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10 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXVU. No. 42 SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY. APR. 8, 1931 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. <*? nt»it »« nu. da *4t»SMi . tz.ru. t;»rrirr. orr »«s»r. (Id Htuhi _ tajo LA TE NEW: THE MARKED Cotton, per lb. ...... 10Vic up Cotton Seed, per bu __.... 37Vie Fair And Warmer. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Fair and warmer tonight and Thursday. Probably light frost in extreme west and north central portions tonight. tongworth HI. Aiken. S. C., April 8.—Nicholas; l.ongworth, speaker of the United States house of representatives, and ■■on-In-law of the -late President Theodore Roosevelt, has developed pneumonia and Is reported by at tending physicians to be in a serious condition. Mr. Longworth, who has been the ~uest of Mr. and Mrs. •lames P. Curtis, of Washington, at their winter home here for the past ten days, contracted a cold late last week. Physicians called in late Mon day ordered him to bed. Pneumonia developed Monday night. New Interest In City Races Some Talk of Other Candidates For City Board Heard In Coming Election. With the <jity election less than A month off new interest was evid ent this week in the approaching municipal ballot battle. The revived Interest has not as yet brought forth any new candi dates, but several are being talked. Reports early today had It that Mr. Ogburn Lutz, well known mer chant and business inan, was being urged by friends to become a can didate for ward four alderman. Queried about it, Mr. Lutz said he did not think he would be interest-' ■ d, but admitted that he had been approached by friends and was ap preciative of their kindness. Other reports suggested that Mr. J, F. Led ford, a former alderman, might' become a candidate in ward one, but no statement has been made by him. One day it seems as if several new candidates may enter the race ior the board, then the next day the situation seems to change overnight with the appearance that the four announced candidates will be uhop posed. Very little public talk is heard in connection with the mayoralty race, and very little active campaigning is evident. ToBuryJnoC. i Dodd Thursday — Former Mill Mechanic Passes After Serious Illness. To Bury At Sharon. Mr. John C. Dodd, 58 years of age, died this morning at 9:45 o'clock at his home just southeast of Shelby and will be buried Thursday after noon at 3 o’clock at Sharon Meth odist church In the community where he was born and reared Mr. Dodd became sick with jaun dice about four months ago and complications arose which caused! him untold suffering. Mr. Dodd was I a mechanic by trade, holding his Vast job as mechanic at the Eastside mill here. He came to Shelby about ten years ago where he had been working as a mill mechanic. He was a splendid workman, a fine Chris ian gentleman and highly esteemed by his friends. He was the son of Mr, and Mrs. D. C. Dodd both of whom have preceded him to the grave. Mr. Dodd was a member of the Baptist church but will be buried at Sharon Methodist in the commun ity where he was born, the funeral services to be conducted by Revs. R. L. Forbis and L. L. Jessup. He was married to Miss Rhader Hyder, of Gaffney,f S. C., who survives to gether with the following brothers and sisters: Capt. Will Dodd, of Columbia, Dave Dodd, of Sharon, Fred Dodd, of Union, S. C., Claude Dodd, of Greenville, S. C., Mrs. Lissie Blanton, of Greenville, S. C., Mrs. Pink McMurry, of Shelby, and Mrs. Robt. L. Ramseur, of Winston Salem. Dr. Frazier Here At Presbyterian Meeting Tonight The men of the Shelby Presby terian church will hold their fust meeting of the new' church year in the dining room of the Sunday school building tonight at 7 o’clock Boys of the congregation, of nine years and older are to be the guests of the men. Those men who may not have boys of their own are asked to bring some other boy who would not otherwise be able to come. Sup per will be served to all who come. An attractive program lias been arranged with Dr. W. H. Frazier, president of Queens-Chicora col lege as the special speaker of the evening. His presence should guar antee a full attendance at this meet 'rg. Rate King To Be Moved Soon To Lancaster Now Prepare For Second Trial Has Been Confined In Slate Prison 22 Months. Nearer Lawyers This Week. York. S. C„ April 8.—The last ol this week, Rate King will be remov ed from the penitentiary to the Lancaster bounty jail. He lias been anxious to get there, and Solicitor Finley agreed that three weeks be fore his trial was about the right time for him to be more accessible to his counsel and family. No court order will be necessary for his re moval. as the governor may order it by consent of the solicitor at the request of King’s lawyers. King has had 22 months of close confinement in the part of the pen itentiary reserved for convicts un der sentence of death. His surround ings have been much less agreeable than if he had been sentenced for a term of years, or for life, Instead of being held for a new' trial after once being convicted of murder with a death sentence impending. His prison mates have been a he If doz en negroes at once, for awhile, un til they were executed and some very dtsagreable cell mates at times. It looks now like the second trial Of King at Lancaster may start May i. If it goes straight on, it probably will last ten days, like the first trial. The date the court term be gins is four weeks -from yesterday. Debate Called Off, Girl Debater Sick Shelby’s Triangular Debate on Here Next Tuesday Night. The trianglar debate in which the two Shelby High debating teams were scheduled to perform last night was called off and will be held nest Tuesday night. It became neces.yiry to postpone the delate because Miss Kara Thompson, one of the Shelby debate ers became sick with roseola. Offi cials of the Llncolnton and Gastonia schools, both in the triangle with Shelby kindly consented to postpone all the debates in the triangle until next .week. Groundhog Held On Too Long And Dies Even a weather propliet. venerat ed as the groundhog is in certain sections, can overdo a thing. A groundhog on the A. M. Ham* rick farm where Charlie Williams lives wasn't satisfied with remain ing in his hole for 40 days after February 2. He stayed in until Sunday. April 5. came out—and died. Goes To Meeting. Mr. Harvey S. White, of Shelby, will attend the regular annual meet ing of representatives of the Equit able Life Assurance Society of North and South Carolina. The meeting will be held at Rock Hill Friday and Saturday of this week. This Man Licked “Big Bill” Chicago, April'8.—Anton J. Cermak, democrat, was elected mayor of Chicago yesterday, ending the reign of* Mayor William Hale Thompson. The stocky, Bohemian-born ruler of Cook county democracy swept into office by the larg est majority ever given a candidate for mayor of America's second city, a majority that promised to exceed 200,000. Bestowing the mayoralty upon Cermak, the voters drew the curtain at last upon the colorful political career of "Big Bill,” republican, thrice chief executive of their city. Sales Tax Defeated By Senate; Take Luxury Tax Method Now\ McSwain Thinks Other Tax Stopped (SEE EDITORIAL "UNFAIRNESS OF IT” PAGE 4) l4 view of the fact that the sales tax plan of supporting schools under the MacLean bill was defeated yesterday in the State senate., it is recalled th it Senator Peyton McSwain. of Cleveland, predicted that the senate would also kill the luxury tax measure. At home here over the week end he expressed the belief that the luxury tax would tie defeated by a vote of approxi mately 28 to 22. The sales tax was defeated 36 to 8. Board Is Cheaper Now—In Hoosegow Living costs took another flop in Shelby this week. That is to say that boarding rates are cheaper—at some places. At the meeting of the county ! commissioners they decreed- that hereafter 60 cents per day would be [allowed for the board or prisoners in the county jail. Heretofore the price of board for guests at the Allen hostelry was charged at 70 cents per diem. Judge Webb Defends Agents Who Buy Booze And Then Nab Seller Declares Undercover Methods Nec essary To Get Violators Dry Law. Undercover agents, “snoopers" as they are some times called, are nec essary on the federal prohibition force, says Federal Judge E. Yates Webb, of Shelby. People throughout this section who have attended federal court in Shelby are familiar with the work of undercover agents as a majority of the cases tried here result from arrests made by undercover man. As a general rule the agent goes to the home of some man who does not know the agent is an officer, buys liquor, and the man who sell it likely does not hear about it until he is later arrested on a federal warrant. There is usually little value in fighting the evidence as the agent, when court comes, takes the stand, tells of the purchase, the price paid, etc. The method has been both criti cised apd defended for several years hereabouts. Holding court in Charlotte this week Judge Webb defended the undercover policy. The Charlotte Observer tells of it as follows: Need For Evidence. “Federal prohibition agents are forced to employ undercover agent? because persons who buy liquor will nol report persons who sell it, Judge Webb said from the bench yester day morning. •‘Speaking in defense of prohibi tion methods of obtaining evidence, the jurist declared it would be Im possible to convict many persons of violating prohibition laws unless federal agents had purchased whis key from them. “The judge's defense is generally regarded as having direct connec tion with two general prohibition raids in Charlotte in the last six weeks that resulted in more than two score alleged prohibition law violators being arrested. There were rumors to the effect that Dry Agent Gillis of the local office, opened and operated for a short time a College street “speakeasy” in order to obtain information as to large-scale liquor dealers in the area. Liquor Sources. “Turning to local conditions, Judge Webb said the majority of the booze sold in Charlotte is not even made in Mecklenburg county. ‘It is hauled in here from counties to the north and west. Columbia, South Carolina, is another prominent source, particularly of the bottled in-bond variety. It sa hauled here from agencies there and sold in wholesale quanties,’ the judge de clared ” Slielbv Senator Votes With 35 Oth ers 'Against Tax On AH Sales. Raleigh, April 8.—The senate yes terday afternoon struck the Day general sales tax from the proposed biennial revenue bill and began con sideration of the Hinsdale selected commodities proposal as a substi tute. Unexpectedly: Senator Hinsdale of. Wake moved to eliminate the. Day plan, which would have levied a one per cent tax on gross sales of retail merchants, and the ruction was adopted, 36 to 8, with five sen ators voting present. Senator Harmon of Avery was the lone senator not recorded on the roll call. The roll call follow- : For striking out the general sales tax: Baggett, Bennett. Bernard, B'ociht Burrus. Burt. Campbell, Clark, Clarkson. Clement, Dunlap. FBger, Gravely. Grier, Gywn. Hardy, Hartchett, Haywood. Hinsdale, Hor ton, Johnson of Moore, Jones, Law rence, Lindsey, lovill. McSwain, Nixon. Powell, Price, Rankin, RoU well. Umstead, Ward of Beaufort, Whedbee, Williams, Zollicoffer. Against striking out the Day tax: Dortch, Hendren. Hicks, Lynch, Pell, Pritchett, Ward of Craven Voting present: Grower, Grant, Johnson of Dun lin, McKee, Uzzell. . Take Up Luxury Tax. Immediately after the artlcie*,>as removed. Senator Hinsdale offered his "luxury” tax measure as a sub stitute, and the senate agreed for Hinsdale and Senator Grier of Be dell to “steer” the amendment. It was agreed that a vote would be taken after five hours of debate. Senator Hinsdale using one hour before the committee of the whole adjourned until 10 o'clock today. Speculation was rife as to what success the Hinsdale plan will meet, it being conceded some similar measure to produce about 39.,'Ou. 000, must be adopted if the Mac Lean school law is to be carried out. Opponents of the tax claim,a margin of from one to three votes to defeat it. Proponents cautiously expressed that “some votes well change,” the most optimistic claim ing half the senate membership f ;r the plan with others only figuring 22 to 24 on their side. Margin Is Narrow. All concede that the switch of one or two votes over night can change the result when the vote is reached, probably between 2:30 and 3:30 to day. A movement was under way ats last night to have the Day plan it considered if the Hinsdale measure shoulc also lose. Senator Hinsdale explained the provisions of the proposed “lux'iry” tax amendment, citing figures to show that it would raise approxi mately $9,000,000 a year If adopted a' written. $41 Profit Per Acre In County Corn Contests Results Are Late Coming In H. Lee Beam Makes Most Corn To Acre. Charles Ilrani Tops Profit In Contest. H Lee Beam. Cleveland county farmer of Cherryvillc route 2 mail: 79 bushels of corn on one arte last year to win first prize in the coun ty-wide corn contest. On a threc ,u-re plot Charles Beam, Lawnilalt* route T, made a profit of *41 50 per acre to win honors for producing corn at the least cost and making the mast profit per acre. Announcement of the winners in the contest was delayed due to the absence from his office because of sickness of County Agent R. W. Shoffner. Drought Hurt. The winners In the contest would have shown a better production gen erally, says County Agent Shotfner. had it not been for the drought and hail of the summer. As tt was 39 Farmers entered. but some were forced out. Despite the drought the 19„0 general yield In the contest was Jpuble the yield of the previous year. Average Yield. The average yield per acre for all contestants was 43 bushels with a net average profit per acre of $17 09. The Winners. The first contest was on a one-! acre plot to show the most yield to the acre regardless of production cost. The winners were: H. Lee Beam, Cherryvijle, route 2. making 79 bushels on one acre. E. F. White, Kings Mountain, route 2, making 68 bushels on one acre, Holland Dixon, route 2, Kings Mountain, making 41 bushels on one acre. Holland is also a 4-H club member, Itelonging to the Bethlehem club. S. Lester Rob erts, Shelby route 7, making 35 bushels on one acre. T. F. Sellers, Kings Mountain, route 1, making 24 bushels on one acre. Two-Acre Contest. In this contest the man producing corn the cheapest and making the most profit? per acre. The winners were: E. L. McDaniels, Kings Moun tain. route 2. making a yield of 98 bushels on two acres, and n profit of $38.00 pet acre. Aston Adams, Shel by route 4, making 112 bushels on two acres, and a profit of $27.87 per acre. Francis A. Boyles, Lawndale route 4 making a yield of 102 bush els on two acres, and a profit of *26 65 per acre, R. G. Adams, Shel by route 4, made a yield of 75 bush els on the two acres, and a profit of $22.90 per acre. J. P, McDaniel Kings Mountain route 2, making a yield of 64 bushels, and a profit of $17.78 per aerp, Three-Acre Contest. In thos contest the winner was the man making the most profit per acre on the three acres. The win ners are as follows: Charles Beam, route 1, Lawndale, making 158 bushels on his three acres, and a profit of $41.50 per acre. Charles also is a member of the 4-H club at Polkville. Gaylen Covington, Lawn dale route 1. making i03 bushels on the thre acres, and a profit of *14 43 per acre. Gaylen is also a 4-H club member at Polkville. S. J. Cabaniss, Shelby route 4, made a yield of 97 bushels on his three acres, and a profit of $12.85 per acre. W. J. Wright. Shelby, route 1, made a yield of 95 bushels on three acre, made a profit of $9.95 per acre. C, O. Lee, Shelby route 4, made a yield of 66 bushels from three acres, and a profit of *7.70 per acre. Five-Acre Contest. The wiiuier of this contest was the man making the most profit per acre. J. F. Logan, Casar, R-l made a yield of "224 bushels on live acres and a prolit of *29.25 pe teere five acres and a prolit of $15.05 per Shelby Men Act As Chorus Girls Here In Lions Club Play Over 150 Shelby,, People Appear Ir "College Flapper,” Friday And Saturday. On next Friday and Saturday nights, April 10 and 11th, the mod ern comedy, "The College Flapper’ will be staged at the high schoo auditorium under the auspices oi the Lions club. It promises to be on< of the biggest event ever staged this community, and includes a casi of over 150 local people. It is a mod ern, up-to-date college comedy with a thrilling football story. Everyone who has seen the show claims uc one can afford to miss it. The star football player of Eula Bula college is supposed to be at a special football practice, but ir stead is in the sorority house ma{c (COUTtNt’ED OS PAGE rEN j Birth Rate High, Death Rate Low In This County; Few Infants Die Good-Will Trinkets Mr*. Herbert S. Dickey (above) pictured in her cabin just before sailing with her husband at the head of their expedition into the ! interior of Voniiueta. She is Showing some of her trinkets which site will take to the natives. Co!. Leroy Springs Dies In Charlotte Wealthy Textile Manufacturer Sur cumbs Following Throat Infection. ChaHotte, April 8—Col Leroy Springs, who started his business career as a wholesale grocery sales man and became one of the wealth iest textile magnates In the Caro lines died yesterday at his home here. Tire 69-year-old manufacturer and banker succumbed to complication.' growing out of a three days' illnest of septic sore throat, fits son. Captain Elliott Whitt Springs, World war ace and novel ist, and his wife were at his bedside when lie died. Colonel Springs was bom in Fori Mill, York county,, South Carolina November 12, 1861. and practically all of his business interests were centered in his native state, After studying at the University of North Carolina from 1818 to 1880, I he came to Charlotte and worked as ! a salesman for the Springs and Bur well wholesale grocery. : Later he moved to Lancaster, S. C. which until a few years ago he made his home. At Lancaster in 1895 he built his first cotton mill with a capital of $150,000. His Investment In mills In Lan caster, Fort Mill, Chester and Ker shaw is estimated at $5,000,000. In addition to his textile holdings he was president of several small banks a power company, short line rail road and a cotton oil company. Private funeral services were held at the Springs residence here to day at 3 p. m. Burial will be ir Weststde cemetery at Lancaster al 5 p. m. Only 42 Babies Of Every Thousand Born In County Die In Infancy. Just 5 Counties Have Lower Infant Death Rate. Only 15 Counties Have Higher Birth Rate And 15 Have Lower Death Rate. It is considerably healthier to be born and to live in Cleveland county than in the average North Carolina county. ! The actual statistics, for the year 1929, assembled by the State Board of Health show that. No Change Made In Sentence Of Patterson Here Sis Month* Sentence Hr mat ns On Court Boohs To l(f Carried Out. Contrary to reports heard about Shrlby In went daya, no ( hauRt was made by Judge Wil son Warllck of the sentenre Im posed on M. hem Patterson In superior court here ast week. Patterson was sentenced six months to be worked at some coun ty institution as the commission board sees fit and was also given ft suspended sentence of rax months. Tlie sentences were imposed after a jury returned a verdict Of guilty of charges preferred In connection with the sale of some cotton at the Elia mill where he was employed. ■Report Out. Information has it that reports have been heard about Shelby that before court adjourned the sentence was changed. Such wfns not done. It was stated today by Clerk of Court A M. Hamrick "The minute, book of the court,'' he said, "does not show any change.” Much Rainfall rr t 1 * •] Over Two Inches In Six Days. March Wettest Month Since Last December. It rained more in Shelby and Cleveland county in the first six days of April than it rained alto gether in either January or Febru ary, and two days it didn’t rain at all. From the first day of April through the sixth 2.18 inches of rain fell In Shelby, according to the rain fall record kept at the Shelby post office. In January the total rainfall was 1.98 inches and in February it was 1.96. March was also a wet month. The rainfall for March here was 3.84 inches, more than any month since last December. In the sixth montlis period up to April the total rainfall here was 19.88 inches with November leading with 7,28 Inches. Ordinarily the heavy rain season in this section comes during the winter, but this year the spring rains seem sure to make up for the winter deficiency. If the rain for the remainder of this month is hi proportion to the first week the April rainfall will total more than 10 inches. Here In No Opposition To Hoover Among Republicans Of South, He Finds ■ Krnonmialiun Of President By Ac clamation is Prediction Made. Washington, April 8—Renomma tion of President Hoover by accla mation in 1932 was predicted by Postmaster General Brown on his return from a trip through the south where there have been re cent reports of an anti-Hoover re volt. The postmaster general, one ot the president s closest political ad visors, said he had conferred with republican leaders in a number of southern states and had found no evidence of substantial opposition to renomination of Mr. Hoover. Colonel Horace Mann, of the sou thern leaders of the republican campaign in 1928, recently claimed -the south would send a-solid dei§* gat ion ot 232 votes to the republi can convention demanding a new order in politics. His claim was in terpreted as an anti-Hoover move ment. No G. O. P. Opposition. Prewlent Hoover will !*• rpnoin inated by acclamation,” Brown said. “There will be no opposition to his renomination in the republican par ty.” "I talked with republican leaders in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia and received some information of politi-1 cal conditions in Alabama and Louisiana. “Southern republicans will en thusiastically support Mr. Hoover' renomination. I found no evidence of the movement Colonel Mann is said to be fostering ’’ Parly Active In South. The postmaster general said the ’.'egular republican southern organi zations were "'vigorous and well able to take care of themselves" against any opposition movement. "1 don’t know where there is any ! considerable insurgent sentiment. Whatever Insurgency flier" is in the south is merely a question of rival leadership, with no hostility to Mr. Hoover.” Brown added he wr “very much pleased" with political conditions in the south. Here, in brier, are some or tne reasons why; The birth rate per 1,000 white In habitants in Cleveland county is 29.7, or 4.5 larger than the average for the entire state. Only 15 coun ties of the 100 in the state have • higher birth rate Among Colored. Among the colored people of Cleveland county the birth rate peg l.ooo is 35, eight higher than thg state average, and only seven coun ties have a higher birth rate. Death Rate Here. In 1929 there were only 8.2 death* per 1,000 white Inhabitants ol Cleveland county. The state aver age was 106, and Just 15 counties of the 100 had a lower death rate. The death rate, in 1929, per 1,000 colored Inhabitants was 10.4, or six leas deaths per 1,000 than the state average. Only 17 counties had m lower death rate among the colored people. Infant Deaths. The low death rate among infants In Cleveland county Is particularly outstanding. Only five of the 100 counties In the state have a lower death rate per 1,000 babies than Cleveland county. In Cleveland county the death rate among infants Is 42.7 per 1, 000. The average number of deaths each year per 1,000 babies for the entire state is 79.2. In other words, out of every 1,000 babies 36.5 more die In the average section of North Carolina per year than in this coun -ty. In one county the Infant death rate per 1.000 babies Is 115 per year. Over The State. In the state as a whole, Scotland has the highest white birth rate, Hoke the lowest. Tyrrell has the highest negro birth rate, Yancey the lowest. Swain has the lowest white death rate, Burke the highest. Yan cey has the lowest negro death rate, Clay the highest. Dare has the low est infant death rate, Pasquotank the highest. Campaign Adds More To Junior College Funds Other Donation* Are Acknowledged. Fond Now Totals $8,616 To Date. ; Donations to the Boiling Springs junior college continue to come in as a result of the drive conducted by Rev. R. L. Bolton throughout tbe Kings Mountain association. The donations now total $8,616.76 with a, number of substantial contributions since last week. Previously reported_$8,099.74 Grover Baptist church_60.00 Rev. W. A. Elam _____ 25.00 J. F. Lutz .______1 25.00 W. L. Q^een_.__5 00 J. LaWrenoe Lackey, Shelby __ 25.00 j A. E. Philbeck, Mooresboro_5.00 Mount Pleasant church 12.00 Race Path church_._R._ 18.00 Dr. A. Pitt Beam, Shelby ... .. 1000 Grady Wilson ____... 10.00 W. W. Jones _..._15.00 J. N. Rollins. Mooresboro .... 25.00 Second Baptist, Shelby_... 11.30 Sandy Run association ...... 161.36 Mrs. John Wacaster ...__ 25 00 Through B. T. Falls, chairman' Centennial fund __..._94.30 Total to date ...$8,616.70 Three Couples Get Marriage License Three couples, two of them white, have secured marriage license here in April. The white couples are R. E. Hall and Bertie May Workman, of Gaston county; Evans Grigg and Margaret Ruth Gold, of Cleveland county. Another Big Egg. Mr. T. H. Brannon, 203 Sumter street, was exhibiting today anotner tig egg laid by a Rhode Island nen Tbe hen lays extra large eggs near ly every Monday. The egg weighed four ounces, measured six and a half inches around one way and eight and a half inches around long ". ays,
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