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12 PAGES TODAY Published Monday,' Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By wail, per year (In advanot) S&flb Carrier, per year (1 nadvance) $3.00 VOL. XXXVI, No. 74 SHELBY. N. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1930 LATE NEWS THE MARKET. Cotton, per lb._- 15c Cotton Seed, per bu. ---36c j Saturday Fair. Today’s North Carolina Weather; Report: Cloady, possibly showers in extreme north portion tonight. Sat urday mostly fair, not much change In temperature. Byrd’s Welcome. New York, June 20.—Rear Admir al Richard Evelyn Byrd and his 67 men came home from the ■ Sonth Foie yesterday, bronsed, weather- j beaten, bat healthy and happy. They walked Into one of the great est welcoming outbursts New York ? has ever accorded a national hero. From early morning until late eve ning they were continuously the center of demonstrating crowds, having to beg for the brief bits of rest and opportunity to greet fam ilies and friends, which they got. The expedition brought back prob ably the greatest collection of sci entific data ever gathered by one group of men. Bobby Wins Open. Bobby Jones today copped his second major British title this month, when he won the British open from a field of great golfers. Bobby maintained his lead of one point made yesterday and won by one storke, it is reported. Improve Dairy Herds Soon In County, Plan Products Of Dairy Ranking High Farm Agent Cooperating With Farmers in Bringing In Better Sires. (By the County Agricultural Board) * According to the Farm Forecast ' issued by the department of agricul ture this week Cleveland county derived more income from the sale of dairy products than from any other source with the exception of that derived from cotton. . This means much to the thirty-six thou sand people of Cleveland county wholly* on the farm or are depend eat on the fag* tor, their source of income. It means Shat iqany farm ers In Cleveland county realise that however distressed farm or indus trial conditions may be that the keeping of a few cows on every farm is a profitable part of the farming program. During this time when there is such a hue and cry in regard to the deplorable condi tion of the farmer and although the prices of dairy products are com paratively low, good dairy cows are returning a reasonable profit to their keepers. Farmers who are keeping low producing and scrub cows are find ing it hard to show an income over labor and feed costs. It Is Impera tive that Cleveland county farmers increase the production and better the type of their dairy cattle. / ' With this in mind County Agent ' R. W. Shoffner, with the coopera tion of the North Carolina Dairy extension service,-the American Jer sey Cattle club, the Cotton-Seed Products association and the de velopment service of the Southern railway have inaugurated a move ment to place a number of out standing Jersey sires in Cleveland county. This movement has the hearty cooperation of the dairymen, the business men of Shelby, the banks and civic organizations of the county. With the good markets in and adjacent to this section oppor tunities are unsurpassed for the producers of milk and cream. It*is aimed to make Cleveland county "known as the home of good Jersey cattle, thus attracting buyers seek ing for good pure bred and grade Jerseys. There has been a demand among farmers and dairymen for purebred (Continued on page five.) Wright-Baker Firm In Executive Meet Executives of the Wright-Baker Clothing company, with' headquar ters at Spartanburg, S. C., held a djrectors-managers meeting last night at the Hotel Charles. Present ware: Roy S. Love, Chester, S. C.; J. A. Poster, Union, S. C.;' W. H. , Baker, and Mrs. S. W. Hughes, Spartanburg. S. C.; S. O. Baker, Lenoir; C. C. Wright,'Hickory; and W. R. Koon, manager of the Shel , by store. Shelby Negro Gets Parole Yesterday In the several paroles handed out yesterday by Governor Max Gard ner was one to Johnny Hogue, Shel by negro, who was serving a two year term for breaking and enter ing. As local officers recall It, Hogue % was sent to prison for his connec tion wit bantering the Ingram trtles and Pender stores. Anthony Calls Democrats For Saturday Meet Precinct Meetings This Saturday Each Precinct To Name Committee Tomorrow. County Gather ing 28th. The Democrats of Cleveland county will begin this week organ izing themselves for thej^all cam paign. Tomorrow, Saturday, precincts meetings are to be held at every precinct In the county preparatory to the county Democratic conven tion her^ next Saturday, June 28, according to an announcement Is sued today by Oliver S. Anuthony, chairman of the county executive committee. At Precincts. At the precincts meetings to morrow, Mr. Anthony says each precinct should name a precinct committee of five men with a chairman and secretary to be sel ected from the five. Delegates, probably the members of the com mittee, should be named also to the county convention at the court house here next Saturday after noon. The county convention in this county will not be as important as In other counties where the Dem ocratic nominees are named at the convention, for Cleveland Demo crats name their nominees in a primary. However, at the county gathering a general organization will be molded from the precinct groups and plans made for this fpwiother item for the county con vention to take up will be planning for the delegation to the state con vention in Raleigh on Thursday, July 3. This county permits any Democrat to attend as a delegate who may desir# to do so, and the county is permitted 43 delegates, or 43 votes at the convention. Democrats in the various pre cincts of the country are urged to name their committees this Satur day And forward the list in to .Chairman Anthony. They t should see, too, he says, that the precincts are represented by one or more delegates at the county convention next week. Seek Power P lants In Rutherford Now Total of 790,000 Offered For Light And Water Plants In Rutherford. Rutherfordton.—Sherritt and company of Chicago, which was or ganized under the laws of the State of Delaware, has offered the town of Rutherfordton $210,000 for its municipal water and light plant. The same firm offered Forest City a total of $350,000 and Splndale for their light and water plants, mak ing a total of $750,000. That this firm proposes to invest in the three town. The firm posted a $5,000 cer tified check with each town as an emblem of its good faith. A committee composed of the mayor of each town and one aider man met in the office of Mayor S. E. Splndale Wednesday afternoon to consider every phaee of the.matter. If they think well of the offer they will recommend it to each board, and if each board thinks well of the, plan, they will call an election on it soon. Sherritt and company specified in their proposal that they would keep the present employees of the plants of each town and would re-' duce the rate of power at once, 3 cents per kilowatt hour. *Mesdames S. E. Hoey, Flay Hoey and Miss Virginia Hoey spent yes terday in Charlotte. Ancestor Of Cleveland People Was Heroine At Kings Mountain Women Tilled Field* In This Sec tion Dprlng Revolutionary War Days. Gastonia.—During the rigorous days of the war for American in dependence, while men in the Car olines fought for liberty or, de feated, were forced to hide them selves from Tory vengeance, their women tilled the fields and man aged the farms. They, like their husbands and fathers, were, har dened to the (Jiscomforts of pioneer living, and many incidents of their pluck and bravery have been re corded in histories of that period. On October 7, 1730, the day of the battle of Kings Mountain, many women waited anxiously for new;: of loved ones who had joined the mountaineers in their search for Colonel Patrick Ferguson and his Tory militia. That there would be a desperate battl^ they knew, but of the time and place they were un certain. At last, about 3 o'clock in the afternoon there was heard the thunderous noise of nearly 2,000 rifles incessantly firing as British and Americans fought. According to old letters in the possession of her family, one woman of Lincoln (now Gaston) county. North Carolina, was plowing in the field when the guns were heard. Knowing that her husband was with Colonel Camp bell’s men she quickly unhitched the horse from the plow and (CONTINUED ON i'AUE NINE l Two Votes for a Wet Senator Ambassador Dwifbt W. Mor- < row won the Republican nom ination for United States Sen ator from New Jersey by a landslide. The former Am bassador is pictured with Mrs. Morrow as they east their votes - in the New Jersey primaries. Morrow* won on his liberal stand on Prohibition. Bo ad vocated repeal of the Eight eenth Amendment and the re turn to the States of the con trol of the liquor traffic. , (International Mvs tall Webb Battles Way To Southern Semi-Finals ■ - * '*■ R*» Young SHplby Golfer Defeated White, Of Memphis, This Morning 5 And 4. Only Four Left In Tourney. Defeated Harris Yesterday. (Special Tq The Star.) Greensboro, June 20.—Shelby’s crack 15-year-old golf er, Fred Webb, fought his way to the semi-finals of the Southern golf tournament here this morning by defeating Tom White, Memphis star, five holes up and four to play. It was one of the biggest defeats of the tournament. This afternoon only four golfers, one of whom is the Shelby boy, are left to play for the Southern ama teaur title. The two winners in the semi-final this afternoon will clash tomorrow in 36 holes for the chaiw pionship. WEBB SPRINGS SUURPRISE BY DEFEATING HARRIS (Special to The Star.) Sedgefleld Country club, Greens boro, June 20.—Fred Webb, 15-year old Shelby boy, who has twice kick ed over the dope bucket in South ern golf, was this morning one of the eight remaining players who teed off here in the quarter-finals of the Southern amateaur cham pionship tournament. The left-handed Shelby young ster, the only portslde golfer left in the tournament, won his way to to day’s play by yesterday defeating Chasteen Harris, of Memphis, one up. It was his second victorious match as he defeated Alan Smith of Asheville, on Wednesday. Stages Come-Back. The natural confidence of youth, which knows not how to give up no matter how far behind, that sent Webb to victory on the 18th hole with a birdie, one under par, to match the birdie of his veteran op ponent and clinch the match. At the end of the eleventh hole the Shelby star was three holes down to his opponent from Tennessee. Then the youpgster, to use a sport phrase, got hot and burned up the remainder of the course. He won the 12th, tied the 13th and 14th. He was still two behind, but he won the 15th, 16th and 17th holes to go one ahead. Then down the home stretch he shot the final hole one under par to win the match and prevent extra hole play as his rival also holed out a birdie. Regarding his performance. John Heller said the following in today's Greensboro News: “Webb, the 15 year-old southpaw stripling from Shelby, who upset the apple cart by his victory over Smith, Asheville ace, matched his initial win with an equally startling coup over the gifted Chasteen Harris, of Memphis, and thus becomes one of the real threats for the Southern title. Today's Greensboro News also carried a large photo of the Shelby boy at the end of a long driving swing, and the title of the photo was “The Tar Heel Giant Killer.” The seven players left this morn ing in the title play in addition to Webb are Tom White, of Memphis, who plays Webb; Barrien Moore, of Atlanta; Emmet Spicer, of Mem phis; Wilbur Oakes, of Chatta nooga; E. M. Stokes, of Louisville, Ky; W. P. Deuschle, of Winston Salem; Tully Blair, former Caro linas champion of Greensboro. Ex-Sheriff Beason Reported Weaker At noon Wedhesday it was re ported by the Rutherford hospital that J. W. Beason, formerly sher iff of the county, was growing weak er, according to the Rutherford Sun of Thursday. His condition has been very critical since June 11 when he was taken to the institu tion and operated on for a ruptur ed appendix. General peritonitis has developed. Mr Beason was | stricken on Sunday, June 8. \ Robbery Clue At Goldsboro Ends In Blank Men Not Connected With Robberies Bandit Gant. Squealed On Bjr Me tro, Did Not Work This Section. Clues secured by local officers Wednesday evening and which promised to solve the recent safe robbery at Kings Mountain, the Campbell store robbery at Lawndale and other thefts in this section fail ed to materialize. Albemarle and Ooldsboro officers informed officers here that a negro held In jail at Goldsboro had squealed on his two wh^e pals and mentioned that the trio nad staged some of the robberies In this sec tion. Deputy Sheriff Bob Kendrick, Mr. Ed Campbell, of the Campbell stores, and Mr. Odus Royster, of the Lawndale store, left immediately for Goldsboro in an effort bo connect the men there with the robberies here. Conversation with the negro, who has lived in this section and gave his name as Arthur McCoy, failed to show any connection of his gang with the Cleveland county thefts. He had squealed on his two white partners, it was learned, because he was not being paid enough. The Shelby men questioned him closely about the confessed robberies in which he has participated, but not a one of them checked with the thefts at Kings Mountain, Lawndale and Shelby. Officer Kendrick. Messrs. Camp bell and Royster returned last night from Ooldsboro. | Typhoid Fever Is On Increast Countj Fhysiciaw Urges Vaccination At Once. Nnmrrom Now otm. A typhoid lexer epidemic !• now threatening in Shelby and over Cleveland county, it was announced today by Dr. D. F. Moore, county physician. At least a dozen new cases have been reported in recent days, it was said, and unless the epidemic is checked may continue to spread. A majority of the new cases are in the South Shelby section. Get Vaccinated. There is no county fund this year for free vaccine and the county physician advises that all persons visit their family physicians at once and be vaccinated. This, it is said, is the only safe method of halting an epidemic which might during the summer assume threatening propor tions. Auto Tags At Half Price After Today ■Raleigh.—North Carolina auto mobile license plates may be bought for half price after June 20, pro vided the vehicles for which they are not purchased have not been operated during the first six months of the year. Under the state law, the half year plates may not be purchased until after July 1, but Commissioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell granted special permission “for their sale earlier this year.” Firemen Name New Leaders At Meet j The members of the Shelby vol unteer fire department at meeting held this week re-elected J. R. (Lefty) Robinson as chief. Other officers named were Louis McDow ell, assistant chief; Ted Gordon, captain; Paul Hawkins, lieutenant; George Elam, secretary. The new officers will be subject to the ap» proval of the board of aldermen. “Aunt Lil” Goes To Movies First Time “Aunt Lil” Jennings. 40-year old colored servant In the For ney-Sisk home on East Marlon street, attended her first talkie, and her first movie, last night when she saw and heard “No, No Nanette” from the colored balcony at the Webb theatre. She has been In the Forney family for years, as was her mother before her, but although the F^pey-Sialj home is only two blocks from the court square it was her first trip “uptown” in 13 years. She thoroughly en joyed it. New N. C. University President FR*NK P.CxiHAvr Dr. Graham was recently named president of the University of Korth Carolina to succeed Dr. Harry W. Chase, who is to be president of the University of Illinois. His acceptance has been cladly received by univer sity men throughout the state. Find Cache Of Stolen Clothes HidByNegroes Sextet Being Held In Jail Here Negroes Arrested For Shop-Lifting At Kings Mountain. In More Trouble. The four negro men and two ne gro women arrested Tuesday at Kings Mountain, and tried here art In additional trouble. After bringing the sextet here for a hearing in county court. Police Chief Greel Ware and Policeman George Allen did a bit of sleuthing, returned to Kings Mountain and found a quantity of stolen clothing hidden in the woods east of town. One of the party of negroes, arrest ed for stealing hosiery at Keeter’s store there, had been seen going to wards the woods before his arrest. Just where the stolen goods came from officers have not as yet learn ed. The clothing included dainty silk underwear, dresses, hosiery, and men’s shirts. Those in the party gave their names as Lonnie Poston and George Wilson, both of whom came originally from Shelby; Ohar lle Gray, George Johnson, Ethel Johns and Annie May Wahnell. Johnson was given six months on the Keeter store robbery charge and the others were given the alterna tive of a 150 fine each or two months on the roads. They all are in Jail as yet and may remain there until officers learn where the cloth ing found in the woods came from. Jessup Preaches At Second Baptist New Pastor Of Local Church To Occu.'r Pulpit Sunday. Has Been 111. Rev. L. L. Jessup, the new pastor of the Shelby Second Baptist church, will occupy the pulpit there at the services Sunday, it was an nounced today. Rev. Mr. Jessup was to have moved here this week, but has been sick and in the hospital and will not move his family until next we?k. All members of the church are urged to attend the Sunday service. New Catawba Coanty Road To Connect Hickory, Shelby Soon C'oU From Hickory Into Shelbj Newton Highway. Opens New Trade Area. Hickory, June 30.—Opening up a new and large trading territory lor Hickory and making a practically new roadbed from Hickory to the county line towards Shelby, survey ors are now at work laying out a line to connect with the Shelfcy Newton hard-surface road. The road will go out to Brook ford on the present highway bu. instead of winding about th^ rive; there, will cut through straight: i*nuth, joining the Newtou-Sheiby road near Toluca. The Newton-Shelby line is a part of the state-wide program for the connection of county seats with hard-surface highways. The road will extend from Newton southwest to the Blackburn school, thence south to Shelby. The Hickory addi tion will make nearly a straight connection between here and the Cleveland county seat. • According to reports, construction on the road from Hickory down will be begun immediately as soon as. paving equipment is received from Blowing Rock. The road will be of combined tarvia and gravel and will be the first construction undertaken by the county. Shelby Prepares For Celebration Meeting Freak Of Tomato On Potato Stalk Nothing New, Said Is Merely Wild Form of Unculti vated Tomato. Many Seen In Mountains. George Moore, the Insurance man, and others agree with him, states that the reported Incident in this county of tomatoes growing on an Irish potato stalk Is not a freak of nature. In fact, he adds that it Is a tomato stalk and not a potato stalk at all. Others versed in horticulture of fer the same opinion. Wild tomato vines, or plants, where not cultivat ed for years, and occasionally where cultivated, resemble very much Irish potato stalks, they Bay. The small tomatoes found on the stalk exhibited by C. C. Bridges, It Is said, never grow any larger, and are just like the so-called wild to matoes of the mountain sections, where highly-cultivated tomato plants have never been imported. In Comes Another Tomato Grown On Irish ’Tater Stalk Eventually Shelby may be Rival ling Kinston for freaks. / Last week C. C. Bridges brought In to The Star what apeared to be small tomatoes growing on an Irish potato stalk. Today. Jim Diggs, colored, who farms on the Bob Lackey place, east of town, dupli cated the Bridges freak. One small tomato la growing on the stalk which very much'resembles a potato stalk. It may be a wild tomato stalk Instead of a potato stalk, as ob servers say, but. close scrutiny of the plant makes it appear more and more a potato stalk. Sheriff To Collect Additional Taxes The next tax drive in Cleveland county will be upon those who have not paid their personal property tax and their poll tax. This was an nounced today by Sheriff Irvin Al len. who says that he has been or dered to collect these unpaid taxes by the county commissioners. If these taxes are not paid soon the order Is that such personal .prop erty as automobiles, radios and other articles will be seised for taxes and wages garnished for poll taxes. Dr. Schenck Speaks Before Rotary Club Dr. Sam Schenck, of the surgical staff of the Shelby hospital, was the principal speaker before the Shelby Rotary club at its luncheon meet ing today. His topic was the work of the local hospital, its aims, and hopes. Following his talk the club inaugurated a movement which it is hoped will result in the hospitll being given such support as to take care of more needy charity cases. Local Cotton Ahead * Of Eastern Carolina "The cotton in Cleveland county is considerably ahead of that in the cotton counties of Eastern Caro lina,” says Sheriff Irvin M. Allen who has returned from a week-end trip to his farm in the east. The tobacco and cotton crops in the eastern section look unusually good, he says, the corn crop there being in better condition than here. Two Governors To Attend Meet KiwanU, Rotary and Lions To En«: tertaln Kings Mountain Gronp. Three Shelby civic clubs, Itiwants, Rotary and Lions, are this week preparing for a Joint gathering S week from today at the Hotel Charles at which time the central committee of the Kings Mountain battleground celebration will be'eiT tertained. Approximately 50 visitors, Include Ing two governors, are expected td be present for the meeting, which plans to approve the program for the big battleground celebration in October. With around 90 members of thd three clubs present It is thought that approximately 150 people aril! attend the luncheon. Governor Richards of South Car olina has already promised to at tend, and Governor O. Max Gardner unless detained by official business will also be here. Other members of the committee come from Gastonia, Kings Mountain, Charlotte, Rock Hill, York and other points In the two Carolinas. Havener Speaks. At the weekly meeting of the Shelby Klwanls club held last night Rev. Vance Havener, Hickory minister and writer, was the speak er. His subject was "Hash," cover ing many topics concerning life and centering about the things that bring about happiness to the ordi nary man. The 30-minute talk by the young Hickory man was one of the most interesting addresses be fore the club this year. Democrats In Seven Contests In Rutherford Hot Second Primary Seen For Neighboring County July Fifth. Rutherfordton, June 30.—There will be two tickets with a total of seven names on it for the second Democratic primary in Rutherford county, July 5. The race for sheriff is btween Horace B. Doggett, of Forest City, and the present sheriff. W. C. Hardin. Mr. Hardin was the high man out of seven candidates in the first primary, receiving 1,468 votes! while Mr. Doggett received 1. 369. There will be five names on the ticket for county commissioner, three to be selected, as no one of the twelve candidates received a majority in the first race. George H. Blanton was the high man, re ceiving 2,339 votes, while J. P. Jones, member of the present hoard, re ceived 2,025 votes and A. W. Deck was third, receiving 1,912. K. E. Simpson, fourth man, refused to enter a second primary, but H. H. Tucker, fifth high man who receiv ed 1,418 votes in the first primary has filed, also has W. G. Harris, who received the sixth highest vote, I, 303. Mr. Tucker, chairman of the present board, has served only two years as chairman of the board and two years besides. Methodist Vacation School Is Growing Many Children Attending. Presld Ing Elder At Central Sere* ice Sunday. The dally vacation Bible school, which opened Monday morning with an enrollment of one hundred and thirty children is steadily growing in number and interest. There la a faculty of twenty-five that meet with these children daily. It is a fine and inspiring thing that we find so many earnest and consec rated persons willing to give time and effort to the vacation school. Sunday morning at 11 oclock Rev. R. M. Courtney, the presiding elder will be present at the service. At 8 o'clock in the evening Rev. L. B. Hayes will use as his subject “The Least Big Man in the Bible." There will be special music at both serv ices. Epworth league will meet at t o'clock Sunday evening, and alt young people are urged to attend. The senior league will give a music party add program In the basement of the church tonight at S o'clock. The public is cordially invited. Ad mission 10c for benefit of league representative to Lake Jnnalnsk*.