What’s
THE
News
THE STAR’S REVIEW.
I (Jriffin has been re-elected
juperintendent of the Shelby
schools and all the present princi
pals will serve again, The Star says
today- . . .
Chief up! Times are better now
Ifliaii they were last year. So says
, leading banker of the town in an
interview given to this paper today.
Nothing new of much import in
the city election. Few issues have
developed—but a dinner invitation
is out keep up in The Star.
plans for the new golf club
house here are being made, offi
cial, of the club say.
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Twenty-two inquiries from indus
tries wishing to locate here have
heei received by the chamber of
commerce.
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Lightning killed two people yes
terday in Rutherford county. A babe
in its mothers aims was not injur
ed although she was killed.
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A mutilated body and a bloody
8xe is the story told of a Lincoln
county suicide. The news of adjoin
ing counties in The Star.
Shelby plays Fallston here Fri
day in the first game for the state
championship. Many fans are ex
pected to turn out and boost the
Highs on their way to a third title
for Shelby.
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Another municipal board candi
date announces today.
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; One bank closed yesterdav at
Blacksburg but is to be reopened, it
is learned.
ERWiNMODERATOR
OP PRESBYTERY IN
SPRING MEET HERE
Meet in l.incolnton Next. Delegates
Arc Named to Generrl Pres
byterian Assembly.
Rev. T. 0. Erwin, of Rutherfopd
ten, is. the new moderator of the
Kings Mountain Presbytery, being
elected at the spring meeting now
in session at Shelby Presbyterian
church. Rev. Mr. Erwin succeeds
Rev. Q. G. Houston, Ellenboro as
moderator. W. J. Roach continues
as stated clerk of the presbytery.
The opening sermon of the pres
bytery was preached yesterday
morning by Rev. W. W. Akers, of
Lincolnton, and the presbyterial
sermon was preached at 11 o’clock
today by Rev. J. E. Berryhill, of
Lowell. Rev. Mr. Akers was the
last retiring moderator of the pres
bytery.
Rev. H. N. McDiarmid, pastor of
the local church and host to the
'presbytery, says that the final ses
sion will likely be held this after
noon or evening.
Anniversary Meeting.
Lincolnton was selected as the
next meeting place and the fall
meeting of the presbytery will be
held there. At that time the 25th
anniversary of the organization of
the presbytery w’ill be celebrated.
The presbytery also named del
egates to the general assembly in
Eldorado, Arizona, on May 10. The
ministers named were Rev. A. S
Anderson, of Lowell, and Rev. W.
W. Akers, of Lincolnton. The elders
were Rev. A. S. Anderson, of Low
ell and Rev. W. W. Akers, of Lin
colnton. The elders were C. W.
Kin aid, of Gastonia, and W. F. Hoi
and, of Mt. Tolly.
About 40 delegates are attend
ing the presbytery sessions coming
from the five counties of the pres
bytery. Luncheon was served at the
church today by the ladies of the
church.
Taxi Driver Not
To Drive Again
For Three Months
t'haruod With Being Intcxirhtod
And Hitting Another Car;
looses License.
A local taxi driver, J. B. Daves,
is not to operate an automobile in
any capacity for a period of three
months according to an order
handed down in county court yes
terday by Judge John P. Mull.
Daves was before the court
Tuesday charged with operating
his car Monday afternoon while
under the influence of liauor. The
evidence was that he collided with
a car driven by Miss Fay Lutz on
East Marion street and was found
later driving aimlessly about in
South Shelby, officers testifying
tft an intoxicated condition.
In addition to ordering him not
to drive any more for 00 days,
•udge Mull fined the t«jd driver
and the costs, and also ordered
that he pay damages to the other
.V' w^ich, it is said, will be about
120.
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^ North Carciina'V
(fTpRESS I ASSOCIATION
By mail, per year (in adva-?«)._$2X<
By carrier, per year (in advance) |3 0t
Mother And Her Daughter
Killed By Bolt Lightning
Mrs. Morrow and Mrs. Ilea vis Dead
At Carolecn. Babe In Mrs.
Reavis’ Arms Unhurt.
Rutherfordton, April 19.—Light
ning claimed two lives during a se
vere electrical storm at Caroleen
early this morning when Mrs.
James Morrow. 17, was struck dead
as she turned to lower a window in
her home, and her daughter, Mrs.
Cieorge Reavis, 28, was found dead
in the next room a few minutes la
ter, an uninjured child still in her
arms.
The body of Mrs. Reavis wa»
found by Mr. Morrow when he ran
into the room after Mrs. Morrow
had failed to answer his call. She
was lying in the floor, the child
unhurt with the exception of a
i.
slight bruise caused by the fall.
A toe on Mrs. Morrow's right
foot was split by the bolt.
The house was not injured, ex
cept a plank or two torn off the
ceiling. Mr. Morrow was slightly
shocked. There were three small
children in the room with Mrs.
Reavis and none of them were hurt.
The storm did much damage in
places in Rutherford county. Hail
was raked up in piles about six
miles northwest of here in the
Shingle Hollow section. The roof of
the transformer house on Washing
ton St., here was blown off while
a two story barn belonging to W.
J. York in the Mt. Vernon section
was blown over. There was much
damage to timber lands in various
places.
Pershing Is In France But Will Be
Invited To Kings Mountain Celebration
Kings Mountain.—The fact that
General’ John J. Pershing is now
in France should cause very lit
tle delay, if any, in presenting him
with the invitation to speak here
at the celebration of the battle of
Kings Mountain, according to O.i
B. Carpenter, prominent local
mill man and chairman of the
speaker committee.
“Mr. Pershing has a secretary
who attends to all such matter,”
Mr. Carpenter declared. “If Gen
eral Pershing has a previous en
gagement on October 7 his sec
retary will immediately notify the
committee that it will be impos
sible for general to speak then. On
the other hand, if the general has
no engagement on October 7, the
secretary will immediately take
the matter up with him. It may
take several weeks before we
know anything definite.’’
It is reported on good authority
that the French government is
suspected of being slightly luke
warm on the American plan to
erect elaborate monunyents to
mark the scene of each major ac
tion of American troops in the
World War.
Pershing, of course, is chairman
of the Battle Monument commis
sion. He is expected back about
the first of June.
ITALIAN FILM INDUSTRY
TO HAVE GOVERNMENT AID
(By International News Service )
Rome.—Following the example
Rrita'n. Italy has decided to pro
f«ct h»r motion picture industry
from foreign competition by ren
dering obligatory the production
of a certain percentage of Italian
films at every performance.
This will range from 10 to 15
per cent of tho program, with
power to increase the quota.
The picture market in Italy has
been practically monopolized by
American and German films in the
past few years.
Tobacco Led Cotton
Raleigh.—(INS)—Tobacco pro
ducts led all other industries in
output in 1925, with a combined
value of $343,074,607, according to
figures released today b" the State
department of conservation and
development.
Cotton goods ran a close second,
showing a valuation of $316,068,
931. The cotton goods industry
stood in front in the total number
of establishments and in the num
ber of persons employed.
Coat Of New Easter
Suit Lost Already
Lady Luck Frowns on somo
folks occasionally.
D. F. Waters, Spindale cit
izen was riding through
Cleveland county Monday and
at the time he was wearing a
“brand new Easter suit.’’ pur
chased just especially for the
new Spring clothes season. It
being a warm day the coat
was removed and laid in the
car. Arriving near Shelby he
found that he had lost the
coat somewhere between Waco
and Shelby. A search back
along the road was promptly
instituted, but no trace of the
coat had been found until yes
terday.
The news item develons
from a “penny ad” in The
Star. Advertising salesman
have often declared that there
is happiness, tragedy, success,
and failure written in the
“want ads” a-^- in this in
stance it appears that the
small ads carried a little story
of sorrow. Losing a new Eas
ter coat isn’t calculated to be a
joyful event.
Tax Assessors
To Be Named
This Friday j
W. R. Newton, head of the (
newly created board of tax (
supervision for this county, (
announces that he will make j
public the names of the j
township tax assessors and |
officials on Friday of this «
week. |
Just how many will be j
named is not known yet as j
the revaluation and tax as
sessment plan is being
handled by the tax board
plan. Much advance inter
est is being manifested in
property values this year
over the county and the fu
ture action of the tax
board will be eagerly await
ed.
LICK OF FUNDS
CURTAILS COURT
Charlotte—Suspension of the
Statesville term of federal court
and drastic curtailment of the
Asheville court was announced here
yesterday by Kenneth J. Kindley, as
sistant United States district at
torney.
The Statesville term was to have
convened next Monday. A or.e
week term of federal court will be
held at Asheville beginning May 2,
during which only jail cases will be
tried, Mr. Kindley said.
Both the dockets at Statesville
and Asheville are crowded with
cases. There are about 25 jai!
cases at Asheville which will be
tried while the jail cases that were
scheduled for the Statesville court
will be tried at this term.
Lack of funds because of con
gress’ failure to pass the federal
court deficiency is the cause of the
suspension and curtailment of the
courts, Mr. Kindley said. The re
cent court in Charlotte was ham
pered by the lack of funds.
The federal grand juries will be
in session at Statesville and Ashe
ville regardless of the curtailment,
Mr. Kindley said.
There are 125 cases on the States
! ville docket which will have to be
carried over to the fall terms of
i court when the new appropriations
will have been granted, It was said.
I _
Getting Baseball
Campaign on Today
Promoters of summer baseball in
Shelby are today seeking: to raise a
j sufficient subscription list to
guarantee a good season in the
Western Carolina league for Shel
by. By the plan being used shares
of stock are being subscribed at
$10 per share. The understanding
is that a financial statement is to
j be rendered on club funds twice
each month and that at the end of
I the season the funds in the treas
i ury are to be divided among the
! stockholders according to shares
held.
Several business men began the
campaign this morning with the
idea that Shelby should have sum
mer ball and it is yet too early in
the day to determine the success of
the campaign.
Mr. O. H. Davis, president of
Gilmer’s, was a visitor to the Shel
by store Wednesday. Giving the
store the once-over since the change
in lay-out, Mr. Davis said it pleas
ed him immensely. He said further
he was pleased with the outlook for
local business.
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UP 111 ELECTION
FOR CUT OFFICES
None of the Candidates Has Adopt
ed a Drastic Platform to Cam
paign on All Friends.
All appearances now are that
the next mayor of Shelby will be
elected by the confidence reposed
in him by the people of the town.
So far the six candidates for mayor
together with the board entrants
have not adopted any drastic plat
form on which to base their cam
paign for office.
“Miss Julia’’ Charlotte’s femin
ine candidate for the City hall, has
brought in a rum rasue there and
Big Bill Thompson became mayor
of Chicago by announcing a wide
open policy, but in Shelby all the
candidates seem content to let the
people judge them and what they
will do by what they are.
It is a righi_vjnusual political sit
uation when some candidate is not
drawn out on a certain topic to
have a rival take an opposing stand
but such is the condition in Shelby
now with less than two weeks to go
until the votes are counted.
Candidate W. N. Dorsey has his
announcement card to read contrary
to the usual announcements in that
he makes it plain that the race was
not forced on him by overwhelming
groups of friends—that’s an od
dity of frankness. A Hatcher Webb
another candidate, says on his cir
culars that an administration under
him would be a square deal for all
with no particular favors for any
one. Other than that the candidates
seem to be sticking to personal
pledges—that is, i* any pledging is
being done at all. Messrs. Hamrick,
Carpenter, Elam and Babington are
all active somewhat on the quiet.
Up town reports are that the tex
tile villages are being worked
thoroughly with one or two can
didates already proclaiming leads
in certain sections.
Dinner Proposed.
It could be that S'helby will wit
[ ness something unusual at noon on
i the day of the election. Or would
i not it be unusual to see Messrs.
! Webb, Babington, Elam, Carpen
j ter, Dorsey and Hamrick gathered
| around the same dining table in a
I “chummy’’ manner while the votes
! were being cast uptown—votes that
will make one of the sextet a
mayor ?
In his latest circular to appear
on the streets Candidate Webb has
extended such an invitation. Ho
being the host. Cleveland Springs
the place and May second the da'e.
Chamber of Commerce (Jets a
Batch of Inquiries from Ad
vertisements Inserted.
J. C. Newton, secretary of the
chamber of commerce says he is re
ceiving more inquiries than ever be
fore from industrial men seeking
locations for manufacturing plants
of every description. Two inquiries
have come from hosiery manufac
turers as a result of an advertise
ment run by the chamber of com
merce in the Textile World. Twenty
two inquiries have been forwarded
to the local chamber of commerce
by John Paul Lucas, publicity man
of the Duke Power interests, these
responses being the result of the
first advertisement run by the
Duke Power company in northern
industrial publications, seeking to
interest capital to build within the
territory of the Piedmont Carolinas
served by the Southern Power Co.
The two inquiries from hosiery
manufacturers are direct to- Shelby
and Mr. Newton says the men seem
to be greatly interested. The 22 in
quiries coming from the Duke Pow
er Co., ask for information bear
ing on the entire territory served
by the great hydro-electric com
pany which is seeking to locate
more industrial plants of every de
scription. Mr. Newton is furnishing
all inquirers with the kind of
information they seek and hopes
to land some plant out of the large
batch he has before him.
No Loafing Allowed.
Durham—(INS)—Durham has
declared war on loiterers.
Now on they will have to have
a very good reason for their pres
ence in the downtown section.
The increasing number of petty
robberies led to the creation of a
semi-curfew in the Bull City.
Under police orders, persons
found on the streets after mid
night will be subjected to ques
tioning by police officers at their
discretion.
‘40j00^Shoes
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Shoe styles come and go. but ac
cording to - Fr»t Bruschl, veteran
blacksmitlt- for Vosemlte National
park, smart f*>twear for Dobbin
hasn t changed a bit in 25 years.
Fred has fited 40,000 oxfords o;
farious Dobbins.
Construction Will Start Soon, It Is
Said. Will Prove Asset to
The Hotel Section.
fGolf club officials hope to have
tie plans completed late this week
fpr the proposed new club house in
the Cleveland Springs estates. Sev
eral club types are now being con
i sidered and one of several archi
tects planning the house will be
selected within a «wy or so.
The new club house, already fi
nanced, will be erected at the ori
ginal site planned for the club
house to serve the new nine-hole
| course. This site is just east of the
| John Doggett residence and faces
Highway 20 on a knoll atop the
Cleveland Springs development.
To Be Drawing Card,
i Since the completion of the new
| course it has been a drawing card
for many visitors and week-end
; golfers. The course was completed
late in the fall and therefore has
: never been open for spring play
until this year. Indications are that
! the record for visiting golfers will
! be smashed this season and those
I interested in the club house say that
j the new building immediately at
the first tee and near the last hole
i will prove an added attraction.
The golf course is nearing per
! feetion, or at least as near as a new
j course can by the time the reputa
j tion of the new course spreads It is
, iioped to have the club house com
pleted.
Hendrick Announces
For Municipal Board
Mr. R. L. Hendrick, well known
local contractor, has consented,
friends said today, to enter the
race for alderman from Ward 2.
This makes three candidates in
the race from that ward, the two
previously announced being J. L.
Thomasson, and M. D. Hopper, the
present alderman.
Friends of the new candidate
boost him as one of the well known
citizens of the town, an older resi
dent known for his business ability
and honesty and believe him a safe
man to handle the affairs of the
town. He is now manager of the
recently organized casket factory
here. The announcement should
have appeared in Friday's issue of
The Star, friends say, but by an
oversight was left out. The formal
announcement is scheduled to ap
pear in the next issue of the paper.
Griffin Re-elected
City School Head
Lovelace to Be High Principal
Again. Other Principals
Coming Back.
I. C. Griffin was elected
superintendent of the Shelby
school at a recent meeting of
the city shcooi board, it is an
nounced.
It is also announced that
Prof. A. C. Lovelace was re
elected principal of the Central
high school and that all the
other old principals of the
school divisions were re-elect
ed. Superintendent Griffin stat
ed today that all members of
the present faculty who had
applied for another year will
also be back. It is hoped to
have the full list for publica
tion some time next week.
SHELBY TO MEET
FM FRIDAY
IN TITLE SERIES
Winner Meets Kings Mountain On
Tuesday. Highs Get Close Vic
tor} Over Gastonia Outfit
The Shelhy Highs will play falls -
ton here Friday afternoon in the
first game of the state-wide . erics
for the North ('z:c*-.z champion
ship, according to a message from
Coach "Casey' Morris, who attend
ed n meeting last night in Salis
bury at which the schedule was ar
ranged.
The hrcal group in the contest is
made up of Fallston, Shelby, Kings
Mountain. .Forest City and Hen
rietta. Kings Mountain drew a b>e
and will not plry in the state se
ries this week. However, the winner
of the Fallston-Shelby go will play
Kings Mountain Friday either here
or in Kings Mountain.
Baseball dopesters are of the opin
ion that if Shelby can get by the
two opening games that the local
club stands a good chance of at
least getting into the western semi
finals.
Cline w ins Own Game.
Cleve Cline, heavy-hitting first
sacker and pitcher, made it 10
straight victories for Shelby yes
terday afternoon by winning his
own game over Gastonia in the
ninth frame. The husky slugger
drove out a safety in the ninth with
the score tied and scored the win
ning run.
The victory was Shelby’s second
over Gastonia this year. Gastonia
secured only seven hits off Shel
by’s utility star, Schneider and Por
ter getting two each. In the mean
time the Shelby murderers’
row was collecting an even dozen
safeties. Lee, shortstop, led the at
tack with thre hits, while Kerr
Clive and Bridges secured 2 each.
Shelby scored two in the first
frame when the “big end” of the
line-up, composed of Kerr, Lee and
Cline secured three straight ends
The game rocked along under that
title for five frames until Gas
tonia scored one. Gastonia ran
across another in the eighth on hits
by Porter and Parish. Then in the
ninth with the score knotted, Cline
drove out a long hit and scored
when Williams could not handle
Gillespie’s long fly to left.
! The box score:
Shelby AB. R. H. E.
I Kerr, 2b__ 4 12 0
| Lee, ss__—- . 5
Cline, p ..._„_„ 4
Gillespie, c ...»- 4
Sparks, rf__ 4
Golf. If__ 2
Harris, cf __4 0
Anthony, 3b_ 4 0
Bridges, lb_ ...— 4 0
3
2
1
0
1
1
0
2
Totals_ 35 3 12 1
Gastonia AB. R. H. E.
Welch, 2b ___ 5 ft 1 0
Reep, c-.- 3
Schneider, lb ... — 4
Porter, p ... ....— 4
Parish, ss ... -- 4
Morley, cf ... ....... 4
1 1
2 0
0
0
1
0
0 0 0
2 0
1 0
Riddle, 3b -_4 0 0 0
Williams, If ...- 3
Pearson, rf_—-- 3
0 0 1
0 1 0
Totals
.34 2 7 2
Blacksburg,' April 19.—Within
24 hours after announcement of the
closing of the Bank of Blacksburg
for lack of currency by the state
bank examiner, announcement was
made at a mass meeting here of
the opening Wednesday of a branch
of the American State bank, at
Gaffney; to succeed the defunct in
stitution.
The new bank will have a capita!
of $150,000 and resources of ap
proximately $1,000,000. C. L. Par
ker will be cashier.
Shelby Athlete
Hurt in Contest
Tommie Harrill, State College Star
“Dazed” By Collision in 12th
Frame of Game.
Raleigh, April 19.—Tommie Har
rill, State college first baseman, in
jured in the twelfth inning of the
game with Wake Forest, was re
ported as still “dazed” as a result
of the mishap.
Coach “Chick” Doak of the Tech
nicians, said that Tarrill while ap
parently not hurt about the body,
had failed to regain his composuie,
Harrill was injured in fielding
Austin’s throw on Joyner’i roller,
the Tech first baseman and the run
ner colliding.
Conditions Over County
Better Than Before Cotton
Slump, Banker Here Thinks
Drop in Big County Cash Crop Brought Folks
Back to Earth. Horse-sense and Wisdom
Now Being Used in Spending. Less Bad
Checks, Less Overdrafts, and Banks Owe
Less. Improvement Over Last Year.
Pessimists, doubters—calamity
howlers will now sit back and listen '
optimists, men of vision, believers 1
in good old Cleveland as a bailiw ick
thHt most in generally, as they say
down East, lands on its feet, have
the floor.
Forrest Eskridge, cashier of the
First National bank, and one of 1
the foremost financial authorities
in this section. Tuesday gave an in
terview to The Star in which he
made the aissertion, which doubt
less will prove startling and ar
resting to some minds .that Shelby
and Cleveland county are better off
today, financially speaking, than
wm the case at this time last year.
Yes, now sit back and gulp and
register all the surprise you are
capable of, as though you were try
ing to put over a version of being
absolutely startled, before a movie
camera.
And if you are one of those who,
back some three or 4 months ago,
predicted that Cleveland county was
on its way to the. bow-wows,, just
go way back and sit down—consider
yourself, as the kids say, long ago
and far away.
Cleveland county better off than
this time last year, and that from a
man who knows his onions! That’s
something to say.
Mr. Eskridge just dumped that
thought on our attention right out
of the blue. He was asked in whnt
sort of condition local finances are,
with the thought in the back of the
bean that doubtless he would hedge,
say affairs are very fair, but noth
ing to brag about; that we must pi.i
our hopes, like a true hero, to the.
future.
He is sometimes given, this gen
tleman, to being unemphatic, so to
say; to talk round about when the
question of money is broached.
Which makes what he did say all
the more to the point, and striking
ad full of that bull-eye ring.
We found him in a very hopofui
mood. He said people, meaning lo
cal people, are very rapidly learn
ing financial sense; to cut the cloth
to the measure. From which may be
gathered the fact that in his opinion
the late financial cotton flurry
taught people a lot of good horse
sense.
To quote him off-hand, giving the
gist of his thought, this is what the
banker said:
“I consider the county not only
well off, but I should say it is bet
ter off than it was at this time last
year. There are fewer bad checks
coming through the banks; and
there are fewer over-drafts which
is always a healthy sign. Banks
themselves owe less money than
at this season of 1926.
“People are living more sanely
and buying much more wisely.
That has helped immensely. Last
year spending was reckless, and
extravagance was much more in
evidence.
“The crops we made last year,
especially the hay crop, has proved
a great blessing. This successful di
versification has proved to the
farmers that they can not live on
cotton alone, and it is to be hoped
that the lesson will prove a lasting
one.
“Fertilizer is cheaper, which will
prove a big lift. I think every
farmer in the county will be able
to get fertilizer for his needs.
“Local business in the staple
lines is good, and the prospects are |
it will continue so. Some enter
prises are having hard sledding, i
but this is because people have cut'
out extravagance to a great extent,
and unnecessary buying, and are!
confining themselves more or less j
to supplying their needs.
“But the actual healthful needs of
this vast community is such, that
wise buying of them will guaran-!
tee a good local trade.
“It appears to me, that the less!
son we have had is a salutary one.
Certainly the people are living
more sanely, buying more sanely,
and are coming to recognize the
evils of extravagance. If we had
continued on the road we were
traveling, there is no telling where
we would have ended up.
“Sometimes these so-called ca
lamities are a blessing in disguise.
We have been taught not only re
straint in spending, but the lesson
to the farmers of the value of di
versification is priceless. Farmers
can not subsist solely on' cotton,
and for* the continued prosperity of
the county, it is to be hoped they
will fully realize this fact.
“The big crops other than cotton
made here last year, was the real
salvation of the situation. And in
addition to that the lesson of the:
temporary hard times was salutary.
It taught a great many the lesson
of the handling of money.”
LINCOLN Mi i5
Friends Sitting up With Sick Wile
Find Mutilated Body of David
Crouse, Pumpkin Center
Lincolnton, April 19.—The dead
body of David E. Crouse, 80, was
found 200 yards from the home of
his son, Dick Crouse, six miles east
of Lincolnton, in which is known
as Pumpkin Center section of this
county.
The body was found by friends
who were spending the night in the
home, sitting up with Mrs. Crousp,
who is seriously ill.
County Coroner S. R. Warlick
and Sheriff W. B. Aberncthy were
called to the scene.
These officers made an investi
gation and learned that Mr. Crouse
had been threatening for some time
to end his life, and that members
of his family and friends had been
watching him closely.
Neighbors who were at the home
told the officers-that Mr. Crouse
had been up all of the night pre
vious to his death and had appear
ed nervous. He slipped out of tho
house finally, search being insti
tuted as soon as he was missed.
The body was found a short time
after.
The coroner stated today that r.o
inquest was held because it appear
ed to the officers and t.o the family
It was said that his mind had been
unbalanced for months.
The officers found a bloody exo
and blood on the ground about 100
yards from the house. The top of
the dead man’s head was found to
have been hacked in gashes and it
believed that he used the axe to
inflict the wounds.
Thejhroat of the dead man was
found to have been cut all the way
across the front. The windpipe was
severed and the jugular vein ex
posed, though not severed. A bloody
pocket knife found by the body
bore evidence that the knife was the
final instrument of death.
Mr. Crouse is survived by his
wife and several grown children.
COTTON MARKET
(By Jno. F. Clark & Co.)
Cotton was quoted on New York
exchange today as follows:
May 14.33; July 14.54; October
14.81; December 15.01.
Southern weather last night,
partly cloudy, forecast: Carolinas,
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi,
showers; Arkansas, Texas and Ok
lahoma, unsettled. Memphis special
says that because of rains and
floods less than fifty per cent of
the land in the territory within 150
miles of Memphis has been pre
pared and that planting averages
sharply behind last year.
Light business in Worth street.
Southern spot sales 13,000 bales.
Would buy cotton on reactions,
there is no pressure on the mar
ket except from realizing all un
favorable weather and flood news
will favor the long side.
ENGLAND HAS 2,500.000
LICENSED RADIO FANS
(By International News Service )
London.—Nearly two and a half
million people are now licensed to
receive broadcasting programs in
England, according to an official
announcement made by the po3t
office au|iorities.
Notwithstanding the i fact that
a receiving license cost slightly
over two dollars, this figure is an
increase of nearly half a million
over last year.
Nearly five thousand blind per
sons receive a free license.
We wouldn’t mind giving a< lady
driver half the road if she would
only take it on her own side.