VOL. XXXV, No. 114
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12 PAGES
TODAY
THE CLEVELAND STAR
SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESD’Y, SEPT. W. 1928 Published
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Afternoons
By mall, per year (In advance) $2.50
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LATENEWS
Fair And Warmer.
Today’s North Carolina Weather
Report: Generally fair tonight and
(Saturday. Warmer in west portion
tonight. Cooler Saturday afternoon
in west and north portions.
Over 1,0<«0 Dead.
Dispatches last night from Weot
Palm Beach, Florida, stated that
rescue and relief workers in the
storm-stricken areas there estimat
ed that the Florida death toll might
reach 1,500 and that it would sure
ly go over 1,000.
A late wire received here today
stated that Shelby and Cleveland’s
county’s Red Cross quota, for aid
in Florida relief work, has been set
at a $350 minimum. Cltlaens of
town and county are urged to con
tribute at once.
Athletics Gain.
The Philadelphia Athletics crept
up closer to the New York Yankees
in the American league race yes
terday by defeating Detroit 6 to 1,
while the Y’ankecs were 1 « ng to
Chicago 4 to 3. Only one game sep
arates the two teams now.
Everything Almost Ready For The
Big Crowds Next Week.
500 Showmen.
Dr. J. S. Dorton, secretary of the
Cleveland County Fair, and associ
ates declare that every department
has functioned even better this
year than ever before, and that
everything will be In readiness for
an early opening on Tuesday morn
ing; School Children's Day.
Likewise no st< r,e has been left
unturned to make it possible for the
Nat Reiss Shows to have their mam
moth midway set up for the pub
lic's entertainment as early as Mon- i
day evening.
Traveling in their own train of
25 brilliant green and orange
double-length oats, the shows are
due to arrive m Shelby Sunday
morning via Southern Railroad and
are to begin unloading early Mon
day morning when their personnel
of five hundred people will cooper
ate in transporting and setting up
the paraphernalia ready for the
opening day.
Ever striving to maintain their
excellent leadership in the show
world, the management of this or
ganisation has suet reded in a great
er degree this year than ever be
fore.
H. G. Melville, owner of the Nat
Reiss Shows, insists that tt is not
enough for every attraction to be
highly entertaining and different
from the others, but it must be
presentable for luides, gentlemen
and chlldren—in short, for the en
tire family. General Manager J. F.
Murphy assures the public and press
that this high moral standard main
lined throughour, accounts for the
glad welcome extended this organ
ization wherever they go.
Some of the special attractions
are “Wila Wanda” noted for artis
ticness, dramaticness and pathos, in
strong contrast comes the ‘‘Get
Happy” show, a colored revue com
posed of 25 talented dusky per
formers who fairly shake the fair
grounds with their clean, whole
some mirth.
Need Reducing.
Karn's Fat Family are not cnly
fun producers *n their own weight
of over a ton and a half, but each
member is a finished atrist in his
line, none being more entertaining
than the baby gir’, 15 years of age,
weighing 632 pounds, who has a
beautiful trained voice, which she
uses freely for the pleasure of her
listeners.
The “funny silent show,” known
as “Barney’s Fun House” rings with
laughter day and night. The “Old
Boat” with attendants in costume
for sailing, has an unsolved human
appeal. Children who wish to stand
high in their classes usually ac
quaint themselves with the educa
tional exhibit of sea life in its num
erous forms. This attraction is call
ed the “Deep Sea Wonders” and is
a favorite with ah ages.
Central Cafe Will
Open On Satusday
Was Closed Following Disastrous
Building Crasn In Which Six
Were Killed.
George Scordas, of the Central
Cafe, on West Warren street, which
was partially demolished by the re
cent crash of the Gardner-Mc
Knight building-;, announces the
establishment will be opened for
“business as usual” Saturday
morning.
This is the seccnd of the busi
ness places that were effected by
the disaster, to be re-established.
Gilmers re-opened about ten days
after the crash.
Scordas says something upwards
of two thousand dollars has been
spent on the Central cafe by way
of repair. The west wall has been
restored, and the celling renewed
The place looks spick and span, in
its new coat of vl ite paint.
Scordas, ever optimistic, saya
"we will now be better than ever.”
Merchants To Stage Big Trade Week For Fair
47 Horses
Here For
Big Races
Racers Go In Training Saturday For
Fair Races Next
Week.
This evening and tomorrow morn
ing the majority of the racers and
pacers that will compete in the
Cleveland county fair horse taces
next week will naV- arrived and ac
cording to fair cflicials in charge
of the races training around the
half mile track will get underway
tomorrow.
Iannnns come.
Up until yesteraay 47 racers had
been entered for the races here
next week, .vhich will officially
open the Carolina trotting season.
The biggest list of racers entered by
any one person were 14 horses en
tered by Earl Walker, trainer for J.
F. Cannon of Concord.
Other entrants include: Four
horses by Henry Scott, of New Han
over, Pa.; three by W. H. Tabb,
Augusta, Ga.; two by F. A. Burgess,
of Ronceverte, W. Va.; two by L. P.
Skiner, Eastman, Ga.; two by E. A.
Whitehead, Augusta. Ga.; one by
Penny brothers. Greensboro; four
by F. H. Boyd, Ronceverte, W. Va.;
four by M. D. Carmichael, of West
Palm Beach. Florida; four by Can
non and Rogers, of Concord; two by
W. M. Tate. Clarksburg, W. Va.;
three by D. H. Pope, Raleigh; five
by F. P. Pieper, Peebles, Ohio.
Incidentally, tr-ce fans here will
be interested in knowing that ol the
four horses entered by Cannon and
Rogers one is no other than "Maca
roon Patch,” the blue pacer who
holds the speed itcord cn the local
track.
Activity There.
The fair grounds as t week-end
nears becomes more and more a
place of activity. Booths are being
prepared and decorated, exhibits6
placed, racing tpiarters for horses
and dogs established, stands going
up, workmen moving at rush speed
to have electric light and water
lines in readiness for the big open
ing Tuesday and the first big night
Tuesday night.
Many Children.
Thousands of scr.ool children are
expected on the opening day and
night as free tickets for school chil
dren have been scattered in six
counties adjoining Cleveland and
large delegations are expected from
each <y the neighboring counties.
Colored Girl Bound Over Ring
Stealing Charge. White
Man Carved.
Mabel Robinson, the young col
ored maid charged with stea'ing
foui diamonds ri.jgs, valued at $.1 -
000, irom Mrs. O. Cl. Falls at Kings
Mountain recently, was given a
hearing before County Judge John
P. Mull there yesterday and bound
over to superior court under a
bond of $1,000.
Unable to give the bond the col
ored girl was returned to the coun
ty jail here to await court. So far
the missing rings have not been
found, but the giil did not take the
stand Thursday to give any infor
mation about their whereabouts.
She was represented in court by
Attorneys Stonewall Durham and
E. L. Campbell.
31 Stitches Taken.
In another case Judge Mull fined
Harvey Ramsey, white man, $50 and
the costs for doin; the carving act
upon Louis Keener, another white
man. Keener, who was said to have
used a rocking chair over Ramsey's
head prior to the cutting, was tax
ed with the costs. The fight, it is
understood developed over some
trouble about their wives. It was
necessary to take 31 stitches to
patch up Keener's ear, throat and
arms.
Joe Boyce, colored worker on a
construction job at Kings Mountain,
was fined $10 and the costs for
striking another negro over the
head with a shovel.
Willis Will Open
New Barber Shop
Announcement is made that
Messrs. W. C and J. F. Willis have
opened a new baiber shop. The
location is on South LaFayette
street, at Ralph turner's old stand.
Business was formally inaugurated
Tuesday.
Local Citizens
May Aid Storm
Stricken Folks
D. Z. Newton, Treasurer, Will Re
ceive Red ( ross Funds
For Florida.
Shelby and Cleveland county
people are urged in a message
from the national Red Cross
chairman to do all they can to
aid the storm-stricken people
of Florida and I’orto Rico. Hun
dreds are dead and injured and
many hundreds homeless and
in need of food and cover.
All cash contributions may be
turned over to Attorney D. Z.
Newton, Red Cross treasurer, or
left at The Star office, accord
ing to Supt. I. (!. Griffin, who
is acting as local Red Cross
chairman in the absence of Mrs.
George Moore.
KM OTslBY
PEOPLE 111 BLOW
Mother Of Star Advertising Mana
ger Says Storm Was Terrible
In Florida.
According to v.md received here
in Shelby describing the Florida
storm, this last uj,e was the king
daddy of them ali in intensity and
force on the coast.
Mr. A. D. James, of the Star staff,
who lived in Florida for years, has
received several letters from
friends in the state, and from his
parents who sti'l live there, recit
ing tales of the catastrophe.
Mrs. James, Mr. James’ mother,
writes that the other storm caused
very little fear, but this one was a
terror to watch.
"Your father,” she writes, “called
me into the yard about five o'clock
Sunday afternoon, as the hurricane
was fathering force, to get a view
of thl sky.-The sight was the most
terrifying thing I ever saw. It was
as though a city was burning, the
smoke-like clouds in great masses
were being driven across the sky,
low and threatening. at express
speed, and shot through and through
with lightning.
“I ran back into the house. Truly,
thought, this time we will not live
through it.”
A newspaper friend in Miami,
who visited Palm Beach Monday,
writes Mr. James that the storm
was much more violent than the
one of '26. “The only reason,” he
writes, “that there will not be the
same destruction, is because Palm
Beaches are such small places. If
the same storm had hit Miami, the
old burg would sin.ply have kissed
the world goodbye.'
According to these letters, the
Florida people are mystified as to
what happened to the storm after
it left the coast. Although the
weather maps indicate it struck in
land just above Palm Beach, prac
tically no dama#? has been report
ed from the interior of the stare.
The opinion seems to prevail, that
somehow or other, it lifted partial
ly over the Florida area, and later
descended, with constantly demin
ishing intensity.
KINGS MOUNTAIN
EX-MAYOR DEAD
Marcus Carpenter Died Thursday
Morning. Was Leading Busir
ness Man.
Kings Mountain. Sept. 21.—Mar
cus M. Carpenter, 80, ex-mayor and
leading business man. died at his
home here yesterday morning after
a lingering illness.
The funeral will be conducted at
St. Matthews Lutheran church here
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock by
the pastor, Rev. A M. Huffman. In
terment will be made in Mountain
Rest cemetery.
He was born in the St. Marks
section of Lincoln county April 16.
148. He came to what became the
town of Kings Mountain during the
latter part of 1873 soon after the
arrival of the Dillings and Mauneys.
December 9, 1879 he was married to
Miss Frances Jane Rudisill of
Crouse. He brought his bride here
and set up housekeeping in a resi
dence he had buili and where the
couple lived afterward.
He was one of the prime builders
of the town and served .once as
mayor and was always a leading
citizen. Associated with him in
business was his brother, A. P.
Carpenter, who dito in 1912.
He Is survived by one brother,
Sylvanus Carpenter of Crouse.
Workers Salvage Timbers Build Coffins
Salvaging timbers torn from buildings by the ruthless
winds of Florida’s worst hurricane, carpenters were put to
work in West Palm Beach building crude coffins for bury
ing the dead. This photo, taken by The Georgian pho
tographer in the ruins, shows a detail of men at work. One
of the finished coffins can be seen in the backing.—fhot*
by International Newsreel.
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Dozens Enter Gardner Contest
During Closing Days; Scores
Give Many Reasons For Support
Soldier Vet At County Home joins
With School Children Boost
ing Max.
Cleveland county is considerably
"pepped up” over sending a native
son to Raleigh as the next Gov
ernor of North Carolina. This is
plainly demonstrated by The Star's
"Max Gardner Letter Wrinting" in
which all classes of county citizens
are giving their reasons why ever
vote in the county this fall should
be cast for Gardner.
Among the many letters coming j
in during the closing days of the |
contest was one from a Civil War
vet who is now an inmate of the !
Cleveland county home for the aged ,
and infirm. He has his reasons for
wanting the county to back Gard
ner solid just as much as do the
eager school children who expect j
to see a county man in the Raleigh
executive mansion.
Contest To Close.
The Star’s contest, in which $50 I
in prizes will be given, closes Sat
urday afternoon at 4 o'clock At j
that time the letters will be turned 1
over to I. C. Grifiin, Shelby school ]
superintendent; Horace Grigg, ;
county superintendent; and R. L. j
Ryburn, dean of Shelby lawyers, j
Twenty-five dollars will go to the j
best letter written; $5 for the sec- !
ond best letter, end four $5 prizes *
to the best letters written by school i
children.
Among the recent letters coming
in were the following entrants:
Nannie Sue Shytle, No. G consoli
dated school; A. If. Galloway, 416
Morgan street. Shelby; Thelma
Martin, Grover high school, Gailen
Willis, 11th grace Lattimore school,
Shelby route 4; Chivous Hoyle.
Shelby route 6; W. E. Dycus, Cleve
land county home; William Eaker.
aged 15 years, Pieamont high school.
Make Able Governor.
A typical letter among the recent
entries is the ioilcwing by Thelma j
Martin, of the Grover High school:
"Every true American citizen, j
who feels his responsibility as a
voter,, will first decide, is the ap
plicant for this office a moral, up
right and capable man? For many
years the name of O. Max Gardner
has stood for all of this. The
nomination of North Carolina's
favorite son for governor has set
afloat no sullied story nor ugly ru
mors about his private or public
life. This reminds us that ha must
be a four square man or, surely,
publicity would have brought to
light any hidden v eakness or long
Kings Mountain
Plays Charlotte
First High Gam!'. Coble Boiling
Springs Captain. Scrimmage
In Shelby.
Kings Mountain highs are playing
the strong Charlotte highs in Char
lotte today in the first actual high
school game of the season for this
section. Charlotte with a heavier
and more experienced outfit is con
sidered the favorite, although the
fleet Falls, who plays a backfield
berth for the Mountaineers may
give the Fighting Gents consider
able.
On an inside page today is a
schedule of the Boiling Springs col
lege eleven with the next game
booked with Rutherford college. The
dispatch also informs that a for
mer Shelby star has been named
captain of the county's first col
lege eleven, other sports news on
the inside tells of the scrimmage
and early line-ups of the Shelby
highs.
Lattimore Fair Is
Well Attended Today
A telephone message from Latti
more this morning says a large
crowd is attending the Lattimore
community fair tori ay and that the
exhibits are of a much wider var
iety than ever beta e, especially the
livestock. All exhibits are on dis
play in the gymnasium, except live
stock, and this newly erected
building has been gaily decorated
for the occasion.
In this building are the field
crop exhibits, canned goods, cook
ery, school booth, fancy work, farm
booth, individual farm exhibits,
etc., offering a beautiful array of a
splendid farming community.
In order that those who were
unable to attend today might re
view' the exhibits, the exhibit hall
will be kept op 1 tonight, says a
fair official in a telephone com
munication to 'Ihe Star this morn
ing.
forgotten mistake. No slander can
touch him and hiu character stands
noble unabased. The history of his
past life substantiates this state
ment.
"Mr. Gardner is a Democrat to
the core. He was born of Demo
(Continued cn page ten.)
FEDE1L COURT
Judge Yates Webb Will Preside At
Term. Will Add To Fair
Crowds.
Shelby will be a busy place next,
week with a federal court term on
as well as the biggest county fair j
in the Carolinas.
The United States court session,
which opens Monday in the court
house, will be presided over by
Federal Judge E Yates Webb, of
Shelby. The docket, as is customary..
will be largely made up of hearing
charges against prohibition law
liolators. ,
DR. CARROLL TO
be here mm
Many Expected To Hear Tom Dix
on’s Daughter At Local
Court House.
County Chairman B. T. Falls stat
ed today that he expected a large
crowd of Cleveland county men and
women to hear Dr.. Delia Dixon
Carroll speak in the court house
here Saturday afternoon at 3
o'clock in the inteiest of the Demo
cratic party.
Although the address of Dr. Car
roll, brilliant daughter of the late
Rev. Tom Dixon, is especially for
women, men are urged to attend
Merchants Invited To Join
In Trade Week For The Fair
TO THE MERCHANTS OF SHELBY:
At the suggestion of Dr. J. S. Dorton. county fair
secretary, that the merchants of Shelby make a “trade
week” in connection with “fair week,” as many mer
chants as' could be conveniently notified, held a meeting
Friday morning and decided to accept Dr. Dortons sug
gestion. If you were not notified and have not been
asked to join with other merchants in offering excep
tional bargains to the 70,000 people who will visit the
fair next week, THIS IS AN INVITATION TO YOU TO
JOIN IN OUR “TR'DE WEEK” PLAN.
The fair association through its secretary, has
kindly consented to allow all retail merchants co-oper
ating in this “trade week-fair week” event, to give a
50c main-gate fair ground ticket with a purchase of $5
or more worth of merchandise at your store. For a
merchant to be able to make this offer, he should noti
fy one of the commiteemen whose names appear below.
Either of us will see that you get the trade-week tick
ets to give your customers and explain the working
plan in detail.
Mr. Merchant, join in the movement now. Phone
either of us at once. The Cleveland Star will issue a
special "fair week-trade week” special on Monday.
(Signed) HENRY MILLS,
JOE E. NASH,
JOHN M. BEST,
WILLIAM MeCORD.
Shopping
Event To
Be Staged
Thousands Who Attend Fair May
Do Fall Shopping On Same
Trip By Plan.
The thousands who attend the
big Cleveland County Fair for
five days here next week will
be permitted to kill two birds
with one stone—attend the fair
and also a big cooperative
bargain event to be staged by
Shelby merchants in conjunc
tion with the fair.
A group composing some twenty
leading merchants of Shelby am
Thursday morning for the purpose
of considering ways and means at
adopting Dr. J. b. Dorton's pro*
posai for the staging of a coopera*
tive selling campaign during the
fair.
Dr. Dorton, as most know, to sec
retary of the Fair Association, and
it was his idea, first voiced at a
Kiwanis meeting, and repeated at
yesterday’s gathering, that a gen
eral benefit would result if the mer
chants would offer bargain induce
ments during Fair Week to attract
buyers to the city.
Trade mek.
There grew out cl the meeting
yesterday morning a temporary or
ganization, to be known as The Mer
chants Trade Week Association, and
a committee was formed within
that body to form active coopera
tion with the dus.ness men of th*
city, to put the trade week idea
across. - : '
That committee was composed as
follows: Henry Mills, of the Kelly
Clothing company, Joe E. Nash, of
the Paragon Department Store.
John M. Best, of the John M- Seek
Furniture company, and William
McCord, of the Shelby Hardware
company.
Free Tickets.
The big idea that came out of the
meeting was that the merchants
will give free tickets to the Fair to
theil patrons, on the basis of al
lowing one each to the customer
buying to the extent of five dollars ,
or more.
That offer was made possible
through the Fair Association, which
will furnish the tickets to the mer
chants gratis, by way of furthering
the cooperative campaign.
The plan met with unanimous ap- '•*
proval.
Members of the committee stated
that inasmuch as it would be well
nigh impossible for them, either
individually or collectively, to call
on all the business men of Shelhy
who will be expected to enter the
campaign, it would in their opiniop
be wise to publish the announce
ment in The Star that all who
wished to enter the selling cam
paign, if they would get in touch
with them would be supplied tick
ets and data concerning the event.
It was generally agreed that un
less there was cooperation with this
committee on the part of the busi
ness men, that the offer of free Fair
tickets would perforce having to be
withheld.
In other words, it will be expect
ed that if the business men will par
ticipate in the tree ticket distri
bution, they will be willing to co- .
operate and boo4 the Fair in re
turn for this vtfcv special conces
sion.
Win Cooperate.
The merchants were very en
thusiastic over tlfe idea of a co
operative week, and mention was
made that perhaps the stunt will be
repeated in the near future. There
was a very general discussion oi the
virtue of co-operative advertising,
and selling, the fact being emphasi
ed that such campaigns put on else
where have generally proved very
successful.
Some of those present expressed
the hope that tie temporary Fair
Week Association would eventual
ly, and soon, form the nucleus of
a permanent Merchants association
lor the city.
Such a plan was definitely men
tioned. and when the Fair is over
it Is expected tnat definite steps
looking to a permanent organisa
tion will be taken.
MAN THREATENS TO BLAST
HOME OF JOHN RASKOB
Philadelphia. Sept, 20.—A 65-year
old man. giving a Philadelphia ad
dress. was held in <10,000 bail to
day on a charge of threatening to
blow up the home of John J. Raa
kob Democratic national chairman,
unless he was paid $100,000. He
gaie the name oZ Frank Mooney.