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VOL. XXXVI. No. 12
SHELBY. N. C.
MONDAY. JAN. 27. 1930
Published Monday. Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
LATE NEWS
rm MARKET.
Cotton, per pound . .......... He
Cotton Seed, per bn.-S7’ic
Rain And Warmer.
Today's North Carolina Weather
Report: Occasional raii^ tonight and
Tuesday. Somewhat warmer tom«ht
except on northern coast.
Hold Won Acreage.
Washington, Ian. 26.—Cotton
growers were advised today by the
department of agriculture not to In
crease their acreage. The warning
was sounded tn the annual report
on the outlook for agriculture ji
1930, prepared by economists of the
department co-operating with farm
experts from all parts of the coun
try and members of the Federal
Farm Board.
Watchman Hits
Man Over H:ad
With His Clack
„ Happened At Local
Textile Plant
White Man In Hospital With Frac
tured SkulL Negro Watchman
Flees.
Jesse Snyder, 22-year-old white
man of the Dover mill village Is in
the Shelby hospital with a fracture
of the forehead, and Clyde Mathis,
negro watchman at the Dover mill,
is missing as a result of a clrsh
between the two late Saturday aft
ernoon at the textile plant.
According to Information today
Snyder was hanging about the mill
Saturday afternoon late and was
asked to leave by the watchman.
He refused to do so. or engaged in
a conversation with the colored
man, who then called for one of his
superiors, John Bouthers. After the
latter arrived he and Snyder, it is
said, came to words rboul Snyder
leaving. A scuffle ensued and it is
then, according to information, that
Mathis swung his clock as if it were
a blackjack and swatted Snyder on
the forehead.
The injured men was rushed to
the hospital in an unconscious con
dition, but today was said to be bet
ter. Shortly after hitting Snyder,
Mathis ran away. Officers made a
search for him, but failed to find
anything but his shoes, which were
r pparently discarded so they would
not retard nls speed.
Yard Improvement
Campaign In County
Committee Organizes Here To
Beautify Rural Cleveland
Tards And Roads.
At ft meeting held at the court
house here Saturday a movement
was organized under the direction of
the two county agents, R. W. Shoff
ner and Mrs. Irma P. Wallace, for
a yard improvement campaign
throughout rural Cleveland.
Mrs. Dargan Grlgg, or the Sharon
community, was appointed county
leader with the following officers
for the business management of the
campaign: president, E. L. Weath
’ers, of Union; vice president, B. P.
Dixon, cf Bethlehem; secretary. Miss
Mignon Harrill, of Broad River,
treasurer, Waynce L. Ware of El
Bethel.
The program was outlined as fol
lows:
1. That the campaign be held to
individual homes.
3. That these Individuals should
be encouraged to consider their
roadside as a part of the home and
yard and improve it In like manner.
t 3. That the press, lmproveme.it
leaders, and county clubs of all
classes be used to get In entries and
that blanks be supplied for enroll
ment.
i. That the entry be closed foi
this year on May 1.
5. That the campaign close at the
end of two years.
8. That all entrants participate in
a good fellowship feed as a final
celebration.
7. That any resident of the coun
ty is eligible for membership.
8. That the yard Improvement
campaign be a part of the live-at
home campaign.
An interesting discussion of the
campaign and the anticipated
beneficial results was carried on by
the gathering, remarks by Mr. W
W. Washburn, former county com
missioner, being of especial inter
est.
The group of leaders discouraged
the idea that the campaign be a
contest In any nature, arguing that
it would be a failure in the end as
the beautification program would
soon die after the end of the con
test, and It was also contended that
each entrant would have her own
home and yard Improved in to
pearance as a continuous pr*ze. The
two county a~~nts consider t ’p
meeting a sver-s e^cl are cf >r
opinion tfcrt the car.'--!~n *i»I cp
much to advance nu:l Cleveland
generally, pointing out that .his
angle Is a live Issue of the live-at
fcome plan now being sold the citi
zens of the state.
Two Men Said
To Be In Dtps
Ring Arrested
Dope, NeecPe Found
On Men Here
One Wanted By Federal Authorities
On Do-e Charge In
Charlotte.
Two white mein, one said by Fed
eral officers to be connected with a
dope peddling ring about Charlotte,
were arrested here Friday evening by
Police Chief McBride Poston and
Deputy Bob Kendrick after actions
of the two caused the officers to be
come suspicious. They gave their
names as M. L. Johnson. 27. and
G. Godfrey, 55, bcth of Charlotte.
When searched in the office of
the police chief a quantity of dope,
said to be worth several hundred
dollars, was foun'i
while a mixing spoon, a dope needle,
and a .45 calibre Colt auUm. -is
were found in a brief case carried
by Johnson.
Godfrey’s Dope?
Communication with Charlotte
officers revealed that Johnson was
wanted by Federal officers lor hav
ing skipped a $1,500 bond on a dcpe
peddling charge and other infor
mation was to the effect that he
has served time in the Federal pen
itentiary on dope charges. At Fed
eral court headquarters there it was
requested that both men be held
here following the local trial for
Federal officers and Saturday morn
ing Deputy Marshal F. B. Hamrick
came up to attend the hearing in
county court. Godfrey, who gave
some indication of being a dope
user, pled guilty to the dope trans
nortatlng charge and declared that
his young and stylishly dressed
companion was merely carrying the
needle for him. On the transport
(Continued on page two.)
De^‘n<rer Store
Robbed Last Night
Thieves Get Pennies, Nlc*-les, Dimes
And A Box Of
Candy.
T*e J. N. Dellinger grocery store,
on West Warren street, was robbed
early Sunday night and due to the
fact that the thieves took pennies
and candy It Is believed that they
were youths.
So far only a five-pound box of
crndy, a ouantity of pennies, nick
els and dimes are the only things
missed.
Enhance was made by breaking
the glass in the rear door of the
store.
A.rarTary To Meet
With Legion Member*
Members of the local Legion aux
ilary will meet with the Warren
Hoyle Legion post at the Wayside
“estaurant Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock. All local citizens inte'ested
In either organization are urged to
rttend the Joint gathering.
Curt** Car Sto’-n
While He Is Sick
Ben Curtis, contractor, is recov
ering from a nerve us breakdown
during which he received treatment
in the Lincolnton hospital for sev
eral days. While sick in the hospi
tal, a negro hospital servant stole
his car for a ride and wrecked the
machine. The negro was arrested
and is now in jail in Lincolnton
awaiting trial.
County Gins Record
Crop To January 16
Ginning To That Date Only 18 Bales Shy
Of 60,000 Mark
Cleveland county has already
ginned a record cotton crop with
one ginning: report yet to come,
and it is now assured that the
county total will go consider
ably beyond the 60,000-bale
■lark.
Up to January 16, according
to official figures given The
Star today by Miles H. Ware,
ginning agent, Cleveland coun
ty had ginned 59,982 bales, or
Just 18 bales shy of the predict
ed production of 60,000. This
compares with 51,416 bales gin
ned to the Mine date last year.
Approximately 2,000 bales were
finned after the January 16 re
port last year and that much
or more will be ginned this year
It is estimated. On this basis
the 1929 crop will lIHely run be
tween 61,500 and 64,000 bales
cotton men say.
The January 16 report sends
the county approximately 6,000
bales ahead of all past produc
tion records and assures that
for the third year the county
will lead the state In cotton pro
duction.
Gun Play Features A 'fray Early
Mom In Eastside Barber Shop
_ I
Jordan Youth Struck
By A Car Saturday
nv'.ll Boy Braised And Cat On
Face. Drirer Of Car Says Acci
dent Unavoidable.
Harold Jordan, young son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Jordan, was bruised
and lacerrted about the face Sat
urday afternoon when he either
ran into or was struck by an auto
mobl’e driven by T. W. Hamrick, Jr.,
on the Cleveland Springs road Just
in front of the Roger Laughrldge
residence.
Hamrick says that the boy dart
ed out from behind another car
parked In front of the Laughridge
residence and that he did not see
him until he was right against the
bumper of the car. Hamrick stop
ped, and the youth, who at first
appeared to be seriously hurt, was
placed In a Bost bakery truck,
which was Just behind the Ham
rick ear, and carried to the Shelby
hospital, where a laceration on his
face was treated before he was re
moved to his home.
Mysterious Intruder
Bangs Shelby Doors
Peculiar Unknown Who Visited By
Night Running Chance Of
Getting Shot.
Reports about town during the
last week or so tell of a mysterious
night prowler who has been disturb
ing the tranquility of several Shelby
homes. 80 far the mysterious visitor
in paying his equally mysterious
calls has not bothered anyone or
stolen anything, but on several oc
casions he has frightened house
wives 4t is said.
At some homes early in the night
house wives have been attracted to
the frcnt door by hearing the screen
door bank or by a knock. Going
to the door they have failed except
in one or two instances to see any
one and on these occasions it is said
that a man was seen darting away
in the shadows. Husbands who for
some time thought the imagination
of their wives were playing them
tricks have now about changed then
minds, and if the mysterious prowl
er continues his peculiar visits he
may become a patron of some un
dertaking establishment, says one
husband who got to his front door
in time one night last week to see
a man wearing a cap vanishing
I around the corner.
Gold Star Shilly Mother May
Visit Grave Of Son In France
Mrs. Hoyle Thinks Of Trip To
France. Left’on Post Here Nam
ed For Son.
Some time this spring a gold star
mother of Shelby may walk into
the American cemetery at Alsne
Mame, France, to see for the first
✓
time the resting piece of the sol
dier boy she sent over there a do*
en years ago.
The mother is Mrs. Marietta
Hoyle (Mrs. Frank Hoyle) and the
marker she may s ek along row
''ter row will have the inscription
“Vftvn Finley Hoyle, 7th Co.,
’ ‘h H imen! U. S. M. C ” For
m the Shelb;- Legion post was
■■
M Is -t t: in th t sh'
!1 ir . 3 t 3 t p, which is offer
ed free to mother; and widows of
boys over there, but she is listed
among the 50 North Carolina wom
en who have notified the war de
oartmen that they are considering
the trip.
The women will go on govern*
ment-owned ships and will per
haps be accompanied by a United
States cruiser as an escort of honor.
More than $5,000,000 will be requir
ed to transport the 6,730 mothers
and widows who contemplate mak
ing the trip according to applica
tions received at the War Depart
ment to date. It is estimated that
the total cost of transporting each
‘ndividual will be $840. Replies have
not yet been received to all letters
-ent out by the Quartermaster
General of the Army, and in many
ases the repl'es indirate that the
-rioth'-rs and w' '"ws who are en
titled to make the pilgrimage are
in • t in as to w ether they a.sire
‘o ma':e the pilgrimage and as to
■ he time when they d.sire to make
!t.
The first contingent will sail on
May 7, and the others Will follow
weekly thereafter.
John Green May Be Living Merely
Because Benson's Gnn Snap*
ped First Ttane.
John Green, well known resldesit
of the Eastside—Cleveland Cloth
mill section, was in county court
here today charged with disorderly
conduct and an affray, and V. U
Henson, of the same section, was
also in court charged with assault
with a deadly weapon—but Green
was more or less lucky to be In
court Instead of In an undertaking
establishment.
As it was Green bad a slight
wound on one of his arms, said to
have been caused by a bullet fired
by Henscn which grazed his arm.
Green’s lucky break, according to
Policeman Burgywn Putnam, an eye
witness, was when Henson fired
point blank at Green the first time
and his gun snapped.
The affair took place in an East
side barbershop as an aftermath of
a row between the two men Satur
day night.
Come* After Officer.
Last night. It is said at police
headquarters, Henson called officers
and swore out a warrant against
Green and his brother, Jesse, charg
ing that they were out “to get him”
as a result of some trouble between
them. Shortly before nine o'clock
this morning John Green came to
police headquarters and told Po
liceman Putnam that Henson had
a gun on him and that he wanted
the officer to see that he and his
brother were not shot. Policeman
Putnam went with Green to the
Eastside barbershop where Henson,
and Eastside cafe employe, was at
the time. When they went in the
officer says that Henson had a gun
stuck in his belt but that it was sot
concealed. As the officer talked to
them, telling them that serious
trouble might result if they continued
to argue with each other, he says
that Green eased near Henson and
suddenly sprang at him in an at
tempt to get the gun away from
him. Henson struggled loose from
Green, twisted the latter free of the
gun, pointed it at Green and pull
ed the trigger.
“It snapped the first time. No
telling what would have happened,'
the officer said, "had it not snap
ped, but the second time it fired
and apparently the bullet grazed
Green’s arm before plowing through
the plate glass window. Anyway
| Green has an injury on his arm
which he said was caused by the
shot. We managed to stop them be
fore any more shots were fired. ’ ,
Both were brought up town to
face charges in county court result
ing from the fray which narrowly
missed having a serious outcome.
Mrs. Turner’s Cousin
Passes In Texas
Mrs. Sam Turner has received a
message telling of the death of her
cousin, Mr. Phillip Covington who
passed In DeKalb, Texas on Wed
nesday of last week. Mr. Coving
ton was a native of Rutherford
county but has many relatives in
Cleveland. He left this section fifty
years ago and was a teacher and
sheriff of Bowie county. Since go
ing to Texas he has been back on
a visit twice, visiting with Mrs
Turner last summer.
Newton Class Leads
Mull's In Attendance
In the first Sunday of an attend
ance contest yesterday the J C.
Newton B'ble class at the First Bap
tist church led the John P. Mull
class, the former having 107 -pres
ent and the latter 84. Willis Mc
Murry, Byron Williams and Mike
Austell had charge of the attend
I ance for the winning class.
Work Blessing,
Minister Tells
Merchants Here
Shelby Merchants In
Banquet Session
Association Head Appoint* Com
mittee To Nominate Officer*
For New Tear.
Thirty members of the Shelby
Merchants association sat down to
dinner at the Hotel Charles Filday
night, enjoyed * dollar repast, trans
acted at least one Important. Item
of business, heard the association
boosted, and listened to a gem of
speech by Rev. L. B. Hayes pastor
of the Central Methodist church.
The item of business that stood
out was the appointment of a com
mittee on nominations to bring in
at the next meeting names of those
to be voted to head the organization
for the coming year. This commit
tee that is to name nominees for
president, vice president, secretary,
treasurer, and four directors com
poses the following: Henry Massey,
Thad C. Ford and Charles L. Esk
ridge.
W. E. Koon. was designated by
Henry Mills, president of the asso
ciation. to take charge of the next
program. Mvc.ntlme E. E. Scott pre
sided at Friday night's session.
A report of the work of the as
sociation was made by the recretary.
Jack Palmer.
Rev. Hayes proved to be a past
master in after dinner speaking
Taking as his theme, the over
emphasis being placed upon busi
ness In this country, he told the
diners some arresting truths of busi
ness psychology.
Work la Blessing.
One striking thought was, his
stressing of the need of routine In
che average man's life. Work, he
asserted. Is a blessing, and routl >e
Is In many cases the saving factor
in a man's life. t
"For,” said he. *we are not pre
pared for freedom. And the more
cf It we have, the more we are In
dangag’ from it,” Then he said: "The
way w matt spends the four hours
in the evening from four to six
o'clock, determines his destiny. In
other words, what use does he make
of his freedom.
Inasmuch Mr. Hayes went on to
say, that we are due for more and
more leisure time from business and
routine, owing to the Inventions and
improvements of science, it Is up
to a man to establish a philosophy
of life, to serve as a guide for bis
conduct.
Amcngst those who sat at the
banquet board were: E. E. Scott.
Henry Mills, Mr. Hayes, William
McCord, W. E. Vickey, E. A. Mllll
c&n, Louis Gardner, Louis Hamrick,
Fred Morton, L J. Stilwell, Henry
Massey, H. W. Harmon, W. E. Koon.
Thad Ford, J. P. Austell, Miss Os
sie McRary, Charles L. Eskridge,
Rush Hamrick,' Charles Hoey, Jack
Palmer, Charles Buice, Ab Jack
son, Forrest Eskridge, Claude Mao
brey, Messrs. Ingram and Liles of
that firm, F. O. Smith, W. C. Per
son, H. O. Champion, J. C. Bowling,
Mr. Beck and Mr. Tuller.
Falls Will Sell
Dodges In Section
Mores To Shelby front FaUston
To Take Over Local Car
Agency.
Mr. John F. Falls, formerly tf
Falls ton, Is now a business resident
of Shelby, establishing his automo
bile agency in the Arey building or
South Washington street.
Mr. Falls has been the agent for
the OeSoto car since last July, with
a salesroom at FaUston. On Jan
uary 15, be removed this agency to
Shelby, and last week added to the
Dodge line of truck and cars
He took over the latter agency
from Messrs. Enfield and Norfleet,
of Charlotte, who will now return
to that city, where they conduct a
general Carolina distributing agency.
F. B. Litton, who formerly headed
the Dodge agency, and who has
lately been employed by Messrs. En
field and Norfleet, wUl join farces
with Mr. Falls, as will Mr. George
Thompson, who, until lately, head
ed the Chrysler agency to this city.
Error In Fowler
Death Notice Made
In Friday’s Star an unintentional
error to the death notice of Mr.
Paul Fowler had several of his sur
viving relatives Usted as dead. Sur
viving the young man, who w&:
buried Friday, are the following rel
atlves: his widow and one child
one brother, one half brother, two
half sisters and his step mother
His mother, a brother and sister (
and one half brother preceded him j
to the grave.
I Fights Pre-R: fiat Pact
Declaring
that be and
bia wife
entered into a
pre-naptial
agreement—
that be would
not marry her
unless she was
capable of
bearing
children.
Dr. Louis E.
Mahoney, of
Santa Monica,
asked
annulment of
bia marriage
to Ida Mae
Mahoney, of
Boston.
Both Dr.
Mahoney and
bia wife are
said to be
socially
prominent in
Boston.
flntarnat tonal
“-••rani >
How Contest Winners Listed
Methods And Cost Of Cotton
Co*t Of Labor, Seed, Fertilizer,
Ploklnff, Etc, Shown. Indivi
dual Records Of Each.
R. W. Shoffner, county farm
agent, today turned over to The
Star the statistics and records kept
by the nine prise-winners In the
five-acre cotton contest recently
held. This list, with general expense
for each five-acre plot and with
the Individual records of the nine
winners, is being published for the
general information of all farmers
In the section, as it clearly shows
the various costs of cotton produc
tion and the likely margin of profit
at certain production costs.
These figures follow:
An men had the following charg
ed to his five acres equally:
Planting seed at 1.00 per bushel;
cost of picking at 11.25 per 100 lb.;
ginning at $3.50 per bale; rent on
land at $10 per acre; managerial
services $10 per acre; labor at 20c
an hour; team labor at 25c per hour;
tracter at $1.00 per hour; deprecia
tion on tools and machinery $10;
for hauling cotton $1.50 per bale;
manure at $3 per two horse load
fertiliser as on record.
Detail production of the high
men. There were 25 contestants but
only nine awarded prizes.
T. P. Sellers, Kings Mountain R-l
first premium, check and cup—Fer
tliser used: 600 lb. 12-4-4 and 40 lb.
4-3-2 per acre, 80 lb. sulphate of i
amonla as side dresser, 3 two horse
loads of manure. Yield: 10 bales.
5084 lb. of lint.
Cost:
Tractor -_.._$13.00
Team . .. 39.00 j
Labor .. 82.20 |
Fertilizer __ 65.25 I
Manure . ...g oo '
Rent on land . .. 50.00
Managerial services - .. 50.00
Depreciation on tools and ma
chinery . .. 10.00
Picking. 140.08
Dinning . .. 35.00
Hauling - ...._ 15.00
Planting seed . .. 7,00
Total.$515.53
Income:
Lint cotton.... $895 80
Cotton seed at 40c bu..81.62
Total . __ $9’T7, '7
Total profit-$461.79
Profit per acre_92.36
Cost per acre. 103.11
Pert, cost per acre . ... ... 1185
Cost to produce one lb. ...... 101c
John A. Beam, Shelby, second
premium.
Fertilizer used—600 lb., 12-4-4
300 lb. 9-5-3 per acre, 200 lb. nitrate
(Continued on page two.)
Young Physician Is
Struck By A Train
Dr. Joe Osborne, son of Dr. and
Mrs. J. R. Osborne, of Shelby, who
is dentist at the State Penitentiary
t Raleigh, and motors back and
forth to Richmond, Va., where he
is taking a course In medicine, was
struck by a Seaboard railway train
-H Henderson Friday night. His car
was completely demolished and Dr.
Osborne was Blightly Injured. He
narrowly escaped serious Injury or
possibly death.
Mrs. Mauney Dies
At Kings Mountain
Funeral Will Be Held Ai Kings
Mountain Wednesday Morning
At 11 O’CIock. ,
The many Mends of Mrs. J. S.
Mauney of Kings Mountain will re
ftret to learn of her death Sunday
night. Mrs. Mauney had been
seriously ill for two weeks. The
funeral services will be from Luth
eran church at Kings Mountain at
11 a. m. Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Mauney before her marriage
was Miss Julia Rudlsill of Llnccln
ton. She is survived by her hus
band J. S. Mauney and six children,
Rev. John Mauney of Hickory, S. A
Lawrence, Doris and W. K. Mauney
of Kings Mountain and one daugh
ter, Mrs. Edgar Cooper, of Kings
Mountain, twenty-five grand chil
dren and two great grandchildren.
Also the following brothers and
isters survive. A. P. Rudlsill of Dal
las, M. 8. Rudlsill of Crouse, M. E.
Rudlsill of Henry JRlver, Mrs. J. M.
Roberts of Vineland, N. J„ and Mrs.
M. A. McLean of Llncolnton.
'7lmore Withdraws
From Local Company
W. E. Elmore who lias been a
artner with 8. W. Boyette in the
leration of the Boyette-Elmora
furniture company has sold his in*
:rest to Mr. Boyette who will con
nuc the business under the same
’ame. This firm was routed from
ts North LaFayette street location
a few weeks ago by a fire, but has
moved back into the building since
it has been repaired and has re
sumed business after the up-set. Mr.
Elmore has accepted a position with
Bradstreet rating bureau and has
gone to Savannah, Ga., to take up
his duties.
Byrd Expedition Not Troubled
At Being Ice-Bound At Pole
Radio Station Informed That There
la More Worry Here Than
There,
Long Beach, CaMf, Ian. 27—
Ton Wa'lace, amateur operator
f a radio station here, said be
as in touch with the Byrd ex -
edition near the South Pole
etween 1 and 2 a. m. yester
day morning and that the e\
pedition Is showing no concern
over the possibility of being
ice-bound through the win
ter.
Informed by Wallace of news
paper reports that there was
some alarm felt for the expedl
tlon in the United States and
that other nations had been
asked to aid in reaching the
Troup near the South Pole, the
operator answered:
‘Much ado about nothing. Wr
expect to be out of cold storage
soon. Evidently there is more
worry in the U. S. than here at
the Pole. We are taking all pre
[ cautions. It is true we are not
j alarmed."
Capt. Dickson,
County’s Oldest
Citizzn, Buried
Leading Citizen
Died Friday
Civil War Captain, Member Of
LegMatnre And Honored CU1
irn Of Fallston Passes.
Capt. Ed Dickson, one of the old
est citizens In Cleveland county and
a honored veteran of the Civil war,
wjw burled Sunday afternoon at
Knob Creek church near Bel wood,
where members of his fami'.y have
been Interred for several genera
tions. Had Capt. Dickson, lived
until March 8, this year, he would
have been 97 years of age.
Masonic Rites.
A great crowd attended the fu
neral services at Fallston Methodist
church Sunday afternoon at 1:30
o'clock, conducted by his pastor,
Rev. J. W. Fitzgerald, after which
the customary Masonic rites were
conferred upon him as a departed
brother. Assisting Mr. Fitzgerald
were Revs. D. H. Reinhart. «J. D.
Morris and L. B. Hayes.
Wounded At Gettysburg.
Capt. Dickson was leader of
Company C of the 55th N. C. Regi
ment. to which position lie was
promoted as a successor to Capt
Dickson Falls. He went through the
full four years of the war and was
wounded In the hip on the first
day of the Battle at Gettysburg.
After he was wounded, he was taken
i prisoner and sent to Johnson’s Isl
and In Lake Erie where he remain
ed until the war came to a close.
Four Daughters Survive.
Capt. Dickson was the son of
Thomas Dickson and Rachael Davis.
Hla father died when Capt. Dick
son was eight years of age. On
August 14, 1860 he was married to
Jane Wilson who was a most de
voted companion and to this union
eight daughters were born. In 1935
his wife died and four daughters
•survive: Mrs. S. T. Kendrifclr, Misses
Emma, Frankie and Edna Dickson
The deceased daughters are Mrs
H. 8. Cline. Misses Martha, Raphael
Ann and Maude Dickson. Capt.
Dickson Is the last of a large fam
ily of children.
Served In Legislature.
In all of his long life as a fanner,
"apt. Dlckscn was an Inveterate
• eader, a man of unusual Intelli
gence. sound judgment and judicial
poise. He was looked to by the peo
ple of upper Cleveland as a sort of
lawyer and drew all papers and
contracts for people in that neigh
borhood. He served as a member of
the legislature In 1891 and filled
this position with honor and dlg
j nity to himself and his county.
Capt. Dlckscn was thrifty and
industrious, a courtly gentleman,
typical of the old South. He was
a leader In his community and hi"
opinions and judgments on public
questions were regarded with au
thority. In his boyhood he joined
Kadesh Methodist church and was
a devout member, serving as a
steward and teaching Sunday school
classes. A number of years ago tie
moved his membership to the Falls
ton Methodist church to which he
belonged when the end came Friday
afternoon after a few weeks Ulnesr
Dat~ Of Cleveland
Fair Made Publi
‘Hate Exposition October 13 To 1":
Concord, October 14 to IS And
Shelby, Sept. 29, Oct. 4.
Raleigh—Dates for fain through
ut the state as announced at th
scent meeting here of the North
Carolina Fair association follow:
North Carolina State fair, Octo
ber 13-18; Wilson, October 21-35;
Tarboro, October 28-31; Goldsboro,
October 21-31; Winston-Salem, Oc
tober 7-11; Concord, October 14
18; Fayetteville, October 27; Green
boro, September 29-October 4; Clin
on, October 4-7; Zebulon, Oct, 6
11; Kinston, October 21-25; Rocky
?,Iount, week of September 29-Oc
tober 4; Sanford, October 21-28;
Henderson, October 7-11; Shelby,
September 29-October 4; Hickory,
October 7-11; 8pruce Pine, week of
September 22; Mebane, September
21-27; Sheboro, October 6-9; Lit
tleton, November 7; Salisbury, Oc
tober 8.
Federal Income Tax
Man Here Feb. 18-19
A representative of the TJ. 8. de
partment of revenue will be In Shel
by at the postofflce on February IS
and 19 to assist the citisens of
Cleveland county in making up
their federal Income tax returns.
Those who have blanks are asked
to bring them along. As far as is
known, now this will be the only
visit a federal tax representative
will be here.