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Cleveland County’s Tenth Annual Fair Opens Tuesday Sept. 25th To Run For Five Days 1 The Medelzmd Zitw Late News THE MARKETS Cotton, Spot.12% to 1344 Cotton seed, ton, wagon_25.00 Partly Cloudy Weather forecast for North Caro lina: Clandy, slightly warmer in west portion Friday followed b> ahowers Friday night or Saturday; ■lightly cooler in interior Saturday, Morro Castle Probe George L. Alagna, first assistant radio operator of the Morro Cast if admitted at the federal investiga tion of the steamer’s burning, that Ward line officials had promisee to “take care of him" if he wouldn: talk. "Keep your mouth shut.” h ■ays he was warned, "and every thing will Mow over." Child Missing A blood stained handkerchic bearing the letter “D," a small haii pin. and dark stains on a suburbar street were mute evidences yester day In the hands of police as tl)f b- continued their search for si: year old Dorothy Dlstelhurst, wh< has disappeared from her home it Nashville, Tenn. She has been los since 1:15 p. m. Wednesday. Gas Bomb Sales Senate munitions investigator hit cautiously yesterday at maker: erf tear gas bombs, asserting in ow instance that "two babies wer gassed to death” in the 1932 bonu: riots ,in Washington, and in anoth er that an American missionar; had played the dual role of preach er and gas salesman. Farmers May Sell Extra Gin Tickets May Buy Or Sell Extras For Foui Cents Pound Lint Cotton, Alvin Propst, administrator o the Bankhead bill In the county has announced that if there ari farmers who have too much or to< little cotton to fit their contrac with the government, they may bu; or sell extra cotton certificates a four cents per pound of lint cot ton. If a farmer should have Ux much cotton, he would have to pa; the tax which is 5.67 cents pe: pound. In other words the provi sion would result in a saving o about $8.36 per bale. Three Things According to Propst, there an three things which may be dom with the extra certificates, onci they are received. First, they ma; be kept for next year’s use; sec ond, they may be sold to anothei producer in the county; third, the; may be brought to his office anc put in the national pool when farmers with surpluses all over th< •ountry may buy them. At the end of the season eact man who has put them in the poo will be given his pro rata part, ai In the cotton option pool, explain ed some time ago. It is expected that Cleveland mas have a number of farmers who wit exceed their quota and will wan1 to buy more tickets, but the coun ty as a whole may be as much as ten percent under the quota. Fear For Funds For Grover Road Bifhwagr Commission However, Has Tentatively Approved Road Project Relative to the Shetby-Grovei road, promised three years ago b* CUte Highway Chairman E. B Jeffreas, a letter from w. Vance Boise, acting state highway eng’ neer writes The Star: “Wish to advise that this section ol road has been tentatively approved by the commission for inclusion in our program of work for this year and I hope that funds will hold out so that It can be taken care of. I discussed this matter with Mr. Ross Sigmon at the last commission ' meeting and he stated at that time that he would be glad to make an investigation of this road." Since the death of Jno. D. Wal drop, state highway engineer and the serious illness of E. B. Jeffress, chairman of the state highway com mission, road projects in Norsh Carolina have been haulted some what. Renewed effort is now being made by Lee B. Weathers, chair man of the good roads committee of the chamber of commerce to get this road on an early letting. The location has been established, a mile and a half of the road graded by the CWA and tentatively approved for early letting by the commission That hope about “funds holding out” is causing some uneasiness **“«• ovar this road. 1 VOL. XL, No. 114 SHELBY, N. a FRIDAY, SEPT. 21, 1934 Published Monday. Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. I»* M*U pw r»»r. I la tdnnoa) _ H.M c»nnr. pm m>, (in a4vuuM) _ ON ROOSEVELT CALLS WORKERS BACK TO MACHINES South’s Biggest Fair Expected To Attract Thousands Tuesday Cleveland County Exhibition Will Mark 10th Anniversary; Dr. Dorton Announces More Horse Races An additional bounce of interest to the Cleveland County Fair, which opens Tuesday, was added this morning wher Secretary J. S. Porton announced that, in addition to the ’ harness races, saddle horses will compete for prizes. ur. u. j. vale oi Koanoke, vir Mginia. wired today that he will , bring a string of 12 ponies from three Virginia thoroughbred stables. ■ Prizes of $100 for each race will be added to the kitty, Dr. Dorton said. Huge Throngs Expected Next week, of course, is the big, bright red letter week for Cleveland county. It is the tenth anniversary of the largest county fair in the south, a fair so large that it sur passes most state fairs, including ! North Carolina’s. And, strike or no strike, the optimistic Dorton cheer • fully believes that he can set another record for attendance. Why not? Every farmer in the county has been waiting for months for : this very event. Five years ago, the Cleveland fair broke all attendance records for the state, and has twice since ’ smashed its own record. Program Is Varied The week’s program of enter tainment is comprehensive and varied. Everything that goes to make fair attractive and to amuse and entertain thousands of visitors ' has been booked. There will be thrilling and amusing free acts and stunts twice daily, horse races each afternoon, spectacular flre : works each night, daredevil stunts on motorcycles and in autofi on Friday, and the big AAA auto races (Continued on page eight.) Mrs. J. C. Parker Of Bessemer City Dead Former Cleveland County Citixen Brought Back To Native Soil For Interment. Mrs. Etta Toluca Stuart Parker, wife of J. C. Parker, died last Sun day at her home in Besemer City and was buried Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Capernium ceme tery near Waco in No. 5 township. Mrs. Parker was born October 12th, 1860 and was married to J. C. Parker on Dec. 28th, 1887. Most of her life was spent in Cleveland county. She and her husband mov ed to Bessemer City a number of years ago. Funeral services were conducted by the pastor of the First Baptist church of Bessemer City and a large crowd attended the sad rites. Mrs. Parker was a wom an of many fine qualities and will be greatly missed. Surviving are her husband, one daughter. Mrs. A. H. Harmon of Bessemer City and one son. Floyd Parker who teaches in the Masonic home at Oxford. Tuesday To Be Children’s Day At County Fair Every effort will be put forth he make next Tuesday a red-lettei event for the youngsters of Cleve land and adjoining counties, fall Secretary J. S. Dorton announced today. Tuesday will be the opening day and “School Day" at the Cleveland county fair. All school children will be admitted free, but in addition tc mere admission, says Secretary Dorton, “We hope to make It an occasion they will never forget Every eourtesy will be shown the youngsters and we hope to have as sembled the finest display of educa tional exhibits they have ever seen We desire that all parents anc school officials extend their utmost efforts to get every youngster here and then the fair association will put forth its best to entertain and amuse them.” BULLETIN By DNI8TED PRESS OSAKA, Japan, Sept. 21.—A typhoon tidal wave struck Osaka today causing 633 death, mostly school children trapped In col lapsing buildings. Officials estimate 2,112 were injured as the storm swept in from the Pacific at noon . Scores of vessels weighing 1, 500 tons were washed ashore by the typhoon wave. Wm. Webb Awarded University Fellowship William Webb, son of ^udge E. Y. Webb has just been notified that he was awarded a fellowship in New York university. He left yes terday for New York to take up his work there. Mr. Webb had com pleted his A. B. and M. A. degree work at Columbia university and had planned to return to Duke university when he was notified of the award of the fellowship. Only two honors of this kind are avail able at New York university an nually, so it is a distinct honor which comes to Mr. Webb. 104-Year-Old Ex-Slave Recalls Terrors Of White-RobedK.K.K. By WAKE BRIDGES “Yas suh, boss, I can remember the Civil war, and the white-robed devils who rode around in the mid dle of the night frightening us po’ niggers. Lawd, I wuz scared of the critters! Once they rode into the yard of Marse Washburn’s home. Marse Washburn, he told them to git away -and to never come back! Aunt Jennie Washburn, 104 year old negro mammy, believed to be the j oldest woman in Cleveland county, ! told the reporter at the home of her json near Boiling Springs Tuesday night. : The aged darky was once the property of Ben Washburn who j lived near Rutherfordton. She has forgotten just how many slaves Mr Washburn had. but *ays he had all jhe needed, probably ten or fifteen. She can't recall how niw< acres of t’,and he owned, cither. but says that he had a gracious plenty of that too. Aunt Jennie didn’t go to school, but often carried the Washburn children to school. When the re porter told her that she wasn’t too old to learn, she clapped her hands, a grin creeping into the few wrin kles on her face. “Naw suh. I can’t do that, Marse!” ] When asked if she felt any older than she did fifty years ago. she re plied, “Lawd, yes! I can't get about any more My legs are stiff, and my head hurts all the time.” z To the suggestion that she wear spectacles, she replied that she didn’t have any use for such con traptions. "I can see all right with out them," she said. “You can’t see me,” said the re j 'lorter from the shadows of the flickering oil lamp, which rested on tCouUnueO un page cigiitj Lindbergh Baby Kidnaping Mystery Solved; Alien Arrested By Tracing Ransom Money By UNITED PRESS NEW YORK. Sept. 21.—Bruno Richard Hauptmann, a Ger • man convict, Illegally In the United States, having come as I a stowaway. Is temporarily charged with extortion as the recipient of the Lindbergh $50, 000 ransom money, paid for the return of the kidnaped Lind bergh baby, later found dead In the woods near the Filing Eagle’s home after a nation-wide search. i Federal police officials believe j Hauptmann's arrest will solve the | entire kidnapping murder. 1 The federal department of Justice j believes the kidnaping was a one j man Job. Hauptmann's handwriting | has been checked and shows that it is similar to that in the ransom note, demanding the $50,000 ran som money for the child's return. Hauptmann had In his possession In his garage at the time of his ar rest, $13,750 of the ransom money, which had been carefully marked for identification before it was paid. Hauptmann was a carpenter who had worked near the Lind bergh home and had access to a lumber yard where the malarial was gotten with which to build the ladder used In reaching the second story room of the Lindbergh home where the sleeping baby lay. The arrested man quit work but had plenty of money after the kidnap ing. Dr. J. F. (Jafsle) Condon has "partially” Identified Hauptmann steadfastly maintains his Innocence. In the garage of the Hauptman home In the Bronx was found $13, 750 of the $50,000 ransom money paid ovw by Dr. John f. Oondoi C'Jatele"), tor the baby that wa: later found dead near the Lind bergh home at Hopewell. The mon «y was hidden in the floor an< door sash. In Washington today it was be lieved that the kidnaping myster; had been completely solved. Wew York, New Jersey and De partment of Justice investigator: have worked unrelentingly on th< case since the child was first stolen Within two days after payment oi the ransom money, in St. Ray mond’s Cemetery, a $20 gold der tifllate was discovered In the Ensl River Savings Bank. It could no be traced. Meanwhile, a few othei small and untraceable bills wen passed. Despite closest watching. 11 (Continued on page eight) N. C. Relief Projects End During Harvesting Season Hundreds Of Calls For Farm Workers Show Direct Relief For Unemployed Is Reduced To A Minimum (Special to The Star) RALEIGH, Sept. 21.—Due to the seasonal increase In farm employment in harvesting and marketing cotton, to bacco, and other crops all work projects under the NCERA in rural sections of the State will be discontinued immediate ly, Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, State Relief Administrator, an j Mrs. O’Berry said that hundreds of calls for farm workers have been made at local relief offices by pri vate employers during the past sev eral days indicating the need for work and direct relief to care fo* unemployed farm workers has sharply declined. Relief Roll Ends Sept. M The state administrator said that all farm workers in the state classi fied as "employables” will be re moved from the relief rolls not later than September 26. ^During the height of the har vesting season,” Mrs. QBerry said, “when the need for additional farm workers is so urgent, the need for work projects and direct relief to care for unemployed people is re duced to the minimum. “With few exceptions, we are suspending all work projects in the rural areas and removing farm lab orers from relief rolls In order that farmers and others offering private employment may be assured ade quate help during the harvesting season.” Rehabilitation Policy ..Mrs. O’Berrv said the discontinu ance of work projects and the re moval of employable people from the relief rolls is in line with the administration’ general policy at rehabilitation. "We make every effort to see that our relief clients return to private employment where they may con tinue in the work in which they have been trained, or work which they have been accustomed to do, when the employment is available. We believe that employment now is available to the large majority of farm workers on our rolls.” Mrs. OBerry said that relief for urTShiployable people will be con tinued as usual. Special Agents To Collect Tax In the last meeting of the board of county commissioners a group of special colelctors was appointed to aid in collecting poll and personal 'taxes yet due for 1932-33. ' This board will begin collecting about October 1 and will receive as compensation 25 percent of all they collect. This method has been used before and has been very success ful. Out To Collect At present the board is determin ed to collect a large part of the I sum now lacking, close to $12,000. Following is the list of special agents and the townships in which they will work: No. 1, L. I. Scruggs; No. 2. H. W. McKinney; No. 3, J. T. Borders; No. 4, C. H. Shepherd; No. 5, John Hord; No. 6. Coy McSwain; No. 7. R. W. McBrayer; No. 8. Os car Powell; No. 9. Stough Beam; , ' •' M. N. Gantt; No. 11. A. A. I Hoi ton. Schools Open At Kings Mountain Enrollment Of 1,200; Number Of Change* In The Faculty; Opening Exercise*. Twelve nundred school children resumed their studies In the Kings Mountain city school* this morning In three grammar schools and Cen tral high. The anticipated enroll ment Is expected to reach 3,000. The opening was postponed on account of the textile strike, which has cleared up with ten out of the eleven mills In operation. At the opening exercises, Dr. H. M. Garrison delivered the invoca tion, Rev. R. C. Wilson led the de votional and Rev. A. O. 8ergeant made an interesting talk. The new superintendent. B. N. Barnes then delivered a talk to the pupils and parents. Mr. Barnes was principal for four years under Supt. Claude Grigg who resigne dto accept work at Albemarle. F. M. Biggerstaff, the new prin cipal comes from Piedmont high. Mrs. J. H. Thomason Is principal of East End, Mrs. C. Q. Rhyne of West End. New teachers aft J. W. Las serty, Misses VlrginiO Person and Sara Hambright. Minister Tellf Of European Problems Problems in Europe. economic, social and military were revealed to the Kiwanis club by Rev. E. B. Jenkins, pastor of the First Bap tist church of Rutherfordton last night. Mr. Jenkins has Just return ed from his third trip abroad. This summer he attended the Baptist World Alliance in Berlin and is in timately acquainted with European problems. At the suggestion of Kiwanian O !M. Mull, district highway commis sioner Ross Sigmon will be Invited 'to visit Shelby two weeks from now | and address a joint meeting of the | civic clubs on Cleveland county’ll {highway program. Quality Cleaners In New Quarters S. S. Summey, owner and man ager of the Quality Cleaners estab lishment which was destroyed by fire Monday says that he is open ing temporary quarters in the build ing formerly occupied by the City Cafe. He has new machinery and equipment installed and will be '■*■•11 dy for business over the week end. Cora Mill Opens Under N.C. Guards In Kings Mountain No Picket* Active In Cleveland Now; Three Khelhy Plant* Hum Smoothly ■ On. Th* Cora cotton mill In Kins' Mountain opened this morning un der the protection of Shelby's Com pany K, North Carolina Nations Guard, resuming operations afte two weeks’ of strike with a ful shift of 125 workers reporting at i o'clock. Another one hundred an twenty-five will report for the see ond shift It Is said. The DUItni mill, only remaining plant close* In Kings Mountain, Is due to opei soon. These two mills are being oper ated under Federal reeelvenshh and their opening was authorise more than a week ago by Fedora Judge E. Yates Webb of Shelby No Pickets Today. No pickets appeared this morn ing, and none has been active foi more than a week. The three Shelby mills, Lily, By rum and Belmont, which opener last week and early this week, ari running quietly under the watch ful eyes of four companies o guardsmen. No picket lines are be ing formed. Other mills will prob ably open here next week, but r< definite announcements have beei made. | The number of spindles In oper ation in Kings Mountain at preset; is as follows: Bonnie mill, 8,488 Kings Mtn. Mfg, Co.. 6,500; Maun ey Mills, 10,000; Neisler Mills, 0,931 with 368 looms; Park Yarn Mill 10,080. Headquarters Moved. Headquarters of the North Caro lina National Guard stationed a Kings Mountain was moved todn; from the Central High school bull! Ing to the Fulton building nextdooi to Fulton's Mortuary. This wa: made necessary because of the fac that the schools open today. Lieut enant Henry C. Long In comm a nr of the troops states that the mer are very much pleased with thi new headquarters. Both Sides Look With Of Strike Settlement Labor Leaders Now Gathering In Capital To Consider Report Of Winant Board** Report Submitted To Roosevelt. WASHINGTON. Sept. 21.—End of the textile strike ap peared near at hand today when President Roosevelt ap poarod near at hand today when President Roosevelt called all workers to return to the mills. Roth labor and the mills regard as satisfactory the report of the Winant board made pjublic yesterday and strike leaders have been summoned to Washington for a conference at which they will act on the recommendations made in the Winant Board report. Upon ! Shoffner Warns Cotton Farmers j About AAA Cuts A warning to Cleveland county farmers not to confuse the now doubtful Bankhead control bill, which may be suspended, with the AAA’s cotton reduction program, which Is not suspended, was tsinied this morning by County Agent R. W. Shoffner. "Regardless of what happen* to the Bankhead plan." he said, "cot ton reduction, as It Is already tin derway. Is not affected. If you have been ordered to destroy or plow up cotton under this scheme, you must do It. "If the Bankhead plan Is sus pended. It merely mean* that cot ton produced this year may be sold tax free.” Lineberger Held Up By Bandits At Atlanta, Ga. Bandits Attempt To Rob Or Kidnap Him At Union Station; Haa Head Injury. John Lineberger, age 23. assist ant manager of the 8. and W. cafeteria In Atlanta, and son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lineberger of Shel by, Is reported recovering today from Injuries suffered Wednesday night when he frustrated an at tempt of two young white men to rob or kidnap him. r Lineberger had driven his car to the union station, taking with him two friends. Prank Lund and Orady Putnam, cafeteria employee* to board the train north. After his friends had left him for the ticket window, young Lineberger was pre paring to get Into his car when two men stepped up to him and at the point, of a pistol commanded him to get Into the car. When he re (Continued on Page Eight! 30 Steel Cars Bring Fair Show, With Freaks, Rides And Musicals The Rubin and Cherry exposition presenting America's Model Shows will present the midway attractions at the Cleveland courity fair during the coming week with twenty-five high class shows and seventeen of the latest rides. The Rubin and Cherry exposi tion is one of the largest of the touring amusement organisations and travels on its own tram of thir ty all-steel cars which will arrive here Sunday via the Southern rail road and everything will be readi ness for the opening day of the fair. Among the many feature attrac tions are several brought direct from the Chicago Worlds Fair and Century of Progress including the "Midget Village,” with six talented Lilliputians; "Miss America" a girl show with si> posing beauties; the ; “Sky Rocket,” brand new thriller |ride, and many others. ' “Preezo," the Human Polar Bear, a young man who Is frozen aitte In a solid block of Ice weighing 1, 400 pounds, late a feature of tho Chicago fair, makes his debut tn the ‘‘Believe It or Not” Odditorlum. An amazing exhibition of physical endurance, ‘‘Preezo’’ is the only man living to ever accomplish the difficult feat. Other freaks and cur iosities will be shown In the Oddi torlum. "Carioca’’ is a musical comedy revue with Bay Nell, sensation Pan Dancer and a beauty chorus and Argentine orchestra Is an outstand ing attraction and other shows of merit are the Motordrome with Daredevil Zeke Shumway and his speed demon; MyBtlc India, a mys tifying Illusion show with Lady Zerelda, noted mystic; Dam-Pi-No, Bug House and many other big fea tures as well as the 17 big rides which will con MUie to amuse lair patrons during the coming week. me winuui uoaru m uime men wan appointed by the president soon after the strike wu ordered three weeks ago. Labor leaders are ex pected to reach a decision late to night or early Saturday when they gather In Washington to oonslder the Win&nt board's report and the recommendation of President Roose velt that all workers return to their Jobs and that the mill heads take back all striking employee on the same basis as before. At Huntington. Pa., a flying squadron member was shot In a riot and others were Injured. Pickets and state police and spe cial officers clashed In Philadel phia. with a number injured. State militia has been called out tn Massachusetts to preserve peace and order. -*•» United Press poll shows 341,691 textile workers are employed and 470.230 Idle. The situation has quited down In Georgia and Governor Tahnadge is preparing to demobilise the nation* 1 guard. Tlie Wlnant board called for; Creation of a Textile Labor Re lations board for the “more ade quate protection of labor's rights under the collective bargaining and other labor provlalons of the oode;” A study by the labor department and the federal trade oommission to determine whether Increased wages are economically feasible; Regulation of the stretch-out— the practice of Increasing the num ber of machine* tended by Indivi dual workers—by a second board, acting under the Textile Labor board; An Investigation by the labor de partment to settle the question Of differentials between minimum wages prescribed by the oode and the compensation of skilled work ers. In addition, the board asserted labor conditions in the Industry had been “below the average" for many years, criticised the present meth od of settling section 7 (A) disputes as “ineffective," and found an in creased use of the stretchout since adoption of the code. City Tax Notice* Being Mailed Out Two Per Cent Discount Allowed Until October 31st, Then One Per Cent. Notices were mailed out this week to property owners tn the city of Shelby, notifying them <* Rle amount due for 1934 taxes. A two percent dlsoount is being allowed until October 31st, one per cent in November, after which there will- be no discount until the pen alty begins on February 1st of next year. Mayor McMurry says quite a number of property owners have taken advantage of the two percent discount and paid this week. The city will need $20,000 on October 1 to pay bond principal ana Interest. Miller Injured When j Struck By A Car ! R L. Miller is in the Shelby hos pital suffering with a head Injury received Wednesday when struck by a ear driven by Lem Elmore. The accident happened In the Dover Mill village Wednesday morning and Mr. Miller was taken to the hos i pital where he is resting fairly well. An x-ray examination will be given today fo determine the extent of ,1ns injury. I 3 1
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