Newspapers / Shelby Daily Star (Shelby, … / June 30, 1930, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Shelby Daily Star (Shelby, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
VOL. XXX VI, No. 78 SHELBY. N. C. MONDAY. JUNE 30. 1930 • ... 11^ 8 PAGES TODAY L i . ■ K;:M —'~US—^ -.i1.111.1.si's.1 ...i—U,,.. ' i.i.,j i i ljj; Published Monday. Wednesday .and Friday Afternoons. By mall, per year (in advance) *3.60 f!arrl#iP rvr Vf>ar II nsHvanrai M/Mi LATE NEWS * *.. Vhe market. - J&r button, per lb. ................ 15c Ctffton Seed, per bn. . .........36c Fair Saturday. Today's North Carolina Weather teport: Fair tonight and Saturday. Vot much change in temperature. Thunderstorms. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Partly cloudy with local hunflerstorms in west portion to light and Thursday. Not much :bange in temperature. Endurance Record. Chicago, JuitW\£2.—The "City of Chicago’’ had flown for 435 hours, !1 minutes and 30 seconds at 8:01, central daylight time, tonight, ex ■eeding the St. Louis Robin's non •topv refueling flight record by 14 loan. Pilots and flight managers -aid they would keep the plane in the air until July 4, if possible. Chicago, June 29.—Two Illinois ’Pm boys in a second-hand mono - ilane soared out of the dawn today rlih a new world record for refuel ng endurance flying. The toothers Hunter—John and Kenneath—who urncd eoal miners to buy their first «hip six years ago, bested the prev ous 420-hour record by an hour at ", j'J. a. m. central standard time, and :hen continued on, determined, they •aid, to remain aloft until July 4. Warned by the men they sup planted—Dale Jackson and Forest □Urine of St. Louis—that their ree •rd would be promptly assaulted, the new champions fought the temptation to take much-wanted *est because they aspired to a mark that might stand a while. Charity Drive In County Gets Legion Support Need Food, Clothing In Many Homes ( levelar.d Ex-Service Men Get Be hind Campaign to Aid Un employed Families. Therea are a number of unem ployed families in Shelby and over Cleveland county who are in need of ffeod and clothing, and the War ren Hoyle American Leigon post of Shelby not only believes something hould be done about it, but is going to see that something is done. Legion officials announced today t n;\i tomorrow, Tuesday, they will open a driv.e for charity funds to be used in securing food for needy families not only of Shelby but in all sections of the county. “Scores of people have been hard ' ■nation. All churches, organiza first swept over the county, but the majority of them”, Legion officials :av, “have been making the best of ,t they could. Now the best is not ;>ood enough; many innocent mothers and children are in need of food. Realizing this the Legion this week will Inaugurate a charity drive with the aim of relieving the situation. All churches organiza tions and groups who desire to do so are In^ted .to cooperate with us in this worthy movement” Advisory Committee. Needy cases will be listed, investi gated and supplied through the county welfare officer, J. B. Smith, who will'work under the direction cf an advisory committee to be named by the Legion. This com mittee will Investigate each case to see that there is real need, and will, also, supervise the expenditures of the drive. 1 Ex-service men all over the coun ty will aid in the campaign, and a drive will be put on in Shelby to morrow, but all citizens who desire to contribute are asked to get in touch with Tom Abemethy, Legion poet commander, or the welfare of ficer, provided they are not seen by !he canvassing committee. A list of contributors will be published each week. Unlucky Number Of June Brides Here thirteen Couples Have Secured Li cense In County This Month* Cleveland county needs one more June bride before nightfall today In order to avoid a hoodoo number. So far this month marrftge li cense! have been Issued to thirteen coup’efe by Register of Deeds Andy Newton, and the register hopes to fill out the papers necessary to create another June bride before the day is over in order to get away from the supposedly unlucky num ber. Couples securing license Friday and Saturday were: Sh,elite C. Byrd and Mary Elisa beth Blggers, both of Cleveland county: John 8. Ward and Carrie Belle Green, both of Cleveland: Craig D. Falls and Francis Lucille Hord, both of Cleveland: Oeorge Maynard Elam, of Washington, Ga., a«fr Pearl Reid McWhorter, of De catur, Ga. King Decision 1 Expected Soon; New Trial Hope Appeal Heard Six Week* Ago Supreme Court Of South Carolina Expected To Give Opinion In July. Rafe King, Shelby man. now confined in the state prison of South Carolina after being convicted of slaying his wife,' may know within the next week or 10 days if he will get a new trial. Should the high court refuse the appeal for another trial the lone hope the Shelby man will then have of evading the death chair will be an appeal for executive clemency to Governor Richards. Lawyers Optimistic, King was convicted last summer at Chester in one of the most sen sational trials ever held in the two Carolina?. The alleged slaying was at Sharon, South Carolina, where he and his wife, a former Shelby school teacher, lived. The trial was moved from York to Chester be cause King’s attorneys contended that he would not be given a fair hearing. He was convicted, however, at Chester and sentenced to death. His cousel, including Clyde R. Hoey and B. T. Palls, of Shelby, immed iately filed an appeal notice to the high court, citing scores of reasons why they believed the Shelby man should be given another trial. The appeal was argued before the supreme court justices six weeks ago Saturday, and at that time it was though* an opinion would be handed down within a month’s time. The supreme court adjourns about the second week of July for its summer recess and the opinion, it is learned, will be given prior to the adjournment. It is likely, then, that the decision will be known within a week or 10 days. Discussing the matter here over the week-end, Mr. Hoey, one of the King lawyers, reiterated his belief that a new trial would be granted. "I have thought ail along.” he said, "that we had sufficient grounds upon which to ask a new hearing and I am still of the opin ion that the prospects for a new trial are bright. I expect we will know definitely within a fortnight.” K. Y. Dedmon, Junior Buried At Kadesh R. Y. Dedmon, jr„ died Friday night at the Lincolnton hospital fol lowing an operation for appendici tis and pneumonia complication. Mr. Dedmon was twenty years of age and had been sick for several weeks. It is understood that he was buried this morning at Kadesh Me thodist church cemetery at Bel wood. Behave, The Jail Is “Full Up” Now Sheriff Irvin Allen is hoping that no Cleveland county citi zens find it convenient to violate any law this week. The reason is that the jail is pretty well crowded and if other prisoners come in the sheriff may haye to borrow a few bunks from his neighbors. There are now 34 people in jail, including six white women and two colored women. The males are about evenly divided as to color. Smiling at End of Trail Here is the famous Australian airman, Major Charles KL>gs ford-Smith and his three com panions after their safe arrival In New York City from New foundland, where they were forced down on their flijrht from Itablin, Ireland, to the ■ • United State*. They are, left to right; John W. Stannage, wireleaa ape rater; Evart Van Dyk, co-pilot; Major Kingsford Smith, night commander, and his navigator, Captain J. Patrick Saul. ,:V (lilKHtlnfl NarctNl) 17-Year-Old Patman GirlDroums In Broad River While In Bathing 1 Officers Round Up A Disorderly Party Five Men And Four Girls Arrested. Girls Ordered To Leave County. Five men and four girls were ar rested late Friday night by Cleve land county officers in what came very near being a typical roadhouse party in. the section juat across Buffalo on the Kings Mountain side,' according to the officers. The arrests were made at or near the Will Dye home, north of high way 20, a little more than halfway between Shelby and Kings Moun tain, and the officers participating were Deputies Bob Kendrick, Har vey Harrelson, Buren Dedmon, John Hord and Charlie Shepard. Two of the men submitted to be ing drunk, and two of the girls also submitted to the same charge. Charges of drunkeness and vagrancy however, were filed against the en tire party. One man and one girl were acquitted, but Recorder Hor ace Kennedy ordered all of the girls, three of whom are not residents of the county, to leave the county. The heaviest sentence imposed was a $50 fine and costs on one of the men who was also charged with op erating an automobile while intoxi cated. While in that section the officers also captured Grady Green with about seven gallons of whiskey in his possession. In county court Sat urday he was fined $200, or is to take six months. Dye was acquitted of operating a disorderly house. Seven of the nine men and wom en arrested were said to be from Gaston county, while one man and woman were from the section about Kings Mountain. Rutherford Towns Selling Light Plants To Duke Firm; Good Price Rutherfordton Accepts $295,000 For Plant There. Other Offers Made. Rutherfordton, June 30.—The Southern Public Utilities company of Charlotte, which is a branch of tlhe Duke Power company, has brought the water and light plant of Rutherfordton for $295,000. A Chi cago firm recently bid $210,000 for the same plant but the Duke in terests bettered the bid by $85,000. The sale is made subject to the ap proval of the voters. The town board plans to call an election soon. The offer, for cash, was made at a special meeting of the mayors of Forest City, Spindale and Ruther fordton, with a member of each town board in the office of Mayor S. E. Elmore of Spindale. The same firm offered the town of Spindale $205,000 and offered Forest City $410,000 for their municipal water and light plants Sherritt and com —.11. ,1 . pany of Chicago recently offered | Spindale $190,000 and Forest City $350,000. The Duke Interests better ed the offer to the three towns by $160,000 and agreed to reduce the present rate three cents per kilo watt hour for lights, as far as pos sible, use the present force of em ployes. . The town officials of Spindale ac cepted the bid of- the Southern Public Utilities company and it was expected that Forest City will do so. If present plans go through, each of the three towns will hold the special election on the same day. It is thought, that the elections will carry if those favoring it will work for it. Those favoring it claim that the tax rate in each town will be great ly reduced, the charges lowered aijji the service Improved. It also means more industries for this section in the near future, it is thought. The offer to each town is a cash one. Swift Water Pulls Olrl Into Deep Place. Another Girl Barely Escapes. Miss Francis Putnam, 17-year old daughter of *Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Putnam, who live near Mt. Sinai church, and a member of one of the county’s best known families, was drowned yesterday afternoon about 2:30 o’clock , while In bathing with a group of fotfnif flfrr tii DiDtu riwr near the Ellis Ferry. There were five or six girls In bathing together. In going down stream Miss Putnam and Miss Ruth Hunt, one of the other girls, got in swift water and were pulled into a deep wash-out hole. The Hunt girl managed to catch hold of a limb or bush and save herself, although she was badly strangled, but Miss Put nam, unable to catch anything, could not save herself and was drowned. Find Body Downstream. About 40 minutes after she sank a Mr. Turner, who lives on the south side of the river, found the body about a quarter of a mile down stream from where she drowned. The unexpected death of the young girl, who was very popular in her section, was a shock to the en tire community. Her father today expressed his gratefulness for the many kind acts and sympathy ex tended the bereaved family by ihe citizens vjf the community. Miss Putnam had for several years been a member of the Mt. Sinai church and at the time of her death was assistant secretary of tne Sunday school and active in all church and sociaPwork. Funeral services will be conduct ed Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Mt. Sinai, with Rev. J. L. Jen kins, Rev. Rush Padgett and Rev. D. G. Washburn in charge. Surviving in addition to the heart broken parents are the following brothers and sisters Carl, Mrs. Cliff Dyser, Wilburn, Mrs. Vera Mc Swain, Howard, Ocie, Shaster, Sam, Gay, and Arvil. i - To Nab City Autos Without New Plate* Police Chief Poston and his white capped officers will this week be gin checking up on all Shelby auto mobiles which do not have new city tags. The time limit for the old tags was the end of May, but city offi cers gave Shelby auto owners an additional month in which'to pur chase tags before they started their drive. Pour hundred and forty-one tags have been sold so far at the city hall, and this means that ap proximately 1,000 Shelby cars are as yet without new tags. Laundry Truck On Fire Thi* Morning The city fire department trucks were called to the Eastside section about 9:16 this morning where ‘a laundry truck was ablaze. The fire was under the seat, near the gas tank, but the blaze was extinguish ed with chemicals without a great amount of danage to the truck, ■jBgu.j-1”?1 j.SEzszwmsBssamsss^&m W. Lon Gantt, Merchant Of Fallston Dies Thousands Attend Funeral Sunday Profttlnrnt Merchant And Influen tial Leader Succumb* To Stroke. Funeral Sunday. A great throng of people number ing thousands, attended the funeral Sunday afternoon of Mr. W. Lon Oantt, prominent Fallston mer chant, who died Friday evening at 6 o'clock in the Shelby hospital, fol lowing a stroke of paralysis which he suffered last Tuesday morning. The stroke was sudden, and he was rushed to the Shelby hospital where his condition was serious for three days before the end came. Mr, Gantt was stricken in his store. On the previous day he had forked hay in the early part of the day and gone fishing with a party of friends In the afternoon. For sometime however, he had been suf fering with high blood pressure. Forty Yean a Merchant Mr. Gantt was 59 years of age and was born in the Rockdale section. His first experience In the mercan tile business was as clerk for J. B Ivey and Capt. Lem. J. Hoyle who operated a store at Belwood about forty years ago. Later when Stamey brothers opened business at Fall ston, Mr. Oantt was a member of the sales force there until he open ed up a store of his own. ’ By his honest dealing, pleasant manner and wide acquaintance, he built a large business at Fallston and en joyed the confidence and esteem of that entire section. He was active in public affairs and a political leader of that section. 'For many years he was election registrar and No. 9 township tax lister. Several years ago his store waa burned, en tailing a heavy financial loss. r amity surviving:. Mr. Gantt was married to Miss Sue Nolan who survives with the following children: Clarence Gantt in the state audit department at Raleigh. Mrs. Lee Baber of Lincoln county, Mrs, C. L. Hoyle of Fall ston, Mrs. Ed Wise of Lincoln county, Mrs. W. D. Lattimore and Mrs. Fields Toney of Fallston. Also surviving are the following broth ers and sisters: Messrs. M. N., Ben T., Summie and Robert Gantt, Mrs. E. W. Dixon, Mrs. J. L. Sain, Mrs. J. A. Tillman and Mrs. Pink Wort man. Thousands At funeral. Friends who attended the funeral held Sunday afternoon at Kadesh church say the crowd was by far the largest ever assembled there for a funeral. People from all walks of life, rich and poor, came to pay a tribute to him. He had been liberal in extending credit to many and these Were there to express their esteem and respect for him. He had great faith and trust in his customers and friends and all ex pressed a regreat at his untimely passing. • Masonic Honors. The crowd was estimated at from 2,000 to 2,500 people. When the casket was opened in the church over 1,200 filed by to review the re mains for the last time. Services were conducted by Rev. J. M- Mor ris, assisted by Revs. J. M. Morgan and J. W. Fitzgerald, each of whom paid tributes to his noble life, aft er which the Masons accorded him the usual honors of a Masonic brother. He was also a member of the Junior order. Several passenger cars and a truck load of flowers also evidenced the esteem in which he was held. Youth Of Twelve, Dies At Hospital L. C. Hardin, Jr. Of Dover Village Develops Blood Poison. Fu neral Today. L. C. Hardin, jr., popular student of the Dover mill school and only child of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Har din, of the Dover mill village died Sunday morning at 9:50 o’clock at the Shelby hospital after an illness of three weeks. Young Hardin had bone infections in his leg and shoulder which developed into blood poison, causing his death. He had been a patient at the hospital for two weeks and bore his suffer ing with unusual courage. At school where he was in the sixth grade, ho was popular among his young friends and in the Dover mill vil lage. ' Young Hardin was 12 years and nine months old and the funeral was held this afternoon at 3 o’clock, services conducted by Rev. Zeno Wall and Rev. W. A. Elam. Inter ment was in Sunset cemetery. His parents who have been here eight years, have'’a host of friends who extend their sympathy. ’Simmon Sprout Grows In ’Tater Now that we’ve had aeveral freak stories about the toma toes growing on Irish potato ■talks, here's a new one: M. H. Hawkins, of the New House section, was in Shelby Saturday exhibiting an Irish potato from which was grow ing a small persimmon sprout The sprout was about four or fire inches in length and seemed to be growing from one side of the potato. It can be clearly seen that the sprout which is living, was not graft ed on the potato, but appar ently grew there; presumably the persimmon seed and the potato, when planted, were packed against each other in the ground. Very Unusual Manslaughter Hearing Here Negro Charged With Shocking White Woman To Death. I# Acquitted. One of the moat unusual manslaughter cases ever heard in the courts of this county was tried here Saturday before County Judge Horace Kennedy and resulted In the acquittal of the accused negro. The charges were that Frank Toms, a negro of. the Lattimore section, had caused t.heA death of Mrs. Pink Tessneer by shock. Arrued With Husband The evidence offered by the pros ecution was that Toms had gone to the Tessneer home after a mule. In some manner an argument de veloped between the white man and the negro. Mrs. Tessneer. whose first name was May, attempted, it was said, to halt the controversy, and then, according to the charges, the colored man cursed her, so shocking and frightening the wo man that she died a week or two later, tlie technical charge preferred was manslaughter "by cussing and assault”. The defense admitted that there had been an argument between the woman's husband and the negro, but contended that the negro had said nothing to the woman, and had mot touched her or bothered her in tT.y manner. lit With Tuberculosis Additional testimony given by a physician, was that Mrs. Tessneer was In the advanced stages of Tu berculosis, the disease which Is said to have caused her death. The exer tion put forth by her In going out where the argument was being held might have 4t was indicated, weak ened her and so exicited her that ;he shock added to the progress of the disease, but the court could find no justifiable grounds upon which to hold the colored man on a manslaughter charge. Admires Our Water, And Cool Climate “It's wonderful at this warm feason of the year to be where you need to pull some cover upon you during the night, and the water in this section Is unusually good", was the praise passed out over the week end by Mr. J. B. Dawson, former New Bern newspaper publisher, who was in Shelby Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Dawson and son Billy, were the guest here of Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson. 7 County Democrats In Quiet Meeting Here Chief Richards Not Dead As Reported Erroneous Report Got Out When Richards’ Father Died Today. I Here’s another case of a man who ia very much alive being: reported as dead. Shortly after noon today the re port spread about Shelby that A. L. Richards, former Shelby chief of police, had died suddenly at Kings Mountain where he operates a branch music store for W, A. Pen dleton. An Investigation by The Star, just before press time, revealed that It was Chief Richards’ fathe*. who lives in South Carolina, who died today. The report here had gained such headway that details of the death a sudden heart attack—were being given. The mistake crept In, It is under stood. when Pinkney Richards, the son of the former police chief, call ed here to Inform that his grand father, whom he refers to as "dad dy,” had filed. Assault Tried Woman Says Married Woman Prefer* Attempted Antuli Charge Against Rsy Jmond Origg. Jess Green, blind man of the Eastslde section, was arrested this morning and officers are looking for Kaymon Grigg, young white man who has fea tured in several court affairs, as the result of an attempted as sault story related today by Mr*. IVellie Click, who also lives In the Eastside-Cloth mill section. Mrs. Click told officers, in swear ing out a warrant, that the two men came to her home last Thurs day night aftenlahe had retired. 8he was informed, she says, that Green’s wife was sick and that they wanted her to go and stay with her during the night. She told Ahem, she said, that she would go just as soon as she dressed. She then accompanied them to the other home, only to discover, she states, that Green's wife was not there and that she wa3 alone with the two men. Try Assault. It was then, she said, that Gngg grabbed her, wrestled with her, and pushed her upon the bed, attempt ing what she described as an as sault. She then managed to get loose and away from the house Green did not bother her, accord ing to her story. j Officers say that the story of the attempted assault was a very plausible one. Higgins Sisters At Beaver Dam Church ! . v . The four Higgins sisters will give a sacred musical concert at Beaver Dam church Tuesday night. The quartet of sisters comes from Vir ginia and offers a sacred music pro gram hard to excel. There will be no admission charge. Population North Carolina Will Go Over Three Million Mark Increase Of 17.7 Percent, or Nearly Half Million Teople. Wrightsville Beach, June 30.—"'I am authorized by the bureau of the census to say that shortly they will probably announce jour 1930 popu lation to be 3,016,000, based on the present computations,” Oapt. R. S. Patton, director of the United Stat es coast and geodetic survey, de partment of commerce, told the at tendants at the mid-summer meet ing of the North Carolina Society of Engineers in session here, ‘This,” continued Captain Patton, “is an increase of over 17.7 per cent since the 1920 census, or near ly 457,000 people. It contrasts with an estimated increase of 16. S per cent for the whole nation, “It is always a pleasure to help those who so effectively are help ing themselves, and among these North Carolina stands out pre-emi nently,'' Captain Patton said early in his address, “Your evolution dur ing: the past few decades has been phenomenal, even in a nation whose progress as a whole, during the same period has exceeded any thing which the world has ever known. “I cannot, of course, tell you any thing new about the progress In your own state,’’ Captain Patton continued. "T[o it you individually and collectively have undoubtedly contributed much. If I refer to that progress, it is only to justify the optimism with which I view th» project I am here to discuss. Only a few days ago I received a report of a meeting in the state of Washmg ton in wtych North Carolina was held up to the people of that state as a shining example of what could be accomplished by constructive, far-seeing development of the na tural resources of a state. “The value of your .manufactured products exceeds $1,154,000,000 a IPONTINUED ON PAGE E1GHT.I. Re-Elect Anthony Party Leader J. Frank Roberts Made Tarty Chairman. Convention Moved Along Rapidly. Cleveland county Democrats, re presented for the most part b.v those who refer to themselves as' "the old-timers,” held a real old I time convention here Saturday, one that did not last over a half hour, but one that promised another big Democratic victory this fall. Due to the fact that county com" was In session the convention held 1U meeting in one of the first floor offices of the court house and the convention proper lasted for only a few minutes. An executive session of the precinct committeemen follow ed at which Oliver S. Anthony, who fUled in Judge Falls' term as chair man, was elected chairman for the next two years, and Capt. J. Prank Roberts was elected secretary. All Are Delegates In the convention a resolution offered by Attorney _ Speight Beam, and unanimously adopted by the delegates, praised the administra tion of the county's native son gov ernor, . O. Max Gardner, and the general advance of the party In the county and state. Another unanimous procedure was that of qualifying every county Democrat who desires to attend as a delegate »to the State convention in Raleigh on Thursday of this Week. Very Optimistic Brief talks in the convention and executive session expressed opti mism as to the chances of Demo cratic victories this fall and in 1932. In a short talk of acceptance Chairman Anthony stated that he hoped to have the party organiza tion in the county working at full, speed in November. In addition to the main precinct committee it was urged that each. pasunct organize ’ precinct committees of yo-'ng Dem ocrats and women, each committee to have five members. A majority of the voting precincts in the county were represented at the convention and there was not the slightest indication of any tur moil within the party. The entire affair moved off so smoothly that it was quite a contrast to the con vention two years ago when there was heated voting over the Hull and Smith delegates to the State convention. This time the Demo crats of the county had no bone of contention, no argument about dele-, gates, and the sole purpose, appar ently, of bringing about a Demo cratic victory this fall. The Beam resolution, adopted by the convention, follows: , Whereas, the Democrats of Cleveland county, in regular con vention .assembled, realizing that a strong party government is essen tial to success and for the good of the people of the state, and realiz ing that devotion to its principles and a loyal adherence to Its leaders,, its platform and its creed arc in cumbent upon us as staunch and, true Democrats, and whereas, real KTONTINUED ON PAOK EIGHT * Voters Not Talking About 2nd Primary Little Enthusiasm Shown. Candi dates Working Hard Now. This is the home-stretch week of the second, or run-off, primary, and from the standpoint of enthusiasm there is about as much kick in the race as there is in a bqttle of near1 beer. The four candidates in the two contests are working zealously to stir up interest among voters, but so far those who cast the ballots, or those supposed to cast them Satur day, refuse to be aroused. Attorney Hamilton Jones and Maj. - A. L. Bulwinkle, the congressional candidates, are making their math appeal to Cleveland voters through the newspapers, although both can didates have visited here since the primary. With P. Cleveland Gard ner and J. Clint Newton, the can didates for county solicitor, it is another matter. Both men are mak ing intensive campaigns and are travelling over the entire count:/ advocating their candidacies with the voters themselves. Campaign Expenses, Last Friday was tne final day for filing a complete list of campaign expenses in the first primary and the first day to file a preliminary expense account for the second race. A check-up of the expense accounts filed fails to show any unusual ex penditures. , 1 ,
Shelby Daily Star (Shelby, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 30, 1930, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75