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8 PAGES TODAY Jr Bt Mill, dm MU, (in »Uranc«l - »J.p3 C»rrl»r. Mr »#mr, tla M.t,u ———■ i m % Late News! THE MARKET Cotton, spot basic _ __6 t-4i Cotton Seed, bn. ____18?4e J .Warmer Saturday i . _ v ■ . Today’s North Carolina Weather 1 Report: Fair tonight and slightly j warmer In extreme nest portion.! •Saturday increasing rlondiness and i slowly rising temperature. a f Smith To Speak New- Fork, Oet. It.—Alfred E. 1 Smith promised the Democratic i campaign six tentative speeches yes- J terday. while Speaker John N. Gar- j ner took the task of replying to i President Hoover and Calvin Cool- j idge in a nation-wide radio address Friday night. The Vice-Presidential nominee said his address would deal 1 “In a general way” with criticisms of Democratic Congressional lead ership and legislation made by the i President and his predecessor. The itinerary of former Governor Smith, made tentative because of a severe throat ailment, will take him, after an address in Tammany liail Oct-! ober 19, to Newark, N. J., Provi dence, R. I., Boston, githcr Albany ; ""or Troy, and Buffalo. The Speaker's ! address will be about 45 minutes in j length and go on the air at 10:15 p. m„ EST, tonight over a roast-to- j roast (NBC) network. It will be; broadcast from New Fork. Wilson Funeral To Be Tomorrow *on Of i.ate'ftfr*. Elizabeth Houser Died Today. Services At Elizabeth. Tom Wilson. 83, v/ell known citi zen or the east Shelby section and a son of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Houser, Cleveland's oldest citizen until {jer death'sonie time ago. died this morning at 9 o'clock at the home of his brother.. Frank, in the Elizabeth section. Funeral •services will be held Sat urday afterfioon at 2 o'clock at Elizabeth church yith Rev. H, E. Waldrop m charge. Mr. Wilson left this section when .a young man and for 20 years lived m the West, being one of the pio neer cattlemen and settlers. A num ber of years uzo he returned to his native State and has since ' lived here. lie had been'ir ill health for about one year, but seriously sick fur only a week or .so prior to his death. ■ In his immediate family he is survived by three* sisters, Mrs. Charlie Hamrick, Mrs. Jim Webb and Mrs. E. C. Borders. Surviving also is the brother, Frank W>ison, and a half brother. Charlie Houser, of California. Mrs. Bowen, 91 Years Old Dies Operated A Farm During The War. Mother Of Ten Children. Funeral Today. Mrs. Susanna Hamrick Bowen, one of Cleveland county’s oldest citizens died yestetday afternoon at 1:30 at her home near Boiling Springs. Had she lived until Jan uary she would have been 91 years old. During the Civil War she aided the South by operating a farm, growing foodstuffs for the soldiers, She'plowcd in the fields during the day and would spin and weave at night, anxious to do her part in providing for her family whose men were fighting for the South. This experience taught her thrift and economy and being naturally ener getic she has practised for many years the live at home idea recent ly inaugurated in this slate. About a year ago deceased suf fered a broken hip and has since been confined to bed. She suffered illness patiently, and every .effort was made by her loved ones to make her comfortable, a graduate nurse attending her constantly during her year’s Illness. She was the mother ,cf 10 children, two of whom sur vive. Mr. W. M. Hamrick and Miss Sarah Hamrick this county. One sister, Mrs. Noah Hamrick Boiling Springs. ^ Also surviving are twenty grand children and 19 great grand child ren. Funeral services are being con ducted this afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. J. N, Randall of Shelby in charge. Grover C. Beam In Bankruptcy Court Grover C. Beam, ol Shelby, en tered voluntary bankruptcy in c harlotte with the filing of » deb tor's'petition in United States dis trict court and the signing of an or der of adjudication by Judge E. Tates Webb. Schedule gave debts as totalling $12,200 and liabilities as totalling $12,235 of which $12,200 is real estate. Mr. Beam gave his busi ness as 'general trading " Full Cleveland County Highway Program Given Board’s Approval . ' . . . */* New Hosiery Plant Moved Here In 48 Hours, Distance Of 125 Miles; Begins Operating This Afternoon Hundreds Apply For Work At Plant Byrum Expects Tg Add Machinery,; Increase Output. Full Pro duction Soon. -T Moving a hosiery mill 125 miles) and setting the machinery up fori operation in 48 hours is a feat ac-1 complished by Mr. E. A Byrum of; the Byrum Hosiery mill whicn j started turning wheels in Shelby i this afternoon. Mr. Byrum leased the old* Janet j Hosiery mill brick building near the Belmont mill in South Shelby a few days ago and moved his ma chinery froth High Point by trucks, hauling day and night tn order to resume operation with the least possible delay. A story was earned In Wednes day’s Issue of Tlie Star saying that the plant needed 100 experienced operators and on Thursday morning it looked like a circus, there were SO many people. Several hundred applied and Mr. Byrum Is pleased with his move. He says he is tn Shelby to stay and expects to add other machinery and increase his output. Already 80 of the ■ very lastesti machines have been set up and are, about ready for operation. He says j he is experiencing some difficulty i in getting help than can handle the' late model machines. Pls»ty of help is available and experienced on the old knitters, but some training will be necessary before full production I cap be secured on the new ma chines. The plant expects to have a daily production of 500 dozen ladies silk j and rayon hosiery by next week. The hose this plant« is making' Is | the three hundred needfe grade. Mr. > A. Victorius from whom the build ing was leased has a quantity of old machines irt the building and these may be leased when Mr. Vic torius comes next week from New York, Ip that event, Mr. Byrum ex pects to make some men’s hose. Dyeing and finishing will be done so that the product of the mill will be ready for market when it‘leaves the plant, Attendance For City Schools Is j At High Average Four School Units Average Better Than 98. Improvement Over Last Year. The attendance in both the .ele mentary and the high school of Shelby is better than it was last year. The elementary schools show a gain from 96.7 per cent to even • 98 percent. The high school made ai gain of from 97.5 percent to 98.2; percent. The enrollment and attendance figures for the first month follows: School Enroll Pet. Jefferson . _..._ 359 98.2 Graham . .....__ 284 98.2 Marion - .. 359 98.2 LaFayette . .. 298 97.3 Washington.. 232 97.2 South.Shelby . ....... 426 97.1 High School. 488 98.2 Arrest Polk Man Fjor Cutting Negro DuringFair Here Trial Scheduled For Wednesday In Mysterious rutting Affair. • ^ Tate Ponder, white man of Polk county, is under bond tor trial here next week on the charge of cutting I. 'W. Ramseur, Patterson Springs colored youth, on the next to the last night of the Cleveland County Fair, two weeks ago tonight. Ramseur, It will be remembered, was badly slashed oil the rear of the neck and liis assailant escaped in the crowds throngtng the midway. The affair promised to develop into an unsolved mystery, but officer continued to work secretly on the case until they apprehended Pon der. He is under a bond of $300 and the trial is set for next Wednesday in county court. Community Players Name New Officers Isabel Hoey Succeeds Dail As Presi » dent. Plan Play Soon. •; New officers of Shelby's little the atre group, the Community Players, were elected at a meeting held last night. Isabel Hoey was electedfcrresident to succeed Lindsay Dail, Harvey White was named vice president to succeed J. H. Grigg, Mary Reeves Forney w^s elected secretary to succeed Mrs. Renn Drum, and Hat tie Gidney is the new treasurer, succeeding Charles Austell. L. E. Dail was elected business manager. The stage committee for the year is composed of Charlie Keel Harry Speck and W. D. Babington. The technical directors are W. H. Brown and Dale Kaltcr. Mrs. Harry Cohen is manager of properties, Mary Adelaide Roberts is chairman of the music committee, and the play reading committee is made up of Betty Suttle, Carobel Lever. Hat tie Gidney, Lindsay Dail and Min nie E. Robert*. The new officers are working on plans for the first production of the season, the date to be announced spoil. During the summer the mem bers have been reading many plays and with this broader knowledge of plays and a years experience the Community Players should excel their performances of last year. Near 300 Students Given Examinations State Health Dentist on Third Week Now. find Many Need Treatment. Dr. A. L. Wooten, dentist ol the State Board of Health, who will be In Shelby and Cleveland county for 20 weeks, is now upon his third weeks work in the iity schools. In the two weeks he examined 292 students in#ie Graham and La Fayette schools. A total of 89 child ren were treated t-n 460 operations in dense 1 work. 4-H Club Boys Of Cleveland Going In For Better Hogs In County Twenty-Five Brood Sows Placed With Club Members. May Produce Car Load. The 4-H club boys of Cleveland county, under the direction of Farm Agent. -R. W. Sboffner, have inaugurated a movement to raise better pigs. Twenty-five brood sows, register ed Poland Chinas, have been pur chased by club members who agree to follow a ruling of the club in the pig project for the.year. It is hoped that others will be played so that the club boys may market an entire carload at one time. The rules for the project follow Club member must own the pig. The pig must be approved by the county, agent. Tht pig must be a sow pig. The Poland China breed is rec j ommended by county agent,, and I must be subject to registration. The pigs will be hought as nest' eight weeks old as possible. The sows are all to be bred so as to furan when one year old. The sows are to be bred to a reg istered boar ol the same breed.N The member agrees to plant corn enough to feed sow and pigs, also pasture if possible. The member agrees to build a i house and lot for the sow and pigs, and keep in a sanitary condition. If the price does not Justify the selling when the pigs are six t® eight weeks old, and member agrees to grow out litter and market when six weeks old. by carload shipment arranged by the members and ! county agent-. The members are asked to en courage the growing of a good breed of hogs and produce our pork at home. The members will follow instruc tions outlined by the county agent, as far as they will suit local con ditions. Educators Meet In City Saturday — An attendance of neve rat j hundred school teachers, com- j mitteeipen and Parent-Teach er association members are expected in Shelby Saturday for first county-wide educa tional conference.'1 The all-day conference will j be held In the ^Central hittf j school auditorium and dpcnt at 10 o'clock. A -feature of the afternoon program, which be gins at 2:30, will be an ad dress by A. T. Allen, state superintendent of education. Believe Gardner . May Locate Here In Mill Business Governor After End Of Term May Take Important Hole In Textile World. - 1 Raleigh. Oct. 14.—Although he has made no statement aa to his plans, after retiring from office next January, it is gen erally expected that Governor O. Max Gardner will devote all or 'the major portion of his time to the textile industry and he may divide his time between Shelby and New York. Before becoming governor. Mr. Gardner..* n* attorney for many cotton mills and is interested in j ^evhral mills as a' stockholder. It is known thaV-he has been approached in regard to sev eral movements now on foot for . obtaining more unification in the Industry and while he has accepted no proposition, it is understood that all plans he now has under consideration would identify him much more closely with the textile industry than he has ever been- before. Doris Bridges, Age Ten, Buried Today i Ten Vear Old Graham Street Child Dies Of Complications Of Troubles. I Doris Bridges;- ten year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pink Bridges died yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock at the home of her par ents on Austell's Alley, Just ofl West Warren street, following a serious illness with a complication of troubles. Doris was a pupil at the First Baptist church Sunday school and Graham street public school and was beloved by her playmates and associates. Surviving are her fath er who is a World war veteran, her mother and four sisters, Louise. Ruth, Johnnie Wray and Bertha. Funeral services are taking place this afternoon at 3 o’clock, con ducted by Mr. Horace Easom and interment will be at New Hope Baptist church. Earl. Sigma Nu Pledge. • Thomas C. Stamey df Fallston, i ; was among the University students | pledged this week by the Sigma Nu fraternity. Try Answering Can you answer 14 of these test questions? Tprn to page two for the answers. 1. What does F. O. B. mean? 2. Whatj was George .Washington’s middle name? 3. Who composed the/opera. Lo hengrin? 4. What deformity did King Richard III of England have" 5. What is bi-metallism? 6. Who sponsored Lindbergh s trans-Atlantic flight? 7. When did the great fire of Lon don occur? 8. What park , is in Greenwich village. New York city? 9. What is meteorology? 10. What does the Latin word j navis mean? 11. What is the Koran? 12. What is the proportion of negroes to the total population of the United States? 13. Is there a country named "Graustark?” , 14 Who was P. A. Muhlenburg? 15. Do fishes have hearts? 16. How did hull dogs ge* that | name? *•'*■ ' ’ • 17. What are 4-H clubs." ' IS. What is savate boxing? 19. Where is the Fitzsimmons army general hospital located? 20. What are the colors of the re publican flag of Spain? More Autos In County; Gain In Trucks Shown 200 More Trucks In * Use Here Nbw l»r» Than A Year Ago Hoi Increase In Trucks. Both (Jain In 3 Months. Cleveland county has less auto mobiles than It did one year ago, but has two hundred more trucks hi operation. In the ..last three months, however, there has been a gain In both automobiles and trucks. The" county* now has 5,500 li censed automobile* and 860 trucks A year ago the county had 6,235 automobiles but onto 765 trucks. Three months ago. the county had only 5,375 autos. 175 less than to day, and 850 trucks, or 110 less than today. Eighty-tour of North’ Carolina's 100 counties had more motor trucks than ‘they did one year ago, as of October 1. while only 15 of the counties had more automobiles than a year ago, indicating that the fam ily flivver has become the farm or delivery truck, in many cases, fig ures compiled by L. S. Harris, di rector of the Mo»or Vehicle bureau, show. While total motor vehicles in the srtate decreased 44,565, or from 354, iCOKTtNtTID ON PAGE EIGHT.i Iks Grier Talks On urii i * Af pi *i Rights Gf Child" New Head Of Mills Home At Thoni aseille Delivers Address Be fore Kiwsnls. Ike Grier, new head of the Mills Home, the Baptist orphanage at 'piomaijyUle was the principal ■r mat night before the Ki wgnls club which was sponsoring a program on behalf of the under* privlllged child Mr. Grier had for his subject, the ‘'Rights of the Child” In which he pointed out the right of a child to have a good birth, the right of a child to a happy home-life and the right of a child to have a wholesome community Mr. Grier bemoaned the number of children that come Into the world mentally, morally and physically shackled through no fault of their own and made a plea for an attrac tive home-life as well as an Inspir ing community life. “The mothers’ aid fund Is dne of the greatest bene fits the state has to offer," said Mr. Gtjer because It enables a widow to keep her brood under her unlifting Influence. “I am not afraid of the bootleg ger and the thief. They do not have sufficient Influence In a com munity to destroy the child-life. I am afraid of the leader who goes wrong, the preacher and the teach er who uphold high moral standards 1n the pulpit and class room and break down these moral standards in private life,” said he. Mr. Grier taught for 22 years In the Appalachian school at Boone and was recently elected to suc ceed Dr. M- L. Kester at the Mills Home. He was introduced to the club by Dr. Zeno Wall. life. Mr*. McLarty Goes To Funeral Brother Mr. Edwin L. Brown, of Ashe ville. brother of Mrs. E. K. Mc Larty of this place, died suddenly Monday afternoon at his home in that place. He had suffered from high blood pressure for a number of years. Mr. Brown had held a posi tion of leadership in social, civic and religious affairs during the years of his residence in Asheville. Among the relatives from Shelby who attended the funeral in Ashe ville on Wednesday were: Dr. and Mrs. McLarty and family, Mr. Pur man McLarty, Miss Mary McLarty, Mr. Emmett McLarty, the latter a student at Duke university. Mr. and Mrs. James McLarty, of Lin colnton, and Miss Eva Brown, the latter also a sister of the deceased. Others attending from Shelby were: Mr. and Mrs. William Lineberger, Mrs. J. A. Suttle, Miss Betty Sut tle, Mrs. John McClurd, Mrs. C. S. Young, and Mrs. George Hoyle. Residence Bought By Dr. R, C. Elli* The brick residence in Cleveland Heights, east of Shelby, built by S. T. Switzer, was purchased this week by Dr. R. C. Ellis. The purchase price was not announced but was said to be around $10,000 , Geographical Booth At County Fair Thousands who visited the recent cotmty fair, sawthe world in motion. .This year it was the time for the South Shelby schools to put on the*exhibit for the Shelby Public school system. This exhibit which won second prize for the best project at the Cleveland County,Fair did attract a great deal of attention from visitors in the exhibit halls. The five foot globe or world turned by a motor, gave a miniature portrayal of the world. The globe presented all the continents, countries and oceans, together with the pro ducts of those countries which were brought by the children of the South Shelby school. The dolls which were grouped beneath the globe were jltfessed to represent the people of other lands. ^ Colored Fair Has Many Attractive Booths And Displays; Fine Exhibits By County Schools And Communities County Receive* $1,600 Of Fund To Help Needy In the first allotment of,the *815,000 federal .emergency re lief fund In North Carolina, Cleveland county was allotted $1,600. A total of $185,000 ol the full sum was allocated In the first distribution. The money will to to help the needy in the counties of the state. Burke county received fl, 350, Gaston 14,500; Lincoln $800, Catawba $2,500, and Rutherford $1,750. The largest allotment In the first list was $14,000 to Mecklenburg coun ty. City funds are Included In the total county allotment. BAPTIST PASTORS TO MEET NEXT MONDAY The Baptist Pastor's conference will meet next Monday at 10 a. m at the First Baptist church in up town Shelby. * * Ebeneser Wins ( 'ommunltr Booth Honor*. Shelby And Dougin* Arademy In School*. The depression Isn’t In evidence In the exhibit hall of the Cleveland County Negro Fair which this year has the finest array of booths and exhibits in its history, according to judges, fair officials and visitors. Prom the booths down through the individual exhibits the colored people have an unusually attractive assemblage of farm and home pror ducts, all excellently displayed. In the community booth contest Ebenezer took first honors with Bolling Springs second and Patter son third. In the high school booths the Cleveland County Training School, Shelby, won first honors with an exceptional display. In the county schools Douglas Academy placed first, Patterson Springs sec ond and. Hopewell third. Carpen ter's school won first In Parent Teacher association booths with Ramseur second. The Judges were J. H. Orlgg, county superintendent of education, and Mrs. Irma Wal lace. home demonstratio nagent. The Shelby colored high school CONTINUED ON P*Q» BlGU’l.i Mann Says State Will Gain Much By Cotton Loans For Money Borrowed Cotton Taken In At 9)j Cents As Collateral On Loans Already Made. , The government cotton loan plan Is for t)ie purpose of aiding farm ers who last year borrowed from the government on the seid loan plan. Those not able to pay by November 1, as was required In the seed loan mortgage may put up their cotton as collateral on the basis of 9 1-2 cents per pound un til March. More than $1,500,000 will flow back to North Carolina if the farm ers of the state will accept the gov ernment’s proposal to store cotton at 9 1-2 cent? a pound as collateral on seed loans, M, G. Mann, of Ra leigh, secretary-treasurer of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Co operative association, told a Cleve land gathering yesterday at the county court house. Mr Mann explained the details <jf f1 the plan announced In Washing ton under which the government will accept the cotton as collateral for further loans to the fanners in need. The plan was proposed in an effort to stimulate the cotton mar ket. “At present, ’ Mr. Mann declared, "the market Is flooded with cotton, and therefore the prices are low. The' government is trying to raise the price of cotton to a higher lev el.” When the fanner stores his cot ton in a bonded warehouse he has the right to have the cotton sold at his discretion. If the market brings more than 9 !-3 cents a pound, he alone will benefit from the sale. The only thing he has to worry about is repaying the loan from the government. „ The government accepts the cot ton as collateral on loans, Mr. Grover- Road, B. Springs. And Others Planned Patterson Springs, Earl-Grover Road Telegram from Raleigh Inform' That Highway Commission Will Build Hoads Asked. Cleveland county’* highway proream a* diked for by the county commissioner* 'and In terested rltlxen* was approved today by the state highway commission In Raleigh and work will begin right away, accord ing to a telegram received at ! o’clock today from A. E, Cline and J. D. Lineberger. They were accompanied to Raleigh by O. M. Mull to lay before the commission a resolution outlin ing Cleveland's requirements on county-wide roads. t Grover Road Included TUI* program as outlined to a resolution unanimously adopted Monday,at a called meeting of the county commissioners and interest ed citizens Includes: (1) Shelby-Folkville road follow lng the present routing out Lee street by the pump station, thence north following practically the same wsute as now maintained. An all weather surface wtll be applied to the road. The section from Lea street to Dover Gin will not be re located and the present bridge will be used in order to save money for other roads. There will be a tie-in ' icoNTtyroin ON PAaB MqH , . -.—-—<—, Art Exhibit To I Be Shown Here * KeprodteUom Of Famous Matters T» Be Shewn At High School Oct. 11 To Oct. SI. An educational art exhibit, spon sored by the Shelby high school Art Appreciation club is to be held in Shelby from Monday, October II through Friday, October 31. Through the courtesy of Mrs. Oolin Hull, the exhibit is to be held in the building formerly oocupled by the Carolina Stores. This building is located on North. LaFayette St., opposite the First Baptist church. The purpose of this exhibit ip to give the general public, and parti cularly the school children, an op portunity to become familiar with some of the world’s great pictures. This collection includes 150 fine colbr reproductions of outstanding artists, both old and modern. Some of the most famous pictures to be shown are: Breton, “Song of the Lark"; da Vinci, "Last Supper” and “Mona Lisa”; Gainsborough, "Blue Boy,” "Hats,” "Laughing Cavalier”; Millet, “The Gleaners’*; Sully, “The Tom Hat”; Whistler, "Mother"; and Ruisdale. “Windmill." The Art Appreciation club will be assisted in sponsoring this ex hibit by the Parent-Teacher asso ciation of this city. The building will be open each day from nine o'clock in the morn ing until five in the afternoon. It will be open also on ' Wednesday evening from 7:30 to 10. The ad mission is to be ten cents for chil dren and fifteen cents far adults. It Is hoped that many people will avail themselves of the opportun ity to see and study these master pieces. Jenkins To Hold Revival In East Rev. J. L. Jenkins, president of Boiling Springs college, will con duct a two weeks revival service at Southside Baptist church, Wash ington. beginning Oct. 17, He has also been asked to speak on Boll ing Springs at Newhaven on the 19th, and at the Brunswick associa tion on the 20th. Rev.'Mr. Jenkins was 'for two years pastor at South port and has many friends in that section of the State about Wilming ton. Cotton Slightly Above Yesterday COTTON aSLIGHTLY front Cotton on the New York e* rhange at 3 o'clock today was slightly above yesterdays close. On Thursday the market sagged *1-50 a bale, but regained a few points to day. Dec. at 2 o’clock today was 8.48, Jan. 6.53. Yesterday’s close; Dec 6.42, Jan 6.46. Stocks are somewhat stronger today.
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