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FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1928.
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TWINKLES
Speaking of consistency, suppose every public dry who
isn’t so dry privately should vote for Al.
One thing about Hoover, he is fat enough' to stay
astraddle the prohibition fence without physical discomfort
—that is, out in the open.
Georgia postmasters have been paying privilege money.
it is alleged, to the G. O. P. to hold their jobs, and it won’t be
long now until would-be postmasters in Georgia, the Caro
linas and elsewhere will be yelling “You Know Me, AL"
In one of pur exchanges we note that the home town
pro conoid tpn,t iy drove straight down “the fa re way." A
golfer who’handles his wood and irons like that should fare
well i.n either the fairway or rough, and he may be in a fair
\ysy of stepping along in Bobby’s tracks.
The Charlotte News knows of a doctor who thinks it a
bad practice to bound out of bed in the morning immediately
upon waking, and the Greensboro News adds: "That’s a
good doctor,” but what we want to know is: who’n the heck
ever practiced that, anyway?
At prominent Frenchman returning to his native coun
try-niter a scyuurn in America expressed disgust at the
manner in which American girls drink and smoke to excess.
How disillusioning real life really is—we’d been hearing all
of our lives about those ‘wild wimmen” in France and now a
Frenchman is disgusted at our wilder qnes.
In the 1927-28 Federal tax period North Carolina paid
the. umt^d States government a total tax of ewer 225 million
dollars. Compare that vast sum, third high in the union,
with what North Carolina gets back in appropriations and
other matters from the Federal government, then go ahead
and vote for a continuation of the Coolidge policies this fall,
if you care to.
FAIR TIME APPROACHES.
IS CQtNG TO be a big year. First of all it is election year;
then Carolina prognosticators are looking for 30-cent cot
ton, and generally the pumpkins will yellow under favorable
conditions, but in all the hubbub and excitement Cleveland
county isp’t likely to overlook that it is not many months
until the biggest epunty fair in the Carelinas will be under
way at the fair grounds between Shelby and Kings Moun
tain. *
Already one hears reports of the ladies preparing this
and that for the growing competition of the fair depart
ments, and for weeks the farmers have been lining up this
ana* that entry they intend to make. Meantime, of course,
every one rests assured that the entertainment angle and
the general details of the entire fair are being well-taken
care of by the liveliest fair secretary to be found in or outside
of any fair exhibition.
If you’re thinking it’s going to be a right busy season
don’t forget to mark off one week on the calendar for “a
whale of a time” at the Cleveland county fair. They always
refer to each coming fair as “bigger and better’’ and if it
were not for the lack of originality the Cleveland fair offi
cials could start yelling that very line.
GARDNER’S CAMPAIGNER.
fNF CONSIDERABLE interest over the state, and parti
^cularly in this section, is the announcement of 0. Max
Gardner that he would like to have one of his closest friends,
in priy^Gi sad political life, as the chairman of the Demo
cratic party in the state. In saying that he would appreciate
it if the state executive committee would name Odus M. Mull,
of Shelby, as chairman, Mr. Gardner sets forth t he qualifica
tions of Mull for the office—not as a friend but with a cool,
dissecting mind which sees first of ail the campaign ahead.
Naturally it is the duty of the state chairman to lead
the November campaign, and just as naturally is it proper in
the political world for the gubernatorial candidate to have a
say in selecting the man to lead his campaign—just as
proper in North Carolina as nationally with Herbert Hoover
picking Mr. Work for the job and A1 Smith picking Owen
Young, or whoever he may pick.
But to get back to the man Gardner would like to see
named chairman—His suggestion of Mr. Mull falls in line
with a consistent Gardner trait. Few men have stood behind
the Shelly statesman more loyally than the hard-driving,
never-swerving 0. M. Mull who fights with the blood of the
Irish in his veins, and in Gardner’s make-up there is a bed
rock principle which stands for remembering those who have
remembered him.
Getting away from the personalities. Mr, Gardner sug
gested Mr. Mull not only because of friendship. In surveying
the Mull party record coolly he finds, and the citizens of the
s^ate will find thyt few men excell him in loyalty and in
successful political campaigning. Taking the chance of
ftpmuimg provincial The Star will state that it believes there
ftre Jew better political campaign directors in the state than
Qt M. Mull* There are numerous better personal campaign
ers, that is readily admitted, but few better supervisors or
more faithful workers—and behind the ballyhoo, oratory and
color of a political campaign there must be a figure shift
ing the pawns, directing the attack, and maintainig a eon
bftptrated drive. In that line Mull is adept. He has man-'
jjged* ^ six major political campaigns throughout
Ihedtnont and Western Carolina with success. Never has he
seen his candidate defeated. That record, we contend, had
more tb do with the Mull choice than the personal friendship
Qf the ne^t governor.
conclusion, those who follow things political
note that Mull will make a chairman who “fits”
e«, peculiarly’ well. He was a Huliite, or a Ilullian, as
you prefer, hut he was, is and will be a party man always.
He is a Democratic dry of another type from that described
by Will Rogers, meaning that he doesn’t vote dry and drink
it "for he knows not the taste of an alcoholic beverage. Bt
is ft substantial moral background.
. , i Gardner we agree that bis choice has some
mighty ligf requisites for leading the party this fall. And
that removed ays far as possible from a “home town view
point."
Boxing Gets Refined,
A Tar Heel Helps It
- Add Becomes An Addison -
.•By RKNN DKI M.I
During the last scholastic
year there departed from the
University of North Carolina a
young student by the name of
Addison Warren. but better
known in red-suspender circles
as Add Warren. In college he
attained considerable renown a-,
a foctbal 1player, but more re
nown as an afnatcur boxer.
Having learned more than the.
average youth learns at college
young Warren decided that there
was more of a financial future m
boxing than in instructing the
youth of the land in their three
••Rs.~ or whatever they term rudi
mentary education these days. In
order words. Add looked at the mil
lions accumulated by Tunney.
Dempsey and Rickard, then glanced
at the threadbare clothes of his
favorite university instructor, an 1
decided that he would take an up
per cut for the millions.
Racket Changes.
So far so good His name. Add,
: sounded much like a good fighting
name in the cauliflower, ear racket.
That is. such a name sounded go*>d
in the old days when Dempsey. Big
Jess and the Wild Pampas bull
; floored 'em right and left. So. Add
i began flattening out ham-and-egg
ers and has-beens as regularly as
he could be booked in the south.
Eventually up in the east they
heard about the fellow who had a
habit of finishing his pouts before
the second gong. A missionary
I came down to rescue him from the
south.
Give Him Polish.
And, presto, the work of making
Add Warren, the pride of Carolina
boxing fans, into Addison Warren, a
Gene TTmney counterpart, began.
| The time when the fighting racket
was fond of a fighting name and
rough-neck ideas has been supersed
ed by literary young fellows who
quote poetry to their seconds be
tween rounds. Add Warren would
have been all right to bring up un
: der a Dempsey regime, or a Join
j Sullivan, but for a promising
' youngster to have a show in i
Tunney time he must be known as
Addison—and he must know lit
erature. which Warren. secured
"smatte-ing” of while at the uni
• versity. Then tlie sport writers and
promoters checked up their new
■ find and rubbed their hands in a
i pleased manner much like a He
i brew does when he sells a $40 suit,
I or rather a suit for $40.
Educated like Tunney, fond of
Ipcetry as Gene, can talk high-brow,
j looks much like Gene .etc. Next
|result: Addison Warren, our sams
j Add. gets a half column editorial cn
I the dignified editorial page of the
eminent New York World. Sullivan,
Fitz. Dempsey and those boys
merely knew the editorial page as
one of those pages to turn by as
[they looked for the sport pages of
the comics. But along came Mr.
I Tunney with his Shakespearean
shuffle and elevated boxing from
the sport page to the editorial page.
Now Addison Warren, his counter
:part. gets tliere too.
: Wasn't Addison smart in picking
his path in life? Perhaps the cul
tured friends in yea’s gone by had
shown him that only learned, re
| fined .teachers and inventors draw
‘editorial praise from the big pa
pers, and perhaps Addison—no, it
[was Add then—scoffed inwardly
[and said to himself “I'll show ’em.”
' And, boys, lie has.
j Had Addison came along 10 years
!ago Hype Igoe might have written
i in his. boxing column: "A tougn
| young hara-and-egger. Add Warren,
j lias blown into the city and may
| get a chance at the racket in a
I prelim one of these days. ” But
Addison coming as he did drew
j dignified remarks from the editor?-,
j ial writer—and. who knows, that
I writer may have been Claude Bow -
lers who jabbed all those rapier-like
phrases into an oily elephant hide
at Houstpn?
May Diner Some.
The World editorial, too, men
tioned a thought of our own when
j it suggested that perhaps Warren
with ail of his traits similar to
Tunney might have one additional
trait: that of a real, old-time sock
[in one of his arms. Somehow we be
jlieve Add—beg pardon. Addison —
has. Maybe, after all, he’ll be
■ another literary marvel and also
another slugger who can pack 'em
into Rickard's high-priced seats
I without falling back on the literary
ballyhoo. And since Add is a na
1 tive Tar Heel were hoping so, if
; you don't mind.
MR, THRIFT LIVES
UP TO HJS NAME
• Detroit, Mich.—Sheriff C. A. Thrift
i of. Decatur, 111., lives up to his name
When Detroit police wired him
| last week that they had arrested
John McDonald. 35, wanted~in De
catur on an abandonment charge he
: asked them to hold the prisoner
until Monday.
Arriving he explained there was
an excursion rate to Detroit from
Decatur fhat day and that he had
taken advantage of it to come aft
er his prisoner.
El PER*
NEWS MENTION
New Hope Church Young People on
Picnic. Personals of People
Coming and Going.
(Special to The Start
Earl. July 12—The senior girls
and boys classes of New Hope Bap
tist church enjoyed a picnic supper
at Love Springs 1-* Wednesday ev
ening celebrating the 4th of July.
Mrs. L.ueus Cline of Greenville.
S. C . was a caller in the village
Sat urday.
Mr Hubert Haas who has been in
Gastonia hospital for treatment
caused from a burn has returned to
his home here,
Mr and Mrs O. F. Sepaugh are
visiting relatives in Fayetteville.
Mr and. Mrs: Edgar Acree of At
lanta. Ga , are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. B F Jones..
Miss Aileen Acree of Atlanta. Ga.,
is the guest of Miss Ophelia Moss.
Miss Ola Byers of Gaffney. S. C.,
was a caller on the Misses Bettis
Sunday.
Mr and Mrs. Brice Hambright of
Grover, visited Mr and Mrs. W. C.
Sarratte, Sunday evening.
Mr B, F, Jones of Milledgeville.
Ga.. is visiting home folks.
Mr and Mrs George Washburn
and little Betty Lowe. of Shelby,
were callers .n the village Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Anderson of Kentucky, was
the guest o: Mrs. B. F, Jones last
week.
Mrs. Bud Hause and the Misses
Bettis, spent a couple of hours in
Gaffney. S: C.. Thursday.
Miss Thelma Earl who is working
for Efirds department store at Shel
by spent the week end in the village
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Abemethy and
two children of Cherokee Falls, S.
j C. spent Thursday with Mr. and
Mrs. B. Austell.
Rev. J. T. Jenkins,, was the dinner
[guest of Mr. and W F. Bettis Sun
day.
Mrs. Sue Moore and children of
Laurinburg, were the guest Sunday
of her sister Mrs. Lloyd Wylie.
Trinity Community
Late News Mention
iSpecial u> The Star.)
The boys senior class of the Trin
j ity Sunday school entertained the
(senior girls with a picnic Friday ev
!ening. All had a nice time.
Mr. M. G. McSwain of Shelby and
: father Mr. B. E. McSwain. Mrs. Etta
McSwain and Miss Bettie Beason
, enjoyed a delightful trip to ^Ashe
ville Sunday to visit the formers
I daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. P. Z. Harrill and
Miss Eva Beason were the dinner
1 guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. L Greene
lof Mooresboro Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis McWhirter and
| children of Shelby visited her moth
er Mrs. Freeman McSwain a few
'days last Week. Miss Janelle Mc
j Swain returned with them to their
home to spend this week.
Mrs. Albert Morrison is spending
! few weeks with Mi', and Mrs. J. A.
Morrison,
i Mrs W. F. McSwain and daugh
ter Misses Florence and Pearl Mc
j Swain spent last week with Mr. anti
Mrs. R. C. Beason. Miss Mattie Sue
Beason accompanied them to their
\ home in West Shelby,
j Mr. and Mrs. Howard Callahan,
1 Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Beason, Mrs. A
1 D. Bridges Mr. Clarence Bostic and
j Mr. Furman McSwain were among
the number who spent the Fourth
I at Lake James.
Mr. ana Mrs. l. t. uoicomoe eau
!ed on her parents Mr. and Mrs. G.
!L Bostic on Sunday afternoon.
Misses Jonnie Lee and Lucile Bea
1 son were the dinner guests of Miss
' Ollie Bridges Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Furman McSwain
spent Saturday night with his par
ents Mr. and Mrs. B. E. McSwain.
i Mr. and Mrs. Wellie Jolley and
children of Shelby visited his par
ents Mr. and Mrs. K. D. N. Jolley
during the past week.
Mr. M. M. Beascn and daughters
Lovelle and Nellie and Miss Etta
Bostic and Mr. Paul Humphries
were shopping at Shelby Saturday!
Misses Bettie Beason, Etta Bos
tic and Annie McSwain spent the
night with Mrs. Etta McSwain last
Tuesday.
Misses Etta Bostic and Malioa
I Jolley were joint hostesses at a lawn
party at the home of the former cn
last Wednesday evening. Delicious
refreshments were served by the
hostess consisting of an ice course
and accessories.
Misses Sarah Harris, Ethel and
Reba Lovelace and Miss Ruby
Greene of Mooresboro, visited Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Greene of Lattimo’
Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Harris and
children visited her parents Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Bridges.
Mr. and Mrs. Furman McSwain,
Mr. and Mrs. J, A. Morrison. Mrs.
Etta McSwain, Annie McSwain.
Homer Wall, motored to Flat Roc's
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Harris jr., and
son visited his parents Mr. and Mrs
B. B. Harris Sunday.
"The Cal Birds Sons."
i By Lloyd Muuney.)
11 heard a noise Just outside
"It s ojd tn^n Cat Bird I gladly
cried."
He’s come at last to sit and sing
And help to make the clear sky
ring,
His voice is clear and very load
Of his old sop# he's rpigljty proud
He sits and chirps in his own way
And keeps it up the live long day.
He sits upon his limby throne
And claims the world as his own.
His song of cheej- and song of woe
Can fill our ti^inds with things just
so.
His tamper mild and cheery sway
Will always chase our blues away,
He loves to call soft and low
And let us know the tidings so.
He calls to friends up in the sky
That answer with their jolly cry.
They know full well his breezy plan
And they soon cover the earth and
land.
They know that there vvUl surely k'
A task to perform or something «o
see.
They scamper above and take tlwl
way
To cheer some lonesome heart today.
He sits alone as fust before
And sings lus song at my own do- '
He seems so happy and content to
me
As he sways and rocks in his fav
orite, tree
He sings his anthem loud nnd gla .1
He's done his best with what he’s
had. ,
He has a look of pride and joy
Ar)d has done his best to convoy,
A share of fun and of cheer
To help to lighten the
the drear
T hear him singing now
ilf's culling and blessing
tryside.
hearts of
outride
the coun
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The new things are here, all new shapes
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