10 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXVI, No. 167 UliJiJLBY, JN. U. LATE NEWS THE MARKET. Cotton (new) .. 1®!4* Cotton Seed, per bu. --- 3*’*e * Showers Likely. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Mostly rloudy with local showers tonight and Saturday. Dover Speaks. ; -Mr. John R. Dover, textile manu facturer, was the speaker at the Ro tary luncheon here today. Mr. Dov er reviewed, In a made-ln-Carollnas i.Tir, the existing business depres sion and declared that a more cheerful attitude on the part of all would help. His talk was considered one of the most Interesting ever made before the club.. $17,000 Cut In Teachers’ Pay Here Last Year Supt. Smith Explains Financial "‘-‘ement and Ask* Public ’ ^Interest In Schools. [ "Last year $17,000 was cut from teachers salary in the operation pf the city schools," declared Supt. B. ‘ L, Smith who spoke last night be fore the Kiwanis club at the regu lar weekly luncheon. The operating cost was $23,000 less than the prev ious^year and this enabled the school borad to reduce the floating indebtedness of the city schools from $86,687 to a present deficit of $16,357. However, $58,000 of this ‘ floating indebtedness was taken care of by a bond issue voted by the peo ple, changing this much of the ob ligation from a floating debt to a bonded debt. Because of the cut in teachers salaries and other econo mies about $12,000 more was used in reducing the city’s floating debt said Supt. Smith. Uncollected Taxes. Speaking further on the subject of finances he stated that the audi tor’s charged off for the year 1924 «11928 the sum of $5,345 in uncollec tible taxes, whereupon he was mov ed to remark, “Taxes are not being collected as they should be, that's why the burden increases on those citizens who do pay.” j Continuing his remarks he point ed out of 32.9 of the children in schools are behind where they should be in achievement which 4 .makes it costly to the taxpayers to ! teach these retarded children over again. He urged the influence of [patron* on their children to make the normal progress in class work. ! After explaining how this standard in achievement is set up, he spoke briefly on attendance, health and truancy, complimented the teaching staff and disavowed any intention on his part of enforcing military discipline in the public schools, but rather a desire to have the children control themselves. Next week the Kiwanis club will be served dinner at Pineview lake by Mrs. Wallace, home demonstra ! tion agent and her various clubs in the county. BrotKer Mrs. Ligon Passes At Fort Mill Tort Mill, S. C., Sept. 2.-^Funeral - services lor John S. Harris, 46, who j died early Tuesday morning in a Rock Hill hospital following an ac cident Sunday night, were conduct ed at the home of his brother, Rob jert P. Harris, Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. D. W- Keller, pastor of ! St. Johns Methodist church, and burial followed in New Unity ceme tery. He had spent his life in Port Mill where he had been engaged in cot ton mill work and mercantile pur I suits. Re was unmarried. Surviving him are two brothers, Lonnie A. Harris and Robert P. Harris of Port Mill, and three sisters, Mrs. L. E. Ligon, of Shelby, N. C.; Mrs. Azile Harris and Mrs. Manly S. * i Young, of Port Mill. Gardner's Boost For Judge Hoke To Gov. Morrison Raleigh, Sept. 4.—"I was one of those who called on Governor Morrison to urge the appointment of Judge Hoke as Chief Justice,” said Gov ernor Gardner yesterday dur ing a conversation about the portrait of the late chief jus tice which has been hung in the supreme court room. “Gov ernor Morrison, after hearing me proclaim the virtues ol Judge Hoke, replied that the only thing he knew against Judge Hoke waa that he had voted far me and against him for governor, “ ‘I regard that judicial dis crimination on the part of Judge Hoke as complete proof of hit preminent fitness for the job,’ I told Governor Mor rison. Soon thereafter the gov » rrnor appointed Judge Hoke." B. Austell Heads Company To Ship Poultry In Seven Counties j Charier Is Secured For Poultry men. They Will Ship In Car Lots Soon. B Austell, poultry man of Earl, 'has been elected president of the [Seaboard Farmers Exchange, a cor poration which will operate under a charter from the state corpora- j tion commission in the shipping of 'poultry in the counties of Polk, [Rutherford, Cleveland, Gaston, Lln - cointon Union and Anson coun | ties. I Heretofore poultry cars have been 'operated along this division of the Seaboard railroad and the poultry was bought by the county farm agents of the several counties tnd sold in northern markets. In order to facilitate the shipping of poul try, and relieve the county farmer agents of the several counties and poration has been formed of farm ers and poultrymen who will do the shipping. Eventually the corpora tion may buy as well as ship poul try in these seven counties, thus eliminating middlemen's profits be tween the producer and consumer. County farm agents of the seven counties, together with a represen tative farmer from each county, met in Charlotte one day this week at which the corporation was formed and the plans outlined. Frank Jackson of Polk county was elected vice president and R. E. L. Funderburk of Monroe was elect ed secretary-treasurer. Joseph Beason i Died Thursday ; Funeral For Widely Known !Vlan At Mt. Pleasant Church On j Saturday. Forest City, Sept A.—Joseph Bea I son, 82. died at his home near ;Mooresboro this morning after an illness of 10 months caused by par alysis. Mr. Beason was one of the oldest and best known citizens in Rutherford and Cleveland counties. Funeral services will be held on Saturday at Mt. Pleasant Baptist church in Cleveland county. Inter ment will take place.in the Mt. Pleasant cemetery. Mr. Beason is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ellen Bridges Beason and the following children: Mrs. C. C. Tate, Forest City; Mrs. R. S. Greene, Cliffside; Mrs. M. C. Greene, Kings Mountain; J. R. Bea son, Gaffney, S. C ; J. P. Beason, J. T. Beason, J. C. Beason and T. L. Beason. all of Mooresboro. and P. S. Beason, Cliffside. Two broth ers, J. W. Beason, Rutherfordton. and Robert Beason, Cliffside and one daughter, Mrs. Emma McSwain, Shelby, also survive. Denomination Day At Beaver Dam On 10th G. G. Page of Kings Mountain, again reminds all pastors. Sunday school superintendents, officers and teachers, W. M U. and B. Y. P. U. workers of the Baptist churches in the Kings Mountain association that Wednesday, Sept. 10th is denom inational day at Beaver Dam church. Tlie program will open at 9:30 a m., and will close about 3 p m. A large attendance from all churches is urged. All church lead ers are asked to announce the meeting 1n their Sunday schools and churches on Sunday. Dinner will be served. Four Hoover Speeches, One At Kings Mtn., Seen As Aid To G.O.P. Dopesters Believe It Is His Opening Bid For Reelection In 1932. Washington, Sept. 4.—Viewed gen erally as the opening of President Hoover's campaign for return of his party to power in congress in the fall and for his own re-election two years hence, his acceptance of invi tations to make four addresses early in October was widely speculated upon today in the capital. Marking as it docs a sharp depar ture from the policy followed by his predecessor in office, the program of four major speeches in six days, also will be one of the most ambi tious efforts of Mr. Hoover upon the platform. Not only will the quartet of ad dresses take him to three widely separated states, but it will permit him to gain contact with the people of several others as he passes through Also the speeches will take (he chief executive before ilitre of the most powerful civic (croups in the nation. It has been generally accepted that all of his addresses are to be appropriate to the occasion which might mean that before the Amer ican Bankers’ association at Cleve land on October 2 he would talk on finances and business, and before the American Federation of Labor in Boston on the afternoon of Octo ber 6 he would discuss unemploy ment. These two invitations were the latest accepted. Gives Him Fine Opportunity, Both would give him an excellent opportunity, it was held today in political circles, of 'selling'' his ad ministration in a way that would not be inappropriate for a president. His speech on the morning of Oc tober 6 before the American Legion in Boston, and that at the King" Mountain battle anniversary cele bration on October 7 may be devot ed to more general,Questions, if thr (CONTINUED UN PAGE TEN ) Republicans ] Run Lackey Instead of offering three Re publican candidates for the county board of commissioners, only one will run, it was an nounced today from Republican campaign headquarters In thfe Royster building. The names of G. E. Goforth, W. T. Ware and Fiances Boyles, nam ed as candidates for positions on the board has been withdrawn and the name of Rufus A. Lackey of Fallston is put forward, The three candidates were named by the Re ublican executive committee some few weeks ago to oppose A. E. Cline, R. Li. Weathers and Geo. Lattimore, Democratic incumbents. Who were re-nominated in the county Demo cratic primary held the first Satur day in Jun. So instead of offering three Re publican candidates, their names have been withdrawn and Rufus A. Lackey of Fallston is offered in stead. He will be the only Republi can candidate for membership on this board. Mr. Lackey is a promi nent business man and farmer ol Fallston and an unsuccessful candi date for sheriff on the ticket of his party two years ago, Arrest Two Men Over Store Theft Gaffney Men -In Rutherford Jail Over Robbery Of Withrow’s Store. i — The South Carolina men are In jail at Rutherfordton charged with being implicated in the robbery last Friday night of the Grady With row store at Hollis, just across tire line in Rutherford county. They are Alonzo Gregory' and Forrest “Red” Melton. The two men were captured at Gaffney Wednesday afternoon by Deputy Troy Green of Rutherford county and Deputy Ben Cooper of Cleveland county. Some of the stol en goods were found buried in a >ard bucket south of Gaffney, both men telling at different times about the cache of stolen goods. No big amount of the large haul w is re covered, however. Officers are inclined to believe that Gregory and Melton are mem bers of a regular store-breaking gang. Rutherford Citizen Dies After Attack :Wr. jD. Walker Of Rutherfordton Succumbs To Heart Seizure Age Of 5*. Rutherfordton, Sept, 4—W. D Walker, 58, one of Rutherfordton's best known citizens, died this morn ing following a heart attack suffer ed yesterday while fishing in a boat with two companions, James Hali and Roy Weeks, in the Green River dam lake in Polk county. Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist church here at 3 p. m, Friday and interment will follow at the Rutherfordton ceme tery. Surviving are his widow. eight children, all at home; one sister, Mrs. Charles E. Ford, Rutherford ton, and one brother, Joe M, Wal ker, farmer of near here. Traded Pants For One Pint ; This is a new one for the court records as they concern the' sale and purchase of boot leg whiskey: A defendant In, county court here informed Re corder Horace Kennedy that he traded his trousers for a plot of booze. After the defendant had been Con- j victed of drinking and possessing whiskey, the recorder was question ing him to determine how large a fine he could pay. "I haven’t got a cent in the world,” the defendant | said. "Where did you manage to get the money to buy that liquor,” the Judge inquired. 1 "I didn't have any money—T traded my pair of pants for it,” was the reply. The defendant was wearing over alls when he appeared in court, ind when he left for jail. Polkville Boys Study Dairying | Thirty-Four Agricultural Students And Some Farmers Visit Shuford Farm. Polkville. Sept. 4.—The Polkville ; high school agricultural class spent | the entire day Tuesday, September : 2 studying the agriculture of Cat awba county. The trip was of an educational nature and was arranged by Prof. E. L.’ Dillingham, instructor of ag riculture, at the Polkville school. Thirty-four boys and several of the farmers of the community made the trip. The major part of the morning was spent at the Farm Life school studying the outstanding features of the agricultural work and the organization and program sponsored by the community and schooL Mr. ft. L. Shuford, owner and di rector of this great farm, spent a great part of the afternoon telling the group the history of the devel opment of his herd and how he had been able to achieve such a dis guished rating with the American Jersey Cattle club. Catawba county is trying to main tain a balanced program of farm ing according to the^ agricultural leaders of that county. The princi ples of the program and the gover nor's live-at-home program wete discussed. After Mr. Shuford had finished giving the features of the herd, E. L. Dillingham instructed the group in the proper way to judge dairy cattle after which he gave an ex tremely helpful and interesting demonstration in how to judge. Officer* Get Paul Sisk After Months Had Been Dodging Since. Caught With Small Amount Booze. Paul Sisk, young white man, who has been sought by city officers since June 13. was arrested at the home of Hatcher Glover in Curtis town yesterday. Glover was also ar rested, both being charged with drinking and possessing liquor. About three pints of whiskey wrere found. In June Sisk threw away a quan tity of liquor when officers got aft er,him, they say, and made his get away. Since then he has been play ing- peekaboo in and out of town, always managing to evade the law. Yesterday officers say he became too high to use his customray pre caution. Making the arrest were Chief Poston. Policeman Moore, and Deputy Hendrick. Lieutenant In Navy, Dr. Mull, A Visitor Dr. W. T. < Jack) Mull, lieutenant commander in the navy is a visitor at the home of Attorney and Mrs J. Clint Newton on West Marion street. Accompanying him is his daughter, Roberta. Dr. Mull is sta tioned at Newport, Rhode Island, after extensive travel at sea. He is a native of upper Cleveland and will spend a week visiting relatives hereabouts. Ligon Again Wins Miniature Tourney Harris Ligon last night for the second time won the miniature golf tournament of Wray's Peter Pan course on South Washington street. He defeated ’■Red'' Keel in the fin als after Keel had defeated William . Andrews and Ligon had defeated I Dick LeOrande. Santo Domingo Near Wiped Oat In A Hurricane 800 Or 900 Killed In Big Storm City Obliterated. Rural Sections Not Heard From. Head* For Florida. Santo Domingo.*-Dominica! Ttc public. Sept- 5.—Ibe city of SaiV.o Domingo, most ancient settlement of the white man in the new world was almost destroyed by a hurri cane that swept the cast end of ihe island of Haiti Wednesday. Tire All American cable office estimated that 300 persons were fcliied and 900 in jured. The hurricane struck Santo Do mingo at 2 p. m. and blew for fo .r! hours Houses in the aristocratic quarters were razed. Dwellings of the poor disappeared on the wings of a wind estimated at around 1W) miles an hour. Scenes whose horror exceeded anything witnessed here in 10 years followed its passing The tropical hurricane which roared up from the Caribbean sea and paralyzed the ■city of Santo Do niingo Wednesday had changed Us course Thursday and apparently was heading for the Florida straits, al though with diminished force. Governor Roosevelt of Porto Ri' was informed Thursday night that 800 were dead in the city of Sarin Domingo alone, with no part of the interior of the Dominican Republic heard from. Probably 90 per cent of the in habitants were homeless, common, ties in {he path of the disturbanc" watched anxiously for the course uf the. West Indian scourge City Obliterated. San Juan, P, R., Sept, 4,—Major Cary I. Crockett, sem, to Santo Do mingo today by the American Red Cross radioed that the Dominican capital was almost obliterated. “As viewed from plane” he said “the city is almost obliterated. Doctors, medi cal supplies, food and tenta urgent ly needed and should be expedited.” ~ Bahamas Prepare Per Storm. West Pajm Beach, Pie , Sept. 4 — Although only a moderate south east wind was blowing and the ba rometer stood at 3001 at 2 p. m.. inhabitants of Grand Bahama Is! • ands, farthest northwest of the ma jor islands of the group, are prepar ing for a storm, 7lt was reported by C. S. Collar, in charge of the Roose velt Flying corporation base here who made an air trip to the island today. He said the little port of West End was boarding up its hous - es and liquor warehouses. Mayberry, Funeral At Kings Mountain; Catch Stolen Autos Former Resident Dead In Georgia. Get Three Cars. Auxiliary Officers. • Special to The Star.) Kings Mountain, Sept. 4.—Funer al services for Joseph Mayberry, age 47, who died at his home in Toc coa, Ga. Tuesday morning at 8:30 o’clock were conducted from the Wesleyan Methodist church here Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock with Rev. C. A. Hendrick, the pas tor officiating. Burial was at Moun tain Rest cemetery here. Mt. Mayberry was a former res ident of Kings Mountain but has been living in Toccoa for a number of years. Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Vinnie Beatty, of Gastonia, Mrs. Ida Barrett and Mrs. Vallie Briggs of Kings Mountain, two brothers, Doris Mayberry of Toccoa and John Mayberry of Kings Mountain. Three Cars Capturde. Three stolen automobiles all from South Carolina have been captured here this week by local policemen. When Cliff Taylor, 18-year-old white boy, said to be from Green ville, attempted to sell a Chrysler sedan for the sum of $100 officers became suspicion and began to question him. After some time he admitted that he had stolen the car in Greenville Monday morning. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN > Sunday School Meet At Bostic On Sunday ! Rutherfordton, Sept. S';—'The Sandy Run Baptist association Sun day school convention will meet with the Bostic Baptist church Sun day, September 7, at 2 p. m. Rev. C. P. Parks of Spindale will deliver I the principal address. There wilt be special music and a banner for the best attendance awarded one of the S2 Sunday schools in the a.v.ocia i t ion. French Fliers at End of Trail Maurice Bellonte, mechanic and - ropilot for Coate, being «arried on tn« ahoulder* of admirer* following the succcaafnl non stop flight of the Question Mark from Pari* to New York. Thl» is the first non-stop flight from Europe to the United Ptttes. (Upper) The Queution Mark jrra-efully kimming through nr air to * perfect landing (tnt«rn»tlo«»t N«w»r»«i< Thieves Steal Auto And Bring It Back; Jackson’s Store Is Robbed 1 Wholesale House Robbed Last Night This section's wave of store robberies continues unabated.. I>a*t night or early this morn ing thieves broke into and robbed the A. Blanton whole-, sale grocery house on West Marion street, just west of thr Southern tracks. Cigarettes valued at more than S60 were taken together with other articles, store of* firials being unable to esti mate definitely their loss. Entrance was made through a basement window, the rain some time later washing away all tracks and clues. Spanish-American War Vets To Meet A meeting of the Spanish-Amer ican war veterans of Cleveland county and surrounding section will be held at the court house in Shel by Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. Capt. Hugh Logan urges that all veterans be present as important business will be taken up. Mrs. Wallace Back. Mrs. Irma Wallace, home demon stration agent, is back from vaca tion. regular club work began on Sept. 2. The main topic for Sept ember is faifs. For the clubs who missed a meeting in August the work for the month will also be added to this program Cline Boosts Joint Government For Charlotte And Entire County Cleveland Commissioner, Member State Board, Speaks To Meeting. Charlotte. Set. 5.—Ativocacy of joint managership for Charlotte and Mecklenburg county was expressed here yesterday by A. E. Cline of Cleveland county, speaking before the Kiwanis club's weekly luncheon meeting. Mr. Cline sees in the Idea an opportunity for economy by the elimination of many agencies that could serve both county and city as well as being restricted to the one or the other unit. By the joint man agerial policy, there, would be few er spending agencies. A remedy would thus be found for increasing Indebtedness, and the work would be consolidated with the appoint ment of a director “to put on the brakes.” Mr. Cline is a member nl the state advisory commission to ebun ty comnvmissioners. Is chairman ol the county board in Cleveland, is his county's accountant, and is also president of the state association of county commissioners. Dr. Willis Alien Parker, field rep resentative of the national recrea tion association with headquarters in Washington, D. C„ spoke briefly. Unusually Large Calf In County A Jersey cow belonging to C. C. ■Bridges, of Kings Mountain route 2, this week gave birth to what is considered one of the largest calves ever seen in the county. At birch the calf was 28 inches high, 36 inches long and weighed 65 pounds. The cow is only 46 inches high. The calf seems to be normal in every respect although two to three times as large as the average calf nl birth. Charlie Buire Takes Shot At Re turning Thieves, Window Entrance. Auio and store thieves had anoth er active night, in and about Shel by Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Around 2 o'clock Thursday mom tng Mr. Charlie Buice, West Mar ion street, heard someone making away with his automobile. He man aged to See that they were two ne groes but could not catch them. City and county officers were noti fied and began a search. Deputy Kendrick and Mr Buice gave up their search about 5 o’clock. Just after the officer left the Buice home one of Mr Buice’s daughters noticed that their automobile, a Buick, was being driven back into the garage. Mr. Buice grabbed his gun and ran into the yard in time to see one negro opening the door of the garage while the other wait ed to drive in the car. They both ran as Mr. Buice ran towards them and he took several shots at them as they ran, One fell as if shot, he said, then got up and continued to run. About the time two of the city of ficers were aiding in the attempt to catch the stolen auto a rear win dow in the Ab Jackson grocery store on South Lafayette street was broken by thieves who entered and stole a smajl amount of money. Just how much was taken Mr. Jack son cannot definitely say. Rev. M. M. Henderson of Bess Chapel visited Rev. and Mrs. E G. Lowdermilk Monday. Ex-Service Men Plan Big Meet On September 29 Public Installation Officers, Plan llopr To Have Two Charlotte Dru: Corp*. Biggest Meeting Tel Held. *helbr and Cleveland count' veterans of the World war *rr now planning; for what promises to he the biggest and moat en thusiastic Katherine of ex-»er* Icc men ever held in the counts. The date Is the night of Mon day, September 39. At that time the new officers o the Warren Hoyle American Legion post will be installed at a public ceremony. Officials of the legion post state that they hope to have several prominent visiting speakers and will make efforts to bring the Char lotte drum corps here together with the negro drum corps of the same city. Three Posts. The legion posts of Kings Moun tain and Grover will be Invited, it, is said, to participate in the meet ing. and it is hoped to have all th» ex-service men in this section of the state attend the night's pro gram. Just what speakers will be secured is not known yet. but efforts will be made to get speakers who are war veterans or have been in close touch with the organization of vet erans. Thr occasion will usher in a per iod of activity in this, section, as the big county fair opens the next day and the Kings Mountain cele bration is only a week later. Want Shelby Folks For Battle Pageant Arrange Cast For Celebration At Kings Mountain Tonlrht At Eight O'clock. Miss Laura Plonk, who will direct the big battle pageant at Kings Mountain on October 7, and Mrs. Harry Speck, Shelby D. A. R. of ficial, request that as many Shelby people as possible go to Kings Mountain tonight when the cast of characters will be lined up by Miss Plonk for the pageant scenes. Miss Plonk states that around 200 people will participate in the pag eant and she hopes to have 75 or so from Shelby. At least 25 Shelby men, 50 if possible, are needed for parts in the pageant, and as many ladies as will participate. Some of those who volunteer should be ex perienced while experience is not necessary for others who will por tray soldiers in group scenes. The meeting will be held tonight at 8 in the Kings Mountain high school auditorium. Those partici pating will be picked from the towns and cities of the section. Dates of other rehearsals will be announced later. Thieve* Leave Sack* And Plier* In Yard J A. Gaskey who lives on Line berger street found two empty sacks and a pa^r of pliers in his chicken yard this morning where he flush ed a couple of would-be chicken thieves. Had it not been for the rain about 2:30 this morning, the chick en roost would have been depleted. When it rained. Mr. Gaskey went out to see that his chickens were in a dry place and he saw two men hurriedly leave the yard. He fired a shot at the departing figures and was sure of his aim. but the men made their get-away. Ginning Price* $3.00 To $3.50 Prices for grinning: cotton vary in the county from $3.00, the reduced price suggested by the farmres to $3.50, last year's prioes. It is known that sev eral gins who handled cotton In the vicinity of Shelby this week, charged the lower price, some operating at 40c per hundred of lint cotton with $1 for bagging and ties. Other gins who have reduced the price, charge a flat $3.00 pet bale. Still other gins are charging last year's uniform price of $3.50 per bale, pending j an agreement to be reached by the ginners when they meet in Shelby Wednesday Sept. 10. At the meeting' of gianert next week, it is expected that all will agree on a uniform ginning price for this season. I {

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