SHKI.UY. N. C. 8 PAGES TODAY MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1931 t'uhlished Monday, Wednesday and Friday Alter noons.1’ "*"• *" ,,M *<■ n* —. _ ‘*rn«r. o**r r«*r. (in uIvksmi cm Late News Cloudy Tuesday. Today's North Carolina Heather Report: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Some Myste'y Reports today from f orest City had It that some mysterious angles are connected with the drowning near there Friday night of a young Forest City man and a Marion girl. A further Investigation of their deaths was scheduled to take place today and rumors of various types •bout the drowning of the young couple have that section consider ably stirred up about the tragedy. Recover Stolen AutoAtMarion Hidln Cemetery Car Was Taken Thursday Night When Several Places Were Robbed. The new Chevrolet automobile stolen here Thursday night, in a robbery epidemic in which four Shelby business houses were rob bed, was recovered and returned here late Friday by city and county officers, The auto had been abandoned in • cemetery at Marion and was lo cated there by Chief McBride Pas ton and parties who accompanied him. In the car was found a coat hanger which was identified as the property of the Wright-Baker de partment store which was robbed on the same night the car was taken from the Hus Cline garage. Officers had already suspected that the auto thief had also staged the robbery of the department ?tore. None of the clothing taken fron} the store’ was located however. Apparently the thief carried the clothing with him when he aban doned the automobile in the ceme tery. The'car was found about day light Friday morning by the ceme tery caretaker and was still hot, in dicating that it had Just been aban doned. Officers have a pretty good idea, they say, as to the Identity of the thief or thieves and Deputies Ed Dixon and Bob Kendrick spent the week-end in searching for them in nearby cities. It is believed the same outfit rob bed the Lattimore drug store Thursday night. Tom W. Miller Buried Today Well Known Citizen Succumbs To Long Illness. Wife And Two Daughters Survive. Tom W. Miller was buried this morning,in Sunset cemetery, his funeral being conducted from the residence of his daughter. Mrs. Fred Morton In Belvedere where he had been making his home for a num ber of years and where he died Sunday morning at 6 o'clock. Mr. Miller was 67 years of age. He had been in declining health for a num ber of years, the past two of which time he has been bedfast. At the Morton home Mr. Miller received every consideration and attention, Mr. Miller was born In the Waco section of this county but spent most of his life in Shelby where he foilowed the carpentry trade. He was married to Miss Misouri Moore who survives with two daughters, Mrs. Fred Morton and Mrs. Marie Best, Two brothers also survive, Ezra and John Miller. runerai services were conducted this morning from the Morton resid ence -by Rev. Zeno Wall pastor of the First Baptist church of which he was ft member, assisted by Rev. John W. Subtle and L. B. Hayes. In terment was In Sunset cemetery. Active pall bearers were Will Met calf, Z. J. Riviere, Robert Crowder, Julius Buttle, Rochel Hendrick and Paul Webb. Shelby Boy8 Take Patrol Training Five Shelby boys left yesterday for Morehead City where they will take the necessary training to be come highway patrolmen. After the period of training they will stand an examination with the hope of se curing positions In the new addi tion to the patrol. Those going were Gene Hoyle, Joe Singleton, Walter Riviere, T. B. DePriest and Marshall Moore, jr. Young Negro Shoots At Another The fleet feet and side-stepping ability of Dick Jolly, young Shelby negro man, saved his life early Sun day afternoon. Jolly and David Gamble, a negro younger than Jolly, engaged In an argument on the Suttle street ex tension, the row, it is said, .starting over Gamble’s sister. Gamble seized a breechloader and cut down on Jolly, with the Intention he told of ficers of “blowing him down," but he missed. The shooting caused quite a bit of excitement in that ation of the city. :Scalds Fatal I To Young Son Of Geo. Allen Police Chief’s Son Died Here Three-Year-Old Kings Mountain Officer Fell In Tub Hot Water. Edgar Allen, three-year-old son of Police Chief George Allen and Mrs. Allen of Kings Moun tain, died in the Shelby hospital yesterday afternoon at 1 o’clock as the result of being scalded at his home in Kings Mountain just before noon Saturday. Fell In Tub. No one saw the fatal scalding but the little boy was found shortly after | he fell m tub of hot water. The tub, according to E. R. Gamble, Star cor respondent at Kings Mountain, had been placed on the steps of the porch for the purpose of scaling a chicken. It is presumed that the lit tle fellow while playing about the j porch stumbled and fell In the tub. He was badly scalded on the arms, the left leg and the left thigh. He was rushed to the hospital here but was unable to rally from the shock I and the pain. He became uncon scious early Sunday morning and died early in the afternoon. funeral today. Funeral services were held at the home ill Kings. Mountain this after noon at 2.30 with Dr. Thomas L. Justice, First Baptist pastor, offic iating. Interment is to follow at Sharon cemetery. He is survived by his parents. Chief George Allen and Mrs. Allen and the following brothers and sis ters: Mary Ethel, Irene, Frances, Virginia and George Allen, Jr. The little boy was a nephew o! Sheriff Irvin M. Allen and was a popular youngster with his play mates and friends. The family, well known throughout the entire coun ty, has the sympathy of the section in its tragic bereavement. Mr. Davis of Polkville Dies At Age 83 Years Mr. Zachariah P. Davis aged citi zen of the Polkville section died Saturday and the funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Trinity church in McDowell county. Mr. Davis was born August 28, 1847 and was 83 years, 9 months and 21 days old. He was thrice married and is survived by four sons, 20 grand children and 15 great grandchildren. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. C. E. Ridge of the Polkville circuit .assisted by Rev. Mr. Ballard of Trinity church where he was bur ied. Mrs. Hoyle Reached Home Here Sunday Mrs. Frank L. Hoyle, who has been to France to visit the grave of her sorw reached her home here Sunday after being away for more than a month. Mrs. Hoyle sailed over with a party of Gold Star mothers on the President Harding and returned to New York on the Roosevelt. She thoroughly enjoyed the' entire trip, she states, and was treated with every consideration and courtesy by those in charge oi the party of mothers visiting the French cemeteries for the first time. Where Schmciing and Stribling Will Clash ol Max .ScHMlEXINfel \?J Cleveland Stadium 'r*» ■nMMHilMiaK & I The current "K atie or the Uentury." the exchange ■ of fisticuJUs to be indulged in by the German bat j tier, Max ‘Schmellr.g, heavyweight champion of the j world, and the Georgia Peach, “Young’ Stribling, j challenger, will be fought in the expand" stadium shown above, on July 3, at Cleveland. Thousands * are expected to fill the concrete stands to overflow ing as the two heavies clash in the squared circle ■for title and purses. Both fighters, excellent like nesses of which are shown above, are confident Lady Luck is with them. Mercury Goes To 100 Here The longest day of the year was the hottest in Shelby. Sunday afternoon the mercury In the Ebeltoft thermometer climbed to 100, the highest of the year. | The weather was so sizzling warm as to make the entire day uncom fortable, particularly as it followed the 98 degree heat of Saturday. The only victim of the week-end heat reported in this section was one of the owls at the Swofford grocery which keeled over Saturday after noon. Today the mercury was climbing back up again with the promise that it might this afternoon be almost as hot as It was yesterday. The mer cury had reached 90 before noon. In other sections of the State yes terday record heat was recorded. Mrs. Julius Costner Buried On Sunday i Victim of Diabetls At Shelby Hos pital Where She Was a Pa tient Two Weeks. At Pleasant Grove Baptist ; church Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Jul , ius Costner was buried, the funeral service being conducted by her pas tor, Rev. D. G. Washburn. Mrs. Costner died in the Shelby hospital Saturday morning where she had been a patient for two weeks suf fering with diabetis. She was born May 4th, 1879, and was 52 years, one month and sixteen days old. Be fore marriage Mrs. Costner was i Miss Ella Mae Champion, a daugh ; ter of Mr. Wm. Champion. She was I a fine Christian character and greatly beloved by all who knew her. Surviving are her hatband, one of the leading: farmers of the coun ty living near Bridges store on the 'Fallston road, one adopted daugh ter Lilian Irene, one sister and i three brothers. A large crowd gath ered at the chprch to pay a tribute I of respect to her memory. Johnny Torreo Proclaims Himself Successor To Scarf ace A1 Capone Once Driven Out But Returns To Chicago To Bead Gangs There. Chicago, June 22.—The Herald and Examiner says Johnny "Tire Immune” Torreo has succeeded A1 Capone. The proclamation that Torreo has invested himself with the robes of gangland leadership, the Herald said, was posted in haunts of the half world. Rumors have been per sistent for weeks that the protege of Big Jim Colosimo had abandoned his western ranch to intervene once more in underworld activities. Bul lets from George "Bugs” Moran’s gang guns hastened Torreo's deci sion several years ago to quit Chi ■ cago gangland warfare. Twice at ; tempts on his life were unsuccessful and thus he aimed the sobriquet of '"The Immune.” It was Torreo who brought Capone west from Brook lyn a decade ago. When Torreo ab dicated Capone climbed onto the throne. The newspaper said it was Torreo who ordered Capone to "take the rap" against him and plead guilty to the government's indict ment charging liquor law and in come tax violation. On this plea Capone will be sentenced June 30. U. S. District Attorney George E. Q. Johnson, director of the drive against Capone, has already made ready to war on Torreo. While Johnson refused to commit himself on the reasdns for Torreo's return the district attorney said yesterday the government has made its plans for the offensive against Capone's successor. The Dally News said that Jack Guzik, number two man In the <Ja pone syndicate, had taken person al charge of the gambling privileges in the suburban areas and will run the outlying roadside inns. Guzik had sent round word, said the Newo, that he was "the man to be seen" from now on and that the road houses could “open up now" on gambling with the syndicate fur nishing every bank but the road houses and hoadhouses owners get ting 40 per cent of the profits. Forest City Man And Marion Girl Drowned In Lake On Friday Night Dewitt llarrlll, 26, And Mi.se Marion Parker, of Marion. Water Victims. Forest City, June 22.—Dewitt! Harrlll. 26, of Forest City, and Miss Marion Parker, 17, of Marion, were drowned Friday night While swim ming in Flat Rock swimming pool, | six miles from here, j Their bodies were recovered from rnine feet of water Saturday after anxious relatives and friends, un certain of their fate, had spent the night searching surrounding terri tory. Harrill and Miss Parker, accom panied by another couple, went to the pool for an outing. Leaving their companion in an automobile, Harrill and Miss Parker went for a i swim. When they failed to return, the 'other couple sought aid in searching for them. The bodies were recovered by Grady Harrill, brother of the drown ed man, and L. C. Newton and Charlie Harris, of Forest City. Friends said Harr,ill who was re guarded as an excellent swimmer, probably drowned in an attempt to save Miss Parker, who was not an able swimmer. Harrill was the son of Mrs. Min nie Harrill, of Forest City. He is survived by his mother, four broth ers and a sister. Miss Parker was visiting friends here. A coroner's jury, after viewing the bodies, came to the conclusion that Lightning Burns Out “Whiteway” Uptown Shelby resembled a rural village after midnight last night with the streets in the main business section in darkness due to a bolt of lightning which put the regu lator of the whiteway lights out of commission. ~. The regulator is located in the electrical department in the city hall and the bolt coming in over one wire tem porarily wrecked the regula tor and put the whiteway cir cuit out of commission. If a new regulator cannot be secured and installed* today the whiteway section will like ly be dark again tonight. If It is necessary to repair the reg ulator, it may take several days, ft was said this morn ing. the couple met death through ac :idental drowning. Mr. Harrill. one of the best known young men of the city, had been In the automobile business for some time, but for the past few weeks riad been operating a furniture store with his brother. Funeral services were held Sun Jay afternoon at 3 o’clock from the First Baptist church, of which the ieceased was a member. Hold-Up Attempt Made Near City Saturday; Truck Driver Shot At The driver of a Blltmore ice cream truck, had a narrow escape near Shelby about daylight Satur day morning in what officers be lieve was an attempted holdup. The driver was travelling west on highway 20 when the attempted holdup took place east of Shelby just a short distance on this side of the Buffalo bridge. According to the truck driver who later came In to the city and told officers of the Incident, he noticed a coupe parked on his side of the road. As ne started to cut his truck around the car one of the occupants stepped out and attempted to wave the driver down with a flashlight. When the truck driver refused to stop the man on the ground pulled a gun and shot through the windshield and door glass less than a foot from the driver's head. The truck driver then grabbed his own gun and Jumped from the truck. As he did so the other man ran back to the waiting car, where his companion had the motor running, and they sped away. The truck driver shot three times at the man as he ran back to the car but so far as he knows failed to hit him. Deputies Bob Kendrick and Ben Cooper and Clyde Poston, conviet camp superintendent, were called to the scene but were unable to pick up a trace of the holdup car. The truck driver is of the opinion that the holdup was staged with the In tent of robbing him of the money received for ice cream along the route covered by the truck. Miss Pathia Hamrick Buried On Sunday Afed Maiden Woman and l ast Sur viving Daughter of Uncle Berry Hamrick. . Miss Pathia Hamrick, aged maid en lady of the Double Springs com munity and last surviving daughter of the lat<f Berry Hamrick, died Sat urday at noon and was buried Sun day afternoon at Double Springs Baptist church. Miss Hamrick was 73 years of age and had been a faithful member of the Double Springs Baptist church for 59 years. Her father Berry Hamrick died about 13 years ago at the age of 98 She is the last one of a family of twelve children except Elijah Ham rick, now. living at age 82. He is the father of A. M. Hamrick, clerk of the superior court. A sister of Miss Pathia. Mrs. Nancy Bridges died about six weeks ago It is stated that Uncle Berry Hamrick had about 400 descendants. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Double Springs by Rev. John W. Suttle and interment was in the cemetery there. Unusual Cabbage. An unusual head of cabbage j grown by Mrs W. A Randall, of I Earl, is on exhibit at The Star of fice. The cabbage, said to oe of the early Jersey Wakefield variety, has filled out in rounded clusters In stead of rounding out a head in the | usual manner. Citizens Here Wonder If Road Hoodoo Remains County On Rim Of District Nrw Road Sri up Tope of Conver sation. County Shy On Roads. Is Cleveland county still jinxed in the matter of highways and ronds? That is a question being asked over the county this week as the new highway system is being adjusted. When the state began a major highway program a decade buck this county iailed to receive surfaced highways in proportion to many other counties in the state. For years the only payed highway in the county was the Highway 20 stretch from Gaston straight through to Rutherford. Then a little more than a year ago the road known as High way 18. Irom Morganton to Shelby and south to the South Carolina line, was surfaced with tar and gravel as was a strip to the Gaston line by Waco Another highway, but only a top-soil road, between Shelby and Polkville was taken over by the •state commission, but all efforts to have the highway surfaced and made one link from Shelby to Mari on failed. Today few. If any, coun ties of similar sire and wealth in the state have less mileage of pavement titan Cleveland. Political Draw-back. The highway shortage in the coun ty was Indirectly attributed by many to political conditions. During the major construction program Governor Garner was generally considered, as “the next governor' and all attempts to secure addition al highway mileage in the county were looked upon by some as efforts (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX.I Brother Of Hope Brison Takes Life Well Known Gastonia Grocery mm Shot Self Saturday. Funeral Sunday. Gastonia, June 22.—toe Brison, 46 well known Gastonia man, shot himself through the temple with a pistol at his home, 424 West Mata avenue, shortly before 11 o'clock Saturday morning, and died about twenty minutes later, v He was a brother of Hope Brison well known Shelby oil distributor. Funeral services were held at the home at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon Dr. J. H. Henderlite, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiat ed, and Interment was in Oakwood cemetery. Members of the family said Mr Brison had been 111 for two or three days, but seemed some better Satur day morning. Some time after breakfast he told Mrs. Brison that he felt weak and was going to his bedroom to rest. A short while lat er members of the family heard a muffled report, and Mrs. Brison, goilng to the bedroom, found her husband with a bullet wound in his temple. Physicians were summoned, but were unable to do anything to save Mr, Brison’s life. No reason for the act could be given by members of Mr. Brison's family. Friends said he had been worrying considerably lately about business difficulties. It was thought that this, along with his 11 health of the past few days, was respon sible for the deed. Supt. Smith Rep Work Of Year 1 Suggestions For City Schools Operate On $23,463 Less ttevlewing the school work In Shelby and looking to the future welfare of the rltv schools, Supt. B. I,. Smith's special article In The Star to day lias these highlights: He commends the literary work and points out that the j high school has been signal ly honored by being granted a charter In the North Caro lina Honor society. The high school retains Its \.\ rating and Its membership In the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Capital Indebtedness of the j city schools has been reduced within two years $79,864. In order to live within the In come the school operated last year for -23,46.7 less than was spent the year before. "For the Immediate future we must undertake with all our power to do certain things: 1. To operate within our In come. 2. To enhance the educa tional Interest and suppotT on Ihe part of the local citlrens. 3. To maintain such a fine ~ morale amonf our teachers that they will if possible do a better Job with more pupils and for less money. 4. To get from all available sources such supplementary funds as we can." lor the more remote future, Supt. Smith says, “It appear* that Shelby must soon have a modern high school, that the tipper grammar grades must be assembled In the present high school after a thorough reconditioning and that the , present elementary schools must be left for Increasing numbers of primary and lower grammar grade children. i Gold Again Head Of School Board For City Schools i L. P. Holland Elected Secretary To Succeed H. Clay Cox. Meet ing Held. Dt. Tom B. Gold was reelected shalrman of the Shelby city school board at the first formal meeting of the board this year held here Fri day. | Mr. Thad C. Ford was reelected treasurer and Mr. L. P. Holland was named secretary to succeed Mr. H. Clay Cox, who did not seek selec tion. Other members of the board are Messrs. Roger Laughridge and J. Lawrence Lackey. Other features of the first board session Included a discussion of the 1931-32 budget and the hearing of the annual report of the city superintendent. (OTHER CITY NEWS AND SPORTS ON PAGE SIX.) $25,000 Asked Of Bostic Man In Rutherford County Alienation Suit Alienation of Affections Charged In Damage Suit Filed By J. R. Jenks Against Bostic Man. Rutherfordton, June 19.—A suit for $25,000 has been filed in super ior court here by J. R. Jenks of Bostic, charging C. E. Laughridge, also of Bostic, with alienation of af fections. • The complaint asks $10,000 puni tive damages and $15,000 actual damages, charging that the wife of the plaintiff has abandoned him and that he has been damaged by loss of social and business position, de struction of his home, loss of his wife and family and total respect I of his friends to the amount of j $25,000 Jenks charges in his complaint I ; that Laughridge "did wilfully and ! wrongfully" in his absence com-] promise his < Jenks'> wife during fils' absence in attendance to his dutiesl as telegraph operator, and that as a consequence Mrs. Jenks was fore- i ed to “abandon the plaintiff, the f state of her birth and flee to! * another state, taking with her the only two children of the plaintiff." Jenks said one of the children is an invalid and is totally helpless and that the other one is only nine years of age. Laughridge was arrested under arrest and bail proceedings Satur day and was released under a $5, 000 bond. He has employed Quinn, [Hamrick and Harris, local law firm, to present him at trial of the case, to come up at the August term of Superior court. Jenks said he was planning to seek the services of Clyde R. Hoey, Shelby attorney, as his legal coun sel. He has already employed T. J. Forest, of Forest City. Laughridge and Jenks were said to have been close friends during their residence in Bostic, and are well known and respected citizens. Laughridge Is yard master for the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio railway at Bostic. Jenkins is agent of the Seaboard Air Line railway here, having been recently trans ferred from Bostic. orts On School o Board; Makes School’s Future Report Shows Advanced Ranking For High School And City System. Much progress, in practically al] phases of school activity, waa shown In the annual report of Supt. B. L. Smith, of the Shelby school system, to the school board at Its session last week. Supt. Smith pointed out new hon ors that have come to the school In several departments, higher classi fication granted, and exceptional work on the part of students. He also spoke highly of the coopera tion extended school officials and the schools by the Parent-Teacher organizations and by^ other officials and citizens. Future Growth. In his report he outlined pros pective program for the schools In the Immediate future and bespoke the intention of the schools to op erate as best posable under the i»w restrictions W'hlch increase the teacher load. New School. In concluding hla report he spoke of the need soon for a modern high school and the assembling at the present high school building of all the upper grammar grades. The report In full follows: "I have the honor to report that the Shelby schools have had a good year. We have enrolled 3,349 pupils distributed as follows; White ele mentary 2.131. white high 514, col ored elementary 487, colored high 117. Even In face of a change In the state system of child accounting which removes all duplications, this shows an Increase of 74 pupils. Our attendance has been very hard hit by various and sundry epidemics, but even so we show an Increase of 72 over last year. Athletic Prowess. “The high school has maintained the traditions of the school in ath letic prowess. Despite the loss of many stars from last year’s teams, creditable showing has been made in football and baseball and a state championship In baseball and a long line of splendid attainment in past years. The high scholarship record of team members and the favorable comments they have elicited for their excellent spirit of sportsman ship have been most gratifying. The whole record reflects great credit upon Messrs. Morris and Falls who have had charge. Literary Work. In the field of literary endeavor the high school has this year at tained a position of distinction. The repiesentatlves in the triangular debate in the Hoey contest ac quitted themselves in a most cred itable manner. In the Selma Webb essay contest we won first and sec ond honors. Felix Gee was voted first and Ray Brown second. In a a national literary contest- spon sored .by the magazines of the na tion we placed two winners from North Carolina. Louise Miller was declared the winner of the Ameri can girl essay contest and Ray Brown the winner of the contest to determine the best high school edi torial writer. xvuua futnam, one of our com mercial pupils. made the second highest score in the state In tvt>e writlng. ^ Honor Society. "The high school has been sig nally honored In being granted this year a chapter of the national hon or society. The purpose of the or ganization is to promote scholar ship. leadership, service and char acter. Inasmuch as membership Id open to a number of pupils It ought to stimulate high attainment and wholesome attitudes. Music. ; "The work in music got a late start; therefore the distinctions won are all the more creditable to the participants and the director, Mr Ovid B. Lewis. All the individuals and the groups showed excellent talent and fine training In the dis trict and state contests. For the third consecutive year the band won first place and thereby brought intc the permanent possession 6f the school a most lovely trophy. Vlrgii Cox won second place In boy's un changed voice solo contest, and | John McClurd, Jr., won second place in the baritone solo contest. “The high school has retained its AA North Carolina rating and its membership In the Southern Asso ciation of Colleges and Secondary schools. Everyone of the elementary school has qualified for standard ization with the state department of education. Meeting these re quirements affords equipment and assures a type of training that makes certain Improved educational attainment. You will be Interested to know that the schools were vary heartily commended by mus Susan Fulghum, the state inspector of '.CQNT1NOSD Utf Ping XWOkl
