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8 PAGES I TODAY *— , ., i .* By mall, per year (In advance) $3.60 Carrier, per year (in advance) $3.00 J LATE NEWS | The Markets. Cotton (Spot) ...... .. lS'tC Cotton Seed, per hu. .. 40'=c Showers Likely. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Cloudy and probably oc casional showers tonight and Tues day, if Kenilworth Receivers. _ Roscoe Marvel manager of the ho- j tel, and the Commerce i nion Tru-t Company weer named err elvers for Kenilworth Inn, nationally known Asheville hotel, by Federal Judge F. Yates Webb here this afternoon ».t 1 o'clock. Judge Webb also gave the receivers power to continue the op eration of the hotel. The receiver ship order followed a hearing before Judge Webb which was attended by a half dozen attorneys representing trustees and security holder; of the well known hostelry. Negro Unable To Recall How He Was Slagged Ax Victim Cannot Remember Blow. / White Youth And Negro fit-. Bound Over. f ~ - SJTust who hit Boyce Meeks, negro found in a pool of blood in his shack below the Southern station a couple of weeks back after an alco hol drinking party had been held in his shack, may become as much of a mystery as who hit Billy Patter son, With Meeks out of the hospital after being partially paralyzed for a couple of weeks, a preliminary ; hearing of the slugging and robberv was held in county court here Sat-j urday, but the mysterious wielding ! of the ax became more of a mystery instead of clearing up. Hold Two For Court. The two defendants arrested shortly after the slugging—Stough | Green, young white man, and Louis! Ellis, colored—were bound over to Superior court under a bond of $300 each. The evidence, however, failed to show that they were connected with, the slugging of Meeks other than that Meeks said they were at his shack some time before he was hit and bofh admitted being there although claiming that Meeks had not been slugged before they left, Meeks, whose mind does not seem to have fully recovered from the bad fracture on the rear of his head, could tell little about it Green and Ellis, he said, came to his shack on the Saturday night, before he was found unconscious on the shack (Continued On Page Eight) Bury Rufus Seism At Pleasant Grove Seventy-One Year Old Citizen Died Last Night. Lived With .' Son. Mr. Rufus A. Seism. 71 years of age. died Sunday night at the Shel by hospital about 11 o’clock, death resulting, it is said, from cancer of the liver. Funeral services are being con ducted this afternoon at 4 o'clock at Pleasant Grove church, where he had been a member for nearly so years. Rev. H. E. Waldrop is offi ciating at the burial services. Mr. Seism, who had been ill for four weeks, had been making his home with his son. Gaither Seism, just north of Shelby, his wife hav ing died about three years ago. Sur viving are three sons: Gaither. Ar thur and Frank. Also one sister. Mrs. John Stewart, of Lincoln county; and 16 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Brother And Sister Meet After 45 Years Forest City.—After 45 years had elapsed without their seeing each other, Elijah Waters, of Chester, S C. visited his sister. Mrs. Julia Green, who lives on Bostic, Route 1. Though living within 100 miles of each other somehow the years pass ed without brother and sister ever meeting. Mr. Waters' daughter and two grand-daughters came witn him when he visited his sister. When it was learned that Mr. Wa * ters was visiting his sister, about 75 old friends and neighbors came to see him. A brother, Sam Waters, of Alexander, was also present. Making Plans For Baptist Convention The men of the First Baptist church met, Sunday afternoon to be 1 gin making plans for the entertain ment of the State Baptist conven tion which will bp held at the local church. Nov. 11th to 14th inclusive About 1.000 visitors are expected in the city during the convention. W. H. Hudson was made chair man of the finance committee; Chas. L Eskridge, transportation; O. M. Mull, entertainment; Lee B. Weathers, publicity Each commit 1 top head will select other members to serve with him. Young Marine, Shelby Youth, Is Killed In Wreck Sgt. Robert Brevard Roberts Meets Death Near Paris Island S. C. Body Coming Home. Sergeant Robert Brevard Rnber’s, member of the United States Ma rines. stationed at Paris T land, S C. was instantly killed late Saturday night when the automobile in which lie and four other marine., were riding, going to Savannah, erased into a truck at a point two miles south of. Hardeeville, S. C lit skull was fractured in two places, and he suffered internal injuries, according to a telegram to The Star irom Savannah Ga.. this morning. Sergeant Roberts is the son of Mrs. W. Josh Roberts of Chestnut street, Shelby, and had served four years in the Marines. R^rem!" he re-enlisted A telegram from headquarters r.sted his mother whether she wish ed the body returned to Stieibv for interment, or buried with tla,- usual mll'tary honors in. a government cemetery and immedia'ely a rc* auert was made that his Cedy be sent to Shelby. The funeral will bf> held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning from Rober*\ res rienre on Chestnut street and burial will be at Patterson Springs Young Roberts is the youngest son of 'Mrs. W. Josh Roberts and besides his mother, four sisters and one brother survive: Mrs. Will Arey, Mrs. C. C. Ho-n. Mrs Herbert Whis nant. Miss Ruth Roberts" and Ben Roberts. Two half brother:-. Will J and Geo. Roberts also sievive Veteran Maker Of Harness Dies From An Infected Tooth John R. Melton Buried At Union Sunday Afternoon. Highly Respected Citizen. Mr John R Melton. f or years proprietor of the harness depart ment of the Farmers Hardware herp and well known to hundreds of Cleveland county citizens, died about 7 o'clock Saturday morning at his home in east Shelby. Death, it. is said, resulted from an inrected tooth. Funeral services were held at Union church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock and a large crowd was in attendance. Mr. Melton, who was 51 years of age, joined Big Springs church 30 years ago. but later mov ed his membership to Union. Rev. D. G. Washburn conducted the funeral services. A quiet, law-abiding citizen. Mv Melton was a true friend to scores and his death after an illness of three weeks brought sadness to many. Surviving are h<s widow-. five children, two brothers and three sisters. Woman At Cliffside Is Fatally Burned Mrs. Piddic Huskey Moore Fatally Hurt In Attempt To Fight Fire With Kerosene. Forest City.—Mrs. Biddie Huskey Moore was fatally burned at her home at Cliffside when she started to kindle a fire in her stove with kerosene oil and the can exploded. The flames caught her clothing which were burned entirely off of her. She was rushed to the Ruther ford hospital in an attempt to save her life, but all that could be done for her was in vain. Funeral services were conducted at. Prospect Baptist church near Cliffside Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mute Swain Sues Helen Lockwood, eighteen year old Fairfield, Ct., society girl has been served with a body attachment in a breach of promise suit by Peter Shay a mute mechanic of the same township. Shay claims $4,000 heart balm. ▼"♦^rnationaJ Npw» re«l County Club Idea, Proposed Here, Explained Movement Started In Rutherford Spreading Over America, Meeting Here. A meeting will likely be held in Shelby about October 1 at which it is hoped that an organization similar to the County club in Ruth erford county will be formed In Cleveland. Local and county citizens have been interested in such an organi zation by Editor R. E. Price, of Rutherfordton, who explains the history of the Rutherford club and its recent spread over the county. His article follows: Rutherford county started a movement nearly seven years ago, December. 1927, which may become nationwide and mean much to the state and nation. The Rutherfoid K. S. Tanner, cotton manufacturer, invited about 100 leading citizens of this county to be his guests at a luncheon at the Spindale House. Dr. E C. Branson, of the depart ment of rural economics, University of North Carolina, was present and spoke on the possibilities of such a club. It was here that the county club idea was born. The Ruther ford club was the first of its kind in the United States and has func tioned independently ever since. When A. W. McLean retired as governor of North 'Carolina. he organized the second county club iti (Continued On Page Eight) Ground Broken For Furniture Building Ground has been broken for the erection of the new two story brick home of the Cleveland Furniture company. The new building will be located on South Morgan street. ! about a hundred feet south of the ! present headquarters of the cotn pany. Mr. W. J Jones, proprietor of the I Cleveland Furniture company, told The Star today he will erect a thor oughly modern store that will be a credit to the business section of Shelby. Boiling Springs In First Grid Game There On Tuesday Rackley’s Junior College Eleven To Bailie Dallas High School. Cleveland county's first foot hall game of the fall is to be played tomorrow, Tuesday, aft ernoon al 3:30 at Boiling Springs when Blainey Rackley's junior college eleven gets its first test of the season in a con test with the strong Dallas high team. The former Wake Forest star is more melancholy over his prospect:', at the junior college than are Monk Younger at Davidson and Gus Te bcll at State “I just haven't got the boys." he said Saturday "What 1 hate Mill do, hut 1 liaten't enough( of them. Just 23 men out for the team.” A Few Good Ones. But once a lineup of his mater ial is'surveyed it is seen that Rack ley has out at Boiling Springs a few players, at least, that some of the larger colleges would be pleased to have. Among other things he has Buck Coble and Howard Moore for a pair of tackles, and among football fans hereabouts their abil ity is well known. In the backfield he has Bob Chetty, all-state hlgu school quarterback from Lexington; Stroud, a 180-pounder, and a cou ple of other promising ball toters. "I don't know how I will line (Continued on page eight.), College Game Here For Fair Certainty Now I.rnnir-Rhvnr Ti» Plav Prpsbytprlan In Football CJamr, Saturday September 28. This section's first college football tamr Is to be played upon the final day of the Cleve land County fair—Saturday, i Srpt. 28—at the fair grounds, according to an announcement made today by Secretary J. S. j Horton. The game, which is expected io prove one of the big features of the fair will he between, nick Gurley's Lenoir-Rhyne col lege eleven and the Presbyterian college eleven of Clinton, S. C. Secretary Horton had been negotiating for a football game but hardly expected to land such a big game for the first college football tryout here. However, ' both Lenoir-Rhyne and Presby- j terian, known in football circles | as ‘‘P. C.’\ had cancelled games j on that date and accepted a guarantee made them by local fair officials. Strong Outfit. On paper the P. C. eleven, rated in early football surveys as one of the strongest grid out fits in South Carolina, has the advantage of Lutheran team. However, Coach Gurley, former Shelby high mentor, ha* the best material on hand at Le nolr-Rhyne this year that he has had since the days of the mighty Spurlock. S. 1. A. A. rules will prevent his using his freshman material against P. C. here and if a lack of reserve strength does not handicap him for that reason the Lenolr Rhyne outfit will give the scrap py Presbyterian eleven all It will want to handle in one day. The highlight and sensation of the section's first grid tilt is, of course, expected to be Jimmy Green, the P. C. hack field flash, who Is considered another Stamps developed by Coach Waller Johnson. Fair Tickets For School Pupils Now Ready, Grigg Says Principal* And School Officials May Secure Them From County Superintendent. Tickets which will admit all Cleveland county school children into the Cleveland county fair on opening day—Tuesday. Sept. 24 are now ready for distribution it the office of the county superin tendent, J. H. Grigg. These tickets may be secured by the principal* or committeemen from the districts, but will not be turned over to the children them selves at the superintendent's of fice. Each ticket when presented at the fair is to have the name of the pupil and his or her school. Regulations. In the eight months schools only children enrolled this year or com ing of school age since last year are entitled to free tickets. In the six months schools those enrolled last year are entitled to tickets. Date Changed For Methodist Meeting Dr. Durham Coming On October 6 Instead Of 13th As Announced. The evangelistic services at Central Methodist church will begin on Sunday, October 6, in stead of Sunday, October 13, It is announced by Dr. Hugh K. Boyer, Central pastor. The change was made neces sary because Dr. Plato Durham, of Emory university, native son of the county, will not be able io come on the 13th as planned, but can be here for the week beginning October 16. With the change made for his conveni ence the services will begin on October 6 and continue through October 13. Beauty Parlor Here Has Changed Owners Announcmeent was maae today of a change of management of the Knightengale Beauty Parlor, in the Hotel Charles Building. Miss Thel ma L. Torbert, formerly of the Betty-Jean Beauty Shoppe, who comes to Shelby from the middle west, is now the head of „the Knightengale shop .taking the es tablishment over from Mrs. Knight, | who has left the city. Miss Tjrbert [is asiisted byjtos Striker on Trial Min Sophie Melvin, 19, in charge of the children's activities for the Na tional Textile Workers Union at Gastonia, North Carolina, is one of the sixteen defendants in the mur der trial now in progress in Char lotte, North Carolina. International Kcwaraal Sister Of Mr. Beason Buried On Sunday Mrs. 3. L. Butler Passes At Her Home At Forest City After Long Illness. Mrs. J. L. Butler, a sister of Mr. James T. Beason. N. Morgan street. Shelby, died at her home at Forest City Saturday night at 9 o'clock after an illness of long duration, four months of which time she was confined to her bed. The funeral was conducted Sunday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock at Boiling Springs Bap tist church, the services being as sisted by her pastor, Rev. Mr. Hunt ley of Trinity Baptist church, as sisted by her former pastor and friends of the family. Rev. Mr. Jen kins of Woodruff, S. C., Dr. Ayers of Forest City, Rev. J. L. Jenkins of Bolling Springs. Rev. Zack Harrlll, Rev. Mr. Goode and Rev. J. A. Lee. All made short talks, paying de served tributes to the beautiful life of Mi's. Butler, who had been a most faithful Christian and church member since childhood. Mrs. Butler is survived by her husband, seven sons and one daugh ter. The funeral was largely attend ed and the floral offerings were numerous and beautiful. Mrs. Landrum Ross Dies In Charlotte Former Citizen Of Shelby Succumbs In Charlotte. Funrela Today At Earl. News of the death of Mrs. Lan drum B. Ross has been received here and is a great shock to her many friends. Mrs. Ross died in Charlotte1 Saturday night where the family had been living since moving from Shelby three years ago. Mrs. Ross has been a long-time sufferer with a heart trouble Before marriage she was Ola Shu ford and was a daughter of J. J. Shuford of near Earl. She is surviv ed by her husband Landrum B. Ross, five sons, Attorney Marion Ross, Dr. Grady Ross, O. L. Ross, Haywood and Kermit Ross, two daughters, Misses Iola Ross and Margaret Ross. Deceased was a de voted wife and mother whose pride was in her home and family. The funeral and interment will take place this afternoon at New Hope Baptist church Earl, the ser vices to be conducted by Rev, Lu ther Little of the First Baptist church, Charlotte, Dr Zeno Wall of Shelby and Rev. J. L. Jenkins of Boiling Springs. Two Young Men Hurt In Week-End Falls James Eskridge sustained a severe blow on the head and Tom Cottle, age 13, had his right arm broken over the week-end when they fell, young Eskridge falling from his sister's trunk which was being haul ed to the depot and young Cottle falling from a pony which he was riding The pony stepped on young Cottle's arm and broke both bones. Young Eskridge regained conscious ness shortly after the accident and Short Schools In County Open On November 4 Two Thousand Five Hundred Chil dren Start To School Thrn. Clow For Picking. The six months schools of Cle'<. Innd county will open for the year on November 4, according to J. H Grlgg. county superintendent, who says that this date has been ten tatively agreed upon by the board of education. If cotton picking, how ever, Is late the opening may be moved bark a week to November 11 Sixty-one schools. 30 while and 31 colored, will open on that date These schools have something like 2.500 pupils enrolled Begin To Close. The eight months schools, which have been In session for some time are beginning to close for the cot ton picking season Patterson Springs closed last, Friday so that children might get into the cotton fields. Some of the other schools will close the coming Friday, white the remainder of the long term schools will close Friday week and remain closed until the county cot ton crop is picked Damages Asked Of Local Man By Nurse On Seduction Charge Files $25,000 Civil Suit Also Crimi nal Complaint In Ruth , erford. Friday night papers were served upon Mr F. B. Ihtton. local auto distributor who was recently mar ried. by Sheriff Irvin Allen Inform ing him that a damage suit and also a criminal charge had been fil ed against him in Rutherford coun ty on a seduction charge made by a young woman of that county. The civil suit paper Informed that damages of $25,000 were asked In that, action, while the criminal charge was that, of seduction under promise to marry. The plaintiff In both actloas was the young woman in question, a native of Rutherford county but a graduate nurse of the Shelby hospital. The required bonds were made by the defendant after the papers were served by Sheriff Allen, the civil action calling for appearance before the Rutherford clerk of court on October 14. and the criminal action made returnable before the Rutherford recorder on the same date. People Walking To Church Bruised By Car Without Eyes A blind auto last, night plowed into a party of people in the Lily mill village as they were walking to church and bruised five or six of the party. The car, which was with out lights, did not have any bulbs in the front sockets, according to Police Chief Poston who was call ed to the scene. None of those struck were seriously Injured and all were able to return to their homes after treatment at the office of a phy sician. The car was driven by Jim Davis, of the Shelby mill village, and he was charged with operating a car without lights. He was not in toxicated and being without lights on his car was blinded by the lights of an approaching car. causing him to pull to the right where he hit the walkers. Those struck were Worth Davis, Eudell Davis, Marie Davis, Mattie Davis, Cora Anthony, Ruth Shaw, Deuard Shaw and Ora Anthony. Eastern Star Meet, There will be a call meeting of Shelby chapter 110 of the order of the Eastern Star on Tuesday night at 1:30 o’clock. All members are urged to Rttend. Probe Killing Of Woman In Gaston Flare-Up Saturday Sought Jimison? Tom P. Jlmison (above,> Char lotte law.ver and former minister, was one of the men, it Is alleged, sought b.v the anti-communistic mob whleli recently paraded from Gastonia to Charlotte. Ilmlson along with others sympathetic with the strike movement have been hard to locate In Charlotte following the anti-red flare-up In Gaston. I Tessner Released I On Payment Of Fine Monry Said To Have Bwn Sent By I'nion In Charlotte Krrof nlws Visitor. Cleo Tessner, alleged labor agita tor. who was ejected Irom a miil residence last week at Kings Moun tain and was also fined *25 and the costs in county court here for op erating an automobile without prop er license, was released from Jail Saturday upon payment of the fine. Reports heard here had it~that the money to pay Tessner’s fine came from union sympathizers at Charlotte, while one report had It that it was sent by Attorney Tom P. Jimlson, who represents the strik ing group. After his release from jail it is said Tessner leturned to Kings Mountain. Visitor Arrested. On the day after he was placed I in jail here and also on the day' following his ejectment from the Cora mill residence at Kings Moun tain, Tessner was visited at the jail by two men not known here. In Sunday's newspapers Sheriff Allen saw the photos of the men arrested late last week in Charlotte for hav ing riot guns, other guns and am munition in their possession, and one of the photos, the sheriff said, was that of one of the two men who visited Tessner in jail here. Where To Buy Copies Of Star Copies of The Star may be pur chased by those who are not regu lar subscribers from two newsboys on the streets each press-day aft ernoon, and at Albert's newsstand at Suttle's drug store. Brummitt Tells How Gardner May Call Out National Guard Attorney-General Issues Statement Clarifying Rights Of Exe cutive To Call Troops. Raleigh.—Attorney-General Den-j nis G. Brummitt, in a statement is- j sued, sets forth for the informa tion of the general public the legal I and constitutional aspects of the : governor s authority to call out th? National Guard The governor, the statement se'.s forth, has authority to call out the militia to execute the law. suppress riots or insurrection and to repel invasion. In the first instance, that of ex ecuting the law, if the governor calls oiit troops at the request ol they act in subordination to the local civil authorities. They go to a locality to see that the civil law is enforced and that defiant crimin als shall be made to yield to the demands of the law. The National Guard, where the right exists under express provisions of the statute and common law , must also endeavor to suppress a riot or prevent it if one is threatened and if necessary to that end arrest offenders. The par ties arrested shall be turned over to civil authorities for trial. Where there is an insurrection it is distinguished from a riot by the fact there is organized and armed uprising against the authority of ; the governor. The responsibility for 4; Mothrr Of Ftv« Ridlngr On Trnrli When Shot. Othrr* Hurt. Hear Wltnrsse*. Gastonia, Sept, 15.—With the coroner'* Inquest Into the death ol Mrs. Ella May Wiggins, striker, vic tim of an anti-communist mob, only partly completed, seven men today were held In bonds of $1,000 each on charges of manslaughter. They were arrested on warrants Is sued at. the request of Solicitor Jonn O. Carpenter. The inquest started in the Gaston county courthouse at. 9 o'clock this morning. Except for an hour when the hearing was adjourned that persons attending might go to church, and a few minutes to get a sandwich for lunch. the hearing continued without, a break until 4 o'clock this afternoon when ad journment was taken until next Sat urday, The men arrested were F. T. Mpr row. driver of an automobile which collided with a truck in which 21 members of the National Textile Workers union were fleeing from a mob; Theodore Sims. Lowery Davis, and Troy Jones, who were In the car with Morrow; George Llnger felt, driver of the truck; L. M. Sossoman. master mechanic of the l.oray cotton mill at Gastonia and Will Lunsford, a Loray mill em ploye. The warrants charge that the men “did conspire confederate and agree together to slay and did slay Ella May Wiggins.” They were re leased on bonds of $1,000 each sign ed by J. A. Baugh, general mana ger of the Loray mill of the Man vtlle-Jenckes company. Examine 29 Witnesses. Twenty-nine witnesses were heard at today s session of the Inquest. Four physicians testified that Mrs. Wiggins met her death from a sin gle bullet wound. A mill superin tendent who was passing at the moment took the witness stand to corroborate in large part the etory told by the workers on the truck. Robert White. 15, whose arm was broken when some member of the mob clubbed him, and Mrs. Mary Goldsmith Jones told their version of the incident. Mrs. Jones was wounded on the Up In some manner. Mrs. Jones said she could not swear that she was shot but was positive she was not hurt in the collision. G. R Spencer, superintendent of the American mill at Bessemer City, and occupants of the truck aU told Coroner J. F. Wallace and ills jury that men armed with pump guns apparently tried to halt the strikers when they were dumped out of the wrecked truck. As the strikers fled Mrs. Wiggins was kill ed. Several witnesses declared shots were fired at those who remained in the truck. The shooting was a result of ef forts of anti-communists to prevent;' an advertised meeting in South Gas tonia by communists and members of the National TextUe Workers un ion which last April called a strike in the Loray mill. Twenty-five heavily armed deputy sheriffs pe troled the section about the place where the meeting was to be held. The victims of the automobUe col lision and shooting which occurred (Continued On Page Eight) Shelby People In Gastonia Saturday For Strike Clashes Many Go There To" Witness Clash Between Mobs Of Reds And Anti Reds. Scores of Shelby and Cleveland county people motored to Gastonia Saturday afternoon and night for the anticipated clashes between communistic strikers and anti-com munist lc citizens of Gastonia and Gaston county. A number of local people there during the afternoon were near the scene where the mother of flve children was shot and killed after the truck, filled with strike sympa thizers, in which she was riding wa* wrecked In a collision with another car, from which, it is said, the fatal bullet was fired. Others saw thd body of the woman before It wkf removed and while the first of tile inquest was being conducted. Later In the night scirei of (am Gastonia area visited ttB Kings Mountain section after >orts were broadcast that the ooa& ■miniatic meeting, scheduled fat jastonla and cause of all the dis urbance had been transferred to Sings Mountain No demonstration, lowever. was staged in the east I
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