VOL. XXXVI, No. 138
10 PAGES
TODAY
SHELBY. N. C.
MONDAY, NOV. 17. 11)30
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
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LATE NEWS
THE MARKET.
< Cotton, per lb. _- 10c to lie
Cotton Seed, per bu. .. 30c
Continued Rain.
Today'* North Carolina Weather j
Report: Mostly cloudy with occa- j
sional showers tonight and Tuesday.
Continued mild temperature.
Mrs. Hoover Home.
Washington, Nov. 16.—Mrs. Herb
fcrt Hoover, wife of the president, to
day returned from Asheville. N. C.,
where she visited her son, Herbert
Hoover, jr„ who is convalescing
there from illness. Mrs. Hoover left
here Thursday night for her first
trip to the temporary home of -her
son.
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Acquit Olive
Of Irregular
Registration
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* Nol Pros* Charge
Against Webb
Insufficient Evidence To Convict j
Kings Mountain Registrar,
\ Olive.
The muchly-discussed irregu
larities for which two warrants
were sworn out in Cleveland
county on election day were air
ed in county court here Satur
day, one charge being nol pross
ed when no evidence was offer
ed, and the other resulting of
the acquittal of the election of
ficial.
The first charge was that pre
ferred against Mr. Tom Webb,
Shelby ward four registrar, for al
leged irregular registration of one
or more voters. The charge was
preferred, it is understood, by Mr.;
D. P. Byers, Republican candidate
for sheriff, but when the case was
called no evidence was offered and
Judge Horace Kennedy ordered a
nol pros.
Seven Registered.
The second charge was against!
Mr. E. B. Olive. West Kings Mouiv,
tain registrar. He was charged with!
knowlingly and fraudulently regis
tering'seven voters who did not ap
pear before him. The state, repres
ented by Solicitor P. C. Gardner,
offered five witnesses. The conten
tion advanced was that these wit
nesses and two others had been reg
istered by Mr. Olive without ap
pearing before him. They were
Henr^y Belk, his two sons, a daugh
ter, and a daughter-tn-iaw.
On the day the registration books
closed they testified that they learn
ed their names were on the book al
though they had not registered in
person. The elder Belk declared lie
visited the registrar and asked how
the names got there. Olive replied
that he had registered 900 people
and could not recall how all were
registered or when. The witness w^s
asked if Olive did not offer to re
move the names if such was desir
ed. His reply was that he asked that
they not be removed.
After the state’s evidence was in
the defense asked for a dismissal!
which was refused. Then the de-1
fense offered only one witness, Mr.;
Olive the registrar. He stated that!
he had registered 900 people and
did not remember having registered
any of the Belks as he did not know
them. Just after the registration
period closed he said that the elder
Belk came to him and asked how
the names got on the book; It was
then Olive said that he told Belk
he would remove his name if he did
rot want it there, but presumed he
had been registered in regular or
der. Belk at first agreed, he said, but
later asked that his name not be
removed because the registrar re
fused to remove the names of others
in his family unless they appeared
before him in person. On cross-ex
amination he declared that he was
of the opinion that he had never
registered any of the Belks. The
original registration book. from
which the names had been copied
(CONTINUED ON PACE TEN.)
Weather Halts Air
Mail Since Merrill
Was Lost In Storm
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Greensboro, Nov. 17.—No mail
planes have flown either north or
south over the New York-Atlanta
route since Dick Merrill was forced
to parachute to safety near Shelby
Tuesday night while on his way
from Charlotte to Greensboro and
Richmond, a check-up at the local
airport revealed yesterday.
Low flying clouds and fog con
tinue to hang within 200 to 300 feet
of the earth; and with forecasts for
continued mild temperature and
cloudy weather, the time of resump
tion of regular schedule is problem
matlcal.
Schools Close
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All work in the Shelby city school
system was suspended at 2:20 this
afternoon so that the children might
attend the funeral of Mrs. J. A. An
thony. Mrs, Anthony was one time
teacher in the Shelby schools, and
later her daughter, Muss Margaret
Anthony, was teacher in the schools
' here. ■ y
Dr. Lackey Of
Fallston Dies;
Funeral Today
Fourth Stroke In
Two Year*
rrominrnt Physician Who Has
Practised for 15 Years. Wife,
Four Children Survive.
Receiving his fourth stroke of
paralysis in two years last Fri
day. Dr. Frank H. Lackey, of
F'allston, one of the most prom
inent physicians in the county,
died Saturday evening at 7:15
o’clock in the Shelby hospital
at the age of 41 years.
Had Wide Practise.
News of lvis death was learned
with deepest sorrow throughout the
county, for during* the 15 years he
practised medicine he visited the
sick in a wide territory in upper
Cleveland. Lincoln. Catawba and
Burke counties. Wherever he was
known, he was loved for his tender,
sympathetic and thorough services
as a physician and for his fine
gentlemanly bearing.
Stroke a Year Ago.
Dr. Lackey had been suffering
with high blood pressure since his
college days, but took the best care
of himself in the matter- of diet and
habits. About a year ago he suffered
his worst stroke and was a patient
for several weeks in the hospital un
able to speak or move one side of his
body. He recovered somewhat and
regained his power of speech, but
was in a rolling chair most of the'
time, doing an office practise from
his drug store at Fallston.
Educated at Oak Ridge, the Uni
versity of North Carolina and the
University of Maryland, Dr. Lackey
began practise 15 years ago. He was
first married to Miss Fuschia Lackey
daughter of ex-sheriff W. D. Lack
ey. Who died a number of years ago.
Surviving from this union are four
children, Virginia. F. H. Lackey, jr,.
Edw’in and Euwel Lackey.
Son of Rufus H. Lackey.
His second marriage was to Miss
Ada McCoy, a graduate of the Shel-’
by hospital school of nursing who
survives, together with his parents.
Mi-, and Mrs. Rufus A, Lackey of
Fallston. three brothers, John. Dr.
Austin, Dr. Walter of Fallston, three
Sisters, Mrs. A. R. Reep of Hender
son. Mrs. B. P. Peeler and Mrs. E. E.
Elkins of Belwood.
Funeral Today.
The funeral was conducted this
afternoon at 2 o'clock from Friend
ship M. P, church at Fallston with
indications of a large crowd and a
beautiful floral offering despite the
rainy weather.
Revs. J. M. Morgan, pastor of the
Methodist Protestant church at
Fallston. assisted by Revs. J. D.
Morris, G. P. Abemethv. W. A. Elam
will have charge of the services.
Servin gas pall bearers are Claude
Falls, T. A. Lee, Herman Beam,
Stough Beam, W. R. Gary, Edwin
Cline.
Covington Better.
Mr. Joe Covington, well known
man of the Union section, was re
ported to be considerably better at
the Shelby hospital today. A week
ago last Friday he was struck by
a truck at Camp Call and his skull
was fractured. For days he was in
a semi-conscious condition, but this
has cleared up considerably in the
last day or so, and a general im
provement was reported at the hos
pital this morning.
Where The Air Mail Wrecked In Cleveland County
Above is pictured all that, was-left of ? Dick Merrill’s airmail plane after, it%plunged ,.5\000 feet to earth near Casar
in Cleveland county at .3 o’clock last Wednesday morning. Merrill saved his life,byJumping in his parachute, and later
save his mail. (Photo by Ellis Studio for Atlanta Georgian and The Star.'
Early Mailing
For Christmas
WillHelpRush
Preparation Now for Chriptmasi
Packages Will Insure Delivery
On Time.
With the Christmas season a lit
tle more than a month away, a plea
for preparation for early Christmas
mail has been made by Postmaster
J. H. Quinn. ' Show now and mail
early for early delivery" is the slo
gan sounded.
Postoffices will make every effort
to handle the mail without conges
tion and delay, it was pointed out,
but owing to the enormous volume
to be .moved, this can be done onlv
with the co-operation of the public,
the postmaster said
In keeping with the annual cus
tom there will be no mail delivery
on Christmas day. Each season ex
tra postal employes are added to
expedite the letters, cards and
packages, but in order to avoid a
last minute congestion, the public
is asked to mail everything early.
200 Per Cent Increase.
During the holiday season the
volume of mail throughout the
country increases approximately 200
per cent, Postmaster General Wai
ter F Brown stated in a leaflet urg
ing early mailing. He said, "Do your
Christmas shopping so that you can
mail your gifts, greetings and let
ters to relatives, friends and loved
ones at least a week or ten days be
fore Christmas, according to dis
tance. This will not only make it
certain that they are received on or
before Christmas day, but will be a
great aid to your postal service and
to postal employes and enable them
to spend Christmas with their fam
ilies.”
Prospects For Higher Income Levy
Looms As HooverHears Of Likely
Deficit; Opposition Shown To Cut
Chairman Smoot Of Finance Com
mittee Opposes Continuance of
Emergency Cut.
Washington, Nov. 17.—-Hopes for
continuation of the lower income
tax rates for another year have
lessened as President Hoover noted
a prospective slight treasury deficit
and Chairman Smoot of the senate
finance committee announced op
position to a renewal of the emer
gency reduction.
The president saw no alarm in
the prospective deficit facing the
government nt the close of this fis
cal year and he did not. close the
door against another tax cut but
his ^Viont over the financial out
look coupled With the attitude of
Senator Smoot was regarded at the
capital as significant.
Unless congress takes affirmative
action at the short session begin
ning next month to continue the
reduced tax rates put Into effect a
year ago as an emergency measure,
the permanent and higher score or
rates enaefed two years agif'goes
bgk£k into effect for income taxes to
be paid next year.
What course congress pursues to
ward the tax schedules is depend
ent entirely on the recommenda
tion of the administration. Last
summer after treasury experts had
predicted small change for a con
tinuation of the lower tax rates.
President Hoover and Secretary
Mellon both expressed confidence
that the. emergency rates could be
continued another year.
The president said: ' We have de
ferred giving any final consideration
to the estimates that we will need
to put. up to congress until the last
moment because we want the maxi
mum experience with income We
have pot. as jet received the figures
as to the amount, we Will ask con
gress for the expedition of public
works. A
There are other matters, some of
which may overrun our income by
a comparatively small percentage
and as we have had surpluses over
many years, we probably can stand
a small deficit over one year with
out disarranging the stability of the
government."
Rains Big Aid
To Dry Wells
The recent rains, coming
after a long drought, have
proven very beneficial to this
section, especially in com
munities where well* have
been dry or the water low for
some time.
In several sections of the
county a low well water sup
ply has existed since mid
summer when the drought was
at its height. There have been
a few rains since then, but
none of sufficient duration to
relieve the situation. Rains o(
last week and over the week- -
end have, however, ""helped
very much.
County Man Given
Parole In Liquor
Case By Governor
Robert Greys, Sentenced In Sepem
ber For 6 Months. Gets
Freedom.
Robert. Greys, serving a 6 months
sentence on the chain gang, was on
Saturday given a parole by Gover
nor O. Max Gardner,
Greys was tried in county court
and given a term on a prohibition
charge. Later, Governor Gardner
says, Judge Horace Kennedy and
Solicitor P. C. Gardner recommend
ed a parole after new light was
thrown on the matter.
Mr. Ripley, Look
Over This Oddity
New State Senator In This District
Gets His Mail In South
Carolina.
If Robert Ripley were writing
this, it might be recorded in this
manner: Believe it or not, but the
new senafor in the twenty-seventh
senatorial district in North Caro
lina gets his mail on route 4, Cam
pobello, South Carolina.
Mr McLean, who with Capt. Pey
ton McSwain will represent this
district in Raleigh, lives in Polk
county. North Carolina, but is near
the South Carolina line and finds
it more convenient to get his mail
on a South Carolina route. He is
the only senator or representative
who gets his mail at a South Caro
lina address.
Former Shelby Man
Dies In Florida
Adlia Simmons, son of Mr, ami
Mrs. Robert L. Simmons, died vn
; Florida last week and his body w as'
brought to Charlotte. the home of
his parents, for interment Mr
Simmons lived in Shelby a number
of years ago arid is related to the J
N. Dellinger and the W. Yan Crow
der families.
In addition to his parents, Mr.
Simmons is survived by his widow,
.-ix children, Margaret. Newell. Dot
cthy, Josephine. M-ttye Lee, and R.
L. Jr., two sisters, Mrs. Claude Ful
bright. and Mis.s--)Leta Simmons:
end one brother, Thurman Simmon.;
el Georgia.
Roads In Cleveland Total
793 Miles—State Maintains
113 Miles, Report Reveals
Chairman Dough Ion Sara Slate
Could Maintain 100 County
Hoad System* Cheaper.
(Wv M R. DUNNAGAN.I
Raleigh." Nov. 17-—Cleveland
county's highway system embraces
a total of "93.95 miles, of which 130 5
miles is unimproved, 271 5 miles is
graded, 390.25 miles is sand clay or
SM *vel and 57 mhos is hard surface,
according to the recent surveys
made for Governor Gardner's ex
perts by the district highway engi
neers. These figures are actual and
are generally less than those shown
in replies to Chairman R. A. Dough
ton's questions a few months ago.
In addition. Cleveland county lias
113.65 miles which Is being main
tained as a part of the state high
way system,
The state highway system at, this
date embraces 9,040 1-2 miles, prob
ably 60 per cent of which is hard
surfaced. which includes oiled gravel
and sand clay. The 100 counties
have a total of 45.092 miles, of which
912.7 miles are hard surfaced, 14,
223.6 miles are topsoil or gravel. 18,
089.55 miles are graded and 11.865 95
miles are unimproved, the survey
shows.
Making: County Map
The state highway commission ts
making a set of maps of each coun
ty. which show the state highways,
the four grades of county highways,
the extent of use of each county
highway, all towns and cities, con
solidated- schools and streams, as a
result of these surveys, and will pre
sent each county with a map. Many
of the counties have never had a
complete highway map before.
Chairman Doughton estimates
that the state commission could
maintain the 100 county road sys
tems as well as they are now main
tained at about 75 per cent of the
present cost of between $7,000,000
and $8,000,000. or for about $6,000
000, if the state should take them
over. The extra one cent tax on
gasoline amounts to about $2,500,000,
the additional $500,000 allotment
giving $3,000,000 to the counties.
One more cent on gasoline, making
the tax six cents a gallon, would
about take care of the county roads,
in addition to the state system, it is
figured.
But automobile owners will seri
jously oppose, any addition to the
! gasoline tax on the ground that
they are paying enough already
; Such addition would endanger the
more than $100,000,000 in highway
bonds the gasoline tax is pledged to
pay off as they fall due some offi
cials argue.
No Accidents Over
Wet Week-End Here
Although the weather was Idea!
for wrecks, collisions, and other
highway tragedies, the week-end in
the Shelby section was not marred
by a single serious accident. A
number of minor accidents, caused
by slippery roads and wet driving
conditions, were reported, but none
resulted In serious injuries.
It was likewise a quiet week-end
for officers, only about seven ar
rests being made, according to Sher
iff Irvin Allen.
V
Herring Brothers
Acquitted In Case
Charging Murder
Brothers Were Ac« used Of Slaying;
Harvey Proper In Rutherford
County.
■Rutherford N'oV. 17.—The
jury returned a verdtct of not
guilty here Saturday morning in
the trial of James and Clifford
Herring, who were charged with
the fatal shooting of Harvey
Pro pcs on September :!0 in
fioldcn Valiev township, about
25 miles from here.
The trial, which opened Wednes
day morning, was hard fought
throughout. The urst day was con
sumed tn Selecting a Jury, the third
was given over to taking evidence
and arguments of attorneys con
sumed most of Friday's session.
Mrs. Cynthia Tate
Buried On Sunday
Widow Of Andrew Tate Buried At
Poplar Springs Church
Sunday.
Mrs. Cynthia Tate, a charter ;
member of Poplar Springs church. |
died Saturday morning at 11 o'clock)
at her home of her niece, Mrs. D
A. Wesson with whom she was mak-1
ing her home. She was 72 years of j
age and had been sick about a!
month. j
Mrs, Tate's husband died five or
six years ago. She was a fine Chris
tian woman and greatly beloved by
her host of friends. Funeral services
were conducted Sunday by Rev. D.
F. Putnam and interment was in
the Poplar Springs cemetery. No
children survive.
Wheel Taken From
Parked Auto Here;
Thief Leaves Jack
Daring \nd Fnusuat Theft Made
In Shelby Friday
Night.
A thief whn u*e* Ahrlbr for
his stamping ground believes in
the motto "When you cannot
lake the whole, take anv part
thereof."
Friday night Grady Royaler
drove into Shelby in his new
Ford roadster and parked it on
one of Shelby's main business
streets while he went into a bar
bershop. When he returned a
few minutes later he was sur
prised to find a jack under his
car and one rear wheel, tire and
taps gone.
The thief apparently had at
tempted to steal the ear, but
fatting to do so had taken the
wheel and tire
Prominent Man
Of Grover Dies
.las. 1. Hardin Passes Eleven Week*
After Ills Wife. Funeral
Today.
Ja*. I. Hardin, one of Grover’s
most prominent and influential citi
zens, died at his home there Sat
urday night at, 11.30 o'clock follow
ing an illneSs of eleven weeks with
a cancer of the stomarh. Mr. Har
din was 61 years of.age in Septem
ber. He was a successful farmer and
active in civic and religious affairs,
His wife's passing 11 weeks ago was
a great bereavement for him and he
has been going gradually down hill
in health.
Mr. Hardin was a member of the
Presbyterian church at Grover and
the funeral takes place there thus
afternoon at 3 o'clock, services be
ing conducted by the pastor Rev. J.
T. Dendy. assisted by Rev. W, E
Furcron. Surviving are two sons.
Vassar and Brock. Hardin of Grover
and one daughter. Mrs. Priester of
Conway. S. C; Two brothels, Char
lie and Tom Hardin and one sister.
Mrs. Mollie Green, all of Grover also
survive.
Lost Boy Turns Up
In Hot Springs, Ark.
Willie Williams, 16 year old son of
C B Williams of the Rock Cut
section, two miles east of Shelby
was in Hot Springs, Ark., two days
ago and headed for Texas, He wrote
his father a letter which was re
ceived this morning, relieving his
parents of all concern about his
safety. He left home last Monday
to go to school at Ross Grove and
did not report there, but was seen
in Shelby at 9 o'clock by Major
Hopper, grocerman.
Williams is supposed to have a
traveling companion as he writes
as "we" and tells of thumbing rides
on trucks and cars to Hot Springs.
Four Year Old Child
Buried At Mt. Sinai
Madge, four year old daughter of
Mr, and Mrs. Roy Ellis of the
Moiyit Sinai section, died Friday
morning a! 9 o'clock of membran
ous croup from which It had been
suffering about two days. The lit
tle child was buried Saturday aft
ernoon at 2 o'clock at Mt, Sinai
church, services being conducted by
the Rev. Mr. Jenkins. The bereaved
parents have the sympathy of their
host of friends.
; Air Mail Line Across Atlantic
To Be Opened Within Year; May
Have U. S. Terminus In South
I Flying Boats May Re First I’.quip
nient To Be Used On
Route.
Washington Nov. 17 Plans for
Jan Anglo-American air mail line
across the Atlantic today are said
| by W. Irving Glover, second assist
ant postmaster general, to be \«ct
i tled.
"Pan-Amerirsn Airways. Ine and
; Imperial airways, Ltd , of England,
will operate the line w'hxch has
been planned to begin within anoth
iyear,” Glover said.
} "Everything has been settled with
the exception of equipment, spread- j
ling of weather facilities, and loca-j
tion of landing fields both in the.
[States and other points.
"The pastoffiee department, which
has been aware of negotiations be !
■with tie- two companies fer-*«nv'
'lime, is prepared to give mail to
| the line whenever It is ready."
He said Charleston, S. C, may be
the American terminus of the line
because of its location below the
bad weather belt,
“Flying boats undoubtedly will be
the equipment with which the start
will be made," he said, “and while
present plans arc only for the rel
iving of matl there may be later
extensions to take care of passen
gers."
Bermuda and the Azores will be
bases for the planes and the Amer
ican company, which now operates
betwen the United States and South
America, will fly the leg between the
states and Bermuda.
Imperial Airways, which operates;
under a British government subsidy
and holds exclusive air rights in'
Bermuda, will be in charge of the'
rest of the route
Mrs. Anthony
I Dies Suddenly;
Funeral Today
Sister Of Governor
Max Gardner
Prominent Woman Succumb* T4
Apoplexy. Widow of S, A. An
thony. 6 Children Survive.
Shelby people, were shocked Sun*
day morning to learn that. Mr*.
OHIO Gardner Anthony, widow of
J. A. Anthony, was found dead in
bed at the home of her son Oliver
Anthony in Belvedere Park. her
death betna due to a stroke of
apoplexy which she suffered short
ly after she retired, according to
the attending physician.
Retired Feeling Well.
Mrs Anthony had been suffering
with extreme high blood pressure
for four years and at times had been
in critical condition. but. retired
Saturday night feeling fatrly well.
Next morning when one of th«
household went, to her bedside, shu
was found lifeless with indication*
that, she died without, a struggle.
Mster To Governor.
Mrs. Anthony's death brought)
Governor Gardner, a brother and
Mrs. Gardner to Shelby today from
Raleigh to attend the funeral con
ducted from Central Methodist
church this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock:
by her pastor Rev. L. B Hayes, as
sisted by Or. Zeno Wall. Thus Is the
second bereavement In tire gover
nors family in six weeks. Judge
Jas. I,. Webb, hts father-in-law hav
ing expired here October 1.
Six Children Survive.
Born February 16. 1869. Mrs. An
thony was the daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. O P. Gardner. She possessed
a strong personality, a keen mind,
and a deep interest In her friends
and community. For many years
she was active in the social, civie
and religious life of the community.
She was a devoted wife and mother
and is survived by three sons and
three daughters. Graham Anthonv,
of Hartford. Conn.; Oliver Anthony,
of Shelby; John Anthony, of Balti
. more. Md ; Mrs. Everett Houser,
j Mrs. Harry Woodson and Miss Mar
garet Anthony of Shelby. All of the
j children were here for the funeral
| this afternoon. Graham and John
arriving today from Hartford and
Baltimore.
Also surviving are three brothers,
Will Gardner, of Seaside. Oregon,
Bate Gardner of Gastonia, and Gov
ernor Max Gardner of Raleigh, two
sisters, Mrs. R. M. Farthing of Al
berta Canada, and Mrs. Clyde R.
Hoey, of Shelby. • ^
Husband Died Suddenly.
Deceased was married on October
25, 1889 to Mr. J. A. Anthony who
was a lawyer, superintendent of
county schools and judge of the re
corder's court. In March three years
ago Mr. Anthony passed away sud
denly. After attending a mid-week
church service at which he offered
a beautiful prayer, he went home
and fell from a stroke of paralysis
from which he never rallied.
Funeral Today.
Mrs Anthony * remains will be
buried in Sunset cemetery beside
her husband with the Nancy Sher
rill Sunday school class as flower
bearers and the following active
pall bearers: Dewitt Quinn, Will
Lineberger, Will Harris, Roy Sisk,
J. O. Corbett and F. L. Hoyle
Mrs. Avery Beaver
Dies At Lattimore
Was Only 31 Years of Age. Buried
At I'nion Church On
Thursday.
Mrs. Avery Beaver died Wednes
! c’ay of last week a>. her home near
Lattimore. Mrs. Beevet was only 31
' ears of age and highly esteemed ’ov
i all 1n the comnumuy. She is surviv
I ed by her mother and father, her
i husband and six children, one a babv
I f’ve weeks old. Mis. Beaver joined
the church at the age of ten years
and was a consecrated Christian.
Her remains were buried at Un
I on church cemetei y Thursday, serv
j ices being conducted by Rev, J. M,
| Barber.
Mr*. Jean Schenck
To Lead Roll Call
Annual Red Cross Membership
Orive In Shelby Wednesday.
Thursday, Friday.
The annual Red Cross roll rail, or
membership drive, wil be held in
Shelby and Cleveland county on
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
October 19-21. of this week,
Henry B. Edwards, county chair
man, announced today that Mrs.
Jean Schenck will be chairman of
the canvassing groups In Shelby 'or
the three days. A meeting of her
assistants will be held this evening
for division into groups and thjy
naming of group captains.