The WMMUD SEND 8 Pages Today rilE MARKETS . 9 to 9 3-4 Colton 'P"‘ SS «■«.; ton. narlot. red. ton. wagon 11.00 13.00 Rain Tuesday ThTTs North Carolina Weather d ,wir< Cloudy, probably rain to RT. and Tuesday in central and mL lions. Colder tonight and Tafsdav in extreme west portion. Negro Fair Had 20,000 Present During Four Days *h(j,iCs Better Than Kvcr. Fair Will Be Repeated Next Year, Says Secretary. A„ attendance estimated at 30. 00(1 visited the Cleveland county ne gro fair which closed in Shelby Sat urday, according to Rev. A. W. Fos ter secretary. Secretary Foster says the exhibits ,vre better than ever and the at iendanoe larger. Financially, the lair was a success and it is plan ned to repeat it next year. None of the officers receive any pay for •heir time until all expense bills are paid. The fine conduct of the crowd was most commendable. Secretary Fos ter says only four negroes were ar rested There were three arrests of white people duing the negro fair at the fair grounds. The largest attendance was at mght for the fire works which was an exceptionally good drawing fea ture. Then, the model T Ford race was a big drawing card. There were three entries and two races, five limes wroun dthc half-mile dirt tract fieri Williams of the Hopewell section won the model T Ford race. Farm and home exhibits were stressed m the agricultural building and these revealed the progress the colored farmers ate making in ag neulture. In variety and grade, the farm exhibits were much better than expected. Walkers To Get Terms Or Fines in King Affair Iri»rt On False Pretense Charge In Chandler Death Case Bond. Arthur Walker was sentenced to 12 months on the roads or a fine of *200 and the costs and Herman Walker was given nine months or a fine of s 150 and the costs on false pretense charges in county court here this morning. Arthur was charged with at tempted false, pretense and Her man with aiding and abetting in connection with the James Chan dler death case in which Hoke King a being held to superior court. The charge was that the Walkers approached T. N. King, father of Hoke King ana told him that they could g< t his son out of jail on bond if Jie would give them $50. The eld er King became suspicious and re ported the incident to his attorney "ho notified officers and had them >nm th? two Walkers. An appeal was taken to higher ,>n ’hr sentences and bond set 8' 5o00 each, This had not been giv Pn al 1 3® this afternoon and the men were still in jail. H’W King was arrested several ’’M after James Chandler *** fatally stabbed on a party of »hich King was said to i> a. mem er' ancf after a preliminary hearing hf was refused bond until superior court. Shelby Boy Winner In Grid Forecasts Jmuny Austell. 206 Clegg street ‘ -t'lby, is the owner of a new radio ®,e to his ability to pick football mners. For making good picks in “.c game^ °f October 7. young Aus n. was awarded a radio by Shell 4 °mP<*ny which offers weekly for the forecasts on foot Mil outcomes throughout the na Listers To Collect Poll, Personal Tax A n r’ - P°W and person taxc M '’,r county are to be turn p °' '° the various tax listei )nn* '"‘lntv for collection it ws ■ need ai. the court house tc no, w111 be Pa,d a commit reportn r°.ueCt'0nS and are a5Siefi I for a r' lhf court house this wee Hnpaid - the: Cotton Weak; Dec. Down 18 Points |Co,;°n was easj. lQday Qn th >0rk —ii>ke. December fj? !V)oints from Sari hr.ur a‘ ?:3° °’flock today, w V ,, a half trading yet •V ani;iv 001 at 1 30 u 8.i VOL. XXXIX, No. 124 SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, OCT. 16. 1933 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. liy Mail, per year, (In advance) _ |) m Carrier, per year. (In advance) »J 00 Repeal Not To Alter N. C. Dry Law-Gardner Says Repeal Is Sure On Nov. 7th Former Governor Favors Popular Vote On State Laws Govern ing Sale Of Liquor. "North Carolina Was not made drv by the passage of the Kigh teenth Amendment and it will not be made wet by the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment" said Ex-Governor O. Max Gardner in a letter saying he cannot come to Shelby to speak on repeal. Ex-Governor Gardner is an an nounced ' repealist and was invited here to speak on repeal by Attorney ] P. C. Gardner of Shelby who en closed a petition signed by about 75 local citizens. The Ex-Governor says *T am unable to accept, this kind invitation. I am compelled to appear in a number of highly con troversial legal and business mat ters during the next four weeks and my presence here ar.d in New York is imperative.” In his letter he expresses the hope that no bitterness will be injected | into the campaign, especially in his home county, reiterates his stand for repeal and announces that re peal is practically accomplished, or will be by sunset Nov. 7th. , Decided Views The Ex-Governor says in his let ter: "In connection with this invita tion. I am pleased to say that from the beginning of my public life I have always taken n position on one side or other of every public question In pursuance of this policy, I have a very definite and decided view on the issue of the re peal of the Eighteenth Amendment to be submitted to the voters of North Carolina on November 7 of this year. I stand unqualifidely for 'Continued on page eight) Fingerprints Get Confession Of Thief Thurman McPherson Charged With Breaking In Webbs Cafe At Eton. ' In county court here Saturday morning Thurman McPherson was placed under a $500 bond on a breaking and entering charge and remained to jail when bond was not given. McPherson, who lives just north east of town, was charged W'th breaking an dentering the Webb cafe at Eton, in eastern Shelby, Thursday night. Sales Tax Pennies The cafe was robbed, it is said, of $2 or $3 in sales tax pennies and of cigarettes and chewing gum. McPherson was aitested Friday Police Chief D. D. Wilkins said, and at first denied entering the enfe. Entry was made by a rear window and fingerprints were left on the glass. When Chief Wilkins finger printed him McPherson is said to have admitted he entered the cafe. Honeycutt, Morgan Open A Feed Store uohn T. Honeycutt and O. Z. Morgan, well known young Shelby business men, are this week open ing a new seed and feed stoys The store will be .ocafed bet . sen the Lackey garage ai d the T ‘he-n railroad on West Warren —. *t. County Boys Given Fraternity Pled** Among the Shelbv ;nd Cl--,.land county boys pi rlged by college fra ternities in the State recen* • were the following- Albert Suttle, lappa Alpha, Wake Forest; He: Falls, Shelby, Sigma Nu. State; P. gram Holland, Shelby. Sigma Nu, Caro lina. Gardner Resigns As Committeeman In Surprise Move May Be Out Of Polities, And He May Run For Senate. A colorful political career winch has held the attention of his home people for a quarter of a century may have come to an end over the week-end when O. Max Gardner, former Governor of North Caro lina, announced from Washington his resignation as Democratic na tional committeeman from North Carolina. Many observers interpret the ac tion as a complete withdrawal iron, politics, while others guess that it may be setting the state for a con test in the United States senate. Started As Student It was three decades ago that the remarkable Gardner Career in public life was conceived in the mind of a son of a country town doctor, young Gardner being a student at that, time at State col lege. It was then he set his eyes upon the governorship which he at tained a quarter of a century later A few years later, back in his home town of Shelby, located in the cor ner of his uncle's law' office, that career was actively inaugurated. Gardner's resignation was mailed to J. Wallace Winbome of Marion, chairman of the state Democratic executive committee. In resigning, Gardner said he had planned to take this action when he began the practice of law here earlier in the year, but for "obvious political reasons” friends urged him 'Continued on page eight.) Tries Forgery Of Check On B. T. Falls Young .Man Writes And Sign* SSO Check With Typewriter Here. The suspicions of a paying teller at the First National bank here Saturday and his call to Police Capt. McBride Poston at police healdquarters resulted in the arrest of Woodrow Wilkinson, 30, white, on a charge of forgery. Young Wilkinson, native of Alex ander county who has heen living here for around two months with out work, he said, presented a $5C check on B. T. Fails at the First National bank Saturday. The check dated Friday, was made out to Bryce Williams and was written and signed with a typewriter. On the back it was endorsed by B. M Williams and also the name of Judge Falls. Knowing something was wrong with a check signed with a typewriter, Guy Roberts, bank teller, came to police headquarters for Officer Poston who arrested, the youth. He was placed under a bond of S300 and taken to jail Saturday when the bond was not given. Billy Thompson Is Winner Plane Trip Blilv Thompson Shelby High .chool stuent and football player is *o **ct a 200-mile airplane trip "ithout cost. In a contest con ducted by Henry Byers. Shelby agent for the Eastern Air Trans 'mes, young Thompson's name was drawn as the winner from a containing the names of all "Rtrant®. The drawing was by Ronn prviw at The Star office tods"-. He ms a 100-mile flight over the r AT at any tim«> he desire^ i'S.i -iso the return t ip without os'. The trip can be made one way ■ daylight and the other a ■ night, according to Mr Byers. Coining Winter To Be Coldest And Longest In Years, Prophet Says -- i----—--— Manner Leaves Arc “Turnin An® Other Signs Indicate Cold Period Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 11. — The Pennsylvania farmer, whose repu tation as a weather prophet run; for beyond the state's borders warns that the coming winter wit be the coldest and longest in mans years. Take the heavy coat of the pigeon for example, says the man whr 'tells' the weather by "signs' Then, too, mushroo.m are plentiful I the bark of the trees is heavy, corn husks are thick, it was a rainy summer—and if you believe in signs, you know it's going to be the kind of winter grandpa used to rave about. Of course, all farmers do not br ine in weather signs, and some had a lot of fun last fall when nature crossed up the prophets. But the prophets countered, no one ran foretell the weathei if even the caterpillars and tree- fail to agree Some caterpillar-, -ported hlack Continued on Page 8j Halt Road Work For 30 Days In Local Division General road maintenance work in Cleveland eounty and this road division of the State will be at a standstill for 30 days. W. A. Broadway, road su pervisor for this county, has been advised. Maintenance work was stop ped from October 15 to Novem ber 15 due to the fact that ap propriations for the work are temporarily exhausted, Mr. Broadway was notified. Prisoners in the four State prison camps will be kept em ployed on major and State pro jects but maintenance of the complete road system will be Malted for that period. Shelby U. D. C. Is Honored At Meet Held Last Week Chapter Wins Membership Prire And Miss Tedder Wins Ten Dollars. The Shelby chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy won | several honors at the State conven tion held last week in High Point. The Augusta Burton chapter of Shelby, headed by Mrs. G. S. Del linger, won the loving cup for the largest number of members added to the childrens chapter. This cup is presented by Grace Clara Taylor. Miss Margaret Tedder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Teder, who is a member of the Chilren of tire Confederacy here, was awarded ten dollars for the best essay on “Sou thern Soldiers In Northern Prisons" This award is giver, by Mrs. J. Lawrence Sprunt, of Wilmington, in memory of her father, Samuel Simpson Nash of the 27th North Carolina Infantry. Miss Tedders sister, Miss Charlotte Tedder, won the prize of $5 for the best essay at tlie 1923 convention in Greens boro County Adds $1; City 75 Cents To Late Tax Payers Only A Portion Of Costs Goes For Advertising. Co,vers Other Costs. Each 1932 county taxpayer is be ing charged $1 extra for costs in connection with the advertising and selling of property on which 1932 taxes have not been paid and the city is charging 75c to each delin quent payer. Both the city and county 1932 de linquent list is being published in The Star once a week during Octo ber, the county to sell on Nov 9th and the city on Nov, 13th. The extra charge to delinquents is not for advertising alone, but for other costs in connection with the preparation of the list, crying the sale and making sale certificates after the sale is over. In fact the advertising cost is less than half of the amount charged, the remainder of the costs being to cover the prep aration of the lists, the auctioneer and the making of certificates aft er the sale. The county is making no cost charge to taxpayers whose 1932 taxes are less than $1.00. The city is charging all delinquents, regardless of amount due. Troy McKinney, county auditor, says the $1 cast charged to each delinquent will not cover the entire costs, and that it was set as low as possible. In 1930 over $2 was charg ed. A girl spent two weeks prepar ing the county delinquent list and after the sale, it will require a month's work to make the proper entries. Then, many delinquents will not pay at all and the property will be bid in by the city or county in which event the city or county will have to bear the whole cost. If it is redeemed, the city or county might get the cost back in years to come. ■ . . .. ■ - ■' Dr. and Mrs. Boyer Now Live At Derita Dr. H. K. Boyer, former popular pastor of Central Methodist church here, and Mrs. Boyer, who have been making their home at States ville for Several years, have moved to Derita. in Mecklenburg county, to make their home with Mr. and Mrs. Reid Garrison, the latter their daughter. Mr. Boyer Is a superan nuated minister of the Western North Carolina Conference 'of the Methodist church, having retired from active work on account of ill health. ; Cotton Ginning In County Ahead 1932 To Oct. 1st 20,310 Bales Ginned To Oct. 1 Is 3.000 Bales Ahead Of C rop Con ned To Same Dale I.aat Tear. Cleveland county’* cotton crop will likely fall below that of last year and In all prob ability the county will lead it* place as the largest cotton-pro ducing county in thr State, hut up to October 1, this year, more cotton had been ginned In the county than to the same date last year. The county ginning report, made public over the week-end by Tha mer Beam, ginning agent, gave thr ginning to Oct. 1, this year, as 20. 310 bales To the same date last year 17.395 bales had been ginned or not quite 3.000 bales less than to the same date this year. Warm weather during the la.I half of September resulted in cot ton opening fast and hundreds Of bales were picked and taken to the gin then It is estimated that a goodly percentage of the county's crop is now picked and ginned or picked and awaiting ginning. Estimates of the total crop range from 35,000 bales to 42.000 bales. 2 Suffer Broken Limbs In Wrecks During Week-End Dan Huffstetler Hurt In Motorcy cle-Auto Collision Saturday Night. Two people suffered severe injur ies in week-end accidents In Cleve land county. Dan Huffstetler, 23, saids to be an employe of the Cleveland Cloth Mill, suffered a fractured left leg and head lacerations Saturday | night when his motorcycle and an automobile collided in or near Kings Mountain. He was brought to the Shelby -hospital about 10 o'clock after being given first-aid treat ment at Kings Mountain. Struck By Car, Mary Strong, 21-year-old colored woman, suffered a fractured right leg and wounds on the arms and feet Saturday afternoon when struck by an automobile on High way 20, east of Shelby, between the city and fairgrounds. The car was driven by C. C. Tate, of Forest City, according to Highway Patrolman George Allison, and It was said that Tate, who was not believed at fault, stopped and help place the colored girl in an ambulance to be carried to tiie hospital. She was reported as improving at the hospital today. Cans 447 Quarts Of Good Things Seeing the canning record of Mrs J T. Ramsey, West Shelby, in The Star of last week, where she put up 350 quarts of fruits and vege tables, Mrs. Ellie Wortman goes Mrs. Ramsey several better. -Mrs, Wortman says she has put up 447 quarts of fruits and vegetables, in cluding beans, peas, corn, tomatoes, pepers, catsup, peaches, pears, ap ples preserves, jellies, jam. pickles Part of the food came from her own premises. She has over five gallon stone Jars of cucumber pickles. ... Ask Yourself About Our State Answers on Page Three 1. How many blind persons and how many deaf mutes in the state? 2. What is the location ej North Carolina in respect, to latitude and longitude? 3. What are the leading mineral products of the state? 4. What is the mileage of the State Highway System? 5. When and where did the first North Carolina General Assembly meet? 6. When was the proprietary government dissolved in the stale? 7. How many telephones are there i North Carolina? 8. How many acres of land in the state? 9. What was the population of the colonies in North Carolina 250 years ago? 10—Who was the fust constitu tional governor of the state? 11. How much bituminous coal is estimated to be in North Carolina? 12. Wha* arc the minimum ig“ units for members of the North Carolina Qeneral Assembly? To Be U. S. "Devil’s Island” I I A riew of grim Alcatraz Island, in ^ San Francisco Bay, which Is to be used ns a place of incarceration for desperadoes rounded up by the ♦,V goremment in ita anti-crime cam paign. Formerly a military prison, I ; the island is so situated that escape I from it is impossible, according I ■ to Attorney General Camming* I (right), who announced the plan. The Ursehel kidnap gang may be a first occupants. * More Cotton Checks In; Business Peps Up Here *(ilj-lhiT more invNmnrnl checks, amounting to $6.0«K, i»r rived h«f today for dtotribu tion among Cleveland farmers who plowed ap cotton daring the government reduction oani paign m the summer. This makes a total of I.M 1 checks, amounting: to $141,681 4t>. which have been received by Cleveland farmers in the last two weeks. Around $35,000 of the $177,000 total la yet to come h>. . As the result of the coming to the county of riosa to $150, 000 from the fovnomml row|deri wrt*i a better market price lor cotton not plowed up, Iwtinrw ha* taken a remarkable upward swing kn Shelby In the laid few dap*. Shelby itrwli were crowded with whopper* on Friday typical of a Oik Saturday trading day. and an even larger throng filled the city Saturday. Merchants generally report a better week end buainaaa than in montha an an old-time fall trading atmo* | phere prevails throughout the city. Cleveland Farmers To Discuss Raspberry Crop Here Wednesday Farm Agent Mnoffnor Calls Meet ing. Hope To Secure 400 Acres. A meeting of Cleveland farmers is called for »t te oourt house at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon for the purpose of discussing a new "mon ey crop" for this section. R. W. Shoffner, oounty farm agent, stated today that the meet ing would be addressed by H. R Nleswonger, department of agri culture official, an lie urge,-* all farmers who can to attend. Just at this time, it is said rasp berries appear to be the best new cash crop this section could devel op. Adjacent counties are becoming Interested m the movement and it is hoped to start off with tOO acres of raspberries in this and ad joining counties Much interest ui the movement has already been shown in Burke county where it is believed that the cultivation of raspberries. ideally adapted to soil and climate of tins section, can be developed into a worthwhile proposition for farm ers. SPORTS, page five. PRN COLUMN, page seven SOCIAL, page six. Other Schools To Open Next Monday Around 5,00V Cleveland Children Returned To School Room Today, Approximately 5,000 white .school children of Cleveland county re turned to school today In eight or nine county schools which re-open ed after a six-weeks recess during the cotton-picking season. All other county schools not. open ing today will open Monday of next week. Supt, J. H Grlgg stated. These schools, with an enrollment Of around 3.000 are OroVer, Polk vllle. Piedmont, Belwood, Casur Moriah and Beth ware. The colored schools ol the coun ty will not. re-open until Monday, Oct. 30 Add New Employe* At Belk-Steven* Four new employe; have been added to the clerical force of the Belk-Stevens store in Shelby as the result of the NRA drive. They are: Miss Lois Barnett, of Orangeburg hosiery and piece goods depart ment: Jimmy Washburn. men's furnishings; Miss Thelma McIn tyre, bargain basement: Mrs. Carl Spurting. Ready-to-wear Circus-Meaning Elephants, Horses, Cowboys-Coming T o City W ednesday World Brothers Circus To Play Shclbv This Week. Wild West Features. The circus is coming to town on Wednesday ! The circus and all that goes with it—elephants, lions, hors es. cowboys and clowns! Day after tomorrow Shelby's sec ond circus of the year, the well known World Brothers show, will locate on the city’s customary “cir cus lot" between West Marion and West Warren streets. This has been an unusually good circus year, considering the exist ing conditions, and chancer are that with good weather the city will witness another large circus crowd on Wednesday. The one rn ■ cus playing Shelby this year drew i hundreds of Shelby and Cleveland county citizens and in the mean time scores have gone to Gastonia and Charlotte to see other- circuses Elephants, lions, horses and oth er animals which provide the big thrill for youngsters will be featur ed in the World Brothers program here Wednesday, advance agents announce. This program will in clude performances by ‘educated" elephants and a daring wild animal act in which Capt Walker, fearless trainer, will enter a cage with sev eral fierce Nubian lions. Another attraction which is expected to prove a big drawing with the youngsters will he the Wild West part ol the circus in which Bud Horne movie cowboy and Jim Hughes champion rodeo pnpor. will1 be. featured Aged Rutherford Man Is Brutally Murdered,Robbed Owen* Body Found By Grandchild J. Watson Owens round Slain With election precincts, or a total of 78 men to come to a school of instrut tion without pay. Hence there w‘!l be no school of instruction, Chair man Mull, however, hat s quantity of pamphlets, giving instructions, which wilt be parsed nut to Uie elec tiori officials.