VOL. XXXV11, No. 126 SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESD’Y, OCT. 21, 1931 10 PAGES TODAY Published Monday, Wednseday and Friday Afternoons. By M*il, per year, On ndraricei — Carrier, per ye*'r on edvnncei *3 or. THE MARKET Cotton. spt>t* Cotton Seed, per ton .... -6 to 7c5 Fair Thursday. Today's North Carolina Weather! Report: Fair tonight and Thursday. Slightly warmer In southwest por- J tlon tonight. Jail A Full House. The Cleveland county jail is I parked this week. Prisoners brought! here for the session of federal court J have given Sheriff Irvin Jlen more! guests than he has had for some • time. Around 60 federal prisoners, more than 20 of which have al-j ready received prison or reforms- j tory sentences, are lodged there. S County court has had full sessions every day this week and has added! to the number of prisoners. Hospital Here To Have Clinic For Next Week j Finish Tonsil Work j Of State Dept. —— i Offer Special Rate to School Child -1 ren Not Operated On at State Clinic. A tonsil clinic will be conducted j at the Shelby hospital next week to! complete the work started here re-1 cently by the clinic conducted by 1 the State Board of health. Miss Ella MacNichols, superinten- j inform* that children who applied, at the state clinic held at the First j Baptist church, but were not able; to have the necessary operations: due to the large number ahead of j them will be operated upon at thej local hospital by Dr. Tom Gold, who did the operating at the state clinic, i Minimum inargc. The state clinic was limited to! school children up to 13 years of j age and at the hospital here the; total charge for the operations will be #15, that sum including 24 hours treatment in the hospital after the operation and the surgical bill. Par ent* who desire to send their chil dren to the clinic next week are asked the phone or communicate with the superintendent of the hos pital. Ellenboro Citizen Killed When Auto Runs Into Train Robert A. Curtis, Ellenboro, Has Neck Broken In Collision At ■Morganton. Morganton, Oct. 21.—Robert A Curtis, formerly of Morganton but living more recently at Ellenboro, Cleveland county, came to Morgan ton Sunday to visit relatives here and starting on the return trip Sunday night around 10:30 ran his Ford coupe heading into a freight train at the Morganton station and was instantly killed, His neck was broken. The train, eastbound, was stand ing still and covering the crossing. How he failed to see it is difficult to understand, but the theory Is advanced that the lights on his car were poor and that the lighting at the crossing was not good. The Ford was an almost total wreck. The body was taken to the home of a sister here. Mrs. John Brackett, where funeral service were held at 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Burial will be made in the Curtis family plot at the Morganton cemetery. Curtis, who was about 38 years of! age. was a married man but it Is! said that he and his wife were es'-| tranged. His mother and several! brothers and sisters survive. Judge Stroup Quits j As Teacher And Is Re-Elected By Class fudge And Sunday School Teacher Took Drink But Gets Class Back. Gaffney, Oct. 21.—After accepting ;he resignation of Probate Judge Lake W. Stroup as song leader and electing Professor Wade Humphries “Cherokee's Sweet Singer” to fill Jie vacancy, the Business Men's Bible Class of the First Baptist ;hurch Sunday morning reconsid ered Its action and re-elected Mr. Stroup. judge Stroup tendered his resig nation Sunday morning as an aft -rmuth of his arrest a week pre viously on a charge of driving an automobile while under the in fluence of intoxicants. He issued a statement Monday of last week ad mitting the charge and promising to leave liquor alone in the future. The action of the Sunday school class in re-electing him Sunday was considered tantamount to an ex pression of confidence in his sin -crity. it was said. One member of the class. T. €. Petty, it was reported* walked out following Judge Stroup's re-elec tion. Three Hurt As Train Hits Wagon Tuesday Teacher, Niece And Farmer Injured Southern Passenger Train Kills i Horses In Crossing Crash. Two j Seriously Hurt. Three people—a farmer, a young school teaeher ami her little niece—were Injured about 11 o'clock Tuesday morning when the wagon in which they were riding was struck by No. 36, westbound Southern passen ger train, at the grade crossing west of Shelby and just on this side of the Dover mill on the Lawndale road. Those Injured were Miss Ethel Brown, 30, a native of Concord who teaches at the Hicks school in the Double Springs section; her niece. Dorothy Lucile Teeter, 6, and W, Tommy Tessner, farmer of the Hol lis section of Rutherford who was moving Just below Shelby. Wagon Demolished. The horses which had Just got on the track when the locomotive swooped down upon them were kill ed, one Instantly, and the wagon demolished. The three people riding on the wagon were hurtled to the roadway and were picked up and rushed to the Shelby hospital by an ambulance. • Fractured Skull. Miss Brown, the teacher, who rooms at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Debro Wilkins but boards at a Miss Philbeck's while teaching, was the mast seriously Injured. Her left col lar bone was broken and it is be lieved her skull was fractured near the base. Today it was said that she had a fairly good night but her condition was described as “ser ious.” She Is conscious a majority of the time today but lapsed into unconsciousness at Intervals after the crash yesterday. The little niece also received a fracture on the front of the head and was otherwise bruised up but is not considered as seriously hurt, it not being definitely determine.-! that the head injury was a positive fracture. Collarbone Broken Mr. Tessner, the farmer driving j the wagon, had his left collar bone broke, as did Miss Brown, and re ceived lacerations and bruises about the head and arms. He was resting as comfortably as could be expected today. Tessner, who had been living on the farm of Mr. Everett Spurllng, of Falls ton, which Is just on this side of Hollis, in Rutherford, was moving just beyond Shelby. He had a load of hay on his wagon. As he came by the Phiibeck section Miss Brown and little Miss Teeter were by the road awaiting a ride to Shel by to spend several days, before school re-opens, with other rela tives at tlie Wilkins home here. Mr. Tessner gave them a ride. As the farmer remembers It, his horses had just gotten on the track at the Dover crossing when the train struck them. The impact hurtled the wagon and hay and the horses several yards up the track. Miss Brown Is a native of Con cord and this was her first year of teaching in Cleveland. She is a sis ter of Clyde Evown, well known motor coach driver on the Charlotte line, and her mother lives at Con cord. The little girl Is a daughter of Miss Brown’s sister, Mrs. Bertha Teeter, of Fort Mill, and had come here to go to school to her aunt at Hicks school Great Throng At Dover Funeral Over a Thousand Could Not Get Within Church. 126 Floral ! Pieces Honor Him. 'Die largest crowd that has ever ; attended a funeral at the First Baptist church gathered Monday afternoon to pay tribute to John R Dovgr, builder of industry, churches and character. Every seat was taken in the mammoth auditorium which seats 1,600 people. Every aisles was filled and more than a thousand | people stood outside, unable to get within ear-shot of the services. No Funeral Orations. Men and women in all walks of j life, little children whom he loved j from the mill vllages, mixed and: minged with saddened hearts and ] tear-dimmed eyes as the beloved [ community leader was buried. It ^ was thtr wish of the family that no funeral orations be delivered over j his dead body, so the service was \ short, lasting only 30 minutes after the great crowd got settled down in the church. Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor! of the church had charge of the-; services, a prayer was offered by ■Rev. H. E. Waldrop, pastor or East- , side church, scripture was read about a “prince, a mighty man in Israel having fallen” and Rev. Jno. W. Suttle delivered a short tribute to his relative and friend who had , been his staunchest friend and j greatest comforter in religious work j around the mill villages when the several churches were being estab lished 126 Floral Piece* One hundred and twenty-six flo ral pieces with their sweet aroma j filled the chancel and rostrum. Some were mammoth and expen sive, sent by wealthy business asso ciates in 6helbjnr Philadelphia and New York, while others were mod est bunches, but carried the same love and esteem which people In humbler walks of life had for Mr. Dover. Masonic Honors. Members of the Masonic frater nity from the local and other lodges paid their respects in a body and an impressive Masonic ceremony Was conducted at the gxave-Side With Chas. C. Young in charge. The three textile plants in Shelby, the Dover. Ora and Eastside mills and the Charles mill at Red Springs had suspended operation for the day and the schools of the city ad journed just before the funeral In order that the teachers and chil dren might pay him a deserved tri bute. R. T. LeGrand, S. A. McMurry, Earl Hamrick, J. H. Quinn J. F. Rob erts, J T. Bowman. R. E. Campbell and Jno. Toma served as pall bear ers and a score of honorary pall bearers formed a cordon of honor through which his casket was car ried. For hours after his body was interred in Sunset cemetery, several hundred people lingered around the graveside, reluctant to leave the body of a departed friend. IN TODAYS STAB Edison Funeral. City New* Fare 8 Sports—Fare 10 •'Aronnd Our Town.” Fare * Shelby Mothers Send Wreath's To Cover Grave Of Unknown In Sunset; John Faye, Show Trouper, Killed In Accident Here, Buried. Min ister Speaks. Wreaths from Shelby moth ers who have boys of their own, and flowers given by florists and others, covered the grave yesterday evening in Sunset cemetery, here, of a homeless wanderer buried early In the afternoon. Kind-heartfed Slielby people form ed a funeral cortege for a young show trouper who had no relatives or friends of his own here to see him to his last resting place. Dead Two Weeks, Two weeks ago tomorrow, John Faye, Wild West trouper with the carnival that played the Cleveland County Fair, died in the Shelby hospital froin injuries ^ received when struck by an auto while en route to the show train from the fair grounds on Sunday morning after the fair His body was taken to the Palmer funeral home and every ef fort made to locate a mother some where, or other relatives. Stray bits of Information indicated that his parents lived in Ohio, but they could not be located. Finally, the owner of the* show department with which he travelled, agreed to bear a portion of the burial expense and ordered that he be interred here. It was with the rites of the Christian church that the 30-year old homeless wanderer was buried yesterday. The funeral service at the funeral parlor was conducted by Rev. H. N. McDiarmid, pastor of the Presbyterian church. A number of people, among them being mothers and young men, attended the serv ice. The following group of young Shelby men acted as pall-bearers: Ernest Johnson, J. L. Black. Buck Coble, Ben Hendrick, Ernest Feree arid Homer Bridges. There were enough wreaths at j the cemetery’ to fully cover the new j m^und f \ Gone Is Capone’s Smile Neither AI Capone nor Ml attorney, Michael Ahern (left), looked any too cheerful ai they entered the Federal ttuilding, Chicago, eirortett by a guard, as the trial of the notorious gang ehieftain for violation of the U. S. Income tux law drew to a dose. AI muit hare seen the 'handwriting on the wall” for a short time after thb picture was made he wa* oonvicted. Tenants In Cleveland Show Gain In 10 Years County Hfiv Just 1,858 Farm Own ers. Tenancy Growth Is Bewailed. _. S The number of tenant farmers in Cleveland county has increased! by 8,5 percent in the last 10 years, according to statistics published by the University News Letter. As a result only 1,658 farms in th' county are tilled by their owners. Sixty-five other counties In the state, however, had a greater in crease of tenants in a decade than did Cleveland. The increase in Hutherford since 1920 was listed as 16 percent, 1,473 farms there being tilled! by the owner. The increase in Burke, where 1,319 farms are tilled by own ers. was 9.6. The increase of 7.9 in Ltncolnton was less than that in Cleveland, as was the 1.9 increas in Gaston. Tenancy decreased In Catawba county by 7.8 percent in the decade and 1,813 farms there are tilled by owners. Hobbs Critical. Speaking of the evils of the grow ing tenant system, S. H. Hobbs, Jr_ writes; "There are only twelve counties! with more farms operated by own-i ers than a decade ago. There are elghU-eight counties with fewer! tarrr\?s who own their land. “The'decrease in farm owners ha not been due to consolidation of i holdings. Land area in farms op- j erated by full owners decreased from twelve and a quarter million i acres to less than nine and a half! million acres, or about the propor-l tion of loss of owners. "Land area in farms operated by. j (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT ) Are you Interested In Any Of These? Are you interested In any j of these thing*? If so, you should read Star Want Ads In every issue. The last issue carried such items as these: Two manufacturers wanted salesmen for this territory. A landlord wanted a ten ant for a two horse farm. A local firm offered to pul up your stove for winter, free. Two potato houses gave no tice of when they would be open to receive potatoes for storage. A small apartment was ot tered tor rent. Private bath. ! Two floor show cases were offered for sale at a bargain. A five room house was for rent in Shelby. 200 printed sheets of writ ing paper and 100 printed en- ! velopes were offered for *1. i Seed oats were offered for «0c per bushel. Pigs and shoals were offer ed for sale cheap. Public stenographer at your service. Lime, cement, wagons, trucks, stoves, coat, axes were offered for sale. Better still, if you have anything you want to buy oi sell, save your sole leather. Vse a want ad in The Star. II costs only 25c per issue for 25 words. Music Instructor Returns To Shelby For Tuition Class Prof, o.j B. Lewi* To Arrive Last Of W eek. Will Train Musi cians In School. P»sf. 0. B. Lewis, last year music.il instructor and also tn stcuctor of 8belby's champion >hip band as well as the or ‘"clteslia atWTglee VtuS, wfit re turn hero the last of this week. It was learned today. Due to the economy budget no funds were available this year for musical Instruction and Mr. Lewis did not return at the beginning of the ^school year. His return, now means that he will Instruct ail pupils whose par ents will place their children under him on a tuition basis. Many par ents regretted that the school bud get did not include musical instruc tion. and quite a number of them, it is thought, will place their chil dren under Mr. Lewis. He did a re markable work with his music classes last year. winning the B championship for bands In the state and other honors at the Greens boro contests. Parents of many children have already purchased considerable musical equipment for their youngsters and these, parti cularly, it is thought, will welcome the return of the instructor. The baud and orchestra, as well as the individual nmsicians, have meant much to the school, the conunun i y and the children, and school of ficials hope that parents of chil dren witty musical talent will co operate with Mr. Lewis on the tui tion basis and provide a musical department that could not be tak en care of by the regular budget, Torrey Tyner Head* Senior Class Here Thurman Moore President Of Jan iors And Waiter Fanning Of Soph. In (he recent election of class of ficers in the Shelby high school, the following were elected: Senior officers: Torrey Tyner, pres.; Herman Best, vice pres,; Rav Brown, sec.; James Byers, treas. Junior officers: Thurman Moore, pres.; Margaret Ford, vice pres,; Annie Ruth Dellinger, sec.; Loris Dover, treas. Sophomore officers: Walter Fan rung, pres.; Stuart James, vice pres.; Mai Spangler, sec. and treas At the first senior class meeting several committees were appointed to plan their year’s work. One of these, the annual committee, was appointed to see if it would be pas sible to secure an annual for this year. The committee is seeking ad vertisements from the local mer chants. No Rotary Meet. 'The weekly luncheon of the Ro tary club has been called off for this week because of the death of Mr. •ohn R. Dover, an active member and former president. Out of rc speet for his memory, there will be no meeting this week, says Rev, L. B Haves, president Rural Schools Begin Thursday For Short Term Five Schools Open On The 26th Others And Sli Months .Schools Begin On Thursday To Com plete Full Month. Approximately 3.000 Cleveland j county school children, who attend j school at FttUston, Waco. Latt imore, I Mooresboro and No. 3, will return j to school Monday, Oct. 20, after six | weeks helping to pick the cottonj crop. On Thursday, Oct. 23, seven other long tenn rural schools and ail the! six months schools will open. The long term schools will have been closed six weeks by that time, and the short term schools will open! them so that they may complete j two full months of work before the Christmas holidays. By opening on Thursday the long term schools will be able to complete four months before the holiday. Negro Schools, The negro schools of he count v, which also closed for the nffih cot ton-picking season, will resume work about, Monday, Nov. 16, It Is said, but this date has not been definitely fixed. The colored school , children got In seven weeks of | school before closing to pick cotton Mistrial In One Undercover Trial In Federal Court Lincoln Man Denies Selling Oootr To Agent. Juror Is* Withdrawn. The first failure of evidence by a Federal undercover agent to convict a defendant tn the Vnlted State* court session here caane HD* fnv-rnhig. '*”• A young man, by the name of Ross, yrho operates an antique shop and works at a filling station near Llncolnton. on the road to Gibaon ville, was charged with selling two pints. The government witness was a young, neatly-dressed fellow by the. name of Mitchell, who did con siderable work in Lincoln and neigh boring counties in the roundup last month. He testified that he pur chased the whiskey from Ross at 1:15 ofie Saturday afternoon. Ross took the stand and denied it. Other defense witnesses declared Ross was at his home and not around the filling station or antique shop from noon until ft o’clock that afternoon. The young man was also given a good character. Woman Along. Questioning by defense attorneys brought out that the undercover agent was accompanied by an ‘‘in former,” a Lincoln native w’ho had been tried heretofore In Federal j court. With .them, to, it was stated , was a woman known as '‘Peanut." The "informer” was asked if she and they were not drinking, but denied it. The undercover agent was not questioned about the woman. At the end of the evidence, Judge Webb conferred with the district attorney and defense counsel, then ordered that a juror be drawn and declared a mistrial. Lowest Bid On Prison Camp Was ! For Camp To Be Built In Shelby j ! Commissioners Alarmed Over High 1 Cost of New State Camps. Raleigh, Oct. 21.—Approximately 40 bids on the construction of 10 prlnson camps were opened by the State Highway commission Monday the low bids for the most part be ing higher than the cost of erecting the 75-man Wake county camp on the outskirts of Raleigh. The high way commission itself constructed 1 the Wake camp i Highway commissioners, who ex i pressed alarm at tKe cost of the i Wake camp, will meet here Sgain to consider Hie low bids The bid on the 100-jnan camp for Cleveland county, to be erected near Shelby, was less than any of the other bids, even those for 75 prisoner camps. The bide are on the erection of prisoners fireproof quarters, guards j quarters, a dining room and a gar-, age. They do not include plumbing' or the iron fence forming the stock- i ade. Cost of the Wake county camp.) Including those items, was approx- f lmately *15,000, > how bidders were as follows Haywood county, 5-man camp, J.i LineT, of Lake Junaluska *16,515.99. Duplin county,. 75-man camp. j. W Hudson Jr., of Raleigh, *16,230. Chatham county, 75-man camp, Brown Paving company, of Lex- ; tngton, *20,816.33. ' Warren county, 75-man camp. J | W. Hudson Jr,, *16,230. Richmond county 75-man camp, McClelland company, of Charlotte. $16,295. Cabarrus county, 100 man camp, j Elliott building company of Hickory I *17,500. Catawba county. 100-mun camp, Barger Brothers, of Mooresville, *17, 757. Cleveland county, 100-man camp, R W. Pennix, of Gastonia, *57,495. Cumberland county, prisoner quarters and dining room only, for 75-man camp, Relnecke-Dlxon Con struction company, of Fayetteville. *10.586; for 100-man camp, *12,500. Northampton county, prisoners quarters only, for 75-man camp J. W. Hudson, Jr., *12,530. The Basbford Plumbing and Heat ing company of Raleigh, was low bidder for plumbing in all the camps at *24.815. Undercover Men Get Evidence To Convict Bob Sullivan Is Buried Here Today Former Conductor On Southern Railway Succumb* After Long lllnc«s Robert P.