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THE STAR'S REVIEW.
February springttm* jcontinues.
The weather man, however, lines up
with the groundhog and predicts
hitter cold for March, and, per
haps. some snow.
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Jurors drawn for the March term
of Federal court here are listed in
this issue of The Star.
What is the yearly output of tex
tile plants in. Cleveland county?
jlmv many have we, and how many
people do they work ? What is the j
average wage and capital stock ?
These queries arc answered in a
news story in todays paper. The
ptar keeps its readers informed jn
home industry.
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The county’s newest organization
is the Cleveland County Bar as
sociation, officers of which are giv
en in The Star today.
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Last veer large quantities of
hay was being shipped into Cleve
land county. It’s different now I
with county farmers producing the j
major part of their own feed. An]
article in this issue says farmers j
of the county are saving thousands |
by producing their own hay.
Mr. George Newton, father of!
prominent Shelby people, was bu-j
ried today.
mm*
Caught again with some boot- j
lag while out on bond awaiting an
appeal trial is the court record cf j
two men featuring the news of this (
issue.
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R. Y. I’. U. organizations are !
opposing the repeal of the Boiling'
Springs cigarette ban, says The j
Star.
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“Hello. Lunnoh.” Just $78 is all
it will cost you now to stand at
your Shelby telephone and talk to j
England.
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How ojd is a flapper? A ques- j
tion ansviered in today’s news. Like- j
wise a story of an old hen that is !
mourning for her litter of pups.
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Who is Shelby’s best known
travelling man? “Around Town”
hears that Bert Byers holds the
honor.
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Representative Falls is success- j
ful so far in his fight for the Aus- '
tralian ballot, says a Raleigh dis
patch.
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What makes a wildcat wild?
The regular news columns will us
ually answer many questions, and ,
as for news, The Star leads.
Falls’ Australian
Ballot Bill Gets
Favorable Report
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Will Go to Floor of House. Poole j
" Monkey” Bill Kayoed. Mr.
Falls Agajnst It.
Baleigh, Feb. 16.—Representa- j
live B. T. Falls, of Cleveland coun- j
ty, and Senator Broughton , of
Wake, won the first round of the i
Australian ballot fight in the house ;
yesterday when a; house commit- j
tee stamped the blil as favorable. 1
In the meantime the Poole anti-evo- I
lution bill was given the unfavor
able mark.
The secret voting bill of Repre
sentative Falls, which is supported
by the Women Voters’ league, won ’
a favorable report by a vote of sev- j
en to four in the committee. By an j
agreement the bill now goes to the [
bouse for a vote before being taken :
Up by a senate committee, although 1
tne argument for the bill was be- I
fore a joint committee. The amend- !
ment of Broughton allowing aid to 1
voters unable to mark their ballots j
was adopted by a vote of six to j
three. The matter of absentee bal- j
lots will be left to the consideration |
°f ^e house. The bill was further
amended to leave vbting hours as
they are for the benefit of the
working people, sunrise to sunset.
The Broughton amendment sub- j
stitutes for section 26 of the ori- j
Rinal measure. It is entitled “as- i
stance to voters” and provides |
that any persons, who for physical
or mental reasons, cannot mark his
awn ballot shall be entitled to as
sistance of duly appointed assist
ants named by the county board of
elections. The section requires the
assistants to be of equal numbers
from each political party.
It provides that the assistant may
accompany the votei Into the booth
and help in any way he is able, but
that he may not request or induce
the voter to vote any particular way
and that he must not keep any
memorandum of the way the per
son Voted or reveal to any one this
information. It further provides
that the assistant shall not attempt
to render assistance unless it is
cquested and the right of chal
tenge to the right of assistance
Provided .with the judge of elec
tions to be the arbiter.
Any voter, assistant or judge
lound guilty of violating the law
m this respect would be guilty of
a misdemeanor and subject to fine
or imprisonment.
Representative Falls was listed
as voting against the Poole anti
'■ volution bill when it faced the
committee.
Max Gardner First Formal Presi
dent of Body. Ryburn, Dean
of Bar, is Yice-President.
The Cleveland Couniy Bar asso- j
ciation was formally organized
here this week at a meeting at
tended by practically all the attor
neys of the county.
Although in bygone years law
yers of the county have met to
gether to arrange court calendars
and other legal matters there nev
er has been an organized group of
bar members until the recent or
ganization was completed.
O. Max Gardner was named the
first president of the body. R. L.
Ryburn, dean of the Shelby bar and
senior member of the Ryburn and
Hoey firm, was elected vice-presi
dent; C. B. McBrayer, treasurer
and D. A. Tedder, secretary.
At the meeting various commit
tees were appointed to supervise
arrangements thought necessary
by the association.
Meeting as an organization for
the first time the lawyers brought
up several things that should be
remedied in their opinion. One im
portant topic was that of the Su
perior court terms which usually
come at very inopportune dates.
One court conflicts with election,
another with something else, while
still another is at the hottest sea
son of the year. A special commit
tee was appointed to take up the
matter of better arranging court
dates for the county.
Attorneys R. L. Ryburn, Speight
Beam and Peyton McSwain were
named as a committee to arrange
by-laws and organization details.
Declaimers Meet
At Boilings Springs
In Contest Mar. 19
Rules Governing 6th, 7th and 8th
Grade Declaimers Contest for
Cleveland Schools.
The annual declaimers contest
will be held at Boiling Springs
March 19th and a Boiling Springs
committee composed of Lowell Bar
nett chairman, Chivous Padgett,
Allen Jones and Lewis Hamrick
has sent out the following rules and
regulations governing said contest:
1. —Any school for white children
is entitled to send one male repre
sentative from the 6th, 7th or 8th
grade.
2. —The name of each contestant
the subject of his declamation, and
a certificate from the principal of
his school showing that the contes
tant is a bonafide student of the
6th, 7th or 8th grade, must be in
the hands of the chairman of the
committee not later than March 12,
1927.
3. —The delivery of no declama
tion shall require more than 10
minutes.
4. —A preliminary will be held
Saturday morning March 19th, be
ginning at 10 o’clock, at which
time the ten best speakers will be
selected for the final contest.
5. —The final contest will be held
in the school auditorium Saturday
evening March 19th, beginning at
8 o’clock.
6. —The best speaker will be
awarded a gold medal given by the
Kalagathian and Athenean Liter
ary societies and a scholarship pay
ing tuition at Boiling Springs high
school for one year, given by the
school. The second best speaker
will be given a gold medal by the
above named societies.
7. —The decision will be rendered
by three disinterested judges.
8. —Free entertainment will be
given to the declaimers but not to
other visitors.
Contestants should plan to arrive
at Boiling Springs not later than
9:30 o’clock Saturday morning,
March 19.
We hope that you will select
your representatives by having a
preliminary contest. We feel that
this will encourage speaking in your
school and will insure that you are
sending your very best material
to our contest.
Petition Asks For
An Annual Audit
A petition is being circulated
and freely signed asking Senator
Tom Fulton and Representative B.
T. Falls to pass a law down at
Raleigh which will require an an
nual audit of the books of Cleve
land countv and that the audit be
published in some newspaper in
Cleveland county for the informa
tion of the tax payers.
There is no hint that anything is
wrong with the books in the court
house, but in order that the tax
payers might be satisfied that
the tax money is just and wisely
spent, it is thought that an audit
by certified accountants is neces
Shelby May Call
London On’Phone
Now—Just $78
Would you like to telephone
a friend in London, England?
If ao, merely yank the re
ceiver off your telephone and
tell that school girl voice that
you want London. That’s all.
You’ll get London all right,
but there’s another little mat
ter at the end of the conversa
tion. It’s just $78 if you talk
only three minutes. But should
you talk with the English
friend just a little longer it’ll
cost vou only $26 per minute
for the extra minutes.
Some service that, eh?
The Shelby to London tele
phone service became effective
today, it was announced by the
local office of the Southern
Bell Telephone and Telegraph
company, and the messages
are known as radio telephone
service.
Now who will be the first
Shelbyite to say “Hello” to
London, over there where they
don’t say “Hello” but “Are
you there” instead?
Not long since the local tele
phone exchange inaugurated
the service of having the opera
tor say “Thank you” for every
number given in, so should
you take a notion to call Lon
don do not be surprised if the
“Thank You” is unusually
sweet, yet remember that it’s
worth more than calling
a ross the street to John Doe's
house.
Wbat Make. A Wild
Cat Wild? A Stick
Imagine a wild wildcat on the
supposedly civilized streets of
Shelby! Such happened Wednes
day, and what’s more a Shelby citi
zen solved the age-old puzzle of
“what makes a wild cat wild?” One
of the remaining riddles of life now
is to find why a chicken crosses
the road.
Wednesday an apple vender from
McDowell county came through
Shelby and early Wednesday morn
ing he halted his truck load of ap
ples near the postoffice building oh
Washington street. Incidentally he
had a drawing advertisement for
his apples in a wildcat that he car
ried in a box on the side of the
truck. Several score Shelby citizens
tested out the wild wildcat theory
by punching the beast with a stick,
through its cage. Information se
cured was that a stick is one thing
that makes a wildcat wild.
The apple seller stated that he
captured the wildcat in a steel trap
near his home on Hickory Nut
mountain some weeks back. The
cat, said to be about two years old.
was a husky specimen and seemed
dangerously ferocious when ag
gravated by onlookers.
Subscribers Take
Notice; Mailing
Subscribers will please take no
tice that The Star’s mailing list is
being revised and each week, for a
period of three weeks, it is found
necessary to drop some names from
the list. Statements have been sent
out and collectors have been in the
field, but some have failed to
pay anything during 1926 and theso
are being dropped from the list.
The Star management realizes that
money has been and is scarce, but
is willing to continue The Star to
addresses of subscribers who will
pay a little something now and then
to help us meet running expenses.
But we are dropping a number of
names of those who have given no
attention to statements sent out.
We have no way of knowing wheth
er you wish to keep The Star com
ing unless you notify us. Some
wish their subscription stopped
when the time is out; others wish
it sent on until it is convenient to
pay. If you will pay a few months
at a time, we will be glad to con
tinue the paper. Those who have re
ceived the paper and arc owing ]
back subscriptions, will please bear
in mind that they are responsible
for the obligation since they re
ceived and used the paper.
The Star is adding readers every
day. Our circulation is now 3.850
copies every other day. We do net
wish to discontinue a single sub
scriber who desires to take the pa
per. Simply pay for a few months
at a time and you may rest assured
that The Star will treat you fairly
and be as easy as possible.
sary.
Cleveland county’s recorder holds
a double barrel office and in addi
tion to serving as recorder, makes
a condensed statement of receipts
and disbursements every quarter.
This statement is published, but
many tax payers feel that a more
thorough audit and published
statement should be made and the
petition will be sent to Raleigh
shortly.
Yearly Output Of Textile
Plants In County Totals
Over 9 Million Dollars
Twenty.Two Textile Plants Of Cleveland Work 3,502
Peonie. Forty-Five Industries
In Ail
The estimated yearly output of
the 22 textile plants in Cleveland
county totals $0,307,346* accord
ing to figures cited in the thirty
fifth report of the department of
labor and printing of North Caro
lina.
A Shelby mill, the Dover, tops
the list with an estimated annual
output of a million dollars, accord
ing to the report.
The spindlage of the 22 textile
plants is around 200,000—exact
figures not being available as three
new plants are not listed in thfct
department—and 3,502 people are
employed. Three hundred and six
ty people is the largest number em
ployed by any one mill in the coun
ty.
The total capital stock of the 22
plants is only $5,906,100, just a lit
tle over one-half of the estimated
annual output. Two of the plants
have a capital stock approaching
the million dollar mark, while sev
eral run over or near the half mil
lion dollar mark.
Eleven of the plants are listed
with headquarters at Kings Moun
tain, nine at Shelby, one at Grover
and one at Lawndale.
Good Wage Standard.
The wage standard of the Cleve
land county mill ranks among the
best in the state. The highest list
ed Wage per day is $8.25 for the
highest paid man and $1.50 for the
lowest paid woman.
The standard of intelligence for
the textile employes in the county
also ranks well. The general aver
age of those who read and write
among the .'1.500 is 95 per cent. Sev-1
oral mills report 100 per cent, un- I
der this item while the lowest fall j
to 75 percent. j
Numerous Industries.
In addition to the 22 textile j
plants Cleveland county has two
hosiery mill3, one at Boiling
Springs and one at Shelby, and 21
miscellaneous industries.
These miscellaneous industries
have a wide range of products such
as horse collars, harness, bridles,
kitchen and porch furniture, print
ing, cotton seed products, ice, flour
and meal, butter, cement products,
ice, bottled drinks, fertilizers, mill- i
work, machinery repairs and parts.!
Just How Old, Nov/, Is A Flapper?
She Is 57, Looks 27, And Feels 17 j
(By International News Service.)
Denver.—How old is a flapper?
Ask Mrs. George W. Meil, wife c f
a local physician, who says she feels
17,
“As the years go by, I seem to ac
quire new enthusiasms,’’ declares
Mrs. Miel, and demonstrated hy
cutting a few fancy figure-eights
on the ice at Washington Park,
where she can be seen any morning,
clad in snappy sport costume, en
joying the keen early morning air.
“I learned to skate six years ago
when I was just 50 years old, and
am fairly good at fancy stuff, now.'
One has only to watch her *o be
lieve it.
“I’m not trying to imitate the
flapper. I’m just being myself, and
myself is a woman who doesn’t fe d
any older than she felt forty years ,
ago,’ says Mrs. Miel.
She was married to Dr. Miel at
17, and the doctor does his best to !
remain youthful with his bouyant
wife, swimming and dancing with
her, and taking in all the socal af-1
fairs that a busy medico’s life will
permit. But the doctor Rives his
wife the honors in skating.
"Bob my hair?” says Mrs. Miel.
‘‘Not on your life! Look at it!’ And
she let her silver tresses fall be
low her knees. No cosmetics mar
the bloom of her healthy complex
ion, and her skirts are of modest
cut.
‘‘I don’t have to dress like a
flapper to feel as young as one,”
she confides.
Mrs. Miel met with the first ac
cident in her sporting career re
cently, a fall on the ice resulting
in a broken arm. But broken bones
do not daunt the 57-year old sports
woman. She was back on the ice,
her arm bound in splints, within
two weeks of the accident.
People wonder how she finds
time to skate every day, attend so
cial functions and entertain young
people at least once a week.
‘‘I just take time,’ she declares,
“because I consider those things
essential. I do all my own house
work, too,” she added proudly.
Old Hen Clucks In Vain For Her
Unnatural Brood Of Seven Puppies
Highs Win From
Fast Deaf Five
Kings Mt. Loses
Two Fast Games Here Thursday
And Friday Nights. Cherry
villc Flays on Thursday.
The game scheduled here for
Thursday night with Cherry
ville has been called off as
Cherryville must play r; game
in the state race, it was an
nounced late today. With this
arrangement the next game
here will be on Friday night.
Playing at Morganton Tuesday
night the Shelby High basketball
quint defeated the strong quintet
of the School for Deaf in a good
cage game. The deaf quint returns
here for a game on February 25.
Playing in Gastonia Tuesday i
night the fast-moving Kings Moun- i
tain team was eliminated from ihe
state race by Charlotte 26 to 15.1
At Kings Mountain Tuesday aft
ernoon the Shelby High girls lost 1
a close contest to the Kings Moun-1
tain lassies by the score of 19 to IS.;
Big Games Here.
Thursday night at 8 o’clock the I
Htghs will play the strong Cherry
ville team in the “tin can” here. A \
good crowd is expected for this |
game as it promises to be one ofj
the best of the season. On the fol- j
lowing night, Friday, the Fallston j
team will meet Shelby in the “tin j
non ^
Pecan Week Coming
Raleigh.—(INS)—The week of i
February 21-26 has been desig- I
nated as Pecan Planting week in
North Carolina by the N. C. Pecan.
Growers society and State Col
lege.
Last year during Pecan Planting
week more than 5,000 new trees
were planted. According to spon
sors of the movement, an even
greater number of pecan trees are
expected to be planted this year.
Kinston.—Mrs. Kate Edwards
has given away the seven puppies
foster-mothered by a white Wyan
dotte hen at her farm home the
past five or six weeks. The dis
consolate hen fusses about the barn
yard clucking in1 vain.
The puppies were the off springs |
of a rat terrier, the pet of the Ed- j
wards household. The hen chased
the mother away from the litter j
and hovered them. The little can- >
ines appeared to be unconcerned, j
When the hen clucked to them they j
scampered to her. She scrtaehed for
them, but that was wasted effort.
The puppies stood off, cocked their
heads to one side and watched un
comprehendingly. Mrs. Edwards
carried them milk and finely chop
ped meat.
“It. was the cutest sight imaginr
able for a time,” but finally Mrs.
Edwards tired of such an unnatur
al arrangement at a fluf^- old hen
trotting around the premises with j
seven bow-legged pups following
her. She broke up the family the
other day.
“The hen is actually grieving.
She looks everywhere for the pup
pies, and seems unable to under
stand the situation,” according to
her owner.
Hot Dog! What
A Day It Was
The Cleveland Hardware com
pany’s “Oliver day’, was a huge j
success. “Heavy” who served the
feed told The Star, he passed out
512 hot dogs, and poured 10 gal
lons of coffee for the hardware com
panys guests. The event was stag
ed Tuesday, as an Oliver plow
demonstration.
F. N. Hall, of the company, who
was in charge of the event, told
The Star that he was immensely
gratified with the results Star ad
vertising had brounght. Mr. Hall
estimated that three 1 Kindred
farmers attended the demonstra
tion.
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Deputy Clerk Announce* "it Min
Mho Will Serve nt Federal
Court Next Month.
Fifty-four men were this week i
selected to act us jurors at the j
March term of Federal district ,
:ourt which will convene here Mon-j
Jay March 21. it was announced j
:>y S. E. Williams, deputy clerk of.
?ourt at Charlotte.
The men selected will act as petit
and errand jurors. The names of
those selected follow:
P. M. Leatherman, of Henry; 11.
M. Beal, L. E. Houser, Sinclair
Howard, Charlie Heavncr, George
Coon and W. I.. Haulhrook, of Lin
colnton; Marvin Boyd, S. S. Car
penter. J. S. Allen, E. P. Lewis, I.
N'. Hanna, R. Q. Howe and S. W.
Patrick, of Gastonia; Frank D.
Phillips, and A. W. Titman, of Low
ell; J. B. Horne, of Lattimore; M.
B. Kennedy, and R. E. Wall, of
Henrietta; John J. George, T. O.
Seso, and John W. Quinn, of Chev
ryville; W. M. Watson, of Union
Mills; E. C. Cravcr, V. A. Ruppel
and J. O. Griswald, of Rutherford
ton.
Talmadge Green, of Cliffside; N.
A. Green and B. N. Hampton, of
Ellenboro; R. P. Ileavner and John
Hoover, of Crouse; L. J. Edwards,
of Stanley; Lummy Harris, of
Harris; O. B. Biggerstaff, and B.
B. Smart, of Bostic; B. G. Davis
and Henry C. Froneberger, of Bes
semer City; Thomas L. Ream, of
Reepsville; Charles Pasour, H. G.
Rhyne, A. P. Rudisill, L. S. Clem
mer and A. R. Holland, of Dallas;
E. G. Canipe, of Lawndale.
D. L. Bain and J. Wr. Stone, of
Belmont; J. D. Bennett, of Gilkey;
D. F. Beechboard, of Caroleen; W.
C. Dixon, of Kings Mountain; R.
S. Black, of Mount Holly; L. Lo
gan, of Chimney Rock; L. R. Gor
don, of Hollis; A. C. Kester, of
Forest City and W'. C. Edwards of
Belwood.
Says 500 Young
People Want Ban
On Cigarettes
Clerk G. G. Page of Kings Moun
tain Association Says They
Represent 21 Unions
In a telephone communication
from Kings Mountain this morn
ing, G. G. Page, clerk of the Kings
Mountain Baptist association says
that 500 B. Y. P. tl. workers are
opposed to lifting the ban on the
sale of cigarettes at Boiling
Springs high school, supported by
three Baptist associations in this
section of the state. Mr. Page says
that at a recent B. Y. P. U. meet
ing, 500 members representing 21
unions and seven churches, went
on record as opposed to the pas
sage of a bill introduced by Re
presentative B. T. Falls, repeal
ing the law which prohibits the
sale of cigarettes within a radius
of the school. The churches re
presented by these young peoples'
unions are Kings Mountain, First
and Second. Bethlehem, Mace
donia. Oak Grove, Patterson Grove
and Grover. These are all of the
Baptist churches in No. 4 township
and one or two in other townships.
Mr. Page has been bitterly oppos
ed to lifting the restrictions on the
sale of cigarettes near the school
and has lead the fight against the
repeal of the law.
Representative Falls introduced
the bill in the House at the request
of Boiling Springs citizens who
signed a petition asking that this
action be taken. It is not know
what position Senator Fulton will
take now that' the bill is in the
Senate for action.
Springtime Makes
Early Debut Here
Yes, gentle Annie, springtime is
here. Wednesday morning, as the
sunshine on the court square looked
like a imitation of the Fourth of
July, D. B. Hamrick, who lives on
Lineberger street, brought a bou
quet of peach blooms into The Star j
ofice.
It was agreed the blooms were
very beautiful, and smelled as sweet
as of yore, but that the trees were
taking a chance.
When “Bill” Hogue heard the
news that the Hamrick peach trees
were beating the Shelby merchants
to spring ads, he said he had a
plum tree that had been “out” sev
eral days. Horticultural authorities
agree that it will be all right, and
very fine to have an early fruit
erop, if the trees can beat the
weather. But it is feared the ground
hog’s shadow may yet darken the
orchards and hyacinth beds.
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OTTO WILL HAVE
SAME OI.D CELL
Raleigh, (INS.)—When
Otto Wood, North Carolina’s
most notorious bandit-slayer,
is returned to State’s prison
here he win occupy the same
cell along Death row that he
did before he made his sen
sational third escape from
the prison on November 22.
George Rosa Pou, prison
superintendent, said today
that he intended to place
Wood in his old cell. Wood is
being held for North Caro
lina authorities in Terre
Haute, Ind., where he was
wounded in an attempted
single-handed drug store
holdup on Junuary 26.
The "one man crime wave”
will not, it is understood
from Indiana advices, fight
extradition to North Caro
Ina. He has about 30 years
more to serve on sentence
for the slaying of A. W. Kap
lun, Greensboro pawnbroker.
Prominent Native of This County
And Father of Local Attorney
Buried Wedneaday.
Mr. George Newton, native of
Cleveland county but for years a
resident of Lincoln county; died on
Monday night at his home near
Reepsville in Lincoln county. Fu
neral services were conducted at
Clover Hill Methodist church Wed
nesday afternoon at 1:30, the re
mains being interred by the side
of his wife, who died in 1905.
The death of the deceased, who
was 78 years of age, was brought
about by heart triuble and old age.
Sons Live Here.
Mr. Newton was born and rear
ed in Cleveland county, but has
been living across in Lincoln coun
ty for 25 years. He was a well
known farmer and prominent in the
affairs of the Methodist church,
taking a leading hand in the organ
ization of Bethel. He was a faithful
steward in his official church ca
pacity, popular with his friends and
acquaintances, and held n high re
gard by all who knew him.
The following children survive:
Former State Senator D. Z. New
ton, W. A. Newton and R. L. New
ton of Shelby, and Alfred Newton,
who lived near his father. Also
three daughters: Mrs. Henry Car
penter and Misses Alice and Lela
Newton. A stepson, Andy F. New
ton. Cleveland county register of
deeds, also survives as well as a
step daughter, Mrs. Mary Wilson,
of Miami. Florida.
Take Shelby Man
From Auto While
In Drugged State
Was En route from Charlotte Here
When he Became Uncon
rious in Gastonia.
Gastonia, Feb. 15.—A. R. Put
nam, resident of Shelby, who was
taken from a bus here Saturday
afternoon in an unconscious condi
tion, went back to his home Tuer
day morning, accompanied by two
of his neighbors who paid a fine
of $15, assesses by the city court
for drunkenness.
He spent all day Sunday in a
local hospital but was kept in the
city lockup Monday and Monday
night after it was evident that he
was afflicted with nothing more
than heavily-drugged nerves. When
brought up in court Tuesday morn
ing he could hardly keep his feet
and he spoke slowly, in barely more
than a whisper.
Mr. Putnam told a reporter how
he came to be locked up. He gave
his age at 49 years and said that
he had a family of nine children and
a wife in Shelby. He has worked
for the past few years with the
Queen City Foundry Co., in Char
lotte, going to his Shelby home over
the week ends.
He said that he had suffered
from a sprained back and when a
a man offered him some veronal
tablets he took two of them. They
so relieved his patn that he bought
a full tube of them in Charlotte
Saturday before starting to Shelby
on the bus. He admitted taking a
number of them.
After getting on the bus he said
that he immediately lost con
sciousness and recovered it only
when in the city jail. Police were
called by the bus officials when
they found the man in an uncon
scious condition, just as the bus
reached Gastonia. It was thought
at first that he was drunk, but
nurses at the hospital soon found
that he was suffering from an over
dose of the strong drug.
COUNTY FAflMERS
SAVE THOUSANDS
WITH OWN FEEDS
Big; Outgo For Hay Halted. Very
Little Shipped in Cleveland
County at Present.
The slump of cotton prices
may have injured Cleveland
county farmers to the extent
of many thousand dollars, hut
by producing their hay and oth
er feedstuffs at home these
same farmers are keeping
around <200,000 at home that
each year heretofore went out
side markets lor hay alone.
In fact, during the winter feed
months of this year Cleveland coun
ty farms have praeticaiy been feed
ing themselves. Hay shiptiMultii
into Shelby, once one of the biggest
freight recipts for local railroads,
have dwindled to practically noth
ing.
A Great Decrease.
During the winter months of
1925-26, when cotton sold well and
Cleveland county farmers gave
very little attention to producing
their own feed, It is estimated thnt
12 to 15 carloads of hay were
shipped into Shelby for Cleveland
county consumption each month.
Today hay shipments into Shelby
will not average one carload each
month. In fact, good information
has it that hay shipments into
Shelby do well now to average one
or two cars per quarter.
Those who care to consult the
actual figures and receipts wilt
find that Cleveland county farmers
forced to almost give away their
cotton are making a good go at
breaking even by producing at
home the things they usually spend
their cotton money for.
Offenders Caught
With Booze While
Awaiting Appeal
Grigg And Self Out On Bond
From One Sentence Get
. Another One Added
Raymon Grigs' and John Self
faced Recorder John Mull yester
day for the second time since the
holidays and incidentally had a
year each added to sentences al
ready hanging over them.
It was just seevral weeks ago
that Grigg and Self were in the
county court on a liquor charge.
Sentences of nine and six months
each were given to them, it is
said. Both appealed from the sen
tences given by Judge Mull and
were out under bond awaiting
Superior court when they were
caught again Monday.
Chief Hamrick, Policeman Pos
ton and Deputy Mike Austell ef
fected the capture of Grigg, Self
and John Bess Monday afternoon,
the capture taking place near the
Elizabeth church. In some way the
officers learned that about six
pints of liquor was hidden in that
vicinity and nabbed the men while
on a watchout for the owners. Bess
was given a six months sentence,
but has entered an appeal.
Whether or not Grigg and Self
will appeal from the second sen
tence is not known as yet.
Ab McDowell, colored, charge
with vagrancy and an affray wo
fined $10 and given a 30 day sir
tence by Judge Mull yesterday.
Judge Agreeable
Fellow It Seems
When Requester
"Twenty-five dollars and tb
cost," said Judge Mull passing sen
tence in a case before him this
morning.
“Make it to the roads instead,”
came back the prisoner.
"All right. Suits me,” came back
the judge, "let it read 90 days.”
Which is sufficient evidence that
Judge John P. Mull, the county re
corder, is an agreeable chap. All
you have tp do is ask him for some
thing. Perhaps, however, in this
case the defendant would prefer
what he had before asking for
more.
The case developed from a stray
bit of shooting. Recently several
people were riding along the road in
the Lawndale section. Somehow, it
was said, the car struck a dog and
cut the canine a flip. In a brief
space of time a gun in the hands
of the defendant who asked for
more blazed away from a nearby
field and one colored fellow riding
in the car was given a sprinkling
of shot, it is said. Anyway from
something like than developed tne
foregoing conversation appertain
ing to the popularity of the coun
ty recorder.
West Australia expects a record
wheat crop of 30,000,000 bushels
this season.