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S PAGES TODAY *. *'' ptf fear, un »<ivanc*i — 11 ''iirri»r iM>r T**r. an »<1v»bc«i Urn Late News 11 THE MARKET ( otton. Spot base ' 1«i Seed, per ton _ | Fair Saturday 1 Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Fair tonight and Saturday. Slightly warmer in nest and south portions tonight. Bern A Suicide Eos Angeles, Sept. 9.—While Jean Harlow of the films remained at home, still ill of grief and shock, a corner's jury decided yesterday that her husband, Paul Bern, 42, twice her age. killed himself for a reason undetermined. The only hint of a motive was that the motion picture producer was nervous and run dow n any may have been a victim of mel ancholia induced by a physical de ficiency. A l Smith Will Pledge Support For Roosevelt? statement Supporting Democratic Nominee Predicted For Sunday. Washington. Sept 9.-Allred E. Smith is about to break the omi nous silence, which has disturbed democratic leaders and has delight ed republicans, in a public state ment which party leaders believe will sound a harmony note. Democrats have reason to expect that this statement, which probably will be made Sunday, will line up Smith solidly behind the Roosevelt forces in New York state and a gainst ex-Mayor -Jimmy" Walker of New York City and such Tam many support as still clings to Walker. Thus his pronouncement would have the effect of healing the party rift caused by the coolness be tween Roosevelt and himself and at the same time mininvze the Walk er affair as a source o.' trouble in New York. Strong Statement. The hope of democratic leaders Is that the 1928 candidate will come out with a strong personal indorse ment of his former friend and po litical protege, Governor Franklin O. Roosevelt. This would serve to match the effusive praise bestowed upon President Hoover a few days ago by ex-President Calvin Coolidge which heartened republicans Smith has moved to brt'ak his long silence, the United Press learn ed. by a gTotip of leading democrats who conferred with him last Sun day. They included mutual friends of himself and Roosevelt, They talked rather frankly to the 1928 party leader. In their conference with Smith, they pointed to the capital that re publican orators are making of. his silence and his failure to raise a fin ger In the campaign. They urged that he dispel the doubt as to his position, whatever it might be, in public statement soon, as the cam paign is notv approaching its cru cial stage. Smith acquiesced. Speech Planned. Smith's . forthcoming statemen* will open the way for his participa tion in the campaign. He already has promised his friend Frank Ha gue, the political boss of northern New Jersey, that he will speak in that state, and has told Governor Joseph B. Ely of Massachusetts that he will assist in the Massachusetts campaign, it was learned. He also is expected to support the candidacy of Lieut. Governor Herbert H. Leh man, his friend and also the friend or Roosevelt, for the democratic gu bernatorial nomination in New York. Democratic leaders desire Smith's friendly and active participation to help the Roosevelt candidacy in New York. Massachusetts. Rhode Is land. Connecticut, and New Jersey. Open appeals for support from him would help greatly in those states, they believe, because of the strong Smith following there Cline Goes To Big Official Meeting County Auditor Attends Institute At Chapel Hill. Prominent Speakers. A. E. Cline, county auditor left yesterday for Chapel Hill where he is attending today the Institute ol Government. Between 300 .and 500 public officials and representatives of <;ivic groups are attending. Among those who were to deliver addresses are: Gov. O. Mas Gard ner: A. J. Maxwell, commissioner ol revenue; Judge John J. Parker of the circuit court ol appeals; Attor new General Dennis G. Brummitt; President Frank P. Graham of the University; Chief Justice WaltersP. Stacy of th estate supreme court; and Dean Roscoe Pound of the Har vard law school SPORTS. SOCIAI.. PAGE S WANT ADS. PAGE 7. EDITORIAL, PAGE t. AROUND TOWN, PAGE 2. NOBODY’S BUSINESS, Page 2, Schools, Communities Prepare Fair Exhibits 14 Schools To Have Exhibits Here Number Of Farmers Will Have In dividual Exhibits, Many En tries Planned. Entries being filed Willi Secretary J. S. Dorton assure that all the ex hibit halls at the Cleveland county fair, which opens two weeks from Tuesday, will be filled with farm, community aiid school exhibits. Tile fair secretary is already as sured that H county schools will have educational exhibits, a feature that brings thousands ol school children to the fair each year Other Exhibits Four enterprising farm communi ties have already informed they will have community exhibits and a fifth community hopes to enter Four leading farmers will have In dividual exhibits, showing the work done on their farms, and a number of others will enter the work done on their farnis. and a number of others will enter this class of ex hibit before the lists are complete. The communities which have de cided to have exhibits are No. 3. No. 8, St. Paul, and Latiimore. Bethle hem is considering an exhibit and fair officials are of the opinion one will be entered from that section. Farmers who have entered for in dividual exhibits include B. P Dixon. Walter Davis. David Beam, Rastas Dixon and others School Exhibitors Schools which will have exhibits include Grover, No. 3, Waco, Fall ston, Belwood. Casar. Piedmont, Polkville,, La trim ore. Mooresboro Boiling Springs. Kings Mountain. Shelby and Bethware. Special exhibits will be made by Shoffner and Rudasill and by the Boy Scout troops. Cattle Exhibits Exhibitors already entered for the cattle show include: Hall Goforth, George Hamrick, Dr. C. A. Hunt. Glenn Adams. 3. P Dixon, Walter Davis, D. O. McSwain and sons, Rastas Dixon, Paul M. Neisler, George Herndon, Coen Campbell. (CONTINUED ON CAGE EIGHT i Dr. Thompson Talks On Public Health Dr. Haywood Thompson was the principal speaker last night at the weekly luncheon of the Kiwarns club, delivering a talk on public health. He outlined the various methods of transmitting communi cable diseases and how to proven* them. In the course of his remarks he advocated the teaching of phy siology and sex hygiene in the public schools declaring that the youth of our land know something, but not enough and that what little knowl edge they do have about sex hygiene, is dangerous. Agents Return From Session In Raleigh R W. Shoffner, county farm agent, and Mrs. Irma P Wallace, home demonstration agent, return ed Wednesday night from Raleigh where they attended the annual conference of agents. One report | of the conference was especially gratifying to the conference, that being that of the 82 counties hav ing agents only one farm agent and two home agents were discontinued during the year. Four Cases Before County Court Today Only four eases wer: heard in county court this morning, but evi dence required almost all the morn ing. All cases were of a minor na jture, such as assaults and prohibi tion law violations. F. B. Litton Dies Suddenly Here; Funeral Today Transfer Head, Age M, Dies After Brief Illness. Former Auto Dealer. F. B. Litton, head of the Litton Transfer Co., died at his home o: West Warren street Wednesday evening at 8:45 o'clock after an ill ness of only a few hours. Mr. Lit ton had gone to Columbia, 8. C.. on business Tuesday and returned Wednesday afternoon. Later in the afternoon, his physician was called to attend him but did not consider him in a serious- condition by any means. Later, however, he grew worse and was dead before the phy sician could get back to his bed ride Mrs; Litton and little son. Bobby, had gone to Greensboro to spend this week with relatives and was unable to get home until several hours after the end came Mr. Litton was a son of Mr and Mrs. Logan Litton of Catawba county, both of whom are dead He came to Shelby from Gastonia about five years ago and was deal er for Dodge automobiles here for a number of years. About, two years ago he started the Litton Transfer Co. and operated six trucks to dis tant points. His wife before marriagi wa Miss Lura Smith, daughter of the late J. P. Smith of S. DeKalb St. She survives with one child. Bobby together with one sister. Mrs. Lee Hutto of Kings Mountain: two brothers, Russel, of Gastonia, and Buren, of Winston-Salem, and his step-mother. Mrs. R A Lay of Belmont, Mr. Litton was a member of the First Baptist church here and the funeral was conducted tills aft ernoon from his residence on West Warren street by his pastor. Dr. Zeno Wall. Interment was in Sun set cemetery. Rutherford Man Is Dead From Wounds; Was Shot By Woman Tom Mills Died Wednesday. Shot By Mrs. Kelly Massey On April 23. Rutherfordton. Sep' 9 -Tom Mills. 51, died here Wednesday and was buried at Providence Methodist Episcopal church, near the Polk and Rutherford county lines. He was shot by Mrs. Kelly Mass ey April 23 at the tatter s home and died of the wounds. He is survived by his wife, four sons and two daughters. Mrs. Massey has not been tried but is expected to be given a hear ing scon. It is reported that she shot Mills in her yard after she ordered him to leave. He is alleged to have been under the influence of whisky Mrs. Massey is about 35 years of age. Mills has been in a ‘hospital in Spartanburg much or the time since he was wounded by I Mrs. Massey. J. H. Hull Petitions For Bankruptcy .J Heyward Hull, operating Gas ton Manufacturing company, Cher ryville. filed a petition for volun tary t^ ikruptcy in Unite ti State district court in Charlotte Wednes day morning. Accompanying , che el ule gave debts as totalling $140, 236,32 and assets as totalling $39, 762.32, of which $31,880 was repre sented in real estate. Famous Old Bechtler Gold Mines In Rutherford To Reopen In Few Weeks Company Organized At Marion To Work Gold Deposit!). Millions Once There. Marion. Sept. 9.—Plans for re suming operation at the Bechtler gold mines in Rutherford county, which have been closed for naerly a hundred yeBrs were announced Thursday by a group cf McDowell. county men who have acquired the right to work the mine Edgar B. Ward, mining engineer, will be in charge and operations will ; probably be started within the next' few' weeks. j( was stated. A ten- ; stamp nulls will be nstalled to I serve the Monarch mill and do gen eral custom work on free gold-mir.- i ing quartz. Til 1832 A Bechtler and his two sons operated a mint, stamp mill, and other refining machines on the Monarch property, where the mine was located in addition to doing regular mining themselves. That was before the Federal government prohibited the operation of private mints. Minted Over $2,000,000. More than $2,000,000 worth of coins, mostly $2.50 and $5 pieces, were minted by the three Germans. Some of the early pieces are very rare and are now held by museum and private collectors at a high val ue. Since the Bechtlrrs ceased their work the mines have been undevel oped until the present group of men took charge of It. The Bechtler coins were marked ,CONTirT'KP O.v PAGE EIGHTH Once More a Bride Freed via the divorce route last July from her former husband, Charles E. Getting, Boston banker, Mrs. Constance Binney Cotting, bet ter known as Constance Binney, of Btage and screen, has again become a bride. Miss Kinney’s new husband is Henry Wharton, Jr., son of a Philadelphia coal company presi dent. They were quietly married in New York’s City Hall. * Grange Organized By No .3 Section; Form Other Units Grange Meeting Tonight At Moor es boro And At Polkville Mon day Night. The Grange movement, continues to spread in Cleveland county. Last night a Grange unit was for mally organized in the No, 3 sec tion, and meetings will be held to night. at Mooresboro and Monday night, the 12th. at Polkvilie. The meeting at No. 3 last night decided the organization there would be railed the No. 3 Commun ity Grange, Officers named were: H. P. Winchester, master; W. 1 Southerland, gate keeper■; R G Turner, treasurer; A. A Bettis, over see Mrs. R. G. Turner, Pomona, Mrs. B. O. Austell, lady assistant Stewart; Mrs. Hazel Turner, secre tary; Miss; Randall, Flora: Mrs. Foy Putnam, lecturer; M. M. Ponder, stewart. Max Hendrick, assistant; J. A. Holman, chaplain: and Mrs B Austell, Serese. Other members include: B p Randail, E. A Roberts, Fov Putnam. Hazel Turner. James Ponder. B Austell. J. R. DeLoatch, Mrs.'J. R. DeLoatch. Lawton Blanton and Mrs A. A Bettis. Cooke Files Suit Over Stock Sale Plaintiff Asks S1,025.1)8 Damages Of Bert Priee. Loral Insurance Man. Robert H Cooke is the plauitilf in an action filed against Bert Price in the clerk’s office of su perior court here this week. He charges that Price sold ten shares oi stock in the Royster company which did not belong to him. ThV action, as prepared by Attorney Maurice Weathers and Horace Ken nedy. also alleges that the Royste: company was insolvent at the time of the sale and in the process of dissolution and that these facts were known to the defendant Actual damages of $1.025 68 are asked along with $2,000 punitive damages. The complaint also asks that in event the execution is is sued and returned unsatisfied that the execution be issued against the person of the defendant. Local Legion Post Has New 1933 Cards The new 1933 membership cards of the Warren Hoyle American Le - gion past have already arrived in Shelby and ex-service have beta joining this week. The first new cards were issued to Chas. Wood son, Robert D. Crowder, Roy Mc Brayer and Tom Abernethy, jr. It is hoped to have a big membership enrolled by the beginning of the year. Seventy Five Pound Caif Born In County A seventy-five pound calf was bom in the county this week to a mived Holstein and (inernsey cow belonging to T. ( . Briders in the Buffalo sec lion. Mr, Bridges says this is the largest calf he ever heard of and many neighbors have been to see it. < Shelby Men On Petition About College ‘Filth’ N. C. College Teaches; Paganism? IVI it ion %skx Governor To Slop M»nirrrou> Ideas Taught State'* Youth Huieuth sept. P A petition en titled "In Heavens name, governor save our state from further nredn lory art.s by these so-ealled modern f i educators against 'things of the sptr-; it'." was presented yesterday to j Governor O Max Gardner Signed by nearly a hundred prom inent North Carolinians, ineludin. 43 leading Charlotte citizen and presented bv L: A Tatum of He! - j moiit the petition called upon the i thief executive “to take the inllla- I the" against the presence of "nn J deslraiiles at. our tax-supported I institutions of learning in any role whatsoever. Publications at the University oi North Carolina, it said "arc straws tlv t show whither the wind is blowing toward Moscow and whence it is coming - tin class rooms of the university.” Not Attacking: Schools "We are not attacking N. C Col lege for Women and the IfniversHv of North Carolina.” the petition cie ctired 'On the contrary «•> are rallying to the defense thereof to prevent further poisoning hv the enemy of those now attending or vim m.ay hereafter attend. Special mention is made of the1 appearance of these two slate k< bools of Bertrand Russell. Philo-! sober. and of Langston Hughes, j negro poet, at the university Edi-; ■ toriats in The Charlotte News end . The Southern Textile Bulletin of Charlotte, are reprinted decrying their appearance. Russell's philosophy was describ ed as “the reincarnation of pagan-; ism dressed up In inveigling and seductive non-biblical terms, and properly branded as neo-paganism I'p To Governor. ' 'Tt is up to you, O. Max Gardner. | governor of the state of North i Carolina. What will you do about 1 it? You should do something, and i make public proclamation thereof* from Murphy to Manteo.’ from the J borders of Virginia even unto those of South Carolina. ' In heaven's name. Governor command these state-appointed masters of our sons and daughters: Remove not the old landmarks' within the spiritual realm, At least save our state from further pre datin’ acts by these so-called mod ern educators against 'thing' m the i spirit” Shelby Signers Among the Shelby signer.- or) the petition were Rev. H. N McDiar mid, Julius A. Suttle, J. S M< Knight. W A. McCord, Rev. J W. Suttle. J, p. Lineberger, Wm Ltne berger. Jas. S. Leggette, G. W, De Priest, B. T. Falls. R T\ LeGrande, Ino.. F. Schenek. Jr., J. W. Schehck, R. E. Campbell. J. O. Lutz. A. W McMurry. S. S. Royster, Mayor S. j A. McMurry. Lee B. Weathers Hen- J : ry B. Edwards, D. W Royster, A ; M. Hamrick, clerk oi court, Sheriff j I. M. Allen, Rev. Zeno Wall, D. D. Geo, A. Hoyle, Frank R Hdey j Frank L. Hoyle Try Answering These i Can you answer 14 of these test j questions? Turn to pane two for the answers. 1. In what state is the Cuyahoga river? 2. Name the governor ol Wiscon sin? 3. What country supplies most of i he lemons imported into the U. 8 ? 4. Of what state is Albert C Ritchie the governor? 5. Where Is Cape Agulhas1 6. What university is located at Cambridge, Mass ? 7. What is the “white plague"? 8. What is the "black plague"? 9. In what city did George Wash ; mgton take Iris first oath of office ' as president? , 10. What is petrol? 11. Who wrote "Don Juan"? 12. What does A. D. mean? 13. Prom what animal is mutton : derived? 14. Does the moon have an at ■ mosphere? 15. What is the popular name for meteors? 16. What French word means "a wav around"? 17. What Is the annual salary of an American ambassador? 18 Which country has the larger population, Soviet Rus'in or the U. P A.? 19 What large reptiles frequent the waters of Florida? 20. Where waa Mme Na/imr •• i horn1 Gotham's Mayor and Ex-Mayor That, regardless of his official status in the city, former Mayor Jams' J. Walker stilt retains the hero-worship of New York’s younger generation i ip evidenced by this picture? showing Walker surrounded by young admirers in this first photo since his resignation. Lower photo shows | "Jimmy's” successor. Mayor Joseph V. McKee, dropping his nickel in a subway turnstile on hi# way to work at. the City Hall. Mayor McKee started his regime by cutting his own salary $16,000 Local Cotton Off One Cent Due To Higher Forecast Thursday; Decline Average Around $5 Bale; Pick Up < rop Of Males b’urrcu-d 1 or I s. Send* Prices Tumbling. Cotton on Ihr local marhrt was bringing 7 3-4 icnts fwi imitnd today, or one cent loo than was being offered in Shel by prior to the Issuance of life government forecast yesterday. The market picked up 12 or It points today, but is still around 94 points under the prtre the day previous to the report and therefore no gain is shown vet in local prices. New York, Sept » Cotton tum bled *5 a bale one of the .sharp-, est declines of the year, yesterday on appearance of the government crop estimate which was .some 500 - 000 bales larger than traders had anticipated. This was a blow to the stock mar ket, where bulls were finding rather rough going anyhow, and prices were churning about in feverish trading Final prices disclosed a long list of losses of $1 to $4 a share in prominent Issue*, which wiped out most of yesterday's advance. Washington. Sept. 0 A 1032 cot - j ton crop of 11,310.000 bales was fore- : cast yesterday tor the United States! by the department ol agriculture.. i crop reporting board based upon conditions of September 1. This represented little change from the total of 11,306,000 as fore east last month. Tire production in 1931 amounted to 17,090,000 The census bureau placed gin pings to September 1 at 865.232 running bales, and the condition as of September 1 at 56.6 per cent ol normal On September 1 last veto the condition was 68 per cent ol nor mal and the ten-year average from 1921 to 1930 was 55.1 per cent Decline Offset “The yield per acre indicated by condition, with allowance for pros pective weevil damage was 1478 CONTINUED ON PAQB EICiH l i ■— Several Mill* Here Advance Wage Scale Several local cotton mills' that made drastic cuts during the sum mer when business was at its w orst,; have advanced wages ten per cent ; from the low. A number of cuts in j wages were marie this year Mid last and those plants which cut most | have advanced ten per cent now: that business has shown some im- j provement. Man Shot By Cop Improving Herei C J Mom joy. voting Kings Mourn- I tain man, shot, last Saturday night j in an alleged scuffle with George; Allen Kings Mountain police chief, when the latter was attempting to! arrest Mont joy . was said to he ‘ Im proving nicely" today at the Shelby hospital. Mont joy was shot on the left side of the back and the bullet came out In front near his left arm Police Chief Allen says the gun was fired accidentally. Bill Gamble Grows Worse At Home Here Bill Gamble who has been ser iously ill at the home ot his mother.: Mrs. Gene Gamble on East Marion ‘ street, grows gradually weaker and it is feared that the end is near. He j has been sick for a year or longer and contlned to his bed most of this time Jefferson School Invites Parents Jefferson Street school will have its formal opening on next Tuesday morning at 8.45 o'clock, according to Mrs. G. P. Hamrick principal and all parents of the children, to gether with the city school super intendent and members of the city school board have, been invited to attend Did 10-Cent Cigarette Bring On Better Tobacco Price In This State? Buyers Would Boost Tobacco Price So That 10-C'ent Brand Would Vanish, Is Report, Raleigh Sept, 9,—The 10-eent cigarette, that ubiquitous product which the depression brought in as the big X of the tobacco industry, is being looked to in certain quar ters well informed on the golden weed’s price movement as the grow er’s lifeline. There is a story, and like most stories involving the great tobacco interests, it must remain just a story so far as any substantiation is concerned, that the word hnt. gone out to buyers that the price* of the lower grades must be boost ed to a point where the 10-cent cigarette will be impossible La This report gained enough circu lation to bring a federal agent to the tobacco belt to see end hear what he could, but be It as it may. certain observers familiar with to bacco see in the 10 cent cigarette and the roll-your-own movement sufficient reasons for boosting the prices ol the lower grades so that Tar Heel growers may realize re turns from this year s short crop in the neighborhood of what they re ceived for last year's much larger crop. Crop Way Off And that's a point to be reynetn bered in trumpeting prosperity, as latest, estimates on this year's pru luction show only 344.000.0001 pounds production of flue-cured to (COVTINUSP ON MGS HGHT i Leading Kings Mountain Dies In Train Crash Gill Hambright Meet* Death At Crossing Automobile Struck By Crescent Limited At laivc Crossing. Hied At Hospital. Charlotte Sept. 9 ■■Gill Dixon Hambright, 55, prominent cotton oil mill than, bonk director. and member of the city council of Kings Mountain, was fatally injured at K 30 o’clock .yesterday evening when bus automobile was struck by the Crescent Limited. Southern rail ways crack passenger train, at Love's creasing, about seven miles west of Charlotte, on the old Chats lotte-Gustonlft highway. Mi Hambright was on his way to Kings Mountain from Charlotte when hts car was struck. He had been here practically all day at tending conferences with cotton oil mill men No tj( tvHnruw There were no eyewitnesses to the accident A Miss Smith, gradu ate nurse of Walter Reed hospital, Washington D C, reached the scene Immediately after the acci dent and gave first aid. She then accompanied the dying man to St Peters hospital in Charlotte in an ambulance. Miss Smith and a com panion were out riding and arrived at the crossing soon after the accl fifty Southern railway officials here last night said that they had not received official report of the wreck and therefore could "not. give any Information as_ to how if happen ed Mr H&mbright died almost im mediately after reaching the hospi tal; Attending physicians said his death was caused by injuries to his chest, Several ribs and an arm wen broken Lamont Hand, constable of Ber ryhlll township, who arrived at the crossing soon after the accident, said the automobile was thrown about 25 feet from the tracks. Mr HambrighCs head and a part of his body were hanging from the car. with his feet on the iritide. The automobile was almost completely demolished. Mr. Hambright had spent his en tire life in the Kings Mountain sec tion. He was born in the Grover section of Cleveland county and went into the cotton ginning busi ness in Kings Mountain when he was 18 years old i few years later he helped organize the Kings Moun tain Cotton Oil Co, and about two years after its organization became Us president. He was associated in this business with his son, Claude Hambright, at the time of his death. Civic I/eader He was prominent in civic and religious affairs of Kings Moun tain. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a deacon in the First Baptist church of Kings Mountain, In 1902 Mr. Hambright was mar ried to Miss Nellie Patterson. He is survived by his widow: one son. Claude; four daughters, Mrs. Pick Jackson of Greenvile, S. C„ Mrs. I,. P Stowe of Gastonia, and Misses Sarah and Mary Helen Hambright of Gastonia, three brothers, W. R R E. and Tom Hambright of the Grover section; and four sister^, Mrs. Alice Plexico, Mrs. Thoma Sims and Miss Ancie Hambright of Sharon. S. C., and Mrs. Bessie Fer guson of York. S. C. Funeral services will probably be conducted some time this afternoon at the First Baptist church of Kings Mountain. Over 1,400 Enroll At Kings Mountain Supt. Grig* Reports 1,24# While Children In City Schools There, Kings Mountain, Sept. 9—The Kings Mountain schools opened Wednesday morning with all teach ers present and a large enrollment of children ready to begin the work of the year. At Central high appropriate ex ercises were held. The devotional was ted by Rev. C. K Derrick. Talks were made by Rev. J. M Garrison, pastor of the A. R. P church; Rev. J R. Church, pastor pf Central Methodist church: Mr D C. Mauney, chairman of th> board of education of Kings Moun tain; Mr W. A. Ridenhour, chair man of tire county board of educa tion and Claude Grigs, superintend ent of the city schools. The enrollment for the first dav according to figures given the Kings Mountain Herald by Supt..Grigg arv its follows: Total white, 1,248; colored, 198; otal for both white and colored, I 44(1.