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SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESD’Y, MAR. 27,1929
Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Afternoons
By maU. per year (In advance* $2.50
Carrier, per year (in advance) $3.00
VOL. XXXV, No. 37 THE CLEVELAND STAR
LATENEWS
The Markets.
Shelby, spot cotton ........... 30c
Cotton Seed, per bu. __... 63c
Showers Thursday.
Today's North Carolina Weather
Report: Showers Thursday and
* probably In west portion tonight.
Cooler tonight In southeastern
portion.
Fly Over Atlantic.
Bahia, Brazil, March 36.—The
South Atlantic was conquered by
airplane for the seventh time to
day when Capt. Ignacio Jiminez
( and Capt. Francisco Igleslas, of
the Spanish army, landed here aft
er a flight from Seville.
Jiminez and Igleslas landed at
Camaasary adrodrome at 10:30 a.
m. today (8:30 a. m. E. S. T.) after
* being in the air 3 hours and 38
minutes.
Numerous Road
Terns In Court
Criminal Docket Of Superior Court
May Be Completed Here
i Thursday.
The superior court grind is mov
ing along steadily here this week
with Judge James L. Webb pre
siding and Solicitor Spurgeon
Spurling prosecuting, and although
there are no major cases on docket
quite a number of road and prison
sentences are being doled out by
Judire Webb.
It Is likely, court attendants say,
that the criminal docket may be
completed Thursday afternoon.
Mr. John Schenck, Jr., is fore
, man of the grand Jury, Deputy
Gus Jolley is the officer in charge,
and Deputy Jerry Runyans is In
his customary role as court offi
cer.
Sentences.
'* The grind Monday and Tuesday
was devoted to the hearing of sub
mission cases, not a single Jury
trial being held during the two
opening days.
Road and prison sentences pass
ed up until this morning include
the following:
State vs. Ed Morton, forgery on
two counts; two months road term
in each case.
State vs. Charlie Johnson, break
ing and entering and larceny; de
v fendant found to be an escaped
. convict with three years more to
serve, and a sentence of eight
months was added to his remaining
time.
State vs. Earl Heart, larceny on
two counts; sentenced to six
months on the road in each' count.
State vs. Taft Borders, larceny
on two counts; two years In the
state prison on the first count and
18 months on the second.
State vs. Coy Morrison, receiving,
possessing and transporting; pled
* guilty of possession and transport
ing; six months road term. Nol
pros as to other charges.
State vs. Dock Norman, receiving
stolen property; four months on
roads.
* Head-On Collision In
Rutherford Tuesday
Switch Opened By Mistake Causes
Head-On Collision At Ther
mal City.
Rutherfordton, March 26.—Fire
man Ed Ellis, of Erwin, Tenn., is
in th® Rutherford hospital suffer
ing with a broken leg, left arm and
foot bruised as a result of a head
on collision on the Carolina,
* Clinchfield and Ohio railway near
Thermal City, about 12 miles north
of here, yesterday morning.
Brakeman Peak opened a switch
by mistake, which caused the
wreck. A through freight was on
the sidetrack standing still with 60
cars of coal while a freight was on
the main line en route north load
ed with perishables, mostly
oranges, fruits, etc. and was mak
ing good time, getting read to
climb a grade when it took the
* switch. It was running late and was
trying to make up time. The cars
piled up and the loss was heavy.
Engineer O. H. Fox, on the fast
freight jumped and saved his life,
though he suffered some bruises.
Mr. Ellis had a narrow escape and
was dug out from under a “moun
tain” of oranges and vegetables.
“Gu* and Gussie”
Lead “Just Kids”
Yes, "Gussie,” the cute
brunette in the. comic strip
published by The Star,, al
• though handicapped, by the
tow-headed "Gus,” seems to
be more popular with Star
readers than the other car
toon—“Just Kids.”
Both comics are being pub
lished this week in order
that readers may pick which
ever they consider best.
“Gus and Gussie” are
leading as yet. Which do you
prefer? Let The Star know
, before the end of the week.
School Situation Discouraging As Subscription Campaign l ags
Republicans Likely
To Have Candidate
For Mayor’s Office
Such Talk Being Heard Here Now.
Would Be A Novelty
For City.
The Republicans of Shelby may
have a party candidate for mayor
in the approaching city election.
Such is the talk being heard in
political circles hereabouts this
week.
If such should hapen, or if the
talk should materialize into action,
the event would be a novelty in
Shelby politics. Never heretofore,
it is recalled, have party lines
been drawn in a municipal elec
tion. Republicans and Democrats
alike go to the polls on city elec
tion day and vote for their favor
ite candidates without any great
consideration of party lines, al
though the majority of the candi
dates in the past have been Demo
crats, and it is known that quite a
number of Republicans never avail
themselves of the opportunity to
vote in the city election.
Might Muddle Things.
In addition to proving a novel
ty the entrance into the race of an
avowed G. O. P. candidate might
tend to muddle the political waters
and leave the political prophets
grasping.
If a Republican should enter, as
a representative of his party, it is
pointed out that if the Republican
voters of Shelby lined up solid be
hind their party representative
and the several Democratic candi
dates split the Democratic voters,
the Republican candidate would
stand more than a good chance of
being one of the two men in the
“run-off.” Such an outcome of the
first election presum ably- would
cause the majority ol the Demo
crats to support the Democratic
candidate in the second race, hut
in speculative circles a hope is
imagined for the G. O. P. candi
date even in the “run-off” as it is
explained that some of the Demo
crats might get peeved at the de
feat of their pet candidate in the
first race and cast their votes to
the Republican standard bearer.
Report Unfounded.
Just where the report of that a
novelty might be injected into the
coming race originated is not
known, but it spread about the city
yesterday. Leading Republicans as
well as Democrats seemed to know
little of it and apparently were not
planning to back or to counteract
such a movement, some of them
even expessing the hope that parti
san feeling not be worked up in
the municipal elections, terming
the oity ballot battles “Warm
enough as they are now.”
Meantime political activity about
Shelby is warming up with the
weather, and in a week or so the
mercury in the political thermo
meter may even climb higher than
in the weather thermometer.
Policeman Cook To
Leave Local Force
Policeman H. L. Cook, for several
months traffic officer and a mem
ber of the Shelby police depart
ment, informed The Star today
that he was leaving the force on
Saturday.
, Mr. Cook declared that as yet he
had not definitely accepted work
elsewhere and was not ready to an
nounce future plans.
High School Band
Will Be At Earl
The Shelby high school band, di
rected by Prof. W. T. Sinclair and
considered one of the best musical
organization composed of boys In
North Carolina, will appear in a
coaeert at the Earl school building
Friday night. This concert was to
have been held Friday night of
last week, but was postponed due
to bad weather.
Parent*-T eachers
Falls ton To Meet
The P. T. A. will hold its regular
meeting Thursday afternoon at 3
o'clock. The following program will
be given:
Piano solo by Miss Inez Whis
nant; reading by Mrs. Stough
Beam; solo by Miss Helen Scott;
discussion of the new school law,
by Mr. W. R. Gary.
All parents are requested to be
presen
“Mad Dog Scare”
General In County
Now, Reports State
Another Hydrophobia-Infected Do*
Said To Be In Zion
Section.
The “mad dor scare” seems
to be spreading over Cleveland
county aa It has in recent
weeks in several sections of the
state.
In the Zion section of upper
Cleveland, where a mad cat bit
several children and other cats last
week, reports Tuesday stated that
another mad dog was at large
thereabouts. The hydrophobia germ
first struck that section nearly
three weeks back when a mad dog
wandered in, it Is said, and it Is
presumed there that the mad cat,
which caused some terror, was bit
ten by the dog.
At Kings Mountain.
A “mad dog scare” has prevailed
in the Kings Mountain section lor
some time, dogs, mules and cows
having been bit there. In one in
stance the two mules belonging to
one farmer were infected would be
dying in a short time and the other
being killed by officers several
days later when it became mad in
the barn. A Kings Mountain youth
and others are taking treatment
thereabouts.
As a result of the scare many
citizens who have dogs they value
highly are keeping them up until
U>e scare is over and quite a num
ber are having their dogs vaccin
ated against rabies, a pretty sure
method veterinarians say of stav
ing off the madness.
Kings Mountain To
Play Highs Friday;
Rain Halts Contest
Charlotte Game Yesterday Stopped
By Rain. First Home
Game Friday.
Shelby baseball fans are to get
their first taste of baseball here
Friday afternoon when Shelby
plays Kings Mountain, provided, of
course it does not rain again.
In Charlotte yesterday afternoon
the Charlotte highs were leading
Shelby two to one in the third In
ning when rain stopped the game,
Charlotte scoring on two hits and
an error by Gold.
Laltimore’s Young
Farmers To Banquet
The young "Tar Heel Farmers"
of the Lattimore section are spon
soring a father-and-son banquet to
be given at Lattimore Thursday
night, March 28. Among the guests
of honor will be Ray H. Thomas
state vocational supervisor; J. M.
Osteen, district superintendent;
the county board of education, the
county commissioners. County
Supt. J. H. Grigg, the Lattimore
school committee, and Prof. Law
ton Blanton, the Lattimore princi
pal.
Commissioner In
Rutherford Fined
On Drunk Charges
Rutherfordton, March 25.—
Hardin H. Tucker, chairman of
the board of Rutherford coun
ty commissioners, was today
fined $50 and costs before Re
corder C. J. Mode, when found
guilty of a charge of drunken
ness.
Mr. Tucker was arrested the
night of March 6 at Spindale by
officers George Green and
Yates Duncan and brought to
the jail here. He was later re
leased.
He made no defense at the
trial today before Judge Mode,
who is one of his boyhood
friends.
Mr. Tucker was the only can
didate nominated for the office
of commissioner at the primary
held in the county last June.
A second primary was held for
the nomination of two other
candidates for the office to
complete the board
Governor And
Family Coming
Home Thursday
Gardners To Make First Trip Bark
To Home Town Thursday
Night.
The people of Shelby will this
week-end entertain their first na
tive-son governor and his family.
Governor and Mrs. O. Max
Gardner, according to Judge James
L. Webb, father of Mrs. Gardner,
are expected to arrive In Shelby
Thursday evening or Thursday
night for their first visit back
home since the Inauguration in
January. Young Max, jr. Is expect
ed to accompany them and the
elder Gardner son, James Webb, is
also expected to come home for
the week-end from Chapel Hill
where he is a student at the uni
versity.
The plans now are, it is under
stood, for the governor and his
family to remain here for several
days, perhaps a week, and al
though no formal affairs are on
the social calendar as yet numerous
courtesies will no doubt be shown
them by the home folks, and it is
expected that the governor’s fam
ily will attend church on Easter
Sunday at the First Baptist.
The first visit back will be in the
nature of a breathing spell for
Governor Gardner after the stren
uous legislative period.
Prisoner Recovers
In Hurry When He
Reaches Hospital
Departs Word Berth When Doctor
Goes To Eat. Slippery
Customary.
The average colored man who
gets into Jail regularly isn't con
sidered to have much mentality,
but local officers and members of
the Shelby hospital staff can tell
you of one “slick" colored fellow
who is an exception.
This particular prisoner, who Is
not a prisoner any more, had been
in the county jail or on the gang
for months. Treatment just didn’t
seem to do him any good. He had
been unable to get out of bed at
Jail for weeks, and although the
physician treating him thought
his patient to be “playing possum,”
it was hard to explain the patient's
having a high fever one day and
normal temperature on the next
day. Some of the other prlsonys
have said since that the negro ate
soap to boost his temperature.
Finally the physician got bored
with the lack of progress in his
patient, and the prisoner-patient
was taken to the colored ward of
the city hospital. The physician
left the room to eat his supper be
fore attending a copulation over
the patient with members of the
hospital staff. When the meal was
concluded the medicos advanced to
the negro ward to solve, if possible,
the peculiar health of the colored
man. But meantime the patient
had solved it himself—So rapid
was his recovery at the hospital
that he was already gone when the
physicians arrived.
And he remains gone, “long
gone.”
Ellenboro Child
Killed By Truck f
Going From Schobl
Marvin Hamrick, Of Ellenboro, Is
Caught Under Wheels
While Scuffling.
Rutherfordton, March 26.—Mar
vin, six year old son of Ed Ham
rick, of Ellenboro, was run over by
a school bus yesterday afternoon at
Ellenboro and almost instantly kill
ed. The accident occurred late in
the afternoon when the children
were scrambling to get into the bus
to go home. Marvin was scuffling
with another boy and fell in front
of the rear wheel before the bus
stopped. It passed over' his body.
He died within a few minutes.
It was Marvin’s first year In
school and he was a bright boy. He
leaves his parents, four brothers.
Fay, Oris, and Calvin Hamrick, of
Ellenboro, and Maynard, student at
the deaf and dumb school, Mor
ganton: three sisters, Ila, Addie
and Madeline, all at home.
Funeral services were held at
Bethel Baptist church, Ellenboro,
Tuesday afternoon with Rev. Z. D.
Harrill in charge. Ellenboro school
adjourned for the funeral.
Mr. Henry B. Edwards spent
Monday in Spartanburg on legal'
business
Federal Arms Gaining in Power
This is one of the first photos of Secretary of War Calles of
Mexico shown going into a conference at Durango in the
typical uniform of a Mexican general. His forces are pressing
the rebels around Mazatlan which the Fedcrals expect to re
capture and continue their march into Chihuahua, the rebel
stronghold.
New Political Party Is Need
Of Country, Villard Declares
Prominent Editor Sees Little Difference Be
tween Two Existing Parties. No Real
Leader Now. I
Winter Park, Fla.—A new politi
cal party in this country is highly
desirable and the building of it is
largely a question of money and
thorough organization, Oswald
Garrison Villard, editor of The Na
tion, told the first annual insti
tute of statesmanship at Rollins
college.
“We are without the militant
and divergent opposition which our
governmental machinery calls for,"
said Mr. Villard. “It is an undeni
able truth that the Democratic
party is no longer separated from
the Republican party by sharp
political differences and clearly de
fined party principles.
Can’t Throw Stones.
"The Democrats who invaded
Haiti and pulled down its govern
ment, who bombarded Vera Cruz
and violated the sanctity of Mexi
can territory, can hardly throw
stones at the Republicans for keep
ing troops in Nicaragua and in
China.
“In the last campaign the Dem
ocrats abandoned the historic prin
ciple of tariff for revenue only. So
far as the tariff is concerned the
only difference now between the
parties is one of degree. Both are
clearly protectionist.
“Obvious, too, is the fact that
the greater the industrial revival
in the south, the more rapidly will
the Democratic party, as at pres
ent led, drift to the Republican
position in matters economic. The
need of a new alignment of voters
into a conservative and a radical
camp is entirely desirable.
Leader Needed.
"The difficulty of the situation
today is that since the death of
the senior Robert M. LaFollette
Double Wedding Of
County Couples At
Gaffney Last Week
Casar Cousins Marry Cherryville
Sisters There. Other
Marriages.
Gaffney.'—A double wedding
took place in Probate Judge
Lake W. Stroup’s office last
week-end when Dock and Billy
Canipc, cousins from Casar
were married to Mary Lou and
Susan Pruitt, sisters who lived
in Cherryville.
Other couples who came from
the Shelby and Cleveland county
section to be married were:
Marshall Bell and Billur Davis,
both of Kings Mountain; Freeman
Nance and Myrtle Crotts, both of
Kings Mountain; Manson Camp,
of Lattimore, and Elsie Morgan, of
Shelby; John Millwood and Dora
Ford, both of Forest City.
Shelby Teacher To
Broadcast Saturday
Miss Nina Holt White, a member
of the faculty of the South Shelby
school is to broadcast Saturday
night over the Raleigh radio sta
tion. it was announced here today.
Miss White is a soloist who has
been frequently heard in Shelby
since becoming a member of the
city school faculty.
there is no outstanding leader
about whom an organization can
be built, and there is no single
compelling economic issue.”
Husband Of Plane Victim At
Charlotte Is Found In Jail
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John GaJloway Held In Pennsyl
vania On Attempted Pay
roll Robbery.
Charlotte, March 26.—John G.
Galloway, husband of Mrs. Dorothy
Harvell Galloway, passenger-victim
of Charlotte Sunday fatal three
victim airplane crash near the
Charlotte airport., is in the county
county jail at McKeesport, Pa.,
awaiting a hearing Jointly with Jack
Campbell, also of Charlotte, on
charges of plotting to rob the $1,
500 payroll of the Union Dye
Works there, according to infor
mation obtained today from local
police.
Hamp Harvell, father of the late
Mrs. Galloway, a resident of nea?
Midland, in Cabarrus county, yes
terday solicited the aid of the Char
lotte police and the radio in locat
ing Galloway, the result being that
the man was found in the jail at
McKeesport, police here said, while
friends and relatives of his dead
wife were seeking him In order to
perfect plans for her funeral and
burial, which today are incomplete.
When captured, both Galloway
and Campbell admitted their inten
tions, according to a dispatch from
McKeesport, and stated that they
both had served sentences in At
lanta, Ga., and in North Carolina
State prison, at Raleigh. When ar
rested Campbell was entering the
building; Galloway was apprehend
ed in an effort to escape and the
robbery was to have been commit
ted on signal from Paul Jones, a
McKeesport laundryman, according
to information from the Pennsyl
vania towr
Local Girl Was
In Plane Just
Before It Fell
According: in a letter re
ceived here over the week
end a Cleveland county girl
was in tho big Ford plane a
short time before ft crashed
Sunday week ago at Newark,
N.J., and killed 14 people.
The girl fortunate enough
to take her air rido just about
40 minutes before the disas
trous crash was Miss Reea
Gardner, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Gardner
of the county.
Mull Will Not
Accept Prison
Chairmanship
Cannot Hold Two Chairmanships.
Wants, Also, To Remain In
Shelby.
Raleigh, March 26.-—Governor
Gardner and Odns Mull, state
Democratic chairman, announced
this afternoon that Mr. Mull would
not be able to serve as chairman
or the board of directors of the
state prison.
Governor Oardner further an
nounced that he had already pick
ed the man for the place which Mr.
Mull, Is unable to accept, but he
was unwilling. because of a re
quest made by the new chairman,
to divulge his name until the posi
tion had been accented.
A number of reasons were given
for Mr. Mull's inability to serve,
and he verified them all. First,
there was the constitutional objec
tion against Mr. Mull’s holding two
state offices since, as chairman of
the house finance committee, ho Is
also a member of the budget com
mittee. Second, Mr. Mull has many
private business interests in Shel
by. and he has always been reluc
tant to leave them, move his fam
ily to Raleigh and take a full time
Job.
Fou Is Re-Elected.
Otherwise, the first meeting of
the new prison board today went
off as scheduled. George Ross Pou
was re-elected superintendent of
the prison. Dr. Norman will con
tinue as physician and warden of
the prison. Chester G. Bell was re
elected auditor; Haywood Honey
cutt. deputy warden, and Miss
Josephine Rand, prison clerk.
Riding Club Build>
Big Club And Barn
Community Bam And Club Howe
For Horseback Fans Now
Going Up.
Construction work has started on
the East Warren street extension
in the rear of the Belvedere
Heights of a big community bam
and club house for the Shelby
riding club.
The club house and bam is for
mally being erected by the Shelby
Riding club, Inc., a group of local
citizens fond of horse-back riding,
with an authorized capital of $50,
000. Mr. Will Arey is president of
the club. Messrs. William Lineber
ger and Chas. C. Blanton are vice
presidents, and Mr. Tom Rolan is
secretary-treasurer.
The steeds of the club members
will be kept at the community barn
rather than at private barns and
two caretakers will be at the coup
at all times. In addition to the 25
stalls, modern in every detail,
there will be large club rooms and
other club house conveniences for
members.
Among the present members of
the club are: Will Arey. Ward
Arey, J. S. Dorton. Tom Nolan,
Clyde Nolan, William Lineberger,
Dan Frazier, C. C. Blanton, J. L.
Blanton, Jack Palmer, Lawrence
Lackey, D. E. Honeycutt. Grover
Beam, L. B. King, Brevard Latti
more, Carl Thompson, Ralph Hoey,
John Schenck, jr„ Mai Spangler,
and George Moore.
Miss Skinner To Be
With Presbyterians
Miss Julia Lake Skinner, of
Louisville, Ky„ will direct the wor
ship this evening at the Presbyter
ian church here, it is announced by
the pastor, Rev. H. N. McDiarmid.
Miss Skinner comes in the inter
est of Christian education and work
among students, and every member
of the church, regardless of age, is
urged to hear her as she is one of
the most efficient workers of the
Southern Presbyterian church.
Drive To Keep
Schools Open
Here Dragging
Less Than Half Of Needed Amount
For Extra Month Subscribed
As Yet.
The city .schools of Shelby may
cloxo one month early despite the
efforts of numerous local citizens to
keep the schools open for the extra
month by subscriptions from par*
ents of the children.
This was learned here today fal
lowing a meeting of the cltiaens’
committee which has been appeal
ing to the parents of Shelby,
through the school children, to
subscribe the $4,000 needed to have
the high school operate nine
months, or one month longer than
the school tax fund will keep the
schools open.
$1,400 Is Subscribed.
To date it was announced $1,400
has been subscribed, which means
that 140 high school students have
$10 each subscribed so that they
may remain In school for the full *
nine months. The budget advanced
by the Parent-Teachers association
and local citizens asks that around
$4,000 be subscribed in order to
l keep the high echoed open with 400
Faced by a seeming lack of In
terest on the part of many, parents
as to the serious situation prevail
ing the citizens’ committee decided
today that committees would be
appointed to visit parents in each
ward where subscription blanks to
keep their children in school have
not been returned. Until today the
appeal has been made through the
children who have been carrying
subscription cards home to their
parents.
In Other Schools.
Meantime parents of children in
the several elementary schools of
the city have been holding meet
ings arranging subscription drives
to keep those schools open. Hast
night a Parent-Teachers meeting
was held at the Marion school and
the enthusiasm shown indicates
that parents will do their utmost
to keep the school open for the full
term. ,
Colored residents so far have
shown more real interest in the
subscription drive than any of the
others. Around $900 will be needed
to keep the colored school open for
the ninth month and already $S50
has been subscribed by colored cit
izens. ' rV
Children Working.
Back behind the open campaign
to keep the schools open so that
the high school students may re
ceive credit for their yean work
are some pathetic stories of chil
dren who want a high school edu
cation and see a years labor slip
ping away from them due to the
apathy of school patrons.
one nigh school gttl. who wanes
during the summer, months so thst
she may attend school to the win
ter, this week approached her
summer employer and asked for a
loan of $10. Questioning by him re
vealed that she wanted to subscribe
her own part so that the school
would operate the full term. She
got the $10 and will work it out
this summer. Another girt having
no one to advance the $10 for her,
tendered $5 to the committee and
asked that they wait for the other
$5 until she could make it by work
ing afternoons and Saturdays.
On the other hand it Is indicat
ed that children who have not been
doing so well to echoed this year
form the biggest handicap to the
subscription drive as they axe ad
verse to subscribing for the extra
month when they do not think
they can pass their work, either to
eight months or nine.
By the committee working ener
getically to retain the full school
year It Is believed that the end of
next week will bring the crisis. By
that time It will tie definitely
known whether the schools may re
main open for the full year, or
whether they, will close the first
week in May with high school stud
ents losing credit for their work
and senior class having little hope
of graduating.
Cutting Roses, Thorn
Pricks Lady’s Eye
While trimming a rose bush
with a pair of scissors a few days
ago, a thorn flew off and struck
Mrs. William Llneberger to the
eye. causing an injury which
might have proven very serious.
She was directed to an eye special
ist in Charlotte where she has
been under treatment for seven!
days. She Is expected home to A
I day or so much improved.