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1930.
LA IE NEWS
THr MARKET.
Cotton, per lb -
Cotton Seed, per bo. ....——
Fair And Wanner.
Today’s North Carolina Weather
Report: Fall and not quite so cold
tonight. Tuesday fair and warmer.
Big New Orleans Fire.
Eleven people were Injured and
there was a preperty damage of
mere than three million dollars in
a river front fire which swept dork
warehouses In New Orleans Iasi
night. Those Injured were trapped!
aboard a steamer docked at tlir
river wharf.
I'tiiiKcreYezt'i
L inner CfHo y
Cant ctHcncrs
Virg‘1 Wearier* Ce c
Oratorical Pe^al
Crct: n Of Lat‘.liro~e Tn’-art \V ns
Ifcey Prise. Nine fchoo’.s
Have Entrants.
The Lattimore high sch^l pro
duces good orators as well as cham
pion cotton growers and basketball
p’ayers. Virgil Weathers, repe
ating the Lrtlimore schcol here
Friday n;rht in the annual oratori
c 1 ccntcst fer high srliool boys,
wen the Clyde R. Koey modal as
Foe beet high school orator in the
county.
Weather's subject was “My Coun
try. My Mother. My God.”
There were eight other high
schools represented as follows: Ed- j
die Eridges, Polkvllie; J. B. Hoyle,
Fr'«« v, o. T. Kayos, K n s Msun
•rin; Howard Rollins, Mooreoboro;
S: m Sain, Bolwcod; Hubert Wil
son, Shelby; Kelly Shepherd, Boil- j
ing Springs; and Paul Morris, Cacur. :
Judges of the contest wore Miss
Coldie Morrissette, Mr. J. A. Ham
ilton and Mr. V. B. Cocper. Prior
to the announcement of the decis
ion Mr. Hamilton paid a 7'!en:'id
tribute to Attorney Clyde Hoey who
has donated the me / for the ccun
ty-wlde event for m.n^yer rs.
A musical program by the She by
high orchestra, dir cted by Mr. W.
T. Sincllr, preceded the contest.
The Selma Webb recitation con- i
ieot will be held here Friday night
of this week.
/oung Men Apply
For Training Camp
Wdhderful Opportunity Offered
Young I'en At Expense Of
Government
Already six young men in Clcve- i
land county have applied for en- '
.ranee to the Citizens Military
Training camp at Fort Bragg this
ummer, says Lee B. Weathers,
chairman for Cleveland county
This county is entitled to send Tj
young men June 13 for 30 days.
Less than half of the young men
applying for these camps in the
southeast last year could be ac
commodated. Funds and facilities
were available for only 4,400, 8980
applied. Louisiana, the first state in
the union to exceed its quota, went
over the top one day after enroll
ments began. Florida appointments
were exhausted in five days. Ail
eight southeastern states compris
ing the fourth corps area filled
their quotas a month or more be
fore camps opened, the fourtn
corps area leading all others in the
county. For the thousands disap
pointed last year, only early appli
cation this year will secure for them
an appointment.
Any young man of acceptable
character and between the ages of
17 and 24 may apply for the basic
course. If he can pass the require!
physical examination and is of good
moral character, as certified to by
a reputable citizen who knows him.
he may attend these camps.
Attendance at these camps means
no obligation for future military
service. Those who attend are no
more likely to be called to the colons
in time of war than any other man.
However, if they volunteer or are
selected for service they are more
likely to secure rapid advancement
and be able to defend their coun
try more effectively and with great
er safety to themselves. Military
training is not the primary object.
The training at these camps stresses
citizenship, self reliance, initiative,
good fellowship and how to work
and play hard effectively. The mor
al and re'igi'us Influences are kept
at tjigh standards.
All necessary expense coverin :
transportation, camp facilities, foo i®
clothing, laundry, medical exam
(nations a"d attendance and serv
ices of instructors Is furnished free
by the goaemm-nt. It cmild not o -
dupl’sated bv private enterprise lor
lees t’-in several Imndred dollars
for each rr-^'r and <t is an ocfoc
as a purely inrdoc—, Prrv.-ltiori 1
un- ~'cd by any government a
any time. I
Union Trust Moves
In*o New Location
Crnsclkc’at’cn cf Cleveland Trust And Union
Ta!:cs Effect Saturday. Bowman And
L*nc':e. In Chai se. Latt.more Res gns.
Act :~1 con: o’ d tion of the Cleveland Bank and Trust
cam-any and the Union Trust took nUre Saturday, March 1,
w n t'e boo' s end ef'ccts of the Union Trust were moved
Into the Cleveland B rk quarters.
The Union Truat by the teams of the merger owns the
Cleveland Ba”k build n" and in order to maintain the banks
in different pa: s of the city for the convenience of cus‘min
ers, the Union Trust will continue its headquarters in the
Cleveland E rk and Trust company building.
■ Win. Lincberger, former head ol
the Cleveland Bank, and James 1.
Bowman, vice president of the Un
ion, wore both 0:1 duty at the con
solidated institution and business
moved along as if nothing whatever
had happened.
Use Cheeks As Usual.
Patras of these two institutions
which have born merged will con
tinue to use blank checks which
they have as checks drawn on
either the Cleveland Bank ana
Trust company or the Union TrUot
company will continue to be hon
ored. Therefore, those who are ask
ed to cash checks on the Cleveland
Bank and Trust company which has
’ assed out of f;:istence by reason of
the merger, can safely honor such
checks, provided of course the one
on whom the check is written nas
money to his credit in the bank
Collections and savings will con
tinue as usual, the only difference
being in the name of the bank it
self.
Baltimore Resigns.
Mr. J. J. Lattimore, who has been
the popular cashier of the Cleveland
Bank since its organization, has
tendered his resignation because of
bad health, but all other familiar
faces are in the bank quarters tjj
greet and wait on patrons.
Mr. Lattimore has not announced
his plans for the futuie as yet.
Just who will occupy the room
vacated by the Union Trust Co. is
not known. The Union Trust has a
lease for a year or so on this build
ing and some business institution
will probably fill up the gap in a
short while.
President Blanton says the Un
ion Trust branches in Rutherford
are moving along nicely and the
Rutherford citizens seem very grat
ified with the services offered since
the recent bank failures. Mr. For
rest Eskridge, cashier, is making
daily trips to Rutherford county to
give personal supervision to the
three branches in that territory.
Ycunjr Parrish KTed
Near Bad Of Father
Who Was 111 At Time
Broth-r Of f-'hel' y Woman Stum
bled On Rugs, Gun Discharge
And Killed Him,
Joe Perish, 2!-year-old brother
of Mrs. Wil’iam McCord, of She'by,
who was accidentally killed at
/.sheboro Fridry morning, fell on a
gun and was k lied within a short
distance of where his father, Mr.
M. W. Parrish was ill in beu.
Yorng Parrish, rcro d ng to de
tails learned here after Friday’s
Star told of his death, had been in
the room talking to his father.'
Looking out the window he saw,
some birds rnd told his father that
he e::p cted to shoct at them frem
the window. He then went into rri
other room, secured his father’s
shotgun and started beck to the
room of the sick man. En route he
stepp'd upon a rug whch sl'pned
and he fell upon the gun as it dis
charged.
Funeral services were held at the
First Methodist church in Asheboro
Saturday afternoon.
William Ralston of Scarborough
Eng., had to dig his father’s grave
because all the church sextons were
making more money shoveling snow
He’s A Candidate For
♦The Senate
Paul Webb (above), leading Shelby
business man, announces his can
didacy today to represent this dis
trict In the state senate.
. „ .. - —. (Star Pluto,
Gardner Wants
Rutherford Aid
Governor Gardner Asks Govern •
ment Loans For Stricken
Rutherford People.
Washington.—Governor Gardtur
appealed to Senator Overman Sat
urday In behalf of farmers in Ruth
erford county who are reported to
be in dire distress on account of
floods last year. Five bank failures
have added to their sad plight, and
they are in need of loans.
Senator Overman, ranking min
ority member of the committee on
appropriations, will use his influ
ence to expedite the passage of the
seven million dollars appropriation,
which was authorized last week, in
stead of being an actual appropria
tion, it was only an authorization,
and now an item will have to be
hitched to one of the regular ap
propriation bills in order to make
the money available.
Senator Overman hopes to cut the
red tape within a week or ten dayi
and then it may be possible for
some loans to be made to the farm
ers in Rutherford and other North
Carolina counties. At any rate Sen
ator Overman will appeal to Sec
retary of Agriculture Hyde in their
behalf.
Children’s Hcur At
Theatre On Saturday
Cooperating with the Merlon
St. school Parent-Teachers associa
tion the Carolina theatre will on
Saturday morning, March 8, stage a
childrens hour at 10:C0. Stories will
be told by local tr lent and all Mar
ion children are urged to attend.
Hen Kills Plan Of Speculator
Chicago.—The great Ameri
can hen had something to
cackle about today—sort of a
hen coup.
Samuel A. Sugar, head of
Sugar Brothers, Inc., gave some
of the details. He was a mem
ber of a group,of egg dealers
which claimed to have made a
quarter of a million dollars in
recent weeks through their con
Cdcnce in the nation’s favorite
fowL
“Early in February,” he said.
“the r,hcl; a!e r~^e of eggs
from 27 to 30 cents
Th -n the nrlss ; robe to 23 cents.
The ‘bulls’, confident that prices
would go op, tried to comer the
market so they might control
prices.
“The tronble was that the
hens kept right on turning out
eg^s. February was a month of
spring weather. Hens laid as
they never had laid before at
this season of the year. As fast
as the ‘bolls’ bought, new train
loads of eggs poured into town.
The retail price went down to
the lowest It has been since
1324.”
' Sugar estimated that the un
wonted activity of the American
l”B cc-t the “bull-,” on th* Chi
ca"i market more than a half
million dollars.
Paul Webb Oat
As A Candidate
For The Senat.
Local Bus'ness Man
Enters Politics
T* -il Wrbb, Butlnrn Man And Fm
mer Mayor, Seek* T he Demo
cratic Nomination.
Mr. Paul Webb, widely known
Shelby drugglat, business man
-nd former mayor of Shelby,
today announced his candidacy
for the state senate subject to
the Democratic primary on
June .
His announcement is the firs
-finite one for the district offlc
although Capt. Peyton McSwa!’
lccal attorney, was known to hav
been considering the race at Ur
urging of friends.
Is Well Known.
The first announced candidate f
the senate Is one of the count\
most widely known citizens. A drug
gist and business man here f*r
many years, he was at one time
mayor of Shelby and has since that
time been urged to seek that and
other offices again. In announcing
he has little to say other than In
dicating that he has been sought as
a candidate by citizens who destrj
to have a business man represen*,
the county In the law-making bod/
at Raleigh In view of the econom'c
ills now prevailing throughout the
country.
"I announce myself,' Mr. Webb
says, “subject to the primary in
June, and I will appreciate the sup
port of my friends and pledge my
best efforts In promoting the Inter
est of my constituents In the dis
trict.” |
Cobby Horn Not To
Be A Canddate For
Legislature, He Says
Representative Of Cotton Orpnlu
tlon Will Not Seek Assembly
Berth.
Mr. O. O. Horn, Jr., local represen
tative of the cotton co-op organiza
tion, stated today that he would not
be a candidate lor legislature
in the 3<m mUtitOLW* Horn, one
of the county's tfPS fchpwn young
men, has been urged for some time
to become a candidate for the as
sembly, but finds that business in
terests will prevent his ehte’lijg the
political field, at this time.
*1 appreciate very much he offer
of support from my friends but X
cannot at this time,” he states, "see
my way clear to announce as a can
didate for county representative
and I will not be tn the June pri
mary.”
Ford Figures On
His Hospital Time
Was A Patient For 1,209.600 Sec
onds. Is Fit As A Fiddle
Again.
Thad C. Ford, merchant and
member of the school board, knows
his mathematics and used it whue
a patient in the Shelby hospital.
Three weeks ago this morning he
was up town talking to the edltjr
of The SJar about an operation the
editor had last May. Mr. Ford had
a similar affliction and sought the
“low down” on how tne editor got
along. He was encouraged to go to
the hospital and next morning he
lifted his feet on the operating room
table and rolled in to be “cut ud'
by Drs. Harbison and Schenck.
This morning, three weeks later,
Mr. Ford was up and going, calling
on his friends up town and lncid
entally limbering up nis legs. From
the time his feet left the floor 'tU
they were down again it was 14 days
of 24 full hours each. In his spate
time he figured that he was in 336
hours, or 20,170 minutes, or 1,209,
600 seconds and didn't get lone
some one bit for friends were con
stantly calling when he had suffi
ciently recovered from the shock of
the operation to receive company.
Legion Meeting
Commander Tom Abemethy of
the Warren Hoyle Legion post an
nounces that there will be in im
portant meeting of the Legion
Tuesday night at 8 o’clock at the
court house. All ex-service men are
urged to attend.
Hon. O. M. Mull, pardon com
missioner and state counsellor, left
this morning for Raleigh after
spending the week-end here on bus
iness.
Chas L. Eskridge was in Cher
lotte Sunday.
Here Are Those Lattimore Basketeers Who Won The Cleveland
County Title And Rotary Cup.
IVITIMORE
(ill SCHOOL
BASKETBALL
CHAMPIONS
lililO—
mt vow, left tr
sire?* Morehead
v p t. Weathers
xllahan.
idle row: Pow
Brooks, Gold
.nlon.
ir row: Blanton
v 1 n, Cabanlss
nrick, a n 0
u h Hood,
rtln not In plc
•e.
Ki. gs Mt. Man
Dies In Wreck
B»nfj Jackson, 40, Kings Moun
tain, Grabs Wheel And Over
turns Car Near Home.
Kings Mountain, Mar. 2.—Harvey
Jackson, 40, of Kings Mountain, day
engineer of the Park Yarn mill, was
killed almost Instantly when the
automobile In which he was a pas
senger turned over today on a side
road within two miles of his home.
A physician and an undertaker
who investigated the wreck said
they were informed by other occu
pants of the car that it occurred
when Mr. Jackson became excited
and seized the steering wheel of the
S6K while it was being driven by
Fred Hambright. 20. This causad
the driver to lose control and the
machine to turn over. It righted
Itself but was almost completely
demolished. Jackson's skull was
fractured.
Mr. Hambright and a Mr. Reever
of Orover were slightly injured.
The wreck occurred on a sid
road a mile off the old Shelby-York
highway.
* *any Do^s Killed
As Mad Dog Runs
Over The Section
I’ r m thing I)og Which Bit Many
Dogs Found To Have Hydro
phobia Infection.
Between 15 and 30 dogs were
killed in Cleveland county Fri
day and Saturday, and others
may be killed after It was learn
ed that a dog which ran in a
circle about the county Tues
day afternoon and evening had
hydrophobia.
The mad dog was first noted In
the section north of Shelby, where
several dogs were bit, then the dog
journeyed south by Shelby towards
the Pdtterscn section, around to the
Pleasant Hill community. It is un
derstood, and back up the ridge
load to the east of Shelby where It
was killed by Lee Lowman after
one or more of his dogs were bitten.
Mr. Lowman sent the dog’s head to
Raleigh and was notified Friday
that the deg had hydrophobia. He
then killed four dogs at his place,
and about one dozen dogs were kill
ed by Mills Cltne in the =ec*ion
about his home nortif of Shelby.
Other dogs in the sections north,
south and east of Shelby threugn
which the mad dog travelled were
also slain, according to reports here
Mr. Lowman estimating that around
20 dogs in all have been slain to
prevent the spread of the hydro
phobia.
One report was that the mad dog
while making its circle south of
Shelby, bit a cow on one farm as
well as a dog.
A Shiwering Sunday
i ——
Shelby and section yesterday
shlvvered through what appeared
to be one of the coldest Sundays of
the year as the balmy spring wea
ther of last week gave away to a
fierce March gale. The high wind
maintained its force throughmjt
the entire day and the tempera t St e
was lew again today with overcoats
-,nd winter wrapd, brought out Sun
day. still being used. Weather fore
casts, however, indicate that it will
be warmer tomorrow.
Disastrous Fire At
Lincolnton Sunday
Two Buildinr* Occupied By Four
Stores Burned Up As Wind
Spreads Flames.
Lincoln ton, Mar. 3.—A blaze dis
covered on the second or third lloo.
of the Square store, In the heart o.
the town’s business section, about
ft o'clock Sunday morning was fan-;
ned by a strong March wind Into a
fire that caused $125,000 damage and
seemed likely to destroy the en
tire business section before fou
fire departments brought It under
control In the early afternoon.
As huge cloud* of smoke from
the most disastrous fire In Uncola
ton's history blackened the skies
10,000 residents of the section in
cluding scores from Shelby gather
ed to watch heroic effort* of Lin
(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT i
Call The Right
Number In Giving
City Fire Alarm
As there are always num
erous fires during the windy
month or March, the Shelby
fire department having sev- ;
eral calls already In three »
days, 3. R. Robinson, city fire
chief, urges that citizens In
telephoning in an alarm
should be sure to call the j
right place.
“Tell the operator you wanl
the FIRE DEPARTMENT—
not the city hall or the poller
station,” he urges. “When tin t
call goes to the police office I
or the clerk's office It take»
that much more time to gel
one of the firemen to that
telephone or to have the one
giving the alarm call anoth
er number. Ask for the fire
department; there’s a man
there ready to take the call
And in turning in an alarm
make it dear where the ‘fire
is, and, also, what type of fire
it is. It costs the city and tax
payers extra money when
both trucks go out to a gras
fire or a burning car. Only
one truck is needed for small
blazes and the second truck
can be held back when th
nature of the fire is explained
in giving in the alarm.”
Four Dwellings
Burned In County
In Sunday Winds
High Winds Cause Four Flreu In
Various Parts Of County. Very
Little Saved.
In the hl(fh winds of Sunday,
four dwellings In four sections
of the county were destroyed
by fire, according to reports
reaching The Star office this
, morning. Very little. If any
thing, was saved from these
dwellings as the high winds
fanned the flames and caused
the total destruction of the
frame buildings In a very short
time.
B. B. Wellmon's two story home
near the Ora mill was burned about
4;30 Sunday afternoon. Practically
everything was lost, and the same
day the dwelling of his brother
Bozy Wellmon, in No. 4 township,
was destroyed by fire.
Mrs. R. Mi. Champion lost prac
tically all ^ her household effects In
the Union community at 1 o’clock.
The house belonged to county com
missioner R. L. Weathers.
In the Polkvllle section a tenant
house owned by Amzi White and
occupied by Lem Beaver was de
stroyed. It was a 12 room two story
frame building and had been the
home place of Mr. White. Mr. Beav
er saved the household effects from
two cr three rooms and the cook
stow from the kitchen,
Carpsnter Buys
Quarry Equiment
R. E. Carpenter has purchased
the rock quarry equipment from the
Wagner estate and will operate the
same, taking some of the machin
ery to a point In South Carolina for
the opening of another quarry. The
property which contains valuable
building stone Is owned by the city
of Shelby which leases the stone
reserve to the quarry owner at tea
cents per ton royalty Mr. Carpen
ter says the machine will be put In
to operation at an early date.
Burning Auto Driven To Firemzn
But Catches A gain And Burns Up
This Is the story of an Inci
dent in which there was some
good luck hut considerably
more tough luck.
Friday night, shortly before
midnight, * Loy bowman was
driving around the court square
in his Chevrolet touring car.
As hr turned the Central Meth
odist corner hs noticed tbit
the back rest of the car was on
fire. The fire station was Just
a half block away and he drove
on to the firefighting head
quarters and cal'ed the fire
men out. Chemicals were used,
the Hare extinguished—or for
the Fine be'ng at least,
bowman remained about the
fire department 45 minutes or
an hour waiting to see If the
blaze might break out again in
the upholstering. After the
wait there wai no indication of
a spar k remaining and he drove
to his home on North Wash
ington street, parked his ear,
entered the house and retired.
L’p to that point he had been
more or less lucky |n seeing the
fire in time to save his car.
Fifteen or 20 minutes later
he awoke to find the car noth
ing more than a flaming mass
of flames, too far gone for the
firemen to save it when they
were called. Apparently some
remain'ng spark In the uphois
ter'nr hsd been fanned Into a
little blaze as he drove home.
The ear was badly damaged.
Mr. J. G. Dudley
Died OnSunday;
Funeral Toduy
Well Known Plumbe
111 Some Time
Was Alderman Of City For Tw
Terms. Spanish American
War Veteran.
J. Oordon Dudley promlneni
plumber and a membei of the city
board of aldermen for four year,
will be burled this afternoon :r,
Sunset cemetery. he having died
Sunday morning at l 40 oclock av
his home In the Cleveland Sprint
Estate of a heart trouble which ha.:
confined him to the bed lor eight
weeks.
Mr. Dudley was born In Rich
mond, Ky., 59 years ago tile tltli
of tlits month. He came to Shelby
In 1898 and followed the roofing and
| plumbing business since that time
In 1924 a heart trouble develop'd
and he retired from active business
but went back Into the plumbln/
business with his son In 1928 after
regaining hLs health to some ex
tent. He has been steadily on the
decline, confined to his bed for
eight weeks and while his condition
was known to be serious, his death
was unexpected to many friends
and a great shock to them when
announced Sunday morning.
war veteran.
Mr. Dudley was active In the bu*
I tness and civic life of tile oomnnui
ity and had right considerable
property Interests. He was a mem
ber of the Masonic fraternity and
the First Baptist church. He served
valiantly In the Spanish-Americat
war and was highly esteemed b.J
his host of friends.
He was married to Miss Blanche
Eskridge who survives with the toi
j lowing children: J. D. Dudley, Jr,
j Elizabeth and Dick Dudley of Shel
! by and Mrs. Q. O. McCombs 01
Hickory, together with three grand '
children. Two brothers also sur
vive but one Is sick In the hospital
and the others wife has Just under
gone an operation, so neither couH
come for the funeral today.
The funeral will be conducted
from, the Dudley residence by Dr
Zeno Wall, pastor of First Baptist
church and interment will be in
Sunset cemetery with the following
friends serving as pallbearer j:
Frank Hoyle, Gene Schenck, Z. J
Thompson, A. W. McMurry, R. ft.
Carpenter, C. S. Young and S. A.
McMurry.
New Drug Store To
Open Here On 15th
R. E. Carpenter Leases Dr. S. V
Ellis Building On West Marion
* Street For Same.
Shelby Is to have its sixth drig
store some time between the lAth
of March and the first of April. R.
E. Carpenter, who owns a commun
ity drug store In Charlotte, will
move the stock of merchandise and
fountain equipment to Shelby and
open in the Dr. R. C. Ellis building
on West Marion street. This Is the
store room occupied for many years
by 8. L. Gillespie, music dealer.
Mr. Carpenter . has resigned nis
position as prescription clerk at
the Cleveland Drug company and
will go Into business for himself at
this new stand. It Is understood
that Mr. Ress Hamrick will be as
sociated with him In the operation
of the store. A full line of drugs
and sundries will be carried, pre
scriptions filled and a soda foun
tain maintained.
Former County Man
% Is Dead In Florida
News Of Death Of W. D. Lemons
Received By Relatives In r
This County. *
Mr. W. D. Lemons, popularly
known as Bill Lemons, died Satur
day at his home at Altamont
Spring, Florida, according to a mes
srge received here by relatives.
Mr. Lemons, a native of the Pat
terson section, moved to Florida
about 15 years ago. When he lived
in this section he was a member of
the Pleasant Hill chinch and a well
known citizen of the community. '
Surviving are his widow and the
following: Rrdford Lemons, of this
state; McKinley and Palmer Lem
ons, of Florida; Mrs. Clara Letvh,
of the Patterson section; Mrs Eliza
Hunter, Florida; Mrs. Maude Her
man, of Philadelphia; and Mrs.
Bessie Tucker, of Florida.
Mr. Henry Kendall of Danville.
Va. was here for the week-end vis
iting his mother, Mrs. Henry K.
Kendall.
Mayor 8. A. McMurry was a busi
ness visitor in Charlotte Friday.