\’UL. XXXVI1, No. 5G SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, MAY li, J9D1 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. 8 PAGES TODAY n? MaiL an, rear, uD unnu) _ luu Uartlnr. a„ ?«ar. do iliuetl _ |x#o Late News THE WEATHER Today's North Carolina We.ulin Report: Mostly cloudy tonight :nd Tuesday, probably showers. Not much change In temperature. > Kailot Hearing. Raleigh, May 11.—The fhst lc ar ing In the State's move to resist the impounding of ballot bo\Cs used in the Bailey-Pritchard senatorial elec tion last November will be held in federal district court here before Judge I. M, Itjcekins today. Other hearing Hi ore Judge Johnson Hey es .of tiie m rV.o North Carolina district, en? Judge L. V. Webb ol the western Nogjh Carolina di ‘rict. are achedvlpd to be held later in the week. ■ V County Club To Discuss Coltnty Problems Tues. Several Angles of County Govern ment Xo Be Taken Up At Grover. County governmental problems— salaries, taxes, roads, schools ansi tanning—will be discussed at the meeting of the Cleveland County club to be hold .at the Grover school building Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. "Changes In duties and salaries ol county officers” will be discussed by A. M. Hamrick, clerk of court. "New legislation and changes in taxes and roads." will be the sub set cf A. H. Cline, chairman of the county commissioners. Prof. Lawton Blanton, of Latti more. will discuss "School Finances" and R. W. Shoffner, county agent, will tell of worth while activities being carried on now by Cleveland county farfeer.;. A good attendance is expected at 'lie meeting in view of the import ance of the topics to be taken up. Mr. Joe N. Quinn Buried Sunday Well Known Citizen of Shelby Hies Of Heart Trouble. Was 73 Tears Old. 3dr. Joe N. Quinn who died at 2 o'clock. Saturday morning at his home on N. Washington street id lowing an illness with heart trou ble. was buried Sunday afternoon at "Beaver Dam church, the funeral being conducted by Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor of the First Baptist church of which t-he-deeeased was a mem ber. A crowd that would have fill ed the church several times, gath ered to pay a tribute of respect to the departed one. N Mr. Quinn was bom in Mitchell county 73 years ago. In early man hood he united himself with the church at Beaver Dam where he spent most of his life, His member ship was transferred to the First Baptist church when he moved here a number of years ago. He was first married to Miss Fannie Yar borough' and to this union were born two children, Sam Quinn who lives in Greenville, S. C., and anoth er child which died in babyhood. He was married the second time io , Miss Elizabeth Roseline Webb and to this union were born Paul Quinn who survives and James who died iu infancy. Mr. Quinn was a good man, a devoted husband, a true lather and an honest worker. He was a mem ber of the Masonic order and the usual Masonic honors were accord ed him at the funeral, Mrs. Daniel Raines Dies In Hospital Mrs. Daniel Raines of tire New House community, died in the Shel by hospital Friday morning at the age of 34 years. Mrs. Raines had been suffering for two years • with heart trouble. Her remains were carried to the home of her aunt, Mrs. C. M. Byers in Soutii Shelby where the funeral was conducted by Rev. Henry Sisk Saturday aft ernoon. Interment took place r.t Sulphur Springs Methodist church cemetery. Mrs. Raines is survived by her husband and three children. Cotton Fashion Show Held At Kings Mtn '.Special to The Stur.i Kings Mi., May It—The t-vd woman's club and Civjtan qlub r.e»t the'sponsors of a cotton Tacnion show which was held at the Central school auditorium Friday evening at 8 o'clock. After a chart addre.s by Super intendent Claude Grlgg of the city schools a play entitled “Jack end JU1 Wedding” was presented by the pupils of the West End cchool. Music was furnished by the tih.n '.rhool band' Prizes were glteh by Hie merchants nad the mills for the most stylish ant} prettiest dressco made from, cotton material i Postpone Decision On Tax Sale To June 1 Will Decide Then About Date For Selling Land For Taxes. Taxpayers Reminded Of Interest And Penalty. The c.immisbioners of Cleveland county will not decide, until Monday. June 1. just when they will advertise and sell county property for unpaid taxes. The decision on this mat ter was deferred for a month by the board in a called meet njr last ween. This inean> that wUli the month's i delay property cannot be sold for1 taxes, if it Is decided to go ahead with the advertising and sale, be fore tho first Monday in July. Is Deferred. The postponing of the decision'Is recorded as follows on the minutes: •'It was decided to postpone de cision as to advertising lands for taxes until the first Monday.in June 1931. So, in no event will there be any sale cf land for taxes before tlie first Monday In July, 1931. De linquent taxpayers are notified that unless taxes arc paid by June 1, 1931, under the law, said taxes will bear Interest at 10 percent after that date; and if lands are adver tised, the penalties will be added to that cost. Taxpayers are urged to come forward and pay their taxes end save this Interest, the advertis ing cost and penalties.” Would Be Costly. Those who oppose the postponing of land tax sales until fall point out that It would be a costly proce dure for delinquent taxpayers. As the above record of the board meet ing shows interest at the rate of 10 percent will be charged on unpaid taxes after June 1 and to this, if the land is advertised, will be add ed the penalty and advertising cost'. All would come due, if post poned. about the same time this fall as will this year's taxes, thus mak ing a double burden. Sentiment favoring postponement and opposing it has been expressed to the commissioners. W omen Candidates 1 At Boiling Springs In Tuesday Voting Only One Candidate For Mayor [ . There And Just One For Marshal. When the voters of Boiling Springs, Cleveland county col lege town, go to the polls Tues day for the biennial election they will he faced with the un usual opportunity of voting for or against two women candi dates. The two women, Mias Johnnie McBrayer and Mrs. J. L. Pruett, are candidates for the town hoard. There are seven candidates in all for the five places on the board. The other candidates are Henry Jones. O. E. Lee, Zen Bridges, !T M. Kendrick, R. D. Hord and B. G. Beason. L. W. Hamrick is the unopposed candidate for mayor and Deputy M. A. Jolley is unopposed for the of fice of marshal. Neisler Mill W ins. In a game featured by home runs ■the Neisler mills baseball team de feated the McAdenville mills team at Speedway park here Saturday afternoon by the score of 7 to 1. Hie game was called at the end of the fifth Inning because. of rain. John [Kidd, third basema ufor tbe Neisler I mills clouted two home runs to lead Jthe Neisler mills batting. Try Negro Today For Attack Upon Girl Near Grover Attempted Assault Made Two Weeks A;o Just Across I>lne In South Carolina. One of the defendant* when the Cherokee county superior court opens there today will be J. T. Moore, 22-year-old negro, who is charged with an attempt ed assault on a young girl near Grover about two weeks ago. The girl, who managed to get away from the negro when a man in a nearby field was attracted by the lajtnrnotton, lives Just across the line in South Carolina. The negro, It is understood, grabbed her while she was in a field, but she put up a fight and was wrestling with him when a neighbor noticed what was going on and frightened the negro away. When arrestee^, he was taken to the Cherokee county jail but was : later removed to the state prison at that time had it tin at he had been [brought to the jail here, but this was erroneous. i “Moore,” Sheriff Alien say3, “has been In Jail here a time or two on other charges, but was not brought here after the attempted assault.” Poultrymen Meet And Talk Of Work County Poultry Association Dis cusses Method Of Handling Surplus Eggs. ! A meeting of the Cleveland Coun jty Poultry association was held Sat urday afternoon at the court house and was attended by 25 or 30 poul Itrymen. George Wolfe, president j of the association, and Rev. John W. Suttle, secretary, had charge of the meeting. !■ Two matters of importance to the poultrymen of this section were tak en’up. One was that of Importing breeding stock to improve the grade of poultry here, and the other was a discussion of how to handle the surplus eggs of the county. Both will be discussed again at the next meeting of the association on Sat urday, June 30. Junior-Senior Banquet. Kings Mountain, May 11.—The juniors of the local high school were hosts to the seniors at a ban quet at the Cline building on Cherokee street Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. Oscar B. Carpenter served as toastmaster. Class songs were sung by both juniors and seniors and the school song by both classes. Short talks were given by Superin tendent Claude Grlgg and Princi pal B. N. Barnes. The principal ad dress of the evening was given by O. B. Carpenter. A delicious supper was served to about 75 by the local Woman’s club. Rutherford Bankers In Need Of $75,000 This Week; Mrs. Lynch And Youth On Trial During Week Bankers Have Chance To Pay $75, 000 And Escape Prison. Murder Hearing. —<— , Two eases—one involving five i citizen' and former leaders of the county and the other the trial of a middle-aged woman ■ and a young man for the death of tile woman's husband—will make this week's session of su perior court at Rutherfordton one of the most interesting in the county's history, i Judge H. Hoyle Sink will preside and is expected to pronounce sen tence on the five former bank of jficials of the neighboring county j who were convicted at the Febru jary term of court there. The five, K. \V. Tanner. Sani KI j more, Frank Oates, J. E. Taylor and jW. B. Walker were, found guilty oi J accepting deposits in the Rutherford Etynk and Trust Company when they knew the institution to be in solvent. The bank failed with a re pfited heavy loss to depositors. At that time Judge Sink deferred passing sentence, and it was re pprted he made the proposition that if the five men would pay into C3urt the sum of $75,000, for distri bution among depositors of the de funct bank, he would consider put ting them under suspended sen tences. Husband Killed. The outstanding case on the criminal docket is that of Mrs. John Lynch and Paul Searcy, 19 yj ars of age, who will be charged with "killing Mrs. Lynch's husband. Some montlis ago Lynch was called to his door one night and shot, ac cording to the story of his wife. De velopments within a week caused waramao on page eight.) Meet the new prosecutor In the Cleveland county recorder's court— tY. Speight Beam. He was sworn In Saturday morning and fills the of fice left vacant by the death of J. Newton. Nineteen Vets AttendReanion Daughters, However, Seat to People j At Annual Reunion Of Vet erans* Here. Only 19 Confsderate veterans were present at the annual reunion held Saturday when the annual dinner was served by the United Daugh ters of tire Confederacy in the Wo le an's, club rooms of the Masonic Tempi? building. Ten widows and wives of Confed erates were also present and this brought the attendance up to what it was last year, A number of fami liar faces of veterans, however, were absent having joined their com rades since last year. A svmptuous dinner was served to 43 people. Ministers of the up town churches were present and Mrs. R. L. Ryburn gave an inter esting bearing on the Confederacy. Veterans and their wives were admitted free to the picture chows in the afternoon and on Saturday the graves of the Confederate dead In Sunset cemetery were decorated with flowers. - Veteran J. F. Walker of the New House section, was given a year's subscription to The Star for being the oldest veteran present. Mr. Wal ker. the father of Mrs. Frank Hoyle and Mrs. Charlie Wells, of Shelby, is 91 years old. King Trial Judge Praised By Hoey Feathers tone Handled Case With Speed And Fairness, King's Lawyers Say. "Judge Featherston Is a great judge,” declared Attorney Clyde R. | Hoey, back from Lancaster. S. C„ where he appeared for Rafe King In 1 the trial over which Judge Feath erstone presided. Mr. Hoey stated that he and Judge B. T. Falls and other mem bers of King's counsel were Im pressed with the speed and fairness [with which the presiding Judge op erated his court. He announced, they say, at the outset that it was a trial and not a show and dem onstrations of any type would not be permitted. The hearing, which took such a long time at the first trial, was disposed of in less than week because, attorneys say. Judge Featherston did not permit the time of the court to be Wasted by introducing needless details and frivolous testimony. Gets His' Number. Columbia, S. C., May ll.--Rafe King Saturday was number 23.758 at the South Carolina state peniten tiary and he was "on detail.” The usual prison routine was fol lowed. He was registered with the desk sergeant, bis hair was clipped, his photograph and finger prints taken, assigned to a cell and starter, to work in a suit of dark blue over alls. He is “on detail” under J. Olin Sanders, captain of the guard. There is no regular work for him in the factories and he will be given oaa jobs around the penitentiary. Interviewed Saturday afternoon King chated pleasantly and appar ently was much more at ease than during the time he was hi the pen itentiary under death sentence. Memorial Services Memorial services will be held at the Polkville Methodist church on Sunday. May 17th. Sunday school at 9:30 o'clock, decoration ot graves at 10:30 and a sermon by the pastor, Rev. J. M. Barber at 11 o’clock. Board Appoints Beam Solicitor In County Court Recorder Approves i Appointment Salary Of \e w Solicitor To Be S1; 800 Per Tear. Deputy To Get ! 885 Month. Attorney W. Speight Beam has been appointed solicitor of the ( le\eland county recorder's court by the county commis sioners to fill out the unexpired term of the late J. C. Newton. The motion making the appoint ment also fixes the salary of the of fice at $1,800 per year, the office being changed to a salary irom the fee basis at the present session of the general assembly. The minutes of the meeting cov ering the appointment follow: "It Is ordered on the recommendation and approval of M. R. Weather*, re corder, that W. S. Beam be ap pointed solicitor of the Cleveland county recorder's court for the un expired term of J. C. Newton at a salary of $ 1,8.00 per annum, payable at the end of each month during the term and beginning with his induction In office.” Submitted Names. Recorder Weathers who appeared before the board, with a recommen-1 dation as required by law Informed' the commissioners that there were five applicants and that he had no. personal preference. He would, he said, if the board asked It, recom mend one of the five, but would readily recommend and approve the appointment of either of them. The applicants were handed to the board by him in alphabetical order as follows: W. S. Beam, P. Cleve land Gardner, Horace Kennedy. C. B. McBrayer and J. (5. Whisnant. Tlx A Salary* Another move of the beard made at the called session was to fix the salary of Charlie Woodson, appoint ed deputy clerk of Superior and re corder’s court by the legislature, #tt $85 per month. The motion as passed read "It is ordered that C. J. Woodson, deputy clerk of court appointed by the leg islature, be paid $85 per month.” It was originally published that the deputy clerk would receive $100 per month of $1,200 per year- The com mlsloners, however, called attention to the reading of the bill creating the office In which It was stated that "the deputy clerk not be paid in execs sof $1,200 per year, the amount to be fixed by the commis sioner's.” Mr. Beam, the new solicitor, Is the son of Mr. D. Augustus Beam and is widely known throughout the county. He practised law In Char- j lotte for a number of yearn before, returning to his home town where! he has been an active attorney for j several years. He served overseas j during the World war and Is nowj commander of the Warren Hoyle! American Legion post here and has played an importarft role in helping ex-service men get their compensa tion. School Finals On At Fallston High School! ! Sermon Preached Sunday. Junior Play Tuesday And Graduation Thursday. School finals began at the Fall ston high school yesterday when the baccalaureate sermon was | preached by Dr. Zeno Wall of Shel by at 3 o’clock In the afternoon. On Tuesday evening the Junior class will present a comedy In three acts, entitled "Two Days to Marry." Graduation exercises will be held on Thursday evening with Dr. Price H. Gwynn, Jr., head of the depart ment of educationat Davidson col lege will deliver the address. The program for the graduation exercises on Thursday Is as follows: Processional. Invocation, Rev. E. E. Snow; salutatory, Zora S. Boggs; vocal solo, Thelma Hoyle: introduc tion of speaker, W. R. Gary; ad dress, Dr. Price H. Gwynn, Jr.; piano solo, Nellie Stamey; presen tation of diplomas, J. H. Grlgg; other awards, W. R. Gary; valedic tory, Edna P. Wright; recessional. Eleven Straight Rainy Saturdays A Saturday without rain would be more of an oddity hereabouts now than a week ago. When a heavy shower fell Satur day afternoon it was the eleventh consecutive rainy Saturday. Here tofore tiie rain fell all day or. dur ing the morning, but the Saturday showers did not come la^t Satur day until in the afternoon when the Shelby business section was filled with shoppers. ast Man” Visits White House ( aptain Charles M. Lockwood, here shown shaking hands with Secre tary of Nar Hurler, won the distinction of being the only man known! to enter the President’s office with an intoxicant on his person, hast rumvor 6f an organiration of Minnesota Civil War veterans, he ea~ ricd a cruet of rare old Burgundy in his pocket, part of the 1 ottlo bought when thirty-three veterans formed the "1 i,t Man’s Club,” and to which Capt. Lockwood, as sole survivor, fell heir. General Assembly Deadlock May Be Near A Solution; Two Plans Of Compromise Being Talked Now McSwain’s Bill Joining Three Office* Paste* 'Special to The Star.l Ralelfh, May 11.—The gen eral assembly ratified at Its meeting Saturday the bill in troduced early In the eeeelon by Senator Peyton Me Swain to create In Cleveland countv the office of county auditor and to assign to that office the duties now performed by the county accountant, the tax auditor and the county supervisor of taxation. The bill had a long period of in activity and was at one time considered dead. It Is now the law. Kelly Preaches College Sermon Here On Sunday Bolling Spring* Commence men! Begins Then. High School Later. The graduating class, the student body and the faculty of Bolling Springs Junior college will be guests at the First Baptist church Sunday morning, May 17. At that time Ur. Kelly, pastor of the Belmont First Baptist church, Rill preach the annual commence ment sermon of the college. The remainder of the finals program will be on during the week. On.the following Sunday night, May 24, the annual sermon to the Shelby high graduates, which opens the high school commencement, will be preached in the First Bap tist church by the pastor. Dr. Zeno wall Horticulture Expert. H. R. Niswonger, state horticul ture expert, will be In Shelby arid Cleveland comity Wednesday of this week, it Is announced by Coun ty Agent Shoffner. Anyone having trouble with their fruits and vege tables who need advice should get In touch with Mr. Shoffner before Wednesday dr durlns the day. One Would Have CO-Cent i.ur.ci Tax, Other On Madman Idea. As* sembly Survey. (By M. R. Dpnnagtm, Star News Bureau.) Raleigh, May if. - At the end o' a week crowded with charges end counter-charges, apologies ani re tractions, Instructions und direc tions in precisely contrary direc tions, in spite of all that, the solu tion of the main problem that has confronted the present general as sembly* for many weeks now seems much nearer a solution than ever. Tire big question before the con ferees, reflecting in. their personnel tha contradicting instructions cf house and senate, that of state rap port of the scliools on the outside, would seem furtlrer from an answer than ever, but in the head-on col lision of forces now, something must give. The contest must come to an end. One ray is the .ml7 re port the conference committee will give out since it has been in part recast and returned to work: that it is meeting and conferring, and. is not without hone .. The Two Plans. Many plans of cQmpromu: j re being considered, it Is known, in fact, all plans that have been suggested are being weighed Two soesa to stand out : A 20-cent state-wide &J val orem tax on property and the bnl- { ance of the cost from an equalising fund of ♦10.000.000 or as mura mors J as Is required. 121 The state take over the e’e mentary schools for six months cp cration, giving what aid available or procurable for the high schools, j The first means the senate plan | wit-i necessary modifications. The second means carrying out the Mac Lean law In so far as the elementary schools are concerned, the counties continuing tlie high school casts, with some state aid. The instruc tional cost for the high school work [is figured at 27 per cent; that for the elementary schools at 73 per bent. The state would pay all of fhe 73 par cent, neatly three-four ins of the cost. It might also aid the high school, cutting still more of the county costa. School people dislike this division and seemingly prefer conttnched ns pagr eioht.i Plot For Wholesale Jail Break Here Thwarted By Son Of Sheriff Early Sunday; Plans Overheard Rad Unlocked Main Cage Uom To Seine Youth With Keys At Breakfast Time. Quick thinking and quick action on the part of Haywood Alien, 15 year-old-son of Sheriff Irvin M. Allen, prevented a wholesale 1ail break here early Sunday morning and perhaps kept the youth himself from being seriously injured, j As young Allen unlocked the door to the cell floor he quickly sensed that the cell run-around door open ing into the main run-around had In some manner been unlocked. In santly he jumped back out the main door and locked it before a prisoner, hiding behind the door, could sejae him and take the key^to free r.ll the others. . Sh rieked Lodn' Sheriff Allen later learned that one o' the negro prisoners had used a spoon to pick the lock, on the door leading from the cages to the run around. One of the prisoners had then secreted himself near the nnin door and the othei3 remained in their cells. There was nothing oil the cell floor to appear suspicious except that the youth noticed the run-around door slightly ajar nnd realised that something was wrong. He had been seized in a similar manner before. By eaves-dropping later In the day It was learned that frustration of the first attempt had not caused the prisoners to give up their Idea as additional efforts were made to get into the run-around so that they might seize the boy. These efforts, however, failed. Investigation after the first at .(CONTICTED ON J»A0E EIGHT * j Get Two Others In Liquor Raid Made On Friday Morrison And Reep Arrested Charged With Leavln* 16 Gallons liooic I'onnd In Porter’s Shed. I ae raid made by county and city officers Friday' in which 18 * Gallons of corn whiskey were cap tured resulted in the arrest late Friday afternoon of two more men, Charlie C. Morrison, of the Waco section, and Cleet Reep,. alias Hi! deband, of Lincoln county. Friday morning officers lound 18 Gallons of whiskey in a shed near !ho home of Jim Porter, east of Shelby on the OherryviUe road. Porter was not at home and his | two young sons were brought to town. Later Porter was arrested and officers, being of tiro opinion that the liquor did not belong to Porter, began to question him. boon they learned that the whiskey had been | taken there by two other men and stored in tile shed. Several hour* iat«r county officers rounded up Reep and Morrison as, officers say. they were preparing to return to the Porter sited for the whiskey. Given Trial. Morrison wta tried in county court Saturday morning and' given the alternative of a $500 fine or 12 months. He took an appeal. Rcep's casa was continued until nest Fri day for a jury trial. , Porter, who was only charged with permitting the whiskey to be stored in his shed, was let off with the costs but given a suspended sen tence of 12 months to take effect If he violates the prohibition law in any manner. The samo suspended sentence was pieced over Ills son, Eddleinan, In connection with some home brew found at the same time the whiskey was located. Girls Talked. Two molls—a couple of wayfaring girls w'ho were picked up by offic ers Thursday night—brought on the raid and the subsequent arrests. The two young girls, dressed in overalls cud hailing, it Is raid, from Gaston county, were hi a ldl nriftU3 mood late Thursday nigh* when arrested by city officers. Lat er ct the Jail, when questioned by Chief Poston and Sheriff Allen, they stated they did not know who gave them the whiskey but knew the place. It was then that the officers were directed to the Porter shed where the 18 gallons were found. The girls had been taken there, they told officers, by two men and given a drink. One of them in tell ing the officers about Jlt said, "Why, there’s a whole bam full out there.” Four Compensation Hearings In Shelby Will Be Heard At Court Hoove By Industrial Commissioner On May 23. .• Special to The Star.> Raleigh. May 11.—Industrial Commissioners J. Dewey Dorsett and T. A. Wilson have 108 workmen's compensation cases set for hearing in thtf next two weeks, Commis sioner Wilson visiting towns and cities in the piedmont and western sections and Commissioner Dorsett eastern and central-southern points. Commissioner Wilson will hear 52 cases, four in Durham, ' four in Reidsvllie, six in Winston-Salem, one in Wilkesboro, four In Lenoir, two in Morganton, one in Newland, five at Eakersville. one at Mar shall, seven in Asheville, one hi Waynesvlile, two in Sylva, one in Robbinsville, four In Franklin, one in Brevard, two In Rutherfordton, four in Shelby, one in Lincolnton, and one in Statesville, The four Shelby cases to be heard hy Commissioner Wilson are set for May 22 at 9 o’clock In the morning at the office of the clerk of super ior court of Cleveland county. They follow: Odis Royster vs. Campbell department store: George Franklin vs. Cora Cotton mills; Worth Win chester vs. Blakely Motor Co.; James Peak vs. Park Yarn Mills Co. Ledford Back From Kiwanis Convention Mr. J. F. Ledford returned Sun day evening from Miami, Florida, where luj attended the Kiwanis In ternational convention as the dele gate of the Shelby club. He was accompanied ,by his daughters, Misses Louise and Helen, and Mrs. Tom Roberts. The trip was made by motor, the party go ing down the east coast to Miami, then across the Everglades to St. Petersburg, Tampa and the west coast, '

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