North Carolina Newspapers

XXXV11, No, I 8 PAGES TODAY AUG. 26. 1931 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. rtf Mail. •« fear, tin >4ranee I a*.*. Late News Cloudy, Showery. Today's North Carolina Weather Report; Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with local thunder show ers Thursday and probably tonight In west portion. Not much change in temperature. Blackwood's Plan. Columbia, S. C.. Aug. 26.—Gover nor Blackwood declared last night that he would issue a statewide proclamation today for all South Carolina farmers to meet at their county seats Saturday and report to him whether their counties favor or disapprove his plan for an extra legislative session to ban rotton growing next year. Federal Jurors Drawn For Term Here Sept. 28th Fifty-Four Men From Four Counties Number From Cleveland County Se. lected As Jurors For IT. S. Court. A panel of 54 men from Gaston, I Cleveland, Catawba and Linclonl counties was drawn this week; at j the office of the clerk of United | States district court in Charlotte i for jury duty at the fall term of! court opening in Shelby September! 28 Those drawn were j ,f Gamble ! Kings Mountain. N. w Wise, ! Crouse: J. O. Armstrong, Lincoln-| ton; R. B Francis, Shelby; T. M.; PTack. Union Mills; c. V, Tilson,! Uncolnton; Wilie Ballard, Cherry rille; C. F. Henry, Gastonia: A. k. Costner, Bel wood; E. N. Fegram, Gastonia; Clyde Buff. Belwood; Ves A Powell, Lawmdale; O. O. Leon ard, Vale: Lloyd Lutz, Dallas; J. B. Horn, LatUmore; Clayton C, Car penter, Gastonia; T. C. eLonard, Lincolnton; Ladd W. Hamrick, Boil mg Springs, Baxter A; Bettis, Earl; L. C. Self, Casar; W. Fred Mull, Casar; J. L. Thompson, Lincolnton; W A. Putrell, Rutherfordton; Whit man Owens, Rutherfordton; C. F. Harry’, Grover; Camriel Gantt, Vale. p M. Newton, Casar; Will Griffin, Shelby; D. K Grigg, Shelby; C. C. Houser, Crouse; James Ware, Kings Mountain; Jesse Lowery; Patterson Springs; T, C. Hamrick, Shelby; I. 8. Grier, Alexis; C. C. Horn, Shel by; J. C. Dellinger. Cherryville; Xeno Gamble, Bostic; Jack Blank enship, Rutherfordton; R. L. Mc Lurd, Stanley; A. S. Harrill, Ellen boro: Charles Buice, Shelby; P. W. Hand. Lowell; E. W. Hamrick. Moor esboro; Wister Bridges, Forest City; W. P. Hall. Jr., Forest City; Berry Arrowood, Union Mills; A B. Price. Forest City; J; B. Thomason, Kings Mountain; George C. Cabaniss, Gastonia; Ralph Mauney, Shelby; C. L. Byers, Jr., Patterson Springs; A. Hobart Green. Mooresboro: Mc Lean Howard, Denver; and W J. Bridges, Shelby. Over 400 Youngsters At Watermelon Feast Ho woo I, all Starts Big Party For Merry Group Of Shelby Children. It wll be many a day before more than 400 Shelby youngsters will for get Roscoe Lutz, county coroner and funeral director. They have a very important reason for classing Mr. Lut* right up next to Santa Claus in their list of heroes. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Lutz gave t62 Shelby boys and girls, all under 15 years of age, all the watermelons they could eat. Advance announce ment of the melon treat was made in The Star and at the appointed hour such a large group of boys and rirls gathered at the Lutz and Jack son funeral home that seven trucks and several automobiles were re quired to carry the merry young sters to the Joe Blanton pasture, northeast of town, where the feast was served. An idea as to the loads carried by the trucks is shown by the fact that 110 little girls rode in one truck. It was a merry occasion, every youngster enjoying himself or herself to “the fullest extent” in every sense of the word. There was not even a slight accident and the big party was transported to and from the feast and fed without a single mishap. George Abernethy Landis In ’Frisco Mr. and Mrs. George Abernethy and children, the former a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Abernethy and a brother of Tom Abernethy of the Shelby post office, arrived in San Francisco late last month. They came from Shanghai, China, where for three years Mr. Abernethy has been radio man on the U. S. S. flag ship Isabel With them is George, jr., born in Shanghai on July 4, 1930. They will land at Norfolk, from 'Frisco, late this month and expect to arrive in Shelby for a visit early *• SeDtember. Gardner Opposes Move To Let Cotton Farmer Hold Empty Sack Cloth Mill Adds 75 Employees To Its Preparation Department, Sh o rterSh ifts And More Employes $1,500 Added To Payroll Here. Three Shifts. Working Eight Hours Each, With Total of 48 Honrs Weekly. Seventy-five unemployed were given work this week at the Cleveland Cloth mill, when this number of women and girls were •^ded to the preparation depart ment. Approximately $1,500 weekly is thus added to the pay roll in Shelby. All positions have been filled and the new schedule of work hours which obtains only in the prepara tion department, is working to the advantage of the textile plant and to the employees. Announcement to this effect was made yesterday by the manager. Mr. O. M. Mull who stated that with 1,000 applications for work in file in the office, the extra help was se cured within twenty minutes after the shift in hours of work was de- \ cided upon. The Cloth Mill manufactures ray- j on cloth and just now it is running on heavy satin which requires more . yarn than the preparation depart- j ment can produce on a two-shift■ schedule. In order to prepare enough of the rayon yarn for the weave room, it was decided to make three shifts a day, each shifC working eight hours daily for six days a week ! a total of 48 hours each week. Most of the help in the prepara tion department are girls and wo men, the work being light. By the addition of this number of employes, produciton is balanced without the addition of new machinery. Shelby business men are delighted with the new policy of the mill which gives work to 75 more people and adds considerably to the weekly payroll in the city. Luke Lea Given Prison Sentence j Tennessee Financier. War Hero.! Political Power. Convicted • In N. C. Asheville, Aug 36.—Luke Lea, who wears the distinguished service medal for valor in war; who for years, as financier and newspaper! publisher, was virtually dictator of Tennessee politics. and who ha* represented his state in the United States Senate, was sentenced yes terday to serve from six to ten years in the North Carolina peni tentiary for conspiring to defraud the Central Bank and Trust com pany of more than $1,000,000. Sentenced to prison with Lea was Wallace B. Davis, who battled his way from fatherless bundle boy at 12 to president of the Central Bank and ^Trust company and to posi tions of pow’er and honor before he was 40. Davis, already under a five to seven-year sentence for publish ing false reports relative to the condition of the Central bank, re ceived an additional prison sen tence of from four to six years for his part in the purported conspir acy. Luke Lea, jr.. 23-year-old son of the former United States senator, convicted with his father and Davis, escaped with a fine of $25,000. Pun ishment by fine rather than a pri son term was recommended by the solicitor. E. P. Charlet. treasurer of the Lea-owned Tennessee publishing company, was acquitted of all charges by the Haywood county jury which reported its verdict yes terday morning. Charlet was dis charged V the court. Attorneys for each of the defend ants gave notice of appeal to the supreme court and Judge M. V. Barnhill, who conducted the spe cial term of Buncombe superior court for trial of the case, fixed ap pearance bond for Colonel Lea at $30,000, for Davis at $10,000 and for Lea, jr., at $20,000. He allowed them until today to arrange bonds. Open Cotton Now In Shelby Limits Shelby, the town that grows sev eral hundred bales of cotton within the city limits, has just as early cotton as do the planters out in the county. It was learned today that Thomas Morrow, colored, had open cotton Monday of last week on the land he works just behind the Paul Webb residence Ginned Cotton In August 50 Years Ago Here Open bolls of cotton earl; n August, as reported recent T, isn't a record by any means — .n Cleveland county. So In forms Robert Biggerstaff. of Mooresboro Route 2, and he has pretty good reason to know. In 1881, fifty years ago, he says that he ginned a bale of cotton for Col. Reuben Mc Brayer. That is a record for early cotton in Cleveland insofar as can be determined. His Neck Broken Kings Mtn. Boy Clings To Life Vernon ( obb, 10, Still Living T»4>t j In Hospital At Gastonia. Although his neck is broken and physicians give him little chance to lire, Vernon Cobb, 19-year-old Kings Mountain - youth, was Still living this morn ing in a Gastonia hospital 14 hours after breaking his neck. Young Cobb, a son of A, B Cobb, of Kings Mountain, fell from a trapeze apparatus at his home in Kings Mountain Saturday night. With his neck broken, he is com pletely paralyzed with the excep tion of his arms. He also still has the use of his voice. Young Cobb has been conscious at all times since the accident. Phy sicians say there is very little chance for his recovery. Cupid Judge Will Seek Congress Seati Judge Stroupe, Who Has Married Many Cleveland Couples. To Enter Race. If Cleveland county could be mov ed over into South Carolina during a portion of 1932, Probate Judge Lake W. Stroupe, of Gaffney, might be elected to Congress. Por that matter, he may be anyway. Cleveland county might help himi because it is likely that he has mar ried more Cleveland couples, at Gaffney’s Gretna Green, than any other man who does not live in the county. From York comes the following announcement of the marrying Judge's intentions: ‘'Lake W. Stroupe, of Gaffney, Judge of the probate court for Cher okee county, has advised a good many of his friends in York county, that he is planning to make the race in 1932 for the national house of representatives from this district and the popular Cherokee county official says that he has al ready met with a considerable de gree of encouragement in his aspir a-tinns t.n ncminv a in r»rmcrrd»s< “The present member of congress from this district is William F. Stev enson of Cheraw. who has been a member of congress since the death of the late David E. Finley, of York, who served in the lower house for about 22 years and who was a mem ber of congress at the time of his death. Mr. Stevenson is now filling his fourth term in congress. Since the time he has been a member of the lower house he has been oppos ed each time he ran, first by W. R Brandford of Fort Mill, editor of The Fort Mill Times and later by Zebu Ion Vance Davidson of Chester. Both Mr. Brandford and Mr. Davidson re- j ceived splendid votes in their races.! The presumption is that Mr. David-! son will offer again in the next elec tion and therefore the race will be a three-cornered affair between Congressman Stevenson. Judge Stroupe and Mr. Davidson.'' PREACHING NEXT SUNDAY AT El. BETHEL CHURCH Preaching services will be held Sunday morning at It oclock at El Bethel Methodist church by the pas tor. Rev. R. L. Forbis. The hour of worship is 11 o’clock Work for jobless Relief Silas Strawn, Bernari&M. Baruch. Julius Rottnwald. i.ii.H'Mii ■ . ..mu Newton D. Baker. ■ William Grean. W.ltor S. Gifford. These six men, members of the group of prominent leaders In the na tions business, industrial and finance spheres named by President Hoo ver to work toward unemployment relief this winter, will have as their chairman Walter S. Gifford, president of the American Telephone and Telegraph company. The remaining fur. Bernard Baruch, William Green, Silas Strawn, Julius Roeenwakl and Newton I). Baker, are all well-known authorities In their lines t>f endeavor, and will assist Mi, • Gifford with relief measures ISO Farmers Tour County And Inspect Demonstration Tests Inspect Legume Crops, Fertiliser And Variety Tests On Cotton. Poultry, Etc. One hundred and fifty Cleveland county farmers went “sight seeing'’ yesterday, visit ing some of the many “show farms" of the county producing poultry, legume crops, cotton corn, dairy products, hay, etc. A caravan of 30 automobiles un der the leadership of county agent, R. W. Schoffncr, left the county home farm at 9 o'clock, made stop?! at the B. Austell poultry farm at! Earl, then coursed east to the But ler Dixon systematic farm, thence north to the small grain and legume farm of Shuford Beam, on up to Palls ton where Claude Palls has a fertilizer test on long staple cotton, thence to Bob Wilson’s cotton and soy bean demonstrations, across to George Hamrick’s modern dairy and thence to the Glenn Adams farm noted for Its lespedeza, cotton and corn, At each place visited, the county j agent or some one best suited to lec-1 ture on the particular crop, ex plained the cultivation, the various: varieties, their strong and weak points, etc. It was a jolly crowd,' out to study first hand the best methods of farming as employed by ; Cleveland county farmers. They: learned lessons that will be taken home and translated'into their own activities. At the county home, the farmers inspected the soy beans and looked over the fine Jersey bull kept there under the management of John Borders. Large Poultry Farm. B. Austell at Earl has the largest commercial poultry yard in the county. At present he has 1,500 lay ing hens, Rhode Island Reds and White Leghorns. Butler Dixon, the most systema tic farmer of the county 1$ also the most ‘‘showy’’ farmer. He probably grows more different products than any other man in this section. It is Butler Dixon that raises just one bale of cotton for each member of his family, which numbers twelve. But there is variety, especially in legume crops and grain and a strict system of record-keeping on every thing pertaining to the farm, home and barnyard. Nearby they took time to view the fine lespedeza ol Tom Blalock, a neighbor. Lunch was served at the Shu fort Beam farm, followed by a water melon cutting. There they inspect ed the lespedeza and other legume crops. Tliis is one of the outstand ing small grain farms of the county whereon was made approximately 1,260 bushels of barley and great quantities of wheat and oats. Melons were furnished here by Squire Miles P. Harrelsoh. At Fallston, Claude C. Falls has a demonstration of fertilizers and long staple cotton which was in spected by the farm tourists, after which they moved on to Bob Wil son's beautiful farm whereon two iCONTtNPJSD ON PAO? EfGH'1 i Mrs. Clem Willis Died Tuesday Morn Funeral Service Today At Clover Hill Church. Husband, Chil dren Survive. Mrs. Emma Newton Willis; wife of Mr. Clem Willis, died Tuesday about noon at her .home in Shelby, death following a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held today at Clover Hill church where she had been a loyal member since early life. The deceased was 35 years of age. Mrs. Willis, who was married in July. 1931, is survived by her hus band and two children, Willie and Rub. Surviving also are her fath er, D. Z. Newton, of Casar, and the following brothers and sisters: Clfetus, Coy Edward and Wilburn Newton, Mrs. J. V. Bridges and Mrs. H. C. Hipps. Two half brothers, D. Z. Newton, jr„ and Jack Newton and a half sister, Ruth, also sur vive Skeleton Of Man Found In Ditch At Forest City Opens A Mystery Three Men Hare Been Missing; From Section For Some Time. Probe Made. Forest City, Aug. 26.—Forest City! police officials are investigating the finding of a portion of a skeleton of a man on South Church street Saturday afternoon, but to date! there ate no new developments in | the case. The skeleton, which consisted ot i an arm, leg. and several other small j pieces, together with some hair,; was found by city employes while digging a ditch on Church street The bones were examined by a1 local physician, who stated that they were those of a man, and that they had been there for two or more years. Police Chief Smith said that there was hardly any way in which the identity of the man whose bon es were found could be determined. There are three men missing from this section, but whether these are the bones of pne of them is un known. These men arc Worth Early, Forest City man, who disappeared two or three years ago. Willie Brlcig rs, another local man, and a man by the name of Bates, who lived at Alexander, a community near here Little Comment Here About ’32 Governor's Race Ehringhaus F&vorite At Thu Date Ovfr fountain Mai writ However. Would Be Strong In Section. Shelby and Cleveland county. citizens, usually ready to talk poll-' tics just as early as anybody and! with as much enthusiasm, eanno* seem to get very "het up" at this date, over 1932 races. Maybe the low price of cotton and accompanying ailmenU have something to do with it. Anyway, a candidate or a candidate's scout would have to do some good detec tive work to get a slant on this county's favorites Just at this time. ! Talk Governors State-wide interest, howbeit, in' the gubernatorial race has caused a! little talk about that particular contest, of the two announced I candidates—Lieutenant Governor R I T. Fountain and J. C. B. Ehringhaus —it appears from conversation here and there in the city and over the county that the Elizabeth City man Is the favorite. Whether or not his popularity will hold up If other; candidates announce, and several may. cannot be told at this date ■ Mr Ehringhaus spoke here in the | 1928 campaign and made a good \ impression. He came back again in 1930 and renewed his nomilaritv i i About the same time he addressed a local civic club and left the Idea that he was weil posted on business matters and conditions as well as in law and politics. Mr. Fountain isn't so well known in the county He is perhaps better known over the entire state than Ehringhaus tor he la much of a mixer and has been about and about for years. For some reason he has never worked his well-known handshake very much In the Shelby area and his babv-kissing is not known in these parts. All of which doesn’t mean that a future visit with the proper hand-pumping and the correct com pliments about the youngsters would not bring up the Fountain batting average. This view is, however, of the present status. As it is Mr. Eh ringhaus is top-heavy favorite. His eloquence and personal charm cap tivated audiences here to the ex tent that It will be no easy matter for any prospective candidate tc carry the county vote from him Maxwell ? ? There is. though, a big question mark wherever the gubernatorial race is talked here about here abouts. That question mark centers about what A. J. Maxwell, commis sioner of revenue, may do. If Mr. Maxwell announces, and many ob servers say he will, then It's a horse, a race, or maybe a horse race, of a different color. Maxwell has always been respected In this territory for the ability shown In several Raleigh offices. Then his Selma speech, backing up the local government I act passed to protect tax-payers against too many bond issues, real ly clicked here. It is likely that he received several letters from Shel by urging him to jump in the race. Should he do so, it would be an Eh ringhaus-Maxwell contest in Cleve land county regardless of how many others took the plunge. There are those who believe that Maxwell will not come out now since Ehringhaus has also expressed himself in favor of the same local government act as well as coming out against a sales tax. In other words, both men seem to have views which are approved here. Either one of them, as things are now, will draw a very compli mentary vote in Cleveland county! And if they should be pitted against each other—well, only time and a good count of the ballots would tell. The contest for the United States (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT,, Firemen Of Shelby Attend Convention A number of Shelby’s firefighters are this week attending the annual convention of the State association in Statesville. Among thoee attend ing the opening sessions were Chief J. R. Robinson, Everett Dellinger, Marion Champion, Ernest Johnson, J. J. Patterson and Dee Elmore of the volunteer department, and Jo seph Carroll of the regular city de 1 partment. Mr. Carroll returned last night and today Henry Lucas of the regular force and Alton Hopper of the volunteers left for the conven tion. Fanners Meet Here Thursday; On Tour Friday This 1* an active week foi Cleveland county farmers. Tuesday a hundred or mnrr farmers made an Inspection I lour of thplr own county. Thursday, tomorrow, after noon at 2:30 all cotton fann ers and (tnners have been isked to meet at the court house to discuss the use ol cotton bag ring. It Is hoped to have several hundrrd farmer* and all county (Inner* In at tendance tore (her with a re presentative of some ft no that manufactures and sell* cotton banting. On Friday morning a toui of Cleveland county farmer* into Cabarrus 1* planned to inspect the lespedexa crop there. Every farmer who can possibly make the trip is urg ed to do so as It Is believed much will be learned of value there as Cabarrus is a lead Ing lespedexa county. Th» party plans to leave the court house at 7 o'clock in thi morning. New Prison Camp Will Be Erected Near Fair Tract Camp To Be Built tin 20 Acres Of County Home Land East Of Fair Grounds. The new State prison camp to be built in this section to house convicts being worked upon high ways of this district will be erected just northeast of . the Cleveland County fairgrounds, north of highway 20, east of the city. The construction oi the camp will start at an early date, according to W. A. Broadway, assistant district engineer of the road forces To Cost *10,000. The camp will be fireproof and modern in every respect, it is said. The structure, it is presumed, will be of brick. It was decided some time ago that one of the five units of the State prison camps would be built in this county. At that time it was thought that the new camp might be erected on the site of the No. 6 township convict camp, which tv now being used by the State. There was not enough land, however, at the No. 6 camp site north of Shelby. Officials; of the State Toad forces and prison j conferred with county commission-! ers and as a result 20 acres of coun ty land, a portion of the county home property, was given the State for a new camp site. A road will be built to the new camp site, leaving Highway 20 near the filling station at the west en-1 trance of the fair grounds. > Undecided. County commissioners have not decided as yet Just what will be done about 30-day prisoners. At present some of them are being worked at the county home and others kept in Jail. The State road forces will not take over and work convicts who have sentences less than 60 days. At present about 135 workers are employed by the State in road work in Cleveland county. Of this num ber around 75 are prisoners from counties in this road district. Reports have it that county of ficials might move the No, 6 camp structure to a location on county property and use it to house prison ers who have short sentences and cannot be handled by the State! gang forces. Such a move, however, has not been decided upon. It. tv said I at the court house. Golf Tourney On Saturday At 2:30 Another ‘’blind bogey” golf tour nament is on the schedule at the Cleveland Springs golf club Satur day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock . A similar tournament was held last Saturday and enjoyed. All members are urged to participate in Satur day’s play as dubs have the same chance to win as do the ‘'scratch" players (Other Sports On Page 3.) | Urges Session Of Congress To Work Solution I* National Critic Not Sectional Foreign Codon Growers Ma; Profit If South Is Forced To Abandon Codon. The cotton crisis is a mat ter of national concern an< not merely something for the South to worry about declar ed Governor O. Max Gardnet in a statement issued her* yesterday in which he urgec President Hoover to call an immediate session of congress to formulate a plan for relief. In unmistakable term^ Governor Gardner let It be known that he did not favor any proposed move that would leave the Southern cotton farmer holding an empty sack Foreign Cotton Slate legislatures, he said m op posing the Governor Long plan cannot handle the situation. Thev may force Southern farmers, though Governor Gardner doesn’t think so to abandon cotton next year, but if they do, he pointed out. the for eign cotton-growing countries will profit. Over 40 per cent of the world's ootton is now produced in foreign lands. These countries would benefit, he said, if American growers were forced to stop grow ing cotton, Therefore, he considers it a matter of national concern te see that foreign countries cooper ate NorUi Carolina he said would stand by any "intelligent" plan but he let it be known that the pro posal to stop cotton growing tat the South by legislation was "unsound" as he sees it. His Statement. His statement, given to the daily press last night and today attract ing wide attention, follows: "I state most emphatically and with deepest concern that' North Carolina may be relied upon to support any intelligent and effec tual plan to save the cotton situa tion. “In facing the situation, however wc should remember that cotton ta not merely a sectional crop confin ed to the south. It is a national and international commodity. It it grown in America and in at least twelve foreign countries. Last year the United States produced 13,763, 000 bales, and the foreign countries produced 11,724.000 bales. Shall the south grow no cotton in 1937, and the foreign countries reap a har vest? This Is a most important question. We must remember, too that the United States government has already recognised and under taken to meet the problem of cot ton through the means of its own creation; to wit, the Farm Board, an agency of government set up by President Hoover to contend with the identical problem today con fronting cotton. "If the cotton problem Is a na tional, rather than a sectional problem, it is my judgment that be fore any Governor calls a special session of the legislature, and as a condition precedent thereto, the president should call congress into immediate session and lay before the several states and foreign gov ernments that grow cotton the ab solute necessity for unified action and control. "Not only the south but the whole country faces a major calamity un less something is done to develop a cotton consciousness in the world This movement should be begun by the president and the congress and should begin now. before it is too late, before the cotton passes from the hands of the farmer. If we wait until December when congress con venes in regular session the trage CO.VTINUID ON PAGE EIGHT. I Shelby Editor Again Association Official r Lee B. Weathers, editor and man ager of The Cleveland Star has been named as a vice president of the National Editorial association which maintains headquarters in Saint Paul, Minn. Mr. Weathers wa? named vice president for North Car olina by the association's president, L. M. Nichols of Brirtow, Oklahoma, This association has over 5,000 mem bers among the newspaper publish ers throughout the United State* The next annual meeting will be held m Los Angeles, Calif