North Carolina Newspapers

10 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXV, No. 02 SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 1020. Published Monday, \V«dnesday, and Friday Afternoons - -..sssBsmsm By mall, per year On advance) $240 Carrier, per year (in advance) $3 00 LATE NEWS The Markets. Cotton, per pound -- Coton Seed, per bu. -- The Weather. Rainfall of an tneh at Raleigh, this state and points in Georgia and Alabama. High temperatures in Texas. Coral showers predicted for east. Golf Match Saturday. Fred McCarters and Irvin Laxton of Charlotte will play Pete and Snook Webb 18 holes of golf at the Cleve land Springs course Saturday aft ernoon, beginning at 2:30 o'clock. Tenants Into New Building Betty lean Beauty Parlor and Key C lub Into New lire Proof Building Herr. Tine Weathers-Blanton building on South Washington street, now completed, is being occupied by two of the lessees, both removing to the new location yesterday. One of these is the Kry Club, well known social organisation of Shelby, which is removing from East Warren street, and will occu py the spacious upper room of the building, and the other is the Betty Jean Beauty Shop, which will bo quartered in one of the two divis ions of the lower floor tile 40'j The other lessees of the building have not yet been announced. The Key Club is preparing to make themselves comfortable in their new quarters, taking a three year lease on the premises. The room they arc occupying comprises the entire second floor of the build ing, is light, airy and homey. The Betty Jean Beauty Shop of which Mrs. Jean Hamrick and Mrs. Betty Phillips are the owners, re moved from their former location over the Paragon Department store. Their quarters were especially pre pared for them by the designers of the building, the built in features comprising booths, a drying room, etcetera. Special provisions have been made for the privacy of thg patrons. The shop is advertising a formal opening for August sixth. The Weathers-Blanton building was erected by Mr. Lee B. Weathers and Mr. George Blanton. Occupying a strategic site in the business sec tion of Washington street, the build tng is two stories high, comprises two divisions on the ground floor, a basement below equipped for steam heat, with an outside entrance to the second floor quarters. Revival Meetings On Shelby M. E. Circuit Revival meetings of the Shelby circuit to begin as follows: El-Bethel meeting to begin Sun day morning Aug. 4. 11 a. m Sharon meeting to begin Aug. 11, 7:45 p m. Salem meeting to begin Aug 18. 7.45 p. m. Sulpher Springs meeting to begin Aug. 25, 11 a. m Pine Grove meeting to begin Sept 8, 7:45 p, m. It. L. FORBIS Pastor KINGS MT. VOGTH. 18. IS INTERRED King?. Mountain. Aug. 1.—Janv>' Hartsoc. age eighteen, died at the Hartsoe, age 18, died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hartsoe, In East Kings Mountain Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Funeral services were conducted at the Wesleyan Methodist church Sunday at 3:30 o'clock by the pas tor, Rev. C. A Hendrix, assisted by Rev. Roy Lockridge and Rev. J. R church, pastor of the Central Methodist church here. Burial w.is In Mountain Rest cemetery here. Surviving are his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hartsoc, four sisters. Mrs. P. L. Mayhew, of Cherryvllle, Mrs. W. M. Mauney, Misses Cora and Grace Hartsoe. all of Kings Mountain, three brothers, Gus Hartsoe, of Belmont, Wilfo-d and Tom Hartsoe, of Kings Moun tain. Kiwanians Ask Southern For New Freight Station At the suggestion of Mr. John S McKnight. wholesale grocer, the Kiwarns club last, night in weekly session at Cleveland Springs hotel unanimously voted to ask tl.c Southern Railway to hui'd a new freight station here The old Na tion which was erected soon after the load was built about 60 years ago has been serving every singe, with a few- minor repairs and ad ditions, yet it is still inadequat; to the needs of the city. Almost daily, receivers of freight are required to take their freight awav in order that another ..n might be unloaded, so limited the capacity of the present station lhi is often a great inconvenience ;o the business firms. Then, too, At--; station is musty and close ana perishable freight is damaged when it. remains long in the old sta'ion. It is pointed out that the South ern ran well afford to provide a new freight station in keeping with the growth of the city because the monthly receipts at the local depot are between $40,000 and $50,000 a month. In the course of a year, the freight receipts are around a half million dollars. The matter of writing to the Southern officials and making this request was referred to a committee of the dub. Maniac Goes Wild And With Hatchet, Slays Four Men South Shelby Personal Gleanings Orv Harbison And Gold Talk On Health. Miss I.uelle Blanton W'fds Austin Anthony. The people of South Shelbv were given a treat last Sunday evening June 28. when the two churches came together (or a service In tlie interest of public health Dr. Ben Gold and Dr. J. W Har btson made very interesting and in structive talks on tuberculosis and typhoid fever. An added feature of the evening service was th» beau tiful songs by the Ross’ Grove choir led h,v Mr Joe E Blanton. We hope they come again. Mr and Mrs W Q Jones and daughter Eva Lane visited in Hen dersonville last week. Mrs. Y. V. Weaver and children of Cleveland Cloth mill, visited Mr. and Mrs R. W. Weaver Tuesday, Miss Ruby Fcrree of Carolcen has been visiting relatives in this sec tion ini:. ana ivir>. winy v^utui little daughter. Elaine, visited Mr. and Mrs. Will Queen the latter pan of last week Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hughes and children visited in Hendersonville, Chimney Rock, Spartanburg and other traces during last week. Mr. and Mrs. A D Gilmore. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kail and children at tended a birthday dinner of Mr Jim Houser at Lincolnton Sunday. Miss Elizabeth Queen of Dover mill section is visiting relatives n this section during this week. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Padgett were visitors in this section Tuesday. Mr and Mrs. Cletus Hamrick and junior. Mrs. F. A. Fcrree. Miss Mertie Fcrree. Mr. and Mrs. Ber ton Fcrree and children of Caro leen. motored to Giloo, and other points Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hawkins and children, and Miss Lena. Hamrick, spent Sunday and Monday at Charleston, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. L. E Weaver and Mr. Philips of Gaffney visited Mr and Mrs. R. W. Weaver Sunday afternoon. Miss Christine Mann of Chapel Hill, is spending a while with he sister. Mrs H. C. Champion. Those on the sick list at this writ ing arc, Messrs. John Ledbetter and J. H. Queen. Misses Annie and Inez Page arc spending the latter part of this week at Mr. and Mrs. Z. R. Ellis at? Oak Grove. Miss Margaret Queen of Beaver Dam. is visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Moorehead and son, Ralph, and Mrs. Bridgman of High Point, motored to Bridgewa ter Thursday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Robbins of Gaffney accom panied them. Misses Margaret and E'.izaber.i Queen visited Miss Vergic Weaver Thursday. Mrs. E. D. Jones and children visited Mr. and Mrs. Hatcher Mc Ginnis Wednesday. Miss Grace Martin is spending this week at Avondale and Cliffside, The four B. Y. P. U.'s of the Sec ond Baptist church had a social : Friday evening. Many interesting games were played and a delicious ice course was served A good time was reported by all. The B. Y. P. U.'s meet each Sunday evening at 6:45 o'clock. Miss Lucile Blanton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Blanton, and Mr. Austin Anthony, motored to Gaffney, S. C.. Saturday afternoon and were married. Mrs. Anthony is an attractive girl who has a great number of friends in South Shelb/. Mr. Anthony is a promising young farmer of the Sharon section. We all wish for them a happy life upon the ' sea of matimony ." Spartanburg Shipping Clerk, Runs Amuik, Becoming Suddenly Insanr, Wields An A\e Spartanburg. S. C„ Aug. 1. —Four men tonight were dead and another lay in a hospital, his skull crushed, as a result of a swath of death cut by an inoffensive shipping clerk who suddenly became a raving ma niac. Deprived of ins hand axe. with which hr dealt death and destruc tion, T Earl Robertson, the clerk, late today was tn the Spartanburg county Jail while preparations were under way to take him to the state hospital for the Insane at Columbia A group of physicians pronounced him violently insane The dead R. H Day. 30, sales manager tor the J W. Bell company. J L Bussey, 58, cashier for the J. W. Bell company. M. L. Davis, 36, car repairer for the Charleston and Western Caro lina railroad Thad Sherbert si, rar repairer Injured: Dan Dunlap 40. negro employe o' the J W Bell company Expected io die. Robertson. a shipping clerk for the J. W Bell company, a grain and flour milling firm, had not been well for some time but othe-wise appeared to be normal, J. W. King, traffic manager for the Bell firm said this afternoon Mr. King wai ■ at lunch when Robertson became in sane. He said that the clerk had appeared to be “worrying possibly a little'’ at times, but otherwise he had noted nothing unusual Robertson first killed Day and Bussey and wounded the negro. Bussey’s body was found at his desk by J. S. O’Neale. rail(oad engineer. After killing or maiming everyone in the office the madman stood in the doorway and refused to let any one enter. A traveling salesman coming to the door asked to see Mr. Bell. He was told by Robertsun “You cant come in here; I am the only one in the place.” The travel ing man said he noticed something queer about Robertson's eyes and left. Finally leaving the mil! office Robertson went to the railroad yards. Seeing Davis and Sherbert eating their lunch in a box car. he slipped up behind them and crush ed both their heads. At this point some gleam of sanity appeared to return. Robertson returned to tne shipping platform of the mill. J. Lanier, car repair foreman for the Charleston and Western Carolina railroad, saw Robertson throw something away. Approaching the insane man Lanier asked him what he meant by killing two men. “I don’t know what made me do it.” the madman rpplied repeating time after time, “just crazy, just crazy.” “You ought to be hung from this pole.” said Lanier, referring to a telegraph pole under which they were standing "I know it.” Robertson replied, at the same time begging Lanier to have him arrested. Compare Rutherford Tax Rate With Ours Prom Rutherford News’ The county commissioners esti mate that the 1929 county tax rate will be $1.41 as compared to $1.44 for 1928 It might be even lower, thg exact rate will be deter mined as soon as the assessed val uation of the Public Service Cor poration is received from Raleigh. The News will give the exact rate and full details soon. (Cleveland county’s rate is less than half of that of Rutherford) POE ESKRIDGE ROBBED WORKING IN DETROIT Rutherford News: Poe Eskridge, son of Mr and Mrs. P. W. Eskridge of this place, who is working in Detroit, Mich., was robbed of $9.50 last week ac cording to a letter and newspaper clipping to his parents Monday. Pour negroes held him up Saturday night and relieved, him of his cash Poe notified po'ice department and within five minutes five policemen and five pl^ln clothes men were on the job hunting the rubbers and it was five mi’es to the police sta tion. That, is some service Poe is parking cars on a lot and was uni jured. Church Notice. Rev. Thorton Whaling, D. D., Columbia, S. C. former moderator of the general assembly, will con duct services in the Shelby Pres byterian church next Sunday. Dr. Whaling is an eminent, preacher of rare ability. GIANT GERMAN ZEPPELIN COMING TO AMERICA. I'his giant Graf Zeppelin with 21 people aboard is making its second voyage west ward, crossing the Atlantic and coming from (Germany. At 2 o’clock this morning it was making about 70 miles an hour and was near Gibraltar. A radio message stated that all is well aboard except it is very hot. thp temperature being about 91 degrees. Gastonia Sighs Relief As Judge Switches Trial Base Shelby Man To Be Party To Double Wedding, Aug. 15 Clyde Nolan And Robert Harry Caldwell To Marry Pettit Sister* In Gaffney. Through an announcement coming from the parents of the two young ladies involved in the romance, comes the arresting news that Clyde Nolan, son of Mr and Mrs. J. B Nolan of this city, and a member of the firm of the J. B. Nolan com pany, is to be a principal In an un usual function, a double wedding ceremony, scheduled to be held at Gaffney the fifteenth of this month So secretive have Mr, Nolan and his friends been concerning this forthcoming interesting event, that the news comes as a complete sur prise, , The pre-nuptlal announcement states that Misses Mary Belle and Flora Pettit, sisters, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Brown Pettit, of Gaffney, will on the fifteenth of Auust be married. Miss Flora to Mr. Nolan, and Miss Marv Belle to Mr. Robert Harry Caldwell, the lat ter also of Gaffney. The double wedding will be sol emnized at the First Baptist church in the South Carolina city, home of three of the principals, at six o'clock in the evening of August fifteenth. A reception will follow the wedding ceremony at the home of the brides' parents Miss Flora Pettit, whom Mr. No lan will wed, Is well known in Shel by, where she has taught school for two years, making her heme with the Ceph Blantons. She is a comely young miss, and very popular with the younger set in this city. Ultra-Modern Are Furniture Styles According to word brought back to Shelby by Mr. J. O. Lutz, of the Campbell company, from High Point, where this week he attended the semi-annual furniture exhib. tion, crowds at the exposition in dicate an outlook for active busi ness in the furniture line this ;ali Mr. Lutz said many more arp at tending the show this summer than were present at the mid-wintr, show. New styles in furniture, he said, are ultra-modern, offset by quite a display of the always popular' period furniture. Color designs, re declared, show signs of diminishing in pouplarity. Mr. Lutz was accompanied on tl.e trip by Mr. G. P. Smith, of the furniture department of Camp bell's. Horse Show To Have A Hundred Horses Great preparations are afoot to make the forthcoming 2nd annua! horse show cf the Shelby Riding club a great success. The event is scheduled to be held on August 22 at the Club's headquarters in Bel vedere Heights.' Authorities of the organization declare that no less than = hun dred prize horses all from Cleve land county, are expected to be slqown. These will be entered in several classes, sufficient to give considerable variety to the after noon’s program at the ringside. Mr. James S. Webb whose funeral was held from the Episcopal church in Wadesboro yesterday was a cous in of Mr. J. C McNeel.v, end he and family have frequently visit "d the MrNrcly’s here. Gastonia, Auk 1 --Gastonia heav ed a sigh of relief today and settled down to a state of normalcy again following a hrief period of unset tledness. Now that it has been definitely determined that the trial of the 16 men and women for murder and Reven others for assault with intent to kill Chief of Police Aderholt is not to be held here but, in Char lotte everybody is ready to get down to business and. to a large extent, forget the whole affair, certainly for the next three weeks. There seems to be a general ferl In of satisfaction over Judge Barn hill's decision to move the trial The consensus of opinion seems to bp that the reaction will redound to Gaston's benefit in years to come Most of them put. It this way. ‘ if these people had been tried in Gaston county, even with a Jury from another county, and convicted, the radical press and agitators would never cease telling the pub lic that they were convicted because they were tried in a hostile atmos phere Whereas, tf they should be convicted in Mecklenburg county, such a claim cannot, be made They asked for a change of venue and got, it." Removal of the trial to Meclen burg county will, of course consid erably increase the expense to Gas ton county and a few people eco nomically minded, express regret at the change. There was a general belief among Oastonians that, an absolutely fair trial could have been had here and that opinion was shared by almost all of the visiting newspaper folks. The general belief is that, the change of venue was due largely to the affidavits presented Tuesday morning by Tom P. Jimison and Dr. Randolph Neal, of defense coun sel to the effect that they were etirscd and threatened by a group of men on Main street. Saturday night late The men who were re sponsible for this came into court, acknowledged that, they cussed the defense lawyers but denied making any threats. It was a group of young bloods who are rarely taken by the local public in a very serious vein Making Industrial Survey Of Shelby A gentleman representing an i engineering firm in the north is here making an industrial survey of the city He was here a few weeks ago and proposed that the survey would be made for $300, said sum to be paid out the city treasurer. The Merchants association recommended the expenditure to the city, but the city officials declined to meet the obligation. The gentleman making the survey stated yesterday that he has been authorized to proceed by the Merchants associa tion. Three Mills Closed Here For Vacation The three mills. Dover, Qra and Eastside. under the. management nf Mr John R Dover are closed this week to jive employees a vacation. W^rk will he resumed Monday, but this week has been spent by the workers and their families in rest ing and vacationing. Other local mills have either closed for a week or will close later in the summer. Masonic Notice. i Clevc'and l odge No. 302 will meet in railed communication to night at R p m for work in F C. .rlrjpre Visitors rordially welcome New Air Kings St. Louis, July 31 —Dale <Red> Jackson and Forest O'Brine, wlio cams back to earth last night after iivihg seventeen and one-half days in the sky in their monoplane, St. Louis Robin, to score a new and historical triumph for aviation, turned from the plaudits oi the Nation today to humbly pay their respects to a fallen "air huddle They abandoned their amazing air feat while yet short of their goal in order that they might bow before the bier of George Lea Lam bert, their friend and fellow air man. who war, killed Monday in 11 airplane crash in St, Louis county Tile funeral was set for this after noon Houser To Inspect Legal Booze Stores Charlotte News. 16th Even Houser, who was recently promoted from the rank of federal prohibition agent to that of inspec tor. has arrived in Charlotte after having spent some time in Rich mond at the headquraters dry of fice for the territory of Virginia, and North Carolina and South Car olina. taking special training for his new duties. He is expected to be stationed here for work in this part of the Richmond territory and witn the Charlotte branch as his head quarters Mr. Houser's work in (he future will be that of inspecting liquors supplies at drug stores, checking up on alcohol supplies used by perfume manufacturers and the makers of barber supplies, and the investiga tion of physicians' peremption-- for whisky JUNIORS TO ATTEND HOE VS BIBLE CLASS Announcement is made that mem bers of the Junior Order, to the number of two hundred and fifty or three hundred, will on Sunday morning attend the Clyde Hoey Bible class. The members of the Or der will assemble at the club rooms j at 9:15 Sunday morning, and maren I to the church in a body The Junior | Order stiing band will be in at • •cndancp. More Tax Payers Answer On Help To Local Hospital Shoe Company To Open Shelby Store MUIrr-.lones Co. Secures Five Year l.fa.v'. New Jritrlry To Open Here Soon. Millei-Jones Company, owners of a rli.un of shoe stores in the mid west and now engaged in opening a number in the Cnrolinas, have se cured a live year lease from the owners of the bank building on th» store room between the Union Trust company and the Piggly-Wiggly store, this store room being former ly occupied bv the men's wear de partment of the Gilmer store I Mr llal C Carter who Is making leases on store rooms in this section was here this week and closed the deal for this store. He says work men will begin at once putting in a new store front and improving th« interior so that, the store can be opened bv September 1 or earlier. The Cmdcrella^tore. handling womans wear only, moved this week from the Hotel Charles build ing across the street Into half ,-f the store owned by the First Na tional Bank at the corner of War ren and LaFayette streets This store room is being occupied joint ly by the Cinderella Shoe store and the Man's Shop, a new store. Mr R. M Abernethy, a prominent jeweler or Mooresvllle has secured a lease on the store room In the Hotel Charles building vacated ov the Cinderella shop and will open shortly an up-to-date Jewelry store. Mr AhernrVhv Is both a Jeweler and optician Court Term Adjourns Here Kails Suing City Of Kings Mountain For Damages—Number Of Divorce*. Court which has been presided over here for eleven days by Judge W. P. Harding of Charlotte, will adjourn this afternoon. Many ea.=es were postponed because Mr H'V.y was encaged for several days in the trial of the Gastonia strikers red cases in whirh he was to appear were postponed. The docket is not cleaned up by any means, but Judge Harding leaves it In much better condition than before The principal case for the past day or so before the court was that in which A. P. Falls was suing the city of Kings Mountain for dam ages to his property by reason of the city's sewage disposal from Its septic tank emptying Into streams of water passing through the farm of Mr. Price. Mr. Price alleges that his cows became sick and th»!r milk was unfit for use A number of divorce cases were disposed of and couples which wanted divorce for one causes and another were permitted to disjoin Upper Cleveland Has Double Wedding Upper Cleveland couples were principals in a double wedding per formed Thursday afternoon at Gaff ney, S. C, by Probate Judge Lake W. Stroup, Mr. Glenn Queen "end Miss Vertle Self made up one of the couples, while Mr. Emmett Norman and Ruby Turner constituted the other contracting parties. The young people are members of prominent families of the Casar, Clover Hill sections and will reside In that section. Mrs L. P. Pratt and children of Greenwood. S. C, are visiting Mr. and Mrs H. H Pratt on S. DeKalb I street this week I Majority Srrm To favor Leavinf •V Of Proposed Cut Off I5e To Match Ruhr Gift. Answers continue to come to the questionaire sent, out by The Star to 100 trading tax payers In various parts of the county, asking if they would be willing lor the county commissioners to keep on a levy of five cents on the $100 assessed property, this five cents to be used to raise $25,000 to match the $25, 000 offered the Snelby Public hos pital for enlargement and for the further purpose of proving a county nurse for the county. Majority Favor. The majority of the answers favor the proposed five cent levy foe county health work. Some object Vo any aid, giving as their reason* (hat a hospital should be privately owned, that taxes should be re duced, etc. Of course it is too lato now to get a privately owned insti tution Cleveland county waited for years and no doctors or other individuals built a hospital, so Mo. 6 township provided one through the issuance of bonds. Thousands of dollars worth of charity work Is done annually by this institution. No Tax Increase Proposed. Those who answer that they are opposed to the five cent levy for hospital and health, evidently did not Ret the proposition clearly in mind To re-state it briefly, tho fount y commissioners feel that with more aid from the state which will come this year because of an en iargen state school equalization fund and by the levy of one cent per gallon addition tax on gasoline, Cleveland county will get enough from the state to permit a tax re duction in Cleveland county of. 15e on the $100 property valuation. On condition that a reduction of 15e will be made. The Star undertook to ascertain the sentiment of the people on the commissioners taking off just 10c on the $100 valuation and leaving five cents on, this five cents to be used to raise enough to match the Duke gift of $23,000 and to provide for the health work if the commissioners see fit to de it. In other w'ords. the question as t effects taxes is whether to reduce the tax the full 15c and miss the Duke gift, or reduce the tax 100 and get the Duke gift and the hoe* pital enlargement. Here are more replies to the prop osition : Would Pay Out In 3 Yean. I have always been in favor of hospital work, and heartily approve of this proposition on the cheapest scale possible. I have studied carefully and suggest consideration of figures enclosed. Some figures relating to the hos pital proposition. County has about $38,000,00# worth of property. Assessment 2 1-1 cents per $100 amounts to $0,50# per year for 3 years $28,500. Interest on $25,000 paid In thref year payments $2,790 which adderf to $25,000 amounts to $27,790, leav ing a surplus o? $710. - . As to the health proposition for the county I would suggest that or.# per cent on $100 worth of property would pay ours to balance stat# proposition. After 3 years the 2 1-3 per cent tax could be discontinued and leavd the county with one per cent tag for health service, W. W. WASHBURN. Double Springs. Private Ownership. In regard to the hospital It ought to be owned and operated by In dividuals. As for Dr. and nurse J don’t approve of that. All I have talked to don't want any more tax, S. LESTER ROBERTS Shelby R-7. Opposed To Tax Raise. I reply to the above, will say I am opposed to anything that will raise taxes. I have talked to other* (Continued on papo six > Beam Bros. Lease Princess Theatre To Big Company i Alter -rventecn years of continu ous and successful theatre operation in Shelby, the Beam brothers, Enos and Zeb, have leased the Princess their principal theatre holding In Shelby And it is not unlikely they will relinquish the Lyric also, al though this latter move is as yet conjectural. The deal, whereby the control of the Princess passes into other hands, has recently been complete 1 The lessees, it is said, will take over the property sometime between September first and fifteenth. Just who these lessees arc. Enos Beam, who discussed the transaction with ! The Star, would not divuise. i He said, however, that the hold ers are a big company, who will nii a big time playhouse here, on a bit scale. Mr Beam said that his immediate plans are to take over the Lyrie himself, run it under his own in* dividual management, and put into it capital and energy to make of 11 a first class theatre. He admitted, however, that it Is on the cards that this property may be relin quished with the major deal. The Beams built the Princess in 1922 It is one of the larger theatre* >f the state. Prior to erecting th'* jropertv (hey operated s thratre o:^ h<, htr of tbp present Paragon >uilding.