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FRIDAY, NOV. 22, 1929.
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VOL. XXXV, No. 138
SHELBY, N. C.
LATE NEWS
THE MARKET.
Cotton, per pound_... 17c
Cotton Seed __...._... 42c
Rain, Snow Likely.
Today’s North Carolina Weather
Report: Rain In extreme east and
possibly rain mixed with sleet or
snow In west and central portions
tonight and Saturday. Little change
in temperature.
Pastor, Son Killed.
Anderson, S. C„ Nov. *2. —The
Rev. L. H. Kelly, 48, pastor of the
Second Wesleyan church of Cen
tral, 8. C. was killed Instantly yes
terday and his son, Dwight Kelly,
28, injured fatally when their auto
mobile was : truck by a Southern
railway train at a crossing one
mile north of CentraL The son died
an hoar after the accident.
Red Cross Roll
Call On Today
Ladle* Canvass Town Today For
Shelby Quota With High School
Girls Working Saturday.
Today and tomorrow officials cf
the Red Cross here are attempting
to raise Shelby’s annual Red Cross
quota of $500 in two days of can
vassing. Each business man and
citizen visited will be asked for the
annual membership dues of $1 and
it is thus hoped that the quota may
be raised without making large con
tributions from anyone necessary.
The canvassing of the business
district today is being done by a
.group of Shelby club women, while
teams of Shelby high school girls
will complete the canvassing tomor
row. Citizens not visited are urged
to mall their checks to Red Cross
Chairman Henry B. Edwards or tc
Attorney D. Z. Newton, treasurer.
Rush Season In
Cotton For Week
Shelby Unusually Quiet This Week
With Fair Weather, Farmers
Busy Picking Cotton.
A week of no news in Shelby
during the peak of cotton picking
is a week of good news for Cleveland
county.
The present week in Shelby has
been the quietest of the year with
very few farmers coming to town
1 due to the rush in the cotton fields
and with very little crime evident as
blacks as well as whites are busy
picking cotton. With dry weather
prevailing all week cotton men here
estimate that more cotton has been
picked in the county this week
than during any other week of the
year.
At the sheriff's office today it
> was stated that there had oeen a
smaller number of visitors and a
smaller number of citizens coming
in to pay taxes than during any
week since Sheriff Allen tosk of
fice. Likewise Shelby merchants
have had a very quiet week, but
very few of the local business men
are downcast because they realize
that this week farmers are getting
out the crop with which they will
do their Christmas and holiday
shopping in the weeks Just aaead.
Dock Pin Matches.
In a duck pin match held Wed
nesday night at the bowling alley
here the barbers’ team defeated the
taxi-drivers In two straight games
Last night the taxi-drivers earn
defeated a team made up of players
from the Blue Ridge Products com
pany.
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. More Shopping
Days Until
Christmas—
y Hardly seems so near at
hand, does It? Yet Shelby
Merchants and Business Men
are already offering bargains
In merchandise suitable for
Christmas gifts.
Several sales are now on
with bargains running the
gauntlet of necessities and
luxuries. Others will be an
nounced as the holiday sea
son nears. Thirty thousand
people read every issue of The
Star and one reason is 'hat
they keep up with merchan
dising events in the biggest
and best shopping centers be
tween Charlotte and Ashe
( vUle.
Yon cannot afford to miss
a copy of The Star between
now and Christmas—and for
your own pocketbook*s sake do
not overlook the "ads.”
STAR "ADS” GET RE
f sin.Ts.
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Shelby Police
Catch Thieves,
Chech Flashers
Attempt Made To Pass $65 Forged
Check At First National Bank.
Wholesale Grocery Robbed.
Shelby police have had quite an
active week with thieves and check
flashers In addition to the partly
completed round up of a trio of
negroes who staged an $800 clothing
robbery here weeks back.
Wednesday evening two white
men, C. L. Berry and F. M. McBee,
who live in the section near the
Cleveland-Lincoln line, attempted
to pass an alleged forged check c(
$65 at the First National bank here.
A bank teller became suspicious of
the crudely drawn check and had
the police department telephoned
while he talked to the two men
After the arrest officers learned that
the check was drawn upon D. P.
Crow, who lives above Toluca and
is a brother of Bynum Crow of
Shelby, and was endorsed on the
back with Clareneft Saln’s name. The
Sain name, was later learned, was
written by a youth who was re
quested to do so by the two men,
both of whom were jailed.
Youthful Thieves.
Some time Tuesday night, accord
ing to police officers, four young
white boys, James Hefner, Carl Rip
py, Roy Hopper and a boy by the
name of Holliday, entered tne A.
Blanton wholesale grocery through
a basement window and stole a
quantity of cigarettes and e.gars.
Yesterday Patrolman Rufus Sparks
got a clue to the robbery when he
found one of the quartet attempt
ing to sell cartons of cigarettes at
50 cents each. A short time later
Patrolman Paul Stamey found more
cigarettes and cigars at the nome
of one of the other boys. Due to
their age, the boys ranging from 12
to 16 years, they were sent home
to their parents with orders to ap
pear at Juvenile court today, but
officers say that two of the youths
left Wednesday night. ^
Have Six Rounded
Up In Big Robbery
Of Cleaning Plant
One Woman In Jail. Another Negro
On Buncombe Gang For Steal*
in Groundhog.
Police Chief McBride Poston and
his officers have rounded up nix of
the gang which officers allege en
tered the Service Dry Cleaning plant
here some weeks back and stole
about $800 worth of clothing.
Three of the six, all of whom are
negroes, are in Jail here, another is
serving a term on the gang here for
another charge, still another is on
the gang in Buncombe county, and
the sixth is out on bond. Murphy
Bamffi, of Rutherfordton, John
Henry Berry, of Shelby, and a ne
gro woman. Coline Hendrix, of
Asheville are in Jail. Claud Fitz
simmons, connected by officers with
the robbery is on the gang hen; Joe
Oliver, of Rutherfordton, is out on
bond, and a negro by the name of
Smith is on the Buncombe gang.
Yesterday Police Chief Poston
learned that Smith, one of the gang
wanted, was on the gang, at
Asheville, and the officer .made a
trip there for him. He will not be
turned over to local officers, How
ever, until he completes a term there
for stealing a groundhog.
Police headquarters here was no
tified today that some more of he
clothing stolen here and distributed
and sold about Asheville had been
found in a pawnshop there in good
condition. This lot consisted of
three ladies coats.
Mr. Weathers Taken
To Hospital, Improves
Star Editor Suffers Prolonged At
tack Of Influenza. Reported
Better Today.
Mr. Lee B. Weathers, president
and editor of The Star and former
president of the State press assoc
iation, who has been ill with In
fluenza at his home for two weeks,
was yesterday removed to the Shel
by hospital.
Reports from the hospital at
noon today stated that his condi
tion was improved this morning al
though he suffered quite a Dit last
night.
Large Hawk Killed
Near Double Shoals
Wilbur Costner, son of Alex Cost
ner of the Double Shoals section,
this week shot and killed one of the
largest hawks seen thereabouts. The
hawk measured 38 inches from tip
(A tip.
Rail Chiefs Confer with Hoover
for New Economic Advance
v W. W. Atterbury 1
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r-_^ Fairfax Harriaon
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P. E. Crowley 1
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warns wmnm
John J. Bernet
L. F. Lore*
John J. PeHev
Eleven of the binest men !n th* railroad world agreed to meet President
Hoover, starting the national conference on the HW POSSESS
mornrnr°rr„rdVanCe' conference i# scheduled for Wednesday
Cleveland County Moves Nearer
A Record Cotton Crop With Over
40,000 Bales Ginned To Nov. 14
Over 10,000 Bales Ginned In Last
Two Weeks. Crop 2,500 Bales
Ahead Of 1920.
Cotton fanners of Cleveland
county are this year nearing a
new cotton production record
for the county, one which will
in all likelihood surpass last
Tear’s record crop of 53,000
bales.
The county ginning report
made public today by Miles H.
Ware, special agent, stated that
40,624 bales had been ginned in
the county np to November 14
as compared with 37,989 bales
ginned to the safe date last
year. This shows the present
crop to be 2,635 bales ahead of
' the 1928 crop and doe to tret
weather farmers say more cot
ton remains to the picked aud
ginned now than at this date
last year.
Big Increase.
To November I, this year,
30,611 bales had been ginned in
the county and with today’s re
port in it is revealed that 10,
013 bales have been ginned In
the county in the last (wo
weeks. At the same rate the re
port issued.at the end of .he
month, a week from next Mon
day, should show over 50.000
bales already ginned with the
remainder of the season to go in
ginning the 3,000 bales which
would pass last year's crop.
Miss Virgie Weaver was the ?k
end guest of Miss Elisabeth Qtieen.
Ginning Increase
For Nation Shown
Census Bureau Report Shows Osin
Over Last Tear. 501,031 Bales
In North Carolina.
Washington —Cotton ginned prior
to November 14 totaled 11890,308
running bales, counting 413,412
round bales as hall bales and ex
cluding linters.
In announcing the ginnlngs the
census bureau reported they com
pare with 11,320,688 running bales,
including 444,440 half bales, to that,
date last year and 18,894,932 and
402,020 In 1927.
November ginnlngs by states
were:
Alabama 1,150,644, Arizona 78,
972; Arkansas 1,170,715, Calilorni v
133,928, Florida 30,081, Georgia 1,
113,626; Louisiana 767,868; Missis
sippi 1,635,253; Missouri 128,472;
New Mexico 49,341; North Carolina
501,031; Oklahoma 809,628; fJoutn
Carolina 625,030; Tennessee 355,513:
Texas 3,317.804; Virginia 26,658; all
other states 4,744.
Amerlcan-Egyptian Included In
total ginnlngs was 13,946 bales,
compared with 16445 bales a year
ago and 11,410 In 1927.
Fire Damages Roof.
The fire department was called
out yesterday morning to the Mrs.
Gilman residence on South V/rsta
ington street, wh'ere the Deans have
been living, to extinguish a roof
blaze. A slight damage was done to
the roof.
Who Is The Best Yo-Yo Artist In
County?Star Will Pick Champion
Paper jyill Give Prizes In Yo-yoing Contest
Here Saturday Week
What boy is the yo-yo cham
pion of Cleveland county?
Saturday week, November TO,
the Cleveland Star will stage a
yo-yoing contest at which i me
this champion will he selected
and will be awarded a cash prise
The first prise will go to the
youngster who can yo-yo the
longest and will be known as
the endurance championship,
while a second cash prise will
go to the best artist at fancy
yo-yoing as selected by he
Judges for the contest.
The contest will be open to
any youth in Shelby or Cleve
land countr and will set under
way at The Star office at 1:15
to the afternoon. Every youth
who enters the contest must
register his name, address and
a*e at The Star office prior to
the opening of the contest.
Since It is not known what aged
youth may win the contest both
prises will be given to cash so
that the boy may select his ora
prise. The endurance winner will
receive 93 and the fancy *©
yoer will get |2.
All boys interested In the
contest should notify their
friends and urge them to enter.
There will be no entrance
charn.
J. T. S. Mauney,
One Of Leading
Citizens, Dead
Prominent Union Merchant, Firm-i
And Former County Official
Died Yesterday.
Mr. J. T. S. (Stonewall) Mauney.
one of Cleveland county’s most
prominent and highly resoectet
citizens and a member of one of
the county's leading families, dl^d
yesterday afternoon at 5:20 at his
home in the Union section, where
for many years he had been a load
ing merchant and farmer.
Mr. Mauney. who was the eldest
of a family of 10 children, all of
whom are living, was a member and
a deacon of the Union Baptist
church for years, superintendent of
the Sunday school there for veers,
worshipful master of the Masonic
lodge, and at one time a member of
the county board of education.
When a special law was passed
creating a five-man board of com
missioners for this county ne was
named as one of the commissioners
but the law yas changed to conipcse
the board of only three membeis
and he did not serve. A business
man of high integrity, a neighbor
who was widely loved in his sec
tion, and a patriotic citizen and
churchman known over the entire
county, his passing will he regret
ted by hundreds.
Sick Short Time.
He had been sick for some time
with something resepibllng pleurisy
but seemed to be recovering and
left the hospital here last Monday
after being a patient for more than
a week. Yesterday morning he
seemed to be feeling good out be
came suddenly worse about 4 o’clock
and died a little more than in hour
later.
Funeral sendees will be isld at
2.30 Sunday afternoon at Union
church with Masonic rites. His pas -
tor, Rev. D. O. Washburn, will of
ficiate and will be assisted by Dr
Zeno Wail, pastor of the First Bap
tist church here.
He Is survived In his Immediate
family by his wife and three chil
dren: Hugh !>., Clyde, and Boyce
Mauney, of Shelby, and Mrs. Selmv
Cold, of Hew House. The five full
brothers surviving are: Messrs Zee
C. Mauney, of Shelby; Sankey O.
Mauney and M. Bailey Mauney, „nd
W. W. Mauney, of the county, and
J. Frank Mauney of Jefferson Cliy.
Mo. The 10 half brothers and ut
ters surviving are: Mrs. G. A.
Green, of the Union Section; Mrs.
J. Fred Simmons and Grady Maun
ey, of Shelby; Mrs. W. U Simmons,
of Union; Moody Mauney, of Shel
by; Mrs. Corwin Minton, Glendale,
California; Hubert M. Mauney, of
Union; Mrs. Alma Cpangler, Mir.
Gladys Spangler, and Miss Ruth
Mauney who lived at home.
The deceased had been a mer
chant at Union nearly 20 years. In
1910 he and his next brother C. E.
Mauney purchased the R. E. Camp
bell store. Changes were later made
in the firm but Mr. J. T. S. Mauney
remained with the store, another
brother, Bailey, being his partner
at the time of his death.
City Tax Now Being
Collected By Clerk
Citizens Receiving Tax Notices
Notice Boost In Total Dae To
Increased Bate.
The hoffday season Is also tax
paying season as is general knowl
edge of Cleveland and Shelby -Wi
zens who have this month been re
ceiving tax notices from both the
City of Shelby and the county.
The majority of the city tax no
tices were not mailed until last week
and this week and at the City Hall
it Is asked that citizens be inform
ed that their 1929 taxes are now
due.
Those receiving notices so far
from the city have realized that the
tax rate has been boosted to $140 on
the hundred dollar valuation be
cause of the Increase of the otal
over that of last year.
Shelby Praised For
Hospitality Shown
The following from Charity and
Children, edited by Archibald John
son. In regard to the recent State
Baptist convention here will be of
local Interest:
"Shelby, although having lost one
of its principal hotels by fire, enter
tained the convention In royal style
and made the brethren and sUters
of the body feel very much at home.
The convention was never enter
tained In finer fashion.
Mr. and Mrs. Buford Padgett an
nounce the birth of a daughter on
November 18. Mrs. Padgett was
formerly Mias Violet Weaver of
South Sbfilttt .
“Dry” Congressman
Indicted on a
“W*t” <’ha rire
Edward Everett Denison, “Dry"
Congressman from Illinois who was
indicted with his secretary, John
Layne, en a charge of violating the
Volstead Act. Dennison has repre
sented the twenty-fifth Illinois dis
trict for more than fifteen years.
He was one of those who voted for
the famous Jones Act, which in
creased the penalty for violation of
the liquor law.
Father Shelby
Surgeon Dead
James M. Harbison, Of Burke Coun
ty, Died Here This Morning.
Funeral Sunday.
Mr. James M. Harbison. promi
nent and highly respected citizen of
Burke county and father of Or.
John W. Harbison. surgeon at tne
Shelby hospital, died at the hospital
here this morning.
Mr. Harbison who was 71 years
of age, had been a patient at the
hospital for a week or so and last
week underwent an operation nere,
but the ulcer from which he suffer
ed proved too much for his r dist
ance, death resulting this morning
at 8:45.
Funeral At Glen Alpine.
Funeral services will be held, it
was stated today, at Olen Alpine,
near the Harbison home, at 2 o’clock
Sunday afternoon.
The deceased is survived by hl:>
wife and eight children, all of
whom were at his bedside when
death came with the exception of
one daughter who lives In New York
state. The survivors are the wife,
Mrs. Mary Ellen Harbison, and the
following children: Rev. E. J. Har
bison, of Statesville: Dr. J. W Har
bison, Shelby: Mrs. S. J. Eyrd, Mor
ganton; Mr. C. S. Harbison. . orts
mouth, Va.; Mrs. D. H. Dunbar,
Washington; Mrs. J. H. Harris.
Thomson, New York; Mr. James W.
Harbison, Charlotte, and Miss An
nie Chrystal Harbison, a senior at
Duke university. Surviving also are
two brothers and a sister, all of
whom live at Morganton. The oro
thers are Messrs. C. A. and John
Harbison.
Life At Its Best
Wall Topic Sunday
"Life at Its Best” will be the
topic of Dr. Zeno Wall’s sermon
Sunday morning at the First Bap
tist church here. At 7 in the even
ing his subject wll be "The Romance
of Hardships.” Special music at
both services.
Political Battles Just
Around Corner In The
County;Kennedy Out?
First Snow Fell
Here This Morn;
Snow at Asheville
Shelby'a first (now of the
year fell here just before noon
today at two different Inter
val*. but was hardly notice
able coming In small skiffs.
Motor bos passengers at
noon stated that snow was
“peppering down” at Asheville,
Lenoir and other points this
morning.
Weather reports today pro
diet rain mixed with sleet and
snow for this section tonight.
Hayes Speaks To
Kiwanians Here
Central Methodist Pastor Gives
Views On Valoe Of Civic
Clubs.
Rev, L. B. Hayes, pastor of Cen
tral Methodist church, was the chief
speaker at the meeting of tire local
Kiwanls club last night. Rev. Mr.
Hayes discussing the value of civic
clubs to this age. /
The speaker declared that this
may be known In history as the are
of the civic clubs and that such
clubs may be only a passing phase
of life to endure only so long as the?
serve. However he spoke of the op
portunities and values of such clubs
under four phases. A place, he raid,
where you come to know the other
fellow's Job, or a clearing house for
community ideas. The civic club is
also, he added, a place to de 'elop
community character, a farm to
foster and further good deeds for a
city, and an opportunity for re
freshing fellowship.
"A civic club,” Mr. Hayes declar
ed, “la a place where business men
keyed up by their business hours
may let down and laugh, something
better for him and his health han
medicine."
Bolch Will Preach
At Second Baptist
Rev. Mr. Padrett, Paster, In Gas
tonia Revival. Sandy Plains
To Give Play.
Rev. Oscar Bolch will preach
Sunday morning at the Second
Baptist church here In the a'j le.icc
of the pastor, Rev. Rush Padgett,
who Is conducting a revival a c the
Loray church in Gastonia.
On Sunday night the B. Y P. V.
of the Sandy Plains church will give
% play. ‘ Farmer Brown," at the
Second Baptist.
Another Shelby Boy
Becomes Cowpuncher
Mrs. Hugh A. Logan has rceived
a telegram from her son, Fred Log
an, stating that he, Brevard and
Charles Lattimore, who left here
some time Hack by automobile for
the West, spent'several days last
week with Mr. Matt Lattimore on
his big ranch near Sanderson,
Texas. They were at Tucson, Ariz
ona, when the telegram was sent
and it was added that Charles Lat
timore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson
Lattlmcre, left the party there to
| accept work at Flagstaff, Arizona.
Auto Crashes Claimed 76 Lives
In North Carolina In October
Briar* Total Auto Fatalities Of
Year To 556. October ToU
Was Heaviest Of Year.
Raleigh.—Automobile accidents
a toll of 76 lives in the state las;
month, bringing the total ior tor
first ten months of the year to 556
dead, according to the monthly re
port Issued from the motor vehicle
bureau of the state department of
revenue.
The October casualty list was the
largest this year. 73 deaths in -\p LI
being the next largest number in any
one month. It is an Increase of two
over the 74 deaths caused by auto
mobile accidents in October, lf>28.
Indications are that this year’s
toll will be larger than that of last
year when 675 persons were tailed,
especially in view of the fact that
November and December custom
arily show a much larger number
of fatalities than average months in
the year.
Of the 76 dead and 409 injured
ast month, 24 pedestrians were Wil
ed by automobiles and an addition
al 72 injured. Six children were \ill
ed while playing in the streets and
28 others injured. Six pedestrians
were killed while crossing oetween
street Intersections, two while wait
ing for or getting on or off street
cars, three getting on or off other
vehicles, three while walking ,n he
roadway, two coming from behind
parked cars, and one While intoxi
cated.
Seventeen persons were killed and
222 injured in collisions between
automobiles, nine killed and seven
injured in collisions with trains, our
(Continued on page fifteen.)
Present County Judy* WUl Not
Seek Office A rain. Reports
Have It. Others Seeking.
In a little more than * month
from now Cleveland county, which
has politics far Its chief pastime,
will begin talking about new coun
ty officers, for in June of next
year the entire slate of Democratic
officers will come up for a ballot
battle in the primary. This meant,
If records of the past are consider
ed, that early January will see num
erous candidates active.
Already around spots where ad
herents of political organisations
gather there is some talk of likely
prospects In the next primary. 80
far, however, nothing of A deficits
nature has been brought into the
political dope. As far as the gen
eral public is concerned all of the
officers now In- office at the cowl
house will be candidates again al
though It Is generally understood
that two if not three may have op
position.
Kennedy Has Enourh?
The only indication that 'here
may be a vacancy for the office
seekers to grab for, particularly the
lawyers, Is a rumor that County
Judge Horace Kennedy will prior to
the approaching primary announce
that he will not be a candidate
again. As yet Judge Kennedy, one
of the youngest men to hold public
office In this county and one who
has won wide respect for himself bf
his Impartial court deoWons, bn
not definitely announced that one
term has proven sufficient for him.
Yet rumors well based have It that
he Is going to leave the Democratic
nomination to a wide open fidd
One reason assigned is that he hag
not found the office as remunera
tive as private practice of law, and
another Is that his ideals of treat
ing <me and all alUm<4MM» set been
overly applauded. He carried with
him Into office the vision and
square-shooting Ideas of youth and
i has as far as the general observer
(Continued on page fifteen.)
Legion Stages Trade
Carnival In Shelby
Merchants Here Join With Ex
Service Men In Trade Event.
To Bnlld Legion Home;
The American Legion is announc
ing in the advertising pages of to
day's Star, the Inauguration today
of a Trado-ln-Shelby carnival,
which is a plan the Legion has de
vised for raising funds to erect a
permanent Legion home here.
Many merchants of Shelby, the
nrmes of whom are listed in the
advertisement, are aiding in putting
the plan over. Customers of the
stores that are co-operating are
given tickets, for a chance on a
new automobile.
The merchants will explain the
details.
The carnival will be on until
December 33rd.
Gold Back In Game
For Oak Ridge Team
“Milky" Gold, former Shelly high
star, this year quarterback fear the
Oak Ridge Cadets, will be back In
the Cadet lineup against Man Hill
Saturday after being out six weeks
with a broken jaw, acodrding to The
Greensboro New# today. In scrim
mage six weeks ago Gold iiad hta
jaw fractured and has not played
since except to punt one iime n the
game last week with the Duke fresh
men, the first defeat handed the
Cadets in years.
Aunt Of Mrs. Frank
Hoey Dies In Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Prank Hoe? left
Shelby yesterday for Thompson, Gr...
where they will attend the funeral
of Mrs. Hoey’s aunt, Mrs. Cora Har
rison. Mrs. Harrison died at her
home there Wednesday nlrnt, the
many friends of Mrs. Hoe? wal re
gret to hear.
Annual Floral Show
On For Shelby Mill
The annual flower show of th
Shelby mill community will held,
it was announced today, Saturday
night from 7:30 to 8:10 In thr base
ment of the mill The general pub'ie
is extended an Invitation to attend
and there Wilt be refreshment- and
a musical program. ' i :ii.