Highs Play Friday; Series On Tuesday Gastonia Plays Here Friday. Schedule For Title Series Arranged. Shelby To Meet Belwood-Blackburn Winner Tuesday. Cherryville, Mt. Holly, Belwood, And Blackburn In Group Together. The class B baseball champion* ship series for the group which in cludes Shelby will get underway Friday of tills week, but the Shel by team drew a bye and will not * play until next week. , Shelby, according to, the sched ule arranged at Salisbury last night, la in group four In the west with Cherryville, Mt. Holly, Bel wood and Blackburn. Friday Cherryville plays Mt. Hol ly at Mt. Holly, and Belwood playi Blackburn at Blackburn. ¥' Next Tuesday the Shelby high* * will play the winner of the Black r burn-Belwood game in Shelby, and the winner of the Cherryville-Mt. Holly game will draw a bye. Then on the following Friday. May 2, the winner .of the Tuesday’s game In Shelby will play the winner of the Cherryvllli-MV Holty, gatne of this ■ week for the group title. If Shelby defeats thg wltiner of Ihe Belwood* Blackburn game In the contest here Tuesday, then the group title game between Shelby and the Cherry ville-Mt Holly winner will be play * ed here. •-laying rrn»y. •\ However, there will be a game ha Shelby Friday—a real game. The Gastonia highs come here for a re turn contest and are determined to get revenge for their early aeaaon defeat at the hands of the cham pions. Locals In a Tie. Playing yesterday at Kings Mountain the 1830 state champions were tied by the Kings Mountain team 7-7 in a hectic 13-loning struggle, whch was ended by dark ,v ness. At the beginning of the ninth in is nlng Shelby 4ytd the Kings Moun tain 7 to 1,' barb in the last frame the Kings Mountain boys hopped on the offerings of young Sam Dayberry and scored six runs to tie the contest. Hamrick relieved Dayberry and the game rocked along for four more innings wlth out either team being able to score, and was finally called a draw when It became too dark to play any longer. Jiarrelson was the hitting star of the contest, driving out three dou bles and a single in four trips up. Philbeck secured three hits, while Hendrick and McSwaln drove out two each. More Pay, Mora Babies. Geneva.—Use of the family allow* i ance system in France and Belgium has substantially increased the birth rate among workers receiving this aid, the International Labor office has found. Nearly five million workers are affected In these two countries. Un der the scheme supplementary wages are paid to fathers, the amount be ing graded according to the number of children The plan came Into being In al most all of Europe Immediately aft er the war. It was regarded In some countries as a temporary expedient > to prevent serious privation during ! ieeonstruoMon. In Central Europe the system declined in importance when conditions became more stable but is still retained for civil service employes and coal miners Tn France aild Belgium the system has devel oped steadily. ! The plan has been widely discus sed in Great Brttaln and has been adopted for certain claases of work ers in New Zealand and Australia Penny Column ""tHe'tIBMPLK SERVICr STA* TION *li 'ilow operated under new management. We wU) have com* plate line tires, tiibea and accessor* les—Washing, greasing and tire re* pairing. Service our motto. Phone No. 7, E, Warren St. M. C. Adams, Service Manager. 3t*33p (PROTECT Yqur •s Health . _ ^come Family Property .51, end other - Vital Interests j_ with | INSURANCE i HtiMviii! « tad* ,ttsrim . CHAS. A. HOEY V * Insurance Of All . .. ,.v .Kinds " ' 1 Shelby, N. C. ■ SflP More Than 300 Die In Big Prison Fire (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONEi maintain order. In the dining hall dishes and tables were upset. Every available policeman In Co lumbus was summoned for duty both within the prison and on the outside. A sub-machine gun in the guard room protected the entrance to the prison yard. Two companies of regular army troops and 1,500 Ohio national guardsmen were stationed at strategic places about the peniten tiary. Every guard on both day and night shifts was on duty. Refuse to Obey Orders. Still the thousands of milling prisoners In the yard refused to be quieted. When they were ordered to assemble In the dining room many refused. Later they were ordered into the remaining cell blocks and dormitories but they Insisted upon staying In the yard, crowding about the bodies which were arranged In long rows five 4nd six deep. Except for minor disturbances there was no trouble, however. About five hours after the fire was brought under control the ranks of scantily clad convicts be gan to thin out and at midnight only a few of them were left In the yard. Beacon lights and arc lamps, placed upon the main wall for protection played down on the ghastly scene. Blowly the work of removing bodies to the fairgrounds proceeded. Far into the early morn ing hours the official Investigation went forward in the private resi dence of Warden Thomas. Terror Reigns. Scenes of confusion and terror accompanied the outburst of the flames. They started in the north wee tcorner of a new building of cell blocks, part of which still whs under construction. It was in tills new part that the fire originated, not more than hal fan hour after a gang of prisoners working on the Job returned to their cells. Apparently the flames broke" out i nseveral places, simultaneously. Scout Executives Scan Council Work About 30 representative business men, interested in the welfare of the boyhood of the Piedmone Scout council, held their bi-monthly meeting here last night at the Hotel Charles, at which reports were heard from the various vice chairmen in the seven counties comprising the district—Gaston, Cleveland, Rutherford, Polk, Lin coln, Catawba and Iredell. J. W. Atkins, president, of Gastonia, pre sided. After the vice president’s reports. Capt. B. L. Smith, reporting from Cleveland, the chairman of the va rious committees made report* end the work is progressing rapidly, with many new troops In process of or ganisation, a number of scout master training schools conducted and preparations being made for over 800 boys at the camp site at Lake Lanier during June, July and August. On July 4th, all adults interested In scouts, Including scout commit teemen, council executives and oth ers will be invited to attend a pro gram there. The camp Is said to be on of the best equipped cstpps til the south, where medical attention Is free and the health end safety of boys Is safeguarded in every way. Many troops from Cleveland plan to attend this summer. Bostic, Long Make Wake Debate Jaunt Wade H. Bostic, son of Rev. Wade Bostic, foreign missionary of this county, and Raymond Long, who Is employed In Shelby In the summo” months were members of the five man debating team which recently represented Wake Fprst rnllge'at a national contest at Wichita. Kansas Bostic, veteran debater, was man ager of the team and a debater while Long represented the college In the oratorical contest. All mem bers of the Wake Forest delegation won their way to the finals. Casar Pupils Visit Star’s Print Plant Nearly fifty students from the Casar high school of which Mr. II. M, Ley is principal, visited The Star’s printing plant Monday and manifested great interest In seeing a newspaper In the making. After being shown how features are ob tained. pictures are taken from mats resembling cardboard, type ts set and printing plates made, they were shown the big 24 page press In operation, runnlp# at a speed of 10, 000 an hour, delivering paper print ed, folded and counted ready for quick dispatch to 5,000 homes. American Society Deb To Meet King and Queei nancy nnyi, iwrcw ti UtR'I’k Dawes, United States Ambassador I t# tin* Court ef 8t. James’, will b« presented to King O—rye end Queen Mery shestfy. Ike celled fer England recently vMt her Mother Jones Alert As She Nears 100 Silver Springs, Md.—Encompassed by a peace and serenity denied her in the long years she has been fight ing for labor causes, “Mother’ Jones will celebrate her 100th birth day on May 1 A frail shell, her once fierce eyes faded to mild blue, "Mother" Jone's voice Is still miraculously strong and vibrant. As she lies among her pillows at the country home of Mr. and Mrs Walter Burgess near Silver. 8prlngs Md., that amazing voice leaps out, eloquent and cutting, to lash what she terms the “foes” of labor. . The word “tyrants” still comes with force from a mouth tired and sunken from almost eighty yeai-6 of fighting on the platform and In the field. • Mother” Jones is not sick. She's Just “wearing out” according to medical explanation. She has but one wlsti now, to live until her 100th birthday. Celebrations are to be held by the. American Federation of labor in a number of leading citlei In honoi of it, and though she cannot attend any of them she expects to send a message by radio to her fellow-labor ers all over the country. Bands will play, noted men and women will come to see her. And “Mother" Jones has warned Mrs Burgess that they must be sure to have “plenty to eat.” "Sood Words Everywhere because everyone knows it's an outstanding VALUE BUILT BY BUICK The deep and lasting value of groat performance! Per formance "built by Bukk" —performance reflecting a quarter-century of experi ence in building 2,400,000 fine cars—performance which has inspired America to invest $35,000,000 in Marquettes during the few months it has been on the marketl Come drive—and prove Marquette superiority for yourself I BUICK MOTOR COMPANY, PUNT, MICHIGAN OrvuiOH of Control Mo fort Canadian fottorlo* Corporation luildon of Mcl«w«hMn-lwkk, Ottawa, Oat. kvkk and MarqwaMa Mater Can Marquette J. LAWRENCE LACKEY Dealer WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUUT —tfT"1* ■■!*!! " ■ W"» . wmmmn ■■ .in;i 1111;... «;n.|. M 1 . ■■ W11 1 ■ ji IW iwf Hill 11 Shelby, N. C. BUICK Will BUHD THEM Hayes To Preach At Fallston Finals (CONTINOTD PROM PAGE ONK» each year. This goes In schools, (arming and general living. A further analysis of figures con cerning this school will be avail able In a few days. Commencement Exerolses. The senior play "Kicked Out of College” will be given next Satur day evening, April 26, at 8 p. m. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached by Rev. L. B. Hayes on Sunday afternoon, April 27, at 3 p. m. Graduating exercises will be held in the auditorium on Thursday evening, May 1, at 8 o'clock. Sup erintendent B. L. Smith of the Shelby schools will deliver the ad dress. Graduates. Boys—J. B. Hoyle, Hoyle Lute, Jf.f Woodrow Morris, Reid Royster, Wyte Royster, Hubert Smith, Hall Williams, Colus •Williams, Ray Wil son, Tyson Yarbrough. Girls—Lucy Mae Costner, Fran ces Edwards, Beatrice Hendrick Gawle Martin, Eloice Royster, Nel lie Stamey, Wilma Stroup, Frances Wilson, Jewell Wilson, Thelma Wright. Mascot—J. Carol Spurllng. Bit !iop*s Son Held In Brawl Killing Jam“e Maxon, lr., son of an Epis copal „Uhop ofChattanooga, Ten nessee, Is held for the slaying of David Paynter, 73. Muon, a Co lumbia student. Is said been crazed by drink at according to witnesses, ’ away and with new workers recruit ed. to work In the fertiller plant for several days, the oil mill will be able, it was stated today, to operate with Its regular year-round force after this week. This means that the .majority of those who walked out yesterday would have been laid oft wage raise or no wage raise, within a few days. In that such a time was selected for the unexpected walk-out, as the Gold Found Near I Kings Mt.; Old Vein Kings Mountain.—A sample of on said to contain a good quantity ot gold is now on display at the Fir; National bank in Kings Mountain A sample similar to the one on display was sent to the laboratories an J when assayed was found to contain 5.5 ounces of gold to the ton of or;. The ore was taken from the lana known as the old Newt Glenn prop erty six miles south of here. It i said by old-timers around here that the vein on this place Is a lead from the old Ferguson gold mine which was operated successfully 30 yen s ago. laborers there receive fair wages considering the lack of empioymei. in recent months, officials of the plant suspect that some outside as fluence had urged the colored men’ to walk out and ask for 5P cen> • more per day. Under the year!-' shut-down plaht of fertiliser plan many of them would not have drov e their extra 50 cents but a few day; had the raise been granted. Cap. Jenkins hinted today that many of them might not be without work to day had they made their reques'1 before they walked out and thue halted the operation of the plant for f a short time. 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