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m i 8 PAGES TODAY l ublished Monday, Wednesday and tYiday Afternoons. «T kUtl. DOT flu, tla llfUMI _ Ml i'dhiot. wf mr. <la »Di»n»p> _ M.M Late News THE MARKET Cotton ,....5$4 to 6A,r Cotton Seed, hundred SOc Fair Thursday. Today'* North Carolina Weather Report: Fair tonight and Thursday. Slightly warmer Thursday and in a interior tonight. Broadcast Series. Announcement was made today that the World Series baseball games, beginning Thursday, will be broadcast over radio in Shelby and at the fair grounds. Pendleton’s will conduct a broadcast at the store and also at the fair booth. Other radio dealers will likely do the same thing at their places of business, but definite announcement had not been made when tills was written. The game between St. f ouls and Phila delphia at St. Louis will come in ovrr fhe air at 1:30 here. Protest Made Of Tagging Cars At Fairground Gates .Number Of Card* Tarred Cast Night. Governor Wired To In vestigate Matter. - Quite a .stir was cause.' in the city Iasi night and today ever the tagging ot a number of automo biles which were parked along ,th~ shoulders of highway 20 at the county fair grounds yesterday. Several motorists pretested that the method used was not right and one Kings Mountain citizen, Char lie Campbell, today wired Governor ■ Gardner asking for an investigation of the tagging process and trial u.ed by A. B. C. DePriest, local magistrate, and highway patrol men. When Mr. Campbell returned to his auto, parked by the side cf he highway, and off the pavement, he says, he found on it a card left by a highway patrolman. On ore side, written with a pen was the fol lowing order: “Ford coach JvT. C. No. 271-311: Come to this office Wed. Sept. 30ih. at 9 a. m. to answer charge of parking on highway. State Highway Patrol. (Over).” On the other side of the card was the printed professional card of Mag istrate DePriest. Highway patrolmen. handling traffic at the fair, said today that in tagging the cars the owners were directed to the DePriest office be r cause it was conveniently located and because they did not desire to '•end motorists to the recorder's court where it would cost more. Some of the controversy centered about whether motorists could bf • pulled” for parking by the side 'I the highway if the cars were off the pavement. Along the shoulder «,f the road, however, highway patrol officials had erected J4 signs read ing "No Parking Here,” these beir erected to handle the exception! conditions brought on by rhe hear traffic for the fair. The two high way patrolmen were merely obey ing orders in enforcing the instruc tions of these signs. but some cf those protesting say that motorists should have been ordered to move at the time they started to park in stead of being tagged and sent up tor court casts. Only a few of the cases had been disposed of today and Magistrate DePriest, it is un derstood, offered to refund costs in those cases if there was an error in the matter. Just where the controversy will cud remain to be seen. Several of those tagged are aroused over the - matter and at noon today there were reports that a petition was be ing started to request the Investi gation of the alleged exceptional number of cases being sent to mag istrate's court. Several motorists, it is said, have consulted attorneys f bout the legality of the violations. Niece Of Easom Is Buried Today A niece of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Easom is being buried today tit Smithfield. this state, and Mr* and Mrs. Easom are attending the fu neral. They will return to Shelby to morrow. The niece died yesterday and when Mr, Easom first received , the message he understood it was tils father and did not know better until he arrived there, Last Week For Tax Payments Tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 1, Is the last legal day In which Cleveland county taxpayers may pay their 1930 taxes. In making this announcement Sheriff Irvin M. Alien stated that the- list of unpaid taxes will be pub lished next week. Taxpayers who eiin pay their taxes any day this week can have their names remov ed from the publication list before it Is published next week, but the list is to be made ready right away. Approximately $40,000, not quite one-tenth of t.he total lew remains SB be paid. Thousands Enjoy Opening Day Of Cleveland County Fair Cleveland 5th InN. C. Ginning Up To Sept. 16 Robeson Gins Twice As Much | Eastern Counties Take Gtnlng Lead As Usual Early In The Season. '( ' ■ Cleveland, for several year* Vorth Carolina's largest cotton producing county, was behind | four other counties In bales ginned up to September 16. This Is not unusual as the crop In : Eastern Carolina cotton counties Is | usually quite a bit ahead of the j crop here In the foothills. As the i weeks pass, however, it is expected : that Cleveland will pass all the oth er counties except Robeson, with the possibility of leading Robeson \ once more. heads State. Robeson with 5,397 bales ginned to September 16. led the state. An s&n had 3,600 bales ginned; Cum berland had 2,468 and Scotland had 3,693. Cleveland came next with 2. 369. Mecklenburg, Union and Lincoln counties had not ginned up to 1,-. 000 bales by the 16th. Burke Youth May Escape The Chair Girl Whom He Was Convicted Of Assaulting Asks Commuted Sentence. Raleigh, Sept. 30.—Wtllie Rector, Bprke county white youth, who strayed out of the liquor making region making regions of South Mountains into an affair with a white girl that led him, not quite comprehending, through the court, to a cell of state's prison “death row," tonight faced excellent pros pects of escaping the electric chair. Hector's execution is set for Fri day. but the number and the qual ity of petitions for his life on file in the office of Tyre C. Taylor, ex ecutive counsel, made | appear probable that Governor Gardner would commute the death sentence. Heading the list of Burke county folk asking that the mountain lad’s life be spared, is the girl he was convicted of criminally attacking, Louise Yancey, and her father. J. O. Yancey. Trial Judge V/alter E. Moore and Solicitor L. S. Spurling and 11 members of the convicting jury have asked that the death sentence be commuted, Mrs. James Moore Is Buried Today Eighty Two Year Old No. Two Township Woman Died Monday Night Mrs. James Moore, 80 years of | age, died in the lower edge of No. 2 township Monday night. Her passing was rather suScfen. Mrs. Moore was the second wife of James Moore and lived on the plantation of Mr. Moore’s son, Ed gar Moore. Her husband and a number of step children survive. The funeral took place this after noon at 2 o’clock at Mt. Pleasant church, service being conducted by the pastor. Stirring l j> Grid Power • Ah! just right”—Coach Alonso A. Stage Is shown sampling the aonp being prepared for his crew of hnskies on the Uxfiverslty of Chicago football squad. Nell Sawln seems pleased that the veteran gridiron mentor Is pleased with her delicacy, for she directs preparation of the special dally diet for the football men as prescribed by the Grand OM Man of Chicago l'. 4-Cent Cotton Caused OdusMull State Chairman, To Finish College Low Price Received In Early Man hood Made Rim Decide To Enter College. Biogra pineal sketches of North Carolina's leading citizens are be ing published at frequent Intervals by the Raleigh Associated Press bu reau. The following sketch about a Cleveland county citizen will be of interest to Star readers: Pour cents a pound cotton sent Odus M. Mull to college and start ed him on a career that has carried him high in the political life of North Carolina. Thrice a member of the state house of representatives from Clev eland county and in 1930 execu tive counsel to Governor O. Max Gardner, his friend and business associate, Mull has been active in Democratic politics in the state since the days “white supremacy” was an issue. In 1938 he was elected chairman of the state Democratic executive committee and was re-elected in 1930. He bore the brunt of Gover nor Gardner’s campaign for elec tion on the Democratic ticket dur ing the state’s stormy political up rising In 1928. Mull was born and reared to young manhood in the rural section of Cleveland county. 30 miles from Shelby, the nearest town with rail road facilities. Houston E. Mull, his father, and Margaret Ann Carpenter, his moth er. were married in 1877 and on September 18, 1880. Odus M Mull was born, the second child of the marriage. A little more than a year there after, the father died and a short time later the elder child, John Mull. died. Thus Odus M. Mull, when less than two years old, was left to the care of a widowed mother, herself only 32 years old, with a home built of logs and a rock hillside farm as the only means of support. When he had reached six years of age, Mull’s mother married a CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN > Shelby Citizens Should Join Move To Prevent- Fires Week Of Oct. 4 Fire Prevention Week Just Ahead. Fire Losses Could Be Held Down. With a national per capita loss of four dollars for the united Stat es. aggregating approximately half a billion dollars annually, it be hooves every resident of Shelby to fall Into line on Oat. 4 and exert every- effort towards putting Shelby in as nearly fire proof shape for the winter months as possible. Fire losses, represent one of the greatest wattes, not only of this nation, but the entire world. Not withstanding the ever increasing improvement in fire fighting methods and menns of prevention and precaution, the loss by fire each year has steadily increased during the past ten years and fori the most part these fires have been the result of carelessness. Beginning Oct. 4 the entire week will be given over throughout the nation as Fire Prevention week, and through the observance of this week it is hoped to reduce the fire hazard to as low a point as pos sible. Let every one fiere do his part toward reducing this hazard and making Shelby as free from the risk of fire as possible. Everyone can.enter into this campaign. Look into all of the cor ners. into closets, under the house on shelving and everywhere and clear out the rubbish and trash where sparks might fall and cause a conflagration which may not only destroy your home or store, but take with It a heavy toll In the COKTTXl'ED ON CAGE S*YjtN.j I I I j I No Debate For Gardner In 3 Classes People Raleigh. Sept. 30.—Gover nor relates that when he was a younger .man than he hi now, an old friend gave him advice which he has found to bn sound and which he has in most cases followed. ‘'Ton can argae with an other lawyer and probably come ont all right." the old friend said, in substance. 'You can have a controversy with your banker and not be much worse off. You can handle your tenant or employe usu ally. You oan hold your own with most any other class ol people. “But.” the old man advised "don’t ever get into a contro versy or an argument with three classes: a woman, a preacher or a newspaper.” Dr. Matthews Comes To Practice Here Dr. B. B. Matthews will return to Shelby the last of this week from Andalusia, Ala., to establish himself again In the practice of medicine here. Dr. Matthews practised medi cine here for a year or so. but went to Alabama about two years %go. He has decided to return to Shelbv and comes back the last of this week. He will have offices with Dr H. C. Thompson of West Marion street in the Lineberger building. Takes First Honor. The project entered by the ele mentary grades of the Shelby school system this year won first honors at the fair. It is one of the first times Shelby has competed for any of the fair honors. Races At Fair Yesterday In yesterday's horse races. Maca Patchen, owned by Gene Cannon of Concord and driven by Dick Rogers placed first in the 2:20 trot, “Mister Nap,” owned by Dr. Fuqua Radford, Va„ won the 2:17 pace. "Red Streak,” greyhound owned by Sheriff Irvin M. Allen, led the field in the greyhound races. In the No. One class of the fox hound racing yesterday a foxhound belonging to Mr. Jim Yarbrough took first honors. In the second race a Lincoln county foxhound placed first. A pacing and 'rotting horse race is held oaoh aftorpoon during *ho | fair at 3 o'clock, followed by two I classes of foxhound racing and on? [greyhound race Around 50 dog-s are taking part in the foxhound racing, and six greyhounds in that event Over 80 horses are here for the (Jolly horse races and there were eight starters in both flosses vesterday and today. Fair’s Poultry Show Is Bigger Than Last Year Near 1,500 Entries In Show Approximately I .SOS Birds Not Coon tint Odd Entries Such As Pigeons, Rabbits. The poultry show depart ment at the county fair this year Is typical of the other de partments—It is the largest poultry exhibit In the history of the Cleveland county fair. i Rev. John Wv Buttle, director of! the show, stated today that ap- \ proxlmately 1,500 entries were ml the poultry' building, every bit-of| space being taken. Winners Friday. It was Impossible to get a full list of the poultry ribbon winners today but it is probable that the list will be available by Friday. Of the 1,500 entries approximate ly 1,300 are chickens. The other en tries in the building is an odd lot. including ducks and gese, pigeons, rabbits, canary’ birds, guinea pigs, etc. “It is not only our largest poul try show,” Rev. Mr. Buttle said “but it ks also the best quality show- we have had." Practically every known species of chicken and bird is to be found In the building, which was a favorite spot on opening day, particularly for the thousands of farm children attending the fair. -- County Track Meet \ To Kings Mountain; ! Mooresboro Second West Cewnty-Wide Meet Held On School Dot la Enthusiastic Erent. A group of athletes representing the Kings Mountain school yester day won the first annual county wide track meet at the Cleveland County Pali-. By winning Kings Mountain gets permanent) possess ion of the first cup offered Here after a team getting the most total point* will keep the cup only one year until some school wins It three times. There was a great deal of Inter est In the track meet, more than was expected, and hundreds of children from the various schools were in the stands yesterday morn ing to cheer their teams on Other Scorers. Kings Mountain ran up a total of 18 points to take first place. Moor esboro came second with 15 points and Belwood and Shelby tied for third place honors with 14 points each. No. 8 school registered 13 points, Lattlmore nine, No. 8 school three and Casar two. Ellis, who within himself wre; almost a one man track team for Shelby was the highest individual scorer, making all 14 points for the Shelby school Winners. The winners by everts follow: 100-yard dash—Byers (No. 3). Layton (Kings Mt.«. Ellis (Shelby). 220-yard dash—Ellis (Shelby), Patterson (No. 3), Green (Moores boro''. Quarter-mile relay—Mooresboro, No. 3, and No. 8 In order. Half-mile relay—Kings Mountain. Belwood, No. 3. Handicap—Kings Mountain Lat | tlmore, Belwood. Sack race - Reinhart 'Kings Mountain''. Peeler (Belwood >, John Blanton, Jr., (Lattlmore.) Stand broad Jump—Harrlll (Moor esboro), EUis (Shelby), Peeler (Bel wood.) Running broad Jump — Ellle I 'Shelby), Harrlll (Mooresboro) and i Willis (Belwood-) tied for second. Running high Jump—Davis (Lat | tlmore), Green (No. 8) and Robln i son (Casari. tied for second. Standing high jump—Peeler <Bel j wood) and Harrlll (Mooresboro) }tied for first; McEntire (No. 3) I third. 'OTHER SPORT NEWS PAGE 31 Bulwinkle Better; Return* To Office Gastonia, Sept 30 —Congreaspian A. L Bulwinkle, who has been suf fering severely from kidney stones for the past several days, showed considerable improvement this week and- was able to be in his office f— ,a 'ime. Manufacturers’ Building Displays Clever Ads; Use Of Cotton Commercial Building One Of Best Arranged Section* Of I-arge County Fair. There isn’t a better prepared fea- j ture of the Cleveland County Fair this year than the gauntlet of edu- I catlonal and advertising booths in I the Manufacturers' building. Every available Inch of apace In j the structure Is filled and the booths j are arranged In such a manner as to Indicate that considerable thought and time were given to them. All Of Cotton. Money and cotton may not go hand In hand this year, but the unusual Ftrst National Bank booth paramount* cotton—not the grow ing of cotton, or the manufacture thereof .but Increased consumption. Every detail of the booth la worked out In cotton, cotton planted and grown In Cleveland county, and In side the booth Is an excellent dis play of cloth and fabrics manufac tured In Cleveland county plants. At every turn the booth stresses this point—"We Grow Cfltton, We Manufacture Cotton, Let’s USE More Cotton." But the bank booth Is not, by far, the only commercial display that Is bringing the crowds to a halt as they give It a thorough onee-over. From one end of the building to the other manufacturers and merchants have excellent displays, showing the advantages of their products and rapidly dispensing whatever in formation might be desired. Along the exhibit row are the following firms: Pendleton's Music Store, Blue Ridge Ice Cream Com I pany. Southern Pubhc Utilities, Cleveland Marble ft Granite Works. | Mils Studio, Antique Gift Shop, Rogers Motor*. Patterson- and I wards, florists: Riviere Printing Co., Shelby Hardware Co., First Na tional Bank, Boot’s Bakery, Wal densian Bakery, T. W. Wood and Sons, Champion OH Co., Kelvlnator. Nat Bowman Coal Company, J. Lawrence Lackey, Pontiac and Bulck automobiles. Along the same rows the Boy Scouts have a display and there are eating booths maintained by the American Legion Auxiliary' and the women of the Presbyterian church. “Monstrous Crowd,” Show Leader Says Of Cleveland Fair Second Biggest Day For Model Shows. Largest County Fair Crowd. "That was the largest crowd I've ever seen at a single county fair, ’ declared Wm. J. Hilliard, executive of the Model Shows, In referring to the attendance Tuesday at the opening of the Cleveland county fair. "Many district and state fairs would be proud of an attendance like that." "To show you that I know what I’m talking about, our show had Us second biggest day this year at your fair. And remember that since April we’ve played such largi fair events as those at Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, Charleston, W Va., and Kankakee, 111, Some of us might have wondered about bring ing the world’s largest open air show assemblage to a one-county fair, but after seeing that crowd we’re wondering no longer.” Polkville Takes First Honors In { School Exhibits For rim Time Ever All High Schools In Coanty Had Dis plays fn School Section. Polkville high school won firrt honors In the school booth contest, at the Cleveland county fair tills year. The booth, showing a com prehensive cross-section of school activity In Its various phases, was striking In every detail and drew a great amount of praise for the hun dreds who thronged through the exhibit buildings. Falls ton Second. Fallston took second honors with a fine booth and Waco took third place with another Interesting ex hibit. Every standard high achool In the county had a booth In the fair this year for the first time ever, ac cording to J. H. Orlgg, county sup erintendent. With such a large number of school booths the building In which they were placed was an outstand ing point of Interest for school children who were admitted free yesterday. Law Enforcement Meeting Is Planned Lions Clab Will Be Hosts To Law Enforcement Officers of County County Tuesday, Oct. 5. *'■ On Tuesday night, October 6. the Lions club of this city will hold a "law enforcement" meeting at the Hotel Charles. The club will have as Its guests the several deputy sheriffs, constables, policemen and other law enforcement officials of the county. There will be an out of-town speaker for the occasion. The object of the meeting Is to pro mote the organization of a “better government club’’ In this county. Through the medium of this organ ization the people of the county would be encouraged to better ac quaint themselves with the method un me auiereni gov ernment agencies, the officers would be made famlUar with the duties of their office, and It Is hoped that the people would be brought to a better understanding, and a more sympathetic understanding of the officers they have seen fit to elect to the different places of trust. Meetings would be held where timely subjects would be discussed by those In attendance. It is hoped that an organization of this kind would build up the slumping con fidence that the public has In the different county, state and national law enforcing agencies. Including the courts, Judges, officers, and for that matter all of the public offi cials and public offices. There Is a movement on through out the state to organize such clubs, the objects of them to be united In bringing about a better understanding between the people and the office holder, and parti cularly regarding the law enforcing officials. Meetings would be held for certain districts, and clubs from the several counties would participate In these meetings, all cooperating In a common cause for the betterment of the state and national govern ment. Children Had Great Day Taking In Sights And Shows At Cleveland Fair i Wonders, Freaks. Fun And (Hilar ity of Big Midway And Shows Gave Thrills. Tuesday was children's day at .the fair. And did they come? Did they? We'll say they did. They came by the thousands. Some brought their fathers and mothers and big broth ers and sisters and aunts and un cles. but some came all alone. What a time they had. As early at 10 o'clock the midwav was a mass of humanity and the ticket sellers were kept busy throughout the da; And what a time they had As early as 10 o’clock the midway was a mass of humanity and the ticket sellers were kept busy throughout the day. And what a whale of a nm^ay these Model Shows of America have brought this year. Nothing like it has ever been operated in Shelby before. Those adults who did not care for the rides or fun houses stood around and watched the happy children come tumbling off the various con traptions in hilarious fashion, only to go back and do it ail over again. Shrieks of laughter and unrestrain ed cries of happiness were heard on all sides. Soon the huge midway was a pandemonium of noises and orderly confusion. How they scream | ed as the big "Waltaer" gave them the ride of their lives, and what fun they had trying to get out of the place with the funny mirrors called the Bug House. The Russian midgets delighted them, and one little tot cried be-! oil °koi * ( Big Event Has Record Attendance Large Crowds To See Races Today Estimate 35,000 Or More Her* Yesterday And Last Nljjht. Ends Saturday, With three more big days and nights after today the eighth Cleveland County Fair promises to equal past records as over 35,000 people milled through the gates yesterday and last night to enjoy th« colorful opening day program. In the number were thous ands of school children who were admitted free on school day. “That crowd yesterday and la:,t night surpassed our wildest expec tations.” Dr. J. 8. Dorton and other fair workers stated this morning. “We thought we were going to have a big throng but we hardly thought there would be so many that it would be difficult to fight your way through the crowds duflng the aft ernoon and night.” Numerous people who have been associated with the fair for several years declared It to be the largest crowd yet. “Out on the main tract.** Rev. J. w. Buttle, poultry depart ment head, said “there seems to he more than ever, and X know that we're having larger crowds in the poultry building.” The Week Ahead. Attendance during the mornings for the remainder tll Saturday Is not expected to be heavy, but it Is believed large crowds will see the races and free acts each afternoon and the fire works, free acts and races each night. The horse races are booked for X o’clock each afternoon along with the free acts and the foxhound and greyhound races are at 4 each aft ernoon. The fireworks program w held each evening at 7:30 and the foxhound races about the. same time. The dog racing crack, featuring greyhound and foxhound racing, has proven to be the most attrac tive of the new features. Hundreds yelled themselves hoarse yesterday afternoon and last night as th* dogs tore around Uie half-mile track. The horse races are equal!) as good this year. More than fit horses are here and there weri eight starters in all the heats of the horse races yesterday afternoon. Agrlcnltnral Display. Every department of the fa:i shows Improvement over last yea:. WINNERS IN DOG SHOW OF CLEVELAND COUNTY FAIR. PAGE 6. Hours can be entertainingly and educationally spent in the big ex hibit halls. AH space is filled and overflowing in the agricultural building and such a comprehensive array of farm and household pro ducts has not ben assembled in anv of the seven previous fairs. Com munity booths. individual farm booths, miscellaneous agricultural displays and various exhibits and contests of farm and household arts are unusually good. The live (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX.i Results In 30 i Minutes In less than thirty minutes after The Cleveland Star came from the press Monday afternoon, the T. W. Hamrick company had eager response to a two-column-five-inch ad vertisement on "Use Our Lay Away Plan and Select Your Christmas Gifts Early.” Even with all the excitement and all the attractions at the fair grounds, customers have con tinued to ask for Hamrick's Lay-Away Plan, and have gone right Ahead, selecting their Christmas Gift? early. Star advertising spread the news and did the work. It will work for you, too. It will help you distribute your mer chandise to the mar* than 5000 buying fnmilie* in Cleve land County.