Ambassador Daniels Praises Edition
From Mexico City-Recalls Old Friends
iEditor* NoW: This the fourth
, m of * »rie* of response*
lTom officials, chamber* of
Immerff, bank*. manufactur
u,d others, rising their re
Itioo to The Star's special edl
Uno jKiblished on Sept. 27th and
^HhoUd to many states and
fofpig'ri countries.)
^oibas^ador Recalls
Friends; I’raises Issue
'It thought X was fairly
well in
to-neri ;;bout Shelby and Cleveland;
tLiv its history, its people and
•Tindustrios, until I gave an even
* w reading your magnificent
jLencI and Home-Coming edi
* I congratulate you upon the
acellent portrayal of your town
L county, illustrated by strong
mtn who have pioneered and built
un » prosperous and growing city. ,
was particularly Interested in i
expansion of your textile inter
t One of my earliest friends in
Cleveland was the late Maj. H. F.
gjhenck who early saw that North
Carolina should convert its cotton
too the finished fibre. You are do
r8 lh8t as the pictures you print of
Max Gardner and Odus MuU show,
nrhprf else than in Cleveland coun
,y d0 you find two leaders named
0 Max and Odus and the founders
of the other twenty mills in Cleve
land? The lack of prosperity In the
textile industry' is largely due to the
fact that too many were content to
nil yarns. The hope lies in making
fabnes and the finished product
ind giving its productions a name
*3 that the best goods would obtain
and hold a market.
■ Suppose in the beginning of the
tobacco industry, Buck Blackwell,
Buck Duke, Jule Carr and Dick
Reynolds had grown their tobacco
and sold to northerners who turned
the weed into chewing and smok
mg tobacco? They would have been
wibject to the same conditions as
have faced the early textile manu
facturers. Instead, they took the to
bacco from the fields, converted it
into the finished products, copy
lighted their brands and sold their
product all over the world. That
iasson has been learned by some
textile mills in Cleveland county. It
» the road to larger and perma
nent prosperity.
•No county has increased its
production ol cotton so much as
Cleveland. It will one day manufac
ture it all. if it does not do so, and
mil fabrics under a Cleveland or
ttelby brand at prices which will
[ nton good dividends to the stock -
1 holders and good wages to the
niters.
"Cleveland county, as you show,
ws the pioneer in rural* electrifica
tion, and it must be gratifying that
what was begun in your county, is
being introduced in all rural sec
tions, Utility companies (I speak
not of bolding companies with more
water in their stock than is in the
ttyers from which they get their
powen will benefit more than any
others bv rural electrification. Some
have lacked the vision to see that
Mr. Roosevelt's policies will prove a
Ood-send not only to the consum
ers of power and light, but to the
utility companies as well. The only
folks who may loae are those who
were deceived into paying high prices
•or ph&nton stock. Owing to the ini
tiation of Cleveland county and
President Roosevelt, we shall soon
see much of the drudgery of life
removed from agricultural districts,
h is good to see that the N. C. Ru
ral Electrification committee, head
•d by Dudley Bagley and encour
age by Governor Ehringhaus,
walking well up in the procession.
That 1 350 rural homes are being
•irved with electricity in Cleveland
rounty, which Lee Weathers writes
thorn, is but the beginning of fur
;her expansion in Cleveland and
•rery other county in the state.
v°ur county set the pace for others
10 this and other states.
You must excuse me if I cannot
**re# with Max Gardner in mod
admitting that Cleveland is
•ft* best balanced county in the
®ate If I did, my native county of
Beaufort, the county of Wilson
•here I spent my boyhood, Wake
where 1 live and where I found my
*Ut (the best day’s work I ever did)
*nd Haywood where I have a sum
mer cottage, all of these would dis
0,1 n me- But Max makes out a very
“row case and Lee Weathers of
i evidence that would convince
a most any jury that any county to
at Cleveland would have to be up
*r going, still, it must be said for
.m "'lopeting county that Max and
are parties. They aught to be
onstdering how good Cleveland peo
p * have been to them.
. " aai Klad you printed that , list
in fhevelan<* men who have served
, e legislature from your county.
know'n them beginning
tc 'r homa5 Dixon who represent
evtland in 1885. He was just
1n* ihs meteoric career, and
m on ° St hy a memorable clash
With nmmwmvti U»U
- "hth Governor Holt who
most influential lead
Erwin, J. A. Anthony, Benjamin P.
Dixon, L. L. Smith, Clyde R. Hoey’
Dr. W. A. Goode, W. A. Mauney, O.
M. Mull, D. S. Lovelace, Rev, C. J.
Woodson, R. B. Miller, Max Gard
ner, J. B. Smith, D. Z. Newton, Sam
C. Latttmore. J. Roan Davis, B. T.
Palls, H. T. Fulton, H. B. Edwards,
Peyton McSwaln, Carl Thompson
and Ernest Gardner.
"It may be that some other coun
ty has been represented as well as
Cleveland In the general assembly,
but If so they wilt know they are in
a contest. All these men may not
have been members of what was
called "The Cleveland County Oli
garchy” when so many citizens held
high office at one time. If they held
as many places of distinction it was
because the people of Cleveland, the
district and state turned to Cleve
land for leadership. A roster of the
Cleveland County Oligarchy (mean
ing leaders) would embrace besides
the names I have mentioned, the
distinguished brother Tom Dixon
and sister Mrs. Delia Dixon Carroll
and Mrs. Thacker. The father of
the famous Dixons who must have
been a man of parts (and mother,
too) to have given such brilliant
children to the nation.
“To the names mentioned, I
would add the Hon. Lee B. Weath
ers, editor of The Cleveland Star, to
whom we are all Indebted for the
most interesting and informing
ediSion of any newspaper that has
appeared in North Carolina. The
Historical and Home Coming edition
intrigued me so that I am tempted
to fly to Shelby. It is a credit to
North Carolina Journalism.”—Jose
phus Daniels, ambassador of- the
United States, Mexico City, Mexico.
• * • *
Good Newspaper Fine
Asset To Any Town
“No city or town can realfy boast
until it has a real newspaper, one
thsf. gives fresh news quickly and
up-to-date. With great Interest and
pride I have read your ' Historical
edition and it is beyond any doubt,
one of the very best issues that has
come my way in many years.”—
Clarence Kuester, secretary Char
lotte Chamber of Commerce
President Of National
Editorial Group Writes
“I have just given your special
Historical and Fair Edition a hur
ried examination. I think it truly
remarkable that you were able to
publish such a notable edition. It
is replete with news and informa
tion of a most interesting nature,
and I surely want to be among those
who will congratulate you very high
ly upon your accomplishment. I
known from some experience that
you must have a grand force of
workmen. It takes complete coopera
tion to get out such an issue as you
did on September 27.
“Again I congratulate you and all
your fine publishers in North Caro
lina continued success.” Bob Prit
card, president, National Editorial
Association.
rt ~trv
Chamber Of Commerce
Secretary Has Praise
“I wish to thank you very kindly
for copy of the Historical and Home
Coming; special edition of the Cleve
land Star which was received sev
eral days ago. I have found it very
interesting indeed and heartily con
gratulate you on the splendid edi
tion."—E. Leon Roebuck, secretary,
Washington Chamber of Commerce,
Washington, N. C. •
Convincing And
Fascinating Review
"The Historical and Home Com
ing edition of your paper has been
read with the keenest interest and
I congratulate you most heartily
upon your success in this commend
jable enterprise* The story of Cleve
land county’s growth industrially,
economically, educationally and so
cially is told in convincing manner.
The county has a creditable, even
enviable history, and the achieve
ments of the past should be a chal
lenge to the citizens of today to
make Cleveland no: only a gtxxi
county, but the best in the whole
state.
“Your newspaper has made its
contribution to the life of Shelby and
Cleveland county and 1 congratulate
you upon the magnitude and the ef
fectiveness of the services rendered.'’
—J. Henry Highsmith, director of
j Industrial Service for North Caro
lina.
! * * • *
Especially Interested
In Textile Development
“It is the finest thing of its kind
that I have seen in many a clay. ,
“I was particularly interested in
the fine article by Mr. Schenck and
Mr. LeGrand, on the history of cot
ton milling in Cleveland county, and
the contribution of your cotton tex
tile plants to your county’s prog
ress. These two articles will go into
the permanent archives of the de
partment of labor.
“I agree with Governor Gardner
that Cleveland county, with its fine
farms and great manufacturing
establishments, is the best-balanced
county in the state, and I feel that
you folks who live there are plenty
lucky.
“I would like to pay tribute, too,
while I am about it, to you. whom
_
, i. nave Known auii loved smce ,Jic i
i days we were students together a.
Wake Forest college. I marked you
for success and a lift of usefulness!
when you were a boy and you have
done it. Your town has produced a
lot of big men, who have won dan -
wide and nation-wide famt, ' •
none who has rendered more useful
and worthwhile service than you. v
really good newspaper man is Gous
greatest gift to a community.”—-A.
L. Fletcher, commissioner, depart
ment of labor.
Those Who Commented
Jn Historical Edition
The following is a list of those
who wrote letters or sent telegrams,
making comments of their reaction
to the county as portrayed in the
edition.
Josephus Daniels, ambassador to
Mexico, Mexico City.
J. C. B. Ehinghaus, governor of
North Carolina.
Grier Martin, director alumni and
publicity department. Davidson col
lege.
Stacey W. Wade, secretary of
state, Raleigh.
Wm. A. Graham, commissioner,
department of agriculture, Raleigh.
Wm. H. Richardson, editor, de
partment of agriculture, Raleigh.
R. H. Graham, division passenger
agent, S<xhem railway, Raleigh.
A. L. Bulwinkle, congressman,
Gastonia.
Santford Martin, editor Winston
Salem Journal.
Holland Holton, professor of edu
cation, Duke University, Durham.
R. M. Hanes, pilftident, Wachovia
Bank & Trust Co., Winston-Salem.
W. H. Frazer, president Queens
Chicora college, Charlotte.
W. H. Wood, president American
Trust Co., Charlotte.
John P-. McKnight, Associated
Press, Miami, Fla.
C. A. Williams, sr., president Wil
liams & Shelton Co., Charlotte.
J. W. Noell, president and editor,
Roxboro Courier, Roxboro.
Harvey Holleman. editor Enka
Voice, Enka.
Lewis W. Short, Hickory.
Reid Monfort, Associated Press,
Charlotte.
Editorial, Hickory Dally Record,
Hickory.
Editorial, Gastonia Gazette, Gas
tonia.
R. E. Price, editor, Rutherford
News, Rutherfordton.
Editorial, The Dally Citizen, Ashe
ville.
Allen H. Sims, Citizens National
Bank, Gastonia.
P. E. Monroe, president Lenoir
Rhyne college, Hickory.
Editorial, Roxtooro Courier, Rox
boro.
Editorial, Elizabeth City Daily
Advance, Elizabeth City.
Editorial, Macklenburg Times,
Charlotte.
W. C. Jackson, dean of adminis
tration, North Carolina College for
Women.
Chas. M. Johnson, state treasurer
for North Carolina.
C. L. Shuping, lawyer, Greensboro.
J. Marcus Kester, pastor First
Baptist church, Wilmington.
A. G. Myers, president Dilling
Mills Co., Kings Mountain.
Editorial, Cherryville Eagle, Cher
ryville.
Editorial, Rutherford County
News.
Thurman Kltchln, president Wake
Forest college.
Leslie McGinnis, Southern Rail
way official. Richmond, Va.
Heriot Clarkson, Associate Justice
Supreme court of North Carolina.
H. W. Kendall, editorial writer,
Greensboro Dally News.
Editorial, Catawba Enterprise,
Newton.
Editorial, Durham, N. C., Sun.
Carroll W. Weathers, senator, Ra
leigh.
John Paul Lucas, merchandising
and advertising manager. Duke Pow
:er Co.
i Capus M Waynick. chairman
j State Highway & Public Work com
: mission cf North Carolina.
| T. E. Browne, director Vocational
'education of North Carolina.
( G. H.-Anthony, president Veeder
' Root Co., Hartford, Conn.
| R. Y. Winters, director agriculture
land engineering, State college, Ra
lleigh.
' Chess Abemethy, Jr, editor Cobb
|County Times, Marietta, Ga.
Wilson Warlick, Judge Superior
couit, Newton. '
Editorial, The News-Herald Mor
ganton
Beatrice Cobb, Morganton
Editorial, Dally Observer, Char
lotte.
Mrs. Edgar Beam, Ellenboro.
Editorial, Salisbury Post, Salis
bury.
Josiah W Bailey, U. 8. Senator,
Raleigh.
Louis T. Moore, manager Wilming
ton, N. C., Chamber of Commerce.
Frank Jeter, division of publica
tions. State of North Carolina, Ra
leigh.
Roy Parker, editor. Ahoskie.
Perry Morgan, secretary, N. C.
Baptist State convention, Raleigh.
R. R. Clark, editorial writer,
Statesville, N. C. Dally and Greens
boro News.
Marcus Erwin. United 8tate at
torney, Asheville.
Julian S. Miller, editorial writer.
■■
Charlotte Observer.
R. Bruce Euherldg., director Con-'
.servatlon and Development bureau,
Raleigh.
Bob Pritchard, president National
Editorial association, Weston, West
Virginia.
E. Leon Roebuck secretary, Wash-]
ington Chamber of Commerce.
Washington, N. C.
J. Henry Highsmith, director Di
vision of Instructional Service for
North Carolina.
A. L. Fletcher, Commissioner ot,
Labor for North Carolina, Raleigh.
C. O. Kues er, manager Charlotte
N. C. Chamber of Commerce.
To Let Contract For
More Parkway Links
—
RALEIGH,. Oct.. 23.—Capus. M.
Way nick, chairman of the State
Highway and Public Works Com
mission, said this afternoon that
bids would be opened Thursday at
Roanoke, Va., for the construction
of two additional links the nation
al Parkway. Construction Is now
underway on the first 12-mlle link
of the parkway, from the Virginia
line southward Into North Carolina,
and the contracts to be let next are
for links of 7.76 miles and 10.85
miles, respectively, to Join from the
south the project now under con
struction.
Loggers Fell Big
Tree 405 Years Old
CATHALMET, Wash., Oct. 23.—A
gigantic spruce tree, one of the
largest ever cut In Washington, was
felled by Jacobsen Bros., logging
contractors near here.
The tree wad 11 feet In diameter
where it was cut, 10 feet from the
ground. The first sawing, 16 feet
long, scaled 11.000 board feet The
top of the stump showed it was 405
years old. Jonas Larsen and Pat
Jacobsen felled the flrest giant aft
er a day and a half of work. It
took John Ashley six and one-half
hours to cut the log in two the first
time.
GOES TO RALEIGH TO
ATTEND STATE FAIR
Shelby, R-3, Oct. 20.—Mr. and
Mrs. Johnny Moss, of Gaffney, 8.
C., spent the past week with the
latter's mother Mrs Susan Ham
rick.
Misses Edna Hamrick, Maude
Morehead and Bessie Moore, spent
the past week end with a party of
friends on a house party at Bat
Cave.
Ralph Hamrick of Boiling Springs
went to Raleigh to visit the State
fair. He will also visit his nephew
Mr. Howard Rollins who is in
school at N. C. State.
Michigan Observes Centennial
Detroit tkylin*.
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^|~l»l« i >1111111 «1 I ■mini rJB
By RICHARD NORTHAM
International Illustrated News
Writer
LANSING, Mich.—Michigan's cen
tennial of statehood is observed by
a new commemorative stamp to be
Issued Nov. 1, bearing the state seal
and first Issued at the state capital
at Lansing on the date of the ob
servance.
Governor Prank D. Fitzgerald
an(J other state officials, civic or
ganizations and municipalities are
planning programs commemorating
the event.
Although Michigan was not for
mally admitted to the union until
Jan. 26, 1837, its statehood dates
from 1835 when a state constitution
was adopted by a convention call
ed for that purpose,
Admission of the Wolverine state
was delayed by a dispute with Ohio
over the southern boundary, Mich
igan claimed a section which em
braced Toledo, but relinquished her
demand In return for a larger area
allotted her In the up*>er peninsula.
Ancient Mines Discovered
Michigan's growth since 1835 has
been phenomenal. The state ranks
seventh among the states with itq
population of 4,800,000 by the last
census, and is the twenty-second
largest state in the Union, embrac
ing an area of more than 57,000,000
square miles.
Remains of ancient mines and
mining implements found on arche
ological surveys Indicate the sec
tion vfas populated In early times.
French missionaries and fur trad
ers were first white visitors, pene
trating the section as early as 1610.
The first actual settlement by Eu
ropeans was In 1666 when Father
Marquette, famous misaionery-ex
plorer, and others established a
pioneer colony.
Detroit dates Its history from 1701
when Antoine de la Motlie Cadillac
founded a settlement there. Stormy
years marked the early history of
Detroit which was alternated raid
ed by the French and English dur
ing their struggle for possession of
the territory. France first held De
troit only to lose it to the English
at the close of the French and In
dian wars. The colony next fell in
the the hands of Canada, by virtue
of the Quebec act of 1871.
Joined U. S. In 1788
In 1783 the region became part oi
the United States by the Treaty ol
Paris. Another bloody chapter In the
history of the territory was writ
ten In 1874 when the Indians of the
northwest launched a reign of
terror which did not end until they
were subdued In 1795.
Michigan has consistently remain
ed In Republican ranks with one
or two exceptions, the most recent
In 1933 when William A .Comstock
was elected governor on the Demo
cratic ticket. The state swung back
Into the O. O. P. fold, however, last
Special Session
Not Necessary On
Social Security
By M. R. DIJNNAGAN
RALEIGH. Oct. 23%-"It is en
couraging to note than Hon. A. A.
F. Seawall, attorney generol ol
North Carolina, has dectnred that,
in his opinion, the state can proceed
to set up an unemployment insur
ance system under the so-called
Cherry act. which was passed on the
last day of the 193S session Of the
general assembly," the Bulletin of
the State Department of Labor car
ries editorially.
"Mr. Seawell has studied the
Federal Social Security act care
fully and is convinced that it. will
not be necessary to call a special
session of our legislature to approve
year when Frank D. FttsgrraUI. for
mer secretary of state, won the gub
ernatorial election.
the system.
"It is highly important that
something be done about this mat
ter Immediately. On January 1, 1936,
the Federal government will begin
the collection or pay-roll tax of one
per cent from all employers of eight
or more, with the exception 01 ag
ricultural, domestic and governmen
tal workers. If North Carolina pre
oents an acceptable plan, 90 peroent
of the tax money will come back to
the state for the benefit of North
Carolina workers and out at the re
maining 10 per cent which la allo
cated to administration. North Car
olina wQl get its proportional part,
based on population. No matching
of funds Is required.
"If. on the other hand. North
Carolina does not act. the entire
amount collected from North Caro
lina will go Into the general fund
In the treasury of the U. 8. and
will be lost to our state.
“If It requires a special session of
the general assembly to frame a
plan that will meet Federal speci
fications, the quicker we find out the
better. North Carolina cannot afford
to suffer the enormous loss that will
be hers If we fall In this."
THE
Greatest Fur Sale
EVER HELD IN THIS CITY
Will Take Place In Our Store
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
OCT. 25-26 - Sale Clore. At 11 A. M.
Saturday
A SAVING FROM 50% to 60%
On Fur CoaUf Fur Swaggers— Fur
Jackets and Fur Scarfs
Without a doubt the finest and largest •
selection of furs that were ever In this city
at prices under actual manufacturing cost!
The most desirable styles and sixes—at
prices you never expected or even hoped for.
At these prices no one can afford to be
without a fur coat.
A Liberal Allowance i
Given on Your Old
Furs and Fur Coats
Every Garment backed by a
Bona-Fide Guarantee.
An expert Furrier direct from Montreal, Canada will be
with us during this sale to assist you in the bast pos
sible way.
We Do All Kinds of Expert Fur Repairing
At Very Reasonable Prices.
A. V. WRAY & 6 SONS
...but,alter all is said and
done, it’s the cigarette it
self that counts
... the question is,
does it suit you?
i
I
e iw>.
I ow, when it comes to a cigarette that
will suit you... you want to think whether
it's mild, you want to think about the taste
i 1
That Chesterfields are milder and taste better
is no accident. . .
The farmer who grows the tobacco, the
warehouseman who sells it at auction to the
highest bidder, every man who knows about
leaf tobacco will tell you that it takes mild,
ripe tobaccos to make a good cigarette.
In making Chesterfields we use mild ripe
*i*u,umuu>co. home-grown and Turkish tobaccos.
. for mildness
.. for better taste