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THE CLEVELAND STAR
SHELBY,
N.
C. WEDNESD’Y, NOV. 30, 1927
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons
By mail, per year (in advara*)—$2.&«
By carrier, per year (in advance) $3.C4
VOL. XXXIV, No. 143
Late News
As vet Shelby has only three alder
pf,i. the new members to take the
j,(( of Ur. G. M. Gold not having
ii. finitely decided upon, accord
jpg to Mayor W. N. Dorsey. A move
**arJ' an appointment has been
it is understood, but the ap
pointment, it is believed, has not
Poon definitely tendered and._ ac
tfpted as yet. Supposition is that
ll,e pew alderman will come from
[I,,, southern section of the city, of
ward represented formerly by Dr
Gold.
William A. Graham, North Caro
lina commissioner of agriculture and
, native of Lincoln county, was yes
torday elected president of the na
tional association of commissioners
of agriculture in annual session at
Chicago.
According to a dispatch from Lin
tolnton -0 people have been killed
in auto wrecks on Highway 16 be
tween l.inrolnton and Newton since
U,p highway between the two county
pats was completed.
first Monthly Meeting Kings Moun
tain Baptist Association Schools
Of Forty-one Churches.
The first monthly meeting of the
Kings Mountain Baptist Sunday
School association will be held at
the First Baptist church here Sun
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, it is
announced.
Reports from all the Sunday
■jchccls in the association will be
heard and compared. All the pas
tors superintendents and teacneis
of the 41 churches in the associa
tion are urged to be present.
The association is divided into six
groups for the Sunday school work,
with a group superintendent for
each group and group reports will
be made by these superintendents.
These group superintendents are:
Ho. 1—B. T. Jenkins; No. 2— F. E.
Green: No. 3—D. E. Jones; No. 4—
W. C Ledford; No. 5 —J. S. Wacas
ter: No. 6—A. A. Richards.
G G Page. Kings Mountain edi
tor is the associational superinten
dent and B. T. Falls, of Shelby, is
secretary and treasurer, with Lee B.
Weathers as director of publicity.
Tite group superintendents and
associational superintendent and
other officers will meet at 2 o'clock
-30 minutes before the main meet
ing—in the study of Dr. Zeno Wall
at the church.
Camp Makes Seven
And Half Bales On
A Six Acre Tract
One of the best yields of cotton
reported in Cleveland county was
Bade by Q. T. Camp on the Max
Gardner farm. Seven and a half
baler, cn six acres is Mr. Camp's
record He kept accurate account of
all fertilizer used and of the pick
ing!, and ginnings and when the
crop was finally harvested last week
he had gathered 9,811 pounds of ■
seed cotton. Using 1.300 pounds of
seed cotton for each bale, he had
seven bales with a surplus of 711
pounds which made more than a
half bale.
One cf the fine things about this
cotton is that Mr. Camp used im
proved seed and the lint was an inch
■®d a sixteenth long. When it was
sold Saturday it brought twenty
cents per pound.
Some people are of the opinion
that cotton land should be rotated.
The splendid record which Mr.
Camp made on six acres was on land
that had been planted in cotton con
tinuously for thirty years. He used
en the six acre tract 2,400 pounds of
fertilizer and 600 pounds of soda.
Shelby Girls Will
Play First Game
The Kiri basket ball team of the
Shelby High school will get off lor
toe season's start at the local “tin
Kn Friday night, when Bessemer
toy team will come over for what
& expected Mil be a spicy clash.
0»'ing to the two-fold feature that
tos will be the first game of the
and that the local girls will
N®oar dolled up in their brand new
Mcrms, a good deal of interest is
taken in the event.
The local team has been practic
al regularly for over a month; a
tod many girls have "gone in” for
to sport, considerably more this
(ar than last, giving Coach Tollison
*°rf‘ material to choose from, and it
1 believed the current season will
K some very fast basket-ball play.
Hudson Starring
la Musical Comedy
^Hilary T. Hudson, eldest son of
to H T. Hudson of Shelbv is
Jtotog this year in a popular mu
cal comedy “Queen High" which
^x"'rs at the Charlotte auditorium
‘turday afternoon and night of
"fek. Mr. Hudson will accom
[to his mother to Shelby after the
to* and spend the week-end here,
p'hg the troup in Spartanburg, S.
|y°n Monday for a performance
•ere.
Recall Move Dies With Election Board
Petitions Lack Required
Number Of Signers, Said
Of 788 Signers Only 455 Were De
clared Qualified Voters. 603
Names Were Required
Shelby is not to have a recall
election for the purpose of se
curing the scalp of the present
city administration—that is, by
the recent recall movement,
which has for several weeks
been “the talk of the town.”
Yesterday the Cleveland County
| Board of Elections closed shop on
j the recall movement and announced
j that to date it \va* a failure. For
some time it has been apparent that
| the first step in the recall movement
| was doomed to failure but the offi
j cial sentence was not passed until
late yesterday when a signed state
; ment was handed a Star reporter by
I the election board.
154 Names Shy
The twelve petitions as checked
with the registration books revealed,
j according to the board, that 154
names were lacking to make possible
the callihg of the election as re
quired by law. The twelve petitions,
it is said, bore the names of 788 peo
i pie, 455 of which were qualified
voters. A check of the registration
book by the board showed that at
the last -election the registration of
the city was 2,437. According to law
such a petition to secure a special
election must be signed by twenty
five per cent of the total registra
tion.- One-fourth of the total regis
tration would be 609, or 154 ntimes
more than were found to be quali
fied signers of t. e petitions.
Was Recall Idea.
The twelve petitions turned over j
to the election board did not ask for
a recall election, but requested a
preliminary step that would lead to
a recall. The petitions asked for a
special election for changing the
city government to contain initiative
referendum and recall privileges,
which if successful would have oeen
followed by a direct recall election, |
it was said, aimed at Mayor W. N.
Dcrsey and his four aldermen.
As it is now, unless nothjng else
develops, Mayor Dorsey and 1ms
"city lathers" are the winners of a
tilt in which so far as is known ;
they did no fighting and let the j
matter take its course. Whether
or not another move will be made
could not be learned today and just
wh'at steps could be taken to re- i
new a recall idea is not known,
there being some confusion and con
troversy as to the movement de
clared dead yesterday by the elec
tion board. About all that seems
definite in the board's statement is
that the recent movement was a
failure. The statement came after
several different meetings of the
board at which Bynum Weathers
and D. P. Byers, members of the
board, checked the petitions as re
quired by law. The twelfth petition
was only recently turned in and the
statement came after the final peti
tion was checked and placed *ide
by side with the 11 formerly check
ed.
The statement
The statement issued by the elec
tion board follows and speaks for
itself:
“We, the members of the Cleve
land County Board of Elections,
have carefully checked over the reg
istration book of the town of Shelby
and by our count we find that 2.
437 persons were registered at the
last election, held May 2, 1927.
"According to law a petition for a
special election on the change in
form of government must be signed
by one-fourth the nuumber of regis
tered voters. One-fourth of the reg
istration is found by us to be 609.
Twelve petitions, containing the
names of several hundred signers,
asking for this board to call an
election for the purpose of chang
ing Shelby’s form of government to
contain initiative, referendum and
recall privileges— with the intention
we understand of making possible a
recall election—have been filed with
the board, and we, the members of
the board after a careful count and
check of the petition signers with
those names on the registration
books find that only 455 of the peti
tion signers are qualified voters.
Therefore, according to law, the
petition for the special city election
does not bear enough signers to
make it legal to call such an elec
tion, lacking the required number
of qualified signers by 154. With as
careful check as possible, both on
Move Against
Him Fails
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Mayor W. N. Dorsey.
the registration books and petitions,
and with fairness to all. the Cleve
land County Election board now
denies the request of the petition be
cause of its failure to measure fhe
strength required by law before ,uch
an election may be called.
"The twelve petitions bore 783
names. 455 of which were qualified
to sign by law and 333 not so quail- j
fied. This the 29th day of Novem- !
ber. 1927.”
“THE CLEVELAND COUNTY I
BOARD OF ELECTIONS,
BYNUM E. WEATHERS.
Chariman.
D. P. BYERS,
Secretary.”
HIGH STABS MAY j
PLAY IN CONTEST
Two stars on ‘Casey' Morris' Shel- j
by High football eleven have receiv
ed wires from Lexington asking if I
they would be willing to play with
an All-State high school eleven in
a football game with Oak Ridge on
New Years eve provided they are
picked on the mythical team. The
two players are Laymon Beam,
Shelby’s scoring ace, and Joe Sin
gleton, big tackle.
Some time back Lexington people
offered to entertain the team picked
by Byrd for All-State for a week’s
practice with the Lexington coach,
Murray Greason, for a game with
the prep school champs. It is esti
mated there that the assembly of
the 11-outstanding stars of the
state into a team would draw i big
crowd. The two local boys, it is sur
mised. have a good chance of being
gamed on the mythical outfit and
would likely play in the game, it is
thought. Coach Morris says he has
no objections to any of his noys
playing if they are picked on star
team.
Basketball Starts
At High “Tin Can”
The high school basketball season
formally got underway here Monday
afternoon when Coaches Morris and
Falls issued a call for candidates.
Among those out for the High quint
this year are Gold, Beam, Wall, Mc
Swain, Cline, Grigg, Bridges, W son,
Harris, Washburn, Suttle. Coble,
Morehead, Smith, Sparks and oth
ers.
In the list of candidates are only
two regular varsity players of last
year's quint—Gold, center, and
Beam, forward. Wall. Grigg. Bridges
and Coble, however, were on the
squad last year and will prove val
uable this year. McSwain and Cline
are both experienced court perform
ers and along with several of the
other new candidates will make a
strong bid for a berth on the varsity
quintet.
The first game of the season will
likely be played here on Friday,
December 9, wdth two games on the
following week, it is said. The girls
team will likely start the season
with a game in the “tin can’’ this
week.
Mr. Bill Pendleton of Chapel Hill
was a week end visitor.
Dying Negro Fell to Street Near
Star Office Last Night. Slayer
Afraid of the Dark.
As a result of a row last
night over the rent of the house
in which they both lived, Javan
Smith, negro youth, is awaiting
burial, and Walter Gordon, an
other negro boy, is in jail await
ing trial for fatally cutting
Smith.
The fatal scuffle originated in the
alley to the rear of Heavy’s cafe and
had a semi-climax on Marion street
near The Star office, where the dy
ing negro fell to the sidewalk and
bled profusely as a crowd gathered
around prior to rushing him to the
hospital in an ambulance. The negro
died about 20 minutes after being
taken to the hospital, three main
arteries in his neck having been
severed, it was said
Afraid of Dark.
Last night shortly after he was
informed that his victim was dead,
Gordon, the slayer, evinced all the
superstition of his race as he begged
Sheriff Logan not to turn out the
light in his cell. “Don’t turn out the
light. I believe I'll die too," the ter
rified negro pleaded between sobs.
Several officers were standing in
front of the city hall about 6:30
when the wounded negro dashed out
The Star alley and up to the officers
exclaiming “a boy cut me.” The
blood at the time was streaming
from the wound in his neck and the^
officers urged the youth to rush toj
a drugstore. As he started away
running he stumbled on the curb
Just in front of the Newton & New
ton law office arid fell to the side
walk. His life’s blood gushed from
the severed arteries and formed a
big pool about the body before the
ambulance arrived, a colored friend
holding up his head as the dying
negro was questioned as to who cut
nim. “Walter Gordon cut me", the
negro gasped as his lungs filled ,vith
blood, and officers immediately
started a search. A call to naul
Webb's drug store, where Gordon
worked, revealed tnat he tvas there,
and just as the ambulance arrived
to take Smith to the hospital, Gor
don walked up to Policeman Mc
Bride Poston and gave up. tendering
the pocketknife with which he in
flicted the fatal wounds.
Admitted Cuttingg.
“What did you cut him lor?" the
officer asked.
"He was beating me and I done
gone and cut him when he jumped
on me," the youth replied as he as
sumed that stoical attitude of the
negro race when in trouble. “He hit
me up there with a knife or some
thing and said he was gona git me,"
the boy continued as he pointed to
a bruise near his eye.
Information is that the two had
an argument at the bakery several
nights back about the house rent,
the dead negro having been employ
ed by the bakery. Shortly after six
o'clock yesterday evening they got
together again and exchanged words
or passed blows, and a few minutes
later “when he started to get on
me,again near Heavy’s I cut him."
according to the negro youth in jail.
Other information is that the dead
1 egro had stripped off his coat and
\vi.s going info the fray in the old
time fashion when his adversary
whipped out the pocket knife and
starred 'stabbing.
There were four stabs about the
negro’s body, it is said. One on the
right side of the neck, which was
the fatal one, the arteries in the
neck being cut. The other stabs
were through the ribs to the lung
and in the back and shoulder.
Gordon did not seem to be very
perturbed wnen he gave up to the
officers, apparently thinking that he
had not inflicted dangerous wounds.
But when he was told that Smith
was dead his demeanor changed and
he became terrified.
Trial on Soon,
A preliminary hearing will be
given Gordon right away, it is un
derstood. Police Chief A. L. Rich
ards stated this morning that he
would likely serve a warrant on Gor
don in jail today and arrange for a
preliminary just as soon as conven
ient. Likely there will be little to
the preliminary other than the bind
ing over of the young negro to Su
perior court. The slayer and the
dead negro were apparently about
the same age, around 25 years or less
and both were well known in Shelby,
having worked as delivery boys and
cooks with various firms.
Garbage, Swine
And $100,000
I Garbage and hog3 mean some
bins to Susie Yamamoto, 24,
iAmerican-born Japanese girl of
[San Bernardino. Calif. She takes
the garbage from a half dozen
[communities and feeds .thousands
of hogs on her ranch, i Sh* has
$100,000 in the bauk, expects to
market 40,000 hogs next year and
prefers business to matrimony.
Elte speaks Tryhsli, Japanese,
Fiend and , anish
t CRASH Qf AUTOS
Mrs. Laura Prince, of South Caro
lina, Has Hip Broken in Brushy
Creek Collision.
Reports from the Shelby hospital j
stated that Mrs. Laura Prince, of
South Carolina, who was injured in
an auto crash on Brushy Creek I
bridge Monday evening, was “about:
the same." Mrs. Prince, who was se- j
riously injured, has been in the local
hospital since the crash.
The injured woman, who was rid
ing with her son, J. M. Prince of
Hendersonville, is about 79 years of
age, it is said, and as her hip was
broken in the crash and she was
otherwise injured her condition is
regarded as somewhat serious.
According to reports here the
Prince car, occupied by the injured
woman, her son. two other women
and another man, was coming cast
along Highway 20 when a stream of
cars was met on the Brushy Creek
bridge, just a few miles west of ■
Shelby. Mr. Sam Morrison, of Shel
by, was driving in the opposite di
rection, towards Mooresboro, and
just behind his car was a car said
to oe driven by Mr. R. D. Hord, of
Boiling Springs. In some manner the
Hendersonville car and the Morrison
car collided and the Hord car, it is
said, struck the Morrison car from
the rear. The aged woman was hurl
ed from the car, it is said, and re
ceived the severe injury—the break
ing of her hip—in the fall.
Just how the cars collided and the
cause of the collision has not been
definitely ascertained, The Star is
told.
There were two cars in the Hen
dersonville party, but other than a
shake-up it is said no one else was
injured to any extent. At the hos
pital it is said that Mrs. Prince in
addition to having her right hip
broken was also cut about the eye
and bruised. Her son, J. M. Prince,
was also bruised about the chest and
legs, according to hospital officials.
The cause and incidents leading
to the wreck will likely be determin
ed when there is further change in
the condition of the injured woman,
it is thought.
—Cheese Champion—The local
yard has a joke. We hear of cake
eaters amongst movie /oik, but here
in our midst, according to the joke
on the “yard” is a champion cheese
eater. His name is "Bill” Spencer.
Bill, on a bet, it is said, ate a hunk
of cheese Wednesday morning, land
very early at that>, big enough to
sink a rowboat. Estimates' of thte
size of the morsel ranged all the
way from a pound to five pounds.
Arrangements were made to take
•Bill” to the hospital following the
gastronomic feat, but at this writing
he was still going strong. The taxi
drivers paid for the meal.
Mrs. Bessie Gray, accompanied by
her mother, Mrs. Emily Jones,and
“Shi” spent the week-end with
friends in Hickory.
Shelby Folks Will Send
Santa On Good Mission
Santa’s Stocking Already Filling Up For
Poor Children Of City. Contributions
To Star’s Charity Fund.
Santa's stocking for the unfortun
ate children of Shelby is starting to
fit! up. To date it has near $30 in. it
as a starter for a campaign that will
take the Christmas spirit into the
homes of the city's needy
Suppose you help fill the stock
ing?
This year Shelby’S Christmas
charity fund is being handled
through The Star and at the end of
the campaign the fund is to be
turned over to a committee headed
by the welfare officer for dislriou
tion among the unfortunates. J B
Smith, welfare officer, is now mak
ing a survey of the city. and by
Christmas week he will know just
where the Christmas fund is most
needed. Money contributed to the
fund will not be used for buying or
dinary gift trinkets, but will be
used to buy clothing and food for
children who have no one to provide
for them and for widows who are
not able to provide their own Christ
mas for their fatherless children.
Need Your Help.
Outwardly the coming Yuletide
should be one of the most Joyous
ever experienced in Shelby, but here
and there about the city there are
homes where disease and death has
stalked, where there is no provider
and little likelihood of a call from
St. Nicholas on Christmas eve.
Think how your children would feel
on Christmas morning were circum
stances such that* they would wake
up and find empty stockings?
Many a tousle-haired youngster,
who does not have sufficient cloth
ing to protect his little body, will
end his Christmas J?ve “Now I lay
me down to sleep" with a plea for
a toy to gladden his Christmas day.
Fate will likely rule that the prayer
will never be answered as to the toy,
but if Shelby's heart is where it
should be he will find a pair of
shoes and warm clothing by his bed
side Christmas morn.
It's not what someone else does,
but it's up to you if scores of such
tots draw a blank Christmas morn
ing, or have their lives gladdened a
bit when life seems darkest—and a
Christmas without a Santa is about
the darkest period in life for a
youngster. You were young yourself.
Why not fill The Star’s Santa
stocking to overflowing? Make vour
contribution today.
SANTA S STOCKING
Add your name to the next list.
Early givers to the fund are:
R. T. LeGrand —_ $10.00
Cleveland Star..--$10.00
Miss Myrtle Norman ..._$1.00
T. C. Hitchcock ..-S5.00
From a lady_- --—_..$1.00
Will Present Flag
To Jefferson School
State Officers of P. O. S. of A. May
Be Here For Event on Sunday
Afternoon, It is Said
The local order of the Patriotic
Sons of America will present a flag
and Bible to the Jefferson school, in
east Shelby, as a part of a program
to be held Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock, it is announced by the com
mittee in charge—G. C. Smith, J. D.
Belch and J. T. Robinson, %
The Bible will be presented by
Dr. Zeno Wall and accepted by Mrs
G. P. Hamrick, principal of the
school. Hon. C. R. Hoey will present
the flag and it will be received by
I. C. Griffin, head of the city schools
H. H. Koonts, of Lexington, state
president of the order, will likely be
present and make a talk, as will
Fred O. Sink, state secretary, ,vho
is also from Lexington, and State
Treasurer J. C. Kessler, of Salisbury.
All members of the local and nearby
orders are urged to attend.
Car Driver’s Trial
Is On Next Month
The hearing of J. A. Amos, of the
Ellenboro section, charged with be
ing the driver of the car which
struck D. C. Devinney, a Beth
Ware school boy. some weeks back,
will be held on Thursday, December
22, it is learned.
Amos has been freed under a $300
bond since the youth, whose leg was
broken, has returned to his home
from the hospital.
Miss Margaret Weaver has return
ed to her home in Shelby following
a delightful Thanksgiving holiday
visit to Hickory, where she was the
I guest of her sister, Mrs. J. Len Shu
Iford.
Sell Car Tags
5
Here Monday i
The new North Carolina au
tomobile license plates will not
go on sale at the Shelby
branch, in the Eskridge ga
rage. until Monday, It was an
nounced today. The general
opening of tag sales is supos
cd to start tomorrow, Decem
ber l, but the local branch will
wait until Monday. The new
lags begin with the first of the
year and run with the calen
dar year. Charles Eskridge jr.,
will again be in charge
GIBIEII TELLS
club oe imy
Says MussolUrf One or the Greatest
Fifures/tn European History
But Has a Fault.
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A comparison of the fundamentals
of ihe American government and
the Italian government was made by
O. Max Gardner before the Shelby 1
Rotary club yesterday in giving a
series of impressions received while
in Italy, of Benito Mussolini and his
transformation of that country. "
"In America one of our funda
mental boasts is that we as individ
uals enjoy the right to have an opin
ion and will fight for that privilege,
which does not necessarily mean
that we will fight for the right of
holding an opinion." Mr. Gardner de
clared. "In Italy the right of an
individual to hold an opinion is de
nied by Mussolini, and therein lies
Mussolini's weakness, if he has a
weakness, for this curb on the
| thoughts and opinions of a people
cannot help but prove detrimental
in the long run. I believe that in the
course of time a government such
as ours—and the Italian and Amer
ican governments are now outstand
ing and of two types—will reveal its
real superiority over that of Mus
solini."
Mr. Gardner during the course of
his talk sketched the very inter
esting history of the Italian dictator,
terming it one of the most unusual
careers known to the w-orld. That
Mussolini could not have staged such
a transformation in any country
other than Italy, Mr. Gardner ad
mitted. but the improssion that
Mussolini is just a fortunate pawn
of circumstances is erroneous in the
Shelby man's mind, for in the early
years of his foothold Mussolini re
vealed the master mind and skill for
organization that has since mark- t
ed his success.
The Rotary meeting held Tuesday
was for the purpose of making up
the postponed meeting of Thanks
giving week.
Mr. Lucas I o Speak
At Kiwanis Meeting
John Paul Lucas, vice president of
the Southern Public Uutilities com
pany in Charlotte and closely iden
j tified with the Duke Power Co., and
the Duke foundation, will be the
principal speaker at the Kiwanis
club meeting Thursday evening
at 7 o'clock at Cleveland Springs.
Mr. Lucas is a very engaging speak
er and thoroughly familiar with the
industrial and agricultral life of the
Piedmont Carolinas. He will speak
here on the “Piedmont Industrials
of the Carolinas.” Mr. Luces speaks
at noon Thursday before the'Hen
dersonville Kiwanis club and comes
to Shelby or the evening meeting
of the Shelby club.
The club members will vote on Dr.
J. S. Dorton and Dr. E. B. Lattimore
for president of the club for the en
suing year to succeed George Blan
ton whose year has expired. In
either case a doctor will be aead
of the club next year.
Mr. R. E. Litton left today for At
lanta, Ga.. to attend an automobile
show.
Messrs. Geo. Richburg and Daniel
Troutman leave by motor Monday
for Colorado where they will remain
for a year perhaps. Mr. Richburg
has been with his father in the A.
and P. store for the past three
years.
EM. SEMES
Early Merchant and Substantial Bu
siness Man Yields to Weight of
Seventy-seven Years.
Mr. Elzie Monroe Beam, one of
Shelby's pioneer citizens and most
E. M. Beam
substantial bu
s i n e s s ra.e n
quietly passed
v away last night
J at 11:10 at his
fj home on South
| La Fayette St.,
£ following a ce
i cllne in’ health
v over a period
r of two years
from which he
suffered with a
kidney ailment.
For the past
two days he had been in a stupor
and close friends and members of
the family knew the end-was near.
Mr. Beam will be buried Thursday
in Sunset cemetery, the funeral to
be held from the First Baptist
church of which he was a member,
his pastor, Dr. Zeno Wall officiating.
He was one of the oldest members of
Cleveland lodge No. 202 and will be
buried with Masonic hcnors. Mr.
Beam joined New Prospect Baptist
church early in life in the commun
ity where he was born, ih young
manhood he moved to Shelby and
joined the First Baptist church here.
Alderman ant} Builder.
For forty or more years, Mr. Beam
was in the mercantile business
handling different lines—groceries,
building supplies, hardware and for
a number of years was in the livery
business. In all of hjs dealings he
'was honest and upright. His Judg
ment was sound and he enjoyed the
confidence of all people for his word
was his bond. While he was quiet in
his manner, he was never slothful in
business but continued a fervent
Christian, serving the Lord in his
own quiet way. The public had such
confidence in his business judgment
that he was elected and served a
number of terms on the board of al
dermen and on the city school board
When the school buildings were be
ing erected, Mr. Beam served on the
building committee, having shown
marked ability as a builder.
Mr. Beam was one of Shelby's
wealthiest citizens owning an entire
city block of business property
known as the "Beam Block" as well
as other valuable holdings. He has
been conspicuous as a builder and
while conservative in his attitude
and opinions, was regarded as a
safe, sound business man with few
equals for his day.
Mr. Beam was 77 years of age. He
was married to Miss Minnine Lee
Sullivan who survives with the fol
lowing children: Enos and Zeb Beam
of the Princess and Lyric theatres,
Mrs. John Norman. Mrs. J. P. Meg
ginson of Shelby. Four children are
dead: Noah, Pearl, Marvin and
Mrs. Nora Harrison. Two sisters also
survive Mrs. E. M. Eskridge of Shel
by and Mrs. T. F. Cline of Lincoln
ton.
HUBBY ID WIFE
GET SENTENCES
Liquor Charges Send Man to Road
And Get Suspended Sentence
For His Wife
In recorder's court here yesterday
a jury found Caesar Fulbright, white
man of the Kings Mountain section,
and his wife guilty of liquor charges
preferred against them. As the re
sult of the conviction Fulbright was
given a six months road sentence by
Judge John P. Mull and his wife is
to pay the costs and has a suspend
ed jail sentence of three months
over her conditioned on good be
havior.
Fulbright was found guilty 6f re
ceiving and possessing liquor anti his
wife of aiding and abetting in the
receiving* and possessing. A raid
on the Fulbright home by Officer
Bob Kendrick resulted in the find
ing of 10 gallons, it was testified.
Gambling Case
A hearing of the gambling case
against 10 men Monday resulted in
a mistrial and yesterday the case
up before Judge Mull again ended
in a compromise, four of the 10 de
fendants paying the costs in the
case. The charges were preferred
after a raid on an alleged poker
game in the southern section of this
city.