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Cotton. Shelby . lgf«c
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Cloudy And Rain.
Today's North Carolina Weather
Report: Increasing; cloudiness with
rising temperature tonight. Tues
day cloudy and wanner, probably
followed by rain in west and north
central portions.
Gardner Praised.
Greensboro, Jan. 13.—Governor
O. Max Gardner was lauded today
by T. A, Wilson of Winston-Salem,
president of the North Carolina
federation of labor, for his stand
for a workmen’s compensation bill
with adequate compensation, as ex
pressed In his inaugural message
Friday. Wilson’s comment was con
tained in an address at the yearly
Virginia-Casolinas Typographical
conference, which adopted resolu
tions asking a compensation act
and an Australian ballot act in this
state.
Was Burned In Home Of Dentist.
Had Not Been Living With
Babe.
Watertown. Mass., Jan. 13.—Mrs.
George Herman Ruth, wife of Babe
Ruth, the home run king, was burn
ed to death in a fire which de
stroyed the home of Dr. Fdward H.
Kinder, dentist, here, Friday night.
It was learned today when relatives
identified the body. She was known
to her neighbors as Mrs. Helen
Kinder, wife of the doctor.
Two sisters of Mrs. Ruth, Cath
erine and Nora Woodford, of South
Boston, identified the body at a
local undertaking establishment.
Dr. Kinder could not be located.
District Attorney Robert T. Bush
nell of Middlesex county assigned
state detectives to investigate the
case and ordered an autopsy of the
body. Dr. George O. West, medical
examiner, later said this showed
death due to bhras and suffocation.
Babe Ruth arrived in Boston to
day after having been called here
by his friend and legal counsel,
John P. Feeney, of Boston. He is
sued a statement in which he said
that he and Mrs. Ruth had not
been liying together for three
years.
"We had no permanent home,"
the Babe said, “and Mrs. Ruth went
to South Boston to be near her
mother three years ago. She had
been in Boston since."
He said that his nine year old
daughter, Dorothy, was at a pri
vate school in Weston where he
planned to visit her tonight.
Ledford Named Head
Of County Teachers
- In Association Unit
Belwood School Leader Succeeds
Prof. Lawton Blanton. Teach
ers Meet.
At a meeting of Cleveland coun
ty school teachers held in the court
house here Saturday Prof. C. A,
Ledford, of Bel wood, was named
president of the Cleveland county
unit of the North Carolina associa
tion. of teachers.
Prof. Ledford succeeds Prof. Law
ton, of Latttmore, who m turn be
came vice president. Mrs. Nina G.
Toms 'waa elected secretary-treas
urer.
During the meeting Prof. W. E.
White, also of Lattimore, made a
talk on Organizing a Cleveland
county unit of-the state historical
association. Prof. White is' the of
ficial historian of this county.
Numerous other matters of in
terest to the teaching profession
were taken up at the meeting.
Big Cage Game On
Here Tuesday Night
Belmont Abbey Prep Five To Play
High In "Tin Can"
Here.
One of the snappiest and best
bas^tball games of .he season Is
anticipated here Tuesday night
when the Shelby High print takes
on the strong prep school cage out
fit from Belmont Abbey in the local
"tin can.”
The charges of Coaches Morris
and~Falls are developing rapidly and
are, strengthening their teamwork
In each game and in tomorrow
night’s contest will likely be at
their best form of the year.
Playing at Gliffside Friday night
the Highs lost their second game
to the flashy Cliffside quint, which
has also taken the measure of the
strong'Forest City outfit. However
the Shelby cagers. even though
minus the services of Zeno Wall,
speedy forward, gave Cliffside an
interesting .tussle, the final score
being 21-18 Shelby caged more
goals than the winners in the last
half. For the game Shelby made
a shift in the line-up with Gold
going to forward with Rippy, Mud
Poston playing center. and Hulick
Bridges and Farris at the guard
positions.
Highlights In
Address Of
Gardner
Against Eight Month Schools,
Wants Secret Ballot
Law Passed.
Outstanding points made in the
inaugural address of Governor O.
Max Gardner follow:
Taxation — Recommended a n
increase of cne cent a gallon in
the gasoline tax, two cents of
the total of five cents tax on each
gallon to be expended Dy the state
on the more important county roads
with a view' to permitting counties
to reduce ad valorem taxes. Against
issuance of more road bonds.
School legislation—for an increase
in the equalization fund, but
against an eight months’ school
term by legislative enactment.
Election laws—Declared primary
laws should be strengtnened and
"a fair and just” secret ballot law
enacted.
Workmen’s compensation—Rec
ommended passage of workmen's
compensation act ‘‘fair to employee
and not oppressive of unjust to the
employer.’
County government laws—Praised
present county government act and
recommended that laws oe strength
ened and made to apply to all
counties alike.
Agricultural relief—Will seek to
launch agricultural program de
signed to make farming “more prof
itable and rural life more whole
some.
Law enforcement—Declared re
spect for constituted authority
should be taught children in schools
and homes. Recommended reenact
ment of former statute requiring
teaching in public schools of effects
(Continued on page ten.)
Bowling Now Owns
Dry Cleaning Plant
Formal announcement was made
Saturday of the transfer of owner
and proprietorship of the Shelby
Dry Cleaning company, from the
firm of Worth Branton and J. C.
Bowling to Mr. Bowling Individual
ly.
Mr. Bowling explained that while
the shift was 'of recent date, It
would date formally from the first
of the year.
He stated that the business would
be carried on as heretofore, with no
change in firm style or policy. "I
have simply taken the business
over,” he said, ‘'and plain to run
it as effectively and efficiently as
possible.”
He stated, that since he had as
sumed control he had employed Mr.
Graham, of Miami, Fla., to run the
dry cleaning department of the
business, giving to this new execu
tive, .whom he considered, he said,
to be of the expert type, sole con
trol of this end of the enterprise.
Warrant Says Show
Troupe Beat Board
Hotel Victor Seeks Something Like
$200 From Outfit. Much
Court.
Judge Horace Kennedy stated to
day that a warrant had been issued
here for members of a show troupe
which played Shelby recently. The
charge, preferred by George John
son of the Hotel Victor, is that of
beating a board bill at the local
hostelry. The troupe, it is under
stood, which left Shelby for a bill
in High Point, took the curtain
call at - the hotel while owing the
hotel around ’ $200.
The usual Monday grind of
drunks and bad check passers took
up the docket in county court to
day. According to Judge Kennedy
and Solicitor P. C. Gardner bad
checks charges seem to be on the
increase hereabouts.
Gardners Attend
Baptist Services
Raleigh, Jan. 14. — Governor
Gardner attended the First Bap
tist church yesterday morning and
then rounded out his first Sunday
in the mansion by receiving friends
in the afternoon and entertaining
a group of friends and relatives at
dinner.
The governor and his family were
welcomed warmly by Dr. J. Powell
Tucker, pastor, who urged them to
make themselves at home. In the
governor's party were: Mrs. Gard
ner, his sons: James Webb Gard
ner and Ralph Gardner; Mrs. Eu
gene Burgess, of Shelby, and Mr
Burgess; his sister, Mrs. J. A. An
thony and her daughter, Margaret
of Shelby; Mrs. Gardner’s mother.
Mrs. J. L. Webb, of Shelby, and
Judge Webb.
The governor i§ a member of
the First Baptist church of Shelby.
6-MONTH SCHOOLS
ALL RIGHT, CHICO
TELLS THE PUBLIC
County Schools Operating Six
Month* In Good Financial
Shape.
The six-month schools of Cleve
land county are in a fairly good
financial conditicn and are not
faced by a crisis.
This was made plain in a state
ment here today by J. Horace Grigg,
county superintendent of schools.
•'Some people," said Mr. Grigg.
“since the school crisis talk started
seem to have gained the impression
that all the schools in both Shel
by and the county are in bad fi
nancial shape. That is entirely
wrong.
“In the county all of the six
month schools are all right. Not a
single school operating six months
in the year is facing any major
problem that I know of, and I
would likely know it,” he said.
| “The only schools facing a prob
lem in the county are the special
districts where patrons are trying
to give their children more than
six months of education each year
and are finding it a finarcial task
under the present system.
Some Money Left.
“As far as the six-month schools,
or the regular county schools, so to
speak, are concerned there is noth
ing wrong. At the end of our fiscal
year, June 30, 1928, we had a bal
ance of $2,300. And more than that,
if you recall, the county school tax
which is now 60 cents, is six cents
less than it was two years ago. So,
it doesn't seem as if the regular
county schools are in deep water
or any trouble at all," he conclud
ed.
Forty-Three Volumes Donated To
Library There So
Far
The library at Boiling Springs
college needs only 1.957 volumes to
be classed as a library suitable for a
standard junior college.
Which Is to say that since Fri
day evening when The Star made
an appeal for books for the library
43 volumes have been given. Mr. J.
R. Dover gave 17 volumes. Rev. H.
E. Waldrop gave 16. while Lee B.
Weathers, Star president, gave 10.
Need Is Urgent.
The Baptist college must have a
library of 2.500 volumes before the
school can attain its standard
ranking, and at present there are
500 volumes in the library, where
upon it was decided by friends of
the school to appeal to the citizens
of the section to contribute books.
Books about the homes of the
county, already read or not in use,
might be contributed, and in case
there are those who wish to con
tribute but have no books they
wish to part with the equivalent in
cash may be given.
All contributions will be proper
ly acknowledged in The Star and
the books turned over to the school
if left with the paper.
1,957 books to go—Have you made
a contribution?
1929 Poor Year For
Marriages; Only Two
Couples In 2 Weeks
Unless Dan Cupid gets a hustle
on himself 1929 promises to be an
off year for marriages ill Cleveland
county, even dropping below the
low Leap Year level of 1928.
With two weeks of the new year
gone only two couples have secured
marriage license here, one couple
purchasing the matrimonial papers
on the first day of the year, while
the second couple secured license
Saturday. The couple securing li
cense Saturday was recorded as
follows: Lemuel Ware and Mable
Jenett Goforth.
BEGIN WORK ON NEW
RUTHERFORD HIGHWAY
Forest City.—Work on the con
struction of a new road between Big
Isfltnd bridge and Cliffside was
started last week.
When completed the road will be
three and one-fifth miles long, of
standard width and will have three
bridges. It is being constructed by
the county chain gang and is to be
paid for entirely by the citizens of
that section.
Dorsey Announces
Fo r Mayo r Again
MAYOR W. N. DORSEY
Has Cut City Debt By $12,000, Says In An
nouncement. Plans More Changes,
Wants Same Board
William Nicholson Dorsey, more
famillary known, Jo SJidby as
Mayor W. N. Dorsey who made a
good job of upsetting the 'political
dope bucket in the municipal elec
tion two years ago, is a candidate
to succeed himself as head of the
Shelby city government.
Last week he confidentially told
a member of The J^Lar staff that
he had about decided to run, and
today he tosses his hat into the
ring—the first one there, by the way
—definitely with an announcement
which appears in this issue.
The announcement 3hould create
considerable interest in political
and official circles due to the fact
that the mayor who is a candidate
again do£s not always follow the
fixed standards of other office
seekers. When he offered for
mayor the first time he came out
with about as plain-spoken plat
form of “fire and fire,” or “clean
house," that the astounded political
observers ever read. Futhermore,
he did not make a personal cam
paign for votes and up until elec
tion day itself he was not given
more than an outside chance to be
a winner among the big field of
candidates. But he won, and in of
fice his administration has been
colorful with high lights at time,
although a steady business and
beautifying administration seems to
have been the general result.
Likes His Board.
For several weeks now there has
been quite a bit of'curiosity about
the town as to whether he would
run again, and other candidates
have been mentioned. Last week in
an interview with The Star Mayor
Dorsey declared that he would not
care'to run again unless his present
board also sought reelectlon, pouit
ing out that they were working
good together now and with new
board members to work with it
would take some time to get ad
justed and get a new system op
erating smoothly.
And in his announcement today
he concludes by saying: “If I
should be elected I am particularly
anxious that the four aldermen we
now have be reelected.” ■T~..
Which speaks for Itself.
Speaks Of Finances.
The announcement is very brief
and modest in reciting the accom
plishments of his present adminis
tration, now nearing a close, and
he does not offer, as he might have,
a lengthy recital of new city equip
ment, buildings, etc., nor does he
mention the generally Improved ap
pearance of the town which follow
ed the carrying out of his first
platform pledge "to improve the ap
pearance of the town.” Fact is. he
confines himself to about one line
which reads: "We owe #12,000 less
tijftn we did at the begJuplng of this
administration.” Perhaps the may
or sensed the views of many tax
payers and decided that it would
be hard to make a better appeal to
many of them.
"I told a friend of mine when I
went Into office first,” Mayor Dor
sey said in confirming: his an
nouncement, “that I had one am
bition and that was that at the end
of my administration the tax rate
would not have been raised, the
city debt would be no larger, and
the town would be somewhat im
proved over the two-year period.
"He told me that such a thing
would be a near miracle: Not in
creasing,, expenses or debt and
.meantime keeping a growing town
on the upgrade. But I seem to
have done so, and a little better
than that as we have lopped off
5.000 of the bonded debt in addi
tion to paying some old debts and
that without increasing the tax or
the debt.
"My administration has made
numerous changes and I have still
other changes in view if the people
see fit- to return me to office," the
mayor continued. “I would like for
the board and myself to carry on
to completion some of the things
we have started, but. of course, that
is up to the citizens.”
A unique little verse carries the
i meat of the announcement as fol
lows :
"I have stood the storm.
Endured the pain.
And am willing to try again."
"That little verse and what it
says represents a whole lot more
than it may seem to," Mr. Dorsey
declared,
His line about changes read: "X
have endeavored to live up to my
platform, have made many chtmges
and if reelected intend to make
more changes."
His decision to announce now
came, he stated, at the urgent re
! quest of many good citizens that he
I do so.
j Whether o. not all members of
i the present board now in office
with Mr. Dorsey will be candidates
again is not definitely known, but
the inside dope is that they will
likely announce, or the majority
| of them, at least. , ,5
Goforth Purchases
Forest City Place
Mr. J. T. Goforth, who has been
connected with Casey's Place here
for some time, has purchased the
Chocolate Shop at Forest City
from Mr. Bridges, who has been
operating it.
The Shelby man will take charge
at an early date, his mother and
other members of the family going
to Forest City today.
nra scoot
! BJMKIET HERE OH
TIM MiG
Piedmont Scout Council On then At
Cleveland Spring*. Four
Hundred Invited.'
Final arrangements were perfect- \
od today for the annual meeting of
the Piedmont council Boy Sjcouts I
of America to be held Tuesday ,
evening at seven o'clock at pleve- ,
land Springs hotel, Shelby. This I
will be a dinner meeting nnt( in- i
dlcatlons are that the attendance i
will be the largest In the history of \
the council. Over four hundred In
vitations have been issued to mem
bers of the council, local commit- :
teemeh f nd Eagle scouts through- j
out the five counties comprising the j
district. Oaston. Cleveland, Lincoln,'
Rutherford and Polk.
The several counties comprising
tire old Catawba council, including
Statesville. Hickory. Morganton and
Marlon will also be represented,
this territory now befr.g attached
to the Pie Itnont council under an
extens' > \ a.mmrement.
Meyer To Speak.
Dr. Harold D. Meyer, associate
professor of sociology at the Uni
versity and who has been active in
ills support of the Boy Socut move
ment, will be the principal speaker
at the meeting. Other features of
the meeting will be the annual re
port of the scout executive, R. M. j
Schiele, reporta from the chairmen i
of tire various council committees,
adoption of a budget for the cur
rent year and brief discussion of
various phases of the work.
The year jmt ended, according to
J. M. Holland. council publicity
chairman, has in many respects
been the best year in the council's
history. The camp maintained at
Lake Lanier, Tryon, one of the
most widely known Boy Scout
camps in the South, had Its moat
successful season, caring for about
seven hundred boys. Progress was
mads in many Dhases of the work.
Including the etablishment of
numbers of new troops throughout
the territory. Many of the leading
business men of the territory are
actively connected with the work
and will be present at the annual
meeting. Jas. W. Atkins, managing
editor of The Gastonia Gazette, Is
president of the council.
FARM LEADERS 10
VISIT THE COUNTY
Dr. Winters, P»t» And Gray Com
ing For Two Days
In Month.
Cleveland county farmers are
booked for some Interesting and
valuable information during the
month.
Announcement made today by
County Agent Alvin Hardin says
that Dr. R. Y. Winters, and Messrs.
W. F. Pate and James M. Gray will
be in this county for two days dur
ing the month. Wednesday and
Thursday, January 23-24.
Four Meetings.
A meeting of farmers, which will
be addressed by the visitors, will Be
held at the court house here at
2:30 on the afternoon of the 23rd:
at Belwood school at 7:30.the same
evening: at Kings Mountain at
2:80 on the 24th, and at Lattlmore
at 7:30 that evening.
Every farmer who can possibly do
so is urged to attend one of the
four meetings. Dr. Winters is one
i of the South’s best known agricul
tural leaders, being director of the
| state agricultural experiment sta
tion. Mr. Tate Is agronomist for
S the fertilizer association, and Mr.
Gray is a nitrate of soda expert.
The three men will discuss seed and
cotton experiments, fertilization. |
and the use of nitrate in cotton,
and all three are expected to bring
messages of value to the farmers
of Cleveland. >
Reward Offered For
Light Globe Breakers
A reward of $15 is offered by
M#yor Dorsey for evidence leading
to tlic conviction of the parties who
last, night broke out a number of
light globes on the streets around
the Eastside Mill, out on the
Cleveland Springs road and on
Chestnut street. One large globe
which will cost $3 to icplaee was
broken near the Central Method
ist ehureli. Mayor Dorsey says he
is determined to put a stop to this
sort of vandalism and asks the cit
izens to help him and the police de
partment. us such acts as these are
costly to the taxpayers.
To Start War In Shelby On
Sale In Stores Of Bay Rum
And Intoxicating Extracts
I
Largest Contract
For Advertising
Signed by Penney
Last twk The Star signed
an advertising contract with
the J. C. Penny company
store of Shelby for IS,MO
Inches of display space toibe
used daring 1929. This Is the
target advertising contract
ever signed by The Star or
any local merchant and In
dicates that The Star has
Veen a great factor in the
Penny company growth here.
Manager Scott says business
last year warranted an In
creased appropriation for ad
vertising and rather than di
vide hit space with other
papers in this trading his
best judgment impelled him
to use The Star on a larger
scale.
GRAND JURY PROBE
VlDEiMG CASE
will Ask That Body For Indict
ment Of Jacob. Letters
Read.
Gastonia. Jan. M. Efforts of the
state to connect young Jacob Van*
derburg with the slaying of five
members of his family here two
weeks ago took a new turn Saturday
with the announcement that a
grand Jury Investigation would be
sought today.
Solicitor John G. Carpenter. In
making the announcement at the
conclusion of Saturday's session of
the inquest, said all ctldejice thus
far produced against the boy to
gether with hitherto undisclosed
facts would be presented to the
grand Jury In an effort to sec lire
an Indictment. The 1 "-year-old
boy, sale surviving member of his
family, has been held on suspicion
since the charred bodies of his
mother, father, two sisters and a
brother were discovered in the
smoking ruins of their home De
cember 28. The state contended
that the Vanderburgs were killed
and the house fired In an effort to
erase traces of the crime.
Saturday's session of the Inquest,
the third since the/boy's detention
was continued after an hout of
testimony until January IB. The
state introdueed six letters taken
from the trunk of Pauline Vander
burg purporting to show that Jacob
would do no w ork about the place
and was In ' continuous quarrels
with members of his family. The
letters were written while Pauline,
cne of the slain sisters, was a stud
ent at North Carolina College for
Women.
'Testimony of two city police of
ficers who were the first to ques
tion young Vanderburg after he tvas
taken Into custody, was relied on by
the state as an important link In
the chain of evidence.
O. R. Austin, the first called, re
lated a conversation he had with
the suspected boy on the morning
the crime was discovered.
"There is nobody knows what
happened there but me and you
can't make me tell," the ofllcer
said Jacob told him. Hubert Jack
<Continued on page ten.)
What Will AI Say
In Talk Wednesday
New York.—Tiie N. Y. Tunes said
it was hinted in Democratic circles
that Alfred E. Smith would declare
himself the actual as well as the
titular head of the Democratic
party in a nation-wide radio speech
next Wednesday evening.
No intimation came from Mr.
'Smith or party leaders what he
would discuss. It was made clear
on his behalf that he would not
reveal the subject of his address in
advance of its delivery.
The former governor will speak
over WEAF and a chain of 37 as
sociated stations of the National
Broadcasting company. His speech
will begin ,at 8:30 p. m. Eastern
Standard Time.
RUTHERFORD FARMERS SETS
COTTON GROWING RECORD
- J ■
Forest City.—Thirty-three bales
of cotton, weighing more than 500
pounds each, on 30 acres of land, is
the record 04 B. B. Forbes, of near
Ellenboro.
This is thought to be the best
yield of any farmer of the Ellen
boro community .
Blj Percentage Of Drunks In Im
Court Not Drunk On
Whiskey.
The long arm of the law here
abouts Is preparing to crook a fing
er at the alleged Increase In sales
of Intoxicants In Shelby-ln the fonn
of extracts, bay rum. other patent
medicines, and bottled goods sold
for this and that, but according to
officers used for tlief meet part a.*\_
a substitute for corn whiskey.
At the City Hall and In the re
corder's office it is said that of
ficers have already been ordered to
keep a strict check on the sale of
such goods, the decision to do some
thing about it coming after offi
ers and court officials kept reiter
ating that a big percentage drunks
In the court hero were getting sous
ed on ajcohollc substitutes rather
than on whiskey.
In other words, the law intends
to see If something cannot be done
about what might be called legalis
ed bootlegging.
Much Runt Sold.
Several officers state that infor
mation reaching them is n the ef
fect that bay rum sales In Shelby
have been on the increase for
months. whllo several people ad
dicted to the drinking habit have
informed officers that they pre
fer nowadays to get soured on the
substitutes rather than actual
whiskey, and they add that such
is cheaper—-it being possible to get
a fairly good float, the modern
name for the kick, on 40 cents when
one of the whiskey substitutes tv
used.
However, general lmpiession If
that It will be rather hard for of
ficers to absolutely cut down on
the bay rum and extracts now be
ing consumed for inebriation pur
poses as conviction, barristers say.
depends upon whether or not the
law can prove Mutt merchants or
others who sell extracts, rum and
such are making the sales with >
the knowledge that they are being
purchased for beverage purposes.
In other words, it Is understood
that the seller of an alcoholic sub
stitute must know that lia product
is going to be used as a beverage
before he can be convicted. And
therein Is a problem sufficient to
stump most any police force or
group of deputies. '
A short time before l:e left of
fice Judge John Mull warned of
ficers that they should try putting
a stop to the sale of the alcoholic
substitutes and since that time the
decision to do something about a
situation that is causing consider
able trouble has been endorsed hy
both Mayor W. N. Dorsey and
Solicitor P. Cleveland Gardner of
the county court.
Solicitor Gardner ha* been vexed
at the consumption a* a beverage
of extracts and such for severs}
years now and as far as he is con
cerned he is ready for a showdown
in the court room. As he sees it
the bootlegger or purveyor of corn
whiskey has ijo more right to be
punished than the agrnt of an
alcoholic substitute who knows that
his product is being used as an
intoxicating beverage. Added to
that is the verdict of physicians
that the substitutes generally are
more injurious to the health and
mind than real whiskey.
Officers say that street sweeper,
and garbage collectors say that bar
rel arter barrel full erf empty ex
tract end rum bottles are picked
up weekly in their rounds, and of
recent months officers making ar
rests of drunks have usually found
more extracts, bay rum, or some
other whiskey substitute, on the ar
rested persons than whiskey.
Whether or not the drive to halt
the sale of such will prove very
beneficial time only will tell. To
ban the sale of certain products,
which are used for other then bev
erage purposes, is right much of a
task to perform legally, and to
prove that any merchant or busi
ness man knows that he is seiliny
such to be used for drinking is*a
still harder task.
Information is that one merchant
with whom officers talked declared
that his firm did sell some of the
products in question but also stated
that no clerk insofar as be could
determine ever sold it knowittg that
the stuff would be used for * bev
erage, and orders were, he added,
that not over one bottle be sold to
one person if poeslble.
So, Shelby’s drive against pro
hibition's whiskey substitute—and
there are dozens and dozens of such
cases in the court room each month
officials say—may meet with good
results, and it may not. Anyway,
the drive if. on. and according Jo V
officer* and officials “under the
present, conditions something must