VOL. XXXVI, No. i SHELBY. N. C, FRIDAY, JAN. 17. 3930. i2 PAGES TODAY Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. B" mall, per yeer (in advance) *3.50 Carrier, pur year (In advance) 43.00 1 LATE NEWS THE MARKET. Cotton, per pound --- I6c Cotton Seed, per bu..40 Vic , Snow Is likely. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Clondy, probably snow In In terior and rain on the coast to night and Saturday. Not quite so cold tonight. Colder Satnrday in extreme west portion. Fire At Noon. * The fire department was called out at noon today to the G. C. Keever residence on Suttle street where a blase had started In the kitchen. Firemen extinguished the fire with only a slight damage. First Regular Meeting County! Club Tuesday Leading Rutherford Club Members To Make Talks To Group. All Urged To Attend. The first regular meeting of the Cleveland county club will be held in Shelby, Tuesday night, January 21 at 7 o’clock at the Wayside res taurant, formerly known as the Blue Parrott tea room just east of the post office. Plates will be 75 cents each. More than 100 leading citizens of the county have been invited to at tend. Anyone who is Interested In the new organization and in boost ing Cleveland county is eligible tc attend, even if they did not get an invitation from the committee. If you wish to attend and did not gtt a return card, you are asked to telephone 703 as to the number of plates desired, so the proper ar rangements can be made. This is important. Mr. O. J. Holler, master farmer of Rutherford county and president of the Rutherford county club, and Clyde A. Erwin, superintendent of schools of Rutherford county, have been engaged to make short talks on the work of a county club. They are expected to tell of the accom plishments of the Rutherford coun ty club, which is more than seven years old and has done untold good in that county. Dr. Zeno Wall, pas tor of the First Baptist church and a native of Rutherford county, has been asked to be present and say a few words. Several details relative to the new organization will be worked out at the meeting next Tuesday night. The meeting will open promptly at seven o'clock and will be shert and Interesting, if present plans are carried out. Prof. Lawton Blanton, principal of the Lattimore school, has been elected president of the club wnile Mr. J. L. Herndon, prominent farm er and merchant of Grover, has been elected secretary. Directors will be elected soon and a constitution and by-laws adopted. The county club is expected to meet monthly at different places in the county. It is merely a county wide civic club and has for its major objectives, uniting the town and country into a better understand ing, helping the farmer, boosting everything that is for the upbuild ing of the county and condemning all forms of evil. It does much to unite the county and boost better roads, schools, better churches, bet ter homes, better farming, better markets and will seek to do every thing possible for the advance ment of this county. The county club idea is growing over the state and nation; it appeals to the love and pride of every citizen; it is non political and non-secterian and has as one of its objectives the reduc tion of taxes., Charlotte Minister Talks To Rotarians ! Dr. Derden, pastor of St. John's Baptist church at Charlotte, was the guest speaker at the local Rotary luncheon meeting today at the Ho el Charles, the program being In charge of Rotarlan Chas. Hubbard. The subject of the speaker was “Rotary” and he outlined the four basic points of the organization. Leading Women Shelby Listed ? f Whom do you consider the best woman in Shelby? What woman among the women of Shelby is the most considerate? Which one is the most reserved? Which the jolllest? Monday a list of superla tive Shelby men was publish ed in the "Around Our Town” column of The Star—Today a contributor ventures to list superlative Shelby women. The roil of outstanding men caused considerable talk— what will be said about this one? Turn to this list on an inside page. Beam Leads In Cotton Production; Sellers In Production Cost Makes 11 Bales On Five Acres. Sell ers Shows Best Profit. Nine Good Records. Figures issued today by Fann Agent R. W. Shoffner and the county agricultural board show in connection with the five-acre plot cotton production record for Cleve land fanners show that nine farmers made unusually good records and that John Beam, of Shelby, had the best production record on his five acres while T. F. Sellers, of Kings Mountain Route 1, had the best profit cr the lowest production cost. First prize winner among the nine leaders, to be selected upon three basic points, has not been decided, but it s«ms assured now that the $630 prize money and loving cup will be pretty well distributed among the nine best record makers. Production List. The winners are figured upon total production, cost of production, or profit on plot, and method in which records were kept. The pro duction records show that Mr. Beam made 5,398 pounds of lint cotton on his five acres, or 11 bales. The production of the eight oth ers follows: T. F. Sellers, Kings Mountain, R-l —5,084 pounds, or 10 bales. H. V. Hamrick, Bpiling Springs—4,532 pounds, or 9 bales. Aston Adams, Lattlmore—4,518 pounds, or 9 bales. C. O. Lee, Lattlmore—4,254 pounds, or 9 bales. Cliff Rayfleld, Waco— 4,147 pounds, or nine bales. R. W Wilson, Pallston—4,000 pounds, or 8 bales. J. C. Campbell, Polkville—3, 957 pounds, or 8 bales. N. H. Mau ney, No. 6 township—3,724 pounds, or 7 bales. Production Cost. Mr. Sellers, who led in low pro duction cost and in profit, made a profit of $499.91 on his five acres. His production cost per pound was 9.6 cents; his profit per acre $99.98; his cost per acre $95.50; his fertili zer cost per acre $14.85. C. O. Lee was second in profits (Continued on page twelve.) “Hello World” Stops His Radio “Cussing” Will Still Say “Confound” And “Doggone,” But No "Damns” And “Hells,” The fellow scores of radio listen ers in this section consider one of the most entertaining radio talkers, “Old Man” Henderson, of Station KWKH, Shreveport, will not use any more profanity over the air, ac cording to an announcement made by him this week, because of criti cism forwarded him by his unseen audiences. “Hello World” said that he would not use the expressions “damn” and “hell” anymore, not that he thought he was violating any law but out of respect for hearers who requested that he do so. He reserv ed the right, however, he said, to retain his pet expression "con found and "doggone,” and declared he would still refer to his aversion, the chain stores, by his favorite term. KWKH has been the center of spirited fights since Henderson first began to broadcast and an in formal poll in this county shows that he has more listeners perhaps each night than any other one sta tion. They apparently enjoy his dis position to be .scrapping about something all the time, yet the ma jority of them, no doubt, will be pleased to hear that he will elimi nate the over use of profanity and slang from his broadcasts. ! __ , .— ■ .■ ■■ ■ Cleveland Springs v Auction On At Noon Saturday In Shelby The Cleveland Springs hotel property, anent which there is much local interest^ will go on the auction block in front of the county court house here tomor row, Saturday, at noon. Several plans have been con sidered, reports are, for the handling of the valuable prop erty, but any action likely to take place tomorrow has not been made public. School Deficit A round$25,000 Deficit Carried Over Approximately That Much. School Board Publishes Statement. For the information of the public the school is publishing today a statement of the school finances, showing the status of the currant operation account which carries an unexpended balance of $63,020.67 the itemized accounting for the funds received through the $58,000 bond issue, and a statement of the remaining floating indebtedness carried over from 1928-29. This lat ter, it will be seen, amounts to $28, 473 with uncollected taxes to be ap plied upon the notes in the amount of $5,169.75. However, those who have charge of collections indicate that it will not be possible to collect in full all taxes; therefore the ac tual deficit carried over from 1926 29 after applying the bond funds will be approximately $25,000, Small Girl Hit On Head With Hammer Little Self Girl Has Skull Depress , ion. Cherryvilie Youth Improves, Was Shot. Little Miss Louise Self, seven year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Self, was taken to the Shel by hospital yesterday afternoon suffering with a skull depression on the fore part of her head. Full details were not available to day, but it is understood that j#hile playing she was sruck in the fore head by a hammer swung by a play mate. Her condition is regarded as serious. His Gun Exploded. Another accident patient at the local hospital is Hugh Snead. 25 year-old Cherryville man, who was brought here Tuesday night suffer ing from a head wound received when a muzzle-loader he was shoot ing exploded. The exploding barrel tore a hole In his jaw and a part of the barrel was found in his neck. Today his condition was reported to be improved and he is expected to recover. It is understood that he loaded the muzzle-loader to use in a New Year’s celebration, but did not use It and only got it out to fire it Tuesday night when the t plos ion took place. Early In the week a colored man, Isaac Williamson, of Rouf e 8, Shel by. was brought to the hospital with a gun wound on his foot, one of his toes being shot off. William son, it Is said, was out hunting when he placed tfte end of the gun barrel against his foot and in some manner the gun discharged leaving him with only nine toes. Governor Finds His Namesake In Prison; Coming In Too Rapidly 124 Freed At State Prison But 132 Come To Prison. Many Name sakes There. * Raleigh — Governor Gardner’s first namesake, a handsome fellow and athlete who starred in his ex cellency’s home town, has landed at the state’s prison. His name is Max Gardner Con nor. Tlie boy, captain of both base ball and football teams in Shelby, came here under a sentence of 18 months imposed by Judge A. M. Stack for forgery. The youngster had borne a good name and was a hero in a town that never has had poor athletes. The good-looking boy 1 was represented today as highly) sick of his plight. There is nothing romantic about a state’s prison and there was no glamour to wear off. The state's prison has many time servers who wear noble names. There is a namesake of William Howard Taft, William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roose velt, Grover Cleveland, Congress man Ed Pou, ex-Congressman Bob Page and Thad Page. Superintend ent George Ross Pou has one pris oner whose parents took the name of the superintendent’s father, Ed ward W. Pou, of the fourth con gressional district. Being well nam ed docs not seem to guarantee against prison life. Indeed, it ap (Contlnued on page twelve.) Converse Seeks Reno Divorce Converse At. Converse, grandson of Edwin Converse, who 'was one of the founders of the United States Steel Cor poration, filed a suit for divorce in the district court at Reno tgainst Marian Con verse 'above). The complaint charges ex treme cruelty. There are no children. rn*tlrtnal N«w»re«!) Gaffney Man Held For Superior Court In Fatal Mooresboro Crash Recorder Kennedy Holds Wilker- j son Over On $1,000 Bond Wright Death. Paul Wilkerson, young and at tractively-dressed white man ot Gaffney, was bound over to su perior court today by County Judge Horace Kennedy under a $1,090 bond after a preliminary hearing centering about the fatal injury suffered by Mr. Tom Wright, aged Mooresboro citizen, last Friday aft ernoon when he was struck by an auto driven by Wilkerson, dying in the hospital here Saturday. Witnesses offered by the county were Mrs. J. W. Lucas and Marion Packard, eye-witnesses: J. A. Bridg es, and D. C. Wright, the latter a son of the man killed. The de fense did not offer any testimony. How It Happened. According to the county witnesses two cars, one driven by Wilkerson, were headed east on Highway 20. Mr. Wright was cn the left side of the highway tn reference to the two cars. The witnesses testifier! that the Wilkerson car apparently had started to pass their car and just as It did so the other car pull ed over somewhat In front of the Wilkerson car as If to enter the garage on the left and Wilkerson then swerved more to the left, ap parently to avoid a collision, and struck Mr. Wright, after which the Wilkerson car turned back to the right and hit the other car,. The second car stopped at the garage r but moved on and the identity ol the driver is not known. Vtllkerson brought Mr. Wright, whose skull was fractured in addition to frac tures of the leg and ami, to the hcspital here where he died on the following day. Witnesses said they did not 3ee the car in front of Wilkersor, signal the‘turn ahead of the Wilker son car. Neither, they said, did Wilkerson sound his horn when he started to pass the other car which turned ahead of him and sent his car against Mr. Wright. Other, testimony was that the Wilkerson car was travelling around 40 mile' per heur and that the tragic affair took place in the heart of Moores iKM. Judge B. T. Falls, of Shelby, and Col. T. B. Butler, of Qafiney, rep resenting the defendant pointed out that the driver of the other cat was somewhat responsible and that Wllkerson’s act was caused by his attempting to avoid a collision. Their plea was for the bond to re main at $500 but Judge Kennedy doubled it after hearing talks from both defense attorneys and from At torney Clyde R. Hoey, who was pri vate counsel assisting Solicitor P. C. Gardner in the prosecution. A number of pecple from Gaffney, including several women, some of whom presumably were those with Wilkerson when the crash occurred while numerous citizens of the Mooresboro section w ere also in the court room. Move Wiggins Case To Charlotte For Trial There On February 24 Judge Clement Rules For Change In Venue. No Reflection, Ex Plained, On Gaston. Gastonia, Jan. 18.—Terming the situation here as ‘'extraordinary,” Judge J. H. Clement today granted the motion of Attorney General Brummitt for the removal of the Wiggins trial from this county. In Charlotte on February 24 the five Loray mill employes will answer to the charge of shooting the widowed mother of five small children last September during an anti-commun ist demonstration. Oratorical endeavors availed the four defense attorneys nothing in their attempts to persuade Judge Clement that a fair and impartial trial could be had here. Almost the entire forenoon session of the court was taken by the reading of affi davits and elaborately detailed speeches of the attorneys. Gaston county, although she was willing to try the ‘case at home, Is therefore freed of another perplex ing and highly advertised trials growing out of the industrial tur moil that has kept this section in a more or less agitated condition since the appearance here about April 1 of emissaries of the Nation al Textile Workers union, left wing of labor organization. The other trial removed from Gaston was the famous Aderholt murder case, which was likewise sent to Mecklenburg by Judge M. V. Barnhill of Rocky Mount. Today Judge Clement made it plain, as Judge Barnhill had done in the Aderholt case, that he in tended -in no way to cast reflection upon Gaston county in granting the motion for change of venue. The change was decided upon, he ex plained, simply because o' the fact tContinued on page twelve.) Forest City Veteran Is Suicide Victim Dudley Struve, Of Forest City, De pressed Over Lack Of Work, Shoots Himself. New York, Jan. 17.—Dudley Struve, who shot himself between the eyes Wednesday after an unsuc cessful effort to find work to sup port his wife and daughter in For est City. N. C., died early yesterday in Flower hospital. New York, Jan. 17.A World war veteran, discouraged by his inabil ity to find work to support his wife and child, sought death Wednesday, but in this, too, he failed. He shot himself between the eyes with the service revolver he car ried as a sergeant In tne army, but the bullet glanced, plowed through the flesh of his forehead and cheek and dodged in his jawbone. Sur geons at Flower hospital said he would recover. ifte man, Dudley Struve, whose wife and child live in Forest City, N. C„ registered Tuesday at the Hotel Woodstock. Wednesday Struve called the desk clerk at the hotel and asked that a bell-boy be sent to his room. The boy found the door ajar, and saw a trail of blood leading to the bed room of -Struve’s suite. On the bed, unconseiouus lay Struve, a bullet wound in his head. Nearby lay his pistol. Police believed he shot him self, walked to the telephone, made the crll, opened the door and then walked to the bed and collapsed. Native Of Kentucky. Forest City.—Dudley Struve, who attempted to kill himself in a New York hotel, is well known here. He (Continued on page twelve.). Poorest Cotton Ever Made Here In Biggest Crop _ j Seventy-Five Percent Of County'* largest Crop Off-Grade I)ne To Weather. Cleveland county farmers are just now completing the harvesting of their largest cotton crop, yet, at the same time, It la their poorest cotton crop, according to Mr. J. J. Me- 1 Murry, Shelby’s veteran cotton buy-1 er. "There has never, in my memory, been a harder year all on the fann ers, yet they have made their larg est crop." he said. "I actually believe that 75 percent of the county cotton crop was off grade due to the continued wet weather of the fall. It was terrible on the farmers. We will make our 60,000 bales, maybe a little less and perhaps a little more, but what Is It selling for. Cotton that shoulc' bring 16 cents or more Is bringitv only 13 cents because of the dam age done by the weather. That !• $10 to $15 per bale, and let me toll you that counts up. We made tv much cotton, and perhaps more, to the acre this year as ever before. It's not quantity that is hurting thi farmer but the quality. Of all the cotton I’ve seen this year, I hardlv believe that much more than 10 percent of It could be called first class," Report Nest Week. The next ginning report will be out next week and the county's ginning to January 16 may be ready for publication by Friday of next week. Locally It Is estimated that the report will show between 66,000 and 60,000 bales ginned In the coun ty to January 16. Funeral Of Grover Man This Afternoon W. U Roark pied Yesterday Morn Ia( iff Pneumonia. Wife, 9 Children Survive. Funeral services for Mr. William Lee Roark were held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Grover First Baptist church with Rev. Mr. Fur ccn officiating and the Choctaw Charge No. 95 in charge of the in tertalnment. Mr. Roark, well known through out the section, died at his home at Grover about 2 o’clock yesterday morning, death resulting from pneu monia. The deceased is survived by his widow and nine children. William A. Hester Funeral Thursday Died Wednesday. Funeral Held Yes terday Afternoon At Sharon Church. Funeral services for Mr. Willi Am A. Hester were held yesterday aft ernoon at 2:30 o'clock at Sharon church, conducted by Rev. R. L. I Forbis assisted by Rev. L. B. Hayes and Dr. Zeno Wall. Mr, Hester, who was 80 years ol age and made his home on West Marion street, died Wednesday, hts death resulting from kidney trouble after an Illness of four days. He came to this county 40 years ago from Polk county and was well known In Shelby and the surround ing section. His wife died about eight years ago. Children surviving are: Mrs. Lula Kendrick, of Salisbury; Mr. J. M. Hester, of Shelby, former city po liceman; Mrs. Paul Quinn, of Shel by; W. M. Hester, of Salisbury; Mrs. John Blanton, of Lincolnton; Mrs. John Smith, of Sharon; Miss Dlra Hester, and Mrs. W. P. McArthur, of Lattimore. No Shelby Lawyer Is Supporting Workman's Compensation, Said Local Attorneys Believe Law Will Be Changed. Benefits Only In surance Firms. “I notice a news item in The Star says that all the lawyers of Shelby are not against the workman's com pensation act.” one local attorney declared today, and then atlded “I do not believe a single lawyer can be found here who will support the law when a fight is made upon it at the next legislature." “There may be one or two who will not express themselves against it. but they do not think it is en tirely just and believe that it should at least, be modified,” he continu ed. Local attorneys, who plan to join J. in the fight to have the law repeal ed at the next legislature, contend that lawyers In practically every county in this section will send representatives to Raleigh to wort against the law as it now stands. The argument advanced for the fight by barristers is that the law under its present conditions bene fits no one but Insurance compan ies. The lawyers are not the only losers by it, they say, and it is not a selfish fight, they add. because employes do not benefit thereby as they should r i industrial plants are given ad, donal clerical work as a result. An added prediction Is that the fight for repeal will be one of the most eventful items at the next legislative sessions. Hi a Edwards In Race For Legislature; Allen Silent On Opponent Announces Today HENRY B. EDWARDS Lawndale Man Died This Morn Frank Laltlmorr. Aired 81. Head. Funeral Services On Sunday Afternoon, Mr. Frank Lattimorr, well known 81-year-old citizen of the Cleveland Mills section near Lawndale, (lied at his home this morning about 7 o'clock, ac cording to information given The Star this morning. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at New Bethel church. Mr. Lattimorr, who was wide ly related throughout Cleve land county and known by hun dreds of people, is survived by his wife who Is In feeble health, and two children—Phlleeter Lat timorr and Mrs. Schenck Car penter. Mr. Louis Lattlmore, of Shel by, and Capt. B. It. Lattimorr, of the United States army, are nephews of the deceased. Basketball Tilts In County During Present Week-End Two Gaihes Here Tonight. Big Contest At Boiling Springs Saturday. Cleveland county basketball fans are in for plenty of week-end ac tion. Tonight at the tin can here the Shelby highs will play the fast Belmont Abbey prep quint, which has already defeated the Morris Fall combination once. this, year, Shelby girls sextet will play the Shelby girls sexttet will play the Grover high girls. College Contest. Tomorrow, Saturday, night at Boiling Springs Blainey Rackley’s Junior Baptist cagers will mix tt up on the court with the Campbell college quintet, whose basketball knowledge is imparted by Coach Hays who was at Wake Forest when Rackley starred there. Four CandUUd Talked For Coan. 17 Judge. Allen “Likes Races,” He Says. (By RENN DRUM) Attorney Henry B, Edwards, well known member of the Shel by bar, today Informed The Star that he would be a candidate in the Democratic primary In June for the legislature. Mr. Edwards has not made a for mal announcement, tun* has he out lined a campaign platform, but he Is definitely In the race he says, un til the announcement today the only candidates suggested lor the legislature and the state senate were Led B. Weathers, president ol The star, for the legislative berth, and Attorney Peyton McSwaln for the state senate. Neither of the two has made definite announcement but have been considering the race. Mr. Weathers has been out of town for two days and what course he may pursue In view of the Edwards nnouncement is not known. To lay there was some talk, also, that Attorney A1 R. Bennett former law partner of Edwards, might also be a candidate for legislature. Indications on the political hori zon today were that the next can didate to announce would likely seek the nomination for county re corder in that Judge Horace Ken nedy has definitely declared him self out of the race. The Torn Talked. Pour county lawyers are heing talked as prospective candidates, and at least two of the quartet, it Is known, are seriously consider ing the race. They are Attorneys Maurice Weather* and Speight Beam, former Judge John P. Mull, all of Shelby, and Attorney Jim CUne, of Palls ton. The first men tioned Iras just returned to his office from a spell of sickness and |I isn't saying much, but for some time, those claiming to me on the inside of the dope currents record ed to Judge Kennedy. Mr. Mull was frequently mentioned as a candi date even prior to the Kennedy statement that he would not rim, while Messrs. Beam and Cline haw been sympathetic enough to con versation about them to show that they are willing at least to be talk ed to. Put it down for a fact that one of the quartet mentioned will be In the race, and It’s an even wager that two of them will be. Sheriffs Race, - Sheriff Irvin M. Allen, serving his first term as sheriff, has no defi nite announcement to mate as a follow-up of the announcement by Mr. Pink Lackey of his candidacy. There is nothing, however, to show that the present sheriff will not be a candidate again since it has been the custom In Cleveland for many years for county officers to remain In or seek to remain In for more than one term. More stay in for two terms, past political history shows, than do not. In fact, Mr. Allen talking to friends today inuuendoed the thought that he would run, when questioned about likely rivals ht said "well, 'I’ve been In one kind of race or another since I was a bey. I’ve almost reached the point where I like to run.” Although spoken In a humorous win, the statement points to the likelihood that the present sheriff will seek reelectlon. Other Candidates? In the general pow-wowlng about the sheriff’s race, which followed the Lackey announcement, there was some talk that Marshall Moore, n candidate In 1928 and now on the city police force, might be a can didate. So far as is known, however, Mr. Moore has talked none what soever in public along that line. Political talk concerning other county offices is not being heard so far—not even a whisper. Yet it Is more than four months until the primary and in that time much can take place. Central Methodist Services On Si The size of the congregation teen steadily increasing, this well for the different working 1 tiers of the church. The service at 11:00 a. m. has thought, music will adult choii The evei is about, special music chorus of