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VOL. XXXVI, No. 118
SHELBY. N. C.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1, 1930
LATE NEWS
The Weather.
North Carolina fair. continued
< yl tonight and Thursday.
Hancock Nominated.
frank Hancock, a relative of the
'Royster family of Shelby, has been
nominated for congress In the fifth
congressional district for both the
long and short terms to succeed
Major Chas. M. Stedman. only Con
federate veteran in the house oi
representatives who died last week.
Danville Strike On.
Danville. Va., Sept. 30.—Two tem
porary injunctions alike ifrcharac
ter, enjoining strike pickets in the
Oanviile and Schoolfield textile dis
pute from preventing persons from
entering or leaving the gates of the
Ullverside and Dan River cotton
mils, were issued this afternoon, one
by Judge Turner Clement, of Cha
tham, to the t)an river division
which is in Pittsylvania county and
the other by Judge. Henry Leigh, of
the Corporation court of Danville
to the Riverside division in this
city.
■ Kings Mountain
All Agog Over
THE MARKET.
Cotton, per lb.
Cotton, per lb.
9!ic
9’ac
Street* And nui'lding- Being Deco
rated For Biggest Event
Next Week.
Kings Mountain, Oct. 1.—This
Cleveland county town, near the
border line of the two Carolinas, is
keyed up to a high pitch of excite
ment as it prepares for the town's
'‘greatest event in history—the visit
next Tuesday of President Herbert
Hoover.
AH this week patriotic townspeo
ple are decorating the town as never
before in getting ready to give a
royal welcome to the first president
of the United States ever to visit
here. Streets and buildings are be
ing decorated, back alleys and side
streets are being cleaned up. and
here and there and everywhere
Kings Mountain is putting on her
best bib and tucker. AH the prepara
tions are not being made for the
president, but because the visit of
Mr. Hoover will bring to town the
largest crowd In history.
Motor To Site.
The president will leave his train
r.jjjfi Kings Mountain arid go by mot
, or across the line into South Caro
lina where he will speak at the bat
tleground ceremonies of the seequi
centennial.
The president's address, which will
be broadcast over the nation by twfo
rational radio hook-ups. will be the
outstanding feature of the occasion
There are a number of other events
np the program, including a histori
cal pageant and the dedication of
a monument to General Patrick
Ferguson, leader of the British
forces at the time, who was slain In j
the fight.
A broadcast of ceremonies dedi
cating the Ferguson monument will]
. be sent to Great Britain by short
wave. I
, Arrangements for the celebration
have been completed. There is 60,
900. square yards of space available
for spectators in front of the speak
ers’ stand where President Hoover
wjll deliver his address. White
House representatives have been as
sured that no seats will be for sale, i
Preparations for the control of
traffic have been made and for j
parking thousands of automobiles.
Twenty newspaper men are ex-'
petted to accompany President
Hoover from Washington to Kings
Mountain. A short stop will be
made at Charlotte, Where the chief
executive has announced he will
shake hands with greeters.
Thousands of persons visited the
scene of the celebration Sunday aft
ernoon.
Graves Given Fine
Of $500 In Whiskey
Trial County Court
Recorder Puts *50 Per Gallon Price
On Booties Caught
Here.
Corn whiskey is worth *50 per gal
lon when County Recorder Horace
Kennedy prices it. The county judge
hasn’t been buying any, but in court
this week he fined Robert Graves,
white, $500 and the costs for hat -»
Lng 10 gallons of bootleg.
,} Saturday night officers found 10
gallons in Graves’ house on Cline
street along with containers indicat
ing that more whiskey had been
handled there.
COTTON PICKING RKC’ORO
Ten year old Virginia Terry dear
ly loves to pick cotton. So far this
reason she has picked 1375 pounds,
the equivalent of a bale and she is
still going strong. Little Miss Terry
has been going to school, but when
her school closed in order that the
pupils might help in the harvest, she
did not "beg to be excused" because
she was only ten years of age. She
> Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
J. Terry ef the Sharon community.
New Record Crowd Attends Fair Opening Day
ta «t O U O O V U W O %• V O U U U U •* «• +m «to .. .. .. . at ..
Judge James L. Webb Died Today At Home
Beloved Jurist
Will Be Buried
Here Thursday
County’s Most Loved
Citizen Dead
Services At First Baptist
Church Tomorrow At 3.
State Grieves.
Death this morning at 10
o’clock crept into a stately
South Washington home and
ended the career of Cleveland
county’s most beloved man
and one of North Carolina’s
most widely admired leaders
—Judge James L. Webb.
For days Cleveland county citi
zens have realized that their be
loved “Judge Jim." dean of North
Carolina superior court jurists,
could not live but a short time, but
the n6ws of his passing, which
spread rapidly this morning, cast a
pall of gloom over the entire sec
tion,
Cleveland county and North Caro
lina will tomorrow pay final tribute
to one of the kindest hearted gen
tlemen the state has ever known.
Services At 3
Funeral services will be held1
Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock In
the First Baptist church, a church
Organized by Judge Web's grand
father, of which his father. Rev. G
M. Webb, served as pastor for years,
and of which Judge Webb was a
deacon for a long time. Dr. Zeno
Wall, First Baptist pastor, will have
charge of the services, and burial
will be in Sunset cemetery.
Undoubtedly, the last tribute to
the man who was loved and re
spected by those in all walks of life,
will be participated in a great
throng of sorrowing people.
Judge Webb had been in declin
ing health for several months, and'
had been confined to his bed for two
weeks or more. Despite his failing
health the veteran judge remained
in harness as long as he could. He
presided oyer his last term of court
in Shelby in August, and had hoped
to hold another court this month j
but was stricken with his fatal ill- j
ness the week the term convened.1
This year he would have retired
from the bench after serving the
courts of North Carolina for 38
years as solicitor and judge.
Family Here.
A week ago physicians Informed
his family that there was little
chance of his recovery, and his
daughter, Mrs. O. Max Gardner,
came to his bedside. She returned
to Raleigh last Saturday, but had
hardly arrived until she and Gov
ernor Gardner were called back.
They along with other close rela-i
tives have been near the bedside]
since.
A Superb Record.
Judge Jims’ record is perhaps]
not equalled in public life in North!
Carolina. For 44 years he has serv- j
ed his county and his state with
unquestionable ability. Born on Nov.
12, 1853, he would have been 77
years of age next month.
His early life was that of a boy in
the home of a Baptist minister. Aft
f CONTINUE!} ON "AGE EIGHT '
Bury Veteran
Jurist Here
Funeral service# for Judge James L.
Webb, who died at 10 o'clock this
morning, will be held Thursday aft
ernoon at 3 o’clock at the First
Baptist church.
Rutherford Man
Shot To Death,
Offers Mystery
Rutherford County CRUen's Asseil
and Fires From Ambush With
Deadly Aim.
Rutherfordtan, Oct. 1.—Harvey M
Propes, 64, of Golden Valley town*
ship, was found dead In a field near
his home yesterday afternoon. It is
believed that he was shot from am
bush. Sheriff W. C. Hardin received
a telephone call about 4:30 to come
to the south mountains. He notified
County Coroner W C. Hlghtowe •
and phoned Asheville for blood
hounds, which arrived at dark.
Details Lacking-.
The killing took place in a re
mote section of Rutherford county,
near the Burke county line and tele
phone connections are not good to
that section. Propes was formerly a
rural policeman and was active
against bootleggers. His barn was
burned about four years ago.
He leaves a widow, two daughter.,
Miss Eva Propes of Rutherfordtor,
county, and Mrs. Claude Melton of
Splndale, and one son, Adam. He
is survived also by several brothers
and sisters in other parts of the
country.
COTTON MARKET.
Cotton was some stronger today
on the New York exchange. At one
o'clock October cotton for southern
delivery was quoted at 10:41 as com
pared with a close on yesterday at
10.18. December for southern deliv
ery was quoted at 10.61 as compared
with 10.40 yesterday’s close.
A Tribute To “Judge Jim”
(EDITORIAL)
Shelby and Cleveland county today lost their most widely
admired citizen in the passing of Judge James L. Webb, big
hearted friend of all the people.
Never in the history of the county, The Star feels secure
in saying, has there been a man more universally loved. In
his long and useful career as a public official he was not a
friend to the few, and to only those closest about him, but
to all men and women who came in contact with him. “Judge
Jim’s” passing will be mourned in humble abodes as well as
in the homes of the high, for he was loved by every class,
every creed, and every race.
A man of powerful physique he carried within his big
body a great, sympathetic heart. It was, undoubtedly, his
ambition to die in the harness of service and he almost real
ized that ambition, passing only a little more than one month
after he adjourned his last court in Shelby. For near a half
century he had served his people, and served them well, and
behind him as he crosses the Great Divide he leaves. The
Star believes, not a single enemy, or a touch of hatred in any
heart, for of him it can be said that in every move during his
career he was just, fair, and merciful.
It is quite a b\qw to any community and section to lose
her most beloved citizen, but tomorrow as “Judge Jim” is
carried to his last resting place, high and low will unite in
saying that he has served long and faithfully and at the
end of a noble career is entitled to the final rest and peace.
I Veterans Hold
Meeting Here;
I Put On Parade
Legion Gathering
Event Of Color
Colorful Parade Around Court
Square Brings Out Thousands.
Install Officers.
Tlie boys of the stirring war days
) of T8 marched together again in
Shelby Monday night, their parade,
i behind fife and drum, being staged
S just before tribute was paid at the
county court house to their fallen
comrades.
The big gathering of ex-service
men and members of the American
Legion auxiliary drew thousands of
people to the court square for the
parade, the firing of the military
salute and taps before the World
war memorial tablet. After the par
ade and open exercises the ex-serv
ice men gathered in the court house
for the public installation of the new
officers of the Warren Hoyle post of
the American Legion and the for
mal program arranged by the in
coming commander. W. Speight
Beam, and the retiring commander.
Tom Abernethy.
Streets lined.
By the time the parade started
from the Masonic temple comer of
the square every central business
street was lined three and four deep
with the mammoth crowd which
: had assembled for the event. The
parade was led by the nattily uni
formed Gastonia Legion drum and
bugle corps. Following the drum
corps came the automobiles bearing
the Gold Star mothers. Then line
after line came the boys who went
away to war more than a decade
ago. Some wore their overseas caps,
[some their campaign hats, others
wore their uniforms, sailors, sol
diers and marines. Many others
wore only their civilian clothes, but
shoulders up, head erect, they kept
step as in bygone days, bringing
back for a few brief minutes days
when they first marched away. Be
hind the veterans came company K
commanded by Lieut. H. C. Long os
Capt Peyton McSwaln marshal for
the entire parade. And after the
soldiers came several troops of Boy
Scouts, representatives of the Leg- (
ion auxiliary and other organize-:
tions.
The court square plot on the west |
side was packed for the memorial i
portion of the program. Lee B. I
Weathers, editor of The Star, read i
the names of the boys who died in j
the service, prayer was offered by I
(CONTI* USD ON VAGS EIGHT, i
Here October 7th; i
Two Speaking Engagements Set For
The Court House Here This
Month.
Hon. J. W. Bailey. Democratic
nominee for the United States sen- j
ate will speak In the court house
here on Tuesday, October 7th, be
ginning at 8 p. m. In the court, house
and Congressman C. A. Jonas will
speak In the court house on Satur-!
day, October 25th, beginning at !
2:30 o’clock.
These announcements came from
the Democratic and Republican
county chairmen. O. S. Anthony and
H. Clay Cox.
Mr. Anthony says an effort wasi
made to have Mr. Bailey speak here!
at some time other than October 7
which Is the night of the celebration
of the battle at Kings Mountain,
but Mr. Bailey could not come at'
any other time during the cam
paign so rather than miss hearing
him, Mr. Anthony accepted this
date. This will be the only time Mr.
Bailey will speak in Cleveland coun
ty during the campaign.
October
Stunt Flying On At j
Airport, Fair Here
The Southern Myers, with two
planes, are spending this week at
the Cleveland Springs airport and
at the county fait. Each afternoon
Pilot Dorsey and Fred Stone give
thrilling exhibitions in the air. Stone
is one of the most famous wing
walkers In the game today. In ad
dition to their stunt flying the
Southern Flyers are taking up pas
senger*.
j Seeks New Flying Honors
Miss Laura Ingalls, of New York
and St, Louis, Mo., with her
• D. H. Moth biplane in which
she will seek a transcontinen
tal flight record for her eex
Miss Ingalls plans to hop off this
■ week from Roosevelt Field, L.
1, The plane is the earns In
which ehe executed 980 loops
last May, setting a loop record
for women.
Uateruuonal KvrrarMl i
Homes Given Delegates To
Kings Mountain Association
King* Mountain Baptist Association
Meets at Patterson Springs
October 9th and 10th.
The delegates of the Kings Moun
tain association, which convenes at
Patterson Springs Baptist church
October the 9th and 10th have been
assigned the following homes
Beaver Dam—T. E. Jackson.
Bethlehem—A. D. Allen
Bolling Springs—Wm, Lowery.
Buffalo—E. C. McSwain.
Carpenters Grove—S. B. Robert.;.
Casar — J. J. Curry.
Doivbte Strings—C. F. McSwain.
[ Double Shoals—R. H. Neal.
! Dover—S. L. Roberts sr.
Eastside—H. D. White.
Fallston—D. B. Lowery.
Flint Hill—W. A. Dellinger,
Grover—J. A. Bigger*
Kings Mountain. 1st—J. B Lowery
Kings Mountain 2nd—C. B Camp
Lattimore—B. C. Pruett.
Lawndale—Lee Roberts.
Macedonia—Mrs. Zillle McSwain.
Mt. Sinai—B. F. Bridges.
Mulls Chapel—A. E. McSwain
New Bethel—G, M. Borders,
New Hope—Mrs, W, A. Gladden,
Normans Grove—Jake Runyans.
North Brook—I. J Allen.
New' Prospect—B. B. White
Oak Grove—G. E Allen.
Patterson Grove T. R. Camp
Poplar Springs—M. C, Ponder.
Pleasant Ridge—E. G. Dillingham.
Pleasant Grove—L. F. King.
Pleasant Hill—B L. Allen.
Ross Grove— A H. Thrift.
Sandy Plains—T- p- Camp.
Shelby First—J. R. Dover.
Shelby Second—D. G. Camp
\l$iion—H. M. Camp.
Waco—D. P. Byers.
Zion—Mrs. T. H. Lowerv
Zoar—W. L. McSwain
Visitor:?—D. A, Blanton.
Truck Driver Held
Blameless For Death
Eight Year Old Negro Girl Killed
On Highway No. 30 East Of
Kings Mountain.
'By E. R. GAMBLE*
Kings Mountain, Oct. l.—Geo.
Long driver on a Piedmont Oil
company truck from Gastonia which
ran down and killed Viola Rhodes,
eight year old negro girl on High
way No. 20 two miles cast of Kings
Mountain Monday afternoon, was
held blameless by Coroner Wallace
yesterday. The negro girl was walk
ing behind a wagon when she step
ped into the path of the oil truck
and was fatally injured.
Capt. Lattimore Back
From Foreign Soil
(Special to The Star.*
Fort McPherson, Ga., Oct. I.—
Captain Benjamin B. Lafctimoir jot
Shelby, N, C-, who has been on duty
in the Hawaiian Islands for the past
two years, has Just been ordered to
duty with field artilery, Indiana Na
tional guard, with station at In
dianapolis.
Captain Lattimore began his mil
itary career as a second lieutenant
of field artillery, Officers’ Reserve
corps, in 1917, and teas commis
sioned a captain of field artillery,
regular army, in July, IP20
Nellie Armstrong
And Judge Leonard
Win On Race Track
Each Horn Easy Winner* In 2:17
Trot and 2:14 Pace For HI*
Stakes.
Nellie Armstrong pacing at 2:8:5
and driven by Wallace, was easy
winner ih the 2:14 pace at the fair
ground races yesterday, with Miss
Worthy driven by McGowan com
ing tn second and Macaroon Patch
driven by Rogers taking third
stakes. Others entries In this event
were Lilian K driven by Hatched,
Frank Chldester driven by Stout and
Joe Patch driven by Huber.
In the 2:17 trot. Judge Leonard
driven by Van Buren won first place
in all three of the heats, time of the
mile 2:12:50. Juanatta Watts driven
by Huber and Prince Worthy driven
by Pierson came In third in all
three of the heats. In this event
there were nine entries, including
Zonia Vola driven by Wallace, Brian
Boru driven by Hast hell. Arion Voy
ager driven by Booth, Marcella
Scott driven by Scott. Opal Azoff
driven by Canfield, The Creed driv
en by Walker.
The races were spirited and rep
resented some fine horses, many of
which had been seen on the local
tract before. By the time the first
heat was run. the grandstand was
filled to its capacity with thousands
lined Just outside the race tract
fence, all looking on from the be
ginning to the end of the races and
| tree acts. There was no lull in the
i entertainment except the trouble
incident to a proper start of the
horses. Time and time again the
starter in the official stand would
call the drivers back and this delav
! brought a little lull.
Three Patrolmen To
Handle Fair Crowds
Realizing what a traffic conges
tion there will be on highway 20 for
the big Cleveland county fair this
week officials of the state highway
patrol sent three patrolmen here to j
handle traffic in and about the fair;
grounds during the week The pa-i
trolmen located here are W. W 1
Slone, G. W. High and “At" Moore, i
A round35,000People
See Exhibits Tuesday
Shelby Stores
Close Thursday
For A Half Day
Practically all Of the business
houses and stores In Shelby will
close Thursday afternoon in or
der to permit employers and
employes (o take In the Cleve
land county fair.
The mercantile and grocery estab
Ushments will close at 1 in the aft
ernoon for the remainder of th<
day, while drug stores will close at
i and open again at six hi the even
ing.
The closing was brought about by
a petition presented to and signed
by business inen of the city, the
petition being carried by Mr. Boyce
Dellinger.
Miss Randall Wins
$500 Sterchi Bull
Former Grover High School Pupil
Writes Best F.ssay on Diversi
fied Farming.
Miss Beth Randall, R-2. Kings
Mountain, was presented on yester
day at the county fair grounds with
the $500 registered Jersey bull, do
nated by Col. J. a Sterchi of Knox
ville, Tenn., for having written the
best essay by any Cleveland county
school student on "The Advantages
of Diversified Farming." The regis
tration papers for the bull, "Couch
eta Bright Boy" were presented to
Miss Randall from the platform in
front of the grandstand by Editor
Lee B. Weathers on behalf of Gov
ernor O, Max Gardner who was ab
sent on account of sickness in his
family.
Several scores of essays were writ
ten by Cleveland county school boys
and girls in competition for this,
the most valuable single prise
awarded at the county fait. Local
Judges could not agree on the win
ner, so the seven best essays were
sent to the editorial staff of the
Progressive Farmer for judging.
Honor mention was made of the es
says written by Thelma McEntire,
Ellie May Wilson. Bertie Royster,
Clay McEntire, Vera M. Arwood and
Paul Davis,
Col. Sterchi owns one of the fin
est herds of registered Jersey cattle
in the south and the bull which
comes to Cleveland county is from
a sire valued at $10,000. Col. Ster
chi donated this prize two year old
bull to further the live-at-home pro
gram inaugurated by Governor
Gardner for North Carolina. The
bull was received here ten days ago
and is on display in the cattle de
partment at the fair ground. Miss
Randall’s winning essay will be pub
lished in an early issue of The
Star.
Two Local Ladies
Model $15,000 Gown
A $15,000 mesh gown is being
shown in the exhibit hall at the
Cleveland county fair by Young's
jewelry store and is attracting quite
a bit of attention, especially on the
part of ladies. It is being modelled
each afternoon at 3:30 o’clock by
Miss Kathleen Hord and each even
ing at 8 o’clock by Mrs. Hugh Plas
ter.
(Friday's Star will carry a com
plete list of winners of this year’s
Cleveland county fair.)
Local Firms To Broadcast World
Series Play In Town And At Fair
Two Radios To Give Big Baseball
Play At Pair Grounds. Starts
Today.
The baseball classic, the World
Series, will be broadcast In Shelby
by several local radio firms, loud
speakers to give the details of the
game uptown and at the fair
grounds.
The first game of the big series
between Connie Mack s Philadelphia
Athletics and Gabby Streets St.
Louis Cardinals is being played this
afternoon in Philadelphia. Tnmor
row s game will also be played there
ahd then the teams will go to St.
Louis for three games. The Phila
delphia games will start at 1:30 in
the afternoon.
Pendleton's and Sterchl Brothers
will have loud speakers at their
places of business and also at the
fair grounds and fans may listen in
at both points. The Shelby Hard
ware will have a loud speaker at the
store but will not have one at the
fair grounds because of the store's
sale. -
Exhibits Largest
Vet Shown
Bethlrhem Win* Community Prfxe,
i'allston Takes School
Honors
The (Kairtt opening dav
crowd ever to attend the Cleve
Innd County fair swarmed
through the gates Tuesday atl
ernoon and Tuesday night, ,t
was announeeri today by fair
officials. After a preliminary
check of school children admit
ted free and paid admissions
Secretary J. 8. Horton said thi
morning that between 34 and
36 thousand people saw the fair
yesterday.
The opening day record last, yea/
was officially fixed at 32,500 people
Such was the late afternoon con
gestion yesterday that at 3:30 In
the afternoon the big parking plot,a
were filled with automobiles, and as
5:30 gatekeepers began turning oth -
er automobiles into the race track.
Hundreds of other cars parked *n
outside parking plot.', and along she
highway.
The peak of the nay’s attendances
came early in the night during the
free acta Rnd fireworks program, al
though the huge grandstand was
filled and overflowing for the after -
noon races.
Livestock Exhibits.
Every department and exhibit hall
has larger and better exhibits this
year than ever before. Such has been
the rush of entrants that the fair
tract could not accommodate all en
tries and exhibits. This is particu
larly true In the livestock depart
ment, where is assembled the biggest
livestock array in the history of the
State. Every livestock stall and
building is filled together with a
large temporary tent, while one
large herd had to be quartered at
I the coimty home barns.
Judges Working.
Judges are working feverishly to
day to complete their decisions in
all departments, but the work will
hardly be complete this evening.
Only a few classes of exhibits have
been completed.
In the community booth section
CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT, 1
Strain Pulls Down
Officials Of Fair
The nerve-evrackin* strain of
assembling and directing th
county's biggest fair bas been
almost too much for the lead
ing fair workers.
Monday afternoon ft. w. Shoff
ner, county farm agent, who has
taken a leading ro1t in preparing
the farm exposition, was forced to
bed by illness and was still confin
ed today. A few hours later, Secre
tary Dorton, the spark plug of the
big farm show, almost collapsed aft
er working night and day, but
Tuesday he was back on the Job,
attending to a score of things every
minute. Mrs. Irma Wallace, home
demonstration agent, was also call
ed away over the week-end. by the
death of her father but is now back
and supervising the best collection
yet of the finest ,.ork of Cleveland
county housewives. Much of the
management burden, while two or
three of the leaders were out, fell
upon Eldridge Weathers, who has
been assistant to Dorton for yea1.
Reserved Seats For
Confederate Vets
' Will 8v Provided Seats In Front Of
President's Reviewing
Stand.
All Confederate veterans who wish
to attend the sesqui-centennial cele
bration of the battle of Kings Moun<
tain on October 7, will be furnished
| with reserved seats directly in front
j of the platform from which Presis
dent Hoover will deliver the princk
ipal address of the day.
i W. D. Anderson, commander d
Gen. Robert F. Hoke Camp, Sons ft
' Confederate Veterans, has charge d
the distribution of tickets for thee<
seats and will be glad to furnish an|
veteran with his ticket. Mr. Ander«
son may be reached at the Gastonif
Mill Supply company. Gastonia, 1M
C. Veterans may either call or sen*
for their tickets or ask for them by
mail. The seats thus reserved w*
for Confederate veterans only, and
not for members of veterans’ fam
ilies or others.