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VOL. XXXV, No. 132 THE CLEVELAND STAR SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, 8 PAGES TODAY *-—_ - NOV. 5, 1928. Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Afternoons By mail, per year Un advance) $2,50 Carrier, per year (in advance) $3.00 LA TE NEWS Fair For Flection. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Fair tonight and Tuesday. Slightly warmer in west portion to- j night. Warmer Tuesday. (AN ERRONEOUS NEWS ITEM APPEARED IN THIS COLUMN FRIDAY OF WHICH VOLUNTARY EXPLANATION IS MADE UPON THE EDITORIAL PAGE TODAY.) • Come In Tuesday. Every citizen in Cleveland coun ty is cordially Invited to be at The Star building Tuesday night for the election returns which will come in over special leased wire anti radio. The radio returns, coming from the entire nation, will be announced di rect from the radio througn ampli fiers and may be heard by the en tire gathering. The leased wire an nouncements will be made by mega phone from the second floor of The Star building. The returns, nation, state and county, will be the most complete ever given here on election i night. County registrars and judges arc urged to cooperate with The Star in getting in all county returns by precincts. Sewell’s Son And Mull Exchange “Lie” Cn White Supremacy A long distance telephone mes sage from Raleigh at 2:30 today says the "lie” has passed between H. F. Sewell, jr . and Q M. Mull over Mr. Mull's statement that Se- | well's father, H. F. Sewell fought White supremacy in North Caro lina when that issue was before the people. It. will be recalled Mr. Sewell. Re publican, now opposing Max Gard- ; ner for governor, spoke in Shelby at the court house and opposed ' White supremacy. He was rotten- j X"", eel by a crowd', of boys at the' S A. L. depot later Mr. Mull charg- j ed In Sunday's papers that Mr Se- j well foucht against White suprem- j acy In the state and this morning j the following telegram came from his son. H. F. Sewell, jr : • O. M. Mull, Raleigh : What you | printed In this monuugVNtv.V and j Of server concerning II, F: Sew !1 end White supremacy is a lie. Un 1- , you are a coward, your com mitee will correct it In tomorrow's pu rer. H, F. Sewell, j" ” 6. M. Mull, state Democratic chairman made the following re ply: "H. F. Sewell, jr., Carthage. Your wire received. Is a lie. News article is reafTTrr.tetl. C. M Mutl.” , < hir';./ And Claims Fly Now. Sena- • tor Sires Smith As Loser. Charlotte, Nov. S.-rNewspaper ad ' ertisements in a far greater total • than has been seen in North Caro tin-' in my presidential campaign Of ihe lest third of a century and a rev scattered political speeches m-'-k'd the closing of the most in tensely fought major campaign in til1, state in many years. f-'unHf>y morning's newspapers rc rordfd the close of the campaign for the favor of the voters at Tues election in most sections of t h- .state. Rem pining rhetorical ef- I forts are few.' most of the speak- ! er= returning to their home for the election. statements by Odus M. Mull, oft ■•’•h'lby. state chatrma'.i of the Dem ocratic executive committee., and rnswrring statements by anti- Smith : »d Republican forces wound up the campaign for the organizations t li'mselves. Today only the tew : tast-minute Instructions to go out j in workers were on the program. I Anti«. Answer. The attack by Mr. Mull on antl f’mith forces, issued Saturday night, v A answered Sunday by a state ment from anti-Smith headquar ters here. Mr Mull in his statement demanded that the anti-Smith tones tell where the money for their campaign and the large ..mount of newspaper advertising dons m recent weeks was coming from. Anti-Smith headquarters re torted that the money did not come from the Republican national com mittee. Predictions of a record vote Tues day were made on all sides yester day There is no way to get any de fini e figure as to the Qualified \otrrs in the state, but estimates of p - ons in touch with the situation tiven to the Associated Press a week a a played the figure at 700. C )!> or more Should all of ti.f e vot ers go to the pods Tuesday, the task of counting the vote W<11 be far larger than at any election in the part. D mocrotic state headquarters continued its prediction of a good majority for Smith in the ballot ihg Tue da”, but ahtl-Sinlth forces c’aim that the state will be carried for Hoover Simmons Says. In a statement given to the U' (Continued on page ei|4UU Cleveland To Honor Noted Son Here Tonight Dcmoertic Leaders Want To Find Author Of Viie Letter Campaign. The Democratic executive committee of Cleveland county today authorizes The Cleveland Star to offer a $5 reward to the person who can locate, identify and present in Shelby, a writer of foul letters against Demo cratic candidates who signs his name as “W. F. Wray.” The reward stands on after the elec tic n tomorrow. The first appearance of a W. F. Wray letter was in the open forum of the Greensboro News. That let ter attacked the reputation of and spoke slightingly about O. Max Gardner. Clyde R. Hoey, and A. L. Bulwinkle. Shelby citiezns became anegred at such a letter, purported to have been written by a Cleveland county citizen, and after failing to locate him had the news editor of The Star write to the Greensboro News stating that such a person as ”W. F. Wray" was not known here and that his sentiments were not those of any respectable Cleve land county citizen. Other Letters. Later there came to The Star a foul letter denouncing and speaking in rotten terms of the Democratic party in general. This was not . igned by ary real name. Shortly thereafter came another signed by "W. F. Wray.” It was the same handwriting as the first letter. This letter was vile and unfounded in many respects, and couched in such improper language that it was not decent to publish. In that letter prominent Shelby citizens, men who take no part ip politics, were slan dered and Shelby in general was “low-rated.” The final letter came in yester day. It was addressed to "Ren Drum. News porter. Cleveland Star.' Alter blue-pencilling some of the dirtiest words therein, The Star to show up "W. F. Wray” to the people generally decided to publish that letter The Wray Letter. This letter follows, with the ex act punctuation and grammatical construction as the letter itself: "Dear Sir •T have a clipping off your Let ter. whire you ball me out through columns of greenboro daily News. But Listen Bro i can tell you Hoey gardner Bulwinkle. all that neither one of you know what the principles and foundation off your party is. i can take the history of the U. S. A. and Prove that you four little fools, dont know what your party is and Why yi>u support it. did you know that this great Party is the cause of the nigger B°ing in the U. S. A. did not old Davis, the father of Confederate States Rebel against parting with the Black nigger that , e a . .hue party of the South Loves so well, did he not fignt Bleed arid die to Keep the niggers in the South Shure he did. just think (Continued on page eight.) Jewe!er Rewards Officer For Catch Policeman 0 I. Cook, of the city farce, can tell now the exact num ber of seconds that it takes an auto to go from one corner of the court square to the other. Last Thursday night it didn’t take the bluecoat long to dash across the square and nab Ernest Doster, when the young bandit broke into the Alexander jewelry store. Due to Cook’s speed and ability to catch the young bandit the jewelry store regained over $500 in loot, and to show his appreciation George Alexander, proprietor qf the store, Saturday gave Policeman Cook a handsome 21-jewel watch. Two Strong Games On Fcr Shelby Highs The Shelby highs on the coming Friday will play Kings Mountain here. The latter eleven tied Gas tonia early in the season and since Gastonia defeated the locals by two touchdowns a hot game is ex pected. However, since that time several of the crippled Shelbv play ers have returned to the line-up and the Shelby offense is one of the best ever shown in the city. On the following Friday Forest City will come here for a gains which will close the season for Mot - rls' youngsters. | Youth Who Raided Jewelry Ernest Doster, nonchalantly smoking a cigarette, is shown above with police Chief Richards at the Alexander jewelry store, where he smashed a window last Thursday night and almost made a getaway with j near $600 worth of diamonds and watches. '.P. $. The photo poster in ■side the window, incidentally, is a iikenescs of Shelby's next governor.) Photo by Ellis. If Landslide Comes Hoover Will Get It Smith Has Fighting Chance Says Observer \t Last Minute. Washington.—Regardless of bet ting odds and straw votes, there can be no certainty of the election result on Nov. 6. The Republican habits of the country give Hoover the edge, but the cross-currents developed in this campaign arc so numerous and so powerful that prediction becomes impossible. Smith may win, though not by any large majority. If there is a landslide this year Herbert Hoover will be found riding on top of it. Most of the signs favor Hoover. But the trustworthiness of the tradition ally accepted signs has never be fore been so doubtful. Tints Republican confidence of victory is found to be a nervous sort of expectancy. The Demo crats, who started with little more than a whispering hope, are not confident of victory but arc con vinced that by election day they will have an even chance. The result will be counted in electoral votes, of which there are 531. Between 175 and 200 of these are now allocated by most impartial estimators to Hoover. It is general ly thought that Smith is sure of the 114 votes of the solid south The election will be decided by those states which may be broadly class ed as doubtful, Obviously, Smith's task has been far more difficult than Hoover's. Hoover needs only half as many votes among the states of which neither candidate is sure as Smith must have to win. Many forecast ers have figured that the indica tions, if any. appeared to give Smith no better than an even break in a group of states which appeared to be "leaning" one way or - the other. Smith’s opportunity may perhaps best bo described as an excellent fighting chance. Except for Wilson, he has the best chance of election of any Democrat since Grover Cleve land, in the opinion of the keenest political thinkers. Most of the oth ers, of course, now appear to have had no chance at all. And it is im portant to point out that they were started not only in many of the states now considered doubtful, but in others which Smith is expected to carry. Bright or dim, the exist ence of Smith’s opportunity is best (Continued on page eight) loey Concludes Campaign Mere In Stirring Talk To Women Largest Political Gathering Of Women In County History Hears Him Women from all walks of life, the largest political gathering of the feminine sex the county has ever known, cheered, wept and listened intently here Saturday aft ernoon as Clyde R. Hoey put on the finishing touches of his remarkable campaign for the Democratic ticket. It was only fitting that what came near being the masterpiece of a masterful campaign was delivered j before the new bosses of election outcomes. By the time Mr. Hoey started speaking in the court house, at 3:30 in the afternoon, practically every seat in the main floor was taken and by the time the address was good underway, mary were stand ing at the rear of the court room. The plea the eloauent lawyer and campaigner made to the women of his county for Gov. Alfred E. Smith was without equal. To them he painted Smith as one of the few men, who may be found in politics, who is better prepared to represent the views of women. Smith's climb from poverty up the heights was painted as the dream of American motherhood for her boys. And Smith’s legislative record is mark ed by his acts to aid womanhood more than by any other deeds. Fair play, broad-minded decisions, and mother love were used in pre senting the plea of the Democratic party. Long before the address was concluded more than half of the court, room was in tears bfitore the swaying eloquence of the state’s most persuasive speaker. "Shadow,’ Slips By Locked Doors To Rob Shelby Again I’ ketbook Taken From Dr. Gibbs’ Residence. Pass Key Used, Thought. The home cf Dr. E. W. Gibbs, on West Warren street, was en tered and robbed Friday after noon, in broad daylight, as the saying goes, while the fam ily was away. Thus the belief that the youth, captured here Friday morning, following the Alexander jewelry store robbery, was Sfcc'by’s "erpetual burglar, or “The Shadow',” proved false. Got In Anyway. The home of Dr. Gibbs was entered between the hours of one and five o’clock in the aft ernoon, when the family was out for a drive with the Doc tor. Thinking that perhaps the burglar, who has made himself so mhch at home in Shelby of late, might pay them a daylight call, Dr. Gibbs said he was par ticular before leaving the house, to lock every door and bar every window. By Bath Room. When the family returned they found the hath room win dow open, and Mrs. Gibbs poeketbock, minus fifteen dol lars, lying on the floor. “Apparently the thief was looking only for money,” Dr. Gibbs told The Star Saturday, relating the circumstances of the robbery. “We found no evi dence that other things had been molested. The strange part of the ease is, that the pocket book he found was concealed in a closet, and I should say, very difficult to find,” the phy sician said. I’ses Pass Key. Dr. Gibbs was of the opinion the thief entered the house with * a-pass key, an dleft by the hath room window. He said he didn’t see how he could have opened the bath room window from the outside, it had been so secure ly locked. Auto Wreck Fatality Ends In Semi Civil Settlement. Court Closes. In the closing session of superior court last week. Fred McDowell, colored, on whose car Roger Rob erts was riding when he was fatally injured coining from the colored county fair, w'as made to pay to the parents of the deceased negro $162. 50 and also the costs of the court action. McDowell was taken into court on a murder charge as the result of the fatal crash but he pled guilty to assault with deadly wea pon and judgment to the criminal charge was suspended upon the payment of the other sentence im posed. Yoder Martin, 11-year-old negro boy. who pled guilty to killing his father while the latter was beating his mother, has not been sentenced as yet but will likely be sentenced by Judge Webb at an adjourned session of the court Wednesday morning. Except for the adjourned session Wednesday morning when several matters carried over will be cleaned up the criminal term oi the court has adjourned. > Phone Or Bring ) County Returns J To The Star \ ) - ) ..In order to collect and tab- t Suiate the county returns as 5 ripidly as possible for the jj | benefit of the thousands who * j will be at The Star office g Tuesday night to our “elec- { j tinn party,” The Star would ( } thank registrars and judges in ( ) each of the precincts in the ( | county to phone or bring the j J returns to The Star office as j | soon as possible. Especially do i j we want tire national ticket, j j the governor's race, congres- ( j siona'. race. . county and { 5 amendments,. The vote for « J various state officers may be ! ! omitted, but give us the gov- » ernor’s race especially. .. .. 5 !' Those who wash to get elec- g tion returns from, nation, j j state and county, can cither « ■ call The Star offices phone 11 t j or 4-,I or call in person and > S hear (he announcements. ... 8 Hurrah For AH r . / v. ..y. J C. Wood. Jr., young son of Mr. | and Mrs. J. C. Wood, of Shelby, is [ not old enough to vote, but- when j The Star photographer came along j the youngster donned his daddy's | brown derby to display his youthful : admiration for the Man in the I Brown Derby. Photo by Ellis. COliy ICES GET ! sun mm Major Interest. However, Centers About Sheriff’s Race. Doubt. With election day just around the corner, in' fact- just, one sunrise off, the county political race in Cleve land is receiving less attention than ever. A1 Smith continues to be the lead ing topic and on the day before the election mention on the county can didates in any group is seldom heard. A general Democratic victory in the county contest, as well as. the state and congressional races, is the major prediction, but quite a. bit, of interest centers about the sheriff's race between Irvin Allen, Democratic candidate, and R. A, Lackey, Republican, candidate. Mr, Lackey has made the most spirited campaign of all and there is some curiosity to see whether or not he will dent the usual Democratic lead. The county's vote on Smith and Hoover, however, is one of the three major attractions—the two others being the state presidential out come and the national outcome. Star Returns, In keeping with am old custom The Star will use a big bulletin board in front of the office on which the county returns by pre cinct will be posted. This will be one feature of an election return service which will include minute by minute reports of state and nation al voting Tuesday night,. Democrats and Republicans, men and women, are invited to attend. An Australian actress announces her engagement to Explorer Wilkins. Mr. Wilkins says he has nothing to say. It is a good sign when a bridegroom finds that out that early.—American Lumberman (Chi cago). Armistice Day Program Promises To Be Impressive Affair Ir Shirt by October 10. War parents, that is, mothers and fathers of the 31 men who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War, will have seats of honor on the west portico of the court house at the unveiling of the beautiful bronze: tablet here Saturday when Armistice day will be celebrated locally for the first time since the war closed ten years ago. The bronze tablet bears the names of the fol lowing 31 men and those who read The Star are asked to notify the fathers and mothers of these de ceased boys and tell them they are invited and urged to come to the unveiling of the tablet honoring their sons. Honor Roll. These 31 boys who were killed or died in the World War are as fol lows, according to the records: HARVEL N. ALLEN Wm. BARRETT. JOHN CARVER E. O. CABANISS CALVIN COOK IRA A. CRABTREE BROADUS V. DOTY ROBERT P. FALLS OTIS D. GREEN GEO. W. HASTINGS FRANK HAYES WARR IN F. HOYLE BUTLER HORD ROY LATTIMORE C. A. McCRAW B. C. McSWAIN C. B. McENTIRE REID MORRIS LAWSON J. OWENS ED PRICE Wm. PARKER. fCol.Y SUMMEY POWELL J. H. RATTEREE S. J. RANDALL FORREST A. RIPPY R O. RHYNE JOSEPH W. RUNYANS JOSEPH L. SPANGLER Q. PRATT STREET Wm. B WEATHERS FRED WEATHERS Dinner For Ex-Service Men The Shelby high school band will furnish music, a speaker will de liver a short dedication talk, a pla toon of company K will lire a sal ute and the burglar will sound taps, after which the bronze tablet will be unveiled on the west portico. After this ceremony, Gol. A. L. Cox of Raleigh, will deliver an ad dress in the court house and at noon the ladies of the various clubs will serve a sumptuous dinner on the second floor of the Carl Thompson building on West Warren street. A football game is being arranged be tween Boiling Springs junior col lege and Wingate at the Shelby ath letic field in the afternoon at Ar mistice day. Every ex-service man in the coun ty is invited to the dinner to be served by the ladies and the public also has an invitation to come with the proverbial "well filled baskets” and spend the day. Perhaps a little prohibition liquor would speed things up in Germany, where, we see by the papers, a scientist has just spent five years producing yellow' rats and blue monkeys.—New York Evening Post, Tgest Airplane In Country May Be Here Armistice Day Big Tri-Motored Ford Plane, Carrying 14 People, May Come Here Sat urday For Event Americas largest, and most spec tncular airplane may come to Shel by for the Armistice Day celebra tion on Saturday, November 10. This plane is the big tri-motpreci Ford plane, which cadres 12 passengers in addition to the pilot and mechan ic. Charles L,' Eskridge, Fold agent, here, announced over the week end that he was now attempting to bring the big air bird here as one of the features of the day. If Ford pilots think that the local airport is suitable for landing and taking i off of the mammoth plane it is ! lihely that it will be brought here, b I- o ’ the i*;e. Shelby and ( , v.ji, jr^t to see one, ox --he most remarkable air ■ :'H' ships in the world. The 12 pass enger seats are in a big enclosed cabin, which very much resemble a Pullman, or chair car on the railway lines. The big plane stands more than 12 feet high, has a wing spread of 74 feet, and a length of near 50 feet. The planeis all metal, cost $60,000, and is considered one of the safest passenger Dianes in the world in 'addition to being one of the largest. If It comes here Shelby and Cleveland county peo ple who turn out for the Armistice celebration will witness in it the re markable progress of travel by air. It is planned, if the shin comes, to make flights over the city car rying veterans and others in the big passenger cabin for views of the city. Home Folks To Rally For “Max” Tonight Two Bands, Hundreds Of Torch lights, 1,000 Marchers And Auto Parade. Shelby and Cleveland county this afternoon are putting on their best bibs and tuckers for the honoring here tonight of the county’s foremost son, O. Max Gardner. I ... Since the day the town was founded and named for Col. | Isaac Shelby, Revolutionary War fero. and since, the county of j Cleveland was formed, and nam ed for Col. Ben Cleveland, another Kings Mountain hero, | no native son has been the chief executive of the state of North Carolina. But this evening at 7 o'clock s vast parade of marchers and auto mobiles will form on South Wash ington street for a tour of the city in honor of the nome county boy who tomorrow will be elected, it la generally conceded, governor of North Carolina, Great Demonstration. Two bands, hundreds of automo biles, and at least 1,000 marching men and school children will make up the big parade which will wind its way to the court square, out West Marion street, back into West Warren, and back to the court square, where on the west side a platform has been erected. When the parade returns to the court house, Mr. Gardner will speak from the platform to the assembled hun dreds, expressing his appreciation for their loyal support and friend ship. The parade will be headed by two motorcycle officers, two mar shals cn horses, a band, then the open car carrying Mr. and Mrs. Gardner and Judge B. T. Falls, county Democratic chairman. In be hind the Gardner car will come the young voters of the county in torch light parade, followed by hundreds of school children. Behind the ped estrians, marching files of four, will be the auto parade and the second band. The Shelby high school band will pep things up at one end of the procession and either the Oasis band of Charlotte, or the Lenoir band at the other end. Thousand of flares and torches have been prepared for the event, and this afternoon it appears as if the parade will be the most colorful event Shelby has ever witnessed. Due to the fact that hundreds more than could get to the school house will attend it has been decided that there will be no speaking there and that Mr. Gardner will address his homefoiks from the steps of the court house. No traffic will be per mitted on the west side of the court square. Woman’s Club Notice, Mrs. Fred R. Morgan, president of the associated Woman’s clubs of the city, asks that all members of the club who can do so take their car to South Washington street, headed north, to fall to line behind Mrs. Gardner’s auto. No Party Talk, It is made plain that the entire demonstration is to be for the coun ty’s first governor, and during the program at the court house there will be no mention of politics with Republicans as well as Democrats taking part to the tribute to Mr. Gardner. The entire program, parade and speaking, is expected to last from 7 o'clock until 9:30. Will Begin Sale Red Cross Seals Woman’s Club Will Sponsor Their Sale In Shelby Beginning This Week. The sale of Red Cross seals will again be sponsored in Shelby this year by the Woman’s club and these seals will be offered to the public beginning this week. It should be borne in mind that sev enty per cent of the proceeds from the sale of such seals will be kept here locally and used for local needy cases. Mrs. Fred. R. Morgan says that from the money so sec ured last year, the life of a baby has been saved. One of the twins left at the Shelby hospital for weeks got in desperate condition and it was sent to a baby specialist after its little body had become emanciated and thin. Today It Is thriving and doing well. Many other incidents where the Red Crass fund has done good locally, could be cit ed, so the ladies hope for a gen erous response when they calk ' X