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VOL. XXXV, No. 83 SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1929 Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Afternoons
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TODAY
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LA TE NEWS
The Markets.
Cotton, per pound_........ 19c
Coton Seed, per bu. ...__ 40 \j
The Weather.
N. C. partly cloudy tonight and
Saturday. Probably local thunder
showers in west and north portion.
CLOUD BURST
A near approach to a cloud
burst, accompanied by hail and
wind of cyclonic proportions,
struck at a point about one mile
from Boiling Springs a few min
utes before 6 o'clock last night
and did considerable damage to
growing crops. Young corn was
almost ruined according to re
ports received here today and
some small outbuildings were
demolished by the high wind.
The storm cut a path through
a very narrow strip and the
town of Bolling Springs did not
feel the full force of the blow.
local Barbers
Consider Law
Real Hardship
Rej.orts Say Number Have Failed
To Comply With The New
Regulations.
Although Wednesday was the fi
nal date under North Carolina law
for all barbers of the state to make
application for physical examination
licenses, it was stated here today
that a good many of the city's bar
bers have been unable to comply
with the new law. They explain this
by saying they were not able to ob
tain the necessary blanks on which
to make the applications in time to
comply with the new law and what
disposition will be made of their
cases is a matter of speculation.
Meanwhile, they are going ahead
with their daily duties as hereto
fore.
There are approximately 50 bar
bers employed in the principal bav
her shops of Shelby and most of
hem have made their applications
for the examinations and some of
them have completed the entire un
dertaking. while others are not so
fortunate.
Some of the local barbers point
int that they are entailing an ex
pense of from $12 to $15 to each
individual barber and that the bar
ber end the shop for which he works
receive little in return. The license
issued by the state costs the barbpr
»8 and in addition, he is required
to pay whatever fee the physician
who makes the physical examina
•lon may charge. This makes the
iota! expense to trte barber a con
siderable figure.
The state law provides that bar
bers failing to make the necessary
rpplication prior to July 10 shall
be subject to a fine of not less than
$10 and not more than $50 and
omc of the local barbers who have
failed to comply with this law may
be required to pay the fine, al
though no definite information on
that score is available here at pres
ent.
Sheriff Back From
Fruitless Search
Sheriff I. M. Allen returned to the
city this morning about 2 o'clock
:‘?r a long and fruitless automobile
i to Roan City, Tenn. The sher
ds on the trail of a youth ac
cf stealing an automobile in
• rd county, but his search
Hess and he returned to the
'tv-handed, although he ob
information that the man he
,t had been seen in the Ten
ure town not many days ago.
.he sheriff says one of the inter
esting sights he saw on the trip
was an overhanging rock under
which the Tennessee volunteers
made their first camp in the Revo
lutionary war when they were start
ing for Kings Mountain to aid the
North and South Carolina troops
in the disastrous rout of Colonel
Ferguson and his British forces. The
spot is marked with a suitable tab
let. according to the Cleveland
county sheriff.
Auto And Whisky
Seized By Officer
That the guilty fie when r.o man
pursueth was again demonstrated
here yesterday when Deputy Sher
iff Bob Kendrick made a haul of
four and one-half gallons of corn
liquor and an automobile being used
for transporting same. Officer Ken
drick was returning to Shelby front
Kings Mountain proceeding at a
very leisurely pace and not look
ing for whisky, particularly when
he saw a car stop on the highway
not far in front of him and the
driver jumped from that machine
and ran. The deputy investigated
and found the huge glass flask oi
liquor. He brought his find to the
Cleveland county court house and
the automobile will be disposed of
in accordance with law. The opera
tor of the vehicle was not appre
hended
Masons Plan To
Hold Rally Here
Next Wednesday
County Hide Catherine Mith
Cleveland Lodge. Here To
Attract Many.
Members of the Masonic frater
nity from all over Cleveland county
are expected to assemble here next
Wednesday night, July 17, when a
monster Masonic rally for this dis
trict is to take place in the hall ol
Cleveland lodge, beginning at 8
o'clock.
The occasion is the district con
ference for the thirty-seventh Ma
sonic, district, which embraces all ot
Cleveland county, and it is antici
pated that there will be a large at
tendance here for the evening.
Local officials announce that the
grand master and the grand secre
tary of the state organization have
given definite assurance that they
will be in attendance and a most
interesting program lias been ar
ranged and will be carrieff out.
J. F. Roberts, district deputy
grand master of the thirty-seventh
district says that the officers ot
Cleveland lodge anticipate that
this will be a profitable occasion, as
well as a most interesting and thor
oughly enjoyable one. and he urges
that every Mason in the district
who can possibly do so endeavor to
attend and take part in the de
liberations of the evening.
Two New Stores To
Open Here Shortly
Jewelry Store To Occupy Cinderella
Stand And Furniture, Nix And
Lattimore Stand.
A jewelry store and a furnitur;
store will be shortly added to Sh-l ■
by’s merchantile establishments. The
Cinderella Bootery which has oc
cupied the store room between A.
V. Wray and Six Sons and the
Cleveland drug store in the Hotel
Charles block is selling out and wilt
shortly abandon Shelby, the store
to be occupied by an experienced
jeweler, Mr. Abernethy who will
move here from Mooresville.
Paul Webb stated yesterday that
the store room which he owns just
north of his drug store on N. La
Fayette street and formerly occupied
by Nix and Lattimore, men's wear,
will be occupied by a furniture
store. Two furniture men from Wil
mington have just closed a lease
on this building.
An exclusive shoe store is seek
ing a lease in Shelby and expects
to close within the next week or
ten days, it is learned.
Judge Kennedy Is
Off On Vacation
Judge Horace Kennedy, who pre
sides with such grace and dignity
over county recorder's court here
has gone on a vacation of a week
or 10 days to New Bern, Morehead
City and other North Carolina
points and during the absence from
the city of His Honor, the local
judgeship is being very ably filled
by M. R. Weathers, local attorney.
During the past few days only mat
ters of a routine nature have come
before the recorder and no hearings
out of the ordinary have been con
ducted.
Some Few Stores
Observe Holiday
A few Shelby stores, principally
grocery stores, closed yesterday aft
ernoon to allow their clerks a half
holiday and this system will be fol
lowed throughout the remainder of
the summer by certain local busi
ness houses. The Shelby Merchants
association had refused to enter in
to the agreement because some local
stores would not consent and it is
not probable that the half-holiday
plan will be widely observed In
Shelby this season.
Blazed Air Trail To Rome
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Hardy vikings of the air, Roger <).Williams, left, and Lewis A. Yancey, right, who piloted their plane,
the Pathfinder, in masterly style from New York to Rome, Italy, reaching their destination at 9:30
o’clock Wednesday night. This was the longest plane flight ever attempted to date. Thousands gave
them greetings and Premier Mussolini witnessed their arrival.
Captain Smith Is
Speaker On Sunday
Capt. B. L. Smith, superin tcndcrt
of the Shelby schools, will deliver
the principal address at the Vesper
service at the Spindale M. E. church
Sunday at 5 p. m. Special music by
the Spindale quartet and others.
This promises to be a most enjoy
able program and the public is in
vited to attend.
Shelby Visited
By Road Patrol;
Drivers Warned
A detachment of the newly creat
ed North Carolina highway patrol
visited Shelby during yesterday aft
ernoon, but the young officers con
tented themselves with issuing
numerous warnings to careless
drivers here regarding use of the
wrong side of the road, failure to
have brakes in working order, defec
tive lights and the like and no ar
rests were made while the patrol
was in the city. Headed by Lieut.
R. H. Beck, the party included Pa
trolmen J. R. Smith and S. D.
Moore. The commanding officer
was driving a new model Ford while
the two patrolmen rode Harley
Davidson motorcycles
The cycles are equipped with Red
Cross first aid kits, patent fire ex
tinguishers and have comfortably
padded seats.
The highway patrolmen were at
tired in very natty uniforms. These
are cut army style and are made of
dark gray whipcord, with slouch
caps bearing the insignia of the
higway department.
The visit of the patrolmen to
Shelby excited some comment and
the visitors, while on foot, were fol
lowed from spot to spot by crowds
of young boys.
The patrolmen came here from
Kings Mountain and left shortly
before dark for Mariori.
freed Of Bigamy Stigma,
Boy, Bride Of 14, Go Home
Freed of the stain of a big
amous marriage as the result of
a verdict directed by Judge T.
S. Sease, Oscar Matthis, young
Cleveland County farmer, and
his fourteen-year-old bride of
last April, walked out of the
Cherokee county courthouse at
Galfney, S. C.. yesterday after
noon arm in arm. Claude Ham
rick, father of the girl, followed
slowly behind, apparently still
unreconciled.
The girl, who before marriage
was Moree Hamrick, admitted
she had misrepresented her age
in securing a marriage license,
but Judge Sease said this fact
did not invalidate the union.
The ceremony was perform
ed by Probate Judge Lake W.
Stroup at Gaffney.
The bigamy charge was filed
because the bridegroom had
been married previously. It was
brought out in the trial .that his
first marriage was illegal,
Shelby Is Seeking To Be
Designated As Next Home
Of Troop Of N. C. Cavalry
Mrs. Eskridge
Buried Today
Mother Of Mrs. S. G. Dudley Dies
At Son’s Home In Charlotte
At Age 75 Years.
The funeral of Mrs. Susan Esk
ridge is being conducted this after
noon at 2 o’clock at the home ol
her daughter. Mrs. J. G. Dudley in
the Cleveland Springs Estates and
interment will be in Sunset ceme
tery beside her husband Dixon Esk
ridge who preceded her to the grave
a number of years ago. Dixon Esk
ridge was a twin brother of the late
A. Webb Eskridge.
Mrs. Eskridge died yesterday at
noon at the home of her son, Ed
Eskridge, commercial agent of th"
Seaboard with whom she was spend
ing a short while before going on
to Fredericksburg, Va., to visit .*>,
daughter, Mrs. James Byard. Mrs
Eskridge was 75 years of age and
had been spending the winter here
with Mrs. Dudley. She was sick only
three weeks.
Before her marriage Mrs. Eskridge
was Susan Beam. Her married life
was spent in Shelby where she had
a host of friends and was a member
of the First Baptist church. Su.
viving arc two sons, Ed of Char
lotte, Poe of Rutherfordton and
two daughters, Mrs. J. G. Dudley
of Shelby and Mrs. James Byard of
Fredricksburg. Va. Two brothers D.
A. and Virgil Beam and two sis
ters. Mrs. B. J. Eskridge and Mrs.
Mary Botts all of this county also
survive.
The funeral was conducted by her
pastor. Dr. Zeno Wall with the fo'
lowing serving as pall bearers. S.
A. Washburn, Chas. L. Eskridge,
C. R. Doggett, S. E. Hoey, Georgo
Blanton. J. J. Lattimore and Paul
Webb.
Folks Like Their
Sugar-22 Lbs. Each
According to Lam bom and com
pany New York reliable sugar
brokers the consumption of sugar
during the first six month of 1920
amounted to 3,146,000 long tons
raw volume. This reflects an in
crease of 276,000 long tons, (9.6 per
cent) over the same period for
1928. This information shows that
there is consumed per every per
son in America an average of 22
pounds for that period within
six month time. Sugar has been
cheap and the people like it.
Strong Efforts Are Made To Have
City Approved By The Ad
jutant General.
Shelby has made a splendid
showing in the matter of obtaining
for this city a troop of cavalry,
North Carolina National Guard, ac
cording to statements made here
this morning by those interested in
the undertaking, and they feel that
if this city's claims are given the
proper consideration, the troop will
be located in this city.
Some time ago it was announced
by Gen. J. Van Mctts, adjustant
general of North Carolina, that he
was planning to disband the Hick
ory troop of cavalry, officially known
as troop G. 109th. Cavalry, because
of the fact that there had been fre
quent infractions of the rules and
regulations and that no effort had
been made to correct these condi
tions. He announced that the troop
would be located in some other city.
Others In Field.
Information coming to Shelby ts
to the effect that the cities of Char
lotte, Winston-Salem, Marion and
Murphy are all anxious to be desig
nated as the new home of the
cavalry and all these are said to be
putting up strong arguments in their
own behalf, but it is generally be
lieved by the people interested in
the proposition here that they have
made out a good case for Shelby.
Full details regarding Shelby’s
offer have been forwarded by May
or McMurry to the adjutant gen
eral and there has been some cor
respondence between the two of
ficials relative to the matter. The
adjutant general has stated that a
decision will be reached within the
very near* future, but no definite
date has been named.
It is stated that the troop or
cavalry will consist of a personnel
of approximately 50 men, while
there will be about. 32 mounts sta
tioned In the city where the troop
is located.
Fair Officials Aid.
Dr. J. S. Dorton, president of the
Cleveland County Fair association,
says that the officials of his own
organization have given their cheer
ful consent to the use of the fair
grounds to quarter the cavalry
mounts, in the event Shelby should
be selected, and other interested in
dividuals have given every assur
ance that Shelby will go as far as
any other city in providing every
thing required.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hartgrove and
family spent Thursday visiting at
Blowing, Bock.
[ Good Opposing
Bill To Mark
Battle Ground
War Department Secretary Say*
Hint* Mountain Site Suf
ficiently Honored.
The Shelby chapter of the daugh
ters of the American Revolution and
others Interested in the effort to
establish a national park at his
toric Kings Mountain battleground,
have been advised that Secretary
Good is vigorously opposing the
bill authorizing the expenditure of
$325,000 lor that purpose on the
ground that a suitable monument
was completed at Kings Mountain
battleground in 1910 and he appears
to think that is all the historic spot,
marking one of the most decisive
battles of the Revolutionary war.
deserves or should receive.
Ir. a report to Acting Chairman
James of the house military com
mittee. the secretary of war said the
battlefield "has been properly com
memorated according to its classifi
cation, through the erection by tlw
federal government, of a monument
the icon."
The secretary pointed out that un
der an act passed in 1906, congress
had appropriated $30,000 for the
monument, and under the same act
"the responsibility for Its care and
custody was transferred to the
Kings Mountain Battle Ground as
sociation of South Carolina.”
Governor Sorry
For Rafe King
There is nothing that Governor
Gardner can do for Rafe r. King,
Shelby man under sentence of death
in South Carolina for the murder
of his wife in York county, but the
sympathy of the governor goes out
to King because of the loyal support
the latter accorded the Shelby high
school baseball team, according to
reports coming from Raleigh. A
newspaper dispatch from the North
Carolina capital says in this con
nection :
“The governor feared that Rafe
King would not make the grade and
when the accused man failed to take
the stand to deny that he killed his
young wife, the Gardner psychology
which works 24 hours every day,
told him that King was doomed.
The governor knows the prisoner
well and Shelby appreciated the
support which he gave the team.
"Rafe was down here a few
months ago when Shelby and Rae
ford were in death struggle for the
championship of North Carolina.
The prisoner was then at liberty
on a $5,000 bond. He rooted long
and loud for the home team and
was willing to back his patriotism
with money. A more unconcerned
man so far as his future went did
not come down this way. He was
greatly disturbed over the prospects
of Shelby’s losing the championship,
but none whatsoever about his losing
his life.”
League Program At
Central Church 14th
The Central Methodist church
Epworth League will render the
following program Sunday night at
7 o'clock in the regular league
room: Subject. “Where Christ In
in The Use of Leisure.” Psalm 8
By Amanda Harris. "Place of
Leisure,” by Helen Bess. “What Rec -
reation is Available for Young Peo
ple in our Community,” by Nancy
Coble.” "A Christian Program for
Leisure,” by Elsie Gidney. Song by
all. Benediction. The public is in
vited to this service.
King Must Remain In
County Prison Avers
S. Carolina Governor
NEW RESIDENT NOW IS
IN RAEE KING HOME
Sharon, S. C., July 11—Into
the house where a Chester
county Jury said Rale D.
King murdered his pretty
wife, Faye Wilson King, has
come a dweller.
Miss Jessie Ferguson, a sis
ter of S. T. Ferguson. who
lives nearby and at whose
home the Sharon school teach
cr was last seen alive January
25, has taken up her abode in
the residence, which has been
the object of much attention
and the enthralling subject at
the court room drama in
Chester county.
Miss Ferguson moved Into
the King home last Saturday,
coming Into town from the
country after the death of her
father.
Blaze Damages
Garage, 2 Cars
Public Of City Aroused By Double
Alarm At Early Hour
Yesterday.
Fire of undetermined origin broke
out in a double garage owned by
the Ella mill about 5:30 o'clock yes
terday morning and badly damaged
the structure, an automobile tmck
and an automobile coach, all the
property of the mill.
The alarm was first eounded by
the mill whistle blowing repeated
short blasts, the entire public of the
city being awakened thereby, and
shortly thereafter the city fire
sirene was sounded. The mill fire
department made a good fight
against the flames before the ar
rival of the city fire department
might have succeeded in extinguish
ing It without aid. but a call for
help was decided upon because of
the proximity of the garage to a
number of the mill houses.
Shelby fire department officials
said they could not explain how
the fire started and they did not
estimate how much damage war,
done, although the I06S will not be
very great.
FAMILY HAS NARROW
ESCAPE FROM DEATH
W. C. Powell and members of his
ramlly had a narrow escape from
being burned to death when their
dome at Dover mill was complete
ly destroyed by fire about 3:30
D'clock this morning. The roof of
:he house was falling in when the
jlaze was discovered and Mr. Powell
had great difficulty in extricating
ils children. The house was com
pletely destroyed with practically
ill furnishings. Mill officials said
;hat the structure, which was mtl!
property, was covered by insurance
but it is not thought that Mr.
Powell had any protection at all.
Auto Recovered.
Garland McBrayer, Shelby travel
ing salesman who lost his automo
bile by theft while in Raleigh last
Sunday, has been advised by offi
cers that the car has been recover
ed at Fayetteville. Mr. McBrayer
will go for the machine probably
tomorrow.
County Baseball League To
Open Its Season Tomorrow
I_
All indications today were that
there will be a splendid attend
ance at all games when the
Cleveland county baseball
league gets underway tomor
row afternoon in the opening
game of the season. Play will be
continued on Saturdays through
the remainder of July and Au
gust and very keen interest Is
being manifested on the. parts
of all concerned, especially In
the mill villages of the city.
Some strong teams are entered
and the rivalry promises to be
keen throughout.
One feature lending interest
to the league play is the fact
that one rule requires all play
ers to be employed in Cleveland
county and It is hoped in this
manner to keep down the use
of professionals and "ringers”
thereby giving every team an
equal chance. Another rule,
in this same direction, requires
that official notice be given the
president of the league at least
two weeks before any player
can be added to the original 14
listed by any team, and when
a new member is added, some
one of the original number must
be suspended or dropped from
the list.
Tomorrow afternoon's double
header will begin at the Shelby
park promptly at 3:30 o'clock
when Eastside will meet Lawn
dale and immediately following
the conclusion of that game,
Boiling Springs and Dover-Ora
will meet in the second game of
the day. Meanwhile other
games will be In progress with
Cleveland Cloth mill playing
Union at Union and the Lily
mill team playing Knob Creek
at Knob Creek.
The teams making up the
league membership deserve the
cordial support of the fans and
It is generally hoped that there
will be large crowds In attend
ance for all the opening games.
Unless Life Is Threatened Will Not
Be Admitted To State
Penitentiary.
Columbia. July 11.—Unless
Chester and York counties show
that Rafe Kin* would be In
danger In one of the county
jails, he will not become a pri
soner In the state penitentiary.
Governor Richards Indicated
today on his return from Wash
ington, where he attended yes
terday the unveiling of the
Hampton memorial statue.
Rafe King, who was convicted o*
the murder of his wife was brought
to Columbia yesterday and taken
to the penitentiary. The peniten
tiary refused to receive him, be
cause the law provides that prison
ers under death sentence CSn only
enter the state prison 30 days be
fore te date of execution. Date has
been set as September 20, but h#
has indicated that he will appeal.
King was Drought to Columbia by
Sheriff Howze of Chester. After
the penitentiary refused to receive
him. he was taken to the governor’s
office and then to the attorney
general's office, the sheriff seeking
some legal loophole that might al
low him to be left at the state pri
son.
DEFENDANT CONFERS
WITH ONE ATTORNEY
Chester, JuJy 11.—Attributed ta
the fact that Sheriff James O.
Howze is out of the city for a few
days on a vacation Rafe King, who
was found guilty of murdering hit
wife, Faye Wilson King, by a Chea
ter county jury and sentenced by
Judge J. K. Henry to die In ths
electric chair on September 30, will
likely remain In the Chester coun
ty jail for a while at least, having
been refused admission to the peni
tentiary yesterday due to the 30 days
before execution admission clause in
the law.
The Chester county prison is a
modern steel and concrete struc
ture, and it would be difficult for a
prisoner to get out, however, the re
sponsibility of looking after such an
important prisoner, Is a heavy one.
Confer With Attorney.
King has an upper comer steel
cage near the eastern corner of the
building and when he comes to the
wall of his cage he can easily be
seen and talked to from the side
walk. Today a large number of peo
ple including women and children
conversed with him from the side
walk. Some people which Included
women wanted to go up In the jail
and see him today, however, this
was flatly refused. The fact that
people hang about the jail and talk
to him is becoming very annoy
ing.
King sent for Paul Hemphill, one
of his Chester attorneys this even
ing and they had a lengthy con
versation, but the purport of it
could not be learned tonight winy
seems contented in the Chester
prison.
Mill Office Forces
Visit In Mountains
The office force and overseers tf
the Dover and Ora mills motored
to Asheville last Saturday. Several
places of Interest were visited dur
ing the day. Among them, the pa
per plant of Canton, and the state
fish hatchery near Waynesville. Re
turning the party spent the night!
and came home the following day.
Those making the trip, Messrs. J.
R. Dover, jr„ E. A. Hambrick A. B.
Quinn, c. I. Dover, W. D. Stockton,
O. D. Simpkins, J. H. Southard. Lee
Hawkins, L. D. Com, Jim Shiver, J,
W. Webb, B. D. Stams, S. M. Proc
tor, S. E. Weaver, E. E. Gantt, W.
F. Newton, J. B. Connor, C G.
White, Claude Johnson and Mr.
Vess.
Eastside Store Is
Victim Of Thieves
Shelby police officials are making
an exhaustive search for the thief
or thieves who entered and bur
glarized the Mauney store at Seat
side here Wednesday night but thus
far without success. Several houses
have been searched on suspicion but
thus far no arrest* In the case
have been made. The stbra was
entered at a late hour Wednesday
night and articles of merchandise
stolen, including cigarettes, soot,
clothing and a pair of shoes. There
was no money taken, according to ,
advices given the poiloa