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Late News
THE MARKET
Cotton, spots __ 6 to 7c
Cotton, Seed, hundred _ 45c
* Fair And Cooler.
Today's North Carolina Weather
Report: Fair tonight and Satur
day. Slightly cooler Saturday.
Bishop Indicted
By Federal Jury
Bishop James Cannon, jr„ of the
Methodist Episcopal church South,
was indicted today by the Federal
grand jury on ten counts involving
alleged violations of the Federal
corrupt practices act.
Wake Forest Wins,
The Wake Forest football eleven
sprung * surprise yesterday by de
feating State college in the annual
■tate fair clash 6 to 0. Two of the
outstanding games tomorrow—Duke
and Davidson at Davidson and Car
olina and Georgia at Chapel Hill—
will be attended by a large number
of Shelby fans.
Edison Weakens
West Orange, N. J., Oct. 16.—
Thomas A. Edison “continues to
fail and his sleep is gradually be
coming more profound,” his son,
Charles Edison said late yesterday.
The statement, which was made
shortly after 4 p. m.. said, however,
that “there is no outward change.”
Dr. Hubert S. Howe earlier in the
day described the “deep stupor" in
which the aged inventor has lapsed
as closer to a coma than his condi
tion had been at any time in the
past few days. He also reported
Edison's pulse is showing definite
signs of weakening under the strain.
.Si* teaspoonfuls of stewed pears
constitute the only nourishment
Edison has been able to take in
more than 148 hours. He has had
neither food nor fluid during the
last 24 hours.
Robeson Holds
Lead In Cotton
Over Cleveland
More Cotton Ginned In Cleveland
Than In Four Neighboring
Counties.
Cleveland and Robeson counties,
North Carolina's largest cotton
oroduciug counties, have swapped
places since last, year in bales gin
ned to October 1.
Last year Cleveland with 17,273
bales to October 1 topped Robeson
by about 1,000 bales. This year
Robeson with 17.413 bales ginned to
October 1 is nearly 1,000 bales ahead
of Cleveland's 16,522.
Cotton ginned in this county up to
October 1 was almost 2,000 bales
ahead of the total ginning in the
tour neighboring counties of Ca
tawba, Gaston, Lincoln and Ruth
erfgrd. Catawba had ginned 2,905,
Gaston 2,257. Lincoln 5,756 and
Rutherford 3,957—a total of 14,875
bales.
leading Counties
The five leading cotton counties
in the state with their ginning to
October 1 this year and last follows:
County 1931 1930
Robeson....... 17,413 16,142
Cleveland . . 16,522 17,279
Sampson ._'_ 13.989 9,351
Harnett. 13.687 11.014
Johnston . .. 13,476 10,308
Sell Four School
Buildings, Refuse
Bids For Several
Buildings Abandoned Through Con
solidation To Be Used As
Tenant Houses.
At a public auction this month
the Cleveland county board of edu
cation sold four school houses and
refused bids offered on two others.
The buildings sold were aban
doned when their districts were con
solidated with others in the move
ment to give the county larger and
better equipped schools.
Those sold, the names of the buy
ers and the price paid follow: Cedar
Grove to Mrs. Julyetta MeSwain for
$75; Mary's Grove to T. HI Eaker
for $330; White’s to A. E. Elmore
for $137.50, and Plonk’s to Plonk
brothers, to whom the land auto
matically reverted, for $25. It is
understood the former school build
ings will be used for tenant houses,
storage houses and other farm pur
poses. ,
Bids on the Palm Tree and^Hai
din buildings were refused by the
board.
Rutherford Native
In Hospital Here
J. D. Wells, prominent Henrietta
merchant, sustained three broken
ribs when his truck overturned an
a highway between Kings Mountaih
*nd Shelby this week.
The accident was caused by the
wheels locking, it was said. Wells Is
recuneratiue in the Sbelby hosoital
Booze Docket
Faces Federal
Session Monday
' Prohi
To Be Heard
i __
! Delayed Session Of Court Convenes
Here Next Week With Webb
Presiding.
One hundred or more defend -
j ants, alleged moonshiners, rum
runners and bootleggers, round
ed up a month or so ago by
| federal prohibition officers in
! I.incoln. Rutherford and Burke
j counties, will face trial at a
• session of federal court which
convenes in Shelby Monday
morning.
A term of United States district
court adjourned yesterday in Char
lotte and Judge E. Y. Webb and
District Attorney Chas. A. Jones
will come here for the session next
week.
Roundup Cases
Delayed Term
; The regular term was to have
j been held on the week, ol' Septem
ber 26, but Judge Webb was busy in
I Asheville trying the bank cases
j there. The grand Jury here was
I charged by Judge John J, Parker;
| Circuit court^ Judge, and after com
: pleting its work the court was ad
j journed until next week.
One Of Biggetl
The session here next: week prom
ises to be one of the largest since a
federal court was established here.
A week or two before the term was
to have been held in September,
federal prohibition agents and un
j dercover men swooped down upon
| the South Mountain section of
, Burke county, Just west of Cleve
| land, and made a general cleanup
I of moonshiners and whiskey dealer:
in that well known moonshine sec
j tion. It was, according to reports
i one of the biggest raids ever made
in this section and some of the larg
est whiskey makers and dealers of
the section are said to have been
arrested for trial here. A few days
later there was another roundup la
Rutherford county, the majority of
those arrested being charged with
selling w’hiskey at service stations
and other points. The same week a
raid was made in Lincoln county
and a dozen or more alleged whis
key dealers taken. ,
Halted Traffic.
As a result of these raids it is
I believed that a large crowd of peo
ple from the three neighboring
counties will be here for the federal
trials «ext week. The raids were so
comprehensive, it is said, that whis
key traffic has been at a low ebb
since.
Other than the whiskey cases no
important trials are scheduled to
come up and the term will in all
likelihood be completed in a week
| or less.
j John R. Dover, 111 At
: Home; Better Today
John R. Dover, prominent cotton
mill executive, has been sick for
several days at his home on S.
Washington street, suffering with
his stomach and heart. Dr. Allen, a
specialist in diagnostics, was called
up from Charlotte night before
last to consult with local physicians
and make an examination. He did
not have a good night Wednesday,
but was better this morning.
Is Cheer Leader.
Charles Alexander, formerly a
cheer leader at athletic events at
the Shelby high school, has been
elected one of the three cheer lead
ers at Mars Hill college.
'Pair of Record-Breakers
Pretty Very! Pautages. who set a new record for Clan A outboard mot
or boats in the U. S. championships held on Lake Merritt. Oakland.
Calif., only to have her average speed of 37.113 miles per hour for five
hours declared unofficial because there were less than five crafts in
the race, is shown “grinning and bearing It” at the wheel of her speed
ster. Hilda Mueller (inset) established an official record for the
samq class boats when she averaged 35.78 miles an hour over the five
mile course.
Escaped State Convict Still In
Jail Here; May Be Tried Again
Ralph Foust, young white man who was sent up from
Shelby last September to do a 10*year stretch for automo
bile larceny and who escaped from the State prison farm late
in September to return here and rob the same garage, is still
in the county jail here. Officers say he may be tried again
for auto larceny before he completes the other sentence on!
the same charge.
when Foust came back to Shelby
the night of October 1. he broke
into the Rogers Motors. Ford agency,
and took put an automobile. It was
the same garage from which he and
a companion stole a car last May
and drove it to Houston, Texas. Tins
time, however, he could not get the
stolen car started. Undaunted, he
walked to the D. H. Cline garage,
stole a new Chevrolet and drove it
to Gaffney where he was arrested.
No Word Yet.
He was returned to Shelby and
placed in the county jail, where he
is now. So far as local officers know I
the state prison authorities havr ]
Issued no notice about his escap>
late in September. If nothing is
heard from Raleigh, officers here
say they will take him before thr
November term of superior court
and try him once more for auto
mobile larceny. There is a likeli
hood, too, that he may face the
same judge who sent him up for
10 years for stealing the car and
breaking in Cohen's store.
151 Convictions In 166 Cases Last
Month In Recorder’s Court; 118
For Some Form Violation Dry Law
Man With Throat
Slashed Improves
Curtis Williams, white man with
the show playing the colored fair,
who had his throat slashed in a
brawl near the show train Monday)
night, was said to be improving at1
the Shelby hospital today. Officers
still believe a mixed up love affair
was behind the cutting, but the
man who received a bad gash in his
neck refuses to tell much about it,
Louise Johnson, a woman who was
placed in jail shortly after the cut
ting has been released.
Capone, Gang Chief, Poor Picker Of
Race Horses, Inquiring Court Told
| Bookmakers Testify That Gang
Chieftain Was Constant And
Heavy Loser At Tracks.
Chicago, Oct. 16.—Alphonse Ca
pone, “public enemy,” spendthrift
and alleged Income tax delinquent,
has st new claim to distinction as
one of the world's worst pickers ef
race horses.
The big gang commander was a
constant and heavy better, a series
of bookmakers have testified in his
trial for evading income taxes, but
he “seldom won." Seven took the
stand Wednesday and estimated his
losses at more than $200,000 for four
years. Not one of them said Capone
made a net profit on a race meet
ing.
I: The defendant fairly beamed at
t’this testimony, admittedly given at
! His request. The Capone lawyers
! contend their losses, $75,000 in 1924:
j $47,000 fn 1925; $55,000 in 1926 and I
I $90 ooo in 1927 must be deducted
from any income the government
may have proved.
None of the “bookies" had any
records, some admitted their figures
were not much more than guesses,
but all were positive of one thing—
“he lost.” One grew a bit philoso
phical and said of the betting gen
try as a whole, “they nearly always
lose."
But Capone was no ordinary los
er. He was a much sought after
customer, the testimony showed,
one who was willingly given credit
without security, one who was not
required to step out of his hotel
headquarters to settle up—the
bookies all went to him, and they
all obeyed his wishes in handling
only currency.
Even at tills late date, the ‘ book
ies” said they were glad to respond
to a summons from "Scarface Al.
Each witness said he had been call
ed by ‘ someone who said he was
iCOKTINUED ON PAU£ TENj
.
Court Has Good Record Of Convic
tions. Booze Offenders Top
List.
Prohibition law violations con
tinue to outnumber all other
cases in the Cleveland county
recorder's court. Of the 166
cases tried in the court during
the month of September, UR
were for violation of some phase
of the prohibition law.
The court also established a re
markable record for conviction,’
during September, according to the
monthly report of Charles Wood-'
son, clerk of the county court.
Only 15 Escape.
Oi the 166 defendants facing th*
court during the month 151 were I
convicted, or, to reverse it, only 151
were acquitted.
33 Miscellaneous.
One hundred and eighteen of the
151 defendants convicted were
charged with violating the prohibi
tion laws, which is to say that
around 80 percent of the convic
tions dealt with whiskey cases—
transporting, selling, public drunk- j
enness, or driving drunk.
The remaining convictions, 33 in
all, were a general assortment oi
miscellaneous cases, such as worth
less checks, assault, larceny, etc. No
cases of unusual interest were dis
posed of during the month by Re
corder M. R, Weathers, and no ser
ious felonies were among the charges j
brought before the county tribunal I
Only One Arrest.
The behavior of the crowds oi
colored people attending the Cleve
land County Negro Fair has been
unusually good. says Sheriff frvin
M. Allen. Op the opening day and
night, the biggest day so far only j
one arrest was made.
Get $300 Prize
For Best Booth
At State Fair
Cleveland Entray Is
Given Praise
Kllrnboro Got Second Honor* In
Community Booth And No. 8
Was Third.
A c$ieck for $300 was brought
back to Shelby this week by R. W
Shoffner, farm agent, and Mrs.
Irma P. Wallace, home demonstra
tion agent, as the cash prize going
with the blue ribbon for the best
dounty agricultural booth «t the
state fair In Raleigh.
The Cleveland county booth, tak
ing first honors for the fourth time
in five years, was not the only win
ner in this section. The community
booth of the enterprising Ellenboro
section took second honors In that
class and the No. 8 display ranked
third.
Of the Cleveland county booth, a
photograph of which was published.
The Raleigh News and Observer
said
“Heading the list of prize winners
was Cleveland county. home of
Governor Gardner,
"The governor's county showed
that llving-at-homc is considerably
more than a phrase—in fact so
graphic was its display of foods and
feeds and evidence of throwing off
the fetters of cash crops that tlif
judges pinned the blue ribbon on it
and called County Agent R. W
Shoffner and Home Agent Irma
Wallace to Impart to them the in
formation that they had won $300
in cash to take back home.
“Second prize for county exhibits
went to Polk and third to Wake,
whose county agent, John H. Ander
son, was no stranger to prizes,
"A Wake county exhibit took first
honors in the community displays—
l^uquay Springs wearing the blue
ribbon. There was also a $200 checli
Ellenboro, in Rutherford county,
got second premium; Community
NO. 8 in Cleveland county, third and
teSrner another Wake entry,
fourth''
Expect Crowds
For Negro Fair
I.ook For Largest Attendance To
night And Saturday. Motor
cycle Race.
Officials of the Cleveland County
Negro Fair are expecting their larg
est crowds for the four-day event
tonight and Saturday.
Attendance has been good so far,
especially the opening day Wednes
day. but the sain last night cut
down the crowds somewhat.
With two main features booked
this afternoon, a field day event
and a football game, between Gas
tonia and Hickory, following the
free acts, it is thought that the
afternoon attendance will start In
creasing and reach its peak about
the time of the fireworks tonight.
The fireworks program is unusual
ly good and along with the thrilling
free acts has been one of *he best
drawing cards.
Saturday Program.
The Saturday program, highlights
of which include the free acts, a big
motorcycle race and the fireworks
promises to be the most entertain
ing of the four-day program.
The 10-mile Model T Ford race
yesterday afternoon gave the hun
dreds of colored people plenty of
thrills. There were three entries and
a Boiling Springs driver won firs!
place.
Judging of the agricultural ex
hibits, booths and displays was be
ing completed today, and officials
were elated over the large number
of entries and their attractiveness.
Judge Van Wart
In Hospital Here
Judge Van Wart la critically 111 in
the 8helby hospital where he has
been a patient for ten days or two
weeks. Judge is a retired Canadian
Jurist who has been visiting Shelbv
every year for many years and has
many friends here. His son. who is
a physician, in New Orleans is ex-!
pected to arrive today to be at his
bedside.
Former Commissionei;
Under An Operation
W. W. Washburn, former county
commissioner, underwent a serious
operation at the Shelby hospital
yesterday, in spite of his advanced
years, he withstood the surgeon's
knife as. well as could be expected:
md was resting fairly well this j
norning
Secs Gloomv End
H. G. Well*, distinguished English
novelist, sociologist and out-liner
of history, painted a dismal picture
of the future as he arrived at New
York aboard thr S. S. Aquttania
for a visit to America. He proph
esied that the current depression
would come to an end only after
the entire Western civilization had
collapsed.
Sloop Buys Out
Stephenson Drug
L. L. Sloop Of fherryville Becdme*
Owner Of Well Kjm»n Retail
Drug Store Here.
1/. L. Sloop, of Cherryville lias
purchased Stephenson* Drug Co.
of this place and took charge to
day. Mr. Sloop formerly lived tn
Shelby where he operated Sloop's
Drug store for a number of years
In the Royster building where the
Eskridge Grocery Is now located.
Mr. Sloop has been wanting to get
back to Shelby ever since he left,
but only this week closed the deal
for the Stephenson Drug Store. He
Is pharmacist at the Beam Drug
store at Cherryville and will come
to Shelby to assume active control
of the store as soon as his successor
for the Beam store goes on the job
there.
It is announced that the store
will hereafter be known as Sloop’s
Pharmacy. R. E. Carpenter, well
known in Shelby to the drug trade,
will continue with the stprw Mr.
Stephenson bought the Riviere
Drug store in the fall of 132fi and
has been operating it since. The Rl-j
vlerc Drug Co. was formerly the
Kendall Drug Store, one of the old
est firms in Shelby. For years this j
store was operated In the Blanton I
building under the old Central Ho
tel. but was moved to the Judge J.
L. Webb building after the memor
able fire which destroyed the block, i
Mr. Stephenson is now on the j
road as salesman for Frederick I
Stearns and Co., manufacturing
pharmacists and wholesale drug-:
gists of Detroit. He travels the two'
Carolinas. Mr. Sloop has many |
warm friends in Shelby who wel
come his return to business here.
w. O. W. Dance Saturday
Tlie W. O. W. will give a dance to
morrow, Saturday, night at 8 o’clock
at their hall.
County Schools Open
Again On October 26
May Bury Faye
Here; Get Trace
Of His Relatives
Head Of Wild West .Show To Hear
F.xpense. Shelby Man Knew
Faye In Ohio.
John Faye, Wild West show troup
er, who died last week of accidental
injuries, may, after all, be buried
by hta relatives. Jack Palmer, local
undertaker, yesterday first secured
a definite trace of the dead man's
relatives. On the same day he was
assured that the showman would be
given proper burial although his
people arc not located.
Faye, connected with the Wild
West sliow which played the Cleve
land County Fair, was fatally hurt
in an auto accident Just within the
city limits Sunday morning after
fair week He died yesterday week
ago in the Shelby hospital. A week's
search failed to locate his relatives
and his body is still being held at
i the undertaking parlor
Get Some News.
Yesterday Mr Palmer, Fair Sec
j retavy Dorton and others made o
! trip to Concord to talk with mem
| ber.« of the show playing the fair
1 there, Mrs. Eskew. who with her
| husband operates the Wild West
show which played here and is now
at Concord, assured the Shelby men
that she would defray the expenses
of his burial here if relatives could
not be located. Upon returning to
Shelby from Concord they learned
| that during the day a Shelby man
had appeared at the funeral parlor
and identified Paye as a man with
| whom he worked four years or so
[ago at Cincinnati, Ohio. The Shel
by man wax C E. Clark, of LeQrand
; street. Several years ago, he said,
j he and Faye worked together in
! Cincinnati and boarded at a cafe
teria on Fifth street there which
was operated by Fayes father anti
mother. A brother of Faye was work
ing at that time, he said, with the
American Steel and Wire company
in the same city. Today a telegram
was sent to the Cincinnati police
chief to see if these people could be
located at the addresses given If
they can, the body, likely, will be
sent there. If not, the remains
will be interred, it is sdfid in Sun
set cemetery here with the show
with which he travelled providing
burial expenses.
Moderator Loses
Hat At Association
The cor.&rvatlve model lmt of the
beloved moderator of the Kings
Mountain Baptist association. Rev.
John w. Suttle is missing, it was
exchanged at the association at
Zion last week by mistake and now
Mr. Suttle is strutting around with
a wide sombrero, somewhat like
that of a Texas cowboy. It is hard
ly becoming to a man of benign dis
position and small statue of Mr.
Suttle but he could not do other
wise than take what was left him
when he found his hat gone. The
hat which lie has. belonging to the
individual who possibly is wearing
the moderator's head piece, is a
Stetson, No, 7 1-4. purchased from
Blanton-Wright Clothing Ca, but
the briin and cut are not the preach
er’s type and he wants his old
stand-by back:
Special Session Over Cotton Is Not
Likely In State; Might Play Politics
!
j Governor Does Not Think It Would
Help. Sales Tax
Danger.
Raleigh. Oct. 16.—Governor Gard
ner is still of the opinion that the
legislature even if called into ses
sion. could do nothing effective to
help the farmers, and he will not
call a special session unless condi
tions change or new problems arise.
I Until the announcement of Sen
; ator Hugh Dortch, of Wayne, that
he would serve without pay, the
special session talk had about died
down, since most people took the
governor's statement last week as
final.
The special session movement has
received almost all of ISTbacking
from the group which was defeated
! In the Iasi legislature, the sales,
taxers and the tax relievers N O
Barlett, of Kiuvion. who, along v. i 1:
U. B. Bialock, ol Raleigh, is lead
ing the present movement, was oq
of the most active workers for a
luxury tax and the MacLean pro
gram.
However, the special session, and
tlje reduction of cotton acreage by
legislative enactment, lacks the sup
port of Representative A. D. Mac
Lean. of. Beaufort, who was the
leader in the land tax reduction
movement, and of others, who have
always worked for the farmer, but
who do not think the legislature
could help him now.
Governor Gardner is in a differ
ent position from the other south
ern governors who have called spe
cial sessions of their legislatures, be
cause he lacks the veto power. Thus
he cannot control the action of the
legislature after it gets here, and he
has no reason to know what it will
do or what it was called In session i
for. Precedent rather establish;??
the rule that special sessions go fi
afield, for North Carolina got pro
rCOrmj'TUlD Oft FAUfc t BN I ,
Five To Open Then;
Other* Later
Srvm Long-Term vchoo'* And All
SI* Mouthy School'. Krgin
Oct. 29 Ot \*t, t
Several thousand Cleveland
county school children, who will
have been out of action! for an
werka. aiding In picking the
cotton crop, nil! go bark to tfaeit
books on Monday. October 26, It
has been decided by the roun
I ty board of education.
The five long-term school wmc.i
[closed on September II to go to th*
j cotton fields will open on that date
| They are Waco, Falkton. No 3
IdiUlmore and Moorcsboro.
Others Week Later.
The seven long-term schools
; which closed a week later, or on the
118th of September, will open again
along with all the six month,
'schools on either Thursday, Octo
| her 29, ov Monday, November 2.
The exact date has not been del;
nitely decided. On reason advanced
for the opening of the six month’
schools on October 29 is that, by do
ing so they may complete four full
months before the Christmas hoii
j days. A definite date, one of the two
j mentioned, will be announced later
Aided Much
; The six weeks recess given the
i thousand of school children in ti e
! county proved of great value to
| their parents as with cotton price -
! ><»W and very little to be afforded
for picking the school children help
ed much in getting the cron out.
Thousands of bales yet remain to be
picked in the county, but a big por
tion of the crop will be out it n
believed, by Monday week.
Three Stars Out
Today's Game
i Star Bark Ineligible For Kin*"
Mountain Game. Two Ollier*
Not Play in*.
If the Shelby high eleven de
feats their old grid rival! in the
annual contest at the eity park
here this afternoon, the game
will have to be won without
three of the team's leading
stars.
The three players who will not
appear in the lineup this afternoor
are Purp Barrett, fullback: R K
Wilson, quarterback. and Res
Brown, end.
biow ro Team,
The inability of the three play
ers to perform today lessesjs Shel
by chances of turning in a victors
over the DeArmon eleven. The an
nouncement of their* inability to
play was made early today by Supl
B. L. Smith and Coach Casey Mo’ •
ris.
Barrett, the best ground-gainer
on the eleven, is ineligible because
of scholastic work. In September
he failed to pass enough work tc
play on the team this month, and
he will be out for the remainder oi
the month and longer if he doe*
not pass his work. Wilson will not
play because of an injury in the
last game and Brown is sick. All
three are veteran players and thei:
berths must be filled with rookies
When the September scholastic
report was first issued 12 member*
of the football squad were ineligi
ble, seven of them being first
stringers. Among them were the
captain of the team and several
outstanding players. All except Bar
rett, however, have made up theh
work and will play today.
Definite announcement has been
made by Coach Morris that the
school athletic regulation will b*
strictly adhered to and no player
may wear a uniform in a game xui
less he passes at least three courses
in the previous month.
“God’s Golfer” Is
Subject Of Dr. Hayes
Rev. L. B. Hayes, pastor of Cen
tral Methodist church will have for
his subject Sunday evening ‘•God's
Golfer” or ‘Out of the Rough” in
which he will treat the matter cf
handling our time. He issues a spe
cial invitation to the sportsmen of
the community. Mr. Hayes playa
golf himself, but no Sunday. He
stays out of the rough when he does
play. This sermon was preached
once tn Winston-Salem when he
nnstor there and at tbs* i
i'e I rebed on •orr.'utm and drink -
iu ; n-.l other things ' which some
ports men indulge in.