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VOL. 10 PAGES TODAY Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By mail, per year (in advance) *2,50 Carrier, per year (i nadvancc) *3.00 LATE NEWS TIIF MARKET. Cotton, per lb. ....._ 1444c Cotton Seed, per bu. ........ 34%c Showers Tuesday? Today's North Carolina Weather Report: Fair and warmer tonight. Tuesday cloudy, probably followed by rain In west portion. Warmer. Byrd f/'tting Back. After more than a year and one half of exploring the Antarctic, Ad miral Richard E. Byrd and his party were back within sight of civiliza tion today. At the Dunedin, New Zealand, harbor preparations were being made to welcome the adven turous American and his party to day. Bill Heffner To Recover Despite Suicide Effort Surgeons Say Local Painter Will Likely Be Out Within Few Days. Bill Heffner is going: to live and seems somewhat glad of it although he attempted to snuff out his own life early last Fri day morning with a pistol shot. At the Shelby hospital today sur geons said that the local painter, who attempted to kill himself last Friday, was getting along nicely, was on the road to recovery and wpuld likely be able to leave the hospital In a few days. No Organ Hit. Examination and x-ray photoo have failed to show where any vi tal organ in Heffner's body was hit by the bullet which ploughed in e slanting manner through his chest and shoulder and came out near tne left armpit in his back. The fact that he was still living last Friday after neon was sufficient proof that his heart was not touched, while further examination shows that his lung was not punctured. Surgeons say that Heffner shot at the right place, directly over his heart, but that the bullet apparently hit a rib and swerved around the vital organs. The attempt at suicide was made in Kiser’s store on Martin street with a pistol Heffner is said to have borrowed from Kiser with the an nounced intention of shooting a cat. Junior Class Here To Give Play Mar. 14 "The Arrival of Kitty” Is Name oi Three Act Comedy at High School. On Friday night, March 14, at 8 o’clock the junior class of Shelly high school will present "The(Ar rival of Kitty.” a comedy in three acts in the high school auditorium The play is to be given for the pur pose of raising money for the class and the members of the cast have been working hard to make the play a success. The plot concerns the affairs of a gay old bachelor and the inixuo which occurs when a young man poses as an actress, and tlfe real ac tress herself appears. The play is hilariously funny. The following students compose the cast: Zeno Wall, Sarah Thomp son, John Corbett, Hubert Wilson Frances Carver, Pegram Hollan 1, Mary Jenkins, James Shepherd and Adelaide Elam. No Free Copies In order to cut out a grow ing waste, It has become nec essary to notify the few peo pie who call at the press room of The Star on publi cation day, that no free copies will be given out Copies of the paper are oui stock-in-trade and revenue must be realized from this source. One and only one checking copy will be furnished to each advertiser to check his ad vertisement. Subscribers who live on ru ral routes, will be furnished a free copy at the office on holi days when rural mail service Is suspended. Those who wish to get a paper from the office and do not come under the above ex ceptions, will be served from the press or accounting room Street boys also sell the papei on the city streets each aft ernoon of publication. An Audit Underway. A circulation expert is nos revising out mailing list, ano modernizing oui circulation department in order to fur nish a bona fide circulation statement to our advertisers. To conduct a successful business, and thereby bettci serve our patrons at the low est possible cost, those in ar rears will be asked to pay their subscriptions in modern izing this department. THE CLEVELAND STAR. Lattimore And Piedmont Girls Win Webb Recitation And Esscy Medals In High School Contest Piedmont Girl Gets Reading Honors Fallston And Kings Mountain Girls Given Honora&c Mention. 13 Girls In. The Lattimore high school carried away another county - wide scholastic honor here Fri day night when Miss Sara Hamrick, of Lattimore. was announced as the winner of the Selma Webb essay contest. The announcement was made at the annual Webb recitation contest which was won by Miss Edith Lee, of the Piedmont high school. Miss Lee’s winning recitation was “The Highway.” Two other girls, Miss Frances Ed I wards, of Fallston, and Miss Paul ine Neisler, of Kings Mountain, were given -honorable mention by the judges of the reading contest In announcing Miss Lee as the win ner. Outside Judges. Judges of the recitation contejt were Prof. Curtis Price, principal of the Ellenboro school; Mrs. Price and Mr. Louis Nanney, Ellenboro teach er. The presentation of the recita tion medal was made by Prof. Price ! and the essay medal was presented by Rev. Mr. Jenkins, pastor of La Fayette street Methodist church. The 13 girls in the contest were Miss Lee, Piedmont; Miss Dorothy Smith, Waco; Miss Annie RandaJ, Grover; Miss Edna Harjll, Lattl more; Miss Mary Sue Austell, Earl; Miss FloYa Ivester, Bel wood; Miss Frances Edwards, Fallston; Miss Irene Davis, Shelby; Miss Marie Davis, Patterson: Miss Mildred Green, Mooresboro; Miss Louise Lattimore, No. 8; Miss Ruby Car penter, Casar; and Miss Pauline Neisler, Kings Mountain. Essay Contest. There were nine entrants in the l essay contest which was won by Miss Hamrick. Judges in the con test were Miss Pearl Boggs, Messrs. Huss and Galen Bennett, of the Cherryville high school faculty. In addition to the recitations there was a musical program wit'i selections by the Shelby high or chestra, a Lattimore chorus, and a Lattimore male quartet, and a She' by high girls chorus. On^ Deoutv Stages . Big Raid Saturday Hides Near Boose Cache And Catch es Imblders as They Come Up One at a Time. Deputy Sheriff Bunyan Jones, staged a regular roundup of wcuid be imbiders Saturday Just west of Shelby. Deputy Jones happened to locate some whiskey hid in the; woods west of town. He secreted himself nearby and waited. As it happened others beside the officers saw the booz; hidden. A short time after he se cieted himself the officer saw a mah approach. Just as the visitor start ed to pick the booze up and take a drink, the officer stepped out and arrested him. The man declared the liquor wras not his but that the cwper would be back soon. The of ficer placed his first catch in a nearby house and waited. Shortly later another man arrived. The of ficer arrested him. One by one they came until six in all, including the owner of the whiskey, were arrested. Two of the half dozen were later freed, but four were held for tria' in the county court today. Mrs. Nancy Putnam and little daughter, Elizabeth, spent last week with friends and relatives in Earl. Simmons Supporters Lining Up Cleveland Conference Between Simmons Sup porters Here Saturday. Bailey Manager Named Soon. Campaign managers for Sen ator Simmons and Josiah \V. Bailey In their race for the United States senate may be named for Cleveland county this week. Mr. Joe Wray, of 'Gastonia, one of the leading Simmons' supporters in this district, was a visitor in Shelby Saturday and while here conferred with several backers of the veteran senator. The purpose of the vis it ha3 not been announced pub licly, but many believe it will have some bearing on the early appointment of a county man ager for the Simmons campaign. Meantime it is known that Bailey’s state campaign mana ger may appoint a Cleveland county manager this week. Negro Full of ‘Mule* Tries to Drive Gray Mule in City Traffic Concoction Of ‘‘Mule" So Strong Cops Have To Carry Drunk To Jail. Albert <Chubby) Chambers, col ored, took aboard a quantity ol "mule,” as the negroes call then alcohol, Saturday and then tfied to drive his gray mule, hitched to a wagon, through the heavy Satur day traffic uptown. 'After violating innumerable traf fic rules, tooting like a locomotive, and giving every one a happy grin “Chubby” was finally carried to Jail by Policemen Rufus Sparks and Paul Stamey—and “carried” is the correct word, for "Chubby” was so gloriously drunk that the cops had to “tote” him to the jail house once they got him out of his wagon. Just how the negro, who with his gray mule attracted much attention from the big Saturday crowd of shoppers, managed to weave his wagon In and out of traffic without being hit is not known. At one traffic light sig nal it is said that he turned his wagon around and around the sign—just lour times before he de cided which direction to go next. In county court today “Chubby” was fined $50 and the costs, but Recorder Kennedy said nothing about confiscating his driver’s li cense because he was piloting his old gray mule about town while in toxicated. In view of the fact that Chubby does not have $50 and very little chance of assembling that amount of money he will likely take the alternate sentence of 60 days on the county roads. Four To Roads. Chubby was one of five sent to Clyde Poston's chain gang force this morning by Recorder Kennedy, four going for violating the dry law and one for larceny. Committee to Seek Wake Forest Prexy Federal Judge E. Yates Webb, of Shelby, chairman of the board of trustees of Wake Forest college, has named a committee to canvass the field for a successor to Dr. Francis P Gaines who retires at the end of the yaar as president of the Bap tist imtitution... The committee is composed of Dr. J, Clyde Turner, Greensboro chairman; A. D. Ward, New Bern; Rev. C. H. Durham, Lumberton; J. II. Broughton, Ra leigh; and A. Y, Arledge, Hender sonville. Hoey Backs Baihy But Wants Harmony In Party First Of All - i___ Believes Raleigh Man Will Serve Party Best As Senator. Peace In Party. Clyde R. Hoey will support the candidacy of Josiah W. Bailey in the June primary in Bailey’s con test for the United States senate against Senator Simmons. He announces his support of Bailey in a statement which he pleads for harmony and unity in the Democratic party and pledges himself to vote for the party nom inee this fall regardless of whlcn candidate wins. His statement on the Bailey Simmons race follows; “The first rule in my book ,ot political philosophy is party loyal ty. I belong to that school of thought in the Democratic party which believes in majority rule. I believe that party solidarity can only be maintained by supporting party nominees. Government is ad ministered in this country by and through political parties and if die Democratic party is to continue a mighty force in government, thai party autonomy must be preserved and this can be accomplished only by all Democrats supporting Demo cratic nominees. "In my deliberate judgment the best interest of the Democratic party wijl be subserved by the nom ination of Hon. Josiah William ' (CONTINUED ON PAUE BIX ). He Announces For Solicitor Here McBrayer Seeks Solicitor’s Post C. B. Mrltrajw Announce* A» Can didate For Solicitor Recorder’* Court. Mr. C. B. (Pat) McBrayer, well known Shelby attorney, to day announced his candidacy tor solicitor of county record er’s court subject to the Demo cratic primary of June 7. The announcement Is the first lo cal political news since Miss Oeorgie Lutz announced as a candidate for county treasurer, but rumblings in political circles indicate that poli tical news will be rather interest ing this week and next. One or two announcements were anticipated by political observers last week, but not single announcement was made un til the McBrayer announcement to day and rumors that other candi dates will get in the active arena before the end of the week. First County Bid. > - Tiiave worked fdt'thii Democratic party in Cleveland county and else where in every campaign since 1914," Attorney McBrayer said in announc ing today, "yet this is the first time I have asked the support of toe Cleveland voters for a county of fice. Numerous friends have urged me to seek the pest of solicitor and in view of the fact that I have not heretofore held a county office, nor sought one, I am asking the support of Democratic voters of the coun ty, and to them, if elected, wilt pledge my best efforts and legal ability in holding the office of coun ty court solicitor.” The office for which Mr. McBray er announces is now held by Solici tor P. Cleveland Gardner. The lat ter has not announced his candidacy fer re-election, but reports have 11 that he will likely be in the race. Newton May Run. Attorney J. C. Newton, now ill in the Shelby hospital, is another like ly candidate for the same office. Mr. Newton has been considering the race for some time and stated today that he had not definitely made up his mind as yet. Thompson May be Assembly Candidate Loral Lumberman And Business Leader Considering Legislative Kate Now. Mr. Carl S. Thompson, lumber dealer and business man, may be a candidate for the legislature sub ject to the Democratic primary hi JeAe, it was learned today. Farmers and business men have for some time been urging Mr Thompson to make the race, it is understood, because they desire a business man who has never here tofore been in politics to represent the interests of the county in the law-making body. Although he has never been in politics at all, Mr. Thompson has been active to pub lic life and is widely known over the county. At present he Is president of the Rotary club here and also head of the Central Methodist Bible class, Thompson Stone Co. To Operate Quarry Loy and John Thompson have leased the Shelby Rock Quarry Irotn the city fathers and have placed the same in operation. The quarry ma chinery has not been in operation for some months, due to the illness and death of Mr. Fred Wagner, tut has been rc-opened by Loy and John Thompson, who hope to supply the crushed stone for this section. It is estimated that $7,500 worth of stone has been shipped into Shelby since the quarry closed down, Bulwinkle Gets In Contest For Congress Again Former Congressman Asks Nomination Gastonia Lawyer And War Vet, former Congressman, Seeks Dem ocratic Nomination in June. Major A. L. Bulwinkle, Gas tonia lawyer and rx-servlce man and former congressman in this district, Saturday an nounced that he would be a candidate again for the nomin ation In the June primary. Mr. Bulwinkle,. given the dc:no ratlc nomination from this district 'ivc limes, served four terms in the house of representatives. He wa defeated In 1928 by Charles A Jonas f Llncolnton, republican. Mr. Bulwinkle, In a statement ho had prepared for release, pointed to the communistic "infestation” of Gaston county. He pledged ills best efforts to the party he served eight years in congress, declared himself against the Hoover regime and call ed for support from the voters. Waited for Decision, The district had W’aited some days for Mr. Bulwinkle’s decision as to his candidacy. He had had the matter under consideration for some time, it was known, and had said an announcement would be forth coming Immediately after the Wig gins murder trial in Chnrlotte, in v hich he was an outstanding de fense lawyer, Mr. Jonas was swept into office or the outskirts of the wave that car ried North Carolina, presidentiaily rpeaktng. Into the republican col (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX > Auto of Physician Stolen While He is Calling on Patient l)r. Ben Gold's Car Badly Wrecked By Thief. Youth Later Caught And Jailed. The Suick coupe of Dr. Ben Gold, Shelby physician, was stolen Sat urday evening while he was calling upon a patient and later wrecked by the thief as he made a wild dash to escape. Dr. Gold was calling up oh a pat ient on Oakland drive, in the Cleveland Cloth mill section. Just as he left the house where his pa-* tlent lived he noticed a youth start off in his automobile. The physi cian yelled at the boy behind the steering wheel but the latter open ed the gas throttle and sped away. Shooting through town at a fsu>t clip, the youth In the stolen car drove out West Marion street Into Lovers Lane and was heading for highway 20 west when he lost con trol of the car while travelling at SO miles per hour. The big coupe reel ed against one bank along the Lov ers Lane trail, smashed that side o' the car, and then hurtled against the bank on the other side of the road, completely wrecking the car Catches a Ride. Crawling from the Wreckage the' boy, later identified as Dan Burn ett of 'the Asheville section, mad^ his way to Carroll Adams' service station where (Jjovers" Lane runs into highway 20.. At that point he flagged a ride In a car coming back to Shelby. Adams noticed him and also the wrecked car, which he rec ognized as Dr. Gold's car. Suspect ing an attempted robbery, Adam; got into his own car and followed the car In which Burnett was rid ing. On West Warren street Burnett got out of the car in which he caught his ride and Adams stopped his car and got out at the same time. Adams grabbed Burnett and asked him about the wrecked car and also another wrecked car which Burnett was said to have left at the Adams service station some days back. Burnett, it Is said, struck Adams and the two wrestled, fought about the street for a half block, Adams swinging onto his man, un til Sheriff Irvin Allen, Police Chi it Poston and other officers arrived and carried Burnett to jail. Later Adams told Sheriff Allen that he believed Burnett to be the same youth who left a wrecked Chev rolet coupe at his service station some time back. The sheriff then questioned Burnett In his cell at the jail and Burnett admitted that he was the one who left the wreck ed Chevrolet at Adams place, but declared that It was his car and that he had not stolen it. Officers say that a youth, thought to be Burnett, had attempted to steal an automobile belonging so Ralph Turner, Eastside barber, a short time before he stole Dr. Gold s car. In county court today Judge Horace Kennedy sent Burnett to jail to await trial for auto larceny in superior court. Nation Joins Tomorrow In Final Tribute To Taft, Ex-President Survivor OfCapt. Love Company; Many At J. Y. Hord Funeral; Last Buried Saturday-95 Descendants In Race Again lajor A. I.. Ruluinkli', former con gressman, has announced his can didacy for the Democratic nomina tion In June for the same office. District G. O. P. to Gather at Newland Republicans of District Met In Shelby Last Time. Sought Here Again. [ The ninth district Republican convention, which was held m Shelby in 1928, will not be held herj this year. Newland. county seat of Avery county, was chosen as the place for the convention, according to S. T Henry, of 8pruce Pine, district chairman, who made the selection. Date for the meeting was set a.s April 4. Tlie meeting will star^ at 11 o'clock In the morning. Chief business of the convention will be nomination of a candidate for congress. It is expected that the renomination of C. A. Jonas, of Lincoln ton, incumbent, will be un animous. ft Clean Up Campaign Set For Next Week The week beginning March 17th has been set for the clean-up and! paint up campaign in Shelby by the Woman's Club which is spon soring this important civic event It, the life of the city. A clean-up campaign in Shelby has been ob served for a number of years and has been very effective in making lor a beautiful Shelby. Citizens generally will be asked to co-operate as well as tire boy scouts and the school children. The city street de partment will be asked to put on extra help andwagons to help move the trash from the city during the clean-up campaign week. Masonic Meeting Tonight. There will be a convocation of the Royal Arch chapter at the Masonic temple tonight at 7:30. All com panions are requested to be present, as some matters of importance are to be considered. J. Y. Hord, 90 year old veteran, who died Friday, March 7, was burled Saturday afternoon at Ellr • ibeth church. The funeral services cere conducted by Rev. J. W. Sut assisted by Rev. 1. D. Harrill. viit> ?was a former pastor of Mr. ’ord, W. E. Waldrop and Rev. Mr lartsell of Kings Mountain First ’ apt 1st church. The male quartet )f the First Baptist church sang *ver»l beautiful selections. The floral tribute was large and beauti ful showing something of the re port In whteh he was held. Mr. Hord was twice married, both wives haying preceded him to the have, also one son, Walter, who died 23 years ago. He is survived by 10 hlldren all of whom were at his jedslde when the last came except me, who Is somewhere in the west Also surviving are 54 grandchildren ind 31 great grandchildren. The following grandsons serve ! is pall bearers: Loron Hord, Ra nond Hord, J. L. Hord. Jr., Janus .'nldweli, Ed Washburn and lewis alack, while the granddaughters cared for the flowers. The deceased was deputy sheriff for a number of years under Sher iff M. N. Hamrick and was justice of peace for about 30 years. Mr. Hord served in Co. C 15th N. C. infantry during the Civil war. He entered the service April 15, 1891 under Capt. Chris. Love, went to Raleigh for two months training, was sent to Yorktown, Va., to help throw up breastworks. A few days later he went to Nine Mile road iMalvln Hill) and was In the Seven Days battle. Here he was wounthjl on the head the last day of the bat tle and was off duty' about 40 days, going home for awhile. After going back Into action ho was wounded again, being shot through the body on the skirmish line. He lay all night on the battle field. When found next day he was placed in a private home for 21 days. In later days his daughter mat - ried a grandson of the lady who nursed hltn while in this home. Mrs. Yeago, the daughter, has in her jtossession the quilt under which he lay while wounded. Prom this home he was taken to a hospital in Staunton, Va.. and remained there two months. When he returned to the army he went with General Early to Washington near wher5 three hotly contested battles were fought, 'rtie north driving Early an J his few men southward on the re treat. Near Loutsburg he was tak en prisoner and 83 others were captured that evening a (tout sun down. He spent the night at Har pers Perry and was carried to a Yankee prison in Elmira, N. Y.1 where he was held for eight months. He was home on a 30 day parole when Lee surrendered. He was in the service four years to the dav, he being the last member of Capt. Love’s company. Jones Address Here Is Open to Publjp The address of Hon. Hamilton Jones, of Charlotte, before the Isaak Walton League here Tuesday night will be open to the public, it was stated today by local members of the hunters and sportsmen’s or ganization. The meeting will be held in the court house and will open at 7:30 o'clock. Presbyterians Ease Up On Their Strict Church Code On Divorce Chicago.—A committee of the Presbyterian general assembly, after spending three months in the study of divorce and kindred subjects, has decided it would be “imprudent” for ministers to adhere to strict maintenance of the church code on divorce and remarriage. The report which the commit tee composed of six ministers and five elders will submit to the next general assembly was completed last week. Immed iately afterward one of the com mittee members predicted that the liberalization recommenda tion would result in "a spirited controversy among the congre gation.” One brief paragraph disclosed the committee's views on liber alizing the northern branch of the church; it read: “We recommend that since the New Testament ordains at least the two grounds which are now recognized in our standard, adultery and irremedial deser tion, it would seem imprudent to standardize upon the church law, for each case must be stud ied upon its merits.” Continuing, the ministers and elders realized that “this liberty is likely to be abused by some ministers, but it is right in principle and will be honored by the great majority of the min isters of Jesus Christ seeking to observe the spirit of his life and teachings.” Arlington Will Be Resting Place Only Man To Be President Ant Chief Justice Died Saturday. Body Lies In State. Washington, Mar. 10.—The Amer ican nation will tomorrow pay final tribute to William Howard Taft, the only man to hold Americas two highest offices, president and chief Justice or supreme court. The former president died lato Saturday afternoon after an nines* of weeks. The resting of his body in state at the capltol and other honors De fining the exalted place he won for himself in the heart and the history of the nation will be ac corded William Howard Taft. Until 9 o’clock Tuesday morning, the body will remain at the home on Wyoming avenue where he died. It will tic taken to the capltol to He In the rotunda for three hour* lieforc the funeral services at All Souls Unitarian church at 2 p. m. President Hoover and other higt| officials of the government will at tend the church services. Congress will be In adjournment, with dele gations from 20 from tjie senate an4 house Joining the state funeral cor tege. A military escort will accompany the body to Arlington national cemetery. There he who rose to th* presidency and chief justiceship will rest among the dead of th« wars as was his expressed wish. Ha will be the first man who was presU dent to be burled at Arlington. The plot where Mr. Taft’s body will rest was selected Sunday by Mrs Taft and her three children. It Is on the side of a wooded hill looking over the winding Potomaa river and toward the capital lit which he worked so long and well. It is situated not a mile to the northeast of the torrtb of the un known soldier. A magnificent monu ment is contemplated. A part of the military honors which are to be paid the late jurist will consist of fifing salutes at all army posts in the United States and foreign stations today and during the time the body is being taken from thy church-to the ceme tery. At reveille today every army post fired 13 guns. Prom then until sun down a gun will be fired every half . hour and immediately after retreat a 48-gun salute will be fired. During the funeral Tuesday the I army posts will fire a 21-gun salute. Died Peacefully. | The former president passed | peacefully from life, wrapped‘in a merciful unconsciousness after weeks of illness. A stroke from hardening of the arteries preceded death by a half hour. He was in his 73rd year. Orders Official Mourning. ' , President Hoover was foremost among the many who went sorrow ful Saturday night to the resident* on Wyoming avenue where the only man In history to hold Amer ica's two highest offices slept ia death.. The president announced • 30-day period of official mourning a At the point of death for many days, suffering hopelessly from * combination of ailments. Mr. Taf| had surprised his physicians by tho vitality of his last hours. But at 4:45 Saturday afternoon a sudden stroke, while he was alone except for his nurse, heralded the end; Fifteen minutes later Dr. H. O. Fuller reached the bedside, but (CONTINUED yON PAGE %IX.J Legion Auxiliary Meets on Friday A meeting of the American Le gion Auxiliary will be held Friday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the Woman’s .club rooms, it is announc ed. Hostesses will be Mesdames E. A. Houser. Dean Duncan and J. L. McDowelL Kadesh Women Will Give Play Friday The Woman’s Missionary society of K&desh church will give a play •at the Belaooa school house Friday night, March 14. at 7:30 o’clock. The title of the play is “The Minister's Wife’s New Bonnet." Proceeds will go for the benefit of the society. LINCOLN’TON STRUCTURES IN FIRE TO BE REBUILT Lincolnton,—E. C. Baker and E. Grigg, owners of the two busi ness houses which were burned here, have stated that both build* ings v.’ili be re-built as soon as H*. mi ranee matters can be adjusted. II It is understood that M-. Baker 1 will build u iwo-slory Mr Grigjf will eiecS >oi v buiidigs m IjJj
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