12 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXVI. No. 32 Published Monday. Wednesday and Friday Afternoons, By mall, per year (In advance) 12-80 Carrier, per year <1 nadvance) $3.00 SHELBY. N. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 14. 1900, LATE NEWS THr MARKET. Cotton, per lb... 14«.«c Cotton Seed, per bn.__4014c Rain Saturday. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report; Rain tonight and Saturday. Colder tonight and in south por tion Saturday. Offer Carolinians. 8enator Overman, representing his associates in Senate and Con gress, yesterday appeared before President Hoover In Washington and urged him to appoint either Chief Justice W. P. Stacey, of the North Carolina supreme court, or Circuit Judge John Parker, of Chat - lotte, to the United States supreme court bench to succeed the late As sociate Judge Sanford. Try To Halt King's Appeal For New Trial Effort On Saturday To Stop Appeal Hoey And Falls Do Not Believe Chance For Life Will Be Denied Rafe King. Will Bale King, well known Shelby naan, be denied an ap peal for a new trial from his death chair sentence because of a technical error resulting from a physical Impossibility? Such a move will be made by So llcitor Hines, of Lancaster, before Judge J. K. Henry at Chester to morrow, Saturday, but Attorneys Clyde R. Hoey and B. T. Falls, of Shelby, along with King’s lawyers In ^ South Carolma do not believe that | Judge Henry will deny this chance of life to King on such a flimsy I technical error. Anyway King’s lawyers are pre-1 pared to battle the movement when * it is presented to Judge Henry at Chester tomorrow. Appeal Not Printed. The reason Solicitor Himes will argue that King’s appeal for a new trial should be dismissed is that the appeal was not printed and docket ed within 30 days as the South Car olina law requires. Hines prosecuted the Shelby man last July when he was convicted in court at Chester on the charge of killing his wife and sentenced to the death chair. King's attorneys filed notice of an appeal to the South Carolina Supreme ccurt. • ** According to the South Carolina law the appeal evidence must be printed and docketed within 30 days after counsel on both sides agree up on the evidence to be presented in the appeal document. This agree ment was reached and the volumi nous document turned over to Scuth Carolina printers. Due to the fact tnat tiie appeal document will con tain about 1,000 pages of manu script when completed the printers have not been able to complete the printing and have the appeal dock eted within the required 30 days. Cnrear*. nable. "It was a physical impossibility for the printers to get the vast doc ument printed within that time,' Clyde R. Hoey, one of King’s Shelby lawyers said today in commenting upon the attempt to halt the ap peal, “and we cannot see how the South Carolina court can take away a man’s final chance, his appeal to the highest court, because of a phys leal impossibility which was no fault of his or of his counsel. "Sure, we are going to strongly resist Solicitor Hines motion to dis miss the appeal. Col. Thos. F. Mc Dcw, of York, and Hemphill and Glenn, of Chester, attorneys asso ciated with Mr. Falls and myse.i will appear in the Chester court to morrow when Mr. Hines presents his dismissal motion and will fight the movement. If it were some fault upon our part that caused the dock eting of the appeal to be delayed it would bfe another matter,” Mr. Hoey continued, “but as it is we can see no fair and logical reason to dismiss the appeal of our client and we nil, resist it.” Set Convention Date For County Saturday The Republican executive com mittee of Cleveland county will meet at the court house here to morrow, Saturday, afternoon for the purpose of fixing the dates for the Republican precinct meetings and the Republican county convention. The meeting Is called by H. Clay Cox, county Republican chairman No Rotary Meeting. No luncheon meeting of the Shelby Rotary club was held today as the ladies night program Tues day night supplanted the regular luncheon meeting. Marlon School Sponsor Picture The Marlon school will sponsot "Sunnyslde Up” at the Carolina theatre Saturday morning at 10 o’clock at children's hour, which if given every Saturday morning Every child is urged to come. tS. T. Falls To Seek Judgeship Of 16th District In Primary Tn June; Long A Party Leader Announces For Judge Superior Court „wdge B. T. Falls (above) today an nounces his candidacy for the su perior court judgeship of the 16th judicial district. Judge Falls is me of this sections best known barris ters and one of Cleveland county’s leading citizens. (Star Photo) Mother OfR. T. LeGrand Buried Also Mother of Mrs. Hugh Miller, Formerly of Shelby, Now Of Raleigh. Funeral services for Mrs. Minna T. LeGrand, age 73 who died at her heme in Charlotte Tuesday after an illness of four months, were held Wednesday St her home on North Poplar street at 10 o’clock. Mrs. Le Grcnd was the mother of Mr. R. T. LeGrand, secretary-treasurer of the Shelby Cotton mill and Mrs. Hugh Miller, formerly of Shelby, new liv ing in Raleigh. A second daughter. Mrs. T. Person Caldwell also sur vives and lives in Charlotte. Attending the funeral from Shel by were Mr. and Mrs. LeGrand and children, Messrs. C. C. Blanton, Chas. L. Eskridge. H. N. McDiarmid, A. C. Miller, Robert Miller and An drew Miller. Mrs LeGrand was the daughter of Captain Torrence, a vet eran of the Civil war and she was a member cf one of the oldest and most respected families in this sec tion. Besides her son and two daughters the following grandchildren survive: Minna, Jean, Isaac, Sam and Kate Caldwell of Charlotte; Minna, Eu gene, Bill, Lillian, and Elizabeth Le Grand and Hugh Miller, jr., of Shei by; and Eugene and Emily Miller of Raleigh. Young Baseball Star Reports Next Week Cline Owens Lee, captain of Shelby’s 1929 state championship high school team, will leave next week to report to the Columbus Georgia, team of the Southeastern league to which he belongs. Young Lee joined the Columbus team last spring after the high school season and made a remarkable record in his first season of professional base ball. There is some likelihood, it is learned, that he may be sold to a club in a higher class before the Southeastern season gets going good this year. Shelby Attorney In Race Today Shelby I-awyer lias Remarkable Re cord as Barrister, Teacher And Churchman. Judge B. T. Falls, a leading Cleveland county attorney for more than a score of years, to day announced his candidacy in the Deniocratic primary In June for the nomination as Superior court judge to succeed Judge James L. Webb, who will retire at the end of the year. The announcement of the Shelby barrister as a candidate for 'he judgeship of the 16th judicial dfe trict makes a total of four Derao I -ratio candidates seeking the office, he three already announced are /ilson Warlick of Newton, Mar jail Yount of Hickory; and A. L. ulckel, of Lincolnton, all well jown attorneys. Has Toured District. Urged by friends in this and oth cpunties of the district Mr. Falls as been considering the race for jome time. But it was not until 'o day that he definitely decided to en ter the race, his decision coming after a visit to Burke, Caldwell, Ca tawba and Lincoln, the other coun ties in the judicial district. Assured of strong support by his home county, Mr. Falls received favorable assurances from his friends in the other counties. Party Leader Here. Long a Democratic leader in this county, the Shelby man is also wide ly known over the district and the entire state, becoming a state-wide figure in 1925 and again in 1927 when he fathered and led the fignt in the state legislature for an Aus tralian ballot bill and cleaner elec tions. He is at present chairman of the Democratic party in Cleveland county, an office he has held before, and in years gone by has occupied several important offices and roles in party affairs as well as playing an important part in general coun ty, civic, church, and educational movements. Fitted For Judgeship. Judge Falls, as he is known in this county, is not only fitted for the judgeship because of his long experi ence as a barrister, but among his other assets are his nine years as county judge in Cleveland and his special study of sociology and econ omic problems along with his legal activities. A devout dry. he is one of the county’s leading churchmen, being superintendent of the First Baptist Sunday school here, one of the largest and best organized Sunday schools in North Carolina; and !n years gone by he has been a leading* worker and official in the Kings Mountain Baptist association. The career of the lbcal barrister has been an exceptional one. In 1903 (CONTINUED ON PAUE ELEVEN l Only One Case In County Court Today With no semblance of even a miniature crime wave in this sec tion in several weeks the county recprder’s court docket is getting lighter each day. Today Recorder Horace Kennedy had only one case tried before him, the defendant be ing charged with imbibing too much white lightning. Masonic fleeting. Masons of Cleveland Lodge 202 A. P. <fc A. M. will meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock for work in the second de gree. All members of the lodge are urged to attend. Plan Better Roads, Decorations For Kings Mountain Celebration Contract Let for Decorating Town of Kings Mountain and Erection of Stands; Retain Rock Pile Gastonia—Several matters of vi tal importance In connection with the sesqulcentennial celebration ol the battle of Kings Mountain, to De held on the famous battlefield Oc tober 7 this year, were consummat ed this week right on the battli ground when Clarence O. Kuester of Charlotte, chairman of the cen tral committee, met with several other members of that body. Leases were signed for parking space sufficient to take care of 10 000 automobiles. Other leases had already been obtained This feature of the work was handled by Jake Hambright, Cherokee county, to whom the work of obtaining rights of-way and leases was delegated some time ago. Assurance was thus definitely had'that ample parking space is already secured for 25,000'1 or more cars. A contract was also made this afternoon for the decorating of the town of Kings Mountain and the band stands, president’s and speak ers’ stand and the monuments on the battlefield. The contract goes to the Charlotte Tent and Awning Co R. C. George and R. P Steffy, rep resenting that firm were present and went over the Battlefield wic i the party, also inspecting the town of Kings Mountain itself. ' In the oarty was J. M. Patterson supervisor of roads for Kink" Mountain township; W K. Maunev (CONTINUED OH PAGE ELEVEN) At Funeral of Chief Justice President and Mrs. Hoover leaving All Souls' Unitarian Church, Washington. D C., where they attended the funeral services for the late former President and Chief Justice William H. Taft, as the nation paid tribute to hjs memory. After the church services the body of the great jurist was escorted by a great military procession to Arlington National Cemetery, where the interment took place. Prisoners Are Brought Here For Federal Court Session Next Week Rutherford Mother Seeking Son Twelve Years Without Luck Mrs. Lee Still Searches For Boy Who Enlisted In Army Back In 1927. Rulherfordton.—For more than 12 years, Mrs. Mary C. Lee, of Rutherford county, has been seeking her son, James Robert ^2. Lee. Still hopeful, Mrs. Lee recent ly asked the war irepartment at Washington and the American Legion to help find her boy, who enlisted for the World war in 1917 at Fort Worth. Texas, with battery 1, 133rd field ar tillery. His colonel's name, she says, was Logan. Announcement of his enlist ment was the last Mrs. Lee heard of her son. Did he go to France? Was he killed in ac tion? Is he the unknown sol dier who sleeps at Arlington? Or is he alive today, a victim of shell shock?—these are* some of the questions his mother asks as she continues her search with undying hope, and believes some time she will find him alive. School Of Nurses To Graduate Student Before Kiwanis Club Exercises To Be Held Next Thurs day Night. Clean-Up Campaign Endorsed. Next Thursday night the gradu ating exercises of the school nurs ing of the Shelby hospital will be held before the Kiwanis lub at the Hotel Charles with the hospital staff and the nursing staff as guests of the club. Miss Gladys Goodwm ir the only nurse to graduate this year, but an elaborate program is in the offing by the program commit tee of which Dr, J. S. Dorton is chairman. The Kiwanis club heartily endors ed the clean-up campaign which will be observed In Shelby all next week. This campaign has been sponsored by the Woman’s club and plans are under way for an effect ive spring cleaning with the citizens, the city street department, the schools and the Scout boys co-op erating. Program was in charge of J. H. Grigg and the feature of the even ing was a negro sermon by L. E. Dail, advertising manager of The Star. Mr. Dail is very talented and his deliverance on "Apples” provok ed considerable laughter. Gaffney business men and the Limestone College Dramatic Club have a delightful comedy which has been presented at a number of plac es with considerable success and the talent will be brought to Shelby at an early date for presentation in the high school adultorium. The Kiwanis club will sponsor the play and divide the proceeds equally among the grammar schools of the city if the parent-teachers associa tion of these schools co-operate in the sale of tickets. Each gramma 1 school is needing additional equip ment and the proceeds from this play will go for this purpose. Shelby To Have Three Weeks Of Court. Hum And Dope Cases lip. Beginning Monday Shelby will have three consecutive weeks of court. The spring session of United States district court convenes here Monday with Federal Judgfe E. Yat es Webb presiding. Then on Monday week, March 24, the regular spring term cf superior court, with Judge Stack, presiding, will convene for a two weeks term, one week to be de voted to the criminal docket and one to the civil calendar. Gaston Prisoners. Four prisoners from Gaston coun were brought here and placed in the county Jail last night to await a hearing in Federal covrt next week The majority of the Gaston defend ants are charged with violating the prohibition law'. One of seven de fendants coming from that coilnty, however, is a 12-year-old boy. Lon nie Allen, charged with the robbery some months ago of the West Gas tonia post office. The charge against the youth is that he crawled through the package shute of the pcstoffice there to make his alleged theft. Six of the Gaston defendants were lounded up by Deputy Marshal F. B. Hamrick, of Boiling Springs, and Federal Prohibition Officer Oilley Shelby will contribute only a few whiskey cases to the Federal dock et, it is understood, although quite a number of mconshining cases work ed, up in the South mountain sec tion of Cleveland and Burke will be tried before Judge Webb. One of the local cases will be the trial of the two men arrested at Waco with a quantity of dope in their possession. The term will likely last only about three days. Many Contribute To Clothing Fund Here Score of Children Clothed Here In Week Through Welfare Gifts. Something like 20 little Shelby boys and girls, who due to the pinch of poverty have not been decently clothed in some time, were this week outfitted with clothes by Wel fare Officer Smith, the clothing be ing contributed by Shelby and Cleveland county citizens. “The appeal for cast-off clothing for poor children of the town nas received the best response of any appeal ever made to the people of the county through the welfare de partment,” Mr. Smith said today. Although enough clothing to out fit about 20 youngsters has been given by individuals and church or ganizations, Mr. Smith says that there are quite a number of chil dren yet about the city who are not properly clothed and their families are unable to provide clothing for them. The appeal for second-hand clothing is being made so that wnat money there is in the welfare treasury may be used for purchas ing food in charity cases. Other families who have second hand clothing which is not in os< are urged to notify the welfare offi cer who will call for it, or the clothing may be mailed to hirq or left at his office in the court house. County Heads For Bailey And Simmons Picked Royster And Mull To Be Managers Wythe Royster Manages Railev Campaign Here And .1. C, Mull For Simmons. Campaign managers in Cleve land county for both Juslali W. Bailey and Senator F. M. Simmons were appointed here yesterday. Mr. Wythe Royster, one of the county's best known business men, will manage the Halley canipatgn and Mr, J. Cullen Mull, well known farm er, will manage the Simmons campaign. Mr. Mull was named county manager for Simmons at a meeting held yesterday afternoon In the county court house for the purpose of organizing a Simmons club here. Mr. Royster has been sought uy Bailey leaders as a campaign mana ger for some weeks because he has never been an office-holder or a professional politician. Sees Bailey Winning. "It Is my firm conviction, and I have recently been In several sec tions of Eastern Carolina on busi ness, that Mr. Bailey will be the nominee of the Democratic party," Mr. Royster said in announcing that he would manage the Bailey cam paign here. "Everywhere I have been the sentiment for Bailey Is strong, and regarded as one of tne state’s clearest thinkers and must loyal Democratic leaders, f believe the Democrats of North Carolina i will send him to the United States senate where he will ably represent the state and party, “I, likewise, am confident, that he will carry Cleveland county. I know that the sentiment In the state and In Cleveland county is divided but I believe Mr. Bailey's strength is the greatest. As a busi ness man myself, rather than a pol ■ itician, I know that a big percent age of the business men and farm ers .with. whom I have talked seem to favor Mr. Bailey as the party's representative. In accepting the managership of his campaign I do not plan to inaugurate any attacs against Mr. Bailey's opponent. My Idea Is to show that Mr. Bailey, whom I am supporting, is the best fitted and most able representative the democracy of the state can send to Washington. I readily concede the right of others to differ with their view, but I firmly believe that the majority of the Democratic vot ers of Cleveland county, and also of North Carolina, agree with my viewpoint. In handling Mr. Bailey’s campaign I will appreciate the sup port, influence and votes of every Democrat In the county.” Some well known woman of .the county will likely be named later, it is said, to head the campaign to or ganize the women voters for Bailey. Organize Townships. The meeting of the Simmons sup porters at the court house yester day was attended by Mr. Mull, the county manager; Frank Grist, of Raleigh, commissioner of labor and printing, and other. The Simmons boosters had very little news to make public following the meeting other than that Mr. Mull had- been named manager and that the coun ty would be organized by townships for Simmons. A secretary and treas urer for the county Simmons club, it was stated, will be named soon. T-his office will likely be filled by some lady of the county. Simmons clubs, it was stated aft er the organization meeting, will be organized in every township in the county, and "we arc going out with the Intention of winning the coun ty for Senator Simmons,” one sup porter declared after the meeting adjourned. Farm Board To Stage County Corn Contest To Broadcast Hoey Speech In New York Shelby Orator To Address St. Pat rick's Banquet In New York Monday Night. The address of Clyde K. Hoey. | Shelby lawyer and orator, be fore the friendly Sons of St. Patrick In New York city Mon day night will be broadcast over Radio Station WOR. The banquet begins at 7 o'clock Monday evening at Ho tel Astor, following a gigantic parade In the city. Just what hour the address will go on the air is not definitely known, but it will likely be between 8 and a o'clock. WOR may be found on the radio dial at 71(1 kilocycles. Jurors Selected For Court Term Jurors Named For Term of Superior Court Whirh Convenes Here On March 24. The next term of superior court will convene in Shelby on Monday. March 24, Judge A. M. Stack Is scheduled to be the presiding judge. Jurors for the term have been drawn as follows by the county conun issloners: S. J. Ruppc, J. A. Smith, G. M Green. P. B. McCurry. Harry Hop per, W. L. Randall. Seth Putnam, T. M. Goforth. J. C. Gray. T. C. Black, G E Anthony, J. E, Hern don. W. S. Fulton, T. C. Carpenter, A. W. Black, 8. B Wilson, A. * Spangler, Griffin P. Smith, T. V Eskridge, V. O. Cline, S. L. Baber, i.A. T. Cashlon. C. P. Green. O. U: Bridges. W. P. Biggerstaff. Plato Lee. J. R. Lee. N. L. Whisnant. Johnnie Ivester, George V. Haw kins, D A. Cline, S. T. Kendrick. G. X. Grlgg, Yates Devenney, J, W Rich, Guy McNeiley. Second Week. J. Y. Humphries, E. G- Whitaker, W. L. Harrill, Kenneth A. Kerby, T. D. Blalock. Charlie Harmon, S. C. Black, E. C. Borders, James Tid dy, Victor Wray, G. C. Black, J. P. Lattimore, O, P. Green, M. L. Smith, Charles C. Lattimore, Lee Canipe, C. F. Ramsey. Twenty Five Years Away; On Visit Now Twenty-five years ago about 35 families left Cleveland county for Chase City, Va. All of them were farmers and many came back to Cleveland, but W. D. Adams stayed on. He is here on a visit to his brother, R. G. Adams of the Latti more section and while in Shelby today stated that he grew both cot ton and tobacco, but says it is hard for a Cleveland county farmer to learn the art of tobacco culture since all of his training and thought has been on cotton. Thousands of Friers Ready for Market Thousands of frying size chickens are ready for the market in Cleve land county, according to O. Z Morgan, local dealer in poultry who travels the county thoroughly. Cleveland has become quite a poul try county and this is proving a good money crop, although the price is below normal this season. New Planet Found, Is More Than 1,200 Times Larger Than Earth Forty-Five Times Farther Away Than Mother Earth Is From Sun; Discovery Thrills. Flagstaff, Ariz.—The presence of a ninth planet in the letinue of the sun, long suspected, was definitely announced here this week by Dr. V M. Slipher of the Lowell observa tory. He headed a group of eminent astronomers whose gropings in the milky way with telescopes and cameras located the new sphere. Way out beyond Neptune, tagging bashfully behind his brothers, tne new planet’s exact whereabouts, size and age are still unknown and It hasn’t even got a name. Its pres ence was mathematicalv predicted years ago by the late Dr. Percival Lowell, noted scientist, who found ed the observatory here, partly for the very purixise of identifying it. Other noted astronomers, notably Dr. W. W Campbell, director of Lick observatory, verified Lowel)3 calculations. Today the faith in those calcula tions was rewarded by an announce ment by Dr. Slipher that the new planet had been "sighted” last January 21 by an extremely deli cate photographic lens, developed for the search. Announcement was withheld, Dr. Slipher said "until we were absolutely sure.” The discovery revealed that the planet Is forty-five times as far from the earth as the earth is from the sun. Although its size has not been definitely determined. it is believed it may be bigger than Jup iter, largest member of the solar family, which is 1,200 times larger than the earth. , Corn Contest Will Replace Cotton Will Haw Four Different Corn Contest* In County In Sup porting- Feed Crops. Thr Cleveland county board t>f a/rricnlturc will not Sponsor a cotton-growing contest In the contest In the county this year but will stare four corn contests instead, it was decided at a merlins of the board held Wed nesday night in the court house here. The meeting: of the farm board, which Is made up of three farmers from each of the li townships In the county, was well attended, and It was unanimously decided to sup port. a com contest Instead of a cotton contest with the idea of boosting the Uve-at-home move ment. The Four Contests. The four contests, with a prise to be announced later for each cou I test, will be as follows: a five-acre | plot contest, a three-acre contest, a two-acre contest, and a one acre contest. In the one-acre contest j the prizes will go to the farmer who | produces the most on one acre, re ! gard less of the cost oi production. | In the other contests, the two, three | and five-acre contests, the winner I will be judged by both the produc I tion and the cost of production. One ! farmer cannot enter but one of the I four contests, It was ruled. Regulations Given. The regulations of the contest j state that monthly reports on the i plots In the contest must be taade | beglnning-on May 1 and continuing j through July. To enter a fanner must have his contest plot measur ed. not guessed at, by April 15 and I his contest application filed with County Agent Shoffner. No con . test Ants will be considered who do not follow the regulations set down by the farm board. Application blanks may be secured from the farm agent or from any of the 3,1 members of the farm board, and farmers are urged not to overlook (CONTINUED ON PAGE ELEVEN.) Colli* Padgett Is Dead Near Lattimore * Rutherfordton.—8. Collla Padgett, 81, died at bis home near Cliffside Tuesday and was burled the day following at High Shoals Baptist church. He leaves three daughters, Mesdames G. D. McGinnis, Lincoln ton; T. D. Hawkins, Greenville, S. C., and J. L. Proctor, Moores boro, R. 1. The deceased was a loyal church member for 65 years and was one of the county’s best known and most highly respected citizens. Local Contractor to Build Belmont Church J. H. Brackett, Shelby contractor, has received a contract to build a Baptist church at Belmont and will start work next week. The building will be of brick and of the type of the new edifice at Poplar Springs, The cost of the building and equip* ment will be about <20,000. Band Concert Sunday Court Square Here An open air band concert is plan* ned by W. T. Sinclair, director of music in the city high school, the concert to be held Sunday after noon at 2:30 o'clock on the court square if the weather permits. H the weather is unfavorable, the concert will be postponed. The band has 53 pieces and will play concert music. Bostic Man Loses Coin. Rutherfordton.—W. L. Long, weU ? known merchant and citizen of near 1 Bostic, started here Tuesday with 1 $2,100 in currency but found the money gone upon arrival. He is un- 1 certain as to whether he lost the | large bill fold in which he carried f the money or whether a pickpocket relieved him of his financial burden. J Shelby Bowlers Win. In a match played here Wednes* -j day night the Shelby duckpin bowl* 1 ers defeated the Cherryvllle bowling | team In a three-game contest, Shel- s by winning two and Cherryvllle one. | Poston was high scorer for the Shel by bowlers. • Couple Gets License. Marriage license was issued nJ'e Wednesday to Durham Camp, 30, and Helen Wright, 16. Both ere residents of Cleveland county.

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