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VOL. XXXIV, No. 125
SHELBY. N. C. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19, 1927
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late News
Overcoats brought into use here
,rrdav were being discarded
* in tod** as the mercury climb
jj back to 54 just before noon.
A dispatch this morning irom
Washington stated that former Gov
rT1(ir ( ameron Morrison while in
j , ity yesterday conferred with
nrnim ratio leaders opposed to Gov
rnor \l Smith for the Democratic
'didate for President. According
the report the former governor
Ij very much opposed to the New
york man.
Among those granted paroles re
cently from the Atlanta penitentiary
\ ^as i,arl Carroll, well known New
York theatrical producer, whose tes
timonv in his trial over the nude
; jrl i„ a bathtub at his party earned
j J slay at Atlanta. Carroll will be
| frf0d in a few days, it is said.
AUTO DEATH CASE
1 COMING COURT
HERE; BIG LIST
forge Number of Cases Scheduled
For Two Weeks Term Begin
ning Last of Month.
Approximately 80 cases are on the
criminal docket for trial at the term
of Superior court to convene here, on
Monday. October 31. according to
Court Clerk A. M. Hamrick. There
are also about 100 cases to be dis
posed of on the civil calendar. It is
not likely, it is said, that the docket
will be cleaned up as the term is for
two weeks only.
No Big Cases.
Not a single big case or more tnan ;
ordinary interest is booked for trial j
Not a murder has occurred since the J
last term of court, and nothing of .
a sensational nature has developed |
lor a court airing in the section.
One of the most important cases j
is likely to be the charge against ;
C. F. Silvers. Morganton man and
former merchant here, and Miss ,
Lena Williams, a county school;
teacher, over the death Of Mrs. East- j
er Buff, who was killed when run j
over by an automobile. Mrs. Buff j
was fatally injured while walking :
In the highway near Beams Mill
about the middle of August. At a
preliminary hearing shortly after
the incident Silvers was bound over
under a bond of $1,000 and Miss
Williams under a bond of $500.
Several cases have to do with
auto larceny, one negro man being
charged with stealing two cars. Oth
er cases consist of brawls, liquor
violations and such, among »nem
being several appeals from the re- ;
corder's court. ’ i
Lincolntcn—Chairman Karesh, of
of the November 11 committee,
states that the speakers commit
tee. composed of W. H. Childs and
C. A Jonas has received a letter
from W. A. Graham, definitely stat
ing that Govenor McLean will be in
Lincolntcn, November 11 as the prin
cipal speaker of the day. He will be
accompanied by Mr. W. A. Graham.
Mr. C. A. Jonas states Mr. Karesh
will introduce the governor.
Wagner Awarded
Paving Contract
At the mid-month meeting of the
city tethers Hast night, contract was
awarded to Fred Wagner for the
Paving of the alley between The
Btar office and the Courtview hotel
Property owned by R. E. Campbell
and the First Baptist church and
tor First Baptist church and the
Campbell department store new
building. Wagner’s bid was 40 cents
per cubic yard for excavation and
$1.58 per yard for six inch con
crete, 1-2-3 mixture. Z. B, Weath
ers and Son who offered the only
ether bid, submitted a price of 45
cents per yard for excavation and
*178 for concrete. Work will begin
light away.
A water line was voted to be
Placed out Chestnut street from
•Ktgnway No. 120 where Mrs. O. J.
Vcodscn lives. This line will extend
MMth on Chestnut street and ;-.erve
the homes along the way.
It was voted to buy a privately
cwned water line from C. B. Cab
sniss. c. P. Peeler and Charles A.
>Soty extending out old highway No.
20 This line was paid for by these
t'dividuals before the corporate 11m
of the town were extended and
it0" that this territory is included
* the city limits, the city is tak
it over.
$ATHFK and son lose
fingers on left hand
Ton Du Lac, Wis— Father and
n lost fingers of their left hands
5 tWo accidents within 30 minutes
each other here. Arnold Thill
,.as attempting to fix a broken corn
hider when his left hand was
j®u8ht in the chain and the index
ong'T taken off. While he was on
jbe way to a physician his father
•empted to repair the machine and
pO^ht his hand in the same inan
lter- mg the first and second fln
|t
Dry Forces Throughout Nation To j
Be Mobilized To Head Off I
Governor’s Boom.
Washington.—Group of southern
senators led by F. M. Simmons, of
North Carolina, are preparing ac
tively to combat the Smith for
president movement. A program to
| defeat the New York governor for
the nomination is being formulated.
‘'Dry" forces of the country are to
be mustered into a militant army of
anti-Smith workers.
Senator Simmons has declined to
elaborate a recent statement made
by him from his home in New Bern
| to the effect that the selection of
| Mr. Smith would break up the soli
! darity of the Southern Democracy,
! but at the proper time he is going
i to state his position fuMy. He has
j let his friends here know he will
j fight Governor Smith to the last
ditch. He will confer with other
members of congress from the South
'before outlining the reason for his
j opposition.
On the other hand Senator Ed
wards of New Jersey is lining up
Smith supporters to meet the at
tack of the southern dry group.
"Whatever antagonism or ill-will
which certain factions of the Demo
cratic party hold against the now
leading candidate of the party of
Jefferson for presidential honors in
1028,” said he, "should be forgotten
and submerged into a united and
concerted drive to nominate and 1
elect Governor Smith. No other
candidate—wet. dry, or indifferent
—yet looms on the political horizon
who can command the confidence
and the proven vote-getting quali
ties of the New York governor.
‘‘If Smith is nominated and elect
ed president, and the Vatican grips
the Washington government <a
truly preposterous situation for hu
manity sanity to even contemplate)
it will be because of too much Hef
flinism and alleged bigotry agd not
too much Smithism ”
Senator Edwards hos.-pKfcMl Sen
ator Walter F. George to make the
keynote speech of the next Demo
cratic convention. He explained that
it is not a Smith speech he wants,
but cne outlining the principles on
which the party should base its |
campaign.
Opponents of Governor Smith
have net been able to unite on any
man to offer against him. Within a
few weeks they may be ready to
promote a candidate. Most of the
talk in the anti-Smith camp here
is about Governor A. V. Donahey,
of Ohio, who is handicapped by be
ing so little known in the south.
Several efforts of southern con
gressmen to start a boom in their
districts for him have failed.
The anti-Smith group in congress
has become quite active during the
last ten days. It is believed Wil
liam Gibbs McAdoo is engineering
the move, for many of his stoutest
supporters in former contests are
helping it along. It has been made
clear here that the leaders of the
Simmons group will use every re
source at their command to block
any Smith movement in their re
spective states.
New Hope Singing
Has Good Program
The Union Singers convention
will meet at New Hope church on
the fifth Sunday of this month, it
is announced by J. C. Bridges, pres
ident. The hour set is 1:30. Among
the well known singers expected are
the following: Humphries singers
from Gaffney i Ed Saratt, Grassy
Pond; the Roops. of Cherokee. S. C.;
! the Cliff side singers; the High
Shoals singers; the Wright singers
from Fallston and numerous others
from both Carolinas.
banker says conditions
IN EUROPE ARE IMPROVING
Declaring that conditions in Eu
rope now show more improvement
than at any time in recent years.
Charles E. Mitchell, president of the
National City Bank, of New York,
returned from abroad this week.
Although England is “turning the
corner,” with industrial losses
gradually disappearing and markets
somewhat bettered by the tariff re
ciprocity throughout the empire,
Mitchell painted the brightest out
look for France. France will not
only attain a high degree of pros
perity but one of the most import
ant positions in the economic
world through her new found indus
trial development, he said.
"There is a greater degree
throughout Europe of political
stability which combined with pro
gress toward currency stabilization
has brought order into industry and
some measure of prosperity, he
added.
Man With Peg Leg
Shoots Friend In
Morning Accident
“Mote” Carpenter Puils Trifser of
“Unloaded Gun" and Bullet
Hits Pink Ellis.
Reports from the Shelby hos
pital today stated that Pink El
lis, well known South Shelby
shop proprietor, was resting well
after being shot yesterday morn
ing by a gun in the hands of
“Mote” Carpenter, one-legged
man and a well known charac
ter about town.
So far as officers can determine
the shooting was accidental.
Hospital authorities say the .22
calibre bullet entered the body of
Mr. Ellis on the upper left side of
his abdomen and ploughed its way
to the muscles just above the left
hip-joint. So far as an X-ray could j
determine the intestines were not
punctured and the wound is con- j
fined to the flashy portion above
the abdomen and hip. Dr. Harbison
of the hospital staff, removed the
bullet in an operation yesterday, and
the condition of the wounded mar.
was said to be “all right" today.
Looking at Gun.
According to unofficial reports
Carpenter wanted to trade a shot
gun for the pistol and Ellis sent
to the house after his pistol. When
it was returned It was handed to
Ca'penter. who. not knowing the
gun was loaded, it is said, pulled the
trigger and the gun discharged, the
bullet going into the body of the
man just in front of him. It was
said by officers yesterday that Car
penter apaprently became frighten
ed after the shooting and depart
ed hurriedly on his peg-leg. How
ever, it was said today that he re
turned home yesterday afternoon.
New One of Trio Accused of Hold
ing up Guilford County
Filling Station.
Greensboro, Oct. 18.—Highway
robbery is charged to B. Boswell, of
Norfolk, Va.. and R. F. New, of
Shelby, youths taken by Guilford
county officers today on a city
street as result of description given
by filling station operators who
were robbed of $150 and a watch in
a holdup, ten miles from here last
night.
Denies Guilt.
The two men stoutly denied guilt.
They say there were at the station
but won the money from the opera
tors in gambling on a punch board
They were held in default of $5,000
bond.
The filling station men identified
the two men here today but the
third man sought in hold-up has
not yet been found and Boswell and
New deny that any other person
accompanied them.
Two women were questioned as
companions of the two but they also
failed to reveal anything regarding
the robbery. New's cad was turned
over to one of them who proved she
is his wdfe.
The accusers say that three men
stopped at the filling station at a
late hour and ordered lunch but
suddenly pulled pistols out and iorc
ed them to hold up their hands.
One of the dapper robbers then
rifled the 'cash register while an
other went through the pockets of
the two victims. Immediately after
the robbery the three left hurriedly
toward the south but not too hur
riedly for the operators to see the
car license. It was through the li
cense tag that the machine was lo
cated here today.
Sues Jones Shows
And Sam Morrison
The Johnny J. Jones shows which
recently played the Cleveland coun
ty fair and S. M. Morrison Transfer
Co., of Shelby were made defend
ants in a suit instituted in the
Mecklenburg superior court this
week, by John M. Sammonds who
is seeking to recover $1,000 damages
to his car and $950 for personal in
juries sustained in an auto collis
ion when the Jones shows was being
unloaded for the local fair. Sam
monds and Ralph Cates, riding
along highway No. 20 at midnigln
when the show was being hauled to
the fair grounds ran into the rear
of a truck engaged in hauling the
shows. It is said that the truck did
not belong to Morrison but had been
engaged from a Gastonia transfer
company by Mr. Morrison at the re
quest of the Jones Shows. It is al
leged in the complaint that the truck
did not have a tail ilght. Cates, the
most seriously injured of the twc
riding in the car at the time of the
accident was a patient for several
days in the Shelby hospital.
RALEIGH WRITER
SEES GARDNER III
LITE OF COUNTY
Says Biography of Shelby Man Will
Include Best Chapter on
Success at Home.
(Tom Bost In the Oreensboro News.)
Raleigh—Max Gardner behaving
beautifully in Shelby and not ‘mean
in’ of no harm to nobody in the
world” finds himself more talked
about today than cotton and tobac
co, two of the biggest Tar Heel fools
in the whole United States, if not
the everlasting globe
For Mr Gardner without doing
anything more than making a reli
gious speech at Davidson college,
giving a $1,000 to the Baptists in
Cleveland, or leading his Bible class
in the First Baptist church of Shel
by, is always in the public mind. He
is do:ng his best to round out his
work as farmer and lawyer in Shel
by so that when he comes to Ra
leigh to govern he will have nothing
but governing on his mind. He
craves to be known as the ‘ friendly
governor,” not because that sounds
good, but because he knows of gov
ernors who are reputed to be a lit
tle shy on warmth. And then he
knows othfir governors who have
had heat enough /without the friend
ships. Anyway, Gardner is trying
his best to be undisturbed by poli
tics until he gets into the serious
business into which politics has
hurled, or will in time, have cata
nultnH him
Gardner's clever telegram to the
farmers who were to gather at Win
ston-Salem yesterday and resolve
against low priced tobacco got him
maneuvered into a position which
nobody else had to take. There is
Josiah William Bailey, for instance.
He is master of phrase, but he ut
tered none There is Governor Mc
Lean who had just come from Win
ston-Salem. He was there the night
of Lindy's big show and all that he
had to do was to go to bed. But
Governcr McLean doesn’t make ev
erybody marvel. Gardner does. If
there is a strike while he is lieuten
ant governor it is his snisiortune to
be saddled with the settlement when
he .has not been given the respon
sibility. If there is a woman suf
frage issue and he goes with the
world, H is his luck to be kicked in
the provinces that will have none of
his heresy. If there is an A1 Smith
question up, somebody is calling for
a statement from him about tnat.
And if tobacco tumbles, the Shelby
statesman is called on that.
But one of these days there is
going to be a story of Gardner
which will tell a good deal about
him. Mast of the things written
abcut him have been based on foot
ball which he played in college, or
speeches that he has made since
he left the academic atmosphere.
The narrative wont be very person
al, it will be a general son ui
which concerns him largely as a
product of Cleveland county. The
community will be the real subject
and Gardner just a product of it.
That history will of course tell
how Gardner leaving college and go
ing to work with a debt of near y
2.000 and without father and mother
went to work at the law and on
the farm, and 20 years later has be
come a rich man, much wealthier
than he ever tried to be. There will
be a good deal written about his in
terests in tobacco stocks and cotton
and silk mills. There will be many
inferences that he has capitalized
upon his vast friendships and built
fortune on them. But the Cleveland
county neighbors will tell the world
that Gardner has made his wealth
among them and that his county
has been big enough to grow a
great many more like him.
Gardner never told anybody in
the world this story, so far as any
body can recall; he certainly never
told it to anybody on the Daily
News. But the neighbors who speak
up for Gardner tell it. The friends
of Max Gardner has been Charley
Blanton, president of the First Na
tional bank of Shelby, a gentleman
whose touch is golden always. That
banker is kinsman and everlasting
friend. Gardner is Just one of a
hundred whom his kindly man. al
ways man before money-lender, has
set up and held up until standing
was possible. When the history of
Gardner is written there must be
a chapter on Charley Blanton.
And, of course, on Shelby and
Cleveland county. Take that Blan
ton bank. It has $250,000 capital, it
has $250,000 surplus undivided pro
fits. It has $5,000,000 resources. That
is a big bank for any sort of town,
but for Shelby it is enormous. And
with all its wealth it probably goes
away as often as any of them to get
money for the needs of dlevelr.nd
Gardner is a director in that bank.
He got there by making it elsewhere
And banks don’t fail in Cleveland
If there ever has been a financial
collapse the citizens have forgotten
it.
Bottomed on agriculture. they
have the fundamental excellences.
Their agriculture always has been
prosperous and their small towns
Deadwood Dick
i
' A~ famous character of the gold
i rush days of 1876—Deadwood
j Dick—wae one of President Cool
ldge*a rlsltors recently at th« sum
House In South bo
Shelby High To
Face Tough Day
On This Friday
Local Elevclan Not Scored on This
Year Is Doped To Lose By Two
Touchdowns Then.
Doped to lose by two to three touch •
downs the Shelby Highs are being
groomed for their annual battle
with Charlotte at Charlotte Friday
of this week.
Through many years of football
rivalry it is the first year that the
locals have been deemed no match
for the Queen City lads and even
though going against an imposing
team there are still hopes here
abouts of a close score. Shelby’s
greatest fight is always put up
against Charlotte.
The records of the two elevens are
about as good as any boasted in the
state. Charlotte has not droppr*! a
game and has trampled under loot
some of the best high school elevens
in the South. On the other hand
Shelby has not been scored on in
three games and with what looks to
i be the best backfield ever here has
trolled up a total of 78 points. The
TOly "comparison between the two
elevens is that in the outcome with
Gastonia. Charlotte beat Gastonia
43 points, while Shelby trimmed the
Gaston lads 25 points.
Big Team to Play.
Word from Charlotte is to the ef
fect that the main Charlotte eleven
will face Shelby. The Charlotte
squad has been divided in two out
fits. one of which will play a heavy
schedule of big games and the other
will go in the state race. The former
eleven will meet Shelby. Hereabouts
if the local eleven, which should go
in the state race intact, should make
a good showing against Charlotte s
best team there will be high hopes
of a victory over the other eleven
when the state series comes along.
Shelby's big weakness Friday
against the hefty, pile-driving Char
lotte team will be the lack of re
serve material. The backfield is well
able to stand the pace of anything
Charlotte can offer, but the local
forward wall is not so good. The
Shelby line performed heroically
against Gastonia, but playing Char
lotte and steming the Queen City
rushes will be another matter. The
line itself will be all right, but one
' line cannot stand the gait for lour
I full quarters and Casey Morris has
'only two or three line substitutes
j with which to rest his regulars. Char
lotte can run in three or four lines
and still have a good one. There the
difference is.
Indications are that Coach Mor
1 ris will start his regular eleven Fri
! day with every reserve held ready
for use.
A big crowd of Shelby supporters
will no doubt trek along with the
team, many to see how the sliding,
shifting backs go against a real
eleven, and others with the hope
that there might be an upset.
KILLED AS SHE JUMPS
TO DODGE TRAIN CRASH
Litchfield. 111.—“Jumpi” cried
Charles Brewer to his wife when he
saw that a Wabash train was about
to strike the truck in which they
were riding near Mount Olive, HI.
Mrs. Brewer, 34, jumped, her
head struck the pavement, and she
was killed. Brewer had no time to
leap and was not injured.
are rich and overflowing. Nobody in
Shelby carries grouch or grievance.
And when one of the boys runs for
office everybody whirls in and votes
for him.
One driving through Cleveland at
night gets the sensation of passing
through a great city when it is at
bed. There are more than 900 coun
try homes which are lighted by elec
tricity. You can't get lost in that
county by night or day. Gardner is
a development of Cleveland. It is not
exactly fair to him to make him the
exotic plant of Forsyth or Cabarrus
or Fairfax.
FUNERAL FOR BOY
KILLED IN WRECK
MONDAY AFTERNOON
Seven-Year-old Boy Fatally Injur
ed When Father’s Car Turin
Tui lie Near Bessemer
Funeral itrvlees for Hester
Bridges, seven-year-old boy of
the Double Springs ( (immunity
killed' in an automobile accid
ent Monday afternoon, were
conducted at the Double
Springs church Tuesday after
noon at 3 o'clock by Dr. Zeno
Wall. Rev. John W. Suttle,'pas
tor of the church, was present
but was not able to conduct the
service.
t
The youth died almost instantly
after being pinned under his fath
er's car near Bessemer City Mon
day when the car turned turtle dur
ing the rain. His father. C. A.
Bridges, aged 51. was also pinned
under the car and for a time was
thought to be seriously injured. Mr
Bridges carries a mail roate for the
Charlotte News and had met the
bus at Gastonia to get his papers at
3 o’clock.
The funeral services were attend
ed by a large crowd and there was
a fine floral offering. The father of
the youth is a deacon of the Double
Springs church and is also treas
urer of the church. The family,
which lives between Double Springs
and Lattimore. is prominent in the
community and the sympathy of
the entire section is with them in
their bereavement.
Surviving are the father and
mother, three brothers: Jesse, Chas.,
and Jolm; and one sister. Mrs. Har
ley Wright. The elder brother is
employed at the Union Trust com
pany in Shelby. The deceased was
the youngest member of the fam
ily.
The father, according to a Gas
tonia dispatch to The Char’otte
News, also was hurt in the accident
and was first thought to have suf
fered serious injuries. X-ray photos
showed no broken bones, however.
The accident occurred at Besse
mer City when Mr. Bridges who
carries a mail route for The Char
lotte News, was attempting to pass
a truck, on the narrow street A
slight rain had fallen and he slip
ped off the shoulder of the road and
when attempting to get back the
car skidded put of control and over
turned. catching the boy, who was
in the rear seat sticking papers in
the mail boxes, beneath. He. died al
most instantly with his skull crush
ed.
J. M. Grice, a Mr.'Holland and
the driver of the truck, all eye-wit
nesses. said Mr. Bridges apparent
ly was running only about fifteen or
twenty miles an hour.
SHE KING COTTON
Washington.—A new slogan for
the cotton producer and manufac
turer of the south is suggested by a
department of agriculture report
here. It is: "Ladies, lengthen your
skirts and save the king.”
It has been found upon investiga
tion that 1 2-3 yards have been cut
from the average patterns since
1918 because of shorter dresses.
“A 1910 pattern was modified and
made up with a shorter skirt, low
ered waistline, and narrower
flounce,, but otherwise virtually the
same as the dress of eight years
ago," says the department. “The
original pattern called for 5 7-8
yards of 36-inch material, but the
1927 version was made from 4 1-6
yards of material of the same
width.”
The report on this subject says:
"An interesting study of the ef
fect of dress styles on the sales of
cotton fabrics has been made by the
bureau of home economics of the
United States department of agri
culture. A number of fashion mag
azines f or women, dating from 1918
to the present time, were consulted
in order to follow the changes in
styles.
Only the issues from January to
July were taken, as those contained
the most designs suitable for devel
opment in cotton. Patterns of size
36 bust measure were used through
out. and the study was limited to
patterns calling for material 36 in
ches and 40 inches in width, as most
cotton dress goods are made in
those widths.
“A gradual decrease in the yard
age required for dress patterns is
evident from 1918 to 1927. The skirts
worn in 1919 reached the ankles.
The hem line has been moved
steadily upward. In 1925 it was
10 of 12 inches from the floor, and
at present it is 15 or more inches up.
The long or three quarter length
sleeves of 1918 and 1919 became
shorter and shorter up to 1924 and
1925. Just now the long sleeve has
returned for daytime wear.”
Woman Ties Knot
In Rutherfordton
Rutherfordton, Oct. 18.—Mrs.
j Estelle Bridges, clerk of the re
corder's court and a recently ap
pointed justice of the peace per
formed here a marriage cere
mony at the wedding of Burlic
Thomas to Miss Ella Watts yes^”
terday.
The bride is the daughter of
Joe Watts of Bostic, while the
groom Is the son of Mrs. George
Thomas of near Hollis.
This lx the first time In the
history of Rutherford county as
far as Is known. that a wo
man performed a .marriage cere
mony.
Mercury Dropped to 44 Here Tues
day Morning And Overcoats
Made Initial Bow.
After a real nip of winter weather
yesterday the mercury in Shelby
thermometers were climbing back up
today, although the weather was
still far from pleasant for those who
like the summer time, or those who
haven't telephoned the coal man.
Tuesday morning brought the cold
est weather of the year when snows
m the mountains to the north
Lrought a cutting wind to this re
gion. The Ebeltoft thermometer
fiopped to 44 degrees and overcoats
made their first appearance on the
streets; numerous furnaces were
tired up weeks in advance of the
expected time and the section shiv
vered during the day.
The first snow of the year is re
ported to have fallen in Yancey,
Mitchell, Henderson and Haywood
counties Charlotte reported a tem
perature down to 40 with unverified
j reports of snow flurries early in the
day. So far as cau be learned no one
here saw any snow during the day.
Rain fell in some sections and sleet
was reported near Shelby.
COLORED FAIR FOR
COUNT! ON TODA!
Each Day Set Apart for School Chil
dren of Four Counties. Parade
Held Todayj
The Cleveland Conty Colored fair
opened this morning at the county
fair grounds and will continue
through Saturday, with big crowds
of colored people being expected
each day from four counties.
The colored fair heretofore has
proven a success and this is expect
ed to be as large as usual. Features
of today's program were a parade
and a speaking at 1:30 by Prof. Lee
Hall, district extension agent.
In addition to the Page St Wilson
shows and the midway there will be
horse races each afternoon at two
o'clock and free acts before the
grandstand in the afternoon and
evening.
Today is Cleveland county day and
colored school children of the coun
ty are being admitted free. School
Children of Gaston county will be
given free admission Thursday,
those of Lincoln county Friday, and
the colored children of Rutherford
on Saturday.
Numerous white people are going
out to look over the colored exhibits
and entertainment, the racing of a
"blind horse" being one of the main
attractions. '
SOUTH DAKOTA BEE FARM
MAKES 40 TONS OF HONEY
Newell. S. D— (INS.)—More than
40 tons of honey made from sweet
clover is the crop that is expected
by Dr. O. H. Clark of Newell, who
employs three men regularly and
needs extra help during the spring
and fall to care for his 500 stands of
bees. The heney gatherers are divid
ed in nine yards which are scatter
ed over an a"ea of 32 miles on the
Belle Fourche irrigation project.
Dr. Clark purchased 16 colonies
of bees four years ago as a hobby.
He cares for them himself and be
came so fascinated with the work
that the hobby grew into a full
fledged business employing several
people.
BLOCK MOVE TO FLOOD
u. S. WITH NARCOTICS
Philadaelphia.—Confiscation o f
five trucks containing narcotics
with an underworld value of $750,
000, government agents said, nip
ped in the bud of a plot to flood the
eastern section of the country
through a well-organized system
extending over the Middle Atlantic
states with drugs smuggled from
China.
IN SOON, REPORT
Statement Made That Enough Al
ready Signed Despite Rumor
To the Contrary.
It was stated at the office of
Peyton MeSwain, recall attor
ney. today that the petitions for
a change in form of government
here would be turned in to re
rail leaders by those carrying
them about on the first of next
week. Immediately after they
are turned in they will be pre- ’
sented to the county board of
elections, it Was said.
Other than the statement there
are no late developments in the
threatened recall so far as The Star
could ascertain A recall leader stat
ed unofficially today that there was
nothing to the rumor that enough
signers had not been secured. On
the street for a day or so there has
been some talk along the lines that
the lack of signers has been holding
up the recall movement. This has
been denied by recall leaders and
brought on the statement today that
enough to secure the election were
already on the petition, put that
copies of it would not be turned in
until the first of next week so as to
give added time for others to sign.
Lawyers Wrangle '
In Padgett Case;
‘Fresh’ To Woman
Rumor Started That Officer Was
Fresh With Mrs. Jones In
Shooting Case.
Charlotte—County Solicitor Merl
M. Long and Lawyer Hugh M. Mc
Aulay came to blows Monday morn
ing when Rural Officer Lacy Fes
perman required them to face each
other and discuss rumors which had
put the officer in the light of de
manding bribe money and rumors
of immorality in connection with
the gun battle a month ago when
Fesperman was clubbed and Henry
Moseley was shot down.
The reports which caused the al
tercation had been generally dis
cussed through official and other
circles since the gun battle. , PV|
The first Intimation of the clash
Monday morning was after court
had adjourned and Officer Lacy
Fesperman spoke to Mr. Long.
"Come back hare and talk to
Hugh McAulay. I want to find out.
who started that lie.”
The two went back into the small
room where Mr. McAulay and
others were standing.
The report at which the officers
took offense was one in which the
officers had allegedly gone to the
home of Frank Jones on Common
wealth avenue with their prisoner,
Charlie Padgett, not for the purpose
of allowing him to raise $500 bond
but to collect “hush money.” An
accompanying report was that the
reason Romeo Padgett opened fire
was because Officer Lacy Fesper
man was attempting to take ad
vantage of his sister, Mrs. Frank
Jones.
Fred Dover Not Here
For Assault Hearing
Father Bound Over to Superior
Court on Charge. Fred Said to
Be Texas Officer.
In a preliminary hearing before
County Judge John P. Mull yester
day Lee Dover, father of former
Policeman Fred Dover, was bound
over to Superior court under a bond
of $200 on the preferred charge of
an assault on Frank Schenck, ne
gro prisoner late in September.
It will be remembered that the
alleged assault took place while the
negro was being returned to jail aft
er a preliminary hearing for his as
sault on Fred Dover, city policeman
at that time. ;.
Fred Dover, the ex-policeman,
also included in the charge was not
here for the hearing yesterday,
Judge Mull saying that it Was stated
in court that “he has not been ap
prehended.” According to reports on
the streets young Dover is a police
man in Texas City, Texas.
Dellinger New Head
Oi' Cleveland Hotel
Paul Dellinger of Hickory, who
has been manager of the Huffry ho
tel at Hickory has leased the Cleve
land Springs hotel arid took charge
this week, succeeding Mr. George
Eaton who has gone to Charlotte to
become manager of the Addison
apartments. Mr. Dellinger is an ex
perienced hotel man and comes well
recommended. Mft Eaton was man
ager during the summer, operating
the place for the company, while Mr
Dellinger has made a lease for %
period of time.