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SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 16 1930 12 PAGES TODAY «■-..—......i Published Monday. Wednesday and Friday \T=TE NEWS THE MARKET. Cotton, per lb. .....--■ Cotton Seed, per bu. - — CLOUDY, WARMER Todays North Carolina Weather Report: Partly cloudy, slightly warmer tonight and Thursday. Thieves Leave One Auto, Get Another In City Charlotte Car Atjandoheri S' Tin Home Of Chief Poston. Dorsey Car Stolen. Shelby Is getting to be :i.ore and more a stamping ground lor auto thieves. Last night or early this morning thieves abandoned an auto mobile stolen in Charlotte just a few yards from the front door of Police Chief McBride Poston, on the Cleveland Springs road, and a short time later, officers surmise, stole a Shelby car In another part of town. Between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning Policeman Rufus Sparks and Deputy Bob Kendrick were rid ing out the Cleveland Springs road. They saw two young men siphon ing gas from the car of J. G. Dudley. jr„ who lives next door to Chief Poston. As the officers pulled to .the side of the road the gas thieves saw the Sparks’ policeman's cap and ran southwest. About that time of night, or a little later, the Chev rolet coupe of Winfred Dorsey was stolen from his home on DeKalb street. In the direction the two men fled from the Cleveland Springs road they would have, t.ac' they held to the same course, come out about DeKalb street, and officers believe they stole the Dorsey car. Steal from cnier. The car abandoned was a Dodge Sedan and Police Chid Poston learned this morning thac if was stolen in Charlotte early lest night. Gas thieves last week stole a quan tity of gas from the Dudley, car. and had before that stolen gasoline from the car of Chief Poston him self. Newton Gets Car, One Is Left Here Car of Nominee For Solicitor Re covered. Thief Left An other Here Automobiles with empty gas tanks are useless to car thieves, and today Attorney J. Clint Newton, Demo cratic nominee for county solicitor, will get his automobile, stolen here last Saturday, back from Anderson, S. C, He was informed last night that the Ford coupe, the property of Romeo F,aker, stolen from him last week had been found at Anderson. After the Newton car was stolen from in front of his law office on Marion street, two doors from the police station, last Saturday morn ing, officers discovered a Ford road ster, with the gas tank empty, abandoned just across the street, on the court square side opposite the City Hall. It is believed that the man who stole the Newton car abandoned the other car, because it was out of gas, walked across the street, entered the Newton car and drove off. Tire abandoned car had a South Caro lina license plate, and, Chief Poston, after wiring to Columbia, learned that it had been stolen from E. A. Taylor at Sumter, S. C. At noon today the auto was still fycre. Padgett Gets Call To Jessup’s Church Former Second Baptist Pastor Gels Call To Church At Lowell. A former Shelby paste- has re ceived a call to the church of which the pastor who succeeded him here was once pastor. Some lime ago Rev. Rush Padgett, pastor of the Second Baptist church here, was called to Ramseur to take the charge left by Rev. W. A. Elam, who returned to a charge in this, his native county. The Second Bap tist church then called Rev. L. L. Jessup of Lowell to the charge here. Now Mr. Padgett has bsen called to the former Jessup church. A Lowell dispatch says the fol lowing of the call: “The First Bap tist church, the pastorate ot which has been vacant since Rev. L. L. Jessup went to Shelby recently, lias called Rev. Rush Padgett, of Ram seur. Mr. Padgett was originally from that strong Baptist county, Cleveland, and is well known in Lowell where he has conducted a splendid meeting. He has many friends here and many w?.rm ad mirers. Some years ago he was sta tioned at McAdenville. Alt here will be glad if he accepts the tall. “It is thought that he will cer tainly come, although as yet a definite answer has not bgen re ceived. The Lowell chinch vill con aider Itself very lucky to get Mr. Padgett, who has (he reputation of being a fine man and a good preacher. Brittain Gets Bond; Record Crowd Attends Trial In Death Case Driver Of Auto Which Killed Deputy Under $1,500 Bond. Companions Under $200 Bonds. Widow Of Dead Officer And The Young Wife Of Death Car Driver Talk In Court Room. No Evidence Offered. * In a preliminary hearing before County Judge Horace Kennedy here this morning four defendants in Id in connec tion with the death of Deputy Sheriff Sanford A. Pruett, who was killed by an automobile early last Saturday morning', waived examination and were bound over to Superior court. Hugh Brittain, neat-appearing, black-haired young man. son of C. A. Brittain, Casar postmaster and prominent citizen, alleged to be the driver of the ear which killed the officer, was placed under-a bond of $1,500. Prosecuting attorneys^ stated they would press a manslaughter charge against Him, and perhaps a more serious charge. ^ ' - Three , of the four companions say to have been wi’th Brittain in the car were placed under bonds of $200 each. They were Ivey and Joe Wortman and Dob Hunt. Roy Warlick, said to the fifth member of the party, had not been served with a warrant and- was not lii -court. A warrant, it is understood, may be issued for him, and it is likely, if such is done, that lie may also be placed, under a $200 bond. No Standing Space Not a word of evidence was in troduced. and the preliminary hear ing lasted only a few minutes, but the crowd that packed and jammed every inch of seating and standing space in the big court room was easily, the largest that ever attend ed a court hearing in Shelby. The. entire upper county section, from Casar to Toluca, seemed to be pres ent along with hundreds from every other section of the county. It is the first time in many, many years that an officer of the. county has been killed, and all estimates placed the crowd attending tile preliminary at more than 2,000. not counting the scores who thronged the down stairs lobbies of the court house un able to find even peeping room up stairs. The main floor of the court, room was packed to suffocation 20 minutes before 10 o'clock and bv the time the hour of the trial ar rived the overflow crowd had found its wav to the negro gallery and packed all available space there The first stir came when the four defendants were brought in from j the jail, the entire crowd crahing j for a look at young Brittain, dark haired, rather handsome youngster wearing a white shirt and tie but! without a coat. Officer's Family There Court officers a few minute T<jter cleared seats just behind Solicitor! Gardner’s prosecuting stand for the widow and children of Deputy Pruett. Mrs. Pruett was later given a chair inside the bar near Attor neys Clyde R. Hoey and B. T. Falls, who have been employed to assist in the prosecution. Young Brittain, the two Work mans and Hunt were represented by Attorneys J. Clint and D. Z. New ton. while Attorney Speight Beam retained to represent Roy Warlicfe, who had not at that time been served with a warrant. Wives Meet The one incident that, held the court room breathless more than any other was the meeting and conversation between the two wom en whose lives were saddened by the tragic death Saturday—the widow of the dead officer and the girKbi’ide of the dear ear driver. Just after the hearing started Mrs Brittain a bride of last De cember who finished high school at Belwood this Spring after her mar riage, was given a seat with her husband’s counsel. An attractive young lady, she showed eager in terest in the proceedings, and she was instrumental in securing coun sel. for her husband, it is said. The boy's father, deeply troubled over the death of Pruett, had not, re ports have it, arranged for coun sel for voting Brittain, The young wife and an uncle of her husband, it is understood, employed i both members of the Newton firm to de fend, him as J. C. Newton had al ready been retained by the Work mans and Hunt; „ Just as the hearing, came to a close the wife of the defendant walked from her seat in the court room to. that of Mrs. Pruett and talked with her a few- minutes. Just what was said in the , low-voiced conversation is not known, but. the huge crowd hardly budged as it watched every move on the part of the two helpless victims of the rad drama of life and death. Recommended Bond Counsel on both sides conferred Just before the hearing; opened and after the warrants were read, charging Brittain and his compan ions with "feloniously killing Offi cer Pruett”. Judge Fails, who with Mr. Hoey headed the prosecution, arose and announced that defense counsel had decided to waive pre liminary examination. He added that the defense and prosecution had agreed upon $1,500. bond for Brittain and a bond of $200 each for. the, other defendants. Judge Kennedy- hesitated several minutes before passing upon the recommen dation reganvjg bonds, stating, that, a $1,500 bond in a killing case ap peared to be small. Defense and (CONTINUED ON PAGE ELEVEN). Sipe Now Running Spindale Theatre Forest City —' The Spindale Amusement . Company, which was recently incorporated, has pur chased the Royal Theater, at Spin dale, and has changed the name to the Carolina Theater, This com pany , also operates the Carolina Theaters at Shelby and Charlotte. Ij. C. Sipe will be the manager of the theater at Spindale. Mr. Sipe says that the best sound equipment that can be bought is now bring in stalled. Taxes By Installment, Boosted By Star, Seems Likely In N. C. Strong”rressuTC To Bear On Next Legislature For Install ment Plfn Law The J931 general assembly in North Carolina,.says a Raleigh dis patch, will have strong pressure brought to bear upon it to secure a law endorsing the payment of taxes in installments, either monthly or quarterly. More than a year ago The Star began boosting the installment tax method as one which would make tax paying easier and more con venient for the working man and wage-earner, noting at the same time that taxes could be paid, when desired, in a lump sum which is more convenient for the farmers in the fall of the year. The prospects, as discussed by the Raleigh writer, should be of in terest here at many citizens ap proved The Star's suggestion. The dispatch follows: "The sentiment for the install merit, plan became apparent as a re sult of the many expressions of opinion heard during the: State Democratic convention here in favor of a law to permit installment pay ment of taxes. And while scores of tentative taxation plans were .dis* cussed here and there among the groups that gathered in the lobbies of the hotels, the one thing upon whom almost everybody agreed was that taxpayers everywhere would benefit and would feel the pressure of their taxes much less if they could pay them in monthly or week ly installments. ‘ Everything has come to the in stallment plan these days and it is a generally recognised business principle everywhere,” said Robert R. Reynolds, of Asheville, who was candidate for the Democratic nom ination for the United States senr ate against Senator !• S. Overman tn ion1;. And I think it should now be "applied to the payment of taxes. It is difficult these days for (CONTINUED OR1’ PAGE ELEVEN ) Cleveland Is I Fifth In Gain In Percentage \ Guilford First In Both Eighth Numerically in r.opula tion Incrcasr in Mate. One Lawmaker from a numerical standpoint Cleveland county ranked eighth in population gain in North Carolina from 1920 to 1930, hut from the percentage standpoint this county's population in* crease in the ten-year period was excelled hy only four coun ties in the State. Guilford, where the numerical increase, tvas the largest in the State, was also in percentage gain. Durham ranked second with Meck lenburg a very close third. llow They Rated On, a percentage gain basis thy ten counties with the lead in popu lation gains were: Guilford fi? percent. Durham 59.1, Mecklenburg 59. Buncombe 52 6. Cleveland 52.5, Gaston 92.3. For syth 44, Rowan 27, Wake 26, Robe son . 22. Representatives A large population gain often gives a county additional represen tation in the general assembly. When the census figures were first announced it was hoped that Cieve lan'd, which has never had more than one representative to the gen eral assembly, would gain a new. law-maker. However. Mr. O. M. Mull: Democratic chairman, in es timating: oh the shift in legislative representation caused by the census finds that Cleveland will not gain another representative as the State can have only 120 and bigger popu lation gains in other counties will entitle those counties to the repre sentatives three counties wilt lose by a population decrease. The counties gaining new representa tives will be Guilford. Mecklenburg and Buncombe. The counties los ing will be New Hanover, Rocking ham and Nash. The new represen tation will give Guilford and Meck lenburg four representatives each, and Buncombe three. Meantime Cleveland has only one representative although Guilford and Mecklenburg with less than three times as much population icemriNUBn on paoe EtEvrm Try Negro For Insulting Lady Haynes Gets 12 Months Tor Indee ent Exposure, Insulting Proposal To White Woman. John Haynes, negro man, a as giv en a year’s term on the toads in county court this week on tnc tech nical charge of asaulting a white woman in No. 8 township last week. Ah insulting proposal to the white woman and indecent expos ure of his body before her formed the basis for the assault charge, according to the evidence, no bodily 1 harm being done her by the negro who did not, it was said, place his hands upon her. No. 8 School To Re-Open July 21 No, 8 township consolidated school will begin its, summer term, Monday July 21, There will be no special ex ercises for opening but visitors will be welcome and expected to attend. An increase over last years Enroll ment is anticipated and provisions have been made to take care of this situation. In the absence of the principal all preliminary arrange ments for opening are being carried on by the committee. No. 3 Schools Will Re-open next Monday The consolidated schools of No. 3 township will re-open Monday of next week. The consolidated schools include Earls. Patterson Springs, McBrayer and Broad River Eighth and ninth grade pupils will attend at Earl and tenth and' eleventh grade pupils at Patterson Springs building. Former County Girl Dies At Morganton Lillie Cook, daughter of Jesse Cook, who formerly lived at Casar but now lives at Hickory, died Mon day in tlm state hospital at-Mor canton. The office of the sheriff hpre wras notified of her death and Deputy Ed Dixon informed her family at Hickory. Brother Of Shelby Man Opposes Blease One of Senator Cole nlease's two opponents in Sotflh Caro lina for the Ilrinocratte nomi nation as Vnited State* Senator Is a brother of a Shelby man. He is Solicitor Leon W. Harris, of Anderson, a brother of Mr. I) H. ■arris, Shelby fertlllrer salesman. The other nlease op ponent, in what is developing into a typical red-hot Soisth Carolina political race, is James F. Byrnes. Three Buildings At County Home Planned, Board One Addition Of Eight Room* Building for Colored[ People. Stor age-House. To KrpUcr Burned Buildings." Our* io congested condition* whirii have existed at Cleveland County Home for the Aged and Infirm since a fire carlv this spring destroyed four outbuild ings and storage houses, the county commissioners at a meeting held this week derided •to erect two new buildings and an addition to the main build ing during the summer. Another reason for the decision 'to build at an early dat\ iiV addi tion to ihe necessity dn« to con gested conditions, is that it is be lieved no cheaper time !n which to build could, be hoped for. Buildings Needed. Prior to the fire the capacity of the home and buildings were over taxed to take care of the increasing number of inmates, and .once the fire, which destroyed the building for the aged colored people, the sit uation has been acute, particularly in taking care of the colored In mates and supplies. Bids for d.he three, buildings will be opened on August 2, at 1(1 o’clock in the morning. Prior to that time bids may be filed With Mr. A P. Newton, register or deeds The contract under two project heads will be awarded to the lowest bid ders. and the commissioners, ac cording to Mr. A, E. Cline, chair man, reserve the right to reject any and all bids not satisfactory The first project calls for an eight-room addition to the main county home structure. The second calls for a six-room budding for colored inmates apd a four-room storage building. Can Plant Potatoes And Beans To 29th Potato Crop Ruined Bv Dry Spell May Be Re-Planted With Success Now This year the farmers of Cleve land county took to the live-at home movement as they have not done for more than a decade. fQuite a bit of cotto^ land gave away to corn, peas, potatoes, beans and other crops. Then came the recent drought and heat wave and It ap peared as if the county would suf fer. due to a twist of fate, in Its first real effort to live at home. Corn was damaged by the heat, many potatoes were ruined, and the bean crop seemed doomed. However, gardening and truck farming experts say that it is not (oo late now to start some of those food crops over. This opinion Is concurred in by J. F. Allen, suc cessful potato grower of Hickorv. Mr. Allen says where the Irish po tato crop has been ruined by the drought that a new crop can be grown. He believes It enough to try it He planted first on March 15. This crop was ruined. He planted again about six weeks ago and the recent drought. Now he's planting again, the Hickory Record says, and expects a good crop unless there is more unfavorable weather. Beans, he adds, roasting ear corn and other vegetables may be plant ed tip to July 29 with prospective good yields. Gulf Company Adds 150,000 Tank Here A gasoline storage tank with a total capacity of 150,000 gallons, is being put up at the Royster Oil Company near the Belmont Cotton mill. The Royster Company is the distributor for the Gulf petroleum products in this territory. Already this distributing station has stor* age tanks which have a total ca pacity. bf loo.ooo gallons and when the new unit is completed, the com pany will have a total storage ca pacity of a quarter of a million gal lons at this place. County Property Values Placed At 38 1-2 Millions; Tax Same Slayer hr Furnace Murder J«m*» Mitchell (without la‘*. - | 2t-yo*r-®lH. «hippine clerk, who j etuffed body of Lillian Mac--, i Donald into * fumif* ih the ! huilding where both were fJr I plow-d ;n Portland. Maine. H - la ahown under guard 1/ting led : T’ - *■ n-rrum police courtyard, hand' ruffed to InepriHor Richard J, Nu*rnt. Th< youth la- hern V i without bail. An irate crowd tfathAfe.M ousnide of* ccurthouar yelling1 threat*. tlnt»nMu:*n»; N»war»n. Showers Sweep Section, Shelby Stops Sweltering To Shiver Rains Beginning Early Tuesday Morning Give Relief From Heat Wave, Is Worth Thousands Dollars to Wilting Farm Crops Cleveland county farmers today are gleefully casting a weather eve over their stubble land with a view to plowing, believing that despite the lack; of rain for weeks and the absence also, of outside farm relief, the farm situation may not be so hopeless after all. Its wonderful, the psychologies! effect a couplb good showers of rain have upon a community. Es pecially when the rain comes at, a time when it could not have been more desired While the farmers of the county watch their wilting corn perk up and their cotton show renew d signs of growth due to the rains which set in shortly after .midnight Monday. Shelby citizens have put their coats back on. buttoned up their collars, and in a few instances have fired up their furnaces because of typical fall weather which came along with the rains. Mercury Drops Saturday was the hottest day of the year here, the hottest in three years, and Sunday was only a lit tle cooler due to threatening rain Monday the weather was still warm enough to be uncomfortable and it appeared as if the record heat wave might retain its hold for another sweltering week. But a few minutes! after midnight Monday a downpour! of rain—the first real rain in weeks i —set in. There were intermittent ] showers for the remainder of the! night and Tuesday, and by Tuesday morning the mercury in the Ebel toft thermometer, which climbed 10 101 Saturday, had flopped some 30 degrees, Tuesday night the rain continued and today steady showers were fall rCOftTINt'Et) ON PAGE ELEVEN, t Husband Of County Woman Shoots Self Man Who Marrlrd MKs Brunie Dcvrny. of Cleveland, Kills Self At Newton Newton* July Iff H Muck Travis, 68. committed suicide at his home two miles east of Newton Monday by blowing the top of his head off with a. 10-gauge, double-biifrel:shot gun. Mr. Travis, according to his fourth wife, who before marriage was Miss Brunie Deveny, of Cleveland coun ty. got up early and went downstairs to make a five'in the stove, but soon caipe back to his room stating that It was too early to get up. After re maining in. bed., tor sometime 4vis wife is said to have called him to get up. He again went, downstairs and shortly afterwards the family was awakened by the report of the. gun. Rushing down they found him lying on the floor of an inclosed back porch, where tire oil stove had been moved during the summer He had apparently sat on a chair, which was against, a partition and placed the gun against his forehead, polling the trigger with his finger. The reasons for his rash action are nbt definitely known He is said to have left a note to. his fam ily. the contents of which could not be learned: However it is thought financial troubles were, largely the cause of the suicide. Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Lattimore and Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Morris motored to Hendersonville. Saluda and Try on on Sunday. To Have Military Parade At Kings Mountain Celebration President Hoover To Be Presented By Governor Gardner , At f ete Charlotte. July 16—The kings Mountain battle telebrat ion to be held October 7 will be featured by a military parade at 11 a hi. as a part of ceremonies preliminary to the address of President Hoover, ac cording to a tentative partial pro gram of the celebration announced by Clarence O. Kuester of Char lotte. chairman of the central cont j imttee. I Anot her fea ture will be the un veiling of the Ferguson monument which will take place in the after noon. Col. T I,. Kirkpatrick. Char lotte lawyer, will conduct this cere mony. The parade will include military units representing the National guard and regular army and will be held in the town of Kings Moun tain. Paul R. Younts of Charlotte, representing Adjutant General J. [ -—-—. Van B Mol ts, is in -charge of prepa rations for the military pageant. Voulh to Fete Hoover On the short ride fro® the old monument to the new monument. President Hoover and the members of the party of distinguished guests I will pass between a double lane of boys and girls, with a military band playing "Hail (o the Chief." preced ing the party, according to tentative arrangements. John G. Richards, governor of South Carolina. will preside at the opening of the for mal program to mark the climax of |the celebration. The invocation will be given by Dr. J; I. Vance of Nash ville. Term., after the singing of i "America," Governor Richards will 'welcome the visitors and then iti ; troduce Governor -O Gardner, who will present President Hoover. President Hoover’s speech, the outstanding event, of the cclebra | tinn. will .be followed by t jie sing ing of "America, the Beautiful" as the conclusion of this part of the i (CONTINUED ON PAGE ELEVEN.). Total County Tax Is 73 Cents Lltllc Change In Tax Rates In ,'Special School .\li<I Road Districts The estimated valuation of the property In Cleveland county for the new tax year is $38,300,090. and the tax. rate of last year stands at 73 rents., according to the annual budget of the conn-"" tv commissioners prrparcd by A. K, Cline, commit ion chair man and published, in The Star today. „ Despite an increase In school cost the countv government, officials. In preparing their.budget, for the year, cut coiners elsewhere and maintain* cd the old tax rate. , How Divided The tax rate of 73 cents Is di vided with 19 cents going to tho county-wide budget and, 34 cents to the public school budget. The county-'wide budget is divided into three head*—General Fund, Bridgo Fund ami Deter Service Fund. Fif* teen of the IS cents is the levy for the general operation fund, and tho remaining four cents for the bridgo fund. There is no levy for the Debt Service Fund as the gasoline tax of one cent not only takes care of tho j debt service but, also takes care of] $!3,ti00 of the bridge fund, or total of $35,375. , > No, « Wealthiest No. B township, in which Shelby) | is located. Is the wealthiest ot thd' H townships in the county with No.] I, in which ' Kings Mountain and ' Grover arc located, ranking second, The property valuation estimate fop No, fi is $14,330,000, or more than third of the total county valuation. No. 4 township valuation is set at $9.48fl,000. or almost one-fourth of the total county valuation. The property valuation of No. 1 town ship. $442,000, is the lowest in th# county. Township Road Tax There was very little change irf the township road tax in the various townships, Tire only two changes, both decreases, recorded were in No. 1 and No. fi townships. The No. 1 . road tnx was decreased from 85 cents to 70 cents, and the No. 8 from 24 cents to 20 cents. Tha highest township road levy in thd county, since She No. 1 reduction from 85 cents, is in No. 10 where i(| is 75 cents. No H and No. 1 ranl« second high with a rate of 70 cents. School District Rate -Only ope .special school district has its tax rate changed m the new budget, aud that is Bethware witlt a reduction from 35 to 20. The av erage special district rate for the entire county is 39 cents. The highest rate is 50 cents and tha lowest is 10 cents. The low rate is in the Dixon special district, and six districts—Casar, Bclwood. Polk villr. Lattimore. Aftoresboro and Fallston—have the 50-cent rate. Woman Kicks Deputy Threatens Allen In A Booze Raid Tuesday Posey Blanton Given Six Month* On Roads. Mrs. Blanton Gets Riled Deputy Bob Kendrick has a bruised shin, Sheriff Allen has been threatened, and Posey Blanton, Shelby filling; station operation, la headed for six months work on the No. 6 chain gang as the result of a raid made Tuesday evening by of ficers. Tuesday officers visited the Blan ton service station west of Shelby and found no whiskey. Shortly later Sheriff Allen and Deputy Kendrick visited the Blanton home on the east side of Sheiby, just be yond Cleveland Springs. When they made their search there Mrs, Blanton became riled, the officei, say, and used the pointed toes of her shoes with painful, effect upon Deputy Kendrick's shin; he says. Sheriff Allen was also threatened with being shot or injured, he testi fied in court today. The search, the officers said, resulted in the, finding of two jars of liquor hid near an outhouse at the Blanton home, a gallon of wine in the house and some liquor poured out in the back yard just as they arrived. Blanton was in court; his wife was not. He said the wine belonged to her and that he knew nothing about, the liquor found near his home. Judge Kennedy thought it over, recalled that Blanton had been fined on a liquor charge a few weeks ago. and passed out the-six-months sentence. Blanton may appeal. It is said. : ' * i • i '
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