North Carolina Newspapers

10 FAGivS TODAY Monday. Wednaeday and Friday Afternoons. By Mall, per year, (in advance) — »3m Turner, per year, (In advance) |].M Late News THE MARKET Cotton, spots . 5% to 6%c Cotton Seed, per hundred _4St Cloudy And Warmer Today's North Carolina Weather Report: Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday, probably shower?. Slight ly warmer tonight. Edison Weakens. West Orange. N. J„ Get. H.— Thomas A. Edison roused sufficient ly yesterday from a stupor ip an swer a question by Mrs. Edison, but his precarious condition was de scribed as "unchanged.” Dr. Hub ert S. Howe did not say what the question was, but described the aged inventor as “brightrr” than h" had been. A 5 p. m. bulletin from Charles Edison, a son. said: "Mr. Edison condition remains unchang ed. He was in his chair for two hours this afternoon and is now in bed sleeping.” Negro Fair Has Big Crowds For Today’s Opening Exhibits Best Shown; Much Livestock Good Attendance Todav As School Children Enter Free. Good Fireworks Tonight. A steady stream of colored people coming from all sections of Cleve land and neighboring counties, was entering the cdunty fair gates this morning to attend the opening day program of the annual Cleveland County Negro Fair. All school children are being ad-1 mitted free today as it 1s school day | and truck load after truck load of j youngsters were taking advantage : of the opportunity. ficials of the fair, stated just before j noon that the agricultural building i by the colored people of the cdTih-! ty. Not a bit of space is unoecu- j pied in the big agricultural hall and ; all the displays are exceedingly well | arranged. The livestock show is also better and larger than heretofore and the two departments are drawing much interest, particularly the school and i community booths in the agricul tural building. The poultry show ha* numerous entries and Is up to past records. Track Meet Today. The program today is featuring a track meet this afternoon for the schools of the county, and thrilling free aots and mule races In the aft ernoon with the free acts again and spectacular fireworks tonight. The major highlights of the pro gram tomorrow', Thursday, will be the Model T. Ford races and the community singing contest in which 30 choirs of negro singers will par ticipate, Scores of white people plan to hear the singing which will come early in the afternoon program. To morrow is labelled as Gaston coun ty Day and many colored people from the neighboring county are expected. Lincoln County Day will be ob served Friday and will be featured by a football game between Hickory and Gastonia and a mule race. The final day Saturday is Ruth erford County Day with motorcycle races added to the other entertain ment. Officials of the fair are justly proud of their fine agricultural ex hibits and Invite the general pub lic to come out and see how the negro fair has boosted systematic and modern agriculture among the colored. The fine work being done by the colored schools is also re- j vealed by the school booths. Teachers To Attend j Fine Exhibits. Rev, W. A. Foster, one of the of District Four Schools H«rc 100 Percent In National Group. Honor Roll Today. A majority ot the teachers in the Shelby school system will attend the district teachers meeting on October 3D-31 in Charlotte, it is an nounced by Supt. B. L. Smith. Shelby teachers hold several of-1 flees in the district group. Principal j Walter E. Abernathy is vice presl- ' dent of the group; Supt. Smith is' president of the city superintend- | ents; Mrs. Robert Hord is president j of the home economic group; and Miss Gertrude Taylor is secretary of the mathematics teachers. Practically all city teachers be long to the North Carolina Educa tion Association, but this year four Shelby schools, are 100 percent tn the National Educational Associa tion, which means that all teachers in the four schools are members of the national organization The schools are Washington, Marion, South Shelby and Jefferson The honor roll for the first month i in the city school -system is now be- I tng completed and will be ready for] "••blication Friday Cleveland Booth Given Leading j N. C. Fair Prize No. 8 Community Booth Third \ , • '. • County Booth Taken To Raleigh By Agents Wins First State Honors Again. Special to The Star.) ! Raleigh, Oct. 14.—The Cleve | land county agricultural booth won first county honors at the state fair here yesterday, it bc j ing the third time the home - county of Governor Gardner has carried off top honors 'at the state fair. Tn the commun ity booth contest the No. 8 booth, in charge of E. L. Dilling ham, agricultural instructor, won third honors. The county booth was brought here and as sembled by Farm Agent R. W. Shoffncr and Home Agent Mrs. Irma Wallace. Booth Described. >F. H. Jeter in Raleigh News and Observer.) Accomplishments, not theories, are displayed in the agricultural exhibits at the North Carolina State Fair this week. The country, com munity and individual farm dis-; plays show how North Carolina's] rural population is living at home ! The exhibits are better arranged than usual and show a higher quality of products. Careful selec tion and thoughtful planning seems to be back of each display There are six county exhibits. The one from Rutherford county, up in the foothills, tells the story of a prosperity program. County Agent F. E. Patton assisted by Miss Laura Howard, home agent, and W. M.i Chapman are responsible for this excellent exhibit. A mammoth ham is labeled to tell how $19,570 worth of hogs were sold or slaughtered for home use in the county last year. Over $200,000 worth of track crops were sold; $76,000 worth of sorghum syrup was made, and more than 40,000 bushels p( sweet pota toes were cured and nwrrfceted. The exhibit gives an idea of the kinds of crops produced in the county. wake County Display. Wake county, with an exhibit; ar ranged by John C. Anderson, coun ty agent, is shown as a county which grows and markets quality products. Products of the field, garden, orchard and pantry are on display in this well-arranged booth. Few natives of the county would! know' that the variety of products shown by Mr. Anderson are produc ed in the home county of the State Fair. The exhibit from Cleveland coun ty. home of Governor Gardner, is one of the best ever displayed at a State Fair. It Is trimmed in cotton bolls and sorghum cane stalks. Diamond-shaped containers show the diversity of farm crops, as re presented by seeds, which can be produced there. The exhibit is well arranged and shows practically every farm product produced In the state. This exhibit is in charge of R. W. Shoffner and Mrs. Irma C. Wallace, farm and home agents. Light Court Today The county recorder's court had an unusually light docket this morn ing, only two cases being tried. It was one of the lightest dockets the court has had in some time and the charges in both cases were for min or violations. When Hoover Snapped Up Bid With a suddenness which amazed his political associates and friends. President Hoover, upon being invited to open officially and attend the tenth Olympiad, to be held on Los Angeles in August. 1833, immediate ly accepted the'invitation. The president is shown as he received the formal invitation extended by Louis B. Mayer, motion picture mag nate and delegate from Governor James Ralph, of California. Mr. Hoover usually has referred such bids for his presence to the ' under advisement” cubbyhole. Telegram Comes Here For Man Who Died OverScotreOf Years Ago A telegram came to Shelby recently for Capt. L. J. Hoyle who died 21 years ago. The messenger boy carried it to his son. Frank L. Hoyle, sr., in rhe attempt to find the man for whom it was intended. iiit wire was irom oinciais o.i me state hospital at Morganton and asked Capt. Hoyle tor information that might locate relatives of an inmate of the institution who died recently. Supposition is that the woman entered the institution 30 some years ago while Capt. Hoyle, a lead ing citizen of Cleveland county, was clerk of court. It is presumed that he filled out the application blank for her entry and for that reason the telegram was addressed to him. lOOMayorsAndCounty Leaders Meeting To Plan Relief For Idle Buoyant Market For Cotton; up $2.50 Bale Agreement To Hold Off 7.0*0,000 Males Credited For Sharp Rise In Prices. Atlanta, Oct. 13.—Announcement of a provisional agreement which would hold off the market until July, 1832, approximately 7.000,000 bales was given In some quarters to day as cause for sharp advances in cotton prices, while at least one cotton leader of the south attribut ed the upturn to legislative action. Brisk trading, during which prices advanced nearly $2.50 a bale in New York and New Orleans, was credited by cotton exchange authorities to the provisional agreement reached yesterday in New Orleans by the Federal Farm board, the American Cotton Co-operative association, and southern bankers. Governor Ross 8. Sterling of Tex as said he believed the action of Texas and other states enacting cotton reduction laws, “rather than the New’ Orleans stabilization pro posal, had a wholesome effect on the cotton market.” Take Your Punishment Standing Up, Governor Advises Audience Principal Speaker Of Founders’ Dav Celebration At University. Chapel Hili, Oct. 14.—Turning back the pages of history across which the University of North Car olina has written 138 years of devo tion and service to State and Na tion, Governor O. Max Gardner Monday called upon the people of North Carolina to emulate the ex ample of those who laid the early foundation of this Institution, those who ‘itook their punishment stand ing up” and faced want and poverty with a grim determination to hold on for the better day that was sure ly to come. “X am not a pessimist, nor am X a defeatist,”- the Governor fairly shouted, "but I was a lawyer many years before I was Governor, and I learned to face the realities of life. We are gofft* through a criti cal period in our life. Our forefa thers who founded this institution knew how to take their punishment standing up, not lying down, and that is the chief lesson we of today can learn from them.” Governor Gardner was the princi pal speaker at the University’s cele bration of founders day, the chief feature of which wa sthe dedication of new Memorial Hall, the Univer sity auditorium, which was complet ed last spring. It is on the same site as the old building which was torn down in the spring of 1930 after being condemned as unsafe. Seats 1850. The new building, which is a handsome structure of rectangular shape, with six huge Doric columns featuring a fine portico, seats 1850 as compared with 1600 the old build ing could accommodate. Governor Gardner presented the building in behalf of the people of the State, and it was accepted in the name of the trustees, - faculty and students by John Spruill Hill of Durham, chairman of the trustees building committee. Lay Plans At Kalrigh To Take Care Of Unemployed During Winter Months. Raleigh, Oct. 14.—Urging a policy of relief to the needy “which does not develop the wishbone and de stroy the backbone,” Governor Gardner yesterday met with more than 100 mayors and county com missioners of the state to discuss aid for the unemployment during the winter months. Mayor S. A. McMurry, of Shelby, was among those attending the con ference. “The governor described the meet ing "one of the most important ever held in the hall of the house of representatives in the capitol ” and pledged the next five months of his administration to relief of the needy. Plans drawn by the governor's council of unemployment relief, of which R. W. Henninger is execu tive secretary, were presented to the local government heads, outlining in detail the plan of “local respon sibility with co-ordination of all re lief agencies in the state,” in the task of feeding, clothing and shelt ering unfortunates. Others Speak. Stuart W. Cramer of Cramerton. a member of President Hoover's commission on unemployment re lief, was present and addressed the gathering. Representatives of state departments also spoke, including L. L. Mallard, of the department of labor; Mrs. W. T. Bost, commission er of public charities and public (CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN i Unable To Locate Relatives Of Fay The body of John Fay, showman who died in the Shelby hospital last week from injuries received in an automobile crash, is still unclaimed at the Palmer funeral home. To morrow Jack Palmer and Fair Sec retary Dorton plan to go to Con cord to interview members of the show troupe, playing the fair there, to learn if possible if they know where any of Fay's relatives may be located. KIWAMS PROGRAM AT 7:30 ON THURSDAY EVENING The regular meeting of the Ki wanis club will be held Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the Hotel Charles. The quartet from the First Baptist church will sing whilo Dr. and Mrs. Plaster will render viuiin and niano pieces. Crash Injuries Fatal To Grover Man On Sunday Glenn Roark Funeral At Grover Car in Which He Wu Riding Struck Bear of Another Car Near Gastonia. Kuigs Mountain, Oct. 14.—Funer al services lor CHenn Roark, 24 ycar-old youth of Grover, who died In a Gastonia hospital Sunday morning from injuries received in an automobile wreck on the Wilk inson boulevard Saturday night, were conducted at the First Baptist Church in Grover Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. Rush Padgett, pastor of the First Baptist church of Lowell, conducted the services, interment was in the Grover ceme tery. He is survived by his parents, Mr. l and Mrs. J. A. Roark, and six broth ars, Wayne, Broadus, Coley, Hubert, Sidney and Lester Roark all of near Grover. Roark died in a Gastonia hospital Sunday morning from injuries sus tained shortly after midnight Sat urday when a car In which he was riding collided with the rear end of a parked car belonging to Carl Clippard, of Cramerton. on the Wil 4flnson boulevard near the Gaston ia Country club, Vergie Willard,, North Belmont boy who was standing on the run ning board of the Clippard car pre paratory to getting in, sustained a severe head injury as a result of Idle crash. Willard was taken home, but after physicians had examined him and reported he apparently had a skull fracture, he was taken to the Charlotte sanatorium Mon day morning for treatment. • Flay Sheppard,- of Grover was with Roark, and is believed by of ficers to have been-driving the ear, which belongs to his mother. Shep pard however, told officers Roark Was driving. Clippard was at the wheel of the parked car. Sheppard and Clippard did not sustain any appreciable wounds. Officers are working on the case in an effort to establish blame for ■ the accident, but so fa* have been unable to get many details of the I incident Mrs. J. P. Smith Buried Tuesday Noble Christian Woman Succumbs To Heart Attack. Buried Here In Sunset Cemetery I - Mrs. J. P. Smith died Monday i evening at 7:15 o’clock at her home ,on S. DeKalb street following a [heart attack and Bright's disease 'from which she had been a long j sufferer. She was able to be up, I however, on last Saturday, but over the week-end she took a turn for | the worse. Mrs. Smith was the daughter of (Peter and Punky Seism and was born July 25, 1885. She was married to J. P. Smith, January 24, 1889, the ceremony being performed by her uncle, the late Rev. Tom Dixon, a pioneer Baptist minister of the county. She Joined Pleasant Grove Eaptlst church in early childhood and was a faithful member, mov ing her membership to the First Baptist church of Shelby when the | Smith family came to Shelby a j number of years ago. Surviving are her husband who is I sick at home, and the following [noble children: Mrs. J. O. Panther, | Mrs. Herbert L. Toms, Mrs. Reid I Misenheimer, Mrs. F, B. Litton, | Miss Lena Smith, Miss Theda Smith, ! Griffin P. and Brantley Smith, all •of Shelby. The following grandchil jdren also survive: Hubbard Pan [ ther, J. P. Panther. G. P. Smith, Jr. 1 Anna Lou Toms, Herbert Toms, Jr. land Robert Litton. Ane brother, Phillip Seism, of Greensboro, and [several half brothers and sisters '■ also survive. The funeral was held from the home Tuesday afternoon by Dr Zeno Wall, assisted by Revs. Rush j Padgett and W. A. Elam and inter ment was in Sunset cemetery. Music was furnished by a quartet from the First Baptist church under the di rection of Horace Easom with a solo by Mrs. Ben Suttle. JJlowers were in charge of the members of Mrs. Rush Stroup's Sunday school class of which she was a faithful mem ber and the following served as pall bearers: Geo. P. Webb, J. M. Green, John W. Eskridge, J. I. Moore, C. R. Spangler, Odus Bridges, Paul Toney and Summey Spangler. I ----- SPORT NEWS WILL BF. FOUND! ON PAGE NINE OK THIS ISSUE OK THE STAR. Turns to Boh Helen Meany Baiiv, who, before her marriage, was United States and Olympic diving champion is pictured on the archery course it White Sulphur Springs, W. Va,, where she is spending the Fall months. Helen has turned to the ancient sport as a means of keep ing In trim. I Showman Has His Throat Carved In Brawl Near Train Man Who Did Cutting Made Get away.^Heported To Be Love * Triangle Case. Curtis Williams. 30, of Knoxville, who is connected with the show playing the Cleveland County Ne gro Fair, is in the Shelby hospital with his throat slashed as the re sult of a brawl near the show train •Wit* at West Warren street Mon day night. The man who did the cutting, said to be an Indian also with the show, has not been apprehended. Woman Is Held. Reports given officers indicate that a jealous husband may have done the cutting. The woman said i M be involved In the affair is being : held In Jail. Her name is listed on the Jail register as Louise Johnson and she is charged with assault. Williams' throat is said to have been severely slashed and he lost considerable blood, but a vital ar tery was narrowly missed and his chances of recovery are believed to be good. B. Y. P. U. Meet At Kings Mtn. Friday The associational B. Y. P. U. con ference for the Kings Mountain as sociation will be held at the First church, Kings Mountain, Friday October 16 at five o’clock for all as sociational officers and at seven o'clock for pastors, general officers, senior and adult officers, especially Junior and intermediate leadrs and sponsors. State B, Y, P. U., Dr. Coy Muckle. Miss Mary Ayscue and Miss Alice Witherspoon, leader of the West Central region will be present. It Is hoped a large crowd from the Kings Mountain association will attend. Free Father In Case Over Killing Of Son Rotarians Attend *Inter-City Meet Four Rotary Clubs Held Joint Meeting In Llncotnton I.sst Nigh l A delegation of 15 Shelby Kotar lans attended an lnter-clty Rotary meeting held last night at Ltncoln ton with (he Llneointon chib as host. Clubs represented at the Joint gathering, In addition to Shelby and Ltnoolnton. were Hickory and Lenoir Rev. L. B. Hayes, president of the Shelby club, was one of the speak ers, responding to the address of welcome. Among the other speakers of the program was Judge Tam C. Bowie, of West Jefferson, n candi date for the United States Senate, The meeting, which was well at tended, proved enjoyable to all present Over 1,500 Teachers Cleveland Native Chairman of Western District N. C., Edu cational Association. A, V. Nolan superintendent of ; schools in McDowell county and son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Nolan of Shelby, ts chairman of the Western I District, North Carolina Education al association embracing the coun ties In Western North Carolina, which meets Friday and Saturday of this week in Asheville. Sunday’s Asheville Citizen-Times carried a full program of the meeting, to gether with a picture of Mr. Nolan who, as chairman, will preside over the sessions of the convention. It k expected that 1,300 teachers wtl meet In Asheville Friday and Sat urday of this week when national known educational leaders will ad dress the delegates. Hayes Speaks. Preside Dr. John A. Cook, state associa tion president and head of the edu cation department of North Caro lina College for women, will speak at the first general session; Rollo G Reynolds, principal of the model school at Teachers college, Columbia university, and Dr. Myers, president of the National Association of Voca tional guidance, at the second, and Dr. Sidney R. Hall, Virginia super intendent of education, at the third. They will assist also in high school departmental meetings, with Miss I. Jewell Simpson, Maryland supervisor of elementary education, as a leader for elementary teachers. Miss Kate Shipp Hurt In Fall At Lincolnton Lincolnton. Oct. 12.—Miss Kate Shipp, widely known educator and founder of Fassifern school for girls fell here yesterday and broke her hip. Physicians state that her con dition Is satisfactorily. She Is in a local hospital, where she will re main several days. Miss Shipp founded the Fessifern school for girls in Lincolnton, where the college remained for sev eral years before being moved to Hendersonville, present home of the school. — G. 0. P. Leaders Will Attempt Keeping J. W. Bailey From Taking Senate Seat Think Gesture Made To Help Con firmation Of Charles A. Jonas. (H. E. C. Bryant in News and Observer.) Washington, Oet. 12.—Republican leaders of North Carolina would prevent the seating of Senator Bailey until the allegations of for mer Representative George M. Pritchard are investigated. A dele gation, headed by State Chairman Duncan, is expected here this week to confer with officers of the Re publican national committee with regard to a program to prevent Mr. Bailey from taking the oath when congress convenes. Heretofore when such action was taken by a contestant or his sup porters, charges were filed. Dp to this time Mr. Pritchard has not gone that far. Members of the sub-committee pointed to hear the Pritchard-Baii-j ey case are not expecting a call' from the North Carolina Republi cans. Senator George H. Moses, of New Hampshire, chairman of the committee, and Senators James E. Watson, of Indiana, who has been acting chairman during the sum mer, are away from Washington and do not intend to return for some weeks. It was stated at their offices today that no funds are available for an inquiry, and that nothing is likely to be done until the senate meets and provides for expenses. To Help Jonas. It is believed here by Democrats that Republicans are preparing to make a gesture to aid Charles A. Jonas, whose nomination for Unit ed States attorney must be sent to the senate when congress meets in December. Mr. Jonas was nominat ed by the president before the last Session closed, but Senator Morri son prevented confirmation Thens Mr Jonas was given a recess ap- j carasuK' on p&a* tin ■ Charge Was Assault With Shotgun Rusm-s Convicted Bv Jury of Slmpl Arnault In I.egal Aftermath Of Tragic Accident. The machinery of the court > rsterdav drew the curtain ever what should be the final chap ter of the I-edbetter-Russ trag edy of September 25 when Orta Ledbetter, 20, was accidentally shot and killed by his father while the latter was siding with his son against three visitors, Cyrus Russ and his two sons. The accidental killing took plac near the Buffalo cotton mill village In eastern Cleveland. The father who unintentional!' shot his own son was acquitted b; the court of a charge of assaul with deadly weapon, and the thre* i Russes were found guilty by a Jun | of simple assault and finccT *10 each Deplorable Affair. The fatal mixup was peculiar u I several respects and a large crowc ! of spectators from that section oi j the county filled the court roonr | here yesterday as the principals oi the tragedy who are still living re lated how it happened. The Russes, Cyrus and his sons Irvin and W. A„ were charged with assault because they visited the Led better home In the attempt, it wns said, to see about young Led better marrying one of the Rust girls. Ledbetter's father after seeing the Russes lay hands on his boy en tered the house, the evidence had it, and returned with his shotgun firing at the group just as he cam* out the door. Some of the shot struck Irvin Russ, whom Ledbetter was trying to force away. In th« chin and neck and the remainder of the load carried on to strike young Ledbetter In the heart and kill him The father and other member* of the ledbetter family have sine* been stricken with grief over th« death and since the shooting t,h« youth’s grandmother died in tht same home. Mach Evidence. The trial of the two cases, on* against Ledbetter and the othet against Russ, began in recorder1* court early in the morning and con tinued until later than mid-after noon. It was the contestlon of tile de fense, in the assault trial against the Russes, that there had been no assault upon young Ledbetter, and that Russ and his two sons merely visited the home to aee that a wronged daughter, as- Judge B. T Falls, Russ counsel put It, was given justice. It was brought out, how ever, that the elder Russ caught young Ledbetter by the collar and that there was some attempt to take him away. It was on this point, perhaps, that the jury returned a verdict of simple assault instead of a more serious assault charge as brought. Same Evidence. With the exception of one wit ness the evidence in the case against the Russes was used as evi dence in the Ledbetter charge with out being heard again. Clyde R. Hoey, counsel for Ledbetter, offer ed no evidence in defense of his client, other than the statement of Ledbetter and other* in taking the evidence in the Russ charge. A short 'CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN.i Only Eleven Loans For Drought Area In Cleveland Co. Assistant Seed Loan A rent Here U Collect Government Loans For Seed. Carl Landrum, assistant seed ano fertilizer loan agent for the depart ment of agriculture at Washington D. C., was In Shelby yesterday look ing after the collection of seed and fertilizer loans made Clevelano county farmers last year as a result of the drought. There were only eleven loans made in Cleveland, the total of which amounts to $1,560 These loans will be due NovembM 30th and Mr. Landrum will return to the county later to collect them However, interest will be refunded to those who pay in advance ol the due date. Mr. Landrum lias been sent ouT to collect loans in the counties at Cleveland. Rutherford, Burke. Cald well and Avery counties. The coun ty securing the largest loan fot seed among the above number, war Rutherford which has $32,262 ad vanced to 1t. Mr. lAndrum is main taining headquarter* at Ruther fordton.