10 PAGES TODAY ■■r ....1 n* MftU» per year. On Advance» — 9«MK* Carrier. o*r veer. On advance* 93 P'« Late News THF. >1 \RKET ( otton, Spot Cotton Seed. per ton in ear Lots. F. O. B. ..._ $12.0(1 Cloudy Thursday I Today's North Carolina Weather Report: Cloudy tonight and Thurs- | day. Slowly rising temperatures in j extreme west portion. Wife Plans Hop j London, August 24.—Amy John son, wife of the transatlantic flier, Captain James A. Mollison, is plan ning to duplicate her husband's ex-! ample bv flying the Atlantic alone from east to west next month, the Lon Express said today The British avlatrtx was said to be practicing blind flying and piloting heavy pianes at an airdrome near South ampton with the aspiration of be ing the first woman to complete a golo flight from Europe to the t'nit ed States. __ Spindale Textile Workers On Strike For New Overseer 'pprovimatMy .l.p«n Of Spencer Mill Want Return Of j Old System. Forest City, August 24— Approxi mately 350 employes, about, equally divided between men and women, went on strike Tuesday at the] Spencer, mill at Splndale. one of1 the three mills of the Spencer Cor-j poration in Rutherford county. The strikers' it-is reported. arc| editing for a new superintendent and a return to the old system of mill operation They say they do not j want to work under the stretchout] system which has been inaugurated! within the past, six weeks. A F. Burgess, of Providence, R 1, j who arrived at the null six weeks ago. Is superintendent. He succeed- j tti .J. O. Williams now of Brevard. I who served as superintendent foi ls years. Walkout At 3 O’clock \ The initial walkout occurred at | 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon wheni the employes in the weaving room] ’eft their work. They were joined by the day and night hands at 6 o'clock Tuesday evening. The strikers, held a meeting Tues - day evening in the Spindale Com munity house and are reported to have voted unanimously to stay out, until a new- superintendent ha1 been appointed and the bid system restored The strikers appointed a commlt •ee of their own members to rep resent them in any negotiations. Hie committee is composed of Har ry Kilpatrick, the Rev Mr Barne and Will Hill The strikers are expected to hold another: meeting: Wednesday. It was first thought that officials of the mill would attend the meet ing of the Strikers Tuesday night.] but they did not do so. Efforts to reach officials of the company for ] a statement were unsuccessful. It. was believed they were holding a conference in Rutherfordton. K. S. Tanner, of Rutherfordton, is gen eral manager of (he mill. No Disturbances No disturbances or picketing have be"n reported since the strike be gan. Yates Duncan, chief of police, aid that the strikers are the quiest est crowd he ever saw Tlie Spencer corporation has a capita! stock of $1,500,000 and oper ates 28,600 spindles and 512 looms. Heavy Docket On For County Court Recorder Still Hearing ( ases This Afternoon. None Of Major Interest. Today was the big nay of the week in Cleveland county recorder's court. At 1 30 this afternoon the court, which convened at 9:30 this morn ing was still in session with Record er Pat McBrayer attempting to clean up the day's docket before ad journing. The cases were more or less of a minor nature, but several of them were somewhat long drawn out and court officials were holding on without lunch to complete the grind. Twin Sons Born To Erwins, One Living Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Erwin, of Great Falls, S C., announce the birth of twin sons at the Chester, S. C. hospital yesterday, August 23. only one of which lived. The body of the other infant was buried in Sunset cemetery here yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Erwin and the surviving sop, which weighs * 1-2 pounds, are 'reported today to be getting along well. Mrs. Erwin, be fore marriage, was Miss Elizabeth Suttle, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. John W. Suttle, of Shelby, Horn Head Of Younger Voters For Democrats Organization Formed For Cleveland Nominee For Solicitor To Heart Campaign In County, Osborne Secretary. C C (Cobbyi Horn way elected! president, of the Cleveland County j Young Democrats for the 1932 cam paign at an organization meeting i held in Shelby Monday mghi Mr. Horn is the Democratic nom inee for countv solicitor, receiving the nomination with a compli mentary vote in the June primary. Other county-wide officers elect ed were J, M. McGinnis, of Kings Mountain, vice president: Win. Os borne. Shelby, secretary; D W. Roy ster. treasurer, and Renn Drum publicity' officer Several short talks were made and the meeting, attended by young Democratic voters and workers \ from practically all sections of the j county, appeared enthusiastic about ; the fall campaign. Precinct Clubs. It is understood that President i Horn plans to form a Young Dem- I ocratic club In every precinct in the «,ounty to do active work dur ing the campaign and bn election day At an early date he will ap point a chairman for each precinct and have them complete their local organizations. It is also hoped to hold in Shelby; early in the fall a big Democratic1 rally, to which will be invited young Democratic voters from all coun ties neighboring Cleveland Clyde R Hoey or some other prominent Democratic campaigner will be se cured for the main address Endorse Ticket. A feature of the meeting was that the organization gathering en dorsed by acclamation the Demo cratic county, State and national tickets. Bury Mr. Reid In Shelby This P. M. Body Brought To Home of His Sis ter. Masons Have Charge Of Funeral. The body of Mr Harry Reid was brought to Shelby last night in a funeral car from Baltimore, Md„ where he died Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock in Johns Hopkins hospital where he had been under treat ment. His remains were carried to the home of his sister. Mis. P. L. Hennessa on West Marion street and the burial took place this aft ernoon at 4 o'clock with Masons from Ldncolnton and Shelby paying him tribute. Mr. Reid, it will be recalled, travelled for a Charlotte wholesale hardware firm for many years and later was in the retail hardware business for 15 years for himself at Ltncolnton. He was also a high of ficial in the Masonic fraternity. Mrs. E B Lattimore is a sister of Mrs. Reid. Many friends will at tend the burial services at Sunset cemetery this afternoon at 4 o’clock. As Roosevelt Fired First Broadside i *■——.—b...--M-..a,I ■ — A general view of the baseball park in Columbus, Ohio, showing part of the throng that gathered to hear Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt make the first aneech outside his home State in his campaign for the Presidency. ho**' is t fine ciose-uj; of the Democrat*? nominee as he delivered > fiery attack on the Hoover Administration §,pd promised many reforms if elected President. County Cotton Crop With Acreage Cut 7,000 Acres May Hit 50,000 Less Fertilization, Bad Season Will Cut Crop Down More Than Acreage Decrease. Many Expect Price Of Eight, Nine Cents. Cleveland farmers differ in their opinions and predic tions, but the average farmer, judging by talk in Shelby this week, believes the county will make around 45 to 50 thous and bales of cotton this year and that the average price will he between eight and nine cents. Local Farmers To Attend Meet At State College More Than Score Of Farmer* And Wives To Attend Annual Short Course. More than a score of Cleveland county farmers and farm women will leave Shelby Monday for Ra leigh to attend the annual short course week at State college. One group of the party has ai ready made arrangements for the trip, according to R. W. Shoffner. county farm agent, and will leave at 7 o’clock Monday morning. They will go by bus and will assemble in front of Central Methodist church on Washington street This party includes 20. Others are planning to go. tt is said, but since the first bus will be filled they are advised to get to gether and arrange their automo biles for transportation. Those who have attended in the past have found the short course very valuable and educational. The cost is small. Meals are served at 25 cents each and lodgings are fur nished free at- the college domi tories. Libby Knits For Expected Baby To Be Named For Father, Awaits Trial Will Name Child For Smith Reyn- ' olds. Trial Of Singer May Start Sept. 12. Winston-Salem. Aug. 24.—Plans were going forward here today for ] the trial of Mrs. Libby Holman ’ Reynolds and Albert Walker. ! charged with the murder of her husband. Smith Reynolds. And meanwhile, Winston-Salem won - dered where Smith's brother. R. J Reynolds, jr., is. Since announcement of his ar- ] rival at Miami by plane, no word has been received of, the elder bro ther, member of the millionaire to bacco family. He was presumed to be either en route here or confer ring with relatives or his attorney. He was abroad when Smith was shot. Solicitor Carlisle Higgins, who will prosecute the Broadway favor ite and nineteen-year-old Walker, is expected here this week to con fer with defense attorneys as to when the two defendants will be arraigned. , ^ Libby Reynolds will have In ap- ! pear in person for the arrangement ! The formality may Jake place at a ■ -pecial term of court to begin here i September 12. Mrs. Reynolds is now I |in seclusion at Oakington, Md. j Cincinnati, Aug 24—Mrs. Libby! Holtnan Reynolds is in retreat In Baltimore, The Times-Star said to day, spending much of her time knitting clothing for the baby she expects to be born in February. And, whether it is a boy or girl, the child will be named Smith Reyn olds, in memory of her husband, for whose death she has been in dicted by a North Carolina grand Jury, the newspaper said it has learned. She now is at liberty un der $25,000 bond. Reynolds died July 5 of a bullet wound at his Winston-Salem, es tate. Reynolds' friend, Albert Walk er, also has been indicted on charges o{ murder, but Mrs. Reyn olds has consistently, through her father and attorneys, maintained the death was a suicide Preparation for approaching motherhood has taken Mrs. Rey nolds from cite tragedy, the paper said, and her only interest now' is the child. She Is staying in Balti more, the paper reported, but the exact location of her retreat. W'as not made known. With her are her mother and father. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Holman Mrs. Holman is ex pected to stay with her until the child is born, it was said, but her father and her attorney plan to re turn to Cincinnati. The acreage in cotton this year as shown by the tax report figure this week, is 7.215 acres less than the 74.362 acres last year. The crop of last year was 64,000 bales, a ree ord. figure for the county. But this year it is estimated that the production wlfl.be cut—perhaps to the extend of displacing ijjt county as Che'state's biggest cotton producer—more by a decrease in fertilization and unfavorable we nth er than by acreage cut. fertilization was used to make this year’s crop than in many years. Then the season was not -o good. The weed this year n pool although cotton Is fruited well Some estimate that with the acreage reduction plus the fertilize 1 decrease and bad season the crop will not go over 40,000 bales, or 24,000 less than last year's record crop. Tire majority however snv the final ginning figures will show a crop between 45 and 50 thousand bales. Money Ketum Last year's record crop, figured at the average of six and one-half cents brought in. not including seed sales, just a little over two million dollars, or approximately S2.080.000 If this years production runs to 47,000 bales and sells at 8 1-2 cents the monetary return would not be quite as much, or approximate! $1,997,500. The cost of producing the crop, however, will be considerably less, leaving, perhaps, more prof! than last year's crop, if any. A crop of 50.000 bales selling this year at between eight and - nine ceil! would bring In around $2,125:000 for the cotton alone, and with ; crop of that size selling at tha! price the farmers, it is believed, would be considerably better off With the county cotton maturing early, It will not be long until pick ing time and then some idea of the harvest season price may be had I! is figured now that much pickin will be done by ’his .time n* ' month Campbell Finds Outlook Brighter Says Stock Market. However, Can not Hold. Factories and Job bers Pleased. Returning from a 10 days bus! ness trip to New York markets. R j E. Campbell Shelby tnerchan says there is a much better feeling in New York over the outlook. I Manufacturers and jobbers are busy and enjoying the best trade they have had in several years and many prices are advanced from the low which seem to have been reached early this year. Mr. Campbell says the leeiing in New York, however, is that the stock market cannot hold its : rapid rise made during the past two or three weeks. He looks for a break be cause there is not the. business yet to justify the upturn. There is » much better feeling and when pen pie get back to work end the pro ducts of the farmer bring a fair price, he looks for improved retail trade and a stronger stock market. Number Citizens Already Paying 1932 County Tax In fat year* and In If an vrar« there are a number nf Cleveland county r.itlaens who make it a hahlt lo pav thrii taxes in mid-summer or early fall, and the habit Is not be ing broken this year. Although the new lax bookr are ?jot ready to be turned over to the sheriff for collect ing. quite a number of county tax-payers have already been in to pay Ihelr taxes and in secure the discount granted hr the last legislature Tot early payment. .lust when the new las books will be totalled and j completed is not known ai i Flying Family On A Hop Over Ocean Hulrhimons Make First I,e* Of Flight. Landing At St. John. Others Missing. Harbor Grace, N. F Aug 34.— One of three flying expeditions, bent on crossing the Atlantic, had completed its first jump last night while the other two, planning to make Harbor Grace their first stop, were awaited anxiously here as darkness set in. Lieutenant Colonel George Hut chinson and his "flying family" of seven arrived at the plane base at St. John N. B . at 4 05 p m. east ern standard time, after a five hour and 58 minute-flight from Floyd Bennett field, New York. At 6;35 p. ni. Eastern Standard Time, darkness had enshrouded the airport, at. Harbor Grace with no 'sign of the two other ships—one ■ with Thor Sol berg and Carl Peter son from New York, the cither, car rying Clyde Lee and John Bochkon from Berlin. Vt Solberg and his companion left Flovd Bennett field at 4 41 a m. Eastern Standard Time and last were reported passing over Her mitage on the southeastern New foundland coast at 5:26 p m East ern Standard Time, Officials at the airport here lighted flares when darkness set in rand numerous automobiles, carry ling persons who came to greet the two ships, turned on their head lights. It was rattling heavily and the wind was east northeast. The latest report <of a plane flying in this direction came from Belleoram. 120 miles distant, shortly before nightfall. Hutchinson, who plans |,o fly to London by easy stages, was sighted circling above the municipal air | port at St. John for 30 minutes be fore he dropped to the water at the seaplane base. He and his party, which includes his wife, their two voung daughters and a crew of three, planned to spend the night In a hotel and leave for Labrador to morrow morning If weather condi tions were propitious. From there j’.hey will proceed to England by way of Greenland and Iceland, the trip to take about five days. Armour Has Tailor Shop At Ebeltoft’s R. L. Armour, Well known to the ■tail trade of the Shelby territory, now displaying his tailor line of -'othes tor men in the former Fbeltoft store stand. Located also in the same building ars the B. C. Houser news agenev and Hill’s plumbing shop. Interest Shown In Grange Meet Thursday Night Farmers To Hear Scott Speak ('ktrland I’amirn M(if» Inlntnlrd; In Organisation Now Than In Tear*. Indications are that Cleveland county'* first countv-wtde Orange meeting at the court house here to morrow. Thursday night, al d o'clock will be well attended The speaker will be W Keri Scott, master of the Orange In North Carolina and he is pxpected to tell some ol the details about the organization, what It means to farmers and how It will be of value to farm communities. The Orange is a secret organiza tion to which all members of farm families may belong. It is not mere ly a cooperative selling organization for farmers, but an organization devoted to the general upbuilding of farm interests in the home arid otherwise. It is a very strong or ganization In the west and north eastern section and is spreading in the south. Numerous local Granges have been organized In North Caro lina in recent months ,one being In the El Bethel section of Cleve land county. It Is planned to, form many others by fall, and It is be-j Heved that quite a number will be organized in this county following the meeting here Thursday night. The first national convention of tire Grange ever to be held in the south will meet in Winston-Salem this fail. That local farmers are interested is shown by the following comment by a county farmer. "We farmers are realizing now more than we ever have before that If we are to be saved we must save ourselves. Heretofore we have depended upon promises and political and legisla tive relief, but we see now that it Is up to us to work out our own salvation. We can do this only by organizing ourselves and sticking together as-do people in other call ings of life. I do not know yet all that I would like to know about the Orange, but I am told that, it is the [only nation-wide farm organization I that has stood up and gained in strength through the years, and naturally the more members and organizations It has the stronger and more beneficial it, will be 10,000 Bales Of Cotton Absorbed; Market Advances ten thousand bales of cotton were sold on the New York ei change this morning by the Federal Farm Board and the market absorbed the offering without a ripple, it was offer ed around eight cents and im mediately after it was taken, the price advanced. This morn ing It crossed eight cents for Octobef for the first time in i many months. At 1:30 o'clock today the market continued to advance and was 38 points a bove yesterday close in spite of the 10,000 bales dumped on the market by the farm board. Cotton seed also made a big advance today. At t o'clock the ■ local market advanced the price to *12 a ton in car lots, FOB. I --------- Five A re Injured Here In Ambulance Crash Cost Of School Audit In County Is Cut Over Half fount* Paid *5<MI Last >rar Compared With $1,250 In Previous Vrar. ■ Star New* Hut ran. i Raleigh. Auk 2$ Costs of audit ing the accounts of board.* of edu cation <>f the 100 counties of th> state last year were less than halt .lie cost five years ago and were 110,000 lower lust year than the year before Charles M Johnson :itrector of local government, shows [ In figures announced today In This County Cleveland county has paid for i county school audit* for the past 1 five years as follows 1927-28, $1. 27100. 1928-29. *085 00; 1929-20 $600.00; 1930-21. *1.250 00: 1931-32’! $500.00. The cost last year w as *28,867 50 as compared with $68,043.28 for the fiscal year 1927-28 The reduction from five years’ago has kept step with the legislative restrictions on such costs and the increasing sup ervision by Mr. Johnson’s office Prom 1927-28 to the next year the cost dropped nearly $8,000. to $50, 808.82. that period marking the. be ginning of the work, entirely ad visory. of the county government advisory commission. The next year showed a drop of $12,000. to $38. 804 29, the cast for the next year remaining about the same. $38,847.90 for the next year, 1930-31. whlli' the advisory commission continued, and Mr. Johnson was authorized to approve the expense and per diem charge sdf auditors, with no limit to time used 'The 1931 genera! assembly en acted a law requiring Director Johnson to approve all bills for auditing service and to approve the contracts in advance for the audits. This resulted In another *10,000 re duction in casts for the county boards pf education nlonf Mr. Johnson was also directed to ap prove contracts for and bills sub rnitted for city and town, audits, in addition to those of counties and special charter districts With tilts saving for the county school funds alone, to which is to be added savings in county com missioner operation audits, audits in 93 special charter school dte 'CONTINUED ON PAGE HEN Stockholders Of Alexander To Meet Notice* have been sent oul call ing a meeting of the common and preferred stockholders of the Alex ander Manufacturing Co . at Forest City on Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The plant is said to be confronted with financial trouble., and the condition of the mill will be reported at this meeting and an effort made to save It from threat ened bankruptcy Masonic Notice A regular communication »t Cleveland lodge 202 A. F. and A. M wfU be held Friday night at eight o'clock in the Masonic temple Members are urged to attend and visiting brethren will be cordially welcomed Car Crashes Claimed 54 Lives In State In July; Over 300 Injured Total 344 Injured In Accidents. Slight Decrease In Fatalities From Same Period 1931. Raleigh. Aug. 24-—Automobiles killed 54 persons in North Carolina in July and injured 344 more in ac cidents, according to figures releas ed by L. S. Harris, chief of the auto mobile license division of the de partment of revenue. This brings the total number of automobile cas ualties in the state so far this year to 334 killed and 2.548 injured. In the same period last year, up to Au gust 1. 373 persons were killed and 2,593 injured. In July of last year 68 persons were killed and 462 injured in 301 accidents, thus showing a decrease of fourteen in the number of killed and to 118 in the number of injured in July of this year as compared with the corresponding month of last year. For the seven-month pe riod, there is a decrease of 39 killed ind 45 injured this year as compar 'd with last year. This decease In the number of • tilled and injured is ascribed by | Harris partly to the decrease in the number’ of cars on the highways [ and less traffic, although he agrees that the records show most of the accidents were on toads where there was little or no traffic. He also believes that the steady cam paigns of the last few years for safer and saner driving, together ! with safer and better automobile construction Is helping to reduce the number of accidents. "The records show, however, that carelessness and recklessness con tinue to be the principaT causes of most of the accidents.” Harris said. “For every month reckless driving and excessive speed top the list among the causes of automobile ac cidents.” Of those killed in duly fourteen were pedestrians, while 29 pedes trians were injured, while fourteen, were killed and 200 injured in col lisions between automobiles. Only 22 were killed and 69 injured in non-collision accidents. Drunken drivers were responsible for eleven fatal and 28 non-fatal crashes, while reckless drivers caus ed fourteen fatal and 60 non-fatal ac j ridents. Speeding was given as the! cause of twelve fatal and 21 non-, fatal crashes. Hit-and-run drivers! killed three injured ten persona. Cicero Patterson Is Seriously Hurt Ambulance Crashes Imto Two Auto* On Writ Warren '■street Two In Hospital. Mvr people wore ip.lured, (wo seriously, here early Monday nil?hi when an ambulance. mak ing a hurried call, crashed Into (no automobiles on West War ren street and hadly demolish ed both ears and the amhu lanee The most seriously injured of th* five was Cicero Patterson, popular Shelby travelling salesman and hta chauffeur. Lonnie Ross, colored boy. Others Injured. The other Injured were: Chas Roberts driver of one of the two ears hit by the ambulance. Matt O’Shields, jr.. driver ct the ambu lance and Craig Runyans, who wat riding 1n the ambulancp with O'Shields mio* improvement. Such was the terrific manner in which the three automobiles were bashed into a head of wreckage that It seems almost miraculous that any of the occupants escaped death. This morning, however, indications were that no fatalities would re sult. although Mr. Patterson was still considered In a critical condi tion At. the Shelby hospital this morning it was said that the popu lar salesman was doing fairly well/' hut that- he was not out of danger, Ross, the colored boy. was believed to be out of danger, and the others, Roberts, O'Shields and Runyans, were able to return norr.r after re ceiving first-aid treatment What Happened. Information given The Star tell# in the following manner what hap pened: At the Ora mill Worth New ton valued employe came in con tact with an electric current and was shocked A call lor an ambu lance was sent to the Palmer funer al home. The ambulance there was on another trip and after a consul tation, Craig Runyans, of that firm, called the Lutz and Jackson under takers to ask for the services of their ambulance to hurry Newton to the hospital. In the meafttlme, It is understood, a call had teen sent to Lutz and Austell another under taking firm, and their ambulance made the trip to the mill for the shocked man. The other ambulance. * that of the Lutz and Jackson firm, was driven, however, around to the CONTINUED ON PAGE U, , Try Answering These Can you answer 14 of these test questions? Turn to page two for the answers. 1 What is a cougar? 2. Which of the gems us most valuable? 3. From where does the name. Castile soap come? 4 What Is the flying time be tween New York and Chicago? 5 Who wrote Kings Solomon.« Mines?" 6. What is the title of the rulrr of Luxemburg? 7. What name is the disposal of a body by burning called? 8. What fruit has more, than 32 per cent of water? 9. Is the pope the head of the Greek Orthodox church? 10. About how many females .n the U. S. are engaged in gainful occupations? 11. When did Nora Bayes die’ 2. What does "scram'’ mean? 3. Which big league baseball team is nicknamed the Cardinals? 4. In which state is Lake of the Woods? 5. Whom did Irving Thalberg I marry? 6. Of what, great American his torical document is Thomas Jeffer Ison the author? 7. On what island- is Bar Harbor, Maine? 8. What state does U. 8. Senator Carter Glass represent? id. In which country is the city ot Quito? 20. What is the hardest known mineral substance? Many Get Up To See Eastern Star A large number of Shelby and Cleveland county people have been getting up around 3 o'clock in the morning this week to see the Star p£ Bethlehem appear in the eastern skies. The star, visible to any ex tent only once in 100 y»ars, was at It brightest Monday night short.]? tfter 3 in (he morning, but still car, je seen at that hour. Those who lave arisen to see It describe It as >ne of the most beautiful sights hey have ever witnessed. <;' •

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