VOL. XXXVI. No. 169 h «y% V**W. HV.rAr SHELBY. N. C.
WEDNESD’Y, SEPT. 10. 1930
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Occasional Shower*.
Today’s North Carolina Weather
Report: Occasional showers tonight
and Thursday.
Gov, Long Winner.
New Orleans, Sept. 9.—On the
• face of approximately one-third nt
the total precincts In Louisiana, j
Got. Huey T. Long apparently has!
won the Democratic nomination for
the United States seyte over the
Incumbent, Senator Joseph E. Kan*- j
dell. Returns from 510 precincts out ,
of a total of 1,423 gave Governor
}’ Long a majority of 3,631. Th~ vote
1 stood: Long, 44,631; Ransdell, 40,
Democrats To
Open Offices
Here In Sept.
Party Headquarter*
With Chairman
Anthony Will Maintain Party Office
In Hi* Office. Speakers
Coming.
Cleveland county Democrats will
hot open their campaign headquar
ters until some time next week, it
was stated today by Oliver S. An
thony, chairman of the executive
committee. --- _
Republican headquarters for the
November election have already
been opened in the Royster build
in*.
Mr. Anthony says that headquar
ters will be maintained in his office,
the office of the Anthony and Har
ris real estate firm, and in addition
to being there a major part of the
time himself during the campaign
a young lady will aid in the office
work.
Speaking Soon.
Just what speaker the Democrats
will bring to the county to own
the campaign next week o” on the
following week has not been deter
mined. It is known, however, that
Major A. L. Bulwinkle will be one
of the first speakers to visit the
county. State Chairman O. M. Mull
has promised to send several prom
inent speakers during the campaign.
I and Mr. D. W. Royster chairman of
the Young Democrats in the county,
has been assured that one or two
speakers will visit the county to
address the young men and women.
Kings Mtn. Woman
Cleared Of Murder
Mrs- Myrtle Fox Charged With
Murder In Connection With
Death of Mrs. Martin.
York. S- C.. Sept. 10.—Mrs. Myrtle
Fox, 22, of Kings Mountain, N. C„
charged with murder in connection
with the death of Mrs. Nettie Mar
tin, also of Kings Mountain, in an
automobile wreck near York in Au
gust was acquitted in general ses
sions court yesterday without regu
lar trial.
When the case was called Solici
tor Harry Hines announced the
state would agree to a verdict of ac
quittal without introduction of tes
timony. A jury was then impanelled
and wrote a verdict of acquittal
without leaving its seats.
Mrs. Fox. arrested immediately
after the accident, was released
when a coroner’s jury decided the
automobile in which Mrs. Martin
died was driven by unknown hands.
She testified at the inquest an un
identified man whom the two wom
en had picked yp was responsible
for the accident
Mrs. Fox was arrested a second
time on a warrant sworn out oy the
mother of the dead woman.
No Other Deaths
In Injured Family
IHvf Members <jf Negro Family In
Hospital.'' Funeral For
Boy
Five members of the Ben Crawford
family of Grover are still in the hos
pital at Spartanburg but are now ex
pected to recover, it was learned
today. Crawford his wife,, his dau
ghter and two of her childrens were
injured and one of his grandsons
killed Sunday when their auto hi
which they were riding was struck
by a Southern train near Grover.
Albert Bell, the boy who was
fatally injured, was buried yesterday
at Shiloh negro church near Grover,
but none of the members of his
family were able to attend.
Those still m thp hospital are
Crawford, who has minor injuries;
hia wife, Lizzie, who has a broken
♦eg, his widowed daughter, Viola B**il
who has head injuries; the Bell
woman's two other children, Senora,
who has a broken leg and head in
juries. and Marvin who has a frae
tured skull
Five Precincts
Register Anew
Before Nov. 4
Election Official*
Make Decision
East and West Kings Mountain,
Shelby Two, Querns and
Casar.
The voters who live in five pro
| rinds in Cleveland county must re;
| istrr again before they can partici
ipate in the fall election, it. is an
nounced today by the Cleveland
rountv board of elections,
j The five precincts arc East Kings
Mountain. West Kings Mountain
Shelby Ward Two, Queens and
Casar.
The new' registration is called by
the election board for the purpose of
revising the registration books bv
removing the nam».i Of voters who
have died or .moved away. In other
precincts of the county the only
registration for the fall election.
November 4, wlHt be for inters ,m>t
eoming of age and voters who have
moved into the precincts. 1
Open October 4.
The registration books in the fire
precincts, it is announced by Chair
man John P, Mull, will be opened on
Saturday, October 4, five Saturdays
prior to the election. The books will
close on Saturday, October 25, The
registrars of the five precincts will
be at their polling places each Sat
urday during that period for the
purpose of registering all voters who
wish to take part in the November
election.
i The registrars in the precincts are
East Kings Mountain, J B. Thomas
| son; West Kings Mountain, E. B.
[Olive; Shelby Two, Forrest Wii
Uiams; Queens. Alonzo M. Hamrick
Casar, Chester Downs
Kiwanians To Eat
With Clubs Thursday
Home Economic Clubs To Entertain
Kiwanis At Pinrvicw
Lake.
Shelby Riwanians are to he
guests at an out-of-doors supper
Thursday evening at Fineview lake
in the Union section. Mrs. Irma
Wallace, home demonstration agent
and the associated home economic
clubs of Cleveland county will be
[hostesses to the civic club members.
A similar event was held last
: year and club members highly en
j joyed the food prepared by the club
women for the occsaion.
The meeting will be held at 6:30
instead of 7 o'clock in order that
the supper nifty be served before it
' gets dark
Mr. Dale R. Yates, manager of
the Penney store, is a new member
of the club.
After the supper a business mce -
ing of the county Federation of
clubs will be held, according to m
announcement by Mrs. O. A. Rhea
president. This meet ing is imports
ant, she states; as officers for the
year will be elected, and all mem
bers are requested to be present.
Three Star Worker*
Have Same Birthday
Miould there be a few slips and
bobbles in today's Star readers
might, once they knew the circum
stances, pardon them.
Here's why: three members or
one-fourth of the Star's working
force are today celebrating their
birthday. They are . Charlie. Keel
operator: Pink Riviere, job prir'er
'and his son. Richard. The ages
doesn't matter.
) Two other members of the Star
j staff also have the same birthday
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Andree’s Body Returns Home
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i nuto t>.v international Newsreit shows oody of Andrec Returning to Homeland after
years.—-International Illustrated. *
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Why Head Of
G. 0. P. Here
Has One Leg
This might hr entitled “How
I Lost My Log," or it might hr
headed as a meeting between a
dyed-in-the-wool Democrat and
a rock-ribbed Republican.
One day recently Mr. H. Clay Cox,
Cleveland county Republican chair
man, was a visitor in Charlotte. On
the same day Mr. P, F, Grigg, an
other Shelby salesman, was in the
Queen City. Grigg was talking to
Mr. Brevard Nixon, a Democrat
with the faith and loyalty of the
old-timers, when he noticed M-.
Cox approach. Anticipating some
amusement, because he knew both
men to- be punsters of renown and
good-humored enough to take as
well as to give, he introduced them.
Nixon soon began wise-cracking
Cox about Hoover prosperity. Here
abouts Cox is known as a polished
expert on repartee. Incidentally, the
Shelby Republican has nn artiiTSai
limb. After Joshing each other a
bit, Nixon remarked:
“Notice you have only one leg—
how'd you lose the other?"
“Walking all over the country
trying to find a job when Cleveland
was president,” shot back the Shel
by man.
“Well, friend, T certainly feel
sorry for you and your family
now,” Nixon blandly replied. 'In a
few montfis more of trying to sell
your merchants goods in this
'Hoover prosperity,’ you'll not have
a single leg to stand on?*
Has Accident Year
After His First One
A year to a day ai.er Bonnie Bar
nett had his hand ripped open on r.
machine at the Shelby Casket Co.,
on N. Washington, a machine caught
his hand again and cut oft the ends
of his right thumb and finger. Mr.
Barnett sustained thio injury Tues
day, Sept. 9th, exactly one year alt
er the first accident to his hand.
Misses Mary Sue Borders end
Vurnette Hunt, of Lattimore. left
this morning for Raleigh where they
will resume their studies at Meredith
college.
Five Thousand People Visit Kings
Mountain Battleground Sunday
Largest Crowd Yet Looks Over j
Scene Of Big October
Event,
Gastonia, Sept. 9.—According to
estimates of officers and employ
es on the Kings Mountain battle
ground Sunday brought by far the
largest crowd of visitors that noted
spot has ever had in one day, bar
ring celebration events. An unof
ficial check placed the number of
cars at about 1,700. An average ot
three persons to the car would thus
place the number of people on the
battleground at approximately
000. They came from all sections of
•North and South Carolina and from
numerous other states.
Three or four times during the
day there were traffic jams which
required the best efforts of thej
York county rural police and vol
unteers to untangle, Cars were go
ing in to the battleground as late
as 6:30 and 7 o'clock Sunday even
ing.
Due to light showers during the
week the dust was not quite as bad
as it had been but was still heavy
enough to be disagreeable. Visitors
who knew the roads well enough to
take little-traveled routes were not
bothered with dust. One pretty
good road which turns off of high
way No. 205 half , a mile east of
Grover, generally referred to a
'the Reek House road'' b<rji]-e ft
leads by the not'd rock house near
the battlefield, affords a good route
to the battlefield minus dust.
The American Legion refresh
ment and souvenir stand and the
D. A. It. stand both did a splendid
business Sunday.
Veterans Of Seven Counties Will
Participate In Gathering Here
Congressman MrSwain And Bnl
wtnkle To Speak At Legion
Meet Sept. 20,
World War veterans of seven
counties are to participate in the
big American Legion meeting here
cm Monday night, Sept- 29, it was
announced today by the Warren
Hoyle Legion post. At the same
time a big gathering of members of
the Legion Auxiliary of the section
will be held.
The program, scheduled to be
Shelby's biggest assemblage of war
vets, will center around the public
installation of the new officers of
the local post
Veterans of the following coun
ties are being invited to attend—
Rutherford;-"Burke, Catawba, Lin
coln, Gaston, Mecklenburg and
Cleveland. The ex-service posts 01
Shelby, Kings Mountain and Grov
er will act as hosts.
Speakers Coming.
Congressman McSwain of South
Carolina and Major A. L. Bulwinkle
of Gastonia, have accepted invita
tions to speak at the gathering pro
viding they re not detained by en
gagements elsewhere Other speak
ers; have been invited.
What is hoped to be a colorful
feature of the meeting will be the
music. The Gastonia drum corps
has been invited as has the Char
lotte drum corps, which has ap
eared in Shelby before. A similar
invitation has been extended to the
colorful drum corps of Charlotte
which attracted so much attention
with its "struttln'est'’ drum major
at the national convention.
Miss Myrtle Harris, head of the
local auxiliary, will invite auxiliary
members of the seven counties and
also hopes to have several officials
in the organization present,
W. H. Wall Meeting
Proving A Success
Services of Shelby Mali at Henrietta
Being Attended by Goodly
Crowds.
The tent revival services being
conducted at North Henrietta,
Rutherford county, by Rev. Wilbur
H. Wall of Shelby aic drawing large
I congregations. The meeting this
week, ended its third week,
j On Sunday Rev. Mr. Wall con
ducted four services. At 3 in the aft- j
lernoon he preached to a large con-j
| gregation of men at the Carolern !
: Baptist church. At 4:15 he preached ■:
to a congregation of women at Hen-1
rietta, and at 5:15 he preached to
the colored people of that section,
many white people attending t<>
hear the singing. Regular services
were held at his tent at 7:45.
During the services hundred have
renewed their faith and more than a
score have been converted. Service
will be held there each evening this
week at 7:45.
Rev. Mr. Wall and also Dr. Zeno
Wall, First Baptist pastor of Shelby,
are both, natives of that section.
Presbyterial Ladies
In Meet Here Today
A. meeting nf mi auxiliary of t.-e
Kings Mountain Presbytery Is
being held at the Shelby Presbyter
ians church here tooay. The lad.es
attending as delegates brought
their own luncheons with the
members of the Shelby Auxiliary
Riding in the serving.
August Lead,*
June In Brides
The hot month of August.
in«ofar as Cleveland county is
concerned, is a more success
ful mnnlh for brides than the
widely-heralded bridal month
of June.
Twelve couples secured mar
riage licenses in Cleveland
county In August to act a rec
ord for a year in which less
marriage licenses have been
Issued than In many year*.
Incidentally, three, of the
twelve couples were around
the 4f)-year mark.
Qld age is breaking even
with youth before the matri
monial altars of the county
this month. One bride and
groom securing license this
month gave their ages as “65
plus.” The groom was Joseph
Pruett, former minister of the
Casar section, snd his hrdie
was Rehrcca Bowers, of Burke
county.
Another license was Issued
during the month to Bennie
H. Cpton and Minnie Self. j
To Pull Car* Which
Follow Fire Truck*
Many Autos Jam Path To South
Shelby Alarm. Officers To En
force Law. '
As the result of the traffic con
gestion which followed a fire alarm
in South Shelby today city offic
ers began enforcing the regulation,
which prohibit* the following of fire
trucks and autos carrying firemen
by private cars.
The small blaze iii a South Shel
by home was out, when the trucks
arrived.
Numerous cars which did not eon
tain firemen, speeded right behind
the fire trucks some of them pulling
in ahead of the .adder truck apd
autos carrying members of the fire
department. Hereafter Fire Chief
Robinson and Police Chief Posi/.-n
say the regulation will be strict;y
enforced, regardless of who may be
driving autos which loliowed clo.e
than one block to the trucks and
firemen. Other autor will be made
to pull to the curb until the trucks
are one block away.
Young Carr Getting
Prominent In Ring
Shelby Lightweight In Three Bouts
This Week. Wins
First.
Babe Carr, the lithe young boxer
of the Cleveland Cloth mill section
of Shelby, is banging his way into
the limelight as one of the coming
lightweight boxers in the state.
Monday night at Charlotte he
was the favorite in the preliminary
bouts of the Warrcn-Terris fight
and became morp so when he
knocked out .Tack Moran, of Golds
boro. tn 'the fourth round. Tuesday
night he appeared tn a bout at
Greensboro, Friday night he will
box at Danville, Virginia, and then
will return to Shelby for a bout at
the armory Saturday night. Unless
he attempts to box too often fight
fans sec a good future for him.
Roosevelt And!
Gardner Talked
For Candidates
Governor Discussed
In Washington
Vorth Carolinian Eiportod To Takr
Trominont Rolo In Election
In 1932.
Mohn Livingstone In Raleigh New*
and Observer.)
Washington, Sept a. -The name
sf Governor O. Max Gardner is be-,
ginning to figure in 19.12 political
predictions arid while he is being j
mentioned as a running mate for
the Democratic nominee, it is re
garded as certain inat he will oc
cupy a conspicuous place in the
campaign.
Democratic leaders here, while at
tempting to avoid any discussion of
1932 politics, admit that Governor
Gardner will be relied upon to a
large extent to help the party.
•'Rnoaevelt and Gardner."
Tt is regarded as certain that
should an easterner get the nomina
tion, his running mate will be from
the section of the south that turn
ed to Hoover in 192R. Governors
Roosevelt and Gardner are now be
ing mentioned as the ticket.
Although somewhat handicapped
by not being as nationally known
as some who are figuring in the
early predictions, the name of Gov
ernor Gardner is being freely men
tioned over the country, and it, is
anticipated that within thp next two
years he will have gained added
prominence through his work in the
state.
Lightning Strikes
West Shelby Barn
Sam Morrison's Barn Dama*r<i By
Flames. Hail In South
Shelby.
Hall fell In South Shelby' and a
barn in West Shelby was struck by
lightning during the heavy rain
storm here Monday afternoon.
The barn hit was that of Mr. Sam
Morrison and the roof was consid
erably damaged by flames before
the blase could be extinguished by
firemen .A threshing machine was
pulled from the barn and saved and
a cow staked nearby was not hurt.
The hail which fell In South Shel
by did very little damage, It was
said yesterday.
Forest City Youth
Faces Assault Trial
Forest City, Sept. 10 —Worth La
ton, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs Bud
Laton of this city, who was shot
with a 12-gaugp shot gun Fiiday
morning, is in a critical condition
at, the Rutherfordton hospital, be
ing unconscious most of the time,
Young Laton was shot, it is al
leged, by Horace Butler, after they
with two other boys had gone into
the woods near their home. Butler
had his father's shot gun, and when
a rabbit ran in front of him he
Jerked the gun up to kill just as
Worth Laton ran in front of him
This is Butler s story to the police,
but Laton told the parties carrying
him to the hospital that Butler had
deliberately shot at him.
As a result of this Butler, who
is 16, the son of John Butler of this
city, was arrested. He will be given
a hearing today at Rutherfordton .
He is charged with assault with
deadly weapon with intent to kill.
S. C. Retires Blease
In Favor Of Byrnes
To Sell Plants
In Rutherford
Rutherfordton, Sept. 9.—Ruther
fordtnn and Spindale voted to
day as to whether they would
sell their light and water plants
to the Southern Public utilities
company, of Charlotte. In
Ruthrrfordton 386 voted to sell
lit voted against It. while 85
registered but did not vote.
Spindale voted 33f to aetl; 32
voted against It, while 52 did
not vole.
Those registering and failing to
vote counted against it. Forest
City votes on the same proposition
one week from today
Praebytery To Meet
At Gastonia Soon
History of Presbyterianism In
Cleveland And Gaston To Be
Given.
Kings Mountain Presbytery, in
cluding all of the Presbyterian
churches in the counties of Polk
Rutherford. Cleveland, Lincoln Rncl
Oaslon, will convene in regular fall
session Tuesday, " October 23, 11!
o'clock a m . at the Olney Presby
terian church in South Gastonia,
according to an announcement bv
G R Gillespie in the Gastonia Ca
ssette,
The celebration of the Lord's sup
per and sermon by the. retiring mod
erator, Rev. J. K. Hall, of Belmont,
will open the semi-annual meeting
on Tuesday. A special order for
Tuesday afternoon Is to hear the
history of Presbyterianism in Cleve
land county by Dr. I. S. MeElroy. sr.
of Kings Mountain and in Oatson
county by Dr. J. H. Henderlite, of
Gastonia.
Both dinner and supper will be
served on the grounds Tuesday and
dinner only on Wednesday. The
visiting Presbyters will be entertain
ed in the homes of the congrega
tion.
Fishermen Bound
Under $500 Bond
Five Cleveland County Men Charg
ed With Dynamiting Fish At
Lake James.
Morganton, Sept. 10.—Five men
said to be from Cleveland county
were tried in recorder's court here
Monday, charged with dynamiting
fish in upper Lake James and were
bound over to the superior court un
der bonds of $500 each. Game War
den Stroup testified that he heard
two muffled exploisions at the head
of Lake James and when he went
to the scene. he saw the five
men riding in a boat and tinkering
with some kind of apparatus which
they threw overboard when the
Game Warden approached. About
forty fish were found in the boa*
and the Game Warden testified
that only four or five bore signs of
hook marks.
C. L. Black. Ed Davis. W. T>.
O Sullivan. J. E. Elliott*and Hugh
McSwain were arrested and charged
with the dynamiting of fish, but
they claimed in court to have
caught them.
Rules That N. C. Stock Taxation
Foreign Corporations Not Fight
Judgr Meeklns Renders Decision
Declaring Practice Uncon
stitutional Here.
Raleigh, Sept. 9.—In an opinion
on file here, United States District
Judge I. M. MceUins has declared
that the North Carolina law which
taxes the stock in foreign corpora
tions held by North Carolina cor
porations as part of their corporate
excess and at the same time ex
empts from taxation the stock in
foreign corporations held by indivi
duals is unconstitutional.
The opinion, an exhaustive docu
ment, was written in the case of the
Garysburg Manufacturing company
versus the county of Pender.
Judge Meekins characterized the
tax as a "discriminating burden on'
the corporation, without any logical. |
recognized, or necessary reason for
the dlctinctlon." He held that it wasj
in violation of the fourteenth;
amendment to the United States
constitution and it made the com
“S*
plainant bear unjustly a part of the
taxation that should be fairly and
equally divided alike between a cor
poration and an individual.”
The case came before Judge Mee
kins when the sheriff of Pender
county levied a two per cent tax on
$225,000 stock held by the Garys
burg company in the Argent Lum
ber company, of South Carolina. The
$250,000 was part of $239,443.37 of
the company's total corporate ex
cess.
The company refused to pay the
tax. The sheriff threatened to seise
the property and sell it for taxes.
The company then instituted the
suit on the grounds that it was un
constitutional. In that i(. discrimin
ated against one legal entity, the
corporation, as compared to another,
the individual.
A. J. Maxwell, state revenue com
missioner, said be did not know how
far-reaching the decision would be
If upheld by the United States su
preme court, where it is expected to
go*for its final review.
Veteran Senator
Defeated
Former Congressman Defeat* Spec
tacular Amt Colorful Senate
Veteran.
Spartanburg;. Sept. 10.—Dem
ocratic voters of South Caro
lina yesterday reiterated the pre
vailing: impression that it Is an
off aeason for veteran United
States senators hr retiring Cole
man L. Blease to private life in
a primary that attracted atten
tion throughout the entire coun
try.
Blease with only a few boxes no;
heard fiwn has been without dou’.v
defeaied by former Congressmen
.lames F\ Brynes, who has repres
ented South Carolina In cOngres;
for years. .«
Democratic nomination in South
Carolina is equivalent to election and
the will of Palmetto voters yester
day swept from the United State,
senate floor one of Its most spec
tacular and colorful figures.
In the run-off race for the gub
ernatorial nomination the outcome
is not so certain. With 42 boxes ip
hear from Solicitor Ira C. Black
wood has a lead of only 637 vote
over Olin D. Johnston,
Few Boxes Out.
In the senatorial race, also a run
off. Byrnes leads Blease by approx
imately 8,000 votes with 42 boxes to
hear from.
The missing boxes are: Aiken 2:
Beaufort 2; Berkley 3; Cherokee 2;
Chester 1; Colleton 2; Edgefield 2;
Fairfield I; Georgetown 3; Green
ville 3; Hampton 4; Jasper 3; Lee 1;
Lexington 7; McCormick 1; Orange
burg 2: Saluda 1; Sumter 1; and
Williamsburg 2.
There have been all sorts of pol
CONTINUED ON PACK EIGHT.)
Coroner Probes
Electrocution
Death ©f N>rro at I n Ion Due to
Own Carelessness. Is The
Verdict,
The electrocution of Tom Smith
negro man of Forest City on a high
voltage power wire at Union, tflls
county. Monday at noon, was de
clared to be a result of carlessncas
I on the part of the ntgTO, according
to a verdict rendered after an in
quest was held in the afternoon bv
Coroner T, C. Eskridge.
The coroner was Lnformed that
the negro had been sent to the roof
of the building to repair a sms!’
place on the other side of the rouf
from where the wires were Just over
head. Why he went to the other side
of the building or 'now he managed
to touch the wires could not be de
termined as no one saw him after he
climbed up until nts body was fouarl
on the wires.
To Release Mystery
Man Soon; Says He
Is Of English Family
Man In Jail Claims Hr Descended
From Writer ot Gray’s
Elegv
The mystery that hovers about
the aged white man who was jailed
here Sunday evening has not been
cleared up. and officers said today
that he might be released soon,
I He was picked up by officers
Sunday afternoon after he had re
fused to get out of the highway for
automobiles. At the time he appeir
ed to be somewhat deranged men
tally or under the influence Of a
dope. Ttom his conversation he
seems to have been a man of cul
ture and well educated. When first
taken into custody he refused t4
tell his name or anything about
himself. Later he said he was John
Gray, an electrical contractor, and
had lived in New York. He also
claimed to be the great grandson
of Thomas Gray who wrote the
classical Gray's Elegy. He came, he
said, from England with his par
ents when he was 16 years of age.
His parents have died and he has
no living relatives in this country.
At the time he was picked up
here he appeared to be without
work and money and was just wan
dering about. Since being led to
iail his mind appears to have clear
ed up considerably and since there
is no serious charge preferred
against him he will be released un
less information concerning him le
received from New York or Camden
New Jersey, where he*was injured
in an auto crash early in August,