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’ 1 ' " " •' % 8 PAGES TODAY «r Mall, M rnt. Mo Utluw «» |Uo Carrier, oer mr, (la adtuca) _„ <s.#o I 1 I Late News Showers Tuesday. Today's North Carolina Weather Deport; Generally fair tonight and Tuesday except probably showers | Tuesday afternoon in extreme west. , Somewhat warmer tonight. Holman Killed. Omaha, Neb., Slay 18.—Death at nearly „9J miles an hour overtook Charles (SpeedI Holman, veteran of the nation’s airways, Sunday. Before 10.000 spectators at the Omaha air races, his plane smashed to ihi Cround. Trapped in the fuselage, he was killed by the crash. Holder of records for consecutive looping, cut side loops and barrel rolling, lfol- I man wav performing the latter stunt j as he had many times before. Taylor Raises Necessary Coin In Bank Affair f ormer President Of Bank Fifth To Be Freed By Order Of Court. Rutherfordton, May 18.—J. L. T*y- ' lor. former president of the Ruther ford County Bant and Trust com pany, Saturday paid his chare in Ueu of- a sentence to the superior court presided over by Judge H. H. Sink. He paid in $15,COO and thus ended the trial of^the five hank of ficials who v.’ere convicted here in February of receiving deposits when the bant was insolvent. Taylor wrs siren until-noon Saturday to raise hi.', amount. The other four defend ants. K. S. Tanner, S. E. Elmore, T. F. Oates - and W. B. Walker paid in SoTC'OO last Wednesday, making a total of $67,500 that the five men paid in th&t will go through the hands of the liquidating agent cf the ! bank, Dr. John D. Biggs, as Jud„: ; Sink found it impr«tc':c61 to pay it; out .dkfeet. Signed By Friends. Not one of the checks presented to Judge Sink were signed by any of the defendants, but by thfrfr fam ilies and friends Of the $52,500 paid ! n by tIre four men. (first) $4,500 was paid on the local bank, $22,000! on Charlotte banks and $26,000 cn i New York Banks. The $7,500 which B. B. Doggst: j of Forest City put up, in the same j manner, under the same charge was! on the Mooresboro bank. Assault Case. ^ special venire of 100 men from j this county have been summoned to 1 appear here today to hear the case j of Paul Burgess, young white man of j Henrietta who will face serious1 statutory charges against a young while girl of_ that section. Much m- i lerest is being shown in this case.) . County Solicitor O, J, MoonCyha ,n will assist State Solicitor J. Will Pleas. Jr., while the firm of Quinn Hamrick and Hairis will represent Burgess, with Fred D. Hamrick m active charge. Wiggins Free Friday the jury returned a \c dict of “not guilty,'1 in the charg* I of John Wiggins for attempted rape ! on his daughter. The case was hard j fought. Wiggins was arrested several. weeks ago on this charge^and was ; held under bond. He is the husband [ cf Ella Wiggins, deceased who lost | her life at Bessemer City in a com munist demonstration some time i ago i Shelby Man Catches ; 25-Pound Rock Fish; Here's the biggest fish story of Uic season—and the fish is in Slisiby ; today for proof. Fishing in Black River, near An drews, South Carolina, over week-end DeWitt Quinn, Shelby druggist, caught a rock fish that weighed almost 24 pounds when placed on the scales here today. At • the time it was caught it weighed' around 25 pounds. Not satisfied with I the 25-pounder Mr. Quinn snagged j another rock fish that weighed over j nine pounds. In the Quinn party were Dr. Torn j Gold, and Messrs. Willis McMurry and Jack Dover. I Banks Will Close Here On Wednesday : All banks in Shelby and the coun ty will be closed Wednesday, May 20, it was-announced today, in cb scnance of the signing of tar Mecklenburg Declaration of Inde pendence. Will Vamp Get Col. Hoofer? The same o.'d love triangle? Will Miss Meadows, the re juvenated flapper, win CoL Hoofer away from his wife, Sophie? Ere the end of this week rumor has i‘ that she will ask C ol. Hoofer to elope with her She has already kissed him. Keep op with this interest ing love triangle In ‘‘Toots and Casper," The Star's com ic strip—Page Seven. 1,000 Less Autos In County Now Than On April 1 1930 (Star News Bureau) Raleigh, Mar 18.—Motor ve hicles in North Carolina de creased from a grand total of 384,647 on April 1, 1930, to 310, 838 on April 1, 1951, a drop of 41,317, or from 338.647 automo biles and 43,408 trucks to 298, 623 automobiles and 42,215 trucks, the records of Sprague Silver, director of the motor re hide bureau, show. Motorcycles dropped from 785 to ?37 and cars of non-resident* decreased from 2,075 to 1,750. Almost every county in the state lost in num bers of automobiles and trucks. Cleveland county had 5,875 automobiles and 600 trucks on April 1, 19.71, as compared with 6.850 automobiles and 675 trucks of the year before, Major Sit ter's records show. Hoover Unpopularity Shown In 1930 Vote, Depriest Declares; Many Agree With Him On Views Former G. O. P. Postmaster Holds To Stand Against Hoover In 1932. George W. DePriest, former Re publican postmaster, who recently j declared that he would join Col. | Horace Mann in opposing the nom ination of Hoover in 1932, is not tab- j lug any back water. Koover'3 unpopularity, Mr. DePriest( intimated today in discussing in- j formal remarks on his stand by j Cleveland, county Republican lead-; ers, is as plain as the nose of the face cf Mut in the Bud Fisher car- | toon. Local Republican leaders who1 say otherwise are "only kidding. themselves,” he added. "X see by The Star,” he stated,. "that these local leaders are hot be - j ing quoted officially, but in an in formal manner they infer that I Jo not know what I am talking about1 when I say that Mr. Hoover is no;; acceptable to tire rank and file of the Republican party in the South. | They know I am right and they are only kidding themselves — kidding themselves to fool Republicans else where because they cannot fool! them here at drome. Many Others. 'They claim to think that X am the only Republican they know of I who holds that attitude. To show them, I could furnish a list of those who agree with me were it not such CON'mWBD ON PAOB EIGH'i.) Illustrated Scenes Of Scout Camp Will Be Shown In City An illustrated lecture about the Boy Scout camp near Tryon will be { given at the courthouse Thursday; night, Mry 21st, at 8 o'clock by Mr. Schiele, scout executive of Gastonia.. Lantern slides showing scenes at | the camp will be shown. Tickets have been issued Boy Scouts of the town to distribute among adults. Each Scout will write his name on the back of tickets he issues end a prise will be given the! boy whose name is on the most tick ets’ collected at the courthouse door. ■ However, the public is invited to j attend the meeting, regardless of! whether they have tickets, admis sion being free. There will be no j collection. Puts Bonus In Baseball Goods (Star News Bureau. Kings Mountain, May 18.— Some-World War veterans spent their bonus money for automobiles; others sp>rt theirs for thip and that, but it was left to George Harry, a colored veteran of Kings Mountain, to spend his in a public-spirited way. George recently got his check from. Uncle Sam i»r approximately $400. He Im mediately spent $180 for base ball equipment and donated it to the colored baseball team of Kings Mountain. George is a player on the team. College Finals Closing Today Debates Today, Contests Tomorrow. Annual Address On Wednesday. The commencement exercises of the Boiling Springs junior college were In full swing today folowing the baccalaureate sermon by Dr. R. A. Kelly, of Belmont, at the'First Baptist church here yesterday. Tire annual debates of the literary societies are being held today, and tomorrow the recitation and oratori cal contests will be held with the annual play on Tuesday evening. Highsmith Speaks. Dr. J. Henry 'Highsmith. of Ra leigh, will deliver the address at 11 o’clock Wednesday as a part of . the graduation day exercises. Marine From Shelby Married In Newport .James Ernest Lowery, son of James F. Lowery of Shelby and Miss Basel Cynthia Ray of Newport, Rhode Island, were married or are to be married {here during the month of May, according to a report received by The Star from the li cense bureau in Newport. Mr. Low ery, the groom is a U. S. Marine. Shelby Represented In Meeting At Rutherfordton; Boost Section 3tm' 100 Citizen* Discuss Dans OI Increasing Tourist Travel. Rutherfordton, May 13.—More than 100 representatives of organ izations interested In increasing tourist travel in North Carolina gathered as guests of the Ruther ford County club Friday night and heard a plan outlined by Dr. L. B. Morse, president Of Chimney Rock, Inc. Under the plan proposed by Dr. Morse the route from Washington, D. C., through Richmond. Raleigh, Greensboro, Salisbury, Charlotte, Gasionia, Kings Mountain arid Rutherfordton will be designated as “The Capitol Parkway,” properly marked with attractive enamel signs and a determined effort made to swing a greater volume of tour ist travel to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park over the route instead of over other routes. A meeting of tourist travel ad vocates will be held at Richmond, tfa.. In the near future and per manent organization will be per fected at Greensboro afterwards. Dr. Morse was authorized to ap point a steering committee to han dle details until organization is completed. Practically every county along N. C highways 15 and 20 from Rowan to Haywood was represented at the gathering. President Howard of the host club turned the meeting over to Dr. Morse, who outlined the plans, interspersing his remarks with charts, maps and graphs. Dr. Morse brought out the point that 315,000 tourists visited the 22 national parks in the west in 1915 and last year this total had increased to 2,770,000 Those who spoke in addition to Dr. Morse included: C. O. Kuester, Charlotte; Fred Weede, Asheville; Coleman W. Roberts, Greensboro: J. VV. Adkins, Gastonia; Albert Grist, Vprk, S. C. Forrest Eskridge, Shelby r Robert Neal, Salisbury; T. P. Mills, Canton; E. C. McCubbins, Salisbury; Bailey Groome, Char lotte. Ail of the speakers stressed the necessity of making a determined effort to secure a greater portion of the vast touring business. Mr. Grist made the point that the people of North and South Carolina, with an abundance of historical and scenic wonders that astound visitors, are not sold on their own states. Mr, Roberts prefaced his remarks by saying that while the Carolina Motor club, as representative of the American Automobile association, cannot favor any specific route but give accurate information on all highways, does stand solidly behind any movement that will stimulate tourist travel in the Carolina.* Gets U. S. Job C'has. A. Burrus well known She] !■ by attorney, was last week appoint | ed probation officer for the Western I North Carolina Federal court dis trict. The appointment was made by ! Federal Judge E. Y. Webb. Mr. Bur t rus is the first probation officer to | serve In the United States court in ■ this district and because of his legal ! training is considered an efficient man for the office. He will continue | his home in Shelby. (Star Fhoto.i i —-—- . .— Webb Appoints Burrus To Job Will Serve A* Federal Probation Officers For Western North Carolina. Attorney Chas. A. Burrus was on Saturday appointed federal proba tion officer for the Western North Carolina district of the United States court, it was announced Sat urday from the office here of Fed eral Judge E. Yates Webb, who made the appointment. Mr. Burrus in accepting the office will become the first regular pro bation officer for this court district. When court work in federal court districts so increases that the regu lar court officials are unable to ob serve and inspect probation cases it i is the-policy of the federal depart - i ment of justice to name a apecial probation officer for this work. Some time ago Judge Webb, it is learned, was informed' that the court work in | the Western Carolina district had reached the point where it was considered that a .probation officer was needed. Soon after receiving this information Judge Webb ap pointed Attorney Burrus. Not Full Time. It will be Mr. Burrus' duty to keep check on all probation cases com ing up in the federal court session in the western district at Chariot's, Statesville, Shelby and Asheville. The duties of the office, it is un derstood. will take Mr. Burrus away from Shelby only a portion of the time and will not require full time work, leaving him some time for the private practice of law. The salary of the office is re ported to be $2,600 annually. I Mr. Burrus, the son of Rev. A. J. Burrus, retired Methodist minister, has engaged in the practibe of law here since completing his education. He is a former solicitor of county' court and is considered a capable and efficient man for the offije. He is married and has two children. Henry Bivins Dies; Funeral Tuesday Seventy-Eeight Year Old Resident Of Lily Mill Village. Native Of County, Henry Bivins, age 73 years, died at J o’clock Sunday afternoon in the Lily mill village, following an illness of eight weeks with heart trouble. Mr. Bivins had been a member of the St. Paul Methodist church for a half century. He was born and reared ,in that section, but moved to Shelby shortly after his wife died three years ago. Mr. Bivins was a fine citizen and highly esteemed by all who knew him. He is survived by four sons, one daughter, 23 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be field Tuesday morn ing at II o’clock and interment will be at his old home church. Reep Acquitted In County Court Cleet Reep. of Lincoln county, waj freed of a liquor charge by a jury in the county court .here Friday. Reep was arrested Friday week ago with Charlie Morrison in connection with a supply of whiskey stored near Shelby, ' Shelby Schools ! Praised Highly By Inspector All Schools Here Now Standard | libraries With 3,800 Volume* Cited. Parent-Teacher Group Help ed Much. i { All the elementary schools In Shel by arc now on the standard list, »(S cording to a letter to Supt. B. L. Smith from Mias Susan Fulghum. I state inspector, in which the local schools arc given high praise. Miss Fulghum was especially com plimentary regarding library facili ties, class room system and the gen eral equipment and operation of the schools. The biggest item of worthwhile equipment in the city schools Is the ltbrarv in each school. Tire school', have 3,800 volumes in all and the books are extensively used with good results. School officials give a major por tion of the credit for the library facilities to the various Parent Teacher associations of the city as they and affiliated organizations have contributed more than *3,000 Letter Of Praise. Miss Fulghum’s letter to Bupt, Smith follows; “It was indeed a pleasure to visit the Shelby elementary schools with you last week, and we are glad to have these schools on the accredit ed list. I was very favorably im pressed with the fine spirit of the teachers and pupils, and with their eagerness, in cooperating in working for good schools. I was also very favorably impressed with the class room work observed. ‘ I understand that the Parent Teacher associations of the city are responsible for the very excellent li braries which have been provided in all of the schools. It was indeed a pleasure to check on the use Of the libraries, and to see that there is a a wide-spread interest in reading good books in all the schools. One can scarcely estimate the priceless value in the live* of the children -of the hundreds of fine books which have been read this year by the children in the Shelby schools, 1 hope so much that each year there will be provision for adding to the libraries, and that before many years goJby^definite.provision will be made for a trained librarian to give at least part of her services in each of the schools. “I hope that within a year or two the work in music can be strength ened by providing for a special music teacher who would giflde the work in all the city schools. "I want to congratulate you upon the success of your year's work. I think that Shelby is indeed fortun ate in having your services. We are happy to have the Shelby schools on the accredited list as standard elementary schools." Mrs. Mary Searcy Of South Shelby Dies Funeral Tuesday At Race Paih t'hurch In Rutherford County, Was 85 Tears Old. Mrs. Mary Searcy died at 7 o’clock Sunday evening at the home pi her daughter Mrs. Rody Manley in South Shelby with whom she had been making her home since com ing to Shelby about a year ago. Sire had been sick three months. Mrs. Searcy was 85 years of age. Her husband died a number of years ago, and about a year ago she mov ed to Shelby from Spindale, Ruth erford county. Mrs. Searcy is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Rody Manley, Miss Dinah Searcy and one son, John Searcy of Schoolfield, Va. Nine grandchildren also survive. For 69 years she was a member of the Bea ver Dam Baptist church. Her re mains will be buried Tuesday aft ernoon at 3 o’clock at Race Path church in Rutherford county, the funeral to be conducted by Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor of the First Baptist church. —.. Two Negroes Missing In Shooting Affair Shelby police had an unusual problem on their hands today. They are seeking a colored man who .'hot another Sunday night, but that’s j only half or it: they are also look ing for the man who was shot. On Buffalo street about 9 o'clock Sunday night officers are Informed that Odell Mack, who has been handy with his gun heretofore, took a crack with his pistol at Ab Little. Odell missed and then it was Ab'a turn. Ab used a shot gun and didn't miss. The shot drilled Odell about the thighs, officers say, and since that time officers haven’t been able to locate either one of them. Typical American Family Here we have the typical American family of Mr. and Mrs. Merrill J. Brown spending a typically quiet, pleasant evening in their Indianapolis home. After a nationwide survey this family was selected as one which most nearlv duplicated in every respect the 29,000,000 families in the United State. Mr. and Mrs. Brown’s two children are John, aged 13, amrLouise, aged fiftyn. Their sports are golf and tennis. Assembly May Reach Compromise Today; Bribery Probe Brings Oat Little More Than "Loose Talk ” Mar Cat Land Tax To IS C'«nts In New School Revenue Proposal Talked Now. (By M. R. Duainagan Star News — Bureau.) Raleigh, May 18.- The North. Car-., oline senate and house of represen tatives have been passing the ball1 back and forth rapidly for several' days, with the most hopeful signs' yet appearing that it will come to rest on compromising central lines, while Senator Hallett S, Ward, of Beaufort, investigating charges of attempts at corruption and bribery i of senators, has found little more! than the usual ‘loose talk" which might be" expected. The conference committee of the two houses promised the house Fri day that it expected to have a re- ’ port for the meeting at 3 o'clock Monday arid hope, as well as belief, is that the house will come to the more than half-way point to which the senate is attempting to meet Its coordinate body, adopt a revenue bill that will ftfford practically all relief asked by those opposed to any ad valorem tax and permit the general assembly to adjourn by next Saturday. The conference plan is for a 15 cent ad valorem tax, raising about continued on page eight.i Shoppers Flood Shelby On First Clear Saturday . It or not—it did not rain in Shelby Saturday for'" the first Saturday In 11 weeks. One result of the 11 con secutive rainy Saturdays was that Shelby streets were packed and jammed all _ day Saturday with week-end shop- ] per*. Traffic congestion in the business district was the heaviest Since last fall and in the afternoon the streets and business houses were filled with the largest shopping crowds since the holiday tea- j son. ; CT.i: V\' OFfl CICMETEIRV AT NBW^BETHEL MAY 21 j All who have relatives or friends buried at New Bethel Baptist church are requested to meet there Thurs day morning; May 21st, to clean ofl the graveyard and church ground, artd haul se; d to put on the graves preparato.y .for memorial service on the fourth Sunday in May. Auxiliary Prepares For Poppy Sale; Each Poppy Aids Veterans Funds Will Help Disabled Veterans Of World War. Sale On May 33. Work of preparing for the annual poppy sale of the American Legion auxiliary went into full swing to day when the memorial poppies which will be worn on Poppy Day. May 23, in honor of the World War dead, were received at auxiliary headquarters here, i The little red flowers, packed in neat boxes, came from Oteen where they were made by disabled veteraps under auxiliary direction.. They must be counted and arranged for distribution to the volunteer workers who will off er them on the streets on Poppy Day. The poppies are paper replicas oi the wild European poppies which bloomed on the battle -fields In France and Belgium during the world war. It was this flower, grow ing between the rows of wooden crosses above fresh battle graves, which inspired the famous poem, "In Flanders Fields,” by Col John McCrea. Since the war the flower has become recognized throughout I the world as the symbol of war! sacrifice. "I wonder how many of the peo ple in Shelby who will wear these poppies this year, realize the story that is behind each little flower,” a member of the auxiliary remark ed, as she examined one of the little paper blossoms. ’'Each poppy has been made individually by some dis abled' veteran who through this work has been able to help himself or his family in the long struggle against the handicaps of war disa bility. Often there is a tragic and pathetic story wrapped up in these flowers. • • Each poppy mode means one cent earned by some1 needy dis-1 abled veteran for the support of family or to aid him when he at tempts to reestablish himself in the World. Three hundred flowers a day is the limit usually placed on the workers to prev | it them from over taxing their strength, but three dol lars a day is a Ood-send to men who have earned' nothing fof months and years. Approximately 10.000,900 of the popples have been made this year and about $100,000 has been paid by the auxiliary Into the empty pockets of the disabled men.'’ s Catch Two Men In Texas With Car From City Painter And Foust Being Held Stole New Automobile From Esk ridge Garage Here. Moody With Them. It is a long distance from Shelby to Houston, Texas, but the long arm of the law reached out l;Re last week and nabbed two men thcrd who are wanted In Shelby for steal ing an automobile and for store breaking; Friday eiening Police Chief M. Bride Poston received a telegram from J. K. Irwin, detective chief at Houston, stating Harley Painter, Ralph Foust and L, L. Moody were being held there with a Ford auto mobile they admitted stealing from the Eskridge garage in Shelby. Both, it was added, admitted that they were escaped convicts. Another wire came from the Hou« ton detective Saturday informing that Painter and Foust would fight extradition to this state and that Moody has been exonerated of any pai-t in the auto theft. The second wire also stated that the federal de partment of justice would also pros ecute them tor the car theft under the Dyer act. To Get Papers. Chief Poston, it is understood, haw asked Solicitor Spurgeon Spurlin* to request Governor Gardner to send extradition papers to the gov ernor of Texas. When and if this is done local officers may go after the two men. Foust is an escaped con vict from the* No. 6 chain gang, be ing sentenced ffap/Jobbhig the first Baptist church, a/d Painter ha3 a prison record . / Broke (in Store. Local officers are also anxious to get them back fir it is alleged that they broke in and robbed the Cohen store here the saikk night and per haps had participated in the rob bery of the C. H. Reinhart store and other local stores. The automobile, a new coupe with a dealer’s tag on it, was stolen from the Eskridge garage, AWest Marion street on the night of Wednesday, May 6. Negro Slayer To High Court Woodward Glenn Brought Back And Tried In Recorder's Court. Woodward Glenn, colored, wilt face a murder charge at the next session of the Cleveland county su perior cdurt as the result of a pre liminary hearing given him in county court here Saturday Last October, itjs alleged, Glenn shot and kilted C. B. Gainey, also colored. as Gainey was walking home with Glenn's girl. He fled after the shooting and was not lo cated until last week when officers learned that he was in Newberrv, South Carolina. Glenn, it is said, was still in jail here today and may remain there until the next term of superior court. Sanders Slayer Gets Three Years Pridmore Sentenced For Shooting Husband of Shelby Woman. Greenville, May 18.—A. F. Pnd more, county supervisor, Friday was found guilty of manslaughter for killing Nick Saunders, road en gineer, last summer. The jury which returned its ver dict at 10:03 a. m., after deliberat ing all night, recommended mercy. The verdict carries a penalty of from two to 20 years imprisonment in the discretion of the judge. Judge T. J. Mauldin sentenced Pridmore to three years imprison ment. James H. Price, chief of defense counsel, said an appeal would be made to the supreme court upon five allegations of error at law. No motion for a new trial was mack*, however. Price saying the trial had been fair and Impartial Pridmore was released upon bond of $5,000 pending the perfection of the appeal to the supreme court. Pridmore was silent when the verdict was returned, but one of his daughters wept. There was no dem onstration in the court room. The man Pridmore killed was the husband of Mrs. Sanders who op erates the Courtvfew hotel in Shel by.