'---■ ... 12 PAGES TODAY *-... SIIELBY, N. C. MONDAY, DEC. 16, 1929 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons B* m«ni.peryear on advance) WJo _ Carrier, per year (in advance) >IJO LA TE NEWS THE MARKET. Cotton, per pound ....16%c Cotton Seed, per bu. __..... COc Rain Tuesday. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Cloudy with light rain in extreme west portion tonight. Tues day rain, not much change in tem perature. , Rush Of Shoppers. Shelby Saturday was flooded with the largest throng of shoppers here this year, as people from all sec tions of the county, and sections ad • joining th» county, filled local streets and stores In the first big rush of holiday shopping. This is the last full week before Christmas and is expected to be the biggest shop ping week of the year. Seventeen Jailed. County and city officers Satur day and Sunday established a week end record, in their Christmas sponging program, by jaUing 17 people. The majority of arrests cen tered about liquor law violations. King’s Appeal Filed In S. C. Attorneys File Appeal For Shelby Man. Take Exceptions To Court Actions. Chester.—The attorneys of Rafe F. Kin?; of Shelby, who was found guilty qf slaying his wife, Faye Wil son King, by a-Chester county grand jury at general sessions court here last July and was sentenced to be electrocuted, Friday evening serv ed upon counsel for the state the proposed case cn appeals with the exceptions. The record is very voluminous, embracing about 700 pages of print ed matter. There are said to be ap proximately 80 exceptions. Among the exceptions noted are; 1—“Error in refusing to grant motion to squash indictment made before beginning of trial on the ground .that same was multifarious and stated in conjunctive fdrm that the deceased came to her death in si* or eight different ways viz: ‘With his hands and arms and with cords, wires, ropes and belts placed about and around the neck and throat of her, the said Faye Wilson King, did choke, suffocate and strangle, the eirors being: Presentment Confusing. A.—That presentment against the defendant was multifarious and confusing. B. —That tha presentment against defendant was icither clear cut nor definite. C. —It forced defendant to go to trial without knowing which one of the various instruments, means or manners of decth he was charged with having used or accomplished. D. —In failing to require the state to elect one way in charging how deceased came to her death. That his honor erred in refusing the mo tion of the defendant for a new trial upon the eight grounds as set forth (Continued on page nine.) Paragon Store To Close Doors Here Tuesday; Big Sale Business, Widely Known As Fan nings And As Paragon, Sells Out Efird's Take Stand. The Paragon Department Store announces today that it reached the final lap in the big sale, and is pre paring to close its doors, finally and for all time, next Tuesday night— Chistmas Eve. This event will mark the passing of a notable institution, which, first as Fannings and later as The Para gon, has been an institution in Shelby for a decade. Joe E. Nash, manager of the store, stated that whatever goods remain over after the sale will be transfer red to the Paragon Bargain Place, located on Wairen street, and the disposition of tiiem—whether they will be sold at letall or otherwise disposed of—to be announced later. Meantime Mr. Nash, in comment ing upon the success of the closing out sale, told Hie Star that to date (Saturday mo:n ng) fifty three thousand dollars worth of goods had been sold for cash. - Meantime, while the Paragon is preparing to vacate the big store, lively arrangements are being made far the moving in of Efird’s. Efird’s will vacate thei.* establishment the last of the month, and take over the Paragon lease. Just what disposi tion will be made of the present Efird store is not known. It has been rumored that Mr. Charles Blanton, the owner, will en large the building to a considerable extent, and thoroughly modernize it. But this rumor has not beer con firmed. In fact, it is autharatively stated that Mr. Blanton has no Im mediate plans concerning it. The Paragon Department Store had its inception in the Fanning store, on LaFayette street, where (Continued on page nine.) Famous Hotel Property Goes On Block Here Land And Remaining Equipment Of Cleveland Springs Company Going at Trustee Auction. On January 18 that which re mains of Cleveland Springs, for many years one of the heat known hotel properties in the Carolinas, will go on the auc tion block, according to an nouncement made today by At torney R. L. Ryburn, trustee for creditors. The hotel property, consisting of many acres of land and what re mains of the hotel and equipment following the disastrous fire, located just east of Shelby, will be sold at auction, to take care of indebted ness, at the court house door here Saturday, January 18, at noon. The first Cleveland Springs hotel, popular and well patronized through out the Carolinas, was built near the mineral springs there back in the old stage coach days. It was destroy ed by fire and later the new hotel was erected by the Cleveland Springs hotel company. This build ing was practically destroyed on the night of October 15, this year, al though quite a bit of the hotel equipment was saved. What Is To'Go. The sale Is lo be made, the trus tee announcement says, “to obtain funds with which to pay said in debtedness.” In addition to the real estate the following will be Included in the property thrown upon the auction block: “AH the hotel build ing, the garage, tenant houses, spring houses, swimming pool, and all other building* and improve ments located on said lands, to gether with all hotel furniture, fix tures, bedding, linen, all kitchen utensils and equipment, all dining room silver, dishes, and equipment, and all golf course equipment, and supplies, and all other personal property belonging to Cleveland Springs company." Children Selling Christmas Seals The chidren in the various city schools are aiding the Woman’s club of Shelby In selling the annual Christmas seals from which th? proceeds are used for fighting tu berculosis. The sales made by schools to date follow: Marlon 880, South Shel by 645, Graham 630, Jefferson 500, LaFayette 734,‘ high school 250, Washington 2,341. So far the Washington school children are leading by many seals and the high school children are trailing all the ethers in sales. Dur ing this week all the children in the various schools will attempt to boost their sales to a new high mark with each school hoping to win the final honor in total sales. Clarence Mull Buys First Auto License Clarence Mull, assistant cashier of the First National bank was the first car owner to buy a 1930 auto license plate when they went on sale this morning at the Eskridgo garage, where a branch of the Carolina Motor club is maintained. All car owners must have their new 1930 license plates by 1930 and they have just two weeks in which to buy. Mr. Eskridge says if the car owners will follow the example of Mr. Mull they will avoid a great deal of trouble. Mrs. Harry Speck returned last week from a vi.it with friends and relatives in Little Rock, Ark. Mr. and Mrs. H. Dixon Smith re turn to their Lome tonight in Col ambus, Ga„ after a short week-end visit here with their parents. They came here for Hot Springs, Ark., where they attended a meeting of lumbermen. It Was The Night Before Christmas— ; There is but one thought constantly in the mmds of Young America, and that h of jolly old “St Nick." These two youngsters had decided to wait up and see if Santa would nay them an advance visit. But have fallen asleep before they could £ml out. However, they seem to have met the jolly old man, and arc, of course, leaving their orders personally rather than trust to crowded mails. Santa To Visit Poor Of Shelby; Charity Fund Jumps To $300 Shelby Business Men And Citizens Loosen Up Purse Strings And Shove $85 Total To $300 Over Week-end. * It’s going to be Christmas in Shelby, after 9II, and Santa is going to call on homes where misfortune called ahead of him, thanks to scores of Shelby people who loosened up their purse strings over the week-end and sent The Star's Christ mas Stocking Fund for the poor of the town shooting up from the $85 mark to more than $300. | The big boost to the fund came from Shelby merchants who gave merchandise equal to $175. But oth er cash contributions, also, piled In —$5 checks, $10 checks, dollars and halves, and so on. J. B. Smith, county welfare of ficer called upon a number of mer chants Friday and they readily contributed as they have in the past! However, due to the fact that he la having more charity calls and investigations to make right now than ever before Mr. Smith was unable to visit every firm. At some of the business houses, too, the man agers were out and other employes could not say just how much their firms would give. These will con tribute later and the welfare officer together with members of the civic committee handling the fund will call on the firms not called upon as yet. Professional men and of fice workers will also be visited this week by the canvassing committee with the aim of getting $750 by Christmas as a check of the charity appeals shows tnat twice that amount will be needed to send Santa to all the unfortunate and stricken homes of Shelby. Those Who Gave. Previously acknowledged-$6.5 Horace Kennedy . 5 H. A. Thrift. I T. H. Abernethy_1 T. W. Ebeltofs..5 ‘‘Football Winnings”..- 10 "Two Friends”__ 15 Miss Ella MacNichols__5 Costs $50 To Grow Acre Cotton Expert Says; Cleveland A Leader Raldgh.—Cotton farming explains its deathly exponents in the light of farm management specialist R. H. Rogers, of State college, who finds that the planter must make 312 pounds of lint an acre in order to break even at 16 cents a pound. Cleveland county undoubtedly beats this 312 pounds an acre, but it Is doubtful M r.nother county does. Mr. Rogers says that it C06t3 $50 an acre to produce cotton, no matter what the boll weevil or the sow bosom merchant, or the other in cidentals, to taae an acre of cotton and, get it in shape during the spring till it during the summer and pick the crop during the fail, require the expenditure of $50. I,ess than 300 pounds of lint to the acre, .sold at the current prices, would put the grower in the hole. "It usually costs about $50 an acre to produce one acre of cotton,” R. H. Rogers says. “Using this figure as a basis, it is easy to calculate the yield necessary to break even with the crop. If cotton is selling for 16 (Continued on page nine.) VMy Bit" Merchants List. I. J. Stilwell. Piggly-Wiggly ... 5 J. C. Penney Co........ 30 A & P...2.30 Clay Ross, Carolina Stores_1 A. C. Swofford Grocery_ 1 Major Hopper_...._.30 Wright-Baker Cc....10 Cleveland Hardware_2.30 T. W. Hamrick .. l Woolworth’s 5 George Alexander _..... 5 Paul Webb Drug Co. .. 5 Suttle Drug Co. _ .*> A. V. Wray & Six Sons ..._5 Abernethy Jewlry __ 1 J. C. McNeely &; Co..10 Cleveland Drug Co. _ 5 Chocolate Shop ......_4 M. A. McSwain & Son_____5 Shull's Market _1 Montgomery-Ward Co. __... 5 Jackson Grocery .. 5 The Men's Shop __........... a William Haglev, tailor .. .50 Charles Stores __ 20 Pendleton’s __ 5 Stephenson Drug Co,. 10 Torn Eskridge .. ; Quinn Drug Cc....5 A