North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XXXIV, No. 129 SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, OCT. 28, 1927. Published Monday, Wednesday nnd Friday Afternoons .. " V 14 PAGES TODAY t ..-s By mail, per year (in advarce)— By carrier, per year (in advance) |3.0l th, petition for a city recall, or * iU election for a change in JZ_ of city government, was turn to the county board of el Ls last night, it was stated to £ Bynum Weathers - and J. D. late News II u»<* -- of the county election board. w tdecking on the names with ^(Kistration books last night. It , likely they say that the work will L he completed prior to Mo«»day. , i f Harris, a member of the el ,i„n beard, has resigned, and the Jfking is being done by the two (paining members. , representative of the National \ fross. Miss Parr, of Washing i, in Shelby today working on !» reorganization of the local lied , unit A meeting is scheduled „ this afternoon. M(n and Bovs Fratcrnalize at The County Fair Grounds. Scouts Take Part in Contests. Bov scouts from all the local troops and members of the Shelby tUtanis club, mingled together at the county fair grounds Thursday gening, about 125 enjoying a de lightful barbecue prepared by Will Sernethy of the Shelby cotton null organization. The organization of scout treops here was sponsored some years ago by the Kiwanis club so it was fitting that the two or ganizations should get together and enjoy an evening. Contests and dem castrations such as the flint and steel, boiling water with an allow anc ■ of two matches ana a piece oi ; 12x4 melt scantling, throwing the j iana- were taken part in by the ■ scouts, while the scouts and Kiwan- i Is were taught the Hindu prayer, j contests for honors in the match box i and the cracker eating contests. ’ under the direction of Dr. D. H. ' Shields, head cf the Piedmont conn- | oil. Those assisting in serving the : barbecue were Misses Edna Jordon and Mildred Thompson cf the home economics department of the Shelby school faculty. Messrs. Sinclair and Chappel and Henry Mills, scout leadei who suggested the occasion. Attendance on the part of Ki wanis members was short, because many of them are attending the state convention at Durham. J. B. Nolan. Torrence LeGrand and I. C. Griffin had charge of the program. Convict 3 Women In Backyard Meelee Curtistown Section Women Wrangling Over Child Suspended Sentence Of S6 Days Each By Mull. The county recorder’s court had one of its most colorful sessions this Week wnen three women of Curtis tov.n. a residential section. were charged with engaging in a brawl with each other. The result was that all three women were found gumy ; and given a suspended sentence of I 90 days in jail each, the sentence j being suspended on good behavior and payment of one-third the costs each. The wrangle around which the ; ease arose took place in the yard of one of the women and such was the > heated evidence that a verbatim ac- j count of the testimony would have to oe censored. Biting, pinching, i hair pulling, and kicking were among the methods used in putting up a battle according to the evid ence one of the women contended that she got an old-time childhood rpanking w hen her dress was re moved from parts of her body so that the spanking might be more direct. The trial occupied an entire morning of the court’s time. Highs Will Play \ Hickory Outfit Casey Morris and his Shelby Highs will be in Hickory this afternoon for a game with strong Hickory team. Several members of the Shelby out f>t have been out of practice this Week due to injuries, Buck Coble and Everett Dellinger being among the number, while Zeno Wall has n°t been worked to any extent. How’s This Now? from Kings Mountain comes the report that the mountain eleven is confident of putting Shelby out of the state race here next Friday. "Shelby licked us in an exhibition game but we are going to give them a surprise this time." the boys are reported to have said. Revival Meeting On At Second Baptist Rev. j. il Jenkins of Boiling Springs is assisting Rev. Rush Pad gett in a two week’s revival meeting *t the Second Baptist church. This Wfck he has been preaching some 'Wonderful sermons and the attend ees has been good. Mr. Padgett is haying a home-coming and roll call iLwlhch it is hoped that a greater of the members will be able to register present in at least one of the services during the revival. On Sunday morning Mr. Jenkins will Preach on “The Perils and Possibili ties of the Home." At the evening seruce his subject will be 'The broken Bowl.” NEEDS OF STATE JUDICIAL SYSTEM iS WEBB SEES IT j Judje 3. I,. Webb Says Method Is Needed To Speed lTp Trials Superior Court. Gastcnia, Oct. 27.—The judicial system of the stale of North Caro lina, its great work and its present needs, was the subject of an address of Judge James L. Webb, of Shelby, at the 'Wednesday luncheon of the Lions club. Judge Webb told of his trips to Gastcn county as a young man, when he was a candidate and in the j midst of a speaking program. Gas : tenia was then a wide place in the i road with a dozen houses. But there ! w ere then in this county God-lear |ing men who stood for the right. I and whose descendants today stand | for their same principles. The same | spirit of progressiveness found in ; the county then, according to Judge j Webb accounts for the steady I growth that lias not yet seen its ! end. “So many people know little or nothing of the judicial system of the state,’ said the speaker, in be ginning his talk on the courts of the state. "It behooves all to know about it and to respect it.” he con tinued. “Men ought to respect the position of a judge, not for the man occupying the position but for the position itself and what it means. "We must have the law, for with out, there would be no assurance that we should wake up in the morning after going to sleep at night.” Judge Webb said the biggest need of today in respect to the judicial system is some means of iacilitating and speeding up the trials in court. He said present growth and pro gress,- with automobiles and prohibi tion have accounted for the clutter ing up of courts with small and in some instances very unimportant cases. "The judicial system is all right,'’ he said, “There is nothing wrong w ith it. but we must have some way of disposing of the thousands of leases that appear in court. Much i criticism has been made because of I the seeming inefficiency when as a I matter of fact, the courts are ham 1 pered. In the present court, there | are around 400 cases on the docket, some of them for speeding, on the I public highway, which, according to ! an act of the last legislature, is now ! a matter for the superior court rath er than for the magistrate." Ke said that the state ought to be re-districted because of the ever-in creasing number of cases to be heard. There are at present ten dis tricts in the western part of the state And ten in the eastern. The last session of the state legislature did not re-district the state but did give the governor the power to ap point emergency judges of which there are now five in the state. Judge Webb said this state and South Carolina were the only ones in the union which have the ‘‘ro tating'’ system for judges, wnich permit them to handle court out side their own bailiwick. He wound up his speech with a plea for honest and conscientious jury service.. He declared that the honest and law-abiding man with no formal education is as good as any other, provided he has the common sense and the discernment necessary. Native Of Section ' Given Long Term On Incest Charge Gastonia. Oct. 27.—J. L. Black wood, aged 45 years, received one , of the stiffest sentences imposed t upon a man in a Gaston court ill some time, when Judge James L. Webb gave him a term of 12 years 1 at hard labor in the state peniten tiary in Raleigh, at Tuesday's ses sion of criminal court here. The de fendant pleaded guilty to incest. On a charge of rape, he pleaded not guilty and was found not guilty by the jury. Blackwood is a married i\ian and the criminal action was brought about because of unlawful associa tion with his married daughter. He last lived at Gaffney, but was for merly a resident of Gastonia, where the crime is said to have been com mitted. He was born and reared near Waco and his wife is living. About six years ago, Blackwood was sent to the state prison for a similar charge but he stayed there only three years. Another daughter was the second party at that time. His daughter testified against him yesterday, saying that she had been forced into the act. The defendant did not defend himself on the stand. Radio announcers are well paid and will not work for the love of mike.—Louisville Times. New S. S, Head John S. I'.icivnight. Shelby Township Sunday School Convention Hears Miss Davis And Mr. Sims Here. At the No. 6 township Sunday school convention held here at the First Baptist Church Wednesday evening, JJohn S. McKnight was elected president, Thad C. Ford, vice president and George Dover, secretary. C. T. Stamey of Fails ton is county president and J. F. Led ford of Shelby is county secretary. Approximately 150 Sunday school teacners and workers were present and heard two spendid addresses, one by Miss Flora Davis, associate superintendent of the North Caro lina Sunday School association who spoke on the Sunday school meeting the needs of its children, and Mr D. W. Sims, general superintendent of the state organization who spoke ! on meeting three of the Sunday school's greatest needs. Both ad dresses were very practical and helpful, the address of Mr. Sims be ing interspersed with home-spun philosophy and humor which drove heme every point he made in his wonderful address. The convention was held under the auspices of the Cleveland coun ty and Shelby township Sunday school associations for Sunday school workers of all denominations and Methodists, Baptists and Pres byterians were represented, some coming from a distance of twenty miles. Car Crashes Into Carl Magness Narrowly Escapes Se rious Injury When he Drives Through Barricade. Carl Magness, an employ atHPen dleton's Music store, narrowly es caped serious injury just after dark Wednesday when he drove Pendle ton’s truck through the barricade at the North LaFayette street bridge over the Seaboard tracks. The bridge has been under repairs for some time and a strong barricade was erected to direct traffic around other ways. At night a Hashing red light served as a danger signal, but when Magness approached the bridge he evidently thought it the tail light of another car and plunged through the barricade. Fortunately the new floor to the bridge had been placed or he would have gone into the railroal cut. Mr. E. E. Scott, vis iting his assistant store manager Mr Yates at the home of Mr. Cicert) Lutz, hearing the crash, rushed out to investigate. He found the young mnn bleeding and placed him in the Scott car to take him to the hospital Mr. Scott went back into the Lutz house to get his hat but Magness got impatient awaiting his return and left the car, going to the ice • plant to join his friend Mr. Toms • who took him home. Magness reported to the store that his injuries were not serious and that he would be back on duty in a day or so. The car was damaged to the extent of about $75. Cotton Crop More Than Half Ginned Cotton buyers and others gathered about the McMurry cotton office here yesterday were of the opinion that considerably more than half ol the Cleveland county cotton crop is already ginned. One expression was that near 70 percent of the crop has been ginned. A little over 21.000 bales had been ginned up to October 18, and the cotton men were of the opinion that the figure represented half the county crop if not a little more. Bridge Barricade urn Finn Conley Robertson Just Out Of One Scrape Killed When Attacking Sister And Wife. Charlotte, Oct. 27—Wounded with J a pistol shot fired by his sister, Conley E. Robinson, prominent young attorney, died at 9:10 a. m. Thursday at the Presbyterian Hos pital. about nine hours after a scuf fle at the attorney’s ftome. Miss Catherine Robinson, 18 years of age,, the lawyer's sister, who had been detained at police nead quarters following the shooting, along with Mrs. Robinson, and an other sister. Miss Louise Robinson, dashed to the hospital when inform ed that Mr. Robinson was dying but they failed to reach his bedside before the end. The story of as desperate a n'ght ever known to Charlotte police was told by Chief West, who recited the circumstances at the Robinson home, leading up to the scuffle. A girl. Just two weeks from the hospital, following an operation fc# appendicitis, faced an irate broth er, brain-maddened with whiskey, and tried to ward off his menacing advances. Once she fired at the ceiling to stop her brother, but still he advanced, with an open knife, the chief said he was told. Crimson Stream Even after the second shot, which hit the attorney in the left groin, he held on to the pistol and tried to take it away. From the bacK of the house to the front, the struggle continued, a crimson stream of blood on the floor indicated the path of the struggling, swaying pair, brother and sister. “Oh, I was so tired. I felt like X was going to faint, but I knew I had to hold on to that gun. I knew if he got it he would kill me and Dot. too," the girl weepingly told the po lice officer. Finally, they reached a front bed room, where Miss Robinson pushed her brother on the bed. He sat on the bed and pleaded for the pistol. “Catherine, you have shot and killed me. But I don’t hold it against you. You are the best sister I have i and I love you," the attorney was quoted as saying to his sister. Finally, he feld back on the bed and was found there, unconscious, by Chief West when he arrived at the l ome. ..The shooting occurred about u a. ni. Thursday, Chief West said, after Mr. Robinson had come i o:ne drunk. He socn became crazed, find ing his wife and sister sleeping to gether in a back bedroom. Maddened According to the story told 'he chief, he first advanced on his wife, picking up a hand mirror from the dresser and striking her. The mir ror was shattered and was broken off at the handle. Then he con tinued hitting Mrs' Robinson over the head with his fist, Chief West sartd he was told. Then, the sister stepped in and tried to stop Robinson, and he con tinued striking both. In the same room lay the Robinsons’ young son, little more than two years of age, who was sick with tonsilitis. A pistol was hidden under Mrs. Robinson’s pillow and during the scuffle the pillow was knocked off and the pistol was exposed to view. The sister and brother both grab bed for the gun but Miss Robinson reached it first. She stood up in the middle of the bed. and commanded her brother to stop where he was. Whipped Out Knife Then, the girl told the chief, her brother whipped out a knife and started toward her. saying, ‘Yes, G—d—. you. I’ll kill you.” The girl, swaying from her in secure stand on the bed, yelled at her brother to stop. He continued. She fired once, in an effort to frighten him, the bullet hitting the wall just over the door. That did not deter him, it was said, and he continued toward his sister. Then, he tried to get the pistol from her and a scuffle ensued, and during the scramble the pistol was fired Chief West said that Miss Robin son told him that she knew she was going to fire but she thought the sun was pointed toward the floor. The bullet hit in the groin. After the shot, Mrs. Robinson ran to the home of W. C. McNeill, a neighbor at 632 Jackson Avenue, Chief West said. At the time of the shooting, Mr. Robinson and his sis ter were the only ones in the house. Alter she had struggled the full length of the house and had gotten away from her brother’s grasp, aft er shoving him on the bed, she re fused to let him have the gun, even though he continued to plead for it. ‘ No, Conley, I am going to put it away,” she said. Weakened by a great loss of blood. (C’rntinued on page four.) t It’s Jim tReed. _3=_'9*~r -.•— V - ■ ■ — Senator Jim Heed of Missouri, as a member of several congress ional inves.'uatint; committees, has been considerably In the lime light latelj'f He is regarded as a possibility Tor the Democratic nomination for the presidency. 1 SUPERIOR COURT HERE ON MONDAY Judge J. L. Webb Will Preside Over Term. No Sensational Cases On Docket. The fall term of Superior court for Cleveland county will convene Mon day morning with Judge James L. Webb presiding. Judge Michael Schenck was scheduled to hold the coming term but through an ex change the Shelby jurist will pre side over the court. Similar to recent courts nothing of a sensational nature is booked for trial at this term, and with the county in the midst of its busiest cotton picking season the court crowds are not expected to be so large Among the few cases that will at tract a crowd will be that of the State against C. F. Silvers. Morgan ton merchant, and Miss Lena Wil liams, up-county school teacher, in connection with the death of Mrs. Efe>tyj_Buff at Beam’s Mill about the mferai# of August. Mrs. Buff wras fatally injured when struck by an auto driveh by Miss Williams, it being claimed that the Silvers car and another car featured in jam ming the road. The preliminary hearing before the recorder drew a crowd that packed the court house and a similar crowd will likely hear the case aired fully. Several interesting suits are on the civil calendar which will be taken up after the criminal docket. Runaway Couple Stopped By Irate Father Of Shelby Young Syrians Here Find That Love’s Road Has Its Bumps. Bride Back Home. Love’s true road isn’t half so smooth as the paved highways of North Carolina. Hobble Paudle. comely 18-year-old Syrian girl of Shelby, became a bride yesterday, but she spent the night back under the parental roof without the bridegroom. Yesterday morning, as the story is told, the young Syrian school girl and her light o’love, William Hagley, a Sy rian tailor, departed Shelby for York, S. C. Before leaving they told a friend to inform the girl’s father, Tom Faudle, eating stand proprie tor. that they were gone to get mar ried. The friend was not to tell the father until after sufficient time had elapsed for the couple to be married. The friend awaited the proper time and then told the irate parent, also informing him that the honeymoon ers would be in Gastonia a little la ter in the day. They were, but when they arrived the father was there waiting. The young bride, reluctant at leaving her husband of a few hours, was brought back home and the husband followed. The result was that a family was split up last night before it had hardly become a family. Late in the day the bridegroom consulted attorneys in an effort to regain his bride, but according to last reports today the girl was still under the parental roof and the hus band strolling dejectedly about the streets. Rumor is that friends of the young couple will try “to bring the old folks around.” On that hope r^sts the air castles of a broken hearted bridegroom and the bride he is not permitted to see. Manhattan, Kan.—The elopement of a mother with her daughter's spurned suitor was halted by a motorcar crash here and Potter Shearer. 20. and Mrs. Eva Long, 42, Denver, were in a hospital and held on instructions from Denver police. Mrs. Long is married and (lie moth er of five children. Over 20,000 Bales Of Cotton Ginned In County Up To Oct. 18th I'p to Oct. 18. according to Miles II. Ware, cotton agent, 21, 507 bales of cotton had been gin ned in Cleveland county. By the same date last veal only 18,831 bales had been gin ned, or 2,676 bales less than this year. The majority of predictions this year have it that the coun ty cotton crop will not reach 10.000 bales and will be around 8.000 bales short of last year’s record crop. However, if not more than half the crop has been sinned it seems as if the 40,000-bale mark will be reached. From some sections the reports are that more than half the cotton has been ginned, while other sections report about half ginned. The crop this year is several weeks early and at least 2,000 bales of the difference in the ginning report is accounted for by the early crop, according to close observers of the cotton crop. The ginning up to Octo ber 18. last year, tacked con siderable of being half of the record crop. Beam’s Giant Hog Made Into Sausage After 5,000 People Saw "America's Largest" Hog it is Sold to Batcher for $147. John Beam's giant hog, perhaps the largest in America, has been made into sausage.—hams, shoulders and all. It was sold recently to a Gastonia butcher who cut it up and ran it through a sausage mill. Hie butcher wanted to buy a large hog but when Mr. Beam delivered the porker after it had been killed and dressed, the butcher was dumfound ed at its size. Willing to meet his promises, he bought the hog carcass at fifteen cents per pound. Before it was dressed it weighed 1,106 pounds and netted 970 after it had been dressed. In money it brought $147 at the sale, but this is not all. Fully 5,000 people saw- the hog when iW was exhibited at the Clev eland and Gaston county fairs. Mr. Beam set up a tent at each fair and put the animal on exhibit, paying the mid-way show operators a part of the receipts. An admission price of ten cents per head was charged to to view it, but when anyone ap proached with an anxiety to give the animal the “once over" and hesitat- i ed about spending a dime. Mr. Beam allowed them to enter free. Mr. | Beam realized between (500 and $600 * from admissions, but this was not all i profit for he had to provide a tent and a substantial pen. Judge Mull Marks Straight Road For Court Defendants Drank Drivers Mast Let Steering Wheel Alone, And Drunk Mast Quit Booze. Judge John Mull held his regular court day in Kings Mountain Thurs day and while about it put several defendants on "the straight and narrow path." from which if they wander it will be the county roads Two defendants charged with driving while intoxicated were fined $50 each and given suspended sen tences of six months each. If caught operating an automobile in the next half year the men wil automatically send themselves to the roads. One of the several drunks tried was given a suspended sentence of four months. If within the next four months he even takes a tas'e of whiskey it means a third of a year making “big uns out o little uns." COTTON MARKET Cotton was quoied at noon today on New York exchange* December 20:49; January 20.57; March 20.71. Yesterday’s close, De cember 20.76; January 20.83; March 21.05. New York, Oct. 28—Forecast western belt, fair, eastern cloudy, probably showers on coast. Formal request has been adopted by directors of New Orleans Cotton exchange that secretary of agrictur ture withdraw consumption and carry-over figures issued by depart ment economics which were com piled mostly from private and not official sources. Fair business in Worth street. Journal of Commerce says: “It v.as a natural reaction after a sharp rise in three days. Everybody is waiting for the November 9th report. If it is bullish the finger post of the mat ket will point just one way. upwards Many believe the peak of the mov ment and of hedges has passed. And even some who think the reaction may go further believe in buying on decline. People who were once skep tical or short now in some cases say it is a bull affair; Others dissent. Melton Child Dies At Age 3 At Casar The James Melton home of Casar was made sad last Saturday night, when the angels came and called away little Annie, she was s!"k only a few days and died of membraneous croup in the Lincolnton hospital. The funeral was conducted Sunday afternoon at Mt. Harmony Baptist church Rutherford county by the pastor Rev. B. M. Hamrick. Littlg Ahnie was only three years old. She is survived by her father and moth er, one sister and several brothers. Conley Robinson Was “Doffer Boy” In Cherryville Mill Friends Here Feel That Early Han dicap Had Effect on After Life of Youth. The tragic death in Charlotte yes terday of Conley Robinson, young at torney, recalls incidents in his early life U friends here. At 14 years of age young Robinson was a "doffer boy" in a Cherryville cotton mill, and when he died yes terday—15 years later—he was a promising attorney. That early inci dent in his life and'his start up is well remembered in this section. While a "doffer boy” Robinson w'as severely injured when an air hose was placed against his body by an other boy. Young Robinson was rushed to the hospital here and op erated upon by Dr. Shoemaker, now of Los Angeles. California. It was necessary at the time to practically remove all of his intestines and 150 stitches were taken in them. The fact that he lived after the severe injury and recovered from such a remarkable operation Is listed as one of the feats of modern surgery. Some time later suit was entered against the mill for the injury and several notable events took place during the big suit, which marked Robin.,on's start in life. The first trial wa; be fore Judge Harding at Oastonia. it being one of the first cases to be tried by the jurist after his appoint ment. He non-suited the case and Max Gardner, attorney for the youth, carried an appeal to Supreme court and won a reversal. The re versal came through what was then almost a novelty in law. the Su preme coilrt ruling that the air hose was an "attractive nuisance". At the second trial Robinson was given $4. 700 to be held in trust for him so that he might attend college later on. In high school the youngster was prominent in debating circles and later he attended Wake Forest col lege on the money he received for his injury. The fact that he was so seriously injured in his youth and was the subject of a remarkable operation that saved his life is considered by friends here to have so upset his nervous system that it was behind much of his erratic and colorful ca reer. Surgeons were amazed at his recovery after peritonitis following the operation and with practically all of his intestines patched up the fact that he lived to be killed is considered remarkable. The late lawyer was well known in this section due to numerous color ful incidents tjtat marked his short life. Thieves Make Two Hauls And Get Cash $75 Taken From Drawer in Shull’s Market and $30 From Wash- I burn’s Stand. Thieves have been at work this week, making two cash hauls in the Beam block on S. LaFayette street. Wednesday when Mr. C. H. Shull had closed his meat market and gone to dinner, some one cut a hole in the back screen door, lifted the inside latch and walked in. From a drawer in the market the thief picked up between $75 and $80 in currency and silver and walked away. On the day before it is re ported that some one robbed Her man Washburn’s confectionary {Stand in the entrance to the Prin cess theatre of $30 in cash. * Both robberies have been reported to the police who are on the lookout for the | guilty parties. .Both" crimes are I thought to have been committed by boys or some one familiar with the 1 usual places where cash is kept. Service Palm Tree Church On Sunday There will be all day service at jPalm Tree church Sunday, October f 30th, Sunday school 10 o’clock. Pag eant at 11:00 o'clock. "The Holiest Task” presented by the young peo ple. Dinner on the grounds. After dinner preaching by pastor. Rev. J. %W Fitzgerald and singing by Latti more quartet. Everybody invited. i COLORFUL LEGION 010 COMING HERE TONIGHTHJR MEEI Drum and Bugle Corps to Parade Here This Evening. Younts Coming Too. Shelby's biggest gathering of ex servlee men since the World war is expected this evening at 7:30 o'clock when* the legion posts and ex-service men of this county assemble in the court house. %. A mesage from the Hornest Nest legion post at Charlotte to legion officials here states that the color ful Drum and Bugle corps of that post, made up of 65 musicians, will come to Shelby for the evening. This Charlotte group recently returned from the legion convention to France and was one of the most col orful portions of the parade in Paris It is announced that the corps will parade from the street intersec tion at the Jail to the court house. The message also stated that Paul R. Younts, national vice-command er of the American legion, would likgly be here tonight for the meet- , tog. Congressman A. L. Bulwinkle. of Gastonta, an ex-service man himself will be the chief speaker at the meeting. Among the various mat ters to be taken up by the county wide assembly of World war veter ans will be the installation of the new officers of the Shelby legion post. The Bulwinkle speaking is open to the public it is said. ALL TlX BBOKSlN SHERIFFS HANDS Now the Job of Collecting Over Half Million In Taxes Is Under Way. The last of the township tax books was turned over this week by W. R. Newton, county tax auditor and supervisor to Sheriff Hugh Logan who has undertaken the task of collecting approximately $550,000 in county taxes. Several of the town ship books have been to the hands of the sheriff for weeks and prop erty owners have paid from ten to twelve thousand dollars. With busi ness conditions In the county bet ter than they have been for many years, the sheriff does not expect to encounter much trouble this year. He will make his first round of the county next month, the law requir ing him to make two rounds for the convenience of the tax payers. ‘ Just what the assessed valuation of all real and personal property to the county is this year under re valuation. has not been announced by Mr. Newton. The taxes have been calculated and the rate set by the commissioners, but 5$r. Newton has just received the list of corporations which is returned direct to Raleigh and when the figures are added, he will arrive at the total valuation. Last year the taxes amounted to approximately $530,000. This year the total will be about the same or run up to $550,000. Marshall Bowen Is Buried Thursday Well And Favorably Known Farmer Buried At Snlphur Springs Methodist Church. Mr. Marshal Bowen, aged 69 ydars died Wednesday at his home three miles South of Shelby at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Mr. Bowen was a prominent and favorably known farmer with a host of friends. Fun eral services were held from the Sulphur Springs Methodist church Thursday at 3 o'clock, the pastor. Rev. D. P. Waters having charge. He was converted and Joined the Methodist church in early life, and has lived a consistent Christian life all the years, serving his church in the capacity of steward for many years. Mr. Bowen has been in poor health for more than a year, but was pati ent in his suffering, always looking on the bright side of life. He told his friends that he realized that the end was near but he had no fear. A large crowd of friends and rela tives were present. Mr. Bowen "leaves a widow and the five folowing chil dren: Mrs. Gordon Logan. of Blacksburg; Mrs. Lee Mayhue, of Shelby: Messrs. Claud, Ben and Vick Bowen, of Shelby. One sister, Mrs. Lee Owensby also survives. . WAR BETWEEN BRITAIN AND UNITED STATES FORECAST* New York —Possibility of wsu’ be tween the United States and Great Britain, with Japan as a British ally and Canada neutral is seen in tha not distant future by Lieutenant Commander J. M. Kenworthy, M. P., in his book, “Peace or War?’’ soon tq be published in this country.