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Fair And Warmer
Today's North Carolina Weather
Report: Fair tonight and Saturday!
except for local showers in west j
Saturday afternoon. Wanner in
West tonight.
Texas Session.
Austin, Tex., Sept. 4.—J. E. Me- ;
.Donald, Texas commissioner of as-!
multure, said last night he had as- |
anrances from 18 members of the
state senate, a majority, that they
favored a special session of the leg*
Islature to enact a law to curb cot-!
ton production. Earlier in the day
Governor Sterling told McDonald
he would call such a session when
17 senators had promised to sup
port such a bill. He refused com
ment when told of the promised
•upport from the 18 legislators.
Messages to the governor indicated
little opposition to such a plan
among membership of the house of
representative.
Broken Neck Is
Fatal To Kings
Mountain Youth
"Varnon Cobb Dies After 10-Day i
Struggle. Funeral Held This |
Afternoon. |
.
Vernon Cobb, 19 year old Kings j
Mountain boy taken to a Gastonia i
hospital on August 22 with a brok-j
en neck, sustained when he fell j
from a trapeze at his home, died]
there at 2:30 o'clock Thursday!
morning.
Young Oobb was a son of Mr. andi
Mrs. A. B. Cobb, of Kings Moun-\
tain. He was placed in a cast im-l
.mediately upon entering the Gas
tonia hospital, and for several days
showed some signs of improving.
He grew worse Tuesday night, and
was partially delicious for some
hours before his death.
Funeral services were held at the
Cobb home in Kings Mountain at j
2 o'clock this afternoon. Rev. J. R.
Church, pastor of the Central
Methodist church in Kings Moun
tain, officiating, and interment was
in Flat Rock cemetery near Mount
Holly.
* Vernon Cobb is survived by his
’parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cobb.j
<if Kings Mountain, and the follow
ing brothers and sisters: Mrs. J. P.
Van Pelt, of Belmont; Mrs. A. C.
Shetley, of Dallas; Virginia ajnd
Tom Cobb, of Kings Mountain;
Howell, of Birmingham, Ala.; Frank
L, of Baltimore. Md.; Russell, of
i,as Vegas, N. M.; and Leslie, of
Norfolk, Va.
Former Editor Makes
Record Trip In Car
Mr. Hudson DePriest of New York
City is in Shelby for a few days,
visiting friends and relatives. Mr.
DePriest made a record trip, so he
believes, in motoring from Cincin
nati to Shelby. He drives a high
powered Cord “8-’ front-wheeldrive
>edan. He left Cincinnati at 4 p. m.,
Sunday, spent the night in Middles
boro, Ky„ and arrived in Shelby at
7:40 Monday evening, after having
spent two hours in Greenville,
Tenrv, and one hour in Asheville, en
route.
Mr. DePriest reports business con
ditions as improving slightly in the
big metropolis, but New York busi
ness men generally agree that com
plete recovery Is impossible as long
as cotton prices remain low
Mr. Hart Manager
Efird’s Dept. Store
N. L. Hart has come to Shelby
and assumed management of Efird's
department store, succeeding Quinn
Earl who resigned last week. Mr.
Earl has moved with his family to
his former home at Earl, having
been forced to give up inside work
beeaues of his health. Mr. Hart is
a native of Kinston but has been
in the Efird organization for six
years. He comes from Charlotte.
TN TODAY’S STAR
PAGE 2—“AROUND OUR TOWN”
PAGE 9—FEATURES.
PAGE 7—PENNY COLUMNS.
PAGE 10—--SPORT NEWS.
PAGE 3—STAR READERS TALK.
Keep In Touch
With Home
School students and teach
ers away from home should
ieep in touch with home-town
affairs during their absence.
A special subscription rate
of S1.50 is made for nin
months to students and
teachers away for school. At
this price, the subscription is
payable in advance and no
shorter term than nine
months is taken at this rate.
This gives the student and
teacher The Star at 1 l-2c
per copy, postpaid to your ad
dress. It is cheaper than your
home folks can mail their
copy after they have read it.
Second Bale Of Season, Wrapped
In Cotton, Sells Here Twice In
20Minutes; Top Price 7Cents
Displayed In Show
Window Here
First Buyer, A Farmer, To Buy Cot
ton Instead of Growing It In
1932.
The cotton market—always a
major topic of conversation In
Shelby—fluctuated in an unus
ual manner here yesterday as
the second bale of the season
was ginned and sold.
The bale, weighing 512 pounds,
was grown by Mr. J. B. Francis and
ginned by Mr. Toy B. Webb
City Cotton
An odd angle of it was that the
second bale was planted, cultivated
and picked within the city limits.
Another unusual point is that it is
the first Cleveland county bale to
be wrapped in cotton.
When it was brought uptown
Thursday for exhibition it was
promptly purchased by Sam A. Ellis,
himself a . farmer, for seven cents
per pound, a better offer than
could be received from other buy
ers. Fifteen minutes or so later it
was sold again for 7 1-2 cents to the
Rogers Motor company, Ford agency
to be used as a display ro=m ex
hibit.
Why He Bought
Mr. Ellis, the first buyer and a
big farmer, explained why he pur
chased the bale and intends to pur
chase more. "I can buy cotton at
seven cents per pound," he said,
"much cheaper than I can grow it,
so I'm going to put the money 1
ordinarily put in fertilizer and cul
tivation into buying cotton this year
and then not plant any next year.”
That's his idea of a relief plan
and he must be shown he’s wrong.
New Patrolman On
Duty In City Now
Native Of Marion Is Full-Time
Highway Officer Located
Here. >
Pairoltnan G. L. Allison arrived
in Shelby yesterday to take up his
duties here as full-time highway
patrolman for this section with
headquarters in Shelby. A full
time patrolman was alloted Shelby
when an addition was made to the
force by the last legislature.
Mr. Allison, who is married,
comes to Shelby from Marlon where
he served as an officer.
Model Lespedeza
Seed Pan Shown
Cleveland county farmers grow
ing more lespedeza this year than
ever made numerous inquiries re
cently about seed pans. As a result
of these queries, County Agent R.
W. Shoffner has secured a model
lespedeza seed pan and It may be
seen and inspected at his office in
the county court house.
Squirrel Season
Open On Tuesday
The open season for squirrels be
gan on September 1, according to H.
C. Long, game wadren for Cleve
land county. The squirrel season
extends from September 1 to Decem
ber 31, according to the state game
laws.
Visit Coker Farm
A party of 20 or more Cleveland
county farmers left Shelby early
today for Hartsville, S. C., where
they will visit the famous Coker
seed farms and Inspect the various
agricultural demonstration tests
being carried on there.
This tour is the final of a series
of educational tours being made by
county farmers, among them being
a tour of their own. county.
Lost Tot Creates
Stir At 3 O’clock
Thursday Morning
Two-Year-Old Daughter Of Shelby
Attorney Wanders Uptown
While Asleep.
That part of Shelby ' which is
awake at 3 o’clock in the morning
had considerable excitement for an
hour or so Thursday when a little
girl, two and one-half years of age,
was found crying hysterically in the
uptown business section.
The screams of the terrified
youngster were first heard by tele
phone operators over the Union
Trust bank and by Mrs. Leslie
Owens, who was in her room at the
Courtview hotel, just across the
street. At that time the little girl
was running about In front of the
bank, seemingly not knowing where
she was or why she was there. Mrs.
Owens called her from the window
of the room but the frightened
child would come no nearer than
the side of the hotel building. Po
liceman Marshall Moore came on
the scene about that time and help
ed persuade the youngster to go to
Mrs. Owens room. There after be
ing pacified the tot told who she
was. She was the daught* of At
torney and Mrs. Bynum weathers
and Mr. Weathers came for her
after being telephone from the hotel.
Just how the little girl got uptown
is not known as she had not been
missed by her sleeping parents un
til the telephone call. It Is presum
ed, however, that she crawled from
her bed while asleep and wandered
uptown. Just when she awoke from
her sleep-walking the little girl
whose name is Marjorie Ann, did
not know, but it Is believed she
awoke about the time she reached
the North Lafayette and Marlon
street comer where she began cry
ing, Her home Is two blocks away
on North Lafayette street
County Receives
School Bus Costs
'Special to The Star.'
Raleigh, Sept. 4.—Checks totaling
$108,545.36 are ready to go out to
all but one or two of the 100 coun
ties, the first installment of state
funds for the six months term, in
cluding only two items, expenses of
the office of county superintendent
and for truck repairs, State Supt.
A. T. Allen states. Funds for schools
in a dozen counties starting schools
in July are not ready, he said
Cleveland county’s check for truck
repairs and office cost is for $1,
784.99, Dr. Allen announces
Governor Gardner And Sterling In
Debate Over Cotton Relief Prospect
N. C. Executive Asks Texan For
Practical Plan Of His
Own.
Raleigh, Sept. 4.—Governor O.
Max Gardner of North Carolina,
who Wednesday proposed to Gover
nor Ross Sterling of Texas that the
two call a cotton conference, “not
to promote any one plan, but to get
the conservative and careful judg
ment on all plans,” for cotton re
lief, received an unfavorable reply
from the Texas governor and im
mediately answered it by calling
upon Sterling for a suggestion.
Governor Sterling said that,
while he believed Texas farmers
were opposed to Louisiana's "No
cotton-in-1932” plan, he did not be
lieve any good could come from the
conference which Gardner proposed
be held in Memphis, September 14
and 15.
Fears Long Conference.
' From the nature of the proposed
conference it would likely be drawn
out for 30 days and the benefit that
may be derived from immediate
action would be lost to the year's
cotton crop in Texas," Sterling wir
ed.
He said farmers of Texas are
anxious and clamoring for immedi
ate action.”
Governor Gardner answered by
saying his proposal contemplated a
"conference of only two days. It
would be a failure of course, with
out the leadership and co-operation
of Texas. Do you have a practical
proposal for a workable and con
certed course to be tken now?”
Anxious To Help.
He added that North Carolina
farmers “also demand that some
thing be done now for relief of the
cotton situation,” and that he was
anxious “to co-operate in any prac
tical plan to relieve cotton farmers
from their impending bankruptcy
this fall.”
Governor Gardner did not refer
to the plan of Governor Huey P.
Long of Louisiana, but he told
CONTtNUSO QM fao* TEN.;
New First Lad>
Here is the charming Mrs. Martin
S. Conner, wife of Mississippi’s
Governor-elect, who takes office
January 1. Mrs. Conner and her
husband are extremely popular
throughout the state. He is forty
years old and a farmer-lawyer.
Shelby Schools
To Open Monday;
Teachers Arrive
Will Get Down To Regular Class
Work Monday. Teachers In
Meeting*.
More than 2,000 Shelby school
children will return to the school
room Monday morning of next
week.
School will open Monday morn
ing at 8:40 o’clock, Supt. B. L.
Smith announced today, and class
work will be started immediately
as all advance preparations will
have been completed at that time.
Outline Work.
All teachers have arrived in the
city and the first teachers meet
tog was held at the Central school
yesterday morning. Yesterday after
noon the teachers met at their re
spective buildings with their prin
cipals. Another general meeting
was held this morning and this
afternoon the teachefs are again
meeting with their principals.
Other preparatory work done in
cluded the interviewing and plac
ing of new students.
The city schools this year have a
total of 82 teachers including the
superintendent. This is three less
than the total faculty of last year.
Sixty-six teachers are m the white
schools and 15 in the colored
Dove Season Is In;
Hunt Rabbits With
Dog Out Qf Season
Change* In Game Season Announc
ed. Sales Points Of Hunting
License Given.
Hunters and sportsmen will be
interested in the announcement of
H. C. Long, county game warden,
that the dove season is now open
and that rabbits may be hunted
with dogs out of season. The an
nouncement follows.
“Due to the fact that doves emi
grate In cold weather the depart
ment of conservation has changed
the dove season so that it opens
Sept, 1 and closes Sept. 30. It then
opens agaip Nov. 20 and remains
open until January 31.
"Deer, bear, fox, squirrel and
rabbit have been termed game ani
mals and license is required for
hunting them at any time and in
any manner. Rabbits may be hunt
ed with dogs only out of regular
season but license is required.
“Hunting licenses are now on sale
at the following places: Cleveland
Hardware and Farmers’ Hardware
stores. Shelby; Chas. Dllling, city
hall. Kings Mountain; Toney store,
Falls ton; O. B. Blackburn, Lawn
dale; Stamey company, Polkville;
Grady McSwain, Boiling Springs:
J. C. Downs, Casar, and Lee Low
man. Other sale points will be an
nounced later.”
Mr. LeGette Attends
Funeral Of Father
Mr. James S. LeGette was called
Wednesday to Dillon. R C. to the
death bed of his father. He was
about 85 years of age and was bur
ied in Dillon yesterday. Mr. Le
Gette is in charge of the ‘cotton
and stock office of John F. Clark
and Co., in the Royster building
here and has many friends who
sympathise with him in the loss of
his father.
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Hoey Class To
Honor Teacher
Here Sunday
Grateful That He U
Remain Here
Bible (1m* Taught By Him For
Decade To Observe "Hoey
Day” With Prof ram.
Clyde Hoey'* boy*, near throe
hundred In all, some young and
other* stooped with the weight
of many year*, are going to let
him know Sunday morning how
much they appreciate him.
The boys are those who make up
I the men's Bible class at Central
Methodist church, one of the larg
est Bible classes in North Carolina.
For over 10 years Mr. Hoey has
been the teacher of the class and
In that decade, in which he placed
his class above nearly everything
else, he has become widely known
as a Bible class teacher.
Not To Leave
For several years members ot the
class, some of whom seldom ever
darken the doors of a church other
than for his weekly talk, have fear
ed that sooner or later he might
enter the race for the United States
senate and leave Shelby. When lie
announced late last week that he
would not make the campaign and
\ preferred to remain among toe peo
ple of his home town the class was
elated. Members of toe class would
support him for anything but at
the same time they felt that the
class wouldn’t do without him. Aa a
result class officials gathered one
night this week < and prepared a
Hoey Day’’ program for 9:45 Sun
day morning. There will be short
talks of appreciation for his serv
ices, musical numbers and other
special features.
Every member of the class is urg-*
ed to attend and it is hoped to have
present every former member. All
friends of Mr. Hoey and the general
public are also Invited. The class
hopes to make the occasion its big
gest event.
Recorder Hears
Large Number Of
Cases In August
: Over 200 Cases, Most Of Them For
Prohibition Violations.
Disposed Of.
The month of August was a heavy
I one for the Cleveland county re
| corder’s court. A total of 218 cases
were disposed of during the month,
| it being the heaviest docket in a
number of months. In July only 158
cases were handled.
In toe 218 cases there were near
300 convictions and more than 100
of the total cases were for some
type of infraction of the prohibition
laws, according to the records of
Charlie Woodson, clerk of record
er’s court.
During the month there were four
or five days in which court held all
: day sessions.
Missionary Annual
| Conference Adjourns
1 Two New Ministers Ordained. Rev.
a C. Sisk Sent Back To
Shelby.
The annual conference of the
| Missionary Methodists came to a
, close Saturday. Several new mem
; bers were taken Into the conference
and two ministers were ordained.
Each minister sent out to his work
seems to be well satisfied. Rev. H.
C. Sisk was sent back to Shelby for
another year. He wishes to co-oper
ate with all the people. Mr. Sisk is
highly esteemed in Shelby where he
labors with his people. Mr. Sisk re
cently conducted a splendid meet
ing here and baptised seven in the
Shelby mill awimming pool last
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. A
I number of new members were ac
| cepted into the church.
Mr. Sisk has a tent revival meet
ing in progress at Eastside. Large
crowds are attending each night.
The public is invited.
Mr. Darnell Drops
Dead In Spartanburg
News was received here this
: morning that Mr. H. B. Darnell
'dropped dead in Spartanburg, S. C.
He died about 7:30 o’clock so rela
tives of his wife were notified here.
Mr. Darnell married Miss Irma
Bowman of this place. She is a
daughter of Mr. J. T. Bowman and
a sister of Mr. Nat Bowman. Fu
neral arrangements had not been
'made this morning
‘Coin" Harvey, Pos7 #0, 7s
Firs/ Oi/f /or President
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Famous Free Silver Advocate of Monte Ne, Ark.,
Takes I leadership of Liberty Party to “Save
American Civilization”
mrnmf
^.H.'Coisf Har-qxv a^nA Tgiy g
He may be put eighty year* of i|f, elmost blind and, for many yean
unheard of, but W. H. "Coin” Harvey, famed free stiver advocate of
the last century, has become the first nominee for President of the
United States In 1932. Declining at first to lead the Liberty Party,
which he and his wife and their followers organised to "save civilisa
tion,” the aged political economist finally changed his mind and ac
cepted the presidential nomination to keep his party from dissolution
at Its first convention at Monte Ne, Ark. While the political bee has
been merrily bussing along about such probable candidates as Presi
dent Hoover and Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Coin” stole -a march
on his opponents and first tossed his hat in the ring.
Rumors Indicate That Reynolds Is
Gaining Strength In This County
U there a possibility that R. R. (Our Bob) Reynolds, of
Asheville, will carry Cleveland in the senatorial primary in
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The Asheville man, who once con
tested Senator Overman and receiv
ed a very complimentary vote in
this county, was not taken so ser
iously when he first announced,
particularly because of his wet
platform. More recently, however,
there seems to be quite a change of
sentiment. Anyway, rumors passing
around the court house and other
gathering places would so indicate.
It was at first believed that the
Reynolds strength here would be
picked up among the younger voters
and in the textile villages where he
is a favorite. Added to this strength
were those who oppose the prohibi
tion amendment and would support
Reynolds because of his announced
opposition to it. But reports, having
some basis of foundation, indicate
that he may show strength among
some voters heretofore considered as
loyal supporters of prohibition.
Just how much strength he might
pick up in this quarter is a debat
able question. At the court house
this week, however, one man, who
does much listening and little talk
ing, said that he had heard four
elderly citizens, all well known, say
that they intended voting for Rey
nolds. Three of them stated, he said,
that they were about ready to agree
with the Asheville attorney in his
view that prohibition enforcement
has been a farce and has been con
ducive to the increase in crime. All
three have nothing whatever to do
with whiskey and until now advo
cated prohibition- The fourth stated
that he would support Reynolds de
spite his announced platform be
cause he admired his being frank
and open about It, and, also, be
cause he considers It best to send a
younger man to Washington.
On the other hand, there arc
hundreds and hundreds of voters
who as yet haven’t given the sena
torial race any consideration and
will not express themselves until
later. The repo its flying about now
do not assure anything, but are
construed as somewhat surprising.
None of the candidates have made
an official visit to this section, but
are expected to open up within a
short time
Among the avowed Reynolds sup
porters it Is said that a Reynolds
club will be formed at an early date
and the Asheviie man invited here
to make a speech.
The—veteran politicians of the
county, reluctant about talking,
take the slant without making any
direct statements that Senator Mor
rison will carry the county with
Reynolds running second and Bowie
third.
Mr. and Mrs. Will G. Arey and
three sons, Miss Ruth Roberts,
Robert Armour and Walter Pan
ning are spending today on a pic
nic at Rainbow Lake near Spartan
burg.
More Gasoline Burned In State This
Year Than Last Despite Depression
Million More Gallons I'sed In July
And August. More Tax For
State.
Raleigh, Sept. 4.—A million gal
lons more of gasoline was used In
North Carolina during July and
August, 1931 than during the same
two months of 1930 and that one
tax is a conscious exception to all
others by showing an increase
greater than the increase In rates
imposed by the last legislature, ac
cording to tax collection figures
made public by Commissioner of
Revenue A. J. Maxwell.
With the tax per gallon increas
ed from five to six cents, the state
collected $2,561,614.88 on 42,693,582
gallons of gasoline in July and Aug
ust of this year as compared with
$2,089,888.80 collected on 42,693,581
gallons in the first two months of
the last fiscal year.
But although the $471,826.03 in
crease in gasoline was matched by
ah increase of $70,905.92 in automo
bile license taxes lor the same per
iod, the receipts from the year from
license plates is off by $486,487.37,
Are being only 440,000 automobiles
registered as compared with 470,000
at the same period last year.'
The increased use of gasoline in
this year of greater depression" is
accounted for largely by the greater
use of trucks.
Due largely to higher franchise
and license taxes, notably an nl
crease from two to five per cent,
on the gross receipts of electric
power and light companies. Com
missioner Maxwell reported general
fund collections for July and August
of $3,387,645.11 as compared with
$2,453,542.97 for the same period in
1930.
As compared with last year, in
heritance taxes dropped from $180,
806.59 to $46,804.05 and income tax
es from $214,519.91 to $301,410.71,
but franchise taxes increased from
$1,433,894.06 to $2,249J01.43 and li
cense taxes from $624,522 41 to
$889,628.92.
Squire Monroe
Wilson Buried
Today At Zion
Was Deacon For Fifty
Year*
One Of The Cointy’i Moil Morel
rttitens Aaceambs At Age
IS Temrv
Squire J. Monroe Wilton who dlec
Thursday morning at a o'clock at
his home near Zion church, was
buried this afternoon at 2 o’clock
at Zion Baptist church near which
he lived all of his long life. In hie
passing, the county loses one of its
noblest's citiaens, a man of re
markable memory and a churchman
who served as a deacon and chair
man of the board at Zion for half
a century. He was a member of Zior
shurch for sixty years and for many
years served as Sunday schoo
teacher and superintendent. When
Zion celebrated its centennial a few
years ago, Squire Wilson wrote a
history of the church from Its be
ginning, reciting the growth of the
church, the buildings that were
erected during the century and the
pastors who served the church.
It was near Zion where the first
court was held in Cleveland after
it was carved from Rutherford and
Lincoln countiea and It was there
the county seat came near being
established. Squire Wilson was one
of the leading men in Zion church
and in the community. He served
as Justice of the peace for a number
of years and was known for his
Judical mind and his fine charac
ter.
He Was married to Miss Ann El
liott who survives, together with
the following children, all of whom
live in Cleveland county: Mrs. Flor
ence Lackey, Misses Vemle and
Mary Wilson, Mrs. Lloyd Hamrick,
Mrs Lester Hamrick, Clarence,
Grady and Buren Wilson.
He was a member of the Masonic
order in good standing and his Ma
sonic brethren accorded him due
honor at the funeral this afternoon.
Deacons of the Zion church served
as honorary pall bearers and serv
ices were in charge of Rev. D. O
Washburn.
Prohibition Raids
Made Near Shelby
Wholesale Arrests Made At «<%.rion,
Spartanburg, Gaffney And
Other Pefats.
li seems to be an active season
with Federal prohibition agents in
cities and towns near Shelby
On Wednesday Federal prohibition
officers arrested two doeen in Mar
lon and McDowell county and on the
same day picked up more than a
soore in Spartanburg. Cherokee and
Union counties in South Carolina.
The raids indicate renewed activity
on the part of Federal agents and
undercover men. The South Carolina
raids are described in the following
Spartanburg dispatch:
"Federal prohibition agents de
scended on Spartanburg, Cherokee
and Union oounties Wednesday In
what was described as the largest
Federal roundup of alleged liquor
law violators ever made here.
"At a late hour Wednesday nighl
31 arrests had been made and oth
ers impended. Two undercover men.
Federal Agents N. W. Vick and C. E.
Gamble, who bad been working here
for three weeks or more, donned
their badges and led the officers in
arrests based on evidence they
gathered in the assumed role of
liquor operators.
"Vick and Qamble worked at the
filling station or Theo Oault. one
of those arrested, outside the city
on the Charlotte road, and lived at
Gault’s home."
Dry Agents Strike
Marion Section Hard
Marion. — Federal prohibition
agents had a busy time here Wed-,."*
nesday, arresting 34 person* on
charges of violating the liquor laws.
Nine of those arrested were held
in Jail while the others were re
leased on $500 each. Fifty warrant*
were sworn out by the raMsrt’utd
more arrests are expected.
James Morris, United States com
missioner. held hearings all day
binding the victims over to federal
court as fast as they were brought
before him.
Mr. Joseph Thompson returned
home from the Shelby hospital
Wednesday where he underwent an
operation for appendicitis ten da vs
ago.
Miss Mary Tedder. a last year
graduate of Shelby high school en
tered Boiling Springs college this
weak