8 PAGES TODAY *-- - > Carrlar. o«r ye*i. xa* Coast Between Galveston And Freeport. Several natives of Cleveland county live in and around the Texas area struck by the disas trous tropiral storm, but the list of those killed and injured does not contain the names of j any known here. Houston. Texas. Aug. 13- Seven teen persons are dead, at least 50 more Injured and property damage | was estimated at many thousands Of j dollars in the wake of a tropical 1 storm which buffeted south Texas Saturday night. The list of casualties slowly mounted as crippled communica- j tions were repaired and rescue work : ers moved into the stricken area, j which centered roughly about this | city with a radius of 75 or 100 miles. The storm moved slowly through south Texas in a southwest direc tion last night with rapidly dimin i ishing force, after sweeping an area j near Taylor, about 200 miles north- j west of Houston. I Sinking the Texas coast between Galveston and Freeport, 34 miles: from Galveston, late Saturday, the storm raged for hours, the wind at taining a velocity of about 70 miles an hour at Houston. F-'cm Galves ton and Houston it moved north to Taylor before turning southwest. Storm Spending Its Force. “It is following the usual course of such disturbances.” the weather bureau at Dallas reported. “It prob ably will blow itself out without fur- j ther violence. Protected by the great sea-wall built after a storm in 1900 had de vastated the city. Galveston reported | no great damage, although some flimsy structures on low beaches were swept away, houses were un roofed, windows were broken, and trees uprooted. Galveston passed the night in darkness, powpr having been shut off to lessen the danger of fire. About $10,000 damage was done to buildings at Fort Crockett, army post. Early reports that the city was isolated tfere denied, although tele graph and telephone wires were out of commission at intervals and the causeway connecting Galveston with the mainland was clogged by motor vehicles stalled when motors were drown out by rain. Virtually all the victims were resi dents of farming communities and small cities near the Gull of Mexico. Nearly 300 Smoke Shops In County This Number Paid License Tax In Carolina For Selling; Smoking Materials Raleigh, Aug. 14.—North Carolina had 19,268 smoke shops, listed as tobacco dealers, which paid a li cense tax of $5 in rural sections or town of less than 1,000 people—$10 if 1,000 people or more, during the past year, ending June 30 1932, fig ures in the Revenue Department show. Guilford led with 941 such shops, Mecklenburg had 817, Forsyth 812, Wake 635, Buncombe 498 and Dur ham 390. Graham had only 24, Clay 31, Tyrrell 34 and Hoke, Jones and Transylvania 43 each paying the tax. The county average for the State is 193. Cleveland county had 296 such shops last year. Kennel Club To Meet Here J Friday Night Dog Owners To Make Further Plans; For Big Show At County Fair. A meeting of the Western Caro lina.? Kennel Club will be held In the court house In Shelby Friday night at 8 o’clock, according to an announcement by J. L. McDowell, club secretary. The meeting will discuss plans and arrange details for the kennel club's big dog show at the Cleve land County Fair this fall, and all dog owners in Cleveland and ad joining counties are urged to at tend, whether or not members ol the club. Plan Big Show. The kennel club's show here will be under the auspices of the Am erican Kennel club and promises to be one of the largest ever held In the two Carolina®. Dogs will be en tered by many owners throughout the two States as well as from Vir ginia and Tennessee. The club has ruled that a It entrance fee will be charged for all registered dogs ex hibiting in the show and *1.25 for non registered dogs. Try Two Men For Robbery Of Store Colored Men Tried For Breaking In No. 1 Store Cast June. A store robbery charge of June 6 was tried in county'court here this morning as the feature case of A, heavy docket. A total or 27 caseS were taken up ,the majority of them being the customary Monday morn ing run of drinkers and makers ol whoopee. Last June it was charged that FYank McLean and Cornelius Phil lips, ■ both colored, broke into and robbed the Martin store in No. 1 township. It was charged that they carried off merchandise of around *50 in value. The evidence was such as to cause them to be bound over to Superior court. Neither was able to give the *500 bond and they were placed in jail The trial was over two months aft er the robbery due to the fact that the tW’o men had been in South Car olina since that. time, it was said Davis Market Man With Home Stores Mr. Davis, formerly of Forest City is now manager of the meat market department at the Home Stores on South LaFayette street, the former Piggly Wiggly stand. He succeeds Charles Bridges, who has returned | to Forest City to operate the meat : market in the Home Stores branch ; there. I Shelby Dentists To Attend Clinic I Drs. A. Pitt Beam and H. C. Dix on and perhaps other Shelby den tists will go to Charlotte Wednesday afternoon and evening to attend a ! dental session to be held there. The main feature of the meeting will be an illustrated lecture by George Wood Clapp, of New York on nu trition. Life And Fire Insurance Jumps In Carolina Ahead Of1929Peak Over A Billion And A Half Fire And A Billion 300 Thousand Life Insurance In Forcr News and Observer. North Carolina insurance busi ness for the panic year of 1931 ran far ahead of that done ten years ago, official figures of the State In surance Department reveal. The record of the department also show that last year’s business rep resented a sharp drop from the peaks established in 1929, continu ing the decreases shown in 1930. Fire Insurance. Last year all fire insurance com panics operating in this State cov ered l’icks totalling $1,621,803,643. For this they collected premiums totalling $11, 780.338. and incurred losses of *9,556,111. Ten years ago fhe total risks covered were $1,044, 871,400, lor which the companies col lected in premiums $10,187,476, and paid out for losses $6,340,226. In 1929 the companies covered total risks of $1,936,830,478, collecting in ; premiums $14,373,555 and incurring losses of $7,180,337. ; On December 31, 1931, all life in Isurance companies doing business in ; North Carolina had insurance in force of $1,306,199,335. They col lected $40,403,186 in premiums and paid death claims of $15,426,411. The payments do not include maturities of endowment and other special pol icy forms. I.ife Insurance Jumps. j Ten years ago the life insurance in force in this State totalled $661. '832,474, on which $22,893,897 was col OONTIN1 'ED ON PAGE BTGH1 | Telling Tales? A book written by Elizabeth Hooper (above) former worker in the Senate Office Building and present Government employe, is creating a sensation in Washington. The book purport# to tell the story of the experiences of an attractive girl working for a U. S. Senator. Brief Whirl Of The News Gifford Resigns. The announcement has been made of the resignation of Walter S. Gif ford. as head of Hoover’s national relief organization The President made the announcement, coincident with letting out a bleat to the effect he was shortly summoned to a gen eral business conference aimed at "united and concerted action on a broad front throughout the coun try.” Has a typical Hoover ring. It may be said no tears will be shed over the passing of Mr. Gifford. As a relief officer he was not so hot, and will probably resolve in the future to confine his activities to A T. & T. Better Actress Than Wife. Out of Nevada conics the an nouncement of the divorce of Ruth Ch&tterton from the gentleman Hollywood calls Mr. Chatterton— otherwise Ralph Forbes: Picture fans are not surprised. Ruth is probably a great actress, which Is equivalent to saying she is a poor wife. Forbes was ungallant enough to charge Miss Chatterton with wanting to sleep all day. and do her living at night. Said he was only nineteen when hC married the actress. A yap like that will bring the oh, yeah, stuff. No wonder Ruth kicked him over; she ought to have kicked him harder • • • Sting In The Tail. Saturday's paper earned the tale of the more or less expected slump in stocks. Baloons it should be known never go straight up; they rise a way, and sail along, and then rise some more. The sting in the story was in the tail, containing the crack that the temporary In ' immediately followed the President’; acceptance speech. Wonder if any body kept account of how mam times Hoover has depressed the j market with his spipls? • • • UP IN THE AIR. Two women, flying over Curtis \ Field, New York, are trying to stay in the air five days. That's nothing there are women right here in Shel by who stay in the air a month at a time, A news story is headed Smith sick of politics. The afflic tion Is now mutual, everybody can go to the rail. The W. C, T. U takes young Rockefeller to task for going wet. They didn’t say he's all wet, but language to that effect, i . . . On The Defensive. There's not much stirring to date in the Walker case in New York He was on the carpet Friday, and is due for a session again today. He is on the defensive, a position into which every one of us would like to manoeuvre our enemies. Meantime it is on the cards the gods may be kind to the governor as court action Is threatened to hold up the trial, while he establishes his status as a judge. Father Time, what a friend in need! Following The Ram It is reported that "scared money” to the tune of eight hundred mil lion dollars was deposited in the postal savings banks up to August 1st. an increase of four hundred million in a year. That's money However, cash flows in streams like rivers, or rather depositors travel In flocks like sheep. Turn the lead ram, and that’s all there is to it Now. the stream will flow in the other direction. Mr. and Mrs, Ellis Morrison and daughter. Dorothy Ann. and Mrs Morrison's mother Mrs. W. H. Sugg of Conway, this state, will re turn home Wednesday after a visit to his parents. Mr. and Mrs. C A Morrison on S l.aFayette street Transfer Large Damage Sait To Federal Court $101,000 Suit Of Teacher Changed Ethel Brown \V»> Injwrrd I When Train Struck Wagon At Dover Mill Crossing. Suit for $101,000 damages brought by Mis* Ethel Brown. Cleveland county school teacher, against thr Southern Railway company and Thomas Tessener In Cleveland coun % superior court, has been trans ferred to federal court at the office of the clerk of the court for the western district of North Carolina The ease Is to be heard by Judge r Yates Webb at the next session of civil court in 8helby, Crossing Accident. Miss Brown charges that she and a little nelce were asked to ride on a wagon owned and oilven by Mr. Tessener from the Dover Mills to Shelby. She says that as they near ed a railroad crossing at which a high embankment obstructed the view, the engineer of an approach ing Southern railway train failed to blow the whistle as ts customary and alleges also that Mr. Tessener failed to observe the railway warn ing to stop before crossing. Because of the alleged negligence, | she declares that the train ran In to the team, and wagon and that she was severely Injured, sulfering a .-rushed foot, a fractured skull, a broken collar bone. She adds that she was in a hospital for two weeks and that she is permanently Injur ed to an egtent that will prevent her from earning her livelihood. Mias Brown asks $100,000 actual damages ahd $1,000 to pay her hos pital and doctors’ bills Retail Trade Goes Better On Saturday Urjf Crowd Hr or Stturdagr And Buying Wan In Evidence At The Stores. Lust Saturday was practically the | first business week-end following the current upturn In the price of cotton, stocks and commodities, and the better, more confidence feeling the change engendered was reflect - ed to local buying. It was said there were more peo i pie on the Shelby streets Saturday than any previous Saturday per haps for a year or more. And they | were buying. Confidence was being expressed— the prediction is heard right along now—that cotton will go to ten cents when the marketing starts in a few weeks. And it Is said that with confidence to a measure restored, with the added dollars In circula tion, Shelby business will be look ing towards the stars. "It will be something like the old days back again." that's what you hear, that's how many of the people feel. Try Answering These Can j'ou answer 14 of these test questions? Turn to page 2 for the answers. 1. What is the nickname for Con necticut? 2. What are the given names of the Wright brothers? 3. Who was Ellen Louise Axson? 4. To whom is the President en powered to grant pardons? 5. How long is the course for midshipmen at the U. S. Naval Academy? 6. Who discovered the Bermuda Islands? 7. Do silver foxes exist in a wild state in the U. S 8. What was the population of the U. S. at the first census in 1790? 9. Whom did Justice Benjamin Cordozo succeed on the U. S. Su preme Court? 10. How many states cast their electoral votes for Alfred E Smith in the 1928-29 election? 11. What was Henry W. Long j fellow's middle name? 12. What does “toujours" mean in I English? I 13. Can an alien enlist in the U. S. Army? 14. What is Eddie Cantors real name? 15. Who wrote the play. "Street Scene?'* 16. What is the Pan American Union? 17. Who is the heir presumptive to the British throne? 18. Who was the first Lord Pro tector of the rCommonwealth of England? 19. Of what Church is Franklin to. Roosevelt a member? • 20 Of What Church is Herbert C Hoover a member? It’s Real This Time Here is John Gilbert with his latest bride, Virginia Bruce, following their wedding at thr M.G.M, studio in Hollywood. Thia is the actor’s fourth trip to the altar, his most recent wife, Ina Claire, having just received her divorce. Miss Bruce is experiencing matrimony for the first time. She first met Gilbert when she plaved in a picture with hinj recently, but states she has been in love with him since she first saw him in the films ten years ago. Marriage Decline Here Shown Over Entire State; Off Half In 5 Years Marriage* In Cleveland On)) Third Of Whai They Were In 19*6 And 1927. Tar Heel* are going i lsewhere to be married or arc not. retting mar ried as they were half a decade back. In Cleveland county marriages each year are only about one-third what they were five and six years ago. before the price of marriage 11 cenaes was raised and health certifi cates were required. A report from Raleigh indicates that marriages over the entire State have declined in like proportion. Here the uecrease is blamed almost, entirely upon the ! new marriage restrictions. Just ns many county couples are getting married but around thiee of four couples are going to South Carolina for the ceremony because of the lower cost and the fact that physi cal examination is not required. Drop In State. Raleigh, Aug. 15,—Although North Carolina maintains the national lead of numbers of births per 1,000 popu lation. the number of marriages is showing a remarkable and consist ent decline, particularly for the last five years, during which the vows taken have been cut in twain The high peak of weddings was reached in the fiscal years 1926-27 from July 1 to June 30, during which 23.36.1 marriages were per formed. barring the rare instances when "she backed out," as com pared with caily 12,214 joinings to holy wedlock during the last fiscal year The fiscal year basis is used because It represents the $3 fee which the state of North Carolina gets for each marriage license, as shown in the office of Commission er of Revenue A. J. Maxwell. The marriage laws, tightened up some eight years ago by requiring physical and mental examinations of both parties to a marriage con tract before the license is issued, is the chief factor. Iarws in adjoining states require no such examination, and 41 of North Carolina's 100 counties border on other states, while that many more are within 100 miles of a state line It reduces the revenues of the states, as well as almost every one of the counties in the state First Open Bolls Of Cotton Come To Star Office Cleveland county's first open cotton for the season came In Friday afternoon and Satur day morning;. Indicating an early harvest. The first ho 11 was found by Tom Tessener who lives on the plantation of Mrs. Josh* Wilson on highway No. 18 and was brought to The star office Friday afternoon. The second early comer was W. B. Woods who lives on the S. S. Maunev farm six mile north of Shelby. Mr. Wood says he found his open holl in his to acre field on Friday afternoon but did not come to the city until Saturday morn ing and bring the evidence. He lived In Georgia in a sec tion where the first cotton was harvested this season, Mrs. Weaver Dies In South Shelby Had Been Confined To Her Bed For Six Months. Buried In Sun set Cemetery Mrs Margaret Taylor died Wed nesday at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. Loyd Weaver in South Shelby. She had been in declining health for more thaii a year and had been confined to her bed for the last six months. She joined the Shady Grove M. E. church in early giilhood and was a faithful Christian, a devoted mother and splendid neighbor. Funeral services were conducted at the LaFayette M. E. church by the pastor, Rev. W. R. Jenkins and Rev. W. C. Campbell, Interment was in the Sunset cemetery. She is survived by the following children: Mrs. Rodger Gregory, ot High Point; Mrs. Loyd Weaver, of Shelby: Mr. Norman Taylor, also of Shelby. ! Farley Makes Plans To Win Vote Of Soldiers Fo r Gov. Roosevelt Former Legion Head To Work For Veterans’ Support. Plan Cap ture Of Congress. Washington, Aug. 15—Democra tic efforts to seize control of the senate, swell their house majority and round up the World war veter an vote behind the Rooseyelt-Gar ner ticket were given a push Thurs- ' day by James A. Farley, chairman, of the party's national committee. The selection of Ralph T. O’Neil.' of Topeka. Kansas, lormer national commander of the American Legion, as head of a bureau to work toi the veterans’ vote whs announced by Farley al a conference with newspapermen at the National Pres* club. This came shortly sftei Senator Swanson's acceptance of the chair manship of the Democratic national senatorial campaign committee. The Virginian succeeds Senator Tydings of Maryland, who is barred from the office because he Is a candidate for re-election. Senatorial elections will be held in 33 state? Get Good Reports. Farley conferred with Swanson about the prospects of Democratic senatorial candidates and said he received optimistic reports. From Joe Baker, secretary to the Demo cratic national congressional com mittee, Farley heard a prediction of an increase of 20 Democratic house ■•eats in November. The chairman said tie thought O'Neil was en route to party head icoNTiNran on paof. right ■ Rumors Attract New Attention To County Race Would Have G. O. P. Candidate Get Out Independents Think Tlieir Candi date For Sheriff Wonld Bene fit Thereby. With Cleveland county this year laving a three-eornercd race for sheriff for the ftrst time in many fears. reports around the court House today had-it that efforts are iplng made are may be made' to iiwve the Republican candidate for sheriff withdraw from the race Tlie point is. according to the uh lfflcial reports, that with the G. O r*. candidate out the Independent candidate would have more of • chance--jiflst remote outside one then—of Riving the Democratic candidate a good run The three candidates for sheriff lire Raymond Cline. Democrat; B Cl. Logan, Republican, and J Qullen Mull, independent. Democratic Year The Democratic nomination for office In Cleveland county is ordi narily considered tantamount to ^lection such a sure thing that the odds are generally 20 to 1 or better That it appears to be a Democra tic year everywhere makes it the more likely that, the next sheriff will be Mr Cline But here and there about the county are Independents, former Democrats and former Republicans, who are said to be backing the ln de|iendent candidate, a former Democratic worker and manager of the county home under Democratic regime. That Mr, Mull is working ts admitted Since getting in the. race and offering the present generation the novelty of an Independent can didate, he has been travelling about the county considerably. Many of these trips have been to the north ern section of which he Is a native and where he has many close friends, Republicans and Democrats, from whom he thinks h# will draw a rather Impressive vote To get In the race Mr. Mull had to pass about a petition and secure over 1.000 signers, which he did That is a pretty good nucleus to start, upon, provided of course all the 1,200 or so vote for him. Talked Then At the time the Independent runner entered the race it was said that county Republican leaders were approached with the suggestion that, they nominate a Republican for sheriff. The logic of this argumen* was that numerous disgruntled Democrats would likely vote for an Independent where they would not consider going outright Republican But the suggestion, inner rumor? had It, met a deaf ear at the Re publican county gathering. The Re publicans would not mind seeine the Democrats lose a county office, but they must keep their ranks to gether and when the party weakens on any portion of the county ticket it is pointed out that administra tion patronage falls off. Anyway the official Republican gathering said nothing about, the independent candidacy, for or against. and merely followed the eustoman CONTINUED ON PADS KLGHl ) i -: Mr. Reid 111 In Baltimore, People Here Are Informed j Brother Of Mrs. Hennessa Said T® Be In Critical Condition. Lived Here. Mr Harry Reed, related in Shel by and a former resident here at intervals, is critically ill in Balti more, according to a message re ceived last night by relatives. Mr Reed is the only brother of Mrs. P. L. Hennessa and he married the only sister of Mrs E B Balti more Out Of Hospital After 12 Weeks ! - Marshall Moore, member of the city police force left the Shelby hospital Friday where he had been confined for twelve weeks. suffer ing with a broken thigh bone He was struck by a drunken automo bile driver while on police duty. Aft er twelve weeks In the hospital he has gone to the home of W. Y. Weathers on 3 DeKalb street where he lives. Pearson Reunion Near Flint Hill The Pearson family reunion will | be held on Sunday August 28th at the old Pearson burying ground ! near the Fint Hill church. All rela tives and friends are invited to at tend with baskets of dinner for a picnic lunch.