« The GEWANDTEN SMkl w Today 8 Page* THE MARKETS Cotton, spot. 12%e to 13r By UNITED PRESS LOUISVILLE. Ky., Oct. 22.—In tbe arraignment of Mrs. Frances Robinson, charged with kidnaping Mia. Berry Stoll, the trial has been postponed untU 10:00 Tuesday. In the meantime Mrs. Stoll is planning to go to Florida for a rest. Vote Early! By UNITED PRESS MIAMI, Florida, Oct. 22—Senator Frederick Steiwer of Oregon urged the American Legion convention hero today to rote for “early” In stead of Immediate payment of the soldiers boons in order to avoid arousing animosities. Smash Record By UNITED PRESS C. W. A. Scott and T. Campbell are flying over Australia well in front in the Midenhall-Melboume j air races. They smashed the rec ord from England to Australia by I 100 hoars. In Italy Harold Gilman and James Baines of England burn ed to death when their plane crash ed near Foggia. Mooney Fights By UNITED PRESS WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 22.— Tom Mooney carried his fight for freedom to the Unitd States su preme court today. Die In Plane Crash J. Frederick Klstler and his bride of one month, were killed on Sun day as their plane crashed in the home port of Morganton. They probably died instantly as the plane j faltered as they came in for a land- j ing. Pretty Boy Wounded j Charles (Pretty Boy) Floyd is a wounded fugitive in the woods near Wellsville, Ohio, and his henchman, Adam Richettl, is a prisoner in jail. A carload of bandits with machine guns raced through the town, ter rorizing citizens. Pursued by police, Floyd was shot down, but escaped. 10 Scarlet Fever Cases Quarantined The threatened epidemic of scar let fever in Cleveland, which caused consternation several weeks ago when Cleveland was without a quarantine officers, is subsiding, ac- j cording to the report of quarantine' officer Thompson, who this morn ing said that ten cases have been 1 posted to date. There are. however, eight cases of diphtheria and one case of chick en pox. Many cases have not been reported, the doctor said. I I. H. Patterson, 81 Dies Recently! Prominent Kings Mountain Citixen And Churchman Is Buried Friday. In the death of Ira H. Patterson, 81, Thursday morning at his home in the Patterson Grove community the community l06t one of its most revered and respected citizens. Mr. Patterson had been in declining health for a number of years and for the past few months his condi tion had been critical. Funeral services were held at the Patterson Grove Baptist church Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock con cted by his pastor the Rev. J. W. Suttle assisted by Rev. W. M. Boyce, nastor of the Kings Mountain A. R. ?. church, the Rev. A. G. Sergeant, astor of the First Baptist church uid Dr. W. O. Goode, pastor of Cen tal Methodist church. Pallbearers were the grandsons of Mr. Patter n. Honorary pallbearers were D. F. Hord, J. O. Plonk, W. P. Ware, C. Hamrick, B. Hamrick, John Seism and Hugh Wray of Gastonia. Interment was in the church ceme tery. He was for many years a faithful member of Patterson Grove Baptist church serving as one of its dea cons which office he held at the time of his death. Surviving besides his widow are three daughters, Mrs. A. P. Falls, Mrs. Lee McGill, Mrs. Clarence Plonk, all of this community; six sons, J. Bun Patterson, A. Hunter Patterson, Grady Patterson, all of Kings Mountain, S. Lee Patterson of Rock Hill, Price Patterson, Rave nel, 8. C.; Wray Patterson of Daw son. Ga„ DeWitt Patterson of Grover. Two daughters, Mrs. Leo Beatie and Mrs. Hill Ware died in early womanhood. VOL. XL, No. 127 SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY. OCT. 22. 1934 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. His 23rd Year As Moderator Rev. John W. Suttle who will pre side over the 84th session of the Kings Mountain Baptist associa tion which meets Thursday and Friday of this week at New Pros pect church. Mr. Suttle sees that the program moves right along as sche duled. CitySchoolsHonor Dr.A.T.AUenWho Is Buried Today Body Of State Superintendent Of Schools Lies In State At State Capitol. While the body of state Supt. of Schools, Dr, A. T. Allen lies in state In the Capitol building in Raleigh the city schools suspended work this afternoon and (the school children gathered in the auditorium to pay tribute to one who has given his life to public education in North Carolina. In the high school auditorium City Superintendent B. L. Smith ind Principal Walter Abernethy paid tributes to Dr. Allen, age 5P who lied in Raleigh Saturday after a lengthy illness with a kidney all At 1 o’clock this afternoon his aody will be taken into the state ;apitol and placed under the dome so that sorrowing friends may take i farewell glimpse of a man who obtained his first schooling in a one ;eacher school and later led in a movement which gave every child n the state aq, eight months school term. States Offices To Close. All state offices closed at noon today and remain closed the re mainder of the day. At 3 o’clock the x>dy was taken from the capitol to Sdenton Street Methodist church *nd after funeral services there vith three ministers taking part in erment will follow in Montlawn Memorial park here. Governor Ehringhaus and other officials of the state paid glowing ;ributes to the work of Doctor Al en. The governor and scores of men prominent in the political and •ducational life of the state will be lonorary pallbearers at the funeral. Doctor Allen is survived by his Widow, who was Miss Claribel Mc Dowell of Charlotte before her mar -iage. Two children. Arch Turner, fr„ and Elizabeth McDowell, also survive. A native of Hiddenite, in Alexan ler county, Doctor Allen became :onnected with schools of the state jpon his graduation from the Uni rersity of North, Carolina in 1897 ind was with the state department of education six years before he became superintendent. Evans McBrayerj Dies Suddenly; Funeral This P. M. Retired Merchant Has Stroke Started In Business At The Age Of 21 Years; Funeral At 3 O’clock This Afternoon. Evans E. McBrayer, prominent retired clothing merchant, died Sunday at noon following a stroke of apoplexy and was buried this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Mc Brayer residence on N. LaFayette street, services being conducted by Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor of the First Baptist church. Mr. McBrayer was the son of Mrs. Mary E. McBrayer and the late Attorney Ruben McBrayer. Hts distinguished father died 42 years ago. Mr. McBrayer entered the mercantile business at the age of 21 and was highly successful. He trav eled as a road salesman for several years, but mo6t of his active life was spent in Shelby as a retail merchant, the latter years of which time he sold men’s furnishings. He was an excellent business man, generous and hospitable in the highest degree. In the hftme, he was a liberal provider for his W>th ; er and sisters. After retirement [ from business a few years ago he opened up again but found his [health would not permit his con tinuing. so he disposed of his stock. Surviving are his beloved mother, Mrs. Mary E. McBrayer. two broth ers, Lander F. McBrayer and Harry McBrayer. of Anderson, S. C.; three sisters, Mrs. W. H. Wray of Gas tonia, Misses Agnes and Ruby Me* iitaycr of Shelby. Sores of friends of the family r' ct of the deceased called at the Stayer home yesterday and to aUy to extend sympathies to the bereaved ones. A beautiful floral of fering was but a slight gesture of the esteem in which he was held. Serving as active pallbearers at the funeral this afternoon were Paul Webb, J. S. Dor ton, John W. Dog jett, Lee B. Weathers, Robert Dog get. Harry Hudson, W. C. Harris and O. S. Anthony. Fifteen promin ent citizens sarved as honorary pallbearers. Interment took place in Sunset cemetery. Methodists Off To Conference Tuesday Ministers And Delegates Go To Greensboro Tuesday. Pay S12.000 On Building. Methodist ministers and delegates to the Western North Carolina Con ference which meets Wednesday in Greensboro, will be leaving Tuesday to attend the sessions which contin ue until Monday. Dr. E. K. McLarty of Central Methodist churah and two delegates, Thad C. Ford and Mrs. Geo. A. Hoyle will represent this church, the largest in the county. Mrs. Hoyle has charge of young peoples work in the Western N. C. Conference. It is understood that the Central church congregation has paid ap proximately $12,000 on the building debt above the regular church budg et for the fiscal year just closed. Buried His Liquor Under The Cow Shed Bob Kendrick, constable and dep uty sheriff, ketched another one Saturday morning. Victim this time was Buren Jones of No. 7 township, who was caught with a half gallon and three pints, some hidden in his car and some buried in the cow shed. Jones is held under $50 bond for trial on Tuesday. Tobacco Leaves A re Greenbacks ForDown-East Growers Of Weed While Cleveland county subjects of "ole King Cotton” trundle their lint to market for a bountiful and certain 12-cent guarantee, they tune one ear to the exciting boom time talk of rich and racy goings on down east, where the nicotine growers are—according to every Snd of report trickling in here allowing in wealth and throwing silver dollars at the swallows. Flash from Reidsville—Prices on the Reidsville tobacco market reached a new level today and see a net high mark only second to the alltime record-breaking average established during the boom sea son of 1919-1920. Foi more than 100,000 pounds of the weed sold last week, the growers received an av erage of $34.25 for every hundred pounds. And is was thought ridiculous when prognosticators said the price would rise to 27 cents a pound! A salesman who makes the cir cuit of the Carolina^ spread his samples before a cautious Shelby buyer Friday morning. “1’ve just been in Greenville, N. C., he said “And saw farmers strutting the streets with wads of greenbacks big enough to choke a cow. I saw one man buy twenty mules without asking the price. I went into a men’s goods store and sold the feller an order of three dollar shirts. V/ell sir, he called me, back three days later, and I went in fear and trembling, knowing he'd cancel my best order of the year an dtake some of those cheaper shirts. Did he? I’ll say he didn't! ; (Continued on Page Eight) Ohio Grid Star Out Of Game Dick Hcekin | Hopes of Ohio State for more vic tories in the current football sea son have been dimmed by the re moval of Dick Hcekin, above, from the lineup because of a leg injury. Halfback Heekin’s run ning has featured Ohio’s games In the past two years. I - County Nominees Asked To Parley Tomorrow Night Democratic Chairman Anthony Calls Meeting Of Candidates To Plan Campaign. Chairman Oliver Anthony of the Cleveland county organization wants all candidates, state and county, to attend a meeting Tuesday night to lay plans looking toward the not lmprobable possibility of getting them all overwhelmingly elected on November 6. The meeting is set for Tuesday night at 7:30 in the offices of C. C. Horn, chairman of the Young Democrats club. Mr. Horn's offices are In the Webb building. County Candidates These are the candidates asked (Continued on page eight.) Wm. H. Eskridge, Mail Cleric, Dies Native Of Shelby Succumb* To Stroke Of Apoplexy In Lenoir; Buried Here Sunday. Will H. Eskridge, age 49, and a veteran railway mail clerk on the C. and N. W. running between Chester, S. C. and Lenoir, died at Lenoir Saturday, following a stroke of apoplexy which he suffered five days previously while on a lay-off from his mail run. His body was brought to Shelby Sunday and taken to the home of his sister, Mrs. B. T. Falls on West Warren street where the funeral was conducted at 3 o’clock by his pastor, Rev. Dr. Mann of the Ches ter, S. C. Presbyterian church, as sisted by Rev. H. N. McDiarmid and Dr. Zeno Wall of Shelby. Mr. Eskridge Was the son of the late W. H, and Louise Reid Esk ridge. He had spent 22 years in the railway mail service, most of which time he had lived at Chester, where he maintained headquarters on his run with the C. and N. W. He at tended State college in his younger days and gained quite a reputation for his prowess in athletics, being a team-mate of former Governor O. Max Gardner. Later he played pro fessional baseball in many cities. Surviving are the following broth ers. Rev. Dr. T. J. Eskridge, a Methodist minister at Chilhowie, Va., P. Reid Eskridge of Wynnwood, Okia., Gordon Eskridge of Spring field, Mo., and three sisters, Mrs. Jessie Ramseur, Mrs. Mary Lou Yarbrough, Mrs B. T. Falls of Shelby. His wife and six children survive. A brother, Rev. Randolph Eskridge on the Presbyterian mis sion field, died near Asheville sud denly one month ago. Serving as pallbearers for the fu neral here yesterday were Tom Eskridge, W. C. Harris, Paul Webb, J. Connelly Eskridge, Rush Thomp son, C. B. McBrayer . and H. F. YOung. Interment was in Sunset cemetery. A large crowd of local friends and iriends from Lenoir and Chester were here for the services. 3 Bids Rejected For Post Office; Plans Doubtful Offerings Too High, Inspectors Say "Exorbitant," Inspector* Say Of Of fers For Temporary Quarter*; Office* For Webb. "Address Unknown" still stands for the Shelby temporary postof fice, which, although It stands solid ly where you left It this morning, may be here and may be there when the government starts rebuilding it some time or other. • In other words post office inspect tors and engineers here Saturday rejected all bids for a temporary postoffice during the projected en largement. They said all three bids submitted were ’way too high. May lfot Move At All. And this means. Postmaster Quinn said this morning with a puzzled frown, that he and his clerks may have to stay In the building all the time the carpenters pull things down around their ears during the reconstruction. On the other hand, they may not. It’a a matter of mys tery, largely confused in the red tapery and bureaucracy under which Federal projects labor. They may move into the Hoey Building, now government owned, in the rear of the present structure—If that’s ole with the inspectors, engineers and other gentry in authority over the stamp-cancelling business. Plans Unknown. Just what will be built Is also a matter of deep mystery, for the plans have not been shown to the postmaster. Jhdge Yates Webb, ac cording to rumor, has seen them, and has had his wish In respect to a larger office. This will be on the second story of the annex—if It is to be an annex—and will prqyide the space he needs for holding Chamber courts. Apparently, this office will come very near to being the court room asked in the origi nal proposal. Of the original congressional grant, approximately $90,000 remains for the reconstruction. ! Enlargement of the lobby and more service windows are included in the plans, Postmaster Quinn said. Perish In Gale Twelve persons died in a furious gale Which lashed the Pacific coast northwest on Sunday, distressing a lake freighter for several hours and wrecking fishing vessels. In Puget Sound several vessels were sunk and at Seattle a liner was ripped from her moorings. Mrs. Wm. Foster Passes In Grover 72-Year-Old Member Of Mt. Paraa Church Succumb* To High Blood Pressure. Citizens of Mt. Paran and An tiooh communities were saddened Sunday by the death of Mrs. Louise Poster, 72, who passed quietly at the home of her son-in-law, Chiv ous Gladden, In Grover, after an illness of several weeks. She was suffering from high blood pressure. Sne was the widow of the late William Foster who preceded her to the grave 12 years ago. She was a native of Rutherford county, but since her girlhood had lived in Mt. Paran community, until recently when she moved to Grover. Funeral ^services were conducted at Mt. Paran church Monday after noon where she had beeh a member since 13 years of age. Ministers In charge were the Rev. W. E. Lowe, the Rev. Rush Padgett, and the Rev. Mr. Hamby. Surviving Mrs. Foster are five daughters an done son. They are Mrs. Fannie Bell. Mrs. D. C. Glad den, Mrs. G. C. Rippy, Mrs. T. L. Putnam, all of Grover; Mrs. D. E. McCraw, Shelby; Thomas Foster, of Grover; one sister, Mrs. Martha Smith lives at Belmont. Twenty five grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren also survive. Pallbearers were grandsons and are Alton and Hall Bell, Charles and Luther Martin, Bill Foster, Talmadge Rippy, and Bill Putnam. Flower girls were granddaughters and are Misses Vera Bell, Alie Put nam, Gloria Putnam, Grace fc’oster, Phyllis McCraw, Katherine Putnam, Frances Foster and Mrs. James Byers. A large floral offering showed the high esteem in which Mrs. Pos ter was held by her many relatives and friends. Thomposn At Convention Sam Thompson, foreman at the Lackey Motor Co., and Mrs. Thomp son, left on Saturday noon to at tend the American Legion conven tion at Miami Roaring To Melbourne At Dawn Jacqueline Cochran, well-known American aviatrlx, who is the only girl pilot from the United State* entered in the London-to-McIbourne air derby, I* shown above with her co-pilot. Wesley Smith, inset, pioneer U. S. airman. Miss Cochran pilots a Granville monoplane. Non Signers May Get Loan By Co-operation For 1935 Twelv*-C©nt Guarantee Available To All Now If Hold-Outs Will Agree To Reduce On AAA Lines For Next Year. Cotton growers who did not sign under this year’s re duction program and who have therefore been barred from obtaining 12 cent loans from the government, are now eligible to receive these loans immediately provided they will sign a contract to cooperate with next year’s reduction program. Two Cents Pound Extra On Option Cotton Tickets Two more cents per pound for last year's plow-up cotton options may be obtained now, according to an announcement today by county agent, R. W. Shoffner. The loan may be used, in creasing the amount from 10 to 12 cents per pound, or |£e cotton may now be sold at the current price. Farmers who have options and want loans or wish to sell are asked to bring their yellow certificates with a num ber "1” in the right hand corner to his office in the court house. This word was received this morning from Oscar Johnson, manager of the cot ton pool. Baxter Denton 111. Baxter Denton, well known citi zen and driver for Cage Ellis, is very [ill at his home on the Palls ton road. This information was rather Joyfully announced by R. W. Shoff ner, Cleveland county farm agent, this morning upon receipt of a sam ple contract from Secretary of Ag riculture Wallace. It Is expected to be as gladly received by many a grower who did not sign the con tract. The form approved by Secretary Wallace follows In full: Agreement “Inasmuch as the annexed 1034 12 cent cotton loan agreement is with the Commodity Credit corporation, an ageivy of the United 8tates gov ernment, and Inasmuch as the note •■lehtioned In said annexed agree ment is eligible for discount or purchase by said corporation, the undersigned cotton producer (who has not heretofore signed a 1934 and 1935 cotton acreage reduction con tract) agrees, with and for the benefit of the United States, to cooperate in general cotton pro gram's) proffered to cotton produc ers by the Secretary of Agriculture between October 1, 1934 and June 1, 1935, pursuant to the Agricultural Adjustment act as amended, and to execute such agreement (s) as are or may be required of producers! or of those who have not heretofore - (Continued on Page Eight) Neither Rain Nor Heat Nor Snow Stays Shelby's Russian Mailman By WYAN WASHBURN It was nearly time for both the bus and the train and Moses wouldn’t wait, so the following in formation was gained in part from his employer and tn part from the "most interesting man” in Shelby as he rushed from one place to anoifier as fast as his five feet three figure would allow. Moses is Moses Taub and is the .‘ttle short, quiet, careful, punctual mail messenger for all trains en tering Shelby, and in his 24 years of carrying Uncle Sam's packages and letters to and from trains he has been late only two times and neither of those times was it his fault. Mr. Taub will not admit it, but he deserves a medal in having his neighbors say that he has not been out of the city limits in the past 25 years. He does make a little visit now and then but they are few and brief. As mail messenger Mr. Taub meets Seaboard trains at 11:30 a. m. and at 5 p. m. and Southern trains at 9:30 and 6:00. He meets an outgoing mall on the Charlotte bus each afternoon. Day in, day out, shine or rain, each week day and Sunday, as regular as they come, citizens of the town may hear the 58-year-old Russian, now a naturalized citizen, clucking to his horse as they carry bills and papers, dunns or love letters to the 8helby post office. For 17 years Mr. Taub worked for Hackett Blanton who owned the wagon he drove and made the con tract with Uncle Sam about his (.Continued on Page Sight) IT U»U. Mr ?Mr. (la MtumI _ n.M :»rrlM, aw FMt. (In Ungwl _ |)« Growers Snap Up Tax Exemptions For Surplus Lint Take $5,000 Worth In First Three Days National Pool Speeding Machinery To Get Cartlflcate* For Farm era Who Need Them. Approximately $5,000 worth of sur plus cotton certificates. at four rents a pound, were sold during the past three days to Cleveland grow ers. Alvin Propat, Bankhead admin istrator. satd this morning. He wishes to emphasise to pur chasers that no eash can be accept ed by hta ofTlce. He ts allowed to accept only money order* or cash iers checks. Private Transfers. With permission to sell $00,000 pounds on the certificates, Mr. Propat said more than half had now been sold. On Saturday, receipts were $3,540. In addition to these sales, he assisted In the transfer of certifi cates amounting to about $3,000. In the meantime, word came from Raleigh that cotton growers ,wtll very likely get all the extra tax exemption certificates they want. The Bankhead allotment In Cleve land is close to 35.000 bales and the estimated production 1s 40,000 bales, making a surplus of some 5,000 bales on which part of the tax can be saved by purchase of the certificat es. The national surplus certificate pool, which la collecting surplua cer tificates from growers who did not produce enough cotton to use up all their certificates. Is taking steps to speed up the collection of certificat es from the Southwestern states. And as more certificates come in to the pool, more will be available for North Carolina growers who wish extra certificates for cotton produced In excess of their Bank* head allotments. Schaub aald. According to word received from Washington by the dean, the pool will stop collecting surplus certifi cates on November 10, Grower* who wish to dispose of their extra cer tificates through the pool must send them In before that date. Mr. Dellinger Quits Grocery Store Here; Going To Florida J. N. Dellinger Hu Been In Mer cantile Business Here For 4t Years. John N. Dellinger, who has been In the grocery business In Shelby for 42 years has sold his stock of merchandise In the Arcade Build* lng to Carl Dellinger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oraham Dellinger and will go to Florida with his family Ijptwren the first and 15th of November. Mr. Dellinger Is Shelby’s oldest merchant in point of continuous service and he may enter business In Florida If he finds what he wants. He will "prospect around” for awhile, making headquarters at Homestead, Fla., where Mrs. Del linger has a sister. If Mr. Dellinger finds an opportunity there In the grocery business, he will re-enter. Carl Dellinger who has purchas ed the J. N. Dellinger stock here will continue the business at the same location under the name of Dellinger Orocery Co. Rural Route Three To Be Extended Carrier W. W. Green to Retire And Moor re boro Routes Partly Shifted to Shelby R-3., On account of the retirement of Mr. W. W. Oreene, Carrier on MooreSboro, R-l, there has been a re-adjustment of the territory cov ered by route 1 and 2 from that of fice, by which 11.65 miles off said routes have been added to R-3 out of Shelby thus Increasing Its length from 40.43 miles to 51.98 miles, ef fective November 1, 1934. Postmaster J. H. Quinn Issues the following instructions to patrons on the routes involved: "All perons who live within the territory to be added to Shelby 3 will please see that their mail boxes are properly located on the right side of the roads as the carrier travels by November 1. 1834, with out fail. Consult your carrier as to proper location for your boxes.. AU persons on the route within the territory transfered will please change in their addresses to Shelby, N. C , route 3. Kindly notify the publishers of all newspapers that you take of such change. Such no tices should be given immediately.*' (The Star has secured a list of subscribers involved and will make the changes In address without further notice.!