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THF MARKET.
Cotton, per lb._..._14V«c
Cotton Seed, per bu.-— 40 he
Rain And Colder.
Today’s North Carolina Weather
Report: Occasional rain tonight and
Tuesday. Colder Tuesday and Tues
day night.
Plane Ride Fatal.
Whiteville, March 23.—A lesson in
fljing a father was giving a -.on
ended in tragedy today when the
plane fell Killing the boy and ser
iously injuring the father. M. C.
Thompson, 54, had gone up in his
biplane to train his 20-year-oid son.
M. C. Jr., as a pilot. Witnesses at
Davis field where they took off said
the plane reached an altitude of
MO feet, swerved to the right and
then nosed to the ground. The i
* younger man was dead when those
at the air field reached the plane.
The elder man was removed from
the plane and taken to a hospital at
Wilmington. His condition is ser
ious.
Mrs. Blantzn Is
Buried Todays
Banker’s Widow
Mrs. Pattie Blanton, Widow of Bur
well H. Blanton Dies at Home
of Stepson. %
The funeral of Mrs. Pattie Blan
ton, widow of Burwell H. Blanton,
one .of the pioneer bankers of Shel
by, Is being conducted this after
noon at 3 o'clock at the home of
her step-son, Chas. C. Blanton,
president of the First National
bank and Union Srust Co., she hav
ing died at 2 o'clock Sunday morn
ing at the Blanton home on N. La
Fayette street following an illness
of six months.
Mrs. Blanton, or "Miss Pattie” as
she was affectionately known, was
■one of the older residents of Shel
by, having come here as a young
woman hi 1880 as Miss Pattie
Ramsey of Chatham county. In
childhood she resided in Pittsboro
and in young womanhood came to
Shelby to engage in business. She
was married to Burwell H. Blanton
in the spring of 1893, being the sec
ond wife 6f Mr. Blanton. After his
death in 1908 she continued to make
her home with her step-son to
whom she was devoted. Mrs. Blan
ton was a kind hearted friend and
neighbor and had a circle of friends
- devoted to her.
She became ill in September last
year and since that time two grad
uate nurses, Misses Margaret Crow
der and Carrie Babington have been
constant and faithful attendants at
her bedside day and night.
Surviving are the following step
children: Chas. C. and George Blan
ton of Shelby, Mrs. J.. Rush Oates
and B. E. Blanton of Asheville, Mrs.
Geo. M. Webb of Birmingham, Ala.
and a number of step-grandchil
dren. She is the last surviving
member of her immediate family,
all of her brothers and sister having
preceded her to the grave, but a
number of nieces and nephews sur
vive in various sections of the Unit
ed States: Miss Clara Ramsey of
Asheville, Mrs. Annie Ramsey
Wharton of Cardenas, Cuba, Mrs.
Adelaide Ramsey Hancock of Char
, ieston, S. C., Mrs. Pauline Ramsey
4 Oakey, of Salem, Va.
Funeral services were conducted
by Dr. Zeno Wall pastor of the First
Baptist churoh of which she was a
long and faithful member. A wealth
of flowers attested the esteem in
which she was held. Interment was
in Sunset cemetery.
Active pall bearers are: A. Pitt
Beam, E. F. McKinney, Paul Webb,
Earl Hamrick, R. T. LeGrand and
Chas. L. Eskridge.
New Drug Store Here
Opened On Saturday
Carpenter-Hamrick Firm Opened
Doors Saturday. In Ellis
Building.
k Shelby’s newest business firm, the
Carpenter - Hamrick drug store,
opened for business Saturday after
noon on West Marion street.
The new drug store is owned and
operated by Messrs. R. E. Carpen
ter and Ress Hamrick, both weil
known for years to the drug store
trade of Shelby and section. The
new store is in the Dr. Ellis build
ing. which has been remodeled, on
West Marlon street, opposite the
Western Union.
City Will Add Tax
Penalty April 1 st
* A penalty of two per cent will be
added to city taxes after April 1,
according to Mayor 8. A. McMurry
who urges all Shelby citizens who
have n't raid their 1029 taxes to
do co at ones, a pera’tr of one per
ce"t is now c’"”—ed r-d this wiT
be incrc'-cd the first of n~:t mint's
a w '■ fwn n w. ’"’ox
have ’ n -’-tv p-d -r r'-’"r-’-r
has been tn :’ng those who can't pa
the full amount, to pav in install
ments by the week or month until
he obligation is square.
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VUL XXX VI, No.
SHELBY. N. C,
MONbAY, MARCH 24, 1930.
Cleveland Crip
Far Ahead Of
Other Counties
Robeson Is Second
Cotton County
This County Tops Robeson By 23,
738 Bales. Both Top 1928
Crop.
In ginning 64,287 bales of
rotton In 1929 to lead the en
tire state in cotton production,
Clevelond county topped Robe
son, the second cotton county by
23,738 bales.
Cleveland and Robeson were the
only counties among the leading
cotton ■ producing counties of the
state to produce more cotton in 1929
than in 1928.
Leading Counties.
The sis leading cotton counties ol
North Carolina for 1929 with the
production figures for both 1929 and
1928 follow.
County ' 1929 1928
Cleveland..... 64.287 53.921
Robeson.... 40,549 38,672
Johnston . __^_ 39,265 41.251
Halifax.. 33,328 44,092
Harnett. 30,978 33,425
Union . 30,239 31,451
The record-breaking Cleveland
county crop was about 8,000 more
bales than the total cotton produc
tion in Gaston, Rutherford and Lin
coln counties. The production fig
ures for these neighboring counties
follow:
County^ 1929 1928
Rutherford . .. 23,313 17,821
Gaston. 13,670 13,273
Lincoln... 19,488 15,586
Ex-Service Men
After Building
Legion With Aid Of Auxiliary Hopes
To Start Club Building
Soon.
Members of the Warren Hoyle
American Legion pest, with the aid
of the wonfiefi fli'the Legion Auxil
iary, are optimistic about the erec
tion of a Legion club building, and
it is hoped that a definite move
ment for the construction may be
on fcot soon.
At a meeting of the ex-service
men held Friday night plans were
discussed and it was decided by the
post members that construction
work on the club would start at an
early date provided a lot was defi
nitely secured and the hoped for aid
could be secured from the Auxil
iary.
Some time back the county offer
ed the ex-service men the triangu
lar lot at the corner of Jones Place
and East Warren street, just across
from the county jail, provided the
Legion would erect a c i
there. The ex-service men hope the
offer still holds good, and if so they
are determined to put on a drive
that will result in a club building
for them and the Auxiliary.
Mrs. R. J. McCarley of McClel
lanville, S. C., spent the week end
here with Mr. McCarley. She has
gone to join her daughter at Colum
bia, S. C.
B. O. Hamrick former police chief,
who has been a patient in a Char
lotte sanatorium for several weeks
is improving.
Giles Urges Naming Of Webb To
Circuit Co art In 'Parker Place
Marion Man Thinks Shelby
Jurist Entit’ed To High
Court Vacancy.
Marion, March 24.—From the
past record of E. Y. Webb, of
Shelby, Judge of the V. S. Dis
trict court, D. F. Giles, of Mar
ion, feels sure that Judge Webb
is the right man to fill the va
cancy In the United States Cir
cuit Court of Appeals, created
by the nomination of Judge
John J. Parker to the United
States Supreme court.
_ .Mr. Giles also advocated Thomas
J, Harkins, of Asheville, as the logi
cal man to succeeed Judge Webb, if
the latter goes to the circuit court.
Mr. Giles, prominent Democratic
politician, and well known over the
tate, is communicating by tele
phone and wire with various politi
cal leaders throughout the state w
propose the promotion of the two
men.
JUDGE
MkKiiiifcMiBswMHi
I. YATES WEBB
• Star Photo
Quarrel With Rival Fatal
Lottie
Villi pique 19,
with bet “boy
friend." Cleo
Gregory,
in the city tail,
Camden, S C„
where the girl
is being held
after the fatal
stabbing oi
Bessie Robin
son, 16.
Miss Robinson
and Lottie
Villipique are
alleged to have
quarreled < vet
Gregory.
N«ware«l>
First Week-End Here In Years
Without An Arrest Being Made
Nurse Witness In
King Case Is Dead
One of Star Witnesses In Rale King
Trial Dies In New
York.
Mrs. Louise Gartman, a nurse,
who was one of the star wit*
nesses against Rafe King when
he was tried at Chester for kill*
ing his wife, died last week in
New York hospital following an
operation.
At the time Mrs. Paye Wilson
King was killed Mrs. Gaitman was
visiting in the home <£ Mrs. King's
aunt, and was one among the first
at the scene. She made a star wit
ness at the trial of Rafe King in
Chester last July.
Biggs Named Agent
Rutherford Banks
Will Be Liquidating Agent Instead
Of Charles C.
Blanton.
Rutherfordton.—Chief State Bank
Examiner John Mitchell of Raleigh
has announced that Dr. John D.
Biggs of Wiliiamston, this state, will
be liquidating agent for the Ruth
erford County Bank and Trust com
pany, Farmers Bank and Trust Co.
and the Chimney Rock Trust com
pany. These banks closed on Feb
ruary 4.
Dr. Biggs is a banker of many
years experience and is a former
president of the North Carolina
Bankers association. He recently
sold his bank to the Branch Bank
ing and Trust company of Wilson.
It is expected that he will start
work next week, Charles C. Blan
ton, president of the First National
bank of Shelby, was first appoint
ed by the state banking department,
but declined to accept.
First Time In Years For Week-End
To Pass Withont Several
Arrests.
This is Shelby's biggest freak
story of the year—or, for that mat
ter, of several years.
From noon Saturday until noon
today not a single person was ar
rested and placed in the county
jail. Which is to say that it is the
first week-end In more years than
local officers can remember that
there was not a single week-end art
rest.
The lack of Saturday night and
week-end guzzlers has local officers
puzzled. They can offer no'definite
explanation. It may be that the
world Is getting better, or it could
be that law, violators were unusually
good over the* week-end because su
perior court starts this week—and
then it~ might be that money with
which to purchase, booze, rubbing
alcohol and canned heat is some
what shy.
Four For Court.
Another unusual incident is that
only four of the 13 prisoners now
confined, in Sheriff Allens county
hoosegow are there awaiting Judge
Stack’s court this week. Ordinarily
about half of the cells at the jail
are filled with prisoners and de
fendants just before court opens.
Build Tom Thumb
Golf Course Here
Latest Fad Of Sport World To Open
In Shelby Very
Soon.
Shelby newest recreation center, a
Tom Thumb golf course, Is now un
der construction on the R. E. Camp
bell vacant lot between the Camp
bell department store and Court
view hotel on North LaFayette
street.
G. R. Porter, of Greensboro, who
Is Installing the miniature golf
course, states that the new sport in
novation will be ready for play at
an early date.
In recent months these miniature
courses have been the sport rage
throughout the country and the one
here Is expected to prove popular.
A putter is used to play the 18
holes hnd regulation golf balls are
furnished by the operator of the
course.
Play At Night.
Workmen are now nearing the
completion of the course and goil
fans and others will find it a good
duplication of the typical golf
course with water hazards, bunkers,
traps and other hazards to make it
difficult to turn in a good score
Lights will be installed and players,
once the course is completed, may
play at night with Just as much
comfort and convenience as during
the day.
The course here is the only one
installed by the Tom Thumb com
pany in this state which they -vili
operate themselves. Their course at
Greensboro for the first 15 days
averaged about 40 rounds per day.
MR. SPANGLER IMPROVES
RAPIDLY AT HOSPITAL
Summie Spangler who was des
perately ill for sometime at the
Shelby hospital is rapidly improving
and is now able to walk about the
halls and porches. He was sufferin':
with blood poison and for awhile it
was thought that he could not pull
through, but he is steadily improv
ing and will be able to go home
shortly.
Gardner To Be
Candidate For
Solicitor Here
To Seek Re-election
He Announces
Present Solicitor of County Court
Grts In Primary Race
Again.
Attorney P. Cleveland Gard
ner, solicitor of the Cleveland
county recorder’s court, an
nounced today that he would
be a candidate for the nomina
tion again in the June primary.
In making the announcement,
Solicitor Gardner, who Is well
known throughout the county, has
very little to say othey than that he
has held the office only a little over
three years and will ask the citi
zens of Cleveland county to re-elect
him.
"There Is vary little to say,'1 he
stated, “that the people of the coun
ty do not know. It Is useless to re
iterate my service In the office of
Solicitor as the county Is well ac
quainted with that and all other
reoords of county office-holders. It
should be sufficient to state that if
given the nomination and re-elected
I Will do my best to render the
proper service as solicitor as I have
sought to do during the little more
than three years I have served as
solicitor.
Two In Race.
Mr. Gardner's announcement that
he will seek re-election makes two
announced candidates already In
the field, Attorney C. B. (Pat) Mc
Brayer having announced some
days back. There is also some talk
that Attorney J. Clint Newton, now
undergoing treatment in a Char
lotte hospital, may later enter the
race.
School Head Catches
Troublesome Boy and
Gives Him A Lesson
Principal Walter Abernethy Ron*
Down Boy Who Bothered
\' CUM Program.
One Shelby boy learned Friday
night that Principal Walter Aber
nethy of the Shelby high school in
tends for the same respect to be
shown an entertainment or pro
gram at Central high school as is
required at other public perform
ances.
Friday night the senior class of
the high school was giving a carni
val entertainment at the Central
auditorium. All at once and unex
pectedly the lights in the building
flashed out. Then they flashed on
again. Principal Abernethy made
an investigation but found no one
near the light switch. A short time
later the lights were snapped off
again, causing some confusion, and
the school official Investigated
again. No one was there. This time
he hid nearby and waited. Soon, he
says, two youths came crawling in
a window and slipped over to the
light switch. Just as they started to
turn the lights off again, Mr. Aber
nethy pounced upon them. Both
fled via the window, the principal
pursuing. They ran in different di
rections so the school official de
voted himself to catching one. He
did, and after doing so, it is said,
he very strenuously impressed upon
the youth that the proper amount
of respect must be shown during a
performance at school.
The youth, it is said, was not a
high school pupil.
Were You Born In
1880; 50 Year* Ago?
If So, W. T. Styles Of Kings Moun
tain Wants Your Name For
Celebration.
Were you born In the year 1880, or
fifty years ago this year, 1930? If so,
Mr. W. T. Styres of Kings Moun
tain wants your name and address
to be used in connection with the
celebration of the Battle of Kings
Mountain on Oct, 7th, 1930.
Next fall the greatest celebration
this section ha$*ever witnessed will
be held In observance of the Battle
of Kings Mountain. President Hoov
er has been invited and has indi
cated he might come. Military units
will demonstrate and 100,000 people
are expected to attend the exercises
which are being planned months in
advance in order that it might be a
great occasion for this section.
Mr. Styres has been asked by the
committee on arrangements to se
cure the names and addresses of
men and women in this section who
were bom fifty years ago. These
fifty year old people will be asked *o
tcke part In the narade and receive
a special invitation. If ycu happened
to be bom in 1880 write your name
and address in a letter or on-a post
al card and mail at once to Mr. W.
T Styres at Kings Mountain
i 1
McSwain Out For
Senate Here.
McSwain Seeks
Senate Honors
In The Primary
Former Legislator
Is Candidate
Local Lawyer And Ex-Service Man
Casta Hat Into Ring For
State Senate.
Capt. Peyton McSwain, local law
yer and former legislator, today an
nounced his candidacy for the State
Senate for this district subject to
the action of the Democratic pri
mary in June.
In announcing Mr. McSwaln, one
of Cleveland’s best known attorneys,
states that he has no special axe to
grind and will do his best to Justify
his selection. If tendered senatorial
honors by the district, by serving
the cltlsens of the district and their
Interest* while in Raleigh. An ex
itrvlce man who has heretofore
represented Cleveland county In Ra
leigh, Mr. McBwnln has been active
In party affairs and political cam
paigns for years. His announcement
has been expected fpr sometime.
His Platform.
In announcing' today Capt. Mc
Swaln makes the following state
ment:
"Tor several weeks I have, been
telling my friends I expected'to ■ be
a candidate for the State Senate. In
seeking this office I have no axe
to grind, no special or pet legisla
tion to enact, and am nobody’s can
didate except my own.
"If elected, I shall endeavor to
conduct myself In such a manner as
to win the confidence and respect
of Uie people of this county and the
stare; so that In the future, if I
should ever ask for some higher
and better position, I could count on
their support. It Is my ambition to
be of some real service to our coun
ty and state, otherwise I would not
ask for the office.
"I made my first political speech
In 1916 at Mooresboro when only
twenty-one years of age. Since that
time I have been active In every
pampaign in the support of the
Democratic party and all Its nomi
nees. Regardless of whether I am
successful in this race or not, I will
be found again this fall in the front
(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT.»
Jake Newell To Be Keynoter At
G. 0. P. Meeting Here Saturday
Charlotte Republican, Who May Be
State Chairman, To Address
County Gathering.
Jake Newell, of Charlotte, one of
North Carolina's best known Re
publican leaders and the stormy
petrel of many a Q. O. P. scrap In
the State, will be the keynote speak
er at the Cleveland county Republi
can convention to be held In the
court house at Shelby on Saturday
afternoon, beginning at. 2 o'clock.
This was decided at a meeting of
leading Republicans held here Sat
urday and was announced after H.
Cl^ Cox, county Republican chair
man, had conferred tvith Mr. Newell
end received his acceptance of the
invitation.
May Be Chairman.
A significant feature of Mr. New
ell’s appearance here Saturdav 's
hat he la considered as one of the
trem^est candidates for state chai
lan of his party to succeed Brown
Tcw Jackson, Federal court mar'' ’
who may be a candidate for con
gress in the 10th district.
Mr. Cox urges every Republican
In the county to hear the address
and also extends an Invitation for
the general public to attend the
open session of the convention when
the Charlotte man speaks.
Hoover Democrats
Asked to G O P Meet
Charlott?, March 24.—“Hoover
democrats” are “cordially invited”
and will be “heartily welcomed” to
the republican county convention to
be held at the Mecklenburg court
house at 11 o’clock Tuesday morn
ing, according to announcement by
Cliff Newell, prominent Mecklen
burg member of the grand old oarty.
Mr. Newell, Is a brother of Jake
Newell, who Is being advanced as
candidate for chairmanship of the
state organization.
Masonic Meeting.
The regular monthly meeting of
Cleveland Lodge 202 A. P. & A. M.
will be held Friday night at 7:30
o'clock at the temple.
Superior Court Term
Opens On Wednesday
Shelby Will Put On
Radio Program Soon
To Go On Air At Charlotte In
June. City To Sponiwir
Program.
A Slielby program will go on the
air from station WBT at Charlotte
on Wednesday night, June 11, from
H 30 until 9 o’clock.
Mayor 8, A. McMurry has receiv
ed a message from Donnell O’Con
nor. manager of WBT, stating that
arrangement are satisfactorily com
pleted for a Shelby program at that
date.
"No definite program has been
outlined as yet,” Mayor McMurry
stated In making the announce
ment, "but we hope to put on an
entertaining half hour and one that
will benefit Shelby.”
MrsW.P. Wilson
Died Last Night,
Is Buried Today
j Beloved Woman Passes At Age 60.
Burled This Afternoon At
Elizabeth Church.
Mrs. Sara Elizabeth Wilson, wife
of W. P. Wilson who lives in the
eastern section of Shelby on the
Cleveland Springs road died last
night at 8 o’clock, at the ape of 6fl
years, 11 months and 19 days and
is being buried this afternoon at 1
o’clock at Elizabeth Baptist church,
the funeral services being conduct
ed by her pastor, Rev. H. E. Wal
drop, assisted by several of her for
mer pastors.
Early in life sire Joined New
Prospect Baptist church and was
baptized by Rev. Tom Dixon. Later
she moved her membership to Ross
Grove being a charter member.
Several years later her member
ship was moved to Elizabeth Bap
i ttst church where it remained un
til her death.
The decased had been in declin
ing health for six years suffering
intensely with high blood pressure,
but was ever patient, kind and
cheerful and bore her affliction with
Christian fortitude.
Mrs. Wilson was greatly admired
by all who knew her for her meek
ness, kindness and gentleness won
their hearts and love.
She was an outstanding charac
ter of Christian faith, a loving wife,
a consecrated Christian mother, a
good neighbor and a sympathetic
friend to every one who came in
contact with her. She wa6 ever ac
tive and zealous hi church work.
Truly it could be said of her that
all her ways were of pleasantness
and all her paths of peace.
She was married December 22,
1882 to w. P. Wilson. To this union
four children were born, one preced
ing her to the grave in infancy. She
is survived by her devoted husband,
three children, D. L. Wilson of Lit
tleton, Miss Emily Wilson and S. B.
Wilson, both 61 Shelby, two broth
ers, w. George and A. Wt Spake, of
Shelby.
Opening Postponed
Two Days
Judge Stark Ha* Flu, Court Not To
Open Until Wednesday.
Minor Cases.
The spring term of superior
court which was scheduled to con
vene here this morning will not
open until Wednesday morning, it
was announced Saturday.
Tlie reason for the delay is that
Judge A. M. Stack, of Monroe, the
Judge who will preside, has been
suffering with an attack of flu for
several days and his health will not
permit his coming here before Wed
nesday.
No Big Caaes.
No cases of outstanding interest
are docketed for trial during the
criminal term. The only killing or
murder case to be heard is that of
Boyce Cash, colored man. who was
charged with murdering another
colored man at the last term of
court, but the case was continued.
Other charges on the criminal
docket run the usual gauntlet of
the several violations of the liquer
laws, worthless checks, reckless
driving, embezzlement, larceny, and
assault with deadly weapon.
Suits Against City.
The civil calendar does not in
clude any suits in which big money
is Involved, but there are several
litigations on the calendar of in
terest.
One suit Is that of O. P. Jones
against the city of Shelby, whereto
the plaintiff is asking damages to
connection with a city septic tank
located in toe West Shelby area.
Several Bults emanating from the
same septic tank have been filed to
court but only the Jones suit is
scheduled for a hearing as a test
case at this court.
Suit Over Broken Leg.
Another suit against the city is
filed by John R. Orahkm, Jr., a
minor, through bis father. In this
suit It is alleged that one of the
Graham youth’s legs was broken
some months back by one of the
city garbage motor trucks. Damages
totalling %1,000 are asked.
Nine Divorces.
Among the other litigations on
the Civil calendar are nine divorce
cases, and one alimony suit
It is expected that court, after
convening Wednesday, will con
tinue through next week.
McDiarmid Speaker
For Olney Church
Presbyterian Pastor of Shelby Talks
To Men Of Gaston
Church.
Gastonia.—Rev. Hector McNeil
McDiarmid,* pastor of the Shelby
Presbyterian church, was the chief
speaker at a well attended add en
thusiastic meeting of the Men-of*
the Church of Olney Presbyterian
Church Thursday evening. Mr. Me*
Diarmid is chairman of men’s work
in the synod of North Carolina and.
also in Kings Mountain Presbytery.
He addressed the gathering of
several score men on the subject
of Men's work to the Church. He
told the men that, as (here were
experts to medicine, law, journal
ism, farming, etc., the church, too,
ought to have the services and
benefits of expert advice and as**
slstants of expert advice and assist
ttuce. we urgea me men to take Hold
of the church work, even w the
women had done. He quoted a prom
inent speaker as saying (hat the
Women's auxiliary of the Southern
Presbyterian church was the most
powerful organization In the world
with the exception of the Standard
Oil company.
Mr. McDiarmid congratulated the
men of Olney church on the fine
and well equipped physical plant
which they are now occupying as
a result of recent Improvements and
additions. Some 13 or 14 class rooms
have been added, in addition to the
installation of a heating plant,
kitchen and dining room. The
church was raised and a basement
excavated making room for all
these additions. It is now one of
the most modemly equipped coun
try churches In the county.
Commandery Meet
To Elect Officers
An important meeting of the
Shelby Commandery will be held
tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the Com
mandery room at the Masonic tem
ple, it Is announced. Officers for the
coming year will be elected at this
time and all members are urged to
be present.