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VOL. XXXVI, No. 34 SHELBY. N. C. WEDNESD’Y, MAR. IP, 1930 10 PAGES TODAY I Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoon* By nmu. per year«nadvance)«.50 : '_ Carrier, per year (i nadv&nce) $3.00 LATE NEWS THF MARKET. Cotton, per lb.-..... HWc Cotton Seed, per bn.-40J4c Very Cold Tonight. Today’* North Carolina Weather Report: Generally fair and much colder, probably light frost In west and north central portions tonight. Thursday fair wtth rising temp erature. Criminal Court Ends. The federal court session here this week adjourned at noon today after Judge Webb had rapidly disposed of the scores of criminal cases filling the docket. Remaining cases are civil litigations. (Additional sen tences of the court will be publish ed in Friday’s Star.) Piggly- Wiggly Changes Owners Marion Interests Buy Local Plggly Wlggly Store From Mr. Stillwell. A deal of considerable magnitude and interest was announced today when it became known that the Piggly-Wlggly-Williams corporation of Marlon had purchased the Pig gly-Wiggly store of this place from its owner Mr. Ira J. Stillwell, who has been operating here for the past eight years under the franchise of this well-known organization Mr. W. W. Guy of Marion is presi dent of the Plggly-Wiggly-Williams corporation, which owns the Piggly Wlggly franchise and operates stores In Gaston, Lincoln, Burke, Rutherford, Henderson, Buncombe, McDowell and a number of other counties in West North Carolina. Mr. Stillwell has made a wonder ful success of the local store and it is understood will remain with the new owners. The Piggly-Wiggly Wllliams corporation, is a subsid iary of the A. Blanton Grocery Co., Inc., which owns and operates wholesale houses at Marion, Shelby, Morganton, Spruce Pine and Ashe ville and owns considerable prop erty in Shelby, Asheville and Mar ion. The policy of the store will re main the same under the new own ership, handling standard brands of merchandise on the self-service and cash plan. Legion To Plan Club Building Ex-Service Men Meet Friday Night To Plan Their New Home. At a meeting to. be held. Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock, in the court house here the Warren Hoyle Amer ican Legion post will discuss plans for their proposed new club build ing. I Heretofore the Legion has not > owned a home of its own, but Fri day night the local ex-service men, Commander Tom Abernethy an nounces, hope to start a movement that will result in a building of their own. All Cleveland county ex-service men, regardless of whether they be long to the Legion or not, are urg ed ta attend the meeting. Helped Build Road In Rutherford Ellenboro, Mar. 18.—Frank Byers of Ellenboro, celebrated his 73rd birthday Sunday, when his children and friends gathered at the Byers home here to do honor to the oc casion. Mr. Byers has been unusu ally active for one of his age, though his health now is somewhat impaired. He is widely known in both Rutherford and Cleveland counties. Mr. Byers was the first resident of Ellenboro, and he being a contrac tor, built most of the houses, includ ing the Seaboard depot and the Piedmont house. He owned and op erated the first cotton gin and saw mill here. He also helped in the construction of the Seaboard road from Shelby to Rutherfordton. He is a prominent member of Oak Grove Methodist church and has lived in this community all his life. Stores At Ellenboro Robbed on Saturday Ellenboro.—The store of W. A. Harrlll was entered and robbed Sat urday night of clothing, hats, caps, and other wearing apparel. The en trance was made through the plate glass of the front door. From all Indications, the thief was hidden away and slept on a pile of rub bish and shavings, accessible to the Inside of the store. Also on the same night the store of Howard Greene was broken into and robbed of groceries and hard ware. The entrance was made through a large window in the rear of the building. No clue to the guilty party has yet been found. Both stores had considerable loss. . . Listers Named For Tax Work BeginningSoon Tax Listing Starts April 7 Tax Supervisor Completes Ills List Of List Takers. After Per sonal Property. A complete list of the men whe will this year handle the tax listing for Cleveland county was announced today by Mr. W. R. Newton, coun ty tax supervisor. The listers named will go to work on April 7, or practically a month earlier than heretofore. One point will be particularly stressed, it is understood, in the listing this year and that will be the listing of as much personal property as possible. In years gone by the personal property listing has been falling off and as a result the burden on real estate has increas ed. Listers Appointed. The following men, by townships, will handle the listing this year: No. 1—J. A. McCraw. No. 2—W. C. Hamrick. No. 3—Austell Bettis. No. 4—John Floyd. No. 5—M. P. Harrellson. No. 6—P. P. Jenks. No. 7—R. W. McBraycr No. 8—B. P. Jenkins. No. 9—W. A. Gantt. No. 10—M. N. Gantt. No. 11—A. A. Horton. Miss Goodwin, Nurse Graduates Thursday Graduating Exercises To Be Held At Kiwanis Club With Hospital Forces Present. At the regular dinner Thursday night at 8 o’clock at the Hotel Charles, the Kiwanis club will en tertain the Shelby Hajpltal force and the training school nurses, the occasion being the graduation of Miss Gladys Goodwin, the only nurse to graduate from the school this year. Miss Goodwin came to this school from her home near Wades boro and makes her home with her sister, Mrs. Ernest Johnson. I Mr. Clyde R. Hoey, chairman of the board of trustees of the hospital will present the diploma to Miss Goodwin and after the dinner the nurses will entertain their friends at a square dance at the nurses’ home. With a full attendance from the Kiwanis members and the hos pital staff and school of nurses, a large crowd is expected to witness the graduating exercises. Epidemic Of Meat Stealing Continues Numerous Robberies Of Smoke Houses Over County In Recent Weeks. A regular meat stealing epidemic has been sweeping over Cleveland county of recent weeks with many people out of work and wandering through the county picking up and stealing something to eat where they find an opportunity. The latest meat theft report com es from the Bethlehem section near Kings Mountain, the smoke house of Spurgeoh McSwain being enter ed Monday night and two hams and a shoulder stolen. Some intruder, thought to be the same thief, visit ed the Cleo Bookout place on the same night but failed to make a haul, according to Sheriff Irvin M. Allen. Personal And Religious Freedom Supported By Hoey In New York Irish Stand For Personal Liberty, He Tells Sons of St. Patrick. New York.—Clyde R. Hoey, o' Shelby, lawyer, and former con gressman, in his speech before the 146th anniversary dinner of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick at the Hotel Astor Monday evening, said that America's greatness is based on four fundamentals, “Life, lib erty, happiness and freedom of con science in religion.” “Liberty and freedom of religion are so Interwoven in the Irish na ture,” Mr. Hoey said, “that it is not surprising that we find this great race making rich contribution to the organization and establish ment of our nation, and then to its growth and perpetuity." Mr. Hoey pleaded that America abhor a policy of Isolation in world affairs. “I covet for America,” he said, “an understanding heart, an open mind, a willing hand, and a free spirit, dominant in power and triumphant in right. I would have her shirk no responsibility and lead the nations of the earth to the at tainment of the exalted purpose of free government and universal peace. “Our attitude dating the World war exemplifies this policy, when America, no longer able to stand by and see civilization slaughtered, and the ideals of government founded upon justice and righteousness blot ted out of the international code of morals, actuated by no hope of glory, gain, or conquest, entered the war to make it possible for weak nations and little peoples to live, and to make war among nations forever thereafter impossible.” Other speakers at the dinner were Justice Francis Martin, the Rev. Pater Guilday, and Joseph V McKee, president of the New' Yoric city board of aldermen. Patrick Cardinal Hayes, Senator Royal S Copeland and Robert F. Wagner, Justice Victor Dowling and Morgan J. OHrien were among the guests of honor. Gallows Gold Enriches Mother ; When Robert Blake, nnder the in fluenece of dope, committed mur der in Texas, he spent bis last hours writing the true chronicle of , what men say in the death house ■ just before they “burn." As he walked to his own doom he gave 'he manuscript to the prison chap lain as his sole estate, bequeathed to his mother. The chronicle was printed in a magazine and John Wexley was so moved by its stark emotion that he wrote a play “The i Last Mile." . Shelby's State Champs Play Opening Game Here On Friday Hoey’s Oratory Well Taken With Irish In New York City Great Audience of 2,000 Represent ing Wealth and Position Hear Him. Two thousand people attended the annual banquet tendered in the ball room of the Hotel As tor in New York Monday night when Hon. Clyde R. Hoey gave them a gen uine sample of southern oratory. The decorations were beautiful and the music was by some of the fin est talent in America. Around the festive board were five Justices of the supreme court, a number of judges, senators, educators, authors and business men who represent millions of the wealth of the coun try. His speech of twenty minutes was broadcast and thousands throughout the country heard his speech in which he appealed for re ligious tolerance. Flowers banked the sides of the mammoth ball room which is the largest banquet hall in the city of New York city. Only two ladies were present, Mrs. Hoey who accompan ied him to New York and her niece, who was before marriage Miss Cleo Robertson. They had seats in the first balcony. After the speech, Mr. Hoey had hundreds to congratulate him and during his stay there, he was kept on the move, by men of promin ence and influence, showing him every attraction. Mr. Hoey returned home today, while Mrs. Hoey remained over un til Saturday. Pleasant Hill Beats School Consolidation Voters of the Pleasant Hill school district on Monday defeated the special 30 cents school tax election called for the purpose of consoli dation with the Patterson Springs school provided the election carried. The vote on the measure was 46 to 36 against the special tax and con solidation. Opening Baseball Game Of Season With Fast CherryvUle Team Friday. "Bat-tuh-ries for Shelby; ladie ees and gentlemen—Hamrick pitch ing, Farris catching.” That announcement will be heard on the city park here Friday after noon at 3:45 for the first time since last year wnen the young pitcher and catcher named above led Casey Morris’ Shelby High school team through one tough game after an other until they won for Shelby the town’s third State title. The opposition for the State champs in the opening of the base ball season for 1930 will be furnish ed by Cherryvtlle, for years one of Shelby’s strongest rivals in scholas tic baseball. * ' Strength Unknown. The strength of the Morris team this year is unknown and after Fri day's opening clash local fans may have a pretty good idea as to whether or not the title winners of last year have any chance to re peat. The biggest assets to the re built team Is that Hamrick and Farris are back. Last year no high school team In the State could dc enough with Hamrick's fast ones with Farris behind the plate to de feat the locals. But It takes hitting and fielding to win baseball games no matter how good the pitching may be and therein comes the "x” factor of this year’s team. Charley Harrelson, veteran first sacker, will carry the burden of the experienced hitting and fielding until some new material lends aid, although In early season practice Farris’ bat has been working good and his slugging may do much to make up for the punch supplied last year by Lee, Gold and Bridges. It will be pretty much of a rookie outfit when it faces Cherryville here Friday. Other than Hamrick, Farris and Harrelson, and Rlppy, shifted to short from the outfield, it has yet to demonstrate its ability to win (CONTINUED ON PAOE NINE ■ Weeks Of Prayer Set By Churches Here Three Denominations Ask That So* cial Affairs Be Arranged For No Conflict. Two weeks of prayer .one for Nov. 3-7 this year and one for March J -6 1931, have been set by the ladies who head the woman’s work at the Bap tist, Methodist and Presbyterian churches who ask that social af fairs of the city be so arranged that there will be no conflict during these weeks. The resolution signed by Mrs. T. W. Hamrick, president of the W. M. S., of the First Baptist, Mrs. Z. J. Thompson, president of the W. M. S. work at Central Methodist, and by Mrs. J. F. Jenkins, president of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Presbyterian church, reads as fol lows: “We, the presidents of the Wom en’s Work in the First Baptist, Cen tra! Methodist and the Presbyterian churches, beg to announce that the dates of November 3-7th, 1930, and March 2-6th, 1931, have been agreed upon as the best dates for the Weeks of Prayer. It is our earn est hope that no conflicting engage ments will prevent these Weeks of Prayer from bringing the greatest possible blessing to God's people everywhere, and to this end we seek the cooperation of all of the various clubs in making tl\eir prjgrwss." Beam Out For Judgeship In County Court Becomes Candidate For Recorder 11-oral Attorney Announces Today For Recorder Subject To Primary. Attorney W. Speight Beam, well known Shelby lawyer and one at the organizers of the American Le gion. announces today his candi dacy for recorder of the Cleveland county court subject to the will of the Democratic party lit the pri mary of June. Mr. Beam is the second candidate to announce for the recordershlp. Attorney Maurice Weathers an nouncing some time back Just aft er Judge Horace Kennedy stated definitely that he would not be a candidate to succeed himself. After completing his law course. Mr. Beam, a son of Mr. Augustus Beam, of Bhelby, entered upon the practice at Charlotte and for sev eral years was one of the success ful lawyers of that city. A few years ago he located here and has since practiced his profession in his home town. This is his first candidacy for office although he has several times been honored by the Ameri can Legion as he was the only re presentative of this section of the South who aided in the original or ganization meeting of the Legion in Paris just after the World War. Without Fear, Favor. In announcing Attorney Beam says: •'On my own accord I announce myself as a candidate for the of fice of Recorder of Cleveland coun ty. If elected to that dignified po sition I should strive at all times fairly and honestly to administer the law without fear or favor, equal ly and impartially. I should strive to maintain and uphold the dig nity and honor Imposed by that of fice, and earnestly endeavor to mer it the, faith and Justify the confi dence of my friends, supporters and the public generally. I should re gard the office as a place where Justice, tempered with Mercy, would ffhd itself at home, and where good citizenship and clean government were promoted and up held. “Abraham Lincoln expressed my idea better than I could when he said, ‘I am not bound to win but I am bound to be true; I am not bound to succeed but I am bound to live up to what light I have; I must stand by anybody that stands right—stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.’ “Upon that basis I ask the votes and support of the good men and women of Cleveland county for the office of Recorder.” Mrs. Lena Clary Buys Beauty Shop Will Operate At Same Place. Mrs. Hamrick And Mrs. Phillips Go To Rutherfordton. Mrs. Lena A. Clary has purchased the Betty-Jean Beauty Shoppe In the Weathers-Blanton building next to the J. C. Penney Co., store from Mrs. Hamrick and Mrs. Phillips, and look charge yesterday. Mrs. Clary has been operating beauty culture shops in Wilson and Raleigh for the past five years and has associated with her in the op eration of the Shelby shop, her daughter, Mrs. Paul A. Burton and Miss Thelma Torbert. Miss Torbert has previously been connected with the Betty-Jean and the Knighten gale shops of this place. Mrs. Clary and Mr. and Mrs. Bur ton are living at the Hotel Charles for the present. Mrs. Hamrick and Mrs. Phillips will devote their time to a beauty culture shop which they already cwn at) Rutherfordton. Mrs. Clary bought the equipment of the Betty-Jean Shoppe of this place and will continue to operate it under the same name and at the same place hfere. Dig Up Barrels Of Beer In a Thicket A quantity of still house beer, said to be about 150 gallons, was dug up by officers in a thicket on Brushy Creek, in No. 7 township, Monday night by officers S. B. Cooper, T. B. Harris, W. C. Grayson, Arboth Hamrick and J. L. Dixon, says De puty Cooper who was in Shelby yes terday. Officers had a tip about the location of the buried beer and had been watching for several nights hoping to catch the owners. but they failed to appear. No whiskey or still was found near the place. The beer was destroyed. Second Candidate For Recorder ATTORNEY SPEIGHT BEAM Star photo Mission Rally Planned Here l>r. Maddry Conducting 45 For Baptist In State. One At Bolling Springs March 31. Dr. Charles K Maddry, Raleigh, general secretary of the BaptUt state convention, has planned 45 mission rallies to be held at central points throughout the state during March and April. The meetings arc open lor everybody and it is ex pected that hundreds of Baptist leaders, men and women, will at tend them. For the past few years there h»s been a steady decline in receipts for the missionary enterprise through out the’whole country. This fact has given those who are in charge of denominational affairs great con cern. The purpose of these rallies. Dr. Maddry explains, is to carry fresh information to the people, thereby inspiring and stimulating them to greater missionary activity. The cause of the so-called ''mission slump," and the remedy will be dis cussed at these meeting*. Forty* or more of the leading pas tors in the state have volunteered their services to help in conducting these meetings, which will begin in each case at ten o’clock in the morn ing and continue till around four in the afternoon. The following is the Itinerary for the week of March 31, April 4, which will be of interest to many of the readers of this paper: Bolling Springs, Monday 10 a. m.. Marcli 31; Rutherfordton, Tuesday, April 1; Asheville, Wednesday, April 2; Mud Creek, Thursday, April 3; Bre vard, Friday, April 4. The following speakers will make these points; Rev, M. O. Alexander, Thomasvllle, Rev. Arthur Jacksoc, Hendersonville, Rev. W. L. Griggs, Charlotte. Rev. Bruce Benton, Rock ingham, Dr. W. A. Ayers, Forest City, Rev. J. A. McMillan, Thom asville. First Service Sunday In Mull’s New Chapel Mulls chapel is a new church er ected on Highway No. 18 about six miles north of Shelby on land given by O. M. Mull and the first service in this new Baptist church building ■will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Dr. J. M. Arnette of Boiling Springs will preach. Rev. R. R. Cook is pastor of the church Grim Reaper Takes Heavy Toll In Lincoln C<n ity In Week-End It Funerals Held In County And Immediate Vicinity During Past Week-End. Lincolnton.—Lincoln county had its share of deaths over the week end with 12 funerals being conduct ed in the county and around the edges of the county in Gaston and Catawba. ■ James Henry Cody, 78. died at the home of his son, Silas Cody, near here, Friday and was buried Sunday at Salem Baptist churcn He is survived by^elx children, two sisters and one brother. Dantjl Theron Childs, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Childs, of Wadesboro, died in the Charlotte sanatorium Thursday and was bur ied here Saturday. James Bruston Ewing, 57, died at his home in Pumpkin Center last Thursday and was burled Friday at Macedonia cemetery. He was a prominent merchant and farmer ol the Ore Bank community. He is survived by his wife and two broth-1 ers, C. E. and Robert Ewing, both; j of this county. William Pinckney Martin, 79, died at his home here in the city last Wednesday and was burled Thurs day at Bethel church. He is surviv ed by four sons and two daughters. Lee Milas Hoffman, 83, Confed erate veteran, died at the home of his son, John Hoffman, near here, Saturday afternoon and was bur ied Sunday at Lutheran chapel. The church was overcrowded with friends and relatives who had come to pay their last respects to this beloved veteran. His widow, two sons, Gordon and Jqhn and one daughter, Mrs. Luther Schrum, sur vive. Mary Anna Bracket, wife of Ru fus Brackett, died at her home in the Wampum community Sunday and was buried yesterday at Gaines ville church. W. B. Love, prominent East Lin coln citizen, died at his home in East Lincoln last Thursday and was buried Friday ft New Hope M. E. church. He is survived by his wid ow, one son, two 'daughters, three brothers and two sisters. X Sixteen Violators Of Dry Law Get 11 Years '1 I - " "j|gj Judge Webb Hands Out Stiff Sentences To ] Booze Makers And Sellers In Federal Court Here. 18 Months Heaviest Sentence. Sixteen defendants in United States district court here yesterday were Riven jail and prison sentences totalling 11 and one-Iialf years as Federal Judge E. 'Yates Webb sup ported the declaration he made Monday to the grand jury in declaring that enforcement of the prohibition law has not been a failure, as critics of the dry law contend. Two White Women Draw Prison Terms Both Oft Sentences On Charge* Of Handling Narcotic*. One Get* 18 Months. Two white women will be among the prisoners who leave Shelby this | week with sentences imposed upon them by the term of federal court now In session here. Both were sen tenced for traffic In narcotics, the charges coming up from Charlotte. Jewell Oarrett, Charlotte girl, drew the longest term, eighteen months, and will serve her time in West Virginia. Nell Oaddy, the other girl, who Is said to be from Bun combe county, was given a six Webb, and will serve her sentence Webb, an dwlll serve her sentence in the county Jail at Charlotte. _ Training School At Presbyterian Church Miss Bowman and Dr. Carr Teach ing Two Unit Training School Here. A two unit training school began Sunday afternoon at the Presbyte rian church and continues each ev ening at 7:30 o'clock through Fri day night. Miss Atha Bowman, as sistant director of the children's di vision, Richmond, Va., teaches the unit on “Training the Devotional Life” using a text book by Dr. Luth er Delgle of Yale university. Dr. Claude T. Carr, of Mooresvllle, di rector of Religious education for the eynod of North Carolina is teaching a course on “Child Psychology" as it pertains to the religious and moral development of the children and youth generally. .» Attendance has been good at the school so far and interest is growing. A cordial invitation Is extended to the members of other churches of the city to hear Miss Bowman and Dr. Carr. Three Deputies On Federal Jury Here Three Cleveland oounty deputy sheriff are doing jury duty In fed eral court here this week. They arc Prank Stamey, who Is serving on the grand Jury; Gus Jolly and Brent Harris who are serving on the Juries in the court room. In quite a number of cases defense attorneys have excused the two deputies from Jury duty when liquor cases are be ing tried. Woodman Dance. There Will be a dance at the Woodman If all Saturday night at 8:00 o'clock. In addition to the IS prison sen tences Judge Webb imposed several | heavy fines upon defendants con victed of violating the Federal pro lilbitlon law. Burke Contributes. The noted rum making section in 11 he South Mountains of Burke ooun ! ty contributed the largest number of | defendants to be given prison terms | yesterday—nine In all. Gaston coun | ty came next with six defendants sent to prison, while Rutherford contributed the sixteenth. The sentences imposed on the 13 totalled 137 months, or 11 yean and live months. The heaviest sentence passed was 18 months, one defendant going to Atlanta for that period of time, while another young prisoner was sent to the Ohio reform school tor the same period of time Four of the familiar "a year and a day” sentences to Atlanta were ; among the 10 sentences passed the remainder were for the_ part jail sentences to be served to the home county jails of the de fendants. Sentences Passed. The 16 sentences as passed, all for the violation of the prohibition law, were as follows: Walter Clark, Gaston county, three months. Max Huffman, Burke, 18 months. Atlanta. Will Rector. Burke, five months. Gus Chapman, Burke, a year and a day at Atlanta. M. J Gamble, Rutherford, a year and a day at Atlanta. Tom Bridges, Gaston, a year aud a day at Atlanta. A *4i Clarence Tate, „ Gaston, four ^ months. fcurlee Robeson, Gsston, threw I months. ' Joe Hawkins, Burke, a year and a day at Atlanta. Frank Huffman, Burke, five j months. George Brittain, Burke, 1* J months in reformatory. M aeveir Cicero Carswell, Burke. months. Dorgan Yancey, months. Burke, seven Jesse Lane, Burke, five months. Earl Lineberger, Gaston, five months. D. Eaker, Gsston, five months. Mountain Youth Get* Considerable Travel In Court Sentence* ' Has Bern To Atlanta And Is Now '] Oolnr To Ohio To Serve I Term. Roy Cot*. 23-year-old Qouth Moimtain youth, If he keeps up his 1 favorite occupation of making “cawnmay within a few years be- j come the most widely travelled per son In his section of the mountains, i He has been all the way to At- j lanta, and this week he will visit J Ohio. At Atlanta he served two years for manufacturing white lightning, but the imprisonment ap parently did him very little good and he returned home tp set up an other still. Along came a prohibi tion officer, and Roy came beck to court. He has been In court often j for his years. “Atlanta seemingly did pot help | you, Roy,’* Judge Webb told the * mountain youth, “and this time I’ll :gj try out Chilllcothe, Ohio. Make the sentence 18 months, Mr. Clerk." Judge Webb, however, expressed : considerable sympathy for the youth and informed him that if he made a good prisoner at the Ohio reform atory he would recommend a parole after several months. Roy appeared | none too brilliant and the court was of the opinion that higher powers > were financing his liquor activities, since Roy, just married a year or two, has very little money to finance such a large still as was found on the “little strip of land I just bought and halnt paid for,” as he told the court. Scout Committee To | Meet Here Monday A meeting of the executive com mittee sponsor^ work in Shelbj Hotel Charles from 5 until r: ounce ment Smith, who council in th Scout tb*