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LATE NEWS The Markets. Shelby, spot cotton .... 20c Cotton Seed, bu.... 70!ic Fair On Tuesday. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Rain tonight. Tuesday gen erally fair and colder. Boards Meeting. The two county boards, commis sioners and educational, are hold ing their regular monthly meeting today at the court house. Until noon little other than routine busi ness had been taken up. Vote Of Mall Brings Defeat Appropiations Cleveland Representative Starts Stampede Against Measure. Will Reconsider. Raleigh, March 2—Representative O, M, Mull, of Cleveland, whose brief explanation of his own nega tive vote yesterday, stampeded the house into a 70 to 30 defeat of the $2,000,000 permanent improvement appropriation bill, which furnished the greatest legislative surprise in a number of years, will today move to reconsider the vote. But while Mr. Mull will ask the house to reconsider the vote so that the matter can be debated he is not expected to change his own vote. Mr. Mull's announcement of his proposed action, which will pave the way for another one of the reversals for which the house is rapidly be coming famous, fofllowed a confer ence with Governor O. Max Gard ner. ‘‘The institutions requested $16, 000,000 in bonds for permanent im provements and every member of the Budget Commission has told me that they cut their recommendation to the absolute bone and I think it v.ould be most unwise fer the gen eral assembly to reaiuse this appro priation,” the governor told news paper men before seeing Mr. Mull, who is chairman of the Democratic state executive committee and a close personal and business asso ciate of the governor. “I have a feeling that the legisla ture should perform Its duties with out undue interference from the ex ecutive Imd. I should have no public statement to make now, except that I think it due both to Mr. Mull and me to say that his attitude on this bill in no way reflects my attitude, since our close friendship might give rise to a different Impression. “My own feeling is that this ap propriation represents the minimum necessary to obtain the proper use (Continued on page eight.) L. A. McSwain Is Buried On Sunday Aged Citizen Living Between Boil ing Springs And Lattimore Dies At Age 79. Mr, L. A, McSwain, better known as "Uncle Ans,” was buried Sunday afternoon at Pleasant Ridge Bap tist church the funeral services be ing conducted by Revs. I. D. Harrill and D. F. Putnam amid a large crowd of sorrowing friends and relatives. Mr. McSwain was 79 years of age and one of the most respect ed citizens of that community. He is said not to have had an enemy in the world. He was one of the old sturdy type of citizenry which stood for the better things of life. Mr. McSwain was sick for twelve days with bronchial pneumonia. He was married many years ago to Miss Lou Lovelace, a daughter of the late Bryson Lovelace and lived at the old Lovelace hoihe place. Surviving are two children, Mrs. C. W. Callahan and Odessa Mc Swain, both of this county, and his widow. Jackson Candidate For Alderman Now First Candidacy For Municipal Board Announced Here Informally. The informal announcement by friends was made today that Mr. Ab Jackson, well known grocery man of the uptown business dis trict, would be a candidate for city alderman representing Ward Twro. That ward is now' represented in the municipal council by Alderman Rochel Hendrick. This informal announcement is the second to be made in view of the oncoming city election, the other being that of Mayor Dorsey. So far not a single candidate had announced for alderman, although public understanding was that the present aldermen would announce again. Messrs. Billy Lovlll, of Greens boro, W. H. May, jr.. of Burlington, and George Kohn, of Mt. Holly, spent the ~jek-end in Shelby w*th friends. 8 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXV, No. 27 THE CLEVELAND STAR SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, MARCH 1929. Published Monday, Wadnesday, and Friday Afternoons By mall, per year (tn advance) $2.50 Carrier, per year (In advance) $&fl0 Bill In Ra’e’gh To Modernize Shelby Charter ****** ‘ * * * ****** **X| _ ' i. Good Prospects For Monazite Mining In County Delegation Enters Brief For Tariff Before Committee Fifteen Cents Duty Asked Of Con gress. Florida Monazite Not Of High Value. Monazite may again be mined throughout this section in a profit able manner, according to Messrs. Fred Hamrick, of Rutherfordton, and H. Clay Cox, of Shelby, who re turned over the week-end from Washington, where they made a fight for a monazite tariff before the ways and means committee representing this section of the two Carollnas. “The report of the North Caro lina state mining engineer that a monazite tariff on Brazilian mona zite would help none here does not seem to be in line with the figures given us by the mining experts and the American Mining Congress in Washington,” Mr. Cox satd. "We were told there that the Florida monazite is not so important as he stated and that the Florida sand values only about one-half of one percent.” 15-Cent Tariff. Before leaving Washington the delegation prepared and filed be fore the Ways and Means commit tee a brief asking for a 15 cfent tar iff per pound on Brazilian mona zite brought to this country, a $50 tariff on gas mantles or German make, and a $2.50 on thorium pro ducts from other countries. The American Mining congress coop erating with the delegation repre senting this section will also file a brief before congress asking for the duty of foreign products which would restore the industry here. See Manufacturers. While pone Messrs. Cox and Hamrick called upon representativ es of the Welshback company which manufactures products from mona zite. “They were thoroughly in accord with our movement for a tariff,” the delegates stated. “They declar ed that at the present time they have a large stock of monazite sand on hand bought at a very cheap price and therefore would not need sand from this section for several years even if the tariff Is granted. But we learned that foe several years they have not been to sell their gas mantles, made from monazite, due to German competi tion. As we understood it the Ger mans have cornered the Brazilian sand and also sand from India and are able to manufacture monazite products cheaper, send them over here, duty-free, and beat our America^ manufacturers on their own market. For that reason the tariff schedule we asked in our brief covered mantles, thorium and monazite products as well as mon azite.” According to information given them the monazite Industry, min ing and manufacture In this coun try, is practically at the end of the rope unless the coming congress places stiff tariff duties on mona zite and products. All indications they could see in Washington as sured them, Hamrick and Cox stat ed, that a general cooperative movement will be made to secure these duties. In the opinion of old monazite miners and shippers here a 15-cent tariff will restore the industry here, provided, of course, that a tariff on monazite products will so protect American manufacturers that there will be a demand for monazite in this country. Scout Committees To Be Named Tonight There will be a meeting of the men interested in the Boy Scout or ganization in The Star office to night at 7:30 o’clock for the pur pose of naming the various com mittees to supervise the work in Cleveland county. The meeting has been called by R. H. Schiele, scout executive and Lee B. Weathers vice president of the Piedinont scout council. It is hoped to have all men interested in the scout cause pres ent to perfect this organization. “44 Flappers” At Piedmont High The Woman’s club of Lawndale is sponsoring a musical comedy “44 Flappers” in the High school audi torium Friday night March 8th. The play is one of intense interest and amusement and a most enjoy able time is promised those who at tend. Cries ft'Baby Saves Family From Burni g ng Wife Gets Husband And Babe Of Widow. Husband In Hospital. When Oliver Lovelace, young farmer of the Oak Orove section near Waco, was brought to the hospital here late last week suf fering from burns it was learned his life along with those of his family were saved by the cries of his small baby and the heroism of his young wife. Room In flames. Late last Monday night the Love laces were awakened by the strang ling cries of their baby to find their home and the room they were in a mass of flames. In fact, the three members of the family were already scorching and the husband was pretty severely burned when the young wife broke out the win dow near the bed and carried her baby through and then helped her burned husband to escape before he was fatally burned. Improving. At the hospital Saturday it was stated that the man, who was improving, and it* is learned that he was brought to the hospital as a precautionary measure to prevent cold setting in. Hoyle Elliott, Of Waco, Passes Well Known Citbsen Dies Suddenly. Is Buried Were In Sunset Cemetery Today. Mr. Hoyle Elliott, 73 year old cit izen of Waco died at his home there at 5 o'clock Sunday morning and was buried here this afternoon in Sunset cemetery in the family plot where lies buried a son Cone Elliott who wee killed a few years ago in an automobile accident when com ing to .vee his parents for Christ tmas. Mr. Elliott had been in poor health for a number of years but was feeling as well as usual when he retired Saturday night, so his sud den death was a great shock to his femily and host of friends through out this and adjoining counties. He had lived In Shelby, Cliffside, and Gastonia, but most of his life was spent in his native county of Cleveland. Wherever he was known he was recognized as a man of honor and trustworthiness, a faith ful husband and father and a kind neighbor and friend. He was a member of Prospect Baptist church for many years. Surviving are his wife who before marriage was Miss Maggie Mc Brayer and the following children who have grown up to shed honor upon their noble parents: Hoyle Elliott of Forest City, Onz Elliott of Columbia, S. C., s Mrs. Boyd Stroup of Augusta, Ga., Mrs. Maude Whitworth of Wacff, Mrs. Theron Aden of Cherryville, BUI and Nida Elliott, both of whom teach in the Gastonia city schools. Two brothers, Jeff and Andrew Elliott and one sister, Mrs. Doss EUiott also survive. The funeral services were con ducted by Dr. Zeno Wall at the home at Waco today at 2 o’clock and the body was brought here for interment in Sunset cemetery. George Alexander Is Now Owner Of Store George Alexander today joined the family of Shelby merchants, operating “on his own." According to a formal statement he has bought out the jewelry business here of the Ritcher-Phillips com pany, of Cincnnati, of which here tofore he has been manager. It was three and a half years ago that Ritcher-Phillips, Cincinnati wholesale jewelers, took over this Shelby store. Mr. Alexander was placed in charge. He made a suc cess of the enterprise, creating a first rate business, becoming one of quire about ten days for him to un the best known jewelry establish ments in this section. He has been eight years in Shelby und fifteen years in the jewelry Business. In his statement to The Star the merchant s-.ys it will re pack and display «nt new stock. He will continue in the .ame location. President And Vice-President. Is HERBERT HOOVER CHARLES CURTIS President Herbert Hoover and Vice-President C- irlts Curtis were inaugurated today at Y>. :hington. Scores of people in Shelby and over this section listened in mi the inaugural ceremonies from 11 this morning until 4 this afternoon. Kings Mountain Girl Wins One Webb Medal; Other To Piedmont i Sara Hambright Gets Reciter's Medal And William Eaker The Essay Prise. Miss Sara Hambright, of the Kings Mountain high school, and William Eaker, Of Piedmont- wc-p the winners here Friday night of the Selma Webb recitation and es say medals, Miss Hambright receiv ing the reciter’s medal and Mr Eaker the essay medal Honorable Mention. Honorable mention In the recita tion contest.was given Miss Clay ton Cline, of Waco, and Miss Edna Whianant, of Polkville. In the es say contest honorable mention was given Miss Aileen Walker, of L&tti more, and Miss Vera Falls, of Kings Mountain. Eaker’s winning essay was .upon "The Uncrowned Queen.” Miss Walker’s subject was, "North Carolina, Fifth State in the Union,” while Miss Falls’ was, "The Revela tion of Chemistry to the Enrich ment of Life.” Reciters competing Friday night and their topics follow: Miss Fran ces Wilson, Fallston, “Redhead’s Story of the Feud”; Miss Sara Hambrlght, Kings Mountain, "A Minuet”; Miss Edna Whisnant, No. Eight school, "Aunt Polly at the Rural Aid Society"; Miss Nancy Sperling, Shelby, “The Voice from a Far Country”; Miss Mildred Greene, Moores boro, “Billy Brad and the Big Lie”; Miss Nannie Lee Fomey, Piedmont, “The Swan’s Song”; Miss Cleopatra Latham "The Voice From a Far Country”; Miss Ruby Carpenter, Casar, “An gels Wickedness"; Miss Clayton Cline, Waco, "Angels Wickedness.” The recitation judges were Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Peters, of A & M. college, Amherst, Mass., and Mrs. Paul Orton, Athol, Mass. The essays were Judged by the members of the Lincolnton high school facuty. Dr. Peters presented the recitation medal, and Prof. Lawton Blanton, of Lattimore, presented the essay medaL C. C. Green Victim Of Sudden Stroke Well Known Ptttae Dealer And Son OX Sheriff Green Of ^ chU Wet Days. Mr. Chss. C. Green, well known produce dealer and citizen of Shel by since boyhood, was burled in Sunset cemetery this morning, the funeral taking place at the home of his niece, Mrs. George Thomp son on West Marion street. Serv ices ware conducted by his pastor, Rev. Zepo W»U and members of the Masonic fraternity to which he be longed for many years, accorded him the usual Masonic honors. Mr. Green was found stricken' in his bedroom early Saturday morn ing. When he did not arrive at the breakfast table at his accustomed time, one of the children of Mrs. Thompson went to bis room and foimd him prostrate on the floor. He was hurriedly removed to the Shelby hospital in an unconscious conditlor and remained thus until the end came about XI o’clock Sat urday night. For sometime Mr. Green had been in poor health but never com plained and declined to seek , medi cal treatment because he felt that his condition was not alarming and that lie would pull through all right. He suffered with high blood pressure which brought on paraly sis. Mr. Green was a loyal friend and citizen, a faithful member of the First Baptist church. He was known for his honesty and up rightness of character and will be greatly missed by his host of friends. He was the son of George Green who was the sheriff of Cleveland county during the Civil war and surviving are two sisters, Mrs. J. R. Moore of Forest City, Mrs. B. P. McAfee of York, S. C. and one brother, Jeff Green of Mangum, Oklahoma Polkville-Casar Road Pat On State Highway Pregram Representative Mull Believes It Will Event ually Be Hard-Surfaced Road. The Polkville-Casar road leading north from Shelby has been placed on the state highway program, ac cording to information secured yes terday from Representative O. M. Mull at home from Raleigh for the week-end. Mr. Mull impressed the Import ance of this road on the state high way commission and secured its adoption for maintenance a few days ago which means that it will be a state-maintained road, that it will be straightened out and im proved soon and that eventually it may be hard-surfaced. The hard surfacing of this road, however, will be contingent upon funds being available but Mr. Mull feels that it will eventually be a hard road and one of the most travelled in the county. ' From Casar the road will turn east by Carpenters Grove church and empty into state highway No. 18 at the Belwood consolidated school. . Gardners Highly Honored In Visit For Inauguration Mrs. Gardner Given Social Lead There. Meet Two Presidents In Two Dpys. Washington, March 3.—In the round of social affairs incident to the inauguration of Herbert Hoover as president, Mrs. Fay Gardner, wife of the governor of North Caro - lina, has been unusually honored. At the luncheon given today by the Inaugural committee for the governors and their ladies, Colonel tr. s. Grant, III, chairman of the committee, selected Mrs. Gardner to lead the march to the table with him, after which she sat in the seat of honor at his right. On Sunday afternoon the North Carolina Governor and Mrs. Gard ner called on the Coolidges at the White House, and their schedule for today, Monday, was to call upon the Hoovers immediately after the inaugural ceremonies, thus meeting two presidents in two days. Shelby High Gets County Cage Cup For Second Year Defeat PolkviUe In Close Game For Rotary Title. Off To Raleigh. * In a nip-and-tuck basketball name, which was only typical of an entire nip-and-tuck tournament, the Shelby High quint Saturday night won the Cleveland county cage tour nament and the Rotary champion ship cup. To do so the outfit tutored by Coaches Morris and Falls defeated Polkvllle the runner-up by only two points, 21 to 19. PolkviUe, rated as the dark horse of the tourney, came very near pulling the surprise antici pated by some. Semi-Final Games. In the semi-final games of the tournament Friday night, Shelby barely nosed out the strong Latti more team. 27-23, while Polkvllle was having a bit easier time of it I with Grover. The tourney began Wednesday night with eight county quints in the race and a double-header was played each night in the "tin can” here with the exception of the title same Saturday night. In State Tourney. Thursday Coaches Morris and Falls with ten members of the Shel by squad, led by Capt. Milky Gold, wUl leave for Raleigh to enter the state college tournament in three classes. The Shelby quint, by vir tue of their county Rotary title, will be in Class A and the locals ai V al ready paired against the Newbem team for Friday morning at 11:15 Lattimore Farmers Will Meet Tuesday The farmers of the Lattlmore section are urged by Prof. V. C. Taylor, agricultural instructor, to meet at the Lattlmore school build ing Tuesday night for the purpose of discussing a cooperative pur chase of Spring fertilizers. ‘Flu” Epidemic Over County Now Another influenza epidemic, or wore of colds resembling In fluence, is mini again over Cleveland county, according to physicians. (Scores and scores of people, it Is understood, are In bed with bad colds and what appears to be attacks of “flu.” The second "flu” or bad cold epidemic of the winter seems to be In the rural sections rather than In Shelby, the physicians report, although there are more than the usual number of colds in Shelby now. Former Parson Of Cour.ty Dies In Train Crash C. M. Rollins Killed By Fast Train At Wake Forest. Ministerial Student. Wake Forest.—C. M. Rollins, 33, a Junior in Wake Forest college, died Friday afternoon in a Raleigh hos pital as a result of injuries sustain ed here Thursday night when an automobile which he was driving was struck by the Seaboard's north bound flyer, “the Florida Limited." The automobile was, hit broad side by the train and was tossed 30 feet from the crossing. Rollins was thrown clear of the wreckage. His skull was fractured and he was rushed to a Raleigh hospital, where he died after having remained in an unconscious or semi-conscious ness state since the accident. “•* / tie-a «■»-«_ oPCOllu tv I vcat* The wreck occurred at a cross ing some hundred yards south of the crossing upon which Charlie Lyman, cotton mill operative, was killed in December. After striking Lymans’ automobile, the Seaboard train, "The Southern" lost a part of its pilot and crashed through the Wiggins drug store, a building ad jacent to the railroad. The car driven by Rollins was thrown to a point within a few feet of the wrecked drug store. On the occasion of both wrecks there was no watchman, nor any sort of warning device maintained by the railroad. Rollins is widely known as a min isterial student on the Wake Rar est campus. He was pastor of a number of country churches near Wake Forest. From Forest City. Originally from Forest City, he moved to Wake Forest three years ago with his wife and daughter, who survive him. His daughter, Iris, 15, is a student in the Wake Forest high school. The deceased was a son of Mr. Jimmy Hollins, of Rutherford county, and was well known and very popular in several sections of this county. About two years ago he served the Sandy Run, Camp Creek, and Trinity churches In Cleveland county as pastor. He was a graduate of tolling Springs school and was completing his ministerial studies at Wake Forest. Stamey Has Store At Polkville, And Not Bel wood, As Printed In the advertisement carrying a page full of bargains offered by the Stamey company, and printed in The Star of Friday, there ap peared a line indicating that Stamey stores are located at “Fall ston and Belwood." This should have been printed Fallston and Polkville, for the Stamey company does not own a store at Belwood. This *- branch store is located at Polkville. The Star was entirely to blame and regrets the error, but the many customers of the Stamey company should know that these stores are at Fallston and Polkville and that it owns none at Belwood. Newman Brothers Operate King’s Place Roy Newman announces that he has leased from the Cleveland Oil company, King’s Place, the well known filling station on the Cleve land Springs road which will be operated by Mr. Newman in the future. The deal was closed Sat urday r.nd Mr. Newman took chargtit Majority Vote For Election To Shelby Offices BIU Would Require Run-Off Per Utrh Candidates, Mayor's Salary. Proposed amendment* to the charter of the "town af Shelby” aa It is designated la the gnwrt «*«■ ler will provide for a author of change*, If paaaed at Ralafgh be fore the legislature adjonnaa There proposals have been snhaitttod to Representative Odns MUD wbe was here over the week-end and upon by a body of Interested citl sens wishing to see the ehaHet brought up to date. Mr. Moll would like to bear by letter from ettiseas wishing to state their giawtllnei on the following proposed changes: . (1) Hold city election first Tues day in May instead of fint Mon day In May. <a> Require all candidates for of fice to receive a majorttjT'of tote* cast and if they do sot mostm a majority the first Tuesday In Msy. then, the two highest then -H-t| enter a second election to be held the second Tuesday in May—or one week later. (3) The aldermen shall elect of their board members aa mayor pro tem within thirty days after taking office. (4) In the event of death or re signation of an aldermen, the mayor and board shall elect within thirty days a successor from that ward in which a vacancy occurs and he shall have the same rights and powers as if elected by the voters. (5) The duly elected mayor shall receive a sum not exceeding $100 per month far acting as official head and attending aU meetings of the board, but should the duly elected mayor desire to give his full time to the town and act as mana ger under the direction of the board, he shall receive an addi tional sum not exceeding $100 per month. ^ But should the duly elected mayor decide not to act as a fidh time manager, then he shall give the board thirty di^s potion to that effect and the mayor and board shall have the option of hir ing a manager and prescribing hie duties for a sum not exceeding $350 per month. / (6) The duly elected aldermen shall receive as compensation for their serviceu not exceeding ten dollars per month. The mayor and board shall elect thirty days before their term at of fice expires, a member of their board to be known as a “member at large” to serve for a term of two years and the said (Continued on. eight.) Young Girl Tries To Kill Self In County Jail Here Drinks Bichloride Of Mercury Sat urday Night. Getting Well In . Hospital. ' Jack Hutchins, young and rather pretty white girl, apparently at* einpted suicide in the county Jail here early Saturday night when she drank bichloride of mercury. Soon after it was learned that she had taken the poison the young girl was rushed to the Shelby hospital, where it was stated today that she was improving and was no longer considered in a dangerous condition. It is undAstood that her suffering now is confined to hums about the mouth. Laughed About It Hot long after being taken to the hospital where the poison was re moved from her system the young girl laughed and Joked about the ap parent suicide attempt, Ik IS said, as if she was net disappointed over her failure. At the sheriff's office information is that she had been in Jail for a week or more on general charges, and had been a visitor them be fore. She is said to be a native of Marion. Bifir Number Drunks Before Judge Today Judge Horace Kennedy sad Soli citor p. Cleveland Gardner faced the most Inebriated oourt docket here this morning sines the new re corder has taken office. aawfSsaa week-end drunks were listad on the court calendar, and of the entire lot only one, a third offender, was sent to the rock pilf- 1 a