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VOL. <XXXVII1, No. 116 SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, SEPT. 26. m2 (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) j 8 PAGES TODAY Mau, per year, on •dtancei - ii.aa Carrier. i*r yaar. un miieanri.. Cleveland County's Big Fair Opens Tuesday And Continues Through Saturday---Free Admission Late News Showers Tuesday Ij Today'* North Carolina Heather | Report: Cloudy tonight and Tues- I day. Shower* Tuesday and in wes', i and renlral portions tonight. Slow-, !v rising temperature in extreme j west portion tonight and in west j Tuesday. It was announced today by one J of the nation's leading Democrats'j that he had a letter from Franklin, D. Roosevelt, written some timr ago In which Roosevelt said he did not j think it wise to pav the soldier) bonus at the present time* not un-1 til the budget was balanced and the nation was assured and income that would equal its expenditures so as to prevent a treasury deficit. THE MARKET Cotton, spot ..: Cotton Seed, bu. .. Against Bonus I Young Man Is j Fever Victim \ Clarence Whiteside?, Aec !fi, Hied At Shelby Hospital. Buried At New Prospect. - | Clarence Whitesides, age 26 yea; • nine months . and. 22 days. died] Thursday. September 22 about nooiil at:the Shelby hospital and was! buried Friday at New Prospect! church near Waco. Rev. w CJ : Camp conducted funeral services, j He was married to Miss Hatuej Bess, March 26, 1927 who survives> with two .small sons, Ralph, 4, and Clarence, it'. age one and one*half tears, together with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Whitesides of Waco, six brothers and four sb-! ters, S. P. and Wilie Whitesides of Cherryviile. Marvin of Beams Mill Charlie, Walter and Joseph, jr., of Waco, Mrs. Forest CarpeiUer and Mrs. Fred Owens of New Prospect community, Mrs. Francis Mahlone of Shelby and Miss Myrtle White- j •ides of Waco. Young Whitesides had been ill for several weeks suffering with typhoid fever. About a week ago tie j grew worse and was carried to the Shelby hospital Miss Davis, a grad-] uate nurse was called to help care] for him. Before he died hr sane “Amazing Orace' and said he was ready to go, A large crowd attended the fu neral services and the floral offer ings were beautiful. Pall bearers and flower girl were the near neighbors . Mrs. Brittain Buried Friday Husband George Brittain And Ten Children Survive. Buried At Mrs Martha Jane Brittain wilt of George Brittain died m -thr Shelby hospital and was buried at Palm Tree Methodist church at Palm Tree Friday, September 23rd. Mrs. Brittain was 59 years and 26 days old. Surviving are the husband, George Brittain and ten children. Mrs. Pink Cook, of Casar, Max;. of Gas ’onia. Mrs. Toll Ledwell, Mrs. Judge •very, Mrs. Jack Hoyle, Lennie. old. Sanford, Sudia and Belle. i of Lawndale. One brother. John . ork. of Forest City, three sisters. Mrs. Addie Morrison, of Lawndale. Mrs. Rose Chapman, of Valedese and Mrs. Fannie Lail of Morgan ton and a host.of friends. She was a highly respected woman and a kind loving mother. She became a member of the Lawndale Baptist church in the year 1924 being baptized by the present pastor. Because of ill health she did not get to attend services regularly, but her love for and in terest in her church and its service. was constant even through her af flictions. During her long sicklier she often expressed to her friends and neighbors her readiness and willingness to depart for the bet■ ter home. In the absence of he. pastor Rev. J W, Suttle, the fu neral was conducted by Rev E E Snow. Gidney Named Head Hoey’s Bible Class Succeeds William Lineberger As President Of Central Meth odist Group. R M. Gidney is the new presi dent of the Hoey Bible class at Central Methodist church. being elected Sunday to succeed William Lineberger in the annual election ol class officers. George A. Hoyle was elected vice president. G. C Keever was elected secretary, •’ ' Gaffney, treasurer Chas Coble assistant treasurer Clvde K Hoey teacher and Mrs Lucy Hoyle organist. Expect Record Crowd For Opening Of Cleveland’s “Free Fair” Fair Tract Filled With Action Today Johnny J. Jones Shows Arrive And Scores Watch Unloading. Exhibit Halls Are Fill ing Up And Midway Is Already Thronged With Sight-seers. All Racing Stables Full. Free Admission All Five Days. Highway 20, east of Shelby, w» jamme< with traffic todav a> farm trucks and show wag' ns him >d a steady stream entering the fair grounds for the opening tomorrow. Tuesday, morning of the eighth Cleveland Count Fair. Fair Program The fair sales will open each morning, from Tucsdai through Saturday, at 7:3t> i and will close at midnight. Horse racing starts each afternoon at 2 o'clock and will he interspersed with thrilling free acts, this program con tinuing until The free acts begin each night at 7::t0 and will he fol lowed by the spectacular fire- j works display at 8:15. Tuesday is school day lot | county school children. The livestock judging ann horse show, the latter at 10 o'clock, will feature Wednes day's morning program. Thursday morning the 4-11 fashion Show and the district high school dairy judging contest will be held. The Western Carolinas Ken nel club V K. C, dog show will be program features Thursday and Friday. A Saturday afternoon fea ture will be the livestock auc tion in front of the grand - ■stand. Cotton Advances * 10 Points Today Daylight Saving Time Expires. Over Million Bales of Cotton I'sed In August. Cotton was quoted at 2.15 this p m on the Netv York exchange: Ocf. , n and Dec at 7 55? Saturday s close was Oct 7 30 and Dec 7.44 showing a rise today of about 10 points. Today the New York exchange is operating on Eastern Standard Time, the period of daylight saving having expired over the week-end Hence the exchange open at 10 and closed at. 3 instead of 2 p m. Clevenburg's comment reads to day; Texas and Oklahoma had show ers also Georgia, showers are fore cast for all cotton states. Lan cashire cotton mills strike settled yesterday, mills expected to reopen Wednesday morning. Brisk trading in Worth St, Saturday for spot ot October shipment Good business reported for last half of week. N. Y. cotton exchange service says picking and ginning delayed bv rains. World consumption of Amer ican cotton for August 1,028,00(5 bales vs. 940.000 last year and 799.00'C year before. Business activity slight ly lower.” Althougu cloudy w r,ther prevail ed, it was belie, d to'uy that cool er scathe wit ho it rai ; would bring to the op'ning r ,y a .cord crowd from Clew land a d ad lining coun ties. Tlir big air vats wi. swing open at 7 30 in the ni -nun and early this afternoon eve - im cation war that.the exhibit h, 11s. imdwky and otl'iei attrai ion- w uld fe ready to entertain tl first kites at that early hour. " iat po i. n of the fair arr ay a Ire ad; in pli e a .spres that lair officials id i o' exaggerate in saying that tl. list -t i .dibits.' at tractions and '«>: iuser.’lit this year would equal or »xc>t i mv oi the seven fairs in th pk; Free This year all vi, . ill be ad mitted to the giVic without charge every day ailirght of the five days and nightsYrnis alone is expected to draw' a lord crowed The only charges willije for auto mobiles parked w ithinyhe grounds and for grandstand eL for those who care to witness ill races, free acts and fireworks froi that van tage point. The Johnny J. Jonesyheiws. the largest out-door show nihe wwld, arrived in the city last Jight and -spent the night, and toiy moving attractions to the fail grounds Scores of people watelid the un loading. the children ^oroughly enjoying a glimpse at thdlephants and other animals whictko excite youth. Show officials 'ltd that their entire assembly of id-actions, rides, etc . would be in p»e along the gay midway by TuescS morn ing I If racing horses rontmil to ar .CO.VTIMEU ON PAGE E»T , Col. Grady To Plane This Col. J. J Grady, veteran 4 pilot of Charlotte, will be m Sht- all this week with his plane. I will have a landing field near Elfceth church, just one-half mile frtithe fair grounds, and will take ui|as~ sengers up for rides over thrair grounds and city. The annote ment is made by Henry B.vers.iho was a student pilot under Vi Grady at the Charlotte airport.) Showers Settle Fair Ground Dust ! Showers Sunday and Sundl i night did much to remove one 1 the "worries" of the big Clevelai: j County Fair this week by settlir 1 the dUSt along the midway ar I about the exhibit halls. A motor sprinkler was already c the job. prepared to take care the dust and will be used all wee but the showers made it an easi task. Cotton Pickers Setting Records j In White Fields Over County One Family Picks 1,277 Pounds In Six Hours. Girl Picks 455 Pounds. With the cotton Helds of Clevej land county the proverbial 'snowy white'' a number of records or near- j records were set by cotton pickers i last week. Here's a list ol them: The G. A, Green 'amily, near Union church, picked 1.277 pounds in six hours one day 'ast week. In the picking party were six grown ups and two youngsters. In setting up the record Miss Margaret Green, aged 18. picked 455 pounds in a day; and A B Green, who is just m picker) an even 400 pounds Rot * Really Pick Robert and Horace Fhiibeck, young sons of Mr. and Mrs. \V. H Philbeck, of Blacksburg route 1, an real cotton pickers. In one day Robert, who is only 15 and weighs1 108 pounds, picked 401 pounds. Hor ace, who is only 10 and weighs jus' 64 pounds, picked 202 pounds in a day. The father of the youths has been sick with tuberculosis for two years, but the cotton-picking abil ity shown by the two youngster; indicates how the boys are doing their part to carry on. Three Times Weight Odell Hord. eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. G, C. Hord, of Shelby route 8. can pick three times his weight in rotton in one dav with 17 pounds to spare. Recently the youngster, who neighs 50 pounds, picked 177 pounds in a day. 6,621 Bales Of Cotton Ginned Up To Sept. 16 Cleveland roun.tv people have 4,000 more bale* of eot ton with which to take in the fair this year than they did at the same date last year. With cotton selling at $5 more per bale now than at the same time last year that is equiva lent to over $20,000 I’p to September IS, this year, a total of 6,821 bales had been ginned in the rnun ty as compared with 2.360 bales to Sept. 18, last year, an increase of. 4,232 bales. The official report was an nounced today by Miles II Ware, ginning agent. The fact that 4,000 more bales have been ginned to date this year does not mean, however, that there is a larger crop. The present crop is from 20 to 40 per cent less than last year, it is estimated, but the season is mneh ear lier, coiton opening two to three weeks ahead of the 1031 crop. Mr. Shearer Of LattimoreDead Spanish American War Veteran Oiev In Navy Hospital In Portsmouth, A'a. W. O Shearer, well known citi zen of Lattimore. Pied Sunday ait • ernoon at 4 45 o'clock in the navy hospital m Norfolk, Va . to which place he was taken tn.an ambulance a few weeks ago for treatment Mr, Shearer was a native of near Sharon, S. C, but had been living at Lattimore a number of years where he was engaged on the set • tion force of the railroads He was a veteran of the Spanish American war and about 60 years of age It is understood his body is be ing brought to Lattimore but no funeral arrangements had beet made this morning except that in terment will take place at a church near Sharon. S. C. One son. Henrc living at Lattimore, survives. Mr. Shearer was highly esteemed in the community where he lived and w as a very energetic arid thrifty citizen. Can you answer 14 of these test questions? Turn to page two for the answers. 1. Does an American citizen lose his citizenship if he fails to vote? 2, Name the King of Bulgaria? 3. Where is the French pen?;! colony in South America? 4, Who made the funeral oration lover the body of Julius Caesar? I 5. In what country is the city of Cardiff? 1 6. What is a tete bcche pair of upstage stamps? )t\7. Which country produces most { I the moonstones that are mined? >r^. Which book in the Bible con Answering lif the promise that the world 1 never be destroyed by flood? \ What nationality is the name &han° \ \yho appoints notaries public ‘t4e states? 1 Which U. S government of ficijeeeives the highest salary? Iks Luxemburg an independent COltk? 'Who wrote the novel Th: 14Utne the U. S Secretary oi Labci lo-Viat is the title of the offi rial d presides over an embassy? 16 \at is the significance of a yellowfecharge from the army? 1?. the official residence of the goWir-general cf the Philip pines? \ 18. Wjis a federal census taken every t<tea«? 19. IsVgm heavier or lighter than nul 20. Wl\joe*’ ' d" stand for in English ley j In thr Uprnit.v pledging it Davidson 1W«=k. T B Gold 1r of Shelbv. 'lp|rdBed by the pigma Phi Epsilorie ^ the son of Dr, Former Dallas Postmaster Is Given $200Fine | Federal Court Now In Session Here Ju<i*r Wchb OroUrtw Prohibition law Ha*. Helped. Trv liquor | United State,s di,strict court eon : veiled tn Hhejbv this morning with ; Federal Judge F Yates Webb pie siding and District Attomev Frank Patton prosecuting , Th. docket lot the term ts made | UP (or the most part ot prohibition i violation charges, but several othc j Federal indictments are in be heard j The. Rrand Jury for the term herp ( Will pass upon charges and bring indictments fdr federal court terms | ai Charlotte and Statesville and as i a result a large number of out-of : town people were here today. One of the cases not connected ivrdi prohibition violation Was that J agamst I V. Rhyne, former post j master at Dallas, Gaston county, who; was charged with being short ‘ tn his accounts m 1930, The evi deuce was that Rhyne. who wa repre. ented as being of a good fam Uv and of good character except i this one incident, had reimbursed j the government the full amount of [ Wie shortage, said to be around $1 - 100 Rhyne was represented in court by Chas. A Jonas, former dlstric* ; attorney. Mr. Jonas stated to the ' court that Rhyne had enlisted tn ! for years before retiring to return to Dallas During the World war he again served and left the service at the end of the war with the rank of lieutenant. He then became post master at Dallas and the Shortage j developed In 1930. Soon thereafter It was said, he re-enlisted in the army and is still in service, being here on furlough for the trial. His army record was shown to be ex cellent and several letters had been written in his behalf bv superio: oftlcers. The fact that the money had been reimbursed and his army record raused Judge Webb'to give Rhyne another chance rather than impose a prison sentence which would mar his record m the serv ice. The sentence was a year and a (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT . Republican Rally The Cleveland county Republican club is sponsoring a big Republican rally and picnic to be all-day at North Brook school house near the Three County Corners on Saturday, October 1st. beginning at 11 o'clock Chas. A. Jonas, former member of congress from this district and candidate, for election to this office again this year and Clifford C. Frazier, candidate for governor will be the principal speakers. It, Is ex pected that voter- will be present from several cot/lties Ladies are being asked to brinR baskets of din ner and refreshments w-ill be served Shelby Boy Is Star Of Big Five Game Zeno Wall, jr., son of Dr. and Mrs. Zeno Wall, of Shelby, was one of the outstanding stars in the 0-0 football game Saturday between Carolina and Wake Forest. Young Wall, sophomore quarterback for Wake Forest, out-punted the Caro lina kickers throughout the contest H. saved the game in the ltu.t quarter when he intercepted a Car olma pass after Carolina had block ed one of his punts. Howard Moorr another former Shelby and Boiling Springs player, saw action at guard for Wake Forest, as did Vic Faulk enberg, former Boiling Springs tackle. (Other Sports on Page. 51 Try rostma.Mrr Saturday by the Republican ton. ;iib of Lincoln Last Year’s Stalk Has 22 Open Bolls A last year’s stalk of cotton brought to The Star office Satur day had 22 open or cracked bolls of cotton, bearing a beautiful lint. Mr. Thurman Ledford of the Trinity section who brought the stalk to The Star office says his 1931 cot ton stalks were logged down, but many stalks lived through *he mild winter and are bearing a second '•rop The co^on stalk was the first exhibit entered at the fair this week. Hoover-Roasevelt Meeting FTtaine Margery T-oewenthal t* shown rlarnintr the two most prominent, bloom* at the annnal *how of the, American nairtia Society, at. New Tori The bloom on the left is raHed the "President Hoover.” and the one on the right, the "Franklin D. Roosevelt.” The Hoover dahlia i* a brilliant orange-red, while the Roosevelt i« a heairtifnl roar-colored (lower Shelby Schools Asked To Take Part In Red Cross Meeting, Holiday For Fair On Friday; Change In Hours ■» Red (>«** Conference \i Asheville Fi«t Oridf Clilldirn Have New Hours. The Shelby schools are honored iii having an invitation extended bv the North Carolina representative of the Red Cross association to par ticipate In the Junior Red Cros conference to be held in Asheville on October 18 Miss Selma Webb, chairman of the local Junior Red Crass work and principals of the local schools arc planning a pro gram and representation for this regional conference. It will be recalled that the schools were represented las' tear at the regional conference at Char lotte and at the national conference at Washington. D. C.. by Mr s Louise Whitener. of the South Shel by school and that two years ago the schools were represented by 4n Juniors from the South Shelby school In the regional conference held at Gastonia. North Carolina Holiday Friday It has been decided to give a holi day for the fair on Friday, Septem ber 30. Heretofore the holiday has been given on Tuesday at which time the children were admitted continued os e.aar eioat l Dental Clinic On In Shelby Schools| Dr .Vo'’te" of the state board Of health, arrived in Shelby today to open a dental clinic in the city and county schools, working in coopera tion with the county and city gov ernment and the county board ol health. He beRan his work this morning in the Oraham school, and will spend 10 weeks in the city schools and then 10 weeks in the county schools. Democrats Here To Raise Campaign f und Medallion* To Bo Given Tho»r Con tributing To Roosevelt And Garner. Cleveland county Democrats to day began their drive for contribu tions in the campaign to elect Roos evelt and Garner. In today's Star appears an advertisement sponsored by the Young Democrats. It carries a coupon which may be filled out lor membership in Shareholders of America, or the Roouevelt-Garner club. The coupon accompanied by a contribution of ti will bring the contributor a membership card and a bronze medallion of Roosevelt and Garner as designed by Gutzon Bor glum. Contributions may be made by filling in and mailing the contribu tion to Henry Edwards. county treasurer of the clubs, 01 by seeing him or any member of the Young Democratic organization Postpone Meeting Lions Club A Week The regular meeting of the STiM by Lions club has been postponed from Tuesday night of this week to Tuesday night, Oct. L because of the Cleveland County Fair All local Lions and members of their families are invited to attend a North and South Carolina district meeting at Gastonia Thursday even ing. The session begins at 7:30 at the Masonic temple there. A handi cap golf tourney for visiting Lions will be held at the country club, beginning at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Uses51,239Bales Cotton To Make Free Cloth For Needy Of Country Local Shipment Is. Received In Shelby- Twenty Million Tardy To Help Needy. A shipment of cloth has been re eeived by the local welfare depart ment for free distribution through the Red Cross to the needy of the community. Mayor McMurry who has been in charge of distributing Red Gross flour, says he has not examined the cloth which has just arrived to! see what materials are here. Neither j has he decided whether the cloth I will be given out in patterns or made up by some local orgamza-j tions into garments before it is given away. Washington.—Cotton held bv thc[ Federal Farm Board has assumed i a. mayor nos”ion in relief adminis tered bv the American Red Cross,! it was shown today in the first cotton report by James L. Feiser.j vice chairman of the Red Cros. stating that 51.239 bales had been exchanged for 20.005.598 yards of cotton cloth. Congress voted to turn over 500. 000 bales of the Farm Board’s hold ings to the Red Cross Tile contracts thus far made in the bartering of raw cotton for cloth provide for slightly less than the amount of cloth already re quested by 1.348 Red Cross chap ters, representing one-third of the' country. They have asked for 20.-! 647,363 yards of cloth to give cloth-! ing to 7,500.000 people, and cloth has already been shipped to every 1 state except Delaware. As of Sept. 9. the last date foi ! which detailed figures are avail- J able. 1 679.612 families were listed as in need of clothing To fulfn (ha* ne»d. the Fed Cross had ap proved requisition for the following 4CONT1NU1UJ on PAGE FIVE.) 4 New Buildings Planned Here; 3 New Homes Two New Homes To Start Soon Unrare Fasom And Oghurn Liit* Ti> Hu I Id On Mrs. I .aura Wells Pro pert v. Shelby is experiencing more build ing than has been known here in lg months or two years Horace Eason has had plans drawn by a Hickotiv architect for a seven room frame dwelling to.be elected on the west portion of tlie Mrs. Laura Vella home place on West Marlon street, lie expects lo let the contract in a few days so that construction work can begin by the first week in Oct ober. Og burn Liit it w ho bought a por tion on the Mrs. Laura Wells home place on the same street plans to erect a handsome dwelling for his own occupancy this Fall or soon after the first of the year. It. is understood Mr Lutr plans to build a brick residence with eight or ten moms. Material is being placed and const ruct ion work has started on 1 the Cline Hendrick residence in 1 Nelveder Park, adjacent the Jack 'Palmer residence, ft is understood ' ’his home will be modern in every particular and will cost about. $9,000 Construction work is moving right, along on the $10,000 Luther an church at the corner of N I.a ; Fayette and Mariet ta street The ; foundation has been finished and | the brick work is up to the first Uloor line Slone trimmings are now 1 being placed Ground was broken last week for the medical clinic building on South Washington street on a portion of the Cleveland Hotel property. Drs. Gold and Gold and Dr. D F Moore recently purchased from A. V Wrav ! a lot 50x80 feet and will erect a two story building to be occupied | by offices and a drug store It la understood that several physicians, a dentist and perhaps other medi cal men will have quarters in this building when completed. Considerable, repair work is being done throughout the county. One dealer in building materials reports the best sales during September that he has had in 18 months to two years Several small homes and out buddings are in course of erec tion. w'hich with the repair work and new buildings, furnishes Jobs to the lumber plants and to car penters, brick masons and laborers. Work For Extra Court Term Here For Civil Matters Barrislri*. Request Week’s Term In October To Clear Up Con gested Calendar. A movement is on fool, in Shelby, it was learned today, to secure a special week's term of superior court in Cleveland county late m October. The term last week was devoted to the civil calendar, and the two weeks term in October will be mix ed. one week criminal and one week civil. But despite these two weeks I of civil court the calendar here is still very much*congested, and onlv a special term will clear it up. I numerous attorneys say. Just what success the request will 1 meet with is not known A petition, it is understood, is being passed among the lawyers and when sign ed by a sufficient number will be sent to Raleigh. For two years the civil calendar here has been con gested and new litigations develop ing between court terms have been equal in number. It Is said, to those disposed of. leaving about the same number oh the calendar from «m~t to court. -j, ' Singing At North Brook Next Sunday There will be a singing conven tion at North Brook ^hoo' No 3 Sunday, beginning »t. in * m AH singer, are mvit#*} to rartict riau? gtntasr will be served m pic nic st'Xin noon.