VOL. XXXVI, No. 170
10 PAGES
TODAY
SHELBY. N. C. FRIDAY, SEPT. 12, 1930 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. ” £2
late news
THE MARKET.
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Cotton. Shelby Spot . 10r
Cotton Seed, per bu.31
Showers Likely.
Today's North Carolina Weather
Report: Mostly cloudy with showers
tonlfht and possibly in extreme
north and west portions Saturday
morning. Little ehanite in tempera
ture.
Major Sledman 111.
Washington, Sept. 10.—Major
(Charles Manly Stcdman. represent
ative In congress from the fifth
North Carolina district, was report
ed resting comfortably at Mt. Alto'
government hospital here today. Ma
jor Siedmaa, the last remaining l
Confederate soldier 5n congress, was j
removed to the hospital after he j
suffered a paralytic stroke. He is i
89 years of age and because of his j
advanced age his friends arc very;
much concerned over his condition ,
Hts daughter, Mrs. Katherine Pal
mer of Greensboro is with him. j
Increase Bales
Seen For State
In Cotton Crop
Drought Speeds Up
Maturity Crop
Stale Crop, Beport Estimates -Gain
of 72,000 Bales, 819,000
Total.
Raleigh, Sept 12.—An increase ef
f3,000 bales of cotton or a total crop
of 819,000 bales, Is in prospect in
North Carolina this fall as a result
of the hot and dry weather this
summer, which has been decidedly
favorable to the development of the
cotton crop, according to the state
crop report issued today by the
State-Federal Crop Reporting serv
ice, and using the figure issued by
the federal crop reporting board in
Washington this week. This increase
in yield is forecast despite the ten
percent reduction in acreage from
last year. Condition is 67 per cent
normal as compaerd with 68 per
cent normal on September 1 last
year. ' . •
A smaller plant growth has re
sulted from the drought, and the
bolls are probably smaller in size
than for a number of years, but the
smaller plants are much more heav
ily fruited than usual, according to
the report.
The month of August was dried
over the state as a whole than in
any other previous period in the
cotton season, the report states.
Cultivation was almost perfect this
year and was done with a minimum
of labor and grassiness. The small
rainfall permitted the plants to get
a maximum benefit from the com
mercial fertilizers. The rapid ma
turing of the bolls as a result of the
drought has afforded the weevils a
minimum of squares and young
bolls upon which to feed. The larger
bolls are fairly safe and show ap
preciably less damage than last
year.
There are still plenty of weevils
present In most of the cotton coun
ties, however, the report adds, with
the exception of the western por
tion of the Piedmont area. The dry
and hot weather has helped to hold
the damage by weevil in check. The
extent of the damage is distinctly
not as great as last year, nor is the
number of weevils to be found as
numerous as last year. Another fac
tor controlling the weevil damage is
the rapid maturing of bolls and
early hardennig of the hulls.
Blames Hoover For
Charge Against Him
Kings Mountain Man Up On Va
grancy Count Pops Query
At Court.
In county court held yesterday at
Kings Mountain by Recorder Hor
ace Kennedy and Solicitor P. C.
Gardner, a defendant on vagrancy
charge offered a new plea in asking
that his case be dismissed. The plea
was “Hoover prosperity.”
Frank Short was charged with
vagrancy and non-support. The evi
dence tended to show that his wife,
employed part time in a cotton mill,
was the only member of the family
working. When it came time to ask
Short if he had anything to say, he
immediately asked that the case
against him be dismissed.
“Why?" the court asked.
“Well, I wish you would tell me
how in the world any man, willing
as he may be, can find a job since
Hoover got to be president? And
surely I'm not the only man living
who has no job."
The court took the case under
consideration.
Boatwright To Face
Court Charge Here
A. J. Boatright, former operator
of the Arcade hotel here, was
brought to* Shelby last night from
South Carolina and in county court
tomorrow will, officers say. face two
rfmk charges and a liquor charge.
Appropriations
To Library And
Armory Slashed
City Slashes Off
Expense Total
Wit! Give. $20 Monthly To Library
If County Will Appropriate
Ten Dollars.
Adhering to the adminlslra
Don's economy program, the city
officials at the last session of
the aldermen slashed off the
$20 monthly appropriation to
the company K militia armory,
and also conditioned further ap
propriations to the Shelby pub
lic library upon what the eoun
fy government would do.
The condition regarding the II
bary was that "the city will give
$20 monthly to the library if the
county will contribute $10." This
statement is explained with the in
formation that the library is not
used exclusively by the city but
that it also serves all the people of
the county who care to use. it.
Heretofore the city has been giv
ing $30 monthly to aid in the up
keep of the library.
Whether the county will agree to
the proposal is not known as yet, but
much interest Is being shown in
keeping the library functioning.
Get Negro Wanted
For County Theft
Ralph Borders, Wanted Three Plar- j
es, Caught By Forest City
Officers.
Forest City, Sept. 12.—Ralph Bor
ders. negro, and Fanny Nicholson,
negro girl, were caught Wednesday
afternoon in the Pea Ridge com
munity by Chief Charles R. Price,
A. A. Price, and Mayor V. T. Davis,
of Forest City, after an exciting
race extending over two miles. The
tar in which the negroes were rid
ing was the property of George
Moore, of Alexander, which was
stolen about 10 days ago, if is re
ported.
Recording to .placers,. Borders is
STso w&nEea In Cleveland and Mc
Dowell counties on several charges.
He Is a native of McDowell countv
and is wanted there to face a
charge of highway robbery and car
stealing, while several charges of
car theft face him in Cleveland
county, officers said. A reward has
also been outstanding for the cap-,
ture of Borders, who escaped, from
the State penitentiary where he was
serving a term of from three t,o
five years in connection with a shoot
ing case in McDow'ell, it is report
ed.
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“Father’s Care’’ Is
Dr. Wall’s Subject
The subject of Dr. Zeno Wall for
the 11 o'clock service, at the First
Baptist church, Sunday morning,
will be “The Father's Care." Sun
day evening at 8 o'clock, Dr. Wall
will preach again.
A beautiful musical program has
been arranged for all services.
“Christian, the Morn Breaks Sweet
ly O’er Thee," will be the morning
anthem. In the evening, “I Sought
the Lord," will be heard. Special
offertory numbers will be rendered
at both services.
All members of the Sunday school
are urged to be present at 9:30
o'clock. The members of the 14 B.
Y. P. U’s are asked to be present
promptly at.7 in the evening. i
Ammel in N. Y. for Paris Hop
Captain Roy W. Ammel, Chi- 4
capo broker, completed the first !
leg of his proposed transatlan- J
tic flight on arrival at the New i
York flying field. He plan* *
solo flight to Europe and hope*
to beat Lindbergn’* time be
tween New York and Pari*.
Untematlenal Komwl)
Husky, Veteran Line, Hefty Backs
Boost Shelby High Grid Chances;
First Game At Kings Mtn. Friday
Open Move For
New Grid Tearns -
This year Shelby for the
first time ever may see inde
pendent or industrial football.
It was learned today that
the employes of several Shel
by textile plants are now at
tempting to organize football
' Teams Tot competitive play
this fall. The Eastside plant
and the Cleveland cloth mill.
It is said, are preparing to
have teams. They find, how
ever, that all the schools
which they might have play
ed have their schedules al
ready prepared, and as a re
sult they hope for other In
dustrial teams to be formed
here and at other nearby
towns and cities.
Mrs. McSwain, Fred
Logan In Hospitals
Mrs. Yates McSwain, who under
went an operation Wednesday at
Charlotte. is reported as getting
along nicely.
Mrs. McSwain's brother. Mr. Fred
Logan, is undergoing treatment in
the University hospital at Balti
more, according to a message receiv
ed by his parents, former Sheriff
and Mrs. Hugh Logan.
Roosevelt For Repeal But Against
Saloon; Mull Declares N. C. Dry
New York Governor For Slate
Rights By Vote of People.
Mull View.
Albany, N. Y., Sept. 12.—Governor
Roosevelt this week broke a two
year official silence concerning the
prohibition question to announce
himself for repeal of the 18th
amendment and substitution of a
federal statute granting each state
the right to control the sale 'of in
toxicants.
In a letter to United States Sen
ator Robert F. Wagner, made pub
lic here, the governor included the
subject of prohibition among the
topics he believed should be stressed
at the Democratic state convention
in Syracuse the latter part Of this
month and added he was “positive
in saying that there must be some
definite assurance that by no pos
sibility at-any time or in any place
the old saloon can come back.’
The governor urged that not only
should states be given control of 11
qhor but, that there should be “defi
nite recognition of the extension cf
home rule to the. lower sub-divisions
of government—in other words, a
recognition of the right of cities,
villages or towns by popular vote to
prohibit the sale of intoxicants with
in their own borders.”
Mull Statement.
Raleigh, Sept. 12.—Commenting
on the stand of Governor Roosevelt
of New York, in favor of repeal of
the 18th amendment, Odus M. Mull,
secretary of the state Democratic
executive committee. said that
North Carolina, was firmly commit
ted to prohibition.
Mr. Mull quoted the section of
the state Democratic platform per
taining to the question.
"The Democratic party," Mr. Mull
quoted the state Democratic plat
form, "stand firmly for the en
forcement of every provision of the
constitution of the United States,
including tile 18th amendment and
point with pride to the fact that the
Democratic general assembly of
North Carolina enacted adequate
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Morris Has Score of Experienced
Boys. First Game At Kings
Mtn. Next Wrttt, <.«►•
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When the 1930 edition of the
Shelby high football eleven trots on
the field at Kings Mountain for the
first game of the year today week
the prospects are that it will be the
best looking team to represent
Shelby in several years. Whether or
not the play of the team will com
pare favorably with its appearance
remains to be seen.
The opening game with the Kings
Mountain gridders was originally
scheduled for Shelby, but. was later
changed to Kings Mountain as that
team has played here for three
years. The second game will be on
the following Friday iri Charlotte,
and Forest, City will come here on
the next Friday, October 3, for the
first home game. Scores of fans, just
"itching" for the pigskin fray to be
gin and unable to await the first
formal game .have been visiting the
city park each afternoon to watch
the early training.
Fans Cheered.
These fans bring back rather
cheering reports, “It's the best look
ing team Shelby has had in years,
big and fast, but in need of ex
perience,” says one man. ‘-If the
boys will get in there and fight,
Shelby will have another big foot
ball year.”
Fact is, Coach Casey Morris and
his assistant, Tilden Falls, do have
more experienced players back than
in several years. Many of the boys
out for the team were not first
string players last year but they
have been trying for the team a
season hr so and know something
about football. That’s better than
an entirely green squad.
Start Scrimmaging.
For three days two elevens have
been lined up for scrimmage. Just
which could be termed the. first
eleven cannot be determined as the
coaches keep making changes and
shifts between the two outfits, often
bringing in new boys from the
sidelines.
Seventeen of the 36 youngsters in
togs have had experience in regu
lar games while three or four others
have scrimmaged quite a bit in by
gone seasons. .
It couldn’t as yet be rated the
first-string team, but the following
outfit wore varsity colors in the
opening on each scrimmage this
week; Shorty” McSwain and Shep
hard, ends; Max Putnam and Red
Brown, tackles; Corbett and Hulick
guards; H. A. Logan, center; Alf
Eskridge, quarterback; O. C. Con
nor and Poston, halfbacks; Hubert
Wilson, fullback. Other members of
last year’s squad seeing action in
the so-called first line-up included
Roy Newton, Charles Waldrop, R, K.
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Record Number
Pupils In High
School In City
Total Of 490 Now
Enrolled
More Than At Any Period Lost I
Year. Over 2,7 (HI I’m pi It In All
City School*.
More pupils are enrolled In
the Shelby high school depart
ments this year than at any
time last year, a total of 490. and
in the total enrollment of all
the schools In the city system
yesterday was 2,796.
There are 469 high school students
at the Central high school and 3*
at the South Shelby school.
The enrollment figures by schools
follow;
Central high . *._».. 469
S. Shelby High . __ 31
Washington . 175
LaFayette . ____ 222
Marion . __ 333
South Shelby _ ... 423
Jefferson _ .....................305
Graham _........__ 223
Colored elementary . .. 363
Zoais colored . ._........ 47
Colored high . . 91
Teacher Training _ __.... 12
Today the city schools completed
their first week of work In the new
term and already, school officials
stated today, the school is operating
smoothly In the regular routine.
Home * Clubs Serve
Home Products Meal
To Kiw&nis Members
Home demonstration clubs of the
county served supper Thursday
evening to members of the Kiwants
club and their guestc at Pine view
Lake About 100 guests were present
and the club members under the di
rection of Mrs. Irma Wallace, serv
ed a bountiful spread dinner, con
sisting of products or the farms of
Cleveland county, Including tempt
ing dishes of fried chickens, ham,
salads, pies, cakes, etc., with home
made grape Juice, butter milk and
sweet milk. There was no program
other than eating and the visitors
did Justice to the abundance of well
cooked foods, representing the va
riety of things grown in Cleveland
county.
Members of the county agricul
tural board were special guests at
the supper which was served at 7
o'clock.
Hoey Leaves For
Speaking Barrage
Shelby Man Much In Demand For
Campaign Speeches In
State.
Hon. Clyde R. Hoey left Shelby
today for Greensboro where tonight
he, will be the chief speaker at a
big Democratic rally to be held
there.
Monday Mr. Hoey will speak at
WUkesboro for the. county Democra
tic convention. On next Friday night
he will attend the banquet of West
ern North Carolina Democrats to be
held at Asheville.
The Shelby man seemingly is
more in demand for campaign
speeches this year than ever before,
requests coming to him from all
sections of the state and after next
week much of his time will be fill
ed with campaign activity.
Tombstones Arrive
For County .Veterans
In recent months the government
has given tombstones and monu
ments for the graves of all Civil War
veterans In Cleveland county ter
which relatives nad applied for.
Many of these monuments have al
ready arrived and have been taken
from the station here to be erected
Quite a nuumber, however, have
not been claimed.
The unclaimed tombstones are at
the Seaboard depot inn Shelby and
may be secured at any time by those
who applied for them. There are no
freight charges or charges Of any
kind and county citizens who asked
for tombstones for deceased relatives
are requested .to ce'l at the depot
j for them.
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Contest To Close
The Sterehl essay contest, In
which a $500 Jersey bull is to be
awarded the Cleveland county school
child, under 18, writing the best es
say on the advantages of diviserfi
fied farming, closes Monday. The
bull Is being given by Col. Sterehl,
head of the Sterehl stores, to add in
terest to Governor Gardner's live
at-home campaign The hull will be,
^warded at the county fair. j
Tong Winning In
y I Louisiana Primary
Following a campaign in which
charge* and eounter-chargea flew
Indiscriminately, Governor Huey
Long (above), of Louisiana, ap
parently had captured the Demo
cratic Senatorial nomination from
tha incumbent, Senator Joseph E.
ItanadeU. .
NiwirHl)
Lowest Yield
For Crops In
20-Year Period
Serious Deterioration Found Also
In Tobweo, Potatoes. And
/■ Vegetables.
Washington, Sept 1 2.—The low
est crop yields in 20 years or more,
except possibly 1921, were predicted]
by the department of agriculture
this week' as weather reports con
tinued to show large sections of the
drought area still unrelieved.
Corn suffered another staggering
blow from the excessive heat of
August, the prospective yield fall
ing off 10.4 per cent during the
month for a prospective crop of
only 1,983,000,000 bushels. As now
forecast, the corn crop will be the
smallest since 1901 and the first in
29 years to fall below 2.200,000,000
bushels. It will be 24.2 per cent less
than the 1929 production and 28.6
per cent less than the five-year av
erage. Tire actual shortage is esti
mated at more than 700,000,000
bushels
Continuation Into August of the
record-breaking drought in most of
the states affected in July and an
extension of drought injury north
ward into states that had not pre
viously suffered severely damaged
a wide variety or late crops.
Potato Crop Short.
Prospects for potatoes were re
duced by 34,000.000 bushels, hay
more than 1,000 tons and serious
declines were recorded for beans,
grain sorghuquf, buckwheat and
Vegetables for canning. Important
declines were shown for tobacco,
flaxseed, soy beans, cow peas, sweet
potatoes, sorghum and cane for sy
rup, broom corn, grapes, cabbage,
and various northern vegetables.
Pastures, which were the poorest
on record a month ago, declined to
a new low level September 1, and
milk production was reduced 6 4 per
cent below the corresponding date
a year ago. '
Egg production is sharply lower in
the drought affected states and
on September 1 averaged about 6
per cent less than it did a year ago
Recovery Improbable.
Spring wheat, oats, and barley
have been yielding well In propor
tion to the straw, and the estimat
es have been increased since Aug
ust 1 by 17,000,000 bushels of spring
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Ginning Rate Fixed
At $3 Per Bale Here
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Cleveland Gets
School Money
Ot (he $1,141,000 mailed nut
of Raleigh this week to pay on
teacher*’ salaries and current
espensc* of the flrsl quarter of
the school year, Cleveland coun
ty received $23,000
This money comes from the d<
vlsion of finance In the office of the
State superintendent. A schedule for
three subsequent payments, cover
ing the major allotments for all
counties for the school year was
sent out with the money.
Union county received the largest
amount, $31,000.
Rotary Governor To
Be In Shelby Tonight
Ctnh Meetim To Be Held At Seven
In*tend Of At 12:JO
Today.
Boene Aiken, of Florence, S. C,
district Rotary governor, will be the
chief guest, of the Shelby Rotary
club at. a meeting to be held this
evening at 7 o’clock at the Hotel
Charles The meeting hour was
changed from the 12:30 luncheon
as a matter of convenience to Mr
Aiken on his tour of the district.
The visiting official will address
the club and club officials urge all
members to attend
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Mystery Man Leaves
Jail, Mind Improved
John Gray, the mysterious 60
yea r-oid Englishman who was plac
ed in jail here Sunday for observa
tion, was released yesterday and dis
parted Shelby immediately, heading
south.
Gray, who was wen educated and
appeared to have been a man of
considerable refinement at one time,
was taken in custody when hia ac
tlons indicated that his mind -was
was not right. After being fed regu
larly at the Jail his mind cleared up
and officers are of the opinion tha
he was only tempo, arily dazed Sun
day. perhaps by a drug. He claimed
to be a great grandson of Thomas
Gray, author of Gray's Elegy
Mr*. Kalter Win* In
Radio Audition Fete
In * district radio audition con
test held last night at Gastonia.
Mrs. Dale Kalter won first place
with all contestants in this district
and will go into the state contest to
be conduced about the first of Oc
tober. The Atwater-Kent radio
sponsored the audition and in the
contest Mr*. Kalter sang two beau
tiful contralto solos which made her
easy winner of first place.
ONLY ONE POOL HALL
OFFER.S BARGAIN PRICE3
Proprietors of the Putnam and
Elliott and Megginscr billiard par
lors announced today that they j
have not cut prices to three games
for 25 cents as was announced in an
ad Wednesday. The cut is being
made by the Cleveland Cigar store
for the remainder of the month. j
Only One Empty Cell On “Death
Row” Now In Raleigh; 15 Waiting
Over-Crowding Prison Problem
Threatening To Reach Death
• Row.
Raleigh, Sept. 12.—The over
crowding problem of North Caro
lina a prison is threatening to spread
"death row" here in the central
prison.
Sixteen cells line the wails of that
ghastly chamber, and a recent check
showed 15 of them occupied. Only"
a few days previously the occupant
of the sixteenth had been removed
to a county Jail for a new trial.
All of the death cell tenants are
negroes. All filed appeals with the
supreme court, automatically stay
ing the date of their execution un
til decisions are hand down.
The latest arrivals at the "death
row” were Ernest and Chevis Her
ring, convcited in Sampson county
of the murder of the postmaster oi
Kerr. One was sentenced to die Oc
tober 29 and the other October 30,
until appeals stayed the execution
dates.
Four occupants of the death cells
are negroes from Wilson county,
convicted of killing and robbing Cal
lie C Williford, aged Sugar Hill
farmer. Their names are Aaron
Sharpe, Berry Richardson, Wright
Byqum and William Randall.
The appeals of the above four
were turned down bv the supreme
court yesterday. However, Wright
Bynum and William Randall are
said to have exonerated Sharpe and
Richardson in a confession after
entering the state, prison'. A new
trial for Sharpe and Richardson is
expected as a result of the alleged
confession
The other tenants are Will Sloan,
convicted of murder and assault in
Person county; Huzie Jackson, at
tack, Rowan county; Percy Haizllp
and Robert Harris, attack, Forsyth;
George Davis and Lacy Sterling,
murder, New Hanover; Dave Mc
Rae, murder, Scotland; Willie Mas
sey, murder, Durham, aud Harvey
Lawrence, assault, Hertford.
John Ratliff, convicted of bur
glary in Anson county, was granted
a new trial, after some time in
death row."
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Ginners Of Cleveland
Form Organization
Rate I* For R«l«i Up To 515 Found*,
Extra Charge Above That
Weight.
Cotton will be ginned In Cleve
land county this year for 53 per
hale provided the bales do not
weigh over 515 pounds. One eent
per pound will be charged for
every pound in excess of 515
pounds. This was the decision
reached by a called meeting of
Cleveland county ginners held
at the rourt house here Wed
nesday afternoon.
The new ginning rate is a reduc
tion from $3.50 which has been the
general charge in the county for
some years.
Permanent Group.
Another important feature of the
meeting was the decision of coun
ty ginners to form a permanent or
ganization for the purpose of bettor
cooperation. A board of director*
for the permanent association was
named and the directors will meet
at the court house Saturday after
noon at 3 o'clock for the purpose of
working out organization plans. It
is hoped to hare every cotton gin
operator in the county as a member
of the association.
The meeting of ginners followed
a meeting held more than a week
ago by cotton planters of the coun
ty who requested a cut in ginning
prices At that meeting ginners
present called the meeting held
Wednesday, and the action of the
gathering will be of general Interest
throughout this cotton-growing
county. The new ginning price goes
into effect Immediately.
Dixon Presides.
Mr O. c. Dixon, veteran ginner,
was named chairman of the meet
ing Wednesday, with Mr. H. L, Rob
erts as secretary.
Short talks were made by Messrs.
Francis Boyles, Mike Borders. Fred
Morgan and others. The,suggestion
for a permanent organization was
advanced by Mr, Borders. For the
permanent group the following
board of directors was named for
the year: E. B. Hamrick. Boiling
Spring: W. CJ. Hord. Waco: A. A.
McEntire, Shelby R-5; T. M New
ton, Casar;- -O. C. Dixon. Shelby.
Every ginner in the county will oe
urged to join and support the or?
ganization.
About Wet Cotton.
Ginners at the meeting suggested
to cotton farmers that wet cotton
should not be brought to the gin,
and urged that all farmeri not haul
their cotton in the rain and do ss
much as possible to avoid having
cotton ginned when it is wet
Rutherford Court
House Hit By Bolt
Stone* Knocked Off High Corner.
Rival Party Leaders To
Debate.
Rutherfordton.—Lightning struck
the magnificent 1250,000 Rutherford
county court house here Monday
afternoon during a heavy electrical
storm and knocked off some of the
stone on the top of the southwest
corner: It fell 20 or 40 feet to tiw
ground and rolled down an embank'
ment and struck two Ford cars
damaging them slightly. They be
longed to County Supt. of Schools
Clyde A. Erwin and Mr. W. O. Geer,
register of deeds. Fortunately no or.
was passing the street as the hesvy
stones flew several feet. The stone
on the top of the building was
cracked for some ten or more feet,
each way.
Attorney s P. Dunagan, county
chairman of the Democratic exec
utive committee nas accepted the
challenge to a joint debate from
Attorney Fred D. Hamrick, chair
man of the Republican county ex
ecutive committee. The first? con
test, or debate will be held here in
the courthouse Monday night. Sept.
22, at 8 o'clock. The second debate
round and five minutes for reply,
night, Sept. 26. the exact place to
be designated later, probably the
Henrietta-Caroleen high school au
ditorium and at. Elienboro high
school building. Tuesday night. Sep*.
30. Each speaker will be allowed one
| hour. A coin will be tossed to tea
who speaks first The first speaker
will be allowed 45 minutes on the
first round and 15 minutes for reply
while the second speaker will be
allowed 55 minutes on the first
round and five mlunutes for reply.
Large crowds are expected to hear
these forensic contest#. The political
issues of the day, especially as thev
relate to Rutherford county will oe
argued. "•
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