North Carolina Newspapers

12 PAGES TODAY nr Mail, per rear, (in advance) it.W Carrier, per rear. (In advance)_»*.«•• Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. LATE NEWS THE MARKET. Cotton, Shelby Spot ..... Cotton Seed, per bu.. Showers Saturday. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Occasional showers tonight and Saturday. . > Hoover Is Issue. Chicago, Sept. 18.—Notice was given tonight by Representative Wood of Indiana, chairman of the Republican congressional commit tee, that the battle-cry of hi* parly: in the campaign for the November elections will be the. tariff bill and “whether or not we shall sustain President Hoover.” The tariff and President Hoover were described as "the real party issues” of the con gressional campaign in an address by Wood over the Columbia broad casting system which opened the Republican campaign for the Nov ember elections. Petitions Out For Mail Route Postmasters and Patrons Agree On Schedule To Be Asked Mar ion and Shelby. At a conference held yesterday between J. H. Quinn. Shelby post master, Postmasters Williams and Long of Rutherford county, and Postmaster Jolley of Mooresboro, Editor Price of Rutherfordton, Edi tor Weathers of Shelby and local dispatching clerk, J. Talinadge Gardner, it was agreed that a star mail route would be asked for, leav ing Shelby each afternoon upon (h° arrival of mail from Charlotte at 3:50 and go to Marion, serving the intermediate postoffices at Latti more, Mooresboro, Ellenboro, Forest City, Spindale, Rutherfordton. Un ion Mills and Gilkry, connecting at Marion with mail going west. It is asked in the petition for this new route that the mail leave Marion each morning about 7 o'clock upon arrival of Southern train No. 36 and return to Shelby that morning, serv ing the same intermediate post of fices. This star route is asked in lieu of the railway mail service of which these towns were deprived when the Southern trains Nos. 113 and 114 on the Marion and Columbia division between Shelby and Marion were discontinued on August 17th, It is contended by the petitioners that (he postoffice department was pay ing approximately $500 a month for this service on tire rialroad, where as the same service by the proposed star route could be maintained at a cost of not exceeding $200 per month. All of the postmasters who have conferred on the new route have agreed that the above schedule will better serve the offices. Petitions are being circulated at each postoffice On the proposed route and civic clubs and patrons are asked to join in the request, At last night's meeting of the Ki wanis club, this organization ['unani mously voted favorably for the route. Fallston Farmers Collect For Hail; $20,000 Is Paid About One Third of Hail Policy Holders Suffer Damage And Collect. About. *20,000 is being paid to the formers in the Fallston community who suffered damage from hail and were protected by hail insurance, says Mr. Herman A. Beam of the Union Trsut Co. (Fallston branch). ■Mr. Beam who writes hail insurance in that locality says he had about 200 hail insurance policy holders and between 75 and 100 suffered damage in their crops. An adjuster was called in and about $20,000 is being paid to those in the hail stricken area. Hail insurance, there fore. received a boost and already Mr. Beam has applicants for hail insurance on the 1931 crop. Three sections of the county suf fered right severe damage from hails during the summer, but the worst damage came to the section above Fallston. In the Waco section, * small area suffered a loss, while another area just west of Kings Mountain had considerable loss from the same cause. Big Fish Fry Here On Saturday Evening Isaak Walton League And Sports men To Hold Affair AFCleve land Springs.' Members of the Cleveland epunty Isaak Walton league, an organiza tion of hunters, fishermen and all sportsmen, will stage a big fish fry at Cleveland Springs Saturday even ing at 6 30 o'clock, it is announced by M. H, C. Long, county game war den. All members of the league and all deputy game wardens and others interested in hunting, fishing and other’sports are invited and urged to attend the fry and meeting. Gain In Number Farms Here In Period 10 Years County Has 5,178 Farms Now Only One County Has Rigger In crease In Farms In N. C’. Since 1920, One explanation of Cleve land county'* agricultural ad vance in the last 10 years is shown by figures just issued bv thr commerce department of .the census bureau which reveal that only one cquntv in North Carolina had a greater increase in number of farms since. 1920. This means that the farm land of | the county has been divided into ' more individual farms and is being ! better tilled. ! Cleveland county with 5,178 farms in 1930 has 1.1(1 more farms than iin 1920, and 508 more farms now I than in 1920. and Robeson's increase l of 1,100 "farms ranks third. Seven Ahead. Only seven of the 100 counties in |the state have more farms than I Cleveland. They are Johnston. Nash. Pitt. Robeson. Sampson. Union and Wake. The number of farms in coun ties neighboring Cleveland are list ed as follows in the report: Burke 2,138. Catawba 3,103, Gaston 2,551. Lincoln 2,608. Rutherford 3,788, A farm is described by the com merce department of the govern ment, which issues the report, as all the land directly tilled bv one per son and members of his household. When a landlord has one or more tenants or croppers the land oper ated-by each is considered a farm. In 1920 Cleveland county had 4,014 farms, in 1925, 4.670. Taking the state as a whole there has been a decrease in number of farms of 3,759 since 1925, yet there are 9,960 more farms than in 1920. At present there are 279,723 farms in the state. Fisherman Finds Hair Of Human In Water at Lake Lure Officers Suspect That It Came From Decomposrd Body Of Sui cidr, Murder Victim. Forest City. Sept, 18.—While on a fishing trip to Lake Lure early last Saturday morning with two other men from this city. Mr. G. S. Hemp hill caught on his line something that has developed into quite a mystery. This catch of Mr. Hemp hill's was a bunch of human hair believed to have come from the de composed body of some suicide or victim of some murderer. The fishing party consisted of Messrs. Hemphill. J. E. Vassey and W. L. Brown and ‘they were fishing in Snug Harbon about 3 o'clock Saturday morning when Mr. Hemp hill's hook caught on something In the lake. Pulling in his line he dis covered that” he had a bunch of blond hair that had come from the body of some woman. This was lat er turned over to Sergt. A. A. Price of the local police department, who is now investigating. County Coro ner W. C. Hightower was also nott fted-of the matter. —— There is no doubt about this hair coming from a human being, whose body, it is believed, is still in the lake, for had someone thrown this hair in to the water it would have floated on the top instead of sink ing. So far as is known, however, no one in this county is missing, but if there is a body of some suicide or victim of foul play in the lake, it could be from some other locality. Stribling Gives Jack a Ride "You're * knockout of a pilot,” - Jack Dempsey, the ex-heavy weizht kin*, is telling; Young: Stribling after the Georgia title aspirant and aviation enthusiast had flown him to Macom to k refers a boxing card at M» • com. Ga. While Dempsey is training a reputation a* th» thmd man of the ring. Stribling is rapidly arTToaching the high roads of fistiana. ilntaraatiqnml NtnrHl) Cotton Pickers Respond Slowly To Picking Price; Welfare Head To Aid In Rush Get Crop Out Here Falls Is Speaker Throughout the nation, civic clubs | .and patriotic organizations arc ob-1 serving •Constitution Week” andj last night Judge B. T. Falls ad- i dressed the Kiwants club on thoj subject. It was a scholarly and stud ied explanation of the making of i the constitution, the different schools of thought that had to be reckoned with at that period in his tory, the scope of the preamble, the fir§t. ten articles defining personal Mid property rights and the con sequent amendments pertatnniK to free speech and a free press, scarrh and seizure, right of trial bv jury and reasonable bail,,election of sen ators by popular vote, prohibiting slavery, granting right to vote re gardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude, taxing of in- i comes, prohibition and woman suf frage. Fast Baseball On For City Saturday Two League Pitchers To Hurl. Strong L.lne-1'p For Shelby Against York. If rain does not, interfere. Shelby fans are to see some real baseball in the final game of the season here Saturday, when Shelby meets York in the deciding contest of a five game series. Information today had it that Snag" Ormand, Sally league pitch er, will hurl for Shelby with Johnny Walker, fast-stepping Southern lea guer. on the moiind for York. Three members of the champion ship Forest City club will be ip the Shelby line-up along with Ormand. the pitcher Red Ormond, thh for mer Oollcge star: and C\fne Owens Lee. An advance line-up given out by the Shelby mill management shows something of the type game fans may expect: Ingle. 3b: Me Kcithan. 2b: Cline Lee, ss; Ormand. rf; Keetrr. If; Friday, lb; Bumgard ner. cf; Short, rf; Farris, c; Snag Ormand, p. The game starts at 3:30. Prices Of Eggs Will Double This Fall, Then Go Down Next Spring Aericwllur.il Expert Forecasts Trice. Gives Views Oti Better Laying. The price of eggs will be twice as Ihigh during September, October, November and December as they will be next April and May, accord ing to Professor L. M. Hurd of the New York State college of agricul ture, writing in the New York Times. He urges poultrymen to keep early laying pullets in production at a good rate throughout the fall. More pullets in New York state are ready to lay this year than -is usual at this season and, with the present feed prices, Trofessor Hurd said that this was a very fortunate situation. Pullets should be moved from the range to winter quarters, lie con tinued, as soon as a few begin to lay and many others show by then body development and combs that they are about ready to lay. The pullets that are not so advanced in development should be left on the range until they have completed their growth. For flocks managed according to the latest recommendations, no at tempt. is made to dole out a certain amount of feed to a given number of pullets. ' A laying mash is kept, constantly before the birds in trough feeders. About two hours before roosting time more whole grain is supplied than the birds arc likely to eat before going to roost. This gives each bird an equal chance to have ail it wants to eat All whole grain that remains i« either removed or covered uhtil feeding time the next day. Grit and oyster shell are provided in separate containers. Cod liver oil is added to the ration as soon us the pullets are confined. This may ICONTINUBD ON PAUL TWELVE.i Opening Fast But Little Picked Thousands of Bales Open and Not Being Ticked. Some Farmers State. With rollon selling at a low level many Cleveland counts farmers are turning to the co-op associatioi. in their en deavor to secure the host price passible for their crop, with the hope of securing *t Jcri<t . the production tbsl wfth a narrow margin of profit for their labor, in Monday’s Star an article will deal with the new movement to the co-ops and the advances being made farmers so that the cotton may be held until the price moves up. At one county gin yesterday 40 hales were tin ned, 37 going to the co-op*, with good advances, to hold for a better price, \ shortage of cotton-pickers is proving a handicap to Cleveland county farmers In their attempt to get the rapidly maturing cotton crop picked as fast as it opens. The shortage is attributed 'by some observers to the picking price of 50 cents per hundred set at a mass meeting of farmers some time ago, many prospective pickers hold ing back on the price. At the same time the belief prevails that the farmers, taken- as a whole. can hardly afford to pay more in view of the price being received for cot ton now. much i oiion open. ."I believe there are between five and 10 thousand bales of cotton now open In""Clevelanff“cfmiity“ which should be picked this week and next, but which' will not get picked,” J. A. Wilson, one county fanner de clared today. Many people,^Mr. W il son explained, are out of work, but last year Cleveland farmers had to go out of the county to ‘get pickers and this year with the cotton open ing more rapidly than ever before it is proving a prqblem to get the cot ton out as fast as it opens. Many pickers are declining, he says, to work at 50 cents per hundred, al though scores of pickers are working every day. The situation is the more trou bling just now because of lecciit rains, the fear being that open cot ton in the fields will be damaged by wet weather conditions as it was last year unless it is picked rapidly One Cheering angle is that a cen tral bureau has been established where those without work may list their names and where cotton plant ers may get in touch with prospec tive pickers. Mr. J. B. Smith, coun ty welfare officer, is filing in his office at the court house a list of people without employment whoj come to him seeking work, and farmers who need pickers can secure; from him their names and addresses' and thus save time in looking for pickers. That tlirrc would be no shortage of pickers under ordinary conditions is generally believed. But the long dry spell matured the crop earlier and faster than ever before, and there is more cotton open now in the county, in proportion to the crop, than ever before at this sea son of tire year. Descendant Of Col. Shelby In Battle Pageant Shelby People To Take Part llaVmon Miller, <irand«nn of lsam Shelhv. To Portray Rnlr. Want Shelby Players. The oast has born selected. tht pageant script.*; completed, and wot. is under wav for the historical pag earn (o be givey in connection with the Kings Mountain sesqul-centen nial, October 5 and I, according to word received here from Mis* Kauri Plonk, who is now in Kings Moun tain directing the pageant. Several members of the historical /last, selected by Miss Plonk. are lineal descendants of those intrepid men who fought in the pivotal bat tle of the revolution Horace Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Miller, of .Asheville, has been appointed by Miss .Plonk to play the part of Col onel Isaac Shelby, In the pageant Mr Miller is the great-great grand son of Governor Shelby and is the same age this year as was Colonel Shelby, for whom the city of Shelby was named, when he fought in the battle of Kings Mountain. P A R. officials in Shelby today declared that they hope to have ad dition Shelby people take part in the pageant. The particular scene fo be portrayed by this city will be the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Men who will take part are urged to get, in touch with Misses Mary and Betty Suttle. Mrs. Fred Morgan, or any official of the D. A R. organizatoin. me me ana times or me revolu tionary period will be accurately portrayed in this pageant. The first historical scene will be the Boston Tea party and the last one the bat tle or Kings Mountain, which was thif* turning point of the Revolution There will be 15 scenes of historical pantomine. Interwoven In theiSe panoramic scenes will be six allegori cal rcense in dialogue. The histori cal scene* were written by Wilbur K, Morgan, director of Asheville * Little' Theatre and arranged bv Miss Lillian Plonk. The allegorical scenes have been written and ar ranged by Lillian M. Mosseller. More than 100,000 people from all parts of the United States are ex pected to be in Kings Mountain for the sesqui-centennial anniversary of the famous battle. President. Hoover is to be the guest of honor and principal speaker. Four programs of the pageant will be given at the high school audi torium. Seats may be reserved in advance Tickets are on sale at Kings Mountain. Charlotte, Gas tonia. Shelby. York, Blacksburg and Asheville. Bench Show Prizes For County Fair; Show Dogs Oct. 1 si Five Pri7.es Offered For Bench Show Which Will Be Judged By Jim Kanatser. The large number of fox hunters who are growling their dogs for the bench show to be held at the Cleve land county fair, October 1 will be interested in the following list of prizes: Best pair of dogs—box of cigars, given by Jolleys. Best derby dog—100 pounds Happy ! dog feed, given by Suttle Grocery !store'. . f ■ ; i Best derby bitch—Silver cup, given 1 by Moore Insurance agency. Best pack of Jogs—Silver cup. ! given by Howard^;amnitz. Best fox hound In show—Chas. A. ! Jonas trophy, given by Congressman Jonas. Prizes will be announced later for other classes including pups under six nidhths of age. The fair association received a wire today from Jim Kanatzeri of Richmond. Ky„ nationally known jcidge of fox hounds, saying be would reach Shelby, September 30 Mr. Kanatzer comes to judge the show. The number of entries being received indicate that this will be the largest show ever held in West ern North Carolina. Judge Webb Confined To Bed, Not So Well Judge Jas. L. Webb, member of the Superior court bench of Nor’h Carolina and one of the states most distinguished jurists, is con fined to his beef at bis home on S. Washington street, He has been sick for several weeks ana while his con dition is not alarming, it is felt that he will not be able to preside over any more courts. Mrs. O. Max Gardner, his daugntc. arrived from Raleigh yesterday morning to be .it his bedside. Hoover Ready For Speech At Kings Mountain Kins* Mountain, the enter prising tit Hr city on (hr putfm rim of Cleveland county. Is making preparations to welcome j her first president on October 7, when President Herbert Hoo ver mines there to visit the nearby battleground where one of the moat important engage- j mrnts of the Revolution war was foutht. Definite information has it tha‘ President Hoover s train will reach the Kings Mountain station about noon on the day of the big celebra tion. The president and his party will leave the train at the station and motor eight miles to the battle ground across the line South Cnro llina There the persident will speak ! to the thousands expected to attend the big event and will, Washington dispatches stated yesterday, remain over for the other exercises on the mountain top where the squirrel i hunting patriot* defeated Col. Fer | guson. The Charlotte and Gastonia ser Ition had hoped that President Hoo ! ver would leave his train at Char- j 1 lotte and motor up the beautiful! I highway 20. but due to the fact that j he speaks twice in Boston on the i day before. October fi, he has let it j be known that he prefers to remain 'on his train and rest until he reaches Kings Mountain There Is a probability that he will motor back to Charlotte and catch his train there. Editor B J King, of the Kings Mountain Herald, in Shelby yester day, declared that his townsmen are preparing to give the chief execu tive a big welcome when his trains rolls In. j ! —___ Fifteen Democrats Going To Asheville WHI Attend W. V. (’. Democratic Banquet There Honoring O M. Mull. Fifteen Cleveland county Demo crats will motor to Asheville this evening to attend the W. N. C. Dem ocratic banquet be my given in hon or of Mr. O. M. Mull, Shelby man and chairman of the party in the State. Those planning to make t.h' trip are: J. Frank Roberts, Clyde Ft. Hoey, A'. Ft, Cline, A. M. Hamrick Oliver Anthony. Dr. Zeno Wall, Paul Webb. John P. Mty', Henry Ed wards, tee B. Weathers. D. W; Royster, Charles S. Voting;-- S A. McMurry. Frank L. Hoyle and Maj or A. L. Bulwlnkle :rom Gastonia. Win Golf Match. Shelby's Peter Pan Golf team de feated the Forest City team on the Forest City miniature course there Wednesday night one hole up. Tt was the second straight win for the local players. A Record Crowd Is Seen For Fair Here County Trophie* To Be Exhibited At County Fair Wlut honors have hern wot in rrrent years by f'levelant rounly and t'leyeland count? people. A hi* trophy department it the flower exhibit halt at thi ( Irvrland rounly fair, begin rims >ept ,10, will*answer that query. fair officials were today planning to have an exhibil there of every rup and honor won in the county. Thi* ar ray will Inelude the many trophies of the Shelby high school and other schools, in dividual cups won for any work, cups won by firms and organisations. Every person, firm or organisation in the county which has won at any time a trophv or rup is asked to prepare the eup or trophv for exhibit by getting in touch with Dr. Horton, fair secre tary. or Mrs. E. W. Gibbs, manager of the flower exhibit hall. Here Monday Federal Term Will Last About One Week. Judge K. Vate* Webb To Preside. Moonshiners, rum-runners and bootleggers who have been un fortunate enough to fall into the clutches of federal prohibi tion oftlrers In this section in rerent week* will have their day in court in Shelby neat week. The fall term of United States district court will convene in the county court house here Monday morning with Federal Juge £. Yates Webb presiding. Some Civil Matter*. Disposal of. the criminal docket, made up for the most part of pro hibition law violations. will take seyerai days, Judge Webb skid here 'today, while several important civil matters will also be taken up. None of the cases, however. will be of mRjor importance insofar as public interest is concerned, the federal Jurist declared. Jurors for the term were drawn from Cleveland and the surround ing counties in (his federal court district, Men’s Wear Store Opens Here Saturday R. L. Armour and Co. is the name of a new mercantile business which opens in Shelby Saturday in the Royster building, occupying the Sore room vacated some months ago by the Kelly Clothing Co. Associated with Mr. Armour is his brother-in law^ _Mr_T\_J,. Babington_-They will handle a general line of men’s and boys’ clothing, the exclusive line of the Merit Clothing Co. of Kentucky. This factory makes 8.000 suits of Merit clothes each week. The store opens with a clothlngdine on Saturday and will add next week accessories. made by well known manufacturers of national reputa tion. Mr. Armour is an experience salesman with 29 years in clothing. Dauntless Heroine Of Old York Has Place In Pageant Of Battle : Descendant Of Daring Woman Of Revolution To Portray Her Role. York. Sept. 18—Additional inter est is felt by York county in the mammoth historical pageant to be given at the town of Kings Moun tain October 6 and 7 in connection with the battle of Kings Mountain sesquicentennial by reason of the fact that Martha Bratton, a York county heroine of the Revolution will be represented therein. Mrs. R. M Bratton, of York great-granddaughter of Martha Bratton, has been ’ invited to take the part of the dauntless Revolu tionary tvar woman, but because of the numerous rehearsals that would be necessary and the press of other duties, she has had to forego play ing this role. Mrs. Bratton, who is regent of the Kings Mountain chap ter, D. A. R. of York, is a memberj of the pageant corhmittee. The pageant will depict life and actions during the Revolution. Pour performances will be given, two October 6 and two October 7. all in the auditorium of the Kings Moun tain high school. The pageant will be directed by Miss Laura Plonk, who is in charge of a school of ex pression and the arts at Asheville. Martha Bratton, one of the char acters in the pageant, was the wfie of Col. William Bratton, one of the York county Whig leaders during the- Revolution. The heroism of Martha Bratton was shown at the battle of Buck's defeat, which raged around her home at Brattonsvillr. nine pules south of York. When threatened with death by the Royal ists before the battle, she remained steadfastly loyal to the Whig cause, and after the battle she magnani mously received the wounded Roy alists in her home and alleviated their sufferings. Over Half Million Have Attended Free Art* And Fireworks Alone Will Bring Mammoth Crowd*, Dor ton Believe*. The big Cleveland county fair, which in the six years of its his* lory has attracted over a half mil lion people within its (tales and en tertained ihem superbly, will this year, the seventh, draw another rec ord crowd in the opinion of Secre tary Dorton. 'Some fairs last only a limited number of years, but not the fairs which continue to bring new attrac lions and do their best to give a better and greater farm show each year," Dr, Dorton said today. “Each year we have tried,, and have. I believe, to entertain our visitor* with something better than they had the previous year This veer is no exception. We realise there Is a business depression, but the Cleve land eounty fair is not out to mak money, but, instead, to entertain aari Instruct, If possible, the farm peo ple of the region round about this, county. Our exhibits alone will be worth the gate admission price this year, and if times were twice as hard as they are our free acts and fireworks program would give any body their money's worth even if we charged for them. Those who see our free act* the first day, along with our other attractions, will bo back. Don't worry about that; and they'll bring their friends the next time," Bit Attraction*. Pour of the series of death-defy ing. dare-deyll free acts to be pre sented at the fair here are the same ns will feature the state fair pro gram in Raleigh. Wire walking, tra peze stunts, rollicking, laugh-bring ing play by clowns, sensational rid ing and other features will be on the twice daily free act program. Opening Day. On the opening day fair officials expect the largest crowd as all school children in Cleveland and i adjoining counties will be admitted | free. Many schools will close for the [day to permit all children to at i tend. But the program through the i five days, from Tuesday, September i 30 through Saturday, October 4, will show equal attractions each day. The Carolina* racing season will be officially ushered in with the racesyhere, and some of the best steppers in the country will get tlveir first tryout of the season in Shelby. The Rubin and Cherry shows will play the fair, and Rubin and Cherry shows are known the country over as one of the best, biggest and cleanest open air shows in Amer ica. Firework* Program. Every effort is being made ’ to stage the most spectacular series of fireworks programs each night dur ing the fair. Hundreds and hun dreds of dollars are being spent for this nightly feature, and anyone who does not enjoy it. according'to fair boosters, will be both blind and deaf. All exhibit space in the commer cial halls has been taken and indi cations now are that there will be a great array of products in the term and school exhibits, and many en tries in the livestock, poultry and dog shows. Teacher Honored. Miss Johnnie Morehead. of Shel by route 2, a graduate of last year's teacher training class in the Shelby schools, was awarded honorable mention in the Mabelle Johnston student award contest, the city schools here have been advised. The winner of the annual contest re ceives $150 to aid in her education, and honorable mention carries with it eligibility for the Masonic educa tional loan fund. The teacher train ing department here, under the supervision of Miss Louise Gill, is making an enviable record. A HERMIT'S LOVE. IIow many people remembpi “Wild John'’ Starnes. the young man of the Dravo sec tion south of Cleveland coun ty, who lived the life of a her mit for 40 years because he lost the girl he loved? The story of his unusual life h re lated in Ihe. “Around Our Town" column of The Star to day. • • • -* "Facts and Fancies about Football" is a new column in today’s Star—a column that will continue off and on dur ing the grid season. Something of interest on every page.