10 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXVI, No. 13 SHELBY. N. C. WEDNESD’Y, JAN, 21). 1930 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. B mall, per ywr (tnadvaooa) *2-40 Carrier, pci-year (in advance' J3 (K> LA TE NEWS THE MARKET. Cotton, per pound ....—-16c Cotton Seed, per bn. ..—... 37’,4c Snow, More Snow! Today’s North Carolina Weather Report; Rain tonight, probably changing to snow in Interior. Cold er tonight. Thursday partly cloudy, possibly rain or snow on the coast and colder in east portion. * Helps Slmmos. A political dispatch today to State papers from M. R. Dnnnagan, Raleigh correspondent, has It that former Governor McLean’s support of Senator Simmons did not come as a surprise to political circles at the State capital, yet leaders there consider the McLean move as good and beneficial strategy to the Sim / noons organization. Austell Lands Inspectorship In N. C. Militia ** Shelby Man Given Military Boost Will Be Property Auditor Under Adjutant General In Raleigh. Was Game Warden. . Mike Austell, county game ward 'en and office deputy sheriff here for several years in addition to his duties as first lieutenant of Com pany K, local militia unit, will on February 1 become property audi tor and inspector for the North Carolina militia. The military promotion for Lieut. Austell, which will require full time work, was tendered him in an appointment by Adjutant General Van B. Metts, of Raleigh. Succeeds Hobbs. He will succeed Major Hobbs who was promoted to a staff position m Washington. Headquarters will be maintained (out of the adjutant general’s of ' fice in Raleigh as the property au ditorship is considered one of the ranking commissions in the na tional guard for the state, his duties being the regular inspection of the equipment of all the com panies and units of the guard in the state. More Mexican Quail '♦ For North Carolina State Game Warden C. H. England Says Department Has Budget For Game. C. H. England, state game ward en under the department of con servation and development who was in Shelby yesterday considering fhe application of 13 men to suc ceed Mike Austell, county game warden, who has tendered his resig nation to take up military duties, says the department will have $12, 000 to $15,000 in its budget to spend for the purchase of game. This game will be used to re stock the game preserves, sanc tuaries and public covers through out the state. A large area has been set aside in Cleveland county and after February 15 when the hunt ing season closes, the bulk of this ^raoney will be spent in the pur chase of 60,000 Mexican quail to each county. While this number is not so large for each county, the Mexican quail infuse new blood and make more hardy the native quail. Some female quail produce two cov eys a year and' under the regula tions of the state law enforced by the game wardens, the wild game in North Carolina will be greatly increased, says Mr. England. JLindsey McSwain I* Buried In Charlotte —— v } -other Of Mrs. L. R. Mayhue ' * pies In Charlotte After Illness Of Month. Lindsey McSwain died Monday i night at 12 o’clock at his home, 1108 Parson street Charlotte after an ill ness of one month. Funeral services were held at the nome Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock, with Rev. W. H. Willis, pas tor of Belmont Park Methodist church, officiating. Burial w-as made in Elmwood cemetery. Mr. McSwain is survived by his wife. Mrs. Bertha McSwain, three brothers, Amzi McSwain, of Kan napolis, M. C. McSwain, of High Shoals, and Odis McSwain, of Fort Mills, S. C., and three sisters, Mrs. L. R. Mayhue, cf Shelby, Mrs. Ca leb Stevenson, of Winnsboro, S. C., 'and Mrs. Charles Bost, of Newark. N. J. Three Couples From County Wed In S. C. Three Cleveland county couples secured marriage license last week from Probate Judge Stroup at Gaffney. They were: Claude Will iams and Viola Blanton, of Shelby; Albert Erwood and Ora Doster, of Kings Mountain; Ezra Hehson and Lucielle Aldridge, of Shelby, Establish Mail Station At Two Mills In Shelby Eastside, Cloth Mill Get An Office Citizens Of Tm Villages Are VrgeA To Patronize “Rural Mail Station.” The Eastside and Cleveland cloth mill villages of Shelby will, begin ning Saturday, have a new mall service in a sub-office or rural de livery office of the main Shelby post office. This was announced today by Postmaster J. H. Quinn in the fol lowing statement: Beginning with February 1, 1930, Shelby Is to have an Improvement In her mail facilities. The eastern section of the city is to have a postal station to be known as "Mlllslde Rural Station” and is to be locateu at the store of Crowder Brothers, with Mr. John Durant Crowder as clerk 1n charge. It Is near a mid way point between the Cleveland Cloth Mill and and Eastside sec tions of the city and will be a great convenience to both. The station gets its name In part from each of the sections, "Mill” coming from the last word In Cleve land Cloth Mill and the "Side” from the last part of "Eastside.” Al though known as a "Rural Station,” In reality, it Is not rural but Is so called for the reason that it Is to be served by Rural Route No. I on which Mr. G. A. Elam is carrier. It is to be hoped that this sta tion will be liberally patronized by those who live in close proximity as It will relieve congestion at the general delivery window at the main office and it will remove much con gestion at the offices of the two mills In that section. At present many of the employees of the two mills get their mail through the lock boxes of the two mills with a source of much annoyance to them. This station will afford a fine op-, port unity of getting mail direct. It is hoped that this station will be liberally patronized. The hoars -of service at this station will conform to the hours at the main office, to wit: from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. It is very important that all per sons who desire to get their mail at the station notify the main of fice at once in writing. Please do not overlook this notice. Of course you are at liberty to get your mail at either place. Lutz Returns From Furniture Display Mr. Ogbum Lutz, of the Camp bell Department Store, returned last night from a buying trip to the furniture exposition at High Point. Mr. Lutz brings back word from the great furniture headquarters that this year’s styles are v very attrac tive—perhaps it would not be say ing too much, Mr. Lutz declared, to assert that they are more beautiful than ever before. But business, he said, at the big show, seems to be a trifle off. Accompanying Mr. Lutz were Mrs. Campbell, and her daughter, Miss Helen Campbell, and Mr. G. P. Smith, of the furniture department of the store. , Teachers To Meet Saturday, Discuss Live-At-Home Idea A meeting of all the school teach ers of Cleveland county will be held in Shelby Saturday, beginning at 10 o’clock in the morning, it was announced today by Mr. J. H. Grigg, county superintendent of schools. One of the features of the gath ering, he said, will be the discuss ion of Governor Gardner’s llve-at home campaign and how the cam paign may be cerried to rural hom es through the rural schools. Death Ends “Classic” Romance Marquis Fernando da U Sota, in whose veins flowed blood of the conquistadores, and his beautiful bride, former Anita Guerre Sucre, heiress to South American millions, whom de la Sota probably fatally wounded before shooting himself dead in their fashionable ’aria apartment, thus carrying out a threat made in a Greenwich rillage studio last Thanksgiving Day, CInt •rMUinal NmiHl) Dried Apples And Wool Socks Were Once Chief Products Of Cleveland, Now Cotton Leader _ - ■ f Opposition To Chain Store Found In This Section By Secretary Home Merchants In Some Western Carolina Towns Protesting, Dowell Says. W. L. Dowell, secretary of the North Carolina Merchants associa tion back In Raleigh after a torn through this section of the state announces to the press that ne found considerable opposition at some points In Western Carolina to the chain stores. , Associations listed as visited by him included those at Charlotte, Gastonhn Shelby, Hendersonville, Hickory, 'Asheville and Marion. Mr. Dowell was quoted as follows: "Business throughout the section I visited Is quiet but the merchants are by no means pessimistic,” stat ed Mr. Dowell. "In fact, every where I went I found a decided note of optimism and the concensus among retailers is that business will grad ually improve as the year advances, he added. ' "The chain store question appears to be agitating the minds of the merchants to a large degree all through the territory I covered, and drastic action has been taken by some of the towns I visited to ex clude from membership In their lo cal associations any person affiliat ed with any national chain store organization. In one city a band was parading the streets with a large banner reading: ‘National Chain Stores and Hard Times, trade with local merchants and help build your community, to H— with the chains.’ In another city practically every store had placards In the window with similar wording, and in still another I was advised that a citizens committee had raised $7,500 and organized what they call a ‘protective league’ for the purpose of conducting an anti-chain edu cational campaign. Whole com munities are wrought up over the chain store question and in some places the chain stores are having poor sledding, but in many places the merchants are awaiting the outcome of the chain store inves tigation by the federal trade com mission before Joining any cam paign directed against them.” Misses Edith and Sue Roberts spent Monday in Charlotte. In his will, W. R. Chilton, of St. Louis left $5,000 a year to his’ girl secretary and $2,500 annually to his wife. Ramblin’ Bill Wants A Farm, He’s Coming Back To Ca’lina -.. --- Wandering Writer Is Well And Wants To Rent A Farm Back In His Paradise. Editor of The Star: We wish to broadcast the fact to landowners throughout the state of North Carolina, that we are now ready to go back to the old North State and start raisin’ trters', cot ton, com and wheat, and other products of the soil in the capacity of tenant farmers. Our kids are now all "cotton pick in’ size,” and while they have per sonally had little experience with growing things, they are all very ambitious to have a tilt with the soil, and “WE” their parents, have decided that’ we would prefer to have them raised up as Farmers and Farmerettes than to have them grow up in the modem cities. We have also decided that too many people are flocking to the towns and that there are not enough peo ple staying on the farms. We were both raised in the coun try to begin with and while you can take boys and girls away from the country, you cannot take the coun (Continued on page nine.) Laurlnburg Man Remembers When Cleveland Citizens Had Little Else To Trade. Cleveland county, now North Carolina's leading producer of cot ton, gets each year now a couple ot million dollars tor her major cash crop, but It was not so very many years ago that the farmers ot this county had very little to carry to market other than dried apples and wool socks. So says Judge T. C. Everett, ot Laurlnburg, Scotland county, whose father operated a trade house here Just after the old Carolina Central railroad (now the Seaboard) came to Shelby. Interesting Memories. The reminiscences of Judge Ev erett are very interesting in that he recalls that Cleveland now consid ered the most prosperous farm county In the State, once hardly knew what it was to have spare cash on hands. Came In By Buggy. Judge Everett was talking recent ly with Editor O. L. Moore, of The Laurlnburg Exchange, a native Clevelandlte, and he began to tell Mr. Moore of the old days in Moore’s home county. His first trip to Shelby, when he came as a boy with his father, Judge Everett said was by rail to Buffalo station and then by buggy to Cleveland Springs. Among other things Judge Everett (Continued on page nine.) McLean To Support Simmons In Contest Differed With Him On Smith But Thinks It Best To Bark Him Now. Lumberton.—In a statement Is sued Monday, former Governor An gus McLean declared that he will support Senator F. M. Simmons in his contest with Josiah W. Bailey, Raleigh lawyer for the Democratic nomination at the June primary. Mr. McLern’s statement declared in supporting Simmons he “sacri fices his own ambition to run for the senate.” The statement was prepared last night and issued to the press this morning. The state ment was given to the Robesonlan with instructions that it was not to be released until today. “I do not see why there should be any doubt as to my position in the senatorial contest. After giv ing the matter most serious con sideration I have reached the con clusion that the best interests of the Democratic party and particu larly Its future harmony and solid arity would be best served by the renomination of Senator Simmons, notwithstanding the fact that dur ing the last campaign I followed my own convictions and loyally supported the national ticket, in sharp conflict with the attitude of Mr. Simmons and thousrnds of other Democrats who held a con trary view” former Governor Mc Lean said. Reserves To Play. The reserve quint of the Shelby high basketball squad will play the Fallston high five in Shelby Thurs day nighty at the tin can, the re serve tossers getting warmed up to offer assistance, when and if need ed, to the varsity team in Friday night’s game with Iiattimore here. Penalty Levy On Unpaid Tax Starts Saturday One Percent Penalty Goes On The« Law Requires Penalty On All Taxes Not Paid In County By February 1. A penalty of one percent will be added to all county taxes not paid by Saturday morning, it was announced today by Sheriff Irvin Allen, the penalty being required by State law ait a levy on all taxes not paid by February 1. During January, and through Fri day. all county taxes may be paid for the exact amount, but during February' the one percent penalty of the total will be additional with the penalty Increasing each month thereafter. Over Half Collected. To date, the tax books reveal, more than half of the entire coun ty tax levy has been collected by Sheriff Allen and his assistants. A check of the collections shows that approximately $296,444 of the $497, 000 has been collected. "I want to urge every citlxen who has not paid his or her tax to do so before Saturday and save the one percent," Sheriff Allen said to day. “The penalty Is required by law and the only way to avoid pay ing It is to pay before February 1.” Miss Calvert Opens * Ladies Wear Store Young Spartanburg Lady Opens “Calvert" Store Of Ladies’ Smart Clothes. Miss Flossie Calvert of Spartan burg, who for a number of years has been the head saleslady in Mooncyham’s smart ladies ready to-wear store in that city, has se cured a lease on the Weathers and Blanton store room next te the ^tty-JeertBeauty Parlor and Just south of J. C. Penney Company on 8. LaFayette street where she has opened a very smart store, handling ladles ready-to-wear, dresses, coats, hats and accessories. Mrs. J. T. Beason, who Is an expert at fitting and alteration, has accepted a po sition with the new store as sales lady and head of the alteration de partment. Miss Calvert, the proprietress of the store, is a very attractive and widely experienced young lady who comes to Shelby from Spartanburg, her native home, where she Is high ly recommended as an authority on ladies ready-to-wear. While Calvert's store opened on Saturday, a formal opening was held Tues day. Political Pot Boilr For Rutherford Folks Half Dozen Have Announced For Sheriff. Candidates For Other Offices. Rutherfordton.—The political pot continues to boil in Rutherford county. Six men have already an nounced for. sheriff, V. T. Davis, R. R. Morris, H. B. Doggett and F. B. Harrill, all of Forest City; M. Y. Tcte, and W. C. Hardin, Ruther fordton, the latter being the pres ent sheriff. M. O. Harrill of Ellen boro has announced for county commissioner, while the latest en trant Is K. E Simpson O' Ruther fordton, well known merchant who announced yesterday for county commissioner. Others are expected to announce soon. The Bailey-Simmons senate fight Is being much discussed in the county. Both sides are claiming the lead as the interest in the race con tinues. Ex-Governor Morrison's statement for Bailey will help his cause some in Rutherford, it is thought, as Mr. Simmons has a strong following in this section. Heavy Snow Today Blanketing Section Steady Downfall Since Early Morn ing. Sticking Some By Noon. Shelby and surrounding sec tion this afternoon are cover ed by a white blanket of snow as a result of a steady snow storm sln-e around 9 o'c'ock this morn’ng. Prectlcallv all of the snow has been in wind driven flur ries and for several hours it failed to stick on the ground, but by noon and since, the sonw has been bank'ng up, and con tinued snowfall at the morning rate should result in a deep blanket by morning. Widow of “Commoner Dies in Holly wooi Mrt. Ma»y Baird Bryan, widow of the “Commoner,” is dead at the home of a daughter, Mr*. Grace Brvan Kargrarcs, at Hollywood, Cal. Death was caused by a heart attack, complicated by arthritis. She had suffered from the latter ailment and had been confined to a whee.1 chair for much of the time. (lm«rn»Uon»l Veteran Died This Morning “Unlucky Zaehy” C arpenter Suffers Stroke And Dies At Falls* ton Today. Mr. P. Z. Carpenter, of Falls ton, well known as "Uncle Zacky,” died at his home there about 11 o’clock today, accord ing to information given The Star by Rev. G. P. Abernethy. “Uncle Zacky,” a veteran of the Confederate army and a highly esteemed citizen, suf fered a stroke early this morn ing and from that time on un til his death his condition was critical. Mr. Carpenter was 87 years of age and served for four years In the war under his friend Capt. Ed Dickson, who was buried Sunday. He was cap tured during the conflict and was a prisoner of war for two yean. Definite funeral arrange ments were not available when this was rfritten. Another Woman In Gastoqia Affair Kate Willis, Said To Have Spent Tuesday Night At Long Home Arrested. Gastonia.—When Coroner J. R. Wallace begins his inquest Thurs day morning into the death of W. F. Long, West Gastonian whose body was found on the highway between here and Bessemer City last Wednesday morning, six peo ple—four men and two women—will be grilled in an effort to establish guilt in the man's murder. With the arrest Saturday of Kate Willis, young west Gastonia gill said to have spent Tuesday night at the Long home, officers believe they have rounded up a group of people who have a complete knowl edge of the events leading up to Long's murder and of the actual killing. Others who have been ar rested include Mrs. W. F. Long. Andy Cabe, J. N. Jenkins, Crip Bridges, Lloyd and Lawrence Brad shaw, all of west Gastonia. All six are being held without bond penn ing the coroner’s hearing, which will be called at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. Evidence gathered since Long's body was found last Wednesday morning by two hitch-hikers from Knoxville, Team., tends to show thac Long was killed at his own home during a drunken brawl, officers declare, and the body carried sev eral miles from Gastonia and dumped beside the highway. The coroner is engaged in uncovering further evidence this week, the in quest having been continued from last Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Crowder spent Sunday in Charlotte. Independent G ro cers Open New Plan Friday Hallman Boy Hit By Car Yesterday Five-Year-Old Youn|sl«il HM By Auto Driven By Colored Youth. In flospital. Ray Hallman, five-year-old son of Eskridge Hallman. Is In the Shelby hospital suffering with In juries as the result of being struck -’bout noon Tuesday by an automo bile driven by a colored youth, Al phonso Logan, son of Caldwell Lo tah, of Fa Us ton. The youngster was hit when he ran into Highway 18 near his home Just at tlie northern edge of Shelby. Reports are that he came out from behind a wagon into the path of the car and that the accident seem ed unavoidable. The negro car stopped, Deputy Ed Dixon says, and offered assistance. At the hospital today 11 was said that the youth seemed to be better. Runs Into Auto Of Officer And Gets Self Canned Police Chief Creel Ware** Car Damaged When Hit By Nor man'* Car. Johnny Norman, of the Kings Mountain battleground section, may drive reckless on the highway here after but when he does, and If he Jakes a notion to sideswipe a few fenders, he will be sure that the other car does not belong to an of ficer. Tuesday Creel Ware, Kings Moun tain’s new police chief but a vet eran officer, was driving to Bhelby In his new car to be a witness In county court. As he came along an other car crashed into him, smashed his fenders and otherwise damaged hi# Wur, dnwesti gation revealed that the driver of the other cai, Johnny Norman, had several drinks In him, so the officer cranked up his dented auto, came on to Shelby and brought Johnny along. Running Into an officer while driving under the Influence of an Intoxicant cost him *50 and the costs and the damage to the of ficer's car. New Clothing Shop To Open Here Soon Wright And Abemethy To Open Shop For Young Men In Abernethy Pla^e. A new business establishment Is to make its bow to Shelby and t.ne trading environment Lln a few daysr The new enterprise in "The Young Men’s Shop," the proprietors being W. L. Wright, formerly of Blanton and Wright, and D. S, Abemethy, son of R. M. Abemethy. of the Abernethy jewelry establishment. The new firm will handle man's wear—clothing, hats, shoes, etc., and will be located in the Abemeth> Jewelry store. It is expected the opening wfll occur the latter part of this week. Baptist Council Meets 7:30 Tonight The Workers Council for the Sun day school of the First Baptist church meets this evening at 7:00 o’clock. In the young people’s de partment assembly room. Every of ficer and teacher, class officer, group captain and anyone holding any re sponsibility in the Sunday school organization, is urged to be pres ent. The mid-week prayer and praise service will follow the council at 7:45 o’clock, closing at 8:30. Dr. Wall will bring a message to the congregation. Hearse And Auto In Collision Near Ellenboro; No One Injured Hearse Carrying Body Of Woman Knocked From Highway Down Embankment. Forest City.—A hearse trans porting the body of a Gastonia woman to Macon county for burial collided early Tuesday morning with a ear near El lenboro, resulting in damage to both vehicles. The hearse belongs to Cline company, undertakers of Gas tonia, and was carrying the body of a Mrs. McConnell, of that city, to Bethel church on Sugar creek, Macon county, for inter ment. When near EUenboro the hearse collided with an Essex coach driven by Mrs. W. A. Harrill, who was accompanied by another EUenboro woman. The hearse left the highway and ran down an embankment, breaking the glass in the win dows and doors. A fender was torn from the Essex. A son of the dead woman was In the hearse with the driver. All par- . ties escaped uninjured. An ambulance from Gastonia arrived later in the day to ear- I ry the body on to Macon coun ty. Quality Stores In Two Counties Twenty-EI*ht Grocer* In Cleveland And Rutherford Counties Join Quality Service Store*. Twenty-eight grocers In Cleveland and Rutherford counties have Join ed tne Quality Service Stores or ganization and beginning In today’s issue of The Star, advertise special bargain prices that will pre vail at all of these independently owned stores. An extensive adver tising campaign in the newspapers of the two counties will be con ducted each week to herald to the trade these special bargains which they are able to offer by co-oper ative buying In large quantities from the leading manufacturers of nationally advertised merchandise. Three New Members. “A most enthusiastic meeting of the 28 Quality Servlet Stores gro cers was held last night at Ruth erf ordton," says Mr. Charlie Bidcc. local groceryman who stated that 3 new members were added and a number of other grocers indicated their Intention of joining Jater on. For several weeks the organisation has been under way and the re sponse has been very gratifying. Wlillc a number of Independent grocers nave not Joined, -It is be lieved that many of them will come In shortly after the benefits of the plan have been demonstrated. Special Prices Made. By 28 Independent grocers band ing themselves together, the manu facturers of nationally advertised goods have agreed to make special concessions In prices which they will pass along to the consumers. Each Quality Store, however, Is per mitted to operate under Its former name and sell either for cash or credit. Just as It suit* that particu lar member. The store* that have membership in the Quelity Service organization will have their store fronts painted red to designate them, a large red emblem with the abbreviation “Q. S. S.” displayed on the show windows. Merchandise will be conspicuously displayed and the special bargains advertised each week in the newspapers and by heralds. Similar organizations are going strong in sections of the two Carollnas. Buy Much Locally. Quality Service Stores buy as much locally as possible and have adopted the goods of the following wholesalers and manufacturers: Kendall Medicine company, Mc Knlght and Company, Coca Cola Bottling Company, Standard Oil, Comps ny. Eagle Roller JT-Us, Eoet Bakery, Shelby Sausage Company and Blue Ridge Products Co. Members of the Quality Service Stores in Cleveland and Rutherford counties are: Shelby: Charlie Buice stores at Dover and Ora Mills; T. B. Mauney, Baker Grocery, South Shelby; C. H. Reinhardt, South Shelby; Keeter Bros.* at Ora and Dover Mills; R. B. Keeter In West Shelby; H. A. Champion in South Shelby; Jackson's Cash 8tore. Rutherfordton: K. E. Simpson, J. Cal Williams, Williams Brothers and C. E. Justice and Son. Splndale: w. C. Ellis, Splndale Grocery Co., Sharks and Parnell, Green Grocery Co. Avondale; C. F. Ward, J. D. Wells. Cliffside: Z. B. Hawkins. Henrietta: W. C. Phillips. Forest City: J. A. Sanders, Jones Grocery Co. Lattimore: Hunt and Hewitt. Mooresboro: D. C. Wright. Grover: H. s. Keeter and Co. EUenboro: T. P Tisdale, Jr., H, L. Green. Ruth: E. H. Walker. Glenn Adams Kills 660 Pound Net Hog Glenn Adams of the Lattimore section has taken the honor away from R. B. Watterson of No. 4 township for having killed the larg est hogs during the season of hog killing. Last week it was reported that Mr. Watterson killed a porker that netted 691 pounds. It is learn ed that Mr. Adams Idlleu one re cently that weighed 660 pounds net, just nine pounds mors than that of Mr. Watterson. Mr. Adams is one of the county’s leading farmers, one who practices the “live-at-home" idea which is being encouraged by Governor Gardner at this time. Aston Ad an . his son, is president of the Tar Heel club of young farmers and was one of the nine winners in the recent ter. terv '••riicu contest in this county.

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