Dr. Lackey Building New Home—
Teachers Oo To Gastonia—
«&, Other Items.
i (Special to The Star.)
Fallston. Oct. 22.—A mistake was
made by the printer in last week's
Fallston news. Two items were com
bined and several lines were omit
ted. The item (as it was printed)
read as follows:
“Mr. and Mrs. Stough Hopper of
Shelby visited friends in Boone Sun
day."
The items should have read as the
following two now are:
Mr. and Mrs. Stough Hopper of
Shelby spent Sunday here with Mrs
Hopper’s sister, Mrs. Alice Esk
ridge.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Spnith and
family visited ffiends in Boone
Sunday.
Miss Ruby Biggeretaff of Hickory
spent the week-end at her home
here.
Mr. Tom Alexander of Gaffney,
S. C. arrived Thursday to com
plete the new home of Dr. A. A.
Lackey.
Mrs. R. W. McBrayer and Mrs.
Fritz Morehead and children of
Mooresboro were Fallston visitors
I Thursday.
Prof. W. A. Moore, principal of the
Waco high school, visited tlV Fall
ston high school Thursday.
Mrs. D. A. Beam returned Wed
nesday from a week's visit with i
relatives in Gaffney. S C.
Misses Alice Gantt and Ola Boggs j
made .a trip to Charlotte Tuesday. |
Mias Fay Boas has accepted a |
position as teacher in the Waco ,
high school.
Mrs. C. T. Stamey and daughter, |
Mary Francis. visited her sister.
Mrs. Dave Dodd, of the Sharon
community Friday.
Messrs. T. A. Stamey and C. C.
Stamey and Mrs. John Lackey and
daughter. Miss Mathalee, attended
the Lincoln county fair last week.
Mrs. M. E. Spurting of near Bel
wood spent a few days last week
here with her son, Mr. E. G. Sparl
ing.
Among the Fallston folks who
went to see Ben Hur were: Mr. ana
Mrs. C. C. Falls, Prof. C. M. King
and Prof. R. L. Pruett. Misses Terah
Pinkleton, Mesdames Robt. Cline, A.
A. Lackey and T. A. Lee, Messrs,
Griffen Murray, Hulo Sweezy, Hoyle
Lee and others.
Prof, and Mrs. W. R. Gary mid
most of the other teachers of the
Fallston high school attended the
Southern fhedmont division of the
N. C. Education association which
was held at Gastonia Friday and
Saturday.
Mrs. M. L. Murray left Saturday
for Greensboro where she will visit I
I _I
Wanted
100 Bales of Cotton
We will give 2 cents per pound over the mar
ket price for 100 bales of cotton in exchange
for Furniture or anything we handle, (if the
local market is 20c we will allow you 22c per
pound.) You get the furniture at cash pric
es. Now, if you need furniture, here is where
you make $10.00 on a 500 pound bale of cot
ton, and ten dollars isn't to be laughed at
these days.
We will require middling cotton, deliver
ed to the Planters and Merchants Warehouse,
Shelby, N. C. You bring us the Warehouse *
Receipt properly made out to The Paragon
Furniture Co., Shelby, N. C„ or as we may in
struct. You to trade out amount of cotton you
deliver. We agree to allow you 2c per pound
over the market price,' Shelby, for mid
dling cotton—give you cash price on Furni- j
luce and deliver the Furniture to your home
as you may direct.
YOU MAY WONDER—
How we can do this—Well we’ve never been
in the cotton business, and we want to try it*
out. We like to know and experience is the
best way to find out. We may lose and we
may not—SEE. Anyway we are game—
Bring us a bale or two, select your Furniture,
dress up your home, make your family happy.
As we write this article the price of cotton is,
19c—but we would allow you 21c today, Oct.
21st, in exchange for furniture.
COME TODAY, TRADE WITH US.
OUR STOCKS ARE THE LARGEST IN Ol^R
HISTORY AND PRICES THE LOWEST.
The Paragon
Furniture Co.
“ON THE SQUARE.”
SHELBY’S AND CLEVELANDS LEADING
FURNITURE DEALERS — HOME
FURNISHERS.
We also have a hundred and lift y lots in
Shelby, we will exchange, for cotton. These
lots are enhancing in value every day. If
you want aetion, see us. Take your choice
—FURNITURE OR REAL ESTATE.
THE PARAGON
We Mean Business — We Do Business.
Attend Our Second Hand Furniture Sale In
Lineberger Building, Next Door To The
„ Kendall Medicine Co.
her daughter, Miss Pearl, who is
a nurse there.
Toomu
VIOLATIONS OF LAW
Chief Weakness Of Present Age In
Regard To Law Enforcement.
Speech To Poliee.
Durham —The chief weakness of
the present age with respect to law
enforcement, is not the/fact that the
criminal element, as it has a;ways
done, opposes lav/ and order, but the I
tendency on the part cf some lawM
abiding people to overlook this atti
tude because it does not directly af
fect them, Governor McLeain, in
his message to the state convention
of police chiefs assembled here, de
clared.
The governor, because of the
press of business at the executive !
offices in Raleigh, was unable to at
tend the convention personally and |
his message was delivered to the!
law enforcement chiefs of North nhd
South Carolina and Virginia in j
writing.
"To aid and abet in the violation I
of a law by winking at it consti
tutes a serious offense against so- j
ciety and the sovereign will of the
people as expressed in rules and
regulations designed lor the protec
tion of life and property, which we
call laws,” the governor declared.
“Law is a solemn compact be
tween the governed and those they
chcose to govern them. It cannot
be treated with disrespect without
dire consequences. The ill results
may not be immediate, but they are
inevitable. Social and governmental
morale cannot hold out when it is
attacked from the inside. A war of
defense against a common enemy or
even a war cf aggression is more eas
ily won than a war involving inter
nnl t.l.rifp
"Law enforcement is more im
portant than punishing those who
violated the law. Prevention is al
ways better than cure. Anti-toxin
is more preferable than a case of
diphtheria, typhoid fever or in
fluenza. No state or nation where
the lawless are in the majority can
be as healthy, from a civic or social
standpoint, as that in which the cit
izens frown as a unit upon revolt
against constituted authority ex
pressed in lawless acts.
"You are more than so many men
in uniform making your rounds
daily. There is much drudgery at
tached to your work. There are
many discouraging factors that enr
ter into a proper performance of
your duties. But, above all, you are
charged with responsibility peculiar
to your calling. You protect life and
property—you render to the law
what is commonly known as "first
aid." During the still hours of the
night you keep vigil. You search
our dark corners to see if, per
chance, danger lurks there; you
take your stand on the busy street
to see that citizens are protected
against injury.
MONEY ON '
COTTON—
This Bank is in
position to lend
money on cotton
stored in bonded
warehouse. If inter
ested see us.
CLEVELAND
BANK &
TRUST CO.
Shelby, N. C.
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STATEMENT OF THE OWNER
SHIP. MANAGEMENT. C I R -
CULATION, ETC., REQUIRED
—BY ACT OF CONGRESS OF
AUGUST 24, 1912.
Of The Cleveland Star, published
tri-weekly, at Shelby, N. C. for Oct
1st. 1927
State of North Carolina Comity ol
Cleveland.
Before me. a notary public in and
for the state and county aforesaid
personally appeared Lee B. Weath
ers, who, having been duly sworn
according to law, deposes and says
that he is the president and editor
of the Cleveland Star and that the
following is, to the best of his
knowledge and belief, a true state
ment of the ownership, management
of the aforesaid publication for the
| date shown in the above caption, re
quirea Dy tne Act oi August 24, 1912,
embodied in section 443. Postal Laws
and Regulations, to-wit:
1. —That the names and addtesses
of the publisher, editor, managing
editor, and business managers are:
Publisher Star Publishing Co..
Shelby, N. C.; Editor, Lee B. Weath
ers, Shelby, N. C.; Managing editor,
• Lee B. Weathers. Shelby. N. C.;
Business manager. Lee B. Weathers,
Shelby, N. C.
2. —That the owners are: Lee B.
Weathers, S. E. Hoey, C. C. Btan
I ton. George Blanton, Wm. Lineber
ger, J. F. Harris. E. Y. Webb. T. W.
Ebeltoft, A. P. Weathers, B. H. Pal
mer estate, all of Shelby, N. C.. and
'John F. Schenck, Lawndale, N. C.
3. —That the known bondholders,
mortgagee*, and other security
holders owning or holding 1 per
cent or more of total amount of
( bonds, mortgages, or other securi
1 ties are: None.
LEE B. WEATHERS.
Sworn to and subscribed before
[ me this 22 day of Oct. 1927.
OEO. B. BLANTON. N. P.
(My commission expires Jan. 4th,
t 1928.)
i “Alibi Al” Has |
Fair Week In
Football Games \
> )
Wins Six Out of Eight Picks in
Football Games. The Scores on
Last Saturday.
Alibi Al. The Star’s football
expert when the breaks go the
right way. hasn’t any alibis to
offer for Saturday’s football out
comes. Wining six of eight
guesses, with the two losses quite
close, isn’t so bad. Al picked
Charlotte to teat Shelby; Navy
to t eat Duke, Tech to beat Car
olina, and also named Alabama,
Georgia and Maryland as win
ners. /
There were good guesses. Predict
ing a victory for Davidson over
Wake Forest wasn’t so good Al
gave Davidson a two point margin—
Johnny Cox tcok the margin away. ;
Likewise Alvin of the Alibis looked
fer Florida to beat State by a close
socre. Instead State, to the joy of
numerous fans hereabouts, won by
a touchdown.
The scores Saturday;
Daudscn 13; Wake Forest 13.
Navy 32; Duke 6.
Georgia Tech 13; Carolina 0.
Ltncir-Rhyne 20; King 0.
State 12; Florida 6.
Alabama 24; Sevvanee 0.
Georgia 33; Auburn 3.
Maryland 10; V. M. I. G.
Rutherford 19; Abbey 6.
Drinking Fountain
For Horses Has No
Asheboro Courier.
As a newspaper records the birth
of a person or enterprise, it records
the end. As relates man, the end is
certain. As regards an enterprise it
may die Efhd it may not. These may
carry on from generation to genera
tion.
Specifically. this newspaper re
corded in 1915 that Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Armfield, Jr., had donated in
spirit of public benefaction, a
drinking fountain for horses to the
town of Asheboro. This week, in
the month of October and year of
1927, is recorded the end. Workmen
have torn down the fountain. It
has outgrown its usefulness. It has
no use to serve. Placed on the
street in front of the Bank of Ran
dolph, a most convenient location,
for years its sparkling waters
quenched the thirst of meny a
thirsty horse. It made the long,
hard grind of a day’s work in the
j traces a little easier to bear foi
many a dumb animal. But. now
hardly one animal passes it a day
whereas at its beginning there were
scores.
The foundtain is relegated to the
scrap heap to take its placj with
the buggy. The difference !s that
whereas the buggy may decay, the
rust eat into the last piece of iron
in its ancient frame, the fountain
may rise again. But not to give
drink to herse or mule. Some day it
may on a grassy spot on a well-kept
lawn be renovated, be surrounded
with the figure of a swan or some
ether appropriate work of art. and
made to serve to beautify its sur
roundings and to furnish water
and baths for birds.
This fountain gives way to the
motorized age. Where once was the
creak of the loaded wagon and the
janklc of the trace chains is now
the swish of the rubber tire and
the shrill honk of the automobile
horn. In its place are the red and
yellow tanks that vend gasoline for
the horse of the present age is the
automobile. equipped with a gas
tank which must be filled to quench
| the thirst of a much cylindered gas
i oline engine.
If dumb animals could speak,
they would arise to call the foun
tain blessed and also its donors. If
it could have been followed to its
resting place in Mr. Armfleld's
back lot, its funeral train would
have been a long line of horses
and mules of every age and condi
tion. But It was carried in no horse
drawn bier and there was no long
line of animals behind it. It was
hauled on a truck, on one of the
family of motors which helped to
deliver the death blew, and its fun
eral train was the scent of burnc-d
gasoline.
SPRINGS LAUDS LINDY
AS GREATEST AVIATOR
Rock mil.—Capt. Elliott Springs,
author and aviator of Fort Mill
dined with Lindbergh while he was
at Spartanburg.
In a speech at the Winthrop
Poetry banquet Captain Springs
told about his conversation with
Lindbergh and, about his meeting
Ruth Elder in New York at the
"Pilot Club. ’ The captain declares
lhat all the superlatives the news
papers have used about Lindbergh
are true and not overdrawn.
"The Prince of Air” is just inter
ested in flying and not in the least
conceited about his success. In fact
Mr. Springs says the famous flyer
seems to be indifferent to success
and praise. "Ruth Elder,” the
speaker declared, “is a charming
woman, who conducted herself with
ease at the Pilot club in New York.
She was not ’fazed’ at all because
she was the only woman present.”
TRY STUB WANT MS.
LONGER STAPLE I
COHONMC.I
North Carolina Surpasses Georgia |
In Length Of Cotton Staple;
Jietter Prices.
j_ i
News and Observer.
According to report issued by the
U. S. department of agriculture, bu
reau of agricultural economics,
Washington, under date of October
4. based on 213,507 bales of cotton
ginned up to that time in the state
of Georgia, the Georgia cotton was
running 67.09 per cent 7-8 inch in
in staple; 27.14 per cent 15-16 inch;
and 5.58 per cent one inch and bet
ter staple.
The records of the North Caro
lina Cotton Growers’ co-operative
association up to that date make an
interesting comparison. Thirty-one
per cent of their receipts were run
ning 7-8 inch; 36 per cent 15-16
inch; 20 per cent 1 inch; and 13
per cent better than one inch.
Only a few years \ ago Georgia
cotton was known far and wide for
its superior staple; in fact, there
was so much demand for North
Georgia cotton that, it has been said
that while they produced only one
half million bales of North Georgia
cotton the trade sold annually two
and cne-half million bales. But
comparatively little is heard of
Nor h Georgia cotton now.
Five years ago North Caiolina
was producing a very inferior grade
of cotton, and in some sections they
are still growing the extremely snort
varieties—just cotton. But the North
Carolina Cotton Growers’ co-opera
tive association soon learned that
farmers had a valuable market
right at their doors with Carolina
mills for a better grade of cotton
than was being grown in this state,
and they began to hammer it into
their members that the way to get
a better product, and market it in
such a way as to get the premiums
that a better product was entitled
to, it was stated at the association
offices. The records of the associa
tion show that the members has
been increasing the length of staple
year by' year as evidenced by the
above table of figures.
Otto Wood Out For
Capital Punishment
Raleigh.—Otto Wood, convict
ed murderer, is a believer in
capital punishment—with reser
vations.
The one-armed slayer of a pawn
broker in Greensboro is on death
row at state prison, where he has '
something over 25 years yet to j
serve before he can shed prison
garb.
“I believe in it, certainly, but
with reservations," the prisoner said
in an interview.
"Any man that commits a brutal
murder or any man that commits
an attack upon a defenseless wo
man should be made to pay with his
life, but I think the guilt of any one
should always be proven before he
is sent down the line to the chair.
“But.” he continued, “I don’t
think any man ought to be sent
uuwn on what the courts call cir
cumstantial evidence. You know, the
courts could be wrong."
To bear out his claims that he
reads sometimes. Wood pointed to
his bed. The bed was literally cov
ered with newspapers. There were
also some magazines. Not content
with reading alone, Wood has been
supplying the condemned negroes
on death row with reading matter.
Asked if he were thinking about
dcing another book, Otto replied
he was through with writing Wood
said he disposed of about one thou
sand copies of his book, ihe main
theme cf which was to show that
crime does not pay.
“You can say for me that I do
not intend to do any more writing
any time soon," he said.
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,
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One-Man Army Of
Oklahoma Is Dead
Oklahoma City, Okla.—The death
if Frank Canton, the "one man
irmy," recalls the colorful career cf
mother of the west's picturesque
men.
Born at the height of the Kansas
icrder wars, Canton, whose real
name was Joe Horner, died peace
fully at his home in Edmond, Okla.
His life was like fiction. As a boy
tie tended horses in the union army.
Later he was a muleskinner, driv
ing government wagon trains from
Port Leavenworth to ' California,
When such a trip was about as haz
ardous as a transoceanic flight is
today.
In his later days he bunked with
Flex Beach, the novelist, in hio
Klondike geld rush to become one
if the heroes in Beach's novels. As
r peace officer lie hunted had men
in Oklahoma and Wyoming, being
the first adjutant general of the
Sooner state and a sheriff in Wyo
ming.
Once Canton killed the head
teamster of a California wagon
train, using a neckyoke as his wea
pon. He was ecquitted of murder
and went to Texas, where he was
reputed to have killed three negro
soldiers in a saloon when a negro
captain demanded he drink with
them.
Canton led many attacks on cat- j
tl%rustlers. As adjutant general, he !
earned the sobriquet "Oklahoma's 1
one man army” when, instead of
calling out the militia on several oc
casions—such as county seat wars
and race riots—he took charge of
the situation and singlelmnded
quelled whatever disturbance broke
the tranquility of western life.
COST OF OPERATING
COURT ON INCREASE
Cost of operating United States
court in the 40 counties comprising
the Eastern North Carolina federal
court district is showing a steady
increase, it was learned from United
States Marshall R. W. Ward.
For the quarter ending September
30. last, was $124,362.92 as compar
ed in this district totaled $14,193.30.
Figures .just compiled by Marshal
Ward show that the; cost of operat
ing the federal courts in the East
ern district for the fiscal year end
ing June 30 last was $124,582.92 as
compared with a cost of $110,328.32
for the preceding fiscal year.
The figures for the last fiscal
year would probably have been
higher had the courts been allowed
to operate without curtailment
which came about as the result of
Congress failing to pass the general
deficiency bill at the last session.
Funds ran low and court sessions
were curtailed. Thus the cost was
reduced.
iVorid Will Soon Be Educating Its
People By Radio, Opinion Of Marconi
A Judge's Wise Action
Sulkuury Post.
Judge Stack poured oil on trou
bled matrimonial waters down at
Raleigh the other day, the result
being the saying of legal action
brought by a husband to compel his
young wife to return to their home
in Charlotte, the young girl remains
at her home near Raleigh until she
is ready to go of her own free will.
The action of the judge was not
based cn the law but on an appeal
to reason and 'common sense. Many
a threatened family disturbance
might be averted if the courts
could postpone and make way for
things to work out. Often times an
outside meddler, a relative, friend
cr neighbor interferes with the
course of true love, or with sensible
deportment and men, and women
rush into court to adjust their do
mestic troubles before they really
reach that stage where the law
ought to be invoked. Judge Stack
doubtless did a wise thing when he
sidestepped legal intervention and
sent the young couple home to
think ft over.
; Washington—Although more
than a quarter of a century has
paused since he startled the world
with his invention of wireless iel*>.
graphy, wnnam Marconi still works
;with all the vigor and enthusiasm
j of his younger days to improve me
thods of radio communication
"Only the feeble minded or the
prematurely old stop and abandon
their life's interest for the sake of
idleness,” Marconi said here, -j
have laboratories wherever I g0
and whereever I go I work. I have
workshops in Italy, in England, and
now here the Radio Corporation of
America has put at my disposal its
plants for any experiments I ,nay
want to make; in addition, when r
require special concentration, re
moved from the calls that are al
ways made upon me on land, i
have my, yacht, the Electra. which
is completely equiped with appara
tus for my researches."
"This is the radio age,” Mr.
Marconi said. "The world is coming
more and mere to doing everything,
amusing by it. It will son be edu
cating its people and regulating all
its life by it,”
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