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VOL. XXXVI, No, 168 SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, SEPT. 8. 1930 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. "T M“1' p" l,B
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LATE NEWS
THE MARKET.
Cotton (new) -
Cotton Seed, per bu. ..33c j
Fair And Cooler.
Today’s North Carolina Weather j
Report: Generally fair and some- i
what cooler tonight and Tuesday, j
Love Tragedy.
Greensboro, Sept. 7.—A shocking
crime of passion occurred at t
o’clock this afternoon in the home)
of N. 1. Phillips in the Cone mill j
village when L. Jackson Sams. 23.
mill operative, shot his sweetheart
Bernice McCaskill, 15. through the
left temple and himself through the
right temple. Sams died almost in
stantly, while the girl died two
hours later.
Thomas Leaves
Insurance Coin
To Four Banks
Late Banker's Insurance Of $180,000
To Aid County
Banks.
Forest City. Sept. 8—J. H.
Thomas, late official of the
Farmers Bank and Trust C'o.,
of this city, who died at his
home here last week, left a
m large sum of money to the banks
of Rutherford and Cleveland
counties in the form of insur
ance policies.
The Farmers Bank was carrying
an insurance policy on the life of
Mr. Thomas for $60,000. In addition
to this, Mr. Thomas assigned a pol
icy of $50,000 payable to ths bank, a
policy payable to the Rutherford
County Bank and Trust Co., at
r Rutherfordton, for $30,000, a policy
* of $10,000 payable to the Chimney
Rock Bank and Trust Co., at Chim
ney Rock, and a policy for $10,000
payable to the Mooresboro Bank, at
Mooresboro. Cleveland county. These
fould institutions will collect a total
of $180,000.
Others Seek
Methods Here
Cleveland County Government Said
To Be An Example For Others
To Follow.
Cleveland county's model system
nt accounting has resutled in many
inquiries being made by other sec
tions which seek information on our
system with a view of instituting
ihe same methods there. With an
experienced and successful business
wan, Mr. A. E. Cline, chairman of
f ihe board of county commissioner,
serving in the dual capacity of
_ county accountant and auditor and
with a modern system of budgeting
the various accounts and controll
ing them, Cleveland county has been
able to save considerable money in
its operation, with the result that
there has been a reduction in the
county tax rate for two years in
succession.
Mr. Cline received an inquiry last
week from Yake, Oklahoma, seek
ing information on Cleveland coun
ty's system and recently there was
a delegation from Union county
looking into our accounting system
with a view of installing our plan* In
that county. An address was deliv
Vred by Mr. Cline last week before a
civic club in Charlotte on the sub
. icct, Mecklenburg county being in
terested in making its county gov
ernment more efficient. Mr. Cline
says that any county in North Car
olina can operate under the same
general law, but many counties hes
itate to abandon the old and anti
quated system. Cleveland has no
special legislation, but is operating
under the general county , govern
ment law which is available to each
end every county in North Caro
lina.
Mr. Cline has been active in the
state organization that studies
county government and was recent
ly elected president of the* North
Carolina association of county
commissioners.
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No Longer Kiss
Bible In County
Court Oath Here
Attendants at county re
corder’s court here recently
hare noticed that an bid
custom is no longer followed
by the county tribunal.
For many years witnesses in
being sworn before taking the
stand were required to kiss
the Bible after taking the
oath. Some time ago Record
er Horace Kennedy, in order
to save time and as a matter
of sanitation, changed the
procedure to that of having
the witnesses to raise their
right hand instead
"Those who are kotng t*
He when they get on the
stand will come just as neai
lying after kissing the Bible a;
If they hadn’t kissed it,’
Judge Kennedy says.
One Boy Killed
As Train Hits
Auto At Grover
Negro Family on Way
To Church
Five Hurt As Crash Almost Wipes
Out An Entire
Family.
One negro youth is dead and
five others are injured as the
the result of# an automobiic
train crash at Grover Sunday
morning which came close to
wiping out the entire family of
Ben Crawford, highly respected
colored citizen of the Grover
section.
The dead boy is Albert Bell,
grandson of Crawford. Crawford's
wife, his widowed daughter and
two of her children are in the
Spartanburg county hospital with j
injuries, two of the children being
in serious condition.
Going to Church.
Crawford, aged 56. and his fam
ily were en route to the colored
church at Grover when tragedy
swooped down the tracks upon
them. They were travelling in an old
Ford from the Crawford home,
three-quarters of a mile above Gro
ver, to church about 10:30 in the
morning. The highway runs parallel
with the railroad track. Not hearing
No. 39 coasting down the track,
Crawford turned his car to the left,
up a slight grade, to cross at the
old Mass crossing. No one saw or
heard the train until the car was
on the crossing, and then someone
shouted, “Lordy, the train’s right
on us.” Crawford remembers noth
ing more of what . happened until
after.the crash. All those in the car,]
with the exception of the boy who]
died, were thrown clear. He was
pulled from the wreckage of the car
and rushed to the Spartanburg hos
pital where he died at 5 o’clock yes
terday afternoon.
Crawford was less injured than
any of the others, suffering only a
wrenched hip. Two of his daughters
children. Senora Bell, 10 years of
age, and Marvin Bell, aged six, are
in a critical condition. The girls
has a broken leg and head injuries
and the boy has a fractured skull
and cuts about the head. Lizzie,
Crawford's wife, who is 54, suffered
a broken leg. and their daughter
Viola Bell, 33, lost several teeth and
was considerably lacerated.
T. B. Butler Make*
Bond, Fraud Charge
Union, S. C. Sept,— A warrant
charging Lieutenant Governor T.
B. Butler with intending to defraud
in connection with a reported
shortage of over $29,000 in his ac
counts as receiver of the defunct
Bank of Blacksburg was served on
him at the home of his son-in-law
here late today. He deposited $5,000
bond for appearance in court in No
vember.
Creditors Swear Out Warrant.
Gaffney, S. C. Lieutenant Gover
nor T. B. Butler was charged with
breach of trust with fraudulent in
tent in a warrant served on him this
afternoon after an audit disclosed an
apparent shortage of $29,080.82 in his
accounts as receiver of the Bank of
Blacksburg.
The warrant was sworn out by
two creditors of the defunct bank, J.
L. Goodson and B. 3. Bonebrake,
both of Blacksburg, a town about 8
miles from here. Hogue Allison, con
stable for Magistrate Moorehead.
left here about 4 o'clock to serve the
warrant on the lieutenant governor,
who is ill at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. F. H. Garner in Union.
Columbia Again to Span Atlantic
The Bellanca monoplane, "Col- "
umbia,” in which Captain Errol
Boyd, (inset) of Toronto, will
► soon take off for Europe. It •
| i* the same plane in which
' Charles Levine and Clarence
► Chamberlin flew from New
York to Germany.
tloternatloaal N*<r*i*«l)
Government Estimate On Cotton
14.340.000 Is Surarise Here
Estimate Larger Than Expected By
Local Cotton. Men and By New
York Brokers,
Cotton declined 40 points when
the government's estimate on the
1930 cotton crop was issued at 11
o'clock today, giving the number of
bales at 14.340,000. Because of tne
dry weather over the entire belt, it
was felt by local farmers, ginners
and buyers that the estimate would
be lowered from that of a month
ago. It was lower bv 22,000 bales,
but this was not enough to stimu
late the price.
At noon today New York was
quoting October for southern de
livery at 10.80; December 10.98 as
compared with Saturday’s close Oct.
11.30, December 11.49.
All Private Guesses" Low.
In the office of Clark and Co.,
there was a crowd of interested
farmers and others waiting the re
lease of the estimate just before
noon. Twenty five of them made
guesses and all were too low. Not
a one guessed as much as the gov
ernment's estimate. Their opinion
as to the crop was somewhat tn
line with private estimates made by
I bureaus who study the situation
and by brokers and cotton estimat
es. The average of 12 private reoorts
was 14,008,000, compared with an
average of 14,170,000 last month
when the government report gave
it 14.362.000,
The yield per acre is given at
153.2 pound, the ginning:, as of
Sept. 1st, 1.878,233 bales and the
condition 53.2.
Showers South.
Clevenburg s morning cdtlon let
ter says:
' Raleigh had 1.26 Savannah 182
rain over Sunday.
Scattered showers other sections
eastern belt, forecast Texas and
Oklahoma part cloudy, Arkansas
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Believe Otto Wood Living With
Brother’s Wife In California
Star News Bureau
'At Kings Mountain
In order to follow Us policy of
constant expansion, The Star
has opened a news bureau at
Kings Mountain with Mr. E. R.
Gamble in charge. In addition
to furnishing news from the city*
of Kings Mountain and vicinity,
a carrier service is being insti
tuted at Kings Mountain under
the direction of Mr. Gamble and
Kings Mountain subscribers may
* now have The Star delivered at
their door on the afternoon of
publication days. Mr. Gamble
will furnish The Star each day
with the most important news of
the day and after the paper is
published. It will be dispatched
on the bus and delivered by car
rier there at the usual price of
25c per month.
Kings Mountain people who
wish this late new* service from
the entire county, should leave
their subscription orders with
Mr. Gamble at Kings Mountain.
Bulwinkle Will Be Elected Unless
Democrats Get Too Confident
Chairman Mull Thinks Democrats
Will Reclaim Ninth, Tenth
Districts.
Raleigh, Sept. 8.—Around the
ninth congressional district, now
represented by Republican Congress
"Those who are going to
the Democratic drive from now un
til November 4, declares State
Chairman O. M. Mull. Both in the
matter of speeches and organiza
tion the ninth will be given full
attention, he said.
Within the neit two weeks Chair
man Mull wily visit both the ninth
and* the tenth, also lost to a Re
publican congressman in 1928- How
ever. he behaves that, the tenth is
already virtually recaptured. The
big battle, as far as congress is con
cerned. will be Between former con
gressman Bui winkle and Congress
man Jonas.
“If over-confidence does not stop
us, we are going to return a 100 per
cent Democratic delegation to
Washington,” said Mr. Mull. *'Wc
will not be satisfied with anything
less.”
It will be about September 15 or
20 before the big oratorical bar
rages are turned loo?e, according to
the campaign plans. Prom then on.
he said, there will be no let-up un
til the night before the voters as
semble at the polls.
A hundred thousand majority
for Josiah W. Bailey, Democratic
nominee for the United States sen
ate over George M. Pritchard, who
now represents the tenth in con
gress but who forewent his chances
at the smaller place for a shot at
Senator Simmons' toga, is the goal
in.the state-wide race, said the
chairman. Here, too, the only stum
bling block is extreme over-confid
ence on the part of the Democrats
who consider the election already
“in the bag."
"Our big job is to bring out the
voters,” he said.
Elusive Convict* Thought Honey
mooning With Widow Of
Brother.
High Point, Sept. 8.-—Otto Wood,
who escaped from the North Caro
lina penitentiary for his fourth
time several months ago, leaving in
his wake puzzled officers and many
columns of publicity, is now thought
to be in California and is believed
to be living with his sister-in-law,
Mrs. Celia Wood, a High Point
woman, who has been missing since
the day Otto left and whose letter
to her two small children sent here
•is signed “Mrs, O. H, Wood.” Otto
Wood often signs his name O. H.
Wood, it was learned from members
of the family.
The last letter that came to tier
two flaxen haired children, Lillian
Lucile, aged six years, and Pansy
aged 11 years, wrfs received here
about five weeks ago from a place
in California. It was sent to Mrs.
W. P. Byrd, mother of Mrs. Celia
Wood, who lives at 209 Vail street,
High Point, and who has been car
ing for her two grandchildren aban
doned by their mother in what is
believed to be a desire for a com
panionship of the state's most fam
ous ex-prisoner.
I Mrs. Celia Wood, ’ who is the
j widow of Robert Wood, a brother of
|Otto, left High Point by bus for
Raleigh on what her mother thinks
was Wednesday or Thursday, the
'day before she read that Otto had
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Cotton Seed Prices
Open For Season
I Farmers will be interested in the
following announcement as to seed
prices just issued by the Southern
Cotton Oil Co., of Shelby:
“We beg to advise that we are
paying for prime basts cotton seed
as follows: "Wagon seed or gin seed
$22 per ton or $1.10 per hundred,
equals to 33c net per bushel Ex
change meal for seed 1,400 lbr meal
iper ton seed.
“Car lots F. O. B. stations $25.00
per ton cash or 1,600 lbs. meal per
ton seed.
“At warehouses car lots $24.50 per
ton cash, or 1,575 lbs. meal per ton
^d.” ;
Ginners Meet
On Wednesday
A meeting: of all the cotton
ginners of Cleveland county is
scheduled to be held at the
county court house in Shelby
on Wednesday afternoon, Sept,
8, at 2:.10 o'clock.
At this meeting',’ around which
considerable interest centers, the
ginners are expected to discuss the
request ol cotton fanners for a re
duction in gin rates. Just what the
meeting will result m is not known,
although it is known that some gins
have already cut their ginning
prices somewhat below those which
prevailed last year.
Since the cotton crop, the han
dling and disposal thereof. Is the tug
event of the year economically In
thus county the outcome of Wed
nesday's meeting will draw consid
erable attention.
Kings Mountain
Schools Opened
Opening Enrollment Of 1,113. fac
ulty Near Same. Visiting Min
isters Preach.
(Special to The St.ar.v
Kings Mountain, Septl.—The
Kings Mountain city school.-, open
ed the 1030-31 session Wednesday
morning with an enrollment of J,
115. There were 563 at Central
school, 230 at West End and 322 at
East Kings Mountain.
Practically the same faculty Is
here this year as last
Cora Defeats Clover.
In two of the best baseball games
seen here this year, the Cora mill
defeated the fast team of Clover In
the first game of a double header
Saturday aftrnoon by the score ol
6 and 5 The second 3«me resulted
in a tie with the score 1 and 1 at
the eighth inning. Rain broke up
the game. Hartsoe fpr the Cora and
Moore for Clover were in fine form
and were given perfect suppoit by
their teammates. Sipes, Cora mill
pitcher was the star of the first
game. He struck out eleven of the
visitors
Dr. Grier Preaches.
Dr. R. C. Grier, president of Er
skine college of Due West, S. "C„ ancf
one of the outstanding ministers of
the Associated Reformed Presbyter
ian church, conducted the morning
services at the Boyce Memorial A.
R. P. church here Sunday morning
and at Bethel church in the county
Sunday afternoon. Dr. Grier sup
plied the churches here Sunday for
Dr. J. M. Garrison, who is ill at his
home here.
Sherrill At Methodist.
Rev. W. I*. Sherriff of Charlotte
conducted both the morning and
evening services at. the 'Central
Methodist church here Sunday. Rev.
J R. Church the regular pastor is
in Winston-Salem where he has
been conducting a weeks revival
service at Green street Methodist
church.
Spanisb-Amerirad Vets
Veteran* of the Spaniih-Ameri
can war who live in Cleveland
county and surrounding section are
urged not to forget the meeting of
veteran* to be held at the court
house here Tuesday night at eight
o’clock. Important business matters
will be taken up.
Deranged Man
Blocks Traffic
On Highway 20
Mystery Man In
County Jail
Appear* To Have Been Man Of
Culture, Perhaps lawyer.
Escaped Lunatic?
County officers are today at
tempting to discover the identity oi
a mysterious man they placed in Jail
here yesterday afternoon after the
man had disrupted traffic on hlgn
way 20 just west of Shelby and had
threatened several motorists with a
knife.
The man. who is apparently de
ranged mentally, seems to have been
a man of culture and refinement
In the past. Clippings and articles
found upon his person Indicate that
tie is of English descent and was
perhaps a lawyer. He refuses, how
ever, to tell his name, and will not
lulk in a sane manner long enough
to give officers any clue as to his
icteptity or home. He appears to be
around 60 years of age. Patching
several clues together officers are
inclined to think that he ltved In
Pennsylvania and perhaps escaped
from an insane asylum or hospital
there.
Stops Auto*.
Officers were first Informed of his
queer actions yesterday afternoon
when motorists reported that he
wrs walking in the middle of high
way 20, west of town in the Beaver
Dam section, and refused to get out
of the path of approaching auto
mobiles. Many cars were forced to
stop to keep from striking him,
while others pulled off the pave-'
ment to get by, Becoming angered
at the horns of motorists who want
ed by he pulled out, they say, a big
knife and threatened those who
came near him. Several times he
spat upon cars as they pulled past
him. When officers arrived he
threatened them with his knife.
He was carrying several boxes of
light butbs when placed tn jatl and
declared that he was an electrical
contractor. A search of his person
also revealed a large quantity of
newspaper clippings and items he
had Jotted down. All the items were
in “In Re Barbarious Police," "in re"
this and “in re” that. indicating
that he must have been a lawyer or
was very familiar with legal terms.
majvmy or me cuppings were
front Philadelphia newspapers, par
ticularly the Public Ledger, Many
of these were about topics or scenes
in England or India. And on the
side of the English clippings he had
written down notations tending to
show his pride and loyalty in Eng
land. On a Scotland Yard clipping
he had written "England beats thr
world in this as in everything else.'
In a short article, written upon n
paper towel, he wrote that the pa
tients in “this hospital" use the
most obscene language I have ever
heard. This was signed "J. Gray."
Another article had a similar name
while still another was signed with
a woman's name but. in the same
handwriting.
“in their attempt to clear up the
mystery surrounding him officers
: will get in touch with insane asy
lum* and nerve sanatorlums in Phil
adelphia and other sections of the
country. The writing indicates that
the mysterious man had been at on?
time a very brilliarit person.
Eastern Star Meet.
A regular meeting of the Eastern
Star chapter will be held Tuesday
evening at 7:30 o’clock. Important
business will be transacted and all
members are urged t,o be present.
Negro Killed
By Power Wire
At Untio Today
Tom Smith, young negro man
of Forest City, was killed around
noon today when he came in
contact with a power wire
carrying 2200 volts while work
ing on top of a cotton ware
house near the Mauney com
pany store in the Union section
of Cleveland county. .
Smith was at work, according to
information given The Star on the
tin roof of the warehouse, which Is
to be operated by W. E. Dye, of
Forest City. About 1 o'clock some
one noticed that ho could not be
heard at work and made an Investi
gation. They found body toppled over
with his neck on the two wires
which ran above the building. Just
how long he had been dead when
found is not known. And since no
one witnessed liis death it is not
known, it was said, whether he
reached up and touched tire wires
or fell against them He appeared
to be about 30 years of age.
The wires were those of “ie line
which serves the PoUfyflic-Union
sections, b cooperative line which
purchases power from Shelby. The
line is owned by the residents of the
section, meters being at. end of the
Shelby city limits to determine the
amount of power used.
Plan Home Coming
At Second Baptist
[ -
Since 1908 Church Half Orowrf
From 18 Charter Members To
60* Nou.
Tentative plans are being made
by the Second Baptist church at
South Shelby to hold a home com
ing day on October 19. In connec
tion with this plans are also being
made to celebrate the twenty-sec
ond anniversary of the organization
of the church.
The church was organized on Oc
tober 18. 1908 with eighteen charter
members and has grqwn until today
it stands as the third largest Bap
tist church in Cleveland county with
a membership of over 600. Six pas
tors have served the church, all of
whom are living. The first pastor
was Rev. Jr W. Suttle. It is hoped
that all of the old pastors may be
able to take part in the home com
ing celebration.
An invitation is given to all for
mer members of the church to be
present at these services, definite
plans of which will be announced
later.
Shelby To Present
Scene Of Signing
iMiss Suttlp To Havr Charge of
Declaration Scene In Battle
Pageant.
Shelby is booked to present the
scene of the signing of the Declara
tion of Independence In the big
pageant at the Kings Mountain bat
tleground anniversary on October 7.
Miss Mary Suttle has been named
chairman of the committee which
will arrange a cast and present the
scene. Miss Mary Suttle will be as
sisted by Miss Betty Suttle, and all
Shelby people who will take part in
the scene are urged to get In com
munication with them. About 35 or
40 people, a big percentage of them
men, will be needed for the Shelby
scene and others from Shelby will
be needed for other portions of the
pageant which is being staged' by
Miss Laura Plonk.
Rutherford Fair, Four-County
Exhibit, Week Before Fair Here
Henderson. McDowell and Polk
Counties To Participate In
Event. >
Forest City. Sept. 8.—The Ruth
erford fair, which is being sponsor
ed this year by the counties of Hen
derson, Polk, McDowell and, Ruth
erford, will be'held September 23,
24, 25, 26 and 27. The premium list
amounts to about $2,000 and is
very much the same as last year
The Krause Greater Shows will be
on the midway all week with clean
shoVs. at least six rides, and legiti
mate concession*. The Ohio "Fire
works compauy will furnish -fire
works each night. The fireworks
this year are said to be the most
brilliant ever exhibited in this sec
tion. The program will be changed
each night.
The free acts in front of the
■ grandstand will be one of the fea-!
[hires of the fair while mam local
attractions will also be put on.
The local attractions for the week
follow: Tuesday afternoon from 2
to 4 o'clock with C. 3. Royster in
charge: Charleston contest for
whites. Charleston contest for col
ored, 100-yard dash for boys over
16 years of age. 100-yard dash for
boys from 12 to 15 years of age, 50
yard dash for boys under 12 and
50-yard dash for girls from 10 to 15
years of age. For these contents $26
in cash prizes arc being offered.
Fiftee ndollars, $5 for first prize, and
»2 50 for second prize, are being of
fered for the best pony to cart on
the track and beet pony under sad
dle on the track Tuesday afternoon.
Wednesday afternoon from 2 to
4 o'clock with J. W. Whitesides in
charge: hiule running race, two
heats, fire prize $20. second $15,
third, $10, fourth. $5. Best buggy
horse or moj^ shown to buggy on
$CONTUiUXU ON PACE KiCUT.i I
City Schools
Open; A Gain
In Enrollment
High School Has
Good Gain
Opening Enrollment 147 Larger
Than Last Tear. Several
Gain*.
More than 2,500 Shelby youngster.-;
tossed their books over their should
ers and wended their way back to
the school room this morning after
their summer vacation.
At 1:30 this afternoon Sunt. B L
Smith, after checking over th/earn
enrollment: figures on opening dav.
stated that therfe were 147 more
children enrolled today than oh th
opening day of the last school yea:
The Central high school with 42:
pupils. 41 more than least vear. hr.
the biggest gain of any branch 0
the city system.
Enrollment figures, by schools, f :
this year and last, follow:
School 192!) - :i0 1930-31
LaFayette. 181 2K>
Marion... 325 319
Morgan . , 372 395
Graham . ....._ 245 243
Washington __ 15R 171
Jefferson . _........ 242 276
Teacher Training_ to 12
Central High _ ....... 382 423
Colored . ............. 414 4*21
Zoar (col) .......... 40 40
There was no formal program with
set speeches at the opening exer
cis.se in the Central auditorium this
morning. Short tRlks were made by
Mr. H. Clay Cox. of the city school
board, by Supt. Smith and by Prin
cipal Walter Abernethy. who had
charge of the program. The musi
cal program was in charge of Mrs
A1 R Bennett, of thi high school
faculty, . .
Early Cotton
Closes Schools
There County School* Already \i '
Closed Others Close This
Week.
Due to an unusually early co'.i,
crop the rural schools of CleveD i
county are closing earlier this yer
than ever before to aid in the bi
cotton-picking task.
Heretofore the long-term school -
which open in the sununer so as to
close during cotton-picking time, us
ually close for several weeks about
the last of September. This year
however, three schools have already
closed and the majority of the oth
ers will close this week. Those al
ready closed are Mooresboro, Dover
and Fallston.
Just how many will close this
week is not known as yet, but Supt.
J. H. Grigg is of the opinion th»t
all the schools will be shut down by
the end of next week
Vernon Proctor
Goes To Spindale
City Ticket Agent of Southern To
Become Station Agent At
Spindale.
Vernon Proctor, popular city
ticket agent at the Southern depot
here has been transferred to Spin
dale where he will become station
agent, He and his wife expect to
leave Thursday of this week. The
change is somewhat of a promotion
because of the heavy freight at the
Spindale office.
Mr. Proctor is prominent in the
American Legion and ' a most ac
commodating railway official who
has made many friends here. He
will be succeeded as city ticket
agent by his brother. Mr. Tracy
Proctor who comes from Charles
ton. S. C. where he has been In the
employ of the Southern railway. Mr.
Tracy Proctor has moved his family
to Shelby and they will occupy the
house on West Marion street vacat
ed by his brother.
Cloth Mill Resumes
Operations Today
Operations were resumed at the
Cleveland Cloth mill today. It is
learned that orders have been re
ceived that will keep the mill in
operation for three or four weeks
For the past five or six weeks, the
Cleveland Cloth mill as well as the
other textile mills, have been oper
ating on short time, often being
closed for a week without a wheel
turning. It was good news to the
employees when it was announced
that operations would, be resumed
today and that orders were on hand
to give steady employment for sev
eral weeks. ,