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VOL. XXXV, No. 102
LA TE NEWS
the Markets.
Cotton, per pound ..19c
Coton Seed, per bu. --- 40Vi
Cloudy, Warmer.
Today’s North Carolina Weather
Report: Partly cloudv tonight.
Tuesday mostly fair, slightly warm
er In west portion.
Americans Killed.
Twelve American students were
among the 45 Jews killed by Aral)-,
in a battle, at Slaboka college 20
miles from Jerusalem early today.
Forty Arabs were also killed in the
struggle, which took place at the
town of Hebron.
Graf Zeppelin
Over Pacific,
Reaches Frisco
flig Ship Completes Congest Over
Water Flight Ever Made.
Big Greeting.
San Francisco, Aug. 26 — Gilded
with the last rays of a California
sunset, the triumphant world-gird
ling dLrrigible Graf Zeppelin thrill
ed San Francisco yesterday even
ing as she circled the city, marking
completion of the longest over-wa
ter flight ever made.
Sighted from the Faralione is
lands, 15 miles off the Golden Gate,
at 6:02 p. m.. the airship hummed
her way into the harbor while air
planes buzzed under, over and be
side her. Noise making devices all
over the city, did their best to make
her welcome.
The dirigle circled over the ci'y
and finally turned southward, bound
for Los Angeles.
The Zeppelin came from the
northwest and headed directly for
the harbor entrance. She nosed
gracefully through a cloud bank,
the sun clinging on her silvery
sides.
Thousands of watchers crowded
the San Francisco hills to glimpse
the flying whale.
Enters Golden Gate.
The Graf Zeppehn entered the
Golden Gate at 6:25 p. m.
Sixty-seven hours, 49 minutes was
the time elapsed between the de
parture of the airship from Kasu
miguara air base, near Tokyo, Ja
pan, and her sighting off the Cali
fornia coast. This is the fastest
passage between the two points on
record—faster than the voyage of
the American army airmen in 1923
The Graf Zeppelin landed at Los
Angeles early this morning.
Shelby Sensations
In Golf Win From
Queen City Again
Pele And “Snook" Webb Drub Two
More Charlotte Players On
Their Home Links.
In another year or so, unless
something happens, it seems as if
the golfing world will quit talking
so much about the chubby yount
Atlanta lawyer, Bobby Jones, and
turn their eyes toward the Webb
brothers, kid golf sensations of the
two Carolinas.
Playing on the Myers Park cour.se
at Charlotte Friday the Webb boys,
Pete and Fred, won their fourth
consecutive match from crack Char
lotte golfers by defeating Freddy
McCanless, Myers Park champion,
and Carl Alexander, assistant- pro
of the club.
The match was a 27-hole affair
Rnd the Shelby youths were two
holes up when it ended. At the end
of the customary 18 holes the match
was tied, but in the play-off of the
additional nine holes youth failed to
“blow-up” under the strain as was
expected and the present junior
champion of the Carolinas, Fred
Webb, along with his older brother,
Pete, former junior champion, add
ed another match to their string of
victories, and a bit more honor to
their march after whatever golf
titles there may be In existence.
The Charlotte Observer informs
that “a large gallery followed the
match.”
Webb Boys Receive
Another Challenge
Dugan Aycock, Badin golfer, who
has just recovered from an opera
tion, and Charlie Farlowe, young
pro of Greensboro, are to meet
Pete and Fred Webb, of Shelby, in
a 36-hole match at Charlotte. Ay
cock and Farlowe have recently
beaten the Adkins brothers of
Sedge-field and arc eager to play as
the. Webbs have also beaten all op
ponents so far.
The match will likely be played
on the Charlotte Country cluo
course Friday of this week.
Thomasson Reunion
Comes On Thursday
The annual reunion of the Thom
asson family will be held at Union
Baptist church. York county, on j
Thursday. August 29. at in o'clock 1
All related by blood or marriage arc j
invited to attend I
j GastoniaStrikers
Go On Trial Today
In Charlotte Court
lfi Mrn And Women. Charged With
Murder Of Police Chief,
Before Bar.
Charlotte. Aug. 26 -With the
courtroom remodeled to provide
working space for two-score news
paper correspondents and subpoenas
issued for nearly 200 witnesses, the
scenery was set and the minor ac
tors ready for the court drama to
begin today when lfi men and wom
en involved in the Loray shooting
case go to trial.
While attorneys prepared las*
minute briefs and affidavits, Fred
Erwin Beal, its southern organizer,
and his 12 fellow members of the
National Textile Workers union
charged with the slaying of O F
Aderholt. Gastonia chief of police
were held in tlie Gastonia county
jail. They are under indictments
charging first degree murder. Offi
I cers planned to hold them at Gas
tonia. 20 miles from here. until
shortly before court convenes at 12
o'clock today.
The three other defendants. Any
Schechter and Vera Buell, agents
for workers international relief and
Sophie Melvin, field worker lor the
communist youth league, are charg
ed with second degree murder and
are at liberty under $5,000 bond
each.
Aderholt and [our other Gastonn
officers were wounded June 7 by
gunfire from a tent colony set uo
on the edge of Gastonia by strikers
from the Loray cotton mill of the
Manville-Jenckes company. Ader
holt died the next day, but the of
ficers recovered. They had gone to
the camp in answer to a telephon:
request for police aid. The request,
officers testified at habeas corpus
hearing after Beal and his assoc
iates were arrested, was made in a
woman's voice and said there was
rioting at the camp.
In addition to the charge of mur
der 16 defendants have been indict
ed for conspiracy to murder, the
state charging the officers were lur
ed to the camp and then fired upon.
The cases were first called in
Gaston superior court at a special
term in July, but were removed to
Mecklenburg superior court here
upon representations from the de
fense that a fair trial could not be
secured in Gastonia because of feel
ing against the defendants.
Judge M. C. Barnhill, who grant
ed the removal, will preside at the
trial.
Arthur Garfield Hays, of New
York; Dr. John Randolph Neal, of
Knoxville, Tenn; Leon Josephson.
of Trenton. N. J. and six North
Carolina attorneys have been re
tained by international labor de
fense as counsel for the defendants.
The North Carolina attorneys are
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Imposes Lecture For
Theft Watermelons
Four young white boys in county
court Saturday learned that County
Judge Kennedy considers watermel
on stealing only a minor sin provid
ed the melon patch is not other
wise disturbed The youngsters, it
came out, had taken only one big
red melon each .and the punishment
meted out, in addition to the costsj
in the case, was a severe lecture by j
the judge, who informed them that
it hasn't been so long since he was
a boy and that watermelon steal
ing was not the worst thing in the
world, but could easily lead to more
serious crimes.
15-Cent Tax Cut
Ratified By The
Co Commissioners
The promised 15-rent slash
in Cleveland county taxes has
now been formally made by
the county commissioners.
In a recent special session
of the hoard held at the court
house here the commissioners
cut the county-wide levy from
88 cents to 73 cents on the
8100 valuation, according to
an announcement made by
Chairman A. K. Cline. The
slash in taxes was assured
some time back, but is now
officially on the books for the
first time.
Whether or not a portion of
the tax cut will be turned for
matching the Duke gift of
S25.000 to the Shelby Public
hospital, is a matter to be
threshed out yet, it was said.
New Baseball Team
Is Organized Here
First Home Game On Thursday
With 1'nion. High School Stars
Playing.
Shelby will have a new baseball
team getting into action this week,
it Is announced, the roster of the
team being made up for the most
part of youngsters playing Shelby
High's championship baseball team
last spring.
The first home game of the Shel
by club will be played here Thurs
day in the city part with the strong
Union club furnishing the opposi
tion. The schedule for the club,
however, open Tuesday with the lo
cals playing at Union. On Wednes
day Shelby will play Boiling Springs
at Boiling Springs, then Union here
on Thursday and Boiling Springs
on Friday.
“We may get into the series for
the amateur championship of the
state," the backers of the club say.
The lineup of the new club Is an
nounced as follows: H. Farris, catch
er; "Lefty” Moore. Queen and Bum
gardner. pitchers; Harrelson, first
base; Bridges, second base; Gold,
shortstop; C. Farris, third base;
Patterson. Champion and Bumgard
ner, outfield.
Dr. Mitchell FilU
Methodist Pulpit
Dr. C. B. Mitchell of Elizabeth,
New Jersey, filled the pulpit at
Central Methodist church Sunday,
preaching for the pastor. Dr. Hugh
K. Boyer. Dr. Mitchell is pastor of
the First Presbyterian church at
Elizabeth and has been a visitor
here with his wife at the home of
their friends. Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Post on N. LaFayctte street for p
week. His sermon was one of un
usual power and eloquence. Dr. and
Mrs. Mitchell leave this morning
for Florida, he having accepted a
call to a church at St. Petersburg.
Born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs.
Dewitt Quinn, a daughter.
Master Yates Greene, jr. has re
turned home after a weeks stay with
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Greene, of Lattimore.
Lincoln Man Not Hankering To
Make Race Against Mr. Jonas
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Commissioner Of Agriculture Says
He Is Not Seriously Considering
Running For Congress.
Raleigh.—Commissioner of Agri
culture William A. Graham was
back in his office, after an absence
of in days. While away he visited
Ashe. Avery and Watauga counties,
where he inspected the departments
activities in the raising of seed Irish
potatoes, which he hopes will be de
veloped to a point where they will
rival those grown in Maine and us
ed in North Carolinaa and other
southern states Also, the commis
sioner visited Franklin. Haysville
and Murphy, and at Black Moun
tain be introduced former Congress
man Lever, of South Carolina, who
was the guest speaker at the field
day exercises on the mountain test
farm
New-papers articles in which it
was stated that some of the ninth
district leaders were urging him to
make the race for congress were
brought to Commissioner Graham's
attention. He stated he had not giv
en the matter serious consideration,
but admitted that for some time lie
had been urged to make the race.
“X appreciate the honor of these
political friends wanting me to
make the race,” he said, "and it is
naturally gratifying if they think I
could redeem the ninth for the dem
oocratic party, but X would be re
luctant to alter my course at the
present time. I asked the democrats
of North Carolina to renominate
me for commissioner of agriculture,
which they did. without any oppo
sition, and I have serious doubts if
ii would bp tile part of wisdom to
relinquish the work to which my
party called me for another term ” j
Big Dog Show
To Be Feature
Of County Fair
Dorton (lets Details Lined Ip For
Event Which Is I.ess Than
Month Off.
A big dog show will be one of
the revived features of the Cleve
land County FaH* September 24
28, it was announced by Secretary
J. S. Dorton today.
The new feature, it is estimated
will likely draw’ hundreds of dog
fanciers here who have never at
tended the big fair before
The several classes in the bench 1
show will Include hounds, bird I
dogs, toy dogs, police dogs, collies j
terriers, airedales. and all othei j
classes.
Grounds Shaping Tp.
With the fair less than one month i
off—one month from last Saturday I
to be exact—Secretary Dorton and
his crop of assistants are fast ;
whipping the big fair tract imo j
shape for the event. All indica- i
tions now are that the farming !
event of this section of the Caro- :
Unas will draw as many thousands
as in the past, and perhaps more,
Want FootBall.
Plans are already underway for
a football game to be played be
tween Boiling Springs college and
Rutherford college as one feature,
nnd Secretary Dorton hopes >o
place at least one other football
game on the program.
"I'd like to get Dick Guriev's
Lenoir-Rhyne team booked with
some other eleven,” he says. "Dick's
team because of his popularity will
draw’ here and then the Lutherans
of North Carolina are centered in
ttfe Cherryville-Lincolnton section
and it will please them to have
their team play a big game this !
close to them. Next year I hope
to show some of the Big Five col
leges that they may $ay before a
record crowd at our fair, and play
in a section of the state where none
of the Big Five teams have ever j
staged a contest on the gridiron.
Chicken Thief Is
Caught In Chicken
House Of P. F. Grigg
P. F. Grin Calls Deputy To Help
Catch Chicken Marauder
During Night.
P. F. Grigg. who lives in the west
ern edge of 8helby has been bother
ed overly much in time past with
chicken thives and he has reached
that stage where he takes no more
chances.
One night recently he heard
peculiar noises from the direction
of his chicken house, then the
cackling and fluttering of frighten
ed fowls. The chicken thieves were
apparently in his chicken house
again, and Mr. Grigg, securing his
trusty gun. which had become a bit
rusty as well as trusty due to lack
of use. made for the chicken houss
door. The frightened chickens kept
up their fluttering. A call from Mr.
Grigg failed to bring the thief out
and he decided to “let go" with his
gun through the door of the chick
en house, and how! The magazine of
the gun "hung up" and the gun
kept emptying its leaden hail into
the chicken house door until the
magazine was empty. Still no
chicken thief to be seen, and the
chickens still a flutter.
At that juncture he telephoned
Ed Dixon and asked the deputy to
come help him round up the thief.
The deputy, being an experienced
hunter as well as an officer, took
one of his ’possum dogs along with
him to the Grigg home. In a short
time after his arrival he and his
dog had the thief rounded up in
the chicken house. The marauder
was a young o'possum of school
going age.
Family Trial Takes
On Several Angles
In County Hearing
Prosecuting Witness In Fornication !
Trial Now Faces Bigamy
Charge.
A white girl and a young man o?
No. 2 township were convicted of a
disorderly conduct charge in coun
ty court here Saturday, the young
man’s father was fined for operat
ing a disorderly house. and the
brother-in-law of the young man Is
to face a bigamy charge later.
The brother-in-law. who will now
face a bigamy charge, was the one
who was behind the prosecution of
the others for illicit relations. it
came out in court. The young wom
an. who is the mother of several
children, received a 30-day jail sen
tence. while the young man. jointly
charged with her, received 30 days
an the roads. The father of the
latter, at whose home it was charg
'd that tlie relations took place, was
taxed $25 and the costs
Slapped By Hubby
Mrs. Lois Dodge Manning, in
an action for divorce now be
ing heard in Detroit, Michigan,
testified that her husband,
Lieutenant Beniamin F. Man
ning, struck her in the face and
used vile language to her dur
ing their honeymoon trip from
Honolulu to Japan. This put
the love ship on the rocks, ac
cording to Mrs. Manning, as it
was her second matrimonial
wreck in two years. The Man
nings were married September
1, 1927, five months after her
divorce from Horace E. Dodge,
millionaire automobile manu
facturer.
Hal Doggett
Passes Away
Former Shelby Citizen Succumbs To
Long Illness. Burial In Shelby
Tuesday.
Shelby friends were saddened to
day to learn of the death of Mr.
Hal Doggett who passed away quiet
ly last evening at 7:15 o'clock at hts
home at. West Jefferson where for
many years he held the Chevrolet
agency. He had been in declining
health for a number of years and
confined to bis bed for the past
four weeks. During his declining
days he sought treatment in the
best hospitals, but all to no avail.
Mr. Doggett was 43 years of age
and a son of the lute Minor W.
Doggett. He was married to Miss
Dora Brown of Concord, Tenn., who
survives. Also surviving are three
brothers, Charlie R. Doggett, of
Shelby, Tom and George Doggett of
West Jefferson and two sisters, Mrs,
R. S. Lipscomb of Gaffney and
Mrs. James K Cowan of Asheville.
Mr. Doggett was a splendid busi
ness man. a Mason and a fine
Christian gentleman. He was a
member of the First Baptist church
at West Jefferson and the funeral
will be held in that city Tuesday
morning, after which his remains
will be brought to Shelby for inter
ment in Sunset cemetery about 4
o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Masons
will accord him the usual honor to
their deceased members when he
is buried here tomorrow.
Jupe Pluvius Wins
County Loop Games
Three Of Four flames Rained Out
Will Be Played Off Saturday
Week.
Old Man Jupiter Pluvius, who
can end a baseball game better
than Babe Ruth, won three of the
four contests in the Cleveland
county league Saturday, every game
but the Lawndale-Union affair,
which Union won, being rained out
An early afternoon rain in Shel
by soaked the enthusiasm of one of
the best, baseball crowds of the
year out to see the Eastside and
Cleveland Cloth mil! teams battle
lor undisputed lead of the league.
The three games rained out will
be played off Saturday week, ac
cording to J. R Robinson, league
president, as the regular league
schedule ends the coming Saturday.
Pans out for the double header here
Saturday were given rain checks
ror return admission to the play-off
Saturday week as the managers jf
the teams explain that then ex
penses, such as umpires were in
runrrt even though the gaujea were
not played.
Monazite Can
Be Mined Here
Geologist Says
Geologist Bryson Says Largest Or- I
posits In Inited Stairs ,trr
In Two Carolina*.
The monailr deposits in the
two Carolina*. particularly the
section centering around Shel
by, are larger than any in the
world except those In Brazil
and India, according to II. .1.
Bryson, slate geologist, who by
his statement differs with Prof.
Greaves-Walker, of the I’nl
versitv of North t'arolina fac
ulty.
Recently when an effort was
made to revive the monazite Indus
try hereabouts Mr Grcavcs-Walker
stated that the deposits in the
Carolines were too small and not
rich enough to compete with mona
zite sections in Florida and else
where.
Mr. Bryson quotes the latest gov
ernment mining report to express
the opinion that Mr Greaves-Wal
ker was wrong. However. Geologist
Bryson says that even with a high
tariff it, might not be profitable to
revive the industry here.
Bryson's Interest in the monazite
industry came about after he had
talked with Sid O Chappell, former
high school principal here, and the
information above was contained >n
a letter to Mr. Chappell.
vvhal Hr Says,
^Portions of the letter are quoted
below;
Our reports show that the mona
zite deposits of the Carolinas are
the largest in the United State.
However, smaller deposits are
found in the beach sands of Flor
ida. in the state of Idaho and in
the state of Colorado. The latest
statistics we have available show
that in 1927 about one ton of
monazlte was produced in Florida.
The chief source of supply of mona
zite at the present time is Braz.l
with smaller amounts coming from
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High Football To
Start Today Week
Morris To Start Traiin* New Ma
terial Week Before
School Opens.
Football practice for the 1929 edi
tion of the Shelby highs will get
underway today week, Monday. Sep
tember 2, according to Coach Casey
Morris, just back from a coaching
school at California.
Just what type of material he
will have the Shelby coach does not
know as yet. but expects to learn
Monday when the boys report for
practice, although a number of the
boys will not report until school
opens a week later. Indications
still are that "Milky" Gold. All
Southern star, will be back in the
blue Shelby high uniform this fa!'.
Local Veteran On
Service Committee
Mike H. Austell, commander of
the Warren Hovle Legion post here,
has been named a member of the
time and place committee for the
N. C. Legion convention opening in
Raleigh today. The appointment
was made by R Gregg Cherry, state
commander of the organized veter
ans.
Several Cleveland county ex-ser
vice men are attending the con
vention.
Big Crime Increase
Here Laid To “Dry”
Law Cases By Judge
Quietest Sunday
Yesterday Of AH
Says Sheriff Allen
Very Few law-Breaker* Active Over
Week-End Sheriff's Office
Reports.
"One of ihr quietest week-ends, if
not i he quietest, since I took of
fice.” declared Sheriff Irvin Allen
today referring to the fact that
county and city officers, usually
overworked on week ends, had an
easy day of it Sunday.
Only six people were placed In
jail over the week-end. considerably
below the average, and none of the
six were charged with serious crim
es.
* One of thp six arrested was lee
McEntire who was jailed for Gib
son. Georgia, officers who want him
for Jumping a bond there, accord
ing to a telegram. The Georgia of
ficers came for McEntire today.
“Wasn’t Me The State
Patrolman Got,” Says
Rutherford Officer
Garrett Edward* Inform* That New
Cop Did Not Get Him
For Driving.
in a recent issue of The Star
there was an item telling a story
recently told on the streets here by
local motorists of one of the new
state patrolmen stopping a county
officer in Rutherford county for
driving on the wrong side of the
road.
Since the item appeared The Star
has been informed by Garrett Ed
wards. Rutherford county traffic
officer, that he was not the man
stopped by the state patrolman.
“I'm the only traffic officer in
the county and the state patrol
man did not get me." Edwards said.
‘T can prove that by the patrol
man."
The Star did not name the offi
cer in connection with the story
and did not know Edwards was the
only traffic officer in Rutherford.
The incident was related by well
known citizens here, who can be
named if desired, but these citizens,
as The Star recalls, did not name
the men involved, and neither did
this paper. If the Rutherford offi
cer feels that the story about an
unnamed officer might cause some
to josh him about it, The Star
gladly publishes his statement that
lie was not the officer involved.
Father Of Boshamer
Dead In Statesville
Clarence W. Boshamcr. 70-year
old Statesville and father of Carey
C. Boshamcr, former Shelby resi
dent. died at. his home there Satur
day night, and funeral services were
held at Broad Street Methodist
church today Mr. Boshamer was
southern representative of a pack
ing firm, but had been active in the
political life of Iredell for years.
Mrs. Boshamer and two sons sur
vive in addition to the son who for
merly lived here
“Mrs. Lindy” Takes To Air
And Flies Plane By Herself
Hicksvillc, N. Y —A young woman
who has attained the dignity of a
college degree and marriage to one
of the world’s most famous men
without losing the air of still being
a little girl somewhat shy in the
presence of grown-ups walked con
fidently beside her tall young hus
band Friday to the side of a wait
ing airplane.
He helped her in, and she settled
herself comfortably, for she, accus
tomed to flying with him, had for
the matter of that handled the con
trols for a total of ten and a quar
ter hours herself with him there to
guide her.
But the told her suddenly Friday
morning that he was not going with
her this time. That she was to flv
alone. They looked at each other
S gravely a moment and then smiled
with the mutual understanding that
sometimes exists between two
people.
And so Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh
opened the throttle and roared the
little plane across the field and up j
into the air, the first solo flight she
had ever made.
Colonel Lindbergh stood on the
field of the Aviation Country club,
where he and his wife had been liv
ing while he instructed her in the
art of which he is the most not
able practioner, and watched with
out any outward sign of concern.
Mrs. Lindbergh rose to a safe al
titude, performed a graceful eight,
and after a moment dropped her
plane gently to earth. Again she
went up, stayed a few minutee. and
completed another practice land
in As she taxied acros sthe field for
her third take off Col. Lindbergh
walked back to the club house with
a smile of satisfaction on the dem
onstrated aptitude of his pupil ir.
the element so natural to him.
While the Colonel was making
some business telephone calls Mrs.
Lindbergh continued to ily and
land and fly again. She was, alto
gether. in the air a little more
than half an hour. and at the
romplction of her flying showed no
indication of nervousness.
Near Half Of Cases About Roore,
Many Bad Check Cases.
School Coin.
A 400 per cent Increase in court;
cases In Cleveland county within a
period of nine years is due to the
effort upon the part of prohibition
officers to enforce the prohibition
law despite the lack of cooperation
and respect for the law by some, ac
cording to the views of the coun
ty recorder. Judge Horace Kennedy.
Just what an important institu
tion the county court has come to
be Judge Kennedy explained by
quoting court figures at a recent
session of the Rotary club, a sum
mary of the statistics behK turn
ed over to The 8tar.
Big Crime Gain.
The population of Cleveland
county in 1920 was estimated at
32,000, and Is estlmatod now at 45,
000, a gain of about 33 per cent. In
1920 only about 500 cases were tried
in recorder’s court. while 2,000
cases are tried per year now—a gain
of 400 per cent as compared with
a population gain of only 33 per
cent.
With 2,000 people being tried this
year In county court that means
that five per cent of the countys
40,000 population Is In court each
year It is explained, however, by
Judge Kennedy and Solicitor P.
Cleveland Gardner that many of
the defendants come back for tlw
second, third and even fourth time,
so that 2.000 different people are
not tried each year.
Aid To Schools.
In the seven months this year
the county court has disposed of
1.400 cases. 200 cases per month, or
7 2-3 cases per day for a 26-day
work month.
In the seven months the court
has paid $14,000. an average of $10
per case Into the county school
fund. This means that the recor
der, who draws an annual salary
of $2,000 pays his sftlary Into the
school fund each month from his
court.
Figures show that it costs $26 per
year to keep one child In school, or
$4 43 per month, and deduction
will show thakjthe county court
keeps 462 Cleveland county school
children In school each year.
Prohibition Leads.
The 121 cases tried so far this
month were divided as follows:
prohibition violation 48; bad ch&cks
24, all others 49.
"On an average," says Judge
Kennedy, “50 to 75 per cent of ths
cases tried are prohibition cases.
Henry Ford recently declared th.it
he would quit making autos if
whtskey came back. It seemed to be
good auto advertising since he over
looked the fact that 20,000 speak
easies operate In Detroit. We don't
have the speakeasies here, but it
seems as if whiskey has gone no
where to come back from judging
our court records. The Increasing
bad check cases and other law vio
lations within the last decade of
fer evidence hard to get around
that disrespect for all laws is being
encouraged because a great num
ber of people have disrespect tot
the prohibition law."
Shows Cotton Stalk
Of Size Resembling
Small Tree, or Bush
J. W. Allen Has Stalk Three And
One-Half Feet High, Carrying
30 Bolls.
With “a whopper" of a cotton
crop in the fields this year Cleve
land county fanners are finding
many extra big stalks to exhibit to
their friends.
J. W. Allen was Saturday show
ing a stalk, from his farm, a little
over three and one-half feet high,
and carrying 30 full bolls and a num
ber of smaller bolls. The stalk was
red, the leaves red, and the boll
red. The seed, a small amount, were
brought from Mississippi by Mr.
Allen’s son, Joel, being given to him
by a Mr, Rube who asked him to
name the cotton, and Mr. Allen
plans to call that variety the "Miss
issippi Red Rube," although he has
only a small amount, of land in this
variety. Eight hundred pounds of
seed cotton of this variety, he has
been informed, will produce around
500 lint pounds.
Mr. Allen stated that he had oth
er stalks higher but none so well
formed.
Mr S. O. Baker, who far a year
and a half has been identified with
the Wright-Baker store in Shelby,
left last week for Lenoir, where he
will open, and become the manager,
of the fifth store in the Baker chain*