North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XXXIV, No. 2G SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAR. 2, 1927 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoon*. yeM (i" __ ___J By carrier, per year (in adratica) $8 0» What’s THE News THE STAR’S REVIEW. ' The groundhog may be nothing but an ignorant woodchuck,Cbut in fi0me places the snow meawtrcd 12 inches this morning. • • • A local automobile firm ha3 changed hands, according to u m.\V!. item in The Star today. Rural mail carriers did not go out today, it is learned by The star, and bus travel in and out of Shelby was held up for a time this morning due to the heavy snow Otto Wood’s book is said to be selling fast since his recent pub licity stunt. However, it seems that ,he '"one man crime wave” will be in confinement long enough now to ■write another one, judging by Ra leigh dispatches' to The Star. The old-timers who quaffed the kicking beverage drank themselves drunk. Tiie latest method of getting drunk is; to eat yourself into that condition, says the report from the county court. * * * Another man has been jailed and bound over to court on charges con necting him with recent store rob beries here. * * * An air mail stop at Charlotte would mean considerable to big business here, local business lead ! crs tell The Star. • • • The mystery of the unidentified | men who drugged and held up Claude Weathers last Friday night still remains unsolved, says The Star today. * * * A negro man is being held by Tennessee officers with the belief that he is wanted here for murder, according to a message. So far of ficers here have not been able to connect the description with any slayer of the past in this county. * * • Among the numerous communi ty items to be found in The Star are full news accounts of Kings Mountain and Boiling Springs. Officials here today are invest!-' Rating court records to see if a negro man by the name of Peters | was ever charged with murder in this county. The investigation comes as the result of a letter re-! reived by Sheriff H. A. Logan from j an officer at Murfreesboro. Ten- j nessee. According to the letter a negro ‘ is being held there by officers who j are o fthe opinion that he is wanted | for murder here years ago. The let-! ter states that although he goes under another name it is thought htat his real name is Peters. Offi cers here plan to look back over j old court records and see if anyone j answering the description of the ' Tennessee man has ever beer, charged with murder here. It is remembered here that a murder case of many years ago at j (trover has been continued on the (lockets through many courts. The j murder charge is against a negro | for killing another negro at Gro cer, the slayer never being caught. According to officers and others about the court house the descrip tion of the man in Tennessee does not tally with Jim Lowery. :otton MARKETS (R.v ono. F. Clart and Co.) Cotton was quoted on New York fxchange at 11 o’clock today: March 14.50; May 14.5fi; July J^8; October 14.81; December! New York, Mar. 2.—Liverpool | '^15 p. m. March 8, July 10, Octo !eT ^ American points better than lue. Kaining over eastern belt last iipht, mostly clear west. Department of Commerce reports rom London say British industry 8 intensely active with business! eaders vigorous in efforts to make !P for coal strike loss. Memphis reports good spot de mand. Advance in lotures stimu a ed demand in Worth street yes erdav, higher prices were being 0r* ' nthe afternoon. A number ! converters are complaining that have not enough goods to take are of orders. Southern spot markets ten to 30 ,nts up, sales 31,000 bales. ^><>k for higher markets on for Kn and domestic trade buying and to-easing speculation for a rise. mnK any reaction will only be empcrary. Ask McLean To Speak Kannapolis.—(INS)— An invi '• ion has been extended Governor \ can to speak at the commence* n exercises of the Kannapolis ■to school here in May. ^FmrngUpthrOpen Spaces Tnese boy* fill up the great open spaces ot Glacier .National Park jvlth song. The cowboy quartet is known to many tourists.' They Ire tleft to right): Bullrig Tibbetts, Hackamore (Red) Hanson, ♦to Tibbetts and Dick Bronson . •. Can American Women Restore King Cotton To Hi$ Old Throne Over Sunny Southland? | Fayetteville.— (INS)— Can American women restore King Cotton, long the monarch of the sunny Southland, to his rightful throne ? The North Carolina Fede?atjon, of Women’s clubs says they Cih, and Mrs. E. H. Williamson. df Fayetteville, head of the tion’s “Wear Cotton Caf '3'rs they are go ng to do ij. Leaders in the movefile*? lieve that a nationaLcampai the more extensive wear garments as imminent, to the fact that Northil lead the way. In a recent tour of cities, Mrs. Williamson found “wonderful •« In Philadelphia and New York,’ particularly, she said, the move ment has assumed a definite shape. The Federation women are in sistent that the movement is net sectional in scope and that Lusi- j ness men of ihe East with which the committee chairmen talked concurred heartily in this view, f \ That the federation women are , getting: somewhere in the “wear cotton” campaign was evidenced Saturday night when the city of i Greensboro staged its Cotton Bali ] According to federation offi- I cials other club towns of the j state probably will stage events> along the same line in the nearj future to encourage the wearing; of cotton clothes. The biggest day of the Federa-i tion’s convention in Durham this j May will be known as “Cotton I Day,” the second day of the con tention. At that time every wo 5*an attending the convention will bo required to wear a coiton dress. Prizes will be awarded for dresses, spreads towels, and other; cotton-made things. 'iTha ■waanh«ra,<< the state com mittee in charge of the “Wear Cotton” movement are: Mrs. E. H. Will'amson, Fayetteville, chair-; man; Mrs. C. W. Eradshaw, Greensboro; Mrs. James Brodie. Henderson, Miss Ruth Burke, La Grange; Mrs. S. W. Tucker. Dur ham; Mrs. John Gilmer, of Win ston-Salem; and Mrs. J. L. Staten, of Charlotte. Qito’s Book Increases Sales After He Gets More Publicity By Capture Raleigh.—'INS)—Sale of Otto Wood's autobiography, North Car olina’s weirdest literary production in several years, is reported to be taking leaps and bounds, since the notorious convict’s newest ‘ pub licity stunt.” The slim little volume, which Wood penned when he was in “solitary” and distributed from his prison cell himself for “f'fty cents and up,” is reported to have, sold several hundred more copies since v>:s last sensational recapture in Terre Haute, Ind. Wood was arrested in the Indiana city and identified as ihe North Carolina fugitive after ho was wouned in an attempted single handed hold-up of the Bull Drug Store there. lie escaped for a third time from the State Prison fiere on November 22, 1926. Wood was returned to Raleigh from the Indiana city, and was placed in his same old cell at the State Prison. Wood’s autobio graphy relates a daring carec- cf crime. Wood boasts of having es caped from prisons in Tennessee, West Virginia, Florida and Ohio in addition to his three dashes for freedom from the Tar Heel pen. Wood has about 30 more years to serve on his sentence for the slaying of A. W. Kaplan, Greeds - boro pawnbroker. Carolina Mineral Increasing In Use Raleigh.— (INS)— Increasing use of caynite, huge deposits of which have been found in North Carolina, will mean a larger mar ket for the mineral mined in North Carolina, according to State Geologist H. J. Bryson. Deposits of the material in t.'e state will become increasingly valuable with the continued use of caynite, whclh is not only being utilized as, a refractory material, but also with disspore, a hydrox ide of aluminum, Bryson said. Until recently caynite has been found only in small quantities in the Eastern part of the United States. i Cuts Watermelon Amid Snowstorm 1 Fort Mill, S. C., Mar. 1.—I.ast summer a farmer friend of Dr. J. R. MeAlhaney presented him with watermelon, delivering it at his office in the First Na- | tional bank building. Probably j due to the fact that water melons were very cheap and plentiful last season, Dr. Me Alhaney did not trouble to take the melon home, but left it in his office where it has sustain ed without apparent injury the violent changes in temperature during the past eight months. Yesterday he cut the melon and'"' found its condition just a little over-ripe but edible and prob ably wholesome. He is of the opinion that if he had cut it two weeks ago, he would have found its condition first-class. No preservatives of any kind was used, and no care was taken to preserve it whatever. McCormack Reduces Nice, Italy.—John McCormack, noted tenor, has joined the ranks of reducing-fans and has thereby t succeeded in materially altering; his appearance and, incidentally, gaining a fresh impetus in life. He simply gave up his Irish diet— butter, potatoes and bread and got rid of 28 pounds while doing so. Trap Gun Gets Man. Cleveland.—A trap set after three successive robberies of his store caused the death of an un identified man who was found by John Hartman, owner of the store, when he opened his store. He ar ranged a shotgun so that foot pressure on a box just below u window would release the trigger. Guilty Of Peonage. New Orleans, La.,—John D. Al ford, of Fluker, La., charged with kidnapping and enforced servitude of a family of negroes, pleaded guilty in the Federal court and was sentenced to six months in jail. County Court Hears of the Latest Bcvcrajfe With a Kick I'hat ' Is a Kick. Wayne B. Wheeler and Andrew Volstead, leaders in the move tc eeep America “bone dry”, might apon a vist to Shelby pick up the information that it is possible to ?et tipsy without any liquid what ?oever. In fact, the latest method of ‘getting high” hereabouts is to eat yourself drunk instead of drinking yourself drunk. Necessary ingredi-I snts are several soda crackers and | a can of “canned heat”— the trade | name of which is not be be mad? j public for fear merchants could not supply the rush. The new jelly beverage made its first official appealance in a court room here Monday when Recorder John Mull started to grind out his customary court on the morning after the week end. In two cases the defendants admitted to getting the kick out of the canned heat, and j there was talk aboiit the court room as how the sale of the new style intoxicant might b«v halted. Housewives of Cleveland county perhaps have known of canned hert for some time, but up until this week it was not generally known as an intoxicant. One defendant,, it is said, had eight cans on his person when arrested and no telling how many in his interior. ;t takes from three to five cans to get a man gloriously lit it is said and just a can or so more to get him canned I provided an officer happens by. The cans are said to cost about 20 cents each and with such competi tion the price of bootleg is expect ed to flop several hundred points. STIElBEGlI BOILING SPRINGS Mrs. Ed Hawkins is Buried..•‘Social^ Clubs Meet. Personal Mention Of People on the Go. (Special to The Star.) Boiling Springs, Mar. 1.—The Philosonian Book club met at the home of Mrs. J. R. Greene Friday afternoon at 3:30. The home was a scene of beauty with its decora tions of spring flowers which were artistically arranged. The meeting was called to order by the presi dent and after disposing the bu siness a most interesting program was given on the “North Carolina Writers.” Interesting and enlight ening papers which depicted the true life of the mountaineers were read by Mrs. V. H. Hamrick, Miss Johnnie Maie McBrayer and Mrs M. A. Jolley, piano solo by Miss Lawrence, vocal solo by Mrs. B. M. Jarrett. The guests other than the members of the Club were Misses Garrison Clark, Miss Lawrence of the High Point school, Miss Georgic Hamrick, Mrs. R. D. Hord and Mrs J. M. Walker. The hostess served an elegant ice and sweet course with accessories. The Busy Bee club met at the public school Monday afternoon. A new club song was learned and the business matters were attend ed to but there was no demonstra tion at this meeting as it was im-j possible for Mrs. Wallace to be there. Home Economics. The Home economics dub met at the home of Mrs. Z. O. Holland on Monday atfernoon. To most of tl e members this seemed an unusually interesting and beneficial meeting. The arrangement of furniture anti how to make nooks and corners at tractive was discussed by Mr-. Wallace. As usual she gave some valuable pointers on household furnishings. The next meeting will be with Mrs. O. P. Hamrick. Mrs. Earl Hamrick of Shelbv spent Wednesdoay night at the home of Mrs. Ladd Hamrick. Basketball Games. The first team of the basketball quint spent a few days of last week at Mars Hill playing various teams on the Mars Hill court. This team won out in the preliminaries, but it wasn’t long before our team had to drop out, leaving Lattimore and Forest City to contest. Mrs. J. R. Greene, Mrs. F. B. Hamrick. Miss Johnnie Maie Mc Brayer, Mrs. Ladd Hamrick, Miss Elizabeth Hamrick were Shelby shoppers Thursday. Rev. and Mrs. Rush Padgett and family and Miss Marion Bridges of Shelby spent Thursday night at the home of Mr.'and Mrs. D. W. Moore. Little Macy Carol Moore accompanied them home for a few days stay. Mr. and Mrs. Tint Hamrick and (Continued on page five.) Diplomat Womeivurt^iTum^nplomittTc than men, some say. but they do not hold many posts in the United Elates service.*' Miss Lucille Atch erson (above) of Columbus, O., who was the tint woman in the corps, has been assigned to the legation at Balboa. Pana i '4 „ Nothing New In Kidnaping Affair Here So Tar as can be learned, nothing news has developed in the sensational Claude Weath ers kidnapping affair and members of the Weathers fam ily together with the general public are puzzled over oddities of the unusual attempt at rob bery. Indications now' are that events transpiring last Friday night may never be fully known although Mr. Weathers himself and members of his family c<re making an attempt to locate the men who drugged Weath ers early Friday night and kept him a prisoner until Saturday morning. Members of the Weathers family together with Police man Poston journeyed to Gaff , ney this week where an attempt was made to pick up any clued that might shed light on the mystery. However, nothing was discovered that would tend to offer definite clues although it was positively checked up that Weathers visited a garage there looking for Wern prior to the time the trade was made. Unconfirmed rumors had it that a man by that name was known in the Gaffney region, while still another rumor was that a man by that name had recently served time for con viction of some charge at Blacksburg, but local officers say that so far as they know the rumors have not been traced down. Fine Scenery For Smile Show Here At Theatre Thursday Elaborate Costumes, Car-loads of Nature:! Foliage and Flowers For Local Talent Play. The stage is set and everything Is ready for the performance of Shelby’s great "Home Town Fol lies” show Thursday night at the Princess. Because of the length of the show the curtain will rise promptly at 8:15 as the aisles of the theatre are used for part one, the “Childrens Slumberland.” The childrens part is no small part of the performance, it will be thor oughly enjoyed by everyone, and only those who are seated in time for the beginning of the act will be able to enjoy it. Patrons will not be seated during the act. The stage of the Princess has been transformed into a beautiful “Smileland” udder the direction of Mr. Hall. A committee has been at work two days building the artistic stage setting. Carloads of natural foil age, hundreds of chrysanthemums, palms and other plants have been used in the decorations. Magnifi cent standing lamps and other prop erties from the John M. Best Co., add much to the scene. It is said to be the most elaborate stage setting ever seen in Shelby. The costume."? are elaborate in the extreme, not a thing being left undone for a com plete success. Shelby people who will witness the production tomor row night, have a great treat in store for them. Mr. L. D. Rice of the Princess is musical director. Eats 54 Oysters And A Pie. Asbury Park, N. J.—M. Wins low Lawson, 67 year old farmer, recently won a wager by eating 54 oysters, after which he ate a numpkin pie as a “chaser.” He suffered no apparent ill-effects. Heaviest Snow In Yeats Blankets Shelby Region Twelve-Inch Snow Fell, It Is Estimated, With Fall Measuring 10 Inches Wednesday. The heaviest snow since 1917-18 is the local estimate on the heavy snowfall of Tuesday and Tuesday night with a measurement of be tween nine and 12 inches Wednes day morning and a light snow still falling at intervals. Despite the unusually big snow for March the temperature did not drop to any considerable extent. The lowest mark recorded earij Wednesday morning by the Ebel toft thermometer was 32 above and early in the morning the mercury started climbing upwards. Although no official measure ment of the snowfall has been made various reports coming into The Star range from nine inches to a | little over 12 inches, the majority | of reports being around 11 inches. Snowdrifts ranged from two to four feet deep. Traffic Held Up. Early morning traffic in and' through Shelby was held up for a period Wednesday morning. None of the big bus lines operating in to Shelby had cars arriving early, although the seven o’clock bus for Charlotte left here on time but had not arrived at Gastonia several hours later. No Rural Mail. It was learned from the postof fice early in the morning there would be no rural mail today, none of the carriers going out as it was estimated that few of them could make their rounds through the heavy drifts. Local schools were in session to day but held only one session, turn ing out shortly after 12 o’clock, and the general attendance w-as light, according to reports. City workmen began clearing up town sfdewalks early in the morn ing enough to permit pedestrian travel and the horse-drawn drags were on the streets several hour3 later dragging out a roadway al though motor traffic had been mov ing since early morning.. In the uptown section one, of the water hose from the fire trucks sms be ing used to sweep the streets clear. By 10:30 in the morning the snow was melting fast under the rays of a sun that promised to get even warmer and the record March snow apparently will not stay on the ground for and length of time. Started Tuesday Morn. Snow' began falling early Tues day morning and continued to fail throughout the day with the ex ception of one or two intervals. However, the fall during the day was not heavy and the ground was sparsely coated. Late in the after noon the snow became heavier and by dark a driving blizzard was in full force. About 11 o’clock Tues day night heavy winds increased the sw'ay of the storm and. drifts began piling up. Snow in General, Chester, S. C., Mar. t.—Chested has experienced the most seven j weather today in many years. It began snowing between 5 and 6 o’clock this morning, and in’ a few hours it had reached the depth of five inches, and by noon it had gone slightly over that depth. Much fear is entertained to night by many over the safety-of the fruit crop, much of which had blossomed forth during the recent warm weather. Asheville Streets Covered. Asheville, March 1.—The largest snow of the winter, more than an inch and a half, covered the streets here todny. At 3 o’clock this afternoon the thermometer registered 29, with snow falling steadily. Rock Hill Has Storm. Rock Hill, S. C., Mar. 1.—Rock Hill tonight was in the grip of the worst snowstorm it had experienced in years. In Like a Lion. York, S. C., Mar 1.—March came in lion-like today, with snow be ginning at 5 o’clock in the morning . and continuing all day, alternating i with sleet in the afternoon. The ; snow had attained a depth of three inches by nightfall, but would have been much deeper if it had not melted slowly throughout the day. Casar Defeats Union In Contest (Special to The Star.) Lattimore, Feb. 28.—Playing the opening game of the non-accredit ed high school basketball champion ship series Casar completely out played the fast team from Union here this afternoon. The Mountain Devils had the big end of the score all the way through. However, the lads from Union played good ball.* The next game of the series will be played between Banoah and Casar in the new “tin can” Wed nesday night March 2. Don’t fail to see this game for it promises to be an interesting contest. Air Mail Stop At Charlotte Would Speed Mail Here With the likelihood that Char lotte, 50 miles east of Shelby may land a stop on the Atlanta-New York air mail route Shelby bank ers and business men say that the air mail stop would mean much to local business. Banks here having checks to clear in New York could at the the close of the day’s business mail them to Charlotte for the night air mail and have them cleared the next day in New' York ut a considerable saving of time and money. Likewise local manu facturing enterprises and other big business here with New York connections would be benefited by the fast air mail service in trans acting business usually requiring either an expensive telephone call or several days by mail. Air mail will be carried it Is understood at 10 cents per ounce. Dodge Agency To Be Litton Motor Comes From Gastonia Here. Announcement Is made from Charlotte that Mr. F. B. Litton, of Gastonia, has purchased from the Chas. E. Lambeth Motor company their branch in Shelby, and the Omn hereafter will- be operated as the Litton Motor company at the same location on South LaFayette street. Experienced Agent. Mr. Litton has had many years experience with the Dodge Broth ers car and the Graham Brothers truck and has been connected with the Charlotte agency of the firm since 1921. For the past three years he has been vice-president and general manager of the Lambeth-Litton Motor company at Gastonia. His pa^fc, experience places him in a po sition to handle his new purchase here in an efficient manner and he will be welcomed to Shelby by the business interests. *> 1 Prisoner Is Gone WJien His Friends Arrange His Fine In county court here this week a defendant was given a fine and the costs, and the court moved on to other cases. Later in the day a friend of that particular prisoner came along with the intention of arranging the fine and costs that would get him out of jail. A part of the sum was secured and the friend, according to reports, made a trip to jail to see if the defendant himself could contribute a little to the total, and then came the dis covery that the friend was not in jail to be taken out. Later it was learned that he had strolled out of the court room after the trial and had not returned to jail at all. However, it has been learned, ac cording to court officials, that the defendant returned to his home and intends to arrange payment of the fine. Goes To Death Bed Of Mother Rev. William E. Allen rector of the church of the Redeemer, Protes tant Episcopal, left Saturday for Atlantic City, N. J., having receiv ed a telegram that his mother was dying. Mr. Allen’s personal friends and those of his fraternal order ex tend their deepest sympathy to him in his sorrow* When Mr. Allen first took charge of the little mission here the fu ture looked doubtful, but his faith ful little flock have been so loyal that success must crown his efforts. Six months ago the rector refused a call to a parish in Washington, D. C„ at a salary of $3,000 and rec tory also one which offered many social advantages. This ia truly one of the many proofs how deeply Mr Allen’s heart is in his work here in which his bishop has so much faith for the future. ON APRIL FIRST Name* Of Five Members Selected In Democratic Primary Arc ■ Officially Confirmed The five members of the county board of education for Cleveland county, nominated last year in the Democratic primary, have been ' officially appointed in an amnibus bill passing through the legisla ture. Every two years the state legislature appoints the county board of education in the 100 count ties in North Carolina. Cleveland is one of the few counties in the state that has reserved the right by special permission to nominate it* school board by vote, so lastffl year in the primary W. A. Riuen hour, of Kings Mountain; C. D. Forney, of Lawndale; W. D. Lackey, of Shelby; Ivy Willis, of Lattimore and J. L. Hord, of Waco, were nominated for a term of two years. They were not voted on in the general election in Nov ember as they were un-opposed by Republicans. It is learned that in the major ity of the counties in North Caro lina the members of the county school boards are nominated by the democratic executive com mittee and in turn ratified by the Legislature at Raleigh, but Cleve land is more democratic in that the voters are given the oppor tunity to select their school com mitteemen in the primary. It will be remembered that W. D. Lackey ia one of the new members to take office the first of next month led the entire ticket in the primary. Ivy Willis, another new member is a former teacher of long experience and is considered a valuable addition to the board hy reason of his contact with edu cational affairs. Other members of the board are present mem- ' bers. ■ SI Another Johnson ®S Held For Court On Store Charge Second Brother Bound Over in Con* nection With Thefts at Maun* ey Store. Four of Family. Earl Johnson, who was held in jail last week on the robbery charge of the Roberts store in South Shelby, and later released whpn his brother, Harley, admitted the theft and was bound over, was himself bound over to court this week on a charge udeging that h* was connected with thefts at th. P. M. Mauney store at the Or mill village. Bond was set at $50 and was not given at the time, it i said. This is the fourth member c the family under bond to Superic court. Harley’s mother and wife b ing held in connection with tl charges against Harley. The charge against Earl came 1 light through a brother-in-law wh officers say, stated that Harley sent a package to Woodruff, S. C., said to contain som«, of the goodi alleged to be missing at the Mauney store. Bert Whisnant Died Wednesday Prominent Citizen of Polkville Sue* cumbs to Heart Attack. Wife and Son Survive. Mr. Albert (Bert) Whisnant, well and favorably known citizen of the Polkville section died Wed nesday morning about 5 o’clock at his home, following a protracted illness with a heart trouble. Mr. Whisnant was a veteran of the Civil War, going away with the sixteeo year old boys when the Confederate forces needed re-enforcements. Mr. Whisnant was a valiant soldier, a devoted churchman and a splen did neighbor with a host cf friends who learn of his death with a deep sorrow. Mr. Whisnant wax twice married, the first time to Lizzie Ledford. After her death he was married to Mrs. Frances Crowder, a sister of the first wife. She survives, to gether with one son Barrett Whis nant by the first wife. He was in his 76th year when the end came. The funeral will be conducted Thursday from Oak Grove church and the interment will be in tho Whisnant burying ground. Gas Kills Stowaways New York.—Two of five stow aways who boarded the White Star liner Ahriatic at Naples were killed by coal gas while tho ship was enroute from here to Gibraltar. All would have died ex cept for the timely discovery by Frank Bewley, assistant engineer.