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10 PAGES
TODAY
JAN. 18, 1929,
Published Monday,-Wednesday, and Friday Afternoons
By mail, per year tin advance) 12.60
Carrier, per year tin advance) S3.00
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LATE NEWS
The Markets.
Cotton, Shelby _ _19’.jc
Cotton Seed, per bu._67'it
Showers Saturday.
Today’s North Carolina Weather
Report: Showers tonight and Sat
urday. Warmer tonight. Colder Sat
urday afternoon in west and north
central portions. Colder Saturday
night.
DEMfiTSlilE
'■ ' 1 HI'S Fll
Local People Order Books Made
l!p Of Smith Speeches To
Erase Debt,
A1 Smith’s rtea over the radio
Wednesday night for the rank and
file of the Democratic party to
chip in and pay the deficit of the
Democratic party met with good
results in Shelby yesterday and to
day.
Numerous Democrats of the town
filed orders for the books, giving
from $2 up to $10 and more for the
books.
The former presidential candi
date declared that with a million
and one-half deficit facing the
party it would be best for all to
chip in so that a few wealthy men
would not pay it and thus have the
party under obligation to a few. He
stated that instead of making
money from the sale of his speeches
published in book form he would
permit the Democratic committee
to sell the books to Democrats .at
S2 each aftd up with the morpy,
which he might have made, gtnng
to the party.
The largest offer recorded for a
book yet came from George W.
Alvaney, of New York, who offered
$20,000 for 10.000 copies.
John F. Schenck, Sr.
Made Golf Club H
C'has. L. Eskridge Resigns After
Serving Faithful For Num
ber Of Years.
John F. Schenck, sr. of Lawndale
was elected president of the Cleve
land Springs Golf club at the , an
nual meeting held last night in the
Woman's club room at the Masonic
temple, after retiring President J.
S. Dorton had made a report of the
Klwanls* yev^* work for 1928.
Chas. L. Eskridge who had serv
ed as president of the golf club for
a number of years and was instru
mental in making it what it is to
day, resigned because of pressing
business matters. J. Frank Jenkins
was elected vice president and the
following were placed on the board
of directors: George Blanton, O. M.
Mull, Jack Dover, Chas. L. Esk
ridge and Earl Hamrick.
Another Suit In
Building Collapse
Louie Jennings. Colored Fresser
Files Suit In Mecklenburg
County.
Still another suit has been filed
in Shelby's disastrous building
crash of August 28, 1928.
The last suit filed \s by Louie
Jennings, colored man who worked
for William Hagley’s tailor shop,
and the suit was filed in Mecklen
burg county.
Defendants named in the suit are
Hagley, John S. McKnight. owner
of the building in which the club
was located, and Tom Webb and
Cicero Lutz, who operated the con
tracting firm of Webb & Lutz
which was excavating at the time
of the collapse.
The bill of complaint sets out
that Jennings was working at the
pressing machine when the build
ing fell, that he was pinned under
the heavy machine and that the
steam from the presser scalded his
back in addition to bruises, lacera
tions and other injuries he sustain
ed.
“Take It Out-V’
"I wish you’d take that
penny column ad of mine out
of The Star. I didn’t have
but one range to sell and 1
could have sold a dozen.
Everybody must read those
ads!”
Such was one call made
upon The Star recently. The
“penny column ads" will sell
or find most anything. Each
week these little ads sell po
tatoes, horses, stoves, autos,
and rent and sell houses,
farms, find money and lost
packages.
A penny column ad in The
Star is a good way to find a
needle in a haystack. Some
where in the county some
body has what you want, or
wants what you have. They
nearly all read The Star.
TRV A WANT AD—
Phone It
Abolish Chain Gang
! Here For Economy,
0. M. Mull Advises
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: Method Is “Rank Extravagance, ’
Says. State To Take
Roads Over.
With a general demand for re
duction of property taxes In North
Carolina, Representative O. M.
Mull, of this county, believes that
the tax burden may be lightened by
the present legislature through an
increase in the gasoline tax for
roads with the state taking over
more county roads and lessening
county expense for roads.
And in view of this belief Mr.
Mull, writing The Star from Ra
leigh, urges the No. 6 highway com
mission to immediately abolish the
chain gang system employed now.
Lessen Taxes Here.
Declaring that the chain gang
method "is rank extravagance and
should not be continued," Repre
sentative Mull urges that road of
ficials see that there is a corre
sponding reduction in local road
taxes levied for the additional roads
taken over for maintenance by the
state, “otherwise such action as
may be taken will not produce the
results desired.”
Would Aid County.
In his letter the county repre
sentative says “If there i. any oth
er local legislation desired by the
people of the county it should be
given attention during the early
part of the session and before state
wide measures begin to monopolize
the time ... I am anxious to ren
' der any service to the ppople of
j Cleveland comity that would be
j helpful or serve some public need.”
On Road Taxes.
Anent road taxes, taxation in gen
eral and abolishment of the No. 6
gang Rerresentative Mull writes
as follows:
“I am mindful of the existence
of the general demand throughout
the state that property taxes be
reduced if such can be done with
out hampering the state in its con
tinued growth and development.
The large part or possibly eighty
per cent of the property ta^es now
being collected are for two objects,
the public schools and the county
roads. If any tax relief is to be
obtained it must therefore deal
with the revenue of these two sub
jects. The vital necessity of each
is such that it is not practical shar
ing the burden of the public schools
and the public roads with the coun
ties. The only feasible way to re
duce the county taxes is to put a
larger share of the burden of main
taining the schools and roads on
the state. I believe this can be done
by the present general assembly
without seriously hampering the
state. I am, therefore, hopeful that
a practical method can be devised
by which a large part of the pub
lic roads now being maintained by
local taxation can be taken over
and maintained by the state high
way commission. In order to be
able to do tnis it is likely that the
gasoline tax, which is 4 cents, will
be increased to 5 cents per gallon.
As the state takes over additional
roads for maintenance there should
be a corresponding reduction in the
road tax now being levied in Cleve
land county. I urge the road of
(Continued on page five.)
Bill Would Give
Legalized Liquor
In North Carolina
Senator Person Introduces Bill For
Prescription Whiskey By
Doctors.
Raleigh, Jan. 17.—In observance
of prohibition’s birthday, Senator
W. M. Person, Democrat, of Frank
lin, Wednesday introduced-an act
to permit druggists to fill prescrip
tions containing alcohol under the
provisions • of the Volstead act. The
measure was referred to the com
mittee' on propositions and griev
ances, of which Senator Person is
chairman.
Senator Person stated that his
bill was designated to confer on the
people of North Carolina, "the
benefits of the Volstead act.” His
bill, if enacted, will enable druggists
to sell whiskey under a physician’s
order, as is now done in many other
states, including Virginia.
Senator Person also introduced a
bill to abolish the salary and wage
commission, and transfer its duties
to the council of state, composed of
the cohstitutional officers. This
commission, which has saved the
state money by holding down the
salaries of state employers, has
been one of the storm centers of the
McLean administration.
What Gas Tax
Would Aid Here
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Australian Ballot Up Today. Other
Legislative Items
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The increasing of the state gaso
line tax one cent—from four to fi\e
cents on the gallon—would mean
that Cleveland county would get
from the road fund *29,520. The
state highway commission endors
ed the increase provided county
road taxes be reduced as the state
fund increased.
The Australian ballot law, fos
tered by Governor Max Gardner
and women voters of North Caro
lina, is scheduled to be introduced
today in the general assembly at
Raleigh by Senator J. M. Brough
ton of Wake.
In order to provide a fund for
equalized school taxation, Repres
entative Lawrence, of Hertford, has
introduced a bill requiring three
percent consumer's tax on electric
current and gas, and a tax on long
distance telephone calls, cables,
telegrams and radio messages.
Alex S. Haynes, highway com
missioner of Winston-Salem, has
been selected by the highway com
missioners and Governor Gardner
as temporary highway commission
er of the state, succeeding Frank
Page until a permanent commis
sioner is named by the governor.
In a dispatch to his paper, the
Greensboro News, Tom Bost, Ra
leigh correspondent, says that there
is quite a bit of talk in Raleigh of
Representative Odus Mull, of
Cleveland county, as Page's per
manent successor heading the road
body.
Blackwell Killed
When Hit By Auto
Rutherford Man Struck By Auto
Driven By Boys Hunting
Doctor.
Rutherfordton, Jan. 17.—1Troy
Blackwell, age 22, who lived near
the state line in the lower end of
Rutherford county, was struck and
instantly killed night before last by
a car occupied by two Horton boys
who were returning from Chesmee,
S. C., to get a physician. The acci
dent occurred about 8 c^clock.
Blackwell was walking along the
road alone and did not see the
car, it is supposed, nor did the
driver see him. He was dragged 14
feet. His neck was broken and he
died instantly.
When the Horton brothers arriv
ed at home, which was about a mile
from the scene of the accident and
a half mile from Blackwell's home,
they stated to their family that
they struck something and would
go back to investigate, as they were
in a rush to get the physician for
a sick member of the family. They
met a brother of Blackwell's who
informed them that ljis brother
was dead.
Funeral services were held at
New Prospect Baptist church yes
terday afternoon with Rev. T. M.
Hester, pastor of Spindale, in charge
assisted by Rev. M. M. Huntley of
near Spindale.
Max Lends Helping
Hand To This Lady
Stranger Who Stopped To Do Er
rand For Aged Lady Was
Governor.
Raleigh, Jan. 18.—A lady in dis
tress was lelieved Wednesday with
out knowing to whom she was in
debted. ,
Pedestrians passing the Capitol
Square noticed an automobile park
ed at the Christ church comer
with the horn blowing violently.
Pedestrians noticed but they had
business of their own and kept
walking.
Presently thelire came along a
man who was not too busy to lift
his hat and inquire if he could be
of service. He was told by the eld
erly lady at the wheel that she had
been trying vainly to get the at
tention of a friend who was stand
ing pn the Y. M. C. corner.
The governor of North Caro
lina. who was strolling back to his
office after lunch, crossed diagonal
ly across the street, conveyed the
message and returned to report that
the lady would be “right over."
That closed an incident, which
to a passer-by who happened to
know' Governor Gardner, seemed ;
typical of the man.
liUNCEHTS OF
urn i ii
SEK YET. BEPDBT
Board Members llavr Not Said
They Would Not Hun. May
Announce.
I Members of the present city nl
dermanic board have failed to sny
as yet whether or not they will be
candidates for reelection along with
Mayor W. N. Dorsey, who has al
ready announced himself.
Before announcing Mayor Dorsev
stated that he was not desirous of
running again unless his Ijoard al
so sought reelcction and when the
mayor announced himself a few
days later certain circles anticipated
that announcements from the al
dermen would soon follow.
At an unofficial meeting of the
board this week the members de
clared themselves not ready as yet
to announce, confining themselves
to the, statement; “At least we're
not saying that we will rot run.”
Inside political opinion inclines to
to the belief that the present board,
or several members thereof, will
seek reelection as it is understood
that Mayor Dorsey talked the mat
ter over with them before announc
ing himself, and might have reach
ed some understanding during the
conversation.
Members of the board ere Messrs.
A. V. Hamrick. R. L. Hendrick, J.
F. Ledford, and John Schenck, jr.
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Mrs. Hudson’s Mother
Passes At Home Here
Mrs. Mary Scott Thorne Succumbs
To Long Illness—Taken To
South Carolina.
Mrs. Mary Scott Thome, mother
of Mrs. Harry Hudson died at the
home of Mrs. Hudson on Grover
street Wednesday morning at 8:20
o’clock following an Illness of a
year or longer. Mrs. Thorne, wife
of Phillip B. Thorne who is also
living here with Mr. and Mrs. Hud
son came to Shelby about two
years ago from King Tree, S. C.
She was a woman of the Old South,
cultured, refined and graceful.
Before coming here to make their
home, the Thornes lived in a
beautiful ancestral home on a large
plantation at King Tree. She was a
member of the Episcopal church
there where the funeral will take
place Saturday morning at 11
o’clock services to be conducted by
Rev. Mr. Guingard.
Mrs. Thome was 69 years, eleven
months and thlrteenadays old. She
is survived by her husband and
three daughters. Mrs. W. S. Gil
land of King Tree, Miss Marie
Thome of Charlotte and Mrs.
Harry Hudson of Shelby and one
sister Miss Maude Logan.
Mr. Ware, Veteran
Of El Bethel, Dies
Confederate Veteran Of El Bethel
Section Passes At Age 80
Years.
Funeral rites for M. L. Ware, aged
85, prominent farmer of El Bethel
community, near Kings Mountain,
were held Thursday afternoon at 3
o'clock at El Bethel church, where
Mr. Ware has been a member for
the past 60 years. Rev. W. R. Wa.<
of Rutherfordton, was the minister
in charge. •
Mr. Ware died at his home fol
lowing a lengthy illness. He was a
veteran of the Civil War, having
served for three years in comrisn>
C>< of the 49th North Carolina reg
iment.
He leaves one daughter. Mrs.
Maggie W. Rudasill, of El Paso.
Texas; four sons, E. L. Ware, of
Charlotte; G. R. Ware, of Pontiac,
Mich.; B. F. Ware, of Lincolnton,
and Lepn Ware, of Kings Mountain,
one brother, William E. Ware, of
Kings Mountain, and one sister,
Mrs. J. A. Glenn, of Kings Moun
tain. In addition, nine grandchil
dren and nine great grandchildren
survive.
Hoyle Home Robbed
Of Coat And Hats
A burglar who entered the home
of Mr. Frank Hoyle on East Mar
ion street last night made away
with a hat belonging to Mr. Hoyle
and the hat and overcoat of Frame
Hoyle, jr. Entrance was through
the front door, which was not
locked, and the door this morning
was found standing open. No other
articles were missed in the Jiouse.
It’s not the full diner-pail that
causes the worry now. it s the size
of the cover charge,—Brunswick
(Ga.) Pilot.
INTRODUCE BILL TO
PUT SOLICITOR Oil
| SALARY BASIS HERE
If I’assfd Will Take Mferl Next
Term. Klimlnalrs Fee
System.
i no next solicitor 01 county re
j co.rder's court la Cleveland county
j will likely be paid a set salary in
stead of being tendered a roe* ion
of the fees collected in court pro
vided a bill now in the hands of
Representative Odus M, Mull is
passed by the present general as
sembly in Raleigh.
A communication to The Star
from Mr. Mull stales that several
local bills, prepared by Attorney R.
L. Ryburn at the request of the
county commissioners. have been
; forwarded to him and that they
i will be introduced “unless valid
reason is shown to the contrary.”
Three Bills There.
One of the bills is th it roneern
ing the placing of the solicitor o«i
a salary basis Instead of the pres
ent fee system.
^Another bill has to do with the
capture of bootleg distilleries In the
county, while a third is only n
legal move changing the duties of
auditor from the recorder, as orig
inally contained in the law, to the
county business manager under the
new government system.
tip To Board.
The bill regarding the salary of
the solicitor even if passed by the
legislature will have no ctfect upon
Solicitor P. Cleveland Gardner, who
now occupies the office, as the bill
provides that the change in the lo
cal law not take effect until the
next term so that those who offer
again may know in advance just
what the office pays. Futhermore.
the bill provides that the solicitor's
salary be fixed by the county com
missioners as they see fit.
It was explained that In Febru
ary 1921 a bill passed the legisla
ture placing all Cleveland county
officers upon the salary basis In
stead of the forfiiW tee system.
However, In the following month of
March the bill providing a county
court solicitor was Introduced and
passed by Representative Peyton
McSwain. The solicitor's bill, as
customary, provided for the fee
■"basis but no doubt with the under
standing that the office would
come under the bill requiring a
fixed salary for all county officers
here. But there was some question
as to whether 44ie February law
about salaries would apply to the
solicitor's office as the office was
not created until nearly a month
later. Therefore, the bill introduced
now would make it legal for the
commissioners to put the solicitor
(Continued onTpage five.)
Daughter Of Late Capt. J. W. Gid
ney Succumbs To Linger
ing Illness.
Miss Leona Gldney. daughter of
the late Capt. and Mrs. J. W. Gid
ney died on East Marion street at
12:45 today at the home of her j
sister-in-law Mrs. Lamar C. Gidncy
with whom she had been making
her home for many years. Miss
Gidney had been in declining health
for sometime and took a sudden
turn for the worse a few days ago
from which she never rallied.
Miss Gidney was a member of one
of Shelby's oldest and most beloved
families. She was a woman of
unusual culture and refinement and
loved by all who knew her. When
her health permitted she was a
faithful attendant at the Central
Methodist church where she held
her membership.
Funeral services will be conducted
from the residence Saturday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock^by her pastor,
Dr. Hugh K. Boyer and interment
will be in Sunset Cemetery.
Surviving are four brothers, all
professional men, Dr. Robert Mr
Gidney of Shelby, Attorney S. E.
Gidney of Muskogee, Okla., Drs.
Will and Charlie Gidney of Texas.
High Cage Outfit
Plays Here Tonight
The Shelby high basketball quint
will play the strong Henrietta
Caroleen five in the tin can here
tonight'. It ik a return game, the
Rutherford outfit defen: Ing Shell).'
there Wednesday night 22-11.
Drive Against Extracts On Here
50 Subpoenaed For Examination
I folds “Court Of Inquiry
Judge Horace Kennedy, of the county recorder’s court,
will preside over a court of inquiry here next Wednesday at
which time 50 witnesses by ad testificandum proceedings
will be asked to tell the court what they know of prohibition
law violations, where they have purchased bootleg, etc.
Deputies Must Get Man With
Still To Get The $Z0 Reward
Says Bill Before Legislature
Bill Tendered Mull Would Force Officers Ter
Capture And Convict
Moonshiners.
Cleveland county deputy sheriffs and officers hereafter
must get their man with his still if they hope tcK^ct the $20
still-capture reward, according to a proposed legislative bill
now in the hands of Representative 0. M. Mull at Raleigh.
Anyway, a bill so drafted has been forwarded to the
county’s representative in legislature and will be introduced
and, no doubt, passed by him unless considerable opposition
de\ Vips.
vIn Otlirr Counties.
Otlier counties, possibly 20, In
North Carolina have such a re
quirement. now Ix’tore they hand
over the $20 bonus to officers. The
law applying to the capture of dis
tilleries in Cleveland county now
grants $20 to the officer capturing
and destroying a still with no men
tion of capturing the Operator, or
convicting him. A lew years back,
however, some of the North Carj
lina counties'derived the idea that
the moonshine and bootleg busi
ness could be better broken up at
the source by getting tlie distillers
instead of just getting the outfits
which could be replaced. The Idea
became a law and In these coun
ties now the officer does not get
his $20 unless he gets the operator
with the plant and gets enough evi
dence to convict him as the opera
tor or one of the operators.
The bill now in the hand of Rep
resentative Mull, of course, i docs
not carry all the above explanation,
but merely would amend the v<'.r
ticular law about distillery captures
to include Cleveland among the
counties requiring the capture of
the operator ns well as of the dis
tillery if the officer is to be re
warded.
The bill, entitled "An act to make
Chapter 42, Public Laws of 1927.
applicable to Cleveland County,
requests that Section Two of Chap
ter 42 be amended by inserting be
tween tlie words “Chowan” and
“Craven" in line three of Section
Two, the word ''Cleveland.”
Likewise with its passage the bill
would automatically repeal all
laws in conflict to the new One.
which would go in force upon rati
fication.
A prehistoric skeleton has been
found, its legs wrapt around its
nock. This would seem to indicate
that the rumble sent is older than
we had supposed. — GreehvUk
Piedmont.
Mars Hill Student
Contributes Books
To Boiling Springs
Student At Another College Helps
Library Of County
College.
Lowell Barnett, a student at
another college, Mars Hill, has
contributed eight books to the Boil
ing Spring junior college library
drive. His contribution ran the
total of bocks contributed through
The Stnr up to 226 volumes.
In a letter Barnett says:
"I saw your appeal for books for
books for the library of Boiling
| Springs junior college, and I
thought I would love to make a con
trlbuticun, even though I am a stu
! dent at another institution. I am
not at present a citizen of Clevelapd
county, but I am interested in the
success and progress of your school.
I trust that these eight volumes,
which I am sending under separate
cover, will be of some use to the
college.'*
Mooresboro Woman
Gives Ten Volumes
Mrs. Ellen E. Martin, of Moores
boro, writes The Star that she Is
sending 10 volumes to the Boiling
Springs library. which donation
she desires to be credited to The
Star drive, it being more conveni
ent to send the books direct to the
school. Her contribution moved the
total raised by The Star to 234 vol
umes in one week.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Doggett ac
I companied Mr. P. B. Thorn and
j Miss Marie Thorn to Kings Tree,
j S. C. today where Mrs. Thorne will
| be buried tomorrow at 11 o'clock.
Take Evidence
On Jan. 23rd
Court Of Inquiry Open To Other*
Who 'Wish To
^Testify.
Shelby s drive upon the sale o!
intoxicating extracts, bay rum, and
other whiskey substitutes got for*
mally underway with a bang yes
terday, but will probably not reach
Its peak until next week. Wednes
day, January 23. when a public
hearing and court of inquiry will
be held at the court house here.
Yesterday in the offtces of Coun
ty Recorder Horace Kennedy and
Solicitor P. Cleveland Oardner
subpoenas were issued for 50 Shel
by people summoning them to ap
pear before the court of inquiry on
Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock
at which time the 50 will be ques
tioned as to their knowledge of
where extracts or liquor are sold
and what they may know of pro
hibition violations in the city.
Must Tell Court.
Following a North Carolina sta
tute Solicitor Oardner says that the
witnesses are being subpoenaed un
der ad testificandum proceedings
and can oe made to tell w’here they
have secured intoxicating drinks or
what they may know about such.
The law says that witnesses com
pelled to give such information be
fore a court of Inquiry cannot be
prosecuted themselves as the law
declares any persen ‘•Immune” who
testifies against himself or anything
that would make him guilty. The
plan, therefore, is to secure what
information possible from the 50
witnesses and others in planning
nn organized drive against whiskey
and extract traffic.
«»* arc Hiiiic.
Of the 50 subpoenaed to appear
before the court, where they will
be asked to tell what they know,
some are alleged riurchasers and
users of intoxicating drinks while
others are not. And of the 80, 31
arc white and 19 colored.
Citizens Asked In.
•'Back in the primary Campaign,
declared Solicitor Gardner, "there
was quite a bit of talk about law
enforcement and the curbing of the
liquor traffic. Now we’re going to
give citizens who arc getting tired
of continued violation of the liquor
laws a chance to support us.”
With this in view Judge Ken
nedy and Solicitor Gardner an
nounce that cn the day following
court of inquiry, or ad testifica
candum procedure, a public court
of inquiry will be heldat 1 o'clock
at which time citizens from any sec
tion of the county, where troubled
with liquor conditions, are urged to
come before the court and officers
and give what information they
may know concerning bootleg traf
fic and the sale and drinking of
extracts. ’ WS
The court of inquiry and develi
ments thereof will give Shelby
something entirely new as barristers
say that a court of inquiry had
not been held here in many years.’
if ever.
According to officials of the coun
ty court and officers the decision
to hold the court of inquiry came
after Increasing complaint on the
part of citizens about the sale and
usage not only of whiskey but also
of extracts, bay rum and substi
tutes.
During Christmas, the officers
say, hundreds of bottles of whiskey
substitutes were sold in Shelby and
brought about such conditions that,
(Continued on page five.)
Kings Mountain
Not Worried By
Sale Of Extracts
(Special to The Star.)
Kings MoonUi.i, Jan. IS—
No “court of Inquiry” as a
step to curb prohibition law
violation will be held la
Kings Mountain, it is under
stood.
County Solicitor P. Cleve
land Gardner conferred with
officers here this week about
holding an inquiry court, here
similar to the one scheduled
for Shelby nest Wednesday,
but was informed by officers
that they are troubled very
little with the sa« and
of extracts here as an
eating beverage.