LATE NEWS THE MARKET. Cotton. Shelby Spot--- tbc Cotton Seed, per bti. ...-— 30c Fair, Harm. Today’s North Carolina Weathrr Report: Fair tonight and Tuesday. Continued warm. Crisis In Cuba. Washington, Sept. 22.—Warning that the economic and political sit uation in Cuba is aproachlng a crisis was given by Senator Walsh, Dem ocrat, Massachusetts, in a state ment last night, urging the Vnited States to “do something to prevent the economic collapse and the poli tical disturbances that seem to be inevitable” unless immediate action Is taken. Asserting that the Cuban situation is “most alarming,” Walsh urged that “an immediate, direct and absolute policy of action” be undertaken by the present Cuban administration, by nor government, or by joint actirv of both. Walsh has Just returned from a visit to Havana. Suffered Stroke At Funeral, Died Here This Morn Mm. Mary Putnam Passed This Morning. Funeral At Lat timore Tuesday. On the first day of last, July Mrs. Mary Putnam suffered a stroke of paralysis while at Sinai church attending the funeral of her niece: Miss Frances Putnam, who was drowned In Broad river .She never recovered from the stroke and died this^morning about 1:30 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charlie Ham rick, in South Shelby. Mrs. Putnam was 69 years of age, the widow of Mr. J. D. Putnam, who died 12 3’ears ago. Two children, Mrs. Hamrick with whom she lived., and Mrs. Louis McSwaim of the Lattimore section, survive. Five ehfjdren are dead. Surviving also are five grandchildren and the fol lowing brothers and sisters: Messrs. John, Ab. Doc and Bone Jones, Mrs. E Hamrick. Mrs. Jack Bostic -and Mrs. L. C. Putnam. Funeral At Lattimore. Funeral services will be conduct ed at the Lattimore Baptist church Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock with Rev. I. D. Harril land Rev. D. G. Washburn In charge. Mrs. Putnam had.beeo. a devoted member of the Lattimore church tince girlhood and was a highly re spected and beloved woman in the Lattimore section and in South Shelby where she has made her home for six years. Dry Law Boon Webb Declares Federal Jurist Convenes Terms Of U. S. District Court Here Today. A forceful description of how Am erican civilization has benefited by the prohibition amendment featur ed the charge of Federal Judge E. Yates Webb to the grand jury at the Opening of the fall term of United States District court in Shelby this morning In his charge he also illustrated how it is a far more simple matte • to maintain a law-abiding society today than in ancient times. He dif ferentiated between Federal and State laws, and outlined offences against, the postal laws, currency laws, interstate commerce, the pro hibition law. and other Federal laws. Cleric J. Y. Jordan, accompanied by his deputy, Mr. Lytle, is present for the term. The prosecution today was being handled by Messrs. Frank Fatton and T. A. McCoy, assistant district attorneys. Misses Fan Bar nett and Edith Nihieen are handling the clerical work and officers in at tendance include Feputy Marshals Swann. West, Padgett, Prohibition officer F B. Hamrick and others. Extension Classes Open Here Oct. I Former College President To Head University School In Shelby. \ _____ University of North Carolina ex tension classes for teachers of this section will begin Wednesday aft ernoon, October 1, at the Central high school in Shelby, it was an nounced today. The classes in socialogy and social sciences will be taught by Mr. Jack son. former president of the Ashe ville junior college. ' Both college and certificate credits may be ob tain b.v those who attend the school, according to County Superintend ent J H. Grigg. Mrs. Bessie Grigg and daughter. Miss Hazel, Mrs. Yates Miller and son, Harry. Mrs Bob Watkins and son, Bobby, all of Cliffside. were dinner guests of Mrs. M W. Martin last Thursday. Cotton Farmers Employ All Idle Labor Here Today More Pickers j Could Be Used In Farm Rush No Unemployment In City Just Now Welfare Officer Bcsclgcd For Pick ers After All Job Hunters Taken. Shelby and Cleveland county today are not bothered with an unemployment situation for the first time in weeks. Due to the cotton picking rush, it is the other'way around. Cotton farm ers this morning were visiting the office of J. B. Smith, coun ty welfare officer, long after his list of unemployed Shelbyitcs had been exhausted. "I could get jobs right now for 50 to 100 more people if I could locate them.” Welfare Officer Smith stated this morning. Active Week. Cotton is maturing rapidly than ever before and with the promise of fair weather this week county cot ton farmers were making every ef fort to get their cotton out. Last week the county welfare of ficer established a free labor em ployment bureau in his office. For week, since the business depression began, he has been visited by scores of people without work. The names of these people were listed and last week when it became known that he was aiding cotton farmers to locate pickers. many others listed their names with him today. This morning by nine o'clock every name on his list had been checked off and farmers were still trekking to his office asking for pickers. “I don’t know just how long it will last, but at the present, rate it means that every person in Shelby without work Can TH* empl&ved, If "fie or she wants employment,” Mr. Smith said. ’ Others who have not listed their names with me are urg ed to do so this week: and by mid week perhaps I can have many other pickers to send to the cotton fields.” j Religious Program For Battleground ' - #;■ ' Big I’nion Service At Kings Moun tain On Oct. « Planned By Ministers. Kings Mountain.—Ministers from York, Shelby, Gastonia, Cherryville. Bessemer City, Rocky Mount and other communities met here Friday and adopted a program for religious services on the Kings Mountain bat tlefield at 3 p. m., October 6, in con nection with the sesqui-centennial celebration to be observed on that and the following day. Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon of Char lotte and other religious leaders were on the program'. Elam'Boy Injured In Fall From Tree George- Elam. jr.„ 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Elam, was painfully injured Saturday just aft er noon when he fell from a tree to the sidewalk on South DeKalb St. Young Elam and Roy Tiddy, jr., were see-sawing on a limb about 15 feet from the ground when the for mer fell to the sidewalk, landing on his face. His forehead, nose and face were injured, and he was other wise bruised and lacerated, but no bones were broken. * Speaks Thursday Night Hon Cameron Morrison (above) will open the Democratic campaign in Cleveland county with an address at the court house in Shelby Thursday night of this week. WillM. Roberts, Contractor, Dies Suddenly In Drug Store Sunday Had Gone For Medicine When Heart Attack Proved Fatal Mr. Will M. Roberts, well known Shelby contractor, died suddenly Sunday evening about 6:20 o'clock at the Cleveland drug store where he had gone to secure medical aid. Death resulted, it was said, from heart trouble, following, it is under stood. an attack of indigestion. On two previous occasions he had suf fered from indigestion, but the ser iousness of the attacks were not realized. Mr Roberts and his family had motored in the afternoon to the home of his wife's mother, Mrs. J. M. Poston. While there, aiound six o'clock. he complained of feeling sick and left in his car to secure some medicine. When he entered the Cleveland drug store it was not ed that he was very ill and two physicians were called. He rapidly grew worse and died within'15 or 20 minutes, although physicians en deavored in every way to rally him. He was around 30 years of age Funeral services will be held at the residence on the Cleveland Springs road at 3:3d o’clock Tues day afternoon and interment will be in Sunset, cemetery. The services will be conducted by Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor of the First Baptist church, of which Mr. Roberts was a loyal member. Mr. Roberts had been a contrac tor in Shelby for around 13 years, having been in the partnership of Roberts and Evans for four years or more. At one time he also operated a lumber plant at Brevard. He was widely known in Shelby and over Cleveland epuntv and his unexpect ed death was a shock to the enttre section. He Is survived by his wife and two children, Helen and Charles. Other survivors Include two brothers and four sisters'. They are Messrs. Bob and Tom Roberts, of Shelby; Mrs Clarence CabaniSs, Mrs. Chiv Blan ton, Mrs. Frank Hord and Mrs. Ed dins Roberts. Free Fair Tickets For 20,000 School Children Distributed Sandy Run Baptists Meet. The Sandy Run Baptist Associa tion will meet Oct. 8th and 9th with Spencer church. Spindale. according to an announcement by Rev. C. C. Matheny, Hoover To Speak At 2:30 At King’s Mountain Fete; Remains 4 Hours Will Arrive At 1 In Afternoon On Oct. 7. To Leave About 5:30 O'clock. Charlotte. Sept' 22.—President Hoover will alight from his special train in the town of Kings Mountain at 1 o'clock the afternoon of Octo ber 7 and will leave at about 5 p. m. for Washington, according to a schedule announced by Chairman Clarence Kuester after a conference with Stuart W. Cramer, who has returned from Washington, where he. arranged for the. president's visit. The program calls for the presi dent to arrive at the reviewnig stand at 1:10 p. m. to see the mili tary parade, which will last for 60 minutes. At 2 o'clock a motorcade will carry the president.' governors I of states, senators aS^l representa fives and other distinguished guests to the battlefield. To Speak At 2:30. The exercises in which the presi dent will speak will start at 2:30 and close at 3:30. At the latter hour, the president will go to the Ferguson monument to attend the half-hour dedication program there. An invitation to attend was sent General John J. Pershing, general of the army: General Charles Sum merall, chief of staff of the army, and General A. .1. Bowley, former commander at Fort Bragg. David Ovens, chairman of the j committee in charge of music at the exercises in which President Hoover will participate, said that the musical proglam is complete. Quartet Will Sipg. The quartet is composed of Jos-j CCONTtNUBO ON PAGE YEN) i Given Out To Principals And Com mitteemen. Rig Livestock, Poultry Shows. That next Tuesday, September 30, will be a red letter event in the lives of thousands of school children in this section is shown by the an nouncement today that 20,000 free tickets to the opening day of the Cleveland county fair have already been distributed to county school children. , Thousands of others will be issued I this week to children of this and adjoining counties, while hundreds of children from neighboring coun ties will not secure their tickets un til the morning of the opening day of the big farm event. Tickets for Cleveland county chil dren will not be given to the chil dren themselves, Supt. J. H. Grigg stated today. The tickets may be obtained at tire office of the county superintendent by school principals or committeemen. Three Big Shows. The livestock and hog shows at the fair next, week will be the. big. gest since the fair began several years ago.'Dr. J. S. Dorton. fair sec retary, said today. Likewise the poultry show has a large list of en tries, birds being entered from three ■dates. One exhibit for the big swlnp -how, 35 Poland China hogs, will (CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN ) i Morrison To Make Address Here Thursday Former Governor Will Open Campaign Charlotte Man. Capable Orator To Inaunirate Democratic Drive In County. norland county • Democrats will have Choir first whoopee meeting of the fall campaign and will hear their first blast of de nunciation directed at the Re publican administration in the court house here Thursday night. Sept. 25. when former Governor Cameron Morrison opens the Democratic campaign in Cleveland county. Congressman Jonas and Prank Patton, Republican campaigner*, speak at Lawndale tonight, In Shel by Tuesday night and at Kings Mountain Wednesday night Morriaon "Harin'" Democratic leaders here have for some time hoped to have the for mer governor open the campaign, for the Charlotte man has a way of stirring up excitement galore when he gets into action. Last week, due to the sickness of his wife, it was believed that he would be unable to get here. Later Chairman Oliver Anthony( was informed that he could be in Shelby Thursday night and arrangements for an address then were completed. The hour set is 7:30 and every ef fort, is being made, although they may not be necessary, to pack the court house auditorium for the Mor rison speech. Rulwinklr. Bailey. The second campaign speech of ; the year for the Democrats will be on Saturday afternoon at 2 30 . okiock1 and Major A. L. Bui wink le. (eonmvTntnj on caok tkk > Polkville Youths Take First Places In Dairy Judging Elmer Withrow Win* First Priw In District, Trams Tak* Best Score. The farm youths who take voca tional training under Mr. E. L Dil lingham, agricultural teacher at the Polkville high school, have another' feather in their crown. In a fair judging contest for this district held at Charlotte Saturday a Polkville boy made the best score and will represent the district In the State contest at Raleigh, while the Polkville judging team, composed of three boys, made the best team rec ord among the 23 schools competing. The winners will go to Raleigh. Saturday. Sept. 27. for the State contest to pick delegates to the na tional judging contest at St. Louis, were: Elmer Withrow'. Polkville, score of 92.5; Rankin Sharkey. Mecklenburg. 91.25: Durward Rob erts. Montgomery county, 88.1 Three youths from each district will go to Raleigh to compete for the three trips to St. Louis. The team score for the Polkville team was 88 74. the best made in the contest Members of the team and Ben Jenkins, jr. 86 87: Max Green, their score follow: Withrow, 92.5; 86.85. Officer* Get Cache Of Home Brew, Wine Five gallons of home brew, pack ed on ice In a tub, about two gal lons of muscadine wine were cap tured Saturday afternoon at the home of W. B. Blrchfield, who lives just north of Shelby on the Fall ston highway. The raid was made by Deputies Bob Kendrick. Ben Cooper and Yates Kendrick. Birch field.-known in court circle hereto fore. is awaiting trial. COTTON SEED QUOTED AT 30c BUSHEL. SHELBY PRICE The Southern Cottoft Oil Co.. Shelby, has issued the following quotation: "Effective at once, we beg to ad vise you that, our price on cotton seed Is as follows: Wagon or gin seed $20.00 per ton, or $1.00 per hun dred. equals to 30c per bushel. Ex change for meal 1400 lbs. meal per ton seed. Basis cotton seed car tots $23.00 per ton feu car stations. Ex change car lots 160C lbs. meal per ton seed. Basis cotton seed car lots warehouse $22.50 per ton. Exchange 1575 lbs. per ton seed.” Old Grave Digger Get* One Himself Johnson Webb, tratr dlurr bore for Iwrntv year*, requir ed one for himself Sunday. Johnson died Friday evening and was burled Sunday. He was an authority on the loca tion of unmarked craves in Sunset cemetery and he had personally due most every one of them for a fifth of a cen tury. Undertakers says hr would respond to a call to dig a grave day or nlchl and al thouch he was a crave digger, he was a *ood crave digger, careful to follow closely all di rections given him. Johnson was a member of one of the oldest and most respected col ored families in Shelby. Cleveland Man Slashes Throat, Dies In Hospital Tiring of life for some reason yet unexplained, Henry Fisher, native of Cleveland county, slashed his throat with a raxor about noon yesterday at bis home in Cherryvtlle, and died about 1 o'clock Sunday night in the Lincolnton hospital. The jugular vein in his throat wan cut by the sharp edge of the razor. Funeral services are being held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at St. Pauls church in No. 5 township, this county. Mr. Fisher was a native of the- at Paul's section, and lived there be fore moving to Cherryville He was a member of the St. Pauls church and well knoygp in this county. His age was around 40 years. He la survived by his second wife and tarn Children, and by three children of his first marriage. Itarfk Waltons Hold Big Fish Fry, Name New League Officer* Sportsmen And Gamp Wardens At tend Feed Held At Cleveland Sprinra. Members of the Cleveland coirrty Isaac Walton league entertained hunters, sportsmen and deputy game wardens of Shelby and Cleveland county at a big fsih fry Saturday evening at Cleveland Springs, The fry wras attended by a large crowd and the cuislnary talent of the cooks who prepared the fish was paid ample tribute by the guests present. Following the banquet an interestlhg talk war. made by Dr. A. Pitt Beam on the aims of the league, the conservation of game, and other matters of Interest to those who glory in the sport of the gun. rod and reel. New officers of the league were named as follows: Dr Beam, presi dent; Wlllig McMurry, first, vice president; Jack Dover, second vice president: Henry C. Long, secre tary-treasurer. After the Walton meeting the de puty game wardens held a short session with Mr. Long, county game warden, discussing the game laws and their enforcement. The deputy wardens, who have volunteered their services, pledged themselves to carry out the game laws without fear or favor, and assured the county war den that they would see that the laws are rigidly enforced. Many Cotton Farmers Pin Hopes In Co-ops Gov. Gardner Advises Co-op Aid To Farmer The roopcratlve marketing plan Is "Ihr beat way not" for Hie cotton farmer as well aa the tobacco farmer, according to Governor Mai Gardner at home for the week-end with hi* fam ily after 10 day* tireless labor aiding Eastern Carolina tobacco farmers to inaugurate a move ment for something better than starvation price* for their to bacco. While he was here many Cleve land county farmers, remembering his great interest and unselfish leadership in agricultural matters in his home county and the entire state, visited him to ask his view about Cleveland county cotton farmers placing their crops this year in the hands of the co-operative cotton association. No Hesitation. , r The governor has bedn a member of the co-op association since its organization, selling his cotton by their method, and he did not hesi tate to say that with cotton -sell ing at 10-cenhs. or $50 per bale, on the open market he would advise all farmers to place their cotton with the association and receive an ad vance of nine cents per pound, or >45 per bale. No matter.-he declar ed. if cotton goes lower, the farmer will not be called upon for money, and if it goes up, he does get more | money for hla crop. "There can be no doubt," he said. [ "that cotton is selling below the cost of production .and that it will cer tainly sell for more after next year's crop has been planted or harvested. Last year Cleveland county led the state in cotton production with 64 thousand bales. It is thought that not more than 50 thousand bales will be made this year, and that means at the present market price Cleveland farmers will receive near two million dollars less for their crops than they did for the 1929 crop. Therefore, it looks as if the co-operative plan is the best hope for the farmer.” Governor Gardners statement makes it plain that he was not talking about something he knew; nothing of when he told the tobacco planters that their salvation, for the present at least, lays in co-opera tive marketing. A firm believer in the cooperative plan, and with the added belief that cooperative sell ing will eventually uplift the farm er and his products to their proper place in the world. Gov. Gardner has sold his cotton by the method Since the organization was started in the state. Gets First License C. F. Morrison, who works at the power house at Lawndale and hunts as a side line during the hunting season. was the first to secure a state hunting license in the Lawn dale district thus season. W. A. Mor rison was the first to secure a coun ty hunting license. Last season C. F. Morrison bagged more rabbits, squirrels and quail than any other hunter in the county, so far as is known. Vets To Parade Here Next Monday Night; Taps And Salute For Pals Will Wear Oversea* Caps and Medals In Big Legion Gathering Night Of ?ftth. So|ne of the color of the stirring days of 1918 will be brought back u> the streets of Shelby next Monday night in the big parade to be held just prior to the gathering at the court house of the ex-service men of Cleveland1 and six adjoining counties. Attorney W. S. Beam, who ha., charge of the program for the rally of L«gton members and the Legion Auxiliary, urges ail ex-service men to wear their overseas caps and their victory and state medals. Parade And Taps. The parade will be a colorful a^ fair to be followed by a tribute ■ 'i the county's World War dead in front of the court house. The parade proper will be under the supervis ion of Peyton Mc&wain, captain of Company K. the militia company which will march in the parade un der first Lieut. H. C. Long. The pa rade will form in the block south of the Masonic temple at 7:30 o’clock, and will be lead by the Gastonia drum and bugls corps. The band will be followed by the ex-service men, wearing their overseas caps, then by the ladies of the Le&ion auxiliary. Company K and Other organizations w hich may care to parade. a The ex-service men will come to attention, after the parade, or the west side of the court house in front of the tablet honoring the county boys who died in the war, and there a bugler wil sound taps and the a bugler will sounds taps and the squad of Company K soldiers. The ex-service rally in the court house auditorium will come immediately after the salute. , Advance Of Ninety Percent Attracts - Co-operative Association Offer Of f Nine Cent* on Market Price Move* Fanner*. Discouraged by the low price of royon Cleveland county farmer* are turning to the co-op* as never be fore. A survey made over the week-end by The Star disclose* that hundreds of cotton farmers are pinning their hopes for" better cotton pricea on the pooling and holding of the com modity by the North Carolina Cot ton Growers Co-operative assocu - lion. This year, in an effort to aid