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VUL. XXXIV, No. 83 SHELBY, N. C. WED. JULY 13, 1927. 10 PAGES TODAY Published Monday , Wednesday and Friday Afternoons By mail, per year (in advas»)._$2JH By carrier, per year (in advance) f* 00 i typhoid epidemic is on about * dale, the news today says fid vaccine is being used all ,r the county. What’s THE News THE STAR’S REVIEW. . , Ryburn, dean of the Shel RK.r ha« been asked to deliver Pinion on the question of sal *• Tor city officials. This opin * expected to be taken up next Three people, a man and his l and their grandchild, are in ho<niu! here as the result of ,uto crash yesterday. v_ casc5 of outstanding impor reare on the criminal docket of coming term of court. Officers this week have been Ming a barefoot man, clad in Jeedces, over the lower section the county. A ncw Shelby business firm is tnounced today. >w complaints on tax assess es have been heard, the commis* irs say. IE inmissinners of Opinion That I ax Listers Did Very Good Job. So Changes Yet. Despite the fact that the world elieves the greatest howl of all irises from taxes, the county com nissioners of Cleveland count^^re lot finding it so in this county. The commissioners should know or through two days now they ive been listening to complaints f property owners in the county igarding the listing and assessing [ their property. “Oddly enough, at least to the inds of some, we haven’t been iring so many howls of unjust ssment.” stated Chairman line and Commissioner W. W. Fashburn and R. L. Weathers Vsdny. “Fact is," it was added, “the com riaints have been few in number, bseveral townships we have had Itly erne or two people to disagree aver tiie listing.” However, during the two days ;cores of taxpayers discussed as ments with the board, compav assessments and discussed tax lerally. The impression one Id gain from the outcome is at the work of the assessors and * equalization board was a very ood job, considering the “touch wss” of assessing tax values. No Changes Yet. Mr. Cline board chairman and tounty accountant, stated Tuesday tat no changes in assessments ve been made so far. The com ioners and tax officials have i taken down all complaints, the rate •nd valjies and are filing all the ata away for more consideration, hanges in values, or deductions iy he made, hut the commission iare not saying anything about pt yet. They intend first to go wough the entire matter before tnem. Regarding the complaints all *t was said was: “Some of the ssments complained of seem right, while at first glance fe seems to be reason for >nge in others. We can’t tell Put that yet." That Tax Rate. Neither it possible as vet to ermine how values are standing; jL t*le Predicted lowering of _ ax rate is a matter of opinion j * s.to how many cents it will be ■ if anv. Signals Are Put In Working Order iepajr j P , an< 8°’ signals were ht in ■ >.e?terday morning ard |for 0rk|n8 order- For a week (fewin.r Sa!<J to be a ‘‘Kround’ in *ork tk an' tbe si,?nals would not Ito'deriVth, fath"S have bt'en ‘fo ra, t-E do ere<^'°n of new It SUsne^T", Hnd 8t0p' Si^na,s to ■tree, a, ‘ ^ l" thc middle of the tkfcBii i 80 °ar corners, but pt fedP(|Pt' nimi.nK la*t night it wap ifn0itKjl, rt pa,r thp present signs, fa th,, !’ and niakp out with their ■fan The city electri it w ,ordon and his men set hruv •veKtc''(iay morning and fter the noon hour the Wert‘ working again. J.Ve £jark Coming '0r Meet On Friday are planning! 'eat meetings of tieirj ivP as '"iav n°on when they will KT*1 D»ve Clark, of * Thi. . ,rlCt Notary gover Itfa nmvV- 'f .flr8t official v's>t ele»ie!rtflCt Kovernor since *r- Hark :h “'nern lp!,dpr ,n the at,v.;i Xtlie world and editor tot'dp periodical. Ryburn To Rule On Mooted Salary Question Of City For Next Meet Of Board I • -- ' Burras, City Attorney, Agrees To Haver Board Secure Services Of Veteran Barris ter In Refereeing Legal Problem. 'Is the salary limit of public of ficials of the city of Shelby deter mined by the town charter of 1901 or by the general state law' apply ing to municipalities? This is a muchly discussed question in “The City of Springs” of recent weeks that may be decided next Tuesday night. The charter can be read one way as to salaries, while the gen eral law can be interpreted in a freer sense, barristers say—and both could apply to the present salary situation here, others agree. Tuesday night when the city fathers meet in regular session the question may be satisfactorily set tled. At least an expert opinion on the salary phase will be rendered at that time. Mr. R. L. Ryburn, dean of the Shelby bar and one of the best versed lawyers in the state, has been asked to prepare an opinion on the question for submit tance at the Tuesday night meet ing. Generally speaking a Ryburn decision meets with approval and acceptance. Burrus Agreeable. At q meeting of the board held last Monday night the salary mat ter, which has created some talk and a clash of legal minds, came up for some discussion. At the time City Attorney Charles A. Burrus further explained his opinion as to the law on salaries of city officials. At the conclusion of his explana tion he suggested, as was agree able in his contract, that if the board desired more legal counsel on the matter that such a move would be suitable to him and that frankly he would not mind having an expert opinion from a barrister not officially connected with the city. His suggestion after a short talk met with the approval ot the city fathers and unofficially it is learned that Mr. Ryburn was in formed as to the details involved and asked to render an opinion for consideration at the coming meet ing. Opinion Ready Now. It was learned from an authentic source today that Mr. Ryburn had completed his opinion and would possibly during the day turn it over to city officials. However, informa tion is that the opinion will not be formally taken up until Tuesday night and until that time will not be public property in a sense. In the meantime legal lights and citi zens are wondering quite a bit as to the contents of his opinion. One or the Other. As the ruling of City Attorney Burrus is interpreted by a layman ■the city salary problem is “one or the other,’’ meaning that by the charter of 1901 salaries may be determined, or by the general law another interpretation may be made of salary limits. Mr. Ryburn’s opinion, as the public gets it, will decide which “one or the other" it is, or if it is a little bit of both. Getting back to the Burrus opin ion, the city attorney says that if the town charter is followed, or it it applies entirely tothe city/ that the aldermen have the right to set the mayor’s salary at any amount they deem Wise. But under the same interpretation he rules' that the aldermen, by the charter, are not to receive any compensation or salary for their services. By the general law, if the town operates under it, he rules that the aldermen may receive up to $200 annually for their services but the mayor's salary is restricted to $1,500. Aldermen or Mayor7 Briefly, his opinion is this: By the charter the mayor’s salary is not limited but no compensation is mentioned for tl.\ aldermen; or by the general law the mayor”s sal ary can be up to $1,500 and the aldermen may receive compensa tion up to $200 per year. Burrus says, or so his opinion is interpret ed, that city officials if they go by the charter may raise the mayor’s salary, but by so doing automati cally eliminate any compensation for themselves. Or, by following the general law, they may hold the salary to $1,500, as he interprets the law to mean, and receive a sal ary themselves. Might Use Both. Mr. Ryburn’s opinion it seems must decide one of three things, »r all. They are: 1.—Will the salary regulation go by the old charter? That means any salary voted by the board for the mayor and nothing for them selves. 2—-Will the salary regulation be determined by the general law? That means $1,500 for the mayor and up to $200 for the aldermen. 3.—Or can both the charter regu lations and general law be applied? Which, if such is possible would j give the aldermen the right to vote a salary increase to the mayor (by the charter ruling) and a $200 compensation for themselves (as permitted in the general law). Not Mentioned. The charter, passed in legislature : by Clyde R- Hoey and drawn up by Mr. Ryburn, in speaking of com ! pensation for city officials men tions a compensation, or salary, for the mayor, but says nothing whatsoever about compensation for ! the aldermen. Whether or not the ; charter not having anything about . compensation for the aldermen ' means they shall receive none may also be one of the problems decided by the opinion. Compensation and | fees for all other officials are men ! tioned, but nothing of the aldermen. Boiled down the opinion suppos edly to be taken up Tuesday night will iron the wrinkles out of this i confronting query: If by the char ! ter aldermen may arise the mayor’s salary as they deem advisable, the !;same charter not mentioning com : pensation for themselves, and if by the general law they may have a I compensation as aldermen, can both [ the charter and general law be used ! to permit a salary raise for the ! mayor and also allow the aldermen to have compensation for their work ? On the street some say that both can be used, one to cover some : pnase the other does not, and oth j ers say not. Neither saying is ex i pert legal talk, but that of the Ry j burn opinion will be. And that’s why the public interpretation of his ruling is of interest to the town. Using supposition on the Ryburn opinion would be at the end only supposition and not particularly informing. Paul Wootton To Open New Ladies Shop Here Soon Paul Wootton, on the eve of his leaving for New York, Tuesday to buy a stock of goods, made a for mal announcement to The Star that about, or a little after, the i\iddle of August he will open Wootton’s, “the ladies shop” to conduct a gen eral ready-to-wear business in Shel by. Preparations for this move have been afoot for some time, but the details of the venture have not been revealed. Associated with Mr. Wootton will be his wife; also Mrs. G. R. Washburn who until lately has been ! secretary to D. Z. Newton, attor | ney. The shop will be located over the Blanton-Wright establishment on LaFayette street. Work on the in- \ stallation of an electric elevator, leading to the Wootton shop, has already been begun. Preparation of the shop has been ; going on for some time, so that I the setting is practically complete. : The big show room has been done in colors of cream and blue, and is ! highly attractive. There will be many comforts and conveniences! for customers, Mr. Woptton taking advantage of many late ideas in j merchandising. The shop, according to Wootton’s announcement, will sell ladies-ready j to wear, shoes, hosiery, underwear I j corsets and novelties. There will be ■ formal opening it is announced. Wootton himself was for six i years identified with Gilmer’s, as ( manager of the establishment. And : Mrs. Wootton had long experience ' with the same firm. Mrs. Wash burn had two years experience in ready-to-wear in the town of Dunn, before coming to Shelby. Farmer* Make Tour From Lattimore Prof. V. C. Taylor, Agricultural instructor in the Lattimore high school, accompanied by Mr. Ivey Willis, Lester Callahan, George Hamrick and A. L. Calton, all ofj Lattimore, made a trip into the valley lands of Henderson and Transylvania counties last Monday for the purpose of observing the farming and poultry methods of these counties. They were the guests of Profcs-j sor Glazoner agricultural instructor of the Brevard high school, who conducted them in a tour over, a large part of the counties. They report that this mountain section is rapidly improving in ( farming, poultry anrf sheep raising. The agricultural department of the Brevard school is doing fine work in this section and is encour aging a program of intensified farming along the river valley. WAKE FARM GROUP HERE Olii TOUR OE FARMING SECTION Visiting Delegation Served With Chicken and Barbecue at Fair Grounds Tuesday. Forty-five farmers and business men of Wake county spent last night here at the Cleveland county fair grounds where they were serv ed a chicken dinner under the direc tion of county fdrm agent, Alvin Hardin. Along with the party arc a number of business men of Ra leigh, including W. L. Wyatt, pres ident of the chamber of commerce Berke Little, assistant eashier cf the Commercial National bank, John C. Anderson, enterprising county agent and others. “Uncle” Zeke Young, the or,‘.y Confederate veteran in the crowd was the live liest one in the bunch. He is 14 years the senior of any in the crowd but is as spritely as any. Travel 1,200 Miles. The party travels in two large yellow busses and on the week’s trip studying and observing farm ing, dairying, poultry raising, hog raising, etc. They enter three states and cover a distance of 1,200 miles. They were unanimous in praise of Shelby and Cleveland county farming and the hospitality of her people. Last night and this morn ing, many local men greeted them and accompanied them on an in spection tour of the creamery, cold storage plant, county home, cotton, dairy and poultry farms. This morning they were up early and drove by Max Gardner”* home ot give a rousing cheer for the next governor and tell him that they would welcome him in Raleigh at the governor’s mansion, but learned that Mr. Gardner is away in Eu ope. Berke Little said, of the 45 men in the party, 45 of them were for Gardner. After leaving Raleigh early Mon day morning they went to Pine hurst and visited the peach sec tion. One night was spent at the Coker Seed farm at Hartsville,-S. C. At McBee, S. C., they inspected the grape vineyards where Malaga grapes are being grown successful ly. Coming back into North Caro lina they visited Monroe and Char lotte. From Shelby they go to Swannanoa for Wednesday night. After looking over the farms in Buncombe county, the party will go on to Knoxville, Tenn., spend the night at the University of Tennes see, visit Johnson City, come bacK into North Carolina at Boone, go to Winston-Salem and from there into Raleigh by Saturday of this week. Three Big Sales To Start Friday July clearance sales, annual events in Shelby during; this hot summer month are beginning this week. J. C. McNeely Company in today’s issue announces a clearance sale of ladies’ ready-to-wear and other ladies merchandise with sweeping reductions through the store. Mr. McNeely says he expects this to be the greatest value-giv ing event he has ever staged. Cmpbell’s Department store inau gurates Friday a big clean-up, value-giving sale with astounding ly low prices. Both the Shelby and Lawndale stores carry practically the same line of merchandise and the big two-page advertisement to day shows some of the prices at both *<?res. Then, a sale of jew elry is something new. Mr. Kopla of Cincinnati, Ohio, is here with Geo. Alexander marking down prices lower than have ever before been offered for articles in the jewelry line. The full page advertisement today is worthy of your careful at tention. 6,000 Tags Go To Car Owners Approximately 6,000 auto mobile license plates have been sold at the branch bu reau here, it is learned. Prior i to noon yesterday 5,962 taps had been sold and car own ers were continuing to come s in for license. Beginnirf* this week the s bureau began selling tags without requiring the white card formerly demandiV < This change came aboitt through an order from Ra leigh to speed up the tag sale. AH that is necessary to secure a tag is the proper car title. A temporary card is given for use until the regular card is received, it is announced at Eskridge’s ga l rage, local bureau headqua1’ '} ters. Typhoid Epidemic In Section About Lawndale, Report: Twenty ( a-es or More There NowJ Says Report. Everybody He- j injr Vaccinated In a phone conversation with Dr. W. T. (irigg today The Star learned that n typhoid epidemic is on at Lawndale. Dr. Grigg stated that he had about 20 eases under his care, ?iot to mention likely patients 1 'of other physicians. The epidemic, according to i the physician, seems to be se vere and is giving considerable i trouble. He has four cases i under his care in one family, it was stated. Vaccinated. Practically everybody in | Lawndale and the section has been vaccinated, or are being | Vaccinated, the physician said and with a complete vaccina tion of the section the epidem ic is expected to be curbed. So far, it was added, no fatalities have resulted. Dr. D. F. Moore, eounty phy sician, says numerous cases have been reported to him. However, indications are that the typoid vaccine is being widely used over the county. Mr. Columbus (Lum) A. Tucker, I well known farmer and miller died | Monday night at his home at Waco where he had been sick for nix months with heart and kidney trou ble. The news of his death is learn ed with deep regret, for Mr. Tuck er was well and favorably known throughout the county. He was 74 years of age and the funeral serv ice was conducted from the Waco home TucAlay afternoon at two o’clock by Rev. J. E. B. Houser of Cherryviile. His body was brought to Shelby for interment in Sunset cemetery. h Mr. Tucker bad been a farmer and miller all of his life. For many years he lived in the Elizabeth community and wherever he was known the people loved him for his honesty and exemplar charae ■ ter. He was a faithful worker, a de voted friend and neighbor and a member of the Beulah Methodist church at the time of his death. He was married to Miss Victoria Beat ty who survives, together with two daughters, Mrs. Tom Wilson and Mis. Otho Cline, two sons, Tom and John Tucker, and one brother,1 T. W. Tucker. The funeral was largely attend ed and a beautiful floral offering attested the high esteem in which he was held. YORKlSlL DIE IN CHAIR BY VERDICT OF JDRY! York, S. C.,—Only fifteen min utes were required here Monday for a jury to find McKinley Thomasson, 18-ydar-old negro, guilty of the murder of Mrs i Frances Thomasson, 78-year-old white woman of Filbert, and he, was sentenced by Judge Mann to die in the electric chair at Colum- j bia August 12. The verdict was returned shortly after 5 o’clock and the young ne- i gro, who had displayed a calm in- ' difference to the entire proceedings j received it stolidly. As soon as Judge Mann had passed sentence, he ordered all doors to the court room locked and the negro was w’hisked away to Columbia in an automobile, accompanied by Sheriff Fred E. Quinn, Chief of Police J. F ^ Faulkner and Officers J. M. Davi son and George Sparrow’. Thomasson was brought here from the state penitentiary where he was taken after his ar rest, under close guard and was indicted yesterday morning for as sault and murder. When brought into court Judge Mann appointed three veteran lawyers of the York bar to defend him, and they asked for a continuance until this morning but were persuaded to go to trial yesterday as officers d*id not wish ot keep the negro overnight. The at torneys appointed were Thos. F McDow, of York: W. B. Wilson, and H. B. Dunlan. of Rock Hill, John R. Hart of York, assisted Solicitor Myles Glenn with the prosecution. Thomasson was accused of going in the home of Mrs. Thomasson while everyone else w’as away, and after attacking her, cutting her throat. He was arrested the fol lowing morning. Not a Single Morder Case to be Tried at July Term. Several Liquor Appeals Up. Spectators here for “court week'’ beginning Monday, July 25, will not have a single ease of outstanding importance to entertain them. The criminal docket fails to reveal a murder case, or a love triangle, or anything of the general public in terest type. Not many courts have been held in Cleveland county of recent years that did not have,a murder, or oth er sensational hearing. Yet a close perusal of the coming court docket fails to show a criminal case that will attract much interest outRide of those directly effected by the outcome. Many Booze Cases. Mr. Volstead to the contrary the majority of the criminal charges en tcred have to do with the demon rum—either drunk, driving drunk, (tpssessing, selling receiving, or transporting. It is estimated by some of the barristers that liquor plays a role in at least 50 per cent of the criminal cases set for trial. A numbdr of other minor case3 come up from the county record er’s court on appeals. The major ity of these are liquor cases, or such like, while a few of the cases coming up were beyond the jur isdiction of that tribunal. Among the more serious charges on the criminal docket are several alleged attacks on females. Judge Michael Schenck will be the presiding officer and the criminal docket will likely be com pleted in about two days grind. Ruth Moore Likely1 To Get Medal For Saving Boy’s Life Columbia University Student end Sister of Shelby Men May Get Carnegie Medal. Miss Ruth Moore, of Alexander, a sister of Messrs. George and Terry Moore and Miss Foy Moore of Shelby, may get the Carnegie heroine medal for saving the life of a drowning boy recently at Forest City, it is learned. Miss Moore, a class mate of Miss es May Washburn and Matilda Lat timore last winter at Columbia uni versity, New York, has been here on a visit with them for several days, While here she has been a frequent visitor to the local swim ming pools. Concerning the medal a Forest City dispatch says: “A movement, that may bring a Carnegie hero medal to Miss Ruth Moore, of Alexander, who saved a drowning boy from a swim ming pool here several days ago, is underway in this city. “It is believed that Miss Moore’s act of heroism will be cited before the Carnegie commission, placing her as a candidate for the award. “While at the Woodland pool Friday afternoon of week before last, she rescued Billy Jones, Fort Pierce, Fla., youth after he had gone down in 12 feet of water for the last time. She was swimming on the opposite side of the pool when the boy sank. “Diving under <he water, she grabbed his limp form and con veyed it to shallow water, where Frank Newton assisted her in get ting the boy shore. “Inaccuril’e reports of the res cue at first named a Mrs. Goodyear of Rutherfordton, as the rescuer.” Suttle To Begin Several Meetings Rev. John W. Suttle will con duct a number of revival meetings at his churches in Cleveland coun ty during the summer, each meet ing to run for a week. On Sunday night he begins his first meeting at Double Shoals. The New Bethel meeting begins the fourth Sunday. Double Springs the fifth Sunday in July. On the first Sunday in Au gust the meeting begins at Waco. On the second Sunday in August at Zoar. The last of August he will conduct a revival at Bethesda church in Johnson county where he was pastor for a number of years. School Building Price Wa* Lower In copying the figures at which the contract was let to J. H. Brack ett of Belwood for the erection of the ward school house in West Shelby. The Star made an error. The bid of Mr. Brackett which was low out of the eight bids submitted was $18,375, intsead of $13,750 as published in Monday’s issue. Three Hurt In Mr. and Mrs. I). R. McSwain and Little Granddaughter Are in Hospital Here.* An auto crash several miles west of Shelby on Highway 20 yesterday afternoon resulted in three people being taken to the hospital here for treatment. They are Mr. and Mrs. I). R. McSwain, aged 64 and 52 respectively, and their small granddaughter, Burnett, aged three. Mr. and Mrs. McSwain are bruis ed generally about the body, it is said, and are suffering with minor cuts about the head and face. The little girl is the more seriously in jured, having received a fractured skull in the crash. Hospital physi cians stated this morning that con sidering that she had a fractured skull the little girl was doing very well. She is rational and was not unconscious when taken there. Just how her condition will continue cannot be determined yet. Details of the crash proved hard to obtain tdoay. First reports were that the other car was a bus. How ever, it was stated at the bus sta tion here that no bus accidents had been reported. It was reported la ter in the day that the other car was a Gastonia taxi. The wreck, collision, or whatever it was, occurred at the intersection of the road leading into Highway 20 several miles west of Shelby, it being that road from the McSwain home by the Padgett service sta tion into the highway. CITY APPROVES THE SOUTHERN BRIDGE Meeting Called of City Council to Approve New Bridge at Sumter Street. A railed meeting of the mayor and city council was held last night at which time the Southern rail way's plans for a new bridge at Sumter street to the rear of the high school was approved. For a year or two the city has been urg i ing the Southern to widen and im proxe this bridge. Plans have been drawn and were approved last I night by the city council, the bridge i to be thirty feet wide with a 20 foot driveway and five-foot side walks on either side. A new floor will be put on the bridge on the road near the Clay ton Peeler home place east of the rock quarry. At the request of property own- ] ers c\ West Warren street the five foot sidewalk which is being grad ed on that street will be'four feet from the curb. Shelby WU1 Play Cherryville Here In Thursday Game Visitors Have One of Strongest Aggregations in Section. Local Team Strengthened Some A good baseball tilt for the folks off on a half day of freedom from work tomorrow afternoon, Thurs-1 day, is scheduled for the city ball j park. All of which has a provision, I that being, if old man Jupiter Plu-! vius does not decide to sprinkle the field. The opposition to Willis Me- ' Murry’s Shelby outfit will be furn ished by the strong Cherryville team. This Cherryville aggrega tion has quite a record this season, having defeated some of the strongest semi-pro and amateur clubs in the section. To keep up i their winning streak tomorrow Manager McMurry says they will, have to have better than a good team. ::Not A1 Smith, but Homer’| the well-known southpaw high j _Sfhool star, may do the pitching for; Cherryville, but that isn’t known j definitely. A new catcher and second base man are scheduled to get in the local line-up and both will be strong additions to the team, it is said. Such former scholastic stars as “Big Fred” Beam, Max Connor, George Dedmon, Hennessa and oth ers will be in the local line-up. If attendance is encouraging at the game, club officials plan to stage a good game here each Thurs day afternoon during the half-hol iday season of the summer. Mrs. S. E. Turner and grand daughter of Greensboro who have been spending a fortnight with Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Coley on N. Morgan street expect to return home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller B. Hamrick of Thomasville spent a few days here last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hamrick. Mr. Hamrick is bursar of the Thomas ville Baptist Orphanage. STATES IN DASI \ Officers Chase Man Wearing No Clothes Except Beeveedees. May Be Escaped Convict Down in the lower section of Cleveland county, around Earl and south into South Carolina, Cleve land county officers and citizens had a mammoth time Monday aft ernoon and Tuesday in chasing a barefoot, and almost naked man. Latest information Was to the effect that officers believe the fleeing man, clad only in beevee dees to be ^cact, is none other than Louia'Turner who made his second ^»ecape from the chain gang here Sunday night. Tlie trail of the pursued beevee dee man carried over several sec tions of Earl and finally into South Carolina. Officers there and others were said to be still hear ing reports of and seeking the fleeing man. Wanted His Clothes The case officially got underway Monday afternoon. A colored man called up Jerry Runyans, deputy at Earl, and told the officer that a wild-looking man with hardly any clothes on was in the woods near his home. The officer promptly investigated and learned that as the colored man was going home he saw the strangely clad white man in the woods supposedly sig nalling at him, It is surmised that the beeveedee wearer—as he will be known in this article so as not to confuse him with the wrong name—wanted to get the clothes of the colored man. After getting the details the officer gave chase to the trail of the fellow. Later in the afternoon reports kept coming in from citizens of the section who had seen the man skipping through the woods. When dusk came the trail had led into the Stice’8 Shoals section. Monday morning Clyde Poaton, convict guard, and his brother, Policeman McBride Poston, along with others joined Runyan in the search. Policeman Poston reporting the search Tuesday afternoon stat ed that the entire section along the South Carolina border seemed to be aware of the scantily-clad man. From here and there tele phone reports kept the officers posted in their chase of the tun ning man. Into South Carolina Late in the morning Tuesday the chase led into South Carolina and down by Buffalo church. Of ficers going on in their pursuit followed the reported trail to the Broad river, where it was momen. tarily lost. Since that time, it is said, that officers in the section between Blacksburg and Gaffney have had the fleeing man—an un usual sight, it must be—reported to them. Reports Tuesday after noon were to the effect that the beeveedee wearer was still being sought in the South Carolina ter ritory along the river. The surmise that the fleeing man may be Turner, who greased his feet and slid them from the gang camp shackles Sunday night, is based on the fact that Turner when he escaped was said to be wearing only beeveedess— summer underwear, if it’s a puz zle—and a pair of brown panffe. The pants, it is said, were badly torn in getting over the gang camp fence. Just how the briers, underbrush and rocks are working on the bare feet, legs and body of the fleeing man will perhaps not be known until he is captured—if he is. But officers are of the opinion that he must have a pretty tough ski* to have withstood the hardships of the chase so far with no more clothes protection than the most daring of flappers at a bathing beauty contest. if ur is' UK TOMORROW Many Shelby business houses, i£ a circulated petition is followed, will be closed tomorrow afternoon for their first half-holiday of the summer months. The half-holiday closing agreement between tha merchants will continue through the warm weather months. So far as is known nothing is scheduled locally for employes va cationing for a half day other than a baseball game at the city park. Many, it is understod, will go motoring and “a’visiting,” others will go fishing, golfing, or take i(j quietly at home.