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.—-.-Li—!!?-■'lJL !.L U""_IL. VOL. XXXVi, No. 166 SHELBY. N. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 3. 1930 10 PAGES TODAY B-J-11U.IL. 11'.. in 111.. ii. I..II. i i .. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. Dy Mall, per year, (In adranoe) _ tl.K Carrier, per year, (In adraneel_IS.## I LATE NEWS THE MARKET. Cotton, Strict Mid. Cotton Seed, pet bn. — 36c Fair and Cooler. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Generally fair tonight and Thursday. Cooler Thursday and in mgt and north portions tonight. _ Harris In Hospital. Mr. Will C. Harris, well known Shelby real estate man, was oper ated upon last night for acute ap pendicitis. At the Shelby hospital today It was said that he was “get ting along nicely.” Dry Weather Hurts Cotton Crop In County Farm Agent Now Expects Crop Around 55,000 Bales. Opening Fast Cleveland county’s 1930 cotton crop will run somewhere between 50 and 60 thousand bales, according to R. W. Shoffner, county farm agent. Mr. Shoffner bases his opinion upon the crop as he has seen it in traveling about the county and, also, upon the reports given him by farmers in all sections of the coun ty. One month ago the optimistic cotton men were predicting that the crop would range between 70 and 75 thousand bales, while the more pes simistic were inclined to believe that the 64,000-bale crop of last year would be exceeded. The con tinued dry weather, however, has taken its toll and very few estimat es made this week and at the meet ing of cotton farmers Saturday plac ed the coming crop as high as 60,000 bales, John Beam, who was positive a few weeks ago that the crop would go to 75,000 bales or higher, informs The Star that the county will in his present opinion do well to make 55,000 bales. The size of the crop, however, is not the major topic now airong cot ton farmers. They are talking about the price, and about ginning and packing rates. Much interest centers about the meeting early this month of the county ginners and the rate they will fix. Mrs. Mattie Hardin Buried At Grover Wife of Jas. I. Hardin Succumbs to Long Illness. Funeral Serv ices Sunday, Mrs. Mattie Hartness Hardin, wife of James I. Hardin, was burled Sunday at Grover, the funeral serv ices being conducted by the pastor of the Presbyterian church of which ' she was a member since joining at the age of 10 years. Mrs. Hardin died Friday afternoon at the age of 52 years, four months and 18 days and after an illness of several months. She spent her life in the Grover community where she illus trated so well all of the Christian graces. On August 10, 1865 she was mar ried to Mr. Jas. I. Hardin who sur vives, together with two sons and one daughter, Vassa and Martin Hardin and Mrs. Sudie Priester Also surviving are seven grand chil dren. The funeral Sunday was largely attended the following serving as , pall bearers: C. F. Harry, C. F. Ham bright, Will Davis, C. E. Byers, W. J. Moss and R. L. Pinkleton. Flowers bearers were Mesdaroes J. B. Ell's, R. C. Tate, Bryce Hambright, J. B Bell, Ophelia Rollins, B. F. Bird, W. . C. Beam, Odell Byers, S. B. Crock er, C. F. Hambright, Misses Edith Hambright and Mamie Hambright. Ideal Opens New Station Saturday J. Reid Misenheimer, filling sta tion operator and auto service man, has secured a lease on the new fill ing station Just complete at the comer of Marion and Washington streets and will open on Saturday of this week. The station was built by B. T. Falls who purchased tins property from the Corbetts several months ago. It is one of the largest and handsomest stations in this sec tion and will feature Texaco gas and x oils, distributed here by the Riviere Oil company. Every kind of ser v vice offered at a first class station N will be offered at the new Ideal sta tion under the management of Mr. Misenheimer. Family Fights. Family brawls featured today's session of county court other than a wreck case. One case developed from an affair between two families in one house, while another, coming from Kings Mountain, resulted from a spat between a young married man and his wife. The struggle be tween them, after which she re turned to her parents in Shelby, fol lowed his spending on entire night Coste Wings Over Atlantic In Big Flight Two Frenchmen Fly Westward Way First Flight Paris To New York. Big Reception in New York. Paris Wild. Valley Stream. N. Y„ Sept. 2.—The first westward airplane flight across the North Atlantic from Europe to New York was completed today, completed by countrymen of the first to attempt such a venture. Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bel lonte landed at Curtiss field on the edge of this Long Island village at 6:12:30 p. m., E. S. T. today, their scarlet sesquiplane “Question Mark" streaking out of the gathering dusk just 37 hours, 18 minutes and 30 second after it took off from Paris yesterday. Ten Others Died in Effort. Three years ago Charles Nungcsser and Francois Coll attempted a sim ilar flight and flew instead into eternity. Since then six other men and two women have tried to fly non-stop from Europe to New York, and have died in the attempt. But Coste and Bellonte were not halted by this tragic record of val iant failure. They wanted to bring true the dream of Nungesser and Coll and nothing could stop them. Last year they tried but were turn ed back by a wall of wind off the Azores. This year they tried again and today victory was theirs. Landing Is Colorful. By their achievement today the French fliers flew the Lindbergh trail between the chief cities of the United States and France, and flew it In the more difficult direction. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh was here to greet them. The landing was full of color and quick action. Coming over Roosevelt field, Coste dropped low and wag gled his wings in signal that the Lindbergh brail had been back tracked at last, for it was from Roosevelt that Colonel Lindbergh, then an unknown mail flier, took off on the flight that made him fa mous three years ago. Then the French plane headed staright for its destination here and six minutes after it was sighted it settled lightly to the ground made muddy by recent rains. Appearing suddenly among a score of naval and civilian planes awaiting him in air, Coste swung in a great half cir cle about the field, tipped in one vertical bank, and surged down to three point landing. All France Thankful. Paris, Sept. 2.—The greatest cele bration since the armistice was staged by Paris tonight as loud speakers bellowed the announcement to anxious mulitudes that Capt. Dleudonne Coste and Maurice Bel lonte had conquered the treacher ous Atlantic, completing the hazard ous westward crossing from Paris to New York. The explosion of delight was al most unprecedented as the pent-up enthusiasm, restrained for hours in fear that the fliers might meet the fate of Nungesser and Coli, vanish ed with the official word that vic tory had been achieved. Crowd Delirious With Joy. Then the loudspeakers opened up with the voice of an announcer at Curtis field, the crowds became simply delirious as the radio man described the land of France’s great est aviator. ReturnsAfter HusbandReweds A modern drama of Enoch ■ Arden has been disclosed at Bellows Falls, Vt„ with Mrs. Catherine Packard (above) as the central figure, as a result of her reappearance after she was believed to have committed suicide a year ago. She ex plained that she had been "oat west." Her husband was mar ried a aecond time on July 14. Left to rigrht: Sheriff Everett Schoenfeld, of Windsor County; Mrs. Packard, and State Detec tive Edward Brown, of Mont pelier, Vt. First Farmers’ Union In State Organized h\ Cleveland County First Local At Boiling Springs In 1905. Started By Texas Man. Of recent years Cleveland coun ty has been known as the first cot ton county in North Carolina, and not so many years ago Cleveland county was heralded as the best electrically lighted rural county in the south. Even before that the county was considered the best ter raced county in the state. But in the more distant past an other “first” honor was establish ed by Cleveland farmers, that, of organizing the first Farmers’ Union in North Carolina. Reading the North Carolina His torical Review recently County So licitor P. Cleveland Gardner en countered a very interesting article by Charles P. Loomis on ‘The North Carolina Farmers' Union.” Th'-rein is contained the information about the start of the organization in this state. “The first local Farmers’ Union in North Carolina,” says the crticle, "was organized at Boiling Springs in Cleveland county, the latter part of the year 1925 by S. H. Colwtck, who had moved there from Texas. The Cleveland County Union was organized February 3, 1906, with eleven local unions. The next year this County Union sent S. L. Carter to the national meeting at Little Rock, and at his request J. G.. Arm strong of Arkansas and G. W, Fant of Texas were sent by the National Union to organize North Carolina. The Cleveland County Union had expected to pay Carter’s expenses but the National Union paid them in addition to sending the organ izers .... The North Carolina State Union was formed at Charlotte on April 1, 1908.” The article continues to relate the rise of the organization in the state and then its decline as farmers be gan to receive better prices for their products. The Union was at its height in 1912. Masonic Notice. Cleveland lodge No. 202 A. F. and A. M, will meet in called commun ication for work in first degree, Fri day night at 7:30. Members me urged to attend. Visiting brethren cordially welcome. W.N. C.Democrats To Honor Mull Bie Banquet In Asheville Sept. 19 Party Chairman To Be Special Guest. Gardner And Iloey Invited. Asheville. Sept. 3.—Advance guns of democratic politics will be* prim ed here September 19 when demo crats of western North Carolina gather at the George Vanderbilt hotel to honor Odus M. Mull, state democratic chairman, and to plan the 1930 campaigns. Robert R. Reynolds, chairman Of the arrangements for the democrat ic rally and banquet, said that more than 250 are expected to at tend' the meeting, which will in clude democratic leaders of the ninth and tenth congressional dis tricts. Mr. Mull has already accept ed and will be ih the city several days prior to the meeting to get leaders of the section in line and»to confer with county chairmen or Western North Carolina. • In addition to Mr. Mull, the tol lowing have been invited to be at the speakers’ table; Governor O. Max Gardner, Clyde R. Hoey, Con gressman A. L. Bulwinkle, Zebulon Weaver, democratic nominees for congress, and Josiah W. Bailey, democratic nominee for tije senate. Mr. Reynolds-said that tire-dinner in addition to being an organiza tion rally, will be tendered Mr. Mull in particular in recognition of his services as chairman of the state democratic body and in anticipation of the 1930 victories of the demo crats in November. More than 50 leading democrats of the ninth and tenth districts have expressed interest in the rally and banquet and will attend, bring ing other party leaders with them from various counties of western North Carolina. The banquet toast master will be Kingsland Vanwin kle. Invitations to the event will be Issued this week. Young Girl Relates Sordid Story Here Forced Into Relation* With Men, Money Then Taken From Her. Marie Holly, 17-year-old girl who said her home was at Brevard, in county court this week told a pa thetic story of her recent life in Shelby. Last week city officers working under Chief Poston learned that a house occupied by a man named Butler, his daughter, Ethel Butler, and the Holly girl was being com plained of, and ordered the family to clear out. They moved Instead to a house Just on the northern edge of the city, where the two girls were arrested Saturday and brought to trial this week. The Holly girl, charged with pros titution, said that she had been forced into her relations with men by Butler and his daughter and that after filling her dates they took the money she made away from her. However, the girl was taxed with the costs and ordered to clear but. The Butler girl was also taxed with the costs and ordered to leave. Butler has not been located. Triple Collision On Brushy Creek Bridge Auto Of Mrs. Rucker Jammed Into Another By Negro’s Auto. An automobile driven by Mrs. Frank Rucker, of Rutherfordton, who was accompanied by her son, was badly wrecked early Tuesday afternoon in a triple collision on Brushy Greek bridge west of Shelby. Officers are seeking two negroes who ran off and left one of the cars. Mrs. Rucker, headed towards Shelby, was meeting an automobile driven by B. Cabaniss, it is said, when the car driven by the negroes attempted to go by, throwing all three cars together. When Deputy Ed Dixon reached the scene the negroes had abandoned their car and departed along the creek banks. Brannon To Visit Shelby On Friday C. H. Brannon, of the State de partment of agriculture, will be In Shelby and Cleveland county Friday of this week, it was announced to day as Mr. Brannon is an expert in County farmers who have be;:i i bothered this year with bugs or worms of any kind are urged to get in touch with Agent Shoffner be fore Friday or visit his office that day as Mr. Brannon is a nexpert ir such matters and may be able to give valuable advice. Ten Months Old Child Of W. E. White Dies Doris Jean, the ten months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. White, living in east Shelby, died Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 with coli tis. The little body was taken this afternoon to Canan church near Kings Creek, S. C. for interment, Dr Zeno Wall conducting the funeral services. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. White Sympathize with them in their bereavement. Double Shoals Bridge Will Be Built By County Located At Old Gardner Place Commissioners Make Derision. Too Couples Get Money for Support. One of the important Hems of business transacted by the county commissioners In their meeting this week was the decision to build a bridge above Double Shoals at the Gardner old place. All three commissioners, A. E Cline, R. L. Weathers and G. R. Lattimore, were present for the meeting. It was ordered among the othcr business that $15 be allowed the Stamey company for burial expen ses for Daisy Brevard, and that each be allowed Willie Buff and Catherine Buff for support, with $3 each being allowed Sam Melton and Dulcena Melton for support. In connection with the erection of new buildings at the county home Roberts and Evans, contractin' were ordered to use Kingsport brt:k instead of fix-lock brick as specified in the plans for the colored build ing and the out-buildings. Bills ordered paid by the commis sioners follow: Southern Bell Tel, and Tel Go., 141.35;; J. D .Allen, county home, bridge lumber, $109.00; City of Shel t CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN.) Brother Of Mr. R. L'. Pruett It Buried J. L. Pruett, Jr., age 33, died In Asheville yesterday morning after a lingering Illness. The funeral was conducted this afternoon at 4 o’clock from the A. R. P. church ct Due West, 8. C., by the pastor, Rev J. P. Pressly, assisted by Rev. Hen ry DuBose of Spartanburg. Mr. Pruett is survived by his father at Due West, tato wife and one daugh ter. Three brothers, J. V. Pruett, At lanta, Ga., R. L. Pruett, Fallston, Harold and Lindsey Pruett, of Due West; and four sisters, Mrs. H. L. Cunningham, Mrs. R. P. Gaddy, Cheraw, Mary and Mabel Pruett, of Due West, also survive. Quinn Speaker For Lion Club Session Postmaster J. H. Quinn was the chief speaker at the meeting of the Shelby Lions club held last night. Mr. Quinn discussed city delivery of mall and how the delivery might be bettered. He made especial refer ence to the fact that several Shelby streets are not named or marked, thus making It hard for carriers to make their rounds. The fact that all houses receiving city delivery should be numbered was also emphasized. At the meeting Dr. Robert Wilson was elected secretary of the club to succeed Mr. Worth Eskridge, who has left Shelby to study public ac counting at Bowling Green, Ken tucky. District Gathering Of Carriers Held Bessemer City, Sept. 2.—A crowd of several hundred people attended the meeting of the Rural Letter Carriers’ association of the 9th con gressional district at the Tryon high school near here yesterday. Repre sentatives were present from Burke, Catajvba, Cleveland, Lincoln apd Mecklenburg counties. The only two counties in the district not repre sented were Madison and Mitchell counties. The preliminary program was In charge of Thomas S. Royster of this place, president of the North Carolina R. L. C. A. Mr. Pence of Mecklenburg county, the district president, presided. The Invitation of W. C. Johnson, of Vale, to me»t at Ban school near Hickory next year was accepted. ’ Taking Census Of City School Area Teachers in the city schools of Shelby are engaged this week in taking" a school census of District No. 33 which embraces Shelby and a portion of No. 6 township. This is being done in order to determine the number of children of school age and to have the figures before school starts on Monday next. In taking the government census last spring, the necessary information was gathered as to the ages of children, but this Information will not be available for the opening of school. _ Crops Here In Good Condition Dr. Wall Says After travelling In 21 North Carolina counties Dr. Zeno Wall pastor of the First Baptist church of Shelby, slates that In his opinion the crops In Cleve land county are in better con dition than in any county be visited. "Recently,” he says, ”1 made a trip across our state, going froip Madison county on the west to Oates county on the cast (passing through 21 counties), and In every county I saw good crops that quite equalled ours. Thinking of the dif ference la our condition, and that of the !3 other state# where the most distressing and expensive drought in the history of our coun try has held sway, I leel impelled to call upon our people to do the fol Flrst, to cease from murmuring, lowing: Second, to give thanks to oar Heavenly Father for his wonderful blessings upon us. Third, to devote a portion—th? best portion of that which Clod has given us to the causes of righteous ness. Fourth, to make a new surrender of ourselves, and all that we have to Ood. Fifth, to help the needy.” City Schools Open Monday Children Just Starting: to School Should be Six Yean Old Before Christmas. Class work will start In the Shel by schools Monday, September 8, on regular schedule. Brief, Informal ex ercises will be held at each of the buildings at 8:45 and this will be Immediately followed by assignment to definite tasks. Very careful plan; have been made to obviate any lost motion, and it is therefore expected that the day will go off In a busi ness-like fashion. All Irregular pupils, new pupils, and pupils wanting book lists, Infor mation or advice should report to their respective buildings, on Friday afternoon, 1:30 o’clock, September 5. likewise any pupils desiring make up examinations should report. Spe cial students who wish to take com - mercial work should see the com mercial teacher at the high school at that time. Parents are strongly urged to send their children to school the first day and to keep them In regularly. It Is only thus that they will be able to do satisfactory work. It Is respectfully requested that children who will not be six year.; old before Christmas be not start ed to school this year. All children who expect to enter the first grade this year should start the first day On account of the draw-back to the class no first graders, who are not over seven years old, will be expect ed to enter school after the first month. For the first month first grade pupils will attend until noot only. Boiling Springs To Play Campbell Team The football schedule of Campbell college, announced today, shows that the Campbell eleven will play the Bolling Springs Junior college team In Shelby on Saturday, Nov, 15. Four “1st Bales” Of Cotton Ginned Here Killed in First Air Races Tragedy P——BJ——sua—u-n.a. .Mi IJeut. Jack P. De Shazo, 30, mem ber of the famous Caterpillar Club, was killed during the Navy speed race at the national air meet at Chicago. While speeding 160 mdee an hour on the last lap of (he race, De Shaao's plane caught in the slip stream of the ship ahead and crashed into a con cession stand. (lattnutiHil KtwnMU Charlotte Editor's ' Daughter In Wreck Miss ('ora Harris In Collision Here Tuesday. Car Is Damaged.' Miss Cora A. Harris, daughter of Col. Wade Harris, editor of the Charlotte Observer, was in an auto crash In Shelby early Tuesday morning. Her automobile, a Buick sedan, and a car driven by J. L. Moore, of route 5, collided at the intersection of Trade Alley and West Warren street, while Miss Harris was trav elling west on highway 20. Both cars were considerably damaged, and Miss Harris, cn route to a mountain cottage, stopped over with ner kinswoman, Mrs. T. W. Ebel toft. After stopping sRe had a war rant sworn out for Moore, charging reckless driving. A warrant was sworn out by Miss Harris for Moore and Moore in turn swore out a warant for Miss Harris, both chargiing reckless driving. The case was heard in county court this morning and resulted in a “dog fall,” Judge Kennedy ruling that both were more or less to blame Prayer for Judgment was continued in the counts against both upon payment of the cost3. Club Boys Offered Prizes For Calves Jersey Club to Give S3* Prize For Each Registered Calf at County I'alr. The 4-H club boys of Cleveland county who have calves as their pro jects may find the approaching Cleveland county fair profitable for them. The American Jersey Cattle club has informed fair officials that they will give a $3 prize for each regis tered Jersey calf exhibited at tnc county fair by a 4-H club boy. The calves must be entered In the names of the boys. Prizes will also be given for Judging contests and condition ing calves. Mrs. Hugh Arrowood returned Sunday from Monroe where she has been visiting relative sfor a few days. Mr. Arrowood going after her Sunday morning. Made-In-Carolina Week Seen As Beneficial Move For Cotton Crop Opportunity in Home Week to Im prove One of Basic Industries, Everett Declares. Raleigh.—Cotton holds such a vi* tal position in the economic life of the south that the “made-in-Caro lina” movement presents an excep tional opportunity for the people of North Carolina to aid one of the state’s basic industries, according to C. K. Everett of the Cotton-Textile institute, tij a special statement pre pared for the bureau. Mr. Everett, who is in charge of the new uses section of the ins‘1 tute, discussed the movement now being presented to the people of North Carolina and outlined in an interview some of the points which it has in common with the exten sive program now going forward in behalf of the cotton textile indus try to extend the use of cotton. “North Carolina and the South j have a sentimental as well as anj economic interest in cotton," he said. ‘‘It is the product of South ern farms and the basis of impor tant Industries in many cities and towns throughout the south as well as in other states. What could be more natural, therefore, than for the people who live where cotton is so important to set an example for the rest of the- country in showing what can be done to enlarge the markets for one of the nation’s basic industries. "By thinking more in terms of cotton and its uses, the people in North Carolina ana other states where cotton holds a doubly import ant position by reason of its eco nomic and sentimental interest can do much to increase its use—for wearing apparel, sheets and bedding towels, draperies, awnings, bags and the like. “Just now a great deal is being said and done about the new fash (OONTTNTTSD ON PACK TBN > Two Bates Are Sold, One For tic. One For 12c„ Other Two Bales Taken Home. It was a draw between font farmers for the honor of pro ducing the first bale of cot ton In Cleveland county from the 1930 crop. All seemed to be rushing at the same time and Tour bales from four different sections, were ginned at font different gins on Monday be fore sundown, two bales being sold at lie. and 12c per pound, while the other two bales were taken home. The Star did not make a check-uj ns to the exact time of day thcsf four bales were ginned In order tt "first bale” out of the press reads for market or for holding. f Yates Blanton had a 507 pound bale ginned at the C. J. HamrlcJi and Sons gin at Boiling Springs anc this bale was sold to Mr. Hamrick for lie. per pound. Rube Spangler who lives In the Double Shoals community had a 448 pound bale ginned at the Dover gin and this bale was sold to one of the Dover mills for 12e—a premium be ing paid because tt was one of the first bales. E. F. McKinney, Shelby meal dealer and farmer who operates one of the largest farms In the bounty Just north of Shelby had a 468 pound bale ginned at the Oeoig-1 Sprulln gin on Monday, but Mr. Mc Kinney did not sell. He asked local buyers for a quotation on new cot ton, but when he was told that ten cents was the limit, he took the bale home. Down in lower Cleveland, Boyce Bridges, an enterprising colored farmer took a bale to the Patters® Springs gin. His bale weighed 300 pounds, but the market was not satisfactory so he did not sell. Cotton in Cleveland Is said to na about two weeks earlier than Iasi year and picking will be well under way within the next week or ten days. The hot, dry weather Is caua* ing It to open fast, but the crop has been going down rapidly since the cold spell of weather the middle ol August. Many of the big crop gu«s> ers are therefore, revising their esll mates downward. Roberts In Charge South Shelby B. Sc L. Succeed Marvin Blanton, Resigned Office Is Moved In Hotel Charles Building. J. Frank Roberts has been elect ed secretary-treasurer of the South Shelby ^Building and Loan associa tion, succeeding Marvin Blanton, re signed, and hereafter the affairs o the association will be attended t* by Mr. Roberts and his assistant from the office just west of thi Warren street entrance to the Hote Charles. Mr. Roberts will continue as sec retary-treasurer of the Shelby Build lng and Loan association and of thi Insurance department of the Unfcn Trust Co. His new duties as secre tary-treasurer of the South Shelbj Building and Loan do not mea» that there has been any merger oi the two associations or that Capt Roberts will rellnguish any of th* duties he now performs. Mr. Blanton recently tendered hif resignation to the directors and Capt. Roberts was elected as hi* successor. Boys Return From Wheat Harvest, West Quintet of Farm Boys Travel 7,001 Miles, Yet Have Time To Work In Wheat. Five boys from the Doubli Springs-Lattimore section returaw this week from an extended stay ll the mid-west where they went foj experience and work in the wheal fields. While the wheat harvest w* oft; thousanctoQf laborers went la t« those states to get jobs paying from $3 to $5 per day. Being reared on farms of Cleveland county they wen accustomed to hard work so they were physically able to do the duti« assigned them. In their absence of six weeks thej traveled 7,000 miles and had jobs to Kansas, Colorado and west Nebras ka. The wheat crop was %ood ant the boys were served five meah daily as they labored in the fields, They returned by motor car ovei the northern route leading through Chicago. In the party were Wyan Washburn, Reburn Washburn, Olio Green, Dufaye Bridges and Wood row Humphries.