ggs ”»JJ I J!U illL!. !-i'. ■Il.llllll-'»I-L ■ 'llHU LL .'"gU..!!1. ".J1.1.1.?*1!.. J. .Ll'.glft11111111 SHELBY. N. C. WEDNESDAY. JULY 2,1930 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday AftpmAnn. By mall, per year Un advance) ivuernoona. carrier, per year (i nadvaoee) LATE SEWS THE MAKRET. pftf lb* *•■««•■••• Seed, per bi . .. 15c I .36c fair And Cooler* Today’s North Carolina Weather ralr and somewhat cooler Thursday fair with mod temperature. Friday probably somewhat warmer. They’re Still Up. At 12:30 this afternoon the Hunt Jshn and Kenneth, wel-c their plane, “City of Chi- j Already they j record for endur and this afternoon had aloft around 500 hours. Orl they planned to stay up un July 4, but are now planning to up until Saturday. In their flight they hare burned a of gasoline, 6,400 gallons, travelled, without stop a trip com the world and half Boys Leave Saturday For Camp Glenn s Shelby Merchants Give Prizes — Company K. Militia Prepares for Annual Summer Encampment At That Place. ! The local militia unit, Company \ K, will leave Shelby Saturday morn ing, over the Seaboard, lor Camp ; Glenn, Morehead City, for their an f nual summer encampment and training period. The company will be composed of two commissioned officers and 64 men. The officers are Capt. Peyton McSwain andVlrst Lieut. H. C. Long. No member of the company hiss yet been commissioned second lieutenant to succeed Lieutenant Long, who was advanced from first to second lieutenant when Mike Austell joined the adjutant gener al’s staff at Raleigh. Shooting Prizes. Shelby merchants followed their usual custom of offering attractive prizes to members of the company who win honors in target shooting on the rifle range at Camp Glenn during the 15-day encampment. Prizes are to be given by A V. Wray and Six sons, Suttle’s drug store, Farmers and Planters hardware, , ^ Jolley's, Harrison Clothing company, •Snd Pendleton’s music store. | Mr. John Blanton, of Wash turn’s switch, deputy game warden of the County, will serve as game ■warden while Lieutenant long is away, and any sportsmen who need information about the game laws, 1 or matters appertaining thereto, will i go to him. Blanton Family To Hold Reunion 17th De»v idants Of Late Frank Blan ton To Gather At Mount Olivet Church. I There will be a reunion of the descendants of the late Frank Blan ton at Mt. Olivet Baptist church, between Ellenboro arid Hollis on Thursday, July -17th. All children, grandchildren, great grandchildren g- and other relatives and friends are * invited to attend and bring well filled dinner baskets. Any church choir or string band will be wel come to make music for the occa sion. This is the first reunion of this family ever held and it is hop ed that all will attend and enjoy the day. It is the plan now to have a brief history of the late Frank Blanton read on that day. San Antonio Here In .3 Day* Drive Mr. 3. Carson, brother-in-law of Mr. George DePriest, and his son, Mr: Zeb Carson, arrived in Shelby Monday for a visit with relatives. They drove from their San Antonio home to Shelby, a dis tance of 1,800 miles, in three days time. Mr. Zeb Carson is director of public relations for the Texas divi sion of the Central Light and Pow er company, one of the biggest com panies in the Southwest. ME WRAY RETURNS FROM STUDY OF SHOE MAKING Mr. Victor Wray returned Satur day from St. Louis, where he spent several days observing plant opera tions in the manufacture of Star Brand shoe. Mr. Wray says he saw leather from the time it was cured and tanned, through the cutting and molding processes, until it was manufactured into shoe.' of differ ent styles and types ami packed for shipping to retail star i. He visited the plant in the inter st of the firm V of A. V. Wray and « Sons. Lice Danger To Cotton Appears Aboat Over Now Considerable Loss 4 Two Weeks Ago County Agent Thinks Hot Weather Stopped Ravage Of New Pest. Two weeks ago a pest un heard of heretofore in this sec tion threatened to play havoc to Cleveland county's big cotton crop this year, hut tt was stated today by R. W. Shoffner, farm agent, that he believed the ser ious danger of the pest was past. The new pest was labelled m the cotton louse, a plant louse oi a Whitish green color somewhat simi lar to the oat louse. A fortnight ago, about the same time the cot ton lice were showing up in other cotton sections, the lice first ap peared here. For a week or more, during the period of cool nights, while the cotton was still young the lice did considerable damage. In the Bethlehem section several farm ers it is aid, plowed under several patches of cotton due to the fact that the lice had ruined all pro duction hopes. Work On Leaves. The lice, farmers say, cling to the leaves and stems and eat away the leaves, young shoots and stems. In a number of fields a week or so ago the lice in many spots left nothing standing except the • talk. At that time it appeared as if the cotton prospects were the gloomiest ever in the county. Just now, however, the cotton prospect is the best it has been at this season of the year in several years. The recent hot weather has sent the cotton climbing, and there has been no sign of the boll weevil although weevil infestation is re ported as being worse in other eot ton sections than ever before. With the hot weather putting a curl? on the lice the farm agent is of the opinion farmers of the county will not be bothered to any great extent for the remainder of the season, unless, of course, there is another extended cool apelk ■ vt*-*'-1'#'.'.' Revolting Story Of Assault Is Related Griff Gets Three Months And Green Four Months. Attack Woman's Character. ' The hearing of Raymon Grigg and Jess Green, blind man, charg ed with an attempted assault on Mrs. Nellie Click, a young married woman, in Green's home last Thurs day night developed today, when tried in court here, into one of the most revolting court cases ever heard in Shelby. The woman told an unemotional, plausible story of being called to the Green home because Mrs. Green was said to be sick, and then of Grigg’s attempt to assault her. The defense Introduced several witnesses, including Grigg and Green, in the attempt to show that the woman’s reputation was not good, two testi fying to seeing her in the Green home with men upon other occa sions, and one witness telling of seeing her there in a comprising situation with Green. Mrs. Click, while on the stand, stated that she had never been in the Oreen home alcne with Green or other men un til tricked into going Thursday night. Green was given a four months sentence in Jail and Grigg three months on the roads. Both appeal ed, Grigg’s bond being set at $300 and Green's at $400. County Schools Open Soon Board Sets Dates Next Monday Several School District* Want To Start Now. Open July 21 And 28. Before the end of this month approximately. three-fourths of the rural school children In Cleveland county will start back, to school. Some of them will go back to school on Monday, July 21 and the majority of the others on Monday, July 28. The custom, followed by schools of this county for several years, ori ginated with the idea of aiding the farmers. The county's major crop, cotton, Is usually laid by, or ready to. lay by. by mid July, or a little later, and the children of school age arte not needed at home again until picking time. Therefore the split plan is very convenient with the children going to school for several months during the summer lull and then having a vacation period In the fall so they may aid ' In the cotton picking. ntaaj now. J. H. Grigg, county school super intendent, stated today that several district committeemen have already been to see him with the request that their schools be opened as soon as possible. They informed him that the cotton crop was pretty well in hand now and that the earlier the schools could be started, the better for them. At next Monday s meeting of the, board of education the date for the opening of the eight months rural schools will be set. Mr. Grigg is of the opinion that the majority of the schools which have split sessions will open on either July 21 or 28, al though one or two may not open until the first week in August. All of the colored schools will open early to permit the colored children to leave school at cotton picking time. Several of the smaller six months schools for white children will also open early, it is thought. Among the larger schoO* which will open this month are Falls ton, Boiling Springs, Lattlmore, Bel wood, Casar, Piedmont. Moores boro, Waco, Grover, Bethware, Mor iah, No. 3, and No. 8. Scout Friends To Attend Camp 4th | _ i Adults Asked To Join With Scouts i In Celebration At Lake Lanier Friday. A number of men and women who have sons members of the local scout troops will attend the Fourth of July celebration at the Piedmont council camp at Lake Lanier on Friday, July 4. All adult friends of the Boy Scout movement are invit ed to attend. The program will start at ten o’clock in the morning vidth dem onstrations in scoutcraft and in in specting the camp. Music will be furnished by the famous Boy Scout band of Statesville under the lead ership of Scout Leader Ray House. At 11:30 o'clock, our eloquent and gifted Attorney-General Dennis G. Brnmmitt will speak. At noon the grounds will be thrown open to those who bring picnic lunches. The aft ernoon program vSUl consist of scoutcraft ^demonstrations. The purpose of the gathering is to show the parents just what the schout camp has and what the scout leaders are doing in the mor al and physical development of youth. _ Line-Bred Dairy Cattle In This County To Boost Dairy Industry Ten Registered Jersey Bulls ComeJ From Pennsylvania. Better | Class Cattle. • —, The mot advanced methods in dairy cattle breeding will be start ed in Cleveland county by the bringing in to this county o£ ten outstanding young registered Jer sey bulls from the famous Jersey breeding establishment, Many Springs Farms, New Centrevllle, Pennsylvania. These ten animals are all sons of that great importedDreaming Sultan, who is extraordinary proven sire; and if will, be the first time in the history of Cleveland county that her progressive fanners will have the opportunity to Improve their dairy cattle by following the in tensive system of line breeding. According to County Agent K. w. Shoffner and dairy specialist. r. R. Famham, the proper trans fering of these animals each two to three year* from one community to another should, within three to five years, develop on Cleveland county farms a class of dairy cows showing considerable improvement both in type and milk production over what is fgund today. Also the majority of dairy cows in the. above time found in Cleveland county will carry a preponderance of the blood lines found in the ten sires. As a major project the placing of these ten sires, all sons of the great Dreaming Sultan, is probably the most advanced step ever taken by any county in North Carolina to scientifically improve in the short est length of time its dairy cattle. It is hoped that one of the bulls can be placed in practically each township. These animals are ex pected to arrive In Shelby within the next ten days. Clergyman Shot ki Pulpit Frank Rojs (left), who shot to ■ death Rev. Edgar Wood at Niagara Falla (right), and then wounded his wife, Mra. Mildred Ross (inset). Ross stood up in the congregation of the Pente costal Mission and shot the ■ minister mi he was preaching a sermon. Then he wounded his wife. He confessed to the police, alleeinr that his wife and Rot. Kd**r Wood held trysts in the Ross home ddrin* his ill ness. (1nt«rRatton*l NiwwmI) Fourth In Shelby To Be Quiet Event—No Formalities The Fourth insofar as Shelby and Cleveland county are con cerned promises to be one of those “safe and sane" affairs reformers* advocated in bygone years in sections where consid erable wlioopce is annually pro duccd on Independence Day. So far as could be learned to day not a single event is book ed for Shelby during the day except a baseball game in the afternoon between the Eastslde Ora and Ella mill clubs. Both teams arc composed of fast ball players, including a number of high school and college stars, and hundreds of people taking j the afternoon off may get their Fourth of July amusement at the city park. Others will fill their automo biles for family, croup, Sunday school and textile plant picnic*, and* trips bach to the old home. Still others wilt make a day of it at Bridgewater, Lake Lure and other fishing centers, while quite a number of Shelby plan to take in the big Fourth pro gram at Marion's Lake Tahoma. which will include airplane stunts, motor boating, fishing and other amusements. But in Shelby proper a few score additional people in the court square shade and the flags flying will be the only things to Indicate that it is other than an ordinary week day. Thomas Philbeck Shot Himself Tuesday Eve Young New House Man Com mitted Suicide. Had Been Married Few Months. Thomas Philbeck, 24 years of age, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Crate Philbeck, of the New House section, commit ted suicide yesterday after noon late by shooting himself in the head. Young Philbeck at the time he shot himself was near a side road not far from his home. Coroner T. C. Eskridge after a visit to the scene declared it to be a plain case of suicide and no in quest was held. Left A Note. The young man, It is said, left at the house a note in which he ex plained several things about his de cision to take his own life. The note was«4iot made public, but re ports in Shelby today stated that he declared himself to be ill in such a manner that would ruin his life. Wife Was Nearby. His bride of only two or three months was only a short distance away hoeing cotton when she heard the shot. She was Miss Nellie Watts, of Durham, prior to her marriage this spring. Philbeck, it was stated, had been to the field where she was hoeing cotton only a few minutes before, and had gone to the well to bring her some water. He then walk ed on over to the side road, where the shot was heard a few mtnutes later. A Mr. Bowen, who lived a short distance away, heard the cries of Mrs. Philbeck, hurried to the scene, and found Philbeck on the ground mortally wounded. He was still alive, Bowen said, but did not speak before dying. A .32 calibre pistol was used, the bullet entering the right temple and earning out the rear of the head. Stores Close Here Friday, July 4th Following the usual custom, all local stores and business houses will be closed here Fri day, July 4. There is no cele bration planned for this vicinity, but the business men will take a day off and motor to other points of interest. There are birthdays of celebrities and other legal holidays, but the custom has been long standing to close up shop and take a day off on July 4, Thanksgiving and Christmas. The observance of other holidays is decided when they come up. Funeral services will be held some time Thursday at Sandy Plains church, it was thought today. His parents. Coroner Eskridge said, could not give a reason for the act, other than that he had seem ed -to them of recent months to be mentally distressed at times. Western Union Has New Automatic Plan An automatic operation machine, the latest in telegraph equipment, has been installed and is now In operation at the local oflicer«Ptl)ie Western Union. The new machine, the ‘‘Simples Printers," is similar to those used in the larger cities and gives Shelby the most modern tele graph service. Mr. R. E. Blackwelder has re turned from, the Western Union school, where he acquainted him self with the operation of the au tomatic system, and is again man aging the local office. He Invites all those who care to do so to visit the office and inspect the interesting new equipment. Bank Dividends Paid Out Here Total $21,000 Shareholders Get July Checks First National And Union Trust Company Distribute Semi Annual Dividends. Shareholders of the First Na tional and tiie Union Trust com pany were enriched yesterday when they received semi-annual dividends totalling 121,000. The First National [ paid its usual six per cent scml-^ annual dividend on its capital stock of 9250,000 and the Union Trust company paid four per cent semi annual dividend on its capital stock of $150,000. Both institutions in then- letters to stockholders state that their bus iness is in a healthy condition de rplte the business depression and that the loyalty and support of the stockholders has been very grati fying. The First National and the Union Trust have an established policy of paying semi-annual dividends and amounts equal to the July distri bution wil be paid out the first of next January. Charles Dover New Leader Lions Club Succeeds Bennett As Club President. Library Movement Bl| .Success. Mr. Charles R. Dover is the new president of the Shelby Lions club succeeding Attorney A1 R. Bentiett. Other new officers are Mr. C. C. Horn, first vice president; Dr. D. F Moore, second vice president; Mr. W. S. Eskridge, secretary-treasurer; Mr. Claude Mabry, lion' tamer; Mr Frank Hoyle, Jr., tall twister. The outstanding accomplishment of Shelby’s newest civic club under the presidency of Mr. Bennett was the establishment and doiuftion to the rural schools of .the co\nty of » circulating library. Approximate ly 150 volumes were donatedvfoXtl/ prlmary^and grammar grade\yjjp> and the library was moved from school to school, in schools where there was no library. Mr. J. H Orlgg. county superintendent of education, in expressing his apprec iation to the Lions, declared that the library had meant much to the rural schools, and during the com ing year the club hopes to double the number of books In the library. “Cyclone Mack” To Speak Here Thursday An amplifying system will be set up on the court square Jar the "Cyclone Mack” speech which be gins at 8:15 o’clock Thursday night. The Rev. McClendon who is bet ter known as “Cyclone Mack” comes under the auspices of the Clveland Merchants Business Protective as sociation and the subject of his ad dress will be “The Importance of Home Co-operation.” Music will be furnished Will Serve Barbecue At Fallston Friday The Patriotic Order Sons of America, Washington camp No. 71, will serve a barbecue and other re freshments Friday, July. 4, in the Masonic hall at Fallston. Rev. J. D. Morris and others will speak in the afternoon and following the speak ing barbecue and refreshments will be served. More Cotton Blooms ■ 4 - John Blanton, colored farmer, was in Shelby today exhibiting more cot ton blooms. John, who farms the A. C. Miller land, has both white and red blooms Union Trust To Open At Moo res boro Soon| Not Taking Old Bam Huskey Boy Dies Of Lockjaw Here Not Known Definitely How Trtanusl Started. Funeral On Tuesday. T. C. Iluskey, 14-yrai -old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. VV. Huskey. North UeKalh street, died Tues day evening,'about 7:10, In the Shelby hospital from, tetanus, or lockjaw. •hist how the tetanus Infection started Is not definitely known. Last week the youth, who was present of his Sunday school class at the First Baptist church and active In B. Y. P. U, work, burned his arm with hot Ice. One report had It that the burn was received While, or after, he had tried to tatoo himself, but his parents did not know about this. He had. they said. been handling an old mule and might have received an infection in the blister in that manner. He became sick Wednesday, and grew considerably worse Saturday, becoming stiff in the jaws and shoulder, %nd was removed to the 1 ospitai Buried In Sunset Funeral services, conducted by Dr. Zeno Wall, were held Tuesday aft er noon at 4 o’clock at the residence, r r.d Interment was In Sunset ceme tery. - J, The youth was popular among his friends, and his unexpected death' proved to be a shock to those who knew him. June Brides Have No Hoodoo Worry Fourteenth Rride Of Month Gels Her License On Final Bay / C leveland county June bride* who are inclined to be supersti tious may go on about their honeymoon affairs and worry no more. The unlucky 13 which threaten ed to mar Dan Cupid's June busi ness was vanquished Monday, on the last day of the month, when young Cupid got busy and sent the fourteenth couple journeying to the county court house for marriage li cense. Friday morning license had been Issued for only 13 couples and it apeared as if there would be no more applicants for the June bride roll. But there was. Hie fourteenth couple was Dewey W. King, of Or ange county, and Frankie Borders, of Cleveland county. Two Injured When Auto Turn* Turtle Durham And Fayetteville Men In Shelby Hospital. One May Have Fracture. Two men. both former soldiers, were injured here between H and 12 o'clock last night when the au tomobile in which they were riding turned over where East Marion street runs into highway 20 west of Lovers Lane. At the hospital today their names were given as M. H. James, of Fay etteville, and Charles Jones, of Dur ham. They were riding with an army officer who was en route to Nash ville. Tenn., from Fort Bragg. The officer escaped with only a few bruises and continued his journey by motor bus today. James has a passible fracture of the skull, hos pital official^ state, while Jones Is suffering from lacerations of the head and bruises. 52-Year-Old County Man Weds 19-Year-Old Girl At Gaffney 'Delph' Hamrick Marries Miss Dora Allen There On Monday. Gaffney, S. C„ July 1.—Ad vancing age and youth joined hands here yesterday with the marriage of Philadelphia Ham rick, 52-year-old farmer of Shelby, Route 2, and Miss Dora Allen, attractive 13-year-old Shelby *lrl. The ceremony was performed by Probate Judge Lake W. Stroup in his office at the court bouse. The bridegroom, who said he is well known around Shelby as “Delph” Hsunrick, plainly was overjoyed by his good fortune in “fooling another one" as he had been married before. He kept up a running fire of good humored conversation with Judge Stroup and others in the office while . the necessary papers were being prepared. The bride never hav ing tripped to the altar before, appeared somewhat timid and had little to say. But she smiled lovingly at her elderly sweet heart. •, I Eskridge Is Agent In Liquidating •rposilor Or Defunct Instiiutmi Will Receive Fifty Per Cent On iMoney At Once. The Union Trust company, which has Its home office In Shelby and operates branches at three towns In Cleveland county and three towns in Ruth' erford county, win open another branch on nevt Thursday, July 10. according to announcement made here hr Union bank of ficials. b|| Headquarters for the hew branch Kill be maintained in the banking juarters formerly occupied by th« Farmers and Merchants bank whidi went on the rocks of financial dis tress about three months ago. Thi) Branch will serve the Boilinj 3prings and Mooresboro sections which have been without bankini facilities since the failure of ttu Farmers and Merchants bank 0! which Y. L McCardwell was head, Liquidating Agent Appointed. It was made plain that the Un ion bank does not take over the as sets of the closed banks, a liquidat i»K agent having Beep appointed b the person of Mr. Purest Eskridgs if Shelby. However. UmJJnion True company is advancing enohgh fundi to the state corporation commissioi through the eloped banks* liquidat ing agent. Mr Eskridge, with thi guarantee of several directors of thi closed Farmers and Merchants bank to cover preferred claims, Mils pay able and fifty per cent of the claim of depositors. . U| Depositors Receive 50 Percent The corporation commission whose hands the closed bank when the