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THE MARKETS
Cotton, spot.. 12c to 13c
Cotton teed, ton, wagon _ 33.00
Cotton, spot. 12l*c to 13'/ic
Fair, Warmer
Weather forecast for North Caro
lina: Fair, slightly warmer Wednes
day; Thursday partly cloudy.
Bruno Loses Plea
Bruno Richard Hauptmann yes
terday lost his fight to obtain a
writ of habeas corpus, which would
have prevented extradition to New
Jersey to face charges of murdering
the baby son of Col and Mrs.
Charles Lindbergh. The judge did
grant a stay of execution of the
writ until 4 p. m. Friday, Oct. 19.
Bruno's lawyers asked for a stay
until the 22nd, but the Judge ruled
that was unreasonable.
Business Better
President Roosevelt has received
a report of improved Industrial con
ditions, coincident with an increase
of the number of White House con
versations with business leaders.
Eugene Black of Atlanta, former
governor of the federal reserve
board, now liason officer between
the administration and the bank
ers, has made a swing around the
southern, middle and western stat
es, and reports all conditions vastly
improved.
Hold Regicide
Mio Kraj, the third terrorist sus
pect jailed by France for the mur
der of King Alexander, admitted
yesterday that he was sent to Mar
seille to kill the king. In the mean
time, France strained every effort
to keep the Balkan political situa
tion quiet, fearing that Marseille
incident might become another Sar
ajevo and precipitate war.
Suspect 3 Killers
Three men, implicated by mater
ial witnesses in the killing of
William E. Davis, 26-year-old Sum
ner township man, who was fatally
wounded on Saturday night and his
father brutally beaten have been
raptured and plaeed in Jail. They
are L. E. Osborne of Davidson coun
ty. positively Idp-niii ci b
ther as the man who attacked him;
Ralph Dill of High Point and Reu
ben Varner of Oakdale. ,
Mrs. Stoll Returned
Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll, lcidnap
victim of a former insane asylum
inmate, was returned safe and well
to her family last night. Depart
ment of justice experts located her,
and named Thomas H. Robinson,
Jr., of Nashville, Term., as the kid
naper. The lead then enabled the
agents to rescue was picked up
when Mrs. Robinson called for the
$50,000 ransofn money in Nashville.
She has been asrested.
Charles A. Lindbergh, looking at
32 the part of a pink-cheeked school
boy, today mixed a defense of air
mail conditions unde rthe Hoover
regime with criticism of what he
called the present aviation "black
list.”
Armistice Plan
Legion Has Accepted Church Invi
tion; Other Plans To Be An
nounced Later.
With November 11 less than one
month away the American Legion
and Legion auxiliary are planning
to observe the close of the great
war with a big membership drive
and several interesting features for
Armistice day.
As the defy comes on Sunday this
year, the program will be either on
Saturday or on the following Mon
day. The local post of the American
Legion has accepted an invitation
by the Rev. E. C. Cooper, pastor of
the Lutheran church for the whole
„ group to attend seiVices in a body
on that day.
Definite plans for other things
such as a parade, addresses, and
school projects will be discussed in
a general meeting slated for October
30.
The Legion Auxiliary held its
regular monthly meeting last Fri
day and discussed for a concerted
drive for membership during Octo
ber and November. Those eligible
for membership are mothers, sis
ters, wives or daughters of anyone
who saw service in the late.
Everette Houser is commander of
the legion post and Mr.-. Tom
Abernathy is president of the legion
auxiliary. At the meeting Friday a
committee appointed by Mrs. Aber
nathy presented 10 reasons why
those eligible should join the aux
iliary. They are:
1. Peace time service, fhe blue
and gold button of the auxiliary
testifies honorable service for God
and country in time of war and
Hits Air Policy
Seeks Members In
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VOL. XL. No. 125
SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY. OCT. 17. 1934
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
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Chandler Killer
Escapes Prison;
15-Year Sentence
Hoke King Escapes
From Macon Camp
Was Sentenced For Fatal Stabbing
Of Shelby Man; Description Is
Broadcast To State.
A state-wide search Is under way
this week for Hoke King, 33-year
old Shelby man, who was convicted
of second degree murder last Nov
ember for the fatal stabbing of
James Chandler, and sentenced
from 12 to 15 years in state prison.
He escaped from the Macon prison
camp.
In one of the most sensational
murder trials ever held here, King
at first refused to enter a plea of
guilty of second degree murder, but
as prosecuting attorneys piled up
evidence against him, his counsel
[shifted grounds and entered the
plea.
SUbbed Him Twice.
Witnesses and evidence showed
that he stabbed Chandler twice
after a drinking party, on a road
near the home of his father-in-law.
V. J. Palmer. King, Who was mar
ried. lived on Oakland Drive in
Shelby.
A description of King has been
forwarded to all state and county
officers. He is five feet six and a
half Inches tall, weighs 135, has blue
eyes and* light hair, and his most
distinguishing feature is a cut
across his nose, running under his
right eye.
Governors Join
In Home Coming
CHAPEL HILL, Oct. 18.—The
town of Chapel Hill is joining en
thusiastically with the university in
making October 20—the day of the
Carolina-Kentucky football game—
a gala and colorful home coming
occasion.
Governor John C. B. Ehringhaus
has already accepted the invitation
of the Chapel Hill home craning
committee to speak at a program
at 11 o’clock Saturday morning. A
special grandstand will be con
structed on the main street of the
village where the program will take
place.
Governor Laffoon of Kentucky
and President McVey. of the Uni
versity of Kentucky also have been
invited to attend and speak on the
program.
Kiwanians To Hear
Mrs. Jane McKimmon
Mrs. Jane McKimmon, superin
tendent of Home Demonstration
work in North Carolina, will address
the Shelby Kiwanis Club at a meet
ing sponsored by the inter-club re
lations committee at the Hotel
Charles Thursday night.
On October 25, the club will hold
a joint meeting with the Kings
Mountain Business Men’s Club at
Kings Mountain.
All-Day Singing
At Wesley Chapel
There will be an all day singing
on Sunday, Oct. 21 at the Wesley
Chapel camp ground in Catawba
county. The camp ground is located
10 miles south of Hickory.
All singers as well as the general
public are invited to be present on
that date. The announcement is
made by Fred Phillips, president of
the convention.
Ledbetter Opens Up
Grocery Of His Own
Everett Ledbetter who has been a
clerk in the Oscar Palmer Grocery
store for the past six years, has
opened a grocery of his own in the
W. N. McGinnis old stand at the
Shelby Mill. Mr. McGinnis recently
moved to Cherryville. Mr. Ledbetter
is a well known young coufcty citi
zen, making his first venture in
business.
Hutchins Is Seen
As NRA Head
A. possible successor to Dr. Lloyd
K. Garrison, chairman of the
National Labor Relations board
who resigned, is Dr. Robert M.
Hutchins, shown above, youthful
University of Chicago president,
according to political observers.
Enrollment Rises
At High School;,
Drops In Grades
Jefferson, Marion And Graham
Schools Fall Off; Attendance
8 Per Cent Better.
The office of the superintendent
of the Shelby schools has just com
pleted a compilation of reports of
the several schools. The outstand
ing features of the report are; De
creased enrollment in the elemen
tary schools, increased enrollment
In Wgh school, and Improved at
tendance.
The falling off has come in the
Jeffprsob, Marion and Graham
schools. The high school and‘
Washington schools show consider- i
able increase. The increase at
Washington is due to a transfer of
a bus, which also accounts for the
' decrease at Marion.
Attendance Is lip
The attendance shows 6 per cent
better than for the first month last
year, being 97.5 per cent as against
91 per cent.
The enrollment by schools is as
follows;
High school . 522
Graham _ _ 305
Marion _ _ 313
S. Shelby. 383
LaFayette . _ 3U
Jefferson . _ 321
Washington . __ 274
Zoar (col) _ 98
Elementary (col) _ 443
High school (col) _ 125
Total (white and col) _3,095
Schools are arranged according
to rank in attendance as follows:
South Shelby . 98.0
Marion _ _ 97.9
Jefferson.._. 97.7
High school _ _ 97.6
Graham _ _ 97.0
LaFayette . _ 96.9
Washington ... 96.6
Colored
Zoar . _ 98.9
Cleveland County T. S. ... 86.8
Cleveland Second
In Cotton Ginning
Robeson county was first in the
amount of cotton ginned and Cleve
land second when the 1934 gin re
port was issued up to October 1st.
Thamer C. Beam, special agent for
the department of commerce lists
the five leading cotton counties in
North Carolina as follows:
Robeson. 10,165; Cleveland. 7,145; i
Scotland, 6.366; Anson, 5,554; Samp- ■
son, 5.032.
Rembrandt And Reubens Vie !
With Moderns In Shelby Show
Prom the autumnal richness of I
Reubens and Rembrandt to splashes!
of gay color by Van Goth and
Cezanne, the art exhibition spoil- ’
sored this week by the Junior Civic'
League runs the gamut of the!
schools of painting and shows a1
representative group of masters,!
modern and ancient.
Maybe you know something about'
art: you’ll find your favorites, beau
tifully reproduced. Maybe you’re
one of those Who Just Knows What:
He Likes: you’ll find lots that you j
will like.
One hundred and fifty-five re
productions ace uisplaycd, the gal- j
lery being a vacant store opposite j
the BapUst church. The subjects
ran?e as idcly as the masters, from
pastoral scenes ar.d watery land
scapes to sombre medieval histori
cal pictures. In between arc experi
mental daub;. out prevnos lc»>
The idea in he •.•xhiivMon >s p'.ain
(Continued on page ten)
Allen Child Dies
When Struck By A
Car At Kings Mtn.
Driver Of Car Is
Dismissed
Driver Of Car Held Blameless; Fu
neral At New Bethel Church
Near Lawndale.
J. D. Allen, two year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Allen of Kings
Mountain was instantly killed Tues
day morning about 10 o’clock when
struck by a car on highway 30
driven by J. D. Dutton of Char
lotte, salesman for the Jefferson
Ice and Seed company of Louisville,
Ky.
The child had followed a little
playmate across the street to the
playground at the school yard and
was returning across the street
alone when It came Into the path
way of the car. The little body was
dragged some distance and Its
head was crushed on the pavement.
J. D. was the only child of
Mr. and Mrs. Kobt. Allen. The fath
er Is a barber by trade and oper
ates a shop In Kings Mountain.
Formerly he was connected with
Wright's barber shop in Shelby and
is a brother of Ex-Sheriff Irvin Al
len. The mother, before marriage,
was Miss Meredith Carpenter,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Schenck
Carpenter of Lawndale.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon at New Bethel Baptist
church.
An investigation by the officers
revealed that Dutton was not re
sponsible for the child’s death so he
was dismissed. He was greatly dis
tressed over the accident.
SUSANSELLERS OF
S. MORGAN ST. DIES
Only Child Of Mr. And Mrs. John
Sellers Will Be Buried Thurs
day Afternoon at 3:30.
Susan Sellers, age 36 years, died
this morning at 9 o'clock at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Joh: Sellers in the Shelby mill vil
lage after an Illness of three years.
Miss Sellers was bom June 20th,
1908 and at the age of 12 years
joined the Second Baptist church
where she was a loyal and faithful
worker. She had a host of friends.
Funeral services will be conducted
Thursday p. m. at 3:30 by Rev.
C. V. Martin, pastor of the Second
Baptist church, assisted by Rev. W.
A. Elam of the Dover churchyknd
Rev. Rush Padgett of Grover. Inter
ment will be In Sunset cemetery.
2 Churches Merge
After November 1
Pleasant Hill And Kiatler's Will
Move In $3,000 Structure
Soon.
Cleveland county's newest church
will hold Its first meeting on the
first Sunday in November, accord
ing to an announcement by its
pastor, the Rev. R. S. Troxler.
The church has been formed by
the merging of Kistler’6 with
Pleasant Hill, both Methodist Prot
estant churches in the upper part
of the county. The combined mem
bership of the two churches will
vacate the old buildings and, after
the dedication, hold services in a
new brick veneer building which has
a large auditorium and eight Sun
day school rooms. The building
cost close to $3,000.
The Rev. Mr. Troxler says that
regular services will be held at the
other two churches until Novem
ber 1. He is pastor of the Cleve
land circuit of M. P. churches.
CLYDE SPANGLER 1
OF PARALYTIC STRO)
Clyde Spangler, age 35, died this
morning at 11 o'clock at his home
on West Sumter street following a
stroke of paralysis which came upon
him at 7:30 while at the Auto Inn
on N. LaFayette street where he
was employed.,
Clyde had been in his usual health
and haa eaten a good breakfast,
apparently feeling as well as usual.
Lloyd Lutz, noticed him swoon in
a chair and hastily carried him
home where a physician was sum
moned and pronounced it a stroke.
It was known that he had high
blood pressure far i. me- I'me.
Funeral 'j hut ■.day
Funeral - ervices will be held from
the First Baptist church Thursday
afternoon at i o'clock by his pas
ior. Dr. 7Jnio Wall, a:sisted by Revs.
John W. Suttle and D. G Wash
burn. Interment will take place at j
Stoll Maid Saw
Kidnaper; Says
Mrs. Ann H. Woo I at
Here is a new picture of Mrs.
Ann Hobbs Woolet, maid in the
home of Berry V. Stoll, Louis
ville, ify., oil magnate, and only
eye witness to the abduction of
Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll, wife of
the millionaire. Under threats of
the abductor, Mrs. Woolet was
forced to tie up Mrs. Stoll before
she was carried away in a car.
Expect To Offer
Surplus Tickets
Late This Week
Certlficatee For 1,850.000 Pounds On
Hand Now; County Overboard
By 3,000,000 Pounds.
Certificates for 1,650,000 pounds
of cotton, or 3,000 bales, are In the
county agent’s office, and will be
sold for 4 cents a pound when word
comes from the Agricultural Ad
ministration. J. A. Propst, Bank
head administrator said this morn
ing.
He expects the sales will be per
mitted the latter part of this week,
possibly by Thursday.
3,000,000 Lb. Surplus
These certificates can be pur
chased by growers who have a sur
plus under the allotment. It has
been estimated that the county
surplus will be about three million
pounds, and a request for labels to
cover this amount has been made.
But B. B. Suttle, county cotton
committeeman, remarked this
morning that threat of boll weevils
made it doubtful if that many cer
tificates would be Weeded. ‘'North
of the court house,” he said, “the
weevil* have been energetically at
their work, ruining a large percent
age of cotton." He thinks many a
farmer would be amazed at the
damage done if he would make an
inspection and cut open some bolls.
Homer Lee Killed
In Mine Accident
Homer L. Lee, formerly of Shel
by, was killed In a coal mine acci
dent near Albany, Ohio, on Oct. 3,
according to letters received here
this week. No details of the acci
dent were available.
He was 25 years old, and'Is sur
vived by his wife and one child,
Hazel Anne Lee, who are now liv
ing here. His father and a number
of brothers and sisters are in Al
any.
Mrs. Lee, before her marriage,
was Miss Lunia Mae Blanton of
Cleveland county.
8 SUDDENLY HERE
KE; BURY THURSDAY
the Union church cemetery. ten
miles north of 8helby.
Mr. Spangler was a popular young
man, beloved for his manly habits
and his fine disposition. He was one
of 18 children born to Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. Spangler and was married to
Miss Gladys Yelton, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Yelton, who
survives with two children, Harold,
age 8, and Rachel Ann, age 4 years.
He was widely connected and has a
host of friends who are shocked to
hear of his sudden passing in the
bloom of young manhood.
Besides his wife and two children,
and his parents, the following
brothers and sisters survive: J. W„
C. R., Baylus. Summie, Mai A.,
Chivous, Datha and Everett Span
gler. Mrs. D. Curtis Weathers of
Hendersonville. Mrs. H. C.. Royster.
Mrs. 'T’om Cornwell and Mrs. Paul
Kistler, all of this county.
i 10 FERA Schools
Fight Illiteracy
Rate In County
.Teaching Citizens To
Write Their Names
On« Out Of Every 10 In County
Illiterate; Alda Unemployed
Teachers.
The federal government Is help
ing Cleveland county fight the de
pressing fact that one out of every
ten of its citizens cannot write his
name. The plan used Is the approv
ed FERA system of adult and ele
mentary schools In which unem
ployed teachers use tnelr time to
fight Illiteracy.
Cleveland county has ten such
schools, five In Kings Mountain
and five In the Shelby district.
Three In Shelby are nursery schools
and one Is a negro school.
300 Enrolled
A total of nearly 300 people are
enrolled In these relief schools and,
according to J. H. Orlgg, county
superintendent, the county may this
winter increase its total to as many
as 15 such schools. Pupils ages
range from 17 to 75 and they are
taught the essentials of reading,
writing and arithmetic.
FERA schools In the county are
under the supervision of Mrs. E. W.
Neal of Kings Mountain who mRkes
the reports to Mr. Ortgg and Harry
Woodson at the relief office. Other
teachers are Mrs. E. B. Olive, Mrs.
C. B. Falls, Mrs. James Weaver,
Mrs. Margaret Smith. Mrs. I,outse
Gardner, Miss Geraldine McOtnnls,
Miss Allrand and Albert Hord.
Teachers
Teachers must have a state school'
certificate Rnd must be approved by
the local office before they will be
allowed to teach. Then they must
enlist and enroll the members of
their classes to begin leaching the
six hours dally on the courses pre
pared by the government.
Children tn the nursery schools
an those children whose parents
are on relief rolls and who are un
der the compulsory school age.
Primarily a relief measure, these
schools are being established In
each county that men and women,
may learn their A B C’s, how to
write their own names, how to read
a newspaper and study the Bible.
They may In Instances aid In a vo
cational way and in addition to
pupil advantages, give $50 per
month to the unemployed teacher.
Expect Cff»#th
According to the latest census re
port. these schools will be able to
grow in Cleveland as the county
ranks 49th from the top In Illiter
acy and has 3,724 people who can
not sign their own name. This Is
9.8 percent of the population and
of this number 6.2 percent are
whites and 22.1 percent are color
pH
Contrary to current opinion,
Cleveland has more illiteracy than
any surrounding county, being Just
ahead of Gaston with 9.5 percent.
Rutherford has 8.3 percent and
Lincoln 7.8 percent. Cleveland Is .2
percent below the state average of
10.0 per cent Illiteracy and North
Carolina ranks second from the
bottom In the whole United 8tates,
giving rise to the famous saying of
Governor Aycock, "Thank God for
South Carolina.”
Dare county Is lowest in Illiter
acy with 4.1 percent and Yancey Is
highest with 12.0 native whites Il
literate. Counting negroes. Scotland
Is high with 22.2 percent. There are
83.000 men and women in the state
above 21 years of age who cannot
so much as write their name.
Ella Mill Start* Up
Second Shift Monday
The second shift of employees at
the Ella Mill division of the Con
solidated Textile Corporation re
sumed work Monday. On Wednes
day morning of last week the day
shift started and now the mill is in
full operation says Mr. Miller with
all former employees back at their
jobs in the same status they were
before the strike was called. All
textile plants in the county are now
operating.
Cotton Farmers Rush
To Get 12 Cent Loans;
Store Bale A Minute
Eighty-five Per Cent Of Growers Prefer To
Accept Government’s Guarantee; Over
5,000 Bales In Warehouse Now
Husky young negroes trundling over-stuffed cotton bale*
are this week rolling one dollar a second into the pockata ot
Cleveland County farmers as the big staple crop is rushed
to the Planters and Merchants bonded warehouse in Shelby
Oh Professor,
Shelby High
Is Paging You
The plight of Shelby high school,
which has been unable to engage
a man to teach history and Eng
lish, epltonilr.es the predicament of
schools all over the state. Superin
tendent Smith said this morning.
To qualify for the high school
Job. the teacher must be a college
graduate who majored In at least
one of the subjects he will teach.
Men with this training, It is appar
ent froth the negative response a
state-wide search ellcts, are not
willing to teach for the *70 to *90
a month salary offered.
Just to make It harder, the Shel
by school also wants a teacher with
sufficient knowledge of music to
direct a band.
Piedmont Scouts
Shoot At Quota
Of2,500Members
Representative* Of 11 Counties Meet
In Shelby; Hchleld* Report*
Encouraging Progress.
A goal of 400 new members, so
that the council may attain Its
quota of 2,600 members for 1934,
wa* set by the Piedmont Council,
Boy Scouts of America, at a meet
ing of the executive board, with
representatives from eleven coun
ties. held at the Hotel Charles Mon
day night.
Membership of the council Is now
112 troops and 2,103 boys. The goal
of 2,500 Is the Piedmont council’s
part this year of the "Ten Year
Program” of the Boy Scouts of Am
erica, the object of which Is to en
j list at least one out of every four
boys In America and give them a
full year of preparation In the citi
zenship training of scouting.
Mporu i.ncwn|in(.
Reports received at the meeting
here Monday showed a great for
ward development of scouting In the
Piedmont area, R. M. Schlelds, scout
executive, told of the plans and
about the 400 scout goal, and repre
sentatives of the various counties
made their reports.
Nearly 1,000 boys attended the
camp during the summer. Mr.
Schlelds said, which lead all scout
camps In the southeast In attend
ance.
The department of awards, as
outlined by Mr. Schlelds. 78 courts
of honor have been held thus far
during the year, and that 427 sec
ond class, 180 first class, 144 star,
80 life. 20 eagle, 31 eagle plans and
3,032 merit badges have been
awarded 4
___
Special Meeting At
Patterson Springs
The Patterson Springs Baptist
church is holding a special meet
ing Sunday morning. The articles
of faith, rules of discipline, and
church covenant will be read. It Is
requested that all members be
present.
High Schoo IParent-Teachers
Set Goal For Coming Season
In its initial meetihg of the yea
the high school P. T. A., on Mon
day night, set up very definite am
worthwhile objectives for the com
ing year.
The meeting, in charge of Net
McGowan, was opened with a pray
er by the Rev. F. H. Price, pastoi
of the South Shelby Methodis
j church. The first part of the even
ing's program dealt with the re
quirements of a standard parent
teacher association. These wh<
contributed to this division of thi
• program were: Mrs.. Claude Mabry.
O. V. Hamrick, Mrs. Judson Jones,
1 F. H. Price, Mrs. Troy McKinney,
Mrs. 'Reuben Flnklesteln and Mrs.
Frank Glenn.
! The second part of the program
was devoted to a discussion of de
sired accomplishments for the year.
' The means of securing better re
lationship between the school and
the home was presented by Miss
Kate Wilson. Improved library
>j
(Continued on page lent
On Monday, bales were weighed,
tanged and stored at the rate of 64
an hour for 14 hours. That meant
89A bales of cotton at a minimum
of 12 cents a pound, or 660 a bale.
And moat of this cotton. 85 per
cent to be exact, the farmers took
their 12 cent loan from the federal
government, cashed the receipt at
the bank, and will wait for possible
rises In the market to collect more
money.
Legends of ootton-totlng prowee.'
by chanting roustabouts snake*
dancing gangplanks to Mississippi
isldewhcelers make pretty tales of
storied Dixieland, but it's doubtful
If cotton In those days moved one*
tenth as fast as It does today. Big
black bucks can heft a bale to the
shoulders and snake-dance dowr
the plank, so they say. but they
can't compete with two-ton trucks
and quick young negroes with hand
trucks.
Cotton Pouring In
Loads or cotton are pouring into
town dally, and at peak moment.'
during the day are parked for sev
eral blocks In line near the ware
house.
Ten bales of cotton art whisker,
from truck to scales, weighed,
checked, numbered, and a sample
bale taken from the heart before
you can say Jack Robinson. The
farmer receives a receipt and takes
It, along with his gin certificate,
over to the offices In the Shelby
mill, where J. A. Propst, manager
of the warehouse, and his staff ol
busy assistants, make out the final
receipts for presentation at the
bank.
Mr. Propst has to sign his nam«
lo those receipts, every one of them,
and that mere mechanical part of
, the task Is Impressive When It meam
non signatures a day.
5.000 Bales Stored
I Up to Tuesday noon, he said.
, more than 5,000 bales have been
stored, and as was said before, 65
per cent of the farmers chose to
take the loan Instead of to sell. The
report Is that cotton buyers are
having a hardlsh time of It, and
that many a broker Is broker.
Most of the cotton has tested at
least one Inch, and some of it runs
a little over, up to a sixteenth. A
great deal of old cotton Is being of
fered*. Last week, for Instance, there
^Continued on page ten.)
Whisnant Named
To Umpire Game
Of Burro Baseball
He’ll Call Calls And Falla When
Rotary And Kiwanis Clash
In First Game.
With threatened unpleasantness
out of the way between the Kiwanis
and Rotary clubs over selection of
an umpire, everything is in readi
ness for the opening game of don
key or burro baseball at the high
school ball park Thursday after
noon at 2 o'clock. Joe C.. Whisnant.
attorney at law and donkey expert,
was the compromise umpire agreed
upon by the committees represent
ing the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs
who will star in the opening of the
three game series. As added indi
cation of confidence felt in Mr.
Whisnant it was agreed by the two
committees that he will be asked to
select his assistant umpires with
out conferring with either club.
Friday afternoon, also at 2 o’clock
teams representing the American
Legion and h the Lions club will
clash. For this event DeWitt Quinn
has been named chief of the um
piring staff.
Fear For Umpires
The championship game, at which
winners Thursday will clash with
Friday winners for the county and
maybe the state championship will
be umpired by C. H. Hardin, pro
vided he does not become alarmed
at treatment accorded other um
pires and go to a football game at
Davidson, a thing he has threaten
ed to do if umpires at previous
games are treated in rough fash
ion.
Tentative line-ups have been an
nounced by each of the clubs. The
Kiwanis team will probably be
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