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12 PAGES TODAY By maU, per year (in advance) $2JM Carrier, per vear (l narlvanrat aann LATE NEWS THF MARKET. Cotton, per lb. _ 16c Cotton Seed, per bn. ...-43 He Light Frost Likely, Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Fair and continued cold to night. Possibly light frost in inter ior. Saturday partly cloudy. Hoover To Veto. Washington, April 24.—Sweeping increase in the government’s com pensation policy for World war vet erans was voted today by the house after more than a week of debate, climaxed by a tumultuous eight hour session in which predictions were freely made that President Hoover would veto the measure. Cost Of County Home Inmates Shown In County Cost* 937.92 Per Inmate Each Month Here, Figures Say. Vance Is Best. It costa $37.03 per inmate each month to operate the Cleveland county home for the aged and in firm, according to statistics com piled and published in the current issue of the University News Let ter. Nineteen counties in the state have a higher monthly cost per in mate. In Gaston county the cost per Inmate each month is $33.56, in Burke it is $24.77, in Rutherford $32.11, in Lincoln $20.11, and in Catawba it is $14.78. Type Differs. Commenting upon the mainten ance cost of county homes the Newr Letter says: The cost of malntaing the in mates in the county homes of the state varies widely. Probably the type of care given these poor peo ple varies more widely than the cost. A large expenditure per ln (COKTINUKD ON FAGS KLEVZN) Gas For Shelby, Roads for County Interest Kiwanis Civic Ch$ Discusses Gas Plant Hen and Additional State High ways In County. A fas plant for Shelby and more rtate highway fgr the county were two subjects discussed last night by the Kiwanis club at its week ly luncheon At the Hotel Charles. Ills program was in charge of J. D. Llneberger with Lee B. Weath ers discussing a gas plant for Spel bjr and A. E. Cline more state high ways in the county. Mr. Weathers called attention to the fact that a number of concerns want a gas franchise here, will in vest 150,000 or more at this parti cular time when jobs are needed for the unemployed. These gas com panies want no local capital, no guarantees of any number of pa trons of the proposed plants, yet on the other hand furnish all capi tal and a bond that such a plant would be in operation within a ipecifled time. Mr. Weathers point ed out that this is an instance where outside capital wants to eome in and that it wo' ld add 1100,000 or more taxable p perty to the tax books. A system of state roads that would touch every township in the county Is being worked out by A S. Cline, county commissioner, who ts in touch with district commis iloner Kistier. One road leading from Polkville via Lees chapel and Solden Valley township, Ruther ford county to Marlon has been as rured with hopes for another via Bolling Springs through No. 1 town chip to Cliffslde. Definite and Concerted action on Siese two major projects will be token up later by the Kiwanis club. Shelby High Group At Music Contestf approximately 2,600 People At Con tests In Greensboro Thursday, Today. The Shelby High school band, 5tgte champions last year, is per 'orming again today in the State ride contests at Greensboro along rldh the school orchestra. Quartet contests were held there ast night at the North Carolina col ege with 2,600 people In attendance iccordlng to an estimate of the Sreensboro News. The big contests closes between 2 ■ md 3 o’clock and the awards will be mnounced. Approximately 80 Shelby children dong with numerous parents and Mend* are In Greensboro for the ontesta, leaving here by special rain early Thursday morning. These wmgsters compose the band, or hestra, quartets, and solo teams [■hey are under the supervision of Tof. W. T. Sinclair, supervisor of he orche<ra in the high school lere, and the entire delegation will etura home this evening. Live-At-Home Prizes In City Schools Given Essay Prizes Given By Kiwanians Students In White And Colored Schools Get Prises For Llve At-Home Essay*. Announcement was made today of the prize winners In the live-at at-home essay and poster contests conducted In the city schools, white and colored, of Shelby by the Kl wanls club. The prizes offered by the club were $10 and $5 for first and second essay honors In the Central high school, $5 and $2.50 for the first and second prizes In the grammar grad es, and $2.50 and $1.25 for poster contests in the primary grades. In the colored schools the prizes were $5 and $2.50 for first and second es says in the high school, $2.50 and $1.25 for first and second essays in the grammar grades and $2.50 and $1.25 for the primary poster con tests. Winners Given Mildred McKinney, writing on "Cleveland County, a County of Op portunity,” won first prize at the Central high school, according to Supt B. L. Smith- Ray Oibbs was second with an essay on ‘‘Import ance of the Daily Pood in the Fam ily.” Lillian Crow, writing on ‘‘My Gardens,” won honorable mention. Esther Ann Quinn was the first prize winner in the grammar grades, on "Live At Home.” Will Arey, Jr. whose subject was "The Dairy Cow,” was second. The third grade of the Marion school won first honor in the post e; booklet contest. Beth Me Swain, of the Marion school, was second. Freddy Gaffney wen the first prize at the colored high school with an essay on “Value of the Home Gar den." Beatrice Howell. was second with a paper on “The Family Cow." Cleo Borders, writing on “The Home Garden,” won honorable mention. Florence Connelly won first prize in the grammar grades cm her "The Country Boy’s Road to Independ ence." Mary Connelly was second writing on “North Carolina the Beautiful." The 1-D class of the col ored primary grades won the poster contest, with Ezra Bridges’ room tak ing second place. The essay and poster contests on the live-at-home program are thought to have been very successful message was put over to the children better than it might have been in any other manner. Casar Will Stage A Community Fair The Casar section will stage a com munity fair this year, it was an nounced today. Tuesday night Mr. R. W. Shoffner farm agent, and Mrs. Irma Wallace, home demonstration agent, met with the Parent-Teachers organiza tion at Casar and the movement was definitely started. Mr. Lee Carpenter was named president of the community fair or ganization; Mr. John Ramsey was named secretary, and Mr. J. O. Hcyle treasurer. The date for the fair will be an nounced later. Masonic Meeting. The regular monthly meeting of Cleveland Lodge 202 A. F. & A. M. will be held tonight at the Masonic Temple. All members urged to at tend. King’s Hearing On May 17 Chester, S. C.—In the Rafe King appeal case, Chief Justice K. C. Watts of the South Caro lina supreme court has sent the attorneys here the following: “Upon consideration of the petition of the attorneys for ad ditional time in the above stat ed case, it is “Ordered, That the case has been set for hearing on Saturday morning. May 17, 1930, at 9:30 a. m.; that counsel for the ap pellant be allowed one hour and thirty minutes for opening; that counsel for the respondent be allowed one hour and thirty minutes in opposition; and that counsel for appellant be allowed IS minutes In reply.” King was convicted by a Chester county Jury last July of slaying IKs wife, Faye Wilson King, and sentenced to the elec tric chair Quinn Elected Rotary Leader Succeeds Carl Thompson. Dr. Tom Gold Is Vice President of The Club. At today’s meeting of the Shelby Rotary club Mr. DeWltt Quinn, prominent Shelby druggist, was el ected president of the club to suc ceed Mr. Carl S. Thompson, when the latter’s term expires at the end 01 May. A complimentary vote for presi dent was again extended to Mr. Jno. R. Dover who has lor two terms re fused to accept the club presi dency, he declined again this time to permit the nominating commit tee to advance his name. Dr. Tom Gold was elected vice president to succeed Mr. Quinn. Mr. Roy Sisk was re-elected treasurer, and Mr. Charles Hubbard was el ected secretary succeeding Attorney Fat McBrayer. Dr. Robert Durham, head of the Southern seminary at Beuna Vista, Va., and one of Shelby's outstand ing native sens, was a guest of the club at the luncheon hour. Governor Expects 30 Millions More In Food And Feeds Evidence of Flowing In Cleveland Points to Record Breaking Acreage North Carolina Is expected to pro duce thirty million dollars worth more of food and feed-stuffs this year than she produced a year ago as a result of the live-at-home cam paign, said Governor Max Gardner who was here a few days ago for the Easter holidays. Throughout the state every indication points to a record breaking acreage of cultivat ed lands on the farms. ‘‘I have been greatly Impressed with the preparations that have been made in my native county of Cleveland," said Governor Gardner. From appearance no land will be idle. Every piece of cleared land has been ploughed and is leady for spring planting. The usual cotton acreage will be planted, but thou sands of acres of com will be plant ed this year that was not planted last year. There is a great Increase In the amount of small grain, feed stuffs and foods and if Cleveland is any indication of what is going on over the state, Governor Gardner’s ambition to see thirty million dol lars more food and feed stuffs produced this year. Shelby High Hurler Can Win Five Games And Take N. C. Title ihelby Gets Another State Crown If Sherrill Hamrick's Rlfht Arm Holds Out. If the right arm of Sherrill Hamrick, North Carolina’s high school pitching ace, can torn in five more victories in a row for Shelby High then the Casey Morris outfit will be the first high school team in North Caro lina to win a State title four times. Just five games!—and last season and so far this season the lanky right-hander has stowed away more than a score of vic tories in his kit bag. Last season in pitching his way to the State title the Shelby hurler pitched about a dosen wins in a row enough to cause Shelby and Cleveland fans to get a nervous thrill out of wondering if he can click off five straights this year wijh the kid team Coach Mor ris has rebuilt as his supporting cast. Today the Highs are playing Gastonia here in their final ex hibition game. Tuesday they play here for blood and another title. The winner of the Bel wood-Blackburn game, sgjblch is being played today, will furnish the opposition. And fans recall with a shudder how those husky Blackburn boys slugged the ball last year. Then if Shelby wins Tuesday the locals will play the winner of the Cherryville-Mt. Holly clash for the group title. Harrelson, Farris, tadSwaln, May hew and the others drive in runs? That’s getting to be a more Important query about Shelby than the outcome of the Simmons-Bailey scrap. SSfU jt. "5, Harrelson, Farris, tadSu for five bats of Survivor of Civil War Heroes Minnesota's famous Last Man's Club is down to the last man. The death of Peter Hall re duced the gallant band of Civil War veterans to one, and on the survivor, Charles Lockwood, of South Chamberlain, S. D., has Cailm the sad duty to drink a ► tout to his departed comrade* | out of the bottle of Burgundy which the original band pur chased in 1886 at the inception of the club, with the under standing that the aurrivor would t drink a toast in memory of the thirty-two who have paaaed on. 'latarnatlonal NtnrMl) 200 Delegates At Kings Mtn. Presbyterial Meeting Here Largest Gathering of Ladle* of This Presbytery Ever Held. Bedinger Speaks. Two hundred delegates were reg istered here yesterday for the 23rd annual meeting of the Kings Moun tain Presbyterial auxiliary, w^ilch is meeting at tha Presbyterian church Of which Rev. H. N. McDiarmid Is pastor. It is the largest attended Presbyt^lal ever held with practic ally every one of the 38 churches In the Presbytery represented. This Presbytery embraces the counties of Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Ruth erford and Polk. The Money Raisers. The ladles head the various wom en’s organizations of these thirty eight churches and are known as the “money raisers” because by self denial, work and sacrifice they con tribute largely to the various church causes. Mrs. Colt M. Robinson of Lowell is president and as such presides over the sessions, three of which were held yesterday at which time reports from the various officers and secretaries were heard. Words of greeting to the visitors were spoken by Mrs. Harry Speck. Shelby and this greeting was re sponded to by Mrs. C. B. Netsler of Kings Mountain. One of the features of yesterday's program was a Bible study ta$ on abmrfaR.br Mrs. 8. St Askew of DeeaCur, OIL. dne of the most in tellectual Bible students in the Southern Presbyterian church and author of a number of Bible study books. Emerging Africa. After a beautiful pageant, "This Little Candle,” in which a number of young ladles took part under the direction of Mrs. E. T. Swlt2er last night, Dr. R. D. Bedtnger, a re turned missionary from Africa re ported on that field. It was a most inspiring and appealing report in which he stated that the time for expansion is over and concentra tion is necessary in order to train native workers. Today it is the "emerging Africa.’ A materialistic civilisation has (CONTINUED ON PAOE ELEVENt Love Triangle Death Case Not To Be Given Airing In Shelby Mrs. Benton, Morganton Woman, To Be Released On Bond. New Evidence. Morganton, April 25— A habeas corpus hearing of Morganton’s fatal love triangle will not be held In Shelby Saturday before Judge James L. Webb as new develpo ments here yesterday assure that Mrs. Florence Benton will be re leased under bond from the Burk? jail without a new hearing. Benton, who was committed to jail without bond Tuesday follow ing a preliminary hearing of charges against her growing out of the death of her husband last week, will be released today, Judge J. F. Spainhour stated here yesterday. The bond required will probably be smaller than that given by the woman’s alleged lover, W. M. Adams of Hickory. While he had not defi nitely decided this afternoon on the amount, Judge Spainhour thought It would likely not be over $500, his decision to release her on a small bond having been reached because of evidence which has been brought to him since the hearing. Declaring she was an eyewitness to the tragedy at the Benton home on April 15, Mrs. Lee Clark, a next door neighbor, sent today a written statement, given voluntarily, to Judge Spainhour in which she says In substance that she had a full view from her window of what hap pened and that John Benton kill ed himself. Her testimony Is the strongest and most convincing yet produced Ar the defense and not only places the pistol in the hand of Benton but Mrs. Clark says that she saw it fall after he had shot himself and that prior to his run ning to the porch she heard the Hoyle’s Guess Best On Census When Frank Hoyle, jr, made a guess last week on Shelby's population by the government census of 1930 he missed It by only 13 people and as a result wins the prise of two Webb theatre tickets offered by the “Around Out Town" column of The Star. His guess was 10,834. The pop* ulation was 10,867. J. A. Pro pat, of Lawndale, missed It only 38 with a guess of 10,829. Mrs. M. M. Patter son was third, missing it 58 with a guess of 10,925. Chaa Woodson was fourth with a guess of 10,748, missing the actual count 119 people. agonized sctfeams of Mrs. Benton as she demanded “where did you get that pistol?" and heard her call to men who were passing to come In, evidently wanting somebody to pro tect her or keep her husband from taking his own life. Mrs. Clark, the defense attorneys stated, is a very nervous woman and was in no condition to attend the hearing Tuesday. The written statement sent to Judge Bpatnhour today was given to her physician. Dr. J. B. Riddle. It was because of her testimony that the bond will arranged. Judge Speinhour stated that on the face of other evidence that had come out he expected to instruct the solicitor to have in dictments brought making charges of immoral conduct against Mrs. Benton and Adams to be tried at an early date, Shelby Firemen Ask For Clear Streets To Fire State Law Requires It, Shown Firemen Deputised To Stop Oinitr ous Dashing Of Motorists To City Firm. It Is against the North Carolina vehlde law for automobiles and oth er vehldes to follow close behind fire trucks or to run In front of them, and hereafter Shelby firemen are deputized as oftlcers to take the name of drivers who do so and the numbers of their cars. It was stated today by J. R. Robinson, city fire chief, and Herman Eskridge, former chief. After a statement was made by Mayor S. A. McMurry stating that hereafter motorists Interfering with firement en route to a fire or while fighting a blaze would be prosecuted there were those who said that there was not a law to cover such a viola tion. The fire department officials came beck with a copy of the State vehicle law. Pall To Curb. Two paragraphs In the vehicle law are quoted as follows by the fire men: ' r "(a) Upon the approach of any police or fire department vehicle giving audible signal by bell, siren or exhaust whistle, the driver of every other vehicle shall Immediately drive the same to a position as near as possible and parallel to the right hand edge or curb, clear of any in tersection of highways, and shall stop and remain in such position unless otherwise directed by a police or traffic officer until the police or fire department vehicle shall have passed, “(b) It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle other than one on official business to follow any fire apparatus traveling In response to a fire alarm closer than one block or to drive Into or park such vehicle within one block where lire appara , tus h#e stepped in answer to s fire alarm." “The eltisen* of Bbelby do not realise just how much they could aid us by observing these regula tions,” Fire Chief Robinson said. “If motorists will pull to the curb and remain there three minutes after (coscTimnro ow page klevkw.> Polkville Finals Will Begin Tonight Attorney J. C. Newton Will Deliver Graduating Address. Other Exercises. 1 The commencement exercises for Polkville high school are on the eve of beginning. Everything points to the fact that even a better program is to be offered* this spring than last. The program of exerelses is as follows: Friday night, operetta by £he grades. Sunday afternoon 3:30 p. m. Ser mon, Dr. Davis, president Bolling Springs Junior college. Monday night, declamation and reading contests. Tuesday night, class night by the seniors. Wednesday night, graduating ex ercises. Address by J. C. Newton. Thursday night, three one-act plays. Williams Purchases Robt. Miller House Mr. Charlie Williams this week purchased the Robt. C. Miller brick residence on the Cleveland Springs road. The residence is now oocupied by Attorney and Mrs. A1 Bennett, but it is understood that Mr. and Mrs. Williams will occupy it within a few weeks. Joe Baber bies From Auto Crash Injuries Bostic Gains Just 32 People over 10 Years Splndale May bn Rutherford Coun ty’# Ur|e«t Town. Prelim inary F If tires Given. Splndale. according to preliminary census figures, may be Rutherford county's largest town once the 1830 census figures are complete In Cleveland's neighboring county. The preliminary figures give Splndale 3,068 as compared with 2,300 In 1920. In the ten-year period since the 1020 census the town of Boatic In Rutherford has gained only 32 peo ple. Irt 1920 there were 206 people In Bostic, and now there are 238. Alexander Mills village la given a population of 831 In the new cen sus. The town was not large enough to be listed In the town class In 1920. Klutz Is G. 0. P. Judicial Choice I^enolr Republican To Seek Judge ship To Succeed Judge J. L. Webb. The winner of the four-cornered race for the Democratic nomina tion as superior court judge of the 18th judicial district will have still anothlt race on his hand—that of defeating O. W. Klutz, Republican leader of Lenoir, who has been nominated as the candidate of the Republican party. The four Democratic candidates are Judge B. T. Falla, of Shelby; Wilson Warltek, of Newton; Mar shall Yount, of Hickory; and A. L. Quickel, of Lincolnton. Mr. Lutz, according to the Lenoir News-Topic, has not deflntely de cided whether or not he will ac cept the noqdaation tendered him at the recent State Republican con vention In Charlotte. Hoey It Orator For ! Queens College Finals Hon. Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, will be the orator at the Queens college finale In Charlotte next month, It is announced from that city. The other address at the Pres byterian college for girls will be made by Dr. Luther Llttl^, prom inent Baptist minister of Charlotte. In Statesville. A news announcement from Stat esville says that Mr. Hoey will on 8unday morning address the Men's Bible class of Broad Street Metho dist church there. His address will m&rkthe end of a contest between the Statesville class and a Lenoir class. Dr. A. L. Stanford, formerly of Shelby, Is pastor of the States ville church. Three Bible Classes To Combine Sunday The three largest Bible classes of men in the city will combine Sun day morning when the Hoey Bible class of the Central Methodist church will join with the Clint Newton class at the First Baptist church auditorium. It is expected that 350 to 400 men will be present. Mr. Hoey will be away Sunday fill ing an engagement at Rev. Mr Stanford's church at Statesville while Mr. John P. Mull will be at New Hope church. The combined classes will be taught by Hon. J. Clint Newton. In Yiddish Play. New York—-The widow, three daughters and four sons of the late Jacob P. Adler, star of the yiddish stage are to appear in the same play a revival of “The Wild Man." Believe County Population Will Climb Above40,000People Now Gain of 7,000 In Shelby And Influx Of Blacks From South To Boost Total. With Shelby having: an offi cial population of 10461 people it is now estimated here that the total population of Cleve land county will run above ihe 40,000-mark. In 1920 there were 34,272 peo ple tn the county. To reach the 40,000 total will necessitate a gain of only 5,728 In the 10 vear period. Although much of Shelby's.gain came by extension of the city limits In 1925 It is remembered that the extension took in new mill villages and a ) population much of which was new in the entire county. Likewise observers here recall that hundreds and hundreds of white and black tenant farm ers have moved to Cleveland county from Sooth Carolina and Georgia since the boll weevil wrought havoc to cotton fanning In those states. Several local men, who esti mated near the population of Shelby, are of the opinion that the total county population will not only paw 40,000 but will likely go above 42,000. Figures for the county will not In all probability be avail- s f able before nest n>«»nth. 1 I Popular Salesman Is Killed Thursday I Member of Prominent Shelby Fam II Hm Skull Fractured In Triple Collision. Mr. Joe Baber, 58 years o fage, jone of Shelby’s most popular and widely known travelling salesman, was fatally Injured in a triple au tomobile collision shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon on high way 20 at the eastern outskirts of Gastonia. The Shelby man was riding In a car with J. J. Wooten, of Charlotte, and was en route to Charlene When a car driven by Robert McGinnis, farmer of |he Union section of Gas ton, came out of a side road, strik ing the car occupied by Wooten and Baber and causing It to crash Into another automobile driven by How ard Cannon, of Charlotte. Cannon is in the Gastonia hospital with In juries, but the others received only minor hurts. Mr. Haber was rushed to the Gas tonia hospital but died of a frac tured skull 40 or 80 minutes later. Funeral Saturday. Funeral services for the Shelby man will be held at Central Meth odist church Saturday afternoon at a o’clock with Rev. L. B. Hayes conducting the service*. McGinnis Under Bond. McOInnls. who drove hi* car Into the main highway, of Wilkinson boulevard, was placed under arrest and then released under a 11,000 bond for a hearing Saturday. Hie Cannon automobile, according to information received here, was Just about to pass the automobile occu pied by Baber and Wooten when the McGinnis automobile came out of the side-road, collided wtth the Wooten car and resulted In a triple collision , Mr. Baber travelled for a Louis ville coffee firm and was one of Shelby’s veteran salesmen from length of service. He was tsrtdely re lated to this section, popular with the hundreds of people who knew him said a favorite with retail bus iness men throughout his territory. He was one of the four characters in the articles Col. Wade Harris, editor of the Cttarfa*$B Observer, used to write about Shelby after visits here. .. Mr. Baber was "the drummer” of the sketches, T. W. Ebeltoft, “the Norweigan," Major Green, “the soldier," and Smith “the mill man.” Known by practic ally all the veteran travelling men of North Carolina it Is likely that many of them will attend Ms fu neral tomorrow. He spent the morning here Thurs day before leaving for Charlotte with Mr. Wooten. Surviving Relatives. The deceased Is survived by three brothers—Bell Baber, of Spartan burg; Jack, of Macon, Ga.; and Charlie, of Morganton. A brother, Barney Baber, former Shelby postmaster, died a number of years ago; while still another brother, Henry Baber, an engineer, was kill ed in a train wreck in Rutherford county about four years ago. Three nieces and two nephews who live In Shelby also survive. They are Mrs. George Hoyle, Mrs. John McClurd, Mrs. Roger Laughridge. and Messrs. Wilbur and Fred Baber. Oil Mill Runs In Fall Force Have Mons Hands Now Than Can Be Used at Plant Where Some Walked Out. The walk-out of 39 or 30 colored 'aborers at the Southern Cotton Oil mill’s fertiliser plant here Tuesday nfternoon has restated In the plant being flooded with more laborers than can be employed. The plant. It was stated today by Capt. J. Prank Jenkins, manager, is running on as if there had not been a walkout by the laborers ryho wanted 50 cents more per day wages: A number of those who walked out have returned to ask for their old jobs, it is said, while scores of new hands, now unemployed, have ask ed for work. None of those who returned for work after walking out were re-in stated, however, it was learned. No Definite Clues * To Kings Mt. Theft ' - * . . “3*1 Police officers at Kings Mountain iiave as yet to get a line on a single lue of value in the attempt to trace lown the thieves who last week rob >ed the oil plant safe there and tele approximately W00, * ,
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