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Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By mall, per year (in advance) S3A0 Carrier, per year a nadvanee) 11.00 ^ . VOL. XXXVL «Q. 73 SHELBY. N. C. WEDNESD’Y JUNE 18, 1930 late Hews I THE MARKET, i Cotton, per lb.-....—.... 13c Cotton Seed, per bn. . ...—...36c Cloudy, Rain. Today*! North Carolina Weather Report: Partly cloudy and showers this afternoon or tonight. Cloudy In extreme east portion Thursday. Morrow, Wet, Wins. Newark, N. J, June 17.—The con ceded winner ot the Republican nomination for United States sen ator from New Jersey, Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow, who in a cam paign speech, urged repeal of the 18th amendment, tonight continued to pile up a lead over his three op ponents as returns poured in. .On the basis of early returns, Morrow ran ahead of his opponents even In the dry, rural counties. Representa tive FrankUn W. Fort, who enter ed the rash as a dry with the aid of the Anti-Saloon league, conceded the election on the basis of returns fboht about one-thirtieth of the districts in the state. Cliff side Man Killed By Gun Tpm Tate Is Shot While Taking Gun From Auto. Funeral At Cliffside. Rutherfordton, June 18.—Tom Tate, 38, prominent Cliftside citizen, was accidentally killed at his home yesterday morning about 10 o'clock when his shotgun discharged, kill ing him instantly. He had returned in his car from a trip to his fath er’s in the county where he .went to get his gun to go fishing. He was out of the car and reached to get the weapon when the trigger struck the emergency brake, causing it to fire the whole load of shot into the region of his heart. He fell over dead. County Coroner W. C. Hightower held an inquest and it was decided that he came to his death acciden tally. He leaves his widow, three chil dren; father, G. W. Tate of near Mooresboro; two brothers, C. C. Tate, Forest City; Rev. W. T. Tate, prominent Baptist minister of Paco let, 8. C., formerly of Henrietta, and four sisters, Mrs. J. C. Beason, Mooresboro; Mrs. James Crawford, Greenville, 8. C., and Misses Ellen and Pearl Tate, who live with their father. He was a deacon or the Cliffside Baptist church, teacher of the young men’s class of the Sunday school and had been with the Met ropolitan Life Insurance company for seven years. Funeral services and burial will be held at Cliffside Baptist church. To Work 15 Months Over A Pair Shoes Negro la Court Here Voluntarily Admits He is Wanted At Sanford. A second-hand pair of shoes and a pair of trousers, both of which belonged to another man, sent ' George Hunt, colored, back to the < chain gang this week for II months of hard labor. Yesterday Hunt was brought into court here before Recorder Horace Kennedy charged with stealing a pair of shoes and a pair of trous ers from another man in No. 8 township. Recorder Kennedy told Hunt that he believed he would give Hffl six months on the road for the theft. -■“Well, I may as well take it,” Hunt answered, in trapping him* aeitf, “cause they wants me back dawn at Sanford where I’se got 15 ma’ months to do.” “And I'll Just let you go back down there and do the 15 months,” the recorder answered, in inform ing Hunt that he had talked too , much. Hunt just walked off from the chain gang there he informed the court. First New Wheat * Brought To Shelby Local Wheat Finest Quality And Weight Fever Received Here. , On'Saturday, June 14, the first wheat of the new crop was received by the Facie Roller Mill company, ef >.Shelby, from W M. Hoyle, of uppetr Lincoln county. (l This wheat was of the finest quality and the heaviest weight wheat to the measured bushel of any ever erecelved at this mill. No r wheat ever bought from the most famous wheat growing regions of the United States equalled the 63 pounds thqt this lot tested. In fact It Is doubtful If Canada or the Ar gentine with their virgin soils can excel this record. The success of Mr. Hoyle shows what farmers In this section can do towards “living at home,” as ne made slightly over 35 bushels to the acre this year. No. 3 Voters ForNewHigh School Here Centralized High School Carrie* Township Citizens Vote For High School Tax With 124 Majority. No. 3 township is to have a new centralized high school, which will be the first full four year high school in the town ship. This was decided Monday when a special school tax elec tion there carried by a majority of 124 votes. Heretofore the township has had two junibr high schools, one at East and the other at Patterson Springs. Some time ago citizens of the township petitioned the board of education to call a special school tax election for the purpose of de ciding about the new school. The petition was granted, and in Mon day’s voting 365 voted for the school and 241 voted against it. There were two voting boxes, one at Earl and the other at Patterson. 280 votes being cast at Patterson and 326 at Earl. At Earl 150 voted for and 130 against, while at Pat terson '215 voted for and 111 voted against. A 40-Cent Tax. The carrying of the election means that a special tax not to ex ceed 40 cents on the $100 valuation will be levied for the purpose of operating1 the new school. The new tax will automatically end the special tax which has been levied to operate the junior high schools at Earl and Patterson. The work in the two junior high schools will be transferred to the new central school when it is completed. Ele mentary school work, ‘it is said, will be maintained at Patterson, Earl, Broad River and McBrayer schools, with all the high school students from those elementary districts at tending the new school. There is some probability, provided the sen timent of citizens approve, that the Cedar Grove and Pleasant Hill ele mentary schools in that township will be consolidated with Patterson and EafT. * Alt the schools in the district will operate eight months just as will the new high school. New Building. The new building, to cost 25 to 30 thousand dollars, is to be erected on the Moss property just east of the Gibson lands. If the building is not complete when school opens this fall, the high school work at Earl and Patterson will be continued un til the new structure is ready. There are approximately 100 high school students within No. 3 town ship and the new school district will be one of the largest rural high school units in Cleveland county. Hundreds At Burial Services Of Peeler Hundreds of Cleveland comity citizens attended the funeral serv ices of Mr. George W. Peeler, for ten years county commissioner of Cleveland, held yesterday morning at 11 o’clock at Clover Hill church. The church was packed to capa city with scores unable to enter, and it was said by many to be the largest assemblage ever at the church. Mr. Peeler, aged 73, died at his home in Shelby Sunday night after a week’s illness. Pallbearers were: Messrs. Zemri Klstler, Josh Lattimore, Andy P. Newton, Burgfn Dellinger, Maynard Washburn, Thad Ford and Am Palmer. Ready to Fight Lawbreakers Believed to be the only Sheriff • equipped with en airplane, for the purpose of tracking down criminals, is Wayne Homing (above, with plane), sheriff of the county seat of Shawnee County, Topeka. Would-be law breaker* mbit be swift indeed to elude the weedy plane at the disposal of Sheriff Horning. UaMraetteaal MmrwO Negro Man And Negro Woman' Assault White Girl And Boy Man Attacks Girl, Woman Holds Gon On Boy, Forces Assault. Gastonia. June 18—A horrible gruesome story, told to officers by a girl of 16 years and her companion, a boy one year her senior of a double assault committed upon them about midnight Sunday by a half drunken negro man and nc gress, today had stirred residents of South Gastonia to a high pitch of feeling, which was gradually spread ing to the uptown and other outly ing sections. Constable Oscar T. Sahms, who was called in to begin vfork on the case about 1 o’clock this morning, said shortly before noon that he had found no traces which might lead to establishing the identity of the alleged negro assailants, and added that he had notified officers in Charlotte ,and other outlying towns to keep a watch for the au tomobye which was described ’to him by the two young people as having been occupied by the negro pair. The story of the alleged assault, as told to Constabft Sahms, con stituted one of the most dastardly crimes ever committed in Gastonia or the surrounding territory. Hartsell Jackson, 17, and Dovie Monteith, 16, both almost frantic, stopped at the residence of Martin Ratchford in South Gastonia after midnight Sunday and asked that an offlfcer be called. Mr. Ratchford immediately got in touch with Con stable Sahms, who a few minutes later interviewed the badly shaken pair at the Ratchford house. The boy and girl said they had been visiting some of Jackson’s relatives in the northeastern section of the city Sunday night, staying there until a comparatively late hour. Jackson, who lives at 802 South Oakland street, was accom panying the girl to her home in the Clara mill community, they alleged, when a Hudson sedan, 1928 model, drove up beside them and stopped, they being afoot. A burley negro was said to have inquired of Jackson how far it was to Charlotte, immediately after which both the negro man and the (CONTINUED ON PAOE NINE.) Mull Given Vacation To Lead Democartic Drive This Fall Will Remain .Chairman. Substitute To Asist Gardner Then. Raleigh—State Democratic Chair man . M. Mull, who is executive counsellor to Governor Gardner, will be granted a leave of absence during the Democratic campaign Governor Gardner announced this week. This would appear to settle the state chairmanship fight, if there has been any such thing as a war on. At the close of the senatorial contest and the announcement of Bailey as winner there went out a story that a Bailey chairman would be elected and that Manager C. L. Shuplng, Judge J. S. Manning, or Kenneth Royall would take up that work. Mr. Bailey had no Interest In a chairman of his own making and frankly said so. The agitation died immediately. Mr. Mull will be un opposed for the continued manage ment of the party. Mr. Mull will take the chairman ship minus the executive counsel lorship very shortly, but the date has not been announced. Governor Gardner will name his temporary appointee so soon as the executive can find a man suitable for him. These announcements are to be made when Mr. Gardner has found his substitute. Mr. Mull came to the chairman ship on the resignation of Attorney General Dennis Brummitt who chose in the light of his candidacy for governor to disentangle himself from any alliances not fair to any other aspirant. The first Mull cam paign had to take up the Smith fight. The campaign was the hard est in 30 years and the chairman emerged with a Republican electoral ticket but a Democratic victory in the state which was impressive enough. This year he has the chance to lead the fight with all the Demo crats rearing to go and srtl of them traveling in the same direction. I-—-----—---— ..— Simmons May Get Job From Hoover Some Chance That Veteran Senator] May Land On Tariff Group. Washington, D. C.—It was stated here this week on food authority that Senator Stm * mons conld have a position aft er March 4, if he wants it. President Hoover will have a few j non-partisan places by that time. The late Governor R. B. Glenn was appointed to the In ternational Joint commission after he was through holding .j office in the state. The com mission jobs are much sought after. Friends of Mr. Simmons real- - lee that, like many public men, he has made fame but not money by his long service here. He will go out of the senate a poor man, as did Mat W. Ran som, Zebulon Baird Vanee, and other distinguished men of the south. Senator Simmons would be a good man for the tariff commission and that is the sort of work he likes and knows. Shelby Boy In Big Tourney Fred Webb Plays Alan Smith To day In Southern Amateaur. Good Round. Fifteen-year-old Fred Webb, one of Shelby's crack'young golfers, Is today playing Alan Smith, Asheville I golf star, in the first round on match play in the Southern ama teaur championship tournament on the Sedgefield course at Greens boro. In the qualifying rounds yester day, young Webb, known as ‘Snook’, shot a 78 over the 18 holes to qualify along with the leading golfers of the south. His first nine holes in the rain was not up to his usual play when he turned in a 43, but in the last round he shot a par 35 to tie for the second lowest nine hole score of the day. Cara Dann, of Orlando, Florida, who won qualify ing honors, shot the lowest round with 32 on his first nine holes, while Johnny Bachman, of Greens boro, also shot a 35 on the last round as did the Shelby boy. Webb's first match play round is a tough assignment The Asheville golfer is one of the best in the south and has the ups on the youngster because he has been play ing in tournament golf for years. Lo cal golfers, however, are of the opinion that the tall left-hander will cause considerable worry be fore, and if, he is eliminated. Arrest Negroes For Shoplifting Tuesday Four negro men and two negro women were arrested yesterday at Kings Mountain by Police Chief Greel Ware and Policeman George Allen on a shop-lifting charge. They were charged with stealing hosiery from the Keeter store there. In county court today Recorder Kennedy gave one of the men, George Johnson, six months on the gang and the others were fined $50 and the costs. The party of negroes came, it is said, from Virginia. MissMcKnight Dead; Funeral Services Today Popular Girl Died Tuesday Morn W»s Outstanding: Student. Talent ed Musician. Had Been Til For Year. Mias Dorothy Hope McKnight, aged 20, one of Shelby’s moat popular and respected yonng women, daughter of Mr. and and Mrs. John S. McKnlght, of North LaFa?ette street, died Tuesday morning. at 1:25 o’clock, at the Shelby hospital. ’ She had been ill for a year, but had been a patient at the local hos pital only two weeks. Death re sulted directly from cardiac asthma, a stage of Bright's disease. Funeral Services Funeral services were held this afternoon (Wednesday) at 2:30 o’clock at the home. The Rev. H. N. McDiarmid .pastor of the First Presbyterian church, of which Miss McKnight was a member, officiat ed. assisted by Dr. Zeno Wall, pas tor of the First Baptist church, and Rev. Charles H. Little, of Charlotte. Interment was in Sunset cemetery. Pall-bearers at the services this aft ernoon were: Louis Roberts, Hugh Arrowood, Hugh Miller, W. D. Lack ey, W. T. Sinclair, Ralph Hoey, and Whitelaw Kendall, of Shelby; and Charlie Phifer, of Charlotte. a favorite with her own set and popular with the hundreds of other Shelby citizens who knew her, Miss McKnight’s death, although not un expected. was a shock to the entire (?ity. Since the outset of her Ill ness, from which there was little hope of recovery, daily concern has been shown over her condition. Gen eral sorrow is felt by all friends of the family because of her death at such an early age and at a time when she has such a promising life ahead of her. ! Born in Lincoln county March 18, 1910, Miss McKnight had lived the greater part of her life in Shelby. .She was graduated from'the local high school with the class of 1928. achieving honors in music, debating and other activities. She was award ed the Charles L. Eskridge cup for the best all- round girl in high school her senior year. After a year at Converse college, she transferred to North Carolina college, at Greensboro, where she would have been graduated this year. During her two years, she was among the scholastic leaders of her class. Musically talented, her ser vices as accompanist for senior re citals in music Were ipuch in de mand her junior year. Illness forced the discontinuance of her college career at the end of her third year. She spent some months in a Charlotte hospital^and then, apparently improved in health, returned home. During her last year she helped organize and played with an orchestra composed large ly of Shelby High school students, which, broadcasting over radio sta tions WBT at Charlotte and WSPA at Spartanburg, attracted favorable attention. She is survived by her parents and three brothers: John P. Mc Knight, States news editor of The Charlotte News; Billy McKnight, Davidson college student; and Col bert’McKnight, Shelby High stu dent. -—.... . Vacation School At First Baptist Grows Enrollment Yesterday Reached 305. Expect 350 By Friday. B. Y. f. U. The daily vacation Bible school at the Pirst Baptist church, which be gan Monday morning at 9 o'clock, showed an enrollment yesterday ot 305. Two hundred and ninety-one of the 305 were present yesterday for the session. The leaders say that 350 will be present for the picture to be made Friday morning, days, closing the evening of July 3, with commencement exercises and exhibits of the work. A faculty of 35 workers is meeting the “Student body each morning. The B. Y. P. U. training school and revival, which began on Monday evening at 6:30 o'clock, will close next Friday evening. The prospects now show that this school will go well over the two hundred mark. Nine courses are taught each even ing. Supper is served at the church between the courses of study. This evening (Wednesday) at the second period Dr. Wall will spdak to the entire school on some phase of ‘‘The Plan of Salvation.” The mem bership is invited to be present at *7:45 o'clock to hear the closing ad dress oi the evening by the pastor. In Second Contest For Solicitor Above ere the two candidate* In I Uie only county race in the second primary to be held Saturday, July 1 They are J. Clint Newton, top, who waa high man In the lint race, and Bolleltor P. Cleveland Gardner, below, who waa aeeend, They seek the Democratic nomination lor toHrltcr or recorder'* court. (Star Photo*.) Negro Who Shot Cop At Kings Mountain Not Able For Trial Dillard Also Heine Held To See How Badly Injured Wom an Is. Trial of two negroes in the coun ty jail here in connection with shooting scrapes are being delayed until there is a change in the con dition of the victim of one of them and unjll the other is physically able to attend trial himself. George Neely, negro man, who shot off Police Chief Greel Ware's right hand at Kings Mountain and was in turn shot through the abdo men by Policeman Hicks, is still in jail here but is not strong enough for a court trial yet. It is hoped that he will be ready for hearing when superior court convenes in July. Doc. Dillard. Lawndale negro, re mains in jail and will not be given a hearing until physicians can de termine if the negro woman, Eva Tindell. he shot through the body last Friday at Lawndale will live. Second Primary Here For County Solicitor Bulwinkle Can Bring District Back, Thinks Gastonia Man. In Second Primary Make* Statement. Thanks Voters. In a statement issued after At torney Hamilton Jones, of Char lotte, had asked for a second pri mary for the Democratic nomina tion. MaJ. A. L. Bulwinkle. of Gas? tonia, high man In the first pri mary, expresses the opinion that if nominated he will redeem the dis trict for Democracy. . His statement follows: •On Saturday, July 5, a second primary will be held to nominate a Democratic candidate for congress from the ninth district of North Carolina. “At the primary held on June 7. I received a plurality of the votes cast, and lacked only from alx to seven hundred votes of obtaining a clear majority over both other can didates who opposed me in the pri mary. “My opponent is demanding a sec ond primary, and under the law it will be held. I shall enter this sec ond primary with the knowledge that thousands of Democrats in the district who have so loyally support ed me in the past, and who, out of friendship for me and loyalty to the Democratic party, will again rally to my support. "I desire to express my sincere ap preciation of the efforts of those who managed my campaign and of those thousands of democrats who voted for me and supported me with out reward or hope of reward In each and every precinct in the dis Itrict. '‘Having been defeated in the Re publican landslide of 192#, my great desire is to carry this district for the democratic party. Four times out of five I have done so. and with the help of the united democracy of the district, I will do so again. Again I thank each and everyone who con tributed to the large vote that I re ceived in the past primary.’* Relatives Of Negro Say Crime Charged To Him Impossible Is Impotent, Said, And Could Not Have Caused Condition Of The trial of Mose Allen, Shelby negro, charged with having carnal relations with a negro girl, said to be only 12 years of age, with the result that the girl is to become a mother, remains open and may not be disposed of for some time. There are several angles of the case the count/ court wants cleared up be fore passing sentenee. One angle is that relatives of Al len say that he is Impotent. ^Al though married he has no children of his own, and relatives contend that it would be a physically impos sibility for him to have brought about the condition of the young negro girl. Only 44 Percent Of Children In N. C. Reach The 6th Grade 447 Out of Each Thousand Enter ing School Pass Fifth, Data Shows. Raleigh, June 18.—Of each origi nal 1,000 white school children en tering the first grade of the''pu5TTc schools of the state in 1923-24, 628 reached the second grade, 605 reached the third grade, 574 reached the fourth grade, 517 reached the fifth grade, and 447 or 44.7 per cent of the original 1.000 reached the sixth grade, it is learned from the current number of State School Facts. No data are available'concerning the grade survivals prior to 1923 24, says School Facts, but since that year the number of children in each grade is known and the number of survivals of the original 1,000 enter ing is given for these years as far as they have progressed. From these figures it appears that each year’s entering class since 1923-24 has about ihe same number of sur vivals. The greatest loss is passing the first grade to the second—372 out of every 1.000 enrolled in the first grade failed to reach the second. The survival rate in the other grades is much higher. Only 23 of the 628 out of every original 1,000 first graders entering the second grade failed to reach the third grade, 31 of the 605 third graders failed to reach the fourth grade, 57 of the remaining 574 failed to reach the fifth grade, and 70 of the 517 fifth graders failed to reach the sixth grade. It is not possible to show sur vival rates by years beyond the sixth grade at this time, but an es timate has been made by the state department. A conservative esti mate for the 1923-24 first grade would indicate that 400 of each original would reach the seventh grade, 308 the eighth grade, 254 the ninth grade, 215 the tenth grade, and 179 the eleventh grade. And out of each 17 entering the eleventh grade, 154 will probably graduate, according to educational officials. In other words, it is be lieved that on the basis of present progress, approximately 18,000 of the 116,077 white children entering the first grade in 1923-24 Will make a grade and a year and gradulalc in 1923-21. Gardner File* For Second Contest Voter* Of County To Vote Agdla In , Two Race*. Gardner In Statement. Cleveland county Democrats will have a second ballot battle on Sat urday, July 5. late Wednesday afternoon Soli citor P. Cleveland Gardner, second man In the three-cornered race for recorder's court solicitor in the first primary, filed hla candidacy for a second race and today Issued a statement explaining why he en ters a second campaign. In the first race the three can didates and their votea were as fol lows: J. C. Newton 2,891; P. C. Gardner, 2,400; C. B. McBrayer 870, Newton lacking 40 votes of the nec essary majority. Another Contest. The solicitor's race, however, will not be the only contest for the Democratic voters of the county to participate In on July 6, for Attor ney Hamilton Jones, of Charlotte, who ran second to Major‘A. L. Bill winkle, of Gastonia, for the Demo cratic nomination to congress, has also filed for a second race. So on July 5 It will be up to the Democrats of Cleveland to nominate a candi date fOr. solicitor, or, rather, elect him,for the Republicans of the county do not have a candidate for that office; and the Democrats of the district will name their stand ard-bearer to oppose Congressman Charlie Jonas (R) this fall. Makes Statement. In announcing his candidacy tor the second race Mr. Gardner says. In part: "The 2,970 votes cast for myself and Mr. McBrayer represent a majority of the votes cast. X do not feel that the votes of these 3, 970 citlsena should be voluntarily handed over by me to a third can didate who did not receive a ma jority ... To withdraw from the race would be equivalent to my ap pointing your solicitor for two years without your consent or approval. Therefore, I cannot withdraw and keep faith with a majority of the voters. In requesting a second race the responsibility of selecting a solicitor is placed directly In the hands of the voters and taxpayers where it belongs.’* Erroneous Statement. In other portions of the state ment, published in the advertising columns of The Star today, Mr. Gardner declares that he never made the statement two years ago that he would not aslc the office again, and quotes his statement then to show that he said he would not ask for it after six years.. He also cites the belief that his more than three years of experience in the office better qualify him for conducting the affairs of the office for two years ahead. Newton View. Mr. Newton when informed there would be a second contest said: “Since Mr. Gardner has asked for a second race for the nomination for county court solicitor I am au tomatically sent into the run-off. In entering a second campaign I take this opportunity of expressing my heartfelt appreciation to the 2, 891 men and women of Cleveland county who voted for me in the first primary. Frankly, I had hoped, , as have scores of citizens who have expressed themselves, that there would be no second race. Had either of my opponents in the first race lacked only 40 votes of receiving a majority out of 5,881 votes cast I would readily have followed the procedure of Judge B. T. Falls, sec ond in the race for the superior court judgeship, who gave away, and has been highly commended for his action, to the high candi date rather than bring about the expense of a second election. How ever, since there is a second contest, I enter it without any ill feelings, without any connectfbn with any group or faction, ancf upon the as surance to the voters of the county that if it is their desire for me to have the office, I will attempt to repay that honor in service.” Havener To Speak For Kiwanis Here Rev. Vance Havener, of Hickory, widely known as a “boy evangelist” and writer, will speak before the Shelby Kiwanis club at their regu lar meeting Thursday evening, it. is announced by Chas. Af Burma, club secretary. Dr. A. Pitt Beam has charge of the program. Rev. Mr. Havener is one of tl'.a state's most brilliant young men and I his Sunday column of human philo sophy in the uewspapers If widely [read.