8 PAGES TODAY >-* -U-1 y'Jsrsssmmmesmmatmamm^mm 3 VOL. XXXVII, No. 25 SHELBY,” N. C. FRIDAY, FEB. 27, 1931 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoon*. <«> oof »om. U« o»f tMi. tin *d«a»**i LA TE NEW: THE MARKET Cotton, per lb. 10c op Cotton seed, per bushel _33c Warmer, Cloudy. Today's North Carolina Weather Report; Fair tonight and sfijhtly wanner in west portion. Saturday increasing cloudiness and warmer probably following by rain in after noon on night. Bill Passes. The bill introduced in legislature by Representative Henry B, Ed wards, of this county, to allow of ficials of Kings Mountain to donate 1 a lot to the Woman's club, passed yesterday in the state senate. The bill had already passed in the house and Kings Mountain officials are now' authorized to make the gift. This District RemainsAsNow In Changed Plan Redistricting Idea Given Out Name Of District Would Be Chang ed. However, From Ninth To Tenth. The redistricting pl&n of Con sessional districts in North Caro ' na, to take care of the 11th cor. ■ ressman granted the state by the last census, as arranged committee ‘ hwirman in the geiural assembly hill not remove or add any coun ties in this district. Immediately following their con' i:.ittee’s vote in favor of redistrict ing the state into IX congressior.nl tistriets, to prepare for the addi tional congressman expected to bei ; Hotted North Carolina, Senator (trier and Representative Crudup chairman of the committee on con- 1 iuessioiiai districts in the senate i . nd house, respectively, Wednesday! introduced in each of- the house ; '.heir proposal lor redishieting. Very few districts will be alterei | h any extent by the Grier-Crudua ! ;.hnn, It would split the fifth dis- ! trict in two districts and remove two ! counties from the lourt1- district and the from the seventh. This district by the elan would be known as the tenth instead of the s i nth and would be composed of the following counties now in the ninth: Avery, Burke. Catawba, Cleveland, ,Gaston, Lincoln, Madison, Mecklen burg, Mitchell and Yancey. Wca*. J is now the tenth district, in winch j ere the counties of Rutherford, Me- J Dowell, Polk and others, would auto j nv’tically become the eleventh. Other redistricting nlans, however, i will be submitted before any defi nite action is taken oy the commit • ee or the assembly, according to Raleigh dispatches. I’oey Does Nat Talk 01Future Shelby Man Refuses To Talk Poli tics In Charlotte. For Tur lington View. Charlotte, Feb. 27.—Clyde R. Hoey, Shelby lawyer, brother-in-law oi Governor Gurdner and one of the Rate's foremost figures in the Dem ocratic party, here for a short while yesterday on his way to Raleigh, miled his usual winning smile, hopk hands around the court house, commented generously on the weather, hard times, the lack of news, and all that sort of thing, and quite cleverly avoided all mention1 bt things political. The nearest the genial Shelby] man came to saying anything that; might provide a little newspaper] copy was his agreement that the I stand of Zeb V. Turlington, Moores-! • llle lawyer, in which the latter de clared Tuesday that; in his opinion ihe Democratic party should not make prohibition an issue in the forthcoming campaign, was "quite logical.” He said, however, that “looked like” the state road bill "might pass,” that he was feeling fine, was on his way to Raleigh, would not likely remain over to hear A1 Smith address the general assembly Mon day, et cetera, and so forth, but not a word did he venture as to his possible or probable campaign against Senator Morrison in 1932. i,he senator's action in opposing Charles A. Jonas for the district at torneyship, et cetera, and so forth. Condition Of Clint Newton Unfavorable J. Clint Newton, prominent young lawyer and Bible class teacher, re mains about the same at his home on West Marlon street. At noon to day he talked to friends in an intel ligent and coherent manenr for five minutes. Heretofore, he has been sleepy and drowsy, unable to hold a conversation. He is badly swollen from the kidney trouble and nis ’kin show a bad toxin condition. i Odd Angle In King Case Up Again In May White Man Never Convicted There No White Man Has Been Sentenced To Death At Lancaster, New Trial Site. No white man has ever been sentenced to death at Lancaster, South Carolina, where Rate King. Shelby man, will be tried tor his life the second time in May. This unusual angle developed this week when the second King hear ing was postponed from March 30 until May. Concerning the postponement a York dispatch says: Rafe P. King’s second trial for the alleged slaying of his school teacher i wife, Faye Wilson King, will be call ed at a special term of court hi Lancaster In May, it was announc- j ed here. The first trial was held at Ches ter, having been transferred from York, but the second will be held in Lancaster due to granting of an appeal for a change of venue from | Chester. . , i May Move Ilim. Thomas F. McDow, attorney for King, announced the approximate date of the new trial after a con ference with the solicitor and pri- j vate prosecution counsel. He also said that a supreme court justice would be asked this week for an order removing King from the state prison to the Lancaster county jail to await trial. Third Chan re Made. Date for the trial had previously been set for March 13. thet| was changed to March 30, and today’s change was forced when It was learned that regular court sessions were scheduled for Lancaster from now until May. King was indicted for murder more than two years ago, was con victed and sentenced to death, but the supreme court granted his plea for a new trial. Will Hold Hoey Contest Tonight Rutherford Judges To Hear Annual Scholastic Oratorical Coniest. The Clyde R. Heey oratorical con test, for many years the outstand ing event of its type for the high school boys of Cleveland county, /'ill be held tonight, beginning at 8 o’clock in the Central school audi torium here. Tire judges for the contest, which each year draws hundreds of parents and friends from the high schools of the county, will come from Ruthei ford county. A full list of the entrants has not been given The Star, but will be pub lished Monday along with the win ner. Thirteen boys, representing 13 schools will, it is understood, par ticipate in the contest. HuDert Wilson, football catpain last fail, will represent Shelby Principal Walter E. Abernethy. of the Shelby High school, will preside. The Selma Webb recitation con test, another event of tong standing, will be held a week later, Friday right., March 6. At this time the winner of the Webb essay contest will also be announced. Messrs. Whitelaw Kendall. Lloyd Lutz and Ed Washburn left today for Atlanta to attend the Southern conference basketball tournament. Admits He Killed Woman Wm. M. Frazer ito the left) 31, of Rahway, X. J., admitted In Ra leigh yesterday that he -hot and kill ed Mrs. Phoebe Stader (above), whose nude body was found last Fri day in the woods near Bowling Green, Va. He was arrested in Ra leigh Wednesday, living under an as sumed name, after a a relative in New Jersey told of his leaving there with a dead woman in his auto. The relative also told of taking money to Frazer tn Raleigh. Frazer said the woman was shot accident ally on the night of February 17 as they were riding. For two days he drove about, he said, with the body tn his car. Last Thursday he used scissors to cut the clothing from the woman’s body and left it in Vir ginia. Frazer’s wife and Mrs. Ste.'J er’s husband live in New Jersey, City Political Pot Refuses To Boll; Two Others Talked For Board; No Announcements Seining Bill Passes Senate The bilJ which would per mit the use of seines and trot lines in Cleveland county streams, which are not stock ed with game fish, was pass ed in the state senate Wed nesday. The bill, which was introduced by Senator Peytor Mr Swain will not go to the house for ratification before it becomes a law. The passage of the bill would repeal in this county that section of the state game laws which prohibits the use of seines and trot lines and other fishing paraphernalia besides hook and lines and reels. Deputy Gets Still, Run Just Completed Deputy Plato Ledford yesterday brought Into Shelby a 15-gallon sheet Iron still and copper worm captured by him In No. 11 township. No beer or whiskey was found at the still, it appearing as If a run had been completed not long before the deputy arrived. Shelby, Lattimore Quints Meet Tonight In Cage Tournament At Kings Mountain; 4 Teams Remain Shelby Defeated Cliffside, Lattimore Beat Blacksburg Last Night. (By K. R. GAMBLE.) Kings Mountain, Ffb. 27.—The Shelby high and Latfimore ca*re teams will face each other again tc night In a battle for a championship. | Both quints are entered In the Kings Mountain gold medal tourney, and both won their games in the opening round last night to go into the senu tinals tonight. It was Just another twist of fate that sent Cleveland county's two strongest .earns against each other in the second round, i Last night in the Kings Moun tain gymnasium Shtt-by defeated' | Cliffside 33 to 20; Lattimore de |f eft ted Blacksburg 30 to 15: Hen rietta-Caroleen defeated Kings Mountain 30 to 12: and Grover de feated Faliston 37 to 26. In tonight's play, beginning at 8 o’clock, Shelby meets Lattimore and Henrietta-Caroleen plays Grover. The winners of tonight's play will play again Saturday night for the gold medal cup. In last night's play Devine, for ward, led Shelby’s scoring with nine points. Capt. McSwain, his running mate, was next with seven. G. Brotvn center, tossed in six. K Brown made five points, Poston four and Connor two. Eskridge, defensive guard whose play was a feature, did not score. Neither did Austell, suo forward. Goode for Cllffside was re.rlly good, leading his team with eight points Wyeth Royster Discussed to Fill Ward Two Vacancy. Dr. Gidney For One. — Although there ate two xn nounred candidates for may>r and three for the city board, Shelby's political pot, usually boiling several month; prior to the municipal election, refused as yet to even simmer, If there is any active campaign ing under way there is no other in dications evident. The announced candidates evidently are withhold ing their major activities * until nearer election day so that citieans will not lose interest from a long drawn out campaign. Two Talked. Ward Two residents are still dis cussing prospective candidates for that ward since Alderman Ab Jack son has let it be known that lie will not seek reelection. Mr Chas. C. Coble Fas mentioned •» week or so ago, and this week it was learned that friends of Mr D, Wyeth jloy ster are endeavoring to get him to make the race. So far he has had nothing to say privately or publicly about it. Mr. Royster has never en tered the political field in behalf of himself, although for iv:o campaigns lie headed the young Democrats of the county and also managed the successful campaign of Senator Jo siah Bailey. In Ward One, in which Mr. P. M. Washburn is now alderman and has announced for reelecticn, friends are discussing the assets of Dr. R M. Gidney as a member of the board. But Dr. Gidney, as is Mr Royster, is leaving the talking so far to his friends. The other announced candidates for aldermen, now members of the board, in addition to Mr. Washburn are Z. J. Thompson in Ward Four and John Schenck, jr, in Ward Tnree. Mayor S. A, McMurry and former Mayor W. N. Dorsey are the announced candidates for the may oralty race. As yet there is no defi nite sign on the horizon of a third candidate to oppose them. STOCK COMPANY TO PLAY GROVER SCHOOL The K. L. and I. stock Co. will present Cncle Abe In his Music Shop, featuring the Shelby Ha waiian band (Kendrick and Span gler, blackface) with other attrac tions and specialties at the Grover high school Saturday night, Feb ruary 28th. Woman Found DeadAtSpring Near Lawndale No Foul Play Is Suspected Mrv. Grayson Champion Went To Do Family Wash at 8 O'clock. Found Dead At Noon. Circumstances tended to show that Mrs. Grayson Champion died ot natural causes and no inquest was held yesterday when ahe was found dead at noon at the spring hear the home, to which she had gone early in the morning to do the family wash. She had a slight bruise on the forehead, but Sheriff Allen and Corner Roscoe Lutz think this came about when she fell. It was more of a "dent” as if the head had lain against a small stick or rock. found Dead By Son Mrs. Champion's husband and older boys had gone with the wag on to Lawndale to do some hauling. The younger children were seen off to school as usual, then Mrs. Cham pion went to the spring to do her washing about 8 o'clock Thursday morning. She hud built a fire around the pot, filled up the tubs and otherwise made preparation for her morning work. No one is known to have seen her until noon when she was found dead by a son who w'ent to the spring to water the mules after the father and boys returned from Lawndale. When they went into the house and found the wife and mother missing and no dinner ready, Mr. Champion told one of the boys to make a cook stove fire, saying. “mother must have gone out somewhere.” Funeral Today At Union. Mrs.* Champion was 52 years of age and the mother of 11 children. She hud been in her usual good health. Before marriage 31 years ago she was Martha Jones. For many years she was a member of the Union Baptist church where Die funeral took place Friday morning, services In charge of Rev. D. Q. Washburn, the pastor. Two of her suns are in the. U. S. navy, one sta tioned in China and another In Ja pan. Nephew Of Shelby Men Given Honor Dr. Janies Nix Advisory Director of l.ouisiana University Medical Center. Dr. James T. Nix, nephew of Messrs. W. B. and Abner Nix of Shelby has been recently named advisor director of surgery in the handsome new medical center estab lished at Louisiana State university, Of Dr. Nix the New Orleans States says: ‘‘Dr. Nix received his training a' Tulane and Loyola university, enm ity hospital, Hotel Dieu and other medical centers. He is at present chief surgeon of the J. T. Nix Clinic one of the senior surgeons at Hotel Dieu and former senio* visiting sur geon at Charity hospital. He is a member of the American Medical association, Louisiana P’ate Medical society, Arleans Parish Medical as sociation. Louisiana State Medicat society. Arleans parish Medical so ciety and a Fellow of the American college of Surgeons, by which organ ization he was awarded the nation al prize for the best case reco» Is for the year 1929, rp addition to his present advisory directorship. Dr Nix will head the department of surgery of the post-graduate school of medicine of the Louisiana State University Medical Center." Waive* Hearing On Killing Count Mar .'Montgomery Charged With Killing Odessa Littlejohn, Color* ed. Bark In Jail. In county court this morning Mu: Montgomery, negro, waived a pre liminary hearing and was returned to Jail to await Superior court or the charge preferred against him of shooting and fatally wounding Odessa Littlejohn, colored womar near Earl last Sunday afternoon Montgomery was arrested and brought to jail by Deputy Jerry Runyan, and the woman was carried to the Shelby hospital where she died Tuesday evening. A .38 calibre bullet had torn its way through her body, perforating her intestines. Draws 13 Diamonds. Forest Citj$—Friday the thir teenth may be unlucky for some people but Ralph Crawford, of Cliffside, thinks otherwise. While olaying bridge with a party ol friends last Friday he drew thir teen diamonds. So far as Is known this Is the first time a perfect band at htiitee has been drawn. Added Courses FutureHopeAt Boling Spring Business And Farm Courses Needed l)r. Zeno Wall, College President, Visualises Good future For Junior College. See Editorial, Page 4 BOILING SPRINGS' rUTCRF With Bolling Springs Junior col I lege, Baptist Institution, on a more firm financial footing, it is hoped within the. near future to add at least three special courses to the school which will better equip stu dents for the problems of life. This is the outlook of Dr. Zeno Wall, Shelby minister who is acting president of the collcse now. New Courses. The new courses, or departments, Dr. Wall hopes to sec added to the school will be a business cou.se, home economics, and an agricultural course. The school at present offers Its students literary traimng and min isterial work. With ire three addi tions, one a more complete and mod ern home economics department, tne school will be prepared to turn out men and women trained in minis terial work, in modern methods of farming, in scientific Household arts, and properly trained in basic busi ness principles, "Just when we will be able to add these departments and improve ments cannot be foretold,” Dr. Wall sftys. “But the interest being taken now in the school by three church associations is encouraging, and the more the school can otter to pros pective students the more it will at tract.’* Many of the students who attend Boiling Springs and other juniw colleges, Dr. Waif points out, are not in position to continue their educa tion to, the higher colleges and u versltles. As it Is now 1 toiling Springs as is the case with tne majority of the small institutions, does not com pletely prepare graduates for any special calling in life other than in ministerial work. The literary edu cation Is, of course, valuable and worthwhile, but those behind the school are looking forward to the day when Boiling Springs graduates, If unable to continue their educa tion, will be so equipped that they may leave the school and Immed iately drop into some phase of life for which they have been trained. These future hopes sill also in clude a teacher training department With these addition,; the college could train and turn out bookkeep ers, stenographers, auditors, secre taries, ministers, teachers, home eco nomic Instructors, trained house wives, and scientifically trained farmers. "Boiling Springs, if enlarged to this sphere and we can by steady effort make it, will then offer much more to the boy and girl who deai'.e the type of education that will pr ' pare and fit them for life and some special work once they complete the junior college.” Womanless Wadding Is Very Entertaining The womanless wedding, given last night at the Central school auditorium by the Lucy Hoyle so ciety of Central Methodist church, drew a packed house and proved to be a very entertaining program. Every performer was a well known Shelby man dressed in feminine costume, and the big audience thor oughly enjoyed the attempt to iden tify the bridesmaids, groomsmen, choir members, relatives, and the bride and groom as they look the stage. BONUS PASSES In a volt today tha United States senate overrode the veto of President Hoo\ er ai.d passed the veterans bonus bill. This information was receiv ed by The Star at 2:15 this afternoon. This means that World war veterans will re ceive 50 percent of their serv ice certificate as the house yesterday passed the bill over Hoover’s veto. $300,000 Here. The passage of the veter ans’ bonus bill will mean that between $800,000 and $350, 000 will be turned loose in Cleveland county by the gov ernment, provided the more than 600 veterans in the coun ty take advantage of the op portunity to secure half of their full bonus. Some coun ty veterans will not borrow half of their bonus, but many who arp now in need will do so. ■ Over-Ride Veto. Washington, Feb. t" —After hear ing President Hoover s veto message read yesterday afternoon, scoring Ihe bonus loan bill as “unwise" for Ihe veterans and for the country, the house again deserted the administra tion and voted 328 to 79 to over-.We the veto. The senate agreed to lake It up this morning at 11 o'clock and Mr. Hoover la In for soother crush ing defeat In that body. The bill, in creasing loan values from 22 1-3 to 50 percent on bonus certificates and cutting Interest to 4 1-2 per cent, will become law over the adm' •!* tration's almost Ignored protest. Re presentative Tllson, republican floor leader ht the house, was virtually howled down today as he arose to appeal to republicans to sustain the president. ' r''— i Mrs. Sara Harrison! Buried Here Toqay MoUier of Bert Harrison Passes At Age 73. Moved Here From Tennessee. ', Mrs. Sara Harrison died on West Graham street Thursday morning at 9:15 o'clock at the home of her son, Bert Harrison, with whom she made her home. She moved to Shel by from Tennessee 14 years ago, her husband, B. F. Harrison having died 25 years ago. Mrs. Harrison had been bedfast for six weeks. She was a fine Chris tian character and a member of the Methodist church for many years. Funeral services were held this morning from the Harrison home at 10 o'clock Rev. L. B. Hayes, pastor of Central Methodist church con ducted the services and Interment was in Sunset cemetery. Surviving is her only son, Bert Harrison of Shelby. Invite Public To McLees* Services The general public is cordially In vited to attend during the week-end the evangelistic services being con ducted at the Shelby Presbyterian church by Dr. R. G. McLees, blind evangelist. Dr. McLees has be-m termed by those who have heard him as one of the most forceful and interesting ministers *ho has ever preached in Shelby. Dr. McLees' subject tonight at 7 33 will be "The Way cl Salvation." There will be no services Saturday morning, but the sermon topic Sat urday night will be “God’s Last Message to a Lost World.” Sunday morning at 10 Dr. McLees will ad dress the Sunday schoo- in one bod' At II his subject will be “The Ci'y Beyond the River." Sunday even ing’s subject will be ‘The Supreme Tragedy.” DO YOU KNOW THE 795 MILES OF ROADS IN CLEVELAND? It looks now as if the road bill will pass the Legis lature this week. If so, the state will take over all county roads and work county convicts. The cost of road maintenance will be taken from land and placed on gasoline. This is the most important piece of legislation in North Carolina to this time. It concerns you as a tax payer. Get A Road Map Free. You can get a map of Cleveland county showing all state and county roads by paying $1 or more on sub scription. Either new or renewal subscription gets a map printed on heavy white paper 16x17 inches. THE CLEVELAND STAR North Carolina’s Leading Newspaper Outside the Daily Class. Full of Interesting News and Features at Less Than the Price of a 2c Postage Stamp Per Issue. ■HW Soldier’s Body Found; Native Of This County WilliamGSpangler Found In Va. Son of Late Schenck Spangler, ot Double Shoals, Missing For 18 Months. The William Grover Spangler whose bones were found Tues day In a thicket between Hope well and Petersburg, Virginia, was a native of Cleveland coun ty, thr son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Schenck Spangler of the Double Shoals section. Spangler, who was 42 years of ago and an ex-soldler gassed during the war, had been missing from Ills home at Reidsvtlle for 18 months, The American Legion had conduct ed a wide search for him but noth ing had been heard of him until his bones were found this week. The remains were identified by his wife, whom he had married not long before he disappeared, and by her brother. A handbag containing clothing, a pocketbook and cuff links with the initials “ W .a. 8.” aided in the identification. ’* Last Seen. * On Sept. 8, 1929 Spangler left Reldsvltle for Petersburg, near where he had an option on some land. At Petersburg he hired a taxi for the trip Into the country. He was not seen alive again after drop ped by the taxi so far as is known. His trip to Virginia, his wife said, was for the purpose of selling tho option. Before leaving he told her, she said, that he suspect foul play as someone* might have It in for him over the optioning of the land. An examination of the bones did not disclose any evidence of foul play or of shots, and the widow aft er an Investigation there did not. It Is said, believe that there bad been foul play. Only a few weeks ago the government had made an Investigation about his disappear ance and was aided by local postal authorities, Mr. Walter Hartgrove, rural mail carrier, assisting in trac ing members of the family here. Spangler had been subject to at tacks since he was gassed and th« presumption now held by relatives Is that he had stopped to rest while having an attack in the thicket near the roadside where the remains were found. The remains were taken t* Reidsville from Virginia. Relatives In County. Both of his parents are dead but his step-mother is still living. Sur viving also are two sisters, Mrs. Dan Oold and Miss Minnie Span gler, two brothers in Eastern Caro line, and several half brothers and sisters. Wray Held On 2 More Counts Officers Believe Negro Behind Big Percentage Of All Store Rob beries Here. When Sheriff Irvin Allen and Police Chief Poston arrested Doug Wray, colored. In Gastonia last Sunday, for robbing the R. L. Armour clothing store here, they are of the opinion that they nabbed the key man In practi cally- all of the store robberies in this section recently. •. Wray was today bo-md over to Superior court on two more store robbery charges, having been bound ever in county court heretofore on two other charges—a. total of four. The first counts were for the rob bery of the Armour store and the Basil Goode grocery. Today Wray was given a hearing on the chargs of robbing the Keeter store at tha Ora mill village and the Mauaev den near 'the Seaboard station. Goods taken from both stores have been recovered. Some time ago Police Chief Pos ton said "when we get Doug Wray we’ll have the fellow who knows more about the majority of these robberies than any other.” Thu chief’s prediction seems to be hold ing up well with the negro, said to be unusually shrewd and daring, al ready held for four alleged robber ies. Mrs. Gurley Better. A message received today by Shelby friends stated surgeons at a Columbia, 8, C., hospital were now of the opinion that Mrs. Dick Gur ley, critically ill for several days following an operation, would live. Although given no chance to recov er last week she was yesterday able to take light nourishment. Her con dition became critical when peri tonitis set to following the opera Nnn - ' I'.V

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