8 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXX VI. No. 24 SHELBY. N. C. MONDAY. FEB. 24, 1930 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By mall, per year (In advance) 92.50 Carrier, per year (1 nadvance) 93.00 LATE NEWS THE MARKET. lotion, per tb.---151/40 Cotton Seed, per bn. ..37'-c Showers Likely. Today’s North Carolina Weatlic* Report: Increasing cloudiness fol owed by showers in west and north portions late tonight or Tuesday Slightly warmer in Interior tonight. Mabel Normand Dead. Mabel Normand, one of the beat known movie actresses and whose entire career has been sensational in both private and (11m life, died yesterday at. Monrovia, California, death resulting from, tuberculosis. Miss Normand, who was best known as a comedienne, was 36 years ot age and the wife of Lew Cody, movie star. Lattimore Has County Honors In Basketball i i Capt. Weather* Leads i Title Winner* .Shelby High Unable To Stop Bril liant Cager In Final Cham pionship Game. Led by the dazzling floorwork anti shooting of their brilliant captain, Cricket’’ Weathers, the Lattimore high school cagers won the Cleve land county championship and the Rotary club here Saturday night by defeating the Shelby high cag ers 29 to 14 in the final game of the county-wide tournament. In the semi-finals A-iday night Lattimore defeated Polkville and Shelby defeated Belwood to senu the two quints against each other for the county crown. It was the second time the two quints have faced each other in the champion ship game and it was the third con test the two fives, each havinf, won one game. Shelby’s fight Sat urday night was to win the Rotaiy cup for the third straight time having two championships in a row to date, but the fast play of a| quint that is as good if not better ■ than any basketball outfit La* timore has ever produced was too much for the orange jerseys. First Half Flashy. The first half of the contest was one of those nip and tuck scrambles wftlch keep fans on their toes, the half ending with the score dead locked at 12-12. But It was in the second half that the Hood basketcers revealed a epurt game the superiority of which could not be questioned. An air tight defense which kept the Shel by cagers completely bottled up was •liSugurated with the whistle start ing the final half. The result was ‘that Shelby scored only one field goal In the last half and failed to CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT.) Taxi Driver Wanted On Whiskey Charge Surrenders To Cops Bus Coper And Raymond Grig* To Be Tried Here Tuesday. Coper Has Been Away. Bus Coper, well known Shelby taxi driver, who made a quick getaway when officers raided the house in which he lived some weeks back, has returned to Shelby and surren dered and will be tried on a whis key charge In county court Tues day. The night of the raid officers say that they found some whiskey in the Coper house where several oth er people were present, but Coper fhade a getaway in his car. Others present when tried declared that the whiskey was Coper's property. He was placed under bond when he surrendered for a county court hearing this week on the charge of possession for the purpose of sale. Raymon Origg, who some weeks . back skipped a bond to county court where he was also to face a whiskey charge, has also given up to officers and is under bond for a hearing Tuesday. Dr. Boyer Sick, Goes For Rest In Florida The scores of friends in Shelby of Dr. H. K. Boyer, former pastor of Central Methodist church here and now pastor of the First Meth odist church at Morganton, will re gret to hear that he has been sick for more than a week. As a result of his continued illness he has been ordered to Florida to recuperate for some time. While away his pulpit at Morganton will be filled by Dr. E. P. Phillip^ of Futherford college. Hamrick Has Hams Stolen On Friday Two hams and a shoulder wete stolen from the smokehouse of BurgwTn Hamrick in South Shelby ’Friday night. So far officers have been unable to get a clue on the thieves. Police Chiel McBride Pos ton said today. Clyde Hoey To Make Address In New York City On St Patrick's Day Event There On March 17 Shelby Orator Honored Irish Organization Of Will Accept By Old Metropolis. Clyde R. Iloey, Shelby orator former congressman and one of the South's best known lawyers and churchmen, has been ten dered an outstanding honor by being invited to be one of the two chief speakers at the an nual St. Patrick’s Day event in New York city on March 17. The invitation to Mr. Hoey comes from the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, an Irish organiza tion which is 147 years of age Addresses Notables Mr. Hoey will speak at an ai nual dinner of the organiza tion attended by several hundred outstanding New Yorkers and Americans of Irish descent. His topic will be ‘‘Our Country”. Each year an outstanding or ator is picked by the Irish for their big event of the year in New York, but this is the first time in many years, and perhaps the first time ever, that a man of this segHon of the South has been so honored. The address last year was made by Claude Bowers, New York World writer who also made the keynote speech at the Houston Democra tic convention. The previous year Senator Barkely of Ken tucky was the orator, and in years gone by some of America’s outstanding men have been the speakers, the late President Roosevelt being among the num ber. The imitation, Mr. Hoey says, will be accepted. Bank Merger Ratified Here Stockholders Of Both Cleveland Bank And Union Frust Con firm Consolidation. Meetings of the stockholders of the Cleveland Bank and Trust Co. and the Union Bank and Trust Co. today at 11 O'clock at which time the merger of these two institu tions was ratified upon the recom mendation of the officers and di rectors. The consolidation seemed to meet the general approval of the stockholders of both institutions all agreeing that it would unite the banking groups of Shelby and make for better banking facilities. The Union Trust company will 'move its Shelby banking offices in to the Cleveland Bank and Trus1, company quarters about March 1, according to President C. C. Blan ton and until that time the patrons and customers of each institution will continue using their same check books as formerly. Get Coal By Radio? Nat Bowman, local dealer for the Red Bar Coal company, announces that each Thursday his company will put on a radio program from Station WSPA at Spartanburg. The program goes on this Thursday night at 7:30 for a half hour. Mr. Bowman will advertise Wednesday that the first telephone call from Shelby after the program is on gets a ton of coal free. Saturday Night Blaze. The fire department was called Saturday night to the Beam coal yard near the Seaboard depot where a blaze had started in a seed hous.\ The damage was slight. Committee Seeking New College Prexy For Boiling Springs Trustees Will Meet To Hear Rec ommendation Of Special Com mittee Named. Postmaster J. H. Quinn, chair man of the board of trustees for Boiling Springs Baptist junior col • lege, stated today that a special committee had been named by the board to look about for a new pres ident for Boiling Springs to suc ceed Dr. J. B. Davis who has re signed. This committee is composed of Dr. Zeno Wall, of Shelby; Dr. W. A. Ayres, of Forest City, and Rev. J. J. Beach, of Cherryville. A meeting of the trustees will be held soon to hear recommendations from the committee which is now considering several prospects. Shelby Man Once Tried T o Invent An Automobile? Did you know that one of the first attempts to perfect an automobile, or a horseless car riage was made by a man nam ed Bryson who lived In Shelby many years ago? He thought the old stage-coach method of travel between Shelby and the West, which was Rutherford ton, was too slow? In that day Shelby merchants based their business outlook on the number of chairs in a wog on when a farm family came to town. Did yon know that? In buying cotton from a farm er the merchant would base his bid on the number of chairs in the wagon. Each chair meant a prospective customer for eali co, shoes, snuff, and whatnot. But let "Old Timer" teU you about those days In his list of “remember whens" published in “Around Our Town” today. Spangler Condition Shows Improvement The condition of Summle Spang ler, who has been critically ill at the Shelby hospital for ten days, was somewhat improved this morn ing. He has shown a little improve ment for the past two days and more hope is held out for his re covery. One Couple Secures Wedding Papers Here Marriage license were issued here Friday to Herman Wall and Rose lee Smith, both of the Casar sec tion. This is the third license issued at the register of deeds office this month. 90 YEARS OLD TODAY; IS COLLEGE GRADUATE Mrs. Parmelia M. Dean, who Is a guest at the home of her grand daughter. Mrs. Louis Fleming, East Sumter street, today celebrated her 90th birthday. Mrs. Dean graduated at Limestone college, Gaffney, in 1855. One of the oldest college graduates in this entire section Mrs. Dean’s memory is remarkably good about school days prior to the Civil war. Women Buried With Ferguson On King’s Mountain Says Robert L. Durham: An Interesting Incident Dr. Tracy, Grandfather Of Dur hams. Found Two Skeletons In Grave There. The grave atop Kings Mountain now marked as the grave of Patrick Ferguson, British leader in the bat-! tie the sesquicentennial of which is to be observed soon, contains the skeletons of two people, one a wom an. and this discovery was made by the grandfather of the late Plato Durham and the other Durham boys who hailed from this county. This interesting Incident which is not recorded in any history or docu ment, other than mention of the woman in Draper’s history, is re lated by Dr. Robert L. Durham, Cleveland native in a letter to The Charlotte Observer, The letter fol lows : "Th<f discussion in your paper, about Colonel (Major?) Patrick Ferguson’s grave at the Kings Mountain battle grounds brings to my memory some facts that may oe of interest in that connection which as far as I know, have never beer, put In print. "My grandfather and grand mother, Dr. James Wright Tracy and Miss Regina Minerva Stone, both natives of Spartanburg coun ty, South Carolina, were married and moved over into Clevelan ' county, North Carolina, in 1844 and settled in the neighborhood of what is now the town of Kings Mountain, and in six or seven miles of the battle ground. My grandfather told me that he was greatly interested in the traditions of the battle and ’n the discussion of the .true location tCONTTNOFI) ON TACSB EIOHT ) ^ -iii Francisco Woman Receives Signal Honoi Mis* Birdeena Co wen, of San Francisco, to whom fell the honor of being appointed a member of the Educational Conncil of Berlin. Min Gowen is the Ant and only American woman to be so honored by the Prussian Minister of Arts and Sciences. (UUfWltiuI Nmmli Mrs. McEntire Dies In Roanoke Woman Who Lived In Cleveland And Was Wife Of J. B. Mc Entire Of Union Section, Friends were saddened by news of the death of Mrs. J. B. McEn tire which occurred last Tuesday in a Roanoke hospital. Mrs. McEntire ha4. beep awtpusly JU, for several weeks following a serious operation She was well known in Shelby and Cleveland county, her husband be ing a son of Mr. Thomas McEntire of the Union community and for several years connected with the late O. E. Ford In business. They! moved from Shelby to Roanoke, Va. jin 1912 where Mr. McEntire is now prominently. identified with W. H. Pugh company. * • »•■■■■ i Funeral services were held Wed nesday at Christ Episcopal church and interment in Evergreen ceme tery. The floral offering was large and attested to the high esteem In which the deceased was held. Relatives attending the funeral were Mr. Thomas McEntire, Misses Effie McEntire, Virginia Mauncy, Mrs. M. B. Mauney and Mrs. Ray McEntire. Mrs. McEntire Is survived by her husband.'one daughter, Miss Shir ley McEntire and one son, J. B., Jr. Graham School Raise $106 In Single Night In order to buy equipment, such as books, maps, charts, etc., and make of Graham street school an accredited elementary school, Fath ers’ Night was observed Frldav night with the auditorium filled with' spectators. A George Wash ington play was rendered by Jie little folks and words of welcome were spoken by H. M. Randolph, the principal. B. T. Falls was the principal speaker and H. Clay Cox, a member of the school fund made a plea for donations following a speech by Supt. Smith outlining the requirements that must be met in order to have the accredited rating. The sum of $106 was raised that evening. Mr. Hudson In Car Wreck, But Unhurt W. Hill Hudson, popular travel ing salesman of Shelby was in a car wreck at Greensboro Sunday while returning home from Balti more with a merchant customer of South Carolina. Some boys riding with girls in a light car, struck the car amidship in which Mr. Hudson was a passenger and badly demol ished it. Mr. Hudson and his friend narrowly escaped serious injury, bu' the girls were taken to a hospital for treatment. Grigg And Smith Off To Atlantic City County Superintendent of School J. H. Grigg and City Superintend ent B. L. Smith, left Saturday for Atlantic City, N. J., to spend this week attending the National Edu cation Association which holds forth for several days. They wil? «t tend the sessions of the depart ment of superintendents. In Swofford Firm. Mr. Roy Propst, it was announc ed today, has purchased a half in terest in the Swofford Grover? here. Heretofore Mr. Propst has been employed by Mr Swofford. Shoffner Fears Fertilizer Cut On Cotton Crop Says Farmers Should Avoid Such Cut Arrratr Should Be Reduced Pro portionately With Fertiliser, Farm Agent Say*. B. W. Shoffnrr. Cleveland farm agent, la of the opinion that Cleveland county farmers this year will put about the same acreage in cotton as they did last year In producing their record cotton crop, but his worry Is that farmers will at tempt to economise by using less fertiliser and thereby have a lower yield at higher cost than If acreage was reduced. Cutting the county fertilizer bill without cutting the cotton acreage in proportion is the wrong thing to do In the opinion of the county agent, and his view is held by many leading iarmers of the county. Will Not Pay. "If we put the same number oi acres in cotton as we did last year but reduce our fertilizer our yield will be cut down,” Shoffner says, ‘‘and despite the fact that we will have to work Just as many acres we will not make as much and will lose money in the long rim. The farmer who does not buy as much fertilizer this year as he did last year should cut his cotton acreage in proportion and use Just as much fertilizer to the acre as he did last year.” After visiting various sections of thl county the farm agent hardly believes that the total acreage de voted to cotton this year will be re duced very much over last year. The attitude taken by many farm ers, he finds, is that of putting Just as many acres in cotton but with the idea of not using as much fer tilizer as, was used last year.^It Is this proposal which he argue? against because he does not believe it to be a sound and paying idea. \"r "* '■ ' 1 T ""'~'r' ■ Men Wanted For Free Military Camp Training Cleveland County Is Entitled To Send 15 Young Men Al Govern ment's Expense. Cleveland county is entitled to send fifteen young men to some Citizen’s Military Training camp during the coming summer, accord ing to Lee B. Weathers, chairman for this county, who is anxious to Interest this number In taking this training and receiving free instruc tio without further military obliga tions. The United States government will pay all necessary expenses. It will take you to camp at Its own expense and, thirty days later, will bring you home again. It will provide you with excellent food. Name your favorite sport and the government will furnish expert in structors and the necessary equip ment. The government will teach you to swim, drill, march, pttch camp and shoot with the best. You get all these advantages without any cost to yourself and without any obligation on your part The reasons for this generosity of the government? To bring up good, healthy young citizens who are able to carry on CONTINUED ON PAGE EIOHT.l Events This Week Booked In Shelby The following gatherings and clnb meetings are booked to be held this week: Tuesday night, 7:30: Cleve land County club meets at the Wayside restaurant. Tuesday night, 8 o'clock: Mau meeting at court house called by Cleveland Mutual Protective association. Wednesday morning 10 o'clock —Big dairy meettn for farmers at court house. Outside speakers. Wednesday afternoon. Two o'clock: Miss Leah Parker, garden specialist, to address club leaders and women at grand jury room of court house. Thursday night, 8: Kiwanis club at Hotel Charles. Each evening this week through Friday, at 7:30: Cleve land county standard train ing school for church and Sunday school workers at Cen tral Methodist church. Friday afternoon, 1:30: Ro tary club at Hotel Charles. Friday night. 8 o’clock: An nual Hoe.v oratorical contest at Central high school, entrants from all conniy high schools. ▼ Pretty “Gun-Toter99 in Philly Miss Hilda 'arlton, alias Calloway, of ewark, N. /., vho is said to 'pack a gun" at her hip. She was captured at Philadelphia after a m>d ight pursuit, m which six shots were ired. Besides the gun strapped to ter thigh, the brunette car ried an extra round of .38 calibre cart dges. She was questioned -egarding re :ent “bandit girr rob beries. (International Kawaraoll Times. So Hard Booze Will Not Sell—Moonshiner Quits When moonshiners, blockaders and bootleggers go out of business because they no longer have enough patrons to make a living, then tim es are really getting hard That's the view taken by Sheriff Irvin Allen, and he has a true story to support the view. Recently the sheriff was motor ing from Kings Mountain to Shel by. Along Highway 20 he stopped to pick up a pedestrian. “I recognized him Immediately,” Sheriff Allen said. "But I couldn't understand why he was so poorly dressed. His clothes were ragged, his shoes worn out and he appear ed to be hungry. He was a fellow' who has been In court here several times, and I know of my own knowledge that he has been mak ing and selling moonshine liquor, off and on, for 10 years. I asked him where he was going and he told me that he was going to Ashe ville to hunt for a Job. "He then Informed me that tunes were so hard that he could no long er make a living by blockading and that he was going to work before he starved. There's not enough money in circulation, he told me. to make even a big still a paying business. He had been just across the line in South Carolina, he said, operating a still. Every cent he had was in vested in a run or 1,200 gallons or inash. but the officers found It and cut it up and liquor had been sell ing at such a low price that he could not. afford to go back In busi ness. "Less liquor he told me was be ing sold now than at any time since the world war and what was being sold was going for such a low price that there wasn't a worthwhile profit in the business -nymore. "I brought the old fellow to Shel by and let him out, and he tm medlat 'y began looking for a ride to Asheville where he thought he could get a job. A few years back he was one of the section's biggest blockaders.’’ Boiling Sprvngs To Play Tuesday Night Baptist Collegians dope Season! With Appalachian Quint At B. S. The basketball quint of Bolling Springs Junior college, with a re markably good record to date, will close Its cage season Tuesday night In a game with Appalachian college at Bolling Springs. The game will begin at 7:30 and the Junior Baptists are planning to stage a hard fight to maintain their excellent record. Womanless Wedding At Piedmont March 1 A womanless wedding will be giv en by the Masons and Patriotic Order Sons of America at Pied mont high school auditorium Sat urday night, March i. at 7:30 o’clock. After the "wedding.” oy sters and fish will t served. Thts play was recently ^resented at Fallston by this talent from the Fallston community and it proved very enjoyable. To miss seeing it ii to miss forty minutes of real fun and laughter. A small admission charge will be made. Big Attendance Here For Training School Many Church And Sunday Schoil Workers Attending Sessions At Central Church Although registration figures were not available this morning officials believe that a record crowd of church and Sunday school workerS attended the opening session yester day afternoon at Central Methodist church of the seventh annual Cleve land County Standard Training school. This school held each year for the purpose of making church and Sunday school workers rqore effic ient is attended by representatives of churches in all sections of the county. The school will be in session each evening this week through Friday, beginning at 7:30 o’clock in the evening. Litton To Monroe. Mr. F. B. Litotn, former proprie tor of the Litton Motor company here, has gone to Monroe where he will be associated with the Alex ander Motor company, Dodge agents there. Shelby Men Call Meetings To Name New College Heads For Colleges-Wake Forest, Carolina Governor Gardner Heads Carolina Trustees And Judge E. V. Webb Wake Forest Board. Two Shelby men—Governor O. Max Gardner, head of the Univers ity of North Carolina trustees, and Judge E. Yates Webb, chairman ol the Wake Forest college trustees and an uncle of Governor Gardner, will preside over meetings to be held soon for the purpose of select ing new presidents for the univers ity and Wake Forest. Last Thursday Dr. Harry Wood burn Chase resigned as president of the University of North Carolina to become president of the Uni versity of Illinois. The State’s second education loss came on the following day, Friday when Dr. j Francis F. Gaines resigned as pres idcnt of Wake Forest college to be come president of Washington and Lee University to succeed Dr. Hen ry Louis Smith, retired, who was president of Davidson college be fore going to Washington and Lee. Both Deeply Regretted. Of the two resignations a news story in The Raleigh News and Ob server says: ’ North Carolina received its sec ond similar loss within two days Friday when Dr. Francis Pendleton Oaines, president of Wake Forest college, announced that he will ac cept the presidency of. Washington and Lee University, to which he was elected yesterday by the trustees of that institution, meeting in Rich mond. Virginia. "The action followed the resigns j continued on page eight * McCord Heads Merchant Body; Eskridge Speaks Chain Store Combat Draws Mention Bill McCord Elected President Re tail Merchants. Harmony And Optimism Stressed. Election of officers, the offering of a resolution to put the associa tion to the forefront with more spirit and grit than ever, and a speech by Forrest Eskridge, cash ier of the First National Bank, were the outstanding features of the Shelby Merchants Association din* ner at the Hotel Charles Friday night. The sheep and the lambs—other wise the chain store heads and the local merchants, sat down at the board together, and got along swimmingly. Speeches were made aeeiarmg that the two factions should mend their differences and boost together for the common good. Captain Prank Roberta voic ed this sentiment most succinctly when he said: ‘'You gentlemen should Apd must co-operate; you have commdlt aims and the same ideal, namely, the good of Shelby and local business." Speeches were made by perhaps a third of the number present. It was the lengthiest session In the history of the association. “Bill" McCord was elected presi dent, succeeding Henry Mills. Other officers chosen were John S. Mc Knlght, vice president: J. E. Nash, secretary and Claude Mabry, treas urer. Messrs, Rush Hamrick, J, A. But tle and F. o. Smith were chosen directors. Talks Optimism. Forrest Eskridge was originally named on the board of directors, but said that Inasmuch as the As sociation is mainly a merchants body he thought it essential that the officers should be chosen from active Shelby business men. And he nominated Mr. Smith, who is the head of Sterchi’s. W. E. Koon, of the Wright-Baker company, was in charge of the pro gram. Mr. Eskridge talked on "Co operation and Optimism,’’ telling in part the uphill fight now being waged in Rutherford county, where a genuine species of optimism pre vails. Among those present were: For rest Eskridge, W. E. Koon. Henry Mills, Ab Jackson, F. o. Smith, Frank Sanders, "Bill" McCord. R. H. Person, Joe E. Nash, E. A. MUU can, W. E. Vickery, H. W. Harmon, Frank Hoey, Miss Ossie McR&ry, Messrs. Beck and Pratt; Messrs. Ingram and Idles, Captain J. Frank Roberts, Jack Palmer, Louis Hamrick, Henry Massey, Dewey Hawkins, Rush Hamrick and E. E. Scott. County Contest On Friday Night ,AI»o Contest In Declamation To Hoey-Webb Contests. Her*. ' The high school orators of Oleve land county will compete In the Central school auditorium here Fri day night of this week in the an nual Clyde R. Hoey Oratorical con test. Just how many entrants there will be in the contest, which is ooe of the big events of the year for Cleveland high schools, could not be determined, but practically every high school in the county will be entered it is thought. The Selma Webb Recitation con test, at which the Webb essay win ners are also announced, will be held Friday night week. Play At Casar Night Of February 27th Supt. H. M. Loy of Casar high school says the Casar school will present "Womanless Wedding” at the Casar school Thursday nigl.t, February 27. “A barrel of monkeys’ would not be funnier than what you will see at this play,” he savs. A small admission charge will bl made for the benefit of the school. Members Received In Rotary Club Here Rev. L. B. Hayes, pastor of Oen« tral Methodist church, and tor. Roger Laughridge, of the A. Bla* - j ton Grocery company, were recira * as new members of the Rotary clwti , at the meet mg held Friday. I

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