8 PAGES I TODAY ■ ■ ... } •*» Mm. ik» rrar. tin Miuhi tun DarriiT. ocr rear. (In krtranori Him VOL. XXXVII, No. 17 SHELBY, N. 0. MONDAY, FEB. 9, 1931 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. LA TE NEW: THE MARKET Cotton, per »f>. i»!j to 101 iv Cotton Seid, per bu. ...._34}*e Colder Weather. Today's North Carolina Weather Report: Cloudy and cooler tonight. Tuesday fair and colder. Cannon Cleared. Washington, Feb. 8.—Bishop Jam es Cannon, Jr., today stood cleared of charges brought against him by four ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, south, but at least one of the accusing churchmen be lieves the result a “blunder.” As the militant prohibition leader prepared to resume his church activities as j soon as his health permits, I»r. Cos- j ten J. Harrell, one of the four who , filed the charges, said they were | doubly sure they were right after I hearing the evidence. Harrell, a1 Richmond (Va.) pastor, said the evi-! dence included “some very astonish- . ing admissions by Bishop Cannon.; The committee did not vote with us,’ i he added, “but time will doubtless reveal their blunder,” Start Drive To Keep Golf Club j Here Operating Plan Country Club Method Now May Add Social Affair at Club House To Present Golf Club. Shelby citizens interested in maintaining the golf course and country club house at Cleveland Springs will gather ai a dinner to be held Tuesday evening, February 17, at the Hotel Charles. At that time the futufe of the golf club will be worked out and all j citizens desirous of retaining an as-1 set that has meant much to the I city are asked to attend and help j v.ork but necessary plans. Club House Plan. One idea advanced is that the j club house at the golf course be j transformed into the country clubj plan where ladies of the town may | stage small parties and teas, and j vhere a general get-together com-' Piunity meeting place may be avail able at all times. At present tne club house Is used only as a locker I room, club house, and for showers. [ The plan of centering quite a bit of j the city’s social life there In con-1 nection with the golfing phase has J met with approval so far. The course is now in good condi tion and promises to be in belter shape this spring than ever before. During the winter golfing interest . as at a low ebb here, hut the meet ing on the 17th is expected to stir up new enthusiasm which will re sult in an active year at Cleveland Springs. If the country club method works out, it is planned to have a continuous series of tournaments ;or and women and with teams from neighboring towns and cities. • Shelby,’’ says one citizen behind the movement to instill new inter est in the golf club, “was one of the first towns in this section to have a golf course, and from it we have received valuable advertising. We have one of the best courses in Ine two Carolinas and 't is such a > worthwhile asset to the city, in ad dition to the sport for those who play, that we cannot afford to permit it to run down upon us.'’ Widow Given Bond Of $5,000 .Mrs. Lynch Out On Bail. Young Farm Hand Fails To Raise Bond. Rutherfordton, Feb. 9.—Mrs. Hi bernia J. Lynch, widow of John l ynch, well known farmer who was lot at his home on the night of January 25. was released from jail .'here Saturday afternoftn under a f3,000 bond. Mrs. Lynch and John Paul Searcy, 19 year old youth of that section I aye been held here in jail without hail since the killing. Searcy failed to make bond. Both defendants were given a hearing here at the clerk of superior court's office before Judge Hoyle Fink, who is presiding here, under a writ of habeas corpus. Judge Sink announced his deci sion after he had read the evid ence submitted before the coroner’s jury here Tuesday afternoon and Solicitor Pless announced that he found no new developments. There was no new evidence submitted. Both defendants appeared in the epurt room but did riot go on the stand. Judge Sink stated that they should be held, but would be allow ed to give bond in the sum of $5,000 each. IF YOL'R'RE LOOKING— For Bargains, And Most of You Are, Turn to Page Seven and read THE STAR WANT ADS, Bill To Consolidate 3 Offices Here Pass ?s House After Being Altered Slightly From Original Office Is Appointive Not Elective Highway Battle In Limelight At Raleigh. Governoi On Air Tonight. M. K. DUN'AGAN Star Nows Bureau Raleigh, Feb, 9.—Hardly had the smoke of battle on the six months state operation school bill cleared away and the education committee of house and senate buckled down ' try to find the additional $11. 000,000 to $13,000,000 it requires, be fore the road proposal, one of Gov ernor Gardner’s major measure-' sprang into the center of the stage of the North Carolina general as sembly, and gives promises of being one of the big contest'-- of this weec. Two bills were introduced-last Fri day, one carrying the governor's recommendations, the other conti i uing the present highway method, blit with changes. Oniy one prov„> ion is the same in both bills—a .de cent tax on gasoline, of which two cents going to the county roads, hue by different routes. On Radio. Governor Gardner will make a radio address tonight urging citi zens of the State, who desire tax re duction, to have the., representa tives support his road program. General provisions in the Gard ner bill are well known. It wou.T abolish the nine highway distr’ ts and the nine commissioners, making the state a single district arid the rommission state-wide with a chair man, received $7,500 a year for ft«ll time, and four commissioners re ceiving $10 a day whiie on duty. The state would take over the 43 000 miles of county highways and main tain them with two cents of the ga ; aline tax and a million dollars ad ditional each year. Trie state womc take over all highway machinery and all county convicts and use them for highway work, Tlic coun ties would still have to take care of their road bonds and interest. The Other bill leaves the commis sion as It is, abolishes all of the county, township and district road beards, returning road matters to county commissioners The two cents on gasoline, about $6,000 000 a year, plus another million, would go to the counties, prorated on a basis of one-third on area, one third on population and one-third an number of registered automobi’es. Two or more counties may join as a road district. Many protests Col. T. L. Kirkpatrick, Charlotte, president of the U. S. Good Roads association, continued his attack on the Gardner plan at P meeting of county commissioners in Raleigh last Thursday, when an organisation was formed and a resolution adopt ed to oppose the plan. About 150 persons, representing about half oi the counties, were present. All of CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT.) Ella Mill Resumes Night Operation Here Night work was resumed last week at the Ella Mill, £i branch unit of the Consolidated Textile corporation. For a number of weeks this plant was not operating at night. Now’, all of the textile plants in Shelby and suburbs are running practically full time as there is a noticeable improvement in busi ness. Judge Sentences His Own Client Former County Judge Itoi ace Kennedy sentenced his own client in county court ; here Saturday. The former judge was up i pearing for a defendant who was charged with non-sup port. The evidence moved along and it developed that the defendant had been tried once before for non-support and had been given a sus pended sentence of 6 months by Judge Kennedy. When Judge Maurice Weathers, who heard that he told Attornc* Kennedy. who was Judge Kennedy, ‘Til not be hard on your man. I’ll just let him take that six months you ! suspended over him.” Chicken Thieves Get Road Terms Four Negroes Convicted, One Gets Gang Term of Twelve Months. Four new hands went, to work this week on the No. 6 chain gang as the result of chicken stealing activi ties in the county last week. Three of the four, all negro youths received sentences of six months each while the fourth, tried on two charges, received a term of one year. Clarence Boyd drew six months for taking several chickens from Mr. Bert Houser. The three others, Gene Griffin, “Boy” Watson and Mose Braeey were convicted of stealing from the roosts of Pink Wood and Tom Webb. Braeey re ceived the 12 months sentence. The sale of the stolen chickens to a local poultry house resulted in the arrests made. Wanted For Theft Of Turkey, Nabbed With Stolen Auto Colored Man Caught At Lineolnton With Auto Of B. B. Harris. If local officers had been able to catch L. J. Monroe, colored, Satur day. he would be In jail here charg ed with stealing chickens and a tur key, but as he was not caught until last night, he is now in jail facing an automobile larceny charge. Monroe was said to have been a member of the chicken stealing gang which was tried in county court here Saturday before Judge Maurice Weathers. In the round-up Monroe escaped. Sunday evening an automobile belonging to B, B. Hands was stolen at the J. R. Gold home, north of Shelby Officers were notified and they notified officers in nearby towns to bo on the look out for the car. Sunday night Lin colnton policemen arrested Monroe with the automobile. He was re I t urned here by Police Chief Poston and Deputy Bob Kendrick. „ In the chicken stealing affair Monroe's alleged pals received sen tences of six and 12 months. Officers say they will try Monroe for stealing chickens as well as for stealing the auto. Business Picks Up In Western Carolina; Plants Resume Work New Buildings To Be Erected Banks Reopening: and Others In creased Operations Bring: Spirit of Optimism. Asheville, Feb. 9.—News dis patches received from various sections of Western North Car olina grave strength to the opin ion of business men that busi ness was regaining its status ot a year ago. The improvement seemed to be general throughout this section of the state and was expected in con ditions to follow in Asheville- The outlook for spring despite prob lems yet to be solved, in consider ably brighter than what was anti cipated two months ago. A list of the developments con tributing to the situation is as fol lows: The Doncaster Collar and Shirt company to start operations in Rutherfordton next week with 100 on the payroll. Resumption of operations by the Sevier Knitting Mills at Marion. Re-openlng of the Bank of Clyde at Clyde, yesterday with $17,300 new deposits. Tire start of a well organized movement for reopening the .Farm ers and Traders bank at Weaver ville. The Dr. Pepper Beverage com pany to begin operations in its new $75,000 plant in Asheville next month. Orders from the Haywood county commissioners for the construction of new courthouse and jail at Way nesvllle. Plans under way lor reopening of the Bank of Swanr.anoa within the next few days. I $1 Now Worth 1930’s $1.25 Prices Now l/ower Than Any Time Since 1915, Says Hradstreefs. Those Cleveland comity citi zens who have a dollar In their pockets today have enough money to purchase what S1.25 would have bought just a year ago. Broadstreet's, the New York firm that assembles and disseminates fi nancial information, passes out the comforting news that each dollar today has the purchasing power In raw commodity of *1.25 a year ago. Bradstreet’s monthly commodity price index, as just announced for Feb. 1, showed a decline of about 2 percent from Jap. X, of more than 19 per cent from Feb. 1, 1930. and a drop of 35 percent from Dec. 1, 1925. Lowest In 6 Years. This indicates the lowest level of commodity prices since January 1 1915. — Mrs. Thomas Lewis Of Fallston Dies Was Victim of Heart Trouble After Illness of Five Months. Buried Today. Mrs. Thomas Lewis, age. 63 and a half years, died Saturday evening at 8 o’clock at her home at Fallston, following an illness of five months With heart trouble. Mrs. Lewis was a member of Friendship Methodist church, Fallston, and a highly es teemed woman in that community. Deceased is survived by her hus band and the following children: Lemmie and Andrew Lewis, of Shel by, Mrs. Rachel Costner, Charlie, Johnnie, lee, James and Hessie Lewis, of Fallston. Funeral services were conducted today by her pastor. Rev. J. M. Morgan, and interment was in the cemetery at Friendship Methodist Protestant church of which she was a faithful member. May Send Man To See Negro Thought Te Be Jim Lowery Negro On Gang In Southern State Has Split Toe As Pid Police Slayer. A Shelby man. who remem bers Jim Lowery as the negro was when he killed Police Chief Shelt Jones here SO years ago, may this week visit a chain gang in a Southern state to see if the negro serving time there is Lowery. Some tune ago Police Chief Postal received a message from this State saying that the negro there admit ted being wanted somewhere for murder. His description was similar to what many people believe Lowery would look like today, if he is still living. One item in the description of the negro in question stated that he had a split toe. Old timers here remem ber that Lowery had such a toe. World Day Prayer Observance Here The World Day of Prayer will be observed this year in Shelby with a union service to be held at the Pres byterian church on February 20. The observance of the World Day of Prayer originated several years ago and churches of all denomination^ take part in it. The public is invited to participate in the union service being planned for the 20th. Willis McMurry In Hospital Now Mr. Willis McMurry, superintend ent of the Belmont cotton mill, who entered the eye, ear, nose and throat hospital at Charlotte Thursday for treatment for mastoid trouble, wat reported to be somewhat better yes terday. Two of his children have just recovered from influenza and the third child has practically re covered from a severe attack of pneumonia. Mrs. A. W. McMurry, his mother, is also able to be up after a week’s illness with influenza. Galloway Improves, 111 With Pneumonia The many Shelby friends of Mr. Archie H. Galloway, former adver tising manager of the Gilmer's store here, will be pleased to hear that he is somewhat improved in his illness with pneumonia. He now lives at Martinsville, Va., where he Is adver tising manager on The Henry Bulle tin. King Case Up j March 15; New Lawyers Added Lancaster Attorney To Aid State (imp Will Not Be Taken (p At Term Opening February 2,'! At Lancaster. York. Feb. B.—Positive announce ment of the Rafe King murder ~av will not take place in Lancaster at the term of court beginning there February 23 was made here today by Solicitor W. Gist Finley. The short length of the term, only one week, and the necessity of trying Lancaster jail cases preclude the hearing of the King case. The King trial will take place fit a special term of court tor Lan caster to begin most likely Mar ih 16, according to Solicitor Finley, This tentative date for the special term may possibly be changed aft.T I conferences of the state's attornrjs to be held soon. A new member of the prosecut ing counsel is Claud N. Sapp of Co lumbia and Lancaster, who has just been retained by the state. The de j tense has added to Us legal staff by j retaining Williams and Stewart of Lancaster. Prominent Baptist Passes In Raleigh Dr. Johnson, Editor And Minister, Dead. Funeral Service Today. k Raleigh, Feb. 9 —Dr. Livingstone Johnson, beloved Baptist leader In North Carolina and for 15 years edi tor of the Biblical Recorder, the de nomination’s paper In this fate, died of heart disease at his home here at 4 o'clock Sunday morning. Dr. Johnson, a leader in the Sou thern Baptist church, had suffered from heart disease several years. He was 73 years of age and had baen an officer of his church for 43 i years. | Since Tuesday Dr. Johnson had j been confined to his bed. but Sat urday he dictated an editorial. Daily he continued his editorial duties on the Baptist paper though his life was despaired of after a serious heart attack last June. Funeral services were held at 11 o’clock Monday morning from the Baptist church of which Dr. Jonn ion was a member. Dr. J. Clyde Turner, pastor of the First Baptist church, of Greensboro, and presi dent of the state Baptist conven tion, assisted by Dr. J Powell Tuck er, pastor of the church, officiated. Interment was in Oak wood ceme tery. For 13 years as a young man Dr. Johnson served in the Bap t church as pastor and then, prior to becoming editor of the Biblical Re corder, served as corresponding sec retary of the Baptist state conven tion for 15 years. Served Number Of Churches. During his 13 re an as a pastor Dr. Johnson served churches In a number of North Carolina places. The growth and exoanslon of the Baptist church under the leadership of Dr. Johnson as corresponding secretary proved him the equal, if not the superior of any who have occupied that position. In his 6th year Dr. Johnson was called to the editorial chair of the Biblican Recorder and he closed a a life of 43 years of service to his church with 13 years of distinguish ed service as an editor. Rutherford Gets New Shirt Factory Plant Will Employ Around 75 To 100 Persons, With Annual Pay roll Of Nearly $50,000. Rutherfordton, Feb. 9—Ruther fordton will get a new factory or industrial plant which is expected to start this week and will be located on Main Street over a local print ing office and the store formerly occupied by Andrew Harrill. The plant will manufacture shirts. The new factory is being incor porated under the laws of North Carolina as the Doncaster Collar and Shirt Co., with an authorized capital of *100,000; $75,000 common stock and $25,000 preferred stock. The Harrill store building Is being enlarged so that the main body of the plant will have a working room of ninety feet long. The second story will be mainly for a storage room. When the plants gets going in full it will employ from 70 to 100 wom en and girls with a weekly payroll of about $1,000 or an annual pay roll of around $50,000. | Sport of Kilims Thrills Rudy Rudy Vallee, who ean croon and < croon while feminine adorers swoon and swoon, ge< * a thrill at the races at Miami Beach, Fla. The favorite crooner is shown with Mrs. Frank Bnie'rt. wife of the former vice-presi dent of Madison S<pi»re Garden ami famed matchmaker of the fin*. Road Bill Of Gardner Holds Interest Of Assembly; Is To Speak Over Radio For Program Shelby Girl To Face Camera Of | Paramount Movies __ News Reel Camera To Picture Mis* Borders A* State College Princes* Pat. <Special to The Star.) Raleigh, Feb. 9.—The Engineers fair of North Carolina State college will award prizes aggregating 155, for the best float and exhibits In their celebration of April 2. O. W. Dameron. of Bessemer City, presi dent of the engineer's council an nounced today. The Paramount News cameraman j is expected to be on hand to take pictures of Princess Pat Mary Sue Borders, of Shelby, who will lead a colorful parade of torchlight In a ‘ green chariot." Nearly 300 fresh men will take part in this parade which according to engineering offi cials, will be the most colossal in the college history. In the parade, a huge green snake, said to be the largest ever paraded by students, will be a unique feature j The young engineers will be garbed in characteristic plug hats in honor of Saint Patrick, to whom the en gineers pay tribute for his famous “worm drive.” Governor O. Max Gardner, Dr. W. C. Riddick, President E. C, Brooks land many of the outstanding North j Carolina engineers will review the parade. Britons Attend Rites Of Senator Campbell Mr. and Mrs. R, Hope Brison at tended the funeral yesterday In Clover, S. C., of Dr. R. J. Campbell. Dr. Campbell was a state senator in the legislative body of South Caro lina at the time of his death and a prominent physician at Clover. Ke |was a brother-in-law of Mr. Brison. McNwain Bill Chanced Only In Maying Auditor Should Be Appointed. The McBwuln bill, which proposes to consolidate three Cleveland coun ty offices into an office to be known as county auditor with the provision that Mr. A. E. Cline be named to the office, was passed Friday In the house after the original senate bill had been altered in two paragraphs. Tlie bill as changed will now .go back to the senate lor coasiderutiou. The original bill proposed that the offices of county acountant, tax supervisor be made into one office; that, a member of the board of com missioners should not hold the of fice, and that after the present term, in which Mr Cline would lie appointed to.fill the office, it be an elective office The changes in ' (he senate bill when offered in the house does not effect the consolidation itself and differs from the original only In that it says the office should be ap pointive as. is the office of county account now; and that after the present term the county auditor may not be a member of the board of commissioners, but that the change now should not cause any of the board members to resign who were Just elected last fall. The salary of the consolidated of fice remains the same as in the ori ginal bill of Senator McSwain—->3, 000; and the other provisions such as requiring publication of all pub lic salaries are also as in the origi nal. On a trip home recently Senator McSwain stated that he would not oppose t te changing of his original bill from making it an elective of (CONTTN0ED QN f*AGS BIGHT I Fiddlers' Convention. There will b6 an old time fiddlers' convention at the Fallston high school Saturday night, Feb. 14. The Blue Ridge Trio string band will play and Clarence Green will-enter tain but the Blue Ridge trio will not compete for the prizes. The en tertainment is being staged under the auspices of the school. Cameron Morrison Boosted Now For Vice President In 1932 i Dry Stand Draws Attention Charlotte Paper Says New Senator Becomes Prominent in Rapid Manner. Senator Cameron Morrison Is headed for the Democratic nomin ation in 1932 for vice president of the United States, his friends who have been carefully following his record at the national capital are beginning to predict with ever growing confidence, says the Char lotte Observer. They give reasons, too, reasons that appear to be puncture-proof. Some of them even declare that Mr Morrison's ‘ political luck” If you wish to call it that, may bring him the .democratic nomination for the presidency. Reasons For Forecast. Here are some of the reasons they forecast he will be the vice i presidential choice: He lias gained much attention from the national press during the five weeks he has been in the sen ate, Only this week Colliers maga zine in its weekly Gentleman at the Keyhole section carries a picture of Mr. Morrison and devotes two col umns to him under the title, “Of a Vanishing Breed. ' The artleJe is quite complimentary. . Likewise, he has had editorial comment and front page publicity in the metropolitan papers and his recent statement on the availability of Governor White of Ohio for the Democratic nomination has gained national attention. Senator Is New Timber Again, his friends point out, Ah. Morrison is new' timber. He lias..’*, been politically pawed over by the .CONT'NCKn ON tMpE SIX I- , ! Telephone Wire Breaks Neck Of Driver Of Auto Negro Killed In Odd Accident ■'"if' uiiBiuiun ( oiorcd Man r'rivts Into I.mv-Swinging Wire. Death Sudden. • Special To The Star t Kings Mountain. Feb. 9.—A* right .Itmison, 30-yeni - aid negro of this city, was instantly killed in a peculiar automobile acci dent on the Fork road, four miles suuth of here, about 8 | o’clock Sunday night. Jimlsoti teas driving an old model I Tord when he ran Into a telephone ! wire on « privately own^d line. Ti e wire, it is suid, yanked the wind j: shield back and then caught the nrgro in the mouth, jerking Ids j head back and breaking his neck Swinging how. The wire, it was reported here, way swinging low and was ju; ; about the height of the windshicl 1. Two colored women and anotlie.’ colored man were in the automobile with him, but none of the others was injured Jimispn, a well known negro, was an employe of the Kings Mountain cotton oil mill. What caused the w.u n> bo down ! and other details of the fatal occl , fiont were not definitely known .,ne i l his morning, Bank Hearing Resumed Today .Second Witness Still On Stand At Rutherfordton. land Heals Related, Rutherford ton, Feb; 9.—Ttje trial of five defendants, all con nected with the defunct Ruth erford Bank and Trust company, who are charged with receiving deposits when the bank was in solvent, was resumed here to day. »r The second witness, U. S. Coureey. c hief auditor, returned to the stand l his morning to continue his testi mony. He was on the stant Satur day morning until court recessed at l in the afternoon. Attorneys in the b,6 case predict that the trial will continue all this week. Saturday, Coursey gave .the liabil ities of each defendant, which in two instances amounted to over .*200.000 each, as revealed in the rec ords of the closed bank. He read a long list of indorsements of the va rious defendants with corporations find mountain resort developments, while Solicitor Piess read a list oi Judgments against '-various deferm ents on record here. A deed of trust Iron: the Cliuuue', Rock Mountains, Incorporated, to the Central Bank and Trust Co., of Asheville, dated September 1, 192o. for $3,000,000, known as lirst and refunding mortgage hi which sense of the defendants had indorsed was ! introduced into court by the witness, jone hunched and eighty-nine dif ferent tracts of land were named in the deed. This was introduced by the state to show the insolvency of the bank, as it affected some of its hading depositors auc. some of lb? directors. Avery Lowrance Died Last Night School Boy I>ies Of Pneumonia De veloping From Attack Of Flu. _ Avery Lowrance,'fifth grade sfu ! dent at the LaFayette school here, died last night at 19 o'clock, death resulting from pneumonia which de veloped from influenza. The youth, who lacked a month of being 13 | years of age, only became ill Friday [night., I - He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Lowrance, 8. Wash | ingtou street, and five brothers and 1 four sisters. Funeral services were conducted [this afternoon at 3 o'clock at Zoar church with Or. Zeno Wall in charge. Rehobeth Youth Is Pneumonia Victim Van Harrill Davis, ten year' old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J Davis of the Rehobeth community, died Sun day about noon at the home at hU parents. Re had been sick with pneumonia. The youth was a school boy and popular among his mates. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock by Rev. C E. Ridge and interment was &t oafc drove Methodist Protestant church, v

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