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VOL. XXXIV, N.o. 85
SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, JULY 18, 1927
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons
By mail, per year (in advance)-^f&60
By carrier, per year (in advance) 13.08
What's
THE
News
REVIEW
county
prohibition agents
levs have been busy for a week
m in nabbing violators of the
or »«
liquur “■■■■• # , ,
Two deaths as the result of the
Mhuid epidemic have been re
. several more cases being
SUl.’ tict vaccinated!
■ laws.
Thcrc are three plans by which
of Shelby may secure
•Mermen
Sensation for their serv.ces, ac
cord, ng to »Pin#,on
Company K had a high ranking
V net,on of the State militia
5S5S*. - <--«• "Sh“w"
arkmanship honors.
tong "'on m
The American Legion post here
Jan.' to . .... * »
P.lk Memberships will be given
5 Star mothers by the Warren
goyle post.
-anise an auxiliary this
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Shelby has a trio of golfers in
Greensboro today seeking honors
jgthe junior Carolinas tournament.
T. A. Stamey writes of highways
g upper Cleveland and elsewhere.
A number of counties in the state
Biticipate tax reductions, Cleve
md being in the list.
H * *
A heavy rain was experienced in
wnv sections of the county yes
Mdav, there being a near cloud
let'in the Cleveland Springs re
How should a highway be rout
id? For engineering perfection, or
to please and serve the people who
pay for it? Read the editorials
today. i
ghelhy Officer First in Target
Practice at Camp Glenn. Local.
L'nit Rates High.
Momhead City, -July 17.—After
drill ami target practice, with Lieu
tenant H. C. Long, Shelby, taking
firct honors at firing with the
third battalion, the 120th infantry
North Carolina’s crack militia unit,
in annua! encampment at Camp
tilenn hero, today and tonight en
joyed holiday hours.
Runners-up to Lieutenant Long
were Maj. G. K. Hobbs and Capt.
C. H. Burnett, Wilmington.
Companies taking inspection
honors were B, of Warrenton F.
Charlotte; K, Shelby and the quar
termaster detachment.
Company I), Durham machine
fan unit, qualified 14 men at the
range with Lieutenant Pickett high
•corer. He had a 31C, said to be the
host score ever made here.
Lieutenant I.onjj is one of the
host marksmen in the regiment and
has for years taken high honors in
target shooting, at one time a year
or so ago being a member of the
regimental team in the national
oontest, along with Captain Me
Swain.
Guffney Men Will
Get A New Trial
Gaffney, S. C.—Oscar Rutledge
* Tom Hensley, convicted of
•slaughter by a Cherokee coun
petit jury in connection with
a death here last May of Lonnie
n> will have a second oppor
ty to fight for freedom as a ro
•t r'f Judge T. S, Sease, presid
upsetting the verdict and
•*n’n£ a new trial late yester
Bona for the accused was fix
$2,000 each.
y Martin and C. E. Warren,
indicted with Rutledge
t ‘■nsley, were acquitted by the
fed Wou^ have fast
tne alleged murder on two
'ws of the quartet.
u <fc Sease declared the jury
'^regarded his instructions to
k co that a defendant cannot
UnHtetlu0n susf)icion- He said
two testimor|y present
r? r-ww.
ttuiity or “not guilty.”
Ui-hon Defeats
Shelby By 7 To 2
high/€d ,‘ShelbV for the
light Hm u y Ior the th
ir, 0 - "lc0hexrie Saturday by
.1 to 2. Neal hula
»hiK ' t0,2- Noal held Shelby
* halted'the Ver W“S in dans
fr.5,^orZ# m'the 7tl
tele s.0!1, * the (fame wat
b seventh' FriC
L hi, „ , ‘ he entire Carli
forni n' in their us
I
nuT,Mr'' H" nixon Smitl
unbus Gaar,Te this
i their ■’to spend a few
P V ‘ rrCnts' Mr> a"‘l
losSilT *n,, Mr' *"d
Boy Revealed Hiding Place Of
Dad’s Liquor For Shiny Nickel j
John Wood, white man who
lives in extreme north of Shel
by, spent Saturday afternoon
in jail because his little son re
vealed to prohibition agents
the hiding place of his fath
er’s booze.
The price of the “give-away’’
was one shiny nickel, or so it
is learned from the officers, '
Prohibition Agent Evon Hous
er and Bob Kendrick.
Wood was giver, i. prelim
inary hearing on a Federal
charge before U. S. Commis
sioner John P. Mull Saturday
and was placed under a $.‘{00 1
bond to th? next term of Fed
eral court. The official charge
against him was having eight
pints of booze, it is under
stood, Seven of the pints were
disclosed by the boy and the j
other pint found on Wood, it is j
said.
As the reports have it the
officers went to the Wood
home several days back to
make a search, but found noth
ing. Later they went to the
house and engaged in conver- j
sation with the Wood children.
The little girls would not tell
anything about their father’s
liquor, but a shiny nickel ex
hibited, it is said, by an officer
won over the boy, who is about
six years old, and he led them
to an outbuilding and pulled up
one of the planks in the floor
and disclosed the seven pints.
Anyway, that’s the way the
storv is told. The officers came
back to town and arrested
Wood finding a pint on him.
I
Music Director and Leader of the
Young People’s Work to Go
to Birmingham Field.
Mr. Harry M. Pippin, musical
director and leader of young peo
ples’ work at the First Baptist
church here, tendered his resigna
tion to the congregation Sunday
to accept more lucrative work in a
a larger field with Calvary Bap
tist church of which Dr. B. F. Dunn
is pastor at Birmingham, Ala. The
resignation came as a great sur
prise to the congregation which ac
cepted his action with regrets. Mr.
and Mrs. Pippin came to Shelby
three vnars ago under the pastor
ate of Dr. R. L. Lemons and since
that time Mr. Pippin has wrought
wonders with the young people.
The young people are better organ
ized than ever before and each Sun
day afternoon when there is a gen
eral meeting of the eight different
organizations, the attendance usu
ally reaches 225. The growth of the
young peoples work had about
reached the capacity limit of the
plant here.
In addition to his work with the
young people, Mr. Pippin has con
tributed his talent to the music of
the church and Sunday school in a
gr-'-'t wav.
Mr. and Mrs. Pippin expect to
go on their vacation about August
1st to spend a month with their
relatives in Georgia and Alabama.
He will enter upon his duties in
Birmingham September 1. Shelby
regrets to give up this estimable
family.
Deane In Second
Escape From Gang
Youth Who Featured Masked Hold
up of Gang Camp Two Years
Ago Tajkes Leave
Ralnh Deane, known also as Dil
lard Deane, made his second escape
from the No. 6 convict gang here
yesterday afternon about 1 o’clock
it was learned today. Deane, who it
is said was a trusty, just walked
off. He had visitors during the day
from the western part of the state
and some officers think perhaps
he joined them after his Frencii
leave.
Deane has attained the headlines
hereabouts Several times. Along
with his brother he was convicted
of an attack on two young girls of
Gastonia. They were sentenced to
the gang two years or more ago.
The elder Deane escaped in an af
fair credited to the aid of masked
men and was free for many months.
One man charged with holding up
the gang camp and effecting his
freedom was sentenced while Deane
was at large. About three months
ago Deane was located in northern
New York and brought back by
Policeman Poston, to complete his
term.
Picnic Parties At
Pineview Lake
—
E. L. Weathers, owner of the
Pineview lake, located in the Union
community who was in Shelby this
morning said last week was one of
the best from the standpoint of at
tendance that he has had since the
lake was opened. Picnic parties
were held at the lake by Bethlehem.
New Hope, Bethel, Shelby hospital
staff and nurses, Dr. J. S. Dorton
and Mrs. .Take Alexander and party,
Fallston B. Y. P. IT., Frank E. Hoey
and party. Mr. Weathers says vari
ous reports that are untrue have
gone out about the lake. One re
port is that the lake was washed
away by the heavy rains. The lake
is still there. Another report is
that the water was condemned by
i the state board of health. Mr.
Weathers says the water is from
pure natural springs and that he
has it tested by the state board of
i health every two weeks.
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SHELBY LEGION
Will Hold Organization Meet on1
Thursday. Honor Gold
Star Mothers.
An organization meeting of a
Shelby post of the American Legion j
auxiliary will be held at the Amer- j
can legion club room under the J
First National bank Thursday even ‘
ing at 8 o’clock, it is announced by j
V’emon Proctor, commander of tl’.ei
Warren F. Hoyle post of the legicn.
Mothers, sisters, wives or daugh
ters of men who were in service
during the world war and who are \
members of the American legion j
are eligible for membership. Dues i
are nominal. There is only one ex- !
ception to the requirement that the'
relative whose service record is pre j
sented be a member of the legion;;
that is when this relative died in;
service or since the war.
The local post, it was learned,
plans to present memberships in the
auxiliary to all Gold star mothers
in the county.
Miss Ona Choate, ninth district
committee-woman, and Mrs. A. B.
Justice, second vice president of the
sttae department, will be at the
meeting Thursday evening and a
large number of women are expect
ed to be present. Shelby is the
largest town in North Carolina in.
which there is no Legion auxiliary!
arid for that reason, if for no other,
department officers are very anx
ious to form an organization here
Although the organization meet
ing will be hel dat the legion club
room members of the auxiliary will
decide themselves where they will
hold their regular meetings once
the organization has been perfect- !
ed.
Near Cloudburst
In Section; Girl
Drowns In Iredell |
Clouds Meet in Cleveland Springs
Section, Ground Covered.
Iredell Girl Drowns.
*The nearest approach to a cloud
burst this section has experienced
in years took place yesterday aft
ernoon in the Cleveland Springs
section. Golfers and caddies on the
sixth and seventh holes were ma
rooned in a small rain house in the
woods between two streams of wa
ter there for about an hour, being
forced then to wade in a knee-deep
stream that covered all the low
lying ground about.
For about 30 minutes the rain
fell in an almost solid wall, two
big rain clouds meeting almost di
rectly over that section. For 200
yards or more down one fairway
ground could not be seen and one
or two caddies swam from the
rain house out.
A heavy rain was experienced in
many sections of the county, Buf
falo creek and other streams being
out of bank.
Girl Drowns.
In Iredell county a girl was
drowned when the heavy rains
flooded the wreck in which she was
pinned under an overturned car.
Thn di^natch says:
“Sudden rainfall that flooded a
small creek in which lay two peo
ple, pinned under an overturned au
tomobile, caused the death of Miss
Marie Behre, 22, Elkin nurse near
here.
Walter Holland, of this city, Miss
csehre’s companion in an automo
bile ride that ended with the wreck,
survived the onrush of muddy wa
ters and was removed from be
neath the wreckage by passing mo
torists a short whtte after the girl
was drowned.
The car was overturned early in
the night, landing in the creek,,
which at that time was little more
than a few inches deep. Holland
and Miss Behre, imprisoned by the
wreckage, lay for two hours, dis
cussing their plight and trying in
vain to extricate themselves.
Head Of County
A. E. CLINE, Kings Mountain.
Mr. Cline was recently appoint
ed county accountant and purchas
ing agent of Cleveland county un
der the new state-wide county gov
ernment. Mr. Cline as chairman of
the commissioners assures a tax
cut this year, and by a business
administration hopes for another
next year.
Get Distillery Near City Limits
Prohibition Agent Takes Al
leged Home Brew Maker.
Official rum sleuths and county
officers made life hard for boot
leg makers and sellers hereabouts
last week.
Friday Deputies Bob Kendrick
and Hugh Lowry made a raid that
very near identified a new manu- ‘
facturing industry for the city of i
Shelby. The two officers found and j
captured a distillery near Hickory
creek and less than 100 yards
from the city limits, it was said.
A little amount of beer was a part|
of the capture. Stacey Moss, who j
lives “hard by” the captured plant
was arrested and in recorder's
court here Saturday was given a
12 months sentence by Judge Mull.
An appeal was entered and bond
set at $500.
Clyde Blalock, apprehended by
Prohibition Agent Evon L. Houser
and Deputy Charlie Shepherd, 1
made bond Saturday for a hearing
on July 30 on a charge of making !
and selling home brew. Blalock, j.
who is from the Grover section, is
said to have had several bottles of
the home brew in his possession.
According to Officer Houser last!
week he and Deputy Plato Led- j
ford ran up on Lester and Pearly j
Miller at a 50-gallon still in the
Three-County-Corners section. The
two Miller boys made their get
away but the still and about 1,000 |
gallons of beer were captured.
The two men, who are sons of Jesse
Miller, are now being sought on a
Federal warrant. Their father, it j
will be remembered, was said to *
have had in his custody the seven
five-gallon jugs of whisey poured 1
out in front of the city hall here
several weeks back.
W. H. Lyle, professional at the
Cleveland Springs Golf club, ar»d |
Pete Webb and Claude Rippy, young(
cuddies, are in Greensboro today
playing in the qualifying rounds of
the Junior Carolinas tournament.
In the afternoon Lyle and Webb!
play in the pro-amateur match'
against pro-amateur teams from i
11 cities of the two states. Webb’s |
score in the pro-amateur contest,
will also count as his qualifying
score in the tournament of Tues->
day. Rippy will also play 18 quali-!
fying holes today.
The eight best scores among tto j
boys under 16 will send them into]
the .finals Tuesday for the Caro- j
linas title, and both Shelby youths
are hoping to be among the select !
eight. Four other cups will be of-i
fered for winners of other flights |
Webb, who has been playing con-1
sistent golf here recently tuned
in a par 86 Friday for one of his;
practice scores end Rippy rang un
a 38.
(The Star hopes to have a wire,
from the qualifying rounds this ev
ening and it will be posted at the
office and at some downtown1
point.)
TWO VICTIMS OF
TYPHOID: 1 FEW
Epidemic is Not Confined to Lawn
dale, But Prevalent in
Rural Section.
There have been two fatalities
as a result of the typhoid fever epi
demic in the Lawndale community
and a few new eases have devel
oped within the past few days but
the eases are mostly among chil- j
dt'-n and Dr. \V. T. Grigg. Lawndale I
physician says they ean withstand ;
an attack much better than an olds |
er person. Typhoid is not confined
to Lawndale mill village. There are
a number of cases in the rural sec
tion of that community and last
week down in No. 1 township, a
Mr. Batchelor died leaving a widow
and six eihldren. Local physicians
say they have a number of cases
scattered about in other communi
ties of the county but the situation
is getting well in hand as most ev
erybody is taking the typhoid vac
cine. Dr. Grigg thinks the out
break is due to low- water in the
wells, which has been brought
about by the deficiency in rainfall .
fpi the past two years. With the!
copious rainfall of the past few I
weeks, the water is improving. !
One of the Lawndale victims was’
a Mrs. Wall, age about 70. §he died j
Saturday morning of complica
tions arising from typhoid. The i
Second victim was Nellie Wallace,'
age 13 years. Five cases from Lawn i
dale, four of whom are members:
of the same family, have been sent j
to the Shelby hospital where they!
are being treated by outside physi
cians. Practical nurses are looking
after the other patients in their
homes.
Drs. Register and Miller of the
state board of health who spent j
several days in the county last)
week making an investigation as
to the cause of the outbreak and
devising means of removing the
cause, have returned to Raleigh.
They declined to say what they
think is the cause but will issue a
statement upon their return to Ra
leigh.
No New Patients
In Sunday Wrecks
At Hospital Here
“No accident cases yesterday,”
was the report from Shelby hos-'
pital this morning. ^
Of recent months with increased
mdtoring on Sunday the hospitals
are important news centers on
Monday morning, and it is almost
rare enough to be news when no ac-1
ridents come in over the week end.
However, the past week-end was
not marred by accidents or fatali
ties near Shelby despite the fact
that Highway 20 was thronged
with cars practically all day en
route to or from the mountain sec
tions.
Mr. D. R. McSwain, who was in
jured recently in an auto crash, was
able to return to his home last
week front the hospital. Mrs. Me-,
Swain and her little granddaughter
injured in the same crash, are still,
in the hospital but reported to be'
improving.
Mrs. S. D. Bridges, who has been
in the hospital for some time, was
able to return to her home in the
Lattimore section today.
Liquor Features
County Court Here
An array of pint bottles, full ofi
white lightning, featured the re
corder’s court held today by Judge
John P. Mull. City and county of
ficers over the w’eek-end had made
numerous arrests for liquor viola
tions and a long row of evidence,
in the form of pints and quarts, il-.
lustrated the type of docket.
Punishment ranged from fines
and costs to road sentences.
Messrs. A. E. Cline, chairman of
the county commissioners, and J.1
B. Smith, head of the county wel
fare department left Shelby Mon-'
day for Chapel Hill, the former to
attend a meeting of public ac-'
countants, and the latter to join
in a welfare conference.
New Born Twins
Weigh 20 Pounds
—
Twin boys that have a total
weight of twenty pounds were
born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs.
E Victor Byers of the Boiling
Springs community, according
to information secured from
the family physician. Dr. T. G. j
Hamrick. The boys have a dif- j
ference of only one pound in
weight 9 1-2 pounds and the
other 10 1-2 pounds. Both are
doing nicely. Mr. and Mrs.
Byers have one other son, six
years old.
Boat That Saved Byrd’s Crew
< r.imandcr Richard Rvrd is shown In the collapsible boat that
end his crew paddled to safety after their monoplane America had
planned into the waters of the English Channel, dust lsow Bert
Acosta. Bernt Balchen and Lieutenant George Norilio crowded ItMp
this; flimsy craft is hard to imagine, but they did. and nil ^ero Mp
ttBtr the trans-Atlantic flight ended on the beach at Ver-Sur-Mer
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Upper Cleveland Could
Use Some Road Finance
Stamey Writes To Paper
Only Three Townships In County Have Re
ceived State Highway Money, And No. 4
And Kings Mountain Leads The Three.
Highway For Use Of People Who Pay For
Them, Not Visitors.
Criticism developed recently at
Kings Mountain, according to news t
dispatches, over the letting of con- [
tracts for state highway work on'
the road from Kings Mountain to j
Grover and from Shelby to Toluca.
It seems that fie highway com
mission intends to use an oil treat
ment on the Kings Mountain-Grov
er strip instead of hard surface.
The announcement failed t oplea.se
entirely and up about Fallston and
in the township that have received
no road funds whatsoever the
opinion is that Kings Mountain
should be content to already have
received $392,000 whereas the Fall
ston section and eight townships
haven’t received a cent.
Mr. T. A. Stamey, prominent
Fallston business man, writing to
The Kings Mountain News for the
interest of his section points out
that the Kings Mountain-Grover
road merely skirts the edge of the
county as a link in a national
highway. On the other hand he
mentions that the Shelby-Fallston
Toluca-Morganton road is a high
way for home use, an outlet for
tile best farming section of the
county and the people on up in the
South Mountain regions. The tour
ists may buy gasoline and other
commodities in passing through,
but they do not measure up in
their payments to the regular
motorists of the county who pay
their gasoline tax on every gallon.
and should get a road back for
their own use instead of a link in
a route for tourists, the Fallston
merchant points out. i
The state has spent over a mil
lion dollars in Cleveland county
Mr. Staniey points out. No. 4]
township, in which Kings Mountain
is located, has received $392,000 of!
this, Stamey says, or $32,000 more :
than No. 6, and a $126,000 more j
than Mooresboro and No. 7, while
other townships have received noth
ing. Yet they, too pay road gaso
line tax.
Mr. Stanley's plea is apparently
is that upper Cleveland deserves
something before No. 4 gets any
more.
What He Says
His communication to The News
follows: j
Editor Kings Mountain News:
We people of Fallston and up
per Cleveland count yhave read
with much interest what you have
to say about the additional roads
that are to be built in Cleveland
county by the state. You intimate
that all of Cleveland county’s share
of the road money belongs to
Kings Mountain and Shelby, and
no consideration should be given
to the balance of the county You
are wrong in assuming that Shel
by and Kings Mountain constitute
all of Cleveland county or should
received all of county’s’ share of
the road money.
These two towns comprise less
than a third of the population, and
less than a third of the taxable
property, of Cleveland county.
The plain country people of Cleve
land, who represent more than two
thirds of both her population and
taxable property, should receive
just consideration in the county’s
road construction.
You quote Mayor McGinnis, ' of
Kings Mountain, as being in favor
of getting out an injunction to
force the highway commission to
give the Kings Mountain “a square!
deal.” We are all in favor of
Kings Mountain and its section,
consisting of No. 4 township, and
Shelby and its section consisting of
No. 6 township, receiving a square
deal, and there will be no necessity
for an injunction or law suit for
you to get all you are entitled to,
because, if justice is all you want,
you should pay back about half of
what you have ulready received.
Kings Mountain and No. 4 town
ship have already received more
than twice their just share of the
road funds allotted to Cleveland
county.
All of our state road money has
thus far been spent in three town
ships. The state has spent, accord
ing to the reports, one million
eighteen thousand dollars in
Cleveland county. Of this Kings
Mountain, or No. 4 township has
received approximately $392,000;
Shelby and No. 6 township $360,
000; and Mooresboro and No. 7
township $266,000.
It is said that the state now has
$300,000 more to spend in Cleve
land county, and I understand
from your paper that Kings Moun
tain road district, which has al
ready received $392,000 wants
this remaining $300,000, and is
considering bringing a lawsuit to
get it. Fallston and No. 9 town
ship has nearly as many citizens,
and pays almost as rnhch tax as
Kings Mountain and Nd. 4 town
ship. No. 9 township has not re
ceived one dollar of Cleveland
county's part of the state road
fund, and is surely justly due a
part of the $300,000 which is now
available.
Certainly, it should be permitted
to eat at the second table before
Kings Mountain comes back and i
gathers up the scraps which are ]
still left. The people of Fallston
and No. 9 and No. 10 townships
pay the same automobile license
and gasoline tax as the folks of.
Kings Mountain, and are entitled
to receive their just share of the
road fund. You seem to be greatly
interested in fixing a hard surface
for the tin can tourists who go to
Florida, and want to rob the hon
est farmers of Cleveland county of
their share of state roads to get
funds for same. There are more
than two Cleveland county citizens
passing over highway No. 18 by
Fallston to every one of our citi
zens wh otravel over your tourist
highway.
Cleveland county’s road law's are
different from that of the other
counties of the state. We have
special road legislation by which
we build our roads by precincts
and townships. Kings Mountain
road district was not willing for
us to have a county system. As the
result of this injustice, the road
tax in No. 10 township is 75c; in
No. 9 township 49c; while in Kings
Mountain road district it is only
15c. This tax burden should be
equalized just as the school tax is
being equalized. But since this is
not done, Cleveland county's share
of the state road fund should be
equalized in its distribution in the
different sections of the county.
If justice were done in this respect
the Kings Mountain district would
(Continued on page five.)
THREE PLANS TO jj
SECURE PA! FOR
In Day When Charier Watt I Vised
Aldermen Were Honorary Fig
ures Over State. **
The fact that the charter of
Shelby does not provide compensa
tion for city aldermen is no slight
upon the holders of the office, but
is due to the fact that a charter
more than a quarter of a century
old has never been changed about
that point. Also there are threa
plans by which fitting compensa
tion for the aldermen may now, bo
secured, according to legal opinion.
One plan has two different proce
dures, which means that there ara
really four methods of securing
compensation for the aldermen.
Since the Ryburn opinion stating
that by the charter the mayor’s
salary has no limit, but that al
dermen could receive no pay, there
has been considerable talk about
the town, and apparently, judging
bf street conversation, there is a
sentiment that the aldermen in
modern times really deserve com
pensation, their duties have so in
creased of recent years.
Was Honorary Then.
Mr. Ryburn, discussing the ruling
today, stated that back in 1901
when he drew up the town char
ter that being alderman was more
an honor than anything else.
“Remember that was more than
25 years ago and at the time so
far as I could find no aldermen in
any towns of similar size in the
state drew pay. In fact, aldermen
then had very little work to do and
were in the classification we still
have for Bchool committeemen.
Since that time paving, street
work and general improvements
have come along with growing
towns and the aldermen have much
more work to do than in those
days. However, you’ll notice the
charter has not been changed in
that regard. The charter drawn up
by me was to fit the town of that
day.”
The Three Plana.
| Since there is considerable curi
osity manifest about the city as to
how the city government could
be amended so as to provide com
pensation for aldermen The Star
presents below the three plans by
which compensation could be pro
vided, the plans being those of a
barrister not giving an qfficipl
opinion however: t
1. —The charter of 1901 can be so
amended at the next legislature,
1930, so as to provide phy for the
aldermen.
2. —An election can be held for
a vote upon adopting one of the
four plans of municipal as set out
in the law under the heads A, B. C
and D. These four forms provide
certain compensation for city offi
cials.
3. —A resolution may be passed
by aldermen amending the char
ter to provide a compensation for
aldermen, an election to be called
to determine if the people would
ratify the resolution amtmhnent.
I'nder this plan is a sub-head that
provides: If 25 per cent of the
qualified voters should petition
the board to amend the charter By
resolution so as to provide pay for
the board an election could be call
ed to determine the amendment by
vote.
By the first plan no legal com
pensation could be provided fdlr
two or more years as a legislative
c hange in the charter would be ne
cessitated.
The elections mentioned in eith
er the second or third plan could
be called at any time and would not
necessitate a meeting of the legis
lature, legal minds say.
The second plan in* No. 3, o?
really the fourth plan, could make
a compensation for the aldermen
possible without the first move
being made by the board, such a
petition by one-fourth of the quali
fied voters being presented.
COTTON MARKETS
(By Jno. F. Clam and Co-)
Cotton was down this morning
from Saturday’s close, being quoted
in New York at 11 o’clock.
July 17.72; October 18.13; Decern*
ber 18.41.
Trading mixed. Down on Alexan*
dria market. Weather rather unfa
vorable, showers east and central
belt. This may prevent further de
I cline. Oen expert makes condition
75 against 75.5 last month.
Big break in Egyptian cotton
market caused Liverpool weakness.
Memphis > Stanley’s weather map
says “Rain scattered Saturday over
eastern belt. Tennessee, Arkansas,
Louisiana. Heavy rains in Chatta
nooga and Shreveport districts. Sun
day light rains scattered eastern
belt. Temperatures much warmer
over entire belt. Forecast Monday
eastern belt and ceentral belt partly
cloudy, probably thunderstorm*
western belt generally lair, „ ,