Undercover Men Get
Evidence To Convict
iCONTtNt'BP FROM PAfJK ON> i
•aid, but when the boy was sent up
he left three gallons at then home
and told her If she got hard up she
might sell it. She did get hard up
and about that time the undercover
plan came along. She has no de
pendence for support and is in poor
circumstances Federal men testified.
Judge Webb gave her a suspended
sentence to the reformatory for
women and placed her on good be
havior until the next term of court.
She was through, she declared,
"messing with the stuff." A similar
•entence suspended on probation
was given the woman of the old
man. But yesterday Judge Webb
couldn't make up his mind about
the man. If he did not have enough j
sense to stay in the Atlanta prison,!
the jurist hardly knew whets to!
tend him. Judgment was teserved
until later In the week. Assistant
District Attorney Frank Patton told
th£ Judge that acquaintance with
the old man gave him the opinion
that the old fellow did not hate
enough sense to make and sel> whis
key but was somewhat of a go-be
tween for the makers, always being
ready to go hum some tor would-be
buyers.
Given longest Term.
Walter Mace, young Burke county
man of a prominent family, receiv
ed a three-year sentence and a fine
of $500. He was the Federal prisoner
who gave considerable trouble to
officers here after being brought to
the Shelby Jail. Prohi agents found
over 50 gallons of '‘red likker" In
his mother’s garage. they said.
What’s more, one of the agents tes
tified that Mace told him one day
that the bootleg business whs on the
bum and he wasn't making any j
money. That day or the next the1
officers made the raid and got the]
50 gallons. He usually travelled
they »aid, In a high-powered Chrys
ler and sometimes had two cars. He
had been up twice before, and, de
spite tbe plea of his attorney, Judge
Webb termed it- the third strike and j
out as In baseball.
A Lincoln ( ju*f
In * Lincoln county ease an un
dercover men had bought i> couple
TRUST VS’ft SALK Of URAL ESTATE.
Uadv and by virtue of the authority
eon tamed in that certain deed of trust.
«xeo.ut*d toy Will M Hubert* and wife.
Slargartt Roberts, to the undersigned
trustee. said deed of trust being dated.
Tovember 30. 1927 and recorded in the
office of the register of deeds for Glove
land county, N. C. tn bowk No. 149 at
<*age 6A. securing an indebtedness to the
Shelby and Cleveland County Building
AU*d Loan association, and default hav
■ng been made in the payment of said
indebted neat*. I will on
Saturday. November 21. 1UH1
at It 00 o'clock noon or within legal hour
at the court, house door in Shelby. N. i
•11 to the highest bidder for cash at
public auction that certain lot. of land,
’ying and being in No. ft1 township.’ Cleve
land county, NT. C. and bounded as fol
lawt:
Situated In the southeast part of the
fereu of Shelby N. C.. and Beginning
an Iron stake 68 feet N\ 701 a W. of th •
Olduey old line, and bung the southeast
corner of T. Orovut Howell residence lot:
and then with said residence lot N. ’JU
ft. ua.W feet to an iron Make in the old
Ben Curtis line: thence with said line and
Mrs Wilhelm s line N. Bfl’a W $0 feet h
an iron stake: thence a new Hue 8. 3'.
ft 98 feet to an iron stake at north sldr
of a 28 foot abreet; thence with said street
8 701 a ft. 83 l feet to the beginning and
being that same lot of laud conveyed to
Will M. Roberts by T. Grover Howell and
wife by deed dated March 9. 1927 ant
recorded In the office of the register of
deeds for Cleveland county. N. C in deed
book 3-W. page 89
This October 30. 1931.
JKQ. P. MULL. Trustee
4t Oct ‘lie
MOHTUAUKtS salt:.
By virtue of the power of sale m a
certain mortgage executed by Beast* ■
White and husband. William White to
Sidney Pruett and wife, and assigned *o s
W. T. Warllck and wife. L. L. WarHcfc.
and recorded in bool. 118. of Mortgages. ;
page 311. of register of deeiis office fori
Cleveland county, and of d*j,e of Jan. 6. {
1926, and default having been made in:
the payment of the indebtedness. I will*
aell ta the highet bidder at the court.
house door in Shelby. N. C. on:
Saturday. November 21, IPftt. at 12
© olock M . or within legal hours the
following described real estate:
Adjoining the lands of Wheeler Bum
f&rdner. Ambrose Crotis, Joe Downs and
others, and situated on Little Kuob creek j
and bounded and described as follows ;
Beginning at a pile of rock. John Bum
5arduer'a corner, and running th-det with]
ohn Bumgarduer's line 8. 15 poles to r.
hickory'*> thence ft 64 poles • to a pile oii
rock on ©re near John Crofts line. thence !
with Crotta’ line N, :»0 ft 88 poles to h j
post oak in Minnie Crotts' Unr; thence
with wid line N. 36 W. 25 poles to v i
pine, hta corner thence N 88 W Mi)
Poles to a pine; thence S. 12 W 100
poles t© a heap of stones, tn John Bum
gardner a fteld: thence to the beginning j
containing 76 acres more or less, the j
same known as the Kelly Burivgardner (
home place.
Terms of sale: Cash
This the 20th day of October. 1921.
SIDNEY and M AGO IE PRUETT.
Mortgagees bv W. T and L. L
War lick, Assignees of Mortgagees I
4t Oct Ur 1
TRl STM 'S hAl.F
By Tittup of thr power and authority
n that certain deed of. trust executed or
TV T. McCoy. )r., and wttp. Classic McCoy
to me as trustor to secure an indebted
ness aa described in said deed of trust
rcorded in book 186, page 117 of regis
ters office for Cleveland county, and
default and demand having been made
f wili sell to the bifhest bidder at the
court houae door In Shelby. N. C. on.
Saturday, Mas. *1, 1881. at It o'clock M
the real estate dscribed In said deed of
wust:
l. Situated tn the southern portion of
ire town of Shelby, near the Belmont
V>tton Mills, Beginning at a stone in line
Sf lot No 3 of the line addition to Shelby
ihasce N. t’a E 110 feet to a stone,
.hence N. 68'2 B\ 110 feet to a stone:
'.hence 8 aVi W. 107 feet to a stone In
tne of lot No 3: thence S. *8 *. 110 feet
:o the beginning, containing 11,000 square
feet, said property being the property
held in possession by the said T. T. Mc
Coy and wife, .as more fully appears by
-eferenee to deed recorded In book 3-h
aage 438. of the office of the register for
Cleveland county. N. C
3. Being designated as lot No. 8 of
the L. X. Kendrick property as shown b>
plat of same recorded In book No. 2 of
Plata, page 11, of the office at the reg
later for Cleveland county. 8, C. the
same fronting 48 feet on McDowell St.
In the town of Shelby, N. C., and es
tendlng back a depth of 113 feet to a
point.
Terms of sale: Cash.
This the 28th day of October, .831
• r. FALLS Trustee
dt Oet lit
I of short pints from h young feiiov*
named Mitcitem at his filling sta
tion near Llncolnton. An uiiusia.
feature of this case was th;. » JrV
nation of Lincoln citizens volume. *
tiy came ;o Shelby to testily. They
sere anxious, they said tor the
young fellov. to be given votnei
' chenee as his charucte" was good
except for the recent whiTcy deal
ing. But what they desired more
than anythin!? else ’.ms “hut the
"carryings-on" in the Mite hem sta
tion section be ended. Too much
liquor was being sold there and too
many wild parties were .s’use
en. The young defendant, ngod 24
and married and having two child-1
t en. was given a suspended sender: e I
on probation and was ordered toj
move out of the section. The .!■ d;
then urged the volunteer .viUiesse-.
to let him know If there were Uls-j
turbances thereabouts In 'he futi-.re |
The filling station and 'store were
padlocked.
Termed "Bad" Station
I'wo .vets of defendants writ trltv'i
yesterday for boctleggini nt tfie •
same station along Highway 20 In:
Rutherford county. The first c.petr-|
tor had been nabbed by vmt'> it.over |
men and had sold out the business |
after Ills arrest. He was given a,
heavy fine. 'Shortly t hereafter two I
other undercover agents tisired the1
station and nia:i- a purchase from'
the new operator. He also sold out j
after the raid and nas been working i
• luce. He proved a good .character'
prior to that, time atv3 was placed
on the mercy of the court, dedgit
Webb learned that the same station
Is still being operated, and 'farina
that it would continue to be a boot
leg Joint, as theretofore, decided to
padlock it. He. was informed, how
ever. by Sheriff McFarlane of Ruth
erford. Dr Ayers, a minister, and
others that the man now operating
the station to of good character and j
maintains a law-abiding nlace.
"There, that shows you the under
.cover men do good." the Federal
jurist declared. “Other officers have
failed to get boot ledgers t here by j
other methods and it has t ome to!
be known as the biggest bootleg
place along this main highway. But
in stepped the undercover agents,
got their man, and now the place of
business is a decent one that has
the respect ot the community '
Crony Of Edison,
Fair Press Agent
Bill Hllllar tarried With Him l
( hair Which Edison Enjoyed.
Small Note Tad
The death of Tiutmaf A Edison
world's greatest inventor, recall/
incidents related by Bill Hiiiiar here
at- the Cleveland County fair cariy;
this month.
Edison Chair In Shelby.
Bill Hiiiiar was press agent for
the midway shows and a good one,
noted in his field of labor as hav
ing press agented some of the best
shows and circuses in America. Bill,
was a talkative chap and Interest
ing because of his'travels and ex
periences. 'Hie Model Shows which
played the Cleveland fair main
tains winter quarters In Florida .hear
the winter home home of the late
Edison. On the balmy, sunshiny
days, Edison would leave his labora
tory and join HiUiar for a chal.
Hllllar had a charm which attract
ed the inventor and in Hilliar’s of
fice wagon here he had a comfort
able camp chair in which Edison
sac on many times for hours at a
time, chatting with HiUiar and
meditating quietly.
On one occasion HiUiar says Pres
ident, Hoover was in Florida and
had an engagement with Mr. Edi
son. A messenger was sent over to
inform Mr. Edison that the presi
dent was waiting for him at the
hotel. Edison read the note and re-|
piled, "Tell the old fisherman that)
X will be over after while."
Cut Talks Short.
Edison was deaf from the slap on,
the face by the conductor on the
train when Edison was a newsboy
History says Edison was tinkering
with chemicals on the train during
his spare moments and an acci
dental fire started In his crude
laboratory. For this offense, th<"
conductor boxed his ears so hard
Edison was deaf the remainder of
his life. Hllliar says the great in
ventor carried a very small mem
orandum pad with him on which
he would carry on conversations
with his visitors. His time was ..o
vuluable, Mr. Edison never cared for
long conversations unless they bore
on subjects he was studying. “Thin!
little memorandum had was just
two inches square,” said Hilliar and
Mr. Edison often laughted at its
diminutive size. ”It keeps off lots
of unnecessarily long conversation,”
said Mr. Edison.
Hilliar says friends of Mr. Edison
were anxious that his formulate for
making rubber he left to them aft
er his death, but that it has been
left in his will to the United Stares
government.
Southern and western farmers
have quit all arguments about
.whether cotton or corn is king.*
Final Rites For
Edison Held Today
; OH Cronin In [.ant Tribute To
Him. *.m t !,,» Aro
Ertvale.
i
We.t Oran/e, N ;i„ Oct. 21. The
last era van or;;ufi>-d~Henry
V rd. H4rv*.7 Writs 1 Thomas A.
EcU.";';i- *ntl it wu! t.-ravcl today u>
M-. Km.-a'a gt»v.
The two cron!c, !i;e famous in
ventor, w!o v t*'i him formed a tri
•tmvlrate of 'rave! and compan
ionship. arrived 'ate yesterday at
the bli-r of M . Edison,.
Thev with Mrs. Herder; Hoover,
and j i dM ■ the rresident, will be
among (lie close friends to join the
family In a private funeral service
a* r:XO ock this afternoon. The
Vnefdcnt wiT! not be able to attend
he ruse of stuts business
AiToir.j'stiiecI oy Mrs, Edison. Mr.
I'1;‘rd. un.l Mr. Ei t stone went to the
111 . . 01 the laboratory, where the
inventor'* body lay In a bronze cof
fin. The long line of men and
women, running into thousands dur
Sng the last two days,- was hatted
'.•tide the put’, entered th" biilld
‘r -.
Moving directly to the coffin, Mr.
Vires tone leaned forward and gaz
ed tensely at the fac< of his old
friend. MV.%. Edison, dressed in
deey; mourning, stood by his side.
Mr. f ord did not enter the room
"You remember the last time I
saw him <Edison* in the library—
how we talked together—well, T
v anted t hat, as a lasting memory,”
Mr. tvrd was quoted as telling
Charles Edison the inventor's son.
I ;ie public looked tor the Inst
lime on Mr. Fdfaxm's face last night.
Relatives nn;l friends will bow in a
simple ritual today at Glenmont,
the Edison tome. After a service
conducted by the Rev.. Stephen J.
Herben.' tit friend of Mr. Edison anti
former pastor of the Methjodist
Episcopal church of Orange the
bronze cuffing will be borne to
Rosedale cemetery at Orange for
burish
The funeral will be on the 52d
anniversary c»t Mr. Edison's perfec
tion of the incandescent lamp.
So great was the group of mourn
ers that the* library of the labora
tory was opened at 7 ;30 a. in. yes
terday, an hour anti a half before it
had been planned, and was kept
open late in the evening
Detachments from the army,
navy, marine corps anti national
guard arranged to relieve the guard
of honor of Edison employes at the
bier at 7 p m
William H. Meadowcraft, ill. Mr.
Edison’s personal secretary for more
than 80 years, left a sick bed to bow
his bead before the coffin.
A wreath of oak leaves on the cof
fin was replaced by an American
flag, laid there by members of the
American legion and Veteian* of
Foreign wars in appreciation of Mr.
Edisons contributions to national
defense
Sold Water.
Greemboro. N. c. -stirred by
complaints of several citizens, po
lice officers are seeking a bootleg
ger who sold colored water at. $5 a
gallon, representing it n.s "the
stuff”
Penny Column
FOR RENT TWO HORSE FARM
in Northbrook township near
church and school in Lincoln coun
ty. Tenant must furnish stock.
Good location. Mr*.' Jennie Linberg
er, Cherryvllle. 3t-16p
ATT E N I) THE
Harvest of Bargains
Sale at the Bee Hive.
lt-21c
FOR RENT DEUROOMS' WITH
private hath, steam heat, near
square Also two connecting un
furnished rooms. Call 173 or 373.
tf-2c
CARLOAD OF PIGS
and Shoats. For bar
gain see D. A. Beam.
2t-2lc
THREE GRADES
> f Wedding Invita
tions and announce
ments. Copperplate
Engraving, Relief
v r a f (raised letter)
and printing. Samples
iron request. All pric
es a t a liberal dis
count from list. The
Star. Phone 11. tfflc
TRUSTEE'S S4LE
By virtue of the power of sale in &
certain deed of trust executed 25th day of
February. 1830 and recorded in book 166,
page 94. to secure an indebtedness there
in described, the payment of which has
been assumed by Ode!! Padgett and aft
er default and demand. 1 wilt sell to the
highest bidder at the court house door in
Shelby, W: C. on
Saturday Nor. 31, 1081, at 12 o'clock M.
the following described real estate
Being lot 30 of the subdivision of Mrs
Z. Green's land as shown by plat Boose
1. page 46 of the register's office for
Cleveland county, N. C , fronting north
on Georgia street, 60 feet, in the town of
Shelby, and extending back 125 feet
Terms of sale: Cash.
This the 20th day of October. 1931.
£ t. FALLS, Trustee.
4t Oct 3R
I Tenants In Cleveland
1 Show Gain In 10 Years
•CONTINUER S'HOM PAOi OM.
i tenant* increased by nearly a half
(million acres.
i “The twelve counties unit have
more farm owners art.- In the west
j era half of the state, with one ex
ception. The fact that eight-eight
I counties last farm owners means
that practically the entire state lost,
j Tin area that experienced tlr
largest lass Is the northern third of
[the state; also several South Caro
lina border counties. The area from
j Caswell we including all the
; mountain' counties, and the lowe,
i Cape Fear country, experienced oni>
small losses In full owners. Also few
[of these same counties experienced
any marked increase in farm ten
aney. In other words, the food and;
feed counties have fared better than
the so-called cash crop counties, j
The farmer who raises Ins living e-,
not likely- to lose his farm. The last!
few years have been hard on cash j
crop farmers, and no year harder;
than h1s one
hoses To Become Tenam.
It appears ihat when a fanner
lost title to hfs farm he became
tenant, although the increase *n
tenant farms was larger than the
decrease in owner farms. The cen
sus also shows a large Increase in
part owners, which probably is a
phase of the same story.
'Mitchell comes first in percent
: increase in full owners with 10,7 per
j cent gain. At the other extreme is
! Martin where the number of farm.
I
operated by owners decreased thir
ty-five per cent.
“In ten other counties faints op
erated by owner:- declined more
than a fourth Nine are eastern
counties.
In Johnston and Guilford farm
o"ners are fewer by more than live
hundred. In Chatham, Martin,
Northampton. Robeson, Sampson,
and Yartkin. farms operated by
o'wnei decreased more than four
hundred.
“Wilke.- ‘ county is not usually
considered a great agricultural
comity, nor being in the commer
cial beli, yet Wilkes has 3,447 full
l.iini owners. while Edgecombe
which is one of our great cash crop
counties lias only 505 farmers who
own all the land they cultivate. All
the farm land in Edgecombe is
owned by exactly six hundred per*
■it. although there are four thou
’•‘iui farms in the county. Scotland
has nearly two thousand and farms,
but only 272 full farm owners in
the county.
“History shows that the only safe
system of land tenure is the owner
ship of land by the man who culti
vates it, and the cultivation of land
by the man who owns It. Today
one-half of the farmers of North
Carolina do no own a foot of the
land they cultivate, and the records
how that we are moving into ten
ancy almost more rapidly than any
other state.
Shelby Seniors Plan
For A School Annual
The senior class at the Shelby
lrigh school this year hopes to have
b. school annual similar to that of
i*st year. If possible. Torrey Tyner,
class president, says members of
the class are anxious to issue an
einnual and will strive to do so. but
the class realizes that the publica
tion of an annual will require the
uo-operation of Shelby business
men and the general public, and if
this is assured, one may be pub
lished.
Should Kick Bishop
Out, Mayor Thinks
Ojaght Not To Be Allowed To Ke
stgn As Suggested By
Friends.
Atlanta, Ga.—Mayor James L.
K ey, of Atlanta, speaking to a Bi
ble class said that Bishop James
Oaainon, jr., of the Methodist
Episcopal church, South, ought to
be "kicked out” of office for his 90
Ih'rtcal activities.
"I do not know that he is guilty
of’ violating the corrupt practices
ants, as charged in a federal In
dictment,’’ said the mayor, ‘ but
this I do know: Here was the bish
ip of a great church engaged in
handling corrupt money of a poli
tical party In the nasty, dim- busi
ness of ward politics.’’
Democratic Drive.
Hew York.—Under the leauership
of John W. Davis, the Democrats
plan a campaign to raise $1,500,000
as a “victory” fund.
Cotton Market \
Cotton was quoted on the New
York exchange at noon today:
Oct. 6.48. Dec. 6.59. Yesterday’s
close: Oct. 6.49, Dec. 6.60.
New York, Oct. 21.—Liverpool
noon, Dec. 6. Jan. 4. March 2 Amer
ican points better than due. Good
business in spots, Middling 490 vs
494 yesterday. Showers forecast fo,_
Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas,
balance of belt fair. Journal of
Commerce review, spot sales ten
markets past week 361,000 bales vs:
555,000 previous week and 398,000
last year. Decrease attributed to
firmer attitude of owners. Less buy
ing by merchants because of high
er basis and consequently less
hedge selling. Charlotte reports
mills buying less locally, advance in
btjsi.s curtails sales. Houston reports
export demand better but rising
basis checking buying. Georgia
bankers approve New Orleans pro
gram of withholding cotton to boost
prices. Good business Worth street.
Think market due for a further
downward reaction on technical
conditions. CLEVENBERG.
TKLSTEE'S SA1U.
By virtue of the power and authority
vested in me as trustee. 1n that certain
deed of trust executed by F. F. Whit
worth and wife. Lons Whitworth on the
20ih day of .July, 1938. and recorded in
boots 153, page 66 for the purpose of se
curing an Indebtedness, and after de
fault and demand, I will sell to the high
est bidder at the court house door in
Shelby, on:
Saturday, Nov. 31, 19;u, at 13 o'clock VI
the following described real es „tr
Situated in the town of Shelby, hnd in
the northeast square on the north sidi
of a. A. L. railway, and on the east side
of North Morgan street, and fully de
scribed by deed recorded in book JJJ,
Page 218 of the registers office foi
Cleveland county, Ni C. reference t;
which is had
This the 20th day of October, 1931
n T FALLS, Trustee
4t Oct 21:
At The Theatres
It doesn’t always happen that a:
actress has the privilege of choosm
her starring vehicle for the scree'
but Ann Harding was an exception
to the rule when she insisted on
filming “Devotion,’' her latest pic
ture, now playing at the Carolina
for a run ot two days. The story •
taken from the novel ' A Little fa'
in the Temple.’,’ The whimsicu
comedy and the barriesque light
ness of the story appealed so thor
oughly to Miss Harding that she fe'
she could never be happy until sh
had played it for the screen. Fea
cured with Ann,, are Leslie Howar- i;
Robert Williams and O. p. Reggi
Ann’s noted enthusiasm is parti
cularly noticeable throughout. t!V
film. Friday at the Carolina: Eddr
Quillan and Robert Armstrong 1
"The Tip Off "
A mysteriously beautiful o\
story Is the theme of "Viennese
Nights,” the new photoplay which
opened at the Webb theatre thh
afternoon, to run through Thurs
day. The indefinable charm at:
joyousness of Vienna and the ai>
dent glamorous capital, are eaugi
and preserved in tlje filming of th:
new screen romance. "Vienn- .
Nights” employs a symphony i*
chestra of one hundred pieces
sixty-piece band and a fhirty-piec
gypsy orchestra, not to mention
chorus of over one hundred mixe i
voices. The important people in th
cast include Walter Pidgeon. Jer i
Hersholt, Vivienne Segal, Alexan
der Gray, Louise Fazenda and otb
ers. Coming to the Webb fridr.
“Divorce Among Friends."
HARVEST of BARGAINS
.Sale Continues
THROUGH SATURDAY, OCT. 31st
-at
THE BEE HIVE
BARGAIN CENTER OF THE COUNTY
OWING TO THE TREMENDOUS RESPONSE TO THIS SALE, AND AT THE REQUEST OF MANY
OF OUR FRIENDS, THIS SALE IS BEING CONTINUED THROUGH SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31ST.
THIS WILL GIVE EVERY ONE A CHANCE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS TREMENDOUS
OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE BIG MONEY. ASK YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT THIS SALE.
SPECIAL
For Men
— EACH MORNING, 8 TO 9 —
MEN’S NECKTIES, high grade, new patterns
50c quality. Harvest of Bargains Sale Price
12 cents
Limit 2 to a Customer -
SPECIAL
For Ladies
—- EACH MORNING, 8 TO 9 —
LADIES’ RAYON BLOOMERS, STEP-INS,
PANTIES and SHIRTS. Harvest of Bargains
Sale Price, Each
15 cents
— Limit 2 to a Customer -
— SPECIAL — WOOL BLANKETS —
Big, Heavy Extra Double Blankets. Regular
$5.00 Blankets. Harvest of Bargains Sale
Price
$1.95
SPECIAL
For Children
— EACH DAY FROM 3 TO 4 P. M. —
SPORT HOSE, all sizes and colors, Harvest
of Bargains Sale, per pair
4 cents
- Limit 4 Pairs to a Customer —
MEN’S LUMBERJACK SWEATERS
1000 Heavy Quality, value $1.95, Harvest of
Bargains Sale Price, Each
9S cents
Work Shoes
We bought one lot of Star Brand Work and
Dress Shoes, that retail at $5, $6 and $7. Har
vest of Bargains Sale Price
$1.95 and $2.95