16 PAGES TODAY l .- . , ■ ..a VOL. XXXIV, No. 149 THE CLEVELAND STAR SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESD’Y, DEC. 14, 1927 Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Afternoons. By mall, per year (In advance) _$2.50 By carrier,per year (in advance) $3.00 I Late News jjndy made it! Leaving Washington at 12-30 p. m. yesterday on his eecond international flight Col ( has. A. Lindbergh arriv al ;l( Mexico City this morn ' ine at 10:30 o’clock, accord ing to a message tendered The 1 Star today by the John F. Clarke cotton exchange. The flight was for 2,000 miles, and the lone eagle who made an unexpected start was hardly looked for at Mexico City be fore midday. Col. t harlcs A. Lindbergh, air con - «Bcr<;r of the Atlantic, who yester | 5»y made a surprising start on his hop (row Washington to Mexico, „a, r, ported to have been seen in his plane over points in this state. South Carolina and Tennessee. Re port, here were that a large mono plane was seen flying high over this Section late in the afternoon and •apposition was that the airbird was Lindy- Waynesville, Greenville, Chat tanooua. and other points reported seeing the Spirit of St. Louis. is. Tims pisses IIIGE 74 YEIHS Mother of Prominent Shelby Men Dies at Lattimore. Funeral Held Tuesday. Mrs. Nancy Katherine Toms, wid ow of the late W. L. Toms, died at lattiir.cre Monday evening at 6 o'clock, following a protracted illness of two months. The news of her death was learned in Shelby with deepest sorrow, because she is the mother cf several prominent Shelby and Lattimore citizens. Before mar riage, Mrs. Toms was Nancy Kath erine Palmer and was bom in Ruth eford county where in early life she joined Mt. Lebanon Baptist church. Mrs: Toms was a woman of unu sually strong character, a kindly disposition and a devoted mother, site and neighbor. She lived a life of service to ethers and reared a fine family of children who now stand high in the business world. Surviving are the following chil dren: R V. Toms, of Shelby; W. V. Toms of Charlotte; John P. Toms, cf Shelby; Ilin and L. C. Toms, of Lattimore; Mrs. Joe Jones of Latti more; J. H. Toms of Shelby, and Miss Katie Mae Toms of Lattimore. Also surviving are the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. W. M. Gold, of Polk ville; J. B. Palmer of 1 Hollis: J. J. and L. C. Palmer oV Polk ville. ine luneral was conducted tues day afternoon at 3 o’clock at Latti more by Revs. I. D. Harri^ and Zeno Waii and the interment was in the cemetery at the Lattimore Baptist church of which she was a devoted member, beside the remains of her husband who preceded her to the jrave 14 months ago. PUIY IN CONTEST I Chamber cf Commerce officials of hexing ton, this state, mailed letters this week to a dozen or more high tchccl football players picked on the All-State eleven, telljng them the details cf a New Year's game and living other information. The game to be played in Lexing ton on January 2, viil be between toe All-State high school eleven and Oak Ridge military school, prep foctbail champs. Two Shelby boys, laymen Beam and Joe Singleton, ' fere among those to whom letters ; *ere mailed, both being picked on | the official All-State eleven. Quite a number of Shelby fans are expect ing to journey down for the game to tee the local stars in action and also to see the first all-star team ever assembled in the state. While in kwngton the boys will be entertain *d in the homes of Lexington people and will be given free theatre passes and other courtesies. Blanton Waive* In Preliminary Trial Winston-Salem, Dec. 13.—W. H. clanton, prominent young man of charged with attempted crim ®4' assault, waived preliminary *&rmg before Judge Watson in mu nicipal court today and was bound ?Ver to superior court under $2,500 ; bond. This action was taken by attorneys *or Blanton after motion for con tinuance on the grounds that more evidence had to be secured, was de . teh by Judge Watson. Blanton was found not guilty of violation of the Rohibitlon law. ,, • * Fined For Rum W. F. Fulton, who was staying in tnp r°em with Blantort, and in the focm where the whiskey was found, Mnutted ownership of the liquor fo'd said that Blanton had nothing z d0 vvilh it. He was fined $25 and *he costs. Blanton is charged with having ‘r~sn a cafe waitress out to West fnd and there attempted to assault *for The woman later apepar ^ at a home in a disheveled eon uon Following this, Blanton was 'ested at the apartment with Ful Christmas Charity Fund Aided By Little Children Little Girl Donates Two Dills for Children Who Have No Parents It seems to be nearer to a child's heart than a grown-up’s pockctbook—especially at the Christmas season. Recent gifts to The Star's Christmas Charity fund have been featured by the small contributions of the young sters. As for comparing with some of the big checks these donations of the youngsters are small, but to them no doubt the sacrifice made necessary by the gift was equal to the large checks given by others. Will the children outgive their el ders? How's This One Yesterday the door to The Star office cracked open and a smiting little girl of five years pushed her way in. A cute little tot she was. and in her arms were two large dolls—of the "mamma doll” variety. With that embarassed attitude of a polite child in the presence of older folks, and with eyes downcast, the little girl walked up to the counter and lisped out her story. “I want to give these two dollies for the little girls who have no papa and mamma.” That's all she had to say as she sidled back to the door where her mother waited. But. what dolls! Any little girl’s heart would leap with joy just to get her hands on them. One a big blonde, and the other of that “strik ing brunette” type one hears so much about. Both are talking dolls and the very latest word in dolldom. What a gift they will be for two lit tle girls somewhere about the town who never before have had more than a rag doll, and perhaps not that, to play with on Christmas-- the season when the mother instinct creeps into the heart of every little girl and she wants a dollie to fondle. By the way, the name of the little girl, who so readily parted with her big dolls so that others might en joy them, was Margaret Jones, aged five years, if you please, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Jones of North LaFayette street. They All Chip in While we re on me topic oi Dig hearted children, let's have another story about The Star fund. Monday a couple of eager-eyed youngsters of the romping, let’s-rough-it-up age. came jostling into The Star office. From their eyes nothing but mis . chief was evident. Surely youngsters lot that age had not a care, much | iess a thought of others. But they had. Proudly they dug down in their pockets and planked $2 up on the counter. "This is for the Christ mas fund and it’s from the Sixth grade of the Marion school. Now get that right,” and away they ! rambled: So, to get it right we place ! the Sixth Grade in capitals, if the youngsters care to note. And there have been several more just like that. This time an elderly business man. Then a mother who finds enough change left from the shopping expedition for her own children to help other children. Next perhaps a young lady. And so on. Such is the manner in which the fund is growing. Contributions up tnrough the last issue of The Star totalled $311.95. Since that time $27.70 has been turn ed in. Today’s list does not include contributions made late Tuesday and early Wednesday. These will appear in Friday’s paer. Look at the calendar. In just a few days Christmas will be here. The fund is not half so large as it should be, Kick in. Take your hand off your purse and send a ray of light into some unfortunate home and a thrill of joy in your own soul. In a day or so other needy cases will be presented. Do not wait for a sob. give gladly and take some of the sob stories out of Shelby. Santa’s Stocking Previous contributions $311.95 O. E. Ford Co. ...-.$5.00 Wm. L. McCord....*$2.50 Mrs. Chas. A Burrus....-$2.00 Mrs. W. E. Morton-55 00 Mrs. Helen M. Beam..$10.00 G. W. Browning..20 Sixth Grade, Marion school ...$2.00 Margaret Jones-two dolls Total___$339.65 And though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mys teries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.—I Cor inthians 13-2. HUNTING LICENSE GO ‘ WELL IN THIS COUNTY Cleveland county nimrods have paid a goodly sum for their hunting trips this year. Since the new hunting law came in Mike H. Austell, deputy warden for this county, says that he and his assistants have sold county licenses to 1,382 hunters and state license to 88 hunters, who like to spread out in their territory. A Grandmothei In Congress There are several grandfathers vn the House of Representatives, but Mi's. John W. Langley of Ken* tacky la the ol "> grandmother. Sh» is shown here (below) with her married daughter, Mrs. Katherina l.’cnUey, who also Is bpr secretary To Pave Road To Fallston Contract for Paving Highway No. 18 I To Be Let Friday of This Week. Other Projects Highway 18 from She’.by to Fallston, a stretch of 9.66 miles, is to be paved at an early date, judging by highway news from Raleigh. Bids were opened there yesterday for a large number of paving pro jects, and the Cleveland county pro ject was in the list. The low bid was placed by Pennell & Harley at a cost of $203,593.40. Contracts will be awarded Friday, it is said. Other Road Jobs. Included in the list was a Lincoln county jcb, 5.26 miles from the Gas ten county line to Lincolnton, the work being a dirt road on route 206. In South Carolina on the same day engineers began considering bids and projects that included 6.19 miles of paving from Blacksburg to the North Carolina line on route 8, and 10 miles on route 11 on each side of Gaffney. Mrs. Berry Hopper Dies At Eastside Mrs. Berry Thomas Hopper died Tuesday afternoon at the Eastside mill village at the home of her son T. F. Hopper with whom she had been living for the past five years. Mrs. Hopper was 81 years of age and the widow of Berry Hopper who died in 1905. She was the daughter of Learce Moore and Leander Jolly and the mother of four living children, 13 grand children and eight great grand children. The funeral was con ducted today by Rev. H. E. Waldrop and Rev. I. D. Harrill and the re mains were taken to High Shoals church in Rutherford county for in terment. S. S. Convention At Fallston Dec. 18 There will be a meeting of the No. 9 township unit of the Cleveland countyl Sunday School association held at Fallston High school on Sunday afternoon December 18. The meeting will begin at 2 o’clock and Mr. J. F. Ledford, secretary, says a good attendance is expected. Mr. J. O. Reynolds assistant pas tor of the First Baptist church of Shelby and Prof. W. R. Gary and C. A. Ledford of the Fallston com munity will speak af the meeting. Mrs. Frank Elam will also make a short talk on the work of the pri mary department. OF BOTTLERS TO ATTEND MEETING Past National President Will be Toastmaster for 209 or More North Carolina Bottlers Final preparations were un derway here today for the wel coming tomorrow, Thursday of 200 or more North Carolina bot tlers, who will assemble at Clev eland Springs hotel Thursday and'Friday for their annual convention. The annual banquet of the North Carolina bottles will be held at the hotel Thursday evening with either Clyde R. Hoey or O, Max Gardner as speaker, it is said. George W. Martin of St. Louis, past president of the Bottlers of America, will act as toastmaster at the banquet. Officers Here. In addition to the officials of the state organization numerous national officers are expected to attend. These will include Junior Owens, of Washington, national secretary, and Thomas Moore, of Minneapolis, and Frank Johnson, of Statesville, both members of the national executive committee, along with others. Just how many bottlers will be in attendance at meeting is hard to estimate. The usual attendance at the meeting is hard to estimate. The usual attendance runs from 200 to 275 and about that number is looked for. The bottling industry in North Carolina is composed of approximate ly 175 units and in bottling the srate is considered one of the outstanding in the union. Quite a number of the delegates to the convention arrived here today. TElMllLL FARMS ARE GOOD Every One of IS Tenants Make Bare To Acre or More. A Farming Record That is Great. When it comes down to farming that produces Attorney O. M. Mull has a group of tenants that classes op with any. Mr. Mull, one of the county’s lead ing farmers, had 12 tenants and ev ery’ one of the 12 averaged a bale of cotton to the acre, or more, and in addition produced enough feed and food to keep the farm going with some left over. Taking a plantation as a whole few better farming records are to be found. Two hundred and thirty-seven bales of cotton on 220 acres not to mention 2,400 bushels of corn, plen ty of potatoes, meat and molasses, is a record to be proud of. Mr. Mull keeps tab on his farming operations and here is the record for 1927: Name of Tenant Acres Vance Queen ..._22 E. B. Cook...20 John Wright —_20 Will Riley__.22 John Lail „..18 Charles Queen -*■__9 O. A. Bowen_-14 Alvin Cook__*-.12 A. C. McSwain --13 Matt Parker __*.31 Pearl Jackson __23 Jess Foster ..,.16 Total_a--.* ...220 On The Side. Bales 26 22 22 23 19 10 15 13 13 33 25 16 237 These same tenants produced ap proximately 2.400 bushels of corn or an average of 200 bushels of corn per tenant. They also raised more sweet potatoes than they can eat. molasses to last them for a year, and have grown an ample supply of meat. Of the 12 tenants, 11 of them have bank accounts, and are remain ing on the same land for next year. Part of these tenants hayp been With Mr. Mull, cultivating the same land for more than 20 years, while more than half of them have been with him for more than 10 years. Warning Is Given About Punch Boards County Solicitor P. Cleveland Gardner today issued a warning to store proprietors who may have or be operating punch or draw boards. Many store proprietors do not real ize that punch boards, a certain type are against the law, and salesmen, he says, frequently impose on store keepers by telling them boards are not against the law. “I am not going out searching for punch boards, but if those who oper ate them are brought into court I will have to prosecute them. This warning is for those who do not realize that boards, which do not give something of equal value to all are against the law. The fine for the offense, as I remember, is $50,” the solicitor stated. Ellenboro School Teacher Instantly Killed In Crash On Highway 20 Tuesday Night; Girl Hurt School Holidays Start On Friday Thf Christ mas season for nearly 3,000 Shelby children will formally open Friday after noon of this week, when the city schools close for the holidays. Supt. I. C. Griffin announces that the school holidays will be gin this Friday and that school will open again on Tuesday, January 3., The extra day will be made up during the spring, it is sa’d. EH'TS ISil IT LOWS* ON TUESDAY MORN Loot Patterson Springs Store of Val uable Goods. Accept Safe Jnvlte. No Clues Found s, ___ Store bandits seem to be up to | their usual holiday tricks in this county. The Lowery Brothers store at Patterson Springs was looted early Tuesday morning. The plunder taken by the bandits, who came out of the night and dis- , appeared again after turning the , trick, included a list of valuable i merchandise, but no money. Oddly \ enough a simple little trick prevent- | ed the bandits from carrying; away a pile of cash with their plun- j der. Before closing up the store i Monday night one of the Lowery • brothers counted out the cash, tied j it up in a sack and tossed the sack ; in a wastebasket. "No one wil lnotice 1 | it there,” he perhaps thought. And j they didn't, for the little sack of i cash a as first thing he looked for j : when he found the door open Tues- . j day morning, and there it was un I touched, U' Thpfctoot„includcd $150 to $200 worth of automobile tires, four or five overcoats, and a quantity of small items of merchandise which it was impossible to check in detail for a day or so. A car was heard in the vicinity of j the store about 4 o’clock Tuesday morning and several hours later the front door was found prized open, and on the inside the door of the safe, in which was kept the store ! books and postoffice stamps, was S also found open, but with nothing taken from the safe. "Walk in, Mr. Burglar.” There is a peculiar little story to that safe of the Lowery brothers, j “We seldom ever keep any money in j the safe, nothing but books and pa ; pers, and since we know that thieves ! seldom care anything about books i we hate to have a $500 safe blown open at intervals," so says one of i the brothers. And with that in view the Patter son Springs merchants some time back hung a little calling card on ;the the safe, which read as follows: j "Combination not on—turn lever to | right.” What about that? If a burgler ! thinks there is money in the safe | he's likely to blow it up, so to pre (vent a heavy loss from a blown-up | safe and to save the visitors of the ! night time the card served its pur i pose. Tuesday reports had it that there 1 were very few clues to the store rob j bery. The car, in w’hich it is presum ed the bandits were traveling, drove up on the pavement at the store so that it was almost impossible to find a track. Some supposition was that the bandits might have been the gang which staged several hold-ups in Charlotte suburbs Sunday night. GET GRID LETTER Nineteen boys in the Shelby High school this year received the covet ed “S" for their participation in football as members of one of the best football elevens Shelby High has ever turned out. The letters were awarded at the chapel exercises at the high school. Gridders receiving letters were Gold. Coble, Wilson, Grigg, Single ton, Glascow, Sparks. Bridges, Har ris. Wall, Beam. Cline, Poston. Mc Swain, Suttle. Washburn. Hunt, Gardner, Dellinger. About 10 of the 19 awarded letters will be back in school next year, it is said. Among the 10 coming back may be Joe Singleton, All-state guard according to rumors about the high school. A captain for next year to suc ceed Capt. Ed Harris was not elect ed when the monograms were given out as the custom here is to elect a captain five minutes before the boys gallop on the field for the first game of the year. r Santa Knows These, Too ■ 1, ■ ». ■ ■■■' .a. mi —I All thv world la alike to Santa Claus. He corats not only to th. palaces of the wealthy but to these orphan children, as well Sow. children ask for costly gilts, but dollies make these little ones h&vi County Seems Assured Of Second N. C. Cotton Rank _ j Johnston County Holds First By 3,601 Bales. Robeson 5,210 Bales Behind Cleveland Should Remain. I____._ Apparently Cleveland county this j year "has a lock” on the highest ! cotton production rank in its agri cultural history. That ranking is second place in North Carolina pro duction despite the fact that the county is rated in the :“hill section" and not in the fertile cotton belt. The full ginning report up to De cember 1, shows that Johnson coun ty still retains the lead with 43.356 bales, while Cleveland is second with 44,755 bales. There Is no likelihood that Cleveland with only a few more bales to gin Can overcome this 3,601 bale lead, as Cleveland county's to tal is estimated to come close around Johnston's present ginning. Second place seems assured, however, be cause Robeson, the third county, had only 39,545 bales ginned up to December 1. and being 5.210 bales behind Cleveland can hardly over take the lead. Robeson along with two or three other counties has been leading Cleveland for several yearn. Many Are Lower. Only seven counties In the state, according to the report, had ginned over 30,000 bales up to December 1. These counties were: Johnston 43, 356; Cleveland 44,755; Robeson 39, 545; Nash 36,107; Harnett 34,473; Union 32,187; Halifax 32,101. Tops Four Counties. The ability of Cleveland county farmers to make cotton is shown by the lact that Cleveland made 2.476 bales more than the total crop made by four adjoining counties. Rutherford up to December 1 had ginned 11,538 bales; Lincoln 11,390; Gaston 10.942, and Cata«vba 8,407. This makes a total of 42,277 bales for the four counties, whije to the same date this county had ginned 44,755 bales. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Suttle and Miss Bettie accompanied their guest, Mrs. C. M. Ray to her home in Ashe ville Sunday. While there, they call ed on Mr. Fred Logan, who is so much improved in health and is ex pected home Sunday Federal Building For This County Washington—Kings Mountain may get a new Federal building according to a bill introduced in Congress by Major A. L. Bul winkJe. Bills providing for federal buildings as introduced by Ma jor Buiwinkle were as follows: Kings Mountain. >125,000; Lin colnton, $125,000; Morganton $125,000. Shelby Men Will File Suit Over ..Alleged Poisoning F. B. Litton, Motor Head, and Mapes Newman Want 910,000 Each From Charlotte Cafe It was announced today by Attor ney Speight Beam that he had fin ished preparing complaints and I would Immediately file two suits against the Sanitary lunch of Char lotte, asking $10,000 in each suit. The suits are brought, he says, by F. B. Litton, head of the Litton Mo tor company here, and Mapes New man, the two Shelby men alleging that they suffered greatly with pto 1 maine poison after eating chicken in the lunch room last Wednesday night. Mr. Litton, it is said, was in j the hospital for several days follow I ing the incident and both were said j to have suffered considerably from nausea. The Sanitary lunch, it is said, is owned by five Greeks and Frank Me Ninch is their attorney. The suits, it is understood, wrill be filed in lSu perior court here. Roy Newman, automobile sales man for Litton, was along at the time, but hoarder in the lunch was not the saipe as theirs. Kiddie In Their Letter* To Santa Claus Want Him To Remember Little Orphan* “.Please don't forget all the little girls and boys that hasent no mama or daddy for I am sorry for them.” That, if you read the ‘letters to Santa’ in the last Star, was the plea of a little girl to jolly old St. Nich olas.. Of course, the youngster ask ed things for herself, and will like ly get some of them, but she also wants Santa to see about those youngsters who may not be so for tunate as she. A fine little girl with her wish. Now' who is going to see that the youngsters mentioned by her have a Christmas? Have you contributed to The Star's Christinas Charity fund? Another youngster wrote: “Be sure and remember all the little or phans and poor children.” The tots who wrote those letters believe to the depths of their heart in “ol’ Santy.” Will they look about them in Shelby, and elsewhere, oh the day after Christmas and see signs of children who receive no call from Santa? It’s up to you. Santa will do his best, but some one has to lend a hand in getting him around to all the homes, especially where fate has been none top kind. Do your bit by chipping in on the fund at once. You'll feel better once I you do it. I COMING TO SNOW HEBE-HIT TRUCK Paul Hampton Dies Instantly as Car Crashes Into Track On Side of Road Paul Hampton, in his early twenties and a teacher at the Ellenboro high school, was in stantly killed early last night and Gertrude Philbeck, an El lenboro student, % was severely hurt when their car crashed into a truck by the roadside, one half mile east of Ellenboro. Only a few minutes after Hamp ton and the young girl left Ellenboro in his car expecting to see a movie in Shelby, friends carried the man gled remains of the young teacher back to his boarding house room, and the young girl, painfully cut about the face, was rushed to the Rutherford hospital. Hampton died instantly, it is said, while reports today from the hos pital stated that the girl was not' thought to be seriously hurt. Girl Was Driving. According to information given The Star today by Denis McKinney, of the Ellenboro telephone exchange, Hampton and Miss Philbeck had Ju&t driven a short distance out of Ellenboro on Highway 20. the girl being at the steering wheel, when their car crashed into a large truck, said to be an A. it P truck, parked on their right side of the highway. At Ellenboro, where the tragedy has shocked the entire Rutherford town, information is that the tiuck had broken down and had been left by the road. About the time the Hampton car neared the abandoned truck, lights from a car coming the’ other way slightly blinded the girl driver, it is said, and in the glare and while pulling to the right the car she was driving ploughed into the rear of the box-like body of the truck. , ; A Terrible Crash. Such was the Jmpact, reports say, that the car shoved at least half way under the big truck. Passem-by rushing to scene found that young Hampton had been killed instantly, his head being crushed in on one side by the impact with the rear of the truck. Miss Philbeck was bleed ing about the face and while friends removed the body of the man who was taking her to the show, others carried the girl to the hospital. Both Hampton and the girl stu dent were popular at Ellenboro and in the school. Hampton was a son of Johnny Hampton, of Westminster and the girl is a daughter of Wll Philbeck, it is said. Jurors for the term of Superior court, whifeh will convene here Jan uary 9, 1928, have been selected. The term is for one week only and the calendar will be a mixed-one, it is said. Jurors for the term were named as follows: j. tiamncK, uruno Hamrick. A. C. McSwain, E. V. Byers, Atkins Wilson, E. Q. Roberts, Pink P. Nich ols, M. W. McDaniel, W. D. Southern, D. M. Baker, J. C. Mason, J. E. Lip ford, T. P. McGill, C. E. Beatty, Ed gar Bell, O. C. Dixon, R. N. Dorsey, W. H. Fortenberry, Romeo Eaker, W. E. Whisnant, John A. Wright, John M. Gold, J. tJ. Rollins, L. F. Greene, G. P. Irvin, S. B. Cooper, O. P, Green, J. M. Shuford, John Gold, W J. Gold, C. B. Wallace, John ML Hoyle, F. Vester Falls, A. F. Hoyle, Ambrose Hoyle, Zero McNeilly, Highs Take Third Straight Cage Game Playing at Rutherfordton last night the Shelby High basketball quint turned in its third straight vie tory of the season by taking in the strong Rutherford quint 26 to 21 in the hottest game of the year. The tussle was close all the way through and market by numerous fouls. The first-string quint started the game for Shelby, but later several substi tutes were used. The Highs play Gastonia in Gas tonia Friday night in the last game before Christmas. 11 DAYSj UNTIL CHRISTMAS 9 Shopping Days

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