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VOL. XXXVII, No. 121
SHELBY, N. C.
FRIDAY, OCT. 9. 1931
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Late News
THE MARKET
Cotton. . 5
Cotton seed, per hundred
854 *" «'«r,
d _ 40r
Cloudy And Cooler.
Today's North Carolina Weather
Report: Partly cloudy tonight and
Saturday. Probably showers alon"
roast line tonight. Cooler tonight.
Attend Air Show.
The air pageant this week In
Charlotte la attracting quite a nnm
her of Shelby people. Many are ge
v ing down to see the plane races and
other stunts, but a big percentage
of Shelby visitors to Charlotte are
there today and will go tomorrow
for the purpose of seeing Post and
<»atty, the round-thr-wor.il fliers,
and other noted airbirds. A nutn
, her of Shelby World war yets an
also there today for the purpose ot
joining In the relebration for Henry
Stevens, young Tar Heel, recently
elected national commander of the
American Legion. Tomorrow’s Shel
by visitors to Charlotte wilt also in
clude football fans who will lake
in tho State-Cletnson contest. . .
Fail To Locate
Fay’s Relatives;
Died Of Injuries
Mhowman Hurt In Highway Crash
Early Sunday Died In Hospital
Here Thursday,
, Where are John Pay's relatives,
if any’
Thai was what Palmer's Funeral
Home was attempting to find out
here today as the body of the show
man was held In the undertaking
parlors.
Fay. connected with the horse1
acts in the Model Shows playing
the Cleveland Fair here last week.i
was badly injured just within the
city limits Sunday morning in a
highway crash. He died yesterday,
Thursday morning at 9 o'clock in j
the Shelby hospital. His skull was
fractured and he was otherwise in- j
jured when the mule and cart
which he was driving from the fair
ground to the show train. was1
struck by a passing automobile. The
mule was killed. For several days
he was in a semi-cdnscious stupor
•f and later became unconscious
Wires were sent last night to
Glendale, hoping to locate some of
the dead man's relatives. They were
addressed to “John Fay’s brother"
as it was reported he had a brother j
* there. Early today no return mes
sage had been received. If no rela
tives can be located, officials of the j
show, now' playing the Winston I
fair, will be conferred with to de-1
eide what to do with the body.
Mull Speaks On
Local Charity
Depression Will Be Tbe Making Of
Men, He Declares. Kiwanians
Fed At Morgan Home.
Kiwanians were feci last night at
the home of Fred R. Morgan and
the proceed* from the meal tickets
will be donated to the charity fund
to be raised this winter. It was an
abundant repast beautifully served
by Mesdames Gerald Morgan, C. A.
Burrus, B. O. Stephenson, Chas.
Williams, Fred R. Morgan and Ma;,
T.attimore with 45 guests present.
They were seated in the large din
ing room at card tables with Mayor
S. A. McMurry in charge of pro
mam. The idea of a •'charity” din
ner was unique and the Morgan
dinner last evening netted about $35
to the charity fund.
' O. M. Mull was the principal
speaker and it was one of the fin
est speeches Mr. Mull . has ever
made. He is conversant with the sit
uation and addressed himself to the
world-wide depression, the differ
ence in money exchange and the
calls for charity because of unem
ployment. ‘ While we sympathise
with the farmer, there are many
people in worse condition. Farmers
at least have plenty to eat, but the
merchants and traveling salesmen
are taking the brunt of the blow.
v Many people accustomed to the
comforts of life find themselves in
dire need, yet they are too proud to
accept alms.”
Mr. Mull expressed the prediction
that American will snap out of the
crisis and civilization will be im
proved thereby. He declared that
service to o the re is our purpose in
life and the more service we render,
„■ the better we become. Our condi
tion is largely due to too much
money, too much pleasure and not
enough work, the kind of work im
posed upon Adam in the Garden of
Rden when man was banished from
the Garden snd made to earii an
honeit. living by the sweat of his
brow He expressed the feeling that
the calls for help would be met In
a generous »nd happy way and that
every possible effort would be put
forth to keep anyone from suffering
'Uling the winter.
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Cotton Prices
Up Despite Big
Crop Prediction
Market Gains After
Increase Shown
Forecast Made A* Based l pon Oct.
1 ConcP.lion. 69 Peirent Of
Normal.
Cotton farmers and cotton
buyers in Shelby and Cleveland
county had something to scratch
their heads oyer today. The gov
ernment report yesterday indi
cated that the crop would be
more than a half million bales
larger than estimated by the
previous report. As a result
everyone.expected that the mar
ket, already at a low " figure,
take another tumble. It moved
up, for surprising reason, and
today local spot cotton was quot
ed from 5 1-4 to 6 1-4 cents or
around 25 points higher than
before the big report. Follow
ing the report yesterday the
general market advanced 1(1
points and about 15 points
again today. If the gain con
tinues the local price may be
boosted late today or tomorrow.
Washington, Oct. 9.—Cotton pro
duction this year, as indicrted by j
condition October 1, was estimated
by the Department of Agriculture
yesterday at 16.284.000 bales, com
pared with 15,685,000 bales indicat- 1
ed a month ago and 13,932,000 bales i
ginned last year.
The condition of the crop on Oct.j
1, was 69.3 per cent of a normal. |
compared with 68.0 per cent a month i
ago, 53.5 per cent on Oct. I last j
year and 53.3 per cent, the ten
year Oct. 1 average.
The indicated yield of Unt Is j
placed at 190.5 pounds per acre.!
compared with 147.7 pounds last j
year and 154.4 pounds, the ten-year!
average.
The average for picking this year |
is placed at 40.889,000 acres the
abandonment after July 1 having j
been 1.5 per cent of the planted
acreage.
Tire condition on Oct.. 1 and indi
cated production by Stater?, follow I
Virginia, condition 80 per cent of j
a normal; production 39.000 bales;
North Carolina 75 and 730,000;
South Carolina 68 and 929,000;
Georgia 64 and 1,350,000; Florida 76
and 36.000; Missouri 88 and 246,000
Tennessee 77 and 536,000; Alabama
68 and 1,385,000; Mississippi 63 and
1,740; Louisiana 69 and 850,000;
Texas 69 and 5,100,000; Oklahoma
63 and 1.195.000; Arkansas 80 and 1,
750,000; New Mexico 87 and 94,000;
Arizona** 80 and 123.000; California
82 and 174,000; all other states 83
and 7,000: Lower California 76 and
32,000.
Five Nurses To Get
Diplomas Tonight
Graduating Exercises To Be Held
In High School Auditorium.
Dr. Parrott Speaks.
Five nurses from the Shelby hos
pital school of nursing will receive
their diplomas at the graduating
exercises to be held tonight in the
high school auditorium. The grad
uates are Margaret L. AJlen of
Shelby, Laura E. Shepherd of
Wadesboro, Novella M. White of
Shelby. Cassie L. Staten of Mor
ven and Madge A. Funderburke of
Ansonville.
Appropriate exercises will be held,
including music by Dr. and Mrs.
Plaster and a chorus from the First
Baptist church choir. The princi
pal address of the evening will be
delivered by Dr. James M. Par
rott of the state board of health
Vocal solos by Mrs. Dale Kalter,
presentation of pins by Miss Ella
MacNichols. presentation of di
plomas by Dr. J. W. Harbison,
presentation of speaker by O. M.
Mull, valedictory by Miss Funder
burke, announcements by Clyde R.
Hoey, chairman of the hospital
board.
The public is invited to the exer
cises tonight.
City Property To
Be Sold For Taxes
In today’s issue of The Star, the
City of Shelby is advertising for
sale property on which taxes have,
not been paid for the past two
years. 1929 and 1930. Last year there
were no tax salps of property on
which taxes had not been paid, so
in order to close the books up to
the present time, the city is adver
tising for the two year period. The
' list is considerably longer than ever
| bclore.
Throng Attends Baptist Meeting At
Zion—741 Baptisms During Year
Serving 19th Year
REV. JOHN W. SETTLE
Re-elected yesterday as Moderator
of the Kings Mountain Baptist as
sociation.
All Of 42 Churches Represented It'
Urlrgales. Rev. .1. \V. Suttle
Re-elected Moderator.
One of the largest crowds to at
tend the annual Kings Mountain
Baptist association gathered yester
day at Zion church, six miles north
of Shelby and again today in the
second and final day session.
At yesterday's meeting. Rev. John
W. Suttle was re-elected moderator
and began his 19th consecutive
term. He was first elected to head
the association at Zion 19 years ago.
Other officers elected were W. A.
Elam, vice moderator; J. V. Deven
ny, clerk, George Blanton, treas
urer, and C. J. Black, historian.
All Churches Represented.
For the first time in a number of
years every one of the 42 churches
tn the association was represented
by delegates. The delegates and vis
itors numbered around 1,000 people
and a dinner such as is rarely seen
was served by the people of the Zion
community. A table 145 feet long
was laden with the best of good
things to eat and there was such
an abundance, many of th$ baskets
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Work Of Highway Patrolmen At
Fair Done Properly, Fanner States
Hail Legal Right To Prevent Park
in* Along Shoulders Of
Highway There.
Highway Patrolmen Stone and
Allison were within their rights ana
carrying out their order* in sending
motorists before a magistrate for
parking along the shoulders of
highway 20 at the Cleveland fair
grounds last week. This announce
ment is made by Capt. Charles
Parmer, head of the state patrol,
and Lieut. Beck, who came to Shel
by and made an investigation of the
affair after complaints were made
by motorists who were tagged.
One night during the fair quite
a number of cars were tagged by
the patrolmen for being parked
along the side of the road where
highway signs forbade parking. The
cards with which they were tagged,
or some of them were the profes
sional cards of A, B. C. DePriest.
Shelby magistrate Some of those
ordered to report at the magistrate's
office intimated that the magis
trate and patrolmen might be work-*
ing together and protested that in
parking off the pavement tbev
were breaking no law. As a result
telegrams were sent to Governor
Gardner requesting an investiga
tion. One contention was that local
lawyers were alleged to have in
formed their clients that highway
patrol officials had no authority to
prohibit parking along the side oi
tne nighway.
Make Investigation
On the following day the patrol
officials came here to make their
investigation. This week it was
learned that the investigation did
not reveal any wrongdoing or at -
tempted wrongdoing. It was stated
that a new traffic law does give the
patrol authority to establish no
parking regulations where excep
tional traffic, such as that at the
fair grounds, demands it. The
proper parking signs, it was pointed
out. had been erected and in such
number that they could easily be
seen. With only two patrolmen to
handle the large fair crowds, it was
explained, they could not be two
places at one time and, therefore,
could not keep motorists driving on
as they parked at the forbidden
spots. There was nothing whatso
ever wrong, either, it was said, with
sending violators of the parking or
dinance before a magistrate as it
was convenient to do so and also
because the costs for the violation
would be less before a magistrate
than in recorder's court.
Magistrate's Cases.
The report also stated that the
officials visited the magistrates of
fice and found all the warrants to
be made out properly with the right
amount of costs. The contention
that the trial of sue hcases was be
yond the Jurisdiction of a magis
trate was contradicted. The maxi
mum fine, it was stated, for such a
traffic violation is $10. this bringing
it within the scope of a magistrate
The fact that the patrolmen usee
the magistrate's professional card
for tagging purposes was also up
held because of the convenience, al
though it was stated that the state
furnishes patrolmen with the nec
essary blanks for sending violator
to court.
Lieut. Beck while in Shelby de
clared that if anyone thought pa
trolmen were going beyond then
limits or were not discharging thei,
duties properly, it is unnecessary to
communicate with the governor as
i he is in charge of patrol work in
jthis area and will be glad to he a
complaints and make investigations
Forest City Man
Killed By Oysters
Greenville, S. C, Oci, 9 —W. S
Hatley, 30, of Forest City. N, C„ an
employe of the North Carolina high
way department. died yesterday
from ptomaine poisoning. Six per
sons who ate in the same hotel at
Greer Thursday night are ill;
Miss Janie Ferguson of Spartan
burg, one of those made HI, was in
a condition necessitating hospital
treatment. The others were affected
only slightly.
Coroner Joe Wooten said he war
informed all were made ill by ea' ■
ing oysters. He empanneled a jury
to investigate Hartley's death.
Mr. Hartley came to the Forest
City section from the north several
| years ago. About eight years ago he
i was married to Miss Nallie Cham
pion, of that city, who survives with
| one small son. The deceased is also
! survived by his mother and father
of New Jersey.
Workers Refuse
Cotton And Pea
Picking Offers
Turn Down Chances
To Work On Farms
Welfare Department To Refuse Aid
To Those Who Turn Down
Offer* Of Jot».
Cleveland county farmers tn Shel
by this week declared that they
had more cotton and peas than they
could get picked because a big per
centage of the unemployed in Shel
by refused picking jobs.
It is an unusual condition when
Jobs are so scare, but any number of
farmers will verify the fact that
numerous people, white and black,
without jobs have refused to pick
cotton or peas at the prioe offered.
Tile price, given pickers in th
cotton fields of the county range.;
from 30 to 35 cents per hundred
pounds.
Urt Half Of Few.
One? well known county farmer
informed The Star yesterday thR’
he had plenty of peas in the field
goinjr to ruin because he could not
secure pickers. He had offered un
employed people here, he said, ha.!
of the peas they could pick ana
transportation to and from town
In nearly every instance he wa,.
turned down, he stated. Several col
ored people informed him that they
would rather not work and borrow
what they could than pick cotton j
for 35 cents per hundred. Farmers i
he declared, could not afford to pa;,
any more for picking with cotton
piling at such a low figure. The j
pea-picking dffer was considered a]
good one for the pickers, but only ? j
small number could be secured.
No “Handouts."
As the result of ao many unem
ployed refusing work on the farm
the county welfare agent was con
sulted. From that department comes
the announcement that when ftp
peals are made for charity here
after a checkup will be made to see
if those applying for aid have turn
ed down any oportunity to work. All
j applicants will be required to an
swer a*number of questions about
why they are not employed. If It Is
; learned that any of those physically
1 able to work had the opportunity to
j pick cotton or peas or do other farm
j work and refused to do so. they wi’
: be given no aid, it was said.
Picking cotton at 25 and 35 cents
and peas for a half may not be ar.
easy, method of making money,” the
statement informed, "but the re
numeration is sufficient to enable
'unemployed workers to earn their
|bread at least, and aid will not be
given any who have refused s
chance to help themselves."
Mrs. Sara Eaker
Dies Near Buffalo
Second Death In Home In Ten
Days. Grandmother Of Odus
l/edbetter.
A-second death occurred In ten
days in the home of Jason Ledbet
j ter who accidentally shot to death
[ his son when the son was in a
• scuffle with the Russ men. Mrs.
I Sara Eaker. mother-in-law of Mr.
Ledbetter died in the same home
Thursday morning at 6 o'clock fol
lowing a stroke of paralysis. She
was 78 years of age and is survived
i by one daughter, Mrs. Jason Led
j better. Her grand-son who lived in
, the home with her died about ten
j days ago.
Mrs. Eaker was buried this after
| noon at 2 o’clock at Cherryville. Her
I husband preceded her to the grave
; some time ago.
Brummitt Near A Split With Gardner Forces;
Thinks Taylor Working For Ehringhaus Group '
Raleigh, Oct, 9.—More talk and
comment has been caused by the
resounding denial by Attorney-Gen
eral Dennis G. Brummitt that he
has no intention of resigning his
office as attorney-general, even if
he should decide to run for gover
nor and his declaration that the
rumors to the effect that he might
resign were started by Tyre Taylor
and the Young Democrats, than by
the story sent out by J, C. Basker
ville to the effect that the latest
dopesters were predicting that
Brummitt would resign when he
announced his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for govrr
nor
It was expected of course, that
Brummitt would deny any inten
tion to resign at this time, when he
is not yet an announced candidate
for governor and when the talk of
his resignation had been whispered
in the most confidential manner as
something that was not to become
known until January at the earliest.
But when Brummltt grabbed up
this sizzling grounder and threw it
at Tyre Taylor, who as far as this
writer Is concerned had nothing to
do with the report concerning
Brummitt's plans, an entirely new
vista of political speculation was
opened up, And political dopesters
have been making the most of it
since Brummitt made the wild
throw in Taylor’s direction.
Tavlor Silent.
Taylor has nothing to say for
publication concerning Brummitt's
charge that he is the author of the
"propaganda" concerning the nosr.i
bility of Brummitt's resignation.
Taylor, as is generally known, is
executive counsel to Governor O
Max Gardner .formerly his private
secretary, organizer and head of the
Young Democratic organization in
I he State that put on the now' his
I
toric Jackson Day dinner two years
ago, and is an enthusiastic support
er of J. C. B. Ehringhaus. of Eliza
beth City, for governor.
, Mr. Brummitt said he did not
necessarily mean that the parucu
i lar Story sent out was traceable to
| or inspired by Taylor, but that the
i whole movement having to do with
| the talk of the possibility of his re
| signing was traceable to Taylor and
his organization.
' X was not speaking so much
about that one particular story as
I was about something that goes far
back beyond your story," Mr. Brum
mitt said, when told-that the infor
mation upon which the story was I
bared had not conic from Taylor
but from another person who as far’
a* the WTiter knew, did not know
Taylor, but who was assumed to be
a friend of Brummitt’s. “I may tell
you more sometime and you ran!
icaiiTlKUED os FACiS olX )
btreams Dry As Drought Holds
On In Section; No Rain In Month
Myers To Preach!
For 2nd Baptist1
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Revival Set-vires at the Second
| Baptist church in South Shelby will
start Sunday. The paator. Rev. L. i
U Jessup, will preach at both aerv- j
lees Sunday, and cn Monday, Rev.!
C. H. Myers, pastor or the First
Baptist church of Moeresvtlle. will
arrive and preach during; the re
mainder of the meeting'. Rev. Mr.
Myers comes well recommended as
, .in Interesting speaker and success- i
fa! evangelist. Services will be held'
each day except Sunday at four I
■.'dock in the. afternoon, and every)
snght at 7.IS. Special music will bej
lurnlshrd hy the choir. The public j
Is cordially Invttrd to allend these i
services.
Picked 603 Pounds Of Cotton Free
flown In lower Cleveland
count;, in the Earl section, I* a
colored man who came err; near
setting a cotton-picking record
this week without a cent of pay
According to report* here, two
rolored men In that section,
who names were not learned,
challenged each other to a cot
ton picking contest Wednesday.
The /nan who picked the moot
was to get the pay for all the
cotton picked by both. The win- !
ner picked 804 pounds during
the day and received tor pick
ing 1,207 pounds a* the loaer,
unfortunate cuss' picked 00.1
pounds.
Debut Of Community
Players Scores A Big
Hit With Audience
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Good Training And Natural Talent
BxhibHed Bv Member* Both
Casta.
The initial performance of the1
Shelby Community Players the
city * first bid In the Little Theatre
movement ataged last night at the
Central achool auditorium, was'-even
more of a success than anticipated
by the staunchest supporters of the
organization,
Bxccptionally good training, na
tural histronical talent, and good
scenic effects, ail locally produced,
combined to score a routing hit
with an audience which packed the
first floor to hear the one-act com
edy and the one-act drama, There
were flaws, of course, and minor
weaknesses; but all home-town ac
tors are not Barrymores, and. even
the premieres in the Broadway big
time reveal opening discrepancies to
be ironed out later
Dramatic Magnetism.
All members of both casts per
formed creditably, some admirably,
but Lindsay Dail. a® the doomed
prisoner in the drama play; Jack
Hartigan as the prison warden in
the drama and the Jewish florist in
the comedy; Minnie Eddins Roberts,
as the office girl in the comedy, and
Betty Buttle, as the sister of the
doomed prisoner, carried the show
along. Dale Kalter, prison chaplain;
Carobel Lever, timid spinster: Har
vey White, Charlie Keel and James
Shepard were all well adapted to
their roles. Dail and Hartigan, both
experienced amateur performers,
were outstanding, considerable cred
it for which, of course, must go to
the at-home feeling on the stage
which comes after numerous ap
pearances there. The peak moment.;
the zero hour of the night's topo
gram, which was. in fact, the zero
hour for the principal character, j
Dyke, the doomed prisoner, was led
to the death room.
When a comedy gets an audience
bubbling over and a drama brings
the snuffles and wheezes from all |
portions of the house, there is no j
'CONTINUED ON CAGE TEN
Grose Becomes An
Agency Supervisor
Claude Grose has been appointed i
agency supervisor tor the C, R.
Webb General Agency of the Pilot
Life Insurance Co. Mr. Grose has
had considerable experience in the
Insurance business and has been
appointed to this newly created po
sition because of the growth of the
business in this agency district com
prising the western part of North
Carolina.
44 Hours Not 41
In stating this week that em
ployes of the Shelby post office are
now requiftd to work only 41 hour*,
each week an unintentional error
was made; the legal hours lor post -
al employes are 44 hours weekly.
The half-day holiday each week for
postal workers here will not effect
the service as the member, of the
force alternate in taking their day
off.
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Green Gets Three
Months Sentence
In Robbery Trial
Youth Who Robbed Service Station
Here tail Sundae Tried In
Court Today.
Quay Oreen. 23-year-old boy of
the Dover mill auction, was sen
tenced to three months on the
roads in county court today on a
charge of robbing the Gulf service
station, corner Past Warren and
DeKalb streets last Sunday morn*
mg
The sentence first imposed by
Recorder Maurice Weathers was for
four months, It was later reduced
U» three when Green offered to
make good the *7 or »g taken from
the station cash register,
Made Getaway.
Green drove into tire station
where Tommy Harrill, manager, was
alone Sunday morning. He wtSi
riding with several followers of the
fair shows, which were leaving
Shelby for Winston While Harrill
was servicing an auto in front
Green entered the station, robbed
the cash drawer, ran out the rear'
and escaped. j
Wednesday afternoon Officer B, j
O Hamrick and Harrill drove to
Winston-Salem where they soon
spotted Green along the midway
at the fair. A Forsyth deputy was
with them and Green was arrested
and brought back h*re.
On the stand here today Greer.,
who said he had never been in
trouble before, declared that he wa_
drunk at the time of the robbery
and did not know what he was do-1
tog; He didn't remember the inci- j
dent at all. he said, as he had been
in a drunken daze from Friday
until the robbery Sunday. The sta
tion manager said he apparead to
be very cool and not intoxicated
Rally Day Sunday
For Presbyterians
In Sunday School
Sunday is the annual rally day in
the Sunday school of the Shelbv
Presbyterian church. A program
appropriate to the day has been
prepared and will be participated
in by every department of the
school, the exercises beginning
promptly at 9:45 a. m It is also
promotion day when students com
pleting a department will be given
certificates of promotion to the next
department.
During this week visitation ot the
promotion to the next department
During this week visitation of the
congregation has been made In an
effort to have every church mem
ber present for the rally day serv
ice, Splendid response has been
manifested and the Sunday school
is expected to have its record at
tendance Sunday morning. A cor-;
dial invitation is extended all who I
are not attending any church I
school. j
River Drop* Bdl«W '
City Intake >
Itaw To Dun Dp RraM Mw VR
Grt Water Dp To Tntafce Tlpt Of
Water Station.
Whh lew) than an tneh •*
rain In near two month*
etreama In this aertton are lit
erally <i wring op and are the
lowest they hare been in ream.
The water In Second Broad River
where Shelby’a city water supply i*
secured, dropped to such a low level
this week that It became neeesaarr
to dam up ttte stream to fill the
reserve water tank* and basin at
the city pump station Just west of
fhe eity
Use Ba*s for Darns.
With Use stream several mche*
below the intake pipe H became
necessary to use bags to*make a
small dam thus pushing the water
up to the intake pipe. For some
time this summer the city tanks
have been filled on Friday because
with the dams being filled at
Lawndale and Double Shoals over
Saturday and Sunday when the the
textile plants there are idle, there
was not enough water tn the river
to fill the tanks here. When the
plants are running through the
week, the water coming through ha*
been sufficient to fill the Shelby
supply. But this week the continued
drought brought a new low water
mark necessitating the dam
Almost Xo Bain.
The weather gauge at the Shelby
post office shows that there was
only 36 hundredths of an inch rain
fall here In the entire motph of
September. There has been no ram
at all in October except the slight
drixiJe Wednesday night, whieh
was not enough to record on the
government rainfall report here
; and was mashed —' "tr tiaue.*1 "Una
to leas rainfall than the aectton has
| experienced in years. The .38 of an
inch rainfall in the month of Sep
tember came in two days, thirty
one-hundredths falling one day and
five the next. *.
All stream*, rivers, creek* and
branches, are at an unusually low
level and In aome instances there le
hardly any water trickling along
the stream beds. Sawmills and oth
er activity have been hampered and
in some cases forced to stop alto
gether because of the lew water
In numerous aection of the coun
ty and also here in Shelby many
wells are reported to be dry
Young Mother Dies
Of Diptheria, Age 32
Mr*. Luther Hasting Of Near Folk
rHIe, Loaves Husband And
Four Children
Delsie Greene Hasting, wile of
Luther Hasting, died at her horn*
near Polkville. Friday, October 5
at the age of 32 years. She was sic*
only a few days, diphtheria being
the cause of her death. The hus
band and four small children sur
vive. Funeral rites were held at
Oak Grove M. P. church Saturdav
afternoon, October 3. at 2 p. m. The
pastor. Rev. c E. Ridge conducted
the services. Mrs. Hasting was a
good Christian woman being a mem
ber of Farrels Chapel M. E. church
She will be greatly missed in the
home aj^d in the community
Lutheran Church
Notice For Sunday
Lutheran church of the Ascension
Rev N. D. Yount, pastor. Nine
teenth Sunday after Trinity. Sun
day school at teg o'clock, a worth
while study of the truth. Morning
worship 11 o’clock, sermon by ths
pastor. Luther league 6:30. a faith
ful use of these programs helps on*
to meet the problems of the day.
Evening worship 7:30, sermon fey
the pastor. These services are held
in the Episcopal church. South La
Payette street. Our slogan, "Every
member on time every time,” our
welcome sincere all tl»e time. Vis
itors are strangers but once.
Deputies Capture A
Forty Gallon Still
Kings Mountain, Oet. 8 —Local
Deputies Harrelson and Shepherd
raptured a 40-galk>n galvanised
sheet Iron still near the old Rocky
Knob on the York road four miles
from here Wednesday afternoon.
The still was fired up and was being
operated but the moon-ihiners made
their escape before the officers
could close to them.