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SHELBY. N. C. WEDNESDAY. JULY 2,1930
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday
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LATE SEWS
THE MAKRET.
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Seed, per bi . ..
15c I
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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 <fo'oft'4'ere shut, wai
itioned by the depositors to
the banks affairs in this maimer
and the court order was signed
Judge Jas. L. Webb
Depositors who had funds in the'
Boiling Springs and MooresbOrtt
banks of the Farmers and Mer*
chants bank cannot write checks
on funds they had in these institu-*
tions at the time they were closed,
until such depositors make a claim
for their deposits after July 10.
These claims are to be proven
depositors and approved by
corporation commission, after w!
the fifty per 'cent dividends on
posits will be paid.
Should the liquidating agent be
able to secure enough funds in the
settlement of the bank’s affairs tat
pay all indebtedness and the fifty
percent dividend to the depositors,
the amount so available will be
to the depositors when final ggfSfi
nu nt is made.
Dicks In Charge.
W. L. Hicks of Caroleen will be
charge of the new Moo:
branch of, the Union Trust Co.
Hicks is an experienced banker
comes with a fine record in banking,
circles.
Forest City Sells
Light Plant There
Accept Offer Made By Souther
Public Utilities. Makes Three
Sales.
Opens Radio Shop.
Forest City. July 1.—At a meet*
ing of the Forest City board of al
dermen held today the city's pub
lic utilities plants were sold to the
Southern Public Utilities company,
a subsidiary of the Duke Po
company, of Charlotte, for $415,
The action of the board is sub;
to the approval of the voters
Forest City.
The purchasers paid *315,000 for
the city’s electrical plant and $100.-<
000 for the water plant. The sale if
confirmed by the voters, wlH bring
about a cheaper power rate,
company contracting- to t
current at approximately 20
cent, under the present rate.
A committee consisting of
V. T. Davis. Aldermen O. B.
rill and W. L. Horn well will
with similar committees from
dale and Rutherfordton Shortly
complete arrangements for a
registration and for holding an
tion in the three towns at an
date. Rutherfordton, and
having sold their plants Thi
Mr. J. C. Burges# Is now
ing a radio shop in the Arey
ing on South Washington
the space formerly occupied
Falls Motor company.