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^ North Carolina . PRESS ASSOCIATION By mail, per year (in advance)„$2.5< By carrier, per year (in advance) (X "Fine weather we’re having— r,lt- ducks”. Ever heard that? • • • How much cotton will Cleveland county make this year? Will more than 45,000 bales be ginned? Head today's cotton article in The Star. it * * Interest in the Kings Mountain assoeiational school is increasing according to news reports. * * * The Shelby Ku Klux klan has been disbanded for two months, ac cording to information reaching The Star. Former klan leaders, it is paid, agree with Judge Grady in his recent stand. m * • Flans for dramatic work in the rural schools are given in this is I.ights on all vehicles operating on highways after dark will he re quired by the latest law enacted at Raleigh, says The Star. • * • City officers have recovered a quantity of the goods stolen from a South Shelby store last week, and another store was robbed at Grover this week. * * * Is Shelby a paradise for eloping couples? Hardly, says Chief Ham rick. ♦ * * A Cleveland county boy has been in a Charlotte hospital with an eight-penny nail in his lung. Representative Falls’ Australian |,allot bill is scheduled to come up before the house today. * * * Lattimnre defeated Shelby in basketball here last night, present ing perhaps the best quint ever seen in action here. Cherryville is scheduled to play tonight and the deaf team from Morganton comes hue Friday night. Lattimore Presents Fast Cage Quintet Coach Falls’ Boys Run Away With Locals in Fast Came Here. Other Games On. Playing here Tuesday night Coach Tilden Falls’ fast Lattimore basketbal team defeated Shelby 34 to 13. Such was the performance of the Lattimore team that Shel by fans are still wondering how they were eliminated in the state race. McSwain and Weathers, the two athletic stars of the Lattimore team, the former ringing up 17 points and the latter 14. Both shot from all angles of the court, drib bled and passer w«:I, being sup ported by good defensive and pass ing team mates. Beam, changed to the center position, was the scor ing star of the Shelby quint. Shelby is scheduled to play Cherryville in the “tin can” here tonight with a game w'ith the Mor ganton deaf team on tap for Fri day night here. Tuesday line-up: Latti’mre. (34) Pos F F C G G MsSwain (17) Heathers (17) Melton (2) McIntyre (1) Karri!! Shelby subs.: Shelby (13) Mauney (2) Gillespie (2) Beam (7) Lee (2) Gold Coble, Bridges, anci flrigg. Lattimore subs.: None. Mr. Wagner 111 In Detroit Hospital The many friends of Mr. L. 0. Wagner will regret to learn that he is quite ill in Grace hospital, De troit, Mich. Mr. Wagner went to Detroit in December to visit his (laughter, Mrs. M. L. Pulcher, whose husband is president of the Fed eral truck factories and while there he became ill. His son, Fred Wag ner. returned to Shelby Monday after spending ten days at his bed side and reports that he is very weak and a blood transfusion will be resorted to this week in the hopa of reviving his strength. He is suf fering with an intestinal trouble of h"ig standing but is very hopeful Jf his outcome. Mr. Wagner oper as with his son the rock quarry iiid does contracting of municipal improvements. Mrs. Ada Gamble Is Dead In Danville Mrs. Gene Gamhle has received 'T ice of the death of her daughter n-law Mrs. Ada Gamble, wife of , x Gamble, eldest son of Mrs. imp Gamble who died Tuesday of *st week in Danville, Va., foliow n" a brief illness. Mrs. Gamble, udy ,i:i years of age and when she ls,ited Shelby last was a beautiful roman—the picture of health. She *SU| vived by her husband and or.e Slighter, Pauline. Funeral services [®re conducted in Danville, Va., on 'Uisday from the Baptist church ■ which she was a member, the "rvicfs being conducted by Rev. • ' • Owens, assisted by Rev. Nor "‘unssok. Have you kept up with the wars? Cleveland Cotton Crop To Hit Around 45,000 Bales Some Estimate That Total Will Reach That Figure. Others Differ. Gins Now Busy i i Will Cleveland county gin 45,000 bales of cotton this year? If not how close will the total ginning re port come to that mark? Such are the queries being debated by cotton men and cotton farmers over the county now. There are those who say that the crop will reach 45,000 bales while others say that it will hardly go that high. Several good hats—the usual wager article of a cotton man —are at stake over the difference in opinion. The next report is expected along about the end of March, coming about a month and a half after the last report of January 10. The last report ran the ginning to tal up to 4.3,442 bales, or 6,634 bales ahead of the same date last year. This report, it will be noticed is only 1,558 bales shy of the 45, 000 bale mark. The question, then, is, will 1,558 bales be ginned be tween January 16 and March 1. Quite a number say that this mark has already been reached. Last week with the sunshine of late spring many bales of cotton were picked and taken to the gin with the result that gins now running only part time «had considerable work. It is estimated that there are j about 28 gins in the county and if these gins average 41 bales of cot ton each during the six weeks the 45,000 bale mark will have been reached. Quite a number of the gins have already turned out that many bales, such gins as the Lattimore, Earl and others going over that mark. Although the exact figures are not known it is thought that the Lattimore gin leads the list for the year with around 3,000 hales gin ned, while No. 9 township leads in production with close to 8,000 bales. Thieves Seem Fond of Silky Gar ments. Bore Hole Through Door and Turn Lock. Feminine clothing continues to | go cheap on the Cleveland county , style markets. Another county store was entered and robbed Mon day night, according to information from the sheriff's office, and again the major portion of the plunder was made up of clothing for girls and women. The store entered and robbed was : that of Martin & Byers at Grover, : while it is said an attempted en ! trance was also made at the store of W. J. Moss and Sons. Unique Entrance. The Martin & Byers store was entered by boring a hole through , the door with an augur so that , when the hole became large enough a hand could be reached inside and ; the lock unfastened. Among the articles missing ae | cording to the preorietors were: i Hats, hosiery, jewelry, dishes, and three revolvers. May be a Ring. That there is a ring operating lover this section stealing and dis posing of ladies clothing is the supposition of some. Police Chief Hamrick this week received a let ter from a man in Gaffney asking him to be on the lookout for ladies clothing stolen at his home, the writer having the idea that the j goods might be distributed or dis I posed of in Shelby. The writer stated that his home had been entered 12 times in the last year or so and that on every occasion the bunglers took nothing but feminine wearing apparel. | _ : Merchant Of Kings Mountain Expires i " A. D. Gantt, Well Known Business Man, Found Dead in Bed At Home There. According to information receiv from Tom Fulton of Kings Moun I tain, Arthur D. Gantt, well known merchant of that town, was found dead in bed at his home there this morning. It is thought that the merchant had been dead for 10 or 12 hours, dying perhaps of heart trouble shortly after retiring. The deceased, who is survived, it is reported, by a wife and tw > children, will be buried there to* morrow. He was a member of the Gantt Brothers firm of that town and was a man of about middle age, it is said. He had been at his business duties Tuesday and was not known to have been complaining. ! Three Groups Will Give One Act Plavs This Week; Determine Winner in the County. Dramatics is being emphasized in the rural schools of the county this year more than ever before end elimination contests will be held at three places of the county this week to detremine the three schools, fne from each of the three groups, which will come to Shelby sometime in March and contest for county high schools honors. According'to J. H. Gr;gg. county superintendent, the rural high schools have been divided in to three groups, with two to three schools in each group. Each school presents a one-act play, all three plays being given at the same time before the same aud ience. Judges will select the school which has made the best presentation of its play and the three winners will come to Shelby in final contest. Group one is composed of Pied mont, Fallston, and Lattimore. These three will present one act plays at Piedmont on Friday night February 25th. Waco, Belwood and Casar com pose the second group and these three will meet at Belwood high school Friday night February 25th to contest for honors. Grover and Earl Constitute group No. 3 and they will meet at Earl on Saturday night to deter mine which shall send their cast of characters to Shelby to com pete for honors in the county wide contest. Much interest attaches to dramatics in rural high schools and large crowds will no doubt at : tend each performance. All New Words In Dictionary All new words that ha^ve been coined by common usage within re cent years are found in the new 1927 Webster’s school, home and of fice dictionary offered by the Star. “Bootlegger,’ “jazz”, “cootie’, etc., and scores upon scores of other words that were coined during the war are found in the new Star dic tionary. It has 1,200 pages, is two inches thick, has a section of beau tifully colored illustrations. You can get one by paying a year’s subscription to The Star and 70 cents additional. Publisher’s price of the dictionary alone is $3.50, so you have never before been able to get such a bargain. It is the most useful and helpful book about the house with the single excep tion of the Bible. Get yours today. They are going NAIL TAKEN FROM LUNG - BOY LIVES i - Little Norman Lee Francis. p;?ed about six years, is back at his home in the Double Shoals section and doing nicely, reports says, after having an eight-penny nail removed from his left lung in a Charlotte sanp'torium last Saturday. The youth, it is said, had the nail in his mouth and in some manner swallowed it, the big nail going down his Windpipe to that section of the windpipe in the left lung known as the bronchus. He was brought to the Shelby hospital last Sat urday by Dr. Tom Gold and an X-ray picture made revealing the location of the nail. He was then rushed on to the eye, ear. nose and throat hospital at Charlotte, where the nail was removed, being taken out through the windpipe it enter ed, according to information from Dr. Peeler, of the hos pital. Dr. Peeler stated that the boy was able to return Sunday to his home in^his county. OFFICERS LOCATE STOLES GOODS By SElRCIiG NOOSE Two People Jailed and Another Sought In Connection M'ith Store Theft A man and a woman have been jailed and quite a bit of the woods stolen from the South Shelby ready-to-wear stock of M iss Azelia Roberts have hen recover ed owing to the activity of local police officers. The two people taken into cus tody by the police were Earl Johnson and Mrs. Harley Johnson and yesterday officers were on the lookout for the woman’s husband. Some time Monday afternoon Chief Hamrick acting upon certa'n suspicions made a Visit to the home of the Johnsons iri the EUa mill section and upon a search he says found silk dresses, coats, hos iery, belts, bloomers, gloves, pow ders and other articles. However, it is said, that all the clothing missed from the Roberts store war, not recovered. It was after finding the alleged stolen goods that the man and woman were taken in charge. The Johnsons lived in the old welfare building of the mill village. The woman is reported to have denied knowing anything about the garments, even professing ignor ance as to their being in the house. The man also denied any connec tion with the stolen goods. The Johnsons, it is undertood, have been living in Shelby for only about six months. The woman told officers, they say, that her hus band was not at home and had been gone for two weeks, but of ficers have 'another opinion and think that he has been in town re cently. The trial may be held at an early date, it is said. Long and Faithful Member of Bap tist Church. Mother of Haw kins Bros. Auto Dealers. The funeral of Mrs. Docia Ham rick Hawkins, wife of Mr. Jesse ! Hawkins who died Monday after- ’ noon at 2:30 o’clock at her home on | Grover street, opposite the hos. j pital following an illness of three > years, most of which time she was j confined to bed. Mrs. Ifawkins be- ; marriage was Docia Hamrick, I daughter of Young Hamrick. She \ was a devoted Christian, a dutiful i wife and mother and a kind and j sympathetic neighbor, loved by her host of friends. During her long i illness she was a patient sufferer j and appreciative of the many acts! of kindness and sympathy bestow ed upon her. Three years ago she ; underwent a serious operation which was followed by a second in a month’s time. At the time of her death she was 56 years of age. Revs. Zeno Wall and John W. Sut tle conducted the funeral services at the residence Tuesday after noon and a large crowd of friends and a wealth of floral offerings at tested the high esteem in which she was held. Interment was in Sunset cemetary. surviving are her husband, Mr. Jesse Hawkins, two sons Paul and Dewey Hawkins, popular young au tomobile dealers, Mrs. J. N. Bar nett of Hickory and Mrs. Edna McIntyre of Shelby. Also surviving are three sisters: Mrs. Austa Proc tor of Anderson, S. C.; Mrs. Martha Smith, of Shelby; Mrs. Coy Bowen of Boiling Springs. Four brothers Raws, Claude and Rush Hamrick of Georgia and Grover Hamrick of Shelby. Pall bearers were Jay GafTney, i J. C. Wood, B. R. Dellinger, J. A. Harmon, J. F. Ledford, J. G. Maun ey. Cooper Sentence Cut By Coolidge President Coolidge has com muted the sentence of Thomas E Cooper, Wilmington banker, and he will be released from the At lanta penitentiary Friday, accord ing to news dispatches. He was serving a three-year sentence for a banking violation and his sen tence would have expired June 7, with time allowance off. Radio Guides Planes Dayton, Ohio.—The Stout-Ford three-motored airplane which flew from Detroit to Dayton on an ex perimental flight returned to De troit without any trouble. The flight marked the first use of a newly perfected device by which j pilots are guided by radio. 1 I ist or < hurches With Teachers (^operating Given. Is Big Training School. Interest continues to crow in the a; sociational training: school of the Kings Mountain Baptist associa tion that is scheduled for February 27th, to March 4th. To date, about 2M of the churches have lined up for at least one class. Many are having more. A meeting of the pastors, superintendents and the ones who art' to teach in these schools (luring the week is called for Saturday aft ernoon at 2:20 at the First Baptist church Shelby. It is expected that all above named of the ehurches co operating will he present as plans Mill be made and instructions giv en for the work next week. Mr. Jasper N. Barnette, will be at this meeting. Following is a list of the churches with teachers which are co-operating. Shelby First—Dr. J. E. Byrd, Sunday school secretary of Missis sippi: Miss Lillian S. Forbes, ele mentary secretary of Baptist Sun day school hoard, Nashville, Tenn.; Mrs. O. M. Gerald, elementary sec retary of- Georgia. Mr. Harry M. Pippin, assistant pastor, First church. Beaver Dam—Rev. D. F. Putnam, pastor. Boiling Springs. Prof. O. P. Ham rick. teacher in Boiling Springs High school. Casar, Prof. J. Thomas Greene, principal Casar high school. Carpenters Grove, Rev. C. II. Henderson, pastor. Double Springs, Jasper N. Barn ette, field worker for W. N. C. Double Shoals, J. Wheeler Cost ner. teacher in Double Shoals, S. S. Dover, to be supplied. Fallston, George Murry, minis terial student at Mars Hill. Kings Mountain, First, Miss Le ona Lavendar, field worker of Bap tist S. S. board. Kings Mountain 2nd., Hubert Chaney jr., or pastor Rev. W. N. J Cook. Macedonia, pastor, W. T. Poster, i New Hope, class being conduct- ! od this week by pastor J. W. P.1 Hill. Normans Grove, Prof. C. A. Led J ford, prnieipal Belwood High! school. Oak Grove. Mrs. James Ware president Oak Grove B. Y. P. U Patterson Grove, Hunter W'are secretary of Sunday school. Popular Springs, to be provided by pastor. ’ i Pleasant Grove, pastor, G. P. j Abernethy. Flint Hill, to be provided by pas tor. Sandy Plains, Supt. Ben P. Jen kins. Zoar. Miss Gertrude Street, as sociational superintendent. Union, J. T. S. Mauney, teacher in Sunday school. Zion, pastor, D. G. Washburn. J Waco, pastor, J. W. Suttle. Tarkington Play I On At High School "Seventeen,” by Booth Tarking ton, is the title of a four-act play to be given in the high school au ditorium by local students on Fri day evening, February 25. This play is given to help finance the band and orchestra. It is said that “Sev enteen’ is a rollicking good play showing a boy of seventeen win ters in puppy love and otherwise. Eight boys and six girls make up the cast of characters. One of these is a "reel nigger.” It is said by those who know that this will be an evening full of fun and entertainment. A large crowd is expected to enjoy this performance and at the same time help out the school band and orches tra. This is the first time during the year that local high school stu dents of the Dramatic club have offered a public entertainment for the benefit of the school. This club deserves the support of the people of the town In its first effort. __ Cast of Characters. __ Williams Sylvanus Baxter—Ben Rippy; Mr. Baxter—Milton Loy; Joe Bullitt—Harris Ligon; Genesis —George Richbourg; Johnnie Wat son—Tom Harris; George Cooper— Gilmore Singleton; Mr. Parcher— Robert Elam; Wallie Banks—Billy McKnight; Jane Baxter—Sophia Hunt; Lola Pratt—Dorothy King; Mary Parcher—Mary Brandt Swit zer; Ethel Boke—Mary Reeves For ney; Mary Brooks—Margaret Blau ton; Mrs. Baxter—Montrose Mull. Adtnission: Reserved seats 50c; General admission 35c; children, 25c. Last year’s spring chickens are beginning to take an interest in this year’s spring gardens. The Feminine Billy Sunday There time 1i-Mires el Mr.. Aifn.ee Semple McPherson, the fa mous Los An vk • cvaneeli. .* v.ho now is touring the United States, revet'] the ilr. .,<!i‘.ic power ’ which she sways audiences. Mrs. Mc Pherson Jin • In n having i; rit>il « \periences on her tour. In soaie cities her L ■ have made a profit: in others few have turned out 40.hear her, In Indianapolis she su.uauucu a $3000 deficit. Unique Cage Team Of Deaf Youths To Play Shelby Highs Friday Night Followers of basketball in Shel by will be offered the opportunity of witnessing one of the state’s most unique basketball teams in action here Friday night at the new gymnasium when the deaf boys from the State school at Morgan ton play the Highs here. in the rush and bustle of a bas ketball game the referee’s whistla is the only thing that can bring or der to the floor of scurrying play ers, but the deaf Doys cannot hear the referee's whistle. How do they know* when to stop playing during the rest intermissions? When a foul has been called how is their play halted? The vibration of the sound from the whistle is said to do felt by them, but in many instances they keep playing after jt has blown until by their accurate obser vation they note that the play has been stopped. And, by the way, the deaf i youths have a corking good cage I team. They have won nine games i this year and lost two. One of the defeats Was by Shelby, but one or ! two of the deaf stars were said to j be out of the line-up and Friday night they expect to turn tables. I The deaf boys w ill spent the night in Shelby, going on to Spartanburg Saturday for a game there. Two members of the deaf team hail from this county, coming from the Lattimore and Casar sections. North Carolina Autos Could Run For Years On Oil Supply Of State i_ Raleigh, (INS.)—North Carolina need not go outside its boundaries for its oil supply! Motor vehicles could be run for many years on gasoline which may be produced from its coal deposits, according to an announcement is sued by the department of conser vation and development. Recent studies by state geologist H. J. Bryson have brought forth es timates that the Deep River coal, the state's active coal mining dis trict, would furnish more than three billion gallons of gasoline, if distilled by latest scientific pro cesses. The geologist based his estimates on previous surveys which pointed to the existence of approximately 70.000,000 tons of the fuel in North Carolina. Being high in volatiles— qualities which make the coal read ily vaporizable—the fuel is espec ially suitable for this purpose, he said. The geologist has made a study of the processes for converting coal into petroleum, especially in view of the possibilities in North Carolina. Prospects for develop ment of this industry when de mands for other sources of petro leum are felt, were found to be “encouraging” by the geologist. Require Lights On All Vehicles That Operate On Roads According to morning news disatches from Raleigh a bill requiring lights on all vehicles travelling on highways after dark was passed by the legis lature last night. The bill, it was reported, has already passed the senate and now* becomes a law. From the standpoint of press expression the new law is one of the most worthwhile bits of legislation that could have been acted on. A good bit of the news publish- j ed nowadays is not news. Farmers, advocating farm re lief, do not claim that Mellon. Could Shelby Be Reno Of Elopers? Is Shelby a hang-out for eloping wives and unfaithful husbands? Husbands that get tired of their wives and slip away with new flames, and wives that get bored with the old man and scurry off with new lovers ? Chief Hamrick doesn’t think so, but he gets many queries that would seem to show that there are those elsewhere who do think so. This week the chief receiv ed a letter from a woman ask ing him to see if her husband was not living here with an other woman, and commenting upon it the chief said that numerous such inquiries come to him seeking wives and hus bands who have vanished. How ever, he says the elopers are seldom found here. Blacksburg Mayor And Doctor Placed Under Court Bond Gaffney—Mayor Charles Baber and Dr. 1). S. Ramseur, elderly re tired physician of Blacksburg, have been bound over to Circuit court under bonds of $200 each on charges of perjury. Warrants were sworn out here before Magistrate Baker by J. M. Cline, of Blacksburg, victim of a gunshot wound inflicted last sum mer by J. L. Goodson, Blacksburg undertaker, who was convicted at the November term of court of as sault and battery with intent to kill. Mayor Baber and Dr. Ramseur were witnesses for the defendant in this trial. The perjury charge al leged they made false statements on the witness stand. Goodson was sentenced to serve two to four years. He appealed and is out un dor bond, f Mayor Baber and Dr. Ramseur waived preliminary hearing and signed each others bond before Mag istrate Moorehead at Blacksburg. TO GRADY STRIFE K. K. K. Here Closed Down Two Months Ago. Reports Say. Klan Leaders ARrec Amongst the sixty-six local North Carolina chapters of the Ku Klux Klan, which are re ported to have recently sur rendered their charters, is the local Shelby group. The Star learns on good authority. This newspaper learns from a highly authentic source, that the local chapter has been dissolved for two months. It comprised a membership of some two hundred, and had been organized three years this coming summer. The resignation o,f Judge Henry A. Gradv from the position of head , of the Klan in North Carolina on Monday brought forth informnt’On which would tend to show that the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina is waning in strength. News reports whieh were elicit ed bv the resignation of Judge Grady stated that sixty-six of the eighty-six chapters of the state had surrendered their charters. Judge Grady, afier four years in the office of Grand Dragon of North Carolina, resigned because he could not swallow the radicn legislative program of the Imner ial Wizard of the Klan, Hiran Evans, of Washington. By way of showing the chang of sentiment toward the Klan, o its former leaders, a bill was ir troduced at Raleigh Tuesday (ye! terday) forbidding the wearing < masks in public by members c secret orders, by a former Kla lecturer. Rev. Oscar Haywood, c Montgomery. That was in th house. In the Senate the bill was introduced by Senator Rivers Johnson, who at the last session bad bittrely fought just such a measure. It is said Judge Grady balked and kicked out of harness when Imperial Wizard Evans insisted that legislation be introduced whereby the joining of the Cath olic church would become a felony and whereby Catholics and. Prot estants would be forbidden to marry. The Star learns that the rad'cal group in the Klan has been after Judge Grady’s scalp for over a year, this Superior court head be ing considered too conservative for the carrying out of an effec tive program. It is understood that the leader of the Shelby chapter is heartily in sympathy with Judge Grady. He is understood to have said that the fundamental principles and ideals of the Klan are all right, and it was these that drew him into the order, but that he will stand for no such radical program as Imperial Wizard Evans is promulgating. This Shelby leader, it is said, is one of the best known men in town, who is a mixer and has the re putation pf being a good fellow. racuonausm, it is saia, was tno real downfall of this widely her alded organization. Dissention within the Klan ranks ultimately undermined its strength. Because Judge Grady stood for the real principles of the klan and was against the lurid program adopt ed by some chapters, he became unpopular with certain elements, it is reported. Extra Session Of Legislature Seems Likely To Raleigf Raleigh, (INS.)—Possibility c Governor McLean calling an extr session of the legislature to enae new tax laws has assumed a point of wide discussion in capitol cor ridors. It has been pointed out that a extra session may be called if th bill now pending in the house whic would authorize the appointment a tax commission to study tax s; terns passes. The proposed commission woi make a sweeping study of the tr ation problem, examining the s tems of the state, counties, citi and towns. It also would stu the systems in effect in otl states. The commission would make report to the legislature on its fiv ings. The commission is compos> of nine members and would be prc vided with $25,000 for expenses. No confirmation from Governo McLean that he is considering tbi calling of a special session has beer given. Advocates of the eighi months’ school term are understood to be backing the movement, among
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