North Carolina Newspapers

Cotton Market (By John F. Clark and Co.) Cotton was quotes on New York exchange today: December 18 80. Saturday’s close: 18.84. 8 p. m. weather map, cloudy Lit tle Rock and along Gulf and At lantic coasts. Otherwise clear Rain Little Rock .78, Macon .10, Mont gomery .01, New Orleans .68, Sav annah .78, Wilmington 1.82. Ra leigh .40 raining. Maximum temp eratures, Oklahoma City 98. Abi lene and Ft. Worth 94. Forecast Carolinas, Miss., Alabama and East Texas showers on coasts. Georgia showers south portion, Arkansas and Oklahoma part cloudy. West Texas probably thunder showers west por tion. Herald Tribune, Memphis Tenn. says a further reduction in yield of 5 to 20 percent in various sections of Central belt, the heav iest being in northern Alabama, is r-w anticipated as a result of sev ere deterioration the last fort night, chiefly from shedding but which is abetted by weevil and army worms to a minor extent. Southern Mississippi reports top crop about destroyed by weevil. Worth street reports substantial w-eeks business in several quarters. Would buy cotton based on Texas deterioration. Clevenburg. -BILLIARDS Cleveland Cigar * Store Hotel Charles Bldg.. Corner Trade and W. Warren Sts. — Dr. Charlie H. Harrill — — Dentist — Office in Judge Webb Bldg. Over Stephenson Drug Co. Office Phone 530, Residence 630 SHELBY, N. C. Dr. C. M. Peeler ■4-DENTIST— Office Over Woolworth Residence Phone 460-W Office Phone 99-W DR. H. C. DIXON DENTIST Office Over Woolworth’s. TELEPHONE 195 Peyton McSwain Attorney-at-Law Civil and Criminal Practice In All Courts Office: Union Trnst Co, Building GEO. P. WEBB — REAL ESTATE — Farms and City Property UNION TRUST BLDG. SHELBY — Telephone 454-fJ — Have Your Eyes Examined Regularly DRS. H. D. & R. L. WILSON OPTOMETRISTS Office Over Paul Webb & Son’s Drug Store. J DAN FRAZIER Civil Engineer And Surveyor Farm Surveys. Sub-divis ions, Plats and General Engineering Practice. - Phone 417 - T. W. Ebeltoft Grocer and Book Seller Phone — 82 List Of Winners Here At Shelby's Fine Horse Show Shelby's finest riding horses were on exhibition Thursday when the Shelby Riding club staged its horse show at the fair grounds. Theie were about 100 entries and the at tendance was large on the part of horse lovers from this and near-by counties. The following is the list of winners: Class No. 1 Ponies. First Beauty by Charles Roberts: Second Molly by Will Arey, Jr.;, third Dixie by James Allen: fourth Pioneer bv J. P. Austell. Jr. Class No. 2 Horses. Five gaited saddle horses over ; 15-2. First Red Bird by William Linebcrger; second King by Blan- ; ton Bros.: third Frigidaire by Will i Arey and fourth Booker by Blan- j ton Brothers, Class No. 3. Three gaited saddle horses. First My Kentucky Flower by Will Arcv: j second Misty Morn by Dan Frazier, I third Commodore by J. L. Blan- j ton; fourth Lady K. by Will Arev. j Class No. 4 Road Hacks. First Peggy by Jack Palmer; sec- j ond Dawn O Day by J. S. Dorton; third Billy by Ted Cashlon; fourtn : Kitty by Garnet Poston. Class No. 5 Fine Harness. First My Kentucky Flower by Will Arey: third Dawn by J. S. Dorton; fourth Peggv by Jack Palmer. Class No. 7. Plantation Saddle Horse: First j Jack Barry by Blanton Brothers;! second Joker by Dr. E. B. Lattimore; j third Nell by Dr. Peeler: fourth j Billy Doggett by Gene Lattimore. j Class No. 8. Five gaited saddle horses under 15-. First Peggy by Jack Palmer, second Acme by Henry Mills: third Tatum by Blanton Brothers; fourth Joker by E. B. Lattimore. Class No. 9. Best trotting horse: First Frank by L. B King; second Kentucky Flower by Will Arey; third Red Bird by Will Llneberger. Class No. 11. Ladies five gaited saddle horses: First Red Bird by William Line berger; second Acme by Mrs. Blan ton Brothers, Class No. 14. Saddle pairs. First Spurgeon Hewitt and Mrs. Jack Palmer; sec ond C. C. Blanton and Miss Caro line Blanton; third J. J. Lattimore and Garnet Poston; fourth Dan Frazier and Will Arey. Three Young Fellows Looking For A Home Father Deranged, Mother Gone, Husky Youngsters Want Chance To Live. ( Although too young now to ex press their wonder at the world in words, there are three young boys in Shelby who must be of the opin ion that the world should owe them at least an even break to get start ed in life—they're looking for a home, something thee.- have not now. J. B. Smith, county welfare offic er. stated today that the three young boys, the eldest being 12 years of age. are now in his veare since their father became mentally de ranged Saturday night and their moyier is gone All three are husky, intelligent chaps, he says, but very much in need of a home where they may have something to eat and a place to sleep. Legal adoption pa pers will be prepared by the welfare officer for any citizen of the coun ty who can give the boys a home in return for what service tthey may be. Book List Prices Said To Be Wrong The prices of books required for use in the city schools as published in Friday’s issue of The Star are wrong, says Mr. T. W. Ebeltoft, lo cal book dealer and no ^fttle con fusion is being caused. This list of books and prices we 5 furnished to The Star by Supt. B. L. Smith of the city school who was having a list printed for distribu ■ tion among the pupils so they could get their book supplies before schoo' fcopens September 9. Thinking the prices were correct as furnished .The Star published the list as offered bv Capt. Smith for the convenience of the school patrons. However this is causing no little explanation by Mr. Ebeltoft when customers call to buy at the published prices, so The Star wishes to notify its readers to disregard the prices as published until the return of Supt. Smith who is away from the city for a week or longer. Buyers of school books must conform to the prices as quoted b' Mr. Ebeltft. . EASTERN STAR TO MEET .. .. HERE TUESDAY EVENING There will be an important j meeting of the Order of Eastern Star Tuesdav evening at 8 o'clock i at the Masonic temple building, i This is an important meeting and all members are urged to attend. Prof. W. G. Latham and family of Patterson Springs is spending the week-end among relatives in York county. WANTED TO RENT A SMA V one horse farm. Must be good land and house near city. Apply at otv-e 311 Gardner St 6t Sfip She Wins Title Josephine McKim, of Hawaii, was crowned the greatest mer maid of America in the recent swimming meet held in Hono lulu. Miss McKim won the 880 yard, the 440-yard and one mile events, establishing records in the last two. She wears the friendship garlands or “lets” of the native islaftders. (Int«nufiM«i NavitmI) Gastoniaa Strikers Go On Trial Today (Continued From Page One> R. L. Sigmon, of Gastonia; Tom P. Jimlson, W. H, Abernethy, J. D. McCall. Thaddeus Adams and J. Frank Flowers, all of Charlotte. Solicitor John G. Carpenter, of Gastonia, will be assisted by A. G. Mangum, A. E. Woltz. R. Gregg Cherry, George E. Mason. E. R. Warren and A. L. Bulwinkle, all of the Gastonia bar; Clyde Hoey, Shel by. and E. T. Cansler, sr.. Char lotte. I Expectations are that selection of a Jury will consume several days at least. Because of the large number of defendants the state has 58 pre emptory challenges and the defense 168. In addition to Beal and the three women, three others of the defend ants are strike leaders from the east. They are George Carter, Miz pah, N. J.; Clarence Miller. Net York, and Joseph Harrison, Passaic N. J. The other defendants arc strikers from the Loray mill. Road Officials Call Attention To Drains Road officials in No. 8 Township are calling attention to a chapter of public laws which applies not only to No 8 township, but to every sec tion of Cleveland county, making it a misdemeanor for any land owner or his employees to ditch or ter race land so that the water is thrown upon any public road. It re uircs landowners to so ditch or ter race their land that surface water will b? carried awky from the pub lic road to such r point on the pub lic road where a culvert or other outlet has been provided. Property owners who violate this law arc subject to a civil action for damag es by the highway commission and rfter being notified, are liable to indictment for a misdemeanor. REGISTRATION OF HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS IN SHELBY AH eighth grade or first year hign school pupils arc requested to as semble in the auditorium of the Shelby high school at nine o'clock on Friday morning. September t? for registration. We are arranging for this separate and early regis tration of eighth grade pupils in order that adequate time may ba had for advising each pupil in th“ selection of courses he wisnes to study. We want to urge everv eighth grade pupil to be present on this date. All other high school pupils are requested to report on Monday, September 9 for registration. B. L. SMITH. Superintendent Shelby City Schools, per W. S. Abernethy, Principal. Hope To Find Where Noah Left His Ark Washington.—The Noah's Ark Exploration association has ap plied to the state department to secure permission from the Turk Ish government to explore for the ark. The application, which was signed hv William 1. H. Strong of Chicago, president and trus tee of the association, said that his organization desired to ex plore In the Near East for the ark and excavate and preserve any remains which might be dis covered. The department informed t! • association that it should apply to the Turkish embassy here for that government's permission. Monazite Can Be Mined Here (Continued from page one.) India. The deposits In the United States cannot be worked commer cially unless protected by a com paratively high tariff. I will quote what the latest re port says concerning the monazite industry: "As outlined above, it can bo readily seen that the United States is dependent upon Brazil and India for its raw materials, as domestic deposits are not large enough to furnish the required supply anrl cannot be worked in competition with the more cheaply mined for eign deposits. "The average concentrate obtain ed in the Carolinas runs about 3 1-2 to 4 per cent thorium oxide; that obtained in Brazil averages some what over 8 per cent. Under such conditions, It is difficult for the (jarouna monaziie to compete witn that from Brazil or from India. In addition, a very considerable amount of the Carolina monazite available has been removed. The old workings are more or less covered up and the l whole industry has become com pletely disorganized. "While these deposits were beinj mined and operated, farmers were in the habit of making their ow;i concentrate in crude sluice boxes. The product thus obtained aver aged about 35 per cent monazite. The concentrates were then sold‘\o a refinery where It was best treat ed by electro-magnetic separators, such as the Wetherlll machine. final product obtained from these machines was ready for chemical treatment for the extraction of the thorium. Practically the same treatment 1$ given to the monazite from Brazil and India. As the concentrate ob tained Is of much higher grade, the additional charges for freight and duty, which are not borne by the Carolinas product, are more than offset. Undoubtedly, unless a very high tariff is placed on tho mona zite from Brazil and India, our fu ture'supplies will come from these two sources, at least for some time. It is very doubtful whether with a high tariff the Carolina deposits could furnish the monazite requir ed in this country, even for a few years, and under the most favor able conditions it would take some time, possibly six months to a year, to revive the industry.” Chapel Hill Weekly. Prom the Danville, Virginia, Reg ister we learn of a visit of two strangers at the home of one Peter Miller of Sweet Hall, Va. ‘ From Miller s story, which we have every precedent for believing ” says tha Register, “two men posing ns insurance agents entered his home and sought to sell him an in surance policy. Ore of the men, overcome by faintness or an unde niable thirst, requested a drink. The Insurance prospect produced a bot tle. The insurance agents then be came C. C. Collins, a deputy U. S. marshal, and S. H. Easter, and ‘un der-cover* ag^pt. Handcuffs were produced. Miller protested, and ac cording to the officers resisted ar rest. The deputy marshal drew his revolver and shot him twice." The prediction of the Register is that the usual procedure will be followed: “Prohibition Adminis trator Merrick immediately an nounces that the two prohibition agents shot in ‘selfdefense,’ though Miller had no revolver. The United States district attorney. Instead of prosecuting Collins, will be assign ed to defend him. The usual ac quittal will follow." “Is it strange,” asks the Danville paper, ‘‘that the president of the American Medical association re cently referred to the ‘tryanny of prohibition’?” We wonder if a human being could be guilty of a more loath some deed than such a deliberate and calculated betrayal of hos pitality as is here described. Old Lady: “Son, can you direct me to the People’s Saving Bank?” Boy: ‘‘Yessum, for a quarter.” Old Lady: “Isn't that a mighty high pay. my boy?" Boy: "No, ma'am, not for a bank director Air Racer to Wed Walter Camp Ruth Elder may lose the Air Derby, but she’ll win a husband anyhow, so she is naturally elated. It all happened very sud denly. Just as she was about to hop off from the Los Angeles airport. Walter Camp, Jr., son of the noted football coach popped the question. Her plane took off before she had a chance to reply so when she got to San Bernardino, her first stop, she wired Walter ‘‘OKAY.”:—and that’s how it is with impetuous youth. Ford To Quit Making Cars If Whiskey Does Come Back Gives His Views On What Would Happen If Prohibition Was Repealed In The V. S. New York.—"If hoove ever comes back to the United States I am through with manufactur ing.” This edict of Henry Ford Is contained dn an article by the manufacturer appearing In the September number of Pictorial. ”1 would not be bothered.” Mr. Ford continues, "with the problem of handling over 200, 000 men and trying to pay them wages which the saloons would take away from them. I would not be Interested in putting au tomobiles in the hands of a gen eration soggy with drink.” “With booze in control,” his article says, “we ran count on only two or three effective days work a week in the factory. That would destroy the short day and the five day week. But that is only the factory phase. Look at the traffic phase. Gas oline and booze don't mix, that’s all. Booze doesn’t go with indus try. It benumbs everyone who uses it. I would not be able to build a car that will run 200,000 miles if booze were around. I wouldn’t have accurate work men, and without them I could not get the necessary precision with machinery.” Prohibition ts now 99 percent effective, according to Mr. Ford and the one per cent he blames upon the wealthy classes, who set a bad example, hr says. Buck Redfern Gets Back In Big Show George (Buck) Redfern, former State college and Shelby baseball player. Is back in the big leagues. For the last few years Buck has been moving up and down a couple of times each season A few weeks back the Chicago White Sox let Redfern go to Toledo where he be gan to lead the league hitting, and the White Sox decided they needed him back. In ysterday s game the White Sox shutout the Athletics and A1 Simmons, and the former Shelby boy drove in one of the three Chica go runs with a single. Flys To Wedding. New York.—Lieutenant-Colonel Norman Jay Boots, managing di rector of Roosevelt Field, naturally believes in using an airplane for transportation. He flew to Chicago for his wedding there to Miss Louise Warden. With him were eight of the wedding party. Mr. And Mrs. Houser Erecting Brick Home Mr. and Mr? B. C. Houser are erect ing a pretty six room brick bunga low on their pretty lot at the cor ner of N. Morgan and Sumter Bis on the site where their home was burned last year. Cicero Lute Is the contractor and work started a few days ago. Only half of the lot Is be ing used for the new home, leaving enough for another residence. - Declares Prince Is No Styleplate New York—The Prince of Wales, take it from a Beaumont, Texas. Boy Scout, is not such a snappy dresser as most American seem to think. ‘'He had on a pair of sloppy shorts when he visited the Jamboree,” said Billy Bass, one of the thirteen of the Beaumont troop who returned from the World Scout Jamboree in Eng land. "But,” he added, "he had such a way about him you over looked his pants.” The Beaumont Scouts were carry ing ash walking sticks and wearing monocles. They were the first of the American continent to return from the Jamboree, after having toured London, Paris tnd the battle fields. They carried numerous sou venirs in their packs. Former Postmaster J. B. Fortune Is Here Hon. Jule B Fortune, former postmaster of Shelby, is a visitor in Shelby after an absence of many years. Mr. Fortune reared his fam ily in Shelby and was one of the most influential Republicans in this section many years ago. He is now living in Chicago and has come on a long promised visit to friends af ter many years cf absence. An Elite Colony. Miami Beach, Fla.—Construction work on a proposed $10,000,000 mil lionaire's colony. described by con tractors as one of the most elaborate projects of its kind ever attempted will be started here September J, J. Julien Southerland, Miami at torney and representative for in vestors announced. Twelve ocean front estates, cost ing an average of $250,000 each, will be erected by a groun of De troit automobile manufacturers, the attorney said. Plans also call for construction of an airport and sea plane base, polo field and a large yacht basin for exclusive use of the estate owners. Mrs Gaston, Native Of County Passes Was Daughter Of Jeff Black And Is A Sister Of Mrs. Ab Har rill. Burial Today. Gastonia. Aug. 25.—Mrs. Cora | Black Gaston, prominent woman I of the "Lowell section, died at her home at 3:30 o’clock this morning following a very serious Illness dat ing back to the middle of March when she suffered a stroke of para lysis. Since suffering that attack she had never regained conscious ness. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Methodist church at Lowell and burial will be in the cemetery there. Mrs. Gaston was a daughter of l he late Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Black of Cleveland county and was born there in May, 1866. In 1888 she was married to 8. J. Gaston of Lowell, nnd all of her married lite had been spent on the Gaston farm near that town. Surviving are her husband and the following children: W. Orady Gaston, of Gastonia, Harley B. Gaston, of Belmont. W. Clarke Gaston of the Soutli Caro lina state highway department. Miss Lucy Gaston, who teaches at North Wilkesboro, Mrs. J. L. Rand of McCullers, Mrs. J. 8. McWhirter of Charlotte. Mrs. Z. B. Bradford of Raleigh, and Miss Bennette Gw ton, a student at N. C. C. W.. Greensboro. She leave* also the following brothers and sisters: Dr. W. C. Black of OreenvUle, 8. C„ and Dr. H. R. Black, or Spar tanburg, both widely known sur geons; T. O. Black of Kings Moun tain; Mrs. J. L. Stowe of Lowell Mrs. Ab Harrtll of Shelby, Mrs. D. W. Lamon of Chattanooga, Tenn. See A Big Field For Cattle Breeder timill Amount Of Dairy Cattle In North Carolina la Purebred, Statistic* Show. » Only about 8,000 of the 300,000 rtalry cattle in North Carolina are pure bred animals and the Im provement to be made in the blood lines of the 97.5 per cent which are not pure bred should come from the 3.5 per cent that are pure bred. "But In addition to improving the cattle we now have on our farms, there will likely be an increase In number with the present growth of of the dairy industry,” says R. H. Rulfner, head of the animal hus bandry department at State college. "It is universally accepted that pure bred animals excel grades and the better bred stock thus commands a higher price. However, this higher price sometimes restricts their use. A pure bred animal Is one whosa sire and dam are recorded by name and number In a register of the breed. Then In addition to the register, there Is for each breed an other register In which are entered the names of cows which have com pleted records meeting specified re quirements of milk and btitterfat production under definite regula tions.” Prof. Ruffner savs that It pays a dairyman to test his cows for pro duction because it raises the stand ard of the breed and increaaes Its popularity. It pays also because the owner may sell the animals and their progeny at a higher price. Each year, North Carolina farm ers buy some 2,500 dairy bulls. Ail of these should be pure breds and should come from within the state. Three reasons are given for this— first, the bulls arc acclimated; sec ond, there are as good breeders in this state as anywhere else in the country, and third, North Carolina is the only state in the union..at this time which is‘free from bovine tuberculosis. To purchase a bull from a North Carolina breeder means that the animal is free from this dread disease. rAUD inncili Lawndale Loses To Union Team Wright Holds Uwndilc Sluggers To Three Hits. Weathers Hit ting Star. In the only game of the cieve» lsnd county league which waa not rained out Saturday the Union team displayed remarkable strength In defeating Lawndale 6 to 3. The victory centered about th* remarkable pitching of Wright, ol Union, who was really right and gave up only three hits to the Lawn dale larrupers. Wright whiffed ntn« opposing batters and gave only on« free ticket to first, base. Cline, hurl ing for Lawndale, also displayed good control, walking only one and striking out, three, but he was touch ed for 14 blows by the Union boys, Ray Weathers leading the attach with three doubles In five trips up, Virgil McSwain. McEnttre, and N, Mauney, two of them former Shelby High players, secured two hits each for Union, while McNeilly waa th< only Lawndale player to secure morg than one hit. McEntyre and Cham pion handled the receiving. Tex Rickard's Wife Penniless Almost, Stated Gets Only U.0M From Promoter". Estate. Says His FrtendsWerc * Parasites. New York —The New York Amer-, lean quote* Mrs. Tex Rickard, young widow of the famous fight as saying she Is almost per although her husband was r*,_ __ to be worth $1,000,000 when he"died, | Mrs. Rickard said she received less than $9,000 from the estate and had little hope or getting any more The American describes the $500,' 000 trust fund created for their t' year old daughter, Maxine, as anil a generous dream on the part Rickard and says there will . be' nothing left for the daughter. Most Seek Job. “My financial situation right is such that I must step out get myself a Job In order to su] my daughter.” the paper quotes her as saying. Mrs. Rickard, who Is living to s’, modest cottage In Flushing, N. Yv characterised many who had ap peared to be friends of her husband during hts life as “mere parasites whose one object was to keep their* names on his payron.’* She said she had received noth ing from the auction of her hus band's personal ef&ts nor anything from the sale of his $60,000 yacht. Many Lessee. “The only thing that I will havd. left when various claims against thd* estate are settled,” she said, “will’ be the house at Miami Beach, Yla*, which Is In my name. That hotisd cost $76,000 to build. » ' ‘‘Some 6300,000 that Tex invested In the dog track at Miami can bet. written off as a dead lorn, due td! the falseness of certain people who were supposed to be my hUibanifg friends. "If I could collect five per cent aB the money that was owed to Tex, ] would never have to worry. The X O. U’s he left would fill a good shod scrapbook, but not one of them ap pears to be worth the paper it i* written on.” Houser Reunion 'At BetK-Page Sept. 18 The Houser reunion for the Hou ser families, their friends and rela tives in Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln. Catawba and Rutherford counties will beJheld. at Beth.Page Lutherpit church* 'six 'miles‘ north' at dherty vlUe on Wednesday, September H, according to Mr. Even Uouserwhd was a visitor in Shelby tills morn ing. , / $5 BUYS A SUMMER SILK DRESS — FORMERLY PRICED AT $12.75. We have 50 of these reAlly fine gar ments to close out at this drastic reduc* tion. J. C. McNeely