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VOL. XXXVIII, No. 97 ! 10 PAGES | TODAY By M*ii, par yeai, Ud advancai — Carrtw. per year. Un ad-rance) 3 S Late News) THE MARKET t otlon, Spot The up Cotton Seed, ton __ S8.00 Partly Cloudy Today's Weather Forecast Is "Partly cloudy. Slightly cooler on north roast tonight. Saturday part ly cloudy. J Cotton Is Off $1 Stock and commodity markets wrre receding today at noon, ac cording to reports from the office of John F. Clark and Co. Cotton was off about 30 points from yes terday's close, Oct. being quoted on ; 7:25 against yesterday's close of 7:46. December was 7.43 against a close yesterday of 7:63. Stocks were j having a right severe set-back and wheat lost 2 1-3 cents per bushel today by 1 o’clock. Estimate Crop Of Cotton Here 40,000To50,000 County Agent Says Weed Is Poor But Fruit Is Heavy—Hot Weather Killed Weevil The Cleveland county cotton yield 1$ estimated at the current date from forty to fifty thousand bales, county agent R W, Shofftier stat ed yesterday. This will represent a considerable decline from the 1931 figure of 14.000 bales, Mr Shoffner said, the fall off being accounted for by the manifold agencies of a decrease in acreage, a sharp drop In fertilizer application, and un favorable weather Mr Shoffner described the -crop as of poor weed, but very heavily fruited The heavy fruitage, he rair as pretty uniform' over the coy a some authorities doubt that the acreage has been cut to any great extent,'' the county agent asserted, “I have made very care ful estimates, and these show' a re duction in planting of at least ten per cent." Asked what use hat land had been put to. Mr. Shoffner said It had been diverted to com, hay, arid garden crops Discussing the threat of the boll weevil, which seemed to be imin ent here in June, he said he had mcde a trip over most of the county on Wednesday and found no evidence of the presence of the weevil. "I found." he said, ‘ that even the grubs, of which there was much evidence during the former rainy spell, had been killed. The hot weather of July seems to have knocked the weevil cold. ‘However, it is a little early to brag too much .as these current rains are very favorable, for weevil propagation, and the crop still has some distance to go to maturity." Mr. Davis, Formerly Of Earl Dies At Age 80 In Cherryville Mr Dave Davis, age 80 years, died Thursday at noo nat Cherryville where he was making nil home with his only daughter. Mrs. John Lank ford. Mr. Davis formerly lived in the Earl community but after the death of his wife about twelve Thursday at noon at Cherryville to make his home with his daugh ter. His wife was Julian Ann Earl. Surviving are three children, Mrs. John Lankford of Cherryville, Will and Charlie Davis who live in the Lily Mill village here. Thtermem took place at Cherryville this after noon at 3 o'clock. Veteran Starnes Buried Wednesday The remains of William Paul Starnes. World war veteran, whose death occured in Lake City, Florida, Sunday night, were laid to rest in the Blacksburg cemetery, Blacks burg, S„ C„ Wednesday August 10, with the Rev. Kirby, Pastor Chero kee Avenue Baptist Church officiat • lng. Mr. Starnes was first class ser geant of Refrigeration Plant comp any 301 Quartermaster Corps, Unit ed States army, enlisted in services March 29, 1918, serving thirteen months overseas. Full military rites were accorded the veteran by the American Legion of which he was a devoted member. The deceased was 35 years of age, and had been in declining health for sometime. He is survived by his wife, Stella Starnes, who before their marriage October 20, 1928 was Miss Stella Kirk, Knoxville, Tenn. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Starnes. Cherokee Falls, S. C., three - isters, Mrs. W. H. Kelley. Gaffney, ? Miss Mary and Alta Starnes. Cherokee Falls. S. C., two brother! Charlie and B. O. Starnes of Shel by and two nephews, Paul Eddie Kelley, Manley Odell Starnes, and one neice, little Sarah Lorains Starnea. Hoey Thinks Worst Is Over;GarnerMeasures Help Relieve Tension Must Clear Wreckage Now Charges That President Was In Activp And Negative. Wreckage Must Be Cleared Away Clyde R. Hoey, attorney, rec ognized as one of the rlearest thinkers amongst the prominent men of the south, definitely went on record In an interview with The Star today, a* believing the bottom of the depression has been reached, and that the cur rent upturn in business marks the change. But the lawyer sharply derided the idea that the Republican ad ministration is m any way respon sible for the shift of base, declar ing the claim that the administra tion spokesmen are putting out that the Hoover policies brought the new day. is nothing short, of a good laugh. Garner Helped. "The upturn.” he said, speaking with marked conviction on the sub ject. “was brought about, in my opinion, by two causes. First, the bottom of the panic seemingly had been reached, and the public had made up its mind to this effee* (CO'criNCED ON PAGE TEN i Can you answer 14 of these test questions? Turn to page two for the answers. 1. Which .state has mere negroes than whites in the population? 2. When did the first Spanish Republic exist? 3. Who is Beniamino Gigli? 4. What is the Chilean unit, of currency? 5. What is a tern? 6. Where is Benjamin Franklin buried? 7. Whose average height is great er, the Chinese or Japanese? 8. How did the term 'straw vote” originate? 9. Who was Quana Parker? 10. In what year was the Second Battle of the Marne fought? 11. Who coined the phrase “To make the world safe for democracy’? 12. Who were the outstanding leaders of the Bolshevik revolution in Russia.? 13. How many widows of presi j dents of the U. S. are living? 14 What is the name of the first book of the Old Testament? 15. What Is a quadroon9 16. Who was president between the two terms served by Grover Cleveland? 17. Name the last planet that was discovered? 13. Why is northern Siberia sparcely populated? 19. What type naval craft does the U. S. use on Chinese rivers? 20, What is the average life of a mule? Answering Worst Is Over Clyde R. Hoe> who in an interview today, says the worst is over. Now the wreckage must he cleared up. Weathers Speaks To Kiwanis Club Effort Being Made To Get Road Constructed In Cleveland From Federal Aid. Editor Lee B. Weathers, editor of The Star was the speaker last night at the weekly luncheon of the Kiwanis club, having been asked to speak on the making of a news paper. He declared a newspaper to be a mirror, reflecting a crocs section of the life of the community by recording its day-to-day history tn the making. Following the Kiwanis meeting, a number of members remained over at the suggestion of J. D. Line berger to consider a road building program for the county, whereby the citizens will seek a part of the Federal road money for road con struction in this community. Whisnant Reunion To Be Held Aug. 26 The Whisnant reunion will be jheld Friday, August 26th at Mount | Harmony church northwest of Polk iville. There will be preaching at 11 (o’clock by Rev. H. E. Waldrop, fol I lowed by a quartet of gifted sing ers. Dinner will be served In picnic style at noon, after which John Whisnant will give some history of the Whisnant family. A great day is expected and all Whisnants and their kin are invited. Bring bas kets. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dilling and Mrs. Annie Dilling of Kings Moun ■ tain were Shelby visitors Thursday'. Local Postal Receipts Drop Despite Increase To 3c In Letter Postage; Struggle To Maintain Office Rating There Was A Pick-Up In July And Next Five Months Will Determ ine Class Of Office. According to figures and data supplied by Postmaster J. H. Quinn, appertaining to postof fice receipts, it will be a r.Vck and neck race from now to the first of the year to determine whether or not Shelby remains in the list of first class offices. Figures have been published for merly to show the line is pretty close between failure and success to keep Shelby in the running as a first class office. f The latest data reveals that re ceipts are picking up, business in the postoffice having been notably better in July, as reflecting appar ently the upturn in general trade. But the question still remains whether or not the gains will be sufficient to overcome the losses, and give the office a set-back Five Months To Go The facts are these: For a post office to remain in the first class list the income for the year must, tip the beam at $40,000. Last year, being a good year for Postmaster Quinn, notwithstanding declining business generally, the office took in $45,000 So that there is a five thousand dollar fund '’to play with" as they say in the market. However—and here's the rub—the losses over the seven months of "32 already passed are a trifle in ex cess of three thousand dollars, That leaves only about two thous and dollars to see the depression | year through, which has five ; months to run. Receipts, as has been pointed out are picking up, business Is better, but the question yet remains wheth !er the decrease will still remain ! within the two thousand dollar margin. There are really strong indications ilt will—that the two thousand will be sufficient to sec the battle through. For example, here are the figures appertaining to the situa tion, and they reveal not only in creased postoffice business—or a slacking of the decrease, just as you i want to view it—but also reflect the increasing business of the t-own. Drop In July. Comparing the income of -tune '31 witty the income for June *32. show ed the office lost during the latter month a full $786.30. That's a heavy loss, which the reserve funds could not withstand. But July told a dif ferent story. The loss for July '32, (CONTINUED ON PACE TEN.* Brief Whirl Of The News Jimmy Walker’* Case Some of Shelby’s "best minds” art expressing a doubt that Governor Roosevelt will give Jimmy Walker the gate. They point out, these men who think in political terms, and are accustomed to political set-ups, that Walker was not only elected by the people, and that, it Is a rathe, grave matter to remove an elected official, but he is guilty ol no crim inal offense. His crime is classed as "ethical,” and it is doubted if ethi cal grounds are grounds for re moval. Conflicting Drama Meantime the Walker case pre sents so many dramatic angles, 1* Is holding the centre of Interest even so far away from the scene of action as Shelby. Mitch Is being made in the news. from political writers, mast favorable to Hoover, of the fact that. Roosevelt selected the date for the Albany hearing, co incident with the date the president picked for his acceptance speech. The Democrats, so the theme song goes, are hoping to blanket the president with the New York drama Meantime friends of Mr. Hoover were making the claim that more people would yesterday lirten to the , chief executive deliver his much diseussd acceptance message over the radio that ever listened to any harangue ever delivered before. Has The Mull Stride J. Wallace Winborne. Marion at torney. the newly selected chief Of the Democratic party 'in North Carolina, walking Into the well worn shoes of O M. Mull, who was the former chairman, is the most up-and-at-em lawyer in the twp Carolina*. Mr. Wiriborne is describ ed by those who know him as a man who walks, talks, does every thing after the manner of a life and death affair, a man in earnest about drinking a Coca Cola, as about go ing to a funeral, a man popular In Marion, well liked wherever he is known, and trusted. He has done well In the practice of law, prac ticing the well known virtues of in dustry and keeping everlastingly at It, a fine counterpart, of Mr Mull. • • • World Disturbances At this writing the market zooms upward, and business improves, in the face of wars -and rumors oi wars over the earth. In South Amer ica Paraguay and Bolivia are lock ing horns in the El Oran Chaco, which a dark and forbidden region, at one time supposedly inhabited by a race of giants seven feet tall Hitler, in Germany, advances to ward the chancellorship, with the government giving ground before the Nazis. Strain is aflame with re volution against the newly estab lished Republic. * • • Homan Beats Six Men A woman, Mrs. Caraway, widow' of the late senator, has been nomi nated over six male opponents for United States senator In Arkansas. She accepts the high honor of the nomination, with a speech praising the virtues of common sense, and she says self reliance is her crutch. Another woman plays her part in a different sort of spot light, that of a murder trial. Mrs. Jessie Keith Miller sits in a court room at Miami watching her former fiance, Cap tain Lancaster, British flyer, fight for his life, as a result of the charge hanging over him of slaying the man who took his place in the avia trix affections. No decision • • * Birthday And Boom On Hoover’s fifty-eighth birthday, which was Wednesday, political writers of the Republican faith, hammered away at the idea that the upturn in business was coinci dent with the natal date of the president, assuming the position apparently that the stars in their courses were in league with the G, O. P, standard bearer. Reports are to the effect the president was be ing broadly congratulated that the event he had so struggled for over the three year depression, had hap pened on the propitious date. Dem ocrats are laughing themselves sick over the tde,a, the limelight in which Hoover is posing, as the savior 01 the nation. « • • Real Estate Cash Cash is said to be actually mak ing its appearance in Shelby real estate transactions, ’which during the black period were conducted for cash. It is remarked as passing strange that rrpdit disappeared from bustness the very time when cast) was so scar re. and well nigh impos sible to get. Local business people are beginning to talk in terms of a buyers' rush, as prices rise and the public is anxious to get in on the bottom value floor. I •> At Finish of Record Marathon Completely exhausted, Juan Carlos Zabala, young; Argentinian winner of the marathon race nt the Olympic (lames, is shown liemg assisted into his sweat-trousers at the end of the gruelling grind. Zabala. 19-year-old Buenos Aires high school student, defeated the world’s greatest distance runners in the 26 mile 385 yard race in the record time of 2 hours, S', minutes, 36 seconds. City Thinks Of Borrowing Money From R. F. C. To Build Electric Plant; Loan Would Liquidate Itself Early Harvest Cotton Likely In Cleveland Cotton Crop Gives Evidence Of Mat art nit Early. Earl.v Pick tfp In Business. The local business fraternity is looking to see the pick- up of busi ness accelerated this year by the unusually early maturing of the cotton crop Cleveland county au thorities say that hardly in the his tory of cotton farming does the crop give evidence of such early picking Usually, as is well known, the lo cal- crop begins to mature around the first of October That In the past has been the average date for the commencement of ricking on any extended scale. This year, contrary to all previous experience, the crop, so authorities declare, will begin to mature the first of September, a full two weeks earlier than usual. The development has come about through several agencies working in coincidence. First the w father has favored an early maturing, second ly. the lack of fertilizer has caused the crop to cease growing at a nearer date. And then too it is pointed out modern methods of farming tend always to push the crop ahead, to "drive” it to an early I fruitage. This is a well known result of scientific farming, not only in cot ton but in the growing of other crops. Farmers versed in their busi ness learn how to keep the plants at steady growth, without slack per iods, and this driving has finally flowered into the earliest crop in local history. Dennis Awarded “Purple Heart” Lieutenant C. M. Dennis, has been awarded the ‘‘Purple Heart" a beau tiful metal of honor authorized by Congress. Mr. Dennis was wound ed in action Sept. 26th, 1918 while serving as sergeant, machine gun company, 118 infantry overseas. "The ‘‘Purple Heart" decoration was first instituted by George Wash ington, leader of the colonial army in the War of the Revolution and was awarded to a very limited num ber of his men. Recently the "Pur ple Heart” has been revived and World war veterans who were wounded in action and such wounds are recorded in the office of tin War Department In Washington art "ntitled to receive this beautiful dr nor at! on. Also those soldiers w’ho have a meritorious citation eertifi -ate from the Commander 'n Chief of the A. E. F. are entitled to ex change their certificate for the Purple Heart" medal Mr. Dennis is prescription clerk at the Cleveland Drug store. May Havr Survey Made With View Of Building Elertrle Plan! Of It* Own. Mayor S A. McMurry has a let ter from the Mayor of Lexington, .uggestlng that Shelby consider building its own electric generating 1 plant- with funds borrowed from the Reconstruction Finance Corp oration. The name of an engineer was suggested and Mayor McMurrv says the matter will likely be gone into by the aldermen. It will be recalled that $300,000, 000 was voted in the Reconstruction Finance act, a sort' of relief mea sure enacted by the last congress, to be loaned on self-liquidating projects—that is. projects which would earn enough to pay the in terest and retire the loan from tCONTINUED ON PAGE ITIN i Mill Stockholders To Meet Tuesday A meeting has been called of the common and preferred stockholders of the Eastside Manufacturing Co. to be held Tuesday morning, Aug. 16 th in the Eastside school house. At that time, a full explanation of | the mill’s financial troubles will be explained bv the officials. The mill was recently placed in bankruptcy but is operating under a receiver, Mr. Jack Dover City Schools Open On Sept. 5; Book Lists Free Fair Gate Will Attract 50 Thousand People Dr. Dorton iCMimate* That 50,000 Will Eat At Ground*— A action tin Unal Day. r>r. J. S Dorton, secretary of Cleveland County Fair Association made public today further details of the radical change in the fair ad ministration this year, the broad general scheme of which has already been published. A big auction has been arranged for Saturday, the closing day. Dr. Dorton said, when each exhibitor at the fair win be given permis sion to offer the items In his ex hibit for sale. The Pair Association itself will supply the auctioneer, so Shat no expense for the big sale will de velop upon the exhibitor, He further said arrangements have, been made for a curb market to lx* installed in the space under the grand stand, at which food stuffs will be allowed to be sold. "We estimate,” the secretary said, "that fully fifty thousand people will be fed on the grounds in the course of the week, which means a huge demand for food, and tilts demand may be partially, or wholly sup plied by the curb dealers.” Meantime as the details of the plan to allow the public in the grounds absolutely free, with no added charges anywhere for any thing. with the biggest, carnival of the fair history due for the week, it Is being said by the wtseacres that the fair this year will unques tionably set a record In all the Carolina* for attendance and en thusiasm In stating that the entrance fee will be abolished altogether. Dr Dorton said it was only two years ago that the adult public wa. charged fifty cents to get in the gates. Last year this charge was reduced to a quarter, to keep pace with deminishtng Incomes. This year it will be abolished altogether. The free gates will swing open on the twpnty-seventh of Septem ber, Grow* Yard Long Beans And Second Year Cotton Crop - 3 There Is a bean known as the "yard long" bean but it did not at tain this length for Rossie Webber, colored, who lives In the Waco sec tion. Rossie was in Shfiby yester day with a handful of the so-called “yard long" beans and they meas ured seven Inches, which is long enough to fill a pot. S. H. Webber, a neighbor has the best sample of last year's cotton yet reported. He has a stnlk that lived through the winter and now has seven shapes on a single stalk. Hoover Advocates Change In Liquor Laws With States In Control When He Accepts His Party’s Nomination Review* His Work. Is Opposed To Cancellation Of War Debts. Upholds Tariff. Washington, Aug. 11.—Advo cating a change in prohibition and envisaging a movement "from defense to powerful at tack upon the depression,” Her bert Hoover tonight accepted renomination to the presidency. The states should be allowed to deal with the liquor problem as they see fit, he declared, but subject to | constitutional guarantees to pro tect each ‘‘from interference and invasion by its neighbors and that in no part of the United States shall there be a return to the sa loon system." In going on record in favor of a change the president went, beyond the Republican platform which was confined to the proposition that the question of such a change should be submitted to the people Reviews III* Work To the distinguished sUdtpncc of she part’- tn Constitution halt, a few blocks from the White House, the president especially reviewed the administration record for al leviation of the economic situation —saying the measures taken have j repelled attacks of fear and panic.’ ! He promised to propose more meas ures to speed recovery. •'That recovery may be slow, but we will succeed.” he said As one means to that end. Mr. Hoover said he now was "organiz ing the private industrial and fin ancial resources of the country to co-operate effectively with the vast governmental instrumentalities which we have in motion, so that through their united and co-ordi nated efforts we may move from defense to pow'erful attack upon the depression along the whole na-1 tional front." . Reiterating opposition tc cancella tion of war debts, he at the same lime expressed assurance that this country would consider adjust ments "if for any particular annual payment we were offered some other tangible form of compensation such as the expansion of markets for American agriculture and labor." Gives His Objectives One after another, he listed his favor for a sound curre*icy, protec tive tariff, immigration restriction, revision of railway Jew*, federal reg ulation of interstate power, eonser vaWon of national- resources, tax i and banking reform, balanced bud- i jet. federal economy, the St. Law.- < rence seaway and adherence to the ] world court wtth reservations. il Teacher* Report On Set .. l*t -— / * * Lint Of Books And Tho»* Marked "Boy Now" And "Buy Later" 50c Kxtras Mfrded. At a recent meeting of the Shelby School Board the opening tof school was wet for September 5 Teacher* will report for making necessary preliminary preparation on Sep tember 1. * It Is hoped that parents will plan to enter their children on,.the very first, day of .schorl. Actual work; will begin and it is extuemely im portant that each child get a fair start. The success of the entire year will -very largely depend on the beginning. It would be better to miss time later than at the. first of school. There is not a compulsory re quirement for having smallpox vac cination and diphtheria inoculation, but it is particularly important for the protection otf the health of your child to have this immunisation when he enters school. Vou should see your family doctor at once and have this matter attended to. This simple precaution may save loss oi time and educational opportunities, great expense tram .serious sickness, much anxiety and distress, and even death and bereavement. Bonks Necessary Textbooks are now on sale at Sloop's Pharmacy and a partial list of second-hand books may be secur ed from Mr B. C. Houser. The Arithmetic and Dm wing books are new. They are. very much cheaper and arc <ie nit . eperior in quality to the o;.t. , > The change in Arithmetic adoption was made by the State Board of Edu cation in such a wav that only those pupils who have to get a book anyhow will be required to buy the new book—that/is to say, all fourth grade pupils who have an old arthmetic, Book 1, may use It; all sixth and seventh grade pu pils who have the old arithmetic Book 2, may use tt. New Books lit SkmPHJHilMk All third and fifth gmde pupils will have to get the new arithmetic. Supt. B. L. Smith advises that na fourth, sixth, or seventh grade pu ptl buy an old book, rather that by all means they secure the newly adopted book Further, he urges all parents who are Interested tn giving their children the best pos sible instruction in this important subject and are able toiget. the new book that they do so. Where more than one text is required for a sub ject., you need only those called for at once (marked In the 11st Buy Now". The books marked “Buy Later” may await the* tea hers need for them which« will be indicated in time for you to get them. Every child from the fourth grade through the eleventh grade should own a good dictionary. A standard edition of Winston. Webster or Funk and Wagnalls will be acceptable. Tlie Winston, which is the adopted book, is best for elimentary pupils. In as much as the State Depart ment requires the ownership oi standard dictionary for accredited schools, no one should buy a dic tionary which is non-standard Pupils who possess such books sould replace them with .standard editions. In order to save the parent! money the school is buying in quan tity construction paper, paste, draw ing paper, writing paper, scissors crayons, etc. and will furnish them, to the pupils as they need them throughout the year for the sum of fifty cents (50c) each. This will also cover the rental fee for tha three supplementary readers which the school will furnish. In the High School, this fee will be used to buy the supplementary books re quired 1n connection with the English and other courses. The fifty cents should be brought the first day of school. CONTINUED ON PAOE THREE► . Former Pastor Here Dies In Alabama News has been received here ol the death yesterday in Birmingham, Alabama, of Rev. Dr. W. D. Hub bard, a former pastor of the Firs# Baptist church of Shelby. Dr. Hub bard suffered a stroke of paralysis Tuesday. He came to Shelby from Raleigh where he was pastor of the Baptist Tabernacle and served this church for several years,—a most Beloved pastor. Funeral is taking alaee this afternoon in T aFayette. Alabama. Clinton. Aug. 11.—The Sampeo* •ounty grand fury today had re-' urned true bills against official# if the defunct Bank of Sampson, harging them with accepting de xjsits when they knew the bank ta « insolvent