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Hundreds Pay Tribute To Tex Rickard Elite “400” And Nervous Fight Fans Pay Tribute To Square Promoter. New York, Jnn. 8— On the spot where the ring is placed when box- < ing contests are held at Madison] Square Garden the body of Tex j Rickard rested tonight, awaiting j funeral cervices and burial tomor row afternoon. Before the final words are said In praise of the genius of the sports promoter who built the great, arena where his body lies, thous ands of mrn and women from every walk of life will pay their silent tri bute. Tomorrow other thousands will be admitted until 1 30 o’clock, half an hour before the funeral service is read. View Body. For three hours tonight the doors! of the garden were swung open to j admit the public to pass the massive ! bronze casket holding the body of Tex. In his rise to the front rank of promoters. Rickard was continually striving to bring the "best people" to the ringside for his shows and If not to replace the fight fans 01 other days, whose Uniforms was u cap and a sweater,\at least to pusl them farther back in the picture, In the death the “best people" in their high hats came w'itli the boy, nervously twitching their caps In their hands to pay tribute to a man who succeeded in making ifhx ihg respectable. Boxing champions and title hold ers of other days were in the throng, several white haired men who held belts before Rickard ever saw a gloved hand lend or counter, coming to pay respectful tribute to a man whose like was not seen in their day. Inauguration Plans For Gardner Ready (Continued from page one.) when he greets the Incoming execu tive at the door of the mansion. Official Photographs. Following greetings, official pho tographs of the state's executive family will be made at 11:30 o'clock and the entire party will proceed by motor to the city auditorium for the inaugural exercises. The route Will be over Blount, Kdenton Sails bury, Morgan streets to Fayetteville and on Fayetteville to Davie. Fay etteville street and the city audi torium will be dressed In gala at tire by the chamber of commerce for the occasion. The miring Lieutenant Governor J. Elmer Long, wHJ preside at the inaugural exercises, which begin at 13:00 o'clock, calling to .order the joint session,of the legislature for the ceremony. The Invocation will be pronounced by Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor of tlie First Baptist church, of Shelby, and Senator J. M. Broughton will present state offi cials to whom associate justice ,>f the supreme court will administer the oath of office. After a brief address, Governor McLean will present the incoming governor, who will take the oath of office administered by Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy. Inaugural Address. Following Povernor Gardner’s in augural address, he will be present ed wdth a bound volume of letters WTltten by school children of Cleve land county, by Lee B. Weathers, editor of the Cleveland Star and president of the North Carolina Press association. A specially en graved Bible for the inaugural cere mony has been donated by Alfred Williams and company. Oapt. A. L. Fletcher with a corps of ushers of enlisted men of the state detachment of quartermaster corps under the command of Capt. Charles Barden, will have supervi sion of seating arrangements for the crowd. On the platform will be seated the official inaugural party. Including the retiring governor, the governor-elect, state officials, in cluding members of the supreme court, members of congress, visiting military officials, the retiring lieut sfiant-governor and the lieutemant jovernor-elect, speaker of the house of representatives, members of the .naugural committee and wives of ill officials on the list. Biembers of the general assembly will be seated in the front of the arena, the senate on the right and house of representatives on the left. Special seats will also be reserved tor the press, and tickets for the pressbox may be obtained from the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce of ficers. Military Parade. A number of military units have already signified their intention of talcing part in the parade which will be ^pvtewed by the incoming and outgoing governors, lieutenant-gov ernors, Md their staffs from a stand to be erected on the coma, of Fay etteville aftd Market streets. Adjutant-General J. Van B. Metis is in charge of the parade and .all military features of the in auguration. The parade will be formed on Fayetteville street to the capltol. Units which will take parti Where Rickard Began His Career The boxing world which was his empire mourns Tex Rickard, dead following an oper ation for appendicitis in Miami Beach, Fla. The above exclusive photo shows the old Northern Saloon and gambling hall in Gold field, Nev., where Rickard started his career as a promoter of Lie fitrhts. It was in window of bank shown in picture that he piled $30,000 in shining gold pieces to convince a doubting world that he could pay off Joe Cans and Battling Nelson if they would settle their championship dispute in Goldfield. Inset, a rare old daguerrotype showing Rickard as he appeared in his prospecting days. (Copyright, 1929, international Illustrated News) in the parade are: First. Batallion, headquarters and combat training, Field Artillery, of Youngsvllle; 115th Ambulance Company, of Edenton; COth Brigade Headquarters Com pany, of Leaksvllle; Battery F. Coast Artillery, of Raeford; Com pany E, 120th Infantry, of Concord;1 Company O, 120th Infartry, of Winston-Salem; the Fayetteville independent Light Infantry, the full cadet corps at N. C. State college nnd Oak Ridge Institute, the two cadet bands and the 120th Infantry band; and possibly other units. Troops will report in front of the adjutant -general’s office on Halifax street, on their arrival here Fri day morning, the commanding of ficers to report in person to Col. Clarence E. Boesch, of the 105th Engineers, of Durham, in Oen Metts’ office. Appeal Renewed For Discard Clothing Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution wish to renew their appeal for old clothing to be sent to Crossnore school near Spruce Pine, according to an an nouncement made by Mrs. Speck Mrs. Speck and Mrs. Dean present ed an appeal in December to the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs, but the fush of holidays being on, little response was made. Any kind of discarded clothing will be . received cheerfully as the school can make some use of It. Old clothing is the only support the school has and from cast off garments the school is doing a wonderful work among mountain people. Anything' you might have should be left at the Woman's club rooms or at Paul Webb and Son’s drug store. Question Mark Down With Record Flight Metropolitan Airport, DoS Ange les, Calif., Jan. 7.—The army’s en durance flight plane, the Question Mark, glided to a perfect landing here at 2:07:01 o'clock this after noon after a record-smashing flight of 150 hours, 40 minutes nd 15 sec onds. The ship flew continuously for more than six days and nights fol lowing its take-off here on New Year's morning at 7:26:46 o’clock. The end of one of the greatest flights in aviation history came aft er a crew of five weary men had fought gamely against time and motors which piled trouble In a heap upon them an hour before the landing. Ben Duke Passes At New York Home New York, Jan. 8—Benjamin Duke, tobacco manufacturer, died at his residence at 2 East Eighty ninth street enrly this morning aft er a lengthy illness. Mr. Duke was in his 74th year. Funeral arrangements have not been completed, but burial will be Thurs day in Durham, N. C., where he maintained an estate. Several months ago newspapers reported that the capitalist and philanthropist had been confined to his million dollar mansion at the corner of Eightv-ninth street and Fifth avenue by the infirmities of age. In 19X5 and again in 1917 he he had been seriously ill with a nervous disorder. Mr. Duke’s benefactions included large gifts to Trinity college, now Duke university, at Durham, and to Guilford college. His home here Is furnished with choice art treas ures. MAN SHOT TO DEATH IN ARGUMENT OVER CHILDREN Gaffney, Jan. 8.—Arthur Whit tonbcrg, negro, 40, was almost in-1 stantly killed this morning at his own home by one of his best col ored friends. Will Dick Curry, when the two became angered over the question of whether children of the dead sister of their two wives should pick cotton today or go to school. Curry used an old fashioned re volver and shot at Wittenberg four times, hitting him once. FATHER OF MRS. C. C. PEARCE DIES TUESDAY — Mr. B. D. Landrum died sudden ly in Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday Will be buried there Thursday. Mr. Lan drum Is the father of Mrs. C. C. Pearce, who formerly lived in Shel by. Where Is Tomorrow's Gum? Now York Herald Tribune. Not poppy nor mandragora, but a plant still more soothing and precious, led the scientist explorers of the new stranded Calvao expedi tion in on attempt to search the farthest Jungles of Brazil. But re gard for the feelings of the Amer ican public makes it Inexpedient to utter thnt the plant’s name in such a connection. Were word to get about that there is the vaguest danger *>f a shortage here—were people once to realize what they may be confronting, what satanic disaster looms, the depths of de privation to which they may come, then nothing less than a perman ent riot could result. The real re volt in the subway would break forth. There are things not to be borne. Yet, granting that the cloud has appeared iipon the horizon, these far-flying botanists max dispel it in time. Already they havfr combed Southern Mexico—Campeche, Ta Basco, Chiapas—the Central Amer ica, as well as the less remote for ests of Brazil without finding ade quate fresh stands of the cherish ed tree, but when recently an ex pedition departed from New York to seek (some said) “an ancient Phoenician city" in the Amazonian wilderness a well known Brooklyn botanist accompanied it, himself accompanied by the prayers and tears of captains of commerce. What has this botanist to do with the Revolt in the Subway? Only this, but it is too much: There are no longer enough prolific sapodillas to keep the popular Jaw occupied; we are facing a shortage of the ma terials of recreational mastication because there is no satisfactory substitute—only chlckle trees give hope and chewing gum. More must be found, if not by the Calvao ex pedition, then speedily by another. There is no time to lose. Twenty tons of marketable cab bage from one acre is the record with this crop so far reported-for 1928. Well prepared soil, a good variety of cabbage and balanced fertilization was responsible for the good yield. Legume hay provides the best roughage tor dairy cattle and such hay is easily produced on the aver age North Carolina farm. C. A. Sheffield, formerly county agent of Davidson county, Is now assistant to the director of the ex tension service at State college. Try Star Job Printing Fine Sentiments. Cliarlotte Observer. Mr. Henry Wilson sends us from Lenoir a copy of The Milwaukee Journal, carrying an appreciative editorial comment on the recent explosion or. part of certain offic ers of the Wisconsin O. A. R. in connection with the bill introduc ed in congress "to allow the war de partment to send the marine band to the Confederate reunion in North Carolina in June, and also to furnish bedding and tents for! the Southern veterans,;' The Mil- 1 waukee paper holds that the bill I would merely confer on the old soldiers of the South, "the same courtesy and attention that have been given Northern veterans when they met." And it proceeds in fine j spirit: "Why this protest any one in a nation that long since has been reunited and has sealed that re union on battlefields of other wars? We have forgotten that there was once a north and a south—today it is all America. The sons above Mason and Dixon and the sons be low that line fought against Spain together, and marched together in France. Surely the fathers no long er hold a distinction. To try to draw a dividing line now contrasts strangely with the words of the magnanimous Grant and is far from the spirit of Lincoln and the example set by the American Leg ion when its members on Armis tice Day sit down to dinner with soldiers of the German army.” I National sentiment is reflected in ! the concluding statement that | “when the Confederate veterans , meet, if the nation can do any thing to make their i.’union a bit ! more enjoyable, a bit more com fortable, that we should do. And we should do it in the spirit of j Henry Clay—‘I know no South, no I North, no East, no West.’" Charter No. 6776 Reserve District No. 5 Report of Condition Of The FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SHEIJBY, In the State of North Carolina, at the Close of Business on Dec. 31, 1928 Resources Loans and discounts - ........$3,597,808.35 Overdrafts ... ......I—....... 21,695.61 United States Government securities owned __ 455,554.87 Other bonds, stocks, securities owned _... 42,000.00 Real estate owned other than banking house _ 60,190.91 Reserve with jgederal Reserve Bank__ 204,275.33 Cash and due from banks___ 799.926.21 Outside checks and other cash items___6,207.80 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treasurer ... __..... ' 12,500.00 TOTAL... $5,200,159.08 Liabilities Capital stock paid in..—_ 250,000.00 Surplus . . -----'--- 250,000.00 Undivided profits—net ____ 252,269.89 Reserves for Interest, taxes, and other expenses accrued and unpaid ... .-...- 75,612.65 Circulating notes outstanding _......239,950.00 Due to banks. Including certified and cashiers’ checks out standing ___.__— --- 210,123.93 Demand deposits ... -'— 1,771,017.73 Time deposits ... ---- 2,151,284.88 TOTAL... *5,200,159.08 State of North Carolina, County of Cleyeland: I, Forrest Eskridge, cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. FORREST ESKRIDGE. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of January, 1929. FRANK L. HOYLE, JR., Notary Public Correct—Attest: O. MAX GARDNER, PAUL WEBB, CHAS. C. BLANTON, Director. — FOR JOB PRINTING — AT COST CALL THE STAR PUBLISHING CO. LET THE STAR PUBLISHING CO. QUOTE YOU “AT COST’ PRICES ON YOUR JOB PRINTING - Penny Column ~WE~!SELL KELLYj Axes for $1.50. Comej in and buy some. Cleveland Hardware Co. It FOR RENT: FIRST jXOOR six room flat, separate entrance, separate bath, range, covered drive way. Belvedere Park, Phone 655-J. tf 9c simond7scross CUT Saws are sold by Cleveland Hardware Co. It SPECIAL PRICES on Milk Cans and Dairy Supplies for the month o f January. Cleveland Hardware i Co. it! I BUY YOUR ELEC-; TRIC Light Lamps! from Cleveland Hard ware Co., this month and save money. It If You Have FV.es for sale, see A. B. Sut tle Hatchery. 2t-9c FOUND ON STREETS OF Shelby string of beads, also one pair of eye glasses. E. W. Dixon, City Hall. It 9p FARMERS, WE can save you money on your Bridles, Check Lines, Hip Straps, Traces and Hames. See us. Cleve land Hardware Co. It GRIND STONES & Fixtures can he found at Cleveland Hard ware Co. It WANTED BY UNDERGRAD uate nurse position in doctor's or dentist’s office. Apply at Star of ftce. 3t 9p If In The Market For baby chicks, see A. B. Suttle Hatchery. Incu bator will start Tues day Jan. 15th. A. B. Suttle Hatchery. 2t-9c STOVES'AND Heaters a t reduced prices. See us before you buy. Cleveland Hardware Co. It OIL HEATERS AT Cleveland Hardware Co.It Will Have A Car Of nice hay to arrive next week. If in the market, place your order now for low price. A. B. Suttle Hatchery. 2t-9c ya ■forJil® rfJLou nfertk THE NEW DODGE SIX NOW ON DISPLAY IN OUR SHOW ROOMS | DODGE BROTHERS CONTRIBUTION TO THE FINE i “ CARS OF 1929. “ LITTON MOTOR COMPANY do) She’* Best All-Around Mermaid In spue of tiie fact that she’s but 15 and weighs only 101 fcleanor Holm (above), member of the New York Women’s Swimming Association, has earned the rating of greatest all around girl swimmer of 1928. She has nearly a score of records to her credit. Shelby, N. C. || PARTNERS —your Purse and a J. C. Penney Co. Ad. 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