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Probably light frost in interior to
night.
Democrats Win
Washington, Nov. Democratic :
organization of the next house is
foreshadowed by their surprisingly j
decisive seizure of the republican i
stronghold In the eighth Michigan j
district In yesterday’s elections
Democrats held the seventh New
York and 20th Ohio, while the sec
ond Pennsylvania stayed republi
can. Republicans claimed a gener
ous majority In the first Ohio, which
so many times sent the late Nicho
las Con gw orth to Washington. These
results would give the democrats
217 seats to 215, and bring an over- !
turn of the speakership and com- j
mittee chairmanships. The demo- j
cratic gubernatorial nominee won
an early lead in New Jersey, now
with a republican state administra
tion. Votes In the only other guber-!
natorial election—Kentucky — will
not be counted until today. After
the elections jnst a year ago the re-:
publicans held 218 seats in the j
house as against 216 for the demo- ;
crats. I
Welfare Plans
Considered Here
Steering Committee Elects J. D.
Lineberger As Chairman. Or
ganization Plan Coming.
■Wheels were set in motion Mon- j
day evening for the organization of
a systematic handling of the unem
ployment and relief program in the
city and oounty this week at a
meeting of the steering committee
appointed some weeks ago by rep
resentatives from the civic clubs
churches, board of aldermen and
commissioners.
Lineberger Elected.
J. D. Lineberger was elected wel
fare chairman and a plan Of organ
ization will be recommended at an
early date to include representa
tives of the churches, civic clubs
fraternal orders, industrial centers,
American Legion, Boy Scouts, home i
demonstration clubs, etc., so that j
every phase of the community life j
might be enlisted In the work. Mr.
Lineberger’s election as chairman I
will no doubt be confirmed by the]
larger committee when the organ- l
ization is perfected.
Meeting Monday night were the!
members of the steering committee j
a temporary organization appointed j
some weeks ago. This committee j
composed of B. L. Smith, chairman !
R. W. Shoffner, J. D. Lineberger,
D. Z. Newton, Lee B. Weathers anci
J. R. Davis, discussed the situation
and the proposed organization thor- i
oughly in the hope of working out
a community-wide plan that will
co-ordinate the forces in the mat
ter of unemployment and relief. I
May Register Needy.
It is hoped to register the names j
of all families needing relief, keep!
record? of the situation in indivi-:
dual homes, assign cases to certain
organizations, etc. An employment
program will be given consideration
whereby those out of work will be
enabled to earn a livelihood rather
than be helped without giving
something in return. All cases to
be helped will be carefully invest!
gated and must be found worthy,
before aid Is rendered. Street beg
ging will be discouraged and pro
fessional beggars from the outside
will be asked to go back to the
community from which they came.
Several general principles like
these were given consideration and
in a short time, it is hoped to sub
mit a plan of organization that will
include all the forces of the com
munity, centralized under one body
to prevent overlapping of work and
imposition by the needy.
Rotary Leader
Here On Friday
Will '•peak At Shelby Club Lunch
eon. Meeting Of Club
Directors,
Dr. Brent Schaeffer, president of
henoir-Rhyne college at Hickory,
will make his annual official visit
to the Shelby Rotary club as
governor of the 58th district Friday
and will have charge of the week
ly meeting the local organization
it was announced 5Testerday by Rev
. L. B Hayes, club president.
An address by “Governor Brent"
will be the principal feature of the
meeting. .
The directors of the club will meet
at Hotel Charles at 12 o'clock for a
business meeting, and the regular
luncheon with this visiting official
as speaker and honor guest will fol
low at 12:30
Postal Receipts Here
In Big 10-Month Gain
Show 16% Gain Over
Last Year
Receipts For 10 Months Only $1,500
Shy Of Required 1931
Quota
Business is on the up anil up
at one point in Shelby and a
business increase at that point
Is somewhat indicative of gen
eral business gain in the city
and county. The postal receipts
at the Shelby post office so far
this year—through September—
are ahead of any year in the
past.
At the end of the 10 months per
iod total receipts for 1931 were
*38.446.40, Postmaster J H Quinn
announced today.
Sizeable Gain.
That is *5,383.91 ahead at the
$33,062.49 receipts for the first 10
months of 1930. This represents a
gain for 10 months of 16 1-4 per
cent, an unusual gain considering
business conditions, or, rather, the
despondent attitude of some.
Assured Now.
The Quinn report assures that
the depression year, as it is termed,
will not knock Shelby out of the
first-class post. office rating. An
annual business of *40.000 is requir
ed to retain that rank and with two
full months to go the Shelby office
is not only $1,553.60 shy of the
quota. The average for the year has
been between S4.500 and $5,000 pe
month. With the holiday mailing
season as a basis the months of
November and December rank
among the big months of the year
and the receipts for the full 12
months will be much nearer $50,000
than $40,000, although it is believed
the total will fall a little shy Oi
$50,000. I
Pay Taxes Better
Than Is Customary
Many Citizens Paying 1931 Taxes
To Get Discount Given By
County.
"Tt is surprising." A. K. Cline,
county auditor, said today, “how
citizens are paying their 1931 tax
es now. The way the sheriff has
been reporting tax collections it ap
pear as if more people are paying
early this year than in a number of
years, if ever before.”
During October the county gave
a one percent discount to boost
early paying and scores of taxpay
ers took advantage of the offer.
During November the percentage of
discount is one-half of one percent
and many are still paying to save
this much. There will be no dis
count or penalty during the months
of December and January, but a
penalty will start the first of Febru
ary.
Big Cut.
Another reason for the unusual
taxpaying rush Is that county tax
es are lower than they have been
in years, due to a record cut in the
rate made possible by the last leg
islature.
The city ol Shelby is also elect
ing more taxes at this period of the
year than is customary, due to a
discount offered similar to that of
the county.
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AROUND OUR TOWN Page S.
PENNY COLUMN Page 7.
Central Reports
100 Additions
I Conference Report Shows Y ear Of
Progress. Conference Dele
gates Named.
j At the conclusion of a splendid
year, Central Methodist of which
! Rev. L. B. Hayes is pastor, reports
[a most gratifying year of progress.
| Ir> making up its conference report,
1 it finds many evidences of growth
Without any campaigns for mem
bership. about 100 additions have
been made to the church, of whom
almost all have been assimilated In
to the active program of the church
The Sunday school enrollment has
Increased seventy. Fourteen cents
per student has been the average
amount contributed each Sunday
from the cradle roll to the adult
department. In one service the
men's Bible class subscribed over
$1700. During the past year, a few
less than 300 members have been
on the ' honor roll" of those having
kept their pledges up to date. More
than 600 members have contributed
to the support of the church. More
money has been raised for missions
than in succeeding years. For hos
pitals and orphanage work more
money than last year, has been
contributed. The women of the mis
sionary circles have equipped the
' kitchen with an electric stove and
I other necessities.
This week the board of stewards
under the leadership of J. D Line
berger, chairman, and Thad c.
Ford, chairman of finance, is busy
securing the necessary funds to
meet the local and missionary
claims of the church. Central Meth
odist church has met at! of its as
sessments in full, for almost a
quarter of a century.
Those attending the annual con - j
ference, along with the pastor, are
Captain J. F. Roberts, of Shelby
Building and Loan association; J. H
Grigg, county superintendent of;
public instruction, and C. H. Swof- j
ford of Swofford Grocery Co. In
addition to these official delegates,
many members of the church plan
to attend the conference which con
venes In Asheville. November 11-16.
Forest City Man Is
Killed In Accident
Gun Goes Off While L. D. Bedding
field Starts Out To Kill
Cat.
Forest City, Nov. 4.—L. D. Bea
dingfield. 47. was instantly killed at
his home here yesterday morning
about 6:45 o’clock when a shot gun,
! which he had carried from the
house to shoot a dog or cat that had
: been killing his chickens, accident
! ally went off.
The animal had slipped away
from Mr. Beddingfield and he had j
starred back in the house, when his |
foot slipped through a crack in the
steps at the back door, causing hint
to stumble and hit the trigger of
the gun against the steps.
The entire load of the gun, a sin
gle barreled shot gun, entered Mr.
Beddingfleld’s head through his
chin, almost blowing his face off.
Surviving Mr. Beddingfield is his
; wife, five children, two brothers and
| two sisters.
Sheriff J. Ed McFarland viewed
the body and stated that an inquest
would not be necessary.
Highs Play Lowell Eleven In City
Friday; Other Week-End Contests
Shelby Gridders Train Hard For
Light But Speedy Lowell Team.
Good Games On.
The next backyard football
game for Shelby comes Friday
afternoon when the local grid
ders meet Lowell here.
The Lowell eleven, always a hard
one for Shelby, has a better record
this year than usual and the visit
ing outfit would like to make It two
Gaston county wins ovdr Shelby as
the Morrismen have already drop
ped a contest to Gastonia.
Training Hard.
Coach Casey Morris is taking no
chances and is this week sending his
squad through strenuous grtnds get
ting the boys in shape for the game.
He is reminding them how the of
fense failed to click several times
against Rutherfordton and also
how the line let one Rutherfordton
touchdown clash through, while the
entire eleven couldn’t lay its hands
on Eskridge, the midget back, who
scampered across two-thirds of the
field for a score. The boys them
selves are going at it determindelv
They remember dropping a couple
of games to strong elevens early in
the season and then another to the
fast-moving Gastonia team. Thev
are determined to put the Lowell
game on the win side o' the ledger
with the hope of more than bal
ancing at the end of the season.
Big Five Games.
In the Big Five college circles
Davidson meets Citadel at David
son, the closest game to Shelby
Presbyterian college will play ai
Wake Forest. Carolina goes to
i Georgia Teach for a struggle, Duke
rambles off to Kentucky hoping to
stop Shipwreck Kelly, and N. C.
State travels down to old Mississip
pi to take on the Aggies
Brummitt Will
Not Offer For
1932 Governor
Will Daniels Get In
Race Now
Refusal Of Attorney General To
Enter Race May Mean Editor
Will Offer.
Oxford, Nov. 4,—Attorney General
Dennis G. Brummitt anounced here
Monday night he would not be a
candidate for the Democratic nom
ination for governor of North Car
olina In the 1932 primary.
"For reasons of an entirely per
sonal nature.” a formal statement
said, "I will not be a candidate for
governor in the Democratic primary
of 1932,
“Within recent days it has become
evident that a statement from m*
was expected by my friends, and the
state at large." It continued, “and
during this period it has been
equally apparent that the an
nouncement I now make would be
disappointing to many whose par
tiality or considered judgment
would have enlisted their support
of my candidacy, had I entered the
race.
"With my appreciation to those
who have encouraged me to be
come a candidate there goes also
the assurance that my interest in
the course to which we are Jointly
committed will continue active and
unabated. 1 invite them to share
my confidence that my service in
that respect will not be the less ef
fectual by dissociating it from a
personal ambition to become gov
ernor.”
Brummitt In Washington
Mr. Brummitt was In Washing
ton, D, C., and the statement was
issued through his office here. He
is expected to return to the attor
ney general’s office in Raleigh about
the middle of this week.
Friends of the attorney general
here were unable to explain the
personal reasons for Mr. Brummltt's
failure to enter the race.
It was not known whether or not
he would be a candidate next year
for re-election as attorney general.
Mr. Brummitt. has for months
been considered a “potential can
didate’* for the office now held by
Governor O. Max Gardner. His
Withdrawal from this realm leaves
three actual candidates for the Dem
ocratic primary—Lieutenant Gov
ernor R. T. Fountain, of Rocky
Mount; J. C. B. Ehringhaus, of
Elizabeth City; and A. J. Maxwell,
of Raleigh, state commissioner of
revenue.
The withdrawal of the attorney
general also gave weight to reports
that Josephus Daniels, Raleigh edi
tor, would be a candidate for the
nomination in 1932.
Effect On Daniels.
Raleigh, Nov. 4.—Attorney Gen
eral Dennis G. Brummltt's au
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Shelby Man Surgeon
Atlanta Motorcade
A motorcade of 100 cars, Includ
ing the state highway patrol and
the governor of Georgia is on a
trip this week from Atlanta, Ga to
Greenville, S. C., celebrating the
opening of the new highway from
Atlanta to Greenville. Dr. Joe Os
borne, Shelby boy and son of Dr
and Mrs. J. R. Osborne. of this
place, who is on the interne staff
of the Grady hospital in Atlanta,
Ga. Is ambulance surgeon on the
motorcade. Dr-. Osborne is riding
the ambulance and is ready to care
for any emergency that might
arise.
The new highway completes the
hard surface between Greenville
and Atlanta and incidentally from
Shelby to the Georgia capital.
Legion Auxiliary To
Renew Membership
Mrs. T. B. Gold, president of the
American Legion auxiliary is plan
ning the annual membership drive
to be held from November 4 to Nov
ember 11. Beginning today, it is
hoped to renew 95 auxiliary mem
berships in the local organization
and secure many additional mem
berships before Armistice day, next
Wednesday. Calls will be made or
the present members and on other
ladies entitled to membership in the
auxiliary.
Home Is Burned In
Pleasant Ridge Area
The home of Bill Bridges in the
Pleasant Ridge community was de
stroyed by fire Saturday night. It
is understood that the family war,
away from home at the Ume and
that none of the household goods
were saved
Choose Not
-?A...
Considered (or many months a pros
pective candidate (or Governor ot
North Carolina In 1932, Attorney
General Dennis G. Hrummltt
(above) announced this week he
would not seek the office.
McSwain Is Not
Moved By Action
Brummitt Made
Shelby Senator Remain* In Attor
ney General Race. M'trb
Support.
Peyton McSwain, state sena
tor of Shelby, is stlU a candi
date for attorney genera) of
North Carolina although Attor
ney General Dennis G. Brum
mitt has announced that he will
not be a candidate for governor,
and, as a result, may be a can
didate for reeiectlon to his pres
ent office.
The Brununitt announcement ho .
not changed the plans ol Senator
McSwain one iota, he said here to
day.
Is Encouraged.
"Certainly I am not going tc
withdraw," the Shelby attorney de
clared when he was told that it
was intimated about Raleigh, that
he and Senator J. R. Baggett,
another candidate, might fade from
the picture with Brummitt decid
ing to seek his old office.
"Why should 1 withdraw. I have
entered the race, was encouraged
to do so before I did and have re
ceived and am siiJi_receivlng plenty
of additional encouragement, I do
not know for a fact, for that mat
ter, whether Mr. Brummitt will be
a candidate himself. Whether he Is
or not will have nothing to do with
my part of it. I’m in to stay," he
added.
Raleigh Paper.
The following paragraph from
The Raleigh News and Observer re
port of the Brummitt announce
ment hints that some may expect
McSwain and Baggett to leave the
field:
Mr. Brummitts decision afreets
not only the gubernatorial race,
since he will stand for renomination
as attorney general. Whether he
will have opposition is uncertain
but while the idea was generally pre
valent that he would be a candidate
for governor, two state senators
came out for the attorney general
ship—J. R. Baggett of Harnett and
Peyton MrSwain of Cleveland.
An ex-service man himself and a
captain in the North Carolina mili
tia, McSwain is naturally receiving
strong support from Worid war vet
erans all over the state. Further
more he has been tendered the
backing of numerous organizations
and Individuals In every section
There is no reason for him tc
withdraw the local attorney said
| and go back on those who have ex
pressed their willingness to help
[him, particularly when among that
group of former Brummitt support
ers who have already pledged their
support to McSwain, he says, be
lieving that Brummitt would be a
candidate for governor.
Presbyterian Men
To Hold Meeting
The men of Shelby Presbyterian
church will hold their monthly
meeting at the church this evening
at 7:30 o'clock. Mr. J. A. White has
charge of the program and will be
assisted by other men of the con
gregation. The program comes un
der the department of home mis
sions as projected by the general
assembly. Every man in the church
is invited to the meeting tonight,
this being known as men’s night
After the men’s meeting the regu
lar mid-week choir rehearsal will be
held
Storebreaker To
Prison 8 Years;
Superior Court
Negro And Paramour
Get Sentence
Whit* Youth* Go Up For Store
breaktng. Return Charge Of
Attempted Rape.
The fall term of superior court
entered ita third day this morning
and is rapidly disposing of the re
maining cases on the docket.
Several Important cases have al
ready been tried and at least five
defendants have been sent to the
state prison.
Washburn Trial.
Yesterday Mark Washburn, col
ored, Orace Payne, his paramour,
and Wallace Walker, also colored,
were tried on the charges of robbing
the Wrlght-Baker store here last
summer and stealing an automobile
| from the D. H. Cline garage. Wash
burn and the woman, a quadroon,
were found guilty and sentenced.
Walker, who was represented by
j Hubert R. Reynolds, of Asheville
' was acquitted by the Jury. Wasn
j bum received a sentence of five to
! eight years on the automobile lar
! ceny charge and a term of 3 to 5
years on the store robbery count.
The woman, as an alleged accom
plice, received two to three years.
Tlie stolen car, with some of the
clothing taken from the store, was
found next day, abandoned In a
| cemetery, at Marlon. Later Wash
’ burn and the woman were appre
I hended in Cincinnati and brought
back here Other of the stolen
clothing was round at Asheville.
Washburn implicated Walker in an
alleged confession, when he later
> repudiated, saying that Walker was
along in the double robbery. Walker
and the woman denied this. Walker
claiming that Washburn implicated
him because of rivairy, and subse
quent jealousy, over the quadroon.
Washburn, it will be remembered
was picked up by ftp officer when
he listened to a radio broadcast of
himself in Ohio and started to run.
Other Termers.
Oscar J,ee Elmore and Romie
Newton, both white youths, were
given three to five years each and
Harland Pruett, also white, one to
two years, on the charge of breaking
in the J. B. Ramsey store at Casar.
The latter submitted.
True Bills In
The grand Jury has returned a
true bill of attempted rape agains*
Javan and James Thompson, young
negro men of the Boiling Springs
section. The prosecuting witness is
a young white girl who stated in
preliminary trial that the attempt
was made when she went to the
mail box.
A true bill has also been returned
against Pressly Parker, colored, in
connection with a "Little Harlem
fight some months ago which ended
in a fatality. Parker and another
negro, Willie Strickland, were said
to have been engaged In an alter
cation over a woman. Strickland
used a knife, officers stated, am?
then Parker used his gun. Willie
Love, young negro shine boy. stuck
his head out of a doorway in the
negro business section, to see what,
was going on, and was struck and
killed by one of the bullets. Parker
was pretty badly cut ahd Strick
land was shot In the abdomen. The
bill was returned as one of murder
are are all bills in case of a death,
but in that Parker was not shoot
ing at the negro killed it 1s pre
sumed that the count will be mini
mized.
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Fire Sweeping
Plant, Stable;
Mules Burned
Four mule* and one hone were
known to be dead and consid
erable dam a re had been done
In a fire In Shelby about 2:30
this afternoon.
The blaze was in the connecting
building. West Graham street, occu
pied by Fortenberry’s Cleveland
Auto and Wagon Works and the
■tock stables of ttoggett and Cline.
Some of the stock waa removed
from the building, the fire starting
In the stable at the rear, It was
thought, but at S o’clock four mules
and one horse were already found
dead. The flames continued to sweep
the brick-veneer front portion of
the building occupied by the wagon
works.
Bob Reynolds
On Visit Here
Candidate For Senate Optimistic
Over His Chances. Encourag
ed Here.
Robert R. (Our Bobi Reynold;,
Asheville attorney and a candidate
for the Democratic nomination to
the United States Senate, opposing
Cameron Morrison, Tam Bowie and
Frank D. Grist, was a visitor In
Shelby and Cleveland county yes
terday. Mr Reynolds was here pri
marily In the Interest of a client In
Superior court, but he managed to
travel around quite a bit and get In
touch with many voters
me Asneviile man, who received
93,000 votes when he opposed the
late Senator Overman, is baaing
his campaign to a considerable de
gree upon the modification of pro
hibition. A big percentage of the
people in North Carolina he stated,
are becoming aware of the hypoc
risy of the law an<J, as he termed
It, the miserable method of en
forcement that, la breeding more
and more criminals because it
makes crime pay.
Cam And Bob.
"As I look at it. basing my rtate
■ ment on the reports of friends in
all sections, of the State, and pot
boasting,” he said, “the race is be
tween Mr. Morrison and myself, I
believe I can make it plenty Inter
esting for him," He bases his opti
mism. conversation with friends de
clared, upon the original strength
of 93,000 votes he had years ago.
new votes he will receive In favor
ing modification, and votes he ex
pects to get from Democrats who
resent activities of Senator Morri
son he was appointed
"I was surprised at the number
of people here,” he added, “who
came up voluntarily and told me
they were going to vote for me.
Many of tha townspeople did that,
and in travelling in the rural sec
tions the farmers gave me similar
assurance.”
County Court Ha*
Long Night Session
Lawyers and other court attend
ants are having a heavy week of it
with Superior court in session dur
ing the day and recorder's court at
night.
Last night the county court held
forth until near midnight. A ma
jority of the night grind was de
voted to a case which, for the sec
ond time, ended in a mistrial as the
Jury disagreed.
There will be court again tonight,
| and perhaps nearly every night of
[the week.
New Auto Plates On Sale Dec. 15;
Black Numerals On Yellow Plate
Start Sale Of 1932 Tags Soon. Must
Be On By Janaary
First.
North Carollna”s 1932 auto tag
will be the "New York” type—black
numerals against ft yellow back
ground. The words “North Carolina”
will appear at the top Instead of at
the bottom, followed by a small
''32.” There will be no classifica
tion numbers, but tags will be sold
numerically, regardless of the type
of vehicle—except that the truck
series will be different from that of
passenger cars.
Tags for both passenger cars and
trucks will go on sale December 15
and every motor vehicle is required!
by law to be equipped with new
tags by January 1.
A new system of charges goes
j into effect thii time, the charge
! being 55 cents per 100 pounds for
all passenger cars, the weight be
ing figured to included the ‘near
est 50 pounds' with $12.50 as a
minimum. Thus, there are 16 dif
ferent license fees for Fords alone.
Tire minimum for trucks is $15
Pneumatic-tired truck fees are 55
cents per 100 pounds for not more
than one and one-half ton capacity
70 cents per 100 between one and
one-half and three-ton capacity,
ad $1 for all over three-ton capac
ity.
Solid-tired trucks bear the heav
iest rates, since the state motor ve
hicle commission wishes to elimi
nate such truck as rapidly as pos
sible. For these vehicles, the rate
is $1.20 per 100 pounds for those of
not more than one and one-half
ton capacity, $1.40 for those of two
to three-ton capacity, and 2 for
those of three to 10-ton capacity.
There is also a new system for;
wwrai o*: v ucu* frwa.‘
Veterans Plan
Armistice Day
Highlights Here
Event At Fairgrounds
Will Be Good
Blf November II Program Start.'
At 2 In Afternoon And Ends
At 9 In Evening.
Finn] details of the big chanty
celebration to be held at the fair
grounds November 11 by the War
ren F. Hoyle post of the American
Legion were gone over thoroughly
at a meeting of the committee in
charge Tuesday night
Everything will be in readiness to
go promptly at 2 o’clock in the aft
ernoon and one event will follow
the other in rapid fire order. Every
effort is being made to have some
thing happening every minute of
the afternoon.
Entrants in the various events are
asked to give their names to mem
bers of the committee this week so
that a program may be prepared
for Judge sand other officials. All
entrants must report to the officials
I of the afternoon in front of tto»
j grandstand by 1 o’clock Wednesday
afternoon, November 11. one hour
I before the program begins.
**> h* Two Bona*.
Gates will be opened at noon and
there will be band music from that
time until the races start. There te
a possibility there will be two bands
the Shelby high school band and
an American Legion band from
Morganton.
Many Events.
The list of events, in each of
which three cash prises will be
given, together with the name of
the niRi In charge of the event, fol
low. All f /ould-be entrants are ask
ed to give their names to the men
In charge of the events. If they are
unable to see these men they can
give their names to Peyton Mc
Swaln, commander of the poet. If
any would-be contestant, however
Is unable to see any official of the
post, he can enter any contest by
appearing at the judges stand at
the fairgrounds at 1 o’clock. How
ever, In order that everything may
be arranged In advance entrants
are asked to list their names this
week. There will be no entrance fee?
I of any sort. The program follows:
The Program.
Bicycle race for boys under is
| years of age, Everett Houser.
Foxhound race, R. L. Lowman
Beagle race. R. L. Lowman.
Free-for-all dog race, R. L. Lowman
Large pony race, R. L. Lowman
Small pony race. R. L. Lowman
Slow mule race, Mills Cline.
Fast mule race, Mills Cline.
Free for all horse race (saddle
cventl. Mills Cline,
Boxing card, to consist of several
twosomes and a battle royal, Ar
thur Sides. The boxing program
appears elsewhere.
Finale.
At 9 p. m. the day will be brought
to a close by a big street dance held
In the block In front of the Ma
sonic temple. String bands will fur
nish the music and Charlie Alex
ander has been asked to take care
of this part of the program.
Response Cheering
To Vets Planning
November 11 Event
Members of the Warren F. Hoyle
post of the American Legion state
they have been delightfully sur
prised at the response to their plan
for a charity benefit celebration at
the fairgrounds Armistice day.
Members of the legion had hoped
to raise a modest sum for those
who may need aid this year in thl»
county but when news of the pro
gram planned had spread indivi
duals all over the county expressed
so much interest and approval that
belief now is there will be a crowd
in attendance rivalling any c'-owc
that ever attended a county fair
Interest is being shown in nearby
counties; a radio broadcast from thi
Gastonia station having been do
nated Tuesday at noon.
Organization for handling th<
crowd has been well taken care of
Chief Mack Poston will be in chargi
of parking and all cars will be wel
taken care of. State patrolmen will
probably be present to assist Ir
handling traffic on the highway.*
leading to the fairgrounds.
Tire Legion auxiliary will handle
refreshments at the grounds, rhl?
will include cold drinks, barbecue
etc. Proceeds from this as well a;
from gate receipts will go for char
ity. Merchants are, being asked to
close up at 1 o'clock so that the en
tire city and county can join hands
ir» this movement to assist the peo
ple of Cleveland county who may,
through no fault of their own need
a lift over the coming winter
month1