The Cleveland Star
SHELBY. N. C.
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RENN DRUM .. New* Ed,,or
A. D JAMES.—. Advertising Manager
Entered aa second class matter January l, 1905, at the postoffice
At Shelby, North Caroltna, under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1879.
We wish to call your attention to the fact that it is. and has been
our custom to charge five cents per line for resolutions of respect,
cards of thanks and obituary notices, after one death notice has
been published. This will be etrlctly adherred to
WEDNESD’Y SEPT. 11, 1929
TWINKLES
Shelby and Cleveland county ladies who are preparing
the cotton fashion show for the approaching county fair
should be interested in this paragraph from the Raleigh
News and Observer: “Here’s the. way to happiness and econ
omy: Mrs. Hull Lawrence, of Alabama, made a hit arrayed
in a cotton.dross that cost her only 13 cents. This is true
dress reform.”
TIME TO GET TALKING
ABOUT IT
ADMITTEDLY the past success of the Cleveland County
Fair has been due to the interest shown by the people of
the county, and there is no argument but. what the future
success of what has come to be the biggest farm event in
the Western Carolina depends upon the same thing. Two
weeks from today the fair will he in full swing and just how
much of a success it will he, and just how many thousands
there will he swarming over the gaily decorated tract hun
dreds from adjoining counties, or our lack of enthusiasm
will keep many of them from ■coming. Here in the county we
are prone to take it for granted that our fair is the biggest
and best of county fairs in the South, and officials of other
fairs almost agree, hut if we take the event too much for
granted our neighboring counties may lose some of their in
terest. Let us start our boosting now and keep it going until
Tuesday, September 24.
Wherever you go, say something about the fair, and no
matter whom you meet, invite them to the event. Tell them
what it has been in the past and what it will be this veal
with the greatest agricultural and educational events over
and with the largest show which plays fairs in America.
Say something, too, about all school children, being admitted
free on the opening day. The free day at the Cleveland
fair is now the talk of school tots in four or five counties
just as was the coming of the circus in the old days. Boost it!
SELECTING THE NEXT JURY
FOR STRIKE TRIAL
MOW THAT the trial of the Gastonia strikers in a Mockl.cn
' burg county court, has blown up, it is time for the pro
secuting attorneys to give some, consideration to their plan
of battle for the next trial. It is regretable that one of the
jurors went madly insane and that a mistrial had to be or
dered by Judge Barnhill. Everybody has the deepest sym
pathy for the crazed juror, but in selecting the twelve men,
it appears that the attorneys tried to select jurymen who
were to least competent to weigh the great bulk of evidence
and render a just verdict.
The counsel for the prosecution should change that bill
of indictment from murder in the first degree to murder in
the second degree and then the matter of selecting a jury
will not be such a complicated affair. It was a reflection on
our court system when 500 men had to be summoned from
which to pick just 12 men to hear the case. By changing the
bill of indictment to a less serious offense, the method is
much simpler and quicker and bespeaks a jury of intelli
gence. Certainly the prosecution cannot hope to get a ver
dict exacting the lives of 13 men who are charged with kill
ing Chief Adderholt. It would appear from the evidence in
troduced by the state that there was a conspiracy, but it
will be impossible to convict beyond a reasonable doubt one
or mere of the defendants for firing the fatal sho*
The public regard and esteem of our cour' 'V at
torneys who practice in them, will be improv rter
cut can be taken in the selection of the next ji tth
sides will not try to select prejudiced jurors < who
urn bo swayed and swerved from justice and rig,
ANNOUNCING IN THE DAILIES
BEFORE AT HOME
'j'liLUE SEEMS to be a fad in Shelby for brides-to-be to
announce their approaching marriage in some outside
Sunday daily, rather than let their home paper print the good
news first. We feel that preference is given the Sunday
dailies little thought as to how it belittles the home-town
paper. When a girl is to be married, the purpose of publish
ing the "fact is to notify her friends who are of course in
terested in her matrimony, but on several occasions within
the past year, wedding notices have been sent to outside pa
pers where the friends are fewer before such notices were
released for publication in The Star. It hurts more than we
have said, because we know every bride and groom to be a
friend of The Star and they rely on their local paper for other
local news.
The Star is always anxious to get news items but it
wants to print them first. When news items have appeared
elsewhere their value for re-print is minimized. Every enter
prising newspaper is anxious to secure and is entitled to print
its home news before it is given to an outside paper. When
it is denied this privilege, it cannot best serve its community.
In the case of weddings, local people have their friends here.
They may have friends elsewhere, and often do, but the bulk
of their friends and relatives are usually within the circula
tion radius of the local paper which is in better position tc
serve the purpose of a news item than any outside daily, re
gardless of its size. It is the local paper that gives space tc
the pre-nuptial affairs and to the matrimonial event itself,
so what we are claiming in the matter of preference of news
is what every paper claims, large and small. And we do so
with no unkind feeling toward any person. A Sunday daily
has its own immediate field to cover and outside social is
given very brief mention compared with what the paper pub
lished at the news source will and does give. So the news col
umns of The Star are always open for first publication of
any legitimate news item, but when it is first published else
where by a paper circulating in our territory, its value as a 1
news story is depreciated.
At The Theatres
John Miljan. who played the
mysterious "Mallory” in "The Un
holy Night,” leaped from Uondoo
mystery to American auto racing,
when he played the "heavy” in
‘ Speedway,” William Haines' ne«v
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring ve
hicle, a sound synchronized produc
tion, which is at the Webb today
and Thursday, ft is a vivid drama
of the race track, directed by Harry
Beaumont, with Anita Page, Ernest
Torrence and a notable cast.
The Princess theatre is offering a
two for one attraction Thursday
! night at which time the J. C. Pen
j ney fashion revue will be presented
| in addition to the feature "Honey
moon Abroad.” A picture actually
taken in Paris and London and
aboard an ocean liner and Import
ed to this country. An internation
al production with the famous di
rector, Tim Whelan, handling the
megaphone and n popular Ameri
can screen comedian, Monty Banks,
as the star.
No Bobbed Hair,
No Short Dresses
Now Thnmasvllle Cult To Have No
Minister That Has Attended
College.
Raleigh.—The ‘ White Horse Gos
! pel, the Faithful Church of Christ,
i Incorporated.'' of Thoniasvllle whicli
i was Issued a state charter yesterday,
j lists among other requisites for
membership that no woman shall
have bobbed hair nor wear skirts
that, do not come within 10 inches
of the ground and that no minister
shall have attended college.
Giving as its purpose to "preach
the gospel of Christ in its churches,
on highways and hedges In this
, state and in all other states" the
| charter stated that members must
| be Americans and members of the
' Caucasian race.
llis Own Measure.
Wag (who thought he'd have a
joke at the expense of the provis
ion-dealer): “Can you supply me
with a yard of pork?”
Butcher (to boy): "Mac, give
this gentleman three pigs’ feet.”
Mount Sinai News
Of^Late Interest
'Special to The Star.)
Shelby. R-2.—The members of
I he W. M. U. of Mt. Sinai held .1
meeting at the home of Mrs, Will
Weaver Thursday. A very interest
ing program was given.
The B. Y. P: U. entertained the
people of the community with an
ice cream supper given at the school
house Saturday evening. Messrs.
Miller Ellis, Gordifn Ellis and Leb
ron Rogers furnished delightful
music during the evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Putnam ,
and little daughter of Lattimore!
spent Sunday with relatives in this ;
section.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Ellis and
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ellis visited Mi.
and Mrs. Gaither Ellis Sunday.
Most of the farmers are very
busy pulling fodder and pieklng
l cotton.
Misses Nora mils and Beuna Ro;- I
•lins were visitors at Bolling Springs
school Thursday.
Mr. L. C. Putnam has been quite
sick during the past lew days. We
hope lor him a speedy recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bridges and
j family attended the Bridges re
I union at Sandy Plains church Sun
■ day.
Mrs. Torrence Bridges with a
number of her relatives from this
community visited her brother, Mr.
Carl Jones who is in the Ruther
ford hospital, last Thursday. Mr.
Jones Is suffering severe injuries
received in an automobile accident.
Mr. and Mrs. Ector Ledbetter
I visited Mr. and Mrs. Will Weaver
j Sunday.
Mrs. Nick Saunders of Ruther
ford toin was a visitor in this com
munity Saturday afternoon.
Miss Rheama Clary spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Elbe Clary.
An every-other-day letter
from home will be sent to col
lege students away from home
| for the small price of $1.51).
! this gives them The Clevc
: land Star for less than the
price of a two cent postage
‘ -damp per copy. tf
Epidemic.
Doctor—Well, my friend, whit
seems to be your trouble?
Patient (nervously)—I believe I
have caught insomnia, doctor. I
cannot' sleep a wink until around
three o'clock in the morning.
Doctor—Nonsense. Insomnia is
not contagious!
Patient—It is in my case, doctor.
The baby next door has it!
McDowell county has begun its
first cream and egg route over 10
miles of county highways. W. M.
Conley is carrier.
-PRINCESS
THURSDAY ONLY
A Trunk Full Of Love
And Laughs!
A chaperoned honey
moon in Paris and
London filled with
frills and fancy thrills
with
MONTY BANKS
and
GILLIAN DEAN
AT 8 P. M.
The J. C. PENNEY
CO.’s
FASHION REVUE
TWO SHOWS FOR
ONE PRICE 10 -20c
THE WIND TUNNEL and revolving roadbed, designed to produce, (adoora, actual driving con
ditions aa found on the road. On aueh devices, aerual pre-user road teats are made tn the "Standard"
Proving Laboratories. Only the Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C., u similarly equipped. -
HICH it another wav of saying
» v that the Bureau of Standard* in
Washington — with ita rigorous and
complete laboratory testa—is one of the
two plants in the United States which
are completely equipped to put motor
fuels through a college examination.
The only other laboratory comparable
to that of the Rureau of Standards is
maintained by the Standard. Oil Com
pany of New Jersey. Hundreds of
thousands of dollar* invested here have
provided every known scientific end
engineering device. They are used to
one end: —to mike "Standard” im•
f>r»i'td Gasoline the best you nan but".
It is no wonder that there is an over
whelming preference lor "Standard.”
Hundreds of thousands ol motorists
know that "Standard” is superior on
every count —power; starting; maxi
mum mileage. More miles of motoring
satisfaction in every gallon.
When you buy "Standard” imfirered
Gasoline, you huv a tested, science
perfected, power-giving fuel You cm
he sure that ifit's"Standard”it‘s right.
STANDARD
Improved CASOLIN E
UNVARYING UNIFORMITY
“Standard” imfroeerfGasolme
i* always assured. It is subject*d
through every step in its manu
facture to the most rigid super
virion and caatung laboratory
uses.
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C H A M P I O N
A 2 T O
FAVOR I T f"
New Fall Styles
NOW ON DISPLAY AT YOUR ACORN STORE
Fall Dresses -- That Are Correct
Every day there arrives a large shipment of new fall appar
el—styles and fashioned to the latest of the jjour. Such beau
tiful frocks at such low prices!
$\\\‘ PROq^
Hundreds of Dresses in complete assort
ments for street, afternoon, sports and in
formal dinner. The very newest styles in
satins, crepe de chines, wool georgettes, flat
crepe and chiffon. Distinguished by clever
details, flared skirts, fine pleatings, new sil
houettes and becoming necklines.
$4.95 and $7.95
— SMART MILLINERY FOR FALL—
Felts, velvets, solids and hatteiV plush in black the new fall
brown, greens and reds. A very distinctive group. You must
see them to appreciate them.
95c $1.95 $2.95 1 $3.95
— CHILDREN’S MILLINERY,—
The latest styles in Millinery for the
little girls. Priced__
95c
MEN’S DRESS SHIRTS
Good quality shirt in white and other
colors, guaranteed fast colors. An
Acorn special
98c
OTHER SHIRTS PitiV^Q
AT
$ 1 *29 to $1-95
Ilia
ACORN’S SUITS FOR
MEN
Ever since we bejyan to advertise that
Acorn’s suits for men and boys are
champions in style, quality and econ
omy of price, this has been daily dem
onstrated. Why pay more when you
can have the same stylish suit of
qualitv at Acorn's lower prices.
1 PAIR PANTS
$9.95 0 $13.95
1 PAIRS PANTS
$19.95 ‘ $24.95
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