VOL. XXXV, No. 120
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LATE NEWS
THE MARKET.
Cotton, per pound _.. If'jc
Cotton Seed, per bu._....... 42c
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Fair And Wanner.
Today’s North Carolina Weather
Report: Fair tonight, not so cool in
extreme west portion. Thursday in
creasing cloudiness and slowly ris
ing temperature.
State Closes Case.
The prosecution in the Adrrholt
murder trial at Charlotte was ex
pected to wind up its evidence about
noon today. When the court ad
iouraed yesterday afternoon the
state had used 35 witnesses in the
attempt to convict Beal and his
companions of second degree mur
der.
County Boards
Have A Quiet
Session Here
Neither Board Overly Worried With
Petitions. Some Bridge Dam
age Reported.
The two Cleveland county, gov
ernmental boards—the board of
commissioners and the board of
education—had the quietest ses
sions here this week of any regular
meeting they have held in months.
No momentous question of pub
lic importance had to be decided at
th two sessions, and peculiar to
the custom petitioners for this and
that were not so numerous during
the day.
Bridge Damage.
The commissioners aid very n:ue
other than dispose of routine busi
ness, check over the county’s opera
ting expense for the month, and
order what bills paid they thought
deserving. However, the commis
sioners did hear from several citi
zens of bridge damage In several
sections of the county resulting from
the recent heavy rains and flooded
streams. No large bridges were
washed away and none of the dam
age reported was very heavy,
though.
"It was about the quietest meet
ing we’ve had in a long time,” de
clared J. H. Grlgg, county superin
tendent and secretary to the board
of education, in reporting the
meeting of educational heads. The
minutes of this meeting covered
little of public importance other
than the routine happenings that
come up each month.
Cottofi Is Burned
At Rutherfordton
Twenty Bales Of Long Staple, Load
ed On Truck, Catches Fire
On Street.
Rutherfordton, Oct. 8.—Twenty
bales of long staple cotton en route
to the Grace mills here from Cam
den, S. C., caught fire on Couth
Main street this afternoon and was
practically destroyed. The fire is
thought to have started from a
match being thrown on the cotton
by a smoker who lit a cigarette. The
fire truck was called out and soon
extinguished the flames. Quick work
of the local fire department saved
the truck on which the cotton was
loaded.
Ira Hodge, clerk in the local post
office and member of the fire de
partment, while trying to board the
fire truck, was thrown against the
pavement and had his right leg
broken. He also suffered bruises on
his head. He was rushed to the hos
pital and is doing well. Gene ban
ner, fireman, was slightly injured
when he fell from the truck on
which the cotton was loaded.
The loss of the cotton is estimat
ed at more than $1,000 as it was
last year’s cotton and sold for 31
cents per pound.
Mr. and Mrs. Alger Hamrick
have moved to their new home
which has just been completed on
W. Marion street.
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ily for the. purpose of usins
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play jokes and further ncre ii
is a violation of the aw for
any person to furnish fatso
information to a newspaper
that will embarrass, lunlll
ate or injure a person.
Auto Tangle'
Sends County
Youth To Jail
Bought Car In Tennessee Friday,
Sold It Here Saturday. First
Payment A Bad Check.
Virgil Shipes, alias Geo. L. Per
son, 17-year-old Kings Mountain
printer, did some speedy automobile
trading last week, but this week, as
he was removed from the Cleveland
oounty jail to the Johnson City,
Tenn., Jail, he was paying the prire.
Last Saturday Shipes, using the
name of Pearson, appeared in the
North Brook section of Lincoln, just
across the Cleveland line, with a
new Chevrolet coupe. After seme
dickering he traded the new coupe
to a man by the name of Smith for
a ’23 model Ford, a $180 note and a
$40 check. Then he came to Fall
ston to have the check cashed
Bank officials there asked him to
have himself identified and the
young fellow said he was work’rg
for the Cross motor company at
Cherryville. When communicated
with the Cherryville firm declared
he was not known there. The bank
then called up Smith, the man whe
gave the check, and told him theje
was something suspicious. S/nlt’i
asked that the youth be held, and
after telling several varying stories
he was brought to jail here.
Sheriff Knew Him.
just as soon as ne was seen ny
Sheriff Allen, the former^Kings
Mountain chief recognized him ns
Shlpes, a Kings Mountain boy. Th-*
title receipt revealed that the car
came from Johnson City, Tenn.,
and the motor firm there when no
tified said that Shlpes bought the
car from them on the day before
he sold It here, but that he gave
them a bad check, of $185 for it nnd
■till owed them a balance of $431
Paced with that Information
Shlpes admitted his guilt and de
clared that he would return today
with Sheriff Worley, of Johnson
City, without extradition papers.
In Johnson City he will face
charges of giving a bad check, trad
ing under an assumed name and
of disposing of mortgaged property.
Great Gathering Of
Singers At Second
Baptist October 13
Mr. J. C. Bridges, manager of the
singers convention says the gather
ing at the Second Baptist church on
Sunday October 13, will be the larg
est gathering of singers the con
vention has ever had. Quartets,
duets, choruses, bass singers, solos,
etc., are expected to feature the
convention. Among the singers who
are expected to attend are the
ladles quartet from Greenville, S.
C., the S. C. Fowler quartet from
Simpsonvllle, S. q. Then there will
be a bass solo contest by such mer.
as Judge Lake W. Stroup of Gaff
ney, C. R. Upton of Cale, Mr. Pear
son of Spartanburg and George
Borders of Patterson Springs.
Judge Stroup Is said to be a bet
ter bass singer than he Is a marry
ing squire. He states that he would
like to meet on this occasion, all
the couples he has married. Mr.
Wade Humphries of Gaffney, Prof
Sisk, the high tenor, the Jones quar
tet from Grassy Pond, the ISd Sar
ratt and Camps Creek quartet, the
Carolina quartet of Hickory, Rich
quartet of Morganton. Wright's of
Fallston and others are expected to
be on hand.
Estimate Of Big Cotton Crop
Seijtds Market Down Somewhat
Dozen Radios Here Give Public
Broadcast To Shelby’s Base
ball Fans.
Chicago and Philadelphia folks
may consider the World Series a
home-town affair for them, but t*-y
to tell that to hundreds of Shelby
and Cleveland county baseball fans
who are packed about a dozen pub
lic radio broadcasts here this week
listening in on the big time play—
not to mention scores of people who
are hearing the series over private
sets.
Funny thing that. Scores and
scores of the fellows who are pack
ing and jamming around the pub
lic broadcasts in Shelby this week
have radio sets of their own at
home, but a basebull bug is a base
ball bug. Which is to say that base
ball fans cannot enjoy a baseba'l
game by themselves. They nust
have someone to eat peanut? whh,
predict what the next hitter will do
and work all manner of tricks upon
th$ imagination with. A fellow
would get mighty little kick out of
seeing a baseball game by himself,
and he gets even less hearinz one
by his lonesome. That’s why the
many public broadcast about Shelby
are drawing the fans.
Nearly every drug store in ‘own.
all radio dealers and several o*ber
business firms have public sets rig
ged up in addition to the set v/hich
is giving a free broadcast for The
Star. Just a few years back only
one or two firms gave a public
broadcast of the baseball classic,
but this year the fans are having
no trouble finding standing. 3nd
even sitting space where they may
listen in.
Incidentally, the public is invited
to hear the broadcast in front of
The Star office for the remaining
games—and the invitation goes, too.
for the other broadcasts about
town.
I HUMAN CANNON BALL RECOVERS
The Human Cannon Shell act, featuring the GT'eak-Wilno, the human
Imllet, will play at the North Carolina State Fair, Raleigh, despite injuries
which havo cost one naan his life, and another two broken legi, and two
broken arms.
Wilno, who was injured at the New York State Fair, will be recovered
in time to appear at the N. C. State Fair, October 14 to 19. His doable was
killed when the mechanism failed to go off properly, at the Eastern States
Exposition, Springfield, Mass. At Italcigh, Wilno will be shot 100 feet
through the air, and land la a aet. -ew . ~ ;
Bishop Cannon Again Gets In
Action In Virginia Politics
Bury Plato Gettys
Today In Rutherford
Father Of Shelby Woman And For
mer Member. Of Legislature
Dead At Hollis.
Rutherfordton, Oct. 9.—Funeral
services were held at Big Springs
church at 1 o’clock today for Plata
Gettys, 61, former member or the
general assembly, who died at his
home near Hollis Tuesday morning
Rev. D. G. Washburn and Rev. W.
M. Gold officiated.
Mr. Gettys represented this county
in the general assembly about 12
years ago. From 1923 to April, 1929,
he served as chairman of the coun
ty board of education. He was wide
ly known and held in high esteem.
Mr. Gettys is survived 0/ one
brother. T. Jeff Gettys of Hollis;
one sister, Mrs. James Young of
Forest City, and the following '•hil
dren: Thomas and Claude Gettys
and Misses Ollle, Ola, and Mattie
Lee Gettys, of Hollis; William Get
tys of Petersburg, Va.; Mrs. Tom
Cabaniss of Shelby and Mr. Ciuude
Erwin of Forest City.
Stroups Feature In
A Gaffney Marriage
Gaffney, S. C.—A wedding which
turned out to be an all Stroup af
fair took place at the county court
house Saturday when Luther
Stroup, of Gastonia and Miss Pearl
Hord, of Shelby, were married by
Probate Judge Lake Vk Stroup
After the cermony Miss Trivia
Stroup, of Shelby, a friend of the
bride, signed the marriage certi'i
cate. According to the judge neither
of the three Stroups had known
each other before the wedding took
place.
Other couples from the She’by
section married here were: Sunkey
Lovelace and Minnie Cosby, both of
Shelby; Robert Proctor and Esslc
Heavener, both of Kings Mountain
Oppose Regular Democratic Nomi
nee For Governor Because He
Is “Raskob Man.”
Washington, Oct. 9.—In his first
public statement on the Virginta
gubernatorial campaign since the
regular Democratic and anti-Smith
Democratic-Republican candidates
took the lield, Bishop James Can
non, Jr., chairman of the board of
temperance and social service of
the Methodist Episcopal church,
south, Tuesday said the issue at
stake was:
‘‘Shall the men who not only be
trayed the cause of prohibition in
the last election for the sake of a
partisan victory, but who also de
nounced, Slandered and vanned as
‘traitors,’ ‘bigots’ and ‘hypocrites’
those men and women who had put
moral convictions above party reg
uiarny—snail these men now, un
repentant and unashamed, be re
warded for such despicable conduct
by electing them to positions where
they may exultingly proclaim *h»lr
vindication and again In 1932 be
tray the cause of prohibition If po
litical expediency demands It?"
Opposing Dr. John Garland Pol
lard as “the nominee of the Smlth
Raskob state democratic organisa
tion,” Cannon asked: “Can anti
Smith Democrats vote for such men
with any regard for consistency or
personal self-respect?”
"I can not,” he answered.
Bishop Cannon would not discuss
reports that he would take the
stump. He plans to disclose late
whether today’s statement is pre
paratory to such a step or is in
tended to take the place of a series
of campaign speeches.
The statement bristled with de
nunciation of “Raskobian liberal
ism.” He denied that in taking his
position he became a Republican.
‘‘I still remain an independent
Democrat,” he asserted, "flatly re
fusing to wear the wringing wet col
lar of Raskobian liberalism and call
ing upon my fellow Democrats to
rescue the Democratic party from
the inevitable disintergration and
destruction which must follow the
continuance of the present leader
ship.”
Bishop Cannon called for the elec
tion of Dr. William Moseley Brown,
the anti-Smith, Democrat-Republi
can nominee, recalling that he had
"rendered exceedingly effective per
sonal and platform service” during
the last presidential campaign
against the Democratic nominee. Ho
said Brown was a "convicted advo
cate of prohibition and a good
mixer” with, a "practical outlook on
life.”
Bishop Cannon's 5,000 word state
ment dealt at length with the 1928
political campaign, describing John
J. Raskob, chairman of the Demo
cratic national committee, as “a»Ro
man Catholic Knight of Columbus
and a chamberlain of the Pope s
household,” Bishop Cannon said he
had “deliberately insulted the Pro
testant ministers of the South, es
pecially naming the Methodist, by
declaring that they would be muz
zled in the expression of their op
position to the ‘wet’ Tammany
Smith by the threat that prominent
church members would withhold
their contributions if they did not
(Continued on page nine.)
Strikers Fired
First At Marion
Witnesses State
First And Second Shots Came From
Strikers, Testimony Of
Mill Workers.
Marion, Oct. 9.—Testimony for
the defense began yesterday after
noon when the state's attorney and
attorneys representing strikers at
the Marion Manufacturing com
pany's mill rested their rases
against Sheriff O. F. Adkins and 12
of his deputies who are accused of
having fired the shots that killed
five men in a riot at the mill early
last Wednesday morning.
Witness summoned by the de
fense to give testimony before
Judge W. F. Harding, sitting as
committing magistrate to investigate
the riot, presented evidence to show
•that the first shots were fired by
strikers who had gathered at the
mill gate to prevent workers on
the morning shift from entering
the plant, and not by the sheriff
and his deputies.
Two Deputies Freed.
Coincident with the completion
of their case. Solicitor J. W. Pless,
Jr., and the strikers' attorneys ask
ed that warrants charging murder
against John Snoddy and lohn
Oowan, deputy sheriffs’ be dis
missed. Judge Harding order the
release of the men.
a parade oi witnesses, most of
them mill workers, passed before
Judge Harding in the afternoon ar.d
testified that the sound of the, first
shot fired in the riot came from
where the strikers were located.
First Shot From Crowd.
Charlie Jenkins, mill employe,
testified that the first shots came
from the ‘‘crowd of strikers.” Ten
kins, in cross examination said
that he had bought a gun some
time ago and still had it. In answer
to a question from Judge Harding
he had not seen anyone shot us they
ran away.
Martin Swan, mill employe, fol
lowed Jenkins on the stand, testi
fying that the first and the 3econd
shot fired came from the crowd cf
strikers. He said that Jeter Parrish,
a striker fired at him during the
fight and that he saw Allen St.iart.
a striker use a club on Sheriff Ad
kins. The strikers, he said, ncariy
all carried sticks or broom handles.
Dan Moody, a mill worker raid
that as he started toward the mi’.!
gate he was warned by C L.
Moody, a striker, not to “get out in
the crowd; it’s dangerous out there
and you might get killed.” The first
shot he swore came from the crowd
and not from the officers.
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Scout Council
Awards Merit
Badges Monday
Frank Jenkins Becomes An Eagle
Scout. Many Merit Badge
Awards.
On Monday night at the recourt
court of honor of Boy Scouts of
America, Frank Jenkins, was award
ed the Eagle rank and was present
ed the badge by Henry Edwards in
a short, appropriate talk. Elgin
Caruthers became a life scout. Merit
badges were awarded to many from
Shelby and Belwood troops and
Mr. J. W. Davis of Earl had a num
ber of boys looking on who expect
to form a scout troop^ at Ear). Scout
work In Cleveland couhty is reviving
after the summer months and Mr.
Schiele of Gastonia, scout execu
tive of the Piedmont council was
over at the meeting Monday night
to deliver the merit badges and as
sist ki conducting the examination.
The scout Jury was composed of L.
P. Holland, Hugh Arrowood, It. T.
LeGrand, Henry Edwards, and V
C. Mason.
Insanitary Bedding
Is Cause Of Arrest
Forest City.—A warrant charging
E. L. McAlhaney, manager it t ie
local branch of the Cooper furni
ture company of Gaffney, il. C„
with violation of the state s&njtary
code has been taken out by Chief
District Inspector John E. Floyd of
the state health department.
The state law forbids the sale of
bedding that is not strictly sanitary,
and It was charged that mattresses
In spec ted at the Cooper furniture
company’s store were stuffed with
floor sweepings, jute, and cotton
bagging.
Warrants were also issued by In
spector Floyd against the managers
of five local barbershops for alleg
ed violation of health regulations
The barbers named In the warrants
appeared this morning in the may
or’s court and were fined.
Curbed Cubs
Howard Ehmke (above), veteran
Athletic hurler, won the openlnr.
game of the world's series yesterday
for, Philadelphia over the Chicago
Cubs, and in doing so he establish
ed a world's series record^ in strik
ing out 13 opposing hatters—whiff
ing the great Hornsby ant] llagk
Wilson twice in succession.
Athletics Get
Opening Game
hiimkr Pitches Masterful Rail To
Defeat Cubs. Foil Hits
Homer.
Chicago, Oct. 9.—One game be
hind, due to their inability to hit
Howard Ehmke’s slow curve bull,
the Chicago Cubs this afternoon are
hoping to even up the World'; serif.?
with the Philadelphia Athletics.
Highlights of Philadelphia’s open
ing game victory were the unex
pected decision of Coftie Mack to
use Ehmke, not considered a first
string player, on the mound; the
35-year-old Ehmke's masterful
hur.ing which established a world s
series record by striking out 13 Cub
batters, and a long home run by
Jimmy Foxx, Athletic first sa ker,
j in the seventh inning. Oreat catcher
were made by Jimmy Dykes and Ai
Simmons, of the Athletics, and by
liack Wilson, of the Cubs.
Near 51,000 people saw the Athle
tics win the game 3 to 1.
Wa* Mi** Warlick,
Not Mi** Wallace
An error which appeared in The I
Star in connection with the cotton |
fashion at the Cleveland county i
fair is called attention to by Mrs.
A. P. Warlick of Kings Mountain.
It was Miss Virginia WarlicK and
not Miss Virginia Wallace who won
the second prize on misses street
dresses. The names of the winners
were taken over the telephone and
the name was misunderstood.
World Series Regular Local Play
For Shelby, Thanks To Radio
Estimate Boosts Crop Near 100,000
Bales Over Last Estimate
Given Out.
New York, Oct. 8.—Cotton prices
■today dropped sharply 25 to 29
points on the reopening call after
the department of agriculture, at 11
o’clock, issued its crop report as of
October 1, estimating a crop of 14 -
815,000 bales on a condition of 55
per cent of normal. This was an in
crease of 90,000 bales over the Sep
tember 1 forecast of 14,825,000.
Washington, Oct. 8.—A cottcn
crop of 14,915,000 bales this year was
forecast today by the department of
agriculture.
The department said this was in
dicated by the condition of the crop
on October 1 which was 55 per cent
of a normal.
A month ago production, of 14,
825,000 bales was indicated on the
condition of the crop September i.j
which was 55.4 per cent of h ooi - i
mal. Last years crop totaled 14,478
000 bales and the condition on Oc
tober 1 was 54.4 per cent of a noi
mal.
The condition on October 1 end
the indicated production by elates
follow
.Indicated
State Cond’on Pro'ion
Virginia ... - _ 70 45,000
North Carolina . _ . 55 825,000
South Carolina _ . .55 (163,000
Georgia . . .. ... 58 1.360,000
Florida . .. 67 30.000
Missouri . .. _ 73 210,000
Tennessee _ _ 67 475,000
Alabama , . .. 57 1.300,000
Mississippi .. 64 ' l 330,000
Louisiana . _ 59 • 800,003
Texas . 47 3 350.000
Oklahoma ..49 1.785,000
Arkansas . ....._53 1.43( 000
New Mexico ..75 34,000
Arizona . ........i_83 157,000 .
California . -_ .83 332,000
All othef states ... 70 11 040
Lower California . - 85 73.000
! Baptist Association
Draws Record Crowd;
Suttle Is Re-elected
Body Of Morehead
Has Not Been Found
Bo<lv Of Shelby Youth llrnwui-il
I,list Friday At MrAdenrllle
Not located.
According to late reports
reaching Tile Star today, the
body of Gay Morehead, 22-Jear
old sion of Mr. and Mrs. Seth
Morehead of the Sharon sec
tion, had not been located In
the South Fork river near Mr
Adenvllle, where he was drown
ed early last Friday morning.
Young Morehead. employe of
the Southern Boll Telephone
company, was drowned when (he
boat in which he was riding,
whllr clearing debris from tele
phones lines, capsized. Search
ing parties have been continu
ously seeking his body since.
Large Coftgtegation
Hears Durham Here
Central .Auditorium Filled last
Night For Best Sermon So
Far In Services.
The big auditorium of Cent al
Methodist church was filled last
night for the sermon by Dr. Plato
Durham, who Is conducting cva"
gellstic services there.
Dr. Durham used as his general
theme the sayings of Jesus and the
modern regard for these sayings,
and the large congregation labelled
it as the outstanding of the fine
ermohs he has preached. One say
ing which the present day tendency
Is to overlook he said was the one
in which Jesus declared “Judge not
that ye be not judged."
Services for the remainder of the;
week will be held at 10 o'clock in
the morning and at 7:30 each even
ing, but there will be no se-vicc
Saturday morning.
Dr. Durham To Speak
For Shelby Kiwanis
Hour Of Meeting Moved Up No As
Not To Conflict With Central
Church Services,
Chas. A. Burrus, secretary of the
Shelby Kiwanis club, anouncs’, that
Dr. Plato Durham, of Atlanta, who
is conducting a revival at, Central
Methodist church, now. will be the
Thursday evening ar the Cleveland
Springs hotel.
In order that pr. Durham may
get back to the church in time for
the services and also for the con
venience of Klwanians wishing to
attend the church service, the Kt
wanLs meeting hour will be moved
up to 6:30 from 7 o'clock, the legu
lar hour. Dr. Durham Is a natl.e of
Shelby and all Klwanians are urgel
not to miss the Thursday meeting.
Some Stale Cigars.
the oldest cigars in the world are
on view in the Tobacco Museum.
A box made In 1844 was found in
Linz among old records of the to
bacco monopoly.
speaker at the
Vienna.—What are regarded as
| Next Meeting At Patterson Spring*
llarrill Denounces Divorce And
Sunday Golf.
Delegates representing 32,000
Ita prists attended the Kings
Mountain association at Boiling
Springs this afternoon on the
closing day when a Joint meet
ing of the Kings Mountain and
Sandy Ifun associations was
held for the first time. The sub
ject of Christian Education was
before the bodies with Dr. Zeno
Wall speaking In the interest of
Hoilfng Springs junior college
which has been fostered for a
number of years by Kings
Mountain, Sandy Run and Gas
ton associations. *
Joint Meeting.
U is a memorial day with Bap
tists as they meet at the seat of the
Junior college in this teritory. The
session of the Kings Mountain as- ■
sedation, convened yesterday at
Boiling Springs and the Sandy Run |
association at Sandy Run church. |
MoOresboro. Rev. John W. Suttlo'
presided as moderator of the Kings
Mountain association and Rev. C. C.
Matheney over the Sandy Run dele
gallon. both associations have a
combined membership of over 22,
000
Boiling Springs community is
leaving no stone unturned to make
for the comfort and cordiality of
the visitors, who numbered over a
thousand today. The orowd on the
last day not quite as large as it was
Tuesday, until after lunch when
the two associations came together.
The visitors were served a most
bountiful dinner on two long table*
set parallel and at each end of these ,
tables, ladies from the community ,
and girl students In the Junior col
lege nearby served hot coffee. ' It
! was a typical spread, ewaracterlstic
tn bounty of meals served at such
gatherings by Cleveland county -
women who are. always adept in
culinary artsv . . - : J
Sottle Re-elected.
Rev John W. Suttle was re-elec* -
i ed moderator of the association to
serve his 17th term. E). P. Hord of
Kings Mountain was re-elected vice
moderator, G. G. Page, clerk and
George Blanton, treasurer. Mr. Sut
tle was declared by Dr. Walter Gil
more to be one of the best modera
tors in North Carolina. He sees that
the program schedule Is. kept on
time and that business Is dispatch
ed with haste, yet with wisdom and
care.
"Yesterday was decidedly the best
day’s work the association has ever
done." says Moderator Suttle. JSypry
one of the 41 churches In the assoc
iation was represented except Mace
donia and the pastor of that church
was present. The name of Wallace
Grove church which was burned
during the summer, was authorised
changed to Mulls chapel, j
Most of yesterday’s program vis
given over to the co-operative pro
gram which included various mis
sion subjects. Dr. Walter N. Gilmore
of the state mission board was a
distinguished visitor.
Meet Next At Patterson Springs.
Just before the noon hour today.
Patterson Springs was selected as
the next meeting place for the as
sociation on Tuesday and Wednes
day after the first Sunday in Octo
ber.
! Rev. a. T Howell was designated
to preach the next annual sermon
and Or. Zeno Wall the introductory
' sermon.
During the year many new church
buildings were erected or repaired
the value of the church property
being larger than ever before. Grat
ifying reports were made as to in
creases in church membership
Standard Sunday schools, young
peoples' and women’s work.
Divorces Condemned.
The growing divorce evil, Sunday
golf, pleasure riding on the Sabbath,
card playing and dancing were con
demned at the morning session bv
Revs. D, G. Washburn. I. D. HnrriH
(Continued on page nine.)
Says Weevil Will
Cut Cotton A Third
Mr. Verge Beam was in The Star
office today exhibiting a stalk of
cotton on which every boll was rid
dled by the boll weevil.
“From the looks of the cotton now
the crop in Cleveland wlH be cut at
least cne-third by the weevil and
wet weather,” he said. "Still ‘he
folks who don't care to get the fact» ,
go on estimating a big crop and we
get, nothing for our cotton.”