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VOL. XXXV, No. 52
THE CLEVELAND ST A11
SHELBY, N. C.
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LA TE NEWS
The Markets.
Cotton, pe rpound . 18c
Cotton Seed, per bu. .. 48c
Rain Thursday.
Today's North Carolina Weather
Report: Rain tonight and Thurs
day. Cooler Thursday.
Final Tax Days.
The Cleveland county tax books
will be turned over to the county
commissioners Saturday for adver- !
Using, it was announced today by j
Sheriff Irvin M. Allen. About $53,000 I
of the $550,000 tax levy in the coun- |
ty remained unpaid today. I-ate i
taxpayers have rushed the office of j
the sheriff this week, paying in '
over $15,000. A considerable amount
of the unpaid $53,000 will likely be
paid by Saturday.
Grand Jury Fails.
..A report made public by the Gas- !
ton county grand, jury, yesterday
stated that the jury had been un
able to find sufficient evidence -to
make a court presentment as to the
destruction of. strikers’ headquar
ters there recently. All hope for the
apprehension and. punishment- of
the guilty persons seems now to
rest in the hands, of. Governor
Gardner and an independent inves
tigation.
Former Parson
Held Up, Gets
His Auto Back
Rev. IV. II. Wall, Of Shelby, Victim
Of Holdup At Bessemer City
Saturday.
The Ford coupe belonging to Rev.
W. H. Wall, of Shelby, former Bap
tist minister, and stolen from him
last Saturday morning at Bessemer
City, was found Monday parked in
Gastonia and has been returned to
the owner here.
The story of the daylight holdup
in which Mr. Wall was the victim
is an interesting one.
The minister says he had parked
in a side street, just off the main
street and highway in the heart of
the Bessemer business section, Sat
urday morning to watch a parade.
When he returned to his car and
started to step in, he says, several
rough looking men advanced, two
of them masked, and cue of them
asked, “Is that Tour car?’’
Receiving an affirmative reply
from the Shelby man. the stranger
It is said ordered him out of the
car, while two others of the group
made him shell out what money he
had in his pockets, a small amount
according to Mr. Wall.
Made Him Walk.
“New turn around there and walk
down the street, and if you look
back we’ll pump you full of holes,”
one of the men told him. Mr. Wall
says.
The Shelby man says the bandits
did not hold a gun on him but that
he saw a long gun carried by one
of the men and walked promptly
when they ordered, and as they
ordered.
Walking out near the end of the
block he met an officer, told him of
the holdup but thought it best for
his own safety not to return im
mediately to the scene. The officer
returning to make a search found
the men and the car already gone,
and the car was not heard of again
until Monday when Police Chief
McBride Poston received a call
from Gaston officers stating that it
had been located there.
The presumption of Bessemer
City officials was that the men tak
ing the car merely to make a trip
to Gastonia or elsewhere and did
not intend to steal the coupe per
manently.
As it Is Mr. Wall has his car back,
but is out a small bit of change in
repayment for which he passed
through a right ticklish experience,
he says.
Barrett Improving
At Hospital Here
Forrest Barrett, 20-year-old Kings
Mountain boy, seriously injured
Sunday night when his car turned
turtle while passing another ear at
the Bethware school on highway 20.
is reported to be improving today at
the Shelby hospital, where he was
taken after the wreck. He has sev
eral fractured ribs and perhaps has
a fractured skull, surgeons say.
Williams Jenkins and Harry Led
ford. also of Kings Mountain, were
riding with him when the wreck
took place.
Charlie Morrison, of Waco, in
jured yesterday morning when two
trucks collided at Waco, was said to
be better today at the Shelby hos
pital.
Square Dance Friday.
A square and round dance will be
held Friday night of this week in
the Thompson building, beginning
at 8 o’clock with “Red” Mullins as
announcer. A similar dance was
held there Tuesday night and was
attended by a good crowd which
anjoyed the old-fashioned dances.
Many Seek
Berth Here
In Schools
Former 1‘rinripal Among Appli
rants, Is Said. Matter Is
Talked.
Who will be the superintendent
of the Shelby city Schools next
year?
That question is widely discussed
over Shelby now in view of the
recent announcement that Supt, I.
C. Griffinwill next year become a
member of the full-time faculty at
the University of Norili Carolina.
Many Want It.
Unofficial information from the
present school board. which re
signs in a body at the end of the
term, has it that quite a number of
school officials have already ap
plied for the position Mr. Griffin
leaves vacant.
These reports have it that Prof
A. C. Lovelace, former Shelby prin
cipal and now superintendent of the
Henrietta-Carplen schools, is among
the applicants for the .superin*
tendency here. Other than Prof.
Lovelace it is said that none of the
other applicants is of this immedi
ate section, or rather has served in
a school capacity in the section.
Grigg And Andrews?
The discusison, which is on the
part interested citizens and not by
the school board, has it that Prof.
J. Horace Grigg. now county super
intendent and former Shelby high
principal for years, would meet i
with considerable approval on the
part of citizens. Mr. Grigg, however,
has not applied and has made no
public statement indicating that he
would or would not. The specula
tion also includes the mention of
the name of the present principal.
Prof. Columbus Andrews, but Mr.
Andrews, reports from the school
states, has made no official bid as
yet for the position.
Just when the school board will
select the new superintendent and
faculty for the city schools is not
known, and whether or not the
selection will be by the retiring
board or the new board is not defi
nitely known. It may be that the
retiring board will recommend a
teaching staff and superintendent
to be elected by the board voted
into office Monday.
Polkville School
Finals May 3 to 7
Rev. R. L. Knox To Preach Sermon
And Supt. Claude A. Erwin To
Deliver Address.
Finals for the Polkville Con
solidate school will be held from
May 3rd to May 7th, according to
an announcement by the principal.
Mr. J. L. Dennis who was a Shelby
visitor yesterday. Mr. Dennis has
secured Rev. R. L. Knox of Bess
emer City to deliver the sermon on
Sunday afternoon May 5th and
County Superintendent of Schools
Clyde A. Erwin of Rutherford coun
ty to deliver the annual address on
May 7fh.
Friday night, May 3rd.—Operetta
by grades, 8 o'clock,
Saturday night, May 4th—Decla
mation contest, 8 o'clock.
Sunday afternoon. May 5th. 3
o'clock—Sermon, Rev. L. P. Knox,
Bessemer City.
Monday night—May Cth, class
night, seniors.
Tuesday night, May 7th—Gradu
ating exercises, address-, Supt.
Clyde A. Erwin, Rutherfordton.
Several Couples In
Gaffney Marriages
Several young people from tliis
county v.ere married in Gaffney. S.
C.. last week. Those from this
county were:
Oscar Holcomb, of Gaffney, and
Clarissa Oates, of Kings Mountain;
Onzelton Campbell, Union Mills,
and Lila Mae Ingle, Bostic; Charles
E. Ensley, Shelby, and Annie Lee
Byrd, Lexington; Ben Caldwell and
Elbie Lewis, both of Kings Moun
tain.
BAN PLACED ON SLOT
MACHINES IN BLACKSBURG
Blacksburg.—The Blacksburg town
council, Tuesday, passed an ordin
ance prohibiting operation of slot
machines for money, within the city
limits.
This and all other forms of
gambling, it is said, will be rigid
ly regulated.
First Degree. Work.
Cleveland lodge 202 A. F. Sc A. M.
will meet Friday night for work in
the first degree.
Fifty-Hour Flight Fails at Distance Itecord
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Here’s the Fairey Napier monoplane in which members of the
Ijritish Royal Air Force headed by A. t». Jones-Williams, left,
made tlie non-stop flight from England to India without a mis
hap. The men were cn route more than fifty houis.
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Highs Play Lincolnton For Group
Title Here Friday In Second Win
Teacher Hurt
In Auto Crash
Tuesday Night
Miss McArthur Injured When Car
Occupied By Two Other Teach
ers Hits Building.
Miss Frances McArthur, of Gaff
ney, South Carolina, a member of
the Shelby city schools faculty, was
painfully injured last night and
others in the same automobile were
bruised and shaken up when then
car failed to make the curve where
highway 206 enters highway 20 (the
Cleveland Springs road) and crash
ed into the shed of the Upton serv
ice station.
The fact that none of the party
of four was seriously or fatally in
jured is considered a near miracle
by those who have visited the scene
of the crash.
The party was made up of Miss
Rose Budd Chamberlin, another
member of the city schools faculty;
Prof. W. T. Sinclair, musical in
structor. and Frank Hoyle, jr. The
car, a Chrysler, was the property
of Prof. Sinclair, and Miss Cham
berlin, who had driven the others
to her home at Lincolnton. was driv
ing when the crash took place.
Highway 206 comes into highway
20 almost horizontal and it is pre
sumed by Police Chief Poston, who
lives near the scene and was called
to the wreck to get the injured to
the hospital, that the car was trav
elling at a good speed and that not
expecting the curve it was impossi
ble to make the turn. The car
ploughed into the shed of the serv
ice station, struck a large barrel of
oil and scattered oil and portions
of the shed over the entire build
ing. The car was badly demolished.
Miss McArthur was taken to the
Shelby hospital where she suffers
today from a lacerated knee and
bruises. Hoyle was painfully bruised
about the face, and the others were
considerably shaken up. Miss Mc
Arthur's injuries are not considered
dangerous and she will likely be
able to leave the hospital soon.
A Textile lUo\ir.
Everett- Houser, of the Cleveland
Cloth mill, advises The Star that on
Monday next, under the mill's aus
pices, a two reel picture wil be ex
hibited at the Webb theatre, show
ing the process of the manufacture
of that synthetic favorite of the
day. known as rayon. The picture
will show how the cloth is. made, be
ginning at the beginning, which is
wood pulp, cotton linters, etc., all
the way, through the various stages,
to the blonde's bark. It should be
a very instructive film.
Morris Tram Making Strong Fight
For Third Stair Titlr. Run
I'p 25 Runs.
The >brlby highs play thr
strong Llncolnton tram hrrr
Friday afternoon for the group
seven baseball title and the right
to remain in the running for
the North Carolina high srhool
championship. Uneotnton piled
up a big scorr on Faliston and
a fast game is anticipated.
Morris' boys remained in the
state contest Tuesday by running
up a 11 to 1 victory over the Hcn
rietta-Carolcen team for their sec
ond win in the state fight, in tlie*
two games the locals have chased
over 25 runs.
ltarrelson Hitting.
The hitting of Harrelson and Lee.
the fielding of Rippy. and the all
around base running and heads-up
play of the Shelby team featured
the win here yesterday. Doggett.
visiting first-sacker. was the out
standing performer for the visitors.
Henrietta-Carolcen scored first in
the second frame when four hits
and an error slightly upset Ham
rick, Shelby hurler. and caused
local fans to see a chance at the
town's third state title slipping
away. But in the third frame the
Shelby willows began wiggling and
four runs were scored, two more
came across in the fifth, two more
in th£ sixth, and three in the sev
enth.
Afield the Shelby outfit dis
played the snappiest work of the
season, Lee making several good
plays around short. Harrelson mak
ing a fine running catch behind
first, and young Rippy snagging
just seven long drives in leftfield.
In with the Shelby scoring was all
(Continued on page ten t
Gee Can’t Keep
Off Short Dresses
Gee McGee, humorist,
promised a friend several
weeks sinec that he would
stop writing about short
dresses, but in promising he
eould not help but call at
tention to how thin they’re
getting.
At that, however, the home
spun wit of South Carolina,
just cannot help but mention
the knee-displaying skirts of
the present day.
His humor, and his philo
sophy, are not confined to
feminine dress; he writes of
politics, farming, affairs of
the government, and what
not.
You’re missing a treat if
you fail to read his "Nobody's
Business” on the editorial
page of each issue of The
Star.
Government Will Furnish Head
Stones For Confederate Dead
It should bo of considerable in- •
terest to families of Confederate]
veterans in Cleveland county and
over this section to know that the
United States government, through
the department of tire Quartermast
er General, will furnish white mar
ble headstones for the graves of all
Confederate veterans not marked.
In cases where private monuments
have been erected or will be erect
ed the headstones will not be fur
nished by the government
The headstones, information from
Washington lias it, may be applied '
for through Senator Simmons at
Washington and the office of the
Quartermaster General. Senator
Simmons has a number of the ap
plication blanks in his office and
will mail them out with other need
ed information upon request.
The design of the headstones for
the graves of Confederate veterans
is of American white marble. 3D in
ches long, 12 inches wide and 4
inches thick, top slightly pointed,
inscribed with name, rank (if above
private,) and organization followed
by the letters "C. S. A.'
Trucks Collide,
At Waco And2
People Are Hurt
Charlie Morrison In Hospital Here
Suffering With Concussion.
Ilord Injured.
Charlie Morrison was : everely
and perhaps seriously injured and
Will G Hord. both of Waco, was
considerably shaken up and bruis
ed around 9 o'clock yesterday morn
ins in Waco when the light truck
in which they were riding collided
with a heavy truck driven by Carl
| Walker, of Morganton.
J Morrison, who was knocked un
i ronscious, was brought to the hos
i pital here where he regained con
sciousness during the day, but
hospital officials say that he yes
terday suffered quite a bit from
the shock and the concussion which
for a time rendered him uncon
scious. Due to the shock the extent
of his injuries has not been deter
mined as yet, but other than sev
eral fractured ribs it is not thought
that he has any broken bones.
Crashed Together.
According to Deputy Mike Aus
tell and other officers, visiting the
scene soon after the crash, Walker,
driving a truck loaded with blocks,
was coming west down from the
W'aco business section toward the
station and the trucg occupied by
Morrison and Hord was coming out
of a side road when the two col
lided. Some reports were that Wal
ker was making quite a bit of
speed end the young fellow, who
gave his age as 21, was brought to
Shelby and placed under a $200
bond to May 11 when he Is to bp
given a hearing on a reckless driv
ing charge.
Mrs. Rachael Wallace
Buried On Tuesday
Noble Mother Passes At Age 70
Vears. Buried At Beaver Dam
Baptist Church.
Mrs. Rachel Wallace, age 70
years, died Monday morning at the
home of a daughter at Boiling
Springs and was buried Tuesday at
Beaver Dam beside her husband
who preceded her to the grave
some years ago. Mrs. Wallace had
been in declining health, but took
suddenly ill only last Saturday.
Because of her wide connection and
host of friends the funeral was
largely attended. Services were con
ducted by Rev. D. F. Putnam.
Mrs. Wallace was a kind, devot
ed wife and mother and highly re
spected for her noble character.
She is survived by three sons, John,
Robert and James Wallace of this
county, five daughters. Mrs. Luther
Yarboro of Iron Station, Mrs. Reid
I-ovelace of Canton, Mrs. Sid Jones.
Mrs. D. A. Lemmons of this county,
together with 32 grandchildren and
12 great grandchildren.
Capture Still Near
Mary’s Grove Chuch
Deputies Buren Dedmon, John
Hord and Harvey Harrelson this
week captured a 350 gallon copper
still and worm about one mile from
Mary's Grove church in No. 5 town
ship. No beer or whiskey was fotmd
at the still, and the officers state
that it appeared as if a “run" had
been completed only a short time
before then arrival
Jury Gets
Case Today
In Gaston
Two Muir Attorneys Speak ThT
Aftrrnoon. Spectators Arc Ex
pecting Acquittal.
(Special to The Star.i
Gastonia, May t.—Thr Vander
hurR rase will likely go to the Gas
Ion county jury by suppertime thi- j
evening or soon thereafter, and
spectators and barristers are c\
peeling a verdict early in the night
Only two lawyers of the seven in
the case were yet to speak when tin
court adjourned for the noon rrers
today. They are Kx-Srnator A. t
W'olti, who speaks for the defense
at 2 o'clock, and Solicitor John
Carpenter, who will close for the
state. Five attorneys have alreaih
spoken to the jury. Carpenter's talk
will be followed immediately by the
judge’s charge to the jury, and
then the fate of the young giant,
•lake Vanderburg. who is charged
with killing his mother and father,
two sisters and brother, will rest
with the jury.
Acquittal?
Although the general behet pie- |
vails over Gaston that the youth i
guilty of the horrible crime, the be- !
lief among spectators arid other
hearing the evidence produced v
that the verdict, anticipated early
tonight, will acquit him as the state
has not been able, in the, opinion of
many, to produce enough actual
evidence to convict, him
The fact that a Jury venire ot
more than 100 Gaston citizens was
nearly exhausted before 12 juror
could be found who did not believe
Vanderburg guilty indicates that the
Gaston public holds that the youth
is guilty, but there is a scarcity of
actual evidence.
LAWYERS n.EAD IV
VANDERBURG HEARING
j Gastonia. April 30 — Jacob Vnn
derburg, on trial for murder ot five
j members of his family, was de
scribed here this afternoon in an
I argument before the jurors
l "kind, true and noble in his srn
j timents."
The speaker. Judge A C. Jones,
first of the defense lawyers to
make a plea for the life of the 17
year-old defendant, declared the
Vanderburg family was a "happy
loving and affectionate family" and
that the state had been unable to
produce anything but "Dils of cir
cumstantial evidence" in proving the
boy's guilt.
He is on trial in connection with
the death of his father, mother, j
two sisters and brother, whose char- i
red bodies were found in the burned j
Vanderburg farm house near here !
December 28
Ask Non-Suit.
The last of presentation oi testi
mony was completed when court
'Continued on page ten.)
Newton Heads No. 6
S. S. Association
No. 6 S.S. A. Meets At Presbyterian
Church. Misses Davis Ami
McGee Speakers.
The attendance at the No. e j
tow nship Sunday school association j
held Monday night at, the Preby-j
terian church was very disappoint- j
ing, The program, however, w as ex
ceptionally good with speeches by j
Miss Davis, president of the State |
Sunday school association and Miss j
McGee in charge of the children's j
division work. They discussed the
program of worship in Sunday
school and suggested ways whereby
there would be no overlapping of
objectives in the various depart
ments.
J C. Newton was elected prc. .
dent for the ensuing yea,'. Thad C
Ford vice president and Win. Mc
Cord secretary. Heretofore this or
ganization has not had officers, but
the meeting Monday evening wa
presided over by J. H, Grigg, coun
ty superintendent of schools.
City To Finance
Shelby Schools
For F inal Month
Ihe Shrlln lily school* "ill
operate the full ninth
months! This was assured at
1:30 toilav when tile city al
dernirn held a ratted mcet
ins and dwldfd In finance,
as a eitv liability, the opera
lion of the schools for the
ninth month, which begins
Monday.
The move was taken after
a petition, signrd by 1,310
, Shelby citizens, was presented
exiling the board to help to
l he extent of $1,000.
The special meeting of the
aldermen today followed a
business meeting of the school
board last night at which time
the proposition and other
bool business of import
nice was discussed.
I hr move by the aldermen
ti day means that the city
will supply the $1,000, or
[hereabouts, needed toward
.lie expenses of the lad
nonth.
Of County Boy
In High Court
Norman-Portrr Suit Before Slate
Supreme Court This Week.
Written Arguments.
A Cleveland comity damage suit
of considerable interest here is to
be disposed of tins week by the
North Carolina supreme court, the
suit being that of H A Norman
against \V n Porter Belwood
merchant
Norman, according to the evid
ence in tlie case when it was tried
in superior court here last summer,
lost his eye in Porter's store when
a .22 cartridge dropped In the stove
by the merchant's 14-year-old son
without the knowledge ol the eld
n Porter and exploded so as to in
jure Norman's eye in such a man
ner that it had to be removed. The
eye was removed nnd glass one
supplied vvfth the merchant bear
ing i he expense, according to the
record
The point to be decided by the
high court is whether Porter may
be held liable in the damage action
brought by his customer. The case
was non-suited here after the plain
tiff had introduced nil of his evid
ence Norman is represented by
Judge B T Falls, while Attorney
Clyde R. Hoey represents Porter.
Neither Shelby attorney will attend
the high court, their arguments
having been submitted in written
form An opinion on the case will
not be rendered, it is said, before
Wednesday of next week.
Memorial At Big
Springs May 12th
There will be memorial services at
Big Springs Baptist church, near
Hollis on Sunday May 12, The pro
gram follows:
At 10 a. m. songs services by visit
ing choirs; nt 11 a m. address by
Supt^B L. Smith of the Ruther
fordton-Spindale schools, Spindaie
At noon the graves will be decorat
ed and dinner served on the
grounds. In the afternoon there
will be a song service consisting of
some quartets, old time singing,
etc, led by Cnpl A. M. Baltimore
of Baltimore. The public U cordial
ly invited to attend. Bring flowers
for tiie graves and well filled din
ner baskets
NLW MANAGER ( OMKS TO
lltht'S SHELBY STORE
,) D Thprpo has been transfer
red from Asheboro to Shelby where
he is manager of the Rose 5, 10 and
25c store, Mr. and Mrs. Thorpe are
taking their meals with Mrs. Alice
Rincbcrger for the present. He suc
ceeds Mr. Boswell who was former
manager of this store.
County Man Says He Thought Acts
Of Wife Entitled Him To Re-Marry
Gaffney. April 30.—'I knew I had
a living wife but 1 thought it would
be all right for me to marry again
because I heard my wife was living
with another man," Oscar Mathis,
young white man from Cleveland
county, said yesterday when asked
if he knew he hcd a living wife
when he married Miss Moree Ham-]
rick of Shelby, here Sunday a week
ago.
He was arrested here the day af
ter his second marriage and taken
to Shelby, Friday afternoon after it
was lenrned that he would be tried
here instead of in North Carolina
he was brought to the Cherokee
county jail. The date of his trial
had not been set yesterday morn
ing.
Interest Is
Low In City
Election
\ Torn ISkridge Grt* In Ward Four
Board Harp. Registration
I’irking I'p.
The only news or lmnortance m
Shelby's unusually quiet city elec
tion campaign developing since
Monday is the entrance into the
race for alderman of Mr. Tom P.
Eskridge. local groceryman, who
due to his residential location in
ward four will be a rival of Mr. Z
J. Thompson, already announced,
for the honor ol becoming a city
father.
The entrance of Mr. Eskridge, a
move made more by his friends than
by bis own initiative or desire to be
alderman, assures a race in each of
the four city wards. In ward one
the race is between J. F Ledford,
present alderman, and P. M. Wash
burn: In ward two the alderman
will be either Ab Jackson or J. F.
Jenkins; in ward three it will be
either J. F. Schenck, jr.. preaent
alderman, or W. A. Broadway, while
in four It Is up to Thompson and
Eskridge, And more may enter. The
books do not close until Saturday
evening.
No Big Issues.
Witii only four days to go until
the election proper no Issues lively
enough to stir public interest have
been hoisted, and it appears as if
the three candidates for mayor—
W. N. Dorsey, S. A. McMurry, and
Enos L. Beam—are coasting along
on their individual and private rec
ords w'ith the hope that "the good
people1’ will recall all such as they
cast their ballots Monday.
Mr Dorsey, as he did two years
ago, has announced that he will
not get out and make a personal
campaign for votes and it seems as
If his two rivals are taking him up
on the proposition. Anyway very lit
tle campaigning can be noticed on
the part of candidates or their sup
porters. A few stickers and hand
bills may be here and there, but
from the interest shown by the
public the citizens of the town are
more interested in how Casey Mor
ris' baseball team will come out in
the state title race than as to the
outcome of the city election—and
the stands at the baseball games
have not been overcrowded at that.
2,000 Votes.
One indication that there will be
considerable voting although there
is very little political talk is a de
cided pick-up in registration with
Registrar Mike Austell this week.
In some circles it is estimated that
close to 2,000 votes will be cast. That,
may be. and it may not be, In view
of the fact that two years ago, with
six candidates for mayor, there
were only 1,456 voters who marched
to the polls. Another prediction is
that there will be a run-off race for
mayor, in that a new city law has
it that the winning candidate must
receive a majority of the votes, but
predictions are few as to which can
didates will be in the run-off.
(Editor’s Note: In Friday's Issue
The Star will give the total vote
cast last year together with total
registration to date this year.)
Youth In Divorced
Family Runs Away
From A Bus Here
10-Year-Old Boy Was Going From
Mother At Charlotte To Ashe
ville. Didn’t Want To.
: Ten-year-old, Jess Hart, of Char
lotte, didn't want to leave his moth
er, Mrs. Irene Hart, 213 S. Cedar
street. Charlotte, to live with his
father at the order of a juvenile
court judge at Asheville, so he
jumped from the six o’clock bus at
the bus station here yesterday and
decided to run away.
After a short run the youth, whose
mother had secured his ticket at
Charlotte and placed him upon the
bus to send him away after being
so ordered by the court, was
caught by Police Chief Poston, who
telephoned the little fellow’s moth
er. The latter told the noliee chief
to place him on the next bus and
send him back to Charlotte, and a
short time later the youngster's
sorrow had changed to glee as he
climbed aboard the big bus taking
him back to his mother.
Tire story told Chief Poston by
the intelligent talking, and neatly
dressed little chap was that his
father and mother had been divorc
ed and that he was in the custody
of the juvenile judge at Asheville,
where his father lives.
“I didn't want to go up there and
leave mother, so I just jumped out
and run,” the youth told the offi
cer between pants as he was being
returned to the bus station. Today
he is back with his mother, but for
how long no one knows.