• *• *w <.«.*• ■•••• • «••• »*•*• «'«•*«• Around OK sX.elby By KENN DRUM. a«s kk: Our TOWK aiutLi^ttilb f'HITLINS, NEW XALSAGE. LIVERMl SH—OH BOY, OH, BOY! It s gcttln. that tlino ot year. if you know what mean anti voi know '* vou llvp ou' Oft the (arm, or it you over lived out there, wind sor> (or about in percent of the elders in Shelbv. Anyway, were dedicating todays rolyum to the falm folk- or u tho;e who were once farm folks in presenting Tim Pridgen's prose mas tptpiete on hog kiHin time Hrre goes: Prelly soon we re going to have some hog killings. You can tell tha h- " - way the weather feels and the leaves look on tree. It never fail; Already they are putting the fattening hogs in the pens some of 'em an plum is i u now H'»« l»rnr I hp \.ay to kiJ] hog.v in case you rlon t know is to get up awB before rh-v on a bitmglv cold frosty morning. It'll be dark as Egypt am you'll.with, almost, that you'd have let ihe'old folks do the hog ktllini white you stayed m bed. but. b ing tt|>. you stay up. and chase out to t.he lot. and there yot ,t* htg li e roaring. Flam's as high as your heart. You like that! Yot w or tn a ting of negro men and vou marvel at the number of negri men it t -kito stick a pig It dor n t trail', take that many, you under land Hog killing i. "tor Uvn a mere Job of work. It is a kind of celebration The negroe. rontf i" lor the fun of. it and for the jowls and liver, and sides of mea they "get, Fwi'iiy bow t.hcv know. You: pa could put out the word at midnigli and b.\ da. light the news would be m every cabin up and down thi river. And would they be there. One would say he came to borrow , shovel p not her that he wanted to buy some corn^n credit—*-nothe; the but la "Id -akes-u didn't mak<- an.v difference. They were there l.vcryu«KTy l here B'jn; there. nf emirs*. everybody took a hand Killing hogs is sor nf lik- a fox hunt; Everybody there i in it. The head man. the one win wa really hired to do ihp work, i as busy and important as a paradi ■ Irpr'ci. : - digging a hole in the gorund so a . to sink the bottom end n a barr' 1 He's made a litile platform out in front of the barrel. H' en patched one negro for some rosin, and another to build a hot fir. lind-r all the wash pots !e can get. r.--v: luhe about r any now. If getting light in the east, so yot ran' -e. Faei' body's st< Ori around the fire long enough to get. warn and bias m the fate. Vow can hardly tell white ehlllun from ncgr ehi'hin a '"i ..landing around a fee like that. "~o. the \< ho'e out ft; starts over to the hog pens. Old John, th he; man. take: along lus mallei and hr pig sticking knife. He's ha< 'em. '-d’h fn ;-ear and years Thinks as much of them as he docs hi « . Th :ti.cklng A fe-v lutiping clips with his mallet, expertly delivered, and a bi of r.trk with .his pig .sticker, and it's all, over. Somebody starts tea.rin. down -the ling pen end from then on there's action for everybody. ; ni'!}■-•('v runs on ahead and empties a washpot of boiling wate into the barret. Gthe; negroes, two to the pig. grab hmd feet and ;ta; dragging. Old John takes his time now -he's in a ticklish place. Tha water can't ty too hot, neither ran it be too cold, and it s got to havi ju t the .right amount of rosin in it Else the hair will be set on the hoi - and that, would b« the dickens. At, Ica.'-t that's what John a I wav said Maybe he knew. 1 kind o tlviicht. ihnugh that perhaps he was just making a mystery of it—» s; to br r'gs.rded as ari expert Anyway, he never set the hair on a hog Scalding me ■■ Lhip-g in lus liking, hr started sou tng the hog in th* barrel of hot water. With a forefoot and a hmdfoot in each hand, and another heft' negro across from him likewise. The hogs' would go ,n head first. Then he'd flop >m over. Then he'd take ’em out and reverse ori Then they'd come nut to the little platform and Old John would be bu.,y as a cat on a tin roof The hail would come out of that pig like neve- had any bu mess their Tn almost no time at all the pig would - a? white and slick as an egg. And then John would makf a couple of slits in each hind ankle pull out, the ham string, set a little hickory cross stick—what's the name of that slick, anyway?—from one leg to another—and up that pig would go h«ng'ng on the rack waiting for such other and fu - 'rr operations as would happen right away," ikHELBV SHORTS Sam Gault resemble- Ned McGowan or Ned MeG h mble gam Gault. wp don't know which .... Wonder how many of those Gaffney marriages published in Wednesday's Star were suppo ed to be secret? .... Newt's shop and the Carolina cafe vie with each other as attractive hang-outs for the high school boys . . . . Al Smith's magazine' the New Outlook, i for sale on local newsstands now. And it’s goon Also there's a hoity-toity mag for colored people: the name's Ab hot Is ... As vCt no entrants for Shelby's prettiest belle back about 1010. Maybe s< me of the bov friends oi that bygone era are a bit dub ious about telling the public the names of women who were girls tha* far back .... A Shelby motori t in Teaneck, N. J.. recently saw a rai .perked with’ the rear tire cover having the sign of D. Huss Cline. The motorist stopped, investigated and learned that it was the auto of Dr. Yales FaJmer, of Teaneck, a son of Mr. Am Palmer, of the Polkville section . . You'll" find Shelby people nearly everywhere you go. even a tew inside those lonesome gray walls at Atlanta ... High school stu dents are having a rip-roaring time this week campaigning for class of ficers. Perhaps a good idea: out of the lot with that experience, may come -ome new She!by political leaders for the generation ahead . . Several fellows who wore flour-sack underwear to Shelby high year go have gotten along- pretty well in politics, thank you . This may ■mu! a tew brickbats our way. but we'd bet the women who ran eating booths at the Cleveland county fad expended more energy and gaso lene than 'tie profits amounted to . . . . What's more were not sorry tar ppp fellows wno were gypped by the gambling stands along the midway, vino you.put up vour money you're playing the other t how's gam<\' end how rm of ad«,e,*ttsmf» ■— economical or effective. I Question Hoover Citizenship Now Washington.—Morris V Brallr. i editor of the magazine "Plain Talk," has madr public a let - 1 tor lo Henry J. Allen. publicity director for the Kepuhlican na tional committee, questioning recent statements about "Mr. Hoover's citizenship." and ask in* other questions about the status of Vice President Curtis 1 and Allen himself. Recently the Republican commit ’ toe made public a statement tsj | William H Castle, undersecretary <>l : stair, saving the appearance of Mr 1 j Hoover s name on the tax list of the Royal Borough <>I Kensington England, from 1911 to 1915. did not mean that he had lost his American citizenship. Castle said Mr. Hoover ! never attempted to vote in England and could not have voted there. 1 Beallr asked Allen, In the letter : made public today, whether the Re j publican committee regarded as j "spurious" a published facsimile quoting the town clerk of Kensing ton as sating the Hoover residence abroad "comes under Gampden Hill ; tor voting purposes." Winter Hay And Of ( over Crops Suggested In Order To Have Supply Of Hay Next Spring. iRv R. vv. Shoffner. County Agent > ’ Cleveland county Iasi year had ' one acre of broadcast crops to every sixty acres in row crops Last year some counties in the Piedmont sec . fion had one acre of broadcast crops to five acres of row rrops This i« certainly a contrast, isn't it? This is evidence enough to show us we n"cd to sow more winter crops The land should never go through 1 " wi'hout a cover crop T - e are several crops that you • can sow verv satisfactorily, in the 1 fall. Austrian winter peas have , proven to be a very good cover crop Vetch is an excellent soil builder; erim .on clover is known to he an excellent soil builder also; rve ' better than nothing to turn into . ihe land in the spring and makes a good grazing pasture also. Either one of the above erops is g good cover crop. We will be in need of hav in the spring, due to the dry weather this ' summer. Oats and Austrian winter peas sown together makes an ex cellent winter erop Sow fifteen to • twenty pounds of Austrian winter peas to 2 to 3 bushel-. of oats per acre Oats and barley and vetch and Austrian winter peas are added to this too, makes a very good mix ture.AiDats. two bushels, wheat, one peck vetch or winter peas twelve to fifteen pounds, is an extra good hav and grazing crop Either one of the above crops is an excellent soil improver, and we should use these in our oil building. If you try this in a few vears you will find that it is valuable in soil building Uppnr Cleveland News Of Interest Mr. Wevfr Enter* Hospital. Cotton Picking Moves Along. Personal*. • Special to The Star;' Casar. R-l.—This rainy weather has stopped all farm work. The major part of the cotton has already op ened and with three weeks fair , ! weather, will all be picked and thp farmers can begin sowing small ! grain. Mr, Zeno Weaver has been moved to the Shelby hospital tor treat ment. He has been sick for two months with pleurisy and pneumo nia Those calling at the home of Mr.! and Mrs. C. W. Self Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Buford Richards of Lawndale. Mrs. John Dayberry and children of Shelby and Mrs. Green of Shelby. Mrs. Hattie Mull and children of ( Henrietta spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Zero Mull Miss Marjorie Mull of Henrietta,! spent Sunday with Miss Winnie Whisnant. Miss Marie Hunt spent the week | end w-ith Mrs. Lallage Grigg at 1 Lawndale. Mr. and Mrs. R Brackett of Lawndale spent Sunday with the! latter's parents Mr. and Mrs. John | E. Lookadoo. Mr. and Mrs. John Pox Newton j and family of St. Paul community spent Sunday with their daughter Mrs. Emerson Cook. Mrs. Lallage Grigg of Lawndale j Is spending this week with her! aunt Mrs. Leona Hun* Mr. and Mrs. Shuforri I He and' family of Lawndale, snent Sunday! afternoon with the lat*ei's sister'; Mr*. John S. Hunt, fir. and Mrs. Herman Wall at-, irnd''ri a hirthdav dinne* at Mr.! John r-nitVs near D nrans e eek Pen- ’y in honor of Mi Wesieyj Sip i** I Hoey Contrasts Roosevelt And His G. 0. P. Foe Sav* Kihivncli Ae< oniptishes Things. G. O. P Worried A* By Wilson. • Special to The Start Lexington. Otr 7 In opening the' [Davidson county campaign for the Democrats In the Court House at Lexington last night. Clyde R. Hoev presented the ease lor the Demo crats in State and nation Aftei reviewing the party records he contrasted Hoover and Roosevelt describing the Republican candidate in the language of Senator Wagnet as being weak futile and late, while Roosevelt was pictured as a man who ‘does the impassible.' Mr. Hoey reviewed the striking career of Franklin D Roosevelt from the time he accomplished the impossible bv overturning a tre mendoux Republican majority and being elected to the State Senate in New York, when he was only 28 years of age. through his trium phant fights with Tammany Hal) and politics] bosses until his vic tory was achieved at Chicago, when he was chosen as Democracy's standard bearer in this campaign. Mr. Hoey said ' Roosevelt has been accomplishing the Impossible all of his life that s one reason why he is hvinR todav He made a great record ns Stale Senator as a young man elected from a rock ribbed Republican district In the State of New York and re-elected upon the strength of his record He attracted national attention by his achievements ns Assistant Secretary of the Navy and was named by the Democrats as their candidate for Vice-President in 1920. Although de feated he made an impressive cam paign upholding the policies and ideals of Woodrow Wilson and de fending the Democratic record of constructive legislation. "Mr, Roosevelt again accomplish ed the Impossible by making a com plete recovery from a most severe attack of infantile paralysis in 192' fighting this dread disease w ith th ! ame fine courage that has charac terized his political battle- Pu' ficientlv recovered to enter active public life again in 192fi he reluc tantly accepted the Demneratte nomination for Governor ip New York and although it. war no* a Democratic ytar. he was "lerted H's administration was so success ful that, in 1930 he was re-elected Governor bv over 725.000 majortv the largest, ever given a Demoerai In New York State Mr Roosevelt also accomplished the .mpossibl" again in this campaign bv carrying the l.p-State and coming down to New York Citv with a majority ir his favor evpn without the big Democratic votp of the -t* ■ ■' ng no Democrat ever did be fore. ‘Mr. Roosevelt proposed a re forestation *o ib» Republican legislature of New York, w dch i* declined to adopt. He det landed that the amendment pmvidtr.g for it be submitted to a vote of the peo P> o' the State, which was one It "as opposed by A1 Smith and most j •>f the Repubhcan leaders, but Root-j c”e’t supported it and won out over -■•1 opposition. His nomination for j i he presidency came from and bv j he people and the politcal bosses! wouldn’t stop him Roosevelt repr»- j epts the Invincible force in the ixilitical life of the nation end can- j not be stopped short of the Wh'te: Mouse The Republicans sav he is dangerous. This is the everlasting truth—he is the most. dangerous nan for them since Woodrow Wil son—for he does the impossible’ Hits nation needs as « leader in :his trying period a dynamic pel - .onality like Roosevelt." Gets 50 Cents In A Suit For $2,500 Asheville.—Lyall E. Peterson suer! i the Western Union Telegraph com- ! pany for *2.500 alleging the com j pany's negligence prevented him ob-! taining a scholarship but a Bun combe general county court sward ed him only 50 cents. Peterson charged he failed to se cure a scholarship to Iowa State college because the telegraph com pany failed to relay a message sent ! by the college to him at Mirineap oils. Minn. He said the company ■ was advised he was living here but < that the telegram was not forward- j ed. Notice of the appeal to the Su perior court was filed Audrey Was Blind And Now She Sees Winston-Salem. — Audrey Potriw • Starling, 1, was the happiest child in school this week. More than a year ago physician said she was doomed to a life of blindness, a life shared by her par ents since they were 15 years old. But G. W. Starling, the fatliei and his wife, former)v Miss Hatth Price of Asheville, cast about for • physician w’ho might aid thru- child They found him here and, after > growth was removed, ■ i-iii was r> -.do red. Today Audrey sees 90 pet cen j nPrfoet l«r Distinguished Wedding Guest (lueat ot honor nl lhr wedding of his (miner hndyguaitl, Sergeant Kan Miller, of the New York Stair Troopers, ami Miss Ruth Bellinger, of Knciicott, N. Y., fimernm Franklin l>. Roosevelt is shown with the bride and groom just alter the ceremony al the Rnoaevelt foliage in Hyde Park, N. Y. Two of th« (iovernor'a children, Klliol and Mrs Curtis H Dahl, aided as wedding attendants, Mayo See* Progress In Sickness Battle St Paul. Mankind i bring bit.) ugh I nearer the dm when (In <■ will be no “unnecessary death* ' Di; William .1. Mayo, no tad Ro^haaun Minn . suicron hrlirvrs Thr list, of diseaer which ran n • _ cured i;s pvfi increasing" hr xnlii to a talk here, and the span ot life is being lengthened Wf air he ink brought appreciably nrarei to the day when there shall be no un necessary deaths ’’ Vaccination. inoculation anrv thmla. anUsepic surgery. bacteriol ogy. radiography, and othri scien ttfic applications were mentioned by Eton Village News Events Mihs Violet Mortal) Silk Mrs l iar rinr (irigt Better. Personals. 1 Special tei The H'nt T Ft on Mill, Oct fi. A 'argr crowd Bit ended Sunday school B Y P U , and preach mg Rev n F Waldrop pleached an inspiring *rt moo Miss Estelle Mi'Ssflin and Miss Edna Connor of Forest City, visited Mr and Mrs R C .Tones Saturday ' ftei noon Mrs Fanny Stacy >f Marion vis ited Mr and Mrs O IV Sealv Sal - iirday Mrs tee Origg and children •petit the week end *nh Mr and Mrs R p Sanders of Kings Moun tain Mr Huff Pritchard of Rutting Springs visited Mr and Mrs rv R Pritchard Saturday Mr R K Pritchard of Oaftnev. 8 C visited Mr and Hri n r Pritchard Sunday Mrs Lela Huflstetler of Kings Mountain visited Mr and Mrs E C. Wall Sunday. ...» Mi and Mrs R W Shelton and Mr and Mrs. R M Shelton spent Sunday with relatives tn High Shoals Verrrl Workman and Lula Bell Blanton of Cliff side spent the week end with Mr and Mrs Claude Mabry. We are sorry to know Miss Violet Morgan is on the sick list at this writing Mr L I., Wort man and Loose Collins of Gltffside. visited Mr. and Mrs Claude Mabry Sunday. Dr Mayo as some of the forward steps effecting a revolution tn owr civilisation." The advance In the fight against sickness tn the last decade is ”HHle short of miraculous." he said. Mi and Mrs J R Wright VtMted Mr. and Mis Toni Latttmof# of Cltffstde Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs M J. White visited Mrs Whites parents, Mr and Mrs, : Devine of Cherryville. Muster Allen StClair of Gaffnev, S c„ is spending a week with Mr. ! and Mrs W K Cline. Mr and Mrs J. J. Jones and chtl dren attended a birthday dinner on Sunday at Rork Springs. S. C. The many friends of Mr Clar 1 ence Grtgg will be glad to know that ! he is recovering from an Illness of two weeks. Mr and Mrs Grady McCurry of Hickory spenl the week end with Mr MeCurry's parents. Mr. and Mrs W E la'dtnrd Misses Virginia and Lorena New lon of Forest City were the visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Newton Sun da v Miss Mnrv Vaney of Gastonta visited Mr. and Mrs. W E. Ledford Sunday. Garner In An#wer To Hoover’# Talk Sav» Pmident Shouldn't Promise More Until Other Prnmlm mied. Washington John M. CtKhM, speaker of tiie house and vice presi dential candidate of the Democrat*, replied to President Hoover’s lowg speech with a statement kt wtostl he aald "Broken prom toe* cannot he explained awa