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10 FACES TODAY Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons, (IT Mail, oer year, Ha ilniHi _ »i.M, Carrier. oer year, (la adeaneei _ yi.wi | LA TE NEWC 'A Fair Saturday? 1 oday's North Carolina Weather Keport: Fair tonight and Saturday except possibly showers in extreme vest portion Saturday afternoon. >ilghtly warmer in west portion to tight. Heavy Rains Here. Cleveland county and suurrounc Ing section were struck yesterday by a heavy rain accompanied by slight ball and wind which covered the two Carolinas. Slight damage was done, it is said, by the hail in one or two sections of the comity, but nowhere was there enough hail to do murh damage. The rain was for several hours one of the heaviest te fall here In years. Heavy Traffic Between Shelby And Mooresboro * Auto Per Minute On Highway Total Of 1.327 Vehicles Pass Point On Highway In One Oay. Sec ond In District. In 24 ’ honrs time 1,327 ve hicles passed a given point on Highway 20 between Shelby and Mooresboro, according to a traffic count made one day last month. The majority of the vehicles were motor cars. That count means that almost one vehicle per minute passed along the highway during the 24 hours. Second Heaviest. The Sheiby-Mooresboro point was the second heaviest traffic spot in the eighth highway district, the heaviest be!n| between Valdese and Connelly Springs, on Highway TO, where 2.093 vehicles passed in one day; The third heaviest traffic point in the district was on Highway 20 between Shelby and Kings Moun tain with 1,109 vehicles passing in one day. Traffic decreases from Charlotte west it is shown by the count made. Between Charlotte and Gastonia 3.129 vehicles passed in one day, while the traffic between Bessemer City and Kings Mountain was 2, 764, or more than twice that be tween Kings Mountain and Shelby. The heaviest traffic point in the State was on the highway between Thomasville and High Point where 6,419 vehicles passed during the day, which was nearly five per min ute. The second heaviest traffic point in'the State was between Ra leigh and Carey. Tax Listers To Begin Monday Appointments Made In Various Townships For List Takers. Farm Census Also. Eleven township tax listers will begin on Mtsiday listing all prop erty and poll in Cleveland county for 1931, according to an announce ment made today by It. L. Weath ers, county tax supervisor who had the list takers here to receive their supply of blanks and instructions as to values. In this issue of The Star will be found the appointments of the list takers In the various townships for the month of May. Those who fail to list their property and poll will be penalized by law. Names Of Listers. Listers for the various townships are J. A. McCraw, No. 1 township; W, C. Hamrick No. 2 township; A. A. Bettis No. 3 township; H. B. Stowe No. 4 township; M. P. Har relson No. 5 township; T. P. Jenks NO. 6 township; R. W. McBrayer No, 7 township; B. P. Jenkins No. 8 township; C. S. Beam No. 9 town ship; M. N. Gantt No. 10 township and A. A. Horton No. 11 township. In addition to the listing of prop erty and poll, there will be a farm census taken. All property owners will be required to report the acre age of each crop, amount of land ly ing out, number of bearing fruit trees and tons of fertilizer used. This farm census is required by state law, but is not for taxation purposes. County Club To Meet Tuesday At Grover On Tuesday evening. May 12, at 8 o'clock the Cleveland County club will hold its monthly meeting at the Grover high school. J. Lester Herndon has charge of the program and says he has an interesting of fering for the members. - 11 v Poultrymen To Meet Saturday Afternoon R. W. Shoffner, county farm agent has called a meeting of poultrymen to be held in the court house here Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock. All poultry raisers in the county are ur gently invited to attend as business <»f Importance is to come up. Rafe King Given Life Term In Prison This Morning At 9:05 Bill Combining County Offices Here Is Passed i Consolidated Office Goes To Cline Hereafter No Commissioner Can Be County Auditor. Salary Same. The MeSwain bill, as amend ed in the house by Representa tive Henry B, Edwards, to eon solldate three Cleveland county offices passed the senate In Ra leigh yesterday and became a law. The consolidation combines into one office the offices of county ac countant, county auditor and coun ty tax supervisor, the consolidated office to be known as county audi tor and the present county auditor manager, Mr. A. E. Cline, is named in the law to fill the office until the next election. The salary, $3, 000, is the same that he how draws. Appointive. A feature of the consolidation is that after the present term no mem ber of the county board of commis sioners may hold the office as the auditor is to be appointed by the board. Mr. Cline, who is named to the office is now a member of the board and chairman, but after the present term no commissioner can be named to tile post. The bill was introduced early in assembly session by Senator Peyton McSwain. The original bill named Mr. Cline to the office but required that he resign from the board to accept the consolidated office. There Was some sentiment against this measure as it was contended that he had been elected by the people to the board and should therefore complete the term. When the bill reached the house it was amended by Representative Edwards to per mit Mr. Cline to complete the re mainder of the term as commission er. Another amendment made the office appointive Instead of elective. The reason advanced for this change was that the office of audi tor, or fnanager, is one in which the holder of the office must cut expenses and save on every possible purchase, a task that might not be popular as interests which might not relish an economical manage ment would fight at election time. With this in view, to keep the of fice out of politics and on a busi ness basis, the office was made ap pointive. Comes Back Up. With State measures taking up the major attention of the Senate the bill did not come back up until yesterday when Senator McSwain accepted the bill as amended and had'it passed in the Senate to fin al ratification. Harris Opens New Insurance Office Mr Will C. Harris has opened a new real estate and insurance of fice in the second floor of the Whisnant building. North LaFayette street, over the McKinney market. Mr. Harris, formerly associated with Oliver Anthony in the realty busi ness in the Linebeger building, now has the general agency for the Con tiental isurance company in addi tion to his real estate business. New City Board To Take Office On June 1; No Changes Until That Date Shelby’s new city board* in which there will be only one change from the present board, will take office on Mon day, June 1, and changes in city employes and policies, if any, will not be made until that time. ». As a result of the biennial elec tion Monday of this week there will be only one new face and the meet ing of the city officials Monday evening. June 1. The new officer will be Alderman D. W. Royster, representing ward two, now rep resented by Alderman Ab Jackson who did not seek reelection. The others, Mayor S. A. McMurry and Aldermen P. M. Washburn, John Schenck, jr., and Z. J, Thompson, were all reelected. “I presume the board will hold si meeting on the night of June 1, aft er the new member of the board i£ sworn in.” Mayor McMurry stated today. "Ii any changes of any type are made, they will not be made oi announced until that time.” The mayor had nothing more tc say when asked if any changes ir city employes are likely, preferring to wait until a regular session of the newly elected board is held. He did not even intimate that there are possibilities of changes, although general rumor about town has had it that there might be one or two changes in some of the city depart ments. Hold Meeting. A called meeting of the present city board, attended by the mayor and Aldermen Washburn, Schenck and Thompson, was held Wednes day night. At this meeting a rep resentative of a special gas stove concern, appeared and asked that he be given permission to demon strate his stoves here. This per mission was granted, but the board did not express itself further about the matter. 18 Gallons Booze, Five Gallons Home Brew Nabbed In Raid Today Eighteen gallons of corn whis key and five gallons of home brew were captured about 10:30 this morning by county and city officers at the home of Jim Por ter, white, three and a half miles cast of Shelby on the C’herryville highway. The whiskey, stored In 36 lialf-gallon fruit jars, was found in a shed near the Porter home, and the five gallons of home brew in the house. Porter was not at home when the raid was staged bat his two sons, Eddleman, 18, and Jesse, 15, were brought to the city by the officers and held in custody at the court house. About 30 or 40 minutes later officers found Porter and brought him In. All three were still in custody at noon. Officers in the raid were I Sheriff Irvin M. Allen, Police Chief McBride Poston, City Of- j fleer B. O. Hamrick, and Depu ties Bob Kendrick and Buren Dcthnon. To Collect Ballot Boxes In County And State If Expenses Are Assumed; Boxes Now At Precincts, Mull Says Name Solicitor At Meet Today ; Decide On Taxes A new solicitor of the Cleveland county recorder's court will be named some time this afternoon by the called meeting: of the county commissioners. Chairman A. E. Cline stated at noon. Un confirmed rumors have it that Attorney W. Speight Beam will get the appoint ment, but today reports were that a surprise appointment might be made. It could not be foretold at noon whether the commis sioners would reach a final decision on the tax advertis ing and sale matter. It is probable, however, that be fore adjourning this afternoon they will decide whether to go ahead now and advertise and sell property for unpaid taxes or postpone the sale until fall. This morning's session was given over to instruction of tax listers for the listing of personal property. ■ | Postpone May Day At Boiling Springs The May day festival at Boiling Springs college scheduled to be held yesterday afternoon has been post poned, because of inclement weath er, until Monday afternoon, May 11. Jane Irvin will be crowned May queen and Hubert Huggins May king. There will be folk dances and other features. Four Shelby Men Succeeded Selves In Wednesday's Star it was er roneously stated that Mayor S. A. McMurry was the second mayor to hold office for two consecutive terms. Three other mayors held of fice for two or more consecutive terms. They were Mr. Joe L. Suttle and the late Col. J. T. Gadner and the late Mr W. H. Jennings Edwards Introduces BUI To Assem ble Bailey-Pritchard BaUot Boxes. If the United States senate In vestigating committee will give as surance that the boxes will be safe guarded and returned and all ex penses borne, the ballot boxes In the Bailey-Prltchard senatorial election in Cleveland county will be assembled at the office of the superior court clerk, sealed and turned over to the committee. This was decided Wednesday when the general assembly passed a resolution, introduced by Repres entative Henry Edwards, of Cleve land county, authorizing Governor Gardner to make the move when the requirements are met. It is presumed, however, that such a move will be postponed, un (CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN.) Veteran McCall Joins Gen. Johnson Was a Member of Capt. Wells Com pany. Burled At Lucas Cemetery. David J. McCall, known to many as “Uncle Dave,” a veteran of the Civil war, died May 1 at the home of a nephew, Will Fortenberry, near Kings Mountain and was buried on the following day at the Lucas cemetery. Funeral services were con ducted by. Prof. Devenny and Rev. C. E. Ridge. Mr. McCall would have been 84 years of age had he lived until May 16th. He Jived most of his life in upper Cleveland and was the last member of a well known family. He was a good natured character and always ready to talk about the war and his comrade Capt. Wells. He would grow enthusiastic about the South and the old Southern sol diers as he related with color, the story about the Yankees closing in them near Raleigh and Gen. Wane Hampton riding across a bridge that had been dynamited by the Yan kees. Leland F. Crowder has an inter esting letter which Mr. McCall wrote home during the Civil war showing sgme of the hardships that he en countered. Young Girls Given Orders To Depart Three young girls, facing disorder ly conduct charges of varying types, were among the defendants in the county court here this morning. Two of the girls, dressed in over alls, were picked up last night in the Lovers’ Lane section on disor derly conduct charges. The third, neatly dressed, came from the Gro ver section and was charged with drunkenness. She was taxed with the costs and given a suspended sentence. The t others were taxed the costs and ordered to leave the county. Today’s Boost (Charity and Children.) Cleveland county farmers are making their plans on liv ing at home and boarding at the same place this year. While Cleveland Is a great cotton county they are de termined to raise plenty to eat this year for man and beast. They are going tor com and wheat, and if they do, want and hunger will give them little trouble. Hoorah for Cleveland: Autos, Clothing Stolen In Raid Here Wednesday Rob Eskridge Garage, Cohen’s Store Get Six Suits, Shoes, Brand New Car. Another Car Stolen Tuesday. Another robbery wave swooped down upon Shelby this week and two automobiles, one stolen from the storage room of an auto agency, and a quantity of clothing are miss ing. One of the cars and the clothing were stolen some time Wednesday night. The other automobile was stolen Tuesday night. The thieves on Wednesday night entered the Cohen department store on LaFayette street, from the rear and made away with six suits of, clothing and five pairs of shoes. j In Eskridge Garage. On tne same night the same thieves presumably broke into the Eskridge garage by a side door and stole a new sport model Ford coupe. The dealer's tags were taken from the coupe and left in the building. May Know Them. City officers were today positive that they knew the Identity of one or two of the thieves. Their names, however, were not made public so that the thieves might not learn that officers were seeking them. Get Kendall Car. Some time Tuesday night thieves made away with Whitelaw Ken dall’s Ford coupe from Its parking place at the home of his mother, Mrs. Henry Kendall, on North La Fayette street. The doors and motor of the car were locked. Morrison Gets No. 3 Contract Contracts For New Consolidated High School Building Let Here. The general building contract for the new consolidated high school In No. 3 township was let here yester day by the county board of educa tion to C. A. Morrison and Son, Shelby builders. The acoepted bid was $20,348. The Piedmont Plumbing and Heating company, of Gastonia, got the heating contract on a bid of $2,282. The plumbing contract went to J. G. Dudley, Jr., of Shelby, for $699. | The contract specifies that the j new school structure must be com pleted within three months time, so that it may be used when school opens there in August. There were 20 bidders in all be fore the beard. Invite Methodist Choir To Festival Central Church Group Highly Hon ored By Westminster Choir Leader. The choir of the Central Meth odist church here, of which Mr. Dale Kalter Is director, has been highly honored by being Invited to participate in the annual music festival of the Westminister choir at Ithaca, New York, this year. About 10,000 voices will take part in the outstanding national event. Only former members of the fa mous Westminster choir or alumni of the Westminster school who now have choirs of their own are Invit ed. The Invitation was forwarded by Dr. Williams, Westminster director. Both Mr. and Mrs. Kalter are for mer members of the Westminster group, According to plans now a portion of the Shelby choir will attend the festival which takes place June 16 17-18. Rev. L. B. Hayes Is Kiwanis Speaker Rev. L. B. Hayes, pastor of Cen tral Methodist church and newly elected president of the Rotary club, was the speaker last night at the weekly luncheon of the Kiwanis1 club. Mr. Hayes Is one of the most entertaining after dinner speakers it has been the pleasure of the club to hear for some time. After a series of witty flashes, Mr. Hayes spoke on “Work and Play, Love and Wor ship.” Max Washburn was in charge of the program. , j Fails To Show j| Any Emotion j id —i Rafe Kin? (above) listened calmly this morning aa he stood on his feet In the court room at Lancaster, S. C., and was sentenced to life Im prisonment b? Judge Featherstone after a jury, for the second time, de clared him guilty of killing his wife, Faye Wilson King, former Shelby school teacher. Luxury Tax Not ToPass,McSwain Loral Senator Says Senate Will Not Pass It. Anti-Sentiment Growing, “In my opinion the senate wlU never paaa the so-called luxury tax method of support ing State schools,’* Senator Peyton McSWain, home from Raleigh for the week-end, told The Star this morning. "In the senate the opposition to the tax is stronger now than ever before. There are two reasons for it: First, the sentiment over the State among the citizens since It has been learned just what articles would be taxed has been gradually Increasing against it. In the second place, the attitude of the MacLean forces in attempting to ram the measure down our throats without giving an inch but wanting us to do all the giving has made those of us against the measure even stronger against It.” The senate,, which voted down the luxury tax for the fifth time, offer ed a substitute plan, and others, Senator McSwatn said, offered the view of raising so much by a luxury tax and the remainder by a low land tax. The MacLean forces refused such a compromise and have de clared that they will have ad valor em tax or nothing at all. Scout Committee Meets. | A meeting of the executive com [mltte for Shelby Boy Scouts will be held Monday night at 8 o'clock at 'the Hotel Charles at the call of Capt. B. L. Smith, county chairman. All scoutmasters of the city, as well as members of the committee are are requested to attend the meet ing. Hoey And “Farmer Bob” Doughton May Oppose Sen. Morrison In 1932 Washington Observer Hears That Congressman Doughton Is Popular. (H. E. C. Bryant.) Washington. May 8.—North Car olinians fresh from the state re port strong Indications of a con test for Senator Morrison in the primaries next year. Tills sort of talk has been going the rounds here since Mr. Morrison took the oath Of office. It starts up and dies down and then starts all over again. Early speculation named Governor Gard ner and Clyde R. Hoey as probable Opponents. The discussion of these two waned when it was stated by friends of Mr. Gardner that he would not enter the race, and that Mr. Hoey was making too much money practicing his profession to devote any more time to public of ficer T. C. Bowie is said to be a candi date. Within the last week the question of an opponent for Mr.' Morrison has arisen again. Now, It Is said, that, in the state, Mr, Hoey and Rep, Rob ert L. Doughton are being boomed by admirers for the race, and that they are thinking seriously of toss ing their hats in the ring. Soon after Mr. Morrison arrived in Washington and the Frank R. McNinch nomination was confirm ed people back home commenced to write Mr. Doughton, urging him to become a candidate for the senate "Farmer Bob" was silent; he would not even divulge the names of his enthusiastic friends who were back ing the movement for his nomina tion. A very close observer of political trends at Raleigh has written a friend in Washington as follows: "Events have shaped themselves up to make Rep. Doughton the logical Candidate to oppose Senator Mor rison and Clyde Hoey, in the event the latter decides to run. I do not know the plans of Mr. Doughton, but I do know that the political sit uation has turned in his favor. I have a detached attitude toward the matter so far. Mr. Hoey is undecid ed, and will await events, yet I have the impression that ho is running." Shelby Man Calm As I He Listens To Judge Counsel For King Fail To Make Motion For Mental Examination To Determine Sanity* To Seek Examination Later By Permission Of Governor. No Demonstration. (Special to The Cleveland Star.) County Court House, Lancaster, S. C., May 8.—Contrary to their announced intention last night, counsel for Rafe King made no motion this morning asking for a court order directing a mental examination of the defendant, and at i) :05 o’clock the prisoner was sentenced to life imprisonment. Defense Offers No Evidence In Rafe King Trial j Hoey, Fall* And Others Make Strong Plea* For Life Ol Shelby Man. Lancaster, S C.. May 8—Judge 3 3. Featherstone completed his charge to the jury trying Bate King for the murder of his wife, Faye Wilson King, at their home at Sharon, January 25. 1929, at 10:24 o’clock last night. In hla charge to the Jury, Judge Featherstone declared that the case was being tried by 13 Judges and that 12 of these Judges faced him In the Jury box. He charged them to decide first, whether Faye Wil son King came to her death by choking, suffocation and strangu lation at the hands of Rafe King by the means charged in the Indict ment. beyond a reasonable doubt: If not, then King should be freed. If he Is found guilty they should next decide whether he Is guilty of murder or manslaughter. 4 Possible Vrrdlrts. Judge FVatherstone then defined circumstantial evidence, declaring it to be as convincing under the law as eye-witness testimony. After defining the difference be tween murder and manslaughter, the Judge told the jury of the four verdicts as follows: 1—Guilty; 3—Guilty with recom (corrrrrmcD on page nine.) Evans Given Nine Months; May Pay Out Of Charges In county court yesterday J. J. Evans of the Buffalo section, was given sentences totalling ntne j months, six months for writing a $400 worthless check to D. H. Cline, automobile dealer, and three months for driving drunk. If he can raise around $125, how ever, which he Is attempting to do he may not have to serve the sen tence. The provisions is that he re turn the car purchased, pay for the damage done, and pay a fine and the costs on the driving drunk charge. Judge Featherstone, in Imposing sentence, said: "Raie King, yon have been convicted by » Jury. I shall not attempt to lecture you. The sen* tence of this court U that you be confined for the period of your natural life in the peni tentiary. Be seated.” Hands In Pockets. King apparently was calm as sen tence was pronounced. He stood erect, with his hands in his trous er pockets. Defense counsel told the judge it was their purpose at a later date ta seek a mental examination of the defendant and Judge Featherstone Informed them that the governor of the state has the authority to or der such examination at any time counsel may see fit to ask It Ha held that no court order is neces sary. Court Room Filled. The court room was well filled with spectators. Friends of the King and Wilson families, and witnesses when the sentence was pronounced, but there was no comment and no demonstration. Jury’s Verdict. The verdict of guilty of first de gree murder with a recommendation of mercy was returned by the Jury last night at 11:28, only 53 minutes after being given the case. Counsel for the defense obtained delay in sentencing until 9 o’clock this morning when they were ex pected to ask for further delay un til King may be examined by ex perts as to his sanity. The move was thought to be made in an attempt to get him sent to an asylum In* stead of prison, it is believed. This is the second time King had been convicted for the murder, » Chester county general sessions Jury finding him guilty in July, 1929. At that time he was sentenced to die in the electric chair, but was saved when the supereme court granted him a new trial. The case was mov ed to Lancaster when a change of venue was made. Rerains Composure: King took the verdict calmly. Hd was sitting down when it was ren dered. For a moment, he turned pale, but quickly regained his com posure. At the first trial, he laugh ed when the verdict was received. No Evidence. Early yesterday defense counsel said they would introduce no evid ence and the sensational case drew rapidly to a close. Doctor To Get $500 For.Testifying In Trial Of Rafe King Better Examination Could Hard Been Made To Find Poison. Lancaster, May 8.—Nine of twelve specimens taken from the homo where the state charges Rafe King with murdering his wife. Faye Wil son King, contained human blood. Dr. John A. Kolmer of Philadelphia, professor of bacteriology at the Uni versity testified here ' Wednesday afternoon during King’s second trial. Dr. Kolmer, previously described by surgeons testifying here as prob ably the most eminent authority In the United States on blood stains, identified 12 specimens from the King home. Including chips of wood from the floor, parts of a suit of clothing found In the fttic of the King home, a part of a shirt found in the attic end a part of the dress shown by Mrs. King the day she died. One specimen showed no blood he said, and the other two were *o small he was not willing to make a report on them. On cross-examination he said he received $500 from the state for hift services prior to and his tmttauony icontinusd ow paoj* nintu
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