North Carolina Newspapers

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. *'■' —— 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. ! “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 (CONTINUED ON FACIE TEN.) Morris Has Score of Experienced Boys. First Game At Kings Mtn. Next Wrttt, <.«►• ' x 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. tCONTINUEO ON PAGE TEN ! 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. [. :■ . ' . rr.~i7 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 (CONTINUED ON FAGS! TEN ) ] Ginning Rate Fixed At $3 Per Bale Here __i 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 ---€... 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." < 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. "• t