/OL. XXXVI. No. 331
SHELBY. N. C.
FRIDAY, OCT. 31. 1930
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LATE NEWS
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THE MARKET.
Cotton, per lb.I9«i to lie
Cotton Seed, per lb---33c
Fair Saturday.
today's Ninth Carolina Weather
Report: partly cloudy and slightly
bolder tonight. Saturday fair.
Snow In Asheville.
Motorists coming Into Shelby at
noon today from Asheville staled I
that snow was falling In the tnoun-1
tain city this morning around 19 j
•'clock.
Three A.-c Shot.
Spartanburg. S. C-, Oct. 39.—H. E.
Kennedy, 35, World war veteran and
railroad shopman was found shot to
death at his home here tonight and
his wife and mother-in-law are ex
pected to die as '.he result of bullet
wounds. The veteran’s two small
daughters were unhanqed in the
shooting, which police believe was |
precipitated by Kennedy's Jealousy
of his wife. As to whether Kennedy
committed suicide after shooting
down his wife and her mother oi
whether one of vhe women killed
him police do not know. Hospital
attaches refused admittance to 'he
the ward of a local hospital where
the wounded girl and her mother,
Mrs J. L. Jolly, were brought. Neith
er has made a statement.
Baltoinhle Will
Win Over Jonas,
Writer Believes
Pridgen Sees Victory for Democrats
If Cleveland, Mecklenburg,
Gaston Hold.
Major A. I* Bulwinkle will go
back to Congress in the opinion
of T. M. Pridgen. Charlotte
New* staff write.-, who has Just
completed a tour of all the
counties in the Ninth district.
To win the Democratic candidate
will have to get a majority of eniy
1.800 votes in Cleveland county, 1,
,800 in Gaston and 2,500 in Mecklen
jburg, and this he will do in Prid
gen's opinion. In fact, after trave
lling over this ratio of Democratic
j counties the political writer was in
formed that the Bui winkle lead
! would be greater each place th^n the
ififorgs given above.
Is Hard Fought.
The Bulwinkle-Jonas fight., how
ever, he records as the hardest
battle the district has known in two
decades. “Not for 20 years,” he
writds has there been such an ar
'ganisation on either side, and not
for an equally long time has either
i party been more confident of vtc
|toy*
Speaking of what Cleveland, Gas
ton and Mecklenburg must do to
'put the Democratic candidate over,
'he says:
“Cleveland county, whose Demo -
fcratic banners two years ago con
i tinued to wave triumphantly after
the storm, will give BulwinkJe a ma
jority of 3,000 some of the party
! leaders believe.
| "If Bulwinkle comes out of the
mountain counties with 5,500 against
him, which is considered rather
| high, that majority will be sharply
|reduced as he comes down througn
Burke, Catawba, Lincoln and Clev
eland counties. Even though Burke,
"{Catawba and Lincoln break *ven
Cleveland can be depended on by
the Democrats for a itu.. sity of 1,
600, which would reduce Jonas'
.lead to 4,000 Cleveland’s normal
'Democratic majority, even in off
I years, has been from 2,000 to 3,000.
JK Gaston county returns a Bulwin
fcle majority of even 1,500. which
(seems reasonable in the face of a
j past performance ol 2,500 and up
ward. and a Republican majority
•wo years ago of only 200, Bulwinkle
,Would come to the Catawba river
and Mecklenburg with only 2,500
against him. The need for a major
ity of 3,500, Mecklenburg Democrats
teel, is one of the least of their wor
ries. They are counting on a Bul
winkle majority of 5,000 or more,
Por those reasons Democrats all
through the district have forgotton
their fears of a Jen as victory, and
have centered their attention ■ on
building up a Bulwinkle majority of
such proportion as to stamp out
Republican aspirations to supremacy
In the district.
Milt Tolbert Show
Here For Next Week
■ Milt Tolbert’s tent show will re
turn to Shelby for Its annual visit
en Monday of next week and will
pitch tent on the Lineberger lot on
Bast Warren street, one block from
the postoffice, between the jail and
ttw Gulf station. Tolbert’s show Is
always clean and high class and it
draws well in Shelby where it has
played for many years. Featuring
tola aeason Will be vaudeville ar
tists, funny comedians, blues sing
ers: all kinds of daiicln? and of
course the play at- each perform
andk
Cleveland Far
Ahead Of Other |
Cotton Counties j
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• Robesort Holding ,
Second Pikce
County Is 11,690 Bales Ahead of Next
County. Johnston Ranks
Third.
Cleveland's supremacy as j
North Carolina's greatest cot
ton producing county Is estab- |
listed more firmly than ever
by the last ginning report. Robe- j
son county, which ranks second
In number of bales ginned to
October 18, Is 11,690 bales be
hind Cleveland.
The five leading counties and
their production to October IS this
year and last year follow:
County 1930 1929
Cleveland . 41290 17,889
Robeson ...„ 29,600 19,208
Johnston.... 24,562 15,096
Harnett.. 21,059 17,106
Sampson . —_ 18,545 13,376
The ginning figures show that in
every county in the state the crop
is considerably earlier than It was
last year.
Ginning figures in neighboring j
counties up to October 18 follow:!
Catawba 8,716 bales, Gaston, 8,056;
Lincoln, 12,166; Rutherford, 13,255,
Five Voters Here
Have Been Voting
Total Of 250 Year?
Quintet of Veterans Join Democra
tic Club Here. Eskridge En
rolls First.
Five Cleveland county men
have been voting the Democra
tic ticket for a total of 250 years,
and today they belong: to the
same clnb—the Fifty Vears
Democratic clnb.
The five who have been voting
she Democratic ticket for 50 years
each and have enrolled in the club
are Squire T. C. TLskridge, the first
to join; A. G. Higgins, J. M. Irvin,!
of Mooresboro route two; E. R. El-j
tls. dflifX: t?. Miner. 1
The club, which is to be a per
manent affair, is being organized by
Attorney Henry B. Edwards, Demc-i
rratic candidate for the legislature.]
Members of the club' have been in
vited to attend a big Democratic
rally in Charlotte Saturday night
and will have seats reserved for
them. i
Beam And Newton
At Double Shoals
Democrats Of Section Gather To
Hear Speeches By Party
Mm.
An enthusiastic audience of Dem
ocrats gathered at Double Shoals
last night to hear Democratic ad
dresses by Attorneys J. Clint New
ton and W. Speight Beam.
Both’ Speakers in their talks cov
ered the main issues of the cam
paign from national affairs down
through the eounty government and
their praise of the Democratic ad
ministration in the State and in this
county received applause. Chairman
Oliver Anthony with attended the
meeting declared H to be one of the
best county rallies held In the cam
paign.
BAPTIST PASTORS MEET
HERE MONDAY AFTERNOON
Rev. W. E. Lowe will speak Mon
day afternoon at 2 o'clock when the
Baptist pastors will hold their con
ference at the First Baptist church.
All pastors are urged to attend, says
Rev. D. F. Putnam.
Governor Of Maine
Praises Carolina
Republican Governor Commends
Progress In Democratic North
Carolina Before Klnanls.
Hon. Ralph Brewster, Republican j
ex-governor of Maine who spoke1
here In the court house last night. |
had a few words of praise for
Democratic North Carolina when
he was called in before the Ktwants
club to receive a greeting. Governor
Brewster was eating dinner in the
Hotel Charles dining room with H.
Clay Cox, Republican executive com
mittee chairman when President
Lineberger and others of the club.j
seeing the distinguished visitor. In - \
vited him and Mr. Cox before the;
club. The Klwanlans rose in a body j
to greet him.
“When I became governor of]
Maine I studied the governments of j
all the states to get ideas for the j
Improvement of our government,'')
said Governor Brewster. “I found j
much in the splendid government
of North Carolina to translate to
my state for I know of no state in
the union that has made more pro- j
gress in industry, education and!
government than has North Caro-;
lina during the past quarter of a j
century.” Governor Brewster spoke
of the passing prejudice between
sections of Maine as a summer re
sort and as North Carolina as a
winter resort, causing people to mix
and mingle as never before.
Brewster Talks
To Rally Here
Former Governor Of Maine Boosts :
Hoover And Record. Plea
For Jonas.
Speaking to a crowd of Cleveland
county Republicans in the court
house here last nifcht, former Gov
ernor Ralph O. Brewster, of Maine,
upheld the policies of the. Hoover
administration and made a plea for
the return to congress of Chas. A
Jonas.
Mr. Brewster devoted the main
part of his address to national lj
iws and praised President Hoove
for his constructive policy during
the past two year®. He discussed
the tariff, farm relief and prohibi
tion and stated tha*- the tariff can
not be blamed foe the present de
pression as It broke some nine
months before the tariff bill wes
passed. The speakjr urged his hear
ers to return a republican to con
gress and stated that only through
a republican congress during the
next two years could the construc
tive policy of Mr. Hoover be carried
out.
The address delivered here was!
one of four he is delivering in the
ninth district.
Forest City Plans
Greatest Political
Rally This Evening
Hoey To Speak For Anticipated
Crowd Near 10,000. Loud
Speakers Placed.
Hon. Clyde R. Hoey .of Shelby, Is
to speak tonight at Forest City in
what leaders believe will be the
largest attended political rally ever
held in Rutherford county or this
section of the state.
Amplifiers are being installed so
that every one who attends may
; hear the speaker, and Democratic
j officials there today were predict
ing that close to 10,000 people
would attend the rally.
The mayor of Forest City, and
other officials and a band are
travelling over the county today
advertising the event. Many Shelby
people plan to attend.
Get The Returns
From The Star Tuesday Night
Tfhe public is cordially invited to get the election
returns from The Star’s double service Tuesday night.
A large bulletin board will be erected in front of The
Star building upon which the returns will be listed as
they dome in. At the same time the precinct votes and
reports from other counties in the district and the state
will be announced over a radio LOUD SPEAKER from
the second floor of The Star building]
Registrars and judges in every Voting precinct in
the county are urged to send in their vote just as soon
as it is counted. Use the telephone for speed. The Star
telephone numbers are Eleven (11) and Fotir-J (4-J.)
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TO ADVERTISERS: All business Iiousqs and firms
who have advertisements in for Wednesday’s paper will
be doubly benefitted. In addition to having their “ads”
in a paper which will be widely read because of the elec
tion news, all advertisers who have their advertisements
in Tuesday, for Wednesday’s paper, will have attention
called to them over the loud speaker Tuesday night.
Back From Visit to Rhineland
Henry Ford, lending American
automobile manufacturer, with
his wife, reclining in a deck
chair of the S. S. Kuropa en
route to the United Staten.
They had an enjoyable time in
Germany, coupling kusiiifij with
pleasure. In Cologne, wilhbe
fitting ceremonies, Henry Ford
laid the cornerstone for his first
Vord factory in Germany.
OeteraeUeakl Ntmtmn
Morrison Sees Democratic Win
In Every District In The State
$100,000 Taxes
' Collected Here
In Thirty Days
Hard times or no hard
times, more taxes have been
collected to date in Cleveland
county than ever before at
the same time of year.
Through yesterday the of
fice of Sheriff Allen reported
that *100,766.17 in taxes has
been collected since the book*
opened on October I.
Yesterday was a record day
for collections, S21.690.2S be
ing taken in by mid-after
noon.
accredited to the fact that
the cotton erop opened ear
lier than ever before this year
and farmers customarily pay
their taxes as they get their j
cotton out.
I
City Levies $1,000
Auction Sales Tax!
Pertains To Auction Of Goods.
Wares and Merchandise. Some
Exceptions.
By an ordinance adopted by the
city fathers in a recent meeting, a
tax of $1,000 is levied on the con
duct of auctfon sales of goods, wares
or merchandise. A regular merchant
engaged in business may conduct an
auction sale upon the payment of a
license tax of only $200 provided he
complies with certain rules and
regulations. In order to get off on
the $800 tax he must have main
tained a mercantile business at the
location in which the auction sale
is conducted for at least six months
prior to. the beginning of the auc
tion sale. At the beginning of the
sale he must file with the city tax
collector a complete inventory of
the goods to be offered for sale, ac
companied by a complete inventory
of all goods he intends to sell at
auction and a statment that such
goods are a part of the regular
stock in trade and no part of them
have been purchased for the regular
auction sale. When this inventory
Is filed, he can sell at auction only
such goods or stock described or
listed in order to coins under the
$200 license tax, otherwise the li
cense tax will be $1,000 for said auc
tion. To avail one self of the $200
license fee for an auction sale, the
merchant must not have more than
two auction sales in the same fiscal
year and each sale must not run
longer than fifteen days, Sundays
excepted. He shall not share or
agree to share any of the profits or
losses of such sale with any person
not previously engaged in the| reg
ular mercantile business with him.
He shall file a bond in the sum of
$1,000 with the city tax collector,
conditioned on his complying with
the taw6 of the state of North Caro
lina and the ordinances of the city
of Shelby and also conditioned on
the payment of the tax of $1,000 in
the event the sale shall not be con
ducted in accordance with the con
ditions set out in this ordinance.
This new ordinance does not ap
' ply to executions of judicial sales or
any sale made under order of court
or under authority of a Hen to se
| cure Irfdebtedness.
\y«t Hot Lose Ninth. Tenth And
Seventh If Democrats
Co Vote.
Whatever apathy might have ex
isted among tho democrats of the
state a week or two ago, has now
pretty generally disappeard except
in B few sections in the eastern part
of the state, and there Is no longer
any danger of any major Democra
it# candidate being defeated, is the
bahef of foimer Governor earner-,
lilt Morrison, as expressed at Ra
leigh.^
*T have been out speaking in dif
ferent parts of the state almost;
every day for the past three weeks,!
and I have found nothing but the
finest sort of enthusiasm every
where ’ said Governor Morrlaon.
“Tits is espectatfy true Tn the west
and In the Piedmont where 1 have
never seen a finer spirit or a more
enthusiastic interest in the Demo
cratic cause. I expect to see the vote
in the Piedmont and western coun
ties the largest it has ever been. The
people are sick and tired of this
Hoover prosperity’ and are deter
mined to shake it off at the polls
November 4th.”
The report put into circulation
last week that there was a lack of
harmony among the Democrats inj
both the ninth and seventh con-:
gresslonal districts, with the result j
that the Republicans were hopeful
of success in those districts, was
branded as absolutely false by Gov
ernor Morrison, who said he had
never seen a finer spirit of unity
and co-operation than is now evid
ent among the Democrats in both
these districts.
"The report that there Is any dis
cord in the seventh district is ab
solutely new to me, and I am sure
it is unfounded;’ Governor Morri
son said. “I do not know of two fin
er. more representative men in
North Carolina Democracy than
John Walter Lambeth, of Thomas
ville, the Democratic candidate for
congress for the long term, and
Hinton James, of Laurinburg, the
Democratic candidate for the short
or unexpired term. I have been
* CONTINUED ON PAOE ELEVEN'
Cleveland Receive*
$17,000 From State
The second installment of the
S5,250,ooo' state equalizing fund was
mailed to the 93 participating cohn
ttes by the state department of pub
lic instruction this week. The dis
tribution totalled $1,330,500. Prom
that amount Cleveland county re
ceived $17,000.
MR. TRICE NEW MANAGER
AT ROSE SHELBY STORE
Charles E. Price is now manager
of Rose store in £ helby, succeeding
Manager McCrackt. .. who has been
transferred to Wiihamston, N. C.
Mr. Price comes to Shelby from
Altus, Okla., where he was connect
ed with McLeltan stores in the ca
pacity of manager.
Mr. Price plans to move his fam
ily to Shelby within a few days.
Make* A Quilt With
8,311 Piece* In It
In a single monta Mrs. David Wh
its, living In West Shelby has m?f.n
a quilt with 8,311 pieces. She devoted
her opare time from her daily house
hold duties to mak ■ the quilt which
is attracting considerable attention
by her friends and neighbors.
Cliffside Man
Kills Wife And
Shoots Himself
Fire* On Officer |
Before Suicide
htorgc Tate Wa* In Custody Two |
Weefrs Ago Because Of Men
tal State. i
Forest City, Oct, 31.—George
Tate, textile worker of Ulffsidr
Mid to be mentally deficient,
shot hi* wife twice with a pis
tol at noon yesterday, killing
her Instantly. He then tamed
the gun on himself, shooting
himself five times. Mortally
wounded, he was rushed to the
Rutherford hospital where he
died a few minutes after arriv
ing.
The shooting occurred when Tate
net his wife on the bridge over 8cc
>nd Broad river near the Cltffskio
nllls, while she was on her way
lome for lunch from the mill where
>he was employed. Upon meeting
ier he whipped out a pistol and
:hot her twice, death resulting In
tantly. Tate then turned the gun
ipon himself and fired five bullets
into his body.
After shooting his wife, Tate went
to hts home and exchanged a num
ber of shots with Constable Cobb of;
Cltffslde before turning the weapon J
on himself. j
No motive other than that Mrs J
Tate had her husband arrested two'
weeks ago on account or his alleged
mental trouble was advanced. The
county health officer had permitted
him to be released thinking it would
be safe for him to be at large. He
was to remain away from his fam
ily and was thought to be preparing
to go to Florida.
Both Tate and his wife were over
♦0 years of age.
Mrs. Phillips Buys
Betty-Jean Beauty
Mrs Betty Phillips has purchased
fron» Mr*. Lena Clary, the Betty
Jean Beauty shop In the Weathera
Bhuaton building •ne*t‘~to ~nwr jmpr
sonle temple and will take charge
Saturday morning, November t.
Mrs. Phillips is well known in this
line, having,been one of the fouud
srs of this shop and worked here
for several years as a beauty spe
cialist. Mrs. Clary made the sale
yesterday and wilt sever her con
nection with the shop (Saturday
morning when Mrs. Fftitlips takes
charge. .
l ocal Talent Before
Shelby Kiwanis Club
A delightful prog; am furnished by
local talent was presented last nieht
at the weekly luncheon of the Ki
wanis club at the Hotel Charles.
Misses Louise Ledford, Carobel Lever
Forest Bolin with Miss Ethel Elmore
gave a number of readings, recita
tions and songs with a hand-saw
rendition of “When You and I Were
Young, Maggie” by Mr. Bolin. Miss
Lever gave a reading on the "Bald
headed Man" and Miss Ledford the
origin of Hallowe'en. J. F. Lediord
had charge of the program.
Banks To Close
Election Day, 4th
Both Shelby banks will be closed
on Tuesday, November 4, next
Tuesday, on account of the elec
tion, it was announced today by
banking officials.
Manslaughter Verdict
In Young Girl’s Death
Driver Of Death Car Pleads Guilty To in
voluntary Manslaughter. Sentence Not
Passed. Ellis-Rippy Cornfield Shooting
Case Continued. Indict Another fn White
Killing Case Near Lawndale.
Sunday School Head
For Over 66 Years
N. J. WRIGHT, Fallaton
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N. J. Wright, of Fallston, who
doubtless la dean of Sunday school
superintendents not only of his
state, but of the United States. He
began to superintend Sunday school
at Friendship Mcthodlst-Protestant
church, Fallston, N. C., May «. 1866,
and In hts church the office of sup
erintendent being elective, has been
unanimously elected by the congre
gation every successive year to the
present, making shcty-slx and one
hal£ years. The literature used then
was Bluebaek Speller and Bible.
Very tew tould read the Bible, and
thoee who could not read were cared
then.:
had fifty odd members and today,
has more than four hundred. The
Sunday school has progressed in
proportion.
One feature that has contributed
very greatly to the success of thr,
Sunday school and his long stand
ing In office Is his systematic pro
gressive ideas he has kept continu
ally before his people. Another fea
ture is persistent effort to diversify
the Sunday school program so it
has not become monotinous. There
Is always something interesting in
the opening and closing exercises.
He has taken every advantage of
progressive Sunday school literature.
He attributes his regularity of at
tendance and being always on time,
and opening and closing on time, the
main feature of success, together
with persistent effort to make the
hour worshipful.
In all these years he has not miss
ed a single Sunday for recreation.
He believes the Sunday school, when
properly run. Is the greatest asset
to the church. He has not missed
a Sunday except, for his own sick
I ness and death In the family, which
! probably has not been more than a
dozen Sundays.
Schools Close Earl;.
Hie Shelby city schools closed lor
the da yat 10.45 this morning to
permit city teachers to attend the,
district teachers meeting in Char
lotte.
District Prisons For Counties
May Solve Prison Cost Problem
; Several Counties Too Poor To Build
Proper Jails—District Idea
Popular.
Raleigh, Oct. 31,—The legislature
of 1931 will be asked to pass an en
abling act to permit a number of
counties to build a district Jail and
prison farm, according to Mrs. W.
T. Bost, commissioner of public wel
fare. This law, if passed, will come
as a result of a consolidation move
ment which has been gaining mo
mentum for some time.
For a number of years, the board
has advocated the district jail and
prison farm idea as a means of pro
| vtdlng better care for prisoners at
a reduced cost. Whereas the county
jail of the present is a place of en
forced idleness where prisoners are
confined to spend their time play
ing cards, shooting craps, and learn
ing of crime, the district prison
farm would provide opportunity for
prisoners to work and earn their
keep. Mrs. Bost says. From a place
of loafins, the county prisoners
would be transferred to one of lab
or. In addition over head could be
reduced and a higher type official
employed In one large institution
than in a number of small Jails.
Five eastern counties. Pasquotank,
j Perquimans, Camden, Chowaan,
ano Currituck, are seriously consid
ering the establishment of a district
jail and prison farm if the legisla
ture legalizes the action. None of
the five small jails in these sparse
ly populated counties meets the re
quirements of the law In the mat
ter of segregating the races, sexes,
Juveniles and vcnereally diseased.
It has been pointed out that it
would cost almost as much to bring
these jails up t* the requirements
of the law as to build a new insti
tution. In addition, maintenance
costs should be reduced in a dis
trict prison farm since the prisoners
would be at work.
A number of counties in the west
ern section of the state have also
considered tiv' matter of building a
district ja.' :! prison farm in lieu
of remodel, ;heir old jails.
In superior court here yesterday
Thomas Daniel, young negro mar.,
plead guilty of involuntary man
slaughter in connection with the is
tal injury of Jonea; Propat, 6-year
old Bel wood girl, who was hit By
the Daniel car Just after she stepped
from a school bus on returning homo
from her first day of school. Danl*l
was returned to jell and Judge T
J. Shaw has not a? yet passed sen
tence.
The little girl, daughter of Mr. ant!
Mrs. Tom Propst. was struck by ar
automobile driven by the young ne
gro man Just after she left the schoo
bus near her home. She was rushed
to the hospital here but died from
her injuries withir. a few hoar*
Daniel was arrested and charged
with murder and reckless dr lyin',
When the case came up yesterday
Daniel, through His attorney. Jo'
Whisnant. plead not guilty. Late;
while evidence was being submitted
the plea was altered to that of guil
ty of Involuntary manslaughter and*
the plea was accepted by Solicit11
Spurting for the State. A touch!, •
scene cigge during the presentation
of the evidence when the father of
the little prl. killed en route home
from her first day of school, took
the stand td tell what he knew abou
it.
Continue Case.
Another one of the six killing
cases which were en the criminal
docket vr«3i continued yesterday
This was the case wherein O. W
Ellis and James Rlppy are charged
with shooting Bam Jlmtson. colored
on the night of Sept. 13 when Jimi
son waa found in the Rlppy corn
field. The defendants are represent
ed by Clyde R. Koey who was un
tCOItTCnrgp QW WAQK KLKtTtN. > .
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Shelby Youngsters
Celebrate This Eve
Annual frolic About Court Square
To Obaervr Hallowe'en. Blf
Crent. f
Spooks and elves, represented by
the children of the city, will gam
bol and frolic on Shelby's stately
old court square tonight. It is Hal
lowe'en.
No advance notices have been
given, and no indications are appar
ent at noon today that Shellw
youngsters are keyed up for their
Hallowe'en festivities this evening
but if they are not held It will bi
the first time the event has been
passed up in many, many years ,
In the eerie shadows made by the
arc tight rays falling through ttv
court square trees, the tots of Shel
by will hold their frolic and scores
of parents and elders will look on
It is a custom in Shelby for parents
to bring all the children for the
play, some participate and others
look on. It Is a mystic night when
spirits are supposed to stalk abroad
and to Shelby youth, because of the
old court square frolic, it is time
when supernatural influences pre
vail and parents relent for a night.
Police officers will not interfere so
long as orderliness prevails and the
witches, elves, and other young mas
queraders confine their fun to the
court square where there is no
chance of Injury.
sportive occurrence.
What was once a ceremony of be
lief, however, is now a sportive oc
currence not to be taken seriously
All Hallow's eve, or Hallowe'en is a
curious recredescence of classic
mythology, Durldlc beliefs am
Christian superstitions. From tire
time when the Druids held their
great autumn festival to the sun in
thanksgiving for their harvest, their
belief concerning transmigration
has been translated into some son
of action by succeeding generation;
They thought that on the evening
of the festival. Saman, the lord of
death, called together all the wick
ed souls that had been condemned
during the preceding 12 months to
occupy the bodies of animals. Hence,
the grotesqut appariations of the
present.
Many of the Hallowe'en customs
are survivals of Roman times. On
November 1 the Romans had e
feast to Pomona, goddess of fruits
and seeds, opened the stores that
had been laid by for fall and win
ter use. and had a merry time. The
use of nuts and apples so preva
lent now at Hallowe'en began at
that early date, and have been in
corporated In celebrations since.
Bobby Burns spoke of them In hi*
famous poem 'Hallowe'en.”