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VOL. XXXVI, No. 20
SHELBY. N. C.
FRIDAY, FEB. 14. 1930.
Published Monday, Wednesday
Friday Aiternoonc
Dy mall, p*r year (in advance) (240
Carrier, per year (1 nadvance) $8.00
IHE MARKET.
Cotton, per lb. ——.- 15«4o
Cotton Seed, per bu. --.* 37SiC
Cloudy And Colder.
Today'* North Carolina Weather
Report: Partly cloudy and colder
In east portion tonight. Saturday
Increasing cloudiness followed by
rain In west portion.
Hughes Confirmed.
In a vote last night the United
States senate confirmed the ap
pointment of Charles Evans Hugnes
as chief Justice of the Supreme
court, the Hoover appointment go
ing through by a vote of S? to 2C.
Eleven Republicans and 13 Demo
crats voted against the confirma
tion. Both Senators Simmons and
Overman voted against Hughes.
Basketball In
Limelight Here
Championship Game On Tonight.
Plan County Tourney Here
Saturday.
With the baseball season only a
few weeks around the calen;iar |
comer, basketball is holding the j
limelight for sport fans of this
section for this week and next.
Tonight at the tin can here the
Shelby highs will take on the
speedy Henrietta-Caroleen quint in
the first game of the class B state
• title series. i
Last night Lattimore and Forest
City met at Boiling Springs In their
first battle of the title series.
Plan Big Tourney.
Tomorrow, Saturday, morning at
10 o’clock athletic coaches and of
ficials of all the high schools of
Cleveland county will meet at the
Central high school here to map
out the schedule and set the date
for the annual county-wide bas
ketball tournament to be held in
the tin can here.
The tournament play will not
likely get going until after next
week as Fallston Is sure to be in the
class B championship play through
Friday and either Lattimore or
Shelby may remain in the state
race that long.
Hospital Head Is
Kiwanis Sp:ak:r
Dr, o. L Miller Aqft Teacher Of
— ' Vocational Training Of
Orthopedic Speak*.
Nearly a hundred per cent mem
bership of the Kiwanis club was
present laafc night at the Kiwanis
clubs weekly luncheon to hear Dr.
O. L. Miller, surgeon of the Ortho
pedic hospital at Gastonia and
Miss DeGraff, teacher of vocational
training among the ‘"Tiny Tims" of
the institution. The Orthopedic
hospital Is a state institution with
135 beds and a plant equipment
worth $405,000. Children with phy
sical defects and deformatives from
all parts of the state are taken care
of and since the Institution was
founded over 3,000 have been treat
ed.
Dr. Miller paid a tribute to Geo.
Blanton, of Shelby, chairman of
the board, for his interest In the
Institution and the record that hus
been established in having the best
attendance on directors meetings of
any state Institution,
Public school teachers conduct a
school daily and Miss DeGraff
teaches vocational work. She ex
hibited a number of products of
handiwork of the children who are
given every training during their
period as a patient.
Go After Writer Of
$250 Worthless Che.k
Deputy Kendrick Goes To Red
Springs For Former Shelby
Man On Check Charge.
Deputy Sheriff Bob Kendrick and
Mr. Harrelson, a representative of
a Forest City automobile firm, left
early today for Red Springs with a
warrant for Cramer N. Johnson,
former Shelby man, who is charg
ed with writing a $250 bad check
here some months back.
The check, it is alleged, was giv
en the Arrow Sales company, theh
operating in Shelby, as a payment
upon an automobile, but proved to
be worthless, officers say, at the
bank.
Johnson was at one time employ
ed by a mill at Red Springs.
Rutherford Youth
Under Bond of $300
Fay Gamble, young white man of
Rutherford county, arrested here
Tuesday when he attempted to cash
a $72 check on C. S. Thompson at
tha First National bank, was bound
over to superior court under a $300
bond after a hearing in recorder's
court here. The bend was given. v
Masonic Notice.
Cleveland Lodge No. 202 A.. F <5}
A..M. will meet in called comnvini
c*tion tonight (Friday) for work in
second degree. Members urged to
attend. Visiting brethren nord««u
1*. invited.
1 wo Big Shelby Banks In Consolidation Today
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Union Trust To Open Two Banking Offices In Rutherford County
■New Gold Teeth
Gets Bey Thief
4 Cell In Jail
Bought Glistening
Tooth With Loot
’r han Boy Who Robbed Bene
factor Caught With New Suit,
New Tooth And Money.
If George Willis, the young
orphan boy who early Wednes
day morning was charged with
robbing J. J. Powell, citizen ol
the PolkvlUe section, with
whom he lircdr had not been so
fond of gold teeth It is likely
that he would not be In the
county jail here today with a
larceny charge hanging over
him.
But George, apparently, has been
fond of gold teeth all of his life,
and when he got his hands upon
enough money to buy one, he
bought It, and as a result the new
and shiny molar enabled officers,
who were looking for him, to find
him.
Dressed Himself Up.
Star readers will recall the item
in Wednesday’s paper about . the
Powell robbery. Scms weeks back
the Willis boy, purporting to be an
orphan and hard-up, came to the
Powell home and asked for a Job.
Mr. Powell gave him a h'~ie and a
job. Wednesday morning the youth
got up early to start the fires, and
a short time later Mrf Powell arose
to find the boy missing along with
near $100 Mr. Powell had left in his
trousers pocket.
Officers, jq glielta were notified
and they spread a dragnet for the
missing boy. Wednesday afternoon
late they located him and had him
back In jail here along with a lit
tle negro boy accomplice who had
been given $20 as his part of the
loot.
A"d the capture was more or less
the fault of the captive.
How It Happened.
After robbing Mr. Powell it ap
pears as if the Willis boy split the
loot with the negro boy. giving the
latter $23, and then came to Shel
by with the remainder of the
money. One of the first things lie
did on reaching Shelby was to visit
a local dentist and have a gold
tooth put in. The noxt move was
visit the Acorn department store
where he purchased a suit of
clothes, a shirt, underwear, and a
general outfit of wearing apparel
with the exception of shoes. After
dressing himself up in his new out
fit, including his new gold tooth,
the lad who robbed his benefactor
journeyed to the bus station, bought
a ticket, and left town headed west.
His gold tooth and his new cloth
ing coupled with his old overalls
and coat caught him.
Just before leaving Shelby the
boy dumped his old clothes In a
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.Vhte V/cman Jailed
Fere, Drun': Cha *;?r
Waiting On F'nr Money. Cutting
Scrape A'~ed At Kings Moun
tain Court.
May Childers, young white wom
an of Gaston county, was placed in
jail here yesterday after she failed
to raise the $10 fine and costs meted
out by Recorder Horace Kennedy t
Kings Mountain yesterday where
she appeared in county court charg
ed with drunkenness.
Another case disposed of at Kings
Mountain yesterday by the recorder
was the Heavner-Eaker cutting
scrape some weeks back. Clarence
Eaker was severely cut about tho
head and face by Jim Heavner m
a brawl near the county line be
yond King's Mountain, the victim
of the cutting scrape being treated
for several days in the Shelby hos
pital. Judge Kennedy bound Heav
ner over to Superior court under a
bond of $400, which was given.
MR. FOSTER, WELL KNOWN
PAINTER IS BURIED TODAI
Mr. John Foster, a well known
rainter and decorator who has been
living in Shelby for many "ears,
died yesterday at the home of ’ Trs.
Beasley Ellis on North Morgan
street. Mr. Fester came hpre .,rona
some northern state and was an
expert in his line. He was buried
this afternoon in Sunset Cemcery
the funeral being conducted f^om
the Ellis home at 3:30 hv «“V I. U i
Hayes.
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Flier's Widow Studying Aviation
Mrs. R. H.
Merrill,
youthful
widow of the
Alaskan
aviator who
perished in the
icy wastes last
September,
is shown with
her youngest
son after her
arrival at
Portland. Ore*
to complete
her course in
aviation.
Mrs. Merrill
plans to apply
for both
commefbial
and transport
dying licenses.
(XottmatUa*
Liutkerford Bank Situation Will
Not Be Cleared Up Definitely
For A Week Yet, Say Examiners
Methodist Memorial
Service For Durham
And Wood Sunday
Methodists Of Shelby And Section
To Honor Memory Of
. Late Leaders.
The Methodists of Shel'iy
and section will on Sunday night
united in a memorial service ut
Central Methodist church to
pay fitting tribute to two out
standing Methodist leaders who
have recently died—Dr. Plato
Durham and Rev. C. A. Wood.
Dr. .Durham, one of the
South’s most distinguished sons,
and a native of Cleveland coun
ty, was burled Wednesday at
Warrenton. Rev. Mr. Wood, a
former pastor of the Central
church here and later head
of the Methodist home for chil
dren, i^ied week before last.
At the Sunday night memorial
service, beginning at 7:30, Clyde
R. Hoey will talk on the life of
Plato Durham, and nev. 3. Ed
Thompson will pay tribute to the
career of Rev. Mr. Wood.
The public Is cordially invited
to the memorial service.
Dover Mil!s Hold
Annual Meetings
There were four meetings of
stockholders of four textile “r.tor
prises held yesterday at the First
National Bank directors room. In
addition to the stockholders meet
ings, the directors of each plant
held their annual meetings, waking
eight gatherings in all. Mr. John H.
Dover is head official of the East
side, Dover, Ora Mills of Shelby and
the Charles Mill at Red Springs
The reports were very satisfactory
in view of the stagnant period
through which the textile industry
as a whole has been going. Six _>er
cent dividends were ordered os la
on the Ora and Dover Mill stork and
dividends on all preferred stock
were ordered paid.
John Gantt Passes
Suddenly This Morn
Worked Yesterday And Appeared
In Good Health. Funeral Sat
urday At Kadcsh.
Mr,. John Gantt, 62 years of age,
died rather unexpectedly this morn
ing about 4 o'clock at his home or
the Belwood section.
Mr. Gantt, who lived on the t arm
of Deputy Ed Dixon had suffered,
it is understood, for some time with
a weak heart, but he had worked
on the farm all day 'yesterday and
appeared to be in normal health, j
He is survived by his widow and
five or six children. The deceased
was an industrious farmer and
highly regarded by those who knew
him.
Funeral services will be held .Sat
urday morning at 11 o'clock fit
Kadesh church.
Some Hone Of Re-organization. Re
moval Of Money To Shelby
Is Explained.
(From Thursday's Rutherford Bun)
Mb statement have W Kurt
by officials of the state banking de
partment who ace list charge of the
Rutherford County Bank & Trust
Co;, and Its two’ Branches one in
Splndale and the other at Union
Mills, the Farmers Bank & Trust
Co. of Forest City gad its branch
bank at Caroleeu.-and* the Chim
ney WSd&tamr Co. of Chimney
Roe*;'tftese flftancial institutions
having closed their doors on Tues
day, February 4 by orders of their
board of directors for the protection
of all depositors.
There are some wall informed
men who believe there is still a
chance for the banka to be re-or
ganized but this the average man
in the street does not give much
credence to, and In general the
consensus of opinion is that liqui
dation will be necessary
While there is Considerable talk
about new banks being soon estab
lished in Rutherfordton and Forest
City there Is nothing concrete that
can be learned. It will be, of course,
only a question of time until the
two towns have strong banks, but
in well informed circles it is
thought that little can be actually
accomplished until the bank ex
aminers’ statements are made pub
lic, and this will probably not be
for a week or ten days.
v ouniy near is.
The closure of the two large
banks, their branches and the trust
company at Chimney Rock came
with lightning-like swiftness and
while the natural shock was very
great it was borne with great for
titude and courage by the vast
majority of those who had deposits.
There were no scenes of despair;
no groups of people stating that
they were ruined and when some
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Pleasant Hill Will
Have School Election
The county commissioners, follow
ing a request frcm 25 qualified vot
ers of the district, have called a
spe<5a! school tax election for the
Pleasant Hill non-local tax district
for Monday, March 17. The voter*
of the distriot at that time will pa's
upon the question of levying a spe
cial school tax of 30 cents on he
$100 valuation. Joe Beam has been
named as registrar for the'
election with J. C. Lowry and E Q..
Roberts as judges. The registration
books opened yesterday, February,
13, and will close an Saturday,
March 8.
forest City Beats
Lattimore In Game
The strong Pcrest City basketball
mint eliminated the fast Lattimore
five from the Class B basketball
series-far the state title last night.
The game was played on the Boil-!
Ing Lprln^s court.
Live-At-Home
Program Given
School Support
Cleveland Schools
Show Enthusiasm
Every School In County Heard
Mve-At-Home Talk Each Day
This Week.
If the school children, thousands
of them, will carry home and put
over their message Cleveland coun
ty will certainly live at home tht:
year and in 1931
In every school In rural Clev.
land county this week the student
have heard about Governor G lr '
ner’s ltve-at*home program, nru
they haven’t heard It just once
but over and over again, and tnetr
response from all reports, has been
enthusiastic.
Mentioned Every Day.
In all of the county schools, J H
Grtgg, county superintendent, said
today, each teacher this week h«us
devoted one class period each day
to some phase of the live-at-hom.
program. Not only have the teach
ers taken up and discussed the
value of living at home ones each
day. but, furthermore, practicably
every school In the county has heard
at least one ltve-at-home speech b>
a county agricultural teacher, ,by
one of the two county agents, or by
A. E Cline, chairman of the coun
ty commissioners and head of tne
eounty agricultural board.
The children have been active
also. Scores and scores of county
‘Kflool children have been at a»rl.
ail week, the county superin ten den
says, upon essays and posters in
the live-at-home contests. AU thes<
essays and posters will be turnet
over to the contest Judges ncx
week
It Is impossible now, of courre, to
cstnmte Just How much good the
lire-at-home program in the schoolr
thls week will do, but as Supt.
Orlgg says “wh«i you get every
school child in the county en
thusiastic and talking about the
live-at-home movement, their en
thusiasm will certainly spread to
the home and bring results.”
Parent - Teachers To
Have Founder’s Day
Program Here 17th
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All Associations In City Meet At
High School Monday Evening.
Hoey To Speak.
A very Interesting: program has
been arranged for the observance
of Parent-Teacher association
founder’s day. All of the local units
of the city will meet at 7:30 o'clock
Monday evening, Feb. 17, in the
[central high school auditorium.
The program follows:
i Prayer, Rev. Rush Padgett;
Musical selection “A Hungarian
Overture,” liigh school orchestra,
Mr. W. T. Sinclair, director; Musi
cal selection “Massa Dear,” by De
vorak, Jefferson chorus, Miss Mar
garet Cooper, director; Miss Se
dalilla Propst, accompanist: Musi
cal selection, "Go Lovely Flower,"
by Lemare-Danty, Graham chorus,
Miss Bernice Jones, director; Miss
Ettalle Moses, accompanist; Musi
cal selection “Sweet and Low,” j*
Fayette chorus, Mrs. Ruth Plaster,
director; Mrs. Flora Nolan, accom
panist; Musical selection, “Indian
Lullaby," South Shelby chorus,
Miss Bernice Jones, director, Miss
Alleen Jones, accompanist; Musical
selection “The Blossom and the
Bee,” Washington chorus, Miss Au
gusta Alexander, director, Miss
Mary Roberts accompanist; Musi
cal selection “Star of the Summer
Night,” Marlon chorus, Miss Min
nie Roberts, director. Miss Mary
Helen Baltimore, accompanist.
Keporn trom the Parent-Teach
ers associations of the following
schools: Washington, Jefferson,
-Marion, South Shelby, LaFayette,
Qraham; Count of parents in at
tendance to determine percentage
for schools. The Parent-Teacher
association, Mrs. John Schenck, jr.;
Needs of the school, member ot
school board; Address, Hon. Clyde
R. Hoey; Musical Selection, “My
Tribute,” All choruses and orches
tra, W. T. Sinclair, director; Musi
cal selection "As I Walked Out In
May,” Woodman. High School girls'
chorus, Mr. W. T. Sinclair, direc
tor.
Miss Selma Webb, vice-president i
of the CHv Council, will preside.
Their Banks In
A Merger
Clia*. C. Blanton.
\*i.»am t,ineberger,
(Star Photo »
Dick Thompson
Shoots Himself
Clerk Who Married At Hollts
Shoots Self Today At
Spartanburg,
Richard Thompson, hotel
clerk, shot himself to death this
morning at Spartanburg, while
relatives prepared to take hiiu
to the hospital at Chirk Springs.
Mr, Thompson, well known in
Shelby and this section, married
ISlias Mattie Withrow of Ilollls.
who died a conple of years ’go.
Daring the winters he was a
hotel clerk at Chirk Springs
and at an Asheville hotel tier
ing the summer,
For several days, according to
reports given The Star this
afternoon, Mr. Thompson had
been suffering from a nervous
breakdown.
This morning while relatives
prepared to earry him to the
hospital he walked to the garage
and shot himself.
Just a few hours before news
of his death came to this conn
ty, Mr. Thompson had called
Mrs. W. T. Calton, at Latlimurc
Mrs. Calton, an aunt of Thomp
son's deceased wife, was keep
ing the one child of Mr, Thomp
son.
Stough Wray Hurts
Knee Out Hunting
-
Friends of Mr. Stough Wray wail
regret to hear that he Is still con
fined to his home with an injured
knee which he hurt while out hunt
ing last Saturday. While crossing a
ditch he slipped and wrenched the
knee so severely that he had .pee a
confined to bed until yesterday
when he was up for a short time.
Mrs. Eslir'dge And
Injured Boy Bettsr
Reports from the Shelby ho.v ital
today stated that Mrs. Tom Esk
ridge. who has been seriously i'l
since last Friday, was better, f Otis
Pendleton, lr„ seriously Injured
when hit by rn automobile Wednes
day week ! ”o. was, also, said to b? 1
getUng along fine.
Consolidation Creates Unusually
Strong Banking Structure; Will
Also Serve Rutherford County
ha*. C. Blanton Head* Broadened Bank In
stitution Which Ha* Resources Of Near
Two IV"/iion Dollars. Rutherford Offices
To Open Monday.
Important in banking circle's was the announcement to- :
y that the Cleveland Bank and Trust Co., and the Union !
:-t Co., both strong banks of this place, had consolidated
. that the Union Trust Co., will on Monday open banking j
% s at Rutherfordton and Forest City where failures had j
>3od institutions in (hat county.
To Open Rutherford Office*.
It has been known for two months by those close to these j
htT.iy banks that this consolidation here was under way, but
ot until today was it consummated and public announcement
made. .Since the bank failures in Rutherford county, promi
nent citizens of that section have been making overtures to
resident C. C. Blanton of the Union Trust to open banking
tires in those places and today after the combination with
<0. Cleveland Bank and Trust, it was definitely decided to to
o Rutherford county with banks at Rutherfordton and
west City on Monday. : |
Mr. Forrest Eskridge, cashier of the Union Trust Co.
:d Mr. Wm. Linebergcr, president of the Cleveland Bank
■d Trust Co., issued the following statement bearing on
ie consolidation at noon today:
l or two months the officers and directors of the Unton Trust com
ity and the Cleveland Bank and Trust company have been considering
consolidation of the two Institutions and today Chas. c. Blanton, presl
JtfM .Uoion Trust cwnuwny and Wm. Linebergcr, prtsMwrt of thr
ieteland Bank and Trust company announced that their plans had
:?» consummated and were ready to be made public.’
Increased Capital.
In announcing the consolidation ot these two Institutions the offl
rs also announced another forward movement for the consolidated
nit by having Increased the capital structure of the bank by addtpg
lather $100,000.00 in new capital to the present combined capital of tha
.*•0 banks.
Open Two Rutherford Banks.
‘To give banking service to the neighboring totals of Rutherfordton
and Forest City which have been urging President Blanton to open
hanking offices there, it has been decided for the Union Trust company
„o open banking offices there beginning on Monday next.
'The capital stock of the enlarged Union Trust comply WUJ pg
$200,000 00, the surplus fund $200 000.00 and the total reserves over $79,000
making a total capital structure of nearly half million dollars. The com
bined resources amount to nearly two million dollars.
Union Name Continued.
• The entire staff of officers and directors of the two institutions will
be connected with the enlarged institution and for the present banking
offices will lie mantatned in each of the present banking rooms. Tire
name of (he Union Trust company will be continued. A complete list
of the officers and directors will appear soon."
"Big Move For County,** Says Lincberger.
Wm. Lineberger, president of the Cleveland Bank and Trust com
pany says: "This consolidation has been under way for some lime and t
think the step is the best move for Cleveland county in a long time. The
combined capitals will enable the Umon Trust comflbiy to better sery«
the public in every way as the day has come when strength is highly
essential In banking circles.
"In the merging and expansion of these two banks, this section is
certainly given, the hanking facilities it deserves."
Interview With Mr. Chas. C. Blanton.
' For about two years at Intervals, the officers of the Cleveland Bank
and Trust company and the Union Trust company of which I am presi
dent have considered joining forces and this week the final plans have
been arranged and I think the step one of toe most important and for
ward-looking that has happened in financial circles In some years. I
think every man connected with the two Institutions is solidly
the consolidation and with the enlarged capital structure this institution
should be able to give the public in this section excellent service. Both
banks are In excellent financial condition, neither one owes ^ cent of
borrowed money and has large reserves on hand. The Union Trust Co.
and the First National bank of Shelby of which I am president also, will
work harmoniously together as there is enough good business in this sec
tion for both Institutions, as some phases of business can be handled
more successfully by one institution and others by the other one.
Two Strong Institutions.
“I can truthfully say, and I hope modestly, that this section is to be
congratulated on having two such financial Institutions. The First Na
tional has a capital structure of approximately $900,000.00 and resources
over five million dollars. The enlarged Union Trust company will haw
nearly half a million dollars capital structure and resources of nearly
two million dollars capital-structure and resources of nearly two million
dollars. Both of the banks will be well manned as to officers and direc
torates and both institutions are well supported with cash securities and
reserves.
The Rutherford County Branches.
‘ With my associates we are planning to give the towns of Ruther
fnrdton and Forest City banking service by the Union Trust company.
The people in. these towns have urged by letter, telephone and personal
calls that we give them adequate banking sendee and this I intend tp
them to have. While we will be using the present bank rooms of the far
mer banks in these towns there will be no financial connection with the
closed institutions. In other words, we are not "taking over" the
banks but establishing entirely new ones.
“We will have well-tried men from our institution to manage toe
fices opened In Rutherford county.
Conditions Very Sound.
The Union Trust company s capital and surplus has been
to accommodate this need. With my associates, I have taken this
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