I 8 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXVI, No. 102 SHELBY. N. C. MONDAY. AUG. 25, 1930 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By mail, per year (In advance) S2iC Carrier, per year (in advance) iron LA1E NEWS THE MARKET. Cotton, Strict .Mid. ... 11'sC Cotton Seed, per bu.. 56c Fair Tuesday. Today's North Carolina Weather Report: Fair tonight and Tuesday Not much changejn temperature. Strike Not Over. Bessemer City, Aug. 35.—Striking employes of the American Mills Np, 1 and No. 2 held a mass meeting last night and voted unanimously not to return to work today in ac cordance with an agreement reached with mill officials Saturday, R. C. Gregory and E. L. Gillespie, strike Venders said. Jhe meeting was call ed, the men said, when it was learn ed that three strikers of No. 1 mill and four of No. 2 men had been •‘black-balled." They claimed that the pt'll officials had "broken the agreement" of Saturday by this -c tion. The agreement reached Satur day was that the strikers were to return to work Monday morning on the old wage scale, but not with a cut in house rent. Two Percent Of Population In U. S. Idle Now Census Bureau Gives Out Figures. Lists 24.114 Unemployed in North Carolina Washington. Aug. 25.—A total of 2.598.151 able-bodied Americans, comprising two per cent of the country's total population has been listed by the Census Bureau as un employed last April and looking for work. The total was announced on the basis of preliminary returns from every section of the country. The bureau explained that six other classes of unemployed were, not in cluded in the present total, byt added that those "without a job" unquestionably constituted the bulk of those to be listed as unemployed. Forty Per Cent F.mployed Because tabulations have not been completed on the number of persons now gainfully employed, a definite comparison Was not available. The bureau estimated, however, employ ed would approximate 40 per cent of the total population. This would bring the number Idle to approxi mately five per cent of the nor mally employed population. By States, the percentage of job seekers ranged from 0.5 in South Dakota and Mississippi to 3.2 in Rhode Island and New Jersey and 3.3 in Michigan. The other cases to be covered by the unemployment census include those having jobs but laid off with out. pay; persons unable to work; those having jobs and voluntarily idle, and vacationists and others drawing pay but not at work. Important Idle Group The group laid off without pay was considered particularly impor tant In coal mining districts where the bureau reported a disposition on the part of miners to report them selves laid off rather than jobless, even though they have done no work for a long period. Many in the group were believed to be in the same economic status of the job seekers. A good portion also was expected to represent workers laid off for short periods for seasonal or other temporary reasons. Other classes were nbt considered Impor tant in consideration of the unem ployment problem but will be in cluded to avoid confusion. The number of unemployed in North Carolina was given as 29.114 or less than one per cent Lattimore Receives An Important Post Former State Senator. Land Bank Appraiser, Manages Greensboro Firm. Mi'. Sam C. Lattimore. former State senator from Cleveland coun ty, and for six years land appraiser for the Federal Farm Loan bank, Is now manager of the Greensboro Joint Stock bank, taking up his new duties this month. The Greensboro firm is one of the largest of its type in the country and the promotion of * the former Shelby and Sharon man is of much Interest here. In addition to his land appraising work for the Federal board he is one of Cleveland coun ty’s largest farmers. In his apprais al work he travelled over a large ection of territory, but in his new position will spend a big portion of time at the Greensboro office. Week-End Here More Or Les» Quiet One Although city and county officers arrested and jailed a half dozen or more people over Sat urday and Sun day the week-end was considered quieter than usual. The major por tion of those arrested are to be tried in county court on charges in con nection with liquor, J Thieves Raid Farms, Stores In County, City Hunger Is Shown By Loot Taken Cottonseed Meat Stolen From Two Farmers. Palmer's Store Robbed. Thieves made three costly rams in Cleveland county and Shelby some time Friday night, robbing two farm granaries and one Shel by store. The store robbed was that of Os car Palmer grocery, and all Indica tions were that the- thieves mas', have been hungry and had planned for a big feast. Among the articles missed from the store were three 100-pound bags of flour, two hams, two sides of meat, eight boxes of bacon, several big cakes, cigars and other things. Want To Work. The two farmers who nad sup plies stolen were Mr. Colin Edwards of the Belwood section, and Mr. Jov Hord who lives on highway 18 north of Shelby. The raid at the Hord place indicated that the thieves might do some work later for two wheat cradles were a part of the haul. Fourteen sacks of cottonseed meal were also stolen freftn Hord. Four sacks of meal were stolen from Edwards. Officers with only a slignt clue or so to work upon are inclined to be lieve that one gang may have stag ed all three robberies. Shelby Jurors Pass On Cases Local Jurors To Act On Docket Set For Trial In Charlotte Fed eral Court. New cases set for trial during the criminal term of U. S. district court, which convenes in Charlotte on Oc tober 6. will be considered by the grand jury at’its sitting in Shelby during the week of September 22. according to the deputy clerk of the court in Charlotte. Bills in indictment for the Shel by, Charlotte and Statesville fall terms of criminal court will be passed upon by the grand jury in Shelby and the deputy clerk located in Charlotte, Miss Fan Barnett, will be in Shelby during the progress of the court here. Her office in Char lotte will be closed for one week. Have Long Docket. As the result of activity of prohi bition and narcotic agents since the last term of criminal court here, Judge E. Yates Webb will have an unusually large docket to dispose of when he opens court in the federal building the first Monday in Octo-i ber. Undercover work by agents work ing out of the office of the deputy administrator, J. Ed Kanipe, has resulted in almost a score of men being held under heavy bonds for trial before Judge Webb on charges of violating the federal dry laws. 89 Years Old, Her Cheeks Still Rosy Over in the Vale section of Lin coln county lives Mrs. Eliza Hudson who celebrated her 89th birthday last Saturday. Although nearing her ninetieth milepost, Mrs. Hudson still retains that “school girl com plexion.’’ She is well and active, do ing her work daily, so reports Mrs. W. A. Pendleton, Miss Eunice West brook and Miss Lula Rosier who at tended the birthday celebration. It is not known just how many des cendants she has, but there are 19 great great grandchildren. Many Shoppers In City On Saturday A tinge of fall weather and crop harvesting time brought to Shelby Saturday one of the largest crowds the surrounding area has sent to the city in months. Local business houses as a result inaugurated the early sale of fall and winter clothing, and in many ways the crowded streets, with parking space hard to find, remind ed of a real fall Saturday. One event that speeded up the day 's shopping was that it was payday for county school teachers. Passes Bar Exam. Joseph Mills Wright, of Shelby, Was one of the 8» young attorneys licensed by the North Carolina su preme court Saturday after suc cessful passing the bar examina tion, Forty-four applicants failed. “Ma” * Ferguson Loses In Texas Houston Publisher Defeats "Ma” After Stirring Campaign There. Dallas, Tex., Aug. 25—His lead mounting slowly toward the 100,000 mark, Ross S. Sterling, of Houston,' wealthy chairman of the state high way commission, Sunday received scores of congratulations on his se lection Saturday as the Democratic nominee for governor. An unprecedented number of Texas voters was believed to have expressed a preference for Sterling over Mrs. Miriam A. "Ma” Fergu son, former governor and wife of James E, Ferguson, was impeached while in the governor’s chair. More than 800.000 votes had been unof ficially tabulated by Texas election bureau Sunday and most observers expected the total to exceed the 833,442 votes cast in the first "pri mary this year, which set a new high mark. , - Grasped Opportunity, Sterling, known in the vicinity ol Houston through his philanthropic?, his civic work, his building enter prises and his ownership of the Houston Post Dispatch, grasped his first opportunity for statewide serv ice when he accepted an appoint ment as chairman of Governor Dan Moody’s highway commission three and one-half years ago. Opposed to the Houston man, who is a novice at stump speaking’, was James E. Ferguson, one of the most adept campaigners that Tex as had produced in many years, w-ho bore the brunt of the cam paign for his wife. Seldom has a campaign been as bitter. Immed iately after the first primary. Ster ling said the Issues were “Fergu sonism” and honesty in govern ment and “Farmer Jim’’ replied ; with character attacks on Sterling j and Governor Moody. Sterling and Mrs, Ferguson were high among 11 candidates in the first primary. Mrs, Ferguson led the field in the July race. As she did not have a majority o? votes cast, however, the runoff race was held. j County Growth Good A# Well As Shelby’s Only Three Counties In Stale Had Bigger Gain In Ten Years. \ That Shelby's remarkable growth since 1920 was upon a sound basis is shown by the fact that the county population also revealed a consTHei able gain. While Shelby was lead ing all towns and cities in North Carolina in percentage gain. Cleve land county was surpassed by only three counties in the state in pop ulation gain. Spgaking of the growth of Shelby and the eounty, The Salisbury Post says: “It seems that Shelby made the largest percentage of population gain in the state between 1920 and ,1930. Good publicity for the Cleve land capital, and we are rather dis posed to believe that this gain was made without resort to the enlarge ment of boundaries and padding of suburbs. Cleveland county has re ceived *a lot of splendid publicity of recent years on account of agricul ture making such advances, and the I city of Shelby has no doubt been helped along by such publicity. It is a good town as any one can see by driving through." Ueiren* Ends Life Due to Despondency Mia* Marjorie Angermeier, young New York society heiress, just be fore she died in a Chicago hos pital from poison she swallowed, She attributed her act to despon dency caused by being jilted a year ;.eo at the Manning home by Lord Edward Montague. JIgUraatlM*; Vw—*> Football Boys Open Up Today Coach Morris To Look Over Candi dates For Shelby High Grid Eleven, Fall isn't tar away—candidates lot Coach Casey Morris’ 1930 Shelby high football eleven report this aft ernoon at the city park to begin their training. Just what type and amount m material he will have Coach Mon Is1 does not know,- but by the end ol the week he may be able to deter mine something about how his grid outfit will look. _ .-UM-gSpU J.3.» JL Local fans will get to see their first real football action, on Friday. September 19, when the King? Mountain eleven comes here for the! first clash of the year. The opening game had originally been scheduled for September 26 with Charlotte, but Coach Morris was of the opin ion that it would be best for hi1 boys to get a taste of formal play before taking on the hefty eleven. A good portion of last year's line, which should be improved by ex perience, is expected back, but graduation knocked a big hole in the backfield. Not so many candi dates were expected to report today, but several others were expeetd to come in for practise and training during the other afternoons of ur. week. Prof. Tilden Falls will again aid Coach Morris in the training. Sev eral Shelby college boys will like ly get in early condition by training with the high school boys this week Office Audited. Messrs. J. M. MacBryde, jr,, an„ K. E. Campbell, traveling auditors of the Atlanta division of the Western Union, were in Shelby Saturday to audit the books of the local office, managed by Mi-. R. E. Blackwelder. Everything was found in good con dition Masonic Meeting. A (called meeting of Cleveland Lodge 202 A. F. A M. will be held Tuesday night at 7:30 for work ia the third degree.. Baptists Make Change In Date Of Association Moved 2 Days Due To A Conflict Date Set For October 9-10- To Meet At Patterson Sprint*. The meeting of, the King* Mountain Baptist* association, one of the largest unit* in the Southern Baptists chureh. will be held on Thursday and Friday. October 9 and 10. Instead of on Oct. 7 and 7, it was announced today by Rev. John W. Suttle, veteran moderator. The change made by the ex* eeutivc committee of the assoeia* lion was made because of a conflict in the first date set with the big sesqui-centennial celebration at the Kings Moun* tain battleground on October 7. since the officials of the as* sociatlon became aware of the conflict of two of the biggest fall events In this section. It has been thought there would be a change in the date, but no definite ac tion was announced publicly un til today. The association, whirh cover* all the Baptist churches in the section, will be held this year at Patterson .Springs. Mr. Parrish, Father Mrs. McCord, Dead Funcraf Services, of Prominent A*heboro Man Held on Saturday Asheboro. Aug. 25—Melvin W. Parrish. 50. prominent insurance agent, died at his home on South Fayetteville street Friday after being in declining health for some time. Funeral" services were held 'from the First Methodist Episcopal church Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mr. Parrish was bom and reared .eight tuifes wnat. of Asheboro and was the son of William and Dorcas Rush Parrish. He was educated at Oak Ridge and taught school sev eral years after his graduation. He then engaged iA the merchanthe business in Asheboro and still later was manager of the city water and light department for several years. After resigning this work he en gaged in the general Insurance business and built up one of the leading agencies in piedmont North Carolina. He was a member of the Method ist Episcopal church and for years prominent in the political and civic life of his town and county. His health failed about 16 years ago but. except for period spent in hos pitals and samloriums. he kept In close touch with his work. He leaves his wife, who was Miss Ida May Crowson, and the follow ing children: Mrs. W. L. McCord, of Shelby: Misses Mabel and Ida May Parrish, and Fred Parrish of Asheboro, and one sister, Mrs. J. M. Walker, of Gateway. -- Ligon Winner Of Weekly Tourney Harris Ligon w:as the winner last week of the weekly golf tournament staged on George Wray’s miniature course on South Washington street To win he defeated Bob Reid, for mer winner, in the finals. Ligon de feated Dr. Tommy Mitchell to reach the finals and Reid beat Hardin Thomasson. • ' How Sheriff Allen Thwarted A Kidnapping Plot A Story Of The 1929 Strike Troubles Related After A Year. Foil Plot To Involve Innocent Men iBY RENN DRUM) This is to be a story of a very in teresting event which took place a year ago. It is being related, pub licly, for the first time, i Often in the newspaper game a reporter gets wind of a good story, and gets all the details, but never | publishes the story. Many news | paper readers do not know that; I they believe a newspaperman al ways publishes his story. He does not. Newspapermen of America to day know enough unpublished stor ies tp rock the i#ation with thrills an