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12 PAGES TODAY I K!DAY, SEPT. I'.'L’O. Published Monday, Wednesday , and Friday Afternoons By man, per year (in advance) $2.60 Carrier, per year (inadvance) $3.00 VOL. XXXV, No. 115 SHELBY, N. C. LATE NEWS The Martels. Colton, Spot ..... 1*c Cotton Seed, per bu.. tie Cloudy Saturday? Today's North Carolina Weather Report: Cloudr tonight and Satur day. Showers in west portion to night and in west and central por tions Saturday. 160 Entries In Big Cotton Show Wearing Apparel Made From Cotton Goods Shown Today At The County Fair. A feature at the county fair this morning was the cot top fashion show, promoted in the Interest of the cotton industry of the south to demonstrate what pretty, useful and attractive wearing apparel might be made from cotton There were 160 nr rnorr entries: dresses for house, street, party and all other occasions The response on the part of women who sew was most, gratifying but of course tire weather was disappointing and this morning the promoters v.ere won dering whether to stage the cotton fashion show in front of thp grand stand as planned, or hold it in the exhibit hall, because of the wet. At any rate the fashion show was held this morning and manikins displayed the beautiful array of dresses made for tlris occasion They competed for fifteen valuable prizes, divided into five, classes with three prizes in each class The priz es were given by the textile plants and amount to several hundred dol lars in value. Streams Flooded In Cleveland By Rains; Rutherford Damage Many Cleveland County Streams Out Of Their Banks Today. Rutherford Flooded, Many Cleveland county streams, rivers and creeks,, were out of their banks early today and flooding ad jacent. lowlands. due to a heavv downpour of rain Wednesday night and all day Thursday. Considerable damage has been done, farmers say. to crops in the lowlands, while the steady rains of recent days have started cotton bolls to rotting. In Rutherford County. Rutherfordton. Sept. 26.—Ruth erford eounty was visited by th> heaviest, downpour of rain it has had since the flood of August, 1923. today. It rained hard and continu ously for more than 12 hours and is still raining at intervals Thurs day night. Much damage has bem don# to roads and bridges, cron:, especially cotton and bottom corn. Mountain Creaic, about four miles west of here on highway 20 was out of banks at noor. today Botttom land on Green and Broad rivers, also Second Broad river is tnun rlate-f af al n’arPs One flood gate at Lake Lure was raised at 10 o'clock th’t morning and lowered about 4:15 this after noon. Soon after it was raised water covered portions of highway No. 20 a foot or more. It was feared there would be landslide?, or. the mountain between Chimney Rock and Fairview. but none of a serious nature had been reportsd at night fall. Cotton is rotting in many fields, as there has been practical’v no sunshine since Saturday in this section. Permit Cotton To Dry, Experts Urge Raleigh.—Cotton farmers should go slow both in picking and ginning cotton unless they want to lose from $5 to $25 a bale, according to P. B. Blalock, manager of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Co operative association, who states that most of the cotton received so far is badly gin-cut because of be ing ginned either too green or too wet. As a result, this gin-cut cotton Is selling for from $5 to $25 a bale less than undamaged cotton. "If cotton is ginned too green, or if the cotton is wet when gin ned, the process of ginning cuts up the fibres and greatly lessens the value of the cotton,” said Mr. Bla lock “For this reason, we are urg ing all gtnners to slow up as much »\ possible and gin rotton only « hen it 1s ripe and dry" R W. Shoffner, Cleveland coun ty farm agent, adds his appeal to that of Mr. Blalock in urging farm ers not to gin their cotton while it is green or wet. “Since ft has been raining so much recently I hope the farmers of this county will store their cotton until it is thoroughly dry before ginning it. thus pre venting it from getting gin-cut," Mr. Shoffner says. I know in some instances it will be hard to hold the rotton bark, hut their is mou to be gainer] |iv fL'ino -a thail t; ruthing it to the gin wet.' Fair Weather Boosts Final Fair Days First National Bank Invited To Join In Billion Dollar Merger Pres. Blanton In New York Investigation Two Have Tnurr To Art. Would Involve 43 Banks In N. C. And New York. The First National hank of Shelby. one of the strongest banking institutions in this ter ritory, has been invited to join the Marine Midland corpora tion. a holding and manage ment corporation, now being organized in New York state and capitalized at sixty million dollars. The Marine Midland would control 51 per rent of the capital stork of 17 leading hanks In North Carolina and K> strong banks in New York state. Mr. Blanton In New York. President C C Blanton of the local bank Is in New York going thoroughly into the matter with other officials of the various insti tutions. It is understood Mr. Blan ton was granted authority to act for the bank at a recent meeting of the board of directors, what action in takes to be sanctioned, of course, by the stockholders. In the event the merger goes through, it is understood that the combined resources of the Novi r Carolina and New York banks in volved in all probability will reach the billion-dollar mark. I Mr J. Elw-ood Cox, president of | the Commercial National Bank o' I High Point, invited officials of the j North Carolina banks he wished to include in the merger into a con i ference at. High Point a week ago I and at, that meeting the First Na . tional of Shelby was not represent i cd. but Mr. Blanton reached Nev/ i York yesterday tor a thorough in vestigation before taking any steps involving the First National of Shelby. At. the First National Bank here this morning officials had nothing to divulge other than what had ap i peared in the daily newspapers and | the fart that Mr. Blanton was in ; New York to make a thorough in I vestigatmn before he will decide 1 whether to recommend the merger , to the stockholders of the local in 1 sUtution. Mr. J. Elwood Cox cave out the following list, of banks invited in’o the gigantic merger: Greensboro Bank and Trust com pany. Commercial National bank, High Point. Fidelity bank, of Durham Wayne National bank, Goldsboro. Commercial National bank. Rr Icigh. Merchants and Farmers National bank. Charlotte. First National bank, Salisbury. First National bank. Thomasville. Bank of North Wijkesboro, North Wilkesboro. Elkin National bank. Elkin. First National bank, Morganton. First National bank. Marion, i First National bank. Hickory, i Bank of Lenoir, of Lenoir First National bank, Wadesbora fContinued on page ten.) Rafe King Appeal Planned By Lawyers Conference Held Yesterday At Yor* —Plea To Reach High Court In December. York. Sept. 26.—Attorneys for Rafe King, the carrying out of the death sentence on whom has been held up pending the outcome of ar. appeal to the state supreme court for a new trial, had a conference in the offiee of MrDow and Shand here today preparatory to perfect ing their appeal. The appeal can not reach the supreme court before December 1. and possibly not till later it is said. Attorneys present at the confer ence were Clyde Hoey and B. T Fal's of Shelby, James II. Glenn and John M. Hemphill of Chester and Thomas F. MrDow and Robe:1 W. Shand of York. King was convicted of" the mur »}<?* of his v ife. f-a' p \\T 1:1 King at the July term of court in Chr - ter. i Considers Merger Mr. ('has. C. Blanton, president of thr Shelby First National, is in New York for a ronfrrrnie rejard iti* thp billion dollar bank merger whirh may inrlude the Shelbv in stitution. (Star I’lioto., Lattimore Votes To Sell Its Light Plant _ i Only Six Voles Cast Against The Sale Of Plant To Southern Public Utilities. Only six votes were cast against .the sale of the Lattimore electric light plant to the Southern Public Utilities company in an election here at Lattimore Thursday As a result of the election when 07 vote were cast in favor of the sale and six against. the Southern Public Utilities which owns and operates1 plants in many cities and towns .n the two Carolina, will take charge immediately. The sale price was $13,500. In order for the election *o carry, it was necessary to have a major ity of the registered voters Sixty - seven votes were cast in favor of the sale and six against, while 25 did not vote. The vote, therefore, stood 67 for the sale and 29 against. , Fall* Helps To Win In Big Damage Case Judge B T. Falls, home from a three day court trial at Morgantoti.! tells of assisting local counsel to win a verdict for one, Joe Eaker. against the International Shoe company. for eighteen thousand; dollars, which is some high figure ; as jury verdicts go. Baker, working ’ for the International company, suf- ' fered an injury in which his back was broken. Stop Parking Cars At Marion Street School City Officials To Make Safety Zone Of Hanger Spot To Children. The most dangerous spot in Shrlhy for school children—the street in front of the F.ast Marion school—Is to be made a »afety rone hv city officials it was announced yesterday by Mayor S. A. MeMurry. Hereafter patrolmen who go In the school twice daily to keep the street clear of jams while children are loading and un loading will enforce the park ing regulations rVrn at the dis comfort of some parents who help make the spot dangerous, and meantime Mayor McMurrv appeals to parents who hare children in school there to do their hit in preventing the snuf fing out of some young life. No Curb Tarklnt. A year nr two ago city officials j realized that the street in front of ' the school was a very dangerous | spot, especially in the morning and ; at noon, and a regulation was pass ed forbidding any parking or stop ping of cars on the school side of the street. With the opening of school this year motorists began disregarding the regulations again and just before school takes up In the morning parked cars have lined both sides of the narrow ■ street leaving a very narrow driveway for cars going both directions and mak- : ing the small lane an unusually dangerous spot for children to cross During the recent rainy weather the traffic jams in front of the school have increased Many people bringing their children to school have been parking on the schorl side so that, the children might save j a few steps in reaching the build ing while others, obeying the regu lations. parked on the opposite, the «.-o rows of cars practically filling ! the street. Parking signs and lines for the j area in front of the school are now being prepared, emphasizing that there must, be no parking on the school side of the street, and the policemen sent to the school will be ordered to enforce the regulation, says the City Hall announcement " Parents should gladly cooperate ; in this movement, for it is to pro- ! teet thP lives of their children—-and for that purpose alone.'" Mayor Mr Murry says. Rabbits are being used ext.wish e ly in Russia as a sourre of me-h 1 supply. ; Jimison Demoted, Shake-Up In \ Lawyers In New Alder holt Case Flowers Head# Defense Counsel. Hoey Re mains For State. Trial Monday. Dr.vu' ..reanization of the lctja!; line-up-, : t;-y the sensational Ader- ! holt murder case when it is re sumed here Monday, including the supplanting of Tom P. Jimiscn by J. Frank Flowerr as rhief defense ! counsel and t,h<' dropping of six of the 11 prosecution lawyers, was divulged as both sid*v annoriv.-d; their readinets for resumption of the trial. i The ciiminuti'e former Metho dist preacher v ho since 'he be - ginning of tlie labor (revile n*; Gastonia about April 1 ha< br.t the right-hand legal support of strikers and strike leaders yes terday afternoon admitted that he , had been asked, as he expressed it. “to assume a miner role hi the defense" and added tiiat ne , had agreed qui*;• wi!'.:::|v. IJ? '• ■aid relief from the- iv r ; itii’ity ' of directing the defer, e was "ve: y. | welcome.” The request, he said, had keen made by J. Lot sis Engdahl. •vretary of ;lie- intern- >nal i,ari hor detriv-r prvl Poger F.alde ip director of Civil LiberUei union. Five lawyers, tw * . .. them from Charlotte, it was alto learned last night, will conduct the prosecu tion of the cases against Fred Er win Beal and his 15 associates charged with the murder of O F. Adcrhoit. Gastonia police chief killed June 7 at the former ten; colony of strikers at Gastonia. The other six. all of Gastonia, will not further participate in the case. The fi\c who will continue will be Solicitor John G. Carpenter, em r>’.oy*d by the state, end Jake F. j Newell and E T. Cansler. sr.. of ! Charlotte. Clyde Hoev. Shelby, and j A. G. Mangum, Gastonia, the lat- S ter four employed Ijv Gaston coun- 1 ty- ■„ The six other attorneys, who It ! v.as understood. felt that they j should not continue longer in the j use since they hud already av- ‘ CompUshed the work for which they had been employed and would no; j be needed especially in the actual ! Irial. arc A. I,. Bilhvmklc R Gregs Glien-v A. !r Wot'r. F R Warren. G. B Mason and E 5 , I f)I<l I inters Meet for Series Eddie Collins Heft), former member of Connie Mack's "Million Dollar Infield" drops in on the veteran manager to shake hands and cheer the Quake,- tram on to victory. "Eddie” and Connie are both sure that once more "the bacon" will be brought home to Philadelphia. International Newircd Livestock, Poultry Shows Largest Yet Over 1,000 Birds In Poultry Show. Good Horses, Hogs, Mules. The Winners. The !.> i nd poultry depart ments of ihe present county fair '•■•ere the largest, exhibits in botn departments ever shown here, de spite the inclement weather, accord ing to the department directors. In the poultry show, of ivhich Rev. J. W Suttle is director, thef'; were 1.002 entries, 200 more than last year There was also a hie in crease in entries In the rattle de partment directed by Tom Corn 's ell. Poultry Winners. Champions in the hie poultry show, not including single entry winners, were as follows. Best pen in show—Sam M Flack Forest City. White Wyandot’es. Best male bird— W C Hamrick. Boiling Spring White Rock. Best female m show—John T. Borders, Shelby R-7. Rhode Island Red. Best young pen In show—Rev. A ; G Melton. Boiling Springs. Barred Rocks. Best old male in show—Forrest I Stewart, Clover, S. C Dark Brown I Leghorn. Best old female in show—John L. Borders. Rhode Island Red The entries in the poultry build-' hi? included chickens. pheasant. .1 turkeys, ducks, rabbits, guinea pig? white rats, a possum and kittens, C attle Show. Winners in the Jersey cattle sin gle entry class for the county fol low : Senior champion bull—C. C. Whim ant, Polkville. Junior champion bull — Holland Dixon, Kings Mountain. Route 2 Grand champion • hull —C. C Whisnant. Senior champion row—R, G Adams, Latthnore Junior champion cow—Walter Dixon. Kings Mountain. Route 2 Grand champion sow—Walter Dixon. In the North Carolina open for Jerseys the following were ribbon \\ inners: Senior champion bull -H P Rob inson. Granite Falls. Junior champion bull —Holland Dixon. Kings Mountain, route 2. Grand champion bull, senior chant pion cow’, junior champion cow, grand champion cow'—all won by H. P. Robinson, of Granite Falls. Grand champion Guernsy bull— W. P. Dixon. Kings Mountain, route 2 Ferguson Big Winner. In the Hereford class: Senior champion bull. grand champion bull, senior, junior and grand champion cows—T VV Fer guson. of Ferguson, in Avery coun ty. Mr. Ferguson to reach the far here rbnvr hjs herd or fine rattl- , -’0 nnlcs to rcacii a railioad whetcj his fait Ip might be shlped to Shel by. Junior champion bull—K. C Wise Altnmont. Avery county; Phillips brothers. of Ingalls Avery county, had the best herd of sheep exhibited with 35. and also the only short horn entries in the show. A C Wharton, of the Reynolds Farms. Winston-Salem. Was the judge for the dairy cattle, while R. H Ruffner, of State college (Continued on page tend Two Associations To Hold Joint Meeting Sandy Hun And Kings Mountain Associations To Meet At Bolling Springs. Tire Sandy Run Baptist associa tion mil meet with the Sandy Run church at Mooresboro. October 9 and in On the afternoon of the~fffh a $otnt session will be held with the Kings Mountain association *i Boiling .Springs. The latter will meet October fi-9 at Boiling Springs. This will be an important and large meeting of the Baptists of this section of the .state Expect Big Crowd For Closing Day Program Of Fair Two f ootball Teams Ready For Contest Here On Saturday College Elevens Will Arrive In Shel hv Saturday Morning. l.uth eran Star Hurt. The two football elevens, which will pci form In Shelby's fimt college football game, are ready for 1’irir clash tomorrow after noon at 2:15 at the Cleveland county fair grounds. Word from Ilirkory today statrd that Dirk Curley had his l.rnoir-Rhyne Mountain Hears groomed for the contest, while Walter John son will bring to Shelby one of the fastest elevens ever sent out bv the fighting Presbyter ian college. The only discordant note prior to Hie game was the news today that ‘Rar.z" Miller, star renter for Ie noir-Rhyne. has fractured his teg and will likely be out for the sea son The game will start. In the race l trark infield. between 2 15 and 2 30 in the afternoon. No extra aJ- | mission price will be chtirged at the gate but there will be a charge for grandstand seats as for the horse races The two elevens are considered pretty well halnnced and Shelby's first college encounter should be a ntp-and-tuclc gridiron performance. Both teams will arrive in Shelby Saturday morning, and both may take a workout before the game A big portion of the Lenoir-Rhyne student body will be down for the , game, while many of the P. C. stu I dents will accompany their eleven Mooresboro Votes On Sale Of Plant Town 1» Offered 118.5(H) For Us Electrlr Light Plant. Vote October 30th. j ... . — j Mooresboro has been offered $18,500 for its electric light plant - and to determine whether the ; town will sell o’- not, the toivn of ficials have called an election to be held October 30 at which time the registered voters will decide R G. Burrus Is mayor and R. W. Me- I Braver is town clerk. On yesterday the town of Lattl- ! more held an el ection at which time | the voters authorized the sale of j the light plant of that town to the j Southern Public Utilities company I for 818,500. Toe Southern Publi'- J Utilities company t* a subsidiary of j the Southern Power company and proposes to buy the plant at Mooresboro. Judges Say Fair Exhibits Most Attractive Yet Seen Frizes Are Awarded—Bethlehem. Polkville And McDaniel Win Swcrpstakes. ‘‘We've never seen such attractive booths at any fair.” was the unan imous opinion of the judges who 1 awarded the prizes in the agricul tural hall at Cleveland county'; I sixth and largest fair on yesterday. The building Is filled to the limit even after additional space was pro . tided by the octagon shaped dome 1 which connected the agricultural hall with the manufacturers hall. I Booth Winners. Bethlehem community booth won ! sweepstakes for the best community 1 booth; Folkiille sweepstakes for the best woman's club booth and T F. McDaniel of near Kings Mountain sweepstakes for the best farm booth. Community booth prizes were awarded us follows: Bethlehem , first: Waco second and Saint Paul third. Individual farm booths. J P. Mc Daniel of near Kings Mountain ■ first; Beam Brothers of Waco sec- J ond; R, L. Faker of Gaston count \ third Ladir: booth, home demolish a-_ lion work: Folkville first: Bethle hem second; El Bethel third. School booths—-Earl first: Falls ton second and Belwood third. It is impossible to give the indivi dual winnings for thousands of en tries were made and with prizes amounting to $6,000 or more The beautiful display of flowers under the dom" between the two exhibit halls, make a most attractive setting, while festooned over the building are white and blue crepe paper strips, adding to the color ful scene. Thp following out of town judges passed in the exhibits on this hall: Miss Edna Draper of Gastonia, Miss Elizabeth CorncliUs of Lexington; Mrs. John Abernethy and Mrs. Kale j of Lincolnton. Messrs. Darst and McLean. Apologies To Waco. In giving a list of the booths In Wednesday's Star, the name of j Waco was overlooked in transcribing I tile notes taken as the Star rep-! resentative went through the aisles! on the day before the fair. Waco I was present this year with a com- 1 rnunity booth that won second prize. Last year Waco won first and of course should receive due credit. ] Center Program About Saturday Because Of Rain Throng Kept Away By Rain Fot Two Day* Are Bark Today. More Saturday. With the sun beaming dowo upon the big fair tract today fop the first time since the opening of (he sixth Cleveland county fair, of ficials this morning estimated that a record attendance would be sat up for the two clostng days and nights, today and tomorrow. uuf uj hip NM’aav uownpour nr rain nn events were put on Thurs day with the main portions of the program of amusement being shift ed over and concentrated for today and Saturday. With the rain ceas ing last night a large crowd braved the weather to attend the fireworks and night program. and if the weather remains good today and tomorrow it is hop^d that the at tendance for three of the five day* will make up for the two days which were practically rained out. Some One-Day Show. "The people who visit the fair Saturday, If it rains no more, will certainly get their money's wortrt and we are expecting them." says Dr. Dorton. fair secretary. "Of course, we cannot be blamed fer the heavy downpour Thursday which kept hundreds away. but because the program of one day was cancelled we are giving those who attend Friday and Saturday night three days and a little more boiled into two big days. There will be very few minutes Friday even ing and all day Saturday when there isn't something exciting go ing on." About the county it Is said that the hundreds who remained away Wednesday and Thursday because of wet weather will all be in at tendance Friday evening and Sat urday, Such being the case gate keepers at the fair grounds are preparing today to handle tha fair's record crowd tomorrow and tomorrow night. A feature of the program thtg morning was the attractive cotton fashion show, while the horse race* were back on the program thla afternoon. Tonight the big fire works display, which has been at tracting the largest crowds of the fair so far. will go on at the usual hour. Saturdays’ Program. The final day program Is packed and jammed with features. Out standing among the features will be the section’s first college foot ball game in the afternoon be tween Lenlr-Rhyne college, of Hickory, and the Presbyterian col lege eleven, of Clinton, South Car olina. The game will be played In the infield of the race track where it may be conveniently seen from the big grandstand. Saturday night the fireworks dis play which will climax the fair will be the mast brilliant and spectacu lar yet seen here. “It’s the last night,” fair officials say. "and we're going to shoot the whole works." Brother H. C. Long Passes In Alabama Mr. Henry C Long, one of the proprietors of the Cleveland Cigar store, left Shelby yesterday for Huntsville, Alabama, where he was called by the. death of his brother, Mr. Horace Long. The deceased was an elder brother of the Shelby man and was an optometrist. CATERPILLAR IMPLEMENTS ARE SHOWN AT THE FAIR i The only exhibit outside the ex-i j hibit halls at the county fair ig 1 that of the Caterpillar Tractor Co. 1 and these implements are being shown outside because all available space in the buildings was taken. Mr. S. G. Maxwell who lives on Hillcrest avenue is the local repres entative of this company and Is m -barke nf the exhibit - bowing, '.rac* Lors. plows and harrows