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12 PAGES TODAY i Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. Dr Malt nt ml. (In tdfinoci_$t.Of Carrlw, o»r yw. <ln »dran.,»_„ tIM* W LATE NEWS Cotton Seed, per bu. .■»0r, Cloudy Saturday. Today's North Carolina Weather Report: Cloudy tonight and Satur day. Warmer tonight. Little change in temperature Saturday. To King Hearing, One Shelby attorney and possiblv two will go to York. S. C., Monday for the bearing at which the court j will be asked to transfer Rate King, Shelby man. from the South Caro lina prison at Columbia to the Ches ter county Jail. Attorney Clyde R. Hoey said today that he or Attor ney B. T. Falla would attend the hearing, possibly both of them. They aided in the Kings defense at the first trial. Will Name Tax Supervisor Soon He Will Name Assessors For Re valuation Work Beginning In January, At the meeting of the Cleveland county board of commissioners on the first Monday of next month the first step will be taken In one ot tfie most important moves of the new year. This will be the naming of the tax supervisor who will direct the quadrennial revaluation of property, At the same meeting the re-elect ed board will also re-organlze. According to law the tax sUDcr visor for the entire county will be named by the commissioners, and he in turn will appoint three assessors in each township of the county. The state advisory board is anxious to make an excellent job of the re valuation, and all county supervisors will go to Raleigh for three days schooling with the state board of assessments. When the county sup ervisors return home they will be required to call in their assessors and Impart to them the informa tion secured at Raleigh. This means that the 33 Cleveland coun ty assessors will attend a confer ence In Shelby at which a stand ard of values will be fixed to apply as equally as possible to all prop erty. THE MARKET. •often, per lb. 10c to lie; .30c Names Assessors. Hospital Shower Opens HerevToday ' Contributions May Be Sent To Hos pital Or Left At Farm Agent's Office. The shower for the Shelby hos pital begins today and will con tinue through the Thanksgiving season, announces Mrs. J. W. Har blson, president of the Woman's chib which is sponsoring the shower. Donations such as money, potatoes, canned goods, corn, wheat, flour, meal, dried fruit, sheets, pillow cases, chickens, eggs, meat, fuel or anything used around the institu tion, will be gladly received. Donations may be sent direct to the hospital or left in the office of county agent R. W. Shoffner in the court house. One lady representing each of the dozen or more home demonstration dubs throughout the county, has been appointed to re ceive the contributions. Also minis ters of all denominations will glad ;ly accept your donation and see that 'it gets to the institution if it is more convenient for you. During the year the hospital cares for hundreds of charity cases. Your contributions will enable the hos pital to extend its usefulness to pa rents who need medical and sur gical care, yet are unable to pay for same. ■Mrs. Jennings Dies; Brothers In Shelby iMrs. Maggie Jennings, Sister Of T. H. And W. A. Abemethy Dies At Banner Elk. Mrs. Maggie Jennings, sister of 'Tom H. and Will A. Abcrnethy or Shelby, died Sunday morning, Nov. 18 at her home at Banner Elk, ac cording to information received here this week- Mrs. Jennings is survived by her husband who is a dentists at Banner Elk. three child ren, Preston, of Eizabethton, Tenn.; Edward, of Banner Elk and Mrs. Mary Sue Helms, of Tryon; four brothers, T. H. and W. A. Aber nethy: Jim Abernethy, of Hunters ville; Ed Abernethy of Hilddebran; !jklrs. Clara Cook, of Connelly Springs Deceased was 68 years of age and was buried Monday at Banner Elk. A number of Shelby relatives at tended the funeral services. Fox Hunters Club Barbecue * Tonight The River Fox Hunters club will hold a barbecue tonight at the home of Lee Cornwell, it was an ’ nounerd today. The club, made up or well known sportsmen, has be tween 30 and 40 members. Thieves Caught j In City After Store Robbery] Church Ransacked By Foust Youths Warlich's Store in No. 10 Robbed, j Negroes Caught and Jailed Here. Two negroes are in jail here as a result of a store robbery in No. 10 : township Tuesday night and two j. white youths arc also awaiting trial on a charge or ransacking the First i Baptist church early yesterday morn i«g. The alleged thieves on both af- j fairs were rapidly rounded up by of ficers. Tuesday night the John T. War- , lick store in No. 10 township w a J entered by the basement and robbed j oi shoes, sweaters, overalls, cigaret tes and knives. Wednesday night! Sheriff Allen and other officers .aid j a trap at a colored hangout in Shel- : by and within a f?w minutes had ar-1 rested Stowe Brokeny and Wash Xhcsson, both colored. At a prelim inaiy hearing yesterday they were . bound to Superior court on a break-, lng and entering charge, the bond ' being set at $800 each, and the ne groes being unable to furnish bond Looting Church. Early yesterday morning the jani tor of the First Baptist church came In and surprised George and Ralph Foust, white youths, while they, it is alleged were ransacking the desks in the church study and offices. Only a few small articles were missed but the boys fled. Within a short time, however, they had been caught by Chief Poston, Policeman Paul Stamey, Deputy Ed Dixon and Ern est Spangler. One or perhaps -both of the Foust youths had been arrest ed on a similar charge a year or two ago. Very few robberies had been re ported in this section, up until tins week, since a number of thieves were jailed a month or two ago, and officers believe tfie rapid appre hension of the two whites and the two blacks this week may put an end to the new outbreak. i Nfear One-Third Of Tax Levy In County Collected; New Rate No Premium For Taxes Paid After This Month. Half of One Per cent. Until December, Almost one-third of the Clev eland county tax levy, or around $134,000. has already been col lected by Sheriff Srvin Allen and Deputy Ed TDixon. it was learned yesterday at the court house. There are only three more days of the first tax round. The collections to date are considered good in view Df the prevailing business conditions and the fact that the tax books have been open for payments only since October 1. For the remainder of this month those who pay their taxes will be al lowed a discount of one-half of one per cent. For December and Janu ary the tax rate will be flat with no premium or penalty, but thereafter a penalty will be added. Re*! Cross Secures $388.50 In Drive Until noon today the Red Cross roll call in Shelby had brought In a total of $388.50, it was announced by Mrs. Jean Schenck, roll call chair man. ' The ladies canvassing for4' memberships are still at work this afternoon and hope to secure more. It is reminded that only 50 cents out of each membership pleCge goes out of town, the other remains for charity work- In other! words, $4.50 of $5 for a membership remains in Shelby for use here. Next Royal Bridal Couple Prince Christopher of Hesse and Princess Sophie of Greece as they appeared with one of their pets on the occasion of their first joint appearance be ► fore the earner* lens. Tk# couple will be. married with jrreat pomp and ceremony at Frankfort. Germany, on De cember-F6th. “Right Of Little Man To Live” Is Major Question' Before Next Session Of N. C. Legislature Mammoth Crowd At Funeral Of Weaver; Second Burial Today Ora Village Filled With People At Last Kites For Emmett Weaver. Widely separated graves this afternoon held the bodies #1 Mrs. Enlaiie Dos ter and Emmett Wearer who died together early Wednesday morning near the Ora min village to what a coro ner’s jury termed a suicide pact. Funeral services for Weaver, who was very popular in the Ora section, were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock at his home and interment was in Sunset cemetery here. A mammoth crowd filled the streets of the Ora village to attend the services which were conducted by Rev W. A. Elam. Funeral services for Mrs. Doster were held this morning at 11 o'clock at New Bethel church, near Lawn dale, in her old home section. It was her old home section as she was a Green before marriage and her parents lived near Fallston before moving to the Vale section just across the Cleveland line in Linocln county. Rev. W. A. Elam conducted the services. Shelby Couple In Difficulty At Vale Car Skids In Ditch. Man Becomes Angry And Beats Woman WTtth Bottle. The following news item concern ing a couple thought' to be from Shelby appeared in the news from the Vale section in The Lincoln Times this week: ‘‘A man and woman supposed to be a Mr. and Mrs. Street from Shel by passed through this section Sun day. The Ford car in which they were riding skidded off in the ditch; this made the man who was thought to be drunk, very angry. He began to fight the woman, beating her over the head with a bottle. The woman jumped out of the car and went to a home in the community to escape from the man. She was later carried back to Shelby. The man escaped the law.” Gardner Says “Buy Now” “The Buy Now Movement is designed to stimulate the public to a realization that one of the most effective ways to defeat the existing depression is for every per son in North Carolina who has the means to come for ward at once and purchase the goods and merchandise necessary or desired for himself and family. The suc cess of this movement consists of two fundamental fac tors : “First: The public able to buy should not hesitate to purchase their requirements now. “Second: The merchants must realize the existing conditions and offer to the public bargains at a price in line with the present-day value and on the basis of the increased purchasing power of the dollar.’’ (Signedi 0. MAX GARDNER. Governor. Taxation And Tax Relief To Be The Outstanding Problems With Legislature. Raleigh. Nov. 20.—The right of the little man to live will be the biggest issue in the 1931 general assembly This will be the dominant consid eration in the struggles that are bound to take place between the various groups in the legislature, es pecially in the formulation of its taxation policies. For it is generally conceded that taxation and taajjR : itef are goipg to he the paramUnt issues in this legislature. I For while the state tax relief as sociation failed in Its efforts to get Governor O. Max Gardner to call a ■special session of the general assem bly in December, instead of waiting until the regular session in January',' there is no doubt that the majority of the members of the general as sembly from the rural and agricul tural counties, urged on by the tax relief association and its members, fCONTimjro-ON PAGE TWELVE i Dr. McElroy Talks On Thanksgiving Dr. T. S McElroy, Presbyterian minister of Kings Mountain was the principal speaker last night; before the Kiwanis club which was served a most delightful home-cooked meal by the members of the Lucy Hoyle circle at Central Methodist church. Bill McCord was in charge of the program and the speaker was intro duced by Rev. H. N. McDiarmid. Dr. McElroy traced the history of Thanksgiving, pointed out that it originated In "hard times” when the Pilgrims knew not where their next meal was'coming from. He observed that in spite of "hard times” most of us can look down and find many who are less fortunate than we. “God wants us to be happy and happiness comes in helping our less fortunate brothers,” said Dr. Mc Elroy. Mother Of Mr. Yates Dies In Oklahoma Mr. Jack Yates of the Chickasaw Thread Co. of Shelby, has received a message telling of the death of his mother in Oklahoma. She was at the home of a daughter at the time of her death. Her husband, Dr. Yates, died in Missouri a number of years ago. Mr. Jack Yates was in Richmond last night when he re ceived the death message and left immediately for Oklahoma. His wife is now in Little Rock, Ark., visiting relatives and will join him for the funeral. Many Farmer* At Cotton Meet Today Co-Op Official Speaks Here On Marketing- Of Cotton Crop. A large number of Cleveland : county farmers attended a meeting at the court house here today at which Mr M. G. Mann, official of the cotton co-ops, was the prinicpal speaker Mr. Mann discussed marketing and other cotton problems. Local Hunters In Fields For Season Opening Quail And Rabbit Arc Open Game Now Two Biggest Hunting Season* Here about* Open Week Before Thanksgiving Day. Many a rabbit and many a bird bit the dust In Cleveland county yesterday as Shelby and Cleveland county huntsmen took the field early in the day In in augurating the opening of the quail and rabbit season. Birds and rabbits are the chiei Itame of the nimrods of this section and scores of hunters, eager for the first day’s bag. were out early In to day. The season opened yesterdnv >on turkeys and doves, but neither have the same lure, because o! their absence in the section, as do quail and rabbits. The quail and rabbit seasons re main open approximately three months, closing on February 15 The dove season ends on January' 31 the fact that the two big season dpen here a week before Thanks riving, when all hunters take th« ay for their favorite sport, is con iderably timely. Bag Limit. Dates. The bag limits are: rabbits, none quail, 10 in one day; turkeys, 2 ir one day. 5 In one season; doves, 2! in one day. Dates on seasons for game al ready open Include: squirrel. Octo btr 15 to January 15 In east, Sep jtmber 15 to January 1 in west; bear [October 1 to January 15; deer, Oc | tober 1 to January 15 In east, Nov I ember l to December 3 in west. ! Two Killed, Another Shot By Hunter Who Fired A Quiclc Shot Winston-Salem Deer Hunter Shoots Into Reeds In East State; Two Men Die. Washington. N. C., Nov. 20.—Two lien were dead and a lad was sore y wounded tonight, the victim* of i hunter who fired before he looked. H. E. Perryman. Winston-Salem utuberman hunting deer In the 3Iounts Creek section of this coun T- saw reeds wave in front of him. $e fired. A moment later the reeds thook again Perryman fired a sec Hid time. A scream followed. Hunters In the twamp. tracing the outcry found Slade Robertson, 25. and Herman Mills, 20, dead, and Guy Mills, 14, Herman’s brother, seriously wound 'd. All were residents of the Blunts Dree* section. The three, setting traps In the -wamps, had been hidden from Per ryman by the reeds. Perryman surrendered to the sher iff's office. An investigation was be ing conducted tonight by Coroner P. T. Paul. Community Chest Find $5,000, Not $50,000 For Shelby Contributions Will Soon Be Accept ed. Monthly Pledges. City To Help. The Community Chest fluid for Shelby is $5,000 instead of $50,000. An error in the headline of The Star on Wednesday raised the budget just $45,000, but those who are charitably inclined feel that no sum is too large for suffering humanity The body of Wednesday’s article however, gave the correct amount of the budget at $5,000. City, County To Help. Pledge cards are now in the hands of Mayor 8. A. McMurry whc has consented to act as chairman and treasurer of the Community Chest committee. The members of this committee will meet in a day or so upon the call of the mayor to make plans for contributions. This committee will decide whether to make a canvass for funds, or wheth er to put the situation before the public and open the chest for free will contributions. At any rate, cash offerings will be gladly received or pledges to be paid in monthly In stallments. The city and county will help gen erously from their treasuries in re lieving any suffering during the winter. To begin with, the city will handle the situation within the corporate limits with Mayor Mc Murry and his committee in charge, while County Welfare Officer J. B. Smith will handle the cases outside the city limits. The county commis sioners have agreed to increase their appropriation for the needy and the city and county budget will be supplemented by individual dona tions and contributions from the ; civic clubs, fraternal orders .churches, Womans club, etc Start Attack on Junior Record Gerald P. (“jerry”! Nettleton, < > 20-year-old transport pilot of Toledo, Ohio, in his monocolipe plane when he took off from Newark Airport, Newark, N. J., on thn first leg: of his fiijjht to California. Nettlcton hopes to create another junior transconti nental record. The present mark is held by Stanley Boynton. New N. C. Auto License Tags To Have Yellow Figures On A Black Background; Go On Sale Dec. 15 j Prrsent Tags Expire Decemhri ”1,; State Name Changed To Bottom. ■Large raised yellow figures em blazoned upon a background of glossy black will be the color scheme of the new 1931 North Carolina nio-, tor vehicle license plates. The new tags will go on sale in Shelby, as well as over the entire state, on December 15 The 1930 tags will expire on Dec ember 31. The new plates will be of a design different from the cur rent tags. The present system ot designating the horsepower of the motor vehicle by letters at the al , phabei wilt" be. «t*ppljp»ted next year by the figures 1. 2, 3 and 4 These letters will appear In a small square In the center of the tag. The words "North Carolina—31' will appear at the bottom of the new tag Instead of at the top. as at present. The tags will be distribut ed through the various states branches of the Carolina Motor j club The tags are being xnanuiac-, tured by inmates of State's prison at Raleigh. State officials have for the past few years manufactured the automobile plates In the prison at a saving of many thousands of dollars to the taxpayers of the state. Sale prices of the passenger cars, motorcycles, and trailers will re main the same as this year, offic ials cay. Passenger cars with “A" classification will sell for $40; ' B ’ classification, $30; "C" classification, $20; and “E” classification, $12.50. ICONTIfrUED ors TAOS TWELVE > Boys* Leg Broken When Hit By Auto CUrenee Cook Struck By Auto On Highway 18 Thursday Afternoon. Clarence Cook, six-year-old son of Mr, W. A. Cook, Shelby, route one, is in the hospital here with his right leg broken above the knee as the result of being struck by an automobile Thurs day afternoon. According to information avail able, the youngster was walking along highway 18 In the Sptuiing section about 4 o'clock and had started to cross the road. As he was almost across, It is said, he wa: struck by the car. Ernest Clark who was said to be the driver of tht automobile, stopped and breugni the boy to the hospital here. Radio Of Mail Plane Is Found In Casar Section Thr radiu receiving »et « hlrh Dick Merrill carried in his air mall plane when he I crashed to earth a week ago Wednesday morning near Casar was found a week from the day the plane crashed. When airport officials came after the wreckage of the mail plane It was discovered that the radio outfit was missing officers ’have been on' the lookout for It since. This week Ksper White of that section brought the radio to Sheriff Allen's office, stating that it had been found in a sack neat hi* home. The set was only slightly damaged despite the fact that the plane plunged 5,000 feel to earth. ", , Seek Other Part* Of Air Mail Ship Compass And Landing Gear Shock j Absorber Are Still Missing. The manager of the Spartanburg air port was in Shelby today to se cure the radio which had been re covered from the wrecked air mail plane of Dick Merrill, near Casar. He stated that several parts, par ticularly the compass and landing gear shock absorber, were still missing. These, he said, are prop erty of the government and the search for them will be pushed un til found. < Chocolate Shop Is Purchased By Beam ’ At the mortgage sale yesterday of the Chocolate Shop, soda and candy store on South LaFayette street, it was purchased by Mr. Enos L. Beam, the mortgagee. Mr. Beam may re open the shop, which has been closed about one month, but has not definitely decided and is still considering the matter. Attend Meeting. A number of Shelby dentists have this week been attending the tenth annual meeting of the First District Dental society at Rutherfordton. Universe Faces Extinction Says English Scientist; Sun Mass Is Losing Light, Heat—Earth Loses Report To Smithsonian Institution. Earth Losing- By Radiation. Washington, Nov. 21.—The annual report ot the Smithsonian Institu tion quotes Sir James Jeans. Eng lish scientist, as saying the universe is on its way to extinction with no possibility of a reversal. All the material substance in the stars, he says, by the latest inter pretation, while conditions become more and more impossible tor a re .turn ot radiation into matter. Hp denies the contention, previ ously advanced by Prof. Robert A. Millikan, that the mysterious cos mic rays bombarding the earth from space result from the recrea tion of matter. He Insists that the wave length of the most penetrat ing of these rays is almost exact ly what would be predicted from the complete annihilation of atoms. The Poor Sun. The mass of the sun is declining, in the form of light, and heat and other radiation at the rate of 250. tCQitTUUiKO ON^fAUH, BUSVStu, Wilson Held On Mann Act Count In Furcron Case Arrest Married Man In Kidnapping leveland County Mail, Who Toolf Grover** Minister's Daughter Away. I* Caught. Police Chief McBridgr Poston stated here today that charge of stealing an automobile will not be pressed against Willie Wilson, farmer of the Bethle hem section, until Wilson Is first tried in South Carolina on kid napping charges. Wilson so»i<> weeks ago "borrowed” the ati tomoblle of a Shelby friend and used It to carry off Miss Esther Furcron. Grover minister’s (laughter, from Anderson college. The girl left him at Athens. Ga., after a week, and Wilson was arrested this week. Mann Act Charge. Anderson, Nov. 20 —The .lather o: . ihcr Furcroh, 17-year-old Andet on college student, today asked * I'dcral officer to Issue a warrant barging Willie Wilson, held here mder a kidnapping charge, wtih iolation of the Mann act. Wilson was brought today from lock Hill, where he was capture ate yesterday. Rev. W. E. Furcron. Baptist min ster of Grover, N. C.. the girl's father, came here today and aftei :onferring with county officers ask* ;d United States Commissions Francis Fant to Issue a warrant against Wilson under the Mann act. He also is from Grover and faces larceny charges. Action will be deferred until 'de partment of justice agents can make a. thorough investigation, it was said The father saw the alleged kid naper of his daughter in a cell at the county jail this morning. “Why did you do this to me?” he asked. Caught at Kock Hill. Rock .Hill, 8. C., Nov. 19— After eluding police of two or more states for more than a month, Willie Wil son. 35-year-old married man of Grover, N. C., was arrested here late today on a charge of kidnaping Es ther Furcron. 17-year-old student of Anderson college. A party of Rock Hill officers found Wilson sound asleep in the home of his brother, M. Wilson, about 5 p. m. Wilson submitted to arrest peaceably. In addition to the kidnaping charge. Wilson faces charges of lar ceny of an automobile and of three bales of cotton in Sheltay, N. C„ and one of stealing an automobile la Greenville. Denies Kidnaping. The man denied kidnaping Miss Furcron, who was from his home town. “She went with me volun tarily/’ he is said to have told of ficers. They quoted him as’ admit ting that he stole an automobile in Greenville. He said he had spent most of the past few week* in Greenville and Charlotte, N. C„ aft er the girl rejoined her parents. Miss Furcron disappeared from her school at Anderson on October 10 after securing permission to take a short ride with a “Mr. Wilson.” Several days later, at the instigation of Governor Richards, a warrant charging Wilson with kidnapping was sworn out. The governor had been appealed to by the girl’s fath er, Rev. W. E. Furcron, Baptist min ister of Grover. On October 17 Esther reported to police at Athens, Ga She said she had escaped from Wilson's auto mobile as It slowed down when pass ing through Athens. She said that she was lured away by Wilson with a story that her sweetheart, who was Wilson’s brothen-in-law, had sent him to bring her to him and i they were to be married. Rev. Mr, Furcron said that the girl was not harmed by Wilson. Sue isaid that after leaving Andeisoo j they went as far as Illionis, but j turned about when she pleaded with ihim to return south. i Off Gang: One Day Goes Back The Next i Maurice Pompcy. Shaft** —** j man, must have fr» nd out In > halt j day that it is hard to get three | square meals per d»y with times « I they are. Anyway, Pomp-v completed a sen* tenet on the No. * township chum gang Wednesday evening and was released. Thursday shortly at>>r r.oon he was back in the county tail A night and a half day of freedom Pompey was arrested by city office. * just after a soda bottle, said to have been hurled by Will Watson, nad narrowly missed his head. Pomp^v wr. charged with taking on jx> ■ much spirits in celebrating his short ; lived freedom.
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