North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XXXIV, No. 124 SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, OCT. 17, 1927 _'HgggSJ" __ — Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons 8 PAGES TODAY By mail, per year (In ad vascv) __$&£• By carrier, per year (in advance) IS.Of Late News Lindbergh, according to late news dispatches, is to have a daring rival for praise in Ruth Elder. A late wire from llorta in the Azores says that the dauntless American girl while on hn 3-.000-mile flight, that ended in the ocean, crawled out on the tail ot the airplane amid the sleet to ef fe,t a balance, and that she took turn about with the pilot, George Ualdeman, in throwing gasoline ov erheard to lighten the ioad. V telephone communication with Kins* Mountain this morning veri fird reports that the Mason cotton mill there had been placed in the hand' of the receiver. Very little in formation was given out other than that Mr. Will Mauney had been ap pointed receiver. Mr. Mauney this morning was not prepared to give (h- liabilities and assets. Oscar B. Carpenter and John Mason are said to be two of the officials of the tex tile plant, which made the assign ment. At least one person was killed and quite a number , injured in North < arolina over the week end due to automobile wrecks. There were one or two crashes in the Shelby section, with only ohe person beim; reported injured. HIT TO LOOK HT HIS WIFE'S KNEES ——_ Washington Policeman Asks Wo- j man To Lower Dress Because | Boys Look. Then a Row. Hov; short a woman’s skirt can be j before the police should interfere is j to oe considered at a hearing called ■ by Captain Harris Jones of the nark j police. Washington. The hearing was called because j Policeman J. B. Lawler, approach- J cd Mrs. Ida Keller, who was sit- j ting on a park bench waiting for her husband, and told her to pull j her skirt down. Lawyer’s authority ! has been questioned and he is to be i asked by his superiors for an cx- j planation. Meanwhile the short skirt wearers j in Washington are anxiously await- j ing the outcome and the freedom of the knees has become the big in ternational issue. Policeman Lawler. passing | through a park on his beat, observ- ! ed three young men looking intent- i Iv toward an opposite bench. In vestigating he discovered the attrac tive Mrs. Keller sitting there with her legs crossed and 'her knees showing. Her husband came up at 1 that moment and Lawler asked him to pull down his wife’s dress. “Certainly not." Keller replied with some heat. ‘‘If she's violating a law. arrest her. If not, leave her ! alone". Lawler, a little uncertain went up j to Mrs. Keller and asked her to pull J down her skirt. "It can't be pulled down any ‘ more," she said. “I’ve been wearing it in the park all summer and no body has asked me to pull it down. If I'm violating the law why don't you arrest me?” Policeman Lawler could recall no , law against skirts so he turned on the three men on the opposite ‘ bench and ordered them to move ! on. the Kellers leaving at the tarns j time for the nearest police station to complain against Lawler. "I m glad this happened," said j Mrs Keller, "Maybe it will save ; other girls some embarrassment." The husband highly approved of his wife’s skirt as well as her knees. "I'm glad her knees are so good looking that young men will look at them " he said. "We have been married 12 years and she’s been wearing that skirt for six. I never heard of anything so silly in my life." The woman’s bureau of the police department said that they had nov"r arrested a woman for wearing short skirts. 'h the exposure was indecent the policeman should have arrested *•«. said Mrs. Mina Van Winkle, in charge of the women’s bureau of ike police department. “We have never arrested anyone merely lor Wearing a short skirt.” Cotton Delays School Opening To Oct. 31 Because of the rains which de ®ywl the harvest of cotton, the six enths scliools in the county will “ot open until October 31st, ac ‘ding to County Superintendent H Origg. The opening date for month schools had been set by w courtly board for Oct. 24th, but h e lains of last week delayed the j. v,st and with so much of the ''e> staple in the fields to gather, , "as thought wise by the board set the opening a week later, fens, therefore, are asked to ai in mind the later date, Octo i"r 31st. Paving BidrWiil Be Opened Tuesday on tU S for pavlnS work in the city, wo alley-ways, are scheduled to opened tomorrow, Tuesday even at ,;3o o'clock, according to an il, ncesnent, from the city hall. The : 1C(-’ of the bids appeared one week POSTI COUNCIL URGES DIES 1 ILL MILL BOXES I Wants All Unsightly Boxes Re moved In This County. Hope To Lead Nation. Rural home-owners in Cleveland county are being asked to help place the county in the lead over the nation in the matter of -erect ing better and more sightly mail boxes along the rural routes. A letter from Postmaster J. H. Quinn, following the Fallston meet ing of the Cleveland County Serv ice council, says: • At the request of the Cleveland County Service council. wo arc handing you a resolution asking the newspapers of the countty to co-operate with us in an effort to remove all unsightly mail boxes and posts from our road sides and replace in proper order and paint and stencil names on all boxes in county. If we can succeed in this movement we will be the first county in the United States to reach this goal which the post of fice department desires so much.” The resolution introduced by Car rier A. P. Collins, of Grover, says: "Whereas, the post office depart ment is now making an aggressive effort throughout the United States to promote the necessary repairs and arrangement of all unsightly boxes and posts and groupings of same and to have them painted and names stenciled thereon: and. i whereas. Cleveland county always stands at the front in every move ment for material, moral, and edu cational progress: therefore. Be it resolved by the Cleveland County Service council of the post office department, in regular meet ing assembled, on this 11th day of October, 1927, as follows: 1. —That we, the members of this council, jointly and severally, here by pledge our united efforts to secure and to promote the early' making of needed improvements on | all boxes and posts and on group- j ftigs and painting of same, on all j rural routes throughout Cleveland county, at the earliest date possible. 2. —That we most earnestly and respectfully appeal to the patrons of all rural mail routes in Cleve land county to co-operate with us in the faithfifl carrying out of the purposes hereinabove enumerated. 3 —That we hereby respectfully ' appeal to all newspapers in Cleve land county for their assistance and co-operation in carrying out the purposes of these resolutions. “Our highways and homes can be greatly improved by removing these unsightly boxes and posts and sub stituting attractive equipment and | painting same. We appeal earnest^] ly to all patrons to join us at once j in this campaign.” The Piedmont District teachers ! meeting will be held in Gastonia Oc- I tober 21 and 22. An unusually inter- j esting program has been arranged for this two-day event. Educators of state and national fame will discuss various phases of educational work. The Piedmont district embraces j Cleveland. Lincoln, Catawba. Gas- | ton, Rutherford and about ten i other counties in this state. As branches of the general meet- j ing there will be group meetings for primary, grammar and1 high schools | history, English teachers as well as i groups for county and city super intendents and high school princi pals. A large number of the teachers of Cleveland are expected to attend. Lincolnt6n Finds Girls In Demand Lincolnton—Lincoln ton has the rather unique distinction of being one of the very few towns in the United States that can boast of hav ing more male iiYhabitants than fe male of a marriageable age. This comes from the city clerk's office, the result of a census in the town of Lincolnton. kinsman of ruth elder IN ROCK HILL AND YORK York.—Miss Ruth Elder, whose daring flying feat in attempting to cross the Atlantic ocean has at tracted world-wide attention, has relatives in bdth York and Rock Hill. J. J. Elder, manager of the Piggly Wiggly store here, is her second cousin, as is his brother, Wyche El der, proprietor of the Piggly-Wig gly in Rock Hill. Both know her well. i Dawes Denies While denying that he will be n * candidate for the Republican no in I- ! cation in 102$, Vice Presidcn Charles Dawes might just be com | pelicd to run St the party gets in dignant about it. This is a new. photograph of HellVAlaria. MllBllKlI ID TALK BEFORE LEGION MEN HERE Ex-Service Men of This Section to Stage Big Rally Here Next Week. List of Officers. Of much interest to ex-service men. of Cleveland county is the an nouncement by the local post Amer ican legion that on Friday evening, October 23th there is to be held a big legion rally and get together meeting. This meeting will be held at the court house in Shelby at 7:30 o’clock. At this meting all new officers will be. installed. Major A. L. Bulwinkle. cf Gastonia, congressman from this district, will be present and will make an address. An invitation has been extended to surrounding posts to attend this meeting. Also all ex-service men, ir respective of whether or not tney belong to the legion, are cordially invited to attend. Past State Com mander Paul R. Younts of Char lotte and other prominent legion aires from that city have been in vited for the occasion. An interest ing musical program together with refreshments are expected to add to the occasion. The ladies of the newly organized legion auxiliary will serve refresh ments. v The officers to be installed are: M. H. Austell, post commander; W. S. Beam, vice commander; J. Horace Grigg, finarifce officer; Pey ton McSwain. adjutant; C. B. Me Brayer, service officer; Charles Woodson, sergeant-at-arms. COLORED YOUTHS GIVEN 1 COKE Three Boys Charged With Stealing Cotton on Circus Night Get Suspended Sentence. Three negro youths of the Waco section were given a chance by Re corder John P. Mull last week. The three boys, 16, 18 and 20 years of age, were charged with stealing 270 pounds of cotton in the seed in the Waco community on circus night Yet the youthes had better walk “the straight and narrow" for a time. The judgment of the court was that they pay for the cotton, pay the costs, and in addition they were given a four months suspended sen tence each dependent upon good be havior for tw'O years. HEN BUILDS A NEST IN TOP OF A TREE Lincolnton.—Residents of this town are about to conclude that there* is nothing new under the sun. A hen that builds her nest in the top of a tall tree- has been found here. R. E. Sigmon, register of deeds for Lincoln county, is the owner of a Rhode Island Red hen that ac tually carried shucks and trash up into a tree and built a nest for her self. He said that the nest is artis tically arranged. I GASTONIA DROPS TO HIGH ELEVEN; t _ Locals Take on Biggest Game After Victory Over Gastonia. Line Makes Come Back. Shades of other days came back to the city park here Friday after*' noon when Casey Morris’ Shelby High eleven displayed considerable resemblance to great elevens of the' past by tramping Gastonia td 0. Morris’ young crew', booked aa a fair football team and nothing more, chased thrill after thrill up and down the spines of those on the side lines by a remarkable attack, that could not be stemmed, and a defense that belied the apparently weak line. Big Game Friday. With three wins behind them and not a single loss Shelby goes to Charlotte Friday to take on the vaunted Charlotte eleven Little1 hope of a victory is held in the lo cal camp for the local just do not have the reserve strength to with stand the Charlotte battering, yet that first team before its strength wanes will bC about the toughest persimmon Caldwell’s huskies have i tried to chew this year. So far Shel jby has galloped across enough goal [lines in three games to run up a total of 78 points and in turn has not been scored upon. However, the opposition’s goose-egg will more than likely change to a double fig ure this week. Gastonia hasn't any slouch of a football team and lost only because Shelby has one of the most versatile little backfields in the school’s his tory and a line that outdid itself ■ against the rivals of decade. Shelby i failed to score in the first quarter due to a matter of a few years, a few seconds, and a nervous trick play between Wall and Beam that ended in a fumble. But the second quarter was just underway when the first touchdown marched over. In quick succession came two more as the Shelby backfield began hitting on all four behind a blue-wall line. The scrub backfield taking a fling at fame in the third and fourth quarters had the ability to gain ground but lacked the necessary punch and teamwork when in strik ing distance. With just two or three minutes to go Morris shot his pony squad back in and Laymon Beaih reeled off the big thrill of the day in a long gallpp around end for the final touchdown. That tells the story of the scoring, but there was a great deal more to the game. Gold and Wall. Such was the surprise handed homefolks by the play of the locals that cne doubts not that Casey Mor ris himself rubbed his eyes and wondered what had happened on his mediocre eleven. It ripped, splurged and plunged at such a gait that smiles broke out on the Shel by bench where there has been noth ing for a season or so but calm re signation to the inevitable. In that remarkable transformation nothing stood out more than the dazzling end play of “Milky” gold, trying his first season at the wing berth, and the remarkable handling of the elev en by Zeno Wall, the little field gen eral. The dare-devil manner in which the diminutive quarter came in to take punts on the dead run and sweep down the field reminded many of the day when Steve Fur ches gamboled back across the field with the best kicks in the state. Those two were the chief stars, but there were others. Gold’s great play centered about breaking up the passing attack. Twice he snagged Gastonia passes and carried them back 20 yards, and on two other oc casions he swept into the backfield and fanned the shots down before I they were safely fired. That passing attack of Gastonia’s was a desper ate, dangerous threat, but the con servative old-timers out on the side line had never been able to see the wisdom of hurling passes in your own territory as it taught in the Notre Dame- Carolina school of foot ball, and to that attack these old timers laid Gastonia’s defeat. There were those who said Shelby had no ends this year and therefore no foot ball team—Shelby has always believ ed real ends are 40 percent of an eleven. Beam had been shifted from end to 'back, Cleve Cline is through and the fans shook their heads. Fri day they nodded ’em again. Gold amt Sparks will make many forget the old ends and J. L. Sh^tle shot in as a scrub end spiled numerous Gas tonia plays behind the line. Line Gets Mad. And another thing: Those who have been raging about “no line at all“ over at the school this year may as well take the sponge and rub the remarks off the slate, at least in considering that Gastonia game. The youngsters, of a variety of shapes, who play in that line must have heard that they were consid ered the glaring weakness on the team this year. The manner in which they charged and ploughed (Continued on page eignt.) -rzrsr Dr. Wall To Preach Convention Sermon The North Carolina Baptist State convention will meet in its !)7th annual session in the First Baptist church at Durham, No vember' 15. Dr. Zeno lVall. of Shelby, will preach the annual sermon. Dr. I. M. Mercer, of Wilson, is president and Rev. Walter M. Gilmore, of Sanford, j recordhtc secretary of the con vention. This State Has 127 Millionaires, South Carolina Nine. N. C. Ranks 27th in Nation. Washington—North Carolina has 1*7 millionaires and ranks 27th in the country in the millionaire class. Shuth Carolina has nine million aires, Georgia 142, Mississippi 34, A!abama*101, Virginia 140. and Ten nessee 141. Apparently more than 40 000 Americans are now in the million aire class, according to figures com piled by the treasury from tax re turns and placed before experts of the ways and means committee for consideration in drafting new tax law. Every state in the union, the fig ures show, has at least one million aire within its borders, Idaho, North Dakota and New Mexico, lowest in thfe listing, have 1, 2 and 3. respect ively. New York leads with 9,690; I Pennsylvania comes second with 3, 066; Illinois third with 2,792 and Massachusetts fourth with 1.951. California has 1,694 and even Hawaii is in the listing with 60. The tax bureau's showing indi cates that th^ number of million aires has virtually doubled since }923. In 1926, acording to income tax eturns filed for the preceding cal endar year, the number stood at ^0513. as compared with 16,634 in 1923 Back in the munition-making pays of 1916, the number wras 17, 2(36 apd in 1914 it was 7,509. Within 12 years, apparently, the family of millionaires has quadrupled. These taxpayers were rated mil lionaires by reason of the fact that each one of them made a return disclosing net income (after making all deductions allowed by law) of more than $50,0W. yOUNfillEF GETS HIS FREEDOM Howard Hoskins, the diminutive negro boy, arrested here early last week by Policeman McBride Poston for the larceny of a car, has already made his getaway from Charlotte cffiocrs, it is said. Hoskins, it will be remembered, was charged with getting a Greens boro Buick in Charlotte and getting stuck up" near Shelby. By a little detective work Officer Poston founcj the youngster in a movie show here and returned him to Charlotte. The boy is said to have admitted taking the car, making “60 and 70 per," and not being of age to drive at that. How he got away is not known, oth er than that officers here were re quested to be on the lookout for him. Boiling Springs Pays Church Debt Sunday was a big day at the Boil ing Springs Baptist church, one of the mast attractive church ediiices in this section. During the day enough money was raised to pay off the remaining indebtedness of the church, which was about $11,000. The building originally cost around $65,000. As a result the first Sunday in November has been set for the day of dedication and also as home coming day for all former pastors and members. ASA S. CANDLER, JR„ WEDS HIS SECRETARY Atlanta*,—Asa S. Candler, jr., At lanta capitalist and son of the soft drink magnate, was married here to Miss Florence Stephenson, his secretary for nine years, at a quiet ceremony in the home of the bride groom's uncle, Bishop Warren A Candler of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. Bishop Candler officiated ani only close relatives and intimate friends ol the two families attended. The couple left immediately for an ex tenued honeymoon on the Pacific coast and Hawaiian Islands. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Stephenson of Lithonia, Ga. She had made her home here for several years. Tank Blasts Don't Bother Him '}.)uriOK the recent army maneuvers at the Washington Barracks, Capt. Serena Brett tinset), World war aviation ace anti known as the iron utau of the tank corps, rode in'a caterpillar tank that was blown up by a charge of T. N. T. Captain Brett has been blown up several tistca and doesn't mind it a bit. To the right is shown the explosion. Show Girls In New York Told To Put On More Clothes Or Not Show New York.—Broadway theatres will have to dress up their show girls and tame down their language or somebody is going to jail, said an ultimatum from District Attor ney Banton. The distr ict attorney issued iris pronouncement on theatrical inde cency by threatening to "rid the stage of naked women, if necessary by backing up patrol wagons to the stage doors and taking the perform ers just as they are to night court so judge can see wiiat audiences are compelled to look at." Under the new amendment to the penal code conviction was obtained against the plays for airy isolated instance of indecent action or speech Mr. Banton said he would follow up successful prosecutions by seeking revocation of license for one year. Refusing to name three new Broadway shows which he said stir red complaints and provoked his r.n nouncement, Mr. Banton explained he did not care to give them any such choice publicity, and added “I intend to treat the stage the same as we treated the night clubs. Cloth ing must be lowered at the bottom and raised at the top. while indeoe cy in lines, situations and elsewhere must be ended." Three shows were closed and night clubs modified their revues follow ing a cleanup campaign by District Attorney Banton last spring. Mae West, star of “Sex” spent ten days in the workhouse when she and members of her cast and the cast of “The Virgin Man" was convicted for participating in an indecent per formance. Sentences on other play ers were suspended. "The Captive” was withdrawn while members of company were awaiting trial. Mrs Baylus Cade Is Dead In Charleston Widow Of Late Minister And Inven tor Died Suddenly at home of Her Daughter. Mrs. Nannie L. Cade, widow of the late Rev. Baylus Cade, minis ter and inventor of a typesetting machine, died suddenly Friday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lyman Love in Charleston, ac cording to a telegram received here Saturday by Mr. J. H. Quinn, a staunch friend of the Cade fam ily. Mr. and Mrs. Cade lived for a number of years at Boiling Springs and have many friends throughout the county. He served that com munity as pastor and teacher in the high school. A number of years ago. he died and was buried at Louisburg where Mrs. Cade's re mains were interred Sunday after noon. Mrs. Cade is survived by lour children, Baylus Cade, jr., now in New Mexico. Ow'en Cade who is said to be living in the state of Washington, Mrs. A. W. Green, of Louisburg and Mrs. Lyman Love, of Charleston. She was a native of North Carolina and a most charm ing woman. FORESEE BRIGHT BUSINESS AHEAD \ Charlotte.—Charlotte finan cial, industrial, commercial, and agricultural leaders foresee particularly bright prospects for business in the state during the fall and winter, they indicated recently in a series of Inter views. The long-depressed cotton manu facturing industry is expected to again assume leadership and only the advent of cooler weather has been needed to unloose a tremen dous volume of banked up mercan tile business, was the tone of the expressions. A sharp gain has been noted loc ally in oank deposits, and clearing house receipts have jumped con siderably. While the spurt was ex pected because of season conditions that are governed particularly by the marketing of large crops of cotton and tobacco, bankers ex pressed surprise over the extent of recent expansion, particularly in some lines of business activity. The gain recently recorded by in dustry as a whole has been sub stantial, they point out. but is slightly below the new level to which commercial and financial ac tivity has attained. Celebration And Bui winkle Talked The Kings Mountain Herald has the following to say editorially about the recent celebration there and the discussion about Con gressman A. L. Bulwinkle: "There has been much discussion of why Congressman Bulwinkle was not on the program here in town. It has been explained that the York people had already engaged him for their address and that he could not be with us at that hour. Con gressman Bulwinkle is not lacking in popularity in these parts and when voting time comes around again his friends everywhere will have cause for rejoicing.” Peach Bloom The Latest In Coffins As Made In Shelby This isn’t such a dull old world after all. Not especially when one gets ready to leave it. Last week there was a news dispatch stating that casket manufacturers had decided to issue more attractive coffins and caskets by making them in many hues. Added to that news is the announcement of Z. J. Thomp son, of a local casket manufac turing plant, that his firm has been making peach-bloom cof fins for some time. Ml SLATED AS NEW IN MOVE . FOR RECALL SERE No Statement Given Out About Movement Today But Expect Something Wednesday. I "Wc haven't anything new to an- ; nounce today,” it was stated today by leaders of the recall movement in Shelby, "but there may be an in teresting announcement for Wed- | nesday", it was added. , ’ That in a nutshell covers all new developments in the city converse tlonal topic, except, ot course, the gossip angles, many of which di verge. Prom the city hall no additional' statements are forthcoming. "We fl are going on about our business of operating the town and are making i no fight," is the word Irom official- f dom. Just what status the recall move- i ment has reached it is Impossible to tell as no new developments have been given out for several days. So far as can be learned several of the I petitions are still being circulated, % while several are said to be full of names. The absence from town for * several days of Peyton McSwain, re- J call attorney, has served. It is sur- | mised, to hold up definite moves during the past several days. FUR OFFICIALS ' MIKESniEMBfT The following notice has been is sued by fair officials regarding pre miums and other matters of the recent county fair: The fair association wishes to thank all exhibitors for their promp attention to the business end of the fair this year. Fewer articles were left uncalled for than ever before, these few may be secured by calling at the home of Mrs. Irma P. Wallace, home demonstration agent. •* » ■ d Few articles were lost, two pieces of work in the household arts de partment were reported missings Will you look among your articles and see if by chance anything hap pened to get among your things when you secured them from the de partment, and give them to Mra. Wallafce? She will gladly return them to the owners. A few checks for premiums were not called for, these may be secur ed by calling at Mrs. Wallace’s of fice, or by writing to her. Everyone who received a premium should read this, and act according ly. At the bottom of your check you see this statement: "Void if not de posited by November 1st, 1927,” Thik ruling was made so that the secre tary might be able to get his books in order In a reasonable time, in stead of having checks from one year running into the following year Hence we advise you, cash your checks on time, or lose your pre mium. I ■1 i .-.a 'I: ■ 'I I Game Warden Has Urge For Owner? Of County Lands Mr. M. H. Austell, county game warden, desires to express his ap preciation lor the very fine cooper ation he is receiving from Cleveland county land owners and hunteis in enforcing the new game law adopt ed by the last legislature. It will be recalled that this law requires all hunters who partake of this enjoy able pastime to procure license from the county game warden. In order that the intent 6f the legislature may be carried out, and that the law may be as effective as possible, it is being urged that all land owners and hunters in the county lend their full cooperation to the end that the county's game may be properly preserved and the rights of all land owners protected. It is hoped that all real estate owners will see to it that no hunt ing is allowed on their farms ex cept by those who are licensed by the county game warden. Recorder’s Court Punishes Drunks County Judge John Mull had the usual run of defendants with a head ache before him this morning, The dock?t consisting of 10 or 12 cases on minor liquor violations. Marvin Doggett, colored, charged with the larceny and wrecking of Norman Lee's automobile recently was bound over to Superior court under a $1,000 bond. It will be re membered that the car was wreck ed on Hopper hill and the negro injured so that he was unable to appear ler trial before today.