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.
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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
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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
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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<ih
farmer in what admittedly is a had
year for the tiller of the soil, the
co-op organisation i* offering an ad
vance price of ninety per cent of th*'
market price. Which i* to say tha'
with cotton selling for 10 cents, a
farther who goes to the co-ops re
ceive* nine cents for his cotton and
the association holds the cotton in
anticipation of better prices. When,
and if. the cotton market goes up
the farmer receives the difference
between the nine cents paid him
when his cotton is delivered and the
prices for which it sells. And the
fanners are going to the co-ops in
numbers.
Get Many Baton.
C. C Horn jr., local representa
tive of the cooperative association
says that this year he is signing up
almost 20 bales in Cleveland countv
for every one signed last year. Last
week alone approximately 3.000 bales
were signed to the co-ops by Clev -
eland county tamers.
Not only does the farmer receive
ninety percent of the market, price
when the cotton Is delivered, but
he also gets ninety per cent of the
additional premium paid for high
grade cotton. Farm»rs who must sell
to meet their oblicatlons are find
ing. it seems, that by taking one
cent less .than the market price
their cotton is turned into cash with
the additional prospect of receiving
more money later, should the mar
ket rise.
The co-op contracts. Mr. Horn
says, are in force until next July.
Which Is to say that farmers lining
up with the co-ops have the benefit
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Raid Store At
Kings Mountain
Get $200 Worth From Variety Store
' Make Three Lnsucceesful
Attempst.
(Special to The Star.)
Kings Mountain. Sept. 22.—Rob
bers entered the Carpenter s Va
riety store here sometime during
the night Friday night and stole a
quantity of merchandise valued at
more than $200. Entrance was made
into the store from the rear by
breaking a plate glass in the back
door. A complete checking of the
stolen goods has not been made, but
according to the owner, at least $200
worth of goods were taken. No mon
ey was left in the store overnight.
Three unsuccessful attempts wer»
made at other places here Friday
night. Window glasses were broken
at the lode ns Department store
and at the Kings Mountain Herald
office, and a door to the warehouse
at Ware's Roller mill was damaged.
No entrance was made at any of
these places.
Officers are. of the opinion that
two bands of thieves were tryiaa ta
operate here Friday night. No cjWs
as to who'the robbers were have
been brought to light as yet. Local
officers and Sheriff Allen are in
vestigating.
Grady Blanton’s
Hand Cut In Fight
Grady Blanton, who operates a
Com mill in Shelby. Is suffering
from cuts on the hand and arm and
Bruce Fortenberry is under arrest
and awaiting trial as the result of
an affray Saturday evening in the
Belwood section. Information given
officers had it that Blanton was cut
by a knife in the hands of Forten
berry. The latter will be given a
hearing when the seriousness of
Blanton's wounds are determinde
and when his condition is such that
he will be able to attend court.