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12 PAGES TODAY mi VOL. XXXVI, No. 37 SHELBY. N. C. WEDNESD’Y, MAR. 26* 1930 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Aftprnnnna By nmU- (** year (In advance) M.50 miernoons. Camar. per year (1 nadvance) *3.00 LATE NEWS THF MARKET. Cotton, per lb. —-14Vio Cotton Seed, per bn.-4054c Colder Weather. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Tartly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Colder tonight with temperature near freezing on the coast and freesing or below in the Duke Hospital Gift. Charlotte, Mar. 28.—The board of trustees of the Duke endowment at the March meeting In Charlotte yosterday appropriated the sum of I93UI1 for the care of free patients it one dollar a day In 81 hospitals In the Carolines during the year 1929. Fifty-three hospitals located in North Carolina received the sum of 1298,783, and 27 South Carolina hos pitals received the sum of $232,468. The Shelby hospital will be among those aided. Judge Falls To Resign Soon As Party Chairman Newton And Burrus Likely Chairmen Race For Judgeship Necessitates Resignation As Democratic Chairman Here. Attorneys D. Z. Newton and Chas. A. Burras, both well known in Democratic party councils, are the most likely prospects for chairman of the Cleveland county Democratic executive committee when Judge B. T. Falls tenders his resigna tion at an early date. Judge Palls, who recently an nounced his candidacy for the su perior court bench in this district, will at an early date, he says, call a meeting of the county executive committee for the purpose of ten dering his resignation as he cannot hold the office of chairman and make his campaign at the same time. It is likely, it is understood, that the same meeting of the ex ecutive committee which receives the Palls resignation will also name his successor. h«i Good Record. ]fr. Palls has an enviable record as party chairman. Years ago he was party chairman in the county and made an active record, but it Was in the last campaign that he distinguished himself as a party leader. With practically every coun ty in Piedmont and Western Caro lina splitting up in the 1938 elec tion Judge Palls managed to main tain party harmony here and carry the county for every Democratic nominee. In doing so he caused very little friction and the Democratic party in Cleveland Is now considered as solid as any in this section of the state. Talk Successor. Just when Judge Palls will call the executive committee meeting he has not definitely decided. Citizens,’ however, interested in party activi ties are already discussing a likely successor. Messrs. Newton and Bur rus are frequently mentioned in this connection. Neither insofar as is known seeks the office. Both party leaders say are capable of handling the chairman and would prove generally acceptable to the party, as neither has in the past engaged in any strenuous campaign that would cause him to have divided support within the party. Man Captured With S Gallons Mac Hatching, Caught With Liquor And Gan, Gets Two Heavy Fines. Mae Hutchins, white man who lives on DeKalb street, was captur ed early last night on the Fallston road with five gallons of whiskey. In a glass demijohn in his Ford car, and carrying a lame .38 cali bre gun. The capture was made by Deputies Bob Kendrick and Harvey Harrelson. In county court today Hutchins was fined (400 for hauling the whis key and $50 for having the gun. Hutchins; v through his attorney, Peyton McSwaln, appealed to super ior court. Forty Cent COTTON Think about It! Not 10-cent cotton and flfty-cent meat, hot forty-cent cotton? That, friends, was just 10 yean ago today when cotton was selling for 40 cents on the local market. Some rem iniscences are not cheering, but in today’s “Ten Tears Ago” column yon may read about forty-cent cotton and other Cleveland county news •f March 26, 1920. Negro Arrested For Insult To A White Woman Indecent Proposal Was Made Young Negro Man Visits Home Of Married Woman, Who Was Alone, At Night Escar Burras, 30-year-oid ne gro blacksmith, is being held at Kings Mountain to await pre liminary hearing Thursday be fore Recorder Kennedy on the the charge of making an insult ing proposal to a married white woman who liras south of Kings Mountain. Police Chief Greel Ware, of Kings Mountain, in Shelby yesterday, states that he and Policeman Hicks arrested Burrus about noon last Sunday and that the alleged pro posal was made to the woman at her home about 2 o'clock in the morning Sunday. No Men There. The story as related by the wom an, «, Mrs. Horton, aged about 40 years, is that she was at her home alone with her children Saturday night. Her husband has been gone for some time. About 2 o'clock in the morning she says that she was awakened by the negro at the door. Not knowing who it was an answer ing the call she says that the negro inquired if certain people were there. When she told him they were not, he kept questioning her, she alleges, until he learned that no one was with her except the chil dren. Made His Proposal. Then, she charges, he made his indecent and very revolting pro posal to her, but did not,* she told officers, lay hands upon her. She ordered him away and appearing frightened she states that he lqft only to return some hours later to apologize and beg her not to have him arrested. When arrested it is said that the negro admitted to Policeman Hicks' that he made the proposal but was so drunk that he was not responsi ble for what be was doing. Mrs. Horton lives Just across the mountain gap on the York road be low Kings Mountain. Polk County Youth Shot By Dad Who Is Killed By Officer _ Polk County Tooth in Serious Con dition And Father Is Dead After Fray. Rutherford ton, Mar. 24.—Melton Lynch, 20-year-old youth of the Cooper’s creek section of Polk coun ty, lay at a hospital here today ser iously wounded by a bullet said to have been fired by his father, Cebe Lynch, 45, who was shot to death later while resisting arrest. The elder Lynch shot by J. M. Melton, constable of the township, who was exonerated last night by a coroner’s jury which found that “the officer shot in the defense of his life and while in the official discharge of his duties as a peace officer of the state of North Caro lina.” Witnesses said Lynch fired several shots at the constable as the latter sought to place him under arret c. The younger Lynch, shot in the abdomen and regarded as in a critical condition, is understood to have been shot by his father in an argument near their home. Some witnesses claimed the elder Lynch was under influence of liquor. State Champs Play Collegians In City Boiling Springs And Shelby High Meet Here Saturday. Good Game Seen. Cleveland county baseball fans are assured an Interesting affair for the second home baseball game of the season Saturday afternoon when ► Shelby high’s 1929 champions play the Boiling Springs collegians In Shelby. The game should give some in sight Into the prospects the local lads have of grabbing another state title as Coach Rackley is reported to have an outfit at the Baptist jun ior college which can belabor a baseball even when it Is hurled by the ace of North Carolina high school pitchers. Coach Morris has been shifting his Shelby lineup about this week after watching practically all of his boys work out together for the first time last Fri day against Cherryvllle. Last year the championship team drubbed the ■Collegians and Saturday's game with the Junior Baptists will be a real test for them as to their strength this year. Supreme Court Appointee ,1 ... »I!IIIIWI miwmiwwimiw'wiii .. i i - '"g* Appointment of John J. Parker (above), of North Carolina, to tbo bench of the U. S. Supreme Court, in the vacancy created by th# death of Justice Edward T. Sanford, baa been annonnced at Wash ington. Judge Parker, now on the bench of the Fourth U. S. Circuit Court at Charlotte, N. C., is one of the youngest men ever to receivo a supreme court appointment, fie is 44. State Board Of Election Starts Activities Saturday, VotingDates Judge Parker Once Lived In Shelby DM Judge John J. Parker, of Charlotte and Monroe, recently appointed to the supreme court by President Hoover, once live In Shelby? Old timers have been scratching their heads over that query for several days. A local lawyer and fellow stu dent at Carolina with the new associate Justice recalls that some years back Judge Parker told him that since Cleveland is furnishing the state with many leaders “I guess I can claim Cleveland as my home in a way.” As the Shelby attorney remembers It Judge Parker stat ed that his father moved to Shelby about 35 years ago and lived here for a short period. His recollection is that the old er Parker operated a meat mar ket during the familys short stay here. Herndon Is Foreroan Of Grand Jury Here Jerry Runyans Acting As Court Of ficer: Deputy Jolly With Grand Jury. Mr. J. E. Herndon, of Kings Mountain, was made foreman of the grand jury at the term of superior court which convened here today with Judge J. L>. Webb presiding. Deputy Gus Jolly is the officer in charge of the grand jury, and Deputy Jerry Runyans is serving ar court officer. Solicitor Spurgeon Spurling arriv ed today and will handle the pros ecution in the criminal docket dur ing the remainder of the week. Among the out-of-town attorneys here for court is Attorney Wilson Warlick, of Newton, who is one of the four candidates for the superior court judgeship to succeed Judge Webb. Members of County Boards of Elec tion to Be Named Saturday; Data Prepared. Raleigh. March1 22.—The state board of elections wHl meet In Ra leigh March 39. next Saturday, for the pir^6Se of appointing members of the 100 county boards of elec tion, two members of which are recommended to the state demo cratic chairman by the county dem ocratic chairman, and one to the state republican chairman by the county republican chairman. These state chairman pass on the recom mendations to the election board. These county boards, so named, meet at the courthouses in their re spective counties on April 19 for the purpose of organization and appointing registrars and judges in election for all election precincts in the county. The state board 'of elec tion has prepared a folder giving the dates upon which each step in the primary election Is taken, cit (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWELVE.) No Arrests Here For More Than 3 Days Week-end Quietude Last* Two Days Longer. Get Negro Watchman. Shelby’s first week-end without an arrest grew into three and one-half days until local officers yesterday Ar rested and Jailed their first prison er since Saturday before noon/ During the day yesterday Deputy Ed Dixon arrested Clyde Massey, negro watchman at the Dover mill, who has been sought for some time weeks since he struck a white man over the head with his watchman's clock at the mill. Massey was tried in recorder’s court here today. After city and county officers started making arrests, however, there has been quite a bit of ac tivity, Tuesday night's arrests in cluding one rum runner. Judge Webb Is Holding Court For Stack Here To Hear Criminal Cases Today Term Of Court Postponed Twice Gels Going Today. Ctrll Cal endar Next Week. After one postponement and the announcement that tt would be postponed again, 'superior court convened here today with Judge James L. Webb presiding Instead of Judge A. M. Stack who Is sick with Influenza. Tlie term was to have opened on Monday but was postponed until today due to the Illness of the Mon roe Jurist Yesterday morning a message came stating that Judge Stack would not be able to get here at all this week and the announce ment was made that there would be no court at all this week, with Judge Stack hearing the civil calendar next week and the week’s criminal docket some time In April. Later In the day, however, it was announced that Judge Webb, who has not been feeling well for some time, had sufficiently recovered his strength and would take up the urgent portion of the criminal dock et this week, (disposing of the Jail cases and other criminal charges Inconvenient to carry over. More Next Week. Next week Judge Stack Is expect ed to be here to preside over the hearing of the criminal calendar in which nine divorces and one ali mony case are to be disposed of. Deputy Stanley Loses Hat And Rum Runner Lout Hat Sunday tat After Motor* tot Broke Whiskey on Broad River Bridge. Deputy Sheriff Frank Stanley, « want qj fti The, reveals, had a bad Jtiek afternoon of it last Sun day. Deputy Stamey and Deputy Tom Sweezy were out reconnoitering ou Sunday, seeing what they might see, and Deputy Stamey was wearing a brand new hat. Somewhere around Shelby the two deputies spied a suspicious looking car and gave chase. The,car sped away and as it travelled the driver began to dump his whiskey overboard. Aa they neared the Broad river bridge, cn Highway 20 west of town. Deputy Stanley’s new hat blew off Just as the man in the car ahead smashed the remainder of his whtokey against the river bridge. On the two cars sped but the booze car manag ed to get away in a traffic Jam ihat held up the deputies. Returning Deputy Stamey found his hat had disappeared from the roadside. Now he's advertising for the hat and hopes that whoever found it will re turn it to him as it has his name inside, but he isn’t advertising for the driver of the booze car. hardly believing that in such a case Star ads would bring results. Four County Couple* Are Married In S. 'C. Four Cleveland county couples secured marriage license from Pro bate Judge Lake W. Stroup at Gaff ney, South Carolina, last week. They were: Oliver Hawkins and Ethel Wallace, of Kings Mountain: James A. V. Watterson and Lillian Mays, of Shelby; J. D. Mode"and Nancy Bell Grier, of Shelby; Fred Morgan and Dorcas Davis, of Shel by. Mrs. C. D. Mintz visited in Char lotte yesterday. Original Copy Of Act Creating Cleveland County Found In Office Of Clerk Of Court The original copy of the North Carolina General Assembly Act whereby the county of Cleveland was created has Just been discover ed among the records in the office of the clerk of Superior court, A. M. Hamrick, at the court house here. The valuable old paper is wTitten with a pen and the remarkable pen manship of that day is clearly shown. At the end of the bill, sign ed by Rob B. Gilliam and A. Joy ner it is stated that the act has been "Read three times and rati fied in General Assembly, this the 11th day of January, 1841.” The act is countersigned and given under the hand of W. Hill, secretary of State, on the 13th of January, 1841. The county to be laid off and es tablished by “the name of Cleave land,” the bill reads, is to be 'com posed of “the counties of Ruther ford and Lincoln beginning at a point in the South Carolina line and running a north course so as to ttrp within fourteen miles, east of Rutherfordton until it strikes the Burke County line. Thence with the dividing line of Burke and Ruth erford to the Lincoln lire. *Ihence to the thirteen-mile post on the Lu cas Ford road, thence to the twelve mile post on the new post road, leading from Rutherford to Ltn colnton, thence to the twelve-mile post, leading from Lincolnton to Quinn's Ferry. Thence to the twelve mile post, leading from Morganton to Yorkville, South Carolina, thence with the road tapping Abernathy's store, by the Gold Mine at Kind's Mountain, to the South Carolina i line, ’then with It to the beginning.” Create Shelby. A committee is then named "whose duty It shall be to desig nate some point In said county of Cleaveland, not more than four miles from Thomas Wilson's min eral springs (now Cleveland Springs.) which shall be the county seatt of the said county.” The com mittee named for this task of se lecting the site of Shelby was made up of the following: R. H. Burton. Alexander McCorkle, H. Cansler, Ell Hoyle, Ed Bryant, Achilles Dur ham. John McDowell, Samuel An drews and Davicf Gray. Clerk of Court Hamrick is hav ing the original copy of the act creating this county framed and will hang it in the office of the clerk. Is Candidate For Solicitorship Solicitor P. Cleveland Gardner (above) baa announced that he will be a candidate again In the .Tone primary for solicitor of the Cleve land county records court. (Star Photo.) New Talkie At Webb'sTheatre Western Tier trie 8r*trm Installed By Claude Webb Open* IJp Today. The Webb theatre opened this afternoon with an entirely new sound and talking system. Western Electric. The opening feature, play ed by the new talkie this afternoon for the first time, is "Free and Easy,” starring Buster Keaton. Mr. Webb states that the theatre Is now prepared to give theatre-goers the best there Is In talking and singing pictures. The large number of pa trons who attended the- early mat inee this afternoon expressed their delight to the management for the first performance of the new sound eysbem.. Factory engineers completed the installation this morning and, after successful try-outs, stamped the machine with their official okay. Much credit Is due the management for the way It handled the installa tion of the new machine In not causing patrons to miss a single show at the theatre. The Webb Is making a special of fer to the ladles who attend to night’s program. Shelby Gets Golfing Fever As Springtime Weather Hits Town Cleveland Sprithgs Course In Good Shape For Springs Flay. New ^{embers. With off and on tastes of Spring weather and with the knowledge that Spring will soon be here to stay, Shelby and Cleveland county golfers are resurrecting their golf fever. Last week-end a typical summer time throng filled the Cleveland Springs course and in the coming weeks club officials anticipate one of the local clubs best seasons. The fairways and greens, kept up through the winter by Pete Webb and Ed Glover, who are In charge of the club, are in unusually good condition for this season of the year. Have Water Hole Now. A new addition to the course since last summer, which should prove an added attraction to golf ers who have not been around the course since, Is a small lake on the No. 3 hole which makes a very nifty water hole. The little lake was built by Webb and Glover some weeks back and has already ctfught several dozen balls. It is about mid way between the tee and green on the short No. 3 hole. With a little more good golfing weather chib of ficials are hoping to add quite a number of new members to the club with a membership drive in Shelby and nearby towns. Some of the out-of-town people who attended the funeral of Mrs Pattie Blanton Monday were her two nieces. Miss Cora Ramsey, of Asheville and Mrs. Oakey of Salem. Va ; Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Blarton, Mrs. James Cowan and Mrs. J. R Oates of Ashevilte and two daugh ters, Mrs. Ted Morrison of Ashe ville and Mrs. W. H. Beatty, Jr, of Greenville, S. C.; Mrs. John R. Oates and Joe Hamilton of Char lotte, Mrs. John B. Cleveland, of Spartanburg, who before marriage was Miss Mary Walla Camp, Mr A. . Wood, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hames, Mrs. R. 8. Lipscomb and Lewis Wood of Gaffney and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Jetton of Lincoln ton. Census Workers Here Prepared For Labors Blaze At Home Of Sick Man Last Night Ilaw Cline Home On DrKalb Street Hama (red. Fire Of Vn known Orifln The fire laddies of the Shelby lire department hod quite an exciting night here last night and early this morning, fighting two biases whirh were fanned by a howling March wind. The first call was to the home of John Grayson in the Ella mill vil lage where a small blase was ex tinguished with chemicals. Mr. Grayson, who occupies the house. Is 111 with tuberculosis and has been ,n bed for months. This alarm came m shortly after l o’clock this nfomlng. Just a short time after the first ftre another alarm came In from DeKalb street, where the house once i occupied by Mr. Dec Willis was ablaze. Fanned by the heavy wind this blase did considerable damage to the residence before It could be extinguished. The house owned by Mr. D. Huss Cline was unoeeuplod at the time and the origin of the blaw is somewhat mysterious. Former’ Shelby Star Has Tough Job Now Milky Cold, Captain Three Teams Here, Fights For Baseball Job at School, Milky Gold, the only athlete who ever captained three teams at Shel by high, has encountered a new sensation-he’s having quite a struggle to make the crack baseball team at Oak Ridge. In high school ball, the rangy farm boy made every team at Shel by high with all ease and was an all-southern football player in ad dition to being named captain ol football, baseball, and basketball here, th foottatfl <rt Oak Ridge !t was no trouble for him to make the eleven, and he was star quarterback for the famous prep school until he broke his jawbone. In basketball it was the same thing; he not only made the prep school quint but was the second high scorer. But in base ball It has been different. The rangy lad eased out to the baseball field, where the Ferrells of major league fame and other big time ball play ers have been produced by Earl Holt, and found that the lad play ing third base, Gold’s position on the Shelby high title team, was a | prospective big leaguer. Then he decided that due to his height and reach he might make a first sack er, so he made a bid for that berth only to find that the captain of the Oak Rldgers played there. And now Gold Is scratching to make the team anywhere. It's not that Milky, hero of many an athletic contest here, can no longer play baseball as he opce did The trouble Is that Oak Ridge Is about the best kindergarten for pro baseball players in the south. The Oak Ridge team opened the sea son by defeating the-Davidson col lege Wildcats, and Gold did not get In the game, but in two other games the Shelby boy has broken Into the lineup. Saturday Oak Ridge plays Lenolr-Rhyne college, and Gold at home last week-end says he means to get in that game one way or another. Earl Farmer Drops Dead Walking Along Marvin Randal] Dies From Heart Attack. Burled This Afternoon At Plney Grove, While walking along a path be tween a cow barn and the house Marvin Randall. 37-year old farmer of Earl dropped dead Tuesday aft ernoon. Mr. Randall had been suf fering with heart trouble for * a number of years. He was employed by W. C. Sarratt at his dairy bam and at the time of his death was walking along with Mr. Sarratt and talking to him. The wind was high and Mr. Sar ratt had his face turned from the cold wind to protect his face. He had advanced about twenty steps before he discovered his companion was not by his side and in looking bade, saw him lying on the ground. By the time he reached his side, Mr. Randall was dead. Deceased is survived by his wife and three sons. His funeral took place this afternoon at 3 o’clock and Interment was at Plney Grove Methodist church. Rev. Mr. Forbis had charge of the services. Mrs. A. D. Archer was called tc Atlanta Sunday on account of tits illness of her grandfather. Enumerators Given Instructions Awlilani Supervisor Caldwell Here Yesterday Instructing ( leve la nd Workers. Eighteen men and women wild wilt next Monday begin counting the people in Cleveland county for the United States government cen sus yesterday attended school for two hours at the county court house and were given instructions about their work and blanks to be used In taking the count The school of Instruction, attend ed by practically all of the enum erators. was conducted by Mr. R. F. Caldwell, of Newton, assistant dis trict. supervisor under Mr. W. H. Barkley, of Hickory, assisted by Mrs. Estelle Norman, of Hickory, chief stenographer in this district -for the census work. : Mammoth Taak. > Just how long it will take the 18 enumerators to complete their work in this county has not been estimat ed as yet. Four enumerators will work in Shelby, two in Kings Moun tain, and the remaining 13 in the other towns and rural sections Cleveland. It Is expected that thk census will show a population con siderably In excess of 40,000 In thia county as the last ceifeus, in 1890. gave Cleveland around 38,000. The biggest population increase In the county since 1020 has beep U* Shelby. The Enumerators. The enumerators who w|B take the census in Shelby, beginning Monday morning, April 2, are: Mis. Helen Casstevens, Mrs. Lula ft Camnltz, Mrs. George Hoyle and Miss Aileen Costner. Kelly Dixcn and Mrs. Zella Gantt will be the census enumerators for Kings Mountain. The other enumerators by towtt* •hips wet ~ _ No. 1—J. D. TffTtir-“ No. 3.—Chas B. Hamrick No 3 J A. Smith No. 4.—Ben D. Phifer No. 4.—Grover—Mrs. Maggie Far* cron. No. 5.—Miss Mary L. Dameron. No 6.—Outside Shelby—Howard Camnlts No. 7.—Mrs. Vashtf Wallace. No. 8.—Benjamin Tcrwery. No. 8—Mrs Ellen S J. Lackey, * No. 10.—Francis A. Boyles No. 11.—A R McNeely Prominent Speakers To Talk On Cattle Cattle Experts To Address Ktwaais Club And Farmers Hens Thursday Night. “More Bulls and Better Bulls” is the subject under discussion at Kiwanis club for Thursday .0* this week when A. *. Cline, chair man of the committee on agricul ture has charge of the program. D. H. Arbuckle,' teacher of chemistry at Davidson college and president jf the North Carolina Breeders Asso ciation and W. C. Smarr, of Spar tanburg, 8. C., field representative of the Jersey Cattle club, will be the speakers for this occasion when bet ter cattle will be stressed tor Cleve land county. Each Kiwanis member is asked to invite some farmer who is interest ed in cattle to this meeting. Shelby High Winner Of Second Contest locals Defeat Lowell At LotnO. Farris And Hippy Lead inniwj —— Playing at Lowell yesterday the Shelby High baseball made It two straight victories for their 1930 base ball season by defeating Lowell 0 to 5. • . Up until the ninth -Shelby, had Lowell 8 to 1 bat lh the final frame the Lowell boys scared four runs. Lefty Moore hurled for Shelby and gave up seven hits while bis taaat mates secured 10 hits. Farris ,nd Rtppy with two hits each led the Shelby slugging. McSwain, Harrel son, Williams, Newton, Philbeck and Moore secured the other singles. Lee Plays Saturday. Cline Owens Lee, the Shslby Lawndale baseball star with the Columbus dub of the Southeastern league, will get into his first ex hibition game Saturday when Col umbus tackles the Atlanta Crackers in Atlanta. Columbus is this year a farm for the Atlanta team and the former Shelby high captain may get a chance in the Atlanta line-up be fore the season Is over. ■ r