North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XX£IV, No. 56 SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY. MAY 11. 1927 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By mail, per year (in advars*a)__$2X< By ca/rieri per ye$r (in advance) |3 (H The county tax delinquent list js published in today’s paper—the ,3,-pest list ever publihsed, it is i(ji j„ the history of the county. ' * * * Another new cffcer for the Doi administration is announced in this issue. ^ f . Approximately 4,000 people saw Cheuyviile defeat Shelby yestcr ,.v at Gastonia in one of the best school games ever played in the section. ^ # # \ meeting of cotton coops will be held here this^week. Forty-one Confederate veterans attended the memorial exercises here Tuesday^ ^ # Tlv lied Cross quota for relief work' along the Mississippi is a! m,'>t raised here. Have you contri te117 . , , . Shelby horses were among the prize winners at Charlotte’s big liorse show Tuesday. Something about Necktie Tyler, the blind salesman, in an item from St. Louis. • • There are many sore arms about Cleveland county now as scores are being vaccinated to end the small pox epidemic. ^ ^ Auditors are at work this week on the be hits of the county. The work should be completed in about 10 days, they say. HI OK FI* Will Select County Delegates to Di-trict Meeting Here on May 17. Hicks Presides. Calls are being issued to the members of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative ciation in Cleveland county for their annual county convention to be helil in the court house on Fri day. May 13, at 2 p. m. The pur pose of the convention will be to se'cet the county’s auota of 3 dele gates to the No. 10 district conven tion which will be held at Shelby on May 17th at 2 p. m. The county convention which will he held Friday is a part of the as sociation’s annual election of diree tors. The members in each county meet in the county convention and select’the county’s quota/of TTeli* rates to their district convention. The delegates from tine various counties in each district will meet in the district convention and se lect two nominees to be voted upon for director for that district in the general election. The names of the candidates nominated will be placed coon postal card ballots which will he mailed to all members in the dis trict. 1 he members will return these ballots to district headauarters by not later than June 7th which is the day of the general election. In this "av the members in each district elect the director for that district. 1 he county convention is a very important part of the election pro gram and it is expected that a 'rge number of members will at tend. Mr. B. C. Hicks of omm the convention enairman. Lawndale will as temporary COTTON MARKET (By Jno. F. Clark & Co.) j "tton was quoted at 11 o’clock 0 <‘,v on New York exchange: July 15.54; October December 16.00. K !'■ m. weather. Central atid eaten belt clear, eastern cloudy, orwast: Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and ukianoma generally fair today and Lmorrow. t'arolinas and Georgia: nvels today, fair tomorrow. rp. U/IHUUUW. r, •s'ew Orleans says: Bayou ■s. Liaises levee was holding last ,iR ! iut margin of safety is as n<i*' fs a si'ken thread, if it f-Ks hundreds of thousands cf " on and sugar lands will be in Planting of cotton has ’ Ucd in northern Mississippi as , u f'e<‘edes according to official ^agriculture department of that ,aMen'l>hiS special says generally vorahte weather prevailing over ^'dating week ending yesterday JT ,tor drought in west Texas, rf of rain in South Atlantic ^tu's ar|d rains in most of central hood stands are noted in uplands * Mississippi much of Alabama ' greater part of Carolinas and bcorgia. Moderate business In Worth ati 1 Probably easier today on .i, es' forecast and possibly favor weekly weather outside cf lood territory. I*- Mrs. Eugene Hord of have been spending sever here visiting their moth . Mrs. W. N. Dorsey and Mrs. 1 “er Eskridge. Over the Sea Lloyd \V. Bertaud (above), mail flyer on the New V<v.,c to Chicago route, was chosen the navigator of the Wright Belianca monoplane in its New York-to-Paris hop for the $25,000 Orteig prize. Clarence D. Chamberlain, pilot who helped set the 51-hour endurance record prior to the Atlantic attempt, was Ber» taud's companion. .. m DELiiiiEm Lf-gest Amount of Property Ever Advertised in County For Taxes. New Law. The Cleveland county delin quent tax list is published in today’s paper instead of Fri day’s issue, the change being made to comply with a ruling in the matter by It. L. Ryburn, county r 'torney. By the new state law it was re quired that commissioners publish the list immediately after May 1 so that the sheriff could get hi3 books squared by July l.-wnen he must report to the commissioners. It was thought here that the list could be published Friday and run four weeks so as to give time for the July settlement. However, Mr. Ryburn consulting the new tax law decided that t'.e list must be published today. There has been considerable misunderstanding as to just what date should be used and county officials for the most part have been using their bes’, judgment in interpreting the law. Some taxpayers perhaps intended paying prior to Friday, but county officials found no other way of handling the matter after the rul ing by the county attorney yester day. Today’s list represents the larg est amount of property ever with taxes unpaid in this county, it is said. The depression following a slump in cotton prices is not cred ited with being the basis for the! big delinquent tax list. Instead the new tax law passed by the recent legislature forcing early settlement and advertising a property is charged with the responsibility, not as much time bein givne for pay- j ment this year as in the past. Pageant To Be Given At Marion School Children are rehearsing for the history pageant to be presented at the Marion street school some; time next week when a date can be found that does not conflict wit!) some other public gathering. “The Children of Carolina” is the name of the gigantic pageant and it is said to be very beautiful and in structive, featuring the children cf the lost colony, children of the pri mative days, children of the old ce-: lonial days, children of the revolu tion, children of old plantation days,' children of Confederacy, children of new freedom, children of today, etc. Hundreds of children properl costumed to portray the parts of these various periods in Carolina’s history, will take part. To Press Payment Of Paving Taxes Property on which street paving assessments for the years 1921, 1925 and 1926 are unpaid will be advertised for sale in the issue of The Star next Monday, announced Mayor Weathers today who says the city had bonds due which it cannot pay and the city council has instructed him to proceed to collect in this manner. It should be under stood that assessments on street paving put down last year and this is not due yet, but on.y assessments due for the years 1924 1925 and 1926. Statements have al ready gone to delinquent payers so no further notice will be given. 41 VETS Ml UAL MEETING HERE ON TUESDAY Dixon Oldest. Harris Youngest, and Spencer Lee Longest-Mar ried. Vets Banquet. They gathered here Tuesday, those boys in gray, for iheir an nual reunion and memorial to the noble pals who have passed on in final bivouac. Back in the days of ’65 they called them the “thin gray line”—the greatest fight:ng men the world has ever known— and now the thin gray line is thin ner an dgrayer than ever. Year by year death claims us toll from the soldiers who sur rendered with their immortal leader, but was never licked, and year by year those remaining fal ter a little more in their step and creeping age grays the remaining hair almost white. Forty-one Confederate veterans together with 21 wives, widows and attendants were among those taking part in the memorial exer cises at Sunset cemetery Tues day and the dinner later at the Masonic Temple. The tottering old fellows, who once followed Lee and Jackson, asked no questions, and shrunk not a bti from worst of fighting, gathered shortly be fore 10 o’clock on the court sauare and chatted a bit of other days. With Daughters of the Confeder acy supervising the program the Boy Scouts, acting as a guard of honor, accompanied the assembly to the cemetery and'back. At the cemetery the graves were de corated by Children of the Con federacy. Returning to the Ma sonic Temple a group photograph of the veterans was made and it will haiig in \the big Masonic hall long years after the veterans have passed on. The program there at 11 o’clock was in charge of Edley Baltimore, veteran com mander. The opening prayer was by Dr. Hugh K. Boyer, of Central Methodist church. Thjn came “Dixie,” the greatest of .war songs and the veterans rolled along in the refrain with their hostesses, the cracked voices carrying on the rollicking martial air like t unto the day they and their pals fought under it. There was an in strumental duet by Mrs. W. B. Nix and Miss Mayme Roberts, “Arkansas Traveller,” following which Rev. Zeno Wall introduced the speaker, Henry B. Edwards, whose talk on citizenship of vet eran soldiers in time of peace was inspiring. Then came a vocal duet by Mrs. Earl Honeycutt and Miss Bessie Clark. Announcement was made that the movie houses of Shelby would be open to the veter ans and their widows during the afternoon and many partook of the hospitality. An old-fashioned dinner was served in the banquet hall with Rev. H. N. McDiarmid presiding. The Superlatives Capt. Ed Dixon, 04 years of age, was found to.be the oldest veteran present, while Billy Har ris, aged 78 years, was the young est. He was 14 years of age when Lee surrendered and tanned leath er for the soldiers. Both will re ceive The Cleveland Star for a year free for the honors. Frank Putnam was elected chaplain of the veterans. In picking out the superlatives it was found that Lars Spencer, of near Hollis, has been married for 62 years and he and his wife were both present for the exercises. Five of the veterans present were in the battle of Chancellors vill, six were at Gettysburg, and seven were at Spottsylvania Court House. The club rooms were decorated with red and white roses and Con federate flags, and many an old veteran’s eyes glistened as he gazed upon the Stars and Bars of the Lost Cause while the air of “Dixie” arose. Tom Dixon Named In Realty Suit Charlotte.—Tom Dixon, noted au thor and real estate promoter of New York, the Thomas Dixon cor poration of Delaware, Charles W. Myer, of New York, F. E. Robin son and T. T. Cole, both of Char lotte, are defendants in a suit in Mecklenburg superior court brought by R. P. Lyon, Charlotte real estate man. The action was instituted in an endeavor to collect certain promis sory notes Lyons claims to hold and to secure cancellation of deeds of trust on some property .alleged to prevent liquidating the notes con cerned, $3,500 is involved Some Heroes, and a Heroine ■ — »'W'xwmaimtmm* Marshal Focli r '.her heroes of the World War arc : h >u n at tho unveiling of the Inst Liivisiou (British) monument in France. And 'the lit tic hent woman shown in tho right foreground is heroic, loo. £ho is Dime. FelmontHJohert, French woman, v.ho for four years hope con cealed a ftritish soldier la her wardrobe, though the home often was searched' by Germans. She hid ihd sc idler behind tho left haul door. The rigi.' hand door, always opened i y the searchers, opened cu Shelves and drawers, and the hunt alwAJs ended there. Highs Drop Great Game To Cherryville In Race Homer Smith Wins\* Hurling Duel From Whisnant Owing To Shelby Errors. No Runs Earned Off Either Hurler. j The fatal seventh frame with a | covey of errors, whdn errors i were not the least desired. de cided » great hurling due! and kept Cherryville in the state race Tuesday afternoon at Gastonia when Homer . Smith hurled his I team to a victory over Shelby. The score was 3 to 1. hut the | score cannot completely tell til I high school games ever staged in ! the state. That it was ope of the I best pitched games ever in high school ball hereabouts goes with out contradiction. The famous Mur ray-Friday pitching battle of other days had a close* run as Homer * Smith, with hi.1; cunr ing left arm. and 7‘Dutch” Whisnant. hook ball specialists, worked their way through inning after inning of scoreless ball. In down right pitching Smith, the pride of Cherryville. had n lit tle the" better of it, but so little that it was hard to discern. Whis nant on the mound for the twelfth time this year and working in hi= fifth state game had not r rim earned off his delivery. Neithed did Smith for that matter. The earned run count was a twin goose egg. Leo scratched out an infield hit in the first and thereafter un til the fifth Shelby did not get a semblance of a safety. For three innings ’Whisnant was also invin cible and for a five and a half frames neither hurler was threat ened seriously with a score. However, the pitching does not .altogether explain those goose ejftt frames either. There was some fine fielding—even great fielding, behind both moundsmen. That is, except in the seventh, the lucky seventh for Cherryville. when the most consistent of Shelby players hobbled under the strain. It was a strain no doubt. Fourteen vic tories in a row is a right nice record to have, but the strain is worse than being a candidate for mayor of Shelby. Good Fielding In passing around the bouquets for superb fielding Cline Owns Lee draws the big corsage. The youngster handled nine chances to perfection. The manner in which he rambled to and fro in short field robbing the Gaston lads of seemingly sure hits was a sight for sore eyes—Shelby eyes. He featured in the. only double killing of the game and recalled to fans a brother who outplayed any in fielder Shelby has ever cast an orb upon. \et, as fate will have things, he was one of the youngsters who cracked in the seventh and let a ball slip between his anxious fin gers for the tying run. Some Pitching. Boys Getting back to that pitching—i Smith will make Cherryville for- ' get Grier Friday, or should. He let Casey Morris’ heavy hitting aggregation down with four hits' ! he struck out six and walked only one man. If that isn’t pitching just i remember that the four hits were 1 scattered better than confetti at a i Kiwanis ladies’ night. Cherryville’s ball club was 100 percent perfect Tuesday and Smith, “not A1 Smith, Just Homer,” was a good 99 per fVnt of that, for he hit a triple and a single and fielded his posi tion. Meantime Dutch Whisnant, •who seems never to have a horse shoe, lost a game That he should have won. Dutch whiffed five, walked just three, and allowed only five hits, two of which were not much hits. And hot a hit fea tured in the runs that won the game. Hereabouts there is a habit of referring to other pitch- j era of several years back but the best of ’em did not crack Whis nant'0 record this year. The first score of the game came in the sixth after five fast frames when Tommy Kerr, play ing his final series game, cracked out a single. He swiped the next bag. went to third on an error .of Lee’s drive and scored on Cline’s long sacrifice fly. Stellar fielding by Beach kept down further scor ing. Oh, That Seventh! Then came that fatal seventh, worse than a double dose of calo mel for several hundred Shelby fans. Whisnant walked the first man up. Gillespie fumbled the next hitter’s bunt and two were on with none out. Gillespie then re trieved himself by catching the man on second asleep and the run ner was neatly trapped only to have Whisnant covering third let the ball slip out of his grasp, both runners being safe on second and third. The Shelby hurler then whiffed the next man, and on the first pitch to another Gillespie eaugnt tne same runner on tmrci napping the second time, having him flatfooted 10 yards from the hag. In a hurried throw the ball was slightly low and Lee let it slip away from him. That was the game, 2 to 1. The last error could have been charged either the catcher or the shortstop, but the scorer gave it to Lee. When the hall eased out of Lee’s grasp it spoiled one of the most sensational trick plays Casey Morris has stag ed in his successful career hero, Anthony, third sacker, came far'in as if to be ready for a bunt. The runner thinking of no danger walk off behind him, Whisnant wasted the next ball and Gillespie whip ped it to Lee to have the runner gasping. If—Oh! If, two times, but Cherryville won by those ifs and bobbles and Dutch walked out a loser from the greatest game he has worked and Smith strode off a hero, because his support did not crack as did Shelby’s. However, Cherryville added an unnecessary third run in the eighth. Smith whaled out a three ply swat and with two men out Harris dropped a seemingly easy fly in center which permitted Smith to score. Smith breezed (Continued On Page Four) RED CROSS EDI Only $2.62 Shy of $700 Quota Now Newton Reports. Contributions Should Soon Reach Quota Shelby and the surrounding sec tion is only $2.02 shy of its $7u0 quota for Red Cross relief work in the Mississippi flood area, accord ing to an announcement by Attor ney D Z Newton, treasurer of the fund. To date $697.28 has been contri buted through the local Red Cross chapter. Contributions this week should easily go over the mark and it is the hope of Red Cross officials here that the sum will be in by Fri day. The suffering along the Missis sippi valley is not over yet and hundreds are still in need, home less, hungry and facing ruined farms. Among the recent contributors are the children and faculty of the Marion street school here, and the Salem church. The list of recent contributions follows: Salem church .. ___$ 8.00 L. E. Ligon ... _ 1.00 S. Brooks_ 1.00 Cash__ 2.00 Marion Street school_ 15.a0 Clover Hill church--31.61 Many Sore Arm* A* Smallpox Continue* Scores Being Vaccinated By Phy sicians Of Town And County. Length Of Immunity Varies. For a week or so now it will not pay to slap a Cleveland county citi zen in the neighborhood of his left shoulder. There are no chips being carried, around as of yore but smallpox vaccinations are many. For two months or more there have been numerous cases of small pox in scattered sections of the county and with the recent report of the county physician saying that 34 new cases were reported last month and near a score already this month many people are being vaccinated. In sections where there are several cases physicians say that nearly alt residents are being vaccinated. Local physicians queried often as to how long a vaccination lasts say that the vaccine provides im munity from one year to a life time. The only certain way to tell is to be vaccinated again. Many who have been vaccinated are do ing this and in a goodly percentage of cases the vaccine is not taking again. Where it is taking for th>' second time the “sore arm” result ing is not so severe as the first time. WUElOR TO I KIDDIES Raleigh.—(INS)—Governor Mc Lean today made public a letter from a North Carolina mother of 9 children who is caring for 10 stepchildren, urging the chief ex- j ecutive to tak* some measure to j safeguard the lives of school children who go to and from school j in trucks. “Governor,” the mother wrote, “I am begging you to use your executive ability and do some- ■ thing to compel thees cars, trucks, etc., to stop when they see a school j truck full of children slow down' for the children to get <ft. “We all know that it is a heavy fine for a vehicle to pass a street car when it has stopped for pas sengers to get off and why shouldn’t these trucks that con tain our future men and women be just as important? ...” Mr. C. C. Robbins was a guest of his cousin, Miss Lil Kerr, on Monday. Mr. Robbins is from Gaffney, S. C. Doctor Charges Blind Necktie Man Fee For Returning Goods To Sender St. Louis.—If you are on a “sucker list,” and feel that you’re not a sucker yet unable to free yourself, maybe the method of this doctor will give you a suggestion. The doctor received a box of neckties with an accom panying letter telling him to remit $1 for the ties or return tlie postage. Instead he sent the firm a package of pills ■ stated that they* were valued at $2 and advising he had given credit for the neckties. The pills were returned and he was requested to return the ties. The doctor replied that it was half a block to the nearest mail box, that he charged $2.50 for leaving the office and requested a check for the office fee. The corres pondence closed when the necktie company informed the doctor his name had been stricken from their list. £. B. Roach New Fire Chief And Special Policeman First Degvee For Gray And Woman Ruth Snyder, steely Monde, r id h<r paramour. Henry Judd (iray, corset salesman, were found KUilty of murder in the first degree Monday in New York on the charge of brutally slaying Mrs. Snyder’s hus band, Albert Snyder. The likely death sentence will be p: sed Monday. The -murder, considered one of most cruel in recent crimin al history, attracted nation wide interest and the jury ver dict was awaited with eager ness. The jury was made up of 12 married men. 11 of whom were fathers. ! Auditors from thr G. G. Scott company, of Charlotte, be gran work i this week auditing the official books of Cleveland county. It was stated yesterday that a complete audit should be made within 10 : days. At present the auditors ■are checking up on the year’s J work to the first of May at the end of June they will audit the I books for the two months of May and June,/that being the end of the county business. The first office to be audited is that of Mr?. Mary E. Yarborough, county treasurer. The audit is being made to com ply with a new state-wide ruling and a county bill for an audit of county offices. Auto Inspectors Recover 27 Autos Collect $17,700 During Month Of April And Recover 27 Cars That Were Stolen. I D. D. Wilkins who recently took a position with the auto license de 1 partment of the State department of revenue and has been working in the Asheville section, says the people have no idea of the number of cars that owners try to operate without license. In the month of April the several inspectors work ing throughout the state collected a total of $17,771 which goes into the state treasury from people who have been operating cars without proper auto license. These inspectors also collect the privi lege tax ofi cars for hire, but their biggest ^revenue is from license tax, onA.of the inspectors in the state collecting as much as $2, 135 during April. W’hen cars are stolen and the fact reported to the license bureau at Raleigh, these inspectors are promptly notified and keep on the j look-out. During the month of | April they recovered 27 stolen ! cars. In a single month last year 146 cars were stolen and the in spectors recovered 73, or fifty per cent. Senator Fulton At Head Of Embalmers Senator H. T. Fulton, of Kings Mountain, is president over the State Embalmers association meet ing at Durham this year. Senator Fulton was elected president of this state-wide organization ‘last year. Mr. Ross, licensed embalmer at the John M. Best Furniture company, Mr. Jack Palmer, li censed emblamer at the Palmer Funeral Home and Mr. Z. J. Thompson, head of the local cas ket factory are attending the con vention in Durham this week Mr. Roscoe Lutz of the Paragon Furniture Co. could not attend be cause of sickness in the family. Messrs. R. T. LeGrand, J. J. Mc Murry and Avery W. McMurry left yesterday for Atlantic City, N. J., to attend a textile convention. Another Position Filled At City Hall Announces Mr. Dorsey —Answers Criticism E. B. Roach has been appointed chief of the Shelby fire depart ment and special policeman for the city when the new administra tion takes charge of affairs the first of June, according to an an nouncement made yesterday by Mayor-elect W. N. Dorsey. Mr, Dorsey was introducing the new fire chief on the streets yesterday and says he comes highly recom mended by the police departments at Greensboro and Salisbury ppd by all of the city officials of Mor ganton where he W'ns last em ployed in the police department, Mr. Roach is married, has one child and is a Methodist. According to official informa tion, the new police chief A, 1,. Richards has authority to employ the men who are to work under him and on recommendation of Mr. Richards that Mr. Roach ho placed on the police force. Mayor elect Dorsey says he will also serve in a dual capac'ty n« spec ial policeman and fire chief and will live in the city hall. What time he ig not giving to the fire department he will patrol the town on motorcycle and police the outlying sections. Recommendations declaring Mr. Roach to be “honest, efficient, trustworthy, sober, courteous, capable and efficient, able to main tain the majesty of the law with a minimum amount of disturb ance and display’' are signed by the police departments of Salis bury and Greensboro where he was empoyed and by the city mayor and aldermen and a number of leading citizens of Morgan! on where W? was associated with Chief Richards for the nast two years. He is also reported to have had experience as a fireman and as chief of this department will have charge of the men. In answer to some criticism that has been made about hiring men from out of town, Mayor elect Dorsey says, “Most of our preach ers and teachers come from out of-town and there is rto criticism about this policy. What wc want is efficient and experienced men. re gardless of where they come from and officers of the law r| e like teachers and preachers, can he more efficient in a new field of labor where they are not asked and expected to show special fav ors and courtesies by friends and kinfolks.” COralSE NOT CUT SO MUCH Washington.—The reduction of cotton acreage in parts of the south may not prove to be as dras tice as at first anticipated, and doubt is expressed as to whether it will be equal to known intentions of all farmers to curtail acreage. “As soon as it is dry enough for a mule not to bog walking through the field, some one will mount the ani ma and drop seed on the unplnwed land and.a drag pulled by the ani Marsh, assisfant crop and livestock mal will cover the seed,” S. S. estimator at Memphis today inform ed the department of agriculture. “If this method of planting is car ried out,’ he added, “I doubt if the acreage reduction will be as drastic as some believe it will be.” Local Horses Win At Charlotte Meet Several Shelby horses wero among the prise winners at the fashionable second annual horse show ftt Charlotte Tuedsay, tha honors coming to members of the Shelby Riding club and horse fan ciers. In the combination three-gaited and saddle horse contest Kentucky Flower owned by George Blanton with the owner up took second hon ors, being ranked ahead of Sporty McGee of the famous Barkesdale stables of Greenville, S. C. In tha plantation saddle horse class, Rex owned by W. H. Arey with the own er up won third honors. In the com bination five-gaited saddle and har ness horse Gilt Edge owned by Wn . Lineberger with J. S. Dorton up, took second honors. Several other Shelby horses were entered. The entries in the show came from Norfolk, Greenville, Charles ton, Camden, Statesville and Shelby. Mr, and Mrs. W. H. Hudson motored to Monroe, Ga., over the week-end to tfeke Mrs. Hudson’s mother and sister on a visit to rel atives.