North Carolina Newspapers

MONDAY. JAN. 28, 1929. Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Afternoons Ry mail, per year (in advance) I2.W ■ _carrier, per year un advance) I3.0C LATE NEWS 'I'hc Markets. Cotton, Shelby _ _19tic Cotton Seed, per bu._675ic Colder Weather. Today's North Carolina Weather Report: Fair tonight and probably Tuesday. Colder tonight and con tinued eohl Tuesday. Gardner Fighting. Governor Max Gardner is today | making a plea to the eitizens of North Carolina to urge their rep resentatives in legislature to give their support to the Australian ballot. The move on the part of the governor sbows.that his heart is set on winning his fight, in which he is supported by the women voters, for better election laws in North Carolina. Casar Woman Tells Of King BootTggsrs Writes Solicitor But Does Not Sign Name. Charges Two Casar Men. An unsigned letter coming to Sol-; lcitor P. Cleveland Gardner last week named two men which the letter charged with being the King Bootleggers of Casar,1' but since the letter was not signed the solicitor states that he will be un able to take action until some wit nesses or persons having definite information come before him in person. The letter, which came from Csiar, was written on .the day of the court of inquiry here when the court asked citizens who would to come in and give information of prohibition law violation. "The people who come in and give us such information, informa tion sufficient to act upon, are not made known to the public, but we have to know pretty well what we are about when we take definite action,” Solicitor Gardner said. Save Casar Boys. The letter, with the names de leted, follows: "Mr. P. C. Gardner, "Shelby, N. C. £ "If you will — and his son -arrested^and have the follow ing witnesses summoned you will sure get liquor cases against them— they are giving lots of trouble. Be sure and have -them before you and save the boys of Casar. (Here list of 14 witnesses were given.) “If you will try him 3nd his son with all those witnesses you will sure save a lot of trouble. “I would sign my name but am a woman and don’t want to be * known. They are the King Boot leggers of Casar.’ ” I Halifax County Second In State With 41,256 Bales. Johnston In Third Place. Cleveland county leads the next highest cotton producing county in the state, according to ginnings to January 16, by over 10,000 bales ' thus assuring that the county will lead the state with the final re port. Only three of the eight leading :ounties and their ginnings to Jan uary 16 this year than last. County Cleveland Halifax Johnston Robeson Nash Harnett Northampton Union 1928 51,416 41.25G 40,792 38,571 37,706 33,264 32.452 30,865 1927 47,523 37,724 50,843 40,098 39,806 35,139 28.310 34,462 Counties neighboring Cleveland also Increased their production this year according », County Rutherford Lincoln Gaston Catawba to the report. 1928 1927 17,034 13,143 15,216 12,369 12.871 12,105 12,492 9,917 Paul Wellmon Makes Assignment Paul Wellman, one of the best known of the retail grocers of Shel ► by and Cleveland county, made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors on Saturday. A formal statement to this effect was made today by his attorneys, Newton and Newton. Charles Hoey has been appointed trustee. According to an informal state ment bearing upon Mr. Wellmon’s affairs, his assets consist of a stock * of goods worth in the neighborhood of three thousand dollars, subject to an indebtedness of roughly dou ble that am omit. IS.J.F. LEDFORD, Friends Shocked Over Her I'n tlmeiy Passing. C hurch And City Officials Pall Bearers. Shelby was shocked Saturday ! morning to learn of the sudden death of Mrs. Bessie Hord Ledford, wife of Alderman J. Farris Ledford who succumbed to a cerebral hem orrhage attack at her home on N DeKalb street. Mrs. Ledford arose early and went to the bath room j about 4:30 o'clock when the attack : seized her. She was conscious about! 45 minutes before the end came Her husband summoned aid as ! quickly as possible, but had a feel ing that the end was hear as she had been suffering for some time with high blood pressure, and had been under medical care. Despite the cold, rainy weather, a great crowd of people attended the funeral held Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the home. The .fam ily is not only .widely popular in town and county, but extensively related and the throng of people , and wealth of flowers attested the j esteem in which Mrs. Ledford was j held. She was an energetic, hard > working woman with a pride in i home and family, a faithful Christ ian, kind neighbor and loving, pa tient mother and wife. Before mar riage she was Bessie Hord and was born October 4, 1879, being 50 years, three months and 22 days old at the time of her passing. Officials Pallbearers. Early in life she joined Elizabeth Baptist church remaining a loyal member there until after her mar riage to J. F. Ledford when she moved her membership to the First Baptist church of Shelby. In this church she and her husband were active, and city officials and dea cons of the church served as pall bearers at the funeral, the service of which were conducted by her pastor, Dr. Zeno Wall, assisted by Rev. H. N. McDiarmid. Interment was in the family plot at Sunset cemetery. “She was married October 17. 1907 and to this union eight children were bom, one dying at birth. The f-"owing survive: Flay, Louise, I 'y Grace, Helen, Samuel, A. B. and Sara Bess, the last two nam ed being twins. Also surviving beside her husband and children are one brother, D. Fletcher Hord, of Kings Mountain; and four sisters, Mrs. Stough Mil ler, of Waco; Mrs. Tom Roberts, of Weirsdale, Fla.; Mrs. Clarence Bumgardner of Erwin, Tenn., and Mrs. A. Frank Weir, of Gastonia. Three Cage^rames On For 1 »iis Week Fast Durham Bunch Big Highlight. Kings Mountain On Friday. The Shelby high cage quint, which doesn't seem to have hit its stride so tar this season, is in for its biggest and perhaps hardest week of the season this week. Tuesday night the Lincolnton five plays in the "tin can” here, while on Wednesday night one of the best known high school teams in the South, the Durham highs, will play here. The Durham quint has won several state titles and has been entered in national play. The game with the Durham outfit has attract ed much interest and the visiting players will spend the night here as they are on a week's trip. On Friday night two old rivals get together in the “tin- can” when Kings Mountain comes here for a game. A Double-Header. Tuesday night the fans who go to the “tin can- for the first game of the week will get to witness a double-header, the Shelby girls team playing the Lincolnton girls at 7 o'clock after which the Shelby high boys take on the Lincolnton quint. Both games promise to be close i.nd interesting. Forest City Five Defeats High Cagers The Forest City highs routed Shelby Friday night 28 to 15. The score at the half was 20 to 5. Shel by started a comeback drive in the third quarter, but it fell short, Gold, Bridges and Dorsey starred. Shelby fans, including Coach Casey Morris, who was at Caro lina when Cart Carmichael, great est' of all Nortli Carolina cagers played there, declared Dorsey, the Forest City flash to be one of the cleverest high school court players ever seen. Hero of the Florida Rescue One look at Chief Officer Harry Manning of the S. S. America is sufficient to reveal his character. In radio messages from Captain George Fried, it was stated that Manning was out standing hero of the rescue of 32 men from the si/iking freighter I lorida. Ihe photo shows him in naval uniform 'a v r c Uumiu^uouttl ... W T r V k Mrs. King, Former Teacher Here, Is Found Dead In S. C. Bcdy Found In Outbuilding, Suicide Indicat ed. Husband, Native Of Shelby, Sick At l ime. Bottle Thought To Have Contained Poison Found Near Body. Mrs. Rafe King, a former Shelby school teacher and Kings Mountain girl, was found dead in an out building near her dwelling at Sha ron. S. C. Friday evening under circumstances indicating that she had taken poison. A small unlabel led vial supposed to have contained a deaaly poison was found near her j side when she was found six hours after she gave a doze of medicine to her sick husband, recuperating from an attack of influenza. Mrs. King was well-known In Shelby where she married a young Shelby man and taught in the public schools here for a year. Ee fore marriage she was Miss Fay Wilson of Kings Mountain. About a year ago Mr. King bought..a farm from his wife’s mother near Sha ron, but the couple lived in the town where she was substitute teacher in French in the city schools there, Mrs. King was found lying on her back with' her mouth and throat severely burned from medicine that physicians thought- Avas acid. with an empty unlabeled bottle ly ing close by. Clutches Her Throat. Her hair was clotted with blood from .a gash on her forehead and there were scratches on her throat. It is thought by those investigating the case that the laceration on the head was caused by the fall and that she may have inflicted the scratches on her throat by grab bing it in her agony after taking the burning acid. A hatchet was on the floor close by, but no import ance was attached to this fact. Ilad Made Threats. Aside from the physical findings, the suicide theory is given support by the statement of her husband, who is alleged to have told oiiicers that she had often threatened to kill herself. Mr. King was the last person to see her alive. He was confined to bed by illness and says she gave him a double dose of sedative at 10 o’clock and told him to go to sleep. He awoke at 2 o'clock and when she (Continued On Page Six'* Thinks Schools Are Unit Of City And Should Run As Such Believes Schools Should Be Gov * erncd By City Hall ,»ust /Is Water Plant. “The city schools in my opinion,' states Mr. J. D. Lineb rger, local busings man, “are just a unit of the nty government just as are the water ^and light departments, and shouWhe operated as such.” “A business corporation,” he con tinued, “does not divide up its units with another board wh n the funds from all departments or units go through the same treasury, so why should our schools be operated separately from the city alt otigh the city collects the taxer, pays the bonds, etc? The school work should be centralized along with the other units.” More Money For Mayor. With a mayor serving full time and a full time clnrk Mr. Lineb-rgcr J declared that he could not see why the city government should not supervise the schools. Two or three members of the regular municipal board, as he saw it, could be in charge of the school department. The operation of the city schools, or the taking over of the school board duties by a city administra tion, might deman another employe or so about the City Hall but since that is the proper location for any unit of the city government it would be both economical and more businesslike, he thinks. "A full time mayor could give some time to general supervision of the school department just as he does other departments, and, of course, would deserve more salary. In my opinion the mayor’s salary is too small now for a capable bust ness man to hardly afford to give his full time to the work. I be lieve it should be made at least an adequate salary,” he declared. Cops Active, Stage A Big Drive Here More Than Thirty Arrest* In C ity Anil Serfon Over Week-End. 18 Togetheit Shelby police officers and county cputies staged a little week-end drive of their own with the result that, more than 30 cases are booked ! for court trial today or in the near future. The defendants face charges ranging from trotting out the gal loping African dominoes to guzzling selling, and transporting whiskey, but. the biggest haul centered about 20 colored youths who were rolllnt, j 'em out hoping for “naturals" in stead of “snake-eyes" or "box cars." | Down On Wilsoia street, In front j of the Union colored hall. Shelby blueooats surrounded a crap game in the wee hours Sunday morning and before the sleepy sentinels could give the alarm the officers swept in nnd arrested 18 of the 20 for playing hand golf with the speckled cubes of chance or for hav- j Ing imbided of Joy fluid. Gold Pieces Up. About 15 of those rounded up by the officers were Jailed while others gave bond and today the cops were loaded down with bonds In the form of watches nnd chains, Christmas geld pieces. Jewelry and other ar ticles. Officials term it the biggest week end round up ever staged here other than during Christmas week and lair week. j Court Fees And Funds For Minors ; On Hand Which Clerks Want* • To Pay Out. Clerk of the Court A. M. Ham rick has approximately $1,850 on hand which belongs to others and which he wishes to pay out to the proper claimants. These fees are the accumulation of several years, dat ing back into the administration of Geo. P. Webb. Year by year these various fees have been ac cumulating in the office. Now he wishes to wipe the slate clean and start over again. As is required by law he Is pub lishing the names of those who have funds due them, together with the amount. Look through the list if you have had any transactions with the clerk's office within the past few years and if you find your name written there, you will find the money waiting for you at the court house, unless, however, you have drawn the same since the first Monday in December, up to which date the statement covers. The statement in today's Star requires about 18 columns of the paper, so look through it all if you have had any dealings with the clerk's office and have not been paid. Mr. Hamrick would like to pay all of it out, if the owners can be found. Unless the money is called for after two publications, it is turned into the county treasurer's office. MBSlJJllS Bwnisuu Wife Of Mr. Bud Neal Of Patter son Springs Community Passes At Age 67. Mrs. Victoria Martin Neal, wife of Mr. R. J. iBud) Neal was buried Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at the Sulphur Springs Methodist church, the funeral services being conducted by her pastor, Rev. R. L. Forbis. Mrs. Neal died at her home Friday afternoon at 1:10 o'clock following a protracted illness with influenza and complications. Mrs. Neal was 67 years of age. Before marsiage she was Miss Vic toria Martin and at an early age joined the Methodist church. She was a most faithful church member, a consecrated Christian, devoted wife, mother and neighbor who was greatly beloved in the community. Mrs. Neal Is survived by her hus band and the following children: Mrs. John Biggers, Mrs. M. G. Latham, Messrs. J. J. Neal, Hugh Neal, A. L. Neal. In spite of the rainy, cold weath er, a large crowd gathered at the funeral to pay a tribute of respect to her memory. MORRISON GiVES I \ COLO SHOULDER ! s Hofnsp* To Shako Hands Dur To Campaign Talk. For <Jard nrr llnllnl. Raleigh.-Public refusal to ac cept the proffered hand of Com missioner of Iaibor nnd Printing, Frank D. Grist, a strong declara tion In behalf of the Australian bal lot bill, nnd luncheon with Governor O. Max Gardner featured a brief visit here Friday by former Gov ernor Cameron Morrison, who ran o\ er to the capital from Plnehtirstj nnd will leave shortly for Florida j with Mrs Morrison for a vacation The sojourn of the formrr gov- ! ernor bristled with coincidence, one j being that while he was In the Cap-1 ltol, the senate was passing an art ‘ to repeal the 11)27 act which look 1 away from the governor the power ' lo make temporary appointments In the event of a vacancy m the ! United States senate. Mr. Morrison Is nil avowed can didate tor the senate in the event, of a vacancy and the unsuccessful fight, agnlnst the repealer was led by the senator from his home county, How'ever. he is said not to have in jected himself Into the situation by any personal pleas to legislators The Grist rebuff, satd to have been occasioned by an Interview during the campaign last fall in which Mr Grist declared objected strongly to Mr. Morrison's attacks upon Senator F. M. Simmons and declared would endanger the state ticket, also had Its coincidence. When Mr. Grist entered the gov ernor's outer office, the former gov ernor was talking with W T. Bost, a newspaper correspondent who had been ordered out of that same office I by Mr. Morrison, and who had re mained In exile for more than a year of the Morrison administra tion. , The Grist incident occurred In the same place as had the earlier inci dent with Mr, Bost, but passed off I much more quietly. “Howdy. Governor,-’ said Mr. Grist as h£ came in the door. “Howdy,” responded the former governor. Still advancing Mr. Grist held out his hand "I don't, believe I want to shake hands with'you.” declared Mr Mor rison after regarding the out stretched hand for a moment. Mr. Morrison then turned his back. That for all versions coincide. “Then you can go to Hell,” Mr. Grist, who was highly Indignant (Continued on page six.) Dramatic Students Have Play Thursday High School Class Here To Pre sent “Patsy.” Modern Hu morous Play. “The Patsy.” a very modern, very witty and comic plHy, will be pre sented at the Central high school auditorium here Thursday night at 8 o'clock by the Production class of the Shelby high school trained by Misses Ora Upshaw and Rosa lynd Nix. The story ol the play is based upon scandalous and entertaining home life in oije family where a worldly mother and a spoiled daughter are arrayed against a hen-pecked husband and an abused younger^ daughter. Mary Reeves Foiriey plays the part of the moth er, Nina LeGrand is the spoiled j daughter. Ciiailts Alexander the husband, and Marietta Hoyle the younger daughter. Alfred Eskridge, Charles Switzer. Virginia Jenkins, Matt O'Shieldsv and W. O. Mc Brayer are also in the cast in im portant roles. Two Merchants Here Now Home-Owners According to an announcement made today, George Alexander, jeweler, and E. E. Scott, head of the Penney company, will join the host of home owners of Shelby. Both heretofore have been rent ers. Mr. Alexander lives in the Weathers apartment, and Mr. Scott in the Columbus Beam house on East Warreh street. Details have been completed whereby the Alexanders have bought the Beam home In which the Scotts live, and Mr. Scott is arranging to build. The site of the Scott home will be on East Marion street, on the lot adjoining the R. M. Gidney home. He told the Star today that he plans to erect a modern type Spanish six rcom bungalow, con struction on which will be begun this week. Mull Has New Bill On Stills; $5 For All Prohi Arrests DOm BOOSTED ! US SECRETARY OF i IM. STATE FAIR Shelby Man And Secretary Of Cleveland Fair Supported fly Many, Or. J 8. Horton, secretary of the Cleveland County fair, stands a Rood eltanee of being the next manager of the North Carolina State Fair In Raleigh, according to Shelby people who were in Raleigh last week However, this chance It seems hinges about two things: First, the fact that he is from the home town of Governor Gardner will be a handicap to him, and, second, he may not rare tor the position, not having made any definite statement as yet During last week Hr. Horton him self attended a meeting of fair sec retaries in Raleigh at which time the secretaries worked out dates for nil the fairs In the state, and gen eral sentiment, according to the Raleigh papers, among the various fair officials of the state was that the Cleveland county secretary was (Continued on page six.) Officers Get Booze Gars Here Saturday City police officers Saturday niRht captured two alleged rum run ning cars in or near Shelby. One capture was that of Dewey Paris and his brother in an alley between North Morgan and North I.aFayette streets, the two men be ing in a Buick touring said to have contained 10 one-half gallon jars of whiskey and one pint— a total of five gallons and one pint. They were pin cod under a $300 bond each and will be tried this week. Police Chief Richards and Policeman Ed Dixon made the capture. The other capture was that of Coy Morrison by Chief Richards and Policeman McBride Poston, as sisted by Paliceman Dixon. Morri son, the officers say, was chased about several streets here and to Kings Mountain, the charge being that lie threw some liquor from the car and that some was captured. Trial is set for Friday In the coun ty court. Local Dry Cleaner Hits One Wet Town Five Thousand Taxi Drivers And Ten Thousand Bootleggers Make Town. “If you want to know how suc cessful the Volstead act is, go to Kny West," said Louis Hamrick to day, following a visit with Mis. Hamrick to Florida and Cuba. "There are fifteen thousand peo ple in Key West.” he said; “five thousand taxi drivers, and ten thousand bootleggers. The town is all wet.” The eouple made a tour of Flor ida. driving ninety miles over a new highway out on the keys. They made the rim from Jacksonville to Shelby in one day. _ Makes Two Bales Of 502 Pounds Per Acre J. C. Gantt of Route 2, Moores | boro wasn’t trying for a prize last spring when he planted his cotton, but he was determined to get the best production he could for pure farming sake. On four and a quar ter acres of land, he gathered 4,137 pounds of lint cotton or two bales of 502 pounds on each acre. Not only was this particular patch good, but on fourteen acres Mr. Gantt gathered 10,527 pounds of lint cotton. New Manager Here For The Cinderella Mr. Charles Fine, of Charlotte, arrived in Shelby thts morning to take charde as manager of the lo cal Cinderella store. He succeeds Mr. Ray Glover, who has been trans ferred to the Gastonia store. Mr. Fine is a merchant of extended ex perience, having come to Shelby from one of the leading stores of the Mecklenburg capital. rtrli<*\c-«t Kvlra Itrward For Officer Will Help Stop Liquor Violation*. Representative Ociim M. Mull; bill In legislature to Uave Cleveland county officers get the distiller along with the distillery before rc erlvlng their $20,00 capture reward has been changed in a new bill, which proposes to introduce In leg islature if not opposed in the" county. The proposed bill cuts the cap ture reward of a distillery down tr HO from $20 heretofore paid, but i' also outlines a $20 reward to In given when the operator Is also ar rested and convicted. A third section of the propose; b!l| would give officers of the county an additional $S fee tor ar rests In all cases of prohibition lav. violation, this being in addition to t lie fees In other sections of the bills. In cases where the defendant goes to the roads and the count; must take euro of the cost* it Is ex plained that, only $3.50, half of Ur fee, is to be paid. Mull'* Explanation. Mr. Mull’s explanation Of the ad follows along with the proper measure itself; "Gentlemen: 'Enclosed you will find copy o; bill designed to produce more effi cient enforcement of our prohibi tion laws. The first section places a reward of $10 to the Officer captur ing a distillery. The present law fixes this reward at $20. There lifts been some complaint to the effec' that too many distilleries were be ing captured in comparison to the number of distillers who were ap prehended. X am, therefore, cuttin down this reward by half. “The compensation tor this toss which the officers will thus sustaii is in fixing a reward of $20 for the apprehension and conviction of the distiller. In my opinion this placet the reward where it should be and yet according to the past record the $10 we are saving on each still captured will more than pay the $20 reward now fixed for the cap ture of the distiller, as we have heretofore captured more outfits than men. 'Section three of the bill pro vides a fee of $5 for the arrest in all cases for the violation Of the pro hibition laws. This fee is to be add ed to the costs in the case and paid by the criminal. In such cases as • Continued On Page Six> Three Or Four Hundred Collected In Section About Baptist College. (Special to The Star.) Boiling Springs. Jan. 28.—The Boiling Springs college library drive for books needed to class tpe school library In the junior college rank ing is meeting with good results due In part to the support of The Cleve land Star in the campaign. / Around five or six hundred books have been collected or sent tn through’Star publicity, while some thing like 200 bodes were left* at the school by donors who did not leave their names, it Is said. A collection made by Felix Ham rick about Boiling Springs brought in 125 books, given by the follow ing people. Mr. O. P. Hamrick 21, Rev. J. L. Jenkins 5, Mr. T. C. Hamrick 15. Miss OUle Moore 7, Miss Kate Moore 6, Miss J. M. McBrayer 30. Miss Mary Sue Holland 5, Mr. A. O. Melton 12, Mr. E. B. Hamrick 8, Mrs. J. D. Huggins 9, Mrs. C. 1. Putnam 1, Mr. C. M. Hamrick 1 Miss J. M. Henderson 3 and O. M. Green 5. Go To New Orleans For Meeting There » - Messrs. Roy McBrayer and Nor man Lee left today for New Or leans to attend the convention of the Pan-American insurance conf panv They were accompanied by Dr. L. V. Bee and Mr. Yates Mc Brayer due tp the fact that both agents qualified double during the year In Insurance sales thus getting the trip for themselves and two others. Dr. D. F. Moore also made the trip.