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Tuesday Marks Opening of Qeveland s “Bigger and Better” Fair, Continuing All This Week The Eltwkkdmdsthw J Late News THE MARKETS Cotton, spot___ 12He to 13Hr, Cotton seed, ton, wagon 33.00 Generally Fair 1 Weather forecast for North Caro tna: Fair in interior and cloudy on toast Mondays Tuesday generally lair. Feared Acid By UNITED PRESS NEW YORK, Sept. 24.—Captain Robert Wllmot of the burned Mor ro Castle, who died of heart di sease before the great marine dis aster occurred, locked himself in his cabin about sixteen hours be fore the fire because he feared George L. Algana, second radio op erator, -would throw acid on him. This seas revealed at the investiga tion this morning. . Kidnap Case Goes To Jury By UNITED PRESS NEW YORK, Sept. 24.—The case of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, who is charged with extortion in the I.indbergh baby kidnaping, went before a Bronx county grand jury today while police sought to com plete evidence linking him with both the kidnaping and murdering of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., last Feb ruary. So far, although a wealth of evidence has been unearthed show ing that Hauptmann undoubtedly wrote the ransom notes, nothing definite has been advanced to show that the German actually took part in the kidnaping or in he murder of Hie child. The March Of Events Preachers Protest “Excommunication” was charged from many German pulpits yes terday in response to the news of the consecration of Reichbishop Ludwig Mueller. Thousands of German pastors are opposed to the Nazi church, which this bishop represents, and are claiming that the basis of the Christian church has been abandoned. Saw Kidnaping A CCC worker at a Virginia camp yesterdy stoutly maintained that he was an eye-witness to the Lindbergh kidnaping. He said he could identify Hauptmann as the man who did It. He said on the night of the kidnaping he was walking along a road in Hopewell N. J., and saw two men pulling a small child between them. He’s kept quiet all this time, he said, waiting for the right “'break” to tell his story. He didn’t know, on that night, he claims, that he was wit nessing the Lindbergh kidnaping Overhaul New Deal New steps to assure an overhaul of New Deal laws which it finds objectionable were mapped todav by industrial leaders through two of Its biggest organizations, the United States Chamber of Com merce and the National Association of Manufacturers. It is claimed that existing agencies for relief are operating without proper financial • supervision. Shelby Students Get Passes To The Fair Shelby school children will get a holiday on Friday to go to the fair —with free tickets supplied by the fair association. All other school children In tht county, including Kings Mountain, have free admission on Tuesday. The Star will be sent tht entire school term of iflm months to teachers and stu dents away for school, at tht special price of Cash in Advance Be Sure To Get Iu /our Sub scriptions Within The Next Few Days. LAST CALL For School Subscriptions For 105 Issues VOL. XL, No. 115 SHELBY, N. C, MONDAY, SEPT. 24, 1934 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. ay M.IU pmt |W, (la idTUMI _ nil C*rrlwr. aw IMI. (ta Mnunl .» *M* Young Democrats Re-Elect Horn County Chairman Campaign Opened In THi* County Inaugurate Cleveland Campaign With Meeting Saturday, Seek ing Party Solidarity. Declaring for a straight Demo cratic ticket and wasting no time arguing about issues, members of the Cleveland County Young Dem ocrat Club held a swift and happy meeting here Saturday afternoon, inaugurating the fall campaign in this county. They re-elected C. C. Horn as chairman, leaving the appointment of a vice-chairman to the discret ion of ■ Young Democrat Raymond Cline, sheriff of Cleveland. A. A. Powell was named second vice chairman, Bill Osborne was named secretary-treasurer and Cameron Shipp elected publicity man. James S. Cline, attorney, made i the chief speech of the day, and that was notable for brevity. It sounded he keynote of party 'solid arity. Bynum Weathers, Democrat ic nominee for Judge of the Re corders court, also inveighed against scratched tickets, and Joe Blanton, chairman of the Board of couny commissioners rose to ex press his faith in the county as a party stronghold. Bankhead Measure* To Stay In Force Cotton Emergency Not Yet Ended, Administration Rules After A Conference. WASHINGTON, Sept. 32.—The Bankhead cotton control act went on trial for its life today and the verdict was—acquittal. "The act will not be suspended,” said Chester C. Davis, AAA admin istrator, after a conference in which Secretary Wallace and congress men from the cotton states parti cipated. Wallace said virtually the same thing. To help small farmers, who com plained against the measure .their allotments under it will be increas ed 10 per cent. The Bankhead law, passed large ly through the efforts of Senator Bankhead, Democrat of Alabama, who participated in the discussion today, places a tax of 5 1-2 cents a lint pound on all cotton sold from this year’s crop in excess of 10, i 460,251 bales. The measure was the first com pulsory crop control legislation, and President Roosevelt had to approve jit publicly before it was passed by ! congress. Mrs. Houser Sells Cafe To D. L. Willis .Mr. Willis Will Remodel Room And Continue To Operate At The Same Stand. D. L. Willis has purchased the Piedmont Cafe at the comer of La Fayette and Warren streets in the bank building and will continue to operate the same under the present name. Mrs. Houser has been oper ating a cafe here for a number of years. Mr. Willis recently sold his soda shop in the Royster building but retains his barber shop which he will operate in the Royster build ing. He is a native of the county and widely experienced in business. Extensive improvements will be made in the interior of the cafe j since Mr. Willis has taken charge. His Tip Led to Arrest of Lindbergh Suspect Walter Lyle, inset, attendant at a gasoline service station in New York City, above, has been credited with giving the tip that led to the arrest of Bntio Richard Hauptmann as a suspect in the Lindbergh baby kidnaping and murder. Receiving a forbid den $40 gold certificate from a motorirt, lyk careful to jot down the license number of the a Investigation disclosed that the certificate been one of the Lindbergh ransom note*, Hauptmann was traced through the license. ISM PROGRAM FOR COUNTY FAIR The tenth annual Cleveland County Fair opens to morrow (Tuesday) morning at 8 o’cldtk, with the ex hibit halls thrown open at 10 o’clock. Racing and free attractions begin each afternoon at 2 o’clock. This includes trotting, pacing and running races, with the free shows interspersed. The free show, which will be seen from the grand stand, includes: Polly’s Revue of 1934, Billy Ritchey’s Water Show—beautiful driving acts; Aunt Jemima’s Four Pancakes, a comedy act; Frank Stanley’s Roman Standing Race, chariot race and push ball on horseback, horses jumping over automobiles and other equine features. Each night, the free acts will be repeated, begin ning at 7 o’clock, followed by fireworks. The evening show will last about two and a half hours. Judging in all departments begins at 8 A. M. Livestock judging will begin on Wednesday at 10 A. M. The pulling contest will be held Thursday at 4:30, the pony races Wednesday at 4 P. M. and the Horse Show on Friday at 10 A. M. Webb Grand Jury Charge Upholds N. C. Dry Stand Federal Judge, Opening Court Here, Says State Most Progressive Since Alcohol Was Outlawed “Liquor traffic has man Federal Judge E. Yates Web] ing in a message that augure bootleggers. “North Carolina has been th< most progressive state in the unior since we drove out liquor,” thi judge said. “And our vote last fail against repeal, was a tribute to oui churches, our children and oui mothers. That tremendous vote, ir which every county west of Ra leigh save little Alleghany joined was a mandate to every police offi Plenty Of Trouble Encountered By A Patterson Springs Family One Cleveland county family feels that the old adage “trouble never comes single-handed," must cer tainly be true. The J. J. Shuford family of Pat terson Springs was composed of seven children until last March when Mr. Shuford died and left the widow with all the cares of a large family. Following the death of his father, a son, B. R. Shuford, of Kings Mountain suffered a nervous breakdown and Is now a patient at the State' Hospital in Morganton. Both Mrs. Lee Allen, Rt. 2 and Mrs. R. H. Ponder of Grover, daughters of Mr. Shuford, have been patients in the Shelby hospital since that time, neither h-s com pletely recovered. Brya»n Shuford, j of Grover, has been gravely 111 al summer with kidney trouble, an< even after treatment at a hospita his condition is not much improved Another daughter, Mrs. W. A Randall of Earl, was rushed to th< Shelby hospital on August 13 wher< she underwent a most serious op eration. To climax the reverses of the al ready trouble laden family, a coa recently knocked down Mrs. Shu ford, mother of the family, break ing her jaw and fracturing her righi hip. She is now a patient in th< hospital and it will be several week: before she will be able to wort again. In the face of it all, the family i. optimistic y defenders but no defense,” > told a Grand Jury this morn I no boon for Cleveland County cer and to every citizen.” He explained that, under the new liquor laws, a Federal stamp is required before liquor can be sold, and intimated that there will be several such cases before this . court. A curious courtroom looked around for George Johnson and Carl Hatched, who will be tried for distributing liquor that, it is alleg ed, bore counterfeit stamps. The alleged sales wefe consummated within, a few blocks of the judge’s office. U. S. District Attorney Marcus Erwin of Asheville said he would present about 23 bills, which, it is believed,, can be disposed of in a few days. Judge Webb announced that a recess will be declared later In the week to allow the jurors to 1 attend the Cleveland county fair. The following jurors were drawn this morning: Grand Jury Tom Webb, W. P. Carpenter, A. A. Anthony, H. W. Dillinger, Floyd Carpenter, G. C. Ellis, G. M. Ed wards, (foreman), C. D. Hicks, Dock Hager, G. D. Melton, Robert McNeely, C. M. Carter. Hobart Dal ton, Fred A. Abrams, E. M. Eaker, J. D. Ellis, H. B. Doggett and D. L. Lewis. Petty Jury J. W. Putnam, H. Lohr, H. Blan ton, F. W. Little. S. Lee Taylor, Grady Howard, L. F. Smith, George W. Hi!!. Frank Tate, S. A. Gettys, 4 Walter L. Moss and J. H Costner. Seven Non Suits In 14 Judgments From Judge Hill Judge Hill Closes Court Barty; Next Term To Be In October. The September civil term of •* perior court closed early last week with only 14 of the scheduled 36 cases coming up for hearing. Conducted by Judge Frank 8 Hill of Murphy the court proceeded with remarkable speed for a civil term and soon had completed all the cases on the calendar which were ready. Seven Non Suita Of the 14 cases seven were non suited, two wore divorces, there were several of little importance and $6,000 was awarded in the case of Miss Minnie Black, administra tor, vs. W. M. Greene. The next term of superior court will be held the fourth week in Oc tober. It was not announced who will preside. It Is likely that a num ber of cases docketed lor this month will appear in October when the lawyers have completed their calendar. Judgments Following are the Judgments: Bn loe vs. Enloe, non suit; Houser vs. Fails, plaintiff did not receive dam ages in a negligence suit; M. L. Smith vs. Lem Martin, damage was awarded; Dedmon vs. Patterson, awarded damages in a Joint own ership of a hog; Gertrude Cham pion granted divorce from T. B. Champion; Juanita Camp vs. E. A. Wellmon, non suit; Robert Goode vs. M. G. Poteat, non suit; M. H. Bridges vs. Marcus Beam, awarded $15; D. A. Beam vs. N. B. Smith, non suit; D. M. Mills vs. Clyde Smith, non suit; Zonle Williams vs. Travelers Ins. Co., non suit; C. D. Weaver vs. Ruth Weaver, di vorce; Ralph Bell vs. Mason Rob erts, non suit. Marines Accept Shelby Recruits Garviee Costner And Glenn M. Simmons Are Taking Preliminaries. Garviee A. Costner, son of Mrs. Mary E. Costner of 719 LaFayette street, and Glenn M. Simmons, son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Simmons of route 5, were accepted for service in the U. S. Marine corps on Sep tember 21st at the Marine office, Post Office building, Savannah, Ga. and transferred to the Marine base, Parris Island, S. C„ for preliminary training, it is announced by Major Louis E. Fagan, officer in charge. Costner is a graduate of the Alta mount consolidated high school, class of 1934, and Simmons grad uated from the Polkvllle high school, class of 1933. The Marine corps accepts only ap plicants who are graduates of high school or have equivalent or high er education. They must present certificates of good character from two business or professional men of their home community. Cloth Mill Opens, Five Others Idle In Shelby Area Textile Strike Comei To A Close •Two Unite Of Soldiers Lwtvr: Twe Pacacir* On Saturday; Ten K. M. Mills Running. Five hundred and fifty employee of tl»e Cleveland Cloth mill wont back to work this morning as a re sult of the end of the textile strike called off Saturday, following Presi dent Roosevelt's request. Five mills remain closed in Shel 'br—the Dover and Ora, just west ■of Shelby. Eton, Shelby and Ella Milis. The Ryrum Hosiery. Lily thread mill and the Belmont were working last week before the strike ended, with state troops on guard to protect willing workers. Ten of the eleven mills at Kings Mountain continued operation tills morning with, only the DtUlng Idle. Double Shoals and Lawndale mills have been operating without interruption although they were visited by “fly ing squadrons." Trooper* Still Here National guardsmen remained at their poets at the Idly, Byrum Hos iery and Belmont, mills but? will dis band soon. Still on duty in thii area are the headquarters and serv ice engineers from Charlotte, Com pany E. Infantry and Company K Shelby outfit, serving In King; Mountain and Cherryvllle. The Lln colnton cavalry troop departed yes terday, along with a platoon from Company A. 105th Engineers from WUkesboro. Troopers stfll on guard here arc quartered kr tents at the Lily mill The camp around the Belmont mill has bean abandoned and whatever guard duty Is necessary at Belmont and Byrum is supplied from the main base. At the Belmont, the mill management provided shower bafchi and ether conveniences to the sol diers on guard duty. The task of demobilising the greatest peace time army ever call ed oot in the south—something more than 6,000 men—will require several days. Capt. Morgan, adjut ant of the outfit here, aaid this morning that no orders for evacua tion had been received here. In the state as a whole 21 of the 36 unite on guard duty have been recalled Troopers were still on duty this morning at the more heavily pop ulated textile centers—Kings Moun ted. Shelby, Gastonia, Belmont, (Continued on page eight.) Two Accidents Over Week End Adwm Oates And Mb Hazel Put nam Sustain SNght Injuries. Two slight accidents Involving Shelby people occurred over the week end, neither being very ser ious. Adam Oates, a youth of the Cur ttstown section was struck Satur day night by an automobile said tc be driven by George Noggle during the parade of the textile workers He was taken to the Shelby hos pital for examination, but was fount to have received only slight bruis es. Mr. Noggle was not detained ar the accident Was held unavoidable Miss Hazel Putnam received sev eral scratches on her face and arms as the result of an accident Crldaj night near Horse 8hoe Bend on the old Kings Mountain road. Shi spent Friday night at the hosplta but was able to leave early Satur day. Something went wrong wltt the steering mechanism of the cai In which she was riding and the injuries were received when It rar Into a ditch. Arrival Of Midway Show Heralds Fair To Open On Tuesday Thirty Cars Bring Giant Rides And Colorful Trappings Of Flash Acts; Tents Up And Exhibitions Arranged All the 8(Mingled, tangled panoply of the circus, with tht vast painted machinery of the 15 thrill-rides, including the "Rocket," Century of Progress speedster, was unloaded thie morning at the Southern depot and the difficult task of trans porting it to the Fairgrounds began. Racing Steeds Poised To Run On Fair Track A novel feature of the Cleveland •oilnty fair this time will be run ning races In addition to the trot ting and pacing events. The Jockeys will race their mounts between the two standard events which begin dally at 2 o'clock. There are four entries each In two running races dally of four and one-half furlongs. Entries Include ! "Wood Ferry,” owned by C. E. Gar ' ten of Greensboro; "Waving Star,” owned by Dr. B. E. Trayanham of Sweet Springs, Va., the three-year old "Marine Star," also from Vir ginia, the well-known “Blue Boy," , sired by Bag and Baggage," Ken tucky Derbe horse, owned by Ed Henry of Union City, Tenn.; "Aqua Trelth" owned by Dr. Lester, of Bdgemont, South Dakota. Addition of the running horses means there will be four races 1 daily. New Ideas Bring $2,518 Potential Tax Revenues In Increase Potential Revenues From Poll Taxes SO Per Cent Since 1982. Merely by the use of a few ideas and their practical application, the tax collecting agencies of the coun ty have Increased the potential revenue from poll taxes since 1932 by the sum of $3618, or an In crease of approximately 20 percent 7,253 Pay. In 1932. 6,994 people paid a poll tax. In 1933 this figure Jumped to 6,697 and by 1934 had Jumped to 7,253. This was an increase of 1,259 : people who paid two dollars apiece 1 poll tax, giving the above figure as potential. County commissioners think all of this will not be collected, but expect to collect at least two thirds, ' which will be about $1,800 extra for : the county treasure box. New Ideas. Commissioners thought it reas I onable that there ought to be more than 6000 people in the county to i pay poll tax. AcAordingly, they at once took Mr. Morris’ Idea and some others gained at a tax meeting In > Raleigh and applied them. In the ’ first place all the landlords were 1 asked to list 11 their tenants. Then ' the city directory issued by the l Lions Cub was checked for names. The last method was to ask all i corporations to submit a list of 1 employees. After these were re ■ celved 11 men were appointed by the t board to help collect the polls In arrears. Police Arrest Five For Stealing 10,000 Cigarettes From Station Chief of Police D. D. Wilkins an nounced on Saturday the capture o five young men on whom evidenc has been pinned in the robbery o seven cases of cigarettes from thi Southern depot on the night o August 14. Howell Lee Foust, 25, of Ro^l Hill, was given a preliminary hear lng In Recorders court on Satur day and held under bond of $1,001 on a charge of breaking and enter ing. His brother, George Foust, 2C is held in (500 as a material wit ness and is also charged with re ceiving and disposing of the cigar cites in Rock Hill Carl Earnest, accused of bemj \ corinected with the robbery, Is held in Jail here, Paul Sisk has been re leased as a witness and Coy Self of Shelby has also been released as a witness. Seven cases of cigarettes amounts f to 10,000 fags, and at wholesale prices, amounts to >427. The young men broke into the depot by cutting through a screen from the office window and open i ing a window. Through the office ■ they entered the freight room, tak , ing their loot out through the win dow again. South Carolina officers arrested George Foust. Patrolmen Hardin and Stamcy caught Earnest, 8isk ; I and Howell bee Foust. That fair, greatest county Mr 1r. the whole Southland, will open Tuesday morning at > o'clock, the exhibition hall throwing ita door^ open at 10, and you'll ba there. Tenth Anniversary. It's the tenth anniversary o* Cleveland's big show, and with the strike all over and everybody hap py-especially Dr. J. S. Dorton—it looks as another of thoee famed at tendance records will again be smashed. The hundred thousand attendance mark lent too high a mark to shoot at, The Rubin and Cherry Kaposi tlon, greatest road show of the country, and that’s no kidding, the publicity man says, brings the scoot-the-soooters, ths girl thaw, two of ’em, in fact, charming nymphs in tights and flounoas, and the thrills of acrobats. Congress Of Dsredwils. Then there comes Ward Beam s International Congress of Dare devils. They’ll crash automobiles race motorcycles, and hold an a#b can derby. On the free list ars Billy Hitch le’s Water Show, with beautiful diving aos, including a leap into fire and water, Air* Famous Dogs —the one’s that wear-horsse* heads And the horse races—you’ve reed all about them. Trotting, pacing and saddle races twloe dally. Tents Thrown Up And that’* a brief review of the carnival attractions. Today the canvas tents are being thrown up, and tomorrow, with the hot dogs steaming, the piece will begin to smell like a real county fair. As much as Cleveland is inter ested in these sensational acts, the real purpose of the fair, the dis play of produce and husbandry anti handicraft of the county, will feten Just as many spectator*. For these, the prises are numerous. There’s $80 *40. and $30 awards for the beet community display, $88, $90 and *18 prises for the beet display of produce grown on a single farm, and any number of individual prises for handiwork and school exhibits What Wa Qrow. What Cleveland grows, the wheat, com, oats, barley, rye, legumes, sheaf grain, soy beans, oowpeas, leapedeza, hay, tobaooo, cotton, sweet potatoes. Irish potatoes, meats, fruits, horses, mules -can you think of anything elsef—all these will be in ample display, ana will be entered in competition for prises. A feature of this fair not to be for gotten Is the pony races, always tme of the meet exciting exhibi tions, in wfylch small Cleveland county boys will race their tiny mounts down the big track. Down In the livestock exhibition hall, Guernseys and porkers, bulb and rams, will be displayed, sleek and groomed. • In the ring, some of the finest horses In the south will go through their steps in competition for Mue ribbons. The great grandstand, 900 feet < long, seating more than 5,000, was declared hi readiness this morning as the last nail In this CWA pro ject was driven home. This afternoon the roar of great trucks out Highway 90 tells (he story—everybody’s headed for the Fair. Ford Is Stolen With Owner Near With the owner lees than 100 feet away, a thief was bold enough Saturday to take a new 1034 modal Ford V-8 and get away wRh It He had not been apprehended at noon today. The car was owned by Bate Blan ton, prominent Double Springs farmer, and was parked across the street in front of the Cleveland Hardware store. Mr. Blanton waa in front of the store at the time the car was taken, but did not notice it for some time. The motor number of the stolen J automobile is 983,304, and the H. C. license number Is 449,600.
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