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WEATHER North Carolina: Rain tonight and Wednesday; slightly warmer In cen tr8l and southeast portions tonight. Official Shelby Temperatures: High 50, Low 33, Rainfall none. Tshe Slxelhy Eaily Stett MARKETS Cotton, »pot . 13o to 13*ie Cotton xrrd. wagon, ton_>35.00 Cotton swl, o»r, ton lot__ $30.00 FORMERLY THE CLEVELAND STAR, ESTABLISHED 1896 VOL. XL11—NO. 166 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS THE SHELBY DAILY STAR SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, DEC. 15, 1936 AUDITED CIRCULATION SINGLE COPIES 6c Lonely Duke Of Windsor Sick REPORTS WALUE TO JOIN EDWARD DECLARED FALSI JCing Suffer* From A Headache; I* Quiet Around Chateau NEW FURNITURE By A. D. STEFFERUD ENZESFELD, Austria, Dec. jj__i/p_The lonely Dnke of Windsor called tor sedatives frfav to ease the pain of tor turing head and ear aches. Baron Eugene de Rothschild, his host, sent a chauffeur post haste to nearby Baden for medi cine to relieve the former Brit ish king. “The Duke of Windsor is in disposed and is still abed/’ a •errant tcld ques'loners at the door of the chateau. Detectives, police and estate j;nards maintained close watch j on all entrances to prevent dis tractions which might increase the Britirh prince’s discomfort. ENZESFELD, Austria, Dec. 15 — j (pi-The intensive strain of the past weeks kept former King Edward ol England in bed with a headache today at the chateau where he is in aelf-imposed exile while medicines were obtained hurriedly. Meanwhile a spacious but dark, (Id-fashioned suite in the chateau on the estate of Baron Eugene de SothsrM’d. his host, was being «* iteorated in yellow, blue and gold tnd refurnished in a lighter mater it!. Expect Mrs. Simpson? An attendant hinted that Mrs. Wallb Simpson, for whose love Ed ward gave up the throne of Eng land. might soon occupy it. This correspondent reached the door of the chateau past heavy cor dons of detectives, police and gen darmes whose numbers were great (Continued on page eight.) CANTERBURY IS CRITICIZED FOR EDWARD ATTACK Radio Sermon Draws Ire of Former King’s Friends LONDON, Dec. 15.—(IP)—Criticism mthe pulpit and the press was leaped upon the Archbishop of Can krbury today for his verbal chas tisement of former King Edward VIII Indications were the matter would leach the floor of the house of com Sons Thursday. Thp latest repercussions of the wdiration 0f Edward spring up to *®barrass an officialdom striving •> smooth the path for George VI, “is successor. The archbishop, spiritual leader * roe empire, in a broadcast Sun sternly lectured the former rul J for his desire to marry Mrs. alii-' Warfield Simpson In viola *°n of the "Christian principles of Mrriagr.'> Strong Dissent ®tron" dissent with the venerable ■alWshop’s statements came to 1 from church circles and was . ected in editorial comment and r“*rs from the public to newspap Clement Wedgewood, Labor oer of parliament, said be hop “ open the question to debate e house of commons Thursday. ®tshop of Durham, Dr. H. H. _'°t addressing a clerical gath said: "I always have been trained to • ^ that the Church of England -piscopa.1 church governed tCostinma os page eight.! *•* J a. Bridge* IE *nQ**s of Lattlmore was reportei |f —-“wutwtc WOO l CJJUI M n«m today. Rev. Mr. Bridges 1 •ted, from heart trouble an .sericaig attack today. He Is hi ^ P^tor and school teache 1 nu__ Coutuy. His daughter, Ruti Ii Liat Sanford has bpen rallei r*ht ' tvrtMd* Windsor’sHostess — Barones* Fugene de Rothschild (above), the former Cathleen Wolff j of Philadelphia, Is playing hostess * to the Duke of Windsor, formerly King Ef'ward VIII of Great Britain, at the country estate she and her i husband maintain at Enzesfield, Austria, 25 miles from Vienna. (Associated Pres* Photo) BULLETINS DEFENSE RESTS | WISE, V*h Dec. 15.—De fense counsel for Edith Maxwell rooted at noon today without putting the 22-year-old brun ette school teacher on the stand to deny the state's contention she slew her 52-year-old father, Triyy Maxwell. ALLOWS INJUNCTION MONTGOMERY, Ala., Dec. 15. —(JP)—A three-judge federal court ruled today the Alabama unemployment insurance law j violated both the state and fed eral constitutions and granted complaining firms a permanent Injunction against its enforce ment. The court did not pass on the constitutionality of the federal unemployment insur ance act which was challenged in the same case. — SEES U. S. CONSUL CANNES, France, Dec. 15.— (A3)—Mrs. Wallis Simpson left the Villa Lou Vlei today to drive to the United States consulate at Nice. The object of her visit was not immediately disclosed. GERMAN TROOPS FIGHT MADRID, Dec. 15.—(^—Ger man troops led Spanish fascists in renewed attacks on govern ment positions near suburban Boadilla del Monte, the social ist high command charged to day. FAYETTEVILLE, Dec. 15.— (A*)—President Roosevelt's spe cial train, running slowly through the city limits, passed Fayeteville at 1:06 p.m. to day. The President waved through a window to a small crowd which was standing in the rain to see him go by. A greater crowd would have been present had It been known when the train would pass. Roosevelt Is Speeding To Washington Today After Good Will Tour Little Pomp Marks Debarkation At Charles* ton In Cold Rain—Reach Harbor Before Daylight CHARLESTON, S. C„ Dec. 15. UPi — President Roosevelt lande< from the cruiser Indianapolis heri today, completing an eventful 28 day round-trip cruise to the Bue. nos Aires Peace Conference. The president, dressed in a darl business suit and topcoat in con trast to the summer clothes li< wore almost to the last day of hi! South American good will toui stepped ashore at 8:30 a.m„ fol Iowe dby his son James and othei members of his party. A cold rair was falling. Met by two secretaries and Mrs • | James Roosevelt, Jr., the president 1 greeted them heartHy. Then he mo , | tored a few blocks to the railway depot and left at 9 o'clock for a 12-hour ride to Washington. Hundreds of Charleston -citizens cheered him. The chief executive had said | goodbye shortly before to Captain i Henry K. Hewitt of the Indlana ' j polls and thanked him for an en i Joyable voyage. ! Crews that had been called out | at 4:45 a.m. to prepare to disem j bark the 14 members of the presl tContinued on page eight.) Kidnapper Is Captured In New York Gun Battle Mrs. Simpson To Return To Social Life, She Hopes CANNES, France, Dec. 18.— (JP>—Mrs. Wall!* Simpson, im patient with her prolonged se clusion, made plans today to re engage in the social life of the Riviera if the curious do not an noy her. Through her hostess, Mrs. Herman Rogers of New York, she made known she would like to set forth to enjoy the Ri viera again now that the crisis in England has ended through the abdication of King Edward VIII, who left his throne so he could marry her. Mrs. Rogers indicated her guest hoped to take a greater part in the social life of the re sort, including playing golf and attending teas, concerts, the Ca sino and bridge parties. Once the crowds quit gather ing outside their villa and cease following her every time she appears. Mrs. Simpson, who as far as known has not heard from Ed ward since he also went into seclusion at Enzesfeld, Austria, grew fond of the Riviera on former trips here with her royal companion. “Whether Mrs. Simpson will enter into the social life during her stay at our villa,” Mrs. Rogers said, “depends on cir cumstances—chiefly the amount of tranquility accorded her.” It Is understood the Ameri can woman, twice-divorced and now waiting to marry the for mer British king, had been of fered refuge at the chateaux or villas of several friends and ac quaintances in other parts of Europe. She plans to remain here for the present, however, said sources close to her. Plan Inauguration RALEIGH, Dec. 15.—W—Com mittees are drawing up plans for ;he inauguration on Jan. 7 of Gov smor-elect Clyde R. Hoey. Eat Little, Sleep And Do Not Worry Says Rev. J. W. Suttle “Eat little, sleep regularly and don't worry” are the three rules which Rev. J. W. Suttle, pastor of seven rural churches, and one of j the busiest persons in this section, gives for the success which has at tended him during the past 46 years of ministerial work. With his seven churches, Mr. Suttle has only two Monday nights each month for himself or his family. Each other night during week days or Sunday are taken up with meetings. In addition, he at tends numerous funerals and board meetings. In the nearly half century which Mr. Suttle has been preaching he has never missed an appointment and has never been late. He has, however, been to his ehurchesj many times when no one else was | there. “I don’t eat much, as I am not the siae to require a quantity of food (he is much less in stature than the average man) About 10:80 p.m. is my bed time, and i! am usually up by 6 o’clock in the morning." The schedule by which Rev. Mr. Suttle visits his 1700 members in the seven churches each month is as follows: On the first Sunday, both morning and night and at Patter son Orove in the afternoon. Also at Waco the Saturday afternoon preceding. Second Sunday, Satur ■ Continued on page two.) NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—(JP)—Fed eral agents blasted an upper west side apartment with a 45-mlnute siege of gunfire early today, cap turing Harry Brunette, 25 year old desperado and wounding his wife. J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Federal bureau of investigation who led the Attack, said, Brunette was wanted for the kidnapping of a New Jersey State trooper and for a number of bank robberies in the middle west. Woman Shot Brunette's wife, with a bullet wound in the back, was taken to Bellevue Hospital where her con dition was reported not to be se rious. An area JusL off Riverside Drive was thrown into a panic by the gun battle as Brunette fought back against the surprise raid with two pistols. The rattling gunfire aroused hundreds of sleeping residents of brown-stone houses which border the West 102nd street apartment house where Brunette and his wife had taken residence several weeks ago. Many Take Part As the first shot was fired only a handful of Federal agents was pre sent, but before the battle was over, several score policemen and a com pany of firemen had packed into the area swarming with spectators. Despite the fusillade that riddled the apartment and pierced a build ing across the street, no one was wounded except Brunette’s wife. "This man is a desperate charac ter,” Hoover said after the capture. "Although we never rate criminals, he certainly is one of the worst in the country. The capture of Brun ette was more difficult than that of John Dillinger for Brunette fought back until his guns wrere empty. “Brunette was on his way toward being another Alvin Karpis.” The criminal exploit for which Brunette was wanted most was the William A. Turnbull, New Jersey kidnapping on November 11 last of state trooper who souguht to arrest two men and a woman in a speed ing automobile near Somerville, N. j. Former Speaker Is Dead Inf Washington Washington! Dec. is.—up)— Edgar W. Pharr, 48, an examiner for the federal power commission and former speaker of the North Carolina house of representatives, died early today In a hospital here after an appendectomy. Members of Pharr’s family said he apparently was recovering from i the operation which was performed about a week ago, until he suffered a relapse last night. The body will be taken tonight to Pharr’s former home at Char lotte, N. C, for funeral and burial services. Pharr came to Washington about two years ago as examiner for the power commission. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ruth Pharr, and two daughters. Miss Jewel Pharr, a high school student here, and Miss Charlotte Pharr, a studen at Erskine foleglr ! Due Wo:.I. S C Impulse Slayer Takes Own Life Miss Hope Morgan, 25, who confessed an impulse caused her to hill one of her best friends a week ago, killed herself today in a Mason, Mich., jail. Shown above are Miss Morgan. be ing led into jail by a detective, and Miss Elizabeth Giltner, the murdered girl. Miss Gilt ner was to have been married soon. Girl Uses Pajama Belt As Noose To HangHerselflnJail LANSING, Mich., Deo. 15.—(fl*) —Sheriff Allan A. MacDonald said today that 25-year-old Hope Morgan, before she hung herself in a Jail cell this morn ing, had scrawled a confession on pages of a magazines, that she killed her best friend be cause of "Jealottiy.” Miss Gilt ner was shot to death as the two girls sat addressing wed ding invitations In the Giltner home a week ago. LANSING, Mich., Dec. 15.—<AV Miss Hope Morgan. 25, who confess ed that a homicidal Impulse caused her to kill a woman friends Just a week ago, hanged herself today with a noose fashioned from her paja mas In the county Jail at Mason. She executed the self-imposed death sentence while awaiting the report of a sanity commission that examiner her last week after the fatal shooting of Miss Elizabeth Giltner, 25, daughter of a Michigan State college dean. A woman Inmate of the Jail noted her absence from her cell about 3:30 a. m. She summoned Mrs. Allan McDonald, wife of the sheriff and matron of the Jail. Mrs. McDonald found the body suspended from a shower-bath fix ture In a room adjoining the wom en’s quarters. Coroner Ray Gorsline said she probably had been dead an nour. Only yesterday, Sheriff McDonald had taken a large nail file from Miss Morgan for fear she would at tempt to take her life. Miss Giltner, daughter of Ward Giltner, dean of the veterinary col lege at Michigan State college, was shot to death last Tuesday night at her home. Arrested a few hours later. Miss Morgan confessed readily that an “impulse to kill” which, she said, had come upon her repeatedly in recent months, caused her to shoot Miss Giltner four times with her father’s pistol. She said she had felt for several months that she was losing her mind. NATIONS DEFAULT WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—(/P) —Belgium, Czechoslovakia and Rumania added their names to day to the Uat of war debtor* defaulting on their December 15 Installments to this government. In separate notes sent to the state departments, these coun tries followed the lead of eight other nations in reiterating their inability to meet the semi annual payment. France wan among those de faulting. but it expressed thee hope it sometime might be able to start negotiations for a set - I lenient. Only Real Estate Pays More Taxes Than Cars SIX ARE RESCUED IN HOTEL BLAZE Lancaster Building Is Destroyed; Other Cities Help Lancaster," s^ c., Dec. is.—or, —Trapped by an early morning fire j which spread quickly through the | first floor, six guests at the Hotel Royal here were rescued with ropes and ladders today. Woman Breaks Ankle A woman broke an ankle when a rope down which she was climbing from the third story burned In two and she dropped 17 feet to the ground. The building, which also housed Belk’s department store and a gro cery store, was levelled to the ground, but 16,000 bales of cotton stored In a building at the rear of the hotel, were saved. The blaze, which originated In i the hotel kitchen, was flrst no ticed at 12:30 a.m. when It had spread Into the dining room. The guests were rescued only a few minutes before the flames, which had blocked all passageways, began eating Into the second floor. The Are was not brought under control until about 3:30 a.m. after Are trucks, from Charlotte, N. C, Chester and Rock Hill had re sponded to calls for aid. Only two trucks were available to the Lan caster Are department. The hotel was situated in the heart of the business district, and; the firemen constructed a fire wall to save adjoining structures. The building was owned by Cap tain Elliott, White Springs, textile manufacturer, war ace, and author, I who lives in Lancaster. total Valuation Over Nine Million Dollars Aside from real estate, automo biles are worth more and bring more taxes than any other item in Cleveland county. Tills fact is revealed In a sum mary of taxable* and their valua tion prepared In the office of Troy McKinney, county tax supervisor. These figures do not include corpo rations. Owners will pay tax on 6,837 ve hicles, appraised at $835,985 as com pared to 6.428 vehicles last year, valued at $765,819. The total tax valuation In the county this year is $29,051,814 as compared to $28,703,049 last year. The 289,896 acres of real estate was valued at $11,533,319, although this land does not include lots in Incorporated towns, church prop erty and county holdings. 6,100 Mules Old Dobbin, the horse, is holding his own, with 440 being reported, and 6,109 mules listed, both about the same as last year. There were 6064 milk cows and 2,283 other cat- j tie. Hogs numbered 8,304, sheep,! seven; goats, 25. Dogs were numerous with 4,385 being listed, of which 2,865 were males. Negroes will pay tax on $425,126 worth of property. .NO. 11 has the highest tax rate of any section in the county. Resi dents there will pay $1.20 per $100! valuation. The lowest tax rate is in No. 4; Township where the Oaston road I district pays only the straight 401 cent county rate. although the Kings Mountain road district resi dents pay a rate of 48 cents per $100 valuation. Drunkenness-The Ornery Kind Leads All Crime In Cleveland When a man gets drunk he be^ gins to cuss! This is the opinion of Judge and solicitor of recorder's court Bynum j E. Weathers and Frank L. Hoyle Jr. who also stated today that drunk enness leads all crimes committed in Shelby and Cleveland county. Just plain old, ornery, mean dog drunkenness. And officers are told that a man is drunk when he has had enough intoxicating lic,uors, spirits, wines, drugs, or opiates to rob him of his normal faculties . From 20 to 25 cases per week are averaged week in and week out The victims may be drunk enough to be talking loudly, disturbing peace, they may Iw fighting or may be in the gutter. Charges of drunk enness usually include profanity. Weathers said. Judge WeatherB submitted a list of the nine other crimes which are' most common, in the order of the! number of cases brought before j him, "the greater part of which are begun in the first place by drink ing or selling liquor.” No. 2, assault, either simple, with a deadly weapon, or on a female; No. 3, VPL, or violation of prohi bition laws, which may be receiving, possessing or transporting intoxi cating beverages; No. 4, Larceny, which Includes breaking and enter ing petty larceny (value under (Continued on p:igr two.) CHINA FEARFUL AS KIDNAPPING STRAIN GROWS Conflicting Reports Give Rise To Fear Of Result REPORTED SLAIN SHANGHAI. Dm. !«.— (Wed nesday) — — Generalissimo fhlanx Kai-Shek and several other Chinese military leader* were killed at Hlanfu after mu tinous lloops had rebelled. Mar shal Chant Hnueth-Liang an nounced by radio today. A feeling of panic arose ti| Chita today—fed by countless, conflicting reports of the fate of Chiang Kat Shck and the ends to which hi* strange imprisonment may lead. Japan’s Foreign Minister, Hwchlro Arlta, told his cabinet he believed China’s powerful overlord was slain at the hands of ’"Young Marshal’* Chang Hsuer-Ltang in bleak Shensi province between sundown last Friday and sunup Sunday. Japan To Act? Fears grew that Japan might have to take a hand In the crisis. The "young marshal," allied with Comunist armies. wantR war with Japan, return of the Manchoukuo he once ruled as Manchuria and recognition of Oomunlsm aa "ran dom” for his dictator. Offsetting these to some extent was a report that W. H. Donald, Australlan-bom adviser to the Chi nese government, had reached Loy ang from Slanfu with word for the national government that Chlang was safe. Donald had gone to Slan fu to negotiate for the Generalise! mo's release. Slanfu In Flames But other reports said Slanfu was in names and that Generalissimo Chlang had been moved to an In accessible stronghold elsewhere. He was seised at Slanfu last Friday In a sudden revolution en gineered by "young marshal” Chang who was supposed to have been fighting the Communists with whom he has banded. Rescue troops of the central army advanced on mountain studded (Continued on page eight.) NINE VETERANS GET PENSIONS IN THE COUNTY Dnly Two Or Three Able To Come In Person Only nine Confederate veterans, most of them 90 or more years of age, were on the rolls to receive pension checks today from the of rice of A. M, Hamrick, superior court clerk. There were 28 class A widows and 12 class B widows who are eli gible for checks. Only two or three of the totter ing veterans were able to come In person for the checks, although quite a number of the widows could come. Last year at the same time n.ar. 1 O ..sImsMs Veterans Listed Veterans and the company each fought in are: A. F. Connor, of Union. Co. C GRth Regt.; J. Z. Falls, Shelby, Co. C 71 regt.; S. M. Ham lick. Lattimore, Co. C 71st regt.; Reuben McSwatn. Beaver Dam, Gills Battery. S. C.; J. M. Morris, Moores boro. Co. C 71st regt.; T. O. Phil besk, Lawndale, Co. B 49th regt.: Charles Riechard, Lawndale. 8. C. company; J. A. Sims, Kings Moun tain, Co. D 14th regt.; W. W. White, Boiling Springs, Co. C. 17th batt. Class A widows remaining In the county are: Mrs. Sallle Huffstetler (Continued on page eight.) Calls For Inquest In Death Of Etters Coroner Roscoe Luts said at noon today he is calling for an inquest In connection with the death of John Etters who was killed late Sat urday while walking on highway No. 74 between Shelby and Kings Moun tain. Mr. Lutz said the time of the in quest is 2 o’clock at Kings Moun tain. S. S. Moore of Shelby was driv ing the auto which is said to have struck Mr Etters. although no rharyps have broil pieced egelavt him.
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