Late News
THE MARKET
Cotton. .. to 6';<
Cotton Seed, per hundred 45t
Fair And Cooler.
Today’s North Carolina Weather
Report: Fair tonight and Tuesday.
Cooler tonight and In southeast
Tuesday.
Attend Air Show.
A large number of Shelby and
Cleveland county people were in
Charlotte over the week-end to at
tend the All-Southern Alreraft Pa
geant at the airport there. Many
of those there yesterday saw the
plane of A1 Williams, thrilling stunt
flier, crash Into an embankment or
aaw the wrecked plane a few min
ute* later. Other celebrities seen
wero Tev Rankin, establishing a.
new outside loop record; Wiley
Post and Harold Gatty, the round
the-world fliers; Ruth Nichols, the
feminine speed champion, and oth
ers.
Unable To Find
Kin Of Showman
Killed In City
John Fay's Body Remains At Un
dertaking Parlors. Relatives Can
not' Be Located.
A wandering boy will never re
turn to some home and members ol
his family may never learn what be
came of him.
At the Palmer Funeral Home here
today the body of John Fay, horse
man with the Model Shows,' was
still unclaimed. Every effort to lo
cate his relatives has failed.
Fay, who was with the show at
the Cleveland County Fair, wag
badly hurt while driving one of the
show mules to the show train. He |
died in the hospital last Thursday, j
He was listed with the show as j
coming from Glendale, a suburb of j
Cincinnati, Ohio. Telegrams there ;
have failed to locate relatives. The ]
police chief of Glendale replied i
that he had never known anyone by i
that name.
It is possible for matters of con- j
vcnience Fay may have changed I
his name. That being the case it is j
likely that relatives will never be i
located.
Fair Secretary J. S. Dorton and j
Mr, Jack Palmer will go to the j
Model Shows this week in an at- |
tempt to see if anyone with the I
show have heard Fay tell of any
relatives.
Until relatives are located the
body, which is embalmed, will be
held here. “Some day,” the under
taker says, “his people may trace
him here ”
Contempt Sentence
Reduced By Judge
Secordcr Did Not Engage In Con
troversy . With Man, He
States.
The sentence given Wytle Costner
last week by Judge Maurice R,
Weathers of county court for con
tempt of court was reduced late in
the week from 30 to 10 days, it is
announced.
In the report of the incident in
the court room when Costner was
given his sentence for remarks he
made to and about the court it was
stated that he and the recorder en
gaged in words. Judge Weathers
has requested that it be said he did
'not engage in a controversy or low
er the dignity of the court. He
would not talk back just at the end
of one session of court, and did not
pass sentence while there was a
chance of his being angered but
awaited until the afternoon. The
sentence was made necessary, it
was pointed out, to uphold the dig
nity and respeit of the court.
Star Finds
Lost Dog In
Mountains
Jim Harris, a bank clerk In
Shelby by day, and his friend
H. Q. Metcalf are going ’pos
sum hunting as soon as it
rains and with a good dog.
Had it rained a few days
ago they wouldn't have had a
good dog to go hunting with,
You see their dog was lost,
strayed away from home.
And a blamed good 'possum
hound it was! But instead of
going out and buying anoth
er dog they inserted a 25-cent
want ad in The Star. Yester
day they called in to ask tha1
the ad be taken out.
The want ad found the
dog “way up” in the moun
tains t’other side of Casar.
That’s what A WANT AD
IN THE STAR WILL DO for
you. Those little ads, just like
the display ads, are read bv
thousands from fh6 heart o!
the South Mountains down to
the Sooth Carolina border.
Try them! Read them'
1 Cotton Crop In
. Cleveland Below
I That Last Year
Big Decrease In Year;
Above Average
'Over 13,000 Bales Ginned. However,
In Two Weeks,
Report.
The potion erop in Cleveland
county this year Is still a short
distance that of last year but Is
gradually creeping up on the
1930 total.
j Up to October 1, this year, 16,222
i bales had been ginned in the coun
ty, according to the report of Mile?
H. Ware, ginning agent.
1.000 Bales Behind.
This Is 1,057 bales behind the total
of 17,279 bales ginned to the same
date last year.
Mow than 13,000 bales, or 13,853
bales, to be exact, was picked and
ginned in the two welts period from
September 16 to the first of Octo
ber. On September 16 only 2,369 i
bales had been ginned in the coun
ty.
Much In Field.
The next ginning period of twc
weeks, or the one ending the last ol
Uus week, will perhaps be the big
gest of the year. There is a con
siderable amount of cotton in the
fields and a great amount is being
picked now, despite the fact that
some farmers have found ft diffi
cult to get pickers at the price thev
are able to pay,
Marcus Baker Of
Near Fallston Dies
Prominent Farmer And Father Ol
Fine Set Of Children Passes
At Age 80 Years.
Marcus J. Baker, prominent
fanner living two miles east of
Fallston was buried Thursday aft
ernoon at 3 o’clock at Cherryville,
the funeral being conducted by Mr.
G. W." Coble, pastor o£ 8t. John's
Lutheran* church. Rev. Mr. Bennett
of the St. Paul Methodist church,
assisted in conducting of the fu
neral.
Mr. Baker was 80 years of age at
the time of his death. He was ore
of the outstanding farmers of that
section and reared a family of fine
children, all of whom were well
educated and a number of whom
entered tire professional life. He
was a thrifty, industrious and in
telligent farmer, ambitious for his
family, church and community. He
died last Tuesday night after a
lingering illness.
Surviving are the following chil
dren: Mrs. R. E. Ransom of High
Point. Mrs. B. B. Miller of Mount
Ulla, Dr. Maurice E. Baker of Cam
den, N. J., Mrs. L. O. Armstrong of
Raleigh, Blaine E. Baker who lives
at home and married a daughter of
A. B. C. DePriest of Shelby, Banks
S. Baker, a senior in Temple Uni
versity Medical school, Philadel
phia, Pa., Elya Baker, a senior in
N. C. C.t W., Greensboro.
Avon Players Will
Perform In Shelby
On Friday, Oct. 23
Shakespearean Actors To Present
"Romeo And Juliet" Classic.
Sponsored By Local Group.
•Romeo and Juliet," one of the
classics of the playworld, will be
presented at the Shelby Central
school auditorium Friday evening,
October 23, by the Avon players.
The cast made up of outstanding
actors in classic drama is touring
the Southern States presenting
Shakespearean and other classic
plays. In Shelby it appears under
the auspices of the newly-organized
Community Players.
Parent-Teacher
Meet Wednesday
A meeting of the Parent-Teachers
association of the Marion street
school will be held at the school
Wednesday afternoon at 3:15. All
parents and teachers are urged to
attend.
Hold First Meeting
Of Parent-Teachers
The first meeting of the Parent
Teachers association of the Jeffer
son school was held last Thursday
evening. The Initial session of the
group, a unit of the organization
which meant so much to the city
schools progress last year, was en
thusiastic Thirty-three members
joined.
May Organize Biggest Fleet
These three American magnates or the maritime world may Join with
others to form the greatest shipping combine in the world. They are
: Paul W. Chapman (left) owner ofthe United States Lines: Capt
j Robert Dollar (below), famous head of the Dollar Lines, and Kegmit
; Roosevelt (right), of the Roosevelt-International Mercantile Marine
1 Lines. The proposed merger would bring together a fleet of 181 ships
(passenger and cargo), totaling almost 1,500,000 gross tons.
Baptist Association Meets Next
At New Bethel-Membership 11,862
Gain In Membership Of the 42
Churches During Year, 718.
Endorse Prohibition.
New Bethel church near Lawn
j dale was selected as the next meet
] ing place for the Kings Mountain
Baptist association which held Us
annual meeting last week at Zion
churtfh, six miles north of Shelby
The association is 81 years old and
the meeting last week was note'
w’orthy in that Zion which was host
this year, was organized in 1816 and
has been served by some ot the
mast revered pastors.
718 Baptisms.
The 42 churches composing the
body all sent in annual reports and
had delegates present on the morn
ing of the first day, sixteen of the
reports having reached the clerk,
Mj\ J. V. Devenny, some days before
the meeting. These reports show a
gain in membership by baptism of
718, All the churches except two re
ported baptisms. The present mem
bership of the churches stand at
11,862. Losses from various causes
cut down the net gain in member
ship to 368 for the year. Several
churches showed gratifying gains in
their gift-, to some of our benevolent
causes.
Outstanding Addresses.
j The outstanding addresses of the
| session were those of Dr. George
i Burnett, a visitor from Memphis,
j Tenn., on scriptural methods of
financing the work of God's king
dom and by Dr. Zeno Wall of
Shelby on Christian Education,
stressing especially the importance
of preserving and cherishing the
life of the smaller Christian schools.
Prohibition Endorsed
The body strongly endorsed the
present prohibition law's and passed
resolutions condemning gambling
devices and money grabbers in con
nection with our otherwise mos*
excellent Cleveland county fair.
Rev. John W. Suttle is now serv
ing his 19th consecutive term as
moderator of the body and George
Milk Boycott
Being Talked
Reports coming to The Star
today indicated that a milk
boycott might be experienced •
in certain sections of Shelby
next week in an effort to lower
the price being charged now.
Just how much strength the po
1 tential boycott may have is not
known.
; Prom South Shelby comes the re
| port that a group of citizens there
! have decided to stage a boycott un
! >ess the price on milk is reduced by
Saturday of this week.
A spokesman for this* group says:
“Everything else has come down.
Cotton we once got 40 cents for is
now selling for six. The weekly pay
of textile mill employes has been
cut from $20 to $30 per week down
to $15, $10 and less. Yet we are still
paying 12 1-2 cents to 15 cents a
quart for milk just as we were
when the income of everyone was
good. All of our necessities should
come down in proportion."
Blanton his 18th term as treasurer.
Other officers have been serving
for a shorter period of time.
Another notable fact about th
association's meeting at Zion war
that no collection was taken at the
two-day session. Zion community is
one of the most prosperous and
most hospitable communities In the
county and a most hearty ahd en
thusiastic vote of thanks was given
the Zion church and community for
the surpassing hospitality accorded
the body.
TODAY’S FEATURES
Sport News, Page 5
Gee McGee, Page 4
Around Our Town, Page 2
Money Savers, Page 7.
Brummitt Lends
Zest To Campaign
By His Comment
Split With Gardner la
Major Topic
Daniel* And Drummit May Hr Al
11m.. Reynold* Ha* Paper.
Ralelrh New*.
(By M. R. Dunnagan, Stain New*
Bureau. I
Raleigh. Oct. 13.—Attorney Gen
eral Dennis G. Brummitt has said,
in so many words, In two state
jtnents Issued the past week, that hr
Wants nonq of the support of the
present administration, as headea
In the executive, if and when he
inters the contest for the seat of
that executive. The statements are
two hefty blows at the wedge into
the relatlonalship of Governor
Gardner and Mr. Brummitt, which
has been cracking under the strain
for many months.
Mr. Brummitt’s statements are
dignified, terse and to the point,
but show a feeling that has been
fomenting in the Brummitt breas*
for some time and has Just come
to the surface. Mr. Brummitt
charges Tyre C. Taylor, executive
counsel to Governor Gardner and
formerly his private secretary, with
getting out the propaganda that
Mr. Brummitt will resign as attor
ney general when he announces
formally his candidacy for gover
nor. That was one statement, to
which Mr. Brummitt adds that he
has never had any thought of re
signing.
The other is evidence of resent
ment as being classed as a follower
in the matter of the quadrlennlai
revaluation in the excerpt from the
radio talk of J. C. B. Ehringhaus,
announced candidate for governor,
last week. Mr. Ehringhaus expressed
pleasure that other candidates and
prospective candidates have taken a
stand for revaluation of property
since he announced his platform.
.Mr. Brummitt’s statement report
ed a conversation with Governor
Gardner in January, in which the
attorney general was asked to ap
prove a measure to postpone reval
uation two years, to which, Mr.
Brummitt makes It plain that he
could not subscribe. Thus, he would
have it known that he did not fel
low Mr. Ehringhaus, but was for
continuing revaluation all along.
His statement is precise, and he
gives notice that more may be ex
pected on this resigning while run
ning for office business later.
Depends On Daniels.
By his statement, Mr. Brummitt
puts himself a step nearer formal
announcement, but still leaves him
self leaway to run or not to run.
Many believe that his candidacy de
pends on whether or not Josephus
Daniels gets into the race, althougn
there is Intimation from the Brum
mitt camp that his plans are not
contingent upon the running or not
running of any man. Still there is
Daniels talk, but as yet, no action.
Many who doubted any desire on
his part to run. now believe he is
giving it serious consideration. It
may be that he is playing with it
in order to bring one of the candi
dates nearer to the Daniels point
of view, possibly Mr. Brummitt,
probably not.
Reynolds Prohbllion.
Cap’n Bob Reynolds, Asheville,
prohibition law modification candi
date for U. S. senator, breezed inti
Raleigh and breezed out again, go
ing and coming to and from a
Scotland Neck speaking engage
ment. He left the word that he will
circulate a newspaper throughout
the state the latter part of this
month or early in November, send
ing it to every rural delivery mail
box in North Carolina. Editorials
• CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX l
Cleveland County Negro Fair To Open Here
Wednesday; Entertaining Program For Event
I School Children Free First Day.
Track Meets, Mule And Auto
Races Feature.
The Cleveland County Negro Fair
will open at the county fair grounds \
near Shelby Wednesday, Oct. 14.!
and continue through Saturday;
night, Oct. 17, four big days and
nights. |
Low Admission
Wednesday, the opening day, is
Cleveland county school day and all
colored school children will be ad-'
mitted free. All children under 12
years of age will be admitted free
ev^ry day. The genera! admission'
pries has been reduced to 25 cents ‘
for all.
Varied Program.
The program is a varied one with I
of events to entertain those at
tending.
The show playing the fair is the
J. J. Page Shows which recently
played the white fair In Rutherford
county. Among its entertainments
are five rides, eight shows, and
more than 30 concessions along the
midway.
The daily program lists such fea
tures as flivver races, daily mule
races, a motorcycle race, track
meets, and a community singing.
The latter feature is expected to at
tract scores of white people.
The mam feature of Wednesday's
opening, program wi]i be a Echocl
track meet at 2 m the efterneon.
The events cover the quarter mile
relay, the high and broad jumps,
75 and 50-vard dashes.
In addition to the special fea
tures there will be good free acts
each afternoon and night and a
fireworks program each night and
mule races in the afternoon.
The second day, Thursday, is
Gaston County day. There will be
a community group singing, by 30
choirs, at 2 in the afternoon and
a Model T Ford race.
Football Game.
Friday, Oct. 16, will be Lincoln
County day. Another scholastic
track meet will be held at 10:30 in
the morning. At 2:30 in the after
noon there will be a football game
with the Hickory and Gastonia
elevens oposing each other
The final day Ssturda’' will be
Rutherford County day This day
will be featured by a motorcycle
race at 2 in the afternoon.
‘Sure, r«n Worried
' -w—w
Although AI Capone, stout, sleek
and the epitome of suavity, appears
to be fully enjoying himself (above)
In the Fcdarl court of U. S. Judge
James H. Wilkerson, In Chicago,
after pleading not guilty to evading
Uncle Sam's Income tax laws, he
frankly admitted to reporters that
"Sure, I’m worrying" about the out
come of his trial. The gangster
chieftain declared he'd much rathei
be seeing the World Series than be
In court.
County Girl Is
Hostess On Big
Passenger Plane
Anne DrPrint I» Hostess Now On
Washington-New York Trans
port Plane.
Miss Anne DePrirst a Cleveland
county girl, is now serving as hos
tess on the passenger transport op
erated dally between Washington
and New York city by the Eastern
Air Transport.
The big passenger plane leaves
Washington early In the morning
and returns early In the evening.
Of the work of Miss DePrlest, a
daughter of Billy DePriest of the
New Houae section, Ernie Pyle,
Washington newspaper columnist,
has this to say:
‘‘Our trip to New York was made
on Eastern Air's newest schedule
leave here at 7:65 a. m., return at
7:10 p. m. Walter Shaffer and How
ard Young flew us up. Gil Walker
and Clarence Coleman brought us
back. Miss Anne DePrlest was our
hostess. She-is a perfect hostess.
She doesn't Insist on talking to her
“guests” when they don't want to
be talked to.
“That New York wine gave me a
bad headache. So otv the way back
X asked Miss DePrlest If she had
any aspirin. The aspirin bottle hap
pened to be empty, so she asked
Co-pilot Coleman to radio the
ground men at Baltimore to have
some for me when we landed.
“He did, and when we taxied up
to the Logan Field terminal, there
were the ground men with—without
any aspirin. They never got the
message! I mention It merely be
cause radio stories "aren’t supposed
to end that way. This one Is dif
ferent"
Ellenboro Claims
10 Octogenarians
Forest City, Oct. 8.—Ellenboro. a
small incorporated Rutherford coun
ty town, with a population of 431 in
habintants, has a record which it is
believed cannot be duplicated Jr.
North Carolina, in ratio of popula
tion. The village has 10 people re
siding within its limits who are 80
years of age or older. One person
out of every 43 inhabitants in the
town has passed the allotted Bibli
cal three score and ten. It Is said
that if those over 70 were Included
there would probably be 20 or more.
Grow* 1,344 Pound*
Citron* On 2 Vines
E. C. Carpenter who lives on
Shelby route 6, a few miles north of
Shelby has established what he
thinks is a record growing citrons.
He had two large vines which grew
38 citrons. Picking out an average
Size one in the lot and weighing it.
he finds the total weight, of the 38
citrons to be 1.344 pounds. The
largest in the lot weighed 80 pounds
so it must have been a good year
for citrons as well.
Dr. Ramseur Suffer*
Stroke, Is Critical
Friends iu this section of Dr. D
S. Ramseur, of Blacksburg, veteran
physician, will regret to hear that
he suffered a sever? stroke la>!
Thursday and is now m a serious
condition. Dr Ramseur was one of
the leaders in the old Ku Klux Klan
and prominently connected with
the Reconstruction period.
1,355 Less Autos In
Cleveland This Yeai
Bank Deposits
Show Gain Here
In Three Months
An Increase in bank depos
It* In .Shelby from the end ol
June to the end of Septem
ber indirate* steadier buslnev
i auditions In general.
The quarter including July
August and September Is
what Is known aa "an off sea
‘•on” In Shelby and Cleveland
county, yet at the end of Sep
tember were larger by *4,442.8'!
than at the end olf June
Total deposits at the end ol
June In the First National
and I'nlon Trust were $S,
882.015.87. At the end of Sep
lember the deposit** totalled
$3,860,458.74.
Local Hospital On
Conditioned List
Despite the financial depression
more hospitals than ever before
have this year succeeded In meeting
the high standard for personnel,
management, and equipment, re
quired by the American College ol
Surgeons for attainment to Its list
of Institutions approved for care of
the sick.
Dr. Franklin ft. Martin, director
general of the college, who made
this statement In New York today
at the opening session of the twen
ty-first annual Clinical Congress of
Surgeons, announced that of 3,319
hospitals surveyed In the United
States and Canada. 2,158 have won
coveted place on the approved list
Issued yearly In October by the col
lege.
"Although it costs money to op
erate a good hospital, hard times,
have not decreased the efficiency of
American and Canadian institutions
under survey of the American Col
lege of Surgeon.'’ declared Dr. Mar
tin. "Indeed, the economic crisis
seems to have acted as a challenge
to these hospitals to keep their
standards higher than ever In order
to give safe care for the many per
sons needing medical aid In times of
financial stress. The increase In
number of sick during the last year
has placed a heavy burden upon
approved hospitals but they have
borne it splendidly. This, I feel, has
been due In part to the fact that
the minimum standards which they
must meet are based on sound econ
omic principles."
"Community and Individual sup
port of hospitals seems to have con
tinued unfalteringly,” the father of
the American College of Surgeons
stated further, “and It Is my hope
that the coming year will see as
high a record.”
The Shelby hospital Is marked
"Conditionally approved,” indicat
ing that they have accepted the
minimum requirements as laid down
by the American College of Sur
geons but for lack of time or other
acceptable reasons, have not been
able to do so in every detail.
Shelby Fire Chief
To Havana Meeting
Chief Robinson Left Today For
Four-Day International
Session.
J. R, Robinson, chief of the Shel
by fire department, left today for
j Havana, Cuba, where he will attend
i the annual meeting of the inter
national association of fire chiefs.
The meeting proper opens there
Wednesday and continues through
Saturday. At Atlanta he will join
a special train carrying fire chiefs
from all sections of America to the
meeting. The expenses of the chief,
! whose work as head of the local de
partmerit has been very efficient. |
are to be paid, it is understood, by j
members of the volunteer depart-;
1 nient and the city board.
j - --)
Workers Desire To
Harvest Pea £rop
In The Star last week a news
I Rem informed that numerous farm
t ers were being turned down by un
j employed people who refused to
pick cotton at the prevailing pick
ing price or to pick peas tor half
of the peas picked. During the re
mainder of the week a number of
unemployed people, desiring to lay
by somthing to eat for the ap
proaching winder months, came to
The Star office stating they would
like to accept the offers. Others
who desire to do so may secure
picking jobs by applying to the we!- 1
fare officer at the court house who 1
has a list of farmers needing hand i (
to pick cotton and peas
16,222 B&ale* Ginnejf
To October 1
—1
Very Near Sam* Number Of Trad^l
Cleveland Above Avera(a
V. C. County.
(Star Newt Bureau)
Raleigh, Qct. 13 —Cleveland eoun
!y had- 6,235 passenger cart and
76S trucks on the first of this
month, as compared with 7,880 pas
senger cars and 785 trucks just a
year ago, according to figures com
piled in the office of L. S. Harris
director of the Motor Vehicle bu
reau. Figures are obtained by mese
urlng the cards in the registration
files, and counting a given number,
by which they might vary probably
as much as a dozen.
Less In 8 tats.
The registration for the *tets
was 411,315, including 884,688 ante
mobiles and 58,519 trucks, the first
of October, as compared with reg
istration of 541740 motor vehicles,
including 383.730 automobiles and
58,010 trucks a year ago. While the
drop in trucks was less than 1800,
the drop in automobiles was nearly
40.000 in the year. Motorcycles
numbered 1158 thle month.
The county average for automo
biles U about 3,547, for trucks 886,
and for motorcycles leas than 13,
Only five oounties had more than
10.000 automobiles, Guilford lead
ing with 34,960, Mecklenburg 31,
850, Forsyth 18,100, Wake 18,980 and
Buncombe 13,850. Mecklenburg leads
in trucks with 3,030, Ouilford has
2,730, FcFsyth 3,550 Wake 3300 and
Buncombe 3,050.
Parrott Speaks
To Nurse Grads
State Board Of Health Man Sank'
State Should Not Let I p On J
Education And Health. I
Or. James M. Parrott of the Staifp
B6ard or Health delivered the grtM
nation address Friday evening ■
the high school auditorium befoni
the graduating class of nurses from
the Shelby Hospital School of
Nursing. A crowd that filled thu
lower floor of the large auditorium
gathered for the exercise which in
cluded appropriate music, the pres
entation of pins and diplomas to
the five graduates and the speech
by Or. Parrott.
Dr. Parrott reviewed the econom
ic condition of the state and de
clared that in his opinion North
Carolina is in better condition to
weather the crisis than any state
of the union and has better facili
ties to come back to normalcy*
"There are some things that should
not be lost sight of In this crisis,”
said he. "There should be no let
down of public health.” He paid
high tribute to the professional
nurse and the service she Is render
ing in the interest of life and
health.
The speaker was presented by O.
M. Mull and the meeting was pm
sided over by Clyde R. Hoey, chair
man of the board of trustees.
Diplomas were awarded to Margar
et L. Allen, of Shelby, Laura K.
Shepherd of Wadesboro, Novella M.
White of Shelby, Madge A. Funder
burke of Ansonville and Cassie L,
Station of Morven. Following the
graduation exercises, there was an
informal reception and square dance
at the Hotel Charles.
Colored Boy Hurt
When Hit By Auto
Fred Kelly Accidentally Struck In
Heavy Saturday Afternoon
Traffic.
Fred Kelly, jr., a 10-year-old col
ored boy of Shelby, is in the Shelby
hospital suffering with a badly
fractured left leg as-the result of
being struck Saturday afternoon by
an automobile driven by W. R
Mercer, ef Florence, S. C.
The accident, according to several
spectators, appeared to be unavoid
able, it being said that the boy ran
from behind another car in front of
the Mercer car. He was struck while
threading the heavy Saturday aft
ernoon traffic near the intersection
of Washington and Warren streets
In the post office-Masonie temple
section.
There was a compound fracture
jf the leg just above the ankle and
-he bones were sticking out as the
io;/ was earned to the hospital by
he South -Carolina man. Dr. Saes
Sehenck, hospital surgeon, said tc
lay that it was now hoped that the
*g would be saved