Throngs Attend
Baptist Meet
(ContURMD from paos onf
brought ty the people of the Zior.
enmgiunlty were unopened. *
741 Baptisms.
ring the year there were 741
representing the largest
■ssf In membership the churches
reer experienced. The First
ist church of Shelby lead with
117j Editions by Baptisms during
piSt year. Every one of the 42
chaa in the association except,
on4 reported additions by baptism.
to the church letters
over to the clerk, Mr. Do
th
vegiy.
;V. L. L. Jessup preached the in
trtXuctorv sermon yesterday morn
ing and he was followed by Mr.
Pery Morgan representing the gen
era board in presenting the ever
member canvass in support of home
and foreign mission work. J. J. But
nett, a layman, of Memphis deliv-.
ered a stirring address on steward- j
ahip and last night Rev. \V. G
Camp had charge of the B. Y P. U,
program who proved very inter- j
estlng The doctrinal sermon war
preached by Rev. Mr. Justice oi ,
Kings Mountain.
Bolling Springs Report Today. :
Today's sessions were devoted to1
the reports of the various commit-!
tees. Rev. W. A. Elam gave the
Sunday school report this morning,
which was followed by the repon
on old ministers’ relief by Rev. D
G. Washburn Rev. Mr. Howell of
Kings Mountain reported on the
Baptist hospital at Winston-Salem
while John P. Mull made the re
port on temperance and public
morals.
The report on Christian educa
tion and the Boiling Springs junior
college was scheduled for the firs
thing after dinner today. This re- i
port was made by Dr. Zeno Wall,!
president of the college. Obituaries J
"•re read by Geo. P. Webb.
Before adjourning this afternoon j
the time and place for the next an- j
nual meeting will be selected. Two!
invitations were extended yesterday
by New Bethel near Lawndale and;
by Bethlehem new Kings Moun-|
tain.
Perry Morgan Talks
At Pleasant Ridge;
—
Mr. Perry Morgan of Raleigh will j
speak at Pleasant Ridge church!
Sunday night October 11 at 7:30'
o'clock. Mr. Morgan will speak on
ihe every member canvass which Is
being undertaken among Southern
Baptists this fall.
The public is cordially invited to;
come and hear this able speaker j
upon this very important topic.
W. O. CAMP
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Shelby SIDELIGHTS
My RENN Dill
I ) B I B ■ B I
! bootlegger urged
1 TO UK A "TITHER”
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I Add to the oddities of the day ,
A Shelby bootlegger recently purchased a case u. fruit jars, to bo
useii, it is to be supposed, in distributing his product a half-gallon at a
i time. Packed In the case, on which the seal had not been broken, was
a little six-page pamphlet beseeching all who might r.ee It to adopt “God's
Loving Money Rule'' and become a tither. It was published, with copy
right applied, by “Tilher,’’ Sand Springs, Tulsa Conn! , , Oklahoma
SHELBY LABELLED AS
"A NEARBY TOWN”
In the biographical sketch of W J Cash, the Boiling Springs maga
zine writer, appearing in the American Mercury, along wi ll hit article
nn Senator Cameron Morrison, was a Ibie that would upset the equi
librium of Chamber of Commerce boosters in Col, Isaac's town-if such
an organisation were still extant here.
"For a short time, in the fall of 1928," Mr. Cash wrote, "I edited a
country weekly in a nearby town.”
SENATOR CAM IS RUNNING
IN 1932, SO HE SAYS
In today's mall—perhnps (hats why were a little high-hat—came
a letter from 8cnator Cameron Morrison, the opening paragraph reading
as follows:
"I expect to be a candidate for the United State Senate in 1932.”
It was only a form letter, but It bore the personal signature, includ
ing the old-time "C" and “M," blue-back speller style, of the Senator
himself. Glad he reminded us of his expectations and intentions; seems
like it was back in 1927 or 1928 that we read in the newspapers that he
Intended to be a candidate in 1932.
DIED AND COULDN'T PAY
PREMIUMS ANYMORE
Sonic Insurance man about town told its this one maybe It was Carl
Webb, Flay Hoey, Shorty Whisnant, Chubby Angel, Corncvin, or Harvey
White
A Pennsylvania insurance company had sold a $1,000 policy to a
man by the name of Samuel Johnson. For a few years the premiums
were paid promptly, then they stopped. After sending out numerous
notices, the company received this letter:
"Dear Sirs: Please excuse us for we cant pay any more premiums
on Sam He up and died last May. Yours truly, Mrs. S Johnson.”
Shelby Sharings: Walt Whitman's prase rhymes is a newspaper fea
ture that Harry Woodson reads regularly , . . .". The removal of Irish
Jack Hartigan to a Charlotte sales territory wilt be a blow to the newly
organized Community Players, and will break up Shelby's best known
marathon golf foursome that at times has been a fivesome and a six
some and thensomd . , Two men are said to be campaigning already
ior sheriff. We ll let you nose about a bit for yourself and learn their
names. . . . Grover Beam all in a strut helping the colored people of
Cleveland county get ready for their fair. ,. .. . Two marriages kept secret
lor months and both brides tltinn-haired. . , . , Ernest Gardner, new
Shelby attorney, ts a husky fellow. About the size of William Crowder,
the market man, and resembles lum somewhat. ... One of Shelby's
new bridegrooms has a black mustache and features so resembling a
movie star that hts friends call him Ronald. .... Lysol, the solution
used lit a suicide attempted here recently, has such a sickenish sweet
odor that it is enough to cause one to back out after yanking out the
stopper and whiffing.A popular line of shirts with Shelby men
is manufactured at Ruth, in the neighboring county of-Rutherford. .
A Shelby boy in China lives in a penthouse apartment and lias Chinese
rervants. It's che.aper than boarding out, as they call it back tn his
home town.it is a typical gesture ot North Carolina’s “Junior capi
tal" that the students at Shelby High arc this year electing their class
officers a la the political method. Maybe we have a new crop of states
men coming on over there: ... The pastor of a Shelby church, when
he telephones you, refers to himself as "Lon Hayes".The front of
the Courtview building, one of the oldest in the city, has been painted. , .
A Shelby man, who drove up into the Suoth Mountains one night re
cently. rounded a curve and was stopped by four grim-looking mountain
eers with equally grim-looking guns in their hands. The Shelby man
was thought, to be a • revenoor,' and had he been it might have been
just too bad
I
A SION OK THK TIMES;
MORE JURORS ON HAND
A year or two ago deputies had a hard tune reuudmg up enough
men to serve as jurors, when occasion demanded, in county court. But,
nowadays one side ot the courtroom is filled, at every session of court,
with men eagerly waiting to be called into the jury box.
You see. they get a quarter for it. and you know
A NOTE TO HI//ONER
AND THE CITY DADS
"I wish.” chimes in a reader, that you'd say something to the Mayor
and Aldermen about these slow-changing traffic signals uptown. I bet
Shelby motorists burn a hundred gallons of gas daily waiting for the
led right to turn green"
So, there you arc, gentlemen.
SHELBY HAS SPORT
BY NIGHT, YESSIR!
Shelby is one step, maybe two, behind the neighboring town of
Forest City and does not have night baseball or football. But the cops
inform that quite a number of Romeo., and Juliets use the city ball park
and driveways along the Cleveland Springs golf course a-- vantage points
to look at the moon
ouch:
One of our scouts, a follow who can pry about ami nnti out enough
gossip to entertain anyone, tells this one
A suburban minister jumped his grocer about not coming to church,
The grocer, a frank-talking fellow came back as follows "I go uptown
. nvw vnu do for vour groceries.”
To Install Pastor At
Kings Mtn. Church
Rev, Richard C. Wilson. Jr., To Be
Installed As raster Presbyter
ian Church.
'Special to The Star.)
Kings Mountain, Oct. 8 — At the
evening services at the First Pres*
} byterian church in Kings Mountain
j next Sunday, October 11, Rev.
| Richard C Wilson, Jr., pastor elect
| of the First Presbyterian church
j will he installed as the regular
| pastor
Rev. Crete Hunter, pastor of the
First Presbyterian chureh of Besse
mer City will preside at the Instal
lation services and will preach the
sermon and propound the constitu
tional questions Rev J, E. Berry
hill of Dallas win charge the pastor
and Elder A. IJneberger of Gas
tonia, the present moderator of the
Kings Mountain Presbytery. will
charge the people. Rev. I. S. Mc
Elroy. Jr., of Ruthcrfordton, Rev. J.
T. Dendy, of Grover and Elder
Kennedy of Gastonia, were ap
pointed on the commission as al
ternates.
Mr. Wilson was received into the
ings Mountain Presbytery at the
fall meeting held recently at Old
Unity church. He came here from
Cartersvllle, Georgia, where be had
served as pastor ol the First Pres
byterian church for seven years. He
preached his first, sermon ar pastor
elect here on August 23.
A full congregation Is expected at
this important service and the pub
lic is cordially invited.
I Max Putnam Captain
Of Shelby High Team
Ray Brown Aflcrnalc. New Captain
I,cat]s Tram In First Home
Game.
When the Shelby highs meet the
strong Hendersonville eleven here
this afternoon, In Shelby’s firs’
home game of the grid season, they
will be led into action by Max Put
nam, big tackle, honored last nigh'
with the captainship by his team
mates. Ray Brown, scrappy red
headed end, is alternate captain.
After today's game, the local ele
ven meets Kings Mountain her-,
next Friday.
BRUMMITT NEAR SPLIT
WITH GARDNER FORCES
OVER RACE NEXT YEAR
(COkTtNUED FROM PACK ONE 1
write a .story about It.”
The significance of the whole
matter is that the statement by
Brummitt accusing Taylor of Insti
gating propaganda concerning him
and hl.v candidacy, marks the first
open break between Brummitt and j
Governor Gardner, since it Is gen-|
craliy agreed that Governor Gard
ner is in sympathy with the views
held by Taylor, Edwin GUI, his prl-.
vale secretary, and the other Young ]
Democrats, now generally referred |
to by their opponents as the ‘‘Boy i
Scouts.”
Gap Widening.
It lias been noticeable for some
time that there has been a steadily
decreasing cordiality between Brum
mitt and Governor Gardner, despite
the fact that Brummitt supported
Gardner in 1920 and that in 1919
they worked together and signed
telegrams together in urging the,
enactment of the woman suffrage j
amendment. This friendliness con-I
tinned until Gardner was elected'
governor, despite the fact that i
Brummit t was displaced as chair-!
man of the State Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee by Odus M. Mull
one of Gardner's close friends> and
undoubtedly selected by Gardner.
But ever since the Jackson Day
dinner when Taylor and his Young
Democrats started booming Ehring]
baus, there has been a growing j
coolness between Brummitt and]
Gardner. This increased during the
1931 general assembly when Brum-,
mitt opposed the short ballot and
a number of other measures spon-1
sored by Governor Gardner. It has)
increased still more since the gen
eral assembly adjourned.
It has been known to newspaper
men for sometime that Brummitt
has felt that both Taylor and Gov
ernor Gardner have been putting]
out "propaganda" as he terms it.,
unfavorable to his potential candi
dacy for governor and that there
has been an increasing resentment
toward them on the part of Brum
mitt. But the statement by Brum
mitt definitely blaming Taylor with
the responsibility for starting the '
talk of his posstblc»resignat.ion from
his present post if he becomes a
candidate for governor, is the first '
time Brummitt has openly voiced
his feelings.
This declaration is being inter
preted as bringing about an open
break between Brummitt and Gard
ner and the Taylor-Gill-Gardner
forces.
Debut Of Community
Players Scores A Big
Hit With Audience
‘CONTINUED PRO® PAGE ONE l
other course than to label them as
successful.
The comedy centered about the
well-intended schemes of the flor
ist's bookkeeper (Minnie Eddins
Roberts) to bring more happiness
into the world in selecting and de
livering flowers to customers. In
the one-act she brought together in
matrimony, or near matrimony, a
couple engaged for 15 years. The
drama plot .was that of a prisoner
convicted for murder who refused
to give his real name or divulge his
nativity. To protect his mother and
sister from disgrace he steeled him
self against the pleas of the warden
and chaplain and walked to death
with his lips sealed—that despite
the fact, that his young sister made
an attempt to identify him a few
minutes before the end.
The Community Players plan an- ,
other performance within the next
few months and the forceful man
ner in which the first was put over
assures it to be a permanent and
important organization for Shelby
and play lovers of the city. Con
siderable credit should go, too, to
the directors, Mrs, Harry Hudson
and Mrs. Henry Edwards. It was
evident that careful, expert and
strenuous work had been done to
prepare the cast for its debut.
CHAM-O-CO Oil. MOVES
TO HAWKINS GARAGE
Clyde Champion, manager of the
Champion Oil Co., has moved his
business from West Warren street
to the Hawkins Bros. Garage on S.
LaFayette street. Hawkins Bros,
continue in the same stand, the oil
company haring secured quarters
with this Ttrm.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hunt an'l
Mrs. Raymond Lewis and baby
daughter of Shelby were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs L. R. Putnam Sun
day. j
Speed Artists
These two speed artists, Whitte Randour, Villanova left halfba-'k, and
John Brownlee (Inset), who holds down the same position for Duke, are
expected to provide the running thrills when the Wildcats and Devils
meet at Duke stadium tomorrow. Brownlee showed signs of ball-carrying
ability in the Duke-V. M. I. game, and Randour has been the speed man
)f Villanova's backfield crew in both their games this season.
Gridiron
Gossip
_
With a few exceptions Shelby
football fans will take in only
two contests this week-end—
the Shelby-Hendersonvtlle clash
here this afternoon and the
State college-ClemBon game In
Charlotte Saturday afternoon.
It will be the first close-by oppor
unity old State grads in this sec
ion have had of seeing the State
•leven work since Clipper Smith be
came coach. Despite the fact that
^orida pulled a last half runaway
>n State, the North Carolina eleven
s booked to defeat Clemson
It should be one of the best
natched contests of the year, which
s to say there will be very little in
'ormation in the strength of the
;wo elevens. A win by either
couldn't be surprising but State
hould have the edge.
A local football fan gets this out
>f his system:
"I cannot understand why North
Carolina colleges pass up their own
products when they go on the mar
cet for coaches. Can you? I notice
;hat Carolina added two or three
toaches last week. The majority ot
;he coaches there now are from
*Iotre Dame, Kalamazoo or some
'oreign point. Talk about giving
mtside business firms your business,
vhat about giving the home boys a
•hance at the open jobs? Casey
Morris, a former Carolina star,
vould make Carolina just as good a
reshman coach as they can get;
ind he can beat anything they have
rad or will have at coaching bate
>all. There are enough champion
ihip cups over in tlic Shelby High
rophy room to prove jthat. Think
if going down to dear o’ Ca’lina
ind playing your head off, knowing
chile doing so that when you're
hrough and a coaching job opens
ip they’ll chase off to some other
school and get a coach who never
leard of Carolina,
ine same tmng goes for State
college. Dick Gurley Is a good coach.
He never gets any material at Le
lOlr-Rhyne but he always manages
,a build good teams. Maybe he
jouldri’t turn out a winner at his
ild alma mater, State college, but,
jertainly, he couldn’t do any worse
man a few of the washed-out coach
?s they’ve tried. Clipper Smith and
Reese should be given time. They
:an't make a football team over
night, but if they should flicker,
why not give Gurley and some of
the old State boys a chance th“
next time?”
Picking an All-Southern
backfleid this year will be a dif
ficult task If the star backs of
Dixie measure up to the ad
vance ballyhoo and past rec
ords. For instancr, you could
name one backfield now with
Johnny Branch. Carolina, at
quarter; Jack the Ripper Rob
erts, of Georgia, at fallback;:
John "Hurry” Cain of Alabama
and Leonard, of Vanderbilt, at
half bark positions. But what
would you do with this outfit—
Downes, Georgia, quarter; Clary.
South Carolina, and Slnsser,
North Carolina, half backs; and
McEver, Tennessee, fullback?
And it wouldn't be hard to
name another backfield equally
as strong.
Last Sunday morning the lead
story from Atlanta telling of the
Tech-South Carolina game stated
that Tech kept "Clary covered up."
But further down in that dispatch
It was noticed that Mr. Clary, the
Gaffney Ghost, snagged a forward
pass and dashed for a touchdown.
But in the play-by-play account in
The Atlanta Journal even more was
to be seen of Clary’s activities. A
bit of figuring revealed that in
skirting ends, hitting the line, and
catching passes Mr. Clary gained
more yardage, considerably more,
than ANY BACK on either team.
If that's keeping him "covered up,”
what in the world would happen if
he should get out from under?
Somehow, it seems, those Atlanta
sport writers are afraid to give an
up-country boy too much credit for
fear he may crash into the All
Southern, a ltail of fame, to date,
open only to Georgia and Alabama
stars.
SATURDAY WINNERS.
Write your own card for Saturday
winners, but here’s one guess:
State over CIcmson.
Carolina over Florida
Duke over Villanova
V. P. I. over Davidson
Georgia over Yale.
Vandy over Ohio.
Tennessee over Mississippi.
Carnegie Tech over Ga. Tech.
Furman over Erskine.
South Carolina over L. S. u.
Kentucky over W. & L.
Notre Dame over Northwestern.
sport Shorts: Ralph Gardner, the
Governor's 188-pound son and a
good, reliable football player, is
having a tone making the fresh
team at Carolina because he is the
lightest of the leading candidates
for the line. Must be big boys. . .
Alf Eskridge, former Shelby high
fullback, is another candidate for
the Carolina yearling eleven. . .
Perhaps "Shorty'’ McSwain, two
team captain at Shelby High, saw
too many young giants out for the
squad and didn't make a try. . . ,
Zeno Wall and Milky Gold are reg
ulars on the Baby Deacon outfit at
Wake Forest. And starring, too.
Where's Howard Moore and Falk
enberg? .... Wonder if Johnny
Corbett is clicking with the Clemson
freshmen? Football teams may come
and go in North Carolina but it will
be many years before some fans will
admit there has ever been a better
or harder-fighting team than that
one at State college on which Dog
gy Weathers and Homewood were
tackles, Dick Kirkpatrick was an
end. Runt Fawcett was quarter, Dick
Gurley was fullback and John Hud
son and Red Johnson were half
backs.
Marion Council Cuts
Mayor Tate’s Salary,
Marlon.—A reduction of *87 a
month in the salary of Mayor H. H.
Tate and the superintendent of
water works was in effect follow
ing a meeting of the board of alder
men who reduced these salaries and
cut 20 per cent from all other wag
es paid by the town.
First National Bank
SHELBY, N. C.
statement OF CONDITION
SEPTEMBER 29TH, 1931
RESOURCES
feu; "S Dlscounts ---$2,734,546.34
Overdrafts_„ „ _V (SsSl
I . S. Bonds to Secure Circulation_1~250,000.00
Other U. S. Bonds owned_ K17B9 kb
•V. C. State Bonds __""mfiififi?
Stock in Federal Reserve Bank__ 22 500 00
Other Stocks and Bonds__”l 13201 on
Real Estate Owned_ 116 19B64
Redemption Fund_12,500 00
Cash on hand and due from other Banks l”~539i854!39
T0TAL - .. ....$3,968,779.
92
LIABILITIES
Capital ____
Surplus______J
Undivided Profits_.1_
Reserved for Accrued Interest and Taxes
Circulation .__;_
Notes Re-Discounted with Federal Re
serve Bank -__
N. C. Bonds Borrowed_~
Deposits _______
$250,000.00
- 500,000.00
- 87,587.05
- 44,391.23
- 250,000.00
- 137,400.00
50,000.00
2,649,401.64
TOTAL
$3,968,779.92
Our statement above reflects improving conditions
in this section and our people have much to be thankful
for from a financial, status. Business along all lines
seems to show some improvement and individuals and
firms are proceeding with caution and economy, which
plan will ultimately lead to financial independence and
stability. We invite your banking business and co-oper
ation in every way.
First National Bank
SHELBY, N. C.
Capital, Surplus and Profits Eight Hun
dred and Thirty Thousand Dollars.
UNION TRUST CO.
SHELBY, N. C.
STATEMENT OF CONDITION
SEPTEMBER 29TH, 1931
Including Branch Offices At Lattimore,
Lawndale, Fallston, Mooresboro,
Rutherfordton, Forest City and
Caroleen.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts ____________$1,182,464.17
Overdrafts __ __ 24 42
North Carolina State Bonds__ 103,214.12
United States Bonds ___.___72400.00
Other Bonds and Stocks____* 22^564.21
Banking Houses_ 73 075.76
Other Real Estate Owned __34,694.40
Furniture and Fixtures_____~ 26,990.03
Advances on Farm Expense _____531.65
Cash on hand and due from other Banks ___*" 292,02&94
TOTAL
$1,777,687.70
LIABILITIES
Capital-----«$150,000.00
Surplus--- 150,000.00
Undivided Profits___ 15,457.88
Reserves for Interest and Depreciation _41,172.72
Bills Payable- 180,000.00
Bonds Borrowed_ 24,000,00
Deposits --f....... 1,217,057.10
TOTAL
$1,777,687.70
The trend of business is improved and each week
and month brings a more optimistic outlook. With
economy and conservatism as watch words, the custom
ers of The Union Trust Company should go forward and
strive by team-work, economy, frugality and saving to
bring about an even greater financial stability through
out our section. We invite your banking business.
UNION TRUST CO.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS THREE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS