16 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXV, No. 152. THE CLEVELAND STAR SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, DEC. 21, 1928. Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Afternoons By mail, per year $3 00 LATE NEWS The Market. Cotton _ _ 19c Cotton Seed, bu. ......._'BT’aC Warmer .Saturday. Today’s North Carolina Weather! Report: Fair and slightly, eolder j tonight on the roast. Saturday fair . with slowly rising temperature. Business Kush. Shelby merchants are making preparations to handle tomorrow, Saturday, one of the largest shop ping crowds in the business his tory of the town. Shoppers have been swarming the streets all the week but due to inclement weather and the "flu” merchants believe a great portion of the shipping has been delayed, and anticipate, there fore, record days Saturday and Monday. Slayer Of Daughter Still . llssing ! Since Cutting Tuesday Night. . j Martha Megginson, colored wo man, whose throat wasjyjt Tuesday night and whose 65-year-old lather, Henry McLollie, was accused of the cutting, died this morning about 8:30 o’clock in the Shelby hospi tal. The woman was brought to the hospital here Wednesday morning, having remained without medical care all night although she bled profusely. The cutting took place at the home of the woman’s brother on the farm of Jim Catnp. The ne gress, it is said, left the home of her lather in Gaffney, because he abused her and was said to have attempted intimacies with her, and came to her brother's home on the Camp place. Later, it is said, her father followed her to his son's home. Tuesday night the son, it far understood, was away and the father went to the daughter's room and after some trouble slashed her throat. Officers seemed a warrant and started a search for McLellie Wed nesday but today he was still miss inr Court Idle, Booze Being Hoarded For Yuletide Egg-Nog Judge Mull, However. Describes It As The Calm Before A Storm. Judge John Mull picked up the docket book "of the county recorder's court this morning, looked it over, slammed it shut and did not go to the court house. No cases were docketed. Which is quite an oddity ior Shelby—a day to go by and no court, and it amid the holiday sea son, too. Judge Mull's explanation of the fact that lio cases were booked, when usually there are several eases each day the year ,hr»ugh, was: "It's just one of those calm spells before a storm, Just watch out for next week and the follow ing week, we ll be having court then all day long.' His observation is that the drunks tall off in number just before a holiday season and then make up for it on the holiday itself. Mean time court observers opine that what booze there is on hand is be ing saved up for the Christmas egg-nogs and gin-rickeys. Youn^ Matron Is Dead* In Hospital — Mrs. Rose L. Johnson who died in the Shelby hospital Wednesday night a t the age of 20 years, is being taken today to Coco. Florida, for interment Sunday. Mrs. John son leaves her husband and a baby about ten weeks old. They came to Shelby a short time ago. Mr Johnson being engaged ir the con struction of the Hotel Charles building, owned by the Blanton es tate. CHEER YOUR CARRIER WITH A LITTLE Til* If you are served The Star by a carrier boy in Shelby, give him a small coin for Christmas. He is a lad, holding his first job. No Star Out On Next Wednesday There will be no issue of The Cleveland Star on Wed nesday, December 26. Fol lowing a custom of omitting one. issue in order that em ployes who get out the paocr may have a short holiday vacation the paper issued Monday will be the last one until Friday’s Issue. “PEOPLE IIW IT, LET THEM SHOOT", MR DEWS Mayor Dorsey In Statement About Fireworks, law Stays On Books. seem to think that the law seem to thin k that the law against, the shooting of fire crackers in public places in Shelby should not be enforced, and since they feel that way I suppose it will be that way this year,” Mayor W. X. Dorsey told The Star yesterday when asked to what measure the fireworks ordinance would be enforced In the city this year, ' What are we going to do about the firecracker shooting uptown this year,” he was asked. "That's the very question I ask ed the board of aldermen recently," the mayor answered. Talked With Aldermen. "XJieir reply,” he continued, "was that the people seemed to desire that the boys be permitted to shoot their firecrackers uptown," At that point the mayor stated that he told the board that he be lieved if the law was not to be en forced it should be taken from the books. After talking it over, how ever, it Was decided that the fire cracker ban should remain on the books so that if cit izens became tired of the promiscuous shooting oi fireworks and asked that it, be stopped the law would still be there so that the officers could enforce it.'- ^ . I “Six officers would have a mighty hard time keeping 3,000 people from shooting firecrackers, and it seem ed as if there were about that many who wanted to shoot them in Shel by last year." he added, "Of course.' Mr. Dorsey declar ed.” if citizens are worried arid troubled too much by the fireworks and there is danger or property damage and they ask that it will be; stopped the city officers are ready to take up the task." He pointed opt tl^Jher&jj,M not only danger of physical injury when iirecrackcrs are tossed among people walking the streets, but also danger of damage to property from fire. Twelve Deaths In Five Days In This Section Of County Mere Sickness A inf Deaths Now Than Any Time Since Ten Years Ago. Judging by the death records and reports of physicians there is far more sickness and more deaths Oc curing now over Cleveland county, at any time since the Influenza epidemic during the World war period back in 1918. A checld over the files of The Star for t wo issues this week shows that twelve deaths were reported in a five-day period in and about Shel by, On Saturday there were four deaths, Sunday one, Monday three, and one up until press time Wed nesday. Influenza Worse. No large percentage of the deaths this week and last, however, was due to the influenza epidemic, al though physicians say that the cases seem to be getting more severe. Rainy, cold weather during the week lias added to the influenza toll, but the major danger of the epidemic now is that, due to the holiday season many people who have partly recovered from the “flu” Will gel out, expose themselves and have a relapse. This relapse from influenza, is very dangerous phy sicians say and they m-ge those who have been sick to take good care of themselves for at least two weeks. Legion Members To Have Holiday Feed Officials of the Warren Hoyle American Legion post here an nounce that the members of the post will stage a Christmas barbe cue supper m the Company K armory on Friday night. Decem ber 28, beginning at 6:30. W. S. Beam, vice-commander of the post will have charge of the pro gram. Should Get Pension Checks Right Away, A. M. Hamrick, superior court Clerk here. warns veterans and widows that they should call for their semi-annual Confederate pension checks as early a- possible The warning is issued due to th" fact that the checks will not fcr payable at Raleigh after 60 days. Cementing Friendship in Ecuador Friendly, affectionate even, was reception of crowds in Guayaquil, Ecuador, as President elect Hoover (arrow) passedJ^etwecn cheering lines on his way to the presidential palace. The photo below shows Mr Hoover’s car almost in front of the Anir ican legation Inset,’1 to r., President-elect Hoover, President Isidro Ayora, of Ecuador, and Mrs. Hoover. !**»• f 1 $10,000 In Savings 11 For Holidays Here The three Shelby banks week and last turned loose approximately $10,000 i n Christmas saving eheeks to ; local people for their holiday | shopping, it is announced. The majority of the sum was saved through the Christmas saving clubs. 6HJWERS IN LUST WEEK HERE 1W Local Store Of Chain Will Close Doors Here Monday Night, Announced. Gilmers, Inc., announces the closing of the department .store Monday night.- With the close of ( the Christmas shopping season comes the close of this well known store, which has been a fixture in Shelby for many years. When the corporation announced the withdrawal ffbm the Shelby field, a definite drive was made to induce them to change the plan. And for a time it appeared the ap peal would be successful. But later, a definite and final announcement was made that they would remove to another field. The store has been a prominent factor in local business for a de cade. A number of popular figures have been identified with the bus iness, ' it is understood that both the present manager, Mr. Gabriel, and the advertising manager, A. H Galloway, will remain with the j corporation.. And it is said that several other of the employees-will have places in the new storg, when it shall have been established, it they do desire. The business interests of Shelby, with whom will be included The Star, and the public generally, will! regret to learn of the final decision i to close the store. Meantime, names are already being mentioned of es tablishments that will occupy the; Gilmer quarters. One of the stores, has been definitely leifted by aj chain store, and another is believ-1 ed to be a. candidate for the La Pay- j ette street side. Cutting Not At Jim’s House, He Announces Jim Camp, respected colored man of lower Cleveland, announces that, the cutting scrape Tuesday night in which Martha Megginson, col orde, was slashed about the throat by her father was not at his house. The Megginson woman and her father were in a house on Jim’s! place, but not in his home as was announced in the paper. “I don’t have any such scandalous doing at my house,” Jim declared in mak ing the announcement, Mailing List To Be Revised. ----- i The Star’s mailing list will be re vised jus* after the hohdays. If you , haven’t -anewed. do so at one-. The j labal on your paper shows expira [ tion date. Hoover On Southern Tour Serves As Advance Agent For America i By Rodney Dutcher, NEA Service Writer.) En route with Hoover in Latin America.—Herbert Hoover has been making his way through the Span ish-speaking Americas as the high j priest of his nation's new policy of economic approchment in this hemisphere. Chosen to guide the United States through its next four years of in dustrial and business expansion, he has sought first to sow the seeds of permanent friendship in that field which offers the nearest opportun ity for American manufactures and American capital. He has functioned as* an advance agent, a contact man or as a vis iting overseer of our vast invest- i merit and trade interest below the Rio Grande—whichever one cares to call it. A Go-Between. Not the least part of his task is that of fixer. He has undertaken to how these countries that the. United States harbors no wicked1 designs against them, and his at tempts were well timed. Our pre Morrow policy toward Mexico and Nicaragua advanced our interests in this hemisphere in no respect whatever. Hoover appears to have realized that, and Coolidge as well. So that, in referring to Hoover as the high priest of our new eco nomic policy, one does not picture Hoover as traveling with a con cealed cln*) He is not dissatisfied with the political or military situa-, tion in Latin Amen'"’, But he is profoundly concerned with Amer ica's future prosperity and expan sion. la the recent campaign he avowedly assumed that burden. Trade, he made clear in a pre liminary informal conference with correspondents, was not based on sentiment. In his opinion, the three essential factors; for happy com mercial relations between nations are Contact. Understanding. Esteem. Insofar as he is able, Hoover is acting en tour with these factors in mind. Freer intercourse be tween the leaders and peoples ot western nations, better communica tions between nations and wider interchange of news, views and culture, ant. reassurance a:, to the amicable motives of all concerned are Some ol the ways in which they will be more completely attained. What Industry Faces. The future is inscrutable, but it is as certain as anything can be that the 20 Latin-Amencan repub lics are bound to play an increas ingly important part in our domes tic industrial welfare. The department of commerce, under Hoover, has repeatedly warned that American industry faced the stiffest competition it ever had from Europe; that desperate efforts would be made to retrieve economic domination. Internation al cartels, sometimes financed by European governments, have been organized to fight us on all fronts —South America, the Far East, Europe and even in our home mar ket. Germany, in some Spanish-speak ing countries, already nas regained all the trade she lost during the, war . Britain is a hot competitor. The fight is distinctly on. Meanwhile, it is highly signifi cant that Europe is becoming more and more industrially self-sufficient again. The United Kingdom, our big gest export market, bought $133, 000,000 less from us—or 14 per cent—in the fiscal year 1926-27 than in the year previous. French and Italian imports from the United States showed cuts *ot 13 and 16 per cent respectively. Germany bought $117,000,000—32 per cent—more from us in 1926-27, but that was a fortuitous circum stance. Europe has always taken a larger share of American exports than any other continent, but, that share has been less than 50 per cent for the last two or three years. European imports from America have dropped from 72 per cent of our total exports at the be ginning of the century to 47 per cent in 1C27, Our imports from Europe have decreased similarly from 50 per cent to 30 per cent. Meanwhile. South America receives less than 10 per cent, of our exports and pro vides 12 per cent of our imports, 1927, showed that we provided 39 per cent of the imports of the 20 Latin-American republics, com pared with 31 per cent for Britain. Germany and France combined. Our total commerce with Latin America amounts to about $2,000, 000.000 a year. Our investments in Latin Amer ica are estimated at something Short of $5,000,000,000. It should not be supposed that Hcover's h&pe is to drive other na tions out of Latin-American mar kets or that it is to our interest to do so. Hoover realizes that it is important to us tha> Europe al so be prosperous; otherwise we will suffer as her buying power de creased. Nevertheless, it. is a mat ter of great moment that we main tain our commercial position in this hemisphere and that we build up the contact, understanding and esteem which Hoover considers so important. Two Injured In Car Crash Improved Now “Doc" Weascn and Cfalvin Adams, severely injured Monday night when their car was struck on high way 20 by an auto said to have been driven by Alan Simpson of Wax haw, were much improved today and were able to leave the hospital. Reports from the hospital also stated that “Dutch” Whisnant, for mer baseball star, whose leg was amputated due to a bullet wound, is improving slowly. Mrs. Dunn Gets Four Months In Jail Here Mrs. Elizabeth Dunn, the gray haired white woman in whose bed a quantity of whiskey Was found last week by city ptficeis, this week received a four months jail sen tence in county court. It was the second time she had appeared in court on a whiskey charge. JOROOItlEilET my sin to t New Year Brings Business Changes. Buick Agency To Be Moved January 1st. The approaching new year brings the usual changes in business own ership and location and the first to be announced is the purchase by the Crawford Chevrolet company of the Jordan Chevrolet company. Mr. J. R. Crawford of Kings Moun tain has taken the position held by Mr. W. E. Jordan for three years in the agency for this popular pric ed car. made by General Motors Corporation. Buick Agency To Move. Mr. Crawford took charge this week and retains the same per sonnel that worked for Mr. Jordon including Tom Osborne, and Lem Elmore, salesmen, Frank Kendall, parts department head. Summey Garver and Dewey Jones, mechan ics. On January 1st, the Chevro let agency will vacate the Gardner building and will move simultan ousiy with the Chevrolet. Mr. Jordan came to Shelby three years ago and has become one of Shelby's best citizens. He iden tified himself with the civic and religious life of the community and it, is hoped by his many friends that the sale of his business does not mean that he will leave Shelby. He was not ready to announce any plans as to his future yesterday. New Building Soon. Mr. Crawford has associated with him Mr. Ernest Burwell, Buiok deal er at present at Spartanburg, ■ Mr. Burwell will remain with the agency Jhere, while Mr. Crawford wall be in charge of their interests here. They have been associatecr*together for 12 years in the automobile busi ness, first as Ford dealers, then as Chevrolet and Buck dealers. Both are therefore experienced men in high standing with the General Motors company. Mr: Crawford will bring Ids wife to Shelby shortly. They have heen living at Kings Mountain where he was Chevrolet dealer, but he sold that agency before closing the deal here. Their location in the Lackey building after the first5 of the year expects to be only temporary. They are planning to erect a new build ing that will be modern in every particular and just suited for the use to which they will place it. This building will be announced later when plans are completed. New Six Car Next Week. Tlie transfer in agency comes at an important period in Chevrolet history for the new six in the price range has been announced and Mr. Crawford says a display car will be shown for the first time on Satur day Dec. 29th. The new six Chevro let is said to be the greatest value General Motors has ever put out : and an important step in motor | manufacture, since the four cylin der is no longer put out. Captain Mattison Arrived In Shelby Today For Holidays Brcther-irdaw- Of >lrs. L. Host engaged In Making Survey Of Florida Coast. Capt, G. C. Mattison. brother of Mrs. L. C. Bost who arrives ill Shelby today, accompanied by his wife, lias been engaged for a num ber of years as master of the United States Survey Vatch Ly dnnia, which arrived in the port at I Jacksonville a. few days ago. Capt! Mattison is completing his survey charts of the Florida coast; for the government m an attempt to db j tain a true shore line, ; Much of this work has been com pleted but there is much data yet to be obtained so that the ma riners may know the exact depth of the water to a point at least thirty miles off shore, it is declared In an effort to complete this work the government has sent three sur vey boats to the Florida territory this year, one the Ranger, will work out of Miami and New Smy rna while the Natama. a new ves sel for the Florida coast will do in-shoal work off Cape Canaveral The latter vessel is of lig'-t draft and will be able to work much closer in-shore than the other two, the Ranger and* the Lydonia which will do the general off-share work. The recent, hurricanes which swept the Florida coast have chang ed the general coast line to some extent says Capt. Mattison, \ Birth. Born to Mr, and Mrs. Boyd Pi'or't, cf Gaffney. S. C . Thursday, December 20, a fine son. Santa Will Visit Homes Of Shelby’s Poor—Star Fund Is Now Near $600, More Coming Sells Agency W E. Jordan, popular auto deal er here, has sold his agency to a Kings Mountain purchaser. Mr. Jordan's plans for the future have not been definitely announced. Many Had Already Closed Due To "Flu" Epidemic. Open On December 31. All rural schools in Cleveland county, which have not already closed, will close today for the Christmas holidays.. The schools will open again on December 31, It is announced by J. H. Gri^g. county superintendent. Schools closing early in the week | or last week included Piedmont, Waco. Grover, Bethware and Boil ing Springs. A number of the smaller schools closed last week due to the epidemic but opened again Monday of this week. In the session of county court held yesterday at Kings Mountain . by Judge John P. Mull, Leonidas Hoover was sentenced to six months on the gang and James Rook was given two months upon a cotton stealing charge. Both are colored men. 'The cotton was stolen from J. B. Patterson, Hunter Ware, and a Mr. Arrowood. Gaffney Negro Loses Hand By Firecracker Gaffney.--The urge to "see what f would happen” cost a 10-year-old | Gaffney negro his left hand last, | Friday when he applied a lighted match to an unexploded piece of fireworks found on the Cherokee county fair grounds. The firecracker, or whatever it was exploded with such violence that Wallace Jordan’s hand was badly mangled. He was taken to the City hospital where - surgeons found amputation necessary. The. boy is a son of Julia Jor dan, who lives near the fair grounds. It is supposed the explosive was a part or the fireworks used at the county fair in October, although this was not. known definitely. !V!rs. Hamrick Shows Some Improvement Mrs. Hudson Hamrick who lives at Salem church on the Shelby* Kings Mountain road is a little better this morning with pneu monia, it is learned from her broth er. Squire Sylvan us Gardner of Shelby Her husband who died of paralysis at the age of 48 years, following an attack of influenza, was buried Thursday in a down pour of rain at Salem Methodist church where he was a member. MY. Hamrick was 48 years of age and one of the leading men in his community. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. R. L. Forbis and Rev. G. P. Abernathy. Mrs. Glenn Moore Clotworthy and cousin of Atlanta, and Mr. and Mrs Martin G. Williams, of Jack sonville, Florida, will arrive in Shelby tomorrow to spend Christ mas with Mr. and Mrs. 1 W. Ham rick Mrs Wi’hamis will be remem bered in Shelby as Miss Marguer ite Hale. Over SlOfl Contributed To Commun ity Mime Wednesday. Com mittee Meet*. Old Kris Kringle, the merry, kind-hearted old fellow who will shoulder his pack and make calls at the more humble homes of Shel by Monday evening, is this after noon arranging his pack for the rounds. Which is to say that the executive committee handling The Star’s community Christmas fund for the more unfortunates is meet ing this afternoon to decide Just how the money and merchandise will be distributed among the many needy rases In the town. ’ '.of The committee is composed of J B Smith, welfare officer; Mrs Fred Morgan, and Rush Hamrick; This afternon members of thf committee will investigate the ac tual needs in each poverty-strick en. unfortunate home and the fund will be properly divided among them in shoes, clothing, groceries, coal, wood, medicine and other nec essities of life. Response Is Good. The response to the fund thta year ha-s been unusual considering that the appeal was sent out late due to the influenza epidemic. tfjrr until Wednesday noon $478.50 had been contributed. In merchandise and money. In the two day period since $115 has been added, making a total of $593.50 until noon today. Among the late givers were num erous people and one Sunday school from the rural sections who did their bit in alleviating the Yuletide sufferings of the county’s largest center of population. Just what the $600-fund will mean to those who wlH benefit will perhaps never be fully known by those who gave. One little fel low, aged seven years, just hoped that he would get a pair of shoes ir nothing else. He didn’t even ask for a rifle, or toys—he hasn’t been accustomed to such. But in addi tion to the shoes he will get stock ings and a coat, and what’s mgre his mother will be given groceries and coal so that he afld his broth ers and sisters may eat and be warm Christmas day although they will not have toys and trinkets as will other children. Medicine badly needed in one home will be pur chased: an overworked mother will get a little present for herself; a sick father who wondered, as sor row haunted his eyes, would play Santa to his tots will be enabled to look from his bed and smile as the charity fund's Santa comes jogging hy Monday evening.. Here', there, and a’! over town • the fund will .-.oread its bit of cheer