I 8 PAGES I TODAY VOL. X.XXV1I, No. 48 Mall, gw rut. ‘In advance) «. CLfttl Carrier, ocr rear. (In advance) _ (3.«v SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY. APB. 22, 1901 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. LA TE NEW: THE MARKET Cotton, per lb._......... 10 Uc up Cotton Seed, per bu ........ 87 lie Cloudy, Colder. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Cloudy and rain in east and central portions tonight and on coast Thursday. Colder tonight in east and central, and on coast Thursday. Indict Others. Asheville, April 22.—A new batch of indictments against persons al leged to have been implicated in failures of banks in Buncombe coun ty and resulting loss of huge sums of public funds on deposit, were re turned yesterday by the Buncombe county grand jury. Two new names, those of J. E. Gibson, former city secretary-treasurer, and Charles N. Malone, former bond attorney for the city, and attorney for the Bun combe county board of education, were included in the list of defend ants in yesterday's list of indict ments. Additional indictments in volving Luke Lea, of Nashville. Tenn., final irier: Lake Lea, jr., his son, and E. P. Chariet. treasurer of the Tennessee Publishing Company, also were returned. Mrs. Putnam 89, ToBeBuried On Thursday Widow of W. R, Putnam Succumbs After Three Tears Illness, lias Sister 99 Years Old. Mrs. Annie Putnam. Widow of VV, R. Putnam died at her home in South Shelby Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock following an illness , or three years, during which time she lias been confined to her room Mrs. Putnam was 89 years of age lost May and a member of a long • tired family. One ,living sister/ Mrs. Elizabeth Houser will celebrate her 300th birthday anniversary' if she lives until August of this year. Other members of her family who lived well past eighty were Dr. Rufus Beam who died at 84, Mrs. Hulda Elliott who reached 93 and Mrs. Hattie Jenkins Garlock who lived to be 02. Mrs. Putnam possessed a brilliant mind and made the best of her 11m ; ed opportunities for an education. It is said she read constantly and could wr ite poetry with perfect ease She won a most industrious woman and possessed a wonderful person ality'. • ' -i Two years ago her husband died, l-aving surviving three children, Cameron Putnam and Mrs. J. C. Y.'hisnant of Shelby, Mrs. w. C. Stroup and Mrs. Minn'" I,. Ooltriarp' of Pineville. Two sisters, Mrs. E3>a beth Houser of Shelby and Mrs. Susan Thomas of Henrietta and three brothers, Johnnie Beam ot Calif., Joshua Beam of Gaffney, S. C. and Coiumbus Beam, of near '.Vaco also survive. Funeral services will be conduct 'd at 11 o'clock Tlmrsday morning by Rev. J. w. Buttle at Prospect church where she held her member ship since childhood. City To Lav Side walk, Mayion School VViU Also Lay Curb Around School Parkway. To Sell Property For Taxes. At the meeting of the city coun cil held in the city hall last night it was decided to put down 275 lin eal feet of sidewalk in front of the South Shelby school building and curb the parkway about 260 feet in front of the building. It was also decided and ordered by the city council that all property on which taxes hare not been paid for the years 1929 and 1931 will be advertised and sold. Clerks In the city hall are now preparing the list which they hope to have ready for publication the first week in May in order to comply with the law. Uses His Pistol To CollechDebt Of $1 A dollar Is a dollar and a sum of money not to be scoffed at In these times. That’s the way Will Miller, Shelby colored man, looks at It, and as a result Shelby police are look ing for Will today will Proctor, according to Infor mation officers picked up, owed Will Miller a dollar. In Freedmon yesterday they started arguing abou* the dollar. Finally Miller yanked out his gun and his trigger finger start ed twitching, Proctor’s feet started working about the same time and Miller started firing and following He chased Proctor all the way to the Seaboard station and fired five shots, none of which struck Prdctor. Extend Bass Season. The open season for bass was to have closed on April 20, but it is r.n noimced by Game Warden H. C. Ining. for the information of loca' Waltons, that the season has been extended 10 days, until April 30. It will then be closed for 40 days dic ing the spawning period. Clint Newton, County Solicitor Dies Today—Former School Head; Funeral Here Thursday I Orator And Bible Teacher Succumb?, To Peculiar Kidney Trouble At Age 37 years. Attorney J. Clint Newton died this morning at 6:40 o'clock at the Shelby hospital and will be buried Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock, the ' funeral service to be conducted by | liia pastor, Dr. Zeno Wall from the | First Baptist church where he i taught a Bible class of young men I-for a number of years. Public Official For six years Mr. Newton served efficiently us county superintendent of schools, which position he gave up to study law. After completing his law course he associated himself with Attorney D. Z. Newton and was elected county solicitor last year. He was educated at Piedmont high school and at Wake Forest college, and later taught in the McCallie -'school for boys at Chattanooga, Term., for a number of years. As an orator he had few equals, as a Bible student and a Christian gentleman he was recognized as an outstanding Orator and Lay Leader. News of his death quickly spread over the city and vest, a gloom of profound sorrow among his innum erable host of friends for Mr. New ton was one of the most popular men in the county and an outstand ing Christian lay leader. For the past several years he had been suf fering with an hereditary cystic kidney trouble. The best medical at tention of the country was sought, carrying him to Johns Hopkins hos pital. Baltimore, Md., where his case was studied by specialists. While a cystic kidney is more or less unusual In individual cases, the hereditary fact was phenominal in that only one other family in Germany is known to have the hereditary trait. Mr. Newton was elected county solicitor last fall and took the oath of office in December. Since then his condition did not permit him to prosecute his docket all of the time and attend to his other duties as Bible teacher and attorney, but he had treat physical endurance and centured out as often as he could He became ill again a few days ago and was taken to the Shelby hospi tal Sunday night. There the end came peacefully this morning at 6:40. He regained consciousness shortly before he died. Wife And Three Children Mr. Newton was born in upper Cleveland 37 years ago, February 1 of this year. Eleven years ago he. was married to Miss Lillion Eaker, a most devoted, cheerful and hopeful companion. She survives with three children, Clint, jr„ Gene and Betty, together with two brothers, Frank and Ausney Newton of Shelby end one sister, Mrs. Hattie Mull of Casar. His saintly mother, Mrs, El len Newton, age 71, also survives. His father John A. Newton, one of the leading citizens of upper Cleve land, two sisters, Mrs. Octavia Wai - lick and Mrs. Essie Brackett and two brothers. Dr. Alex Newton and Clarence Newton preceded him to the grave. Interment will be in Sunset ceme tery after the funeral services to morrow at 3 o'clock at the First | Baptist church. Court Closes To Honor Solicitor No sessions of the Cleveland coun ty recorder's court will be held to day or tomorrow out of respect to Solicitor J. Clint Newton, who died early today. This was announced this morning by Judge Maurice 11. Weathers. Sn&gs Big Catfish One of the largest blue catfish ever caught in this section grabbed a worm on the line of Clyde Cham pion yesterday at Lake Lure. The fish weighetl four and a quarter pounds. Court House To Close For Newton “The county court house will be closed at 2 o'clock Thurs day for the remainder of the day in tribute to Hon. J. Clint Newton, one of the county of ficers,” stated A. E. Cline, county accountant this morn ing. Mr. Newton was one of the best loved citizens of the coun ty and being an official in the capacity of county solicitor and former county superin tendent of schools. It was thought appropriate and a deserved recognition of this beloved pnbllc servant. Died Today This entire section was grieved by the death early this morning. In the hospital here, of Solicitor J. Clint Newton (above), one of Cleveland's most prominent young leaders. < Star Photo.) Corn Crop Here Larger; Cotton Crop Is Smaller CJood Increase On Corn Acreage. Cooks For Largest Wheat Crop Ever. If corn and wheat wilt help tarn the trick. Cleveland county ' farmer* will this year come near living at home than ever before. That was the opinion expressed today by County Farm Agent R W. Shoffner. The farm agent has been travel ing about the county quite a bit in the last week or so, and the major portion of the com crop, he says, 1? already in the ground but som; planting is still underw ay. A Big Crop. “There isn't any doubt about an Increase in corn acreage,” Mr. Shoff ner stated. “And the best part of it is that the Increase is well divided over the county with every farmer putting in more corn than last year ” Less Cotton. The acreage devoted to cotton by the State's largest cotton county has been reduced somewhat, but by no great amount. "I would esti mate,” the farm agent says, ‘ that the cotton acreage is being cut from 10 to 12 percent.” Cotton planting is now underw ay in all sections of the county. Wheat Crop. Another encouraging live-at-home sign is the prospective increase in wheat acreage. “Unless I miss my guess, and many farmers are of the same opin ion, this fall will see Cleveland county’s greatest wheat crop,” Shoff ner declared. Berry Sucked Into Lung By Small Boy Boiling Springs Youth Taken To Charlotte To Have Berry j*e min eu. Waylaud Bridges, aged abour B year?, of the Boiling Springs sec tion, Shelby Route 2, was taken to Charlotte today to have a cheney. berry removed from his lung. The youtli sucked the bery into his lung some time Tuesday. He was rushed to the hospital here and was taken to Charlote this morning to have a specialist remove it. ---- Student Teachers Visit In Raleigh Members of the teacher training department of the city schools and their instructor, Miss Louise Gill, left today for Raleigh fo attend the State Educational meeting. Those going were Misses Elsie and Eliza beth Gidneji, Irene Roberts. Sara Riviere; Sara Hoyle, Edna Harr ill Rebecca Hamrick, Lucille Blanton. Mary Faye Dellinger, Sara Harris and Lurlene Grigg. Prof. B. I. Smith, city superin tendent, end Pro'. J. H. Grigg, coun ty superintendent, will leave for Ra leigh after the Newton funeral to morrow. Revolt Flares in Honduras A military revolutionary movement in Northern Hondura.. -la. eavtos the safety of more than 1,000 Americans. Reports from the .'.one of revolt indicate that severe fighting; has taken place at Ceiba and Pro gress). United States cruisers have been rushed from Nicaragua to protect American citizens in the new disturbed area of Latin-America. (Upper 1 An aerial row of the City of Teguicigalpa. where U. S. Minister Julius G. Lay (inset.) is keeping Washington posted over the revolt. (Lower) Map of the war zone to whose ports American erui ■ers have been rushed. So-Called Luxury Tax Likely As Assembly Tax Committee Runs In Deadlock, Nothing Is Certain Advocate* Say Senate Will Not Pass Luxury Tax. House .Might Endorse It. Raleigh, April 22.—Deadlock jury reporting last night from the sen ate-house conference found the com mittee of 11 no nearer agreement than when they began and the sen ate four this evening asked the sen ate to instruct them as to rhcir * course tomorrow. The senate will, therefore, vote its preference in sales taxes and lux ury tax advocates last night said they had 26 members signed for the CONTINTEO ON PAGE EIGHT.» Mooresboro School Finals Start Saturday Dr. .1. A. Honeycutt To Preach Ser mon. Other Exercises. Begin April 25. Finals for the Mooresboro high school will begin Saturday, April 25 instead of Friday of this week, ac cording to an announcement by the principal. On the opening night of the school commencement there will be a play entitled “The Path Across the Hills." Dr. J. A. Honeycutt will preach the baccalaureate sermon on Sun-j day, April 24th, Class day exercises | will be held on Tuesday, April 28th,' with graduating exercises to follow ou Wednesday. The declamation and reading con tests will be held on Thursday, Ap ril 30th. J. R. Green Buried At Boiling Springs Prominent Boiling- Springs CHi'en Succumb* To A Long Illness. J. Robert Green died Monday night at 7:30 o’clock at his home after a protracted Illness. Mr. Green was about 73 years of age and Is survived by his wife and two child ren, Mrs. V. H. Hamrick of Boiliny Springs and Mrs. McClure of i>ts tonia. The funeral service was conducted Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock a* Boiling Springs by the pastor, Rev. J. L. Jenkins and interment, was in the cemetery there. Mr. Green wtj widely connected and a highly es teemed citizen of that community Lattimore Youth To Become A Pilot Holland Branton, of Lattimore, yesterday began his coure of train ing in Charlotte to become a licens ed airplane pilot. He Is taking hi« training under the Weeks Aircraft school. Out Of Jail, Back Again In 3 Hours Time This is the filing nf a rec ord for getting out of jail and bark again. Monday afternoon at flvr o’clock a young Shelby white man was released from the county jail after serving a sentence of 30 days. At 7:30 two and one-half hours later he was returned to the jail charged with drunkenness, the same offense for which he served the first sentence. Today It was said that hr will likely be sent away to be cured of the drink habit which has apparently mastered him and upset his nervous system. Title Baseball Here On Friday Shelb.v Meets Bessemer City hi Championship Game In State. 1 OTHER SPORTS PAGE 3» The Shelby High baseball team will meet the strong Bes semer City team here Friday afternoon in the first game of the State championship race for Class B. Shelby and Bessemer City are In group four with Forest City, the lat ter team drawing a bye. If Shelby should win from Besse mer City here Friday, Shelby will play Forest City here Friday we'k. If Bessemer wins, Forest. City and Bessemer will play at Forest City. Bessemer City always has » strong team and Shelby Is conceded little more than an even chance of winning the first series game. Thursday the Shelby team goes to Gastonia for an exhibition game there. The western groups in Class B. for the series are arranged as fol lows: Group one—Bessemer vs Montl cello at Greensboro April 24; Meb ane bye, plays Bessemer or Mont-i cello at Elon College April 29. Group two — China Grove at Thomasviile April 24; Mount Airy b.ve. plays Thomnsnlle or Cnina Grove at Mount Airy April 28. Group three—Mount Holly af Cherryyttle April 24; Btacksoure bye, plays at Mount Holly or Cher ryville April 29. Group four—Bessemer City at Shelby April 24; Forest City bye, plays at Shelby May 1 or meets Bes semer City at Forest City on same date. One Week Left \ To Pay County Tax Levy Here \ Start Preparing Advertising _ j Time Limit Up End of Month. Over j $100,000 Yet Left To Be Paid. A week from tomorrow la the deadline in whlcli to pay county taxes without being advertised. It was announced today by Sher iff Irvin M. Allen. "The law says that all taxes not paid by May 1 shall be advertised «nd there will be nothing left for me to do in carrying out the law ex cept to publish the delinquent Ust as It la after the end of the month," the sheriff stated. Working On List. At the court house today it was understood that the sheriff’s office Is already preparing the delinquent list for publication In The Star, Those who pay before publishing date will have their names removed. Much To Pay. Approximately $115,000 of the total county levy of $484,000 remains to be paid. In other words only a little more than three-fourths of the levy has been paid to date. When the tax books were first opened collections came in rapidly but of recent months there ha* been a steady decline in payment. Musicians Off For State Meet Soloists To Greensboro Today. Championship Band Goes Thursday. Five soloists and the brass quartet from the Shelby high school left to day by automobile for Greensboro to participate in the State wide contests there. Tire young musicians were accompanied by Mr. O B. Lewis, music doctor in the city schools. Thursday at noon t he high school band. 1930 State champions, will leave for Greensboro with the am bition of repeating the conquest of last year. The solo contests will get under way In the morning and the band contest will be held later. Desire Big Trip. Should the local school band re peat Its triumph, of last year and again win the State championship an operetta will be arranged for th purpose of raising funds to send the band to Tulsa. Oklahoma, to com pete for the national championship. Band Concert. Monday night the band and the five Shelby soloists who will repre sent this district at Greensboro gave a concert at the high school audi torium. The building was packed and the young musicians made « fine impression with the soloists giving numbers with which they won district honors. Among the dif ficult selections by the band were the following: On the Volga, Festi val Overture, Llestupll, and Beeth oven's Turkish March. Waco School Finals Begin Next Sunday Rev. H. N, McDlarmid To Preach Sermon and Supt. B. L. Smith To Deliver Address. School commencement exercises tor the Waco high school will be gin Sunday afternoorl and close on Friday evening with Rev. H. N. Mc Diarmld to deliver the annual ser mon on Sunday afternoon, April 26, and Supt. B. L. Smith to deliver the commencement address on Friday morning. May 1. The program is as follows: Sermon: Sunday, April 26, 2:30 p. m. The Rev. H. N. McDtarmid, pas tor Presbyterian church, Shelby. Wednesday evening, April 29th, 8:00, music recital and recitation and declamation contest. Thursday evening, April 30, 8:00, operetta, ‘‘Sunny of Sunnyside,” the grammar grades. Friday morning, May 1. 11:00 a m. graduation exercises. Address: B. L. Smith, Supt. Shelby city schools. Friday evening, 8 o’clock, senior play, "Eyes of Love.” All friends and patrons of the school are cordially invited to at tend the exercises. Nine students will be graduated. Bullet Removed. At the Shelby hospital yesterday the bullet was removed from the thigh of Percy Daniels, colored, who was shot Friday night at the Eagle Roller milis. Daniels was shot, it is said, when he was attempting to get away with a sack of flour. « 1 City Election Just Eleven Days Off Now Voter* Refuse To Be Aroused Over Contest For Mayor. Little Talk Is Heard. The business depression has done something for Shelby (hat has never been done before. With the biennial city election only 11 days off the voters of the city absolutely refuse to become interested in or talk citv polities. TWo New Men Seek Places On ! i Board Alermen: Ledford And Crowder Flic An- ! nouncemrnts For Hoard Lackey Gets In. At a late hour Oils morning the political pot In Shelby start ed simmering: for the first time In the present campaign. After the other election story on this page was written two candi dates announced themselves for the hoard of aldermen and one candidate for the school board. The new candidates announcing for aldermen today were; J. F Ledford, former alderman, in Ward One. P. M. Washburn, present alderman, has already announced in that ward Robert D. Crowder in Ward Two. D W. Royster had already announc ed In that ward. This means, even 1f other candi dates do not announce, that there will be two board contests in ad dition to the mayor's race. So far John Bcbenck, jr , has no opposi tion In Ward Three For School Board. Mr. J. Lawrence Lackey let It be definitely known today that he would be a candidate for the city school board. Mr. Lackey’s friends have been urging him to announce for some time and recently It was stated that he might run, but It was not until today that he agreed to become a candidate. He is hi the same ward as H. Clay Cox, member of the present school board Hotels And Cafes Given Inspection John E Floyd, sanitary Inspector for the state board of health, la in Shelby this week inspecting hotels, cafes, barbershops, and milk supply sources. Today he stated that practically all uptown barbershops were meet ing with state sanitary requirements. His inspection, however, is not com plete. A grade rating on the hotels and cafes of the city folloWs: Hotels. Hotel Charles, grade A. 97.0. Isaac Shelby, grade A. 92.5. Victor Hotel, grade C, 71,0. Arcade, grade C. 79.0. Cafes Piedmont, grade A. 98.5 Central, grade A, 94 5. Green Lantern Tea Room, grade B, 82.5. Southern, grade C, 73.0. City, grade D, 47.0 (closed). Sanitary Lunch, garde D. 67.5. Bus Station Cafe, grade D, 58.5. Peoples, grude B. 84.0. Grover Boy Struck By Car, Leg Broken Herod Ramsey, 10-year-old Orover boy, is in the Shelby hospital with his right leg broken as the result of being struck by an automobile at Grover Monday. The youth was scuffling with some other boys, it is said, when he ran in front of an automobile driv en by Stamey Cook. The accident according to information was term ed unavoidable. Ha* His Hand Cut By A Saw Tuesday J. O. Navey, of DeKalb street, is in the Shelby hospital with a pain fully cut hand. The right thumb and several fingers, it is understood, were pretty badly cut and the bones fractured in a wood saw Tuesday, Building Home. A new brick veneer residence is being erected by Mr. Sam Thomp son on the Cleveland Springs road adjoining the Reid Misenheune." residence The construction work is' being done by Contractor Gus Evans. Lodge Meeting. The regular meeting of Cleveland Lodge 202 A. F. A M. will be held Friday night at 7;30. After today there are only four more days In which candidates may file announcement, of their intention to run. Until Tuesday only four men had announced themselves for the rour alderm&nic posts. Three others announced today. The announced candidates fo rthe board prior to the three announced today were: P. M, Washburn, ward one; D. W. Roystei' ward two; John Schenck, jr., ward ihree; and z, J. 'Thompson, ward four. School Board. So far there have been no definite announcements for the school board and no talk whatsoever about those live offices. Presumably the five members of the present board will be candidates again, but no formal announcement has been made to that effect. A new candidate. J. Lawrence Lackey, is announced to day. Mayor's Baer. In the mayoralty race Mayor Mc Murry and Ex-Mayor W. N. Dorsey are the candidates. If either is do ing any active campaigning it 1^ hard to visualize among voters who are having less to say than every before in a mayor s'race. In fact the general apathy about the matter has the political observers disturbed. They cannot figure it out. Two years ago the city race was a warm* affair, and four years ago it was even warmer with more than a half dozen candidates lined up at the starting point. But this year it la impossible to stir up an argument. To put it as one citizen declared yesterday, "the people just don’t seem to care very much. If they do no more voting than talking, no more than 250 votes will be cast.”' Rumors as to what this candidate or the other may do if elected have been scattered about the city, but for some reason or another they uut nau euougn pan 10 mem to get anyone excited. The Star in an effort to ascertain voting sentiment has asked dozens of citizens in recent days about the city races. The replies usually are something like this: "Don’t hear anything much about It. Good fish ing weather, isn't it?” And there you are. \ ror ju years tile city election in Shelby hits been one of the colorful events on the calendar. The entire' citizenry would get stirred up and for weeks nothing but the ejection would be talked. A week from Morj day the election will be held and far the interest has been leas than a contest for township constable. Mrs. Baker Dies At King Mount. Conner Resident of Shelby Passes* At Age of 66 Years. Husband . Survived. Mrs. Simpson Porter Baker, who for 16 years lived in Shelby where her husband, D. M. Baker, operated a hardware store, died in the Lta colnton hospital Monday night and was buried this afternoon at Kings Mountain at 2 o’clock. Funeral serv ices were conducted at the St. Mat thews Lutheran church with her pastor. Rev. C. K. Derrick..in charge, assisted by Rev. John Mauney, of Hickory’- Interment was * in the Mountain Rest cemetery. Mrs. Baker was born in Union county. S. C., in 1665 and was mar ried to Mr. Baker, April 29, 1884. She was a fine Christian woman and active in church affairs, a kind neighbor and sweet spirited char acter. In 1900 Mr. and Mrs. Baker moved from Shelby to Kings Moun tain where he was In the hardware business for a number of years and interested In the bank at that place. Surviving are the husband and one sister, Mrs. Esther M. Penny, of Greenville. S. C. A number of relatives from Shelby attended the funeral services in Kings Mountain this afternoon. Mr. Freeman Opens Cash Grocery Here J W. Freeman who has Just mov ed here from Hickory will open to-* morrow a each grocery store In the brick store room formerly occupied by the South Shelby Building and Loan association In South Shelby. Mr. Freeman will carry a general tine of heavy and fancy groceries. ’$