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3E 12 PAGES TODAY SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 31, 1928 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons By mai1’per year (in advance) $2.60 _J ei uu a Carrier, per year (In advance) $3.00 LATE NEWS Lattimore Boy Hurt In Plunge From Car Fender Arthur Cooper, 19-year-old son of Amos Cooper, of Latti more, was badly injured at noon today when he was knocked from the fender of a moving automobile at Catti more. Cooper with others was re turning from the field, where they had been picking cotton and the youth was riding on the running board when the car met a truck, in pulling over to avoid the truck, it is said, the boy on the fender was knocked off or fell off when the car or his body struck a post by the road. At the hospital, where the injur ed youth was rushed, it was said that his right leg was broken between the knee and hip, and it is likely he sustain ed other injuries. OFF FRENCH COAST At 12:30 eastern standard time, it is learned that the German Graf Zeppelin, re turning homeward from a flight to America, is eighty miles off the French coast. Shelby Market. Cotton ......_IH’Vfe Cotton Seed, bu.___61!,c Cloudy And Warmer. Today's North Carolina Weather Report: Cloudy tonight and Thurs day. Slightly warmer Thursday. Cansing Is Dead. Robert Cansing, secretary of state under Woodrow Wilson during the World war. died from a heart at tack at his home In Washington yesterday. Mr. Cansing, who re signed from the cabinet after a re buke from Wilson, had been ill about four weeks. Snowfall At Lake Lure And Asheville Seven Inches Reported On Mount Mitchell. Flurries In Many Places. Asheville, Oct. 30.—The high ( peaks of western North Carolina were capped with snow tonight and light flurries of the first fall of the season were reported in practically every section of the mountain dis trict. The snow fall was light, except at the higher altitudes, but- the atmo sphere was growing colder tonight. Eight inches of snow was reported at the summit, of Mt. Mitchell and Little Switzerland were snow-cov ered, with snow still faLling slight ly. Several inches of snow fell to day on Mount Pisgah, and the Rat, The Mount Pisgah ridge, was given a white coat down its back bone. First Of Season. The snowfall in Asheville was the first to occur this early since 1926. A light flurry of snow was reported tonight from Chimney Rock and Lake Lure. This was followed by a mist and fog. Lake Lure is consid erably lower in altitude than Ashe ville or any other of the points from which reports were received. Blowing Rock. Oct. 30.—Snow flurries began falling here today after 3 o'clock. The temperature was between 40 and 50 degrees. The snow was melting as fast as it hit the ground. Colder weather was expected tonight. No School Here On Friday As Teachers Gather In Charlotte It is announced from the office of Supt. I. C. Griffin that the school board has granted a holiday for school children here Friday due to the fact that the district teach ers meeting for this section will be held in Charlotte on that day and all the high school teachers here will attend,- or. have, agreed- to. Those who do not attend are to re port at their regular buildings Fri day morning for special work to be assigned by the principal. Take Teachers Down. Shelby people goiqg to Charlotte Friday shopping or on business are urged to take one or two teachers in their cars if possible. .Several score teachers will attend and many could accompany Shelby people go ing down for the day. Those who can take a teacher or two with them are asked to call the school principal. WHO YOU'LL VOTE FOR On page 12 today's Star will be found the complete Demo cratic and Republicans tickets to be vhted In the election T*,-s • day. Gardner To Close Campaign At Home Monday SPEECH OF HOEy Old-Timers Say It Was Greatest Speech Ever Made In County. Hearers Weep. In campaign years to come when aroused citizens begin to talk and compare campaign speeches this section will hark back to the Clyde Hoey speech of the A1 Smith cam paign instead of the Overman speech in the "red shirt” days and Zeb Vance oratory of long gone years. Such is the general consensus of a county that talked Monday night, Tuesday. Tuesday night and is still talking today of the musical elo quence of the Shelby orator, who came back home from a rigid cam paign Monday to talk to a crowd of home folks who fought for every inch of hearing space in the coun ty court house. Down in the court house lobby after the speech, gray-haired vet erans of many political campaigns and of one stirring w-ar patted each other on the back and congratulat ed their county on still having a son who could lead his people along with the party they fought for and the party which Cleared the path for the rise of a new South. ■>iany emotions. The address, already pigeon-hol ed for reference when the youngest generation today grows old, was one of many emotions. It swung an audience from taunts, when the speaker told of the men who hound ed Woodrow Wilson to his death, to tears when he plead for the right of every man to worship his God as he would and the right of that man to hold office without having his method of worshiping God questioned. The hundreds who cheered as the speaker plead for a, fair deal for the man who rose from the masses were bound in a silence that almost spoke as he pic tured the climb of a youth lrom an humble home to the heights—a climb marked everywhere by hon esty and fair dealing. When the county's eloquent son, who himself started out at the tender age of 12 years to errn his own livelihood as did Gov. Alfred E. Smith, struck his emotional mo ments, men hardened by two wars wiped tears from their eyes with out shame; as his voice rose to its topmost peaks in declaring that the man he advocated needed no apologies from anyone, men and women of all classes, packed into every available seat, view with each other in applause coming from hands, feet and voice. “Today, as I do upon all occa sions, I open the doors of the Demo cratic party to new converts and to backsliders,” Hoey declared about midway in his speech, and at the close it took upon a real revival at mosphere as the old-timers staged a general hand-shaking and whoo peeing with tears mingling with their smiles. What He Said Recording again in this county the features of what he said seems useless, for those who did rot hear the address personally, judging by (Continued on page eleven.) Defendant Stages Adams’ Old Stunt But Judge Webb Failed To Blame Eve Altogether. Now' Char lie’s Working. Charlie Miller, of Kings Mountain, up in Superior court here yester day for stealing a box of carpenter tools from Kelly Dixon, used Adam's old stunt on the court, but it didn't work. Which is to say that Adam plac ed the blame on Eve, or rather Charlie placed it on his wife, but Judge James L. Webb has heard “Betsy and I” tales before and he sent Miller out to the county roads for five months of manual labor. According to Miller he had lived with his wife but three weeks in three years. He had been at home only two days, he said, when he stole the tools. “She told me if I didn't get them she would, so I got them,” the de fendant said. Apparently the Millers never got along so well. “I wouldn’t live with her under any circumstances,’ he said. Judge Webb didn't say anything at that, but what he wrote down in the court record was that Charlie will not live with his wife for five more months at least. 42 People In One Family To Vote For Smith A Cleveland county man, who is both father and grand father several times over, will cast a nice bouquet in the general direction of Gov. A! Smith this fall. Just 12 members of the family of M. E. Ramsey, 76 year-old citizen of No. two township, will vote for Gov. Alfred E. Smith for presi dent of the United States. Twenty-six members in the same family will vote for O. Max Gardner for governor of North Carolina. The reason that more will vote for Smith than Gardner is that only 26 of the Ramsey family old enough to vote live in this state—and they’re all for Gardner. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey have 10 children all married, and * seven granddaughters and five grandsons married "There is only one Repub lican in the wt)ole lot. One of the girls married him, but he's a good fellow and we get along all right," the hale 76 year-old Democrat declared. COTTON ESTIMATE AT CLOSE TODAY Late Estimates Run Into 50,000 Bales. Scores Of Esti mates Made. The Star’s cotton estimate con test, in which $5 will be given the person making the best estimate on the county cotton crop, came to a close today. During the closing days scores of estimates piled in and some few were not in when this list was writ ten. They will be published Friday. Tlie estimates made in the con test have been filed in The Star office and late this year when the final ginning report is issued the estimate nearest the total ginning will get The Star prize. Estimates coming in during the closing days follow: Mrs, Walter M. Chapman, 51,557 bales; Maggie Myrr Chapman, 56,672; C. J. Downs, 56.000; Mrs, R. B. Downs, 52,852; Sedalia Downs, 49.777: Zelna Downs, 48,598; W. A. Royster, 49,999; Grady Royster, 48.888; Alton Royster, 47, 777; Cain Brittain, 48,570; Carlo Costner, 48,789; Sterl Brittain, 48, 890; Ryburn Bowen, 46.383; Glenn Bowen. 44,974; Ada Bowen, 45,698: Mrs, Galina Jolley, 48,801; Jim El more, 48.129; Roy Elmore, 46,243; Mrs. Jim Elmore, 49,506; R. D Ham rick. 46.991; Mrs. R. D. Hamrick, 48,743; J. W. Wesson, 48,600; W. J. Powell, 47,737; D. E. Grigg, 48,541; J. J. Wilkins, 42.001; M. M. Moore, 47,003; C. P. Crowder, 54,542; Mrs. C. P. Crowder, 50.500; Hettie Crowder, 45,542; J. L. Putnam, 45, 555; F. P. Crowder, 36,518; J. L. Hamrick, 49,973; W. C. Powell, 47, 821; Kell Powell, 48.621; Mrs. John A. Beam. 46,250; John A. Beam, 46, 265; M. M, Southards, 47,413; Tod Caldwell, 46,517; D. E. Grigg, 35, 000; J. B. Smith, 47,089; J. A. Lyle. 44,444; J. H. Grigg. 48,116; Oeland Washburn, 45,632; A. B. Humphries, 43.075; W. C. Blanton, 43,075; Mrs. Ida Allen. 47,599; Mrs. Paul Allen, 46.700: Minnie Katherine Allen, 46. 999; Ray Allen, 46.856; Mrs. W Y Crowder, 46,576: W. Y. Crowder, 48, 785; L. M. Williams. 39,999; Clar ence Rhoney, 46.393; Addie Rhoney, 46.139; Alley Rhoney, 41,775; W. L. Rhoney, 45,011; Margia Rhoney, 43,054; Anna Rhoney. 39,179; J, P. Hord, jr., 40,656; Mrs, Charlie Wright, 47,663; James Hord, 36,604; Charles Hord, 42.852; J. P. Hord. 41.985; Dwight Hord. 38.654; Paul Hord, 39,972; C. R. Wright, 44,733; Virginia Washburn, 50,050; J Boyce Dellinger, 49,168; Betty Washburn, 43,962; Mrs. George Washburn. 49. 282; Chas. W. Washburn, 46,892; Mrs. Chas. W. Washburn. 51,326; Jane Washburn, 46,463; George D Washburn, 47,324; Ambrose G I Boyles, 46.639; Mittie Boyles. 45.549 Lou Ada Boyles, 49,230; J. P. Boyles, 48.201; Mrs. J. J. McMurry, jr., 47, 371; Mrs. S. A. Washburn, 48.888. Dr. Royster Sick At Home, Fell On Floor! Dr. S. S. Royster had a sudden attack last evening while in his office alone and lay on the floor for an hour or longer before friends reached him. He is still sick at his home, but was resting better this morning. It is thought there is no serious trouble, his attack coming from a condition his stomach, physicians say. Students Held in Thrill Murder Facing death in electric chair with noncha lance, George Harsh (with automatic in hand) and Richard Gallogly (right), 19 and 18-year old students at Oglethorpe university, near Atlanta, Ga., confessed to Detective Chief Lamar Poole (left), that they had perpetrated a series of holdups which were climaxed by killing of two men for thrills of the Loeb Leopold variety. WOMEN 10 a HOEY SATURDAY Mrs. R. L. Ryburn, county chair man of the Democratic women voters, announces that Hon. Clyde R. Hoey will address the women voters of the county at the court house here Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Scores of women heard Mr. Hoey in his address here Monday but scores of others thinking the ad dress was for male voters only did not attend and Mr. Hoey Las l_., sented to make a special campaign speech Saturday afternoon for the women of the county and leaders of the clubs urge that all women who can possibly do so attend. Democratic Rally At Hollis Thursday A big Democratic rally will be held at Hollis Thursday night, Nov ember 1, it is announced. Hon. John A. Folger, of Mt. Airy, will be the principal speaker and there will be others who will talk to the meeting. Every Democrat in the section is urged to attend as there will be seats for at least 800. Clarence Newton Is Buried In Arkansas Clarence Newton, a nativ e of Cleveland county and brother of Attorney J. Clint Newton is being buried today at Little Rock, Ark., where he died on Monday night at the age of 48 years. He had been living in Little Rock for about twenty years and was operating a dairy at the time of his death. About the year 1921 he operated a store near the Eastside mill at Shelby and is pleasantly remember ed in the county. Predicts Big “Snow Storm” Next Week - *— , I Shivering up the street yesterday went Mr. W. C. Lasher. He was reminded of the weather by the cool morning and turned weather proph et. “I predict for next week a big snow storm throughout the na tion," said he. Then his meaning was grasped when he spoke of a registration of forty three million voters. “Somebody will be snowed under and I will be more specific and predict that the snow storm will come on Tuesday.” Mr. Lasher ad ded. Wasn't he right? Methodist District Changed, Shelby To Gastonia At Meet This district of the Western North Carolina Methodist Episco pal church is now the Gastonia district instead of the shelby dis trict. The change in name was made at the recent Methodist con ference in Charlotte. For many years this district, em bracing Lincoln, Gaston and Cleve land counties has been known as the Shelby district. However, some years back the residence of the dis trict presiding elder was moved to Gastonia where Presiding Elder W. A. Newell now lives and since that point is headquarters of the dis trict work the name of the dis trict was changed. Dr. Gold Home From Texas Legion Meet Dr. Tom Gold and his wife re turned this week from San Antonio Texas where they attended the American legion convention. While in Texas they visited a number of points of interest with friends and relatives, being gone nearly four weeks. Dr. Gold is one of two leg ionaires in this county to receive the distinguished service medal in the world war. HIGHS TO PLAY HERE ON FRIDAY The Shelby high football eleven will play Cherryville here Friday afternoon on the high school grid iron. Cherryville has one of its best elevens and is expected to give the Shelbyites a hard battle. This is the first year Shelby has been out of the state title race but Coach Casey Morris assures that the highs will have a game each week until the end of the season with the majority of the games to be played at home. Youth Has Blood Vein Cut During Friendly Scuffle Reinhart Blanton Is Cut By B. B. Green At Ora Mill. Were Playing. Reinhart Blanton, 17-year-old textile worker at the Ora mill, west of Shelby, had, the big blood ves sel leading to his right arm punc tured this morning in a friendly scuffle with B. B. Green, aged 35, said to be a cousin of Blanton. Reports are that the cutting was entirely accidental. The two men were scuffling or wrestling when they fell and an open knife, as is carried by textile workers in their work, in Green’s pocket caught Blanton under the arm pit as they fell. The puncture reached to the blood vessel and Blanton bled con siderably before the cut vessel could be patched at the Shelby hos pital. Surgeons at the hospital stated at noon that the youth was comins around nicely after the flow' of blood W'as stopped and he is not thought to be in a critical condi tion now. 11-Year-Old Boy Killer Is Calm In Court Room Here—Withold Sen fence For His Crime Superior Court Trying Will Gilliard Today For Killing His Wife. Other Cases. A„ calm, anti unusually sensible negro boy of 11 years took the stand in Superior court here yesterday and without hesitation admitted that he shot and killed his father while the father was choking his mother. The boy was Yoder Martin, of | Mooresboro. Some months back the little negro was in the room j when his • father',: Bill Martin, was beating the boy’s sister and then turned on their mother. “My father had a gun and he laid it down on the trunk and shoved my mother over on the bed and started choking her. She got still and I went around arid called her. When she didn't answer I puked up the gun and started pulling the trigger. I don't know how many times I shot," he said, “it sounded all together.” At the undertaking shop it was found that the colored father had been shot four or five times. De spite rigid examination by frolicitor Spurling the youth could not be shaken in his story and his mother and sister on the stand bore him out. Judge James L. Webb, pre siding over the session of the court, told Clyde R. Hoey, counsel for the young slayer, to bring the boy back Monday and that meantime he would decide as to what to do with the youngster. Lippard Case Continued. The Lippard killing case at Grov er, in which Ralph Lippard and Claude Heavner are held in con nection with the shooting of Mrs, Ralph Lippard during a drunken brawl, was continued. Fred McDowell on whose car Roger Roberts, colored youth, was riding from the colored fair when he was killed in a collision will be tried Thursday morning on a homi cide charge. Will Giiliard. colored man, who shot and fatally wounded his wife. Leila, Friday week ago, will be tried for murder today. Giiliard plead guilty to killing his wife but not under the usual murder charges. The court appointed Attorneys Chas. A. Burrus and C. B. McBray cr to defend Giiliard, Although a heavy criminal docket is facing the court this week there are no outstanding cases other than the killings mentioned above, Oth er than the Giiliard case there will not likely be a direct muraer pro secution in either ol the cases The grand jury, of which Mr. R C Baker, of Kings Mountain is fore man. continued their work . upon indictments and bills yesterday. Mammoth Political Rally Here Monday Night For Governor County s First Candidate For Governor Will Make Last Speech Here Night Before Elec tion. Big Parade Planned With High School Band For Rally. All County Can didates To Attend. O. Max Gardner, Cleveland county’s first son to be a candidate for Governor and generally conceded now to be the next governor, will close his gubernatorial campaign at a mammoth political rally at the Central school auditorium here Monday night, or the night before election. First Flower Show Huge Success Here Staged By Garden Club At Wake field’s. To Encourage Grow ing Of Flowers In Shelby. Shelby's first flower show, staged Tuesday at Wakefield's floral shop on South LaFayette street was a huge success and hundreds interest ed in flower culture called in to look over the beautiful array of garden flowers on display. Most of the flowers shown were chry santhemum but there were quite a few fall roses, dahlias and other varieties, each having a distinct beauty. It was a gorgeous showing, promoted by the Garden club of Shelby and filled the flower shop with beauty and fragrance, the like of which lias never been seen here. Mrs. Morgan, president of the Woman’s club says in order to have : a beautiful town, it is hoped to have flowers in every yard. Every child is urged to plant a flower and show some intrest in beautifying the home. By next year it is hoped to have a larger show and make them an annual event in the future. During the evening a delicious dinner was served. The judges of the flowers and cakes entered were Mesdames Julia Hull. D. P. McClurd and T. C. Abernethy of Cherryville. Prizes awards were as follows: On chrysanthemums, Mrs. Tilden Falls vase of six whites, second; Mrs. B. J. Eskridge first; vase of six yellow Mrs. B. J Eskridge first; pink Mrs. Guy Hull third; Mrs. Colin Hull second; mixed basket Mrs. P. C. Gardner third; mixed flowers Mrs. Dargan Grigg second; single dahlia Mrs. J. R. Dover sec ond; basket of whites Mrs. W. A. Pendleton third; bronze Mrs. Til den Falls first; dark bronze Mrs. Robinson third; basket of mixed flowers Mrs. L. A. Blanton first; mixed basket of chrysanthemums Mrs. W. T. Alexander second; mix ed second; mixed basket of chry santhemums Mrs. H. C. Allen; scarlet Mrs. Tilden Falls second; basket of yellows Mrs. R. E. Camp bell third; basket of creams Mrs. C. R. Doggett second; single whites, single yellow and mixed basket Mrs. Will Harris won first, second and first respectively; dark bronze Mrs. D. F. Putnam second; mixed basket Mrs. H, C. Allen third; scarlet Mrs. Tilden Falls second; vase of pink dahlias Mrs. J. R. Dover first; vase of pink, red and cream roses, Mrs. S. S. Royster firsts. Get Two Men With 8 Gallons Whiskey Virge Beam and Allen Barrett riding in the Beam auto were ar rested shortly after noon Tuesday on the Fallston road just north of Shelby with approximately eight gallons of whiskey in the car. Of ficers making the arrest were Buren Dedinon, Plato Ledford, Marvin Hoyle and Mr. Cook. In county court today Judge John Mull gave Beam a six months sen tence and fined Barrett $50 and the costs. Both men appealed to super ior court. Build House For Voting In No. 10 A small sheet iron house 16x20 feet will be erected within the next few days on J. H. Costner’s land on the old Shelby-Morganton road in No. 10 township as a voting place for Mull's precinct. An agreement on this was reached this week be tween the county board of elections and Mr. Costner who agreed to give free use of the ground for a period of ten years. There has been no convenient place in No. 10 at which to hold ’ elections so one will be provided. f The Gardner speech, which will bring to a close the most hectic and exciting campaign this generation has ever witnessed, will be the big feature of the rally. In addition to Mr. Gardner, every Democratic candidate in the coun ty will be present and the entire Democracy of Cleveland is asked to join in the big celebration honoring the county's governor who will make his only speech of the campaign at that time in the county. Music by a band, probaoly the Shelby high school band, will be another feature of the rally, and plans are now being made for a torchlight parade. Other cities and towns in the state have hon ored the “next governor” with torchlight parades and big rallies and leaders here hope to accord him his biggest reception in his home f town. Gardner Appreciative. Mr. Gardner left Shelby Tuesday for his last week of campaigning. Tonight he speaks at High Point, at Charlotte Thursday night, at Marion Friday, and at Asheville Saturday night. Before leaving he declared: “My last speech here in my home town with the people I know and love is one of the big things of the campaign for me as it affords me an opportunity to thank my fellow citizens, Democrats and Republi cans, for the honors I receive and their support in my biggest race. I appreciate very much the neigh borly attitude of the many Repub licans in Cleveland county who have told me th^t they would cast their vote next Tuesday for me. The support my own county is giving me, and has given me in the past, is something I will never forget for it comes from my own people. I want them all to hear me Monday night. Final Week Drive, In this the last week of the cam paign general activity is being shown in all political quarters. Last min ute speakings are being arranged and election officials are completing their preparations for the biggest day's voting in liistory. The final rally of the Democrats here prior to the Gardner speech Monday night will be a big rally of Democratic women of Shelby and the county at the court house Sat urday afternoon when the women of the county will be addressed by Hon. Clyde R. Hoey. BE HERE TUESDAY On election night—n ext Tuesday night—The Star will stage a big free election re turns party in front of The Star building. Election re turns will be coming in every minute over a special leased wire, operated by the West ern Union, and also by radio. The Western Union wire, installed in The Star building, connects with every state capitol in the United States and every county seat in North Carolina. Reports will flow in steadily. Meantime the radio broadcaster will give a running report of the re turns as counted and of elec tion events and news happen ings. The announcements coming over the wire will be announced by megaphone as they come in and are typed, while in front of the building a big bulletin board will be erected to show the results in the county voting and the totals for O. Max Gardner, the state candidates and presidential candidates. Be early Tuesday night to get a good place in the crowd.