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I VOL. XXXIV, No. 152 THE CLEVELAND STAR SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY. DEC. 20, 1927. Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Afternoons. By mall, per year fin advance).43^0 By carrier,per year (In advance) $3.00 Late News Storm Halts Rescue (By International News Service) Washington, D. C. Dec. 20.— .% driving gale drove heroic res cue fleet from the scene of the S-4 into the shelter of Provin reton harbor shortly before noon today, the Naval bureau was ad vised in a message from Adm'r al Frank P. Brumby, in com mand of the rescue fleet. A se vere northwest storm is sweep ing the Atlantic scabcard south of Mortland, Maine. Local merchants wete preparing today, securing extra clerks, etc., to handle one nt .the biggest shopping rushes in the town’s history from now on until the end of the week— Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. * Bombing Bridge Albcrmarle, Dec. 20—(INS)—Tests and observations by the U. S. Army air forces on the Swift Island bridge, near here, continued tortay after scoring only one hit out of 38 trials yesterday- The first group of planes nrr somewhat delayed- Only sand bombs were to be dropped today, ex plosives later- Better marks are be ing scored, however, at a late hour this morning the bridge hadn’t been Ut. Four thousand six hundred pounds of sand bombs will be drop ped today. (IN WITS ALL MAIL ROUTES IN Postmaster Says Some Progress Made in Painting and Lettering Boxes. Wants More “It will be recalled that the Cleve land County Service Council cl the Post Office Department at its last meeting in October resolved to use every effort at its command to se cure the early painting and letter ing of all mail boxes and posts in Cleveland county. Substantial pro gress has been made on several routes but much remains to be dene.' writes Postmaster J. H. Quinn. “The Postoffice department is making an active campaign throughout the United States to have ail posts and boxes repaired and relocated, where needed, and then painted white and names painted, but no county has reported all boxes in county painted. We earnestly appeal to every patron of a rural route in Cleveland county to Join hands with the carriers and postmasters in getting all repairs and relocating of pojts and boxes done, where needed, and then paint ed and lettered. It can be done with very little expense where the patrons of a route will cooperate. Nothing will attract more attention and make a more favorable im pression upon the traveling public than to see all mail boxes and posts in good condition and painted and lettered. The traveler is always in terested in knowing the name of each box holder along the road. “Mr. G. V. Hawkins, carrier on rural route No. 2, Shelby, recently issued a very interesting and import ant circular letter to all patrons on his route and has made a prop osition that should be accepted by every patron without a moments de lay cr hesitation. In substance it is as follows: For the sum of JO cents per box. he will guarantee to furnish best grade of paint and have all boxes and posts painted white and the names of owner, painted or stenciled in black on each side of the boxes, provided the pa trons will erect boxes at proper places, 46-inches above wheel-tread, pests to be of heart pine or hard wood. Evidently it will cost more than 20 cent per box to do this painting but Mr. Hawkins proposes to pay all excess, If any. In addi tion to this, he proposes to give three cash prizes for best arranged boxes on his route—$3.00, $2.00, and $1.00 Surely the fine progressive people on Route No. 2 will not hesitate a mo ment In accepting the proposition of their carrier." I understand the cthe.' rural tat.'iers from the Shelby office will toon make propositions along this line to their patrons. We are very anxious to see which of the eight toutes from the Shelby post office Jill be the first to announce all *»cs properly erected, painted and altered. Many patrons in Cleveland coun have their mail boxes attached to trees or telegraph or telephone This is strictly a violation of I ruling of the Postofice depart feni and should be corrected at ice. whether painted or not. In ihing boxes so erected, the car rier endangers his life and property |n case of stormy weather. Again, w slovenly haphazard way in which ■nail boxes are often grouped is a jeflcction upon the owners and upon w carrier. Nothing surpasses a ®eat properly erected bench for •^uping boxes. " In this connection, the attention :f tire patrons of Route No. 3, Shel is called to the proposition of •r J. L. Putnam to give six months nbseription to The Cleveland Star 0r the best arranged mail box on ®ute No. 3 and to the like prooosi *n made by the editor of The Star J tire patrons of all rural routes in ‘Ir eland county. It Is to be hoped lat nlany will compete for these fcards.’1 Final Survey Being Made For Christmas Charities Cash Nears *500 Mark. Fund May Help in Coining Winter Months. Total Contributions. Welfare Officer Smith is making a complete survey of all cases that have been reported, making a detail ed report on the conditions he finds to .obtain in each home, how many wage earners, how many children and the particular needs of each in dividual in that home. On this re port Mr. Smith is recommending just how much the Christmas char ity fund can help and the nature .of the things to be given. There was another meeting Sunday of Char ity committee and at the time. Prof. I. C. Griffin was appointed to assist Mr. Smith in passing upon the cases [ The distribution will be made ! through this week and next and if anything is left of the fund, it will | be used during the severe winter j montlis that are ahead. Churches Will Help Funds have been raised at eacii of the churches, but these contributions will not pass through the general committee, but be distributed by the churches. Members of their own con gregations will first be taken care i of, then if there is anything left particular cases will be selected and looked after. These cases that will be cared for by the churches will be reported to the general charity com mittee which will mark them from their list so there will be no dupli cation or overlapping. At Central Methodist church Sun ■ day the Men's Bible class raised j about $80. The Presbyterian church at its beautiful Christmas cantata j j Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock took a collection which amounted to ; | about $35. The Baptists are securing 1 ! a fund for individual cases. Additional Cash 1 Previous cash....$377.15 , ( Kiwanis (additional)_....$37.50 j Order of Red Men.$5.00 i Eleanor Hoey ..._ ...$1.00 : W. A. Crowder .... .$2.00 [Mrs. Josie Stockton..._50 i B. S. Greene .... .$1.00 D.; W. Hardin ...,.$1.00 Mrs. Walter Fanning.. ... -j.IZ.OO Hard cash .._..$2.00 Robert Hord ... ....... __$1.00 j Total cash .1. V..T'_ ... $430.15 ! ; Additional merchandise— Eagle Roller mill, 1 barrel flour. ! Quinn’s drug store $2.50 medicine. 1 J. C. McNeely, merchandise $20. Mrs. George Gold one box for spe cial case. TABLEAUX ON IT CENTRAL CHURCH An unusually interesting presenta tion of the Christmas story will be presented at the Central Methodist church here Wednesday night at 7 o’clock. The Christmas story will be presented in colorful tableaux form and 30 characters will participate in the presentation, coming from va rious departments of the church. In addition to the story there will be special Christmas music by a speci ally ranged choir. The public generally is extended a cordial invitation to attend. MOUNT GILEAD WOMAN KILLED IN EXPLOSION Mount Gilead. Dec. 19.—Mrs. O. C, Bruton 45, died here tonight as the result of burns sustained when a stove in her kitchen exploded while she was pouring kerosene upon the flames. Mrs. Bruton lived about nine hours after the explosion. She leaves her husband, seven children, two brothers and a sister. No funeral arrangements have been made. Problem is to make money first and then to make it last.—Wall Street Journal. A BIG HEART IN A CHILD This is a story that may make you think. Perhaps not. nevertheless it is a true story. i A little girl pushed up the latch to The Star office door yesterday afternoon and timidly stepped her way up to a desk In her arms, clutched tightly in the fingers reddened by the chill of a December dusk, she i held a little doll, of the colored race. “I wanta to dive this dollie to some li’le girl who hasn’t got any. I got more for my Christmas,” she stammered out. And after a question or so she opened the dor and started on her journey home. No, her father was not wait ing for her at the door, for she hasn't a father herself, but she has a mother and several brothers and sisters and she feels sure that they”U see that ; Santa comes to her house. Some several months ago her father died. Her name was Pauline Troutman—a mere little tot, and she is the daughter of Mrs. D. I L. Troutman. Not having a daddy of her own this Christmas she can understand, despite her tender years, about what it ! would mean not to have a moth er cither. And she gave her doll. As was said above the doll was one of those black dolls so popular last year. It should bring a twinkle into some little eye Christmas morning. The little girl who gave it meant for it to. The Christmas fund is open yet. If the fatherless girl could give her doll, don’t you think you could spare something? Gin Report Slightly Above 12 Millions _a. i Up to December 13 there hid been ginned 12,011,799 bales of cotton in the belt against 11, 743,809 up to the same date a year ago. according to the report of the census department of the bureau of agriculture issued this morning. This was about In line with what had been expected. While cotton advanced from 10 to 20 points, it had lost most of its gain around 11 o’clock. It is now generally conceded that the last estimate of the crop made by the government is about right. The total yield Will be to twelve million seven hundred to twelve million seven hundred thousand with many believing that the crop will not be above twelve and a half million bales. The ginnings in the county up to December 13th will not be learned until the last of this week. Couple A Day Gets Married So Far in Christmas Month Regis ter Has Issued One License Each Day A wedding a day as long as Santa stays away—that's the Decemtxj slogan of Andy F. Newton, Cleve land county register of deeds. Up until today Register Newton had issued license for the marriage of 19 couples during December and so far there have been 19 days in the month. Today is the 20th and ere dusk Register Newton hopes to main tain his record. “It will drop off after Christmas, bus business is good now,” he says. License was issued Saturday to six couples. Couples to whopi license has been issued recently are: J. W. Harbison and Bessie Clark"both of Cleveland county: Richard Walker and Verna Mae Tiddy, Cleveland county; John H. Belch, Robeson county, and Jen nie Alexander, Lincoln county: John nie Richard and Annie Lou Ivester, Cleveland county; Jessie Lee Mode and Madeline Weathers. Cleveland county; Dixon Buff and May Self, Cleveland county. Lindy’s Mother On Way To Young Flier Ready to Leave St. Louis for San Antonio on Flight to Spend Christmas With Son. (By International News Service) St. Louis, Dec. 20.—Mrs. Evange line Lindbergh was bn the flying field here ready to take off for San Antonio. Texas this morning, the next stop on her way to Mexico City wh^n it was learned that some part of the plane was out or order and the take off was postponed. Mechanics were immediately set to work to repair the weak spot and the plane was expected to take off at noon. Loses Leg in Blast Gastonia, Dec. 19.—An exploding flywheel from a small sawmill sev ered the left leg of Henry Messner, 58, as he was engaged in sawing wood at a house in a mill village here. Mr. Messner is in a local hos pital for treatment. A heavy fragment of the wheel clipped off the leg and hurled it 100 feet to the top of a coal pile. Anoth er fragment, weighing .29 pounds was thrown 300 yards against a wa ter tank, and a third piece went through the kitchen of a housd 100 yards away. ! Her Game, Too M'ith the basketball Reason un* der way, hundreds of girls’ col lege, club and professional teams are showing the boys they can play, too. This fine type of American girlhood is Hazel John son, captain and forward of the Hunter College team, New York <*ty. HOUSE Will SPEAK TO (HI ALUMNI AT III BANQUET Christmas Gathering Of County Alumni To Be Held at Cleve land Springs, December 23 The Cleveland cunty alumni and students of the University of North Carolina will gather for their an nual social meeting at Cleveland Springs hotel on Friday evening, December 23. Plans have been made by the Carolina men for the big gest meeting ever held, and ques tions which hate been discussed recently that are of great interest to them and to the welfare of the university are tending to bring them together in full force. Col. R. B. House has been secur ed as the chief speaker. Colonel House is the executive secretary of the university, and is looked to as the official spokesman c|f President Chase. He is an alumnus, and be fore taking up his work in the uni versity's administration was with the North Carolina historical com mission at Raleigh. His close rela tionship with the business and plans at Carolina should make him a valuable feature for the occasion. These scions of Ye Old Tar Heelia will renew the pledges taken arcund the shrine of Davies Poplar and sing with new gusto their sac led “Hark the Sound.” They will bring with them their wives and friends for the Christmas gala event. Following the banquet a dance will be given by the Carolina Buc caneer, a university orchestra, and those of dancing inclinations may join in for the rest of the even ing. # CONVERSE GIRLS OUTLAW PAINTED LIPS AND FACES Spartanburg.—Makers of lipsticks and compacts face a long hard win ter if they depend on Converse col lege girls for customers. These supposedly necessary ar ticles’ to feminie makeup have been banned by a unanimous vote at a student meeting. The action came about after Miss Mary W. Gee, dean of women, had told the meeting that the outlaw ing of rouge and lipstick would be the most appreciated Christmas present the girls could give her. She also suggested that Converse girls had set fashions in the past and that if such action were taken, oth er places might follow the examples. The motion to ban the articles was quickly made and passed. The girls’ action became known today when the ‘'parade" of local theaters and shops revealed only a—natural color lips and cheeks. mm id hoey CHANGE OFFICES AFTER 24 TEARS Oldest Law F’ Takes up New Quarters in the Hoey Building i Occupied By Rose Store. After twenty-four years in one lo cation, the law firm of Rybum & iloey moved yesterday from The Star building to the second story of i th“ old Masonic building owned by tn. .ioey but leased to and occupied by the Rose five, ten and twenty five cents store. Rybum and Hoey occupy four rooms on the second floor of tlie old Masonic building which was recently remodelled and improved with a heating plant in the building. ftybum and Hoey constitute the oldest law firm in Shelby and one of the most reputable firms in the state. When The Star building was I built by Mr. Hoey in 1904, The Clev eland Star was moved to the ground floor and the law firm occupied a pwt of the second floor. Mr. Hoey continued for about three years to edit the paper and practice law. His law practice demanded all of his at tention so the late Mr. H. T. Hudson j became editor, serving in that capac I ity for four years. Seventeen years I ago Lee B Weathers the present edi tor took up the helm and. has con tinued since. The removal of the law firm was occasioned by a need of more room at The Star. For the past two years, the editor. Mr. Drum the news edi tor, Mr. James advertising man ager and Miss Bertie Crowder the bookkeeper have been working in a small office 18 feet square. Rybum apd Hoey's former office in The Star building will be converted into advertising and editorial rooms, while the business office of The 6tar w0l be continued on the ground fl^or. JENKIHIS GUESSES s m Says 46,237 Bales Ginned to Decem ber 13. Predicts Total of 48, 253 Bales in County Capt. J. F. Jenkins, expert on esti mating cotton ginning, has a couple more estimates to make. The next county report, which will be issued this week and covers the ginning up to December 1, will show’ that-46.237 bales have been ginned in Cleveland county, he says. The county's total crop. to be made known in a report next March, will show about 48.253 bales binned, he adds. On the last county* report 44,756 bales had been ginned and between December 1 and December 13 Cap tain Jenkins thinks that 1,482 bales have been ginned lor his next report of 46,237 bales. He also makes a final crop esti mate for five counties as follows: ‘Below is my guess what the final total crop of these counties will be at the final ginners report, which I think comes out in March 1926. Cleveland county. .43.253 Gaston ... ... ..._.--—11,642 Lincoln ..... ....12,140 Rutherford...12.348 Catawba ..._..._-.6,026 “Of course if I guess within a him dred or two bales, X feel that I am doing well, since this year it is pretty hard to tell how much cotton is held back by farmers to gin, all about picked, but some farmers are holding some bales to be ginned, which no one can get a line on.” J. B. ROSS, VETERAN OF BLACKSBUR, DIES Blacksburg. Dec. 19.—J. B. Ross. Civil war veteran and pioneer set tler of Blacksburg, died here today at the age of 82 years. He leaves a widow and five chil dren. Funeral will be conducted from the Baptist church. He was the first sheriff of Chero kee county when it was formed 25 years ago. JUDGE BLAMES EVE AS HE PAYS TRAFFIC FINE Davis. Calif.—“I was talking with my wif and didn't see the sign" was the excuse of Justice of the Peace W. H Scott of Davis when he fined himself $2.50 for failing to stop at a boulevard here. “That's right, Adam, blame it on Eve!” came a voice from the first to violate the new stop ordi nances. “I’m going to make a strict example of myself," he said from the bench. It's entirely proper to give--our murderers plenty of rope, provided the rope is properly applied.—Ar kansas Gazette. Brutal Slayer Of Little Girl Seen Near Police Station In Los Angeles Lindbergh Flies to Mexico 'rK'”o«'SfoHttK S Itato CM, H. <• ■•>»>■'« »•»<■*«» >UJo- Uarvey Burwell, commandant. as Gasping Men In Sunken Submarine Losing Hope Last Faint Message From Corpse-Strewn Hulk Under Water Asks If There Is Any Hope (By Intenr.ition*l News Service.) Provinceton, Mass., Dec. 20.—Hope rode out toward the distant bomon-today astride lashing, gales as six men gasped for breath in the corpse-strewn darkness of the torpedo room of the sunken submarine S-4. At six o’clock tonight none of the six entombed seamen will be alive unless a near miracle occurs. This hour was set by Rear Admiral Phil lip Andrews, of the first naval dis trict. as the latest time that life might be sustained. Seventy-two hours will then have elapsed since the S-4 was rammed and sunk by Coast Guard Cutter Paulding. Clinging to Hope The last message from the tor pedo room was: “Is there any hope?” Hope Dwindles Washington, Dec. 20.—(By INS)— The navy’s fear that the men im prisoned in the htlk of the S-4 are doomed was further increased this morning by the receipt of advices from Rear Admiral Frank H. Brum by, who is on the scene, stating that weather and'sea are still too rough for resumption of diving operations. 235 Cotton Bales Made On 200 Acres ..Five Hundred and Seventy-Six Pounds Lint Per Acre—Far mers Need Protection Speaking of cotton yields, a num ber of which have been reported in recent issues of The Star, Mr. W. A. Crowder of Lattimore made a rec ord this year which is not to be sneezed at. Mr. Crowder is one of the county’s biggest cotton farmers and he has a son Forrest who is fol lowing in his footsteps. But Mr. Crowder himseir on 200 acred made 235 bales, and average of 575 pounds of lint cotton per acre. This splen did yield was accomplished with only nine mules, giving about 26 acres of cotton per mule. In ad dition to cotton, Mr. Crowder made more than enough corn to feed his stock and made other crops in ac cordance. Two Bales to Acre Coming Mr. Crowder is strongly of the op inion that the time is fast approach ing when the farmers will make two bales per acre by applying business methods. On these 200 acres he used 790 sacks of fertilizer at a cost of $1,975. But farmers need protection from the fertilizer factories, thinks Mr. Crowder. Not always do the far mers get the analysis they buy and pay for. Too often the analysis is short, and there is no reeourse ex cept to take the difference in price. In a big cooperative purchase re cently Mr. Crowder had the fer tilizer analized add found it shy 90 cents per ton on analysis. It takes time to get an analysis and oiten the fertilizer is in the ground, shy of the ingredients which the farmer thought he bought. Mercury I21 Tumble Here Monday Night , "Not so hot.” remarked the flap- , I per as she closed the door on her date as he started homeward last night, or maybe it was in the wee hours of the morning. fehe referred to the weather. Monday night and early Tuesday morning classed with the coldest of I the years. The mercury in Ebeltoft's thermometer tumbled to 22 late in the night and clung desperately around 21 and 22 above until the sun began to smile, climbing back to 30 by 9 o’clock today. It will be cold throughout the day with some let-up tomorrow, the weather man says. Pair weather is ! also predicted for Wednesday. INTERIMS LATTIM0RE AUTO —„ Dr. and Mrs. Lattimore Have Nar row Escape. Not Injured. Judge Falls in Crash Three Shelby citizens had rather narrow escapes in anto crashes Monday night. Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Lattimore, both only slightly injured, had the narrow est escape of all. While coming home from Charlotte last night the Latti more car was struck by a P. & N. in terurban train at the Belmont grade crossing, the smash taking place about 7 o'clock. The auto was con siderably damaged, but with the ex ception of bruises and being shaaen up Dr. and Mrs. Lattimore escaped without serious injury. Dr. Lattimore was at his office this morning and Mrs. Lattimore was said to be get ting along all right. Hit Falls' Car About 6:30 Monday evening just after Judge B. T. Falls, county rep resentative in legislature, had back ed out of the driveway from his home into West Warren street, a car coming east is said to have ploughed into the Falls' car. Both cars were considerably damaged, it was reported today, but the occu pants of neither car seemed to be injured. The other car, a Pontiac, driven by a man who gave his name as Jones, of Forest City, seemed to have received the most damage hurtling on down the the street aft er the crash. Jones and another man with him were apparently un injured, and Judge Falls, who \vas in the car alone coming uptown aft er his family, was not injured and was at his law office today. * BANK MESSENGER “The Fox” Bought Gas Under Very Nom of Police, h Chased By Service Employe (By International News Service) Los Angeles. Dec.* 20.—“The Fox," murderer of little Marian Parker, is still in Los Angeles where he committed his brutal crime. At 4:25 this morning the kidnaper-slayer was within 50 yards of the central police sta tion, police are pv-.'ie. This startling information was supplied by Jack Ward, tilling sta tion attendant, who sold “The Fox” gasoline and then pursued him a dozen blocks. Ward identified the man he vain ly sought to capture as William Ed ward Hickman, 10-year-old former bank messenger, whom police had earlier declared to be the murderer of the Parke* girl. i instructed him to in $20 bills and a1 there pWflfri ?r captor desired and to come and ;t her. Three times that afternoon the arker telephone rang but as Par ;r answered he spoke only to an jen wire. The caller had broke attendance officer, that Crime Reviewed Los Angeles, Dec. 18.—The horrible story of the kidnapping and brutal murder here of little Marian Parker is one of the blackest crimes ever related in America and has attract* ed nation-wide interest. Since the first note was deliver ed to the distracted father of the girl last Friday, he has defied and even taunted an army of police and detectives while restive citizens have contributed the laTge sum for his apprehension. Four officers have raked Los Angeles i nearby cities since tire tom to of the girl was picked up from street into whicfy "The Fox" tossed it. The net result of the huge operations has been the arrest more than half a hundred persons, but only four of these are being held. The kidnaper struck last Thurs day morning while Marian Majorie. twin sisters, were their way to school they a stranger watching them from a cope about a block from their home He attempted to speak to them. , Works Clever Trick During the noon hour a stranger appeared at the Junior High school and told Mrs. Mary Ward ” Holt, Marian's father had been hurt ah<J calling for her. It was a piece of trickery and Marian unwittingly released to a fiend took her to a horrible death. When Marian failed to return from school at the regular her twin sister told of the and the search was begun, ly afterwards, two from Pasadena and the other j Alhambra, nearby warned the father not to to interfere with the Plftns- ./ The next morning tfje father received a special letter whicl tain $1,500 further instruction Early in the j came a second hand- written appeal from U herself asking her father to i ker answered ne open wire. The caller the connection ‘ uodges Police Trap » The first telephone message came, from the kidnaper at 8 o'clock that night. Another, 30 minutes later, instructed the father to proceed by automobile to a designated spot with the $1,500. This he did, but the police in their zeal to catch the kidnaper, sent detectives to surround the scene and the wily , one side-stepped the trap. He failed to appear. A night and a morning of agony for the Parker family elapsed be fore further word came. Then early Saturday afternoon came another letter. It contained another ap peal in the girl's handwriting and two notes from (he kidnaper voic ing his anger at the father for per mitting the police to set the trap. They threatened death to the girl if his instructions were not fol lowed. The kidnaper's notes show ed he had an accurate check on the police operations. The distracted father finally ask ed the • police to withdraw. That evening he was instructed to drive to a spot not far from his home for a final rendezvous. , Parker followed instructions end was met by a masked man in a small automobile. Beside the l*id naper was little Marion. The fath er asked for a glimpse of the girl. With a terse "She’s asleep,” the tContinued on page six.)
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