mt Ictaclanb 12 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXVI, No. 46 SHELBY. N. C. WEDNHSD'Y, APR. 16, 1930 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. 'iSSS “ w LATE NEWS THr MARKET. Cotton, per lb. - 16c Cotton Seed, per bu.-43!ic Showers Thursday. Todays North Carolina Weather , Report: Cloudy followed by showers Thursday and In west portion to night. Not so cool Thursday In cen tral and northeast portions. Cannon May Appear. Washington, D. C., April 16.—An opportunity was extended yesterday to Bishop Janies Cannon, jr., of the Southern Methodist church, to ap pear before the senate lobby com mittee in reply to charges by Rep resentative Tinkham, Republican, Massachusetts, that he had engag ed In "offensive and coercive lobby ing activities.’’ Replying to a letter from Cannon offering to appear to present any testimony desired con cerning the activities of the South ern Methodist Board of Temper ance and Social Service, Chairman Caraway wrote the bishop that he would be heard at any time that was convenient. Presbytery Now Holding A Meet Presbyterians of District Meeting In Rutherford County Tuesday, And Today. An Important meeting of the Kings Mountain Presbytery, em bracing all Presbyterian churches of this section, is now In session at Duncans Creek church near Hollis in Rutherford county. The presbytery opened its sessions yesterday and Is continuing today. Discuss Mergers. Two Important mergers are sched uled to be taken up by the presby tery, one concerning the union of the Southern Presbyterian church with the United Presbyterian church and the other the proposed merger of Chicoar college with Queens col lege at Charlotte. Rev. H. N. McDiarmid, pastor of the Shelby church, along with other local Presbyterians are at tending the presbytery meeting. The pastor of the Duncans Creek church, host to the presbytery, is Rev. R. P. Baker. Insane Man Chases Family With Gun, Is Placed In Jail Deputies Run Joe Downs Down In Car. Mental Examination Today. Joe Downs, 60-year-old white man of No. 10 township, created consid erable excitement In that section yesterday afternoon when, after ap parently becoming deranged men tally, he secured a couple of shot guns and ran his family and a ten ant away from home, his acts caus ing, quite a flurry before he was taken In custody by officers. In the afternoon Deputies Ed Dixon and George'Allen left Shel by to assist other officers In cap turing Downs, who got In his car and drove away after chasing his family off with the two guns. After pursuing him for sometime the dep uties caught him and placed him in Jail here yesterday afternoon. Examination Today. According to members of the fam ily. officers say, Downs has been off In his head for several days, and also acted In a similar manner some time back. He was scheduled to be given an examination by physicians today to determine, If possible, whether he Is temporary insane or appears to be In an even worse state. Ju^es Selected For Poster Contest School Children Asked to Have Them In by May 9th at High School. School children of the county who compete for prizes In the poster cor. test sponsored by the auxiliary of the American legion, are asked to have their pesters at the Central high school building in Shelby by May 9th. Each child who draws a poster in this contest is asked to write his or her name on the lower left hand comer on the back of the poster, also the name of the school he or she Is attending. Mrs. P. L. Hennessa, Mrs. C. B McBrayer and Mrs. Chas. A Burras are the judges who will pass upon the posters and decide the winners of the cash prizes It will be recalled that the auxil iary is planning "poppy” day for the soldiers of the world war and prizes will be given to school children who draw the best colored posters repre senting the significance of the poppy with reference to the soldiers of the world war. Minstrel Friday Night The Shelby Lions club minstrel and blackface acts will be given Friday night at 8 pc lock at the South Shelby school, it is announc ed. Many Events At Scout Field Day Here Saturday Scouts Of County Gather Here Troops From Various Sections to Compete in Six Contests In -Shelby. Scores of Boy Scouts in their khaki uniforms will be in Shelby on Saturday for their annual field day program to be conducted around the court square. Troops from Shelby, Earl, Lawndale, Belwood, Lattimore and Fallston will report and take part in a half dozen contests which have been arranged for them by the scoutmasters. The purpose of the field day Is not only to give the boys additional training, but to demonstrate to the public Just what type of work the scouts are doing. The public is there fore asked to watch the boys as they perform in the knot tielng contest, in the administration of first aid, making fire by friction .relay rope throwing, wrater boiling contest, tent pitching contest, etc. The field day is held under the auspices of the Piedmont council Boy Scouts of America and R. M. Shielde, scout executive of Gastonia will be here to conduct and direct the contests. All scouts who expect to take part in the fieldl day exercises are asked to meet in the court house at four o’clock in the afternoon. A street will will be cleared for the contests in the heart of the business section. Five Baseball Games On Here This Week Three at Boiling Springs, Two in Shelby. Two County Games Played Today. Shelby and Cleveland county base ball Ians are having a big week be ginning today. The major league* opened yesterday and the day be fore, and this week five college and high school games are being played in this county. Today the Shelby Highs are play ing Lowell here, and the Boiling Springs collegians are playing Mars Hill college at Boiling Springs. Thursday, tomorrow, the Boiling Springs team plays the fast Wake Forest fresh team at Bolling Springs Friday the Shelby Highs play For est City at Forest City, and Bolling Springs plays Weaver college at Boiling Springs. Saturday, according to present ar rangements, the strong independent Cloth mill team may play the Mor ris team In Shelby . Bailey Worker Here Hopeful Of Victory Dave Buck, Yancey Leader, Making Tour For Bailey. To Sweep 10th District. “The chances of a victory ior Mr. Bailey over Senator Simmons in the Democratic primary in June are bright Just now and seem to be im proving,” Mr. Dave Buck, of Yancey county, one of the state’s best known political leaders, said while on a visit to Shelby yesterday. Mr. Buck, a Democratic leader for years, has been over much of the state in the interest of the Bailey cause, particularly having travelled over the ninth and tenth congres will be swept by Bailey he declar ed, prospects indicating that Bailey will carry every county in the dis trict with the exception of Ruther ford. There, it was said, Bailey’s chances are good under the in fluence of the Ku Klux Klan for Simmons is greater than estimated. The ninth district, he said, looks better for the Raleigh man than was anticipated in view of the fact that it is the Industrial center of the Southern Power Interests. Hoey Pleases Bible Students At Gaffney Gaffney.—More than 100 visitors and a full tur nout of the regular members of the Business Men's Bible class of the First Baptist church crowded the court room of the old court house Sunday morn ing to hear Clyde R. Hoey, promin ent Shelby attorney and Sunday school teacher, explain the lesson. Mr. Hoey had been secured for the day by a committee headed by George D. Jefferies. He was intro duced by Harry R. Wilkins, presi dent of the class. A choir represent ing several local churches sang sev eral songs. Mr. Hoey’s exposition of the les son was declared by those who heard him to have been masterful and scholarly. The class extended him a vote of thauks. Babe, Still the Hero of Youth Babe Ruth, the highest paid ballplayer in the world, giving an autographed ball to Dick Hoblitzel, Jr., son of the manager of the Charlotte nine during an exhibition game at Charlotte, N. C. The bambino is still wearing his Floridian coat of tan and is looking as fit as tne proverbial fiddle. Dr. T. G. Hamrick, Saintly Doctor Succumbs Here—-Funeral Today Funeral Services at 2:30 at First Baptist Cburch Today. Estab lished First Hospital. The funeral of Dr. T. <5 Hamrick is being held this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the First Baptist church where he was a faithful and conse crated member for 20 years, the serv ices being conducted by his pastor, Dr. Zeno Wall. Interment will be in Sunset cemetery. Dr. Hamrick died at 10:30 Monday night at the Shelby hosiptal where he had been a patient for a week after a decline in health of a year or more. He was born at .Boiling Springs December 7th, 1854 and at the time of his death was 75 years, six months and seven days old. At the age of 37 he took up the study of medicine at the College of Physi cians and Surgeons in Baltimore and was graduated from that insti tution in 1895. Built First Hospital. After his graduation he practiced medicine at Caroleen for 15 years and there he had the confidence ana esteem of all who knew him. In 1910 he came to Shelby and establishol the first hospital in this county, in vesting the savings of his 15 years strenuous practice in this institu tion provided for the relief of suf fering humanity Although the hos pital was not a financial success. Dr. Hamrick’s fine spirit is shown in the remark he often made, “I lost my investment for the sake of human ity, but if I had it to go over again I would do it again.” Exponent of Christianity. “Dr. Hamrick was the finest ex ponent of Christianity I have ever known,” said Dr, Wall his pastor who knew him most intimately This appraisal of him is concurred in by all who knew Dr. Hamrick For forty years he was a deacon in the Baptist church and began teach ing Sunday school classes at the age of 19 years. Religion was not Just a Sunday pose for him. He lived the religion that Christ taught ev ery day in the week and was a most faithful, consecrated man, sympa thetic, kind and lovable. Wife and Five Children. On December 24th, 18TB he was married to- Mias Cora Entis Dove lace and to his union three children were born, Forrest Hamrick who holds a responsible position in New York; Flay and Annie Hamrick ol Shelby. His first wife died April 13th 1885 and on September 18th, 1895 ne was married again to Miss Mary Harrlll of Charlotte who survives with two children by this union Hhoe and Harrlll Hamrick of Shelby Mrs. Hamrick was a most devoted (CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN > Rutherford County Wins Big Tax Suit U. S. Supreme Court Upholds Ver dict Favoring County Against Mill. In a decision handed down this week at Washington the United States supreme court sustained a verdict in favor of Rutherford county In regards to taxes assessed in 1927 against the Henrietta mills. The con troversy centered over the value placed on a mill property, the county contending it was worth approximately $2,640,000 while the company insisted that it did not exceed approximately 51, 890,000. The case was first tried In federal court, the verdict favor ing Rutherford county. An ap peal was carried to the Circuit Court of Appeals at Richmond and there the original verdict was sustained. The mill attor neys then carried case to the nation's highest court with the result above. Attorney Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, and Attorney Fred D. Hamrick, of Ruther fordton, represented the county in the appeal hearing in Wash ington some weeks back. Look For Bank Audit Of Closed BanksNext Week Mooresboro Auditing Now Underway Auditor .Sratford May Have His Audit Report Ready Next Week. Working Now. Definite knowledge concern 1ns the status of the closed Farmers and Merchants bank at Mooresboro and the bank’s branch at Rolling Springs will likely be in the hands of hank examiners nnd bank offi cials some time next week, It was learned today. The tw’o banks failed to open for business on Tuesday morn ing, April 8, due to a steady drain made by depositors, and the bankinr affairs were taken over by the state bank examin ers. Soon thereafter Auditor Frank P. Stratford, representing the examiners, began work on hi* audit of hank affair*. Although no official announcement ha* been made The Star was In formed today that Mr. Strat ford would in all probability have hi* audit complete next week. Public Later. It is not probable, however, that the auiftt will be made pub lic the minute completed as It is necessary for the audit report to be forwarded to Raleigh for of ficial cheek, after which It will be returned here and entered on the public record* at the county court house. Othe nthan the general knowl edge that the auditor Is at work no definite information concern ing the bank and Its branch has j been announced since the clos ing last week. Error In Price Of Local Poultry Car 'Through an error in The Star of fice, the wrong prices were given foi the poultry car which passed through Shelby today. This has caused no little confusion among those who sell -poultry, for there had been a decline in poultry prices dur ing the week. The prices printed Monday over the name of R. W. Shoffner, county agent, as prevail ing for the car today were prices for the car which passed Shelby last Wednesday. April 9th. The prices quoted for todays car are as follows: heavy hens 23c; leghorn hens 19e; roosters 10c; barred rock broilers 28c; colored broilers 26c; leghorn broilers 24c; Turkeys 23c and 18c; eggs per dozen 22c. Kiwanis Program Is Advanced for Church The Kiwanis club will meet Thurs day evening at 6:30 at the Hotel Charles, the hour of meeting having been advanced out of consideration for the,revival meeting which Rev. L, B. Hayes Is conducting at Central Methodist church. The meeting will adjourn promptly at 7:20 to per mlf members to attend the Hays revival The program will be in charge of O. S. Anthony, chairman of the com mittee on business standards and Dr. Zeno Wall will deliver a mes sage fitting the occasion. Carolina Band Here. Shelby music lovers were afforded a rare treat here last night In the program rendered at the Central high school auditorium by the wide ly known University of North Car olina band. Every number on the program of the university musicians, Including the solos, were enthusias tically applauded by the hearers, al though only a fair-sized audience heard the program. Shelby Man’s Candidacy For Superior Court Judgeship Gains Strength Over The District Papers In Other Counties Say Cleveland Man Should Not Win. Falls Pleased The candidacy of Judge B. T. Falls, of Shelby, for the super ior court judgeship In the 16th judicial district, has gained re markable strength within the last fortnight, it is adjudged by a geographical attack made upon the Shelby barrister and also by encouraging support tendered him in a tour of the district. Last week one Catawba paper declared that the judcial con- J test had already sinunered down to a race between Mr. Falls and Attorney Wilson Warlick, and urged Catawba voters to con centrate their strength upon one i Catawba county candidate. This urge was emphasized by listing Cleveland county citizens who now hold public office. During the same week Hickory and Lenoir papers, admitting indirectly that Mr. Falls would be the strongest candidate for the three other candidates to defeat, appealed to voters of the district to support one of the other candidates rather than divide their strength, and see another Cleveland county eiti- , wn go into office. Admit Ills Ability. The Lenoir paper, however, spoke highly of Mr. Falls’ ex perience and ability as a bar rister and his unquestioned rep utation as a Christian gentle man and a close student of mankind. The Hickory paper, likewise, expressed the view that the Shelby man could and would, if elected, measure up to the requirements of the office, but pled for sOpport of a Cat awba candidate rather thau a division of strength among the others which would aid the Shelby man if lie, as seems like ly, receives a big portion of his home county vote. Humor I .inks Name an Hoover's Running Male < - J \\ ' Postmaster-General Walter F. Brown, whoso friends brand as "too ridiculoua to bo dignified through a public denial’' the rumor that ho is seeking the nomination as the Hoover running mate in 1032. It la said rumors emanat ing from the "higher-ups" that there is no great enthusiasm tmong the Hoover men to have Hr. Curtis renominated for second *lace on the ballot. (Internations! Mawsraat) Shelby Highs Win 9th Game i Harrelson Leads Singeing Slielbyite* To Victory. Mayhew Stars At Short. The Shelby highs made it nine victories out of 11 games, and eight wins out of nine high school games, yesterday by defeating CherryvtUe at Cherryvllle by a 6-3 score. With Day berry, the young port slder on the mound, Charley Har relson, slugging first sacker, led Shelby’s hitting barrage to assure a victory. In four trips to the plate Harrelson cracked out a triple, dou ble and single. Joe PhUbeck secur ed three hits, one a double, out of five trips up, and Shorty McSwatn and Mayhew secured two hits each, both of Mayhew's line drives going for two bases while one of Shorty's counted for a two-base swat. Capt. Harris also secured a double. Coach Casey Morris started a new line-up against Cherryville and the new shift worked so smooth'y that It may be used here today against Lowell and perhaps for the remainder of the season. Mayhew, whose hitting has strengthened the team, was at short instead of Rlppy, who went to his old berth lu ccn terfield, and the new shortstop celebrated the change by handling six chances, several of them of the tough variety, without a bobble. Wilson started the game as a reg I ular outfielder instead of Smith. Tn the last half of the ninth the Shelby team pulled some very sen sational baseball which came very near resulting in a triple play. Cher ryville got two runners on without a single out and Sherrill Hamrick relieved Dayberrv. Immediately he shot one strike by the next batter up, then shoved over another. At that Juncture Capt. Parris whipped the ball to first to catch the runner there napping, and after tagging that runner out Harrelson whipped the ball on over to third to catch the other runner who was trying to advance a base on the play. Per a time due to the speed and sur prise of the play the impression pre vailed that the Morrlsmen had pull ed a triple play, many thinking that It was a third strike, Instead of the second, on which Farris caught *he runner off first. Hamrick soon end ed It, however, with another strike, pitching to only one man to retire the side with no one out when he took the mound. Pats Williams came chugging back Into the game when be wont in as a pinch-hitter for Johnny Hendrick in the ninth and singled. Inspector On Visit To Shelby Barbers JohR E. Floyd, district inspector of the State Board of Barbers, yes terday hailed 13 Shelby barbers, coming from seven shops, into coun ty court on the charge of violating minor- regulations of the sanitary code required by the Inspection ser vice. As the local barbers w'ere only charged with minor Infractions of three of the regulations regarding single service towels, sterilization of instruments after each Individual, and washing of combs and brushes. Judge Kennedy suspended judgment in all cases upon payment of the costs. Listers Urged To Get Personal Property On Books In Order To Hold Down Real Estate Tax Rate Listing Of Taxes Moves Slowly Now Tux listing In Cleveland coun ty Is moving- more slowly this year than in many years. If not more slowly than ever before, according to W. R. Newton, county tax supervisor. This year the tax listing la being done In the month of April Instead of In May, and the attention of property own ers is again called to the change in date so that they may not violate the requirements of the law in failing to list this month. Straw Hats Appear Here, Court Square Trees Filling Out Four consecutive days with the mercury Climbing Above 80 degrees have wrought remarkable changes In Bhelby. From Friday until Tuesday Shel bys famous court, square completely changed garb. taking on a green, leavy dress—long skirled, of course —to supplant the drab, gray trunks which were bared to the public eye by the short and abbreviated styles of winter. Within another week or so, with buds and leaves on nearly all of the stately court square trees, j the court square will have reached its peak tn beauty, rivalled only by | winter scenes at night when the j trees are blanketed in tee with the j lighted court house In the back i ground. ! Another transformation wrought by the warm spell is the appearance on Shelby streets of a half dozen or more men wearing straw hats. They are so rare as yet, however, that the wearers attract attention. Yesterday the mercury climbed to 32 degree.* to equal last Saturday and to be only two degrees under the 84 record of Sunday. Bostic To Morganton Road Open Saturday Bostic-Morganton Highway To Be Formally Opened Saturday, April 19. Forest City.—The formal opening of the Bolling Gap road, which when completed will connect Ruth erford county with Morganton anti Burke county, will be held Satur day, April 19, with an all-day cele bration. The celebration will be held near the Rutherford-Burke county line. When this road is finally Com pleted It will be a topsoiied highway leading from Bostic to Morganton. Efforts are being made to have this | route taken over as a state high way and it is understood that sev eral Forest City men, interested m the project, have been promised that this will be the next road con sidered by the state highway com mission for designation as, a state highway. Mrs. J. L. Taylor Of Rutherfordton Dead Rutherfordton, April 15.—Mrs. J. Lloyd Taylor, 61. died at the Ruth erfordton hospital this afternoon of complications after an extended Ill ness. She has been In 111 health for some time. She leaves her husband who was formerly a bank president and one of the best known men in Rutherford county; three sons and two daughters, Robert and Leslie L. Taylor of this place; James Taylor, prominent lawyer of Hendersonville, Sara and Mildred Taylor, both well known local teachers; two brothers, Joe M. and W. D. Walker; and Mrs. Chase Ford, all of this place. Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist church here on Wed nesday afteronon at 3 o'clock, and interment will follow*ln the Ruth erfordton cemetery. (Mrs, Taylor’s husband and son are the owners of the Blue Ridge Ice Cream Co. which has a plant in j Shelby.) i _______ Mr. Price Has Tulip Bed Of Thousands Those who enjoy seeing beautiful sights, should drive to the home of Mr. Gideon Price, rural letter car rier at Lattlmore and see his gar den of pretty flowers. Just now his tulips are beautiful. He has ten thousand tulips bulbs In the ground and thousands of them are in full bloom. It is a beautiful sight to see to visit his gardens just at this time and see what a red beauty spot he has around his house. Mr. Price grows flowers b-. cause he loves them and not for mercenary reasons. Keeping lYrunnal Property Off, Newton Says, May Add to IToperty Tax. The more personal property the citizens and tax listers o£ Cleveland county get on their books this week the better It will be for the tax rate on real estate, according to an an nouncement made today by W. R, Newton, county tax supervisor, aft er receiving a letter from Chas, M, Johnson, of the state advisory com mission. There has been a tendency In Cleveland county In recent years, It, Is generally known to hold off list ing personal property as much as possible. A county's revenue must come from somewhere, the advisory commission points out, and when personal property values keep de creasing the threat of added taxes on land Is apparent,. No Tax Boost. | There is no outward Indication of a higher tax rate for Cleveland ooun ty. according to A. E. Cline, chair man of the county comtnlslsoners, who agrees with the views of Mr. Johnson and Tax Supervisor New ton But Mr. Cline points out that the hope Tor a tax cut In the future | Is automatically lessened when the I valuation of personal property con i Unties to decline. Johnson's Advice. In order that this point may be made clearer the letter of Mr. John son to all tax supervisors and listers Is published ns follows: Several Inquiries have ' reached this office with respect to how prop erty shall be placed on the tat books where it has not been listed by the owner or his agent. I, there fore, write you on the subject so 11 ri»L you muy pass me lmormauon to your tax listers and suggest that you call this to the attention of your local newspaper In order that prop erty owners may be put cm notice and escape the penalty for the fail ure to list their property, since there Is an impression la some places that since real property is only valued every four years that It is not neces sary to list it every year and that the tax listers can carry forward real property from preceding year ! to the tax list of the current year, ! where the owner does not perform j his duty by actually listing it. This is not Igal and If it is handled In this way, the sale of real property lor taxes cannot be supported. " "Under the provisions of the ma chinery act of 1920, every pefson (CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN I No Shelby Couples, No Sunday Weddings At Gaffney For Once News Item No. One: Not a single Shelby or Cleveland county couple was married at Gaffney, South Car olina, this sections favorite Grdtna Green, last week. News Item No. Two: Not a single couple, from anywhere, for the first time In months, applied to Probate Judge Lake W. Stroup on last Sun day for a marriage license. Mr. Green Is Agent For Gloria Burners | Anderson Green has taken the agency for Cleveland county for the Gloria Oil burner, an Oxo-gas ar rangement lor heating furnaces, stoves, etc. He is demonstrating these burners In the store room occupied by the Smoth Roofing Co., on West Marion street. It Is a new style of heating that is said to be noiseless, smokeless and odorless. Another Farmer Get* On Star Honor Li*t Today The Star adds one more name to its list of honor farmers for Cleveland county who have al ways produced their own com and have never been forced to purchase corn for feed. This farmer is Mr. A. Warlick, of Lawndale Route 4, who during his farm career has never found it necessary to go to market for corn. | Attend Conference ' Of D. A. R. Gathering Mrs, Harry Speck and Miss Myr tle Harris leave thi; wek by motor for Washington to attend the D. A. R. conference. They were accom panied hy Mrs. R. A. Hoyle who will spend a week with relatives in Baltimore. Birthday Dinner. There will be a birthday dinner next Sunday for J. M. Grayson who will celebrate his 80th birthday. The dinner will be at the old Grayson hmneplace in No. 8 Township Every S body invited.