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VUL. XXXVU. No. 52
SHELBY, N. C,
FRIDAY', MAY 1, 1931 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
LA ft-; NEW.
Same Old Stcry.
Today’s North Carolina Weather
Report: Showers tonight and Sat
urday. Little change in tempera
ture.
Ask Cannon Out.
Nashville, Tenn., May 1.—“Com
munications,” asking resignation nS
Bishop James Cannon, jr„ will be
laid before the College of Bishops
of the Methodist Episcopal church.
South, which met here toda'J*. Bish
op J. M. Moore, Atlanta, secretary
of the college, said last night. Bish
op Moore declined to say whether
the “communications” were letters
•r petitions.
To Seek First
Degree Penalty
In King Hearing
May Or May Not Go
On Stand
Evidence Introduced In First Trial
Not Competent In New
Trial.
Rafe King, Shelby man, may or
may hot go on the witness stand in
his second trial which begins Mon
day at Lancaster, South Carolina.
Last week a dispatch from '^oik
stated that King desired to testify
in his own defense. One of his at
torneys, Clyde R. Hoey. asked yes
terday whether his client would be
a Witness stated that “it Will likely
depend upon the course the hear
ing takes and other developments ”
None of the evidence in the ih si
trial will be competent at the hear
ing next week except where the
same witnesses go on the stand and
testify. One or two of the witnesses
at the first trial have died since
then and their testimony will not be
a part or the new case.
There Is much interest in the
case in Shelby and over Cleveland
county as King, who was convicted
and sentenced to death at the lirst
trial on the charge Of killing Ins
wife, had lived here practically all
of his life and his wife was cnee n
teacher in the city schools. A num
ber of Shelby people will spend a
major portion of next week in Lan
caster attending the hearing.
No Compromise.
A dispatch Thursday from York
said:
“Widespread reports that the
state would be willing to comprom
ise the case against Rafe King for
some punishment lighter than the
death sentence were emphatically
denied here today by Solicitor W
Gist Finley.
“They are absolutely without
foundation,' was Solicitor Finley's
comment on the reports. He said
the state would be satisfied with
nothing less than the death pen
alty.
“He also said reports to the effect
that there will be a postponement
of the case are incorrect.”
Scout Honor Court
Here Monday Night
Will Be Last Court of Honor Until
Fall. Others At Summer
Camp.
The Shelby district court ol hon
or of the Piedmont council of the
Boy Scouts of America will be held
at, the county court house on Mon
day night, May 4th, beginning at
7:30 o’clock. This will be the last
court of honor meeting at Shelby
until the fall, all courts of honor
during the summer being held at
the Piedmont Boy Scout camp at
Lake Lanier.
Troops from Shelby, Lattimore,
Beiwood, Lawndale, Polkville, and
Mooresboro have been invited to
attend and participate in the work
of the court of honor.
Joe Whisnant is chairman of the
local court of honor and the follow
ing: are members of the court: W. E.
Abernethy, Arthur Benoy, Jean
Schenck. Charles Hoey, Dale Kal
ter, LindsAy Dali, Ralph Royster,
Z. J. Thompson, John McClurd,
John McArthur, Dr. Thos. Mitchell,
L. P. Holland, Max Washburn, Her
man Eskridge, R. W, Shoffner,
Willis McMurry and John P. Toms.
B. h. Smith is vice president of the
Piedmont council and Everett Hou
ser is chairman of the Shelby dis
trict committee.
Mrs. Putnam Dies At
Dover; Bury Saturday
Mrs. S. A. Putnam died Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock at her home in
the Dover mill village, following an
illness of five months. Mrs. Putnam
was 29 years of age and has been
living here for six years, coming
from Grier, S. C.'she Is survived by
her husband and one five months
old child and her parents, Mr. ard
Mrs. Wm. Sumer of 6rier, S C The
body will be taken to Grier for in
terment Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Mrs. Putnam has been a
member of the Methodist chinch
for twelve years.
Whiskey Cases
Top Others In
County Court
Convict In 118 Of
136 Cases
Over Half of All Cases Tried By
Kccorder Weathers Deal
With Liquor.
—
Prohibition law violations con
i tributed more than half of /he
work done by the Cleveland
county recorder’s court, accord
ing to the April report of Judge
Maurice R. Weathers.
A total of 136 cases were disposed
of during the month and of that
1 number 69 cases dealt twith some
! form of prohibition charge. Forty
j live of the 69 defendants in whisky
! cases were charged with being drunk
| and disorderly, while 24 were
>charged with manufacturing,.retail*
! ing, transporting or possessing
| whisky.
Assaults Second.
Assault cases ranked second with
I a total of 18. Ten larceny charges
| ranked third, and eight worthless
; check cases ranked fourth in num
[ ber.
I* Many Convictions.
| During the - month the county
| court is believed to have establish
| ed a record in percentage of con
victions. In the 136 cases tried only
18 defendants were acquitted, which
is to say that there were 118 con
victions in 136 cases.
Another unusual feature was that
during the month the county court
sent only two cases to the superior
court docket pn appeals or bonds.
Charges in the cases tried during
I the month were as follow:
| Prohibition charges, 69: assault,
118: larceny, 10; worthless checks,
eight; gambling, seven: fornication
and adultery, six; breaki.ig and en
tering, five; reckless driving, four;
j abductions, two; forgery, two: 1m
j proper license, two; non-support,
I two; vagrancy, one.
Former City Woman
| Dies In Henderson
{ Mrs. Bernard Starnback. nee
I Lois Beam, died Thursday morning
| at her home In Henderson, follow
ing an attack of pneumonia and
j complications. Mrs. Starnback was
! the daughter of Mrs. J. F. Beam and
| the late Dr. Beam of this place. She
is survived by her husband and two!
small daughters, three brothers,
Gordon, Claude and Will Beam, two
sisters, Mrs. Fletcher Daniels of.
Valdosta. Ga., and Mrs. Ethel Mc
Gee, of Memphis, Tenn.
It is understood funeral and in
j terment takes place today, at Hen
derson.
|_
j Weathers Withdraws
From Solicitor Race
Attorney Bynum E. Weathers who
, was one of the six local attorneys
i tp file his application for county so
licitor to fill out the unexpired term
of the late J. Clint Newton, has
withdrawn his application for the
position. Appointment will probab
ly be made Monday by the county
commissioners upon the recommen
dation of the county judge, M. R.
Weathers. Mr. Bynum Weathers
withdraws his application in order
to relieve his father who is a mem
ber of the county board of commis
sioners which makes the appoint
ment. from any embarrassment in
the matter.
Heiress Jailed in Killing
Prison fare doesn't seem very appetizing to Miss Helen joy Morgan,
heiress to a million-dollar fortune, shown in Flint, Mich., where she
is being held in connection with the slaying of her sweetheart, Leslie
Casteel (inset). At her arraignment she pleaded not guilty.
Farmers To Plant 5,000 Acres
Pedigreed Cotton Seed Here
These Seed Will Be Sold for He
planting'. Grown Under Strict
Supervision.
Between 5,000 and 5,500 t.m*3 of
land in Cleveland county will this
year be planted In, Cleveland Big
Boll No, 5 strains 2 and 3 from
which seed will be grown for sale
for re-planting next year. . I
It is understood that about 2,000
acres will be put in for the Coker
Seed farm aWHartsville, S. C.. v/hile
other farmers will raise seed for the
Dover Gin Co., on some 3,000 to 3,
500 acres on the same basts offered
by the Coker Seed Co.
Last year about 4,000 acres of cot
ton land was planted in the terri
tory west of Shelby for the Coker
Seed Co., under their persona! su
pervision and between 75,000 and
80,000 bushels of pedigreed awd pro
duced on this acreage is now being
sold throughout the cotton belt by
the Coker Company.
Farmers who grow these pure bred
seed realize about double the price of
the seed sold for crushing purposes.
Every precaution is taken to keep
the seed pure and unadulterated and
the cotton is ginned on a gin which
handles no other cotton but the one
particular kind.
Many other farmers are growing
pure bred cotton seed which they
market on their own accord, but this
year there will be the largest acre
age ever planted of pedigreed seed
for planting. It is understood that |
the Cleveland Big Boll Strain 5
grows a cotton which measures an
inch and a sixteenth in staple. This]
longer staple cotton of course brings
a premium on the market.
Cleveland county is known
throughout the cotton belt for its
pure-bred seed and Its uniform sta
ple of cotton.
SPECIAL SINGING SUNDAY
AT BEHOBETH MEMORIAL
The Deal family from Connelly
Springs, the Lawndale quartet and
Mr. Chess Smith and family will be
at the Rehobeth church nex‘ Sun
day. which is memorial day, to ren
der several musical numbers.
Likely To Postpone Revaluation Of
Property In This County This Year
Revaluation Left Up To Commis
sioners. Would Be Expensive
Now.
Revaluation of property in Cleve
land county, scheduled for this year,
will likely be postponed, The Star
learned today.
The general assembly this week
left the matter up to the commis
sioners of the 100 counties and they
may carry on the revaluation pro
gram this year or postpone it until
a time theyi consider mqre favor
able. It is known here that the
Cleveland county commissioners do
not consider it a good time to make
the revaluation. First of all, the re
valuation program would be a rath
er expensive job and would cost
j close to $10,000, an expenditure the
’ county would avoid with times as
! they are. In the second place It Is
'contended that property values are
i too fluctuating now for definite and
! correct values to ba fixed.
lip To Boards.
Raleigh. May 1.—The quadrien
nial revaluation of property in
Nortli Carolina, due to have started
January 1, a matter that caused ex
tensive and heated debate in the
general assembly In the early days
of the session and twice postponed
for short periods, is about to pass
almost unnoticed from public no
tice through a provision that the
county commissioners may cause
the property in their respective
counties to be revalued, , or make
minor 'adjustments and let it go at
that.
This provision is included in the
machinery act for 1931-33. It gives
the commissioners of the 100 coun
ties authority, in their discretion, to
carry through the revaluation of all
property, or they may, and there is
a suggestion in the bill that this be
done, use their past valuations,
merely adding values that have been
created since the last valuation and
removing those that have been de
stroyed. This is very much along
the line of the annual changes pro
vided in the law* requiring complete
tCONTINUEh Of* CAGE IEN.j
Taxpayers Rushing
Office Of Sheriff;
$74,000 Unpaid Yet
Three Men Kept Busy Yesterday
Collecting Taxes. List Over
Monday.
The busiest spot about Shelby
> csterday was the office of Sher
iff Irvin M. Allen as scores and
scores of late taxpayers filled
the office to pay their county
taxes before the delinquent list
was prepared for publication.
Such was the rush that the sher
ifi*and two assistants ”*had not *
leiSure moment from the time the
office opened until it closed.
Sheriff Allen stated today that
approximately $74,000 of the $484,
000 levy remains unpaid.
Today many people were still pay
ing their taxes, but the sheriff’s of
fice was directing Its efforts to pre
paring the delinquent list to be
turned over to the county commis
sioners at their meeting Monday.
The commissioners will approve the
delinquent list and order property
on which taxes are not paid adver
tised for sale.
May Day Programs
On In City Schools
Health Day Being Observed In
Schools With May Day
Fetes.
Hundreds of Shelby school ei ild
rent are today putting on programs
in a joint observance of May Day
and National Health Day. Interest
ing events have been arranged at
practically all of the elementary and
grammar schools.
A picnic dinner with parents at
tending wus held early In the after
noon at the Washington school and
Is being followed up this afternoon
with the school's annual trad: and
field day program.
At the Marion school this ettor
noon the annual Maypole dance and
festival will center about the crown
ing of the May queen, little Miss
Marie King.
At tire other schools there will be
Health Day exercises and other
events. No formal program ,v;as
staged at the high school with the
championship baseball game with
Forest City this afternoon holding
the limelight.
Lattimore Flower
Garden Gets Notice
The tulip gardens of Mr. Gideon
Price, at Lattimore. are attracting
considerable attention in neighbor
ing counties.
The following is from, the Avenue
column of The Gastonia Garotte;
“It is worth a trip up to Latti*
more to see the tulip garden of Mr.
Gideon Price, the rural mall carrier
who has 25,000 tulips in bloom.'said
Fred M. Allen
“One can run up there in an hour
and if a body can get off long
enough before dark to get up there
and see his display of flowers, it is
well worth it. John Beal and I went
up yesterday. While many of (lie tu
lips are gone, there are st*l! hun
dreds and hundreds in bloom Mr.
Price knows the names of all the
different varieties. He said thera
were three or four hundred p-iopie
at his place Sunday.”
Few Forecasts
Are Being Made
On Monday Vote
1,719 People Voted
In 1929
Over 500 New Voters WIU Be Ref
istered. Vote May Be Heavy
Or Light.
STAR WILL COMPILE
ELECTION RETI/RNS
Following the paper's usual
custom. The Star will on Mon
day evening compile the re
turns of the city election and
will he able to give out the re
sults just as soon as the votes
i are counted. No extra will be
issued, but the results may be
i secured by telephoning No. 1|
or watching The Star bulletin
j board.
So little In being said about
Monday’* city election In Shel
by that the pollUraf dopesters
are panted, and being punled
they are offering few predic
tions.
One campaigner bobs up with the
opinion that the vote Monday will
foe heavier than It was in 1929.
Another worker will immediately
scoff at such a prediction and fore
cast that the total vote will do well
to pass 1.000, and at best will'not
go over 1,500.
The Last Vote.
In 1929 the citizens of Shelby
cast ‘1,719 votes. The highest vote
was cast for alderman in ward one
where there were three candidates
making a run-off race necessary. In
the mayor's race two years ago 1,
712 votes were cast.
At that time the total registra
tion within the city was around 2,
600, of which 467 were new voters
were registered that year.
So far this year approximately
500 new voters have been registered
This number will likely be Increased
by tomorrow evening. Therefore If
interest in this year’s city ballot
battle were as keen as It was two
years ago, the total vote cast
should be around 2,000. That’s the
question: Is there as much Interest
as in 1929? Opinions differ.
Figures In 1929.
The vote for 1929, with the ex
ception of the ward two vote which
was erroneously omitted In The
Star report, was as follows:
For mayor—8. A. McMurry 1.000;
W. N. Dorsey 459; E. L. Beam 253.
Ward one, Alderman—(run-off)
P. M. Washburn 752; J. T. Ledford
222.
Ward two, alderman—Ab Jack
son winner over J. P. Jenkins.
Ward three. alderman—J. F.
Schenck, jr., 937; W. A. Broadway,
741.
Ward four, alderman—Z. J.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN. i
Two Contested Races
In Kings Mt. Election
There will at least be two con
tested offices in the Kings Moun
tain election to be held Monday.
W. K Mauney and B. 8. Peeler are
both seeking the office of mayor.
Six men are running for the coun
cil, while only five are to be elect
ed. These candidates are B. A.
Smith, W. P. Fulton, D. G. Ham
bright, J. M. Patterson, J. B. Mau
ney, Glee Bridges.
For the first time, the school
board will have five members In
stead of three. This was brought
about by the consolidation of
schools. The five candidates for the
school board are A. H, Patterson. D.
C. Mauney. L. P. Baker, J. L. Mau
ney and H. H. Houston.
Miss Beverly Attends
Her Mother’s Funeral
Miss Etta Beverly, head nurse at
the Shelby hospital was called to
her home in Anson county this
week to attend the funeral of her
mother, Mrs. J. M. Beverly who
died there on Tuesday. Miss Bev
erly was accompanied to Lilesville
by her niece Miss Frances Staten.
The funeral was held Wednesday
and Miss Staten has returned, but
Miss Beverly Is remaining over for
a few days.
New Justices Added
In No. 10 Township
A bill has been introduced In leg
islature this week by Representative
Henry' B. Edwards which is supple
mental to the omnibus bill for jus
tices of the peace. The amendment
adds three justices for a period of
two years In No. 10 township. They
are J. H. Costner, John T. Warllck,
;and M. N. Gantt
Sweeping Reduction In Taxes On
Land In County As Result Of Shift
Final Passage Luxury Tax Measure
Appears Sure; Assembly Near End
Place Solicitor
On Salary; Name \
A Deputy Clerk ,
——•— i
County C’oort Solicitor To Oct
91.800. Charlie Woodson Is
Deputy Clark.
A bill parsed the senate and
the house today in Raleigh
which places the solicitor re
corder's court in Cleveland
county on a salary basis In
stead of fees and created the
office of deputy clerk for re
corder’s court and superior
court.
The salary of the solicitor was
fixed at 81.800 per year. A new so
licitor will be appointed Monday to
succeed the late J. Clint Newton.
Charlie J. Woodson is named as
deputy court clerk to fill the office
created by the bill.
The saving made by changing the
solicitor from a fee basis to a sal
ary will take care of the $1,200 sal
ary to be paid the deputy court
clerk, it is said.
The bill making the changes will
be published in full in Monday’s1
8tar.
The news of the passage of the
bill came to The Star in a long dis
tance telephone call at 2 o’clock
from M. R. Dunnagan, The Star's
Raleigh correspondent.
0. M. Mull Speaks On
State - Wide Laws
O. M. Mull, former state execu
tive counsellor, spoke last nlfht at
the weekly Klwanls club luncheon,
giving a review of the state-wide
laws enacted by the present gen
eral assembly. Chiefly he gave a
resume of the more important
measures sponsored by the admin
istration -and his address was high
ly Informative and Instructive.
If the proposed commodity tax
becomes a law whereby the state
takes over the county road systems
and the six months schools, the
matter of property valuations will
no longer be any concern of the
state, thus ending a long controversy
as to the difference in values in the
various counties, said Mr. Mull.
Negro Wreck Victim*
Of Sunday Live On
Puschla Dogwood and her nephew
George Turner remain unconscious
at the Shelby hospital as a result
of injuries they received in an auto
accident Sunday while driving
across the highway at the fair
ground. Both have skull fractures.
The woman took a turn for the
worse last night and It was thought
she would not last through the
night but she was some better this
morning. Neither of the wreck vic
tims has spoken but apparently
recognized members of the family
at their bedside.
General Assembly May End Session
Next Wednesday. Senate
Approves.
Raleigh, May 1—Sales tax' pro
ponents continued their journey to
victory yesterday with the com'erees'
revenue measure. Including a lux
ury sales tax. sweeping through Its
second house reading by a 67 to 41
vote.
The measure comes up for a third
and final reading today, and all In
dications pointed to Its passage
with Its ultimate adoption by the
senate almost a certainty to close
the endurance session of tire gener
al assembly some time next week.
Total $5,000,000 Short.
Commissioner of Revenue Max
well estimates the conferees’ bill to
raise approximately $25,000,000 while
the appropriations bill now pending
in conference g|iends approximate
ly $30,000,000 a year, Including the
$18,500,000 annual fund to support
the six months' school under the
MacLcan law to relieve land of ad
valorem taxation.
Proponents of the luxury sales
tax, which collects its greatest
amount from a 20 per cent tax cn
cigarettes, tobaccos, and soft drin’es.
estimate it will yield $9,000,000 an
nually to balance the appropriations
measure.
The house. Instead of considering
the conferees' bill, discussed the
parliamentary point of whether it
could be amended.
argue for nmenamriu I
The proponents of the theory *hst
It could be amended, led by Ervin
of Burke. McRae of Mecklenburg,
Brooks and Young of Durham, con
tended that the new matter Includ
ed tn the conference report wee
open to amendment.
As It originally passed the house,
the revenue bill Included a general
sale* tax of one per cent. Tills was
stricken from the bill by the senate
to send It to committee for a 14
day deadlock, which was broken
yesterday with the conferees* ac
ceptance of the luxury sales tax.
Moves to amend the bill In the
house were voted down by a two-!
thirds majority when Speaker Willis
Smith was appealed from
The senate Wednesday night
adopted the conference report by 27
to 22, and If this vote holds In the
upper house, It Is possible for the
house to pass the bill on final read
ing today, with three more days
necessary for senate reading
Adjournment of the assembly v ac
set for next Wednesday, when it
will be 120 days old—just double the
sixty days for which the legislators
are paid $10 a day.
Aged Woman, Union j
Section, Dies, Age 84
Miss Jane Mode, 84 years of age,
died Wednesday morning at 4 o’clock
at the home of her nephew, J. M.
Mode In the Union community and
was buried Wednesday morning at
11 o’clock, the funeral services be
ing conducted by Rev. D. G. Warh
burn. Miss Mode was a member for
many years of Palm Tree Metlmdiit
church near Lawndale. One sister,
Susan, survives.
Price Agreed Upon For Forest Land
To Go In Smoky Mountain Park
93,000 Acres of Forest To- Become
Part of Government Park
Soon.
Washington, D. C., May 1.—Tim
berland totaling 93,000 acres in the
heart of the Great Smoky Moun
tains of North Carolina and Ten
nessee will pass into the keeping of
the government within a few weeks
for perpetual preservation in the
greatest national park of the east.
Representatives of the park com
missions of the two states reached
an agreement Wednesday with the
Champion Fibre company, owner of
the forest land, on the price to be
paid. The sum was not anonunced
because condemnation proceedings
on adjoining tracts are now under
way, but is known to run, into mil
lions- The deal will be consummat
ed within 10 days or two weeks
The tract involved contains 18
miles of the main Smoky range and
the finest mountain peaks in the
area. Among them are Le Conte,
6,593 feet high; Mt. Guyot, 6,621
feet, and Clingman's Dome, 6.642
feet. Next to Mt. Mitchell In North
Carolina these are the highest peaks
In Eastern America.
Scenic Marvels.
Scenic marvels In the area are the
Chimney Tops. Twin Rock Turrets,
and Alum Cave and Rainbow Falls.
The timber of this tract is described
as the largest body of virgin hard
wood and the heaviest stand of red
spruce remaining in Eastern Amer
ican. The tract will be added to
160,000 acres already turned over to
the government and purchase Is ex
pected to be completed soon on ad
ditional lands, either under option
or being condemned to bring the
area to the 425.000 acres which con
gress set as the minimum to be ac
quired by the state for presentation
to the government.
Considering the area being pur
chased from the Champion company
as the most important In the na
tional park, the members of the two
state commissions expressed confi
dence today that the purchase of
the remaining tracts would soon he
iCONTINUBO ON PAOJE HEN. i 1
To Cut School Tax
47 Cent.
Exact Amount of Reduction Cannot
Be Determined Yet. To Slasli
Road Tax.
Sweeping reductions in taxes on
real estate will come about in
Cleveland county by reason of the
state taking over the county roads
of North Carolina and the stale
faking over the six months school
term throughout the state, but It
cannot be determined yet Just what
the tax reduction on land *111 be
until the county commissioners do
some calculating.
Already the bill has passed and
become a law whereby the state
maintains the county road system
nf 40,000 miles by an increase in the
gasoline tax from five to six cents,
which tax was levied beginning;
April 1.
Conferees from the house mid
senate have ngrcod on a revenue
bill which shifts taxes from land
and puts it on so-called luxuries,
from which the state will obtain re
venue to run the school six months
out of each year. It Is highly prob
ably that this revenue bill will pass
both house and senate and be en
acted into law within a few days.
State Uses Gas Tax.
There is much local speculation as
to just what tax reduction there
will be on land. As each township
has its own highway district and a
separate levy. County Accountant
A. E. Cline says the reduction that
will come by reason of the state
maintaining county roads will vary
in each township. Under the one
cent gasoline tax which went on for
county uses two years ago, Cleveland
secured a refund of about *35.000—
this representing one cent per gal
(CONT1NUED ON PAGE TEN. I
Forest City Team
Plays Shelby Here
Important Group Championship
Game Scheduled For City Park
Today.
It was announced at noon to
day that If the Forest City-Shel
by came was rained out this
afternoon it would be played
here Saturday afternoon.
Unless Inclement weather pre
vents the rarest City and Shelbj
high school baseball teams are book
ed to oppose each other here this
afternoon for the group champion
ship in the State title race
Both clubs have won Stale UBm
in the past and both have stronj
aggregations this year. Baseball in -
terest is high in both towns and Re
ports have it that a large gmun of
Forest City fans will accompany
the Rutherford team here for fa»
contest.
Legion Will Stage
Membership Drive
Post Now Has More Members Thar
Ever Before. Colored Post
Planned.
Next week the Warren Hoyi#
American Legion Post is planning
intensive membership campaign in
which it is hoped to get practically
all ex-service men in this section in
the organisation.
The post now has 228 members,
more than ever before since it was
first organized.
During the campaign it is desired
to enroll enough colored veterans to
form a separate post for them.
County Physician
Issues Warning
Parents of Shelby and Cleveland
county were today warned by Dr.
D. F. Moore, county physician, that
children who have had contagious
diseases should not be permitted to
return to school too soon. A physi
cian should be consulted before they
an permitted to return. A few case*
of scarlet fever have been reported
In the county and there fcf a dan
ger of an epidemic because some ol
the children had scarlet fever,
thought It to be roseola, did not
have a doctor and returned to
school to soon.
Attend Meeting
Of Lions Club
Dr. Robert L. Wilson and Messrs.
Loy Thompson and Bill Osborne, of
the Shelby Lions club, attended the
inter-city meeting of the Lion's
clubs of the thirty-first district a*
North Carolina at Gastonia Wed
nesday night.