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12 PAGES TODAY Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. °*r "» Late News A Fair Saturday. Today’* North Carolina Weather Report: FAIR tonight and Satur day. Slightly wanner tonight and warmer Saturday In west and north portions. ’ Power Tax Bill. Raleigh, May 15.—The house of representatives yesterday passed on first reading, 50 to 48, including 13 pairs, the Ewing bill levying a tax of one half mill per kilowatt hour on all electric power produced or sold in North Carolina. The bill must be pasaed on second and third reading today and Saturday, and on three readings in the senate before It becomes law, as it is a revenue measure, and must be passed three times by each house. The bill lev ies a taxs similar to the tax recently imposed by the South Carolina gen eral assembly. It is estimated to raise approximately 5721,000 an nually. Mother Of Ten • Died Yesterday Broke Her Hip A Week Ago. Fu neral Here On Sunday. Mrs. A. C. Dorsey, 76 years of age, well known Shelby and Lincoln county woman and the mother of children prominent In this section, died yesterday evening at 6:40 In the Shelby hospital. About a week ago Mrs. Dorsey fell and broke her hip. The injury and her age combined with complica tions resulted in her death. Funeral services will be held Sun day afternoon at 2 o’clock at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. B. R. Dellinger. Burial will follow at As bury Methodist church in Lincoln county The services were delayed to await the arrival of a son, Mr. W. M. Dorsey, from Floydada, Texas, Mrs. Dorsey was a native of Lin coln. Before marriage she was Miss Anna Catherine Warlick, daughter of Maxwell Warlick. Her husband, Mr. A. B. Dorsey, died 26 years ago. The family had lived in Lincoln county and at one time at Belwood, this county. Four years ago Mrs. Dorsey came to Shelby to make her home with Mrs. Dellinger. She was a loyal member of the Asbury church and a woman loved and ad mired by all who knew her. Ten children survive as follows: W. M. Dorsey, Floydada. Texas; Mrs. J. B. Dorsey, Ballinger, Texas; Mrs. B. R. Dellinger, Mrs. B. F. Spangler, Messrs. J. N., an,. Robert Dorsey, of Shelby; Messrs. M. E. and F. C. Dorsey, of Forest City; Mrs. C. F. Bolick, of Burgaw, and Mrs. L. J. Seagle, of Vale. Surviving also are three brothers, Mtessrs. H. D., J. R. and D. C. War lick, all of Lincoln county Jury Deadlock In Pridmore Hearing County Supervisor Killed Husband Of Shelby Woman In S. C. Greenville, S. C., May 15.—Dead locked after nearly 10 hours deliber ation, the jurors holding the fate of A> Frank Pridmore, county super visor, charged with, the murder of Nick Sanders, highway engineer, at 10 o’clock last night were preparing to go to bed. The case was given to the jury shortly after noon yesterday. Attorneys for the state, arguing the case, asked for a conviction of murder, contending Pridmore shot an unarmed man without sufficient legal provocation. C. G. Wyche open ed for the state and Solicitor J. G. Leatherwood closed. Defense attorneys contended 'Prid more had established that he shot in self-defense. The county super visor's story was that he thought he had to shoot or get shot and-so he fired on Sanders. James D. Poag, J. D. Lanford and James, II. Price represented Prid more. Testimony was completed late yes terday. Mrs. Sanders, widow of the slain man, now lives in Shelby and oper ates the Courtview Hotel. Grover Girl Well; j i Has Pneumonia For Fifth Time Mary dances Hambright, nine year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hambright is recovering from het fifth spell of pneumonia at her home where she has been desperate ly 111 for ten days. Mpdical science says her repeated attacks of pneu monia is most rare. She is a strong, robust girl and in spite of her sick ness has Seen able to make her grades at school. During this last spell of pneumonia her condition was critical for days and two 'grad uate nurses and five physicians watched constantly at her bedside. Mrs. ft. M. Pain, grandmother of the girl came to Shelby this morn ing to take the bus for her home at Murphy after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hambright for ten days. Hoover Retains Favor Of Local , G. 0. P. Rulers Party Leaders Will Not Be Quoted Say, However, That DePriest Is i Only Dissenter They ) Know Of. j Officials of the Republican party in Cleveland county are maintaining their silence about the declaration of George W. DePriest, former county chairman and Shelby post master. that he will Join Col. Hor ace Mann in opposing the renom Ination of President Herbert Hoo ver. The party leaders, however, ap pear to be doing some unofficial thinking and talking. 100 Percent, •'Other than Mr. DePriest, I have not heard a single Cleveland coun ty Republican say that he is oppos ed to Mr. Hoover,” one of the vet eran leaders stated today, but would not be quoted officially. "There are differences of opinion in all parties over candidates, but my opinion is that our next convention will be near 100 percent for President Hoo ver.” In officials circles here the Repub licans do not appear to be taking the DePriest bolt away from Hoo ver very seriously. He is. they inti mate, no longer the political power he once was, and although they do not say it outright they leave the i impression that his influence was somewhat overrated by The Char lotte Observer political writer. Meantime Mr. DePriest goes his way and adds little to his previous observation that ‘'the rank and file of the Republicans are as much opposed to Mr. Hoover as are the Democrats.” Although official reply has not been made to his statement, he apparently gets a chuckle ont of the silence that has enveloped party leaders. It may be because he has other remarks up his sleeve to un-! load if a reply is made. As he looks at it, it is his privilege to favor! whom he may. Two Gas Service Station For Shell; One For Atlantic One Going tip On East Warren And One On West Warren St Atlantic Station on Graham Three new gasoline service sta tions are in proce^ of erection in Shelby, two for the Shell Petroleum Co. on Warren street and one tor the Washburn Oil company which will soon introduce “White Flash" for the Atlantic Refining Co. The White Flash station is located qn West Graham street to -the rear of the Carolina theatre, and the two Shell stations are on highway No. 20—one site is the old Lineberger property near the county jail and the other is the Falls property op posite the Standard Oil station ou West Warren. Grading Jg now being done for the two Shell stations and construction work will start short ly It is understood that the Caro lina Oil Co. of Lincolnton which has the distribution of Shell gas in this territory has appointed Dwight Houser as sub-distributor In Cleve land county and that many new Shell stations are being added un der an aggressive policy instituted by this company. Oh! For the Life— __ ^ v na The Navy should receive a spurt in enlistments after this picture feta out. The life of a sailor can’t be so dull, even afloat, for here is Ethel Merman, Broadway show star, entertaining the crew of the U. S. S. Salt Lake City in port at New York. The cobs evidently | don t have to seek beauty and talent—It comes to them. Arrest Negroes Following Crash Two Colored Men Injured When Car Plows Into Bank West Of Shelby. Thursday, the 14th, was more of a -tough luck day for John Camp and Henry Guyton, colored, than was Wednesday the 13th. Thursday morning Camp and Guyton, both pretty well “lit” ac cording to officers, were riding Ih Will Ager’s automobile on Highway 20 west of Shelby. They very near ran into another car, It is said, and to keep from doing so headed into a high bank by the side of the road near Brushy Creek. The car was considerably damaged and both men were Injured. After being treated at the Shelby hospital they were taken to Jail. The arrest was made by Constable Lindsay Dixon who passed by soon after the wreck. Operetta To Be Given Here May 22 All Departments Of City Schools To Be Represented In The Cast. “The Belle of Barcelona" Is the name of an operetta to be given In the high school auditorium Friday evening, May 22nd, according to an announcement made today by O. B. Lewis, director of music. In prepar ation for the operetta, all electrical equipment on the stage is being re built and an entirely new Spanish plaza provided that will be equal to that of any road show. It is stated that the operetta will have in its personnel representa tives from all departments of the school and that the high school or chestra which won the state champ ionship at Greensboro will be used for accompaniments. Dr. H. S. Plas ter will play the violin, Mrs. Ben Suttle will assist with the Sonqs and music, Miss Mulholland Is di recting in dramatic arts, Miss Wil son is assisting in criticism and Ev erett Toms is heading the scientific department. Negro Who Attacked Grover Girl First Cherokee Man Sent To Chair One Man Hanged Years Ago At Gaffney. Details Of Trial. J. P. Moore, 22-year-old negro, who will die in the electric chair at Columbia early in June for attack ing a white girl near Grover, will be the first man ever sent to the death chair In Cherokee county. Moore has been In jail in Shelby two or three times. Of the Moore trial and sentence The Gaffney Ledger says: “Pound guilty of assault with In tent to ravish after a trial in which no evidence was offered by the de fense, J. P. Moore, 22-year-old ne gro, was sentenced late Tuesday to die in the electric chair at the state penitentiary at Columbia, June 12. "Moore is the first person ever sentenced in Cherokee county to electrocution, it was stated by court house officials. One man, Tom Har ris, white, was sentenced to be hung, and he was hung at the county jail here more than 25 years ago. The death sentence has been imposed on some others here, but the penalty was commuted or changed later. It was said. “The olfcnse for which Moore was convicted April 13 at a point about a mile south of Grover. He seized a young white woman, whose screams brought assistance. Moore attempted to flee but was captured after a short chase. He was brought to jail here, but later was spirited away to an unannounced destination to avoid the possibility of trouble. "Several witnesses related the cir cumstances of the attack on the young woman. The victim told of waiting by the road side for the mall man when Moore walked by. The negro passed her about the dis tance of three telephone poles. He stopped, turned around and came back. Upon getting near her the negro asked where* someone lived, the young woman said. After re ceiving a reply he came closer and told her he wanted “a date” with her, she testified. She warned him to be careful what he said. Moore (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWELVE.I Replant Cotton For Better Stand Considerable cotton scream Is be Inf replanted in Cleve land county to get s better stand and in some places it has been found necessary to replant corn. All of this was due to the cold, rainy weather which beat down the com that was up, crusted the cotton ground and prevented it from coming up. Where cotton is not being replanted, harrows are being dragged across the rows to break the crust and soften the soil. Girl Hikers Get Youths In Trouble At Kings Mountain S. C. Boys Picked Pennsylvania Girls Up At Dunrjui. Given Fine Here. Two Pennsylvania Dutch gfri hitch-hikers got two young South Carolina men “in Dutch’’ in Cleve land county court yesterday. The men were J. A. Chandler and Robert Taylor, of Duncan, S. O., and the feminine hitch-hikers, both at tractive-looking gave their names as Fern Dorsch and Della Shavely. They appeared to be about 18 or 20 years of age. According to the story related in court, the girl hitch-hikers, both car rying suitcases, were picked up in South'Carolina Wednesday after noon by the two boys who promised to ride them as far as Charlotte. Between DuiWi, S. C., and Kings Mountain, this county, the girls said the boys stopped at a filling station to get a pint of whiskey. In the early night the party reached Kings Mountain and it was there, the girls claimed, that the boys made a prop osition about spending the night. The girls refused and then the boys, It was said, took them to a board ing house and let them out. At this point the girls claimed they" found one of their suit cases missing and an argument started. Policeman Clay. Hicks arrived on the scene and arrested the men on charges preierred by the girls in connection with the missing suit case and for driving a car while under the in fluence of liquor. Chandler, the driver, was fined $50 and the costs of the liquor charge, and Taylor was taxed with the costs and ordered to pay the girls $20 for the missing suit case. Hereafter the South Carolina men will more than likely Ignore the In viting thumbs of hitch-hikers—par ticularly If they are feminine thumbs. To Start Work On New School Monday Intended To Start This Week But Water Supply Was Not Ready. • C. A. Morrison and Son, Shelby contractors, will start construction work Monday on the new $25,000 consolidated high school building In No. 3 township. It was planned to start construe* Won this week, Clarence Morrison says, but the well being dug had not struck water and the opening of operations was delayed. Work will start Monday, however, It Is said, If the necessary water has to be hauled Alumni Banquet Saturday Eve At Boiling Springs HighunithTo Make Annual Addreu Baccalaureate Sermon In Shelby Sunday Morning. Kelly To Preach. The commencement program for the Bolling Springs junior college and high school gets underway this evening when the class day and graduating exercises will be held for the high school department. Saturday evening at 8 o'clock alumni of the old school and of the new college will assemble for their annual banquet, one of the biggest events of the finals program each year. Sermon Here. The baccalaureate sermon for the college will be preached In the First Baptist church In Shelby Sun day morning at U o'clock by Dr. R. A. Kelly, of Belmont. The commencement program will continue through Wednesday of next week. The various societies of the college will hold their annual debates Mon day morning and afternoon. The ! oratorical and recitation contests [will be held Tuesday morning and afternoon and the annual play will ibe staged Tuesday evening. Annual Address. The graduation exercises of the junior college will be held at 10: IS Wednesday morning, and the an nual address will he delivered at 11 o’clock by Dr. J. Henry Hlghsmlth. of Raleigh. Chief marshals for the com mencement are Wytman Crawley and Gertrude Philbeck. The mar shals are R. K. Ledbetter, Boyd Hames, Eunice Hamrick, Margaret Stockton. Lois Hamrick, Allen Wil son, Felix Hamrick, Lillian Whla nant, Thelma Bishop and Edison Noggles,» Dr. R. A. Kelly At First Baptist Bofllng Spring* College To Be Guest*. Dr. Wall To Preach Sunday Evening. Hie baccalaureate sermon for Bolling Springs junior college, will be delivered at the First Baptist church, on Sunday morning, by Dr. R. A. Kelly, of Belmont. The college faculty and student body will be present and attend in a body. The full day’s program at the church will open at 9:30 o'clock with the Sunday school. The attendance has been reaching near nine hun dred each Sunday. With the guest* next Sunday m large crowd is ex pected at this hour when the Bible will be taught In the nine depart ments. At seven o’clock in the evening the seventeen B. Y. P. U.’s are ex pecting four hundred in the train ing service. Programs are being planned for each unit and every member as well as visitors will be expected to attend. Dr. Wall will bring the message in the preaching service, which be gins ar eight o’clock. A large crowd greeted the pastor on last Sunday evening and the public is invited to all services of the church. Mr. Easom announces a splendid rfigslcal program. In both the morn ing and evening services the large chorus choir with several soloists will be heard. The ladies Quartet and male chorus will be featured in Sunday’s services. Gets 60 Day Term For Speedy Driving In county court yesterday Lee Coley, colored truck driver, was given a 60-day sentence for speed ing, reckless driving and operating an automobile with a truck license tag. Policeman Paul Stamey at tempted to catch Coley In the sec tion near the cemetery Wednesday night, but Coley opened up the car he was driving and sped away. The officer gave pursuit and the chase up one street and out another through the suburbs lasted for some time. Rev. L. E. Snipes At Second Baptist In the absence of the pastor, Rev. L. L. Jessup, who Is attending the Southern Baptist convention in Birmingham, Ala., Rev. L. E. Snipes will fill the pulpit at the Second Baptist church 8unday evening at 7:30 o'clock. There will be no morn ing preaching service. Sunday school at 9:46 With R. H. Wilson superin tendent. The general B. V. p. u. organizations will meet at 6:30 o’clock Postal Receipts Here Ahead Of 1930 Business; May Gaining Portal receipts may not be a tme barometer of business con dition, bat If they In any way reflect general business condi tions, then business In Shelby h considerably better this Tear than It was In 1S30, A steady gain In postal re ceipts la shown at t’te Shelby post office orer corresponding months of last year. It was an nounced today by Postmaster J. H. Quinn. In the quarter ending March 31 the fain shown over the tint quarter last year was 23 percent —the biffest quarterly fain In the history of the office. The postal receipt* for April, this year, revealed a fain of U percent over April, 1930. So far the May business is holdin# up well, It Is said, and indications are that the May fain over last year should be close to the fain shown in Ap ril. Shelby Kiwanians Hear How N. C. Mutes Are Taught To Talk Demon*(ration Given Here By Sin dent* From School For The Deaf At Morgan ton. While scientific development has made silent pictures talk, equally marvelous progress has been made In the methods of teaching and educating the deaf and dumb to talk and sing. This wonderful achieve ment was demonstrated last night at the Kiwants club's weekly lunch eon when students In the school for the deaf at Morganton rendered the program, the subject of which was "The Underprivileged Child.” They Talk And Sing. Bupt. Goodwin and the Education al Director, Miss Joiner, brought with them 14 bright faced children ranging In ages from seven to 18 years, and the program they ren dered. proved beyond a doubt that the dumb can talk and sing and read lips. All of this has been brought about by a shift In the method of teaching from the man ual or sign language, a system whereby the deaf arut dumb com municate with their fingers, hands, facial expression and shoulders, to a new system known as the oral method whereby children are taught aound and can sing in an iconufuiw on Mos mtix] • Joseph P. Roark Is Buried; Died Here A0** Man Fmm At Home Of Htn Dsaghter, Mrs. John I Moore On S. DeKalb. Joseph Parker Roark, age 78 years and ten months, died about noon Thursday at the home of his daugh ter, Mrs. John I Moore on South DeKalb street with whom he had been making his home. Mr. Roark was born in South Carolina, the son His wife preceded him to the grave of William and Carrie Mom Roark, sometime ago, leaving surviving the one daughter, Mrs. Moore, IS grand children and 5 great grand children. Mr. Roark Joined Grover Baptist church 35 years ago and his re mains were carried to Grover for in terment this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Funeral service will be con ducted by Rev. W. E. Furcron. New Justice For No. 4 Township (Star News Bureau.) Raleigh, May 15.—Representative Edwards introduced a bill in the general assembly Thursday to name an additional justic of the peace m Cleveland county, number four town ship, O. T. Hayes. The bill was plac ed on the calendar. Jury Trials On In County Court Jury trial# Held Each Friday A# Provided By Chance In Court. This la Jury trial day In the Cleveland county recorder's court. Eight Jury cases were scheduled for trial In addition to other cases when the court convened this morning. Due to a recent change in the county court regulations, made by the present general assembly, one day each week—Friday—is set aside for Jury trials. Jurors who serve each Friday are drawn from the Jury box in the same manner as Jurors are drawn for Superior court. .Heretofore no special day was set for Jury trials and six jurors were picked up out of court spectators. By the new method 12 Jurors must be used as in the higher courts and must be drawn and served with summons. t Jurors drawn for today's court session were: Chesley Hendricks, L. A- Blanton. Jr., Chas, L. Dover, Will Davis, R. Z. Riviere, H. 8. Plaster, Ambrose McWhlrter, Roy Propst, Alton Hopper, Frank Baber, Hoyle Alexander, and Marvin Eskridge. Highway Officer Catches Two Men Lleat. Vernon Pick* Up Men And Woman In Car After A Chase. After an eight-mile auto chase Afte ran eight-mile auto chase along highway 20, east, into Shelby yesterday morning Lieut. Vernon of the highway patrol caught an auto mobile in which two men and a woman were riding and arrested the men on a liquor charge. The men were recorded on the court docket as J. F. Holler, the driver, of Kings Mountain, and A. R. Lane, of Rutherford county. Sanitary Market In New Location The Sanitary Market moved this week into a new location, and now occupied the store room formerly occupied by the American Railway Express in the Royster building on S. Washington street next to Quinn’s drug store. Mr. Crowder has been operating a market in the J. N. Dellinger store in the Arcade build ing building for the past ten years. Tax Listers In Cleveland County Will Not Miss Any Automobiles Hare Power Now To Get Names Of Owners From Rerenne Bureau. Raleigh, May. 13. — Cabarrus, Cleveland, Iredell, Moore, McDowell, Rowan and Rutherford are among the 32 counties of the state Included in the provisions of the bill passed by both houses of the general as sembly and ratified tyeduesday, which permits tax listers of ”^he*e counties to call for and have deliv ered to them by the commissioner of revenue the names and addresses of all owners of automobiles in such counties, as of April 1 each year. The bill was originally Introduced to apply to Buncombe county only, a state-wide bill of like nature, spon sored by the North Carolina tax re lief association, having been killed. The Buncombe bill almost met a like fate, but was brought out after two or three months and was pass ed, the other 31 counties being add ed. The argument was that less than half the dtutomoblles in some eoun tieswere given In for taxation, and thus escaped ad valorem taxes. I The counties are required to pay the costs of preparing the lists. Woman, Age 91, Returns To Texas Although ninety one years of age Mrs. W. A. Wesson left Shelby Thursday to make her return trip to Texas alone. She came In four weeks ago for a visit with her daughters. Mrs. M. O, Hopper of Shelby and Mrs. Will Gibbons, of Gastonia. On her coming trip she was accompan ied by Mrs. Borders, a daughter, but Mrs. Borders is remaining here and this left Mrs. Wesson to "make the trip to Texas alone. However, she was perfectly willing to undertake the Journey unaccompanied." Mr. Harold Griffin, ot Samsoun. Turkey, and Mr. L C. Griffin, Jr, of Chapel Hill, are visiting friends here for a few days, Bribery Probe Brings Denial From Reynolds No Real Evidence Found Yet Tobacco Official Denies Offering Money To A State Senator. Raleigh, May 15,—Seeking to trace tOvtheir source the rumors that' North Carolina senators have been subjected to attempts at bribery and corruption, the special senate investigating committee continued its hearing yesterday without pro ducing any new evidence Other than that, one Goldsboro attorney told another he "could get a fee" If h« used his Influence to defeat the lux ury tax. In the main the testimony yes terday was In denial of statements and allegations made Thursday by various witnesses. W. N. Reynolds, of the R. J. Rey nolds Tobacco company, telegraph ed the committee that he had ask ed David H Pope, chairman of tha Wake county board of commission ers to present to Senator John Hins dale of Wake, "some o fthe reason* why North Carolina should not pass a luxury tax” and confirmed Pope* testimony that he "did not offer him any consideration or authorize him to offer Mr. Hinsdale anything or to make any trade whatever In the matter.” Could Get Fee. J. J. Hatch, an attorney of Golds boro, testified that he told Faison Thomson, another Goldsboro attor ney, that he thought If he used hia influence to help defeat the luxury tax he "could get a fee.” Hatch said no mention was made of paying a senator any sum at all. At the first hearing Senator Hins dale testified that he tvas told by Pope that Reynolds had said Hins dale could have “anything he want ed” -If he would “let up'’ in hia right for passage of the Hinsdale luxury tax imposing a levy on cigar (CONTINtJKD ON CAUK TWXLVX.I Postpone Trial In Lynch Case Widow And Tooth Were Tndieted Tor Slaying- In Rutherford County. Rutherfordton, May 15.—Trial of Mrs. John M. Lynch and John Paul Searcy, 20, for the murder of • the woman’s husband which had been set for next week was Wednesday afternoon rendered uncertain by an nouncement that the state would take a nol pros with leave In the charges. Solicitor J. will Pleas made thu announcement In superior court which Is presided over by Judge Hoyle H. Sink. True bills were re turned against Mrs, Lynch and Searcy Tuesday. It was asserted that the state does not have suffi cient evidence to bring the case to trial. A true bill also has been return ed against Paul Burgess, 22, of Hen rietta, who faces trial on a charge of rape against a white girl. It is likely the trial will not be called until next week. Attorney P. D. Hamrick will appear for Burgess and County Solicitor O. J. Mooney ham will assist Solicitor Pleas in tjhe prosecution. Judge Sink will preside over court in another county next week and his place wUl probably be taken by Judge Michael Schenck. Dr. Boyer To Preach At Central Church Sunday morning in the absence of Rev. L. B. Hayes, Dr. H. K. Boyer a former pastor of Central Metho dist church, will lead the morning worship service. In the evening at ~ 8:00 O'clock there will be a “Layman Church Loyalty Program," and a program of special music by the adult choir. Miss Prances White, director of Limestone college choir, which has made quite an enviable reputation for itself, will be gueat soloist of the evening. All friends and visitors are cordially invited. Club Women Give Program At School The Shelby Woman's club spon sored the health Education program at the chapel exercises of the Shelby High school today, the topic being the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis. Mrs. R. L. Rybura and Dr . E . B Lattimore were the speak ers.
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