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8 PAGES TODAY By Mall, per year, un adrueo _ The Big Cleveland County Fair, “Carolinas Greatest”, Opens Here Tuesday LATE NEWS THE MARKET. Cotton, per lb...-.-'8Wcj Cotton Seed, per bn.---21c j Cloudy And Cooler. , Today's North Carolina Weather ’ Report: Cloudy tonight and Tues day. Probably light showers In south ^ and central portions tonight. Some what cooler tonight. Hammer Funeral. Funeral services for Congressman W. C. Hammer, of the seventh N. C. district, were held Sunday at Ashe boro, his home, and large throngs from all sections of the state at tended. Congressman Hammer, long a Democratic leader, died suddenly Friday, just 24 hours after attend ing the funeral of Congressman Stedman. Cleveland Man Killed By Auto . Sylvanus P. Goforth, 72, Prominent Cleveland County Fanner. Is Victim. (By E. R. GAMBLE) Kings Mountain, Sept. 29.—Syl vanus P. Goforth, 72-year-old farm er, was killed near the city limits of Kings Mountain Saturday after ^rroon about 3 o'clock when he was jWtruck by an automobile being; driv Bpn by Wade Short of this place. ^ It was stated by Short and Frank Roberts, the only other occupant of the car that it was an .unavoidable accident, that the aged farmer ‘ walked into the car which was be ing driven at a speed of about 25 or 30 miles per hour. The injured 'man was rushed to a hospital in Gastonia, where he died la minutes later. Short was placed in jail at Shelby until an investigation can be made of the accident. Today the prelim inary was postponed until Thurs day when it will be held at Kings Mountain. Mr. Goforth was a prominent and highly respected farmer living about a mile from here on the Shelby road. He was born and spent iiis entire life In Cleveland county. Surviving besides his wife are six ons, Arthur. Benjamin. Charles,, Bunn and Frank Goforth, all of Charlotte, and one daughter. Mm. Lillie Gander of near Badin. Shelby Hardware To Change Stores / —— Has Leased From Paul Webb Old Nix And Lattimore Stand. Re moval Sale. ,= The Shelby Hardware Co. has secured a lease on the Paul Webb tore room, occupied for many years by Nix and Lattimore as a men’s tore ant£$rill move in about a month to this new location. The new ’ location Is a two story building and has more floor space to accommo date the stock of hardware. Tonight the store closes to make preparation for a removal sale to ibegin Monday. October «th. Tim sale will continue for a month and this week, all merchandise will be marked down in preparation for the first big hardware sale ever con ducted in Shelby. Jake Thomas, ex pert sale conductor, is here in charge of the sale. . Officers Get One Alleged Thief And Rum Catch Saturday Negro Arrested Over McKnifht Robbery. Capture 10 Gallons Booze. Robert Graves, white, was a» resteef-apd jailed here Saturday evening by Police Chief McBride Poston and Deputy Bob Kendrick after the officers had found 10 gal lons of whiskey and several other empty containers in the Graves house on Cline street. Another capture Saturday was that of Doug Wray, colored. In con nection with the recent robbery of McKnight's wholesale house. Wray, city officers say, had a shirt similar to some stolen at the wholesale house and a quantity of cigarettes For several days city policemen have been keeping an eye on him. believing that he was connected with the robbery there. To List AH County Veterans This Week Officials of the local chapter of the American legion auxiliary an nounced today that they hoped dur ing the fair this week to secure the names and addresses of every ex service man in Cleveland county. The auxiliary will have a booth in the administration building at the fair, near the First National bank booth, and all ex-service men at , tending the fab arc requested to register at the booth. earner, err year, (In advance! Thousands Expected For Fair Opening Tomorrow Admit School Children Free On First Day jShows-Midway Ready Opening Crowd | Every Section of Big Annual Farm Event Ready For Seventh Season. The wjeek of weeks for the farm people of the Piedmont and western Carolina has arriv ed, and tommrow. Tuesday morn ing the gates of the big Cleve land county fair will swing open for the seventh year. Late today fair officials were an ticipating that the 'thousands who attend tomorrow may set up a new attendance record for the opening day. All school children 01 Cleveland and adjoining counties will be ad mitted free Tuesday and more than 30,000 will likely be guests of ’the fair association fqr the day. Along with the children will come hun dreds of parents for the first big day and night of the state's largest county fair. All Lined Up. Out on highway 20, east of Shel by, not a single detail has been overlooked, and every department of the big exhibit halls and amuse ment center is set to entertain Tuesday's crowds. The big Rubin and Cherry shows came in over the week-end along with many outside exhibits and en tries for the fair. The exhibits halls are packed, the school, farm and community booths are dolled up to catch the eye of the Judges, the livestock stalls are filled with the best cattle and swine this section boasts, the poultry buildinf is literally running over with the pick of Piedmont Carolina’s prise winning chickens, every inch of the midway is bustling with some form of amusement, more than a hun dred fast horses are awaiting the starter’s signal for the first race Tuesday afternoon, acrobats, clowns and trapeze artists have been as sembled from all over the country to give the crowds free fun and free thrills in the dare-devil free acts: program, and a big collection of fireworks awaits the match which ‘CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT,i Mrs. Wallace Goes To Father’s Burial Father of Home Demonstration Agent Dies Suddenly At Vir ginia Home. Mrs. Irma P. Wallace, home dem onstration agent, left late Friday for Baskerville. Virginia, where she was called by the rather unexpected death of her father, Mr. J. C. Phil lips. Mr. Phillips, a highly esteemed citizen of Virginia, was 76 years of age. The news of his death came to Mrs. Wallace while she was busy supervising the preparation of ex hibits for the big county fair, and her many friends throughout the country will sympathize with her in her loss. When Mrs. Wallace left to attend the funeral she was practic ally caught up with her prepara tions for the fair, and after attend ing the funeral hopes to get back to Shelby late today or Tuesday. Where The Throngs Will Start Gathering Tomorrow !---— 1t i i ..... .■...—-;--- 1 Pictured above is the exhibit hall'wsftion of th biff Cleveland County Fair (rounds where North Carolina’s greatest county fair will open its fates for the seventh year Tuesday morning, Sept. 30. for a run of five days and niffhts through Saturday night Every Inch of exhibit space in the mammoth hail shown above is filled and awaiting the crowds. Bulwinkle Hits Jonas’ Change Of Mind Not Promising So Much Now Shows That Hoover Made "Pros perity” An Issue By His Own Words. Major A. L. Bulwinkle, Democra tic candidate for congress, came to Shelby Saturday for his first local speech of the campaign, and to use a street expression, checked a cou ple of locks into the Republican campaign cry. Attempting not oratorical flights or Impassioned outbursts the former congressman devoted his talk to a calm presentation Of facts and fig ures which were used to trap the Republicans in the mesh of their own words of other years. “They berate us Democrats,” Mr. Bulwinkle declared, "for trying to make ‘Hoover prosperity’ a cam paign issue. They say we are not fair because we are showing up the failure -of the Republican adminis tration and are reminding the peo ple that Messrs. Hoover and Jonas have not kept their campaign prom ise of 1928. Are we not playing fair (CONTINUED ON “AGE EIGHT) Mrs. Yarbrough Vice Chairman Of Party Named By Eiecatin Committee Saturday. Campaign Plans Made. At an enthusiastic meeting of the executive committee of the Cleve land county Democratic party held at the court house here Saturday, Mrs. Mary E. Yarbrough, county treasurer, was named vice-chairman of the party. Mrs. Yarbrough will be in charge of the organization of Democratic women, working under Chairman Anthony and other offic ials. At the same meeting the mem bers of the committee, coming from all county precincts, made addition al plans for the campaign, outlined speaking dates, etc Miss Anthony Is Reported Improved Reports from the Shelby hospi tal this morning say that the con dition of Miss Margaret Anthony is somewhat improved. Miss Anthony has been quite seriously 111 for the past few weeks, having been in a critical condition most of last week. Interest In her recovery is wide spread. Officers Here Get Ga. Desperado; U. S. Army Deserter Surrenders Sheriff Allen Lands Two Men Who Being Sought. One Hungry. Two men who were being widely sought were jaileJ in Shelby late last week or over the week-end by Sheriff Irvin Allen and his officers. One was Will Brown, alias Pete Dalton, a Georgia desperado who has figured in numerous lawless es capades there, and the other was Hubert Lambeth, deserter from Fort Bragg, who had with him a stolen army automobile. Brown was captured Friday night about four miles north of Lattlmore by Sheriff Allen r.nd Deputies Ed Dixon, Ben Cooper ond Larin Hoyie He carried a pistol and attempted to get to his gun as Sheriff Allen Isprune upon him and overpowered him with the aid of others. The sher iff from Winder, Ga., came for Brown yesterday and gave officers some of his history. In bygone years he has escaped from the South Car olina penitentiary, the Georgia pen itentiary, and from the chain gang at Anderson and other points. His last escape was from the gang at Winder, Ga. where he overpowered a guard, took his gun and shot anoth er guard in the arm. The sheriff’s office learned his location last Wed nesday and brought about his cap ture two days later. Hunger Wins. Laftibeth. the army deserter, with out food for nearly two days, volun tarily surrendered to Sheriff Allen at the county jail about midnight last^night. Lambeth, who at the" continued on ran* bight.) They Want A Home >• -•?. v.. • - * These are the two motherless children, who want a good home in Cleveland county. The girl is age seven, the boy five—brother and sis ter of good parentage, reared in a refined home, highly Intelligent and so well and healthy that they have never required the services of a doc tor. " J. B. Smith, county welfare offi cer, into whose hands they have been placed, says he is seeking a good home for them in Cleveland county. It is preferred that they both stay together, but if such is not possible, they are willing to go into separate homes. Anyone who wishes to adopt them, should com municate with County Welfare of ficer, Mr. Smtth. Mrs. Daisy Wright Claimed By Death Mrs. Daisy Wright , Sister of T. H. And W. A. Abernethv In Shelby. Mrs. Daisy M. Wright aged 60, died at her home 104 West Trade street in Charlotte at 11:30 o’clock Friday morning, after a lingering illness. Funeral services was held at the mortuary of Douglas and Sing Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. Charles Sherrill and Rev. W W. Peele, D. D., Mrs. Wright Js sur vived by four sons, J. N„ J. M., and | C, W. Wright of Charlotte, and S. A. j Wright of Sanford, Fla.; two daugh-j ters, Mrs, H. M. Bikes, of Winter (haven. Fla.: four brothers, E. S. jAbemethy of Hilderbrand; T. H„ land Will A. Abemethy of Shelby, and James Abernethy of Long Creek and two sisters, Mis. R. S. Jennings, of Banner Elk and Mrs. Josie Cook, of Connelly Springs. Funeral Service* For Miss Mary Knight (Star News Bureau.) Kings Mountain. Sept. 30—Fu neral services for Miss Mary Sue Knight, 18-year-old daughter of Mrs. G. H. Hames of this place, who died at her home here Saturday morning at 7 o’clock, were conduct ed at the Pleasant Grove Methodist church in Forest City Sunday aft ernoon at 3 o’clock Rev. J. R. Church, pastor of Central Method ist church here, conducted the serv ices. Burial was in the Pleasant j Grove churchyard at Forest City. Judge J. L. Webb, County's Most Beloved Man, Very III Little Hope Held For Recov ery Of State’s Veteran Jurist. Judge James L. Webb, dean of North Carolina Superior court judges and one of Cleve land county’s most beloved citizens, is critically ill at his South Washington street home today and little hope is held for his recovery. Judge Webb has been In declin ing health Tor some time, but ser iously ill Tor just a week or so. Sat urday his daughter Mrs. O. *Max Gardner, who had just returned to Raleigh, came back with Governor Gardner to be at the bedside oT the veteran ofTicial who has held pub lio oTTice without Democratic op position Tor almost a hall century. Over the week-end hundreds oT Cleveland county pople awaited eagerly every message trom the South Washington street home, hoping that there might be a turn Tor the better in the condition oT the nmri who has held courts in all North Carolina counties and is known over the state as one OT the biggest hearted oT men. Instead oT rallying, however, his condition ap pears, it was said today, to be grow ing worse. In his long public career Judge Webb has been mayor oT Shelby, state senator, postotfice inspector, superior court solicitor Tor 12 years, and superior court judge Tor 26 years. He was to have retired Trom the bench at the end of the year. Oil Mill Warehouse Burns Saturday Night Cotton Somewhat Damaged. Choker Breaks On First Fire Truck. A storage shed at the Southern Cotton oil mill plant was badly damaged by fire Saturday night and a quantity of cotton stored therein was damaged to a certain extent. The fire broke out about 9:30 and spread rapidly. The choker wire on the carburetor of the first fire truck broke as firemen started to answer the alarm. As the choker broke with the carburetor open the gas line was flooded and It was some time before the truck could be start ed. The blaze was quickly extin guished. however, when the truck arrived. “Milky” Gold Leads Oak Ridge To Win Shelby Star Elected Captain Of Military School Team. If “Milky” Gold, former Shelby high athletic star and an all-South ern football player, keeps going to school he may set a record being named captain of athletic teams. At Shelby high he was the first athlete ever to be named captain of three teams—football, baseball and basketball. Friday at Oak Ridge military school Gold was elected captain of the football eleven by the lettermen and on Saturday lead the big prep school's “Flying Cadets" to | a 42 to 0 victory over Hargrave. This is his second year at Oak Ridge. Driver Of Whiskey Car Has Wife And Children With Him | Murgnnton Man Fined $150 After Bein* Caught By Shelby Officers. To most people it would have ap peared to be just an ordinary fam ily automobile as it wound about Shelby streets Friday night, but Police Chief McBride Poston had other ideas about it. and as a re sult he nabbed an alleged bootleg ger that local officers have been trying to catch for moiv/;s The car was that, of J. A. Taylor. Morganton white man. and In the car with him as he rode about Shelby streets were his wife and two children, a white man and a black man. Police Chief Poston picked up certain information that indicated the car might be travel ing from one street to another de livering booze. He, Policeman Ru fus Sparks and Deputy Bob Ken drick gave chase. As the police car followed the white man with Tay lor, R. L. Haynes, threw overboard approximately a gallon and one half of booze. After several minutes the fleeing car was headed off. In county court Saturday Acting Recorder Maurice Weathers fined Taylor $150 and the costs, ordpred Taylor's Ford sold, and fined Hayn es $25. "Our theory of it is that Taylor has be- delivering liquor here for some tme," Chief Poston said. "But we've never been able to get him with the goods, for he is a slick one. He carries his wife ahd children with them to throw suspicion away from his car. The negro or negroes he carries with him, according to the way we've figured it out, make the deliveries to the houses as Taylor drives. Most of his custom ers live in the Eastslde section and about Preedmon. The driving of the car in and about the Preedmon sec tion resulted in the tip whereby we managed to catch him.” Many Visit Battleground Several thousand people visited the Kings Mountain battleground yesterday to see what preparations has been made for the celebration Tuesday, October 7. Stage Set For Rally Of Veterans Tonight Gas Price Here Down Two Cents Cheapest Price In Several Year* In Shelby And Vicinity All Stations Cut. Gasoline was reduced two cents j per gallon here Friday, effective at J all filling stations. Some stations are now selling at 20c and some at j 20 l-2c, which Is the lowest price this motor fuel has been sold lnj three or four years. according to one large filling station proprietor. Gasoline price wars have waged j in the Charlotte territory on the east and in the Asheville territory on the west, but at no time while these wars were on. was a price de cline announced In Shelby. It Is un derstood that the two cent reduction in Shelby and vicinity announced I Friday, is not a price war, but a general reduction by all refineries serving this territory. In Cleveland there are 8,125 li censed motor vehicles, cars and trucks, according to tire July 1st registration figures from the motor vehicle bureau at Raleigh. This j ranks Cleveland county ninth in the number of motor vehicles, so the I decline of two cents per gallon Is of great concern to the general public. Banks To Close On Thursday Afternoon Both the First National and the Union Trust Co. of Shelby will be closed Thursday afternoon of this week: to enable the employes to at tend the cofl»*»» fair. It has been the. custom for the banks to close at some time during the fair, so Thurs day afternoon was set instead of the first fair day which involves con siderable bank work, as it falls this year on the last day of the month. Mr. Tedder’s Mother Dies At Laurinburg i —i— j Mrs. D. M. Tedder Buried Saturday There. Was 79 Years Of Age Mrs. D. M. Tedder died at Laur inburg Friday morning at 11 o’clock and was burled there Saturdav morning at 10 o'clock. She was the mother of Messrs. .John F. Tedder of Grover, D. A. Tedder, of Shelby, and Edward S. Tedder of Ellen boro. Sur viving daughters are \ Mesdames Robert L. Correll and James T. Fields of Laurinburg, Joseph H. Harrlll, of Charlotte, and Marcus B. Wilkes of Laurel Hill. Mrs. Tedder was 79 years of age. Before marriage she was Miss Fan ces Sessoms, daughter of 8. B. 3es soms. of Sampson county and Mrs Bluff, S. C. Besides her immediate family, she is survived by the fol lowing brothers and sisters: Alex L. Sessoms and Mrs. J. Frank Jones of Florence, S. C., and William Ses soms, of Savannah, Ga, - ! Scout Meeting Tonight. The Boy Scout council meeting1 will be held tonight In the graded school building instead of the court | house. Charity Organization At Kings Mountain Aids School Children Associated Charities Doing Good Work There Now. Careful Spending. Kings Mountain, Sept. 27—About 75 children are in school in Kings Mountain now, who otherwise would not have been, as a result of the work of the Associated charities of Kings Mountain. This organisation was formed here about six years ago but has been in - active until a month ago, when was seen by the business men of the town that help would have to be given by some one or a number of children of school age would not have the opportunity of attending chool this year. Funds were solic . ted and clothes and books provided j for all cases known to the organiza tion. The lack of fund; to send the children to school was due largely to the curtailment In the mills dur ing the past summer, many of the parents having work only three days a week. In many cases books were needed and In others clothes. It is the hope of the organization that every child of school ago will be given a chance to attend school 'his year In addition to the aid given chil dren a number of other cases have been helped. A number of applica tions from people from other nearby towns has been made but the organ ization was revived primarily for 'he benefit of the needy people in Kings Mountain. Only in emergency cases has assistant been given to out-of-town people Big Parade Opens Legion Meeting OinnonlM And Meeting tn Be H< M At Court House After Color ful Parade. Everything wait in readiness to. day for the gathering herr tonight of what is expected to be the largest assemblage of wr veterans in Shelby since the world war. Veterans and ladies of the American Legion auxil iary from seven adjoining coun ties are expected to attend. The formal program, which cen ters about the public Installation o the new officers of the Warren Hoyle legion past, will be held in m. court , house and before the Work! war memorial tablet on the wev entrance. Just pm eding the w - gram, however, there will be a bk. parade about the court square, be gintng on South Washington strc?' at the Masonic temple. Marching Munir. The parade will march to th; mijsfc of the widely known Gaatom; bugle and drum corps. The parade will form on Soutn Wasliington 3t at 7:30 o'clock and will be led by the Gastonia musician ,. Following the bugle corps will be the ex-service men of Cleveland and adjoinin : counties who have been asked to wear their service caps and to •* cure Identification ribbons before starting. Just behind the veterans the Gold Star mothers of Cleveland county will be In line in automobile; furnished for the ‘occasion. QoM ' Star mothers are asked to assembl ? at the Masonic temple shortly afte 7 o'clock. Following the Gold sta • mothers will come the members >r the legion auxiliary, Company K commanded by First Lieut H. c Long with Capt. Peyton McSwain ,n charge of the entire parade, and delegations from ether organize tions. The parade wiil halt before ‘h memorial tablet where the name of the boys who gave their all will bf read by Lee B. Weathers, of The Cleveland Star, which conducted the campaign resulting in the erection of the tablet. Invocation will be b” Dr. Zeno Wall, and then a bugler from Company K will sbund tap: and a military salute will be fired by a squad from the militia company The Higgins band, which will furnish the music for the Cleveland County Fair, is a-so expected -o participate In the program. After paying trloute to the fallen heroes the main program will be hied in the court house auditorium Among the speakers will be Con gressman McSwain. of South Caro lina, Major A. L. Bui winkle, World war veteran, and others. Today the business men of Shelby are being asked to put ou' flags at 5 in the afternoon. Mrs. Wm. Champion Buried On Sunday Widow of Wm. Champion. And Eighty Years of Age. Three Sons and % Daughters. Mrs. Rachel Champion, wife of the late W. B. Champion died at her home near Union church on Saturday evening, being 80 years of age. V '■■■ She joined the Baptist church early in life and remained a con sistent and faithful member until death. Mrs. Champion meant much to her community and church but most to her home where she was by her quiet and unassuming way a real blessing, not only to her chil dren but to her friends. Her sweet gentle Christian faith left an im pression upon one that remains as a symbol of her sweetness and pur Ity. On account of feeble health In her latter year she was not privileged to attend her church as war h-v wish, but she nevertheless had the wel fare of her church at heart and never tired of talking of her kinship with Christ. 'Surviving her are three sons and two daughters, O. C. Champion. Gaffney, 3. C., H. P. Champion, Shelby. N. C., L. R. Champion, Waco Mrs. Julius Costner of Pallston, Mrs. Pink Grigg at the old home.
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