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VOL. XXXVl. No. 15'5 8 PAGZS TODAY Mj M*u. {i«t tear, us mtumi «.„• Uirttnr. Ht tear, un idiHitei __ **.(.<> LA TE NEW: THE MARKET Cotton, per lb. _8'i to 9‘W : Cotton Seed, per bo..oik Cloudy Tuesday. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Not much change in teni- ^ perature. Derides Third Party. Washington, Dec. 28.—Talk of a | third party was belittled today by j Senator Borah, of Idaho, a leader. of the senate independents, but hcj spoke significantly of realignments, particularly in legislative matters. Senator Borah said he saw no pos sibility of a single new' party or group of leaders satisfying the con stituency on such issues as power, prohibition and farm relief. No Farm Agent In County Now Shoffner In Florida Because Of Health. Board Leaves Post Open. Cleveland county no longer has a farm demonstrator, it was learned by The Star today. Mr. R. W. Shoffner who had been agent for some time became 111 sev-1 eral months ago and was confined I for many weeks. Last week, hoping! to recover his health, Mr. Shoffner went to Miami, Florida, leaving the office vacant. Just how long he will1 be forced to remain there In recup erating is not known. When he de-! parted the state extension depart ment conferred with County Mana ger Cline and the county commis sioners, offering to ' send a new agent here until Shoffner was able to return or some other move made. The offer was refused by the com missioners, Mr. Cline stated today. “We told them that they need not send another agent just now and that we would get along for the time being without one,” he said. Cleveland Tops Cotton Counties Robeson 10,950 Bales Behind. John ston, In Third Plate, 23,275 Behind. As the final ginning figures show Cleveland county nearing her rec ord cotton crop of 1923. the county continues to hold first place rmong other Tar Heel counties in cotton production, Robeson, the second county, with 50,017, is almost 11,000 bales—*10950 to be exact—behind this county in cotton ginned prior to December 13. Johnston county with 37.932 bales, takes third place—23,275 bales be hind Cleveland. Neighboring Count'es. To December 13 Catawba county i had ginned 15,685 bales, Gaston 13, 368, Lincoln 18,685 and Rutherford 20,504. Mrs. Hamrick, Age 78, Dies Sunday Widow of Tommie Hamrick And Mother of Eight Living Chil dren. Buried at Zoar. Mrs. Christona Hamrick, widow of Tommie Hamrick, died Sunday morning at 4 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bob Grayson on South DeKclb street at the age of 78 years and 11 months. Mrs. Hamrick had been in bad health for six or eight months. Before coming to Shelby to live with her daughter, Mrs. Grayson, she had been living near Patterson Springs with another daughter, Mrs. Hazel Turner. Her husband preceded her to the grave 19 years ago. Mrs. Hamrick was a fine Christian woman, a devoted mother and kind neighbor. She Joined Sharon Meth odist church in early life and later moved her membership to Zoar Baptist church, where she was bur led this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, funeral services being conducted by Revs. D. b. Washburn and John W. Suttle. Surviving are the following chil dren: Demus. Bynum, Posey, Vick. Gidney Hamrick, Mrs. Winfred Weaver, Mrs. R. N. Grayson and Mrs. Hazel Turner. Jaw Fractured By FisH Woman Hurt In Crash Better _ Somewhere In east Shelby there Is a man who packs a punch of the Jack Dempsey type. Max Devine, of the East Shelby section, and a pa tient et the Shelby hospital has the proof of that—a fractured Jaw. The jaw, it Is sa!d, was fractured in a fist fight last week. Mrs. Herschel Moore, who receiv ed a fractured skull last week when the automobile occupied by her and her husband skidded and plunged off a 50-foot embankment west of Shelby near the viver bridge, was reported today at the hospital as xettlng along fine. D. B. F. Suttle, 88 Year Old Vet Buried Saturday Confederate Veteran Buried Saturday One Of Oldest Citizens Of Shelby Succumbs To Long Illness, Two Sons Survive Mr. D. B, F. Suttle, 88 year old veteran of the Civil War, died quiet ly at his home on N. LaPayette street Friday afternoon at 4 O'clock following a decline in health three years or more. Mr. Suttle had lived an active, out-door life and was Strong and hardy until a few years ago. No organic trouble ever deve loped so he lived to a ripe age, pass ing his 88th mile stone In life in November of this year. Served In Schenck's Company Mr." Suttle war, born near Caroleen in Rutherford county. When he married Sara Elizabeth Gold he moved to a farm near Double Shoals where he lived until he came to Shelby 56 years ago and erected the home when he reared his family aud spent the majority of his life. He was a heroic member of com pany F 53th North Carolina Volun teers, going into service in 1862 un der Capt. H. F. Sehenok who organ ized the last company of volunteers to leave Cleveland county. Dr. V. J. Palmer was first lieutenant of this company. Two Sons Survive. Mr. Suttle is the last of a family of 14 children. He was a thriftyv in dustrious citiaen who went through the period of war and reconstruction when he was forced to bear many hardships, until his advanced years forced him to retire. Fifteen years •\go his devoted companion died, and his son. Oscar Suttle and his wife ministered unto him with care and tenderness, leaving nothing undone for his comfort. Two sons survive, Baxter and Os car Suttle, of Shelby, and a number of grandchildren. Two other chil dren George and Minnie preceded him to the grave. Tire casket was draped with a flag of the Confederacy and scores of beautiful flowers were sent by friends and relatives to cover his mound in Sunset cemetery where he was buried Saturday afternoon. Fu neral services were 6hort and sim ple, conducted from the residence bv Dr. Zeno Wall and Rev. John W Suttle. He had been a member of j the First Baptist church for over a half century and was a regular at- j tendant until his failing health pre- j vented his going out. Active pallbearers were J. L. Sut tle, Ben Suttle, Julius Sutt'e. A. V. Wray, L. F. McBrayer and Stough Wray. Kin** Case Jurors Drawn In Chester _ New Trial Of Shelby Man Sehedul- j ed To Start On Monday, Jan. 5. Chester, S. C.. Dec. 29.—Much interest centered here Christmas eve in the dra wing of 36 petit jur ors by the Chester county grand jury commissioners, from which 12 jurors probably will be selected to try Rafe King, who Is charged with slaying his wife, Faye Wilson King at Sharon on January 26. 1929, at his second trial, starting Monday morning, January 5. with Judge M. L. Bohanan of Anderson presiding As the time for the second trial approaches interest continues to grow. North Carolina as well as South Carolina is interested. Both King and his wife were members families of some prominence in North Carolina, and were residents of Shelby, later moving to Sharon. Both the state and defense at torneys have held conferences late ly and it is understood tha Solid- j tor Harry Hines of Lancaster is very anxious to try the case next month. It was one of the most sensation al and largely attended tr.als in the> history of the Carolinas. The ver-1 diet of the jury carried with it an j auttomatic death penalty, which | was passed by Judge J. K. Henry, j The appeal followed, deferring the! execution, and a new' trial was j granted. King Is now in the state j penitentiary. Abernethy Jewelry Takes Bankruptcy Closing for Christmas day, the Abernethy Jewelry store failed to open for business on the morning after, taking bankruptcy in the Federal court. Mr. R. M. Abernethy came to Shelby r • nr or more ago from Mooresville i ere he had been in the Jewelry business. It is understood that lie lists his assets at about twice his liabilities. A \ trustee in bankruptcy ha' not been: r ppointed as yet. First Lady in Santa Role Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of the President, helping in the dis tribution of toys and candy to the children of Washington at the special benefit for the Cen tral Union Mission in the na tion’s Capital. County Board Wants Revaluation Carried Over; Save Thousands Representative Edwards To Introduce Bill To Postpone Property Revaluation Until 1934. Would Save Almost $10,000. The sizeable task of making a revaluation of all the property in Cleveland county, as required by State law, and a task that would cost the county eight or ten thousand dol lars, possibly more, will be postponed four years if the coun ty commissioners and Representative Henry Edwards have their way about it. |—---—>.! At the request of the commission ers Representative Edwards will in troduce a bill when legislature meets next week to give the commirs lon ers the right to use their discretion about making the revaluation now or waiting until better times. Board Wants Tt. At an informal meeting of the counts' board. Chairman A. E. Cline. Tax Supervisor R. L. Weathers and Commissioner George Latttmore all favored postponing the work. Mr. Weathers had already been appoint ed tax supervisor and in turn had appointed his revaluation assessors for each township. The state law says that the quadrennial revalua tion work is to start next week. Studying the situation the commis sioners realized that the job would cost the county eight to ten thous and dollars a least, and it was their belief that not enough good would result from the revaluation to jus tify the expense coasidering the ex isting business conditions. Representative Edwards. when informed of the wishes of the com missioners, readily took the seme view, and will do what he can dur ing the first week of the assembly to haye the bill passed. Officials of several oilier counties, Including Guilford and Rowan, have taken a similar attitude and will ask that the revaluation there be postponed. It is hoped that the representatives of those counties and other counties will join with the Cleveland representative in forming a joint bill. This bill would not specify postponing the work in any particular county but would ask the power to permit commission ers of all counties to carry on the work now or postpone it until a lat er date. “It seems to us," County Manager Cline and Tax Supervisor Weathers caid today, “that it is the only wise thing to do. If we are permitted to postpone it, we will merely pass up the revaluation job until the next regular date for it, which would be four years from now. The change In taxation values brought about by the revaluation would not, we be lieve. justify the expense the work would be to the county at this time.” Meantime, should the movement prove successful, the revaluation or ganization here has already been completed and instructed as how to handle the work when it it put on. Joffre Near Death. Paris, Dec. 29.—Marshall Joffre put up a valiant battle with death today but his doctors believed he could postpone defeat for only a day ov're at Santa Good To Shelby’s Mayor Vo matter how skeptical lie has been heretofore, the com bined ptrf>uasive powers of Clyde Iloey and Clarence Damuv could not convince Mayor Sim A. McMurry that there isn’t a Kris Kringle. lie knows there Is. Christmas morning he awoke to find a spank-fired new Buiek eight parked at the curb in front of his home. On it was a Christmas greeting card informing that the new car, the gift of the city, was for use of the lord mayor and fu ture lord mayors. And on the day after Chris' mas the old car used by twe mayors, begins its duties Iran, porting meter readers about their work. * Kills Sweetheart? Port Arthur. Texas, Dec 29.—Rob- j ert L. Williams, 18, University of. Texas sophomore and son of air Austin Methodist minister, faced a preliminary hearing today in the slaying Saturday of his estranged; sweetheart, Miss Elizabeth Johnson,j Celebration Of Yale Sends 13 To County Jail Only 5 Locked Up Christmas Day Grover, Contributed Four. Quietest Christmas Tot, City, County Officers Say. The Christmas spirit, thoroughly enveloped 8helby and section from Wednesday until the week-end, b it, less Christmas spirits were. In evi dence than ever before. That’s what city «nd county oil leers say, and since It Is (heir business, they shootd know, From Wednesday, Christmas Eve utU Saturday only 13 people were plaeed In the county Jail, Sheriff Ir vin Allen said That number in cluded arrests made both by county deputies and city policemen Often in the past many more than 13 have bee njailed herein one Joyous week end. Of the 13 placed In jail during the Yuletlde only five were jailed cn Christmas day. Four of the five, in cidentally, were brought Into the Al len inn by Deputy Charlie Shepard. They were all white men and decid ed to scrap It out after engaging In a controversy. Very Qniei Here. "ft was the quietest In Shelby of any Christmas I recall,” Police Chief McBride Poston said, "and there was less drinicing than ever.” Mem bers of his force agreed. Many Sun day afternoons in the past the city patrolmen have had more activity than they did Christmas. As a re sult of Shelby's unusually good be havior in staging a quiet Christmas the officers spent the time between walking Of their beats in eating nuts and fruits at the police headquar ters. < Several reasons have been advanc ed for the lack of exuberant cele brations and drinkings. The snow pl*yed a big role In keeping things quiet. A lack of money with which to indulge in whiskey Is also credit ed with having something to do with it as has the low' quality of modern rum. Anyway, it was a quiet YuIaUdc Only 13 new guests at the boose-now and the failure of anyone to see a single inebriate in an uptown gut ter offer ample proof. New Director Of Music Is Coming Ovid B. Lewi*, of Rocky Mowit, To Take Place Here' Vacated By Sinclair. When school re-opens here the Shelby high school will have a mus ical director and orchestra leader for the first time since Prof. W. T. Sinclair left Shelby to Join the musical staff in the Charlotte schools. The new director is Mr. Ovid B. Lewis. He is a native of Ot tumwa. Iowa, but fbr two and one half terms has been director of music at the Central high school at Bocky Mount. While in Rocky Mount he made an enviable reputation as a direc tor, and of whom The Rocky Mount Telegram says: “He Is not only a musician bwt an organizer and pos sesses an extremely likeable person- j atity.” Just before leaving Rocky Mount he was tendered a big ban quet and party by members of the orchestra there. The coming of Mr. Lewis will be heard with pleasure by scores.and scores of Shelby parents who had hoped to have the musical educa tion of their children continued aft er Prof. Sinclair departed. Holiday Accidents Claim Many Lives In Nation; More Than Score Of Fatalities Mar Events In N. C. Fires, Hunting, Auto Crashes, Pois on Itooze Take A Dreadful Toil. New York, Dec, 29.—Between two and three hundred deaths marred Christinas joy in America as acci dents took heavy toll from coast to coast. Fires, drowrungs. hunting trage dies and poisonous alcohol cost lives, but automobiles were »*' greatest agent of destruction, caus ing more than two-thirds of the deaths. In the middle west about 80 of the fatalities were recorded. FI. mes trapped lodgers in a rooming house at Whiting, Ind.t and seven men died. Gun fights claimed lives in the south. One victim was a woman. Poison liquor claimed between five and ten lives in New York, In California three were believed to I have cUowned when a launch cap sized. In Missouri two died when a bridge collapsed. Two children were fatally burned in Montgomery, Pa., when their father poured gasoline on the kitchen fire. A man froze to death in Indiana and another in Pennsylvania, Hudreds were injured in acct I dents. In This State. Charlotte, Dee. 29.—More than | ! two dozen dead and scores ot in jured and wounded spread a trail of mourning through the Carolinas n the wake of holiday festivity. Eighteen were killed by automo biles, three were accidentally shot, : nd one was burned to death when he mistook a pail of gasoline for water. Eight were killed In South Carolina and 14 in North Carolina. Many of the injured were report-! coMTtNUitD oti r*o« aroirr j Farmer Killed By Hit-Run Driver, Another Badly Hurt; 3 Men Jailed Mooresboro Man Being Sought Ed Good’s I’ncle Has Died Ideating $28,000. Aged Mother Anxious. Newton, Dec 29.—Search Is bem^ made for Ed Goode, formerly of Mooresboro, vhoee bachelor uncle, L. I* Goode has died leaving $28,COO cash and valuable real estate and other property. Goode is about live feet tall and weighs about 200 pounds with light hair and blue eyes. He wears glasses and is 40 years old He was last heard from hi Newton two years ago. A pitiful letter from his old moth er to Newton police says in part: “1 am 65 years of age, X need my sou so very much. X am praying that ycu will find my eon and show him this letter. We want him as early as pos sible." Goode is married, and has several children In Mooresboro. Wright's Store At Beam’s Mill, Burns New Brick Store And Stock Go Up In (limn, Origin Of Blaze Unknown. The Josh Wright store—the new brick building by the side of high way 18 at Beams Mill—was destroy ed by fire between midnight and 2 o’clock this morning. Very little was left of the stock of goods and building. Just how the very damaging [blaze originated U> not known. The first was not discovered until the [building was a mass of flames. ; This morning efforts were still be ing made to determine just how the fire started. One conjecture was that the store might have been robbed and then set afire by the thieves. Lee Kendrick Found Dead On Christmas Brother Of Deputy Bob Kendrick f ound Dead In Bed At Home Of Ills Sister, Mrs. Tom Wilson Lee Kendrick, age 87 years, was found dead in bed at the home of his sister. Mrs. Tom Wilson In South Shelby Christmas morning. He nad been in his usual health except for a long standing heart trouble. Mr. Kendrick is survived by three sisters. Mrs. Tom VVii.on, Mrs. Edney Camp. Mrs. Pink Bum gardher and one brother, Deputy Bob Kendrick. His remains were buried Friday at Elizabeth Baptish church, services being conducted by Dr Zeno Wall He was a member of Pleasant Hill church for many years. Mrs. Putnam Dies In Oak Grove Section Mrs. Clearcy Jane Putnam, age 79 years died Friday night in the Oak Grove community In No. 4 town ship and was buried Saturday after noon at 3 o'clock at Patterson Grove church, the funeral service being conducted by Rev. G. P. Abernetl.y. Mrs. Putnam and her son W. D Putnam had been living together since the death of her husband ID years ago. She was a fine Christian woman nnd greatly loved In the community. Surviving are three sons. W. D . W. H. and Benton Put nam and one daughter Mrs. J. W. Lovelace. Students Speak At First Baptist Here ■'Student Night’* was observed Sunday evening at the First Bap tist church and Rev. R. C. Camp bell, pastor of the First Baptist! church at Lubbock, Texas, filled the j pulpit at the Sunday morning serV- \ ice. Mr. Campbell and his wife are on a visit to his parents for the Christmas holidays. He was pastor of the Second Baptist church for a number of years, going to Texas from Canton. His Lubbock church has .a membership of 2,700 and he is regarded as one of the outstand ing ministers in the Lone Star state. Students and teachers were recog nized at the Sunday night service and the following students spoke, representing their schools: George Blanton, jr.. McOallle school at Chattanooga, Tenn.; Troy McKin ney. Duke University, Durham;! Lillian Crow, Mars Hill college;) Kathleen Young, Meredith college. Raleigh: Ruth Waldrop, Boiling Springs junior college. Passing Car, Containing Booze, Strikes Mr, Carme Dixon, Who Was Holding Lantern To Help Occupants Of Another Car To Fix Puncture. Tragedy Occurred Near Fallston. Owner And Driver Of Death Car Still At Large. Carme Dixon, farmer of the Fallston section, was fa tHUy injured and Charlie Davis, who lives below Shelby in boiith Carolina, is seriously injured as the result of beinsr struck early Friday nlyhl by a hit-and-run driver who waa piloting a booze-laden car. The track crash occurred about one-half mile north of Fallston on Highway 18. Stage Big Hunt Here Wednesday Sheriff Irvin Alien'* bU fox hunt, which wan scheduled for Christmas day, will be put on Wednesday, December 31 the last day of th« year. The hunt will be held just north of Shelby, near the Monroe Poston place. Every foxhunter and hound owner tn the county Is Invited. The five (fray foxes will be turned loose one at a time, the first at 8 In the morning. Mrs. Smith, 90 Years Old, Dead Wife Of Rev. Landrum .Smith Who Represented Cleveland In Legts • laturc At One Time On Christmas day. Mrs. Nancy Smith, widow of Rev. Landrum L. Smith, at one time a representative of Cleveland r^ounty in the State General Assembly, died at the home of her son Eure Smith in the Sharon community. Mrs. Smith was near ing her 81st birthday. She suffered I a broken hip in a fall several years ago and had been bedridden since Before ma nage she was Miss Nancy Hamrick. She had a v, idr family connection in the county and was a saintly woman of the Old South, greatly honored and beloved by her host of friends. Her husband died about 14 years apo. A large crowd attended the funer al which was conducted Friday by Rev. R, L. Forbis, Interment was in the cemetery at Sharon Methodic' church. Surviving are three daugn ters, Mrs. W. T. Orlgg of Lawndalp: Mrs. P. P. Hawkins, of Sharon; Mrs. Will Tisdale, of Oeorgia: and one son, Eure Smith, bf Sharon. Also surviving are 34 grandchildren, 40 great grandchildren and eight area’ great grandchildren, Mills Give Treats To Their Employes Hundreds Of Youngsters Get Clierr In Shelby Mill Village. Old Santa made the rounds of every home In the several mill vil lages In and about Shelby. His sack contained many things of good cheer, ranging from hams and dol lars to candles, nuts and fruits The Shelby Cotton Mills, the Bel mont, Ella. Dover, and Ora and Eastside gave treat packages over 1,000 such packages being distribut ed to employes at the Shelby mill alone. At the Cleveland Cloth mill each child In the village received one dollar each, while the 136 fam ilies at the Lily mill received one ham each. Body Of McEntire Brought To County ——jr The remains of Summic Mclnttr? who was found dead in bed at. hi’, at McCormick. S, C. on Christmas morning, were brought to this county for interment. He was buried at Norman’s Grove church in upper Cleveland at 11 o’clock Sunday morning. Mr. Melntire was 37 years of age and leaves a wife and four children two brothers and three sisters. Many relative?' lived in Cleveland county. Steward Child Dies Membranous Croup Howard Thomas Stewart. five year old son of Charlie Stewart who lives on Live Oak avenue in West Shelby, died at the Shelby hospital yesterday where he had been taken for an examination. It is understood his trouble was mem-, bra nous croup. He ^ being buried this afternoon at 3 o'clock in Sun Ket cemetery. Dixon when hit by the speeding car was playing a Oood Samaritan role, having carried a lantern to the roadside to aid Davis and his two companions in fixing a puncture. Thren men, said to be occupant'! of the death-dealing automobile, are in the county Jail here, and officers are still seeking the man said to bo the owner and driver of the ear, * An unconfirmed rumor has it the! there were women as well ns boore in the car with the four men. How It Happened. The story or the fatality as plcc ed together by officers, who have turned In some speedy work in the matter, is as follows: About 8 o'clock Friday night ait automobile triven by Bryan Devon, jof the South Shelby section, and oc cupied by his father Charlie Devon and Charlie Davis, the man who was jseriously injmed. had a punctarw | just above Failston. They stopped j their car near the R. A. Darkey j f arm and railed Dixon, who lived i there., to aid them. Dixon brought a | lantern and wax holding it while the others worked on the puncture. While there the other car. headed south toward1; Shelby, came along and crashed into the parked auto mobile. hitting Dixon and Davis, Tha car. it was said, hesitated for a mo ment, due to the impact, and then sped on south. Badly Mangled. An ambulance rushed Dlxen and Davis to the Shelby hospital, where Dixon died about 11:30 that night. Both thighs were fractured, his right leg and left arm broken. In addition to internal injuries. He was semi conscious when brought in and no hope was entertained for him. Davis about, 42 years of age. had hi3 right thigh and leg broken and was oth erwise injured. His condition today was described as serious Find Other Car. When the news of the hit-and run tragedy spread, officer's located the hit-and-run automobile about two miles from the place of that cash, the cat being abandoned be cause the radiator .hod bur 3 ted cat; ing the motor to become too hot to corntKTED on paov iflour. 1 Mr. Newton At Home But Not So Well Now Attorney J. Clint Newton who wa3 seriously ill from a kidney trouble in a Charlotte hospital during the holidays. Improved considerably and -whs able to be brought home Saturday. He suffered two move hemorrhages, however, one Saturday night and another Sunday and i,i not so well now.. His condition is still serious with nothing much that can be done to give him permanent relief, Friends are much encouraged over Ills slight improvement and hope now' that he will be able to get up again in a short while. Hardware Store Has $20 In Cash Stolen When Manager Henry Massev opened his store for business this morning he found that some thief or | thieves had entered the Farmers ; Hardware Store from a rear window and stole $20 In cash. Mr. Massey had not missed any merchandise from his stock, but says the cash was taken from a drawer when the store was entered either Saturday night or Sunday night by a burgla” who broke a glass ill a rear window to gain an entrance. Six Thousand Pounds Poultry Loaded Here Six thousand pounds of poultry was loaded in Shelby on Christmas eve In a car operated by the Sea board Poultry Exchange, this being the last car to be operated this year. Ml*. B. Austell, president of the exchange says $1,100 was paid to the farmers for this shipment. A car was operated two weeks ago when S350 worth was purchased to be shipped to northern markets. Only two cars have been loaded 1 here this fan.
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