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10 PAGES TODAY *■___ ■ - SHELBY. N. C. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By mall, per year (In advance) *2.50 Carrier, per year (1 nadvance). $3.00 VOL. XXXVI, No. 33 MONDAY. MAR. 17, 1930 LATE NEWS TIIF MARKET. Cotton, per lb.___14‘/4c Cotton Seed, per bn.-40!4c Showers and Warmer. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Occasional showers tonight and Tuesday.! Warmer on the coast tonight, colder Tuesday in west and north portions. De Rivera Dead. General Miguel Prlmo de Rivera, seven years dictator ot Spain, died yesterday of a heart attack in a Paris hotel. He was practically an exile and almost alone when death came. His burial will be a private one near Seville and without ml i tary honors. King’s Appeal Will Go On To Supreme Court Dismissal Motion Is Overruled Judge Henry Gives Rafe King At torneys Extension of Time In Appeal. Chester, S. C., Mar. 17.—The motion by state counsel to dis miss the appeal before the stale supreme court for a new trial of Rafe King, now in the state penitentiary under sentence of death for the murder of his wife, was overruled here Saturday by Judge J. K. Henry, who allowed extension of time for filing re turn to April 1. The hearing, held in chambers, followed action of Solicitor Harry Hines a few days ago in moving for dismissal of the appeal. Counsel for both state and defense pre sented arguments. King was sentenced to die laso September following conviction of slaying his teacher-wife, Faye Wil son King, at their home in Sharon last winter, but a stay was granted pending efforts of his attorneys to obtain a new trial. Judge Henry's order issued fol lows:' “This matter comes on to oe heard before me upon motion by the solicitor and other counsel for the state to dismiss the appeal to the supreme court heretofore no t ticed on the ground that the return had not been filed as required by law. It being made to appear before me that the only reason that the re turn has not been heretofore filed is because of the fact that the vol uminous record did and does not permit the completion of the print ing there of prior to April 1, 1930; now, therefore, it is ordered thrft the time for filing return be and hereby is extended to April 1, 1930; that the motion to dismiss the ap peal be refused; and. if for any un forseen cause the printing of the record and filing of return cannot be done by April 1, 1930, counsel may apply for further extension ol time within which to file return.” Local Furniture Store A Bankrupt The Boyette-Elmore Furniture Co. located on N. LaFayette street filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy Saturday and closed its doors, at torney Marion Ross of Charlotte is the trustee in bankruptcy and it could not be learned today just what the assets and liabilities are. This store opened in Shelby ia3t year and suffered a fire and con siderable damage during the win ter. Overhauling Paragon For Furniture Stock Carpenters are overhauling three floors of the Beam building on S. LaFayette street, occupied by t>*e Paragon Department store, making preparations to change the line of merchandise. The department store merchandise has been moved to the basement and the store is closed 'or a couple of days while repairs are under way on the three floors above ground. Shortly the store will re open with a line of furniture. Favorable Reception For Falls Candidacy Judge B. T. Falls’ announcement of his candidacy for Superior court judge of this district is meeting with a favorable reception in many parts of the 16th Judicial district. Since announcing last Friday the Shelby attorney has received assurance of support from other counties of the district as well as from scores of fellow Clevelandites. Dee E’more Is Cut In An Affray Here Dee Elmore, well known young Shelby man, was cut about the 'ace and head Saturday night in an al teration, it is saidi between him nd John Self at a filling station on the Cleveland Springs road just east of the city limits. One eye was severe ly cut, it is reported. Republicans To Hold Meeting Last Of Month March 29 Is Date For Gathering Precinct Meeting On March 22 And County Convention Here Week Later. The Republicans of Cleveland county will hold their county con vention in the court house at Shel by on Saturday afternoon, March 29, beginning at 2 o'clock. Tills was announced Saturday by H. Clay Cox, party chairman for the coun ty, after a meeting of the executive committee was held at the county court house. The date was also set for the pre cinct meetings on Saturday, March 22, at 2 o'clock at which time the various precincts will elect dele gates to the county convention here. The precinct meetings will also elect their precinct executive com mittees composed of three or more persons, one being designated as chairman and another as secretary. In announcing the date for the precinct meeting Chairman Cox urges voters of the party to attend the meetings and see that each precinct sends good delegations to the county convention. District Delegates. The main business to face the county convention on March 29 will be the election of delegates to the several conventions—state, sena torial, congressional and judicial. Mrs. Robinson Dies Saturday At Age 58 Well Known South Shelby Woman Is Buried At Forest City Sunday Afternoon. The funeral- of Mrs. Mary. Ann Robinson was conducted Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Pleasant Grove Baptist church near Tint City by Rev. Mr. Moore. Mrs. Rob inson died at her home on Broad street In South Shelby Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the age of 58 years after an illness of sever a' weeks with heart trouble. Mrs. Robinson was a native of Rutherford bounty and her hus band George Robinson preceded her to the grave 12 years ago. Sh is survived by six sons, Frank, George, Jesse, Jim, John and Edgar Robinson and one daughter, M:s. Clarence Huntley of Forest City Two brothers, Ed and Hugh Allen, also survive. A large crowd of Shel by friends accompanied the re mains to Forest City for the funeral and Interment. Grover C. McSwain is Buried at New Hope Well Known Young: Fanner of Earl Community Dies of Double Pneumonia Grover C. McSwain, age 45 years was buried Thursday at New Hope Baptist church at Earl, the funeral services being conducted by Profes sor Davis, principal of the Earl high school. Mr. McSwain died of double pneumonia and leaves a -wife and three children, two girls and ore son. He was the son of tha~ late Guiton McSwain of lower Cleveland and was highly esteemed by his ho6t cf friends and neighbors. A large crowd attended the fu neral. Notables At Dinner Where Hoey Speaks Some of the most distinguished citizens of New York city and state are numbered among the spec:*! guests at the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick banquet which Clyde R, Hoey, of Shelby, will address at the Hotel Astor in New York tonight. Among the well known leaders at the St. Patrick Day affair as list ed by the New York Times will be Senators Copeland and Wagner, Cardinal Hayes, Justice Dowling, Surrogate John P. O’Brien, former Justice Cohalan, Morgan J. O’Brien, James A. Hoey and James A. O'Gor man. The speakers will be Mr. Hoey, Rev. Peter Guilday of Catholi” university, and Aldermanic Presi dent McKee. The speeches will oe broadcast over station WOR, begin ning around 9:30 o’clock. Masons to Meet. LaFayette chapter No. 72, Rova. \rch Masons, will nave a special • convocation tonight at the Masonic temple, for work in the Mark Mas ters degree. All companions are re quested to be present. Vast Army of Workers to Gather Census Data W1VWAK K STEUART DIFtECTOPt GETTING DATA IN FAHUY CifcCVC Of? J A Hilt/. ASST DIRECTOR. MARGARET CARPPll EXAMINES1 RECORDS of1700 .TABUIAT10M PEBAfiTMEOT AT CENSUS BUREAU It is a far cry back to 1790, when the Federal census of the • United States was taken. The Census Bureau has, like all other things, improved its system since the first census taking. Above illustration shows the extreme care which Uncle Sam takes in gathering and compiling data oh his gigantic family. An interesting comparison in the illustration Is that of the census taken in Boston in 1790 with its antiquated forms compared with the more practical form of 1930. Note the important names listed in the Boston census report, names of persons who played a part In the history of our country which have earned for them a place on history’s pa^es. The compilation of the 1930 census will require the services ef more than 100,000 people. i *tat«nDatto**l NowarMi Bailey And Ehringhaus Favorites With Young Democrats At Most County Democrats at Dinner In Raleigh Shelby and Cleveland county Democrats attending the Jackson Day dinner given In Raleigh Satur day night by the young Democratic organization including Judge B. T. Palls, Judge Horace Kennedy, At torney AI R. Bennett, Capt. Peyton McSwain, Attorney and Mrs. Henry Edwards, and Renn Drum, all of Shelby; and Messrs. Wiley McGinnis and Blakewell, of Kings Mountain. Davie* Man Killed While Going Home From Raleigh Meef Maxie D. Brown, jr„ of Mocksville Crashed Beneath Car as It Over turns After Striking Wood. Winston-Salem, Mar. 16.—Maxie D. Brown, Jr., 35, of Mocksville, was instantly killed this morning about 2 o’clock 10 miles west of Chapel Hill on the Burlington highway when the sedan in which he was riding overturned, pinning him be neath the wreckage. Robert S. McNeal, chairman of the Davie county democratic execu tive committee and John Leach managing editor of The Mocksville Enterprise, both of Mocksville, es caped with minor injuries. McNeal was driving. The three men were leturning to their homes from Ra leigh where they attended the Jack sen Day dinner held Saturday night An Orange county coroners Jury exonerated Mr. McNeal of blame in connection with the accident. Mr. Brown is well known through out the section of the state, having been a salesman for a packing company for many years. He is sur vived by his widow’, one child, his parents and several brothers and sisters. The funeral will be held at Mocksville Monday afternoon. Mr. McNeal is quoted as saying that the sedan struck two pieces of cordwood that had been placed in the road. He declared that it was impossible to avoid striking the wood. Winston Man Buys Alexander Jewelry J. L. Young of Winston-Salem was the highest bidder for the bankrupt stock of merchandise of George Alexander. Jeweler. rhe merchandise and fixtures were bid in for $2,750. It is understood that the store will be re-opened by Mr Young. Gerald McBrayer bid in the book accounts for the sum of *70 25. Elisabeth City Man' Sweeps Gath- | ering, Bailey Halts Jeers Against Simmons. (Tom Bost in Greensboro News.l Raleigh, March 17.—Jackson Day diners who saw J. W. Bailey ruu oil with the banquet Saturday night: who beheld a stampede lor J. C. B. Ehringhaus, eastern eloquent, in the race lor governor; who heard Jo sephus Daniels laud Wilson and in lerentially smite Smith, and pre served the peace through it all alt er an almost irrepressible uprising against Senator F. M. Simmons, are trying to ligure its meaning. As to the sentiment lor Bailey and Ehringhaus there could be no doubt. There are old tuners In this newspaper game here at Raleigh and they have seen the Simmons machine when it had the grandest manipulators on the out side of Tammany and Philadelphia. But nobody ever saw the Simmons cause so regnant «t its best as the Bailey boosters had that young buck Democracy Saturday night. Young Fellows Aroused. Every outward sign for months has been that the Elizabeth City man Is the heavy choice of the young fellow's who two years ago carried the Democratic flag in the face of heavy odds. By a parity of reasoning the Bailey cause has been appealing. Two years ago Mr. Bail ey’s opponent was asking young vot ers not to vote for Smith. The young bloods do- not like that and they remembered it last Saturday night. But Brummitt, strong even before the diners, and General Albert Cox, soldier and ideal of youth, Just as Bailey and Ehrlnghaus were in the field fighting the advice of Senator Simmons. But Ehringhaus got on old-time Bryan ovation when he rose to speak. Bailey got bays and Senator Simmons boos. But Bailey did not relish the treatment of his ancient friend. He rose on the rostrum as he did near ly two years ago when the friends of Senator Simmons howled down Cam Morrison, former governor who was trying to speak to the state convention. Incidentally, it was Bailey s ability to absorb pun ishment which finally quelled the antl-Stmmons riot. Saturday night he lifted both hand and voice to stop the assault on the absent Senator Simmons. The anti-Simmons dem onstration never got far. It never reached sinister proportions. But always it was rising up. It took the utmost in reoresssion to keep it down. Mr. Bailey dreads compli ments which come to him in vio lence toward an opponent. Mr. Eugene Miller of Raleigh spent yesterday with friends in the city. Local Jail Almost Filled On Sunday FeftHnJwnMwiw* Fill tip Cells Along With Week-End Drinkers. Such was the rush at the county jail here Saturday and Sunday that Sheriff Irvin Allen was almost ready Monday morning to hang out his "standing room only’’ sign, but to day two courts began to thin out his guest list, Fourteen of the prisoners jailed here over the week-end were brought from adjoining counties to be *ried In the session 6t Federal court open ing today. County and city officers Jailed 13 over the week-end. the ma jority or them to be tried before Judgi Horace Kennedy In county court today on charges of violating the dry law. Tax Listers For Rutherford Given Rutherfordton.—’The county com missioners, in Compliance with the law passed by the last general as sembly appointed the tax listers tor Rutherford county last week. Counr ty accountant M. R. Reed is county tax supervisor, under the law or this county. His helpers are. by townships', Gilkey township, H. P. Rucker; Morgan. L. D. Hemphill; Golden Valley. J. M. Rollins, Jr.; Camp Creek, R. F. . Tate; Cool Springs, Bill Moore and Charles Z. Flack; Sulphur Springs, Tom Craw ford; Union, Archie Lollar; Logan store, H, C. Carson; Chimney Rock, Z. V. Taylor; Green Hill, R. Led better; Duncan Creek, Q. J. Deven ny; High Shoals, W. A. Jolley and Weister Bridges; Colfax, J. A. Mar tin and C. B. Harrlll, and Ruther fordton township, J. D. Morris and C. B. Justice. Listing will be done in April this year. Representative Klutz Will Not Run Again Hon. L. F. Klutz, of Newton, who maintains the distinction of having represented Catawba county in the legislature for three successive years, a record that has neter been equalled in that county, will not run again this year, he stated this morning as he passed through Shelby en route to Gaffney on bus iness. Mr. Klutz thinks Catawba county will go Democratic this year It has been shifting back and forth in the Democratic and Republican columns for the past ten years and It looks like a Democratic year m Catawba, says Mr. Klutz, a Repub lican. who married a Miss Cline, a Democrat of Cleveland county. Census Takers In County Get A High Rating Name Census Workers For This Area Mooresboro Woman Makes Highest Grade of Enumerators in This Census District. Census enumerators who will help Uncle Sam count noses in this section have just been nam ed by W. If. Barkley, of Hick ory, who has charge of the 1930 census work V»r this district. Along with the announce ment is a message from* Mr. Barkley stating that in their examinations the applicants from Cleveland county made higher grades than the appli cants of any other county in the district. Stood At Top. Only one applicant in the district, according to Mr. Barkley, made a grade of 100 per cent on tire census examination and this was Mrs. Wuy land Green of Mooresboro. Forty-two of the Cleveland coun ty applicants were accepted as enumerators while a good number failed, according to a message to H. Clay Cox, Republican chairman, from Mr. Barkley. Mr. Barkley has not as yet made public the enumerators for the entire county but the following, he says, will handle the census work in Shelby: Mrs. George Hoyle, Mrs W. R. Casstevens, Mrs. Lula Cam nitz, and Miss Aileen yostner. Kings Mountain Boy Gets Five Year Term Augusta. Ga., Mar 15.—Judge A L. Franklin, in Richmond superior court, today observed that an only child "is always” rotten as he sen tenced Hoy Hicks, 18. to five years on the Richmond county chain gang lor automobile theft. Hicks, a Kings Mountain, N. C., youth had entered a plea of guilty tcfcr.tx counts charging theft of au tomobiles, and his father, Clay Hicks, Kings Mountain chief of po lice had pleaded for him as “my only child.” “When there Is one child In a family, he Is always rotten,” Judge Franklin said and passed the sen* tences. one year each In five counts to run consecutively and be classed •,( a mlsdemcadr* Listing Of Taxes Starts Month Earlier-Personal Property Off “Black Tongue” Kills Deputies’ Bloodhound Heath eliminated Saturday i one of Cleveland county’:. best sleuths when "lady Anne,” a bloodhound owned by local of- I fleers, died with "black tongue.’’ The bloodhound, purchased In Asheville, had hern in this coun- ! ty only a few' weeks and had not had a single opportunity to work on a local case since she was purchased by Deputies Ed Dixon, Boh Kendrick* and Clyde Boston, Before she was purchas ed by loeal offleers, Eady Anne hud t een used to run down the negro charged with attempting to rob the postmistress at Earl. ! Prohibition Has Not Failed, Judge Webb Tells Federal Jury Shelby Ills'll School Seniors Hear! Instructive Charge Tu Grand j Jury Today. ■ '—— Prohibition enforcement in Amer ica lias not bern a failure and the present InvestIgatIon of enforcement now being made by a congressional committee will not result In (he r.- • peal of prohibition, Federaf Judge E. Yates Webb told the United States district court grand jury, a packed court room and the senlo class of the Shelby high school at the opening of the spring term of court here today. The federal court term will likely last about three days and this morning one of Shelby's largest court crowds in years was attend ing court and filling the court house lobby. Explains Federal Laws. Hearing the grand jury charge along with the jurors were about 75 members of the upper classes of the local high school, who were brought to the court room by thetr teachers. As It happened Judge Webb's charge wwa very appropriate ‘ far the young student* a* be classified and reviewed the working of the federal government and contrasted the federal courts with the state courts and state enforcement. He pointed out that law viola tions touching any part of the constitution or federal government were made and enfofeed by the federal government. The postofflcc and all postal matters are in the hands of the national government and as a result, he explained, crim inal Infringement upon the opera tlon of the gigantic postal organiza tion Is handled by the federal courts. The government likewise coins and circulates all money and counterfeiting charges and enforce ment of the law against counter feiting and protection of American currency is a part of the work of ttje federal courts and enforcement officers. Traffic across state lines of stolen goods and contraband is ajso handled by federal authorities, it was In this connection that Judge Webb referred to prohibition en forcement as a success despite the crltclsm launched against It. For more than 5,000 years he explained civilization has been fighting the liquor evil the battle culminating In the passage of the Eighteenth amendment. Forty-five states, ne declared, ratified the measure and espoused the cause and the amend ment was not put over by a small group. Since the Eighteenth amend ment went into effect in 1920, the federal jurist, who played a lys role in the prohibition fight while in congress, declared that this na tion has made remarkable progress financially, socially and morally, particularly pointing out the ad vance in North Carolina, Dry Law To Stay. “I do not believe the-present in vestigation by the judiciary, com mittee of congress will result in let ting up on enforcement, and re gardless of what may develop I know that North Carolina will re main dry as it was before the fed eral constitution outlawed the whiskey evil,” he said. In his charge Judge Webb also expressed the hope that the present naval conference in London would be successful, deploring the vast amount of money America and bther nations expend each year for wars, past, present and future. Two Women Defendants. Among the many defendants to be tried at the federal court term for violation of the prohibition law an1 for handling narcotics are two white women. They were brought here over the week-end for trial op narcotic charges. Among the federal officials here ; for the term are Federal Clerk J. V. j Jordan; W. A. Lytle, deputy clers : of 4|beville: Miss Fan Barnett, [deputy clerk of Charlotte; District iCONTINUED ON PAGE KOHT.f Tax Listing Begins April 1st List Takers In Cleveland Will be Practically Name as Last Year Nays Newton. “rax listing will begin April 1st instead of ‘May 1st In North Caro line. according to an act of the last general assembly In order to givo the lax authorities more time to col lect and prepare the listings, ascer tain the totals and submit to the county commissioners who are re quired to set the tax rates the first. Monday in July. All Named Herr. Here in Cleveland county the tax listers have been named for the el even townships, but all of those who have been appointed have not ac cepted as yet and Mr. W. R. Newton, county tax supervisor and auditor thought ji best to give out the com plete list rather than an incomplete . list. The complete list will be ready by Wednesday of this week and in structions issued so the actual list ing of real and personal property can begin the first Monday in April The list takers this year will be prae tically the same in every township as last year, Mr. Newton says. , | There lias been a considerable tailing off of personal property non only in Cleveland county, but throughout North Carolina and in structions have been Issued to the 1.500 list takers in tire state to be careful about listing the personal property. In Cleveland comity the total valuation last year- was ap proximately thirty-eight million dollars, one-fourth of which was personal property. When the list takers have accept ed. they will be called Into confer ence and given full Instructions. A number of changes have been made, but It is -understood these changes are largely of a technical nature. When there Is a decrease In per sonal property valuation, as there has been lrr the last seven years. “This has resulted in real property bearing a lajr&e. proportion of the burden'1 saysCommlssionsr of State Revenue A. X MMMWtfl Mr. Ligon Dies In Eastside Village Well Known Employee Of Eastside Mill Succumbs To Tneumonla Attack. Mr. Prank Preston Ligon, well known employee of the Eastside mill, died Saturday following an ill ness of nine days with pneumonia. Mr. Ligon was bom In December. 1897, and In October. 1921, married. Miss Rosa Robertson, who sur vives with one son, James Ligon. He joined the Eastside Baptist church In April, 1929, and was not only a loyal church member, but • highly esteemed citizen. One broth er and one sister also survive. The remains were carried Sunday afternoon to Fairvlew church, near Grier, S. C., for interment. Many friends from Shelby attended the services, conducted by his pastor, Rev. H. E. Waldrop, assisted by Rer. S W. Jolley of Oreenvllle, S. C. New Druggist Here, Dennis With Hoeys Dr. B. W. A us tip, of Leaksyille, to day began his duties as pharmacist) at the Stephenson drug store suc ceeding Dr, C. M. Dennis, formerly with that store, but who this week became pharmacist for the Cleve land Drug company. I One Grand Jury To Handle 3 Divisions Beginning with the present term of United States District court one grand Jury will pass upon the bills for the three Federal court divisions in this section, the Charlotte, States ville and Shelby divisions. Hereto fore there has been a grand Jury for each of the three divisions. Play At Piedmont On Thursday Night ‘•For-Get-Me-Knots* is the name | of a three act farce to be given at , Piedmont high school by thp seruot; ; class on Thursday night of thia i week. It offers a lively evening of J entertainment and the public If cordially invited. Proceeds for the | benefit of the library. ) Eastern Star Will, J Install Officers • a An Eastern Star meeting will b<* 4| held Tuesday evening at 7:30 at | winch time the new officers will installed. All members are urged t®, ,:| be present.
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