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10 PAGES TODAY »— , J VOL. XXXVI, No. 1*1 SHELBY. N. G. FRIDAY, AUG. 20. 1030 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By Mail, per tin Advance> .udumitm, iM»r -4 hr »*.5a THE MAUKET. Cotton. Strict Mid.. UN'' Cotton Seed, per bu..36c Cloudy Saturday. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Not much change In tem perature. Taylor Elected. Raleigh, Aug. 28.—At a meeting j which terminated In a heated ar gument and a personal encounter between two of Us members, the state board of health here tonight elected Dr. II. A. Taylor, acting sec retary and state health officer to succeed Dr. Charles O'.H Laughing house. J. H. Thomas Died Thursday Rutherford County Leader Suc cumbs To Stroke At Home In Forest City. Forest City, Aug. 28.—James Hitter Thomas, at one time one of the county's biggest business men. died at his home here this morning at 8:20 o’clock. Mr. Thomas had been in ill health for more than a year and in June of this year he suffer ed a stroke of paralysis from which he never recovered’. , Mr. Thomas was at one time president of the Farmers Bank and Trust company of this city, which failed last January. It is thought that his death was hastened by worrying over this bank and it is said that he had an insurance pol icy amounting to $110,000 in which the institution, now in the hands of a liquidating agent, was named ben - eficiary. It was while attending a sale of the bank's property here that he was stricken. In addition to being president of. the Farmers bank, Mr. Thomas had other large and varied interests, be ing treasurer of the Henrietta Tdl! before it was sold to northern capi tal, treasurer of Chimney Rock Mountains, Inc., treasurer of the Carolina Mountain Power company treasurer of the Chimney Rock Scenic company, president of Oie Smith-Thom as Lumber company of Alabama, president of the Chimney Rock Trust company, president of the Citizens Bank and Trust com pany of Spindale and Rutherford ton, which merged with the Com mercial Bank of 'Rutherfordton un der the name of Rutherford County Bank and Trust, company. Mr. Thomas was married to Miss Margaret Carter, of.Gtatz, Ky., ids birthplace, to which union were born four children, James Hines, jr„ Jordan Witt Cartpr, Robert Farm er and Helen Margaret. He is also survived by one . brother and one sister, Robert F. Thomas of Ora* 7 Ky., and Mrs. Y. L. McCardwell of Mooresboro. Funeral services will be held Fri day afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, and his hody will be taken to his home in Kentucky for burial. Dr. Lackey Better Following A Stroke A message from Fallston at noon today informed that Dr. F. H. Lack ey, who last Wednesday morning suffered his second severe stroke of paralysis, was doing fine today and had been showing improvement tor two days. Wednesday he was in a critical condition and it was fear ed that he would not live. More hope is felt now for his recovery. Arrested For Theft of Dog. Hickory, Aug. 28.—Local police, in conjunction with Deputy Sheriff Sweezy, of Cleveland county, arrest ed Odell Shuford, colored, on Thir teenth street around 2:30 o'clock this afternoon and took him. to Shelby, where he will be held cn charge of stealing a bird dog the first of this week from a Cleveland county man. ' * * Special Offer To School Students ftoys, girls and teachers who will be away in college and • high school during the winter, • should let The Star be an every-othpr-day letter from home. A special price of $1.50 Is made for nine months. These school subscriptions must, however, be paid In ad vance and for the full nine months at this $1.50 special offer. Parents, it is no economy to re-mall your paper. In the first place, there will be a de lay in re-mailing because you read it before it is forwarded. Then, when you rc-mall your copy the postage Is more than the cost of the paper and postage. Order The Star sent to your school address. $1.50 paid in advance gets The Star every other day for nine months. This gives you 118 copies for $1.50 postpaid. Kaester, Hoey Mentioned For Congress Post Extra Congressman Being Talked Congressman-at-Large For V. C. Seen in New Census Division. Charlotte. Aug. 29,—C. O. Kiifs.Ua business manager of the Charlotte chamber of commerce. is a prob able candidate for congressmau-ai large from North Carolina, it was learned here. His candidacy, of course. Is con tingent upon a reapportlonm en t of congressman, due to sifting and in crease in population, with North Carolina entitled to another repre sentative in case there is a reap portionment. Another complication is that politicians may insist upon redistricting the state, with another district added and a regular con gressman, with a constituency and everything to be selected by dlstrtji votes. Mr. Kuester this week was intro duced to a group of people attend ing the convention of the American legion. North Carolina department held at Winston-Salem, a:; a can didate for congressman-at-larg’ and admitted that was the situa tion. The probable post of congress man-at-large is a plum being eag erly watched all over the state, many people waiting for It to drop. Among those mentioned as probable candidates are Clyde Hoey, of Shel by, and Frank Grist, state commis sioner of labor and printing. The congressman-at-large would not be bothered with many annoyances that pester the ordinary congressman, such as getting jobs for people in the district and generally placating and pacifying people. In fact, many politicians think that the congress man -at-large would be like a third senator, outranking all the other congressmen, and having plenty of time for speech-making and glad haiiding the population on a big scale. Governor Gardner In Movies Monday North Carolina Farm Picture To Be Shown At Theatre Here. A Talkie. Cleveland county people will have the opportunity next week of hear ing their first governor in the talkies. The Carolina theatre, it was an nounced today. has booked for Monday and Tuesday the recent movie made at the North Carolina prison farm and at the test farm. It is about, 10 minutes long, and Governor Gardner and U. S, Secre tary of Agriculture Hyde make short talks. Governor To End Vacation Saturday Governor Gardner will put an end to his vacation over the week-end. Today he stated that he would leave his home here for Raleigh either Sunday or Monday and would be at his desk there ready for work Tues day morning. One of his first jobs will be that of boosting the aim of the. “Carolina-Made Goods” week which'is set for next week. I The fir bale of cotton In the 1930 crop In Cleveland county may be picked and taken to the Kin next week, or early the fol lowing week. That was the opin ion expressed here today by a cotton man in close touch with the stage of the crop. "Cotton this year," lie said, “will be near two weeks earlier than it was last year, and some earlier than \vc are accustomed to." Fair Price Seen. It was likewise predicted that the price might be somewhat better than many anticipate just now. The cotton man who predicted that the first county bale would reach the market in not much over a week stated that lie would not be sur prised to see the price range be tween 12 and 14 and 15 cents. Textile plants in the section, It Is. understood, have been receiving more orders and a little better of fers recently and as a result the plants are showing more activity. They are not. however, receiving or ders enough"to assure -steady opera tion as yet. First Bale In New Crop Will Come In Soon i County Historian W. £. White, Speaks Gives Some High Lights of History Of County Since 1841. Gathers Data. County Historian W. E. White, of Lattimore high school, was the speaker last night at the Kiwarns club’s weekly luncheon. His first deliverance was a humorous Hard Shell Baptist minister's sermon which was followed by request with an outline of Cleveland county his tory. Mr. White is writing a series of articles for The Star on incidents leading up to the Battle of Kings Mountain which he will show was the turning point in the war for in dependence in the south. Also Mr. White is gathering data on county history touching on the warriors, early educotors, playwrights, pio neer preachers, early office holders, etc. He hopes to prepare and have] published these facts In a county history to be preserved for future generations. Mr. White is not only a humorist, ibut an entertaining speaker and i perhaps the best authority on his tory in the county. Get 2 Negro Girls On Store’s Charges — Emma Lee Harris and Ida May Leach, young negro women, are in the county jail awaiting a hearing on the charge of shoplifting at the store of A. V. Wray and Six Sons. They were arrested and brought back from Gastonia Wednesday night by Deputy Bob Kendrick aft er attempting, it is said, to slip goods from the Wray store earlier in the week. Farmers To Meet Here On Saturday Cleveland county farmers are re minded of a meeting to be held In the court house here tomorrow, Sat urday, afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. At the gathering the harvesting and sale of the approaching cotton crop will be discussed by the farmers themselves. No outside speakers are scheduled to appear and all farm ers are urged to attend and partici pate In the meeting. Gardner, Bailey In New “Who’s \ Who”: Durham Leads In List Now Leads State in Number In “Who's Who in America”; Raleigh Second. Durham stepped over Chapel H;il Raleigh and Asheville to first place in the 1930-1931 issue of “Who's Who in America,” which is just off the press. Jumping from fourth place in the 1928-29 issue with 30 names listed. Durham has 58 names listed in the current issue—a ma jority of the increase being univer sity professors. Chapel Hill, on the other hand, which led all other towns in the state last year with 49 names listed, has had a large number of univer sity faculty dropped from the pub lication. only 32 names being listed in the current Issue. Names dropped from the Chapel Hill list include such well-known ones as Dr. Horace Williams and Dr. Francis P Venable, former pres ident of the university. Others dropped, a few of whom have died or moved away, include: Prank K. Cameron, Oscar J. Coffin, R. D. W. Connor, P. H. Daggett, M. B, Gar rett, Louis Graves, Addison Hib bard, E, V, Howell, Howard Mum ford Jones, A. H. Patterson, J. P. Royster. O. Stuhlman, jr.. W. D. Toy, H. M. Wagstaff, Paul J. Wea ver and P. H. Winston. Only five persons, who had died or moved away, were dropped from the Raleigh list, while 11 new names appeared, giving the Capital City 54, or a net gain of six over the 48 rnames appearing in the 1928-29 is sue. Names appearing in this issue which have not been included here tofore are: Josiah W. Bailey, Albert L. Cox, Gov. Oliver Max Gardner, Mrs. Cornelia P, Jerman, Charles P. Meserve, James H. Pou, Dr. W. C. Presslv, Dr. W. C. Riddick, Dr. Clarence A. Shore, Willis Smith and Dr. Carl C. Taylor. The name of Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy, of the supreme court, was transferred from the Raleigh to the Wilmington list. Hoover’s Lack Of Success Is Mali’s Subject Cites Promises Of Prosperity Made Quotes President Who Pledged ■Mobs for All Who Have Will To Work.” (Greensboro News.) Raleigh.--Charging that the Re publican administration has plant ed soup houses where heretofore these ‘'foreign Institutions” wen? unknown. State Democratic Chair man Mull Wednesday Indicated what sort, of fight he. proposes to make In this state and If he keeps up the pace for 60 days that he sets In the preliminaries. nobody will complain that off-years are unin trestlng. Here Is the way he takes off for the campaign Into which he starts next week by retiring as executive counsellor to run the war as com mander In chief, otherwise known as state chairman: • The Democratic party of North Carolina present the failure of the present national Republican party and the Hoover administration as a jpgeon why no elector should^ vote the RepubftttirrtScket kt" the ap proaching election. ”No administration ever came in to power under more promises of a definite nature than those made by President Hoover in his bid for votes, and no president ever saw so nearly all of his promises complete-' ly and utterly fall before his ad ministration was half over. Quotes Hoover. ‘•In his acceptance speech Mr, Hoover salt}: ‘One of the oldest and perhaps the noblest of human as pirations has been the abolishing of poverty. The poor house is vanish ing from among us. We have not yet reached the goal, but if given a chance again to go forward with the Republican policies of the last eight years poverty will vanish (CONTINUED O.t PAGE NINE t Overman Woald Vote A Repeal Vote Would Be Conditioned Upon Wishes of Citizens He Serves. Asheville. Aug. 29.—Although an ardent prohibitionist, Sena tor Lee S. Overman yesterday declared he would vote for the repeal of the 18th amendment or modification of the Volstead act if the people of North Car oline cither by referendum or '■ by vote of the state legislature, showed they favored such a policy. The senator explained that he had been a believer In the princi ples of prohibition since 1881 but, if the people showed a distaste for the present national prohibition lawsrhe would be guided by the! j dictates. Senator Overman expressed the opinion that prohibition would be one of the major issues in the 1932 presidential election. ‘"There will be no way to prevent prohibition from becoming a major issue,” he said. “There is a grow ing demand in various sections of' the country for modification of the present laws, and the sponsors of the proposed change will not per mit the issue to become dead.” Family Reunion For J. Y. Elliott Family All Thirteen Children Living And All Present But Two. Boun tiful Dinner. Wednesday of this week there was a family reunion of the late J. Y Elliott, held at the mother's hone place at Beams Mill, A bountiful dinner was spread on a long table under the stately oaks of this beautiful country home. A most enjoyable day was spent All the children of this remarkable family of thirteen are living and all were present except two. Those children present with their families who live outside of the county were: Mrs, Ed Crawford cf Gastonia. Dr. and Mrs. Forrest El liott of Lincoln ton and Rev. and Mrs, E. S. Elliott of Louisville. Ky. Others present outside of the Im mediate family were: Mr. and Mrs. Jake Alexander. Mrs. Martha Gard ner. Mr. and Mrs. Doss Elliott ann Miss Mary Elliott of Gastonia, also Mrs. S. T. Trexler and children of Salisbury. Miss Montrose Davis leaves Sat urday for New York where she will enter a hospital for training Germans Conquer North Atlantic Without fuss or flurry the Dor- < tiier-AVal flying boat, in which Captain Wolffang iron Gronau «T>a three roejo^onjj^jged 1 ' f - ■'.-V, .. A- 1 >J »».•», the Afnr.1t.i-c from Germany, plumped its whale-like body l down in New York Bay and j took its welcomcr* by surprise. (Upper) German fliers coins: on board a police boat in the bar (Lower left) Captain Groneu'Crt* con,P*nion* k «*>»*■. j r— *4 ' * officially welcomed. (Right) Aerial view of the German plane ns it landed in New York har bor. .<•- . . ' ’**<*«?•*]) Not As Mach Crime Shown In N. C.\ By Court Records; Ten Murders Miniature Golf Courses On Farm i Rack in the days when (toll was considered a hoity-toity sport for high-hat society It was known among the scoffers as “cow pasture pool." Rut that is a bygone era: golf is bring played on the farms of Cleveland county now—minia ture golf. 4. Shelby man who motor* about the county quite a bit stated yesterday that he has seen a half dozen or so min iature golf courses. these things which Jiggs abhors, about the countryside. Course* constructed by farm boys who have inspected the pee-wee courses In Shelby. No longer can the city boy talk In terms of putting, hol ing out, plus fours, etc., and the farm lad not know what he is talking about. White Youths Get Worst End Of Row With Colored Folks Brick Thrown By One Breaks Win dow of Central Church Dur ing Service. "Slim" Hopper and John Poteet young white men, got the worst end of a brawl they picked Wednes day night with some Colored people near the colored cafe In the alley between the postoffice and Central Methodist church. After getting chased by the ne groes the white men were taken to county court today where they were found guilty of creating a disturb ance in which two windows of the Central church were broken. Evidence about the affair, which created quite a disturbance in town Wednesday night, had it that Hop per and Poteet were pretty well in toxicated. Near the postoffice Po teet, it was said, pushed a negro woman off the sidewalk. The Inci dent attracted the attention of some colored men in the alley near the cafe. Poteet, whose courage, of ficers said, was spurred on by a drink or so more than he could carry with equilibrum, picked ad ditional trouble with the colored men. Finally the men resented his actions and it was then that Hop per, it was testified, picked up a couple of brick bats and began tossing them. One or more of the bricks were slung into the windows of the church, breaking two. .One of those attending the prayer meet ing service at the church called Chief Poston, but before the officer arrived the negro had taken the matter in their own hands and chased the white youths for several blocks about the heart of the city. When officers arrived the negroes were gaining ground in the chase and were about ready to administer their own punishment, officers say. Judge Kennedy taxed Poteet with the costs' of the case and of the broken church windows, or 30 days, and gave Hopper 00 days to be hir ed out Decrease Of 1,000 In Criminal Ac tions. County Courts Handled Some. i -— Raleigh.—'There were 15,732 cri minal actions disposed, of In North Carolina criminal courts between July 1, 1929 and July 1, 1930. result ing in 10 948 convictions, according to the annual report of attorney general Dennis G. Brummltt. The total of criminal actions dis posed of showed a decrease of more than 1,000 under the 10,8tQ„ in 1928-29, but, it was pointed out fct the attorney general’s office, this did not necessarily Indicate a de crease in crime in the state as many subordinate courts were created by the 1929 general assembly and many of these did not report to the at torney general. There were 10 first degree mur der convictions in the state in 1929 30. compared to three the preced ing 12 months. The report also showed 258 second degree murder convictions in 1929-30 compared to 277 in 1928-29 and 163 manslaugh ter convictions last court year com pared to 147 the preceding year Men were involved in 14,794 of the criminal actions last court year, females in 936 and corporations in two. There were 9,770 white per sons. 5,094 colored and 56 Indians listed In the criminal actions, Violation of liquor laws led the list of crimes committed with 4, 379 cases disposed of and next came larceny and ivceiving with 2,781. j There were 450 cases of forgery, 1j 242 of assault with a deadly weapon, J 354 of carrying concealed weapons, j f,381 of house-breaking and 152 of embezzlement disposed of Mecklenburg led all counties in: criminal cases disposed of with 1,- ; 172. Forsyth was second with 804.: Wake third with 712 and other lead-' ing counties were: Guilford 577, Durham 497, Davidson 369. Bun- ] combe 285, Anson 296, Caldwell 300, Gaston 324, Halifax 362, Wilkes 251, Wilson 248, Rockingham 303, Robe son 263, Randolph 332. McDowell 287, and Cabarrus 278. Gaffney Has First "X Cotton Bale Ginne| Gaffney, S. C\—Full* two ^ weeks earlier Ilian the average i for the past several year*. « Cherokee county's first bale of ’ new cotton was brought to Gaffney early Tuesday morning by A. C. (Bun) (amp, well known colored farmer who Bves on the M. E. Gettys' estate property on route 3. The bale, which was ginned and purchased by the Cherokee Ginneries at a price of 12 cents per pound, which included an allowance for an rstra premium weighed 4HC. pounds. Camp wag one of the fin.I rarmers to send in a cotton bloom this summer. Ills fields have been opening fast, and with favorable weath er he will probably have anoth er bale before the end of the month, it was said. The average date for the new eotton here Is from September 5 to lb, according to local cot ton authorities. Juniors Will Play Last Game Monday The Shelby junior baseball team, representing Dr. B. M. Jarrett's Sun day school class at the First Bap tist church, will play Its last game here Monday afternoon with the Forest City boys. Tuesday evening Dr. Jarrett will give a watermelon feast at his home for all the boys who have participated in these games this year. Next year It is hop ed to have a Shelby team in the American Legion junior baseball play in which Gastonia made such a good showing this year Forbis In Three Services Sunday Rev. R. L Forbis, pastor of the Shelby Methodist circuit, will preach three times Sunday, it is an nounced. He will be at El Bethel nt 11 in the morning, at Pine Grove at 3, and at Sulphur Springs at 7.45 in the evening. Second Run-Off Between Blease And Byrnes In 6 Years, Sept. 9 Johnson, Blackwood Contenders Foi Gubernatorial Nomination. No G. O. P. Opposition. Columbia. 8. C.. Aug. 20— Politi cal history has repeated itself ti: South Carolina with Senator Cole L. Blease and James F. Brynes, for mer congressman, thrown into a run-off primary on September 9, for the Democratic nomination to the United States senate. Six years ago Biease and Byrne? went into a second primary' and the nomination went to the state’s jun ior senator by slightly more than Z,000 votes. The Democratic nom ination in this state is equivalent to election. The Republicans do not even offer candidates for state of fices in the general election. Bleasc, with 1,246 of the state's 1,528 precincts reported, had a total vote of 95,312 and held a command rig lead over Byrnes and Leon W. Harris. Anderson solicitor, the third ’andidate Byrnes had a total of 81,272 while ;-; the 34,311 votes that went to Har ris are expected to decide the nom ination in the second primary. Har ris, a World war veteran, conduct ed a vigorous campaign against Blease's record. He assailed the sen ator from the stump in each of the state’s 46 counties. Political obser vers generally regard his vote as anti-Blease sentiment. Olin D. Johnston, 35-year-old Spartanburg, legislator and oppon ent of the state's $65,000,000 high way bond issue, piled up a total of 52,591 votes as returns from 1,302 precincts in the gubernatorial race were tabulated. Ibra C. Blackwood, also of Spar tanburg. trailed Johnston with 39, 580 votes. He held a margin of ap proximately 3,000 over A. Prank Lever, former congressman, who had 36,438. Ashton H Williams, ot Florence, | who campaigned on a "wet" plat formfran fourth with 31,152 votes. Lawndale Negro Kills Another With Ball Bat Trouble Wa* Over Girl, Said Jumps White Dies In Hospital Her# From Lick on Head. Strick land Held. Willie Strickland, young colored, man of the Lawndale section, is in the county jail here charged with murder as the result of the deatk in the hospital here yesterday ol James White, known as James Natrney, also colored. White received a fatal head in jury late Wednesday night whil* he, Strickland and other negroes were en route home from a camp meeting at Lawndale. The charge* are that Strickland swatted him over the head with a baseball bat Head Crashed. One report has it that White wa. walking with, or had been waikint with Strickland's girl. No word' were passed, officers say the hair dozen or more eye-witnesses said Deputy Bob Kendrick was at Lawn dale when the affair took place t'tl saw White as he staggered into the filling station. The officer carried him to Dr, Sherrill and early Thurs day he was brought to the hosplta here where he died a few hours lat er. The side of his head, physician say. was crushed in by the blow. A that time White was so injured h» could not tell the deputy who hit him, but Officer Harvey Guin learn ed later in the night and arrested Strickland Thursday morning. The date for a preliminary hear. lng has not been set. 1 id Ferns Cemn Steamed Up” P/aspecU Good For Strong Eleven At Boiling Springs College. With the Shelby high gridiron candidates in training now and with Coach Rackley’s Boiling Springs collegians set to start train ing Monday, football fans in and about Shelby are becoming aroused over their favorite fall sport, A dull summer season in the sports world hereabouts has whet ted the appetites of fans for football play. Casey Morris' early trainih; schedule at the high school park is already drawing the more eager fans over for the afternoon, while the arrival of several of the juniot college players has supporters o the Baptist school interested in tin outlook there. Wednesday Stroud, the big full back of last year; came into towt after spending the summer at ha: labor in the Oklahoma oil fields, i husky, fast stepping big boy las year he looks more capable tha>. ever of charging Junior college lines There isn’t any doubt but what th» junior Baptists should have mucl of a backfield. Zeno Wall and John ny Hendricks, two of Shelby high j crack backs of last year, will, re ports are, Join Stroud and the othei veterans who report to Coach Rack* ley. Had the Boiling Springs coach had a quarterback last year of tht Wall calibre the season should,hav# been even more successful than f was. Governor’* Son In Auto Wreck; Judge's Daughter In Party Daughter of'judge Parker Along In Charlotte Wreck. No Serious Hurts. A dispatch from Charlotte todas tells of the overturning In Myeri Park there last night of the auto mobile of Ralph Gardner, second son of Governor Max Gardner. The car. It Is understood, was driven by Bayard Palls, son of Judge B. T. Palls of Shelby, and the five occu pants escaped without serious in jury. Concerning the wreck, the dis patch says: “In the machine with the governor's son were Robert Elam, of Shelby; Bayard Falls, son of Judge B. T. Palls, of Shelby; Miss Hope Whisnant. daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Whisnant. of Charlotte, and Miss Sarah Parker, daughter of Judge and Mrs John J. Parker of Charlotte. “The automobile was badly dam | aged " Miss Sue Andrew.-, who has bee a [ spending the summer here with be* parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. O. An drews, has returned to Charlotte where she will resume her work at, the Eye. Ear Nose and Throat hos pital..