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VOL. XXXVII, No. 40 SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY. APR. S, 10 PAGES TODAY 1931 Published Monday, Wednesday aud Friday Afternoons. tly <11 ait. oer fMf, (In MlftDM) „ Cmmet. o*r Tear, tin adtaoe*) |9Ju LA TE NEW: -T— THE MARKET Cotton, per lb. __I0!4c up Cotton Seed, per bu 37 lie Ruin Likely. Today's North Carolina Weather Report: Probably rain tonight and Saturday. Warm in east and tra! portions tonight. Colder In west Sat urday. On Police Force R. O. Hamrlek, for years po. ■< chief of Shelby was yesterday auded to the present police force as plain clothes man. Mr. Hamrick assumed bis duties at noon Thursday, it is i learned. Court Session Closed Thursday Heavy Criminal Docket Postpones All Actions On Civil Calendar. .- i The spring term of superior court, presided over by Judge Wilson War lick, of Newton, adjourned here yes terday afternoon. Due to the congested criminal docket the court clid not reach any of the litigations posted on the civil calendar ,the entire term being de voted to criminal trials. Six Divorces. In lulls between criminal cases, however, six divorce suits were heard and six decrees granted. Yesterday afternoon the court J heard an argument in connection with the suit of Dr. R. C. Hicks, Shelby dentist, against the city of Gastonia. Dr. Hicks was injured there when his car struck a traffic signal He filed suit against the city and when the answer to the com nlaint was not filed in legal time Hicks’ attorney, D. Z. Newton, filed ] a default judgment, Gastonia attor neys asked Judge Warlick yester-j day to set the default judgment aside and move the trial to Gaston county. He refused to move the trial there, but has not as yet ren- j dered a decision as to the default j judgment. The next term of superior court; here will come in July. i Coroner Probes Death Of Negro Will Goode Dropped Dead Yesterday While Riding: In Wagon Jn No. 4 Township. Coroner Roscoe Lutz and Deputy Ed Dixon yesterday investigated the sudden death of Will Goode, colored. Of No. 4 township. Goode fell over while riding in a wagon with Wray Goode and died within a few second. The probe by the coroner did not reveal any un natural cause of the death which was attributed to heart failure. The negro was around 45 years of age and lived several miles south of highway 20. Six Prisoners To Prison In Raleigh All Are Colored For First Time In A Number Of Years. Sheriff Irvin Allen. Deputy Bob Kendrick, Tom Wilson and a son of Deputy Jerry Runyan left Shelby yesterday with six prisoners for the state prison at Raleigh. All were convicted and sentenced in super ior court here this week and last. The half dozen prisoners were all colored, it being the first time In years that there were no white pri soners In the number sent to Ra leigh. Find Motormeters. Have you lost the motormeter from your automobile, or has it been stolen? Police Chief Poston and his officers have recently recovered nine motormeters. Seven are still un claimed at the office of the chief. What Will You Wear Easter? Tomorrow will be the big gest trade day in Shelby since the busy shopping days of pre Christmas time. Merchants have made plans to serve the trade efficiently by adding extra salespeople. Last minute shoppers tomorrow will be able to finish up their purchases in little time, and those who have waited until the last day will enjoy the services of well planned sales forces. Easter stocks are yet replete with new Spring styles, and values at new record low prices will be offered specially for tomor row's buying. This issue of The Star con tains the better values to be found tomorrow fn Shelby. Read all the advertisements carefully and arrange to make, your purchases yearly In the morning to escape the late day] rush. Brummitt To Be Commencement Speaker For Shelby Schools; Dr. Wall To Deliver Sermon Finals Open Sunday May 24 Attorney General To Make Address At Senior Class Exercises. Hon. Dennis G- Brummitt, at torney general of North Caro lina, will make the address to the graduating class of the Shel by high school on Wednesday evening. May 29, it was announc ed today by Supt. B. L. Smith of the city schools. The annual sermon will as usual be preached by local minister, al ternating each year, and this year Dr. Zeno Wall will preach the ser mon in the First Baptist church. The sermon, on Sunday, May 24. formally opens the commencement season. Other details of the commence ment program will be announced later. Prominent Speaker. The school feels fortunate in se curing Mr. Brummitt for the an nual address. For years prominent in the public life of the state he is discussed as one of the outstanding prospects tot governor of the state in 1932. Drought-Hit Areas Have Brighter Day Red Cross Official Tours South, Sees improved Morals, and Better Times Ahead. Washington.—Out of a drought that afflicted about one-founh of the counties of the entire United States, James L. Fieser, Red Cross vite chairman, saw a new comm un it 5'citizenship rising. ‘By thousands, people have been forced by circumstances to be civic leaders,” he said. “Out of this team work will come a study in under standing that will carry on for years to come.” In charge of domestic operations Fieser had just completed a 5,500 mile inspection of Texas, Oklahoma, the Mississippi delta country, Louis iana, Tenessee and Kentucky. Everywhere, he said, he met with a morale remarkable and in vivid contrast to the spirit abroad in the land on his previous visit early in February. Recent rains had given promise of crops to come, Red Cross seeds al icady had grown turnips, onions and radishes for Mississippi and Texas, and half the families whose entire subsistence was coming from the Red Cross on March first had re-established credit through faTi loans, the intermediate credit cor poration or normal channels. Out Of Drought. After combatting two hundred miles of Texas blizzard, Fieser ar rived in Washington in the midst of a drenching downpour Rnd jubi lantly annouced the drought woulc be ‘out of sight” by the end of April except on remote mountain farms where each family raised its owr subsistence and no credit system was in operation. 1 - Kings Mountain Man, jO. Henry Pal; Dead Wichita Falls, Tex., April .»— 3. M. Kuykendall, 78, a native of Kings Mountain, N. C., and a chum of William Sidney Porter before the latter became famous as O. Henry, the writer, died here yesterday. He and Porter worked In the general land office at Austin, [ Texas, and had adjoining desks. Rutherford Has 2nd Jail Break j Convicts Saw Two Iron Bars And Jump Through Window; All I Serving Short Sentences. j ! Rutherfordton, April 3.—Five con victs escaped from the Rutherford county chaingang here Wednesday night In the second recent Jail break by sawing two Iron bars In two with a hacksaw, lowering a cross bar and jumping from a four foot window. They were all young white men: James Toney, 36; R. L. Ammons, 27; Arie Lane, 22; James Herring, 23; and Bill Emery, alias Horace Brook shire, 33. Toney, Lane and Herring were [serving sentences for violating the prohibition laws, while Ammons and Emery were charged with larceny. Toney has served two months of his six months’ sentence, Ammons three of his five months’ sentence. Lane two of his four months’ sentence, Herring two of his 14 months’ sen tnce, and Emery four of his five months’ sentence. Their escape was soon discovered by the night watchman and officers have made every effort to appre hend them, but so far have failed. A week, ago five men escaped from jail and one, George Brady, is still at large. Corbett Residence Damaged By Blaze Flames Do Considerable Damage To Roof Just Before Noon Today. A fire this morning at 11:45 did considerable damage to the roof of the South Washington street resid ence occupied by Mr. J. O. Corbett and family. The flames had spread practical ly all over the roof, being fanned by a high wind, when the two trucks answering the alarm arrived. The residence belongs to Mr. Hugh Miller, of Raleigh. Holiday Monday In Schools Of Shelby School children of Shelby will get Monday as an Easter holiday, ie I suming school work Tuesday morn ing, it was announced today by Supt. B. L. Smith. A number of last year's graduat ing class, home from college for the holidays, were visitors at the school today. Democrats May Nominate Young And Progressive Democrat From West Proponents Say Balanced Ticket For 1932 Would Do Away With Power Bugaboo. Washington, April 3.—Hie effort to nominate Owen D. Young as Dem ocratic candidate for president next year has progressed to the stage where consideration is being given to balancing the ticket with a west ern Democratic progressive for vice president, if Young is chosen. Proponents of the Young-for president movement realize that one of their outstanding obstacles is the likelihood that the progressive ele ment in the party will feel that he is too closely allied with the power industry. Hence, their problem is to equip him with a potential running mate whose position would neutral ize that obstacle. Senators Mentioned. In this connection, some of those mentioned are: Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Montana, one of the spon sors of the recent progressive con ference; Senator Thomas J. Walsh, Mont „ Senator Clarence C. Dill, Wash., and Senator Edward P. Cos tigan, Colo. Informal and exceed ingly discreet approaches have been made to at least one of these sena tors it was learned today, to sound him out on the proposition of run ning second on the ticket with Young. Wheeler has had prior experience in running for vice-president. He ran with the late Senator Robert M. LaFollette on the independent ticket in 1924. Walsh shares with Senator George W. Norris, Nebraska, the leadership of the bi-partisan senate bloc which seeks to curtail the ac tivities of utilities companies. It was Walsh who introduced the resolution which brought about the federal trade commission investiga tion of utilities that uncovered a widespread propaganda system for private ownership reaching even in to public school text-books. Dill is the author of the bill un der which the federal radio com mission operates and has been an outstanding opponent of radio and power monopolistic tendencies. To Offset Criticism Costigan, a newcomer to the sen ate but a former chairman of the tariff commission, has been a liber al leader in the Rocky Mountain section where there are several doubtful states which might swing a presidential election. Selection of any one of these men, (CONTINUED on PAGE NINE » At “KillerV’ Trial Mildred Thar (above), 22-year old sweetheart of Patrolman Charles Skelly, will tell how she waved goodbye to Skelly a few minutes before he was slain, when she appears to testify against Fred Burke, who is charged, at St. Jos eph, Mich, with Skelly's death. Steal Chicks From Gang Boss Gets Off Chain Gang Monday Even ing And Raids Roost Monday Night. To Willie Shippey, colored, it is off the chain gang and back on again. Last Monday evening Shippey completed a three months term on the No. 6 chain gang. Monday nigiit somebody raided the chicken roost of "Doc'' Jones, chain gang guard, and carried away a half dozen chickens. Thursday night Police Chief Pos ton and other officers arrested Ship pey and charged him with the chicken raid. Shippey, out of a regular eating place when he had served his time, had to eat some • how. he said. The arrest was made after offic ers learned that the chickens had been sold at a local filling station and then to a hotel in the city. The sales, officers say, were traced uack to Shippey. Shouse Will Open Democratic Drive Speaking Tour of West To Be Start ed By Party Chairman Soon. Washington, April 3,—A speaking tour of the west is planned by Chairman Jouett Shouse, of the Democratic national executive com mittee to open formally his party's effort to return to power in 1932. In his speeches, an announcement said, Shouse plans to "discuss the local situations as well as what has been accomplished by the party further east, to indicate the signifi cance of last November's election, to report on what the executive com mittee and the national committee are doing and have done and to outline as far as passible the plans for the campaign of 1932.’’ "The western meetings will act ually be the opening of that cam paign,” the announcement added. This was followed by a radio speech tonight over the Columbia Broadcasting system, in which Shouse said the Democratic party could render no greater service tljan | "to pledge itself to an attempted solution” of the unemployment prob lem. me announcement or the speak ing tour, which opens at Des Moines on April 7, did not mention the pro hibition and economic program pro posed by Chairman Raskob of the national committee. This has been bitterly opposed by Southern drys. After the Des Moines meeting, which will be a dinner under aus pices of the Democratic state and city organizations, Shouse will at tend an all-day “Jeffersonian ob servance” at Los Angeles, April 13. His next speech will be delivered at a dinner sponsored by the Dem ocratic club of California and the San Francisco county central com mittee at San Francisco, April 16. Two days later, he will address a Democratic meeting at Seattle, Ap ril 18, Under the auspices of the Washington state committee. Eastside Revival Creates Interest The revival services at Eastside church are attracting fine interest end will continue next week, it is announced by Rev. H. E. Waldrop. There will be two services Sunday and each evening next week at :30. The preaching is being done by Rev L. L. Jessup and the public Is in vited to hear him. To Visit Grave Of Soldier Son; 1 Others May Go Mr#. Hoyle Going To France Soon To See Grave of Son For Whom American Legion Pool Here Was Named. When a steamer filled with Gold Star mothers leaves New York on May 6 for France Mrs. Frank L. Hoyle, of Shelby, will be aboard, going for her first visit to the grave of her son, Warren Hoyle, for whom the Shelby American Legion post was named. Young Hoyle was killed in action in the World war on June 3, 1918. Others May Go. Mrs. Hoyle will be the first Cleve land county Gold Star mother to make the trip to France, a trip in which all expenses of mothers who rave their sons are paid by the gov ernment. It Is hoped, however, that other Gold Star mothers of the county will decide to make the trip Officials here of the Warren Hoyle Legion post and of the Legion Aux iliary today stated that they would be glad to help arrange the trip for other Gold Star mothers. Informa tion concerning the trip may be secured from Mrs. Tom Gold, head of the auxiliary, or from W. 8. Beam, commander of the legion post. Full expenses are paid by the govern ment and hundreds of mothers made the trip last year. Although the steamer does not leave New York until May 6 It will be necessary to leave Shelby several days before that time, and Gold Star mothers who desire to go should consult le gion officials at an early date. Many Visitors At Baptist Services Numerous Out-of-Town People At tending. Much Interest Is Shown. As the revival at the First Bap tist church continues, the Interest msr—aar wim each wervlce. Hun dreds of people are attending from over the community and a great number from out of the city. An ap peal is made at the close of each service and scores of people are be ing saved and a large number com ing by letter, restoration and state ment. “The Morning Call,” was the sub ject of Rev. Dr. Wall, in the service on Wednesday evening. Hie pastor brought a strong appeal to the large congregation, calling on each one to wake up to the lethargy of people all around us. The text, "Awake Thou That Sleepest. and Arise From the Dead, and Christ Shall Give Thee Light” was used. On Thursday evening he spoke on “The Hands of Jesus,” closing with an appeal for all to look at th beleedin, nail-scar red hands of Jesus. “God’s Grace Hath Appeared To All Men,” was the subject on Wed nesday morning. What God’s grace can do for an individual was the theme for the morning. On 'nrors day morning the subject was, “God’s Program for Prosperity.” At the close of this service a great number came forward reconsecrating them selves and asking for special prayer for a great number in our commun ity. The music, under the direction of Mr. Horace Easom, is proving to be an inspiring feature. The two large chorus choirs sing each evening. Several special numbers are heard at the services. This evening at 7:15 o'clock the four groups are asked to meet promptly. At 7:45 o'clock the service proper will begin. The public is in vited to all services of the church. Veteran# Present Womanless Wedding To Be Given At Court House Here Tuesday Evening. Good Cast. The "Womanless Wedding,” num orous stage presentation, which has been given here twice this year, whi be presented the third time Tuesday night at the court house. The inur is 8 o’clock. Practically the same cast as has been appearing in the play will par ticipate again Tuesday night, and the proceeds will go to the Ameri can Legion Post and the Legion Auxiliary. In addition to the wedding there will be special musical features by the Baptist choir and Shelby'* well known "Barbershop Minstrels.” POLKVELLE LADIES TO MEET NEXT TUESDAY The Polkvllle ladies club will meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs Sam Lattimore. , Sportdom Mourns With Them T7i« passing of Knuto Rockne, football’s greatest figure, has cast a e^'JirhM ®m*r® *port* This picture shows'the f£mout « ^ Miam* thi* w'nter. Inset is Knute, Jr.. • student at Pembroke School, Kansas City. Shelby Hospital Handled 982 Patients Last Year, Report Says Mrs. A. R. Hamrick Buried On Sunday (Special to The Star.) Boiling Springs, April 2.-~On Sun day, afternoon at 2:30 o'clock funer al services were held in the Boil ing Springs church for Mrs. A. R. Hamrick, universally beloved wom an of this community. Relatives and friends from far and near packed the church, attesting by their pres ence and by the many beautiful floral offerings the high esteem In which she was held. Mi's. Hamrick had been ill for some months, critically so the past few weeks, and her death was not unexpected. Sh6 was seventy-six years old and had been a life-long and faithful member of the Boiling Springs Baptist church. Funeral services were in charge of the Rev. J. L. Jenkins, her pastor, who read Paul’s description of a virtuous woman, and beautifully applied to Mrs. Hamrick’s character. The Shelby male quartet of the First Baptist church sang beauti fully “Oolng Down the Valley,’’ and "No Shadows.” Before marriage Mrs. Hamrick was Miss Macedonia Byars, a mem ber of a prominent family of this section. In youth she was wed to Mr. A, R. Hamrick, with whom she lived in blessed union until two years ago, when Mr. Hamrick pre ceded her to the grave. She is sur vived by four children. Mr. Broadus Hamrick, Mrs. W. A. Webb, and Miss Georgia Hamrick, all of Boil ing Springs, and Mrs. Jim McSwaln of Gaffney, S. C. A sister, Mrs. Trout, of Forest Clity and a brother Mr. G. W. C. Byars, of Boiling Springs, together with several grand children, also survive her. Dally Average of 2(> Patients. With i*»s Than Half Full Pay. Deficit Of *7,898. ___ : The Shelby hospital which is serving both the city and Cleveland county reports the following num ber of patients for the year 1930. Total number of full pay patients 438 for 3,623 days. Total number of part pay patients 212 for 1,479 days. Total number of free patients, 332 for 4,382 days. Making a total of 982 patients for 8,484 days. Daily average nuipjper patientsj 26. Total number out-patients treat ed, 1,998. (Patients receiving treat ment at hospital but are not ad mitted.) The dally cost for each patient was $3,69. The total number of free days was 4.392 which makes the eost for charity work amount to $16, 206 48, of this amount $8,308.14 was contributed to the hospital for free work by Cleveland county. No. 6 ! township and the Duke endowment, leaving a deficit for the hospital to carry of $7,898,34 The free work increased more than 1,100 days over the previous year. Tlie number of beds provided for ward and free patients, at the time the hospital was built, is at this time inadequate. This type of hos pital patients increase in number each year. There is a real need for more ward space. Since the hos pital serves the entire county as well as the immediate community. It Is hoped that the combined Interests of the two will be able to provide added space for this class of pa tient in the near future; otherwise the patients who, really need help will necessarily have to be limited to a certain number. Combination Of Sales And Luxury Tax May Be Worked By General Assembly Views biller As To What Luxuries Are. Differ As To Consumer's Taste. (Star News Bureau.) Raleigh, April 3.—While the sen ate finance committee is now strug gling with the reventie bill and its most controverted provision, a sales tax, a new suggestion has been made—a combination of the general sales tax adopted by the house, with many reservations, and the luxury tax, or a consolidation of some of the features of the Day general sal es tax with the Hinsdale luxury tax. j The Hinsdale luxury tax bill. It is generally admitted, will not give the funds needed to carry out the provisions of the MacLean school bill. The general sales tax. It is con fidently stated, has no chance of getting by the senate, which body is also believed to be against the luxury tax. The suggestion of a combination carries with it the Hinsdale bill, probably with slight modifications, and the Day bill, cut; probably to one-half of one per cent on gross sales— a combination ihat has never been made in anv state of the union, it is asserted. Moreover, views on what are lux uries vary as widely as the thoughts of men. The Hinsdale would tax, among other things. automobiles,, tobacco, snuff and cigarettes, foun tain and bottled drinks, cosmetics, perfumes, soaps, motion picture ad missions. The business man states that an automobile is not a luxury, but an absolute necessity. The to bacco, snuff or cigarette user does not look upon his or her require ment as a luxury. The young wom an knows her cosmetics and per fumes are necessities. The poor often have few other pleasures than a dime picture show and an occas ional bottle of pop, which they could do without. Apparently the general assembly started out with the oft-quoted an swer of what to tax: “What you don’t want and what the other fel low has to have." But members are finding that someone has to have most of the things they would place the tax upon. The view continues that the sen- j ate will have no sfi\es tax, luxury or , general, that that body will offer a ] substitute of the *10,000,000 equaliz- < ing fund, and that the house will i 'inaily accept it—or adjourn with- i out bringing their constituency any I of the promised relief, 4. Special Easter Services On At City Churches Musical Programs A\ All Churches Hundreds Eiprrtfd To Attend Ea<* ter Service* In City. Fine Program*. Hundred* of people arc ex pected to attend special Easter service* In the churches of Shel by Sunday morning. Special musical programs have been ar ranged and ministers and church leaders hope to establish a new Easter attendance record. Second Baptist. At the Second Baptist church tha day’s program will start with thn Sunday school. R. H. Wilson, sup erintendent, nt 9:45. In the absenca of the pastor Rev. George W. Davi* will preach the Easter sertnpn at the morning service. The B. Y. P. U. will meet nt 6:30 with Floyd Single ton in charge. There will be no even ing service because of the opening of the revival at the neighboring LaFayette Street Methodist church. Central Methodist. At the morning service at Central Methodist, church holy communion will be observed, and new members, who joined the church during thn revival, Avlll be taken in. There will be a special musical program at the morning service and also at the evening service. It is also “Decision Day" in the Sunday school. Presbyterian. The regular II o’clock service will be held at the Presbyterian church with a musical program centering about the Resurrection, and there will also be a communion service. There will be no evening service be cause of other revival services In the city. LaFayette Street. The earliest service of the day will be the Ep worth league sunrise serv ice at the LaFayette Street Meth* odlst church. The Easter sermon at II o’clock, by the pastor, Rev. W. R. Jenkins. will formally open the series of revival services. The ser mon at the evening service trill be preached by Rev. H. F. Duncan, of Hendersonville. Rev. Mr. Duncan will preach each evening during the revival at 7:30 o’clock. First Baptist. Sunday will be a full day at the First Baptist church. Opening at 9:30 o’clock, a thousand people are expected to the Sunday school. Dr. Wall will bring messages at 11 an4 7:45 o’clock. Four hundred and fif teen were In the B. Y. P. D’s last Sunday. Mr. Easom says he is look ing for an Increase Sunday evening at 6:45 o'clock. A splendid musical program ha4 been planned for all services. At 11 o'clock, the choir will sing, "Hos anna," by Granier. and a double mixed quartet will render, ‘Open the Gates of the Temple," by Knapp. Sunday evening the choir will sing again and special numbers will be heard. The large chorus of juniors will aid in the song service Sunday evening at. 7:45 o'clock. Episcopal Church. There will be two celebrations o| the holy communion Sunday at the Church of the Redeemer, South La bette street. The first service, lasting a half hour, will be at 1:30. The church school meets at 10 and the preaching service will be at 11. The pastor will be at the church from 2:30 until 4:30 Saturday aft ernoon. In the County. Throughout the county special Easter services wUl be observed in all churches. In every community all citizens are urged to attend. Will Change Fees In County Court Within a short time jurors serv ing in the Cleveland county record er’s court may receive a 50-cent fee instead of 25 cents. In the State senate yesterday 4 bill was introduced by Senator Me Swain relating to the recorder’s court. Details of the bill are. not definitely known here, but attorneys think that it will provide that jurora be drawn for the county court by the same method used for Superior court and be given a 50-cenfc fee In stead of the 23-cent fee now given. Traveling Men Meet On Saturday F. O. Oee and B. H. Kendall, oifi ■tals of the Travelers Protective as sociation, poet O, called another nesting of the members to be held Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock la he office of the Riviere Oil Co. to ■lect officers and transact other msiness. All members are urged *9 'tend, this meeting.
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