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I*' 1 111 !•* 10 PAGES TODAY JAN. 16, 1929. Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Afternoons By mail, seyyeae-Oiv adv—e)f3.5fl f’arrlcr, per yrer <ln advance) tt.00 — LATE NEWS The Markets. Cotton, Shelby_......_ 18*»c Cotton Seed, per bo..67'ae _ Rain Foreeast. Today's North Carolina Weather Report: Rain tonight and Thurs day. Not much change in tempera ture. Tells Murder Story. Greensboro, Jan. 15.—Clarence Roberson, 18, recently discharged from the army, sticks by his story that he aided Gordon Northcott in hilling four children on the prison farm of Northcott at Riverside, Calif., although police and welfare authorities scout the story. Rober son is so detailed in his story that the police will hold him until in structed otherwise by California authorities. It has been found that Roberson, several months after en listment here, was removed from a ship carrying troops to Hawaii and was placed In a hospital at San Francisco on September 3. Here he rrmalned until December 20, under treatment for mental excitement. He was then retume dhome. Gardner Thinks Highway Office Berth Accepts Page Resignation And In dicates Important Highway Program Raleigh, Jan. 15.—Governor Max Gardners acceptance today of Frank Page's resignation as chair man of the state highway commis sion. emphasizes the dif .rences, in policy, between the governor and the highway commission no less than it publishes his excellency's freedom from financial entangle ments. Mr. Gardner does not agree with the commission that the state high way work has been so nearly com pleted that a whole time chairman may be abolished. Manifestly his excellency is going ahead with a new road program which he -means to make as important as that which Mr. Page has directed for eight or more years. Who is to be Mr. Gard ner’s Prank Page, the governor does not hint. It is doubtful wheth er he has had.time to think about the succession. Rut whoever he is. Governor Gardner means to invest him with a real Job and expects of him a road contribution as far reaching as that begun by Bickett when Jie named Mr. Page an<f stim ulated still more by Governor Mor rison.._ . , . Reading-between the lines of the Gardner letter to page and reflect ing upon the recent inaugural ad dress, it is patent that Governor Gardner is going to undertake a radical savings in road construction throughout the counties, coupled with a great reduction in county taxes. How blessed the populace will rise up and call him should he work such ft miracle nobody can now imagine. But Gardner is go ing to take the state machinery, the state mind and the state's state of mind, put them to- work on coun ty roads. With a great body train ed for this work, there may be in time a reduction of the 2,000 road commissioners to something like 10 in the state But Mr. Oardner has not said this of himself. Joint Meeting Friday. The highway commission is to meet in Joint session with the house and senate Friday of this week but his excellency accepted the Page resignation without strings. The commission undoubtedly wished that Chairman Page retain tils pos ition as par£ time director of the state highway commission. Mr. Gardner does not think it can be done and says so in a remarkably fine letter to Mr. Page accepting the resignation. “I truly wish that j you were in a position to remain as highway commission, continuing to give your full time to the big work which, in my Judgment, demands the whole time and undivided thought oi the highway commis sioner if the road policy of the fu ture is to be worthy of our progres sive state," Mr. Gardner says. The Other Angle. The other angle is purely politt- ] cal. All that anybody ever has sus pected of Gardner is that he has been suspected of Gardner is that he has been uncommonly close to the Wachovia and the Reynolds in terests in Winston-Salem. There never has been any bottom to the feeling about him. The fact that he has become a moderately rich young man, coupled with the further fact that he is a great friend of James A. and Bowman Gray, Clay Williams, Will Reynolds, Hugh Chatham, Bob, Jim, John and every member of that remarkable, Hanes family, has made many a well wisher of Gardner believe that much of his substance was made through fortunate ‘tips" , from these interests. People who know Gardner understand that Shelby and Cleveland county folks have done his backing and they only. Consequently, when Frank Page went to the Wachovia ai.d became a vice president of that wonderful financial institution, the supposed eubtale relationship between Gard (Continued on page six.) TWO HUNDRED AT SCOOT MEET HERE; REELECT ATKINS Leading Citizens Interested In Boy Scouts, Belwood Troop Leads. J. W. Atkins, publisher of the Gastonia Gazette was re-elected president of the Piedmont Council Boy Scouts of America at the an nual meeting held last night at Cleveland Springs hotel when over 200 prominent men interested in the welfare of boys were present from the five counties of Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Rutherford and Polk, which compose the council. Dr. Meyer Speaks. With over a thousand Boy Scouts in the council, the report on pro gress of the work were mast grati fying and the interest of the men were outstanding, for it was the largest council meeting held since boy scouting was started in this section with R. M. Slilele as scout executive. The principal address of the evening was made by Dr. Harold D. Meyer, associate professor of sociol ogy at the University of North Car olina. He gave six keys of boys leadership—attitude, background, I knowledge, facility, faith s^and re lease, handling his subject, in a masterful manner and leaving thoughts that will stimulate men to a deeper concern for boy life in the community. 24 Towns Represented. Mr. Atkins is the former president of the council and during his lead* ership the work has grown mar velously with over 1,000 active scouts in training today. Representatives were here from Morganton, States ville and Hickory, outside the council territory, but affiliating for the present. Mr. Atkins presided with grace and ease and found that 24 towns were represented. Dr. Zeno Wall delivered the Invocation after which reports were received from President Atkins, treasurer J. W. Cu}p, executive R. M. Shiele and commissioner G» R. Gillespie. The following vice presidents also made their reports: F. C. Ktnzie from Rutherford; F. P. Bacon from Polk; Harry Page from Lincoln; J. H. Grigg from Cleveland, and A. C. Lineberger, jr.. from Gaston. Secure High School Credit. The meeting was i i cvlew of the year 1923 with on oi tJine of oojec tlves for 1939 Throughout the meeting th *re was expressed a lack of leadership by men. A number of troops had gone on the passive list because men In somo legalities were not available as scou.masters. The boys, however, are keen for the training that is offered and B. L. Smith, making the report of school relations found most of the school superintendents in the council ready to give students credit on their high school work for scout activity. Department Reports. A. C. Jones made the report on the department of awards, J. Mack Holland tor the publicity commit tee, Judge Capps for civic service committee. R. M. Shiele on leader ship training. Rev. H. C. Keller meyer on church relations, R. T. LeGrand on troop organization, R. M. Shiele for reading committee, Fred E. Swann on camping, Fred L. Smyre on finance. R. M. Shiele on health and safety, B. L. Smith on school relations, R. M. Shiele on lone and rural scouting, Chas. T. Stowe on scoutmasters. Cleveland’s Activity. Cleveland county’s report showed up well. The largest troop in the council is at Belwood, a rural com munity with over 40 members. An effort,will be made to organize at Fallston and Waoo soon and revive troops at Lawndale and Grover which are without leaders. The as sessment for Cleveland tills year is the same as last year, $1,300. Gaston county leads in scout support, contributing over $6,000 of the $10,000 necessary for the bud get. The civic clubs and individuals in Gastonia have been very liberal to the council camp at Tryon. Gas tonia has 24 troops and is the cen ter of scout activity. Officers Elected, f In addition to J. W. Wibs as president. C. W. Gunter was elect ed treasurer, Geo. R. Gillespie com missioner, Clarence Griffin, vice president for Rutherford; F. P. Bacon vice president for Polk; Har ry Page vice president for Lincoln; Lee B. Weathers vice president for Cleveland and D. P. Stowe, vice president for Gaston. Messrs. Worth Branton and Steve Woodson >eU today at noon for New York City where they will be gone for about 'cn days. ‘Pun’ Staying JPEPUTY WHITEli Photo shows George Harsh, university student and son of a wealthy Milwaukee family, as he appeared in the Fulton Coun ty County Court House Tuesday, when ho went on trial for his life in the murder of Willard Smith, storeman. Harsh and It C CnHojcly, also a university student avid son of a wealthy Atlantan, are charged with two slayings, committed <Iuring Atlanta holdups test year.—Photo by International Newsreel. Thompson Adding To His Plant Here Z. J. Thompson Adding Fifty Fer Cent To Lumber Plant And Casket Factory. Additions that will Increase the capacity of the Z. J. Thompson lumber plant and casket factory are being made on N. Washington street. Mr. Thompson is building an addition of from fifty to seventy five feet long by seventy feet wide. This will double the capacity of the casket factory and add fifty per cent to the capacity of the lumber plant. . On the Seaboard railroad siding there is also being erected a ware house 40x60 feet. The enlarged warehouse space will enable Mr. Thompson to buy metal caskets and grave vaults in car lots and also permit him to carry a fuller line of builders supplies. Mr. Loy Thompson, son of Mr. Z. J. Thompson has returned to Shelby from ‘Brevard and will de vote his time on the road as sales man. The lumber plant which Mr. Loy Thompson has been operating at Brevard has been sold. Mrs. Webb’s Father Passes Suddenly Prominent Tarboro Citizen Suc cumbs .To Heart Attack— Father Of Mrs. E. V. Webb. Mrs. E. Y. Webb received a tele phone message Tuesday morning telling her of the sudden death of her father, Mr. John R. Pender at Tarboro. Ke had been sick with influenza but was improving and had expected to come to Shelby for a visit with her. The news of h‘,3 death was a great shock to the family and friends. Judge Webb had left Tuesday morning for Charlotte to open federal court there when the mes sage reached here. He was notified 'and Mrs. Webb and children join ed him there as soon as possible and motbred to Tarboro to attend the funeral which will be held to day. Details of his sickness could not be learned. He was a member of one of the mo6t prominent Eastern Carolina families and a man ot high esteem. Stolen Car Found In New York City Dr. R. C Hicks has learned that his car stolen several weeks ago in Charlotte has been located in New York. Officers recovered the car and notified Dr. Hicks who will go for it shortly and bring it back to Shelby. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Hamrick and Miss Agnes McBraycr are visiting ill Charlotte todnv I' Local Man In Durant Contest* In the recent $25,000 Durant prise contest for the best plan offered to make the eight eenth Amendment effective a Shelby eitjren, Mr. John M. Shannonhouse, contributed an essay which received favor able comment. ' Such was the Shannon house plan that the Durant committee requested its pub lication in The Star. It may be iound on an inside page today. Shooting Trial On Docket For Saturday Local officers stated today that the charges against P. A. McEntire, of Lawndale, developing about the shooting of Dutch Whisnant, for mer baseball star, would be heard in county court Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Whisnant, whose leg was ampu tated as the result of the wound, left the hospital here a few days back and will be able to attend the trial it is stated. Aged Indian, Long Time Hermit, Dead Asheville. Jan. 15.—Alexander Stan ding water, aged Cherokee In dian. died yesterday in his hermit shack in the mountains'of Jackson county, following *a short illness from influenza. Since the death of his little daughter many years ago. Standingwater had lived the life of a hermit. His 'daughter had been sent to the government school for Indian children at Cherokee. She did not like the ways and manners of the paleface teachers, sc one dark night she stole away andjtried to find her father and home. When she attempted to cross the Ocona Lufta river, swollen by the Spring rains, she was caught in the rushing torrent and drowned. Her father’s grief was so great that he retired to a hermit's life away from civilization. Mull On Finance Committee As Head J. K. Wilson Of Pasquotank Is Named Head Of Appropria tions Commute*. Raleigh, Jan. 16.—Representative ◦. M. Mull, of Cleveland county, was named chairman of the house committee on finance by Speaker A H. Graham while, the chairman ship of the appropriations commit tee was given to Representative J. K. Wilson, of Paskuotank. By virtue of their chairmanships of these committees, which have a large hand in shaping all finan cial legislation, Mull and Wilson automatically become ex-offlcio members of the advisory budget commission. Mr. Mull, who Is State Demo cratic chairman, was also named as a member of several other Import ant committees. Union Trust Elected Its Former Officers Places S15.00Q To Surplus. Former Directions Re-elected At Annual Meeting. At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Union Trust company held Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock, the former officors and directors were rc-elected. During the past year a six per cent dividend was paid and the officers on yes terday placed $15,000 additional to the surplus of the institution which . maintains branches at Fallston, i Lawndale and Lattitnore. ' The directors are Chas. C. Blan ton, J. T. Bowman, E, B, Hamrick, , T. A. Stamey, J. H. Quinn, J. R Schenck, sr., Dr. L. V. Lee, C. C. Hamrick, L. S. Hamrick, C. H. Shull, J. F. Roberts, George Blan ton and Forrest. Eskridge. Officers are Chas. O. Blanton fresident, J T. Bowman, John F. Schenck. sr., Geo BGlanton. T. A. Stamey, Dr. L. V. Lee, E. B. ( Hamrick vice presidents and For rest Eskridge cashier. J. F. Roberts I was re-elected head of the insur ' ance department. First Baptist Church To Have ‘Book Day ” For Boiling Springs Just before press time today The Star's drive for books for the Boiling Springs college totalled "118 volumes. Late con tributions of books reported were: J. II. Quinn, 103; Rev. D. J. Hunt, 15; J. M. Hall, 37. Members of the First Baptist church in Shelby are going to gel behind the drive for books to Boil ing Boiling Springs college, it was : announced today by Dr. Zeno Wall, the pastor. Sunday week will be "Book Day" with the Baptists, he says, and at that time members of the congre gation will bfe asked to lend a hand to the nio\ ement for advancing the ! college library up to the junior col lege requirements. Along with the announcement Dr. Wall ran the total of books already contributed , to 63 by giving 20 volumes of his own books. 'BILL MAY REVIVE OLD SMITH SPLIT WITH NEW BUTTLE i Hoey Anil Clardnor Until CnnsIH ' ered An Senatorial Timber, Said. Raleigh, Jan. 18.—The introduc tion of a bill to restore to the gov ernor the power to appoint United States senators, introduced by Sen ator Willie M I car son. of Franklin, la expected to cause a renewal of the fight between the Smith and antl-Smlth forces Senator Person w is c red-hot, Smith support *r In the last cam paign. He went through hlo district telling the people that if they would not vote for A1 they need not vote for him, and he peop'e c,’ the sixth district returned a majority for the entire ticket. In hts first speech of this session, the Franklin senator chided his colleagues with "work ing for Smith in the daytime and praying for Hoovei at night," and he has alwavs favored rending the "Hoover Democrats" out of the \mrty. The bill Is supported because of the age ol the two senators from North Carolina, and the precarious health of Senator Simmons. Until the 1927 legislature. In North Caro lina, as In other states, the gover nor had the power to appotnt. a senator in case of resignation or death, but that legislature voted ; that a special primary must be held. Governor McLean was under stood to favor the bill passed then, since he realized that while there was a good chance of the people's electing him to the senate, he could not, with good grace, appoint him Mtt. Whether or not Oovernor Gard ner will favor the repeal of +he enactment of the last legislature, As proposed by Senator Person, Is a matter which the new governor de clines to discuia at the present tune. In hf* Inaugural address, be dednmrih* Was highly In favor of the primary system. Iti addition, it must be remembered that Oov ernor Gardner’s brothcr-ln-law, Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, has for at least 10 years been mentioned as a probable successor to Senator Overman, and the fact that he could not, with good grace appoint, or decline to appoint, a near rela tive. Gardner Takes No Sides. Further Governor Gardner Is aware of the fact that the tncum | bent, aprpinted by the governor, lias the advantage in a primary contest, by virtue of his office. On the other hand, he Is aware of the ! disadvantages of having the state without full representation In the senate during the primary, and pre election campaign. It was only na tural, therefore, that the new gov ernor declined to take a position on the bill Immediately after Us In troduction. The Smith forces are expected to line up solidly behind Senator Per son, since they It tr that a com bination of Republicans and anti Smith Democrats could control a Democratic primary, and nominate a mat^ with policies similar to those of Simmons. The Republicans, on the other hand, are expected to vote as a party against the bill, since they can now enter the Dem ocratic yprty primary. In many ' places, and help choose the nomi ' nee. v The Person bill also caused a re i vlval of gossip concerning who the candidates for senator will be, both from the east and west. The men discussed are as follows: cast, A. W. McLean, Lumberton; Josephus Daniels, of Raleigh, and Chief Jus tice W. P. Stacy, of Wilmington; west, Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, Cameron Morrison, of Charlotte. Governor Gardner, and R. R. Rey nolds of Asheville. Considerable pressure is being i brought to bear on e:;-Governor McLean to run against Senator Simmons, in 1930, if the senator is a candidate for re-election, despite the fact that Simmons and Mc Lean had always been close poli tical friends, and broke for the first time when Simmons refused to support Smith. Yates Family Gone. Mr. D. R Yates, former assistant manager of the J. C. Penney com pany in Shelby accompanied by Mrs. Yates anti tl.eif daughter. Phyllis, left Shelby Tuesday morn ing for Dublin. Georgia. Mr. Yates has bfeen assigned to 'the manager ship of the Dublin store of the Penney company. He had been as sistant to Mr. E. E. Scott, the lora! I manager for two years. nnd was 1 well known and popular in the city. Two Men Talked As Candidates \ For Mayor Will Not Run, They Say When Queried—Specalation ; Five Couples Get License In Gaffney | Cleveland County Lore tom Con tinue To Visit Gretna Green. The lovelorn youngsters of Cleve-1 I land county continue their pll-, Rrimages to the Gaffney Gretna ! Green. I Last week the following five! couples from this section secured1 marriage license there: June Nance and Beulah Lay. both of Kings Mountain: Addie Pack, of Mooresboro, and Addle Dale, of Hol lis; Ernest L. Nordan and Lackey Oaks, both of Shelby; Roland Hoyle Norman and Evangeline Ford Wes son, both of Lawndale; Elan Frank lin Wise, of Vale, and Cora Emma Helms, of Cherry ville; Thadeus Rcld McSwaln and Colleen West, I both of Shelby. COUmY FARMERS -MAKE ON POULTRY Get Near $5,000 For Poultry Hold Here Today. Hardin Says. Poultry is getting to b« just, about ns much of a "money crop" to Cleveland county farmers as cot ton. A Farmers Federation poultry car was being loaded here today and County Agent Alvin fUrdtB estimates that during the day farm ers of the county will sell between $4,600 and $5,000 worth of poultry to the car agents. In fact county poultry sales for two days will pass the $5,000 mark as farmers In the upper rortlon of the county sold quite a bit of poul try to the car loaded at Ellenboro yesterday. This despite the fact that a ear wras loaded with poultry here only about 10 daya ago. Prediction was lest year that there would be little poultry to sell in the county this year, but poultry sales for the year will likely sur pass those of last year, it Is thought. Abbey Team Licks j Highs In “Can” Here Shelby Quint Weakened With Milt. Gold Not In Game. Playtng without the service of one of their best men. Gold. Casey Morris’ quintet of high players had an off night last night at the tin can. and Belmont Abbey ran up a one sided score of 30-11. Starting the game off on equal footing the two teams looked as though they would present a tight battle. However Shelby's Inability to ring the basket when chances were offered gave the Abbey boys their best bet. Shelby missed numerous snowbirds from under the basket. At the half the score was 13.7 with S Belmont leading. Bridges and Wall, placing their j usual stellar game, were the main , stays for Shelby. but even these were off. Bridges high scorer for i the locals having only four points. Diamond, a flashy forward for Bel mont, was high scorer for the visit ors with 9 points. The highs play Hcnrielta-Caro lsen there tonight and meet the same quint here Friday night. Then Shelby's next game Is sched uled with the Abbey team at Bel mont, on January 22. The line-up of Tuesday's game follows: Shelby To*. Belmont Wall.F.Madtgan Lee . ..F.Diamond Eokrjdge.C.E. Doris Bridges __...G......... Mooney ; Hullck ..._G_... Hawikns Wife Of Prominent Methodist Is Dead Dr. arid Mrs. Hugh K. Boyer have received word of the death of Mrs. ; E. L. Bain, wife of Rev. Mr. Bain. \ D. D„ of the Virginia Methodist conference who died Tuesday morn ing tn Richmond. Va. Dr. and Mrs. Bain lived in North Carolina for many years where he was pas tor of the leading churches at Gas tonia, Winston-Salem and Greens boro. At the time of Mrs. Bain's, death he was pastor of a Richmond chinch. Mrs. Bain was a wonderfully at tractive woman with a most love ly disposition and her death is learned with great rorrowr to her many friends in North Carolina. Sheriff I or*n And E. L. Webb X*' Candid*tee.. At Leant Not New. Mayor W. N. Dorsey's announce ment Monday that he would be a candidate for mayor again revived political talk about Shelby, but eo far the Mayor has the field to hUtt self. Reports going the rounds of the political centers Tuesday had it that two others, and possibly three would announce soon, but the two prospective candidates talked moat disclaimed any such Intention for the present when questioned b' The Star. Logan And Webb. Sheriff Hugh Logan, who retiree from office in April, and who has been mentioned often as a likely candidate by hU friends, stated that he knew nothing about any plan that he would announce for mayor. In discussing the matter he did not seem inclined to encourage those who would support hie can didacy. Mr. E. L. Webb, another nroepeet talked by friends and the political ly inclined, also declared that he had no present Intention of offer ing for the city Hall office. "There's a lot of criticism end cussing in that Job for what a fellow gets out of It." he declared. Thus evaporated two candidacies fostered by the political prophets unless, of course, Meesrs. Logan and Webb have a change in sentiment before the May ballot battle. Several other likely* candidates, including Mr. Prank V. Hoyle, bate been talked, but there is nothing in the air now that would definitely Indicate an early announcement. Yet <me cannot always tell—some political ambitions can bloom, blos som. and on occasions wilt wet night. Mail la Talked. In the l||t,day or so the name of i Judge John P. Mull has been men j ttoned frequently aa a likely can didate. , No additional statement has oome from Mayor Dorsey since his an nouncement, although in some quarters further announcements from him are anticipated in that in his, entry he declared that he had other changes in mind. A por tion of the public, naturally,, is curious about that line, but it may be. unless other candidate* get in the race, that their curtoelty will go unsatisfied. Governor And Hit Golf Pal Keep At It Even In Raleigh Gardner In First Golfing Governor In History Of Slat* ■ ■ - No Jones. Raleigh.—North Carolina has it, first golfing governor. Governor Morrison took no •*v*r clse, and Governor McLean walk ed, but no ether governor has ever played golf, regularly or irregularly. "I want it distinctly understood that I have no Intention of let ting affairs of state or anythin? else keep me away from my regu lar outdoor exercise," announced i the governor yesterday at his first press conference. But while the governor plans ■ to discard the formal cutaway cut I and striped trousers in which he visited his office yesterday for knickers and to become a frequent* er of the links of the Carolina Country club, there is not much danger of his winning any cupe— i unless the matches are restricted | to job hunting politicans. I For Governor Gardner plays golf with his left hand- and the pro fessionals are unanimous in declar ing “there ain't no such animal’ whenever reference! is made to a ■lefthand golfer'’ During the general assembly the governor will probably continue hl feuds with O. M. Mull, state Demo cratic chairman, who also attacks a golf ball from the port side, $nd who has been playing against the governor on the Shelby course for the last eight or ten yean without 'either player securing a marked ad vantage. Bind Smalley Over In Shooting Affray Horace Kennedy yesterday Maurice Smalley was placed under a 1600 i bond to superior court on a charge I developing from a shooting at Cnsar sonic time bock when Palmer Hoyle was shot The bond uJJ un til the hearing had been'$300, ,;.' In a hearing before Recorder
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