12 PAGES TODAY VOL, XXXV11. No. 130 SHELBY. N. (j. FRIDAY, OCT. 30. 1931 Published Monday, Wednseday and Friday Aft»> moons. ny Mail, per year, (in advance) — M.js Carrier, per year, (In advance) 1)00 Late News THE MARKET ( olton, spots 6'a to Cotton seed, por ton . $12.00 i Ten ton lots $13.501 Cloudy And Cooler. Todav’s North Carolina Weathei Report: Partly elondy tonight ann Saturday. Slightly cooler tonight. less Holds On. V. a'hington. Oct. 30.—Senator I ess of Ohio yesterday agreed Is keep a job he has beoi trying to get rid of—being chairman of the Republican national committee— ■ntil after the party convention next year. He gave this word to Re publican leaders who have been canvassing the party situation pre liminary to the meeting of the na tional committee here in December to select the convention city. Admits Many Crimes Greensboro. Oct. 30.—Asburv Re pns, alias Will Moore, negro who was convicted here last night of the firgree murder of Vera Leonard. 9. and sentenced to electrocution Jan uary 8, was reported to have con fessed to two murders in Guilford county and four slayings in North ampton county. The crimes report - ed to have been confessed by the negro include the murders of Mrs. Jim Gilbreath, whose death occur red in the burned ruins of her home in the Goshen church section of Guilford county, several years ago, and of Mrs. Robbie Stephen son. elderly Sumner township rec lose, seven years ago. Mrs. Stephen son had been beaten to death ami her body was found in a state of suspension attached to a rafter in her home. Superior Court Here On Monday Moore To Preside Vo Outstanding Cases Booked For Criminal Docket First Week. Many Civil Cases. The fall term of superior court will convene In Shelby Monday morning, November 8, with Judge Walter K. Moore presiding. The term is for two weeks with criminal cases to be heard during the first week and civil matter"; during the' second. Sees Him Again. An oddity of the flrs% week will come when Ralph Foust, young criminal, faces Judge Moore for the second time. Last summer Foust was tried by Judge Moore and givefl 10 to 20 years in the state prison tor stealing an automobile from the Ford agency here and breaking in , a store. Late in September the youth escaped from the prison farm, came back here, and. it is alleged by officers, broke in the same gar age. Failing to get a car started there he entered the Chevrolet gar age, stole a new car, officers say, and drove it to Gaffney where he was captured. He has not been re turned to the state prison and in all likelihood will be tried again before Judge Moore, who has the reputation of being hard on thieves Judge Moore's idea that larceny ts a pretty low down crime has any number of defendants shaking in their shoes. When he presided here before he refused to be moved by sob stories and appeals by attor neys. and. to use a street term, "popped it to" the majority of the convicted defendants. Coming Back. Some few were given another Chance with suspended sentences and a chance to make good, but Judge Moore reminded these that he was coming back this fall and that it would be just too bad if they had hobbled from the straight and narrow path. Now he is coining back, and the docket shows that one or two luckless defendants will face him once more. Other than the FOust, case the re are no outstanding trials on the criminal docket. There is charge oi rape against two young negro men, and another charge involving the receiving and disposal of stolen cig arettes. Although there is a heavy calen dar of civil cases there are no is sues of major interest. One suit scheduled for disposal is that of the Consolidated Textile Corporation (the Ella mill) against Lem Patter son, former employe of the mill. Patterson has already been tried and convicted on a criminal charge in connection with the same inci dent. Thirty Youngsters Undergo Operation Thirty Cleveland county school children had their tonsils removed this week at the Shelby hospital tonsil clinic. The hospital clinic was conducted to complete the work started here two weeks ago by a state board of health clinic. The operations were performed by Dr Tom Gold, who also did the operat ing fer the state clinic. All the youngsters recovered nicely after th* operations k Plan Armistice Day Program For Shelby Proceeds Of Big Legion Entertainment, At Fair Grounds, To Go To Charity. Will Have Dog, Horse, Mule, Bicycle And Fliv ver Races. Other Sports, Perhaps Football. A big celebration for the benefit of charity will be held at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds the afternoon of Nov ember 11, members of the Warren F. Hoyle post of the i American Legion decided at a meeting Wednesday night. A program which should be oi in- , terest to ail people o£ the county j and this section ol the state lias been arranged. There will be the | dog races, running horse races, • mules will perform to decide which | is the slowest, boys will ride bicy j cles and ancient Fords will chase ; 1 each other around the half mile j 1 track. Sporting; Events. Other sporting events will Include ! boxing, with a battle royal as the 1 grand finale. A possibility of a foot, I ball game is being discussed and I definite decision as to this wiQ be j f made later. There will be a band, possibly the High School band and from the ! first event, begining at 2 o'clock. There will be plenty of action j j throughout the afternoon. To Help Unemployed. Members of the Legion post real-; iae demands unusually fgtavy will be made this winter my unemploy-: ed people and they are of the opin-; ion a considerable amount of xnon-' ey can be raised by the celebration, i At same time they believe people j need more recreation and fun dur-! ing this depressed year than under j normal condition.?. Arrangements j are being made whereby all expense ; incurred in staging the affairs will be taken care of privately and ev ery cent, taken in at the gate will be applied direct to charity. There will be no deductions for overhead or other such things. Grounds Free. Officials of the Fair association are turning the fair grounds over to the legion free, various Shelby and Cleveland county residents are ; donating prizes and it is expected the Southern Public Utilities com pany will donate the electricity needed to pul! the fox and rabbit around the track. Cash prizes will be given to win ners of all events. Other events may be arranged but the following pro gram has already been taken care of. If there are any changes the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWELVE i Teachers Of County In Charlotte Today! ! City School* Closed At Noon For District Session. Several To , Preside. A majority of the teachers in thej Shelby schools and Quite a number! of principals and teachers in the > high schools of the county left early this afternoon for Char j lotte to attend a district teachers i meeting there. The city schools here closed at the noon hour so that all teachers might be permitted to attend the sessions there, which got underwav at 2:30 and will continue through Saturday. A number of Shelbv teachers are officers in the district organization and will preside over their departments during the two day session, » j Two Cotton Gins Burn; Heavy Loss; Convicts Assist One Horn* Near Lawndale and An other Near Belwood. Convicts Save Cotton. Two cotton gins of the county burned '"this week, entailing a fire loss estimated to be $18,000 with no insurance. Both gtns are a com plete ices and cannot be recondi tioned to resume operation this season. A gin owned by Laurel Hoyle and Mills Cornwell near Lawndale was completely destroyed Tuesday even ing shortly after dark. The gin was being operated at the time fire caught on the roof of the seed house. It was thought that the blaze was extinguished, but it fol lowed a small string or rope which was stretched from the seed house to the gin. When the flame reached the gin it caught in the lint and rapidly spread over the building. About 14 bales of cotton on the yard at that time were saved, but a number of bales were destroyed, together with the seed house con taining about ten tons of seed. It Is understood that no Insurance was carried by Messrs. Hoyle and Corn well on the outfit. Convicts Lend Help, At noon yesterday, the gin owned and operated by Colin Edwards and Summey Peeler at Belwood was de stroyed by fire, supposed to have originated from the engine room. The blaze quickly spread over the building and cotton In process of ginning, as well as the gin house and engine room were destroyed, but all of the cotton on the yard was saved. Fortunately, at. the time the blaze was discovered, a force of convicts was passing the load on a truck and their help was volun teered to save the cotton on the yard. With a favorable wind and the help of the convicts and oth er men at the gin, practically no cotton was burned except that in process of being ginned. It is un derstood that no insurance was carried on this gin. The seed house was not damaged by fire. Shelby Boys flay. Several former Shelby stars ate expected to see action this after noon when the fresh football elev ens of Wake Forest and Duke play. This week's issue of the Duke uni versity newspaper says that the Duke frosh have a job cut out for them in stopping Capt. Zeno Wall, Shelby boy and 135-pouna quarter of the Baby Deacons. Gold. Moore and other former players here are expected to perform for the Wake Wanted—Potatoes and Molasses; Accepted Only as a Part Payment ..... ^a W'H accept 100 bushels ol’ potatoes and gallons of molasses at 60c per bushel as part pay ment on a year’s subscription to The Star. This produce, when collected, will be given free to the Charity Committee by The Star for free distribu tion this winter. ' Subscribers wishing to avail themselves of this barter, must at the time the produce is delivered pav in cash the balance of the year’s subscription. In other words, the subscription price is $2.50 per year by mail Pay $1.90 in cash and deliver at The Star office a bush el of potatoes or a bucket of molasses which we. accept at 60c, making the $2.50 for which we give you a re ceipt for a year’s subscription. One gallon or one bushel will be accepted on a one year subscription. The cash and the produce must be paid at The Star office at the time and not to any agent in the field. We prefer that you furnish the po tatoes in a sack. Less than a year’s subscription will not be accepted on the barter basis. When the 100 bushels and 100 gallons have been received, this offer will be withdrawn. Remember, the produce thus received will be do nated free of charge to the Charity Committee for needy cases, investigated and adjudged to be worthy. Europe Beckons : Lupe Vele*, interesting Latin-type if Hollywood’* film favorites. Is ' shown as she accorded New York ' one last smile before sailing on the lie de France for a pleasure trip In i Europe. Lupe, who arrived at New | York on the same train with John ! Gilbert recently and who saw the movie lover off to foreign lands, may find their paths will rroos. Lucky John! Mrs. May Thacker Declares Harding Story Was ‘Hoax’ County Native Admits Btory Of Harding Poisoning Not Based On Fact. j (The following revelation about the book on "The Strange Death of President Harding" will be of In terest here because the writer, Mrs. May Dixon Thacker, Is a native of this section, being a daughter of the late Rev. Tom Dixon and a sister of Thomas Dixon, the playwright) 1 Norfolk, Va„ Oct. 30.—Mrs. May Dixon Thacker, author of "The Strange Death of President Hord ing," repudiated it unasked in an article in Liberty Magazine, pub lished yesterday, because she was convinced she had been duped, she told the United Press in an inter ■ view here. She said she "ghosted'’ the book. | published under the signature of ! Gatson B. Means from information | he personally provided, and not un j til recently had she discovered I Means had admitted to a senate committee that the ixiison rumor it, connection with the president.; death had been "all a frame-up.” She learned, she said, that Means signed an affidavit in 1925 attesting to' the falsity of the story that President Harding had been poison ■ ed The information had come to jher less than three month ago, "The fact that President Harding j was poisoned—that simply originat ed In Gasoil Means' imagination." Mrs. Thacker said. "I explained in the article that I feared I had been duped. One thing after anothei convinced me. There was nothing else for me to do but repudiate it "It is not easy to refute some thing one has done in the spirit of righteous exaltation. It was hot pleasing to me to tell the story as I did. I had never seen nor heard of the affidavit until three months ago," said said. Postmaster Asks Help In P. O. Enlargement Postmaster J. H. Quinn appearee, last night before the Kiwanis club and asked tliat patrons of the of fice and this civic club write letter' to the supervising architect! treas ury department, Washington, D. C insisting that niore money be al lotted to the Shelby postoffice t> provide ample quarters for the of fice and a federal court room. A’, ready there has been an appropria- ] tion of $85,000 to enlarge the pres- j ent building, but the building in-! spector says 50 additional feet of | land will be necessary, wliich wi : take $27,500 of the money approp-: riated. This will not leave a suffi- j cient amount to provide the en largement of working quarters for • the postoffice and tiie federal court! room. The building budget is now being made up by the committee for ac tion as soon as congress convene; in December and letters and tele grams are going out from patrons asking tiie committee to provide the additional money necessary to buy the lot and build the addition Judge Webb who is hi Baltimore. Md, cot business has been asked to stop over in Washington and ap pear personally before the commit tee. Cleveland Tops N. C. In Cotton; May Equal 1930 Ahead Of Robeson, Behind Last Year Some Believe County Will Bus* «!, the mountain counties as a result of the drought, but this year, con ditions are very different because the people have heeded the gover nor's live-at-home program and have made sufficient to eat. Gov ernor Gardner will go down In his tory for his live-at-home program He Is being quoted and his idea copied throughout the land," “A community is measured as a cross section, not by the worse or by the best people and this is a time when all who have anything to share with the needy should be gen erous and helpful. I find a social consciousness never before evident in the state as I go about. The peo ple are responsive to the calls," sa‘d Mrs. Sprinkle. Tribute to Miss Wliiteuer The speaker paid tribute to Miss Louise Whitener, a pupil in Miss Selma Webb’s school in South Shelby who recently delivered an address before a mass meeting of teachers In the interest of the Jun ior Red Cross. Her listeners were amazed at her message and Mrs. Sprinkle suggested that she be in vited before the civic clubs of the city. Rash Hamrick gave a report ot the Carolhias district convention at Pinehurst. Out ot the 17 decease i members during the past year, two were' from the Shelby club j. chnl Newton and Chas. L. Eskridge. The next convention will be held a year hence in Columbia, S C. Grand Canyon Only a “Ditch” inw remarkable picture, made from A high-flying U. S. Army plane from Rockwell Held, f'allf.. makes the majestic Grand Canyon of the Colorado River Appear to be only » ditch far. far below. Although the canyon Is several miles deep at points, the altitude from which the photo was made dwarfs the heroic cut made through the rocky terrain by the turbulent Colorado. In fact, the river itself looks like only a thread of water. Note the three At my planes to the left of canyon. 458 County Laborers | Injured In Two Years --- Work Of Compensation Commission In state And County For Two Years, (Star News Bureau.) Rale if h, Oct. 30.—In the two year period from July 1. 1929, to July 1, 1931, Cleveland county Industries reported a total of 458 accidents, of which 294 were medical only and Involvlnf less than one week of time lost. The total compensation paid the re-* mainins compensable cases was 817.108, while (he total medical costs In all accident cases amounted to $7,014. The accidents are divided into five classes, the number of each in ! the county being as follows; fatal, 3; permanent total disability, none; permanent partial disability, 11; temporary total disability, 150; and medical only. 2£f4 cases. Many In Stile. Nearly 2,400 years—time enough to go back almost 500 years before the birth of Christ—was lost in In dustrial labor in North Carolina during the two years, not taking In to consideration time lost from deaths, as a result of industrial ac cidents, the biennial report of the (CO'r ’NoED OK PAGE T WEI,VI, > Injured Teacher Is Better; Girl Home Miss Ethel Brown, school teacher, who suffered a fractured skull last week when the wagon she was rid ing upon was struck by a Southern train at the Dover mill crossing, continues to show improvement at the Shelby hospital. Her tittle niece, Dorothy Teeter, 6, injured in the same crash, left the hospital today Tommy Tessner, fanner, who was driving the wagon, was able to leave the hospital several days ago Drouth Broken By Rain Here Thr long drouth was broken here lair Wednesday evening when rain began falling anil continued in intermittent showers throughout the night, depositing over an Inch ot moisture. The rain was the first *1 any consequence for nearlyf two months and brought re lief from a prolonged dry spell that had considerably lowered the water In streams, and had retarded growth of fall crops. Rain was badly needed on fayms where fall grain need ed sufficient moisture for sprouting purposes. Dust lay Inches thick over highways and county roads and water in the streams had fallen alarmingly low. While not facing a water shortage, it had become necessary at the Shelby water plant to darn up Broad rtver one day each week to force the water up to the intake pipe in order to fill the resevolrs. Charity Grid Game Being Talked Here Shelby, answering the appeal of the national unemployment com mittee, may have a charity foot ball game this fall, perhaps on Armistice Day. It is understood that a number of former Shelby High players are planning to organize an eleven and play the present high school team, if school officials are willing. Defi nite announcement may be made soon. Hoey Started Life As Printer’s Devil; “AP” Sketches His Career Life of Shelby liarrister ami Ora tor Colorful as Given In Skcteh. Although'It is a career the ma jority of Cleveland county people are already acquainted with, many readers will be interested in the following sketch, appearing as one of a series by the Associated Press of outstanding Tar Heels; of the life of a Shelby man: When Clyde R. Hoey left his fath er’s farm and a country school at the age of 12 to become a ‘printers' devil” in a Shelby printing office, he launched a career that carried him rapidly to the top. Mr. Hoey, now only 54 years old, I is recognized as one of the ablest! attorneys and politicians in the | state, and behind him is a record j of service to his state and to the: Democratic party is well as a re ord as a brtllant lawyer* • A printers- devil at 13—a news-j paper editor and publisher at 17—a , member of the state house of re- ! presentatives at 21—and a member of tile state senate at 25—tells the story ol progress he made early In his career. Never 1-orgot Polities. Then followed a long devotion to the practice practice of law, and the establishment of himself on a firm financial basis. Mowever, he never forgot politics and continued to be one of the state's leading dem ocratle campaigners. In 1919. however, after serving six years as assistant 17. s. attorney for the western North Carolina dis trict, Mr. Hoey was elected to the United States congress from the ninth district in a special election to succeed E. Yates Webb. Kls fel low townsman, who had been named to the federal district court bench Mr. Hoey defeated the late John M. Morehead, millionaire re publican. He retired from ^congress volun ‘arily in 1921 to resume his law practice. But when Senator Lee S. OONTTNUKn ON PAOK TWFI.V*' ase» Opposition For Special Session Expressed Here Edwards Opposed To Calling Term Would Be Unwise To Have Legis lature Be Wet-Nurse For Former. A big percentage of the rep rwnUtlrei and senator* in Piedmont and We*tern North Carolina appear to be strongly opposed to railing a special ses sion of legislature to reduce cot ion acreage In North Carolina and by so doing, as one terms It, “attempt to play wet-nurse to North Carolina farmers.” In the eastern section of the State several counties have Insist ed that Oovernor Gardner call a social session. The Governor ta personally opposed to a special term and falls to see the wisdom of It or any benefit that might result, but It Is up to the people and not him. he says, what should be dorie about It. If a majority seem to de sire It. they may have It, he says. That statement, In a dispatch from Raleigh, left the Impression that he would like to know just liow the ma jority of the average people fe»| about It. ■AgUlIISl II, This week a number of legislators, after talking It over with the people of their sections, have been writing •Hid wiring the Governor. Reports from the messages of many law* makers in Piedmont and Western Carolina indicate that the most of them are unfavorable to “lawing” anything upon the farmer, particu larly when they believe the step would be without worth. Garibaldi’s Idea. Joe Garibaldi. veteran business man of Charlotte and Mecklenburg representative in the last general assembly, who was a business visi tor in Shelby yesterday, is vigorously opposing a special session. The (food horse-sense of the average farmer, the lack of money with which to purchase fertiliser, neces sary to grow a Mg crcgp, and other conditions will do more to reduce lOOVTIHUKD ON PAQK TWTCLVS.) Continue Curb Market In City Hill Operate Only One Day Eaeh Week During Winter. Several Days Christmas. When the dry weather cut short the fall gardens, the curb market committee met and discussed the advisability of closing the market. After much discussion it was de cided to keep the Shelby market ia operation for the purpose at dis posing of the butter, eggs, chickens, canned foods, and the few fall vege tables and fruits that are still od the market. The committee did, however, de cide that one day per week would be often enough to hold the mar ket open during the winter, except on special occasions, such as the Christmas holidays when the opera tors expect to put on Christmas specialties. Unless special notice is published the market will be open every Sat urday from nine to eleven. Please note the change in hours, which will be an advantage to both cus tomers and operators. Dr. Tom Mitchell Is Taking A Rest Will Spend Some Time In Phila delphia Resting And Attending Lectures. ! Following the recent deuth of his ! father, Qr. W. F. Mitchell, Dr. Thos. : B- Mitchell plans to leave immed i lately for a rest of two or threa (weeks in Philadelphia. While there jhe plans to attend lectures in ob stetics and gynecology at the post ! graduate school of the University 1 of Pennsylvania. His secretary. Mrs. Ruth Andrews, j will keep his office open several hours each afternoon for the trans action of routine business. During Dr. Mitchell's absence his mother, Mrs. W. F. Mitchell, will spend the time with her son, B. F. Mitchell, at Mt. Holly. She plans to return to her home about the 15th of Novem ber with Dr. Mitchell. Power Off Sunday. Electric power in the city will be Off or Sunday afternoon from 2 to '3:30 o'clock while some repair work is under way at the sub-station here.