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LA TE NEW:
Fair Thursday.
Today’* North Carolina Weather
Report: Fair tonight and Thursday.
Not much change In temperature.
Fourteen Killed.
Gladewater, Texas, April 29.—
Fourteen men were believed killed
late yesterday when the wild Sin
cialr No. | Cole oil well, two miles
from here, exploded from a spark
caused by friction. Ten others were
Mured, five probably fataiiy. Most
of the injured were removed to a
hospital at Longview. Tom Cole,
part owner of the well, said he saw
a spark caused by the friction of
lowering tools into the well. He
ran, but got only a few feet before
the explosion dashed him to the
ground, scaring his back and hexd.
Will Name New
Solicitor Here
A tMeet Monday
Judge Weathers To
Recommend
Commissioners Will Fill Newton Va
cancy At Regular Board
Session.
A new solicitor of the Cleve
land county recorder’s court to
fill the vacancy caused by the
death of J. Clint Newton will
not be named until the county
commissioners bold their regu
lar monthly meeting on Mon
day.
This was announced today by A.
E. Cline, chairman of the county j
commissioners. Earlier In the week
it was believed that a special ses- j
sion of the county board mltht b* 1
held this week to fill the office. |
Weathers View.
It was also learned today that'
County Judge Maurice R. Weathers;
will make a recommendation to the
board for the appointment.
According to the law such ? rec- J
ommendation should be made by the
Judge In case of a vacancy and then I
the appointment must be approved!
by him. Monday Judge Weathers.;
stated that he would prefer not to
recommend any particular candi
date and would leave the appoint
ment, entirely with the comra'sjimi- j
ers /Since then, however, he has de
4 that he would make a recom
n$helation as that procedure is s,in
gested in the law covering the coun
ty court.
No Announcement.
Although he plans to recommend
an appointment Judge Weathers
would not say today Just what can
didate he would suggest as it is his
desire to make no public announce-!
ment until he goes before the board
Monday.
At least five candidates are known
to be receptive applicants for the of
fice. They are Attorneys W. S Ream,
C. B. McBrayer, P. Cleveland Gard
ner, Bynum Weathers and Horace
Kennedy.
Change Planned.
Information has it that a legis
lative bill is now being prepared for
making a change in the fee basis of
the solicitor’s office and perhaps
other changes in connection with
the county court. Pull details of the
bill, which will likely be Introduced
In the general assembly, should he
available for Friday’s Star.
Charge Attack
On Young Girl
Paul Barges* Jailed At Rntherford
ton For Allged Assault
On GirL
Rutherfordton, April 29—Paul
Burgess, 22, son of Q. P. Burgess,
of Henrietta, was lodged in jail here
yesterday facing a charge of crim
inally assaulting a 17-year-old white
girl of near CUffside.
He waived examination before
County Recorded Fred McBrayer
and will likely be tiled here before
Judge Hoyle Sink at the May term
of criminal court.
Two physicians who examined the
girl declared that an attack had
been committed.
Burgess is held In Jail without
bail.
It is understood that Burgess took
the girl and another couple out for
a ride Sunday night near Forest
City. Returning he left one girl at
her home In Caroleen, the man at
his home la Henrietta and took the
attacked girl north of Henrietta
ab'eit a mile.
V/hen 'he found out his lnten-!
lions, she said, she jumped out of
the car and ran. Burgess overtook
her, she said, and both fell over a
four-foot embankment in the scuf
fle. Her body and arms were badly
bruised. Burgess took her home and
went to hi.* hhrrte she added.
Ticket Ready
For City Vote
Here Monday
No School Board
Contests
Three Contorts For Board of Aider
men. Cox Does Not
Announce.
'When the filing time closed
for the city election Monday a
total of 14 candidates bad for
mally announced, two for may
or, seven for the city board and
five for the school board.
No new announcements were
made Just before the filing books
closed, Dr. B. M. Jarrett, candidate
for alderman In ward four, being
the last to announce.
For School Board.
There will be no contests on the
school board. Four of the announc
ed candidates are members of the
present board while the fifth, J.
Lawrence Lackey, is without opposi
tion. H. Clay Cox, present member
of the school board In ward three,
the Lackey ward, did not announce
for re-election. In stating- that he
would not announce Mr. Cox said
"Mr. Lackey is a friend and neigh
bor of mine and I think he would
make the board a good member.”
During his two years on the board
Mr. Cox displayed much interest in
the activities of the city schools
and was a valuable member of the
board.
Board Race.
John Schenck, Jr., ward three
alderman, is the only city board
candidate without opposition. In
ward one Alderman P. M. Wash
bum is opposed by J. F. Ledford,
former alderman. In ward two R. D.
Crowder and D. W. Royster are
rival candidates, and in ward four
Alderman Z. J. Thompson is op
posed by Dr. B. M. Jarrett.
Print Tickets.
Tickets are being printed this
week for Monday’s election.
Approximately 400 now voters
have registered 60 far, Frank H.
Kendall, city registrar, said today.
Full Ticket.
The full ticket fpr Monday's vot
ing follows:
For mayor—8. A. McMurry end
W. N. Dorsey.
Far alderman, ward one—P. M.
Washburn. J, F. Ledford^
Ward two—D. W. Royster, R. D.
Crowder. ^
Ward three-John F. Schenck, Jr.
Ward four—Z. J. Thompson, B.
M. Jarrett.
School Board.
Ward one—Roger Laughridge.
Ward two—Tom Gold.
Wgrd three—J. Lawrence Lackey.
Ward four—L. P. Holland.
Member-at-large—Thad C. Ford.
Boxer Is Out Of
Ring For The Year
It was learned today that Babe
Carr, young Shelby boxer and one of
the most promising lightweights in
the two Carolinas, will not be able
to go in the ring any more tills year
due to injuries suffered in an auto
wreck some weeks ago. Car had two
ribs cracked and his back injured
and physicians here informed him
that he cannot box any more dur
ing the year. He is planning on a
vacation trip to Nevada until he Is
again able to enter the ring.
MacMillan Plans To Fly Across
Atlantic And Back This Summer
To Take Another Pilot With Him
On Jump In Swift
Plane.
Los Angeles, April 29.—In the
role of a trans-Atlantic filer whose
goal is the first round trip crossing
of the north Atlantic by airplane.
Commander Donald M. kaeMillan.
veteran explorer of the Arctic, will
attempt to fly hack and forth be
tween Boston and London this sum
mer.
A swift monoplane, a Lockheed
Vega, the same design of ship in
which many transcontinental speed
records have been set, will be used,
it was announced today. A Los
Angeles filer, Charles F. Rochelle,
will pilot the ship.
As the grey-haired veteran of the
Polar regions and his pilot fly the
ocean wastes, they will keep a
[watchful eye for any signs that may
indicate the fate of two daring
Frenchmen, Captain Charles Nun
gesser and Francois Coll, who tried
to fly from Paris to Now York in
1927 and never were heard from
again.
j Commander MacMillan long has
{entertained the theory Nungesser
and Coli, harried by the fog men
ace of the North Atlantic, flew into
barren Labrador and crashed.
A third purpose also enters iuto
the ambitious program. The ex
plorer said he has been asked by
the Great Northern Atlantic Air
ways to demonstrate the feasibility
of airplane travel between the con
tinent and the United States by a
route across Labrador. Greenland,
Iceland and the Faroe islands. That
will be the course he and Rochelle
will follow. *
The take off Is set for June 21.
Leaving Boston, the two will steer
a course to Labrador, where they
will make a search for the White
Bird, then continue to London. If
successful, they will fly back to
Boston as soon as possible.
Their ship is designed to cruise
2800 miles at speeds between. 180
and 190 miles art hour
Held in Triangle Shooting
The confession of James De Pew, slander debonair shiek, that
he shot John T. Conlin during an attempted holdup to get funds for
Mrs. Amy eonlon to enable her to seek a divorce in Reno, has brought
to New York police a replica of the famous Synder-Gray triangle.
The 40-year-old wife and 27-year-old accused man (both above)
planned to marry as soon as the divorce mill at Reno cut the marital
bonds, according to De Pew. w
Rate King Gets Many Flowers
In Lancaster Jail; Stage All
Set For Trial Opening Monday
Deadline Near
For Tax Paying
Tomorrow, Thursday, is (he
last day in which county tast
es may be paid before the
sheriff's office starts prepar
ing the delinquent list for
publication in The Star.
Tax collections are approx
imately $25,000 behind the
usual collections and at the
sheriffs office it is hoped that
a big portion of the unpaid
taxes come in today and to
morrow and before the list Is
ftnally made np for publica
tion.
Kings Mountain Has
Two Candidates Now
Kings Mountain, April 29.—Break
away from the usual custom follow
ed by all politicians in the past of
not announcing themselves for of
fice until the day of the election,
two men have filed notice of their
candidacy for mayor of Kir.gr
Mountain.
W. K. Mauney, president and
manager of the Mauney mills in
Kings Mountain and B. S. Peeler,
secretary of the Elmer Lumber com- j
pany, have definitely announced
themselves for mayor.
No one has given any notice of
their candidacy for the city council
or the city schooK board.
At the election, which will be held
next Tuesday, there will be elected
a mayor, five councilmen and three
members of the city school beam.
The present officers of the town
are Wiley H. McGinnis, mayor; W.
P. Fulton, Raymond Cline Joe
Neisler, E. W. Griffin and G. D.
Hambright, city councilmen; and A,
H. Patterson, Doris Mauney and Dr
L. P. Baker, members of city school
board.
Shelby Man Also Gets Samples of
Lancaster Cooking. Little
Delay Seen.
Since being moved to the Lan
caster Jail, to be ready for the
opening of his second trial Mon
day, Rate King, former Shelby
man has received many flowers
and samples of Lancaster cook
ing.
This is learned from a 'YhikviUe
Enquirer article concerning the ap
proaching trial.
The Enquirer sayst
"The case of the state against Rate
long, indicted And con vie tori once
'for the murder of his wife at Shar
on. will be called In the court of
general sessions at Lancaster next
Monday at 10 o’clock
"The state and defense counsel
both say they are ready for trial
without any delay. The first trial at
Chester elicited perhaps the most in
tense and most widespread public
interest of any single trial ever held
in this state. The indications are
that interest in the second trial will
equal that in the first trial held in.
July, 1929.
“The surroundings will bo quite,
different this time, however. At
Chester, the codrt house, telegraph
and telephone facilities, and hotel
accommodations were superior for
the dozen star newspaper reporters!
covering the trial. At Lancaster ail
these are different. The court room
will barely hold the people having
a real and vested interest in the
trial, without any curious spectators
who numbered thousands frjrn all
over South Carolina at. Chester,
"King has been in the Lancaster
jail for a couple of weeks and says
he finds the accommodations very
satisfactory. His cell could not hold
all the flowers he received, and
they overflowed into the jail win
dows and even the floor of the cor
ridor. He also was sent many sam
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Injured Negroes
Still Unconscious
Two of the three negroes serious
ly Injured Sunday in an automobile
clash at the fairground are still in
the hospital in an unconscious con
dition. Fuschia Dogwood who has a
skull fracture and multiple fracture
of the lower jaw has rallied some
what at times and apparently recog
nized those at her bedside. George
Turner, the 12 year old youth who
also has a skuil fracture is in a very
serious condtion. Dora Dogwood,
aged colored woman, shows some
improvement. She has a broken
shoulder bone.
May Day Program
At Marion School
On Friday afternoon. May 1, at
1:30 o’clock, the public is cordially
invited to the Marion school for a
May Day program.
At this time out on the lawn, the
May Queen will be crowned. Follow
ing this many pupils dressed in
costume will entertain the queen
and her attendants with attractive
games and dances Including the
May pole.
At the conclusion of this program
there will be various contests on
the athletic field
j C. S. Young
Quits Grocery
Firm To Farm
Vice President To
Succeed Him
Has Been With A. Blanton Grocery
For 22 Year*. Succeeded By
('has. W. Laoghrldfe.
C. 8. Young, for 23 years an of
ficial of the A. Blanton Grocery
2o„ wholesalers, has resigned his
position as manager to devote his
time to his farming interests and
will be succeeded by Chas. W.
Laughridge, vice president Of the
company. Mr. Laughridge has been
a member of the firm tor 30 years
and takes charge as active manager
this week when Mr. Young relin
quishes his post to give personal at
tention to his farm ana a sub-divi
sion which he Intends to develop on
the western edge of the city.
The A. Blanton Grocery Oo. is one
of the oldest wholesale grocery firms
In Western Carolina and at one
time maintained Warehouses and
branch offices at Morganton. Spruce
Pine, Marlon and Shelby. Efforts
are now centered on the stores at
Shelby and Marion—the Shelby
store being the larger of the two.
All Serve Long.
; Mr. Young received his early
training in the mercantile business
with the 8tamey brothers at Falt
ston. Mr. Laughridge came to Shel
by from McDowell county, the home
of his friend and co-founder of the
business, the late Ab Blanton.
All members of the organization
have served faithfully with the
firm through a period of many years
so Mr. Young naturally severs his
business relations with regret. Mr.
Laughridge who becomes manager
is the oldest In point of years ol
service having rounded out a con
nection of 30 years;'Mr. Young has
served 22 years; Roger Laughridge
23 years; Miss Poy Moore 13 years;
Connelly Eskridge IS years! Hugh
Mauney 11 years; Grady Mauney 9
years and Leland Jones 8 years, a
total of 131 years.
Mr. Ypung who turns to farming
has 221 acres on the western edge
l of the city. This acreage constituted
the Whisnant ftnd Wray farms.
Then in No. 3 township he has 40
acres which will command his at
tention.
District Club
Meeting Here
Federation Of Home, Demonstration
Clubs In Three Counties Meets
Saturday.
On Saturday. May 2nd, the Fed
eration of Home Demonstration
Clubs for the 4th districtwill meet
at the South Shelby school from 11
a? m. to 3 p m.
This is the first meeting of the
district and it is hoped that every
club member in the three counties
will attend. Each lady will bring
box lunch and these will be spread
together as is the usual custom with
all federation meetings.
An interesting program is being
prepared which will be followed by
a business meeting. The president
of each club and one member, nam
ed b,y the president, are ashed to
come by ten-forty-ttve in order to
be ready for opening at eleven
prompt.
Those members who have flowers
plet.se consider themselves on the
decoration committee and bring
them to make the auditorium look
cheerful and hospitable.
iEskridge Elected
Bankers* Official
Shelby Banker Second Vice-Presi
dent Of State Banking
Group.
Mr. Forrest Eskridge, cashier of
the Shelby First National Bank and
Union Trust Company, was yester
day elected second vice-president of
the North Carolina Bankers' Asso
ciation at their Annual convention
at Plnehurst.
Mr Eskridge was previously third
vice president and his moving up
means that in 1933 he will oecome
president of the association
R. ML Hanes, of Winston-Salem,
was elected president; Robert N.
Page, of Aberdeen, first vice pmi
dent; and E. B. Crow of Raleigh,
third viep.presidrtH ,
Office Change
j diaries 8. Toan« (above) has #*
i signed as manager of the A. Blan
ton wholesale grocery firm here,
one of the oldest business organize -
thins in the section which he has
headed for some time. He is suc
ceeded by Mr. Chws. C. Laugh ridge
(below), for years an official of the
same firm. (Star Photos)
Cleveland Students
Get College Honors
Two Cleveland coanty yoiyig peo
ple were honored'last week by be*
lng chosen to head the B. Y. P U.
departments of their respective col
leges. Miss Elizabeth Elam of Kings
Mtn., director of the work at Mere
dith college, and A. V. Wash
burn Jr., of the Double Springs >rc
tion, director of the work at Wake
Forest. These young people are
making fine records In their school
work and are to be cohgr.V. dated
upon this fine opportunity for ser
vice.
Sell County Notes;
According to an advertisement in
The Star today $25,000 worth of
Cleveland county notes will be sold
In Raleigh Tuesday by the local
government advisory commission.
The notes are being sold In order to
defray county school expenses until
taxes are collected under the pres
ent levy’.
Moonshiners May Have Killed Young
Rutherford Farmer Near Henrietta
Body of Carl Hensley Found Near
Site Where Large Still Was
Confiscated.
Forest City, April 28.—II was un
derstood here yesterday afternoon
j that officers are working on the
clue that Carl Hensley, 23-year-old
farmer, who was found lying un
| conscious on a side road in the Pea
Ridge section of this county Mon
day morning, and who died In a
few minutes after being found, was
ambushed by moonshiners who fear
ed that be would tell officers of
their activities.
Sheriff J. E. McFarland was still
Investigating the case and could
not be reached by phone. The sher
iff’s office could not give out much
information about tbe case bui
sta'ed that a 75-gallon capacity
copper still had been captures
about 100 years from whore Hensley
was found.
• One Man Arrested.
One man was arrested, Privette
Hardin, and a warrant has been is-1
sued for.another man charged « If hi
operating a still.
One thousand gallons of beer, five
gallons of liquor and some wine were
confiscated by the officers.
While Hardin and the other man
are not charged with the murder of
Hensley, there are several others
who are under suspicion and an
early arrest Is expected.
That Hensley met his death
through violence of some nature
was evidenced by a large blue spot
on the left side of his head, where
he was struck by some heavy Instru
ment. The coroner’s jury rendered
a verdict that he had met his death
from the hands of a person or per
>ons unknown.
He was found Monday morning
>y a negro was notified a Mr Har
iln nearby. Mr Hardin, seeing that
"he young man was still breathing,
secured some water and bathed his
face. While he was doing this
young Hensley died.
He was last seen by his mother
Sunday night, when he told her he
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Sam 0, Andrews, Well
Known Citizen, Shot
Himself Early Today
Used .32 Pistol To End Life In Bedroom This
Morning. Declining Health Brought On
Worry. Funeral Services To Be Held On
Thursday Afternoon.
Samuel 0. Andrews, well known 67-year-old Shelby man.
grandson of the man who gave the land on which the city is
built, fatally shot himself this morning at 8:30 o'clock while
in the bedroom of his home on South Washington street.
Lattimore Case
Appeal Heard
Briefs Taken Up Yesterday By
Supreme Court. Decision
l* ter.
The appeal of J. J. Lattimore,
convicted in superior court here on
banking charges in connection with
the former Cleveland Bank and
Trust company, was heard yester
day by the North Carolina supreme
court in Raleigh.
The appeal was not argued oral
ly but was submitted In legal briefs.
It will be a week or 10 days and
possibly longer before the high court
will hand down a decision.
The legal questions on which the
appeal was based centered, it la
said, to a considerable extent around
the jury charge,
Lattimore Finals
Start On Friday
Three-Act flag Friday Nlxht. it
" Dr. Well. **
Commencement exercises are oo
this week-end at the Lattlmore high
school with the major portion of
the finals program Friday night
and Saturday.
Friday night at 8 o'clock the high
school will present an entertaining
three-act play, "The Belle of Bar
celona.” About 45 students will par
ticipate in the play.
8atarday Afternoon
Hie annual address to the grad
uating class will be made Saturday
afternoon at 3 o’clock by Dr. Beno
Wall, pastor of the Shelby First
Baptist church..
Diplomas will be awarded the grad
uates at that time.
Saturday night the senior '•’m*
will present a three-act comedy,
"Nothing But the Truth.” The com
edy will begin at 8 o'clock.
All exercises will be held In the
high school auditorium and Prof
Lawton Blanton, other members of
the faculty, the seniors and other
students extend a general Invita
tion for the public to attend.
Resume of State Laws.
A resume of state laws will be
given Thursday night at the regu
lar weekly meeting of the Klwanis
club. The program Is In charge of
the publicity committee.
Mr. Andrews, a member of one of
the most prominent families of tbi*
section end widely connected to
Cleveland end Rutherford ceunttw,
bed been In declining health 3s?
severs! years, Hll health had sot
improved any after an operation a
year or so ago and for a month or
two he had been unable to continue
his work.
Heard Muffled Shot.
About the time other members of
his family started to call him to
breakfast this momng they heard
a muffled report In his bed room on
the second floor which sounded as
If a chair had fallen over. Rushing
to the room he was found lying on
the floor In a pool of blood, a bul
let wound In his right temple. He
was still living but unconscious.
A hurried call was made for ah
ambulance and, Dr. Tom Brice Mit
chell. a neighbor, waa called. About
the time the ambulance arrived It
was decided that moving him then
would Increase the flow of blood and
hasten his death. He died about 30
minutes later, or around 30 min
utes after the shot was heard.
The gun used was a .33 pistol, the
property of a son. It had bean
around the residence for some
months but no X2 cartridges wers
known to -have been in the house.
Mr. Andrerii yesterday afternoon
had made an Inquiry of Deputy
Jerry Runyan about some .32 cart
ridges and learned that the officer
used a .38 eeltbre gun instead of p
.32. Presumption is tfiat he then
purchased or secured some S3 cart
ridges somewhere In the city..
Members of the family knew that *
he had been in UL health and some
what worried about himself but they
had not realised the worry waa
| bearing so heavily upon him.
Funeral Thursday.
Funeral* services will be held
Thursday afternoon at 4:30 at the
residence, conducted''by his pastor,
Rev. H. N. McDlarmtd of the Pres
byterian church. Burlsa win follow
In Sunset cemetery. - - .
His widow, who waa Miss Emma
Hamrick, a daughter of the lata
Sheriff M. N. Hamrick, and the fol
lowing children survive: Messrs.
William and Robert Andrews, of
Shelby: Miss Sue Andrews, of Char
lotte, who was at heme this week:
and Mrs. Joe Lacy, of Montgomery.
Alabama.
surviving also Is one stater, Mrs
J. L. Webb, widow of Judge Junes
L. Webb. Mrs. Webb end her daugh
ter. Mrs. O. Max Gardner, were in
New York on a visit. They were lo
cated there this morning, bdwever,
and will reach Shelby in time for
the funeral services tomorrow.
Mr. Andrews, who was known by
hundreds of people in Cleveland
and Rutherford counties, was the
son of the late Dr. W. P. Andrews,
one of Shelby's primary citizens and
leaders. He was the grandson of
Mr. Jimmy Love, prominent land
owner, who gave the plot of ground
on which Shelby is erected.
The family has been prominent
in county affairs for many years
and the tragic death of Mr. An
drews this morning cast a pall of
gloom over the section. He was a
kind-hearted, cheerful man who wa3
highly esteemed by his hundreds of
fi-wids. Although not in good health
for some time he was a regular vis
itor in the business section and was
one of the best known figures in
uptown Shelby. The South Wash
ington residential section of Shelby
was originally a portion of the I<ove
Andrews family and the Andrews
family had always lived there.
Partly Dressed.
otner members or the family go
ing down to breakfast this mnrpjpg
noticed, it is said, that he had start
ed to arise and before the muffled
report in the room was heard they
had wondered why be had not come
on down. When found he was part
ly clothed.
! Miss Margaret Tedder, age n
years, experienced a thrill yester
day when she pulled a two pcmtuv
t'8» from LaSu JUtre,