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-.. 10 PAGES TODAY --- - ^ Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.SxStiS^S^aSlSSS- Soo LATE NEWS THE MARKET. ir®* Fair Thursday. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report; Fair tonlfht and Thursday. Slightly warmer In extreme west portion tonight, and In west portion ( Thursday. Darts leads Grundy. Buriy returns from the Pennsyl vania senatorial primary, held yes terday, show that James J. Darts, apcTftsry of labor, is leading Joe Grundy, the other Republican can didate. Figures from about one third of Die districts gave Darts a lead of near 190,000 rotes over Grundy. Recover Stolen Car This Week iff. A. Weathers Car Found At Rock Hill, Mauney Placed In Jail Here. r Sheriff Irvin M. Allen and Capt. Joseph Carroll, of the Shelby fire department, returned yesterday from Bock Hill, South Carolina, with the Chevrolet car of Mr. H. A, Weath ers, stolen here almost two months ago, and a man giving the' name of Dallas Mauney whb had the car in his position. Almost two months ago the Weathers car was stolen from its parking place near a local theatre while Mr. Weathers, Lawndale star route carrier, was a tending a show. Monday night Rock Hill officers notified Sheriff Allen and Police Chief Poston that the car had been located there and was being held along with the driver. Rock Hill officers arrested the driver of the car, who gave his name as Mauney, when they became suspicious about ’ a load of golf clothes and shoes in the automobile. A check-up reveal ed that the car was the one stolen here. In three more days the in surance company would have paid the theft insurance on the car. Denies Guilt. Mauney, who gave another first name to Sheriff Allen, denied while being brought to jail here that he stole the car. It was left at his home at Spencer by a man he knew as Clarence Moore, he said. Moore had been boarding with him and had Igft the auto there with Mauney, so Mauney said, for $36 board rifphey he owed,. Last week Mauney says Moore notified him to bring the car to Chester and he would pay him the board Mil. He was en _ route to Chester, he declared when the Rock Hill officers stopped him. Sheriff Allen jotmgfyed on to Ches ter but could n^locate the man known as Moore. Mauney gave a good description (continued on paoe nine.) Mrs. J. G. Wilson DifcsAt Age 88; ( Her Sister Age 96 Aged Woman ef the Palm Tree Com munity Near Lawndale Passes Away. Mrs. Sophia Eugene Wilson, wid ow of James Graham Wilson, di?d - Wednesday of last week at the home of her son P. D. Wilson in the Palm Tree community between Lawndale andPolkville. Mrs. Wilson was born August 6th, 1942 in Rutherford county, the youngest child of John Haynes and Celia Webb Haynes. She was nearly 88 years of age and at her bedside at the time of her death was her sister Mira Phillips, 96 years old. Mis. Phillips is per haps the oldest person in Cleveland county. Mrs Wilson was married to James Graham Wilson in September 1860. Her husband served four years in the Confederate army and died September 25, 1891. Bam to this union were six chil dren. E. A. Wilson, Mrs. Andy Peeler, P. D. Wilson, Mrs. A. M. Phillips and Dargin Wilson and Mary Peeler. Dargin Wilson and Mary Peeler preceded her to the grave. She leaves to mourn her depart ure four children, one sister, 25 grandchildren, 41 great grandchil dren and two great great grand chil dren. Her parents died when she wa3 Quite a small child’and'she made her home with her Sister, Mrs. Mary MoCurry until she was married. She has made her home with her aon, P. D. Wilson for past few years. «he fell three years ago and broke ner hip and has been bedfast since. She Joined Palm Tree M. r, church in her teens and remained * faithful member until death. Sht attended church regularly until her health prevented her from coming. service was held at the raaldenoe of My. F. d. Wilson, her PWtar Hev. j, w. FitrgeraJd had change of the'funeral sevice. Rev. M. Ridge, M. F„ pastor assisted. The in the . ~ ' —• - 6*0013 remains were iai5 to rest family cemetery. . ^ J*?5*§*» as follow? A. D. Peeler, Joe Peeler, F. p. Peel er, Guy Peeler, Norris Wilson, Ho: ace Phillips, all were grandsons o the deceased. Dr. Wall Will Accept College Post, He Says No Salary Attached To Presidency Shelby Pastor Will Lend Name And Influence To Bolling Spring* College. A meeting of the trustees of Boil ing Springs Baptist junior college this week was informed by Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor of the First Baptist church of Shelby, that he would ac cept the temporary presidency of the college, a position tendered him recently J>y the board. Dr. Wall’s acceptance was based upon several conditions. He inform ed the college trustees that he would not accept if the temporary presidency added responsibilities to his pastoral work, and declared, fur ther, that he wras opposed to taking away any time or thought from the duties of his church work. The third condition was that in accepting he would not receive any salary from the denominational institution. His Acceptance. “If the trustees feel that the lending of my name, my counsel and advice will prove of value to the institution which I think so highly of,” Dr. Wall informed The Star, “I will be glad to aid in any way possible as temporary head of the college, and will at convenient in tervals through the year attend faculty and board meetings, confer with the other officials of the school, and do all in my power to advance the interests of an insti tution which means so much to this section.” Since Boiling Springs became a junior college, and even before that day when it was a denominational high school, Dr. Wall has been deep ly interested in its work and its fu ture. He has felt and feels now that the western Piedmont section could have no greater asset than a standard junior college offering edu cational advantages under a Chris tin atmosphere to worthy boys and girls. The Boiling Springs college area, embracing the territory of the Kings (Mountain Baptist association, is populated with people of the Bap tist faith. Each year the counties in the section have hundreds of boys and girls, a big percentage of them Baptists, graduate horn high school, and to these -hoys and girls, the new college head feels, Boiling Springs means much. Only recently the college attained the standard rank and today the school offers educational advantages on a par with any junior college, and Dr. Wall, along with trustees and ar dent supporters of the institution. i£ more elated than ever before over the possibilities of the college and its potential value to this sec tion of North Carolina. With that view of the Baptist school, Dr. Wall has informed the trustees that until a permanent president is secured he is willing to cooperate as an official with the same enthusiasm he has shown in the past in supporting the school as a minister and citizen. Brother of Mrs. M/A. McSw&in Is Dead H. C. Cornwell, 77 year old farmer of Lincolnton and oldest brother of Mrs. M. A. McSwaln, of Shelby, was burled Saturday at Pleasant Grove church, north of Lincolnton. Mr. Cornwell, was one of the noble cit izens of Lincolnton and widely con nected. He was operated on at the Lincoln hospital three days before he died on Friday and Is survived by hi3 wife, four sons and three daugh ters. Attending the funeral from Shel by were Mrs. M. A. McSwain and Mrs. Yates McSwaln. College Co-ed Gliding Star George Washington University ■ has gone air-minded—at least, Sider-minded. Te prove it, ise Geraldine Free, daughter ef the Representative from California, la shown in tha new glider which was purchased by the fair students of the uni versity, who recently formed a rlider flying club. Oaisrsatlmal XeraNl) Exonerate Cannon On Stock Market Charge Methodist Bishop Cleared By Church Group. New Evidence Spoken Of. — Dallas, Texas, May 21—In the eyes of his church, Bishop James Cannon, jr„ of Washington, D. C., stands vindicated of all charges of gambling in stocks and of undue political activities in the 1928 presi dential campaign. His campaign against Alfred E. Smith, Democratic nominee for president, was vindicated several days ago. Monday night the com mittee on episcopacy of the quad rennial general conference, Method ist Episcopal church, South, clear ed his name of blame in the stock market charges. In its exoneration the committee, headed by F. P. Culver, of Cisco, and comprised of the leading dele gates from each conference in the (CONTINUED ON PAGE NINE.; Chevrolet Men In Conference Here Sixteen dealers and salesmen tor the Chevrolet Motor Co. met hers Monday evening at the Crawford Chevrolet Co. on East Warren street to discuss matters concerning the organization. They came from Cleveland, Rutherford and Polk counties and the principal, address was made by C. B. Davis, represen tative of the Chevrolet Motor Co. Masons To Elect Officers On Fyiday The Masons of Cleveland lodge 202 A. F. and A. M. will on Friday night of this week hold their annual election of officers. It is a regular meeting night and all members of the lodge are urged to attend. Mull To Speak At Buffalo Memorial John P. Mull will be the principal speaker Sunday at the Buffalo church memorial near Stubbs. Rev. H. E. Waldrop will preach in the afternoon. Dinner will be served in picnic style at the noon hour. Saturday Is Final Day In Which To Register For Coming Primary list For Candidates Will Close On Friday. New Registration / For Delight. Saturday is the last day for voters of Cleveland county to register for the primary of June 7, it was announced today by Judge John P. Mull, chairman of the Cleveland county board of elections, who urges that all Unregistered voters get theta names on the registration books this week. A general registration for the county Is not required this year except in the Delight precinct where all the voters must regis ter to participate In the pri mary and election, in the other precincts of the county all voters who |&rtici pated in the last general elec tion are eligible to vote this year without registering again. But voters who have voted in special elections, such as bond issues, and did not participate in the last general election should register if they expect to vote this year. This applies to young men and women who have reached the voting age since the last election and to citizens who have moved from one pre cinct to another. Candidacy Limit. Another important political event of the week is the closing on Friday of the lists for can didates. No candidate may file for office in the county after Friday, Young Woman Held About Ring Theft Shf Denies Taking: Ring Missing From Jewelry Store. Is Under Bond. Considerable excitement prevail* ed on the streets«about police head quarters here Monday afternoon when a young married woman, Mrs. Goldie Wooten, wag taken from a local theatre and escorted td pWttSe headquarters where she was ques tioned about the theft of a diamond ring from a local Jewelry store. The young woman, an attractive brunette who lives on McBrayer street, denied having taken the ring, and a search of her by the wife of the sheriff at the Jail sole time later failed to reveal It. She was placed under bond, however, for a hearing next week. Saturday, information is, she vis ited the T. W. Hamrick jewelry store and inspected some rings. Monday afternoon she returned and looked again at the rings, or at least some girl did, and Miss Jesse Hamrick, who works at the Jewelry store, seems assured that Mrs. Wooten is the same one. No pur chase was made and a, short time after she left, according to Miss Hamrick, it was noticed that a $150 diamond ring had been, taken from the case and replaced by a cheap imitation diamond. Officers were called and a short time later the police located Mrs. Wooten, who ans wered the description, at a local theatre. Questioned at the police headquarters, she denied taking the ring, but told officers that her peo ple would pay for it to prevent trouble. Later she was taken to the jail and searched, and then releas'd under bond when the ring was not found. Her husband, officers say, informed them that he would try to locate the ring, if possible, or would pay fo- u ami tne case was set for next week in order to await developments. Although the ring has not been found officers say that on Tuesday the tag, which had been on the missing ring, was found near the place where the ring was shown. The young woman, it is said, is a member of a good family, and offi cers have been informed that at times she has exhibited kleptoman iac tendencies. Engineer Roberts Dies Suddenly in Ga. Oldest In. Southern's Employ And Brother of R. P. Roberts a I Grover. Mr. Ike M Roberts who was well known in this section, died sudden ly last Thursday at the terminal station In Atlanta, Ga., from a heart attack. Mr. Roberts was born in Gaston county, February 28, 1853, but has spent much of his life in Roswell, Ga. He was the oldest en gineer on the Southern railway, both in point of age and service. Mr. Roberts often visited his brother. Mr. R. P. Roberts at Grover and one other brother. Mr. Tom Robert.? survives Yifgmia. ‘ ^ Truck Tag War Is Of Interest In ThisSection Carolina* Battle Over License Man? Mfctor Tracks Cross State U*e In This Section. Tempor ary Trace On. The license tag war, particularly in regards to motor trucks, between North and South Carolina is of vi tal Interest to Cleveland county and this section of North Carolina as well as adjoining sections in South Carolina. , To North Carolina residents who live in counties some distance be tween the South Carolina border the license tag ruction between the two states may appear to be a min or dispute of little interest, but not so hereabouts. Many Cleveland county trucks ordinarily cross the state line each week, and, likewise, many Cherokee county and South Carolina trucks ordinarily cross the line into this state each week. It means something to the people of this section, particularly the farmers and produce handlers. How It Started. The license war first started when South Carolina passed a regulation requiring North Carolina trucks and cars, operating in that State for commercial purposes, to pur chase South Carolina tags, pay the court costs, or stay out. A week or two back North Carolina officials ; began playing tlt-for-tat and re , quired South Carolina trucks com ing into this state to purchase North Carolina license plates. And thus the war began, and moved along to the extent that it again seemed about time for the governor of North Carolina to say something to the governor of South Carolina, or vice versa, " The two regulations proved, and do prove, somewhat griping to sec tions along the border line Right often farm families and mill fami lies move from the tipper South Cwolina# counties into lower North Carolina counties, or they move frwi lower North Carolina coun ties, To avoid the regulations now set up by the two states the North Carolina family moving into South Carolina must send over into that, state for a South Carolina truck to do the moving, or else secure a I North Carolina transfer truck that' can afford to have license tags in both states. Likewise farmers in lower Cleveland county occasionally drive their trucks over into South Carolina on shopping expeditions, carrying farm products along and returning with goods. Many South Carolna farmers, too, have been in a habit of coming over to Shelby or other North Carolina , towns with farm produce, shopping, and re turning with their purchases. But nowadays, due to the license war, they must keep the trucks home when they cross the line, or pur chase two tags. Such was the state of affairs when officials of the two Carollnas met last week In Columbia to bring about a truce. According to the terms of the truce, which will be in force through June, patrolmen in North Carolina are not to bother South Carolina passenger cars and South Carolina patrolmen are not .to stop North Carolina passenger cars. Neither are the patrolmen to make cases against commercial cars and trucks which ciwne in faom the other state, provided It is a commercial car on truck which only makes occasional trips across the line and not over one trip per month. Furthermore trucks haul ing farm products are not to be stopped at all, according to terms of the truce. One-Armed Police Chief Out Of Bed Greel Ware, Carrying Handless Arm In Sling, Leaves Hospital, Visits Here. __ * Police Chief Greel Ware, of Kings Mountain, who lost his right hand in a gun battle with George Neely, negro, some weeks back, is now out of the hospital and was a visitor in Shelby this week. Chief Ware’s right hand, badly mangled by the shotgun discharge, was amputated just above the wrist, and when here he was carrying the handless arm in a sling, but stated that the wound troubles him very little now. Neely, who was shot by Policeman Clay Hicks after Chief Ware was shot, is still in the hospital here, but appears to be on the road to re covery. Episcopal Services. Services at the Episcopal church Sunday at 11 a m will be held bv Rev, 1*. p, Si^, Big Year For County Schools Figures Reveal \ Enrollment Gain Sett Record l»or«»» In Rich School and Col ored School Enrollment 1* School Boost. The school year of 1920-30 was the biggest school year In the his tory of Cleveland county and show ed a bigger gain in enrollment and average attendance than any pre ceding year, according to school statistics made public today by J. H. erigg, county superintendent of education. Approximately a 10 percent gain in the enrollment of the rural schools of the county is shown over last year. In 1928-29 the total en rollment Was 10,239, while the en rollment of the year just closing was 10,813. and this figure does not include the 400 pupils in the East Kings Mountain school which this year became a part of the Kings Mountain city school system. There wad a small enrollment and attendance gain shown in the school year of 1928-29. but it was tar from the Increase this year. Enrollment Figures. The rural high schoq) enrollment in 1828-29 was 847. while in 1929 30 it was 1,038. The enrollment in the white ele mentary schools of the county in 1928- 29 was 8,143, while in 1929-30 it was 8,522. This appears to be a de crease because of the switch of 100 students in the East Kings Moun tain school from the rural system to the city system. In 1928-29 the enrollment In the colored schools was ‘2,848, while in 1930 it was 3,055, a gain of more than 400 colored students. The average high school attend ance in 1938-29 was 710, while in 1929- 30 it was 862. The average ele mentary school attendance in 1938 29 was 4,641 and in 1939-30 was 4, 708. In the colored schools the average attendange in 1938-39 was I, 817, While in 1939-30 it was 3,116. On a percentage basis the high school enrollment in thi county gained approximately 20 percent over the preoeding school year, while an enrollment gain of around 14 percent was shown in the col ored schools of the county. I Club Women Meet To Be At Fallston MIm Estabrook Will Attend Furnt ture Treatment Meeting At Mrs. Hendrick's. Mrs. Irma P. Wallace, home dem onstration agent for Cleveland coun ty, announces that a special meet ing of county club women will be held Friday, May 23, beginning at 10 o’clock, at the home of M's Tom Hendrick In Fallston. This meeting will be de/oted to the harmonising of furniture and Miss Estabrook, State specialist, will attend the meeting along with Mrs. Wallace, and an all-day session is planned. Demonstrations will be given in treatment of furm'urc and transforming odd pieces to har monize with othee'furniture. Each club is urged to Have repre centatlves present, all the ladles be ing asked to take their lunch with them. All members of the Fallston club are urged to attend as the meet in? tails upon uh*'ir reg tir.r date and will take ti.e place of tholr meeting. MEMORIAL SERVICES AT OLD LATTIMORE CEMETERY Memorial services will ue held at tire Old Lattlmore cemetery next Sunday, May 25th at 2:30 o'clock In the afternoon. Shelby School Finals Get Underway Sunday Shelby Champions Give A Challenge Morrtx Aiks Charlotte For Title Game If Queen City Win* “A” Crown. The Shelby highs, three times class A baseball champions of North Carolina and this.year class B champions of the state, are anxious to lock horns with the class A champions this year. It was learned here today that Coach Casey Morris has written Coach Skidmore of the Charlotte team, challenging him for a game between his outfit and the Shelay nine provided Charlotte wins the class A title. On a percentage basis Charlotte has won the western class A cham pionship. from which Shelby was barred due to the aise of the city. On Saturday Charlotte will play the eastern class A champions at Chapel Hill, and If Charlotte wins Coach Morris Is anxious to find out ft the class A champs can take the meas ure of Shelby's class B champs. He doubts It. and so does his remark able kid team and the fans of this section. Coach Morris has never favored the class method of select ing high school baseball champions In baseball, and he Is anxious for a decisive game to sec If the young ster in a class A city can lick a team from a class B town. County League Being Planned i Four County Club* Con»id«rtni ,Lnf. Organise Semi-Pro Uhw Saturday, The present week will in all like lihood see the development of two summer baseball organizations for this section—a county league, com posed of four clubs; and the fintl organization and schedule meeting of the recently formed semi-profes sional league. Reports here today had It that auring the week a county amateur league would be formed with Lawn dale, the Ella mill of Shelby, Boll ing Springs and Union in the cir cuit. An organization has not as yet been perfected, but It is understood that all our clubs are willing to g> in such a loop for one game each week, and it is generally believed now that the loop will be formed with actual play starting in a week Or two. Plan Schedule. A meeting will be held In Shelby Saturday night at which time direc tors from the newly-formed sem pro league will meet together and outline their schedule for the year. The new circuit Is composed of 8partanburg. Forest City, Shelby and Spindale. Two games per weik will be played and the season 1* rupposed to open on Saturday. May 31. At this meeting the new league will also be named. Capture Big Still Near Kings Mountain Kings Mountain.—Local officers with the assistance of Cleveland deputies captured a 60-gallon cop per still and 200 gallons of beer a mile above the new waterworks dam tour mile from here Sunday after noon. No one was at the still, though footprints around the place Indicated that It had been in opera tion within the last day or two. North Carolina Population Shifts To City; Shelby Leads In Increase North Carolina Now Ha* Three Cities Between 50,000 and 1000,000 Class. _i_ Charlotte—The trend toward tire cities was greatly evident in North Carolina In the decade between 192C and 1930, census reports indicate. The state, long known as one with out a large city, already boasts of three between the 50,000 and 100, 000 class, and with two others cer tain to move well Into this group when their census returns are made public Two of the state’s largest cities have more than doubled In popula tion. Greensboro advanced from 19, 861 In 1930, to 53,422 in 1930, an in crease of 168.9 per cent, while'Dur ham, closely approaching the Gate fflQvesl iiaa w to 52,026 in 1930, a gain of 139 per cent. High Point, about 18 miles from Greensboro, Increased its population to 36.708 from 14,302 in 1920, a gain of 156 per cent. High Point’s pres ent population is greater than tha largest city in the state in 1910 Charlotte, with 34,014. Charlotte's 1930 population an nounced Saturday is 82,645, a gain of 76.4 per cent. The city is expected to cloaely push Winston-Salem, tho largest city in the state in 1920, for "largest city honors’’ in 1930. The Twin City’s figures have not been made public, but it will pass the 80, 000 mark, according to reports from sources there. Winston had 48,395 in 1920, Asheville, the only other of ti.*? Highsmith Speaker For Graduates Rev. Mr. H»jn Preaches Sermon Sunday Night At Baptist Church The Program, The commencement program of the Shelby high school and city school system will open on the com ing Sunday night, May 35, with the annual sermon, and will continue through Friday night of next week, May 30. The big night of tha finals will be on Friday night. May 30, when the graduation exercises will be staged in the Central high school auditorium with Dr. J. Henry High smith, of the State Department of Education, Raleigh, as the princi pal speaker, • Sermon By Hayes. ,/ The annual baccalaureate sermon will be preached by Rev. h. B. Hay es, pastor of the Central Methodist church, in the First Baptist church, and a speclalmusica 1 program will be put on under the direction of Mr. Horace Easom with members from all the city churches partici pating. After the sermon tha next item ' on the finals program will come Wednesday night and from that point on will continue through Friday night. Program Outlined. All exercises other than the ser mon will be held in the Central school auditorium, Wednesday evening, May 38, at 8 oclock, the graduating exercises of the teacher training department of the city schools will be held. New High Students. On Thursday morning, May 39, at 10 oclock. will come the big pro gram for all the seventh grade pu pils of the city, those who will be high school freshmen next year. All the seventh-graders will assemble at the Central auditorium far the grammar grade graduation exercis es and diplomas, and the address to the rising high school students will be made by Prof. J. Horace Origg, county superintendent of education. Thursday afternoon, May 39, at 3 oclock, the annual reading con test, for the John R. Dover medal, will be staged. High School Play. Thursday evening, at 8 ociock, will come the big high school play —“Tommy’s Brides.” On Friday morning. May 30, at 10 oclock, the annual sophomore junior debate for the LeOrande medal will be held. Graduation. On Friday afternoon, at 3 o’clock, the class day exercises will be put on. The big evening, and the closing evening of the program, is Friday at 8 o'clock when the high school graduation exercises are held and the diplomas are awarded. The ad dress to the graduates will be made by Dr. Highsmith, of Raleigh. v In addition to the graduation exercis es there will be the awarding of medals, prises, and other annual scholastic and athletic havocs. Indications are that It will be one of the biggest attended com mencements in Shelby in several'' years. I He Lives At Home And Finds It Pays Hasn't Got Rich But Has Always Managed To Keep Sheriff From His Door. F. D. Wilson, 58-year-old farmer of Lawndale Route One, in No. 8 township, is one of those Cleveland county farmers who lives at home and finds it profitable to do so. He and his family do all the,r own farming and they have lived at home, in the sense of feeding them selves, for 36 years, "I haven’t become rich by living at home,” Mr. Wilson says, “but so tar the sheriff has never had the chance to close me out—and never j will, I hope.'* In those 36 years Mr. Wilson has always produced his owr com, flour, feed, and bacon, and usually has some corn to sell to others, in addition to approximately $60 worth of meat he has to sell each year after feeding himself and fam ily. H Chickens And Eggs A sideline Mr. Wilson finds prof itable is poultry. After living at home and living well he usually sells around $100 worth of chicken* and eggs each year besides the WLU.m*
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