; the distressing poverty: the j rows of dilapidated tenements—and I many other evidences of a primitive | type of people who fifteen or | twenty years ago were subject mat ter for the writers of vivid fact aua fiction The immigration laws, destricthvj the influx from foreign countries, have wrought a decided change. Today, the East Bide is pretty much Americanized. Instead of a babble of tongues you hear the English language along the “Side walks of New York ’ You see intel ligent young men studying in the night schools; you hear the older men discussing with a knowing air such as Mr. Coolidge not "choos ing" to run again and A1 Smith’s chances of becoming president; you see neat, silk-stockinged flap pers ankling’ along in the approv ed Fifth Avenue manner and you notice that there are less children wild on the streets than years ago Chinatown Is Tamed Chinatown, in the heart of the East Side, has tamed down con siderably and a tong war is now quite an event The merchants of Chinatown. in itself a little city, have learned by experience that tong wars are disapproved in America, and that they don’t pay. True, there are pushcarts sull. but they are becoming fewer and fewer and are being propelled by elderly men who can’t do anything else to earn a livelihood. Like the bootblacks of the Horatio Alger novels they are becoming notice ably scarcer The apacne-itite gangsters of twenty years ago have been replac 2 “LVnu,nencal,y sma,fer type gl,mmen wh°se activ: ,^fe »»W devoted to defeat ssjszzr** - * »£. Tammany Remains Tammany Hall is stHl 'located or; East Fourteenth street but the »rlp of'politicians on the commun ity has shipped tremendously, and politicians are no longer the "high" muckity-mucks" they used to be Other community influences aie more powerful. Tenement life is giving away to a movement to rectify conditions in this respect. Mayor “Jimmy" Wal ker has Just completed a study oi the housing situation in Europe and steps are under way to wipe out the °f the Slums of New Y°rk, which are in the East Side. The police have long since driven out the women of easy virtue. A restricted district is a thing of the far distant past People from out of town who wend their way to that busy sec tion a* { Forty-Second and- Broad way are importuned to make ''slum ming” trips in big busses to the Bast Side—to "see Chinatown ut night" and the other sights. They may be thrilled by the superficial appearances of a strange and exotic foreign city in New York when they are driven to, say Rivington and Delaney streets, but rest assur [ ed. readers, it isn’t the old ghetto. Neither is Chinatown the China- J town of 1900 or 1910, Things are so quiet at night in Chinatown now that the Chinese, with an eye for business, have to “rib up" sights to i show the curious and the sights I are so tame that the visitors who come to be shooked are invariably disappomted. Greenwich Village Wanes Even the far-famed Greenwich Village, Jo&ttqd on the western fringe of the lower East Side, has lost nearly all of its individuality ] and recovered all of its respectabil- , ity. There are a dozen or two cafes and cabarets with queer names j making a pretense at "featuring the 1 gay life but it is, indeed, pretense The old, spontaneous naughtiness of the Village is gone. There is no crying going up for "freedom. ’ Everybody seems to have it now. Girls don't have to go to Green- ■ wich Vilage to smoke cigarets or bob their hair. So, in viewing the East Side of today you find that most of its old time ugliness and sordidness has vanished; that the older stock of the j Ghetto has become, with amazing swiftness, a new stock; that the im migrants of yesterday are pretty well off today. ******** »%/»% ***** I THE WHOLE ] I IN ONE I i — ) Being The Opinions Of The ( World’s Never Paid i Editor. C. LORENZO KEEL, II This is introducing a new column in The Star. I think perhaps that it has been headed wrong. Anyway I believe that I shall let it go at that until a better name is found. Prom the outstart I do not wan: anyone to get the idea that this is a column for intelelctuals to read. It is just opposite. In fact it’ll have to be’opposite, deriving its informa tion and opinions from such source as it does. I will later on dedicate the same to the "world's never paid editor" seeing as how there is an editor at the top of the ladder and also anoth cr contemporary at the bottom. I will be modest and claim that I am half way up the golden stairway. Starting off—It was -'umored about town Sunday that from that day week—or maybe three weeks— that all the Big Chiefs of the town would gather in one place and nold a council of war. It is assumed that all the injuns will be there and they will go on record as favoring a lower wage scale for the big and mighty Big Chief. I am hoping that the council comes to some kind of agreement. I was considering joining the ranks, believing that canned heat will sot n go out of style. These next few line fillers were to have been written about the fight, it so happen thrft a stroke of the southern drag struck your edi tor and he did not catch the wave in time to get in for the big figlit i But you could see that the fight I had the grip on most of our brain- | est men. I could not see it other- : wise. The atmosphere was right. Anything that would draw a three million dollar crowd would be fore most in the minds of all, whether they understood it or not. It was a certainty however that they under stood the three million dollars. X was on the Inside of the ring that picks the winner. The ring knows whereof it lays its dough. I was sorry that I was not able to tip my friends, but in the future if you want tips I shall be glad to give you the opinion of the ring. Just see me or drop me a line. I have a leased wire from the aforementioned ring Hot tips at all hours. Another thing about the ring. The same ring controls the World Series dope pan. If you have been think ing that far ahead I shall be glad to give you the opinion of the ring. This ring stuff is not supposed to go out to everybody, but in letting out information I shall be the judge of that. I have taken it for granted that the ‘world's never paid editor" should know the human race and be able to detect friends out of the crowds that will swarm about me for information and tips. So if you are ready for the World Series let me know. Time passes swiftly. As this is the first installment I will not bother my friends with toe* much inform. But later as I swing into the home stretch with all the football teams I will let loose. Next time I will give a full ac count of the council of war, especial ly, and anything that happens to pass through the semi-editor's mind Until then, it is the "world's never paid editor" speaking. There's a society for everything else—why not one for the preven tion of wasted effort? The state of Michigan has lifted the ban on speed, evidently on the theory of what’s the use. Two is jompany, three is a crow and four is an average load for two-passenger automobile. i THE DEMPSEY TUNNEY FIGHT IS OVER And Tunney Wins and KOLSTER RADIO served its purpose in giving Shelby and the surrounding country the fight round by round. THE WORLD’S SERIES Is just around the corner and if you didn’t get your KOLSTER for the fight, place your order now and be ready for the big Ball Games. If you have a KOLSTER in your home you can enjoy all the sport and the finest music the world affords at r. very small cost. Let us demonstrate this fact to you. Pendleton’s Music Store TRY A KOLSTR - THERE’S A DIFFERENCE. [ames J. Corbett says, “Faversham’s advice decided me on Luckies” Famous former heavyweight champion, with Mrs. Corbett after I rcakfast at their homed t B ay side, L. 1recommends Lucky Strikes, You, too, will find that Lucky Strikes are mild and mellow—the finest cigarettes you ever smoked, made cf the finest Turkish and ' * domestic tobaccos, properly aged and blended with great skill, and there is an extra process—“It’s toasted”—no harsh ness, not a bit of bite. jP William Faversham, The Popular Actor, WitCs: •‘For years 1 have been a Lucky Strike enthusiast, in fact, I never smoke any other cigarette. Inolt this time I have never been trnu, bled unth throat irritations. In addition to the enjoyment that I get from the superior quality of Lucky Strikes, it is wonderful to know that my voice will never be affected by smoking.” It's toasted No Throat Irritation-No Cough. ADVERTISE IN THE STAR — IT FAYS. NEW FALL SHADES IN HOSIERY The new fall colors in Hosiery are now on display in oui* store in Rollins Silk Hose in Fall weight and the Sheer Chif fon from 95c to $1.95. -SPECIAL 75c Heavy full fashion.Silk Hose, all col ors. A regular $1.50 grade, first qual ity at 75c. Children’s Derby Rib Hose in the new Biscuit colors — 25c. Full line of School Hose here for the Children from 10c pair up. Ladies’ Cotton Hose in black, beige and Peach — 10c. -UNDERWEAR The cool weather calls for heavy un derwear. We have a complete line for Men, Women and Children—all sizes. See us before you buy for our prices are much less than today’s market. — SWEATERS Now is the time to try one of our new Sweaters or Lumberjacks. -^-CHILDREN’S COATS See our line of Children’s New Coats in the new Winter Style. THE STAMEY CO. FALLSTON & POLKVILLE. CLEM) SUB HjBf;
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