* I 8 PAGES TODAY Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.M*,L °*r u“ __ * J 0»rn«r. »er f*ar. (lit _ MJH’ VOL. XXXVIl, No, 83 SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, JULY 13, 1931 Late News | Fair Tuesday Todays North Carolina Weather Beporl: Generally fatr tonight and iueaday. • To Save Germany. — Washington. July 13.—The prob lem of saving Germany from almost complete financial collapse, Indicat ed to be only a few hours away. was. pn'. up by the United States govern ment last night to the heads of the European central banks. These banking heads, governors of the Bank of England, Bank of France and others, will meet today at Basle, Swilseriand. with the Bank of In ternational Settlement, which Is the reparations bank instituted under the Young reparations plan. The New York federal reserve bank, and perhaps private American bankers, are prepared to co-operate with the European banks, but only in thr event that they take specific ar Uonv. Shelby Boy On “OldIronsides ” Odell Gardner, Marine. Making , Two-Year Tour On Famous ' Old Ship. T Odell Gardner, son of Mr and ] 1 Mrs. T. Clarence Gardner of near ‘Shelby, and for six years in the jUnited States Marines, is now on a l two-year cruise on American's most famous ship, the U. S. Frigate Con-' stitution, better known as "Old Ironsides.” The rebuilt ship, about which the j most colorful portion of U. 8 naval 1 history features, left Portsmouth, | N. H., on July 2 and will cruise down the Atlantic coast. The ship that never lost a battle will be at Wil mington, this State, October 26 for * six-day stay. “Old Ironsides," about which Oli ver Wendell Holmes wrote^his fam-i ons poem, was rebuilt recently by public contributions. Young Gardner, who had the honor of being in the detachment .of marines sent on the tour has forwarded his parents a photo made on1 the deck of the ship, With him are the quartermaster of the Mon tana, the great grandaughter of the .ship’s first commander and Miss j fCathrjm'fHull, grand neice of Com imodore Hull. — ! County Will Work Those With Terms Less Than 60 Days Chance ToJReat In Jail For Short Termers Removed By Ruling, r" The fact that State convict officials will not work convicts with terms under 60 days does not mean that'Cleveland county eonvlots with shorter sentences will have nothing to do but* “lie up In Jail.” When the State took over all con - ;vjcts on July 1, but refused to work short-term prisoners, it was believed i that the short-termers would prove expensive ,to the county with no set work outlined for them. Explains Law. Attorney General Dennis G. Brummitt has recently ruled, how 1 ever, that county officials may work all prisoners sentenced for less than 60 days “at hard labor on public work of the county." Mr. Brummitt said he was receiv ing numerous requests from officials' to know what disposition was to be' made of persons who hereafter are sentenced to terms of less than 60 ' days. The law specifically provides that they may be worked at hard labor on streets, on the county farm or at other labor on public works, Mr.’ Brummitt said. Shelby Attorney Is In Case Of Woman Who Had Imported Booze —i Gel* Release For Greensboro Wo man In Gastonia Whiskey < Case. Gastonia, July 13.—Mrs. Mary Brown, of Greensboro, convicted in municipal cort last Tuesday morn ing, July 7th, of violation of the prohibition law and sentenced to four months in jail, was released Saturday morning under $250 bond. Attorney Maurice R. Weathers, of Shelby, posted the cash bond for her release. Mrs. Brown was bound over to the ■next term of superior court, which begins here July 27th. Arrangements about the car driv en by Mrs. Brown, which was con fiscated along with about 50 gal lons of imported liquors found In hq? possession when she was ar r»ted around noon last Monday, will be decided on sometime next west Mrs. Brown stated that the ear did not belong to her, saying that she had borrowed It from a frienr* Three County People Hurt In Car Wrecks * : Travis Hatley And Wife Of Kings Mountain Seriously Injured In Wreck In Which 3 Were Killed. Shelby Pharmacist Has Leg Broken Near Cherryville. Three Cleveland county people were seriously injured ■in Sunday automobile wrecks. Mr. and Mrs. Travis Hatley of Kings Mountain were severely injured when the automo bile in which they were rjding was struck by a train near Albemarle, three other passengers in their car. relatives of the Hatley’s being killed. Early last night, Mr. Glenn Yoder, pharmacist at the Stephenson drug store, Shelby, received a broken leg in a collision near Cherryville. Mr Yoder was brought to the Shelby hospital, and the Hatleys are in an Albemarle hospital Sunday Death Toll. Charlotte, July 13.—At least lour persons were dead and 14 suffered injuries, some of them seriously hurt, yesterday as the result of highway, air and other accidents in North Carolina over the week-end. Three persons were killed or fat ally injured near Albemarle yester day when a car driven by M. Luther Hateley, Albemarle mill overseer, collided with a Yadkin railway train The dead: M Luther Hatley, 50, killed out right.. Mrs. John Hatley, about 35. also of Albemarle, sister-in-law of Hat ley, died on way to hospital. H. G. Dick, 50, of Albemarle, brother of Mrs. Luther Hatley, died in an Albemarle hospital without regaining consciousness. Mr. and Mrs. W. Travis Hatley, of Kings Mountain, brother and sis ter-in-law of Luther Hatley, were seriously injured. Travis Hatley, an overseer of the Cora textile mill at Kings Mountain, suffered a frac tured skull and other injuries. His wife received injuries on the head and' arm. Going To Hospital The accident occurred as Mrs. Travis Hatley was being driven to Statesville for treatment in a hospi tal there. Officers, who began an investigation, said they had not de termined how the collision occurred To Hold Inquest. Sheriff T. F. Crisco, of Stanly county, said an inquest would be held Monday or Tuesday, depending on arrangements for the funeral of the three lulled. Although no other automobile was near at the time of the collision, a hearse, on its way to a funeral, "drove up soon after R. N. Lefler, driver, placed the body of John Hatley in the hearse and took it to an Albemarle funeral home. An ambulance was summed to take the Injured person to the hos pital. The Hatley automobile was tom to pieces In the crash and the Yad kin train was delayed approximate ly an hour. Captain E. M Patterson, of Spencer, conductor, was in charge of the train. Weil Known People Luther Hatley had been overseer of the Wiscassett Mills. Albemarle, for approximately 15 years. He and the others involved In the accident were well known in Albemarle. A widow and seven children sur vive Hatley. Mrs. John Hatley leaves a husband and one daughter. Yoder Wreck. Cherryville, July 13.—Glenn Yod er, of Newtown, pharmacist of the Stephenson's drug company in Shel by, was seriously injured in an au tomobile collision on state highway 150, two mllest west of Cherryville, about 9:30 last night. The light coach he was driving crashed into a light sedan driven by Britt Mull of Cherryville. In Mull’s car tyas his wife and his father-in-law, a Mr. Isenhower. Both automobiles were practically demolished. Yoder, his leg broken and his body bruised and battered, was tak en to a Lincolnton hospital Mr. Isenhower sustained bruises and cuts. The other occupants of the Mull car were not seriously injured. Mr. Yoder was en route back to Shelby after a Sunday visit to his home section near Newton. He was later brought to the Shelby hospi tal. Mrs. Riviere Has Stroke This Morn Mrs. S E. Riviere, 86, mother of Messrs. R, Z. and E, Pink Riviere, suffered a stroke of paralysis about 3 o'clock this morrung while at the R. Z Riviere home. The stroke effected the left side and she was said to be in a semi - consc ious con dition, but at noon she was re ported to be resting better and showing some improvement Shelby Stores To Close Thursday In July, August A big majority of Shelby's business section will be closed each Thursday afternoon for the remainder of July and August, according to a peti tion signed today by store of ficials. The first afternoon off will be Thursday of this week, the stores signing the petition to close at 12:30 in the afternoon and remain closed for the re mainder of the day. The closing petition an nounced today is signed by mercantile establishments, but it was re*orted that grocery stores are passing about a sim ilar petition. The idea behind the move ment, one followed in Shelby heretofore, is to give employ ers and employes a half holi day each week during thr warm weather season. Another Wreck At Kings Mtn. W. M. Chapman, of Belmont, Breaks Leg A* Car Tamed Over Last Klfht. (Star News Bureau.) Kings Mountain, July 13.—WT-fcC) Chapman, of Belmont, had his'leg" broken and his two companions were jailed lie re last night in connection with the accident in which Chap man was injured. The coupe in which the three Belmont men were travelling plung ed into a ditch and turned over on Railroad avenue aDout 9:30 Sunday night. Chapman s leg was broken and he received other Injuries. His companions did not receive severe injuries and were placed in jail on a liquor charge. Chapman was taken to a Gastonia hospital. * His companions, Clyde Peck and Paul Reed, are scheduled to be given a hearing in county court at Shelby today, both being charged with drinking. It is" also said that Chap man was drinking and he will like ly be given a hearing when his con dition permits. The automobile, which was driven by Chapman, was badly tom up. Flyer Has Narrow Escape In Crash Charlotte Man Crashes In Tree At At Cherryville. Badlv Hurt. Cherryville, July 13 —Howard Weant, Charlotte flyer, miraculous ly escaped death Sunday when a plane in which he was stunt flying at Cherryville went into a nose dive from a height of about 1,000 feet and plunged into a tree. At Crowell hospital in Lincoln ton, where he was taken for treat ment, it was said that his left leg had been broken in two places. He was bruised and shaken up, but will recover unless complications set in, hospital attaches said. Weant with Dwight Cross of Hun tersville and two other pilots were making a barnstorming appearance at Cherryville over the week-end, taking up passengers for short rides. Weant was stunting in the "push er,” in which Cross owns an in ter - | est, doing vertical banks and spirals before a crowd of several hundred ■people gathered about the field. He slipped out of a steep turn while flying low and crashed into a tree. The light plane was broken In half and practically demolished. Bom Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Uriel Patterson of the Patterson and Edwards Florists, a fine son Former Attorney Here May Become District Officer Fred Hamrick, Ruthr rfordton. Land If Jonas Is Turned Down. There is a possibility. accord ing to unofficial reports, that Fred D. Hamrick, Rutherford - ton lawyer, a Cleveland county native and formerly an attorney here, may become district at torney In Federal court if the I’nlted States Senator refuses j to confirm the appointment of Chas. A. Jonas made by Presi i dent Hoover. j Half an hour after District At torney Charles A. Jonas announced he would not accept another recess appointment from President Hoover U the senate refuses to confirm his nomination, Fred Hamrick, promi nent Rutherfordton attorney, Satur day night told The Charlotte Ob server he would seek the post in the eventtthe senate turns thumbs down on the incumbent. A strong movement in behalf of Hamrick's candidacy on the possi bility of Jonas’ failure of confirma tion when the senate convenes in December, has been under way in republican circles over the state. Mecklenburg leaders were uniform In the belief that Hamrick will suc |ceed to the district attorneyship if, as is generally conceded, Senators Cameron Morrison and Joslah Bail ey wage a determined fight against confirmation of Jonas and are suc cessful. Agreement Reported There has developed a strong pre sumption that "a gentlemen's agree ment existed between Mr. Jonas and Mr. Hamrick that the mantle of the district attorneyship would fall up (CONTINUKD OH PAGE SIX.) County Boy, Girl Tie As Healthiest Cleveland county's healthiest boy and girl are as healthy as any boy and girl in this district. Last Friday Charles Palmer, son of Mr. Am Palmer,,of Polkvllle, and Miss Elisabeth Wallace, daughter of Mrs. Irma Wallace, represented Cleveland county in the healthiest boy and girl contest of the 4-H clubs of this district held at Char iot#. Both tied Spr honors as the Wealthiest in the district. Just how the contest will be decided between those tied, to determine what boy and girl will represent the district in Raleigh, has not been determin ed. The Cleveland girl tied for first place and young Palmer for second. Ha. Yield Of Forty Bushel. To An Acre J B. Smith, county welfare officer who lives in the St. Paul community of No. 5 township reports a yield of 40 bushels of wheat per acre. He threshed his wheat on Satur day and the three and three quar ter acre tract of prolific wheat made 150 bushels. Baxter and Boyle, Lin coln county threshers operating in that section of Cleveland declare it to be the finest wheat and best yield they have ever threshed. Eastern Star Meet. A meeting of the local Eastern Star chapter will be held at the temple Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock The Past Worthy Grand Patron, C. D. Roberts, of Monroe, will be a special guest. Lattimore Off To R aleigh As Appeal Failed Former Banker Left City Saturday [ Supreme < ourt Certification Reach ed Here Wednesday. Order Prepared. J J. Lattlmore, former Shelby bank official, left Shelby Saturday for Raleigh to begin serving the flic to seven year sentence imposed upon him In Superior court after conviction of a false entry charge In connection with his duties as an officer of the former Cleveland Bank j and Trust company. After sentence was passed In I Superior court the defendant, through his attorneys, filed notice of appeal to Supreme court. Th» ^jpeal was taken up by the high court several week* ago but paper certifying the sustaining of the original trial were not received herej until Wednesday of last week, form- j al papers of admittance were then j drawn up and he left Shelby, Satur- j day by motor with Sheriff Alien for Raleigh. Sheriff Allen was ac companied by his daughter and neice who will visit In the eastern) section of the State. The formal, papers certifying the Supreme court order were not received here for some time after the decision was handed down because of the court's custom of not tending out the form al announcement to the lower court until the first of the following month If the decision Is handed down In the last 10 days of the preceding month. Prisoners when entered at the State prison are" usually assigned to tasks for which they are suited by training, and it ia likely. It, is said, that the Shelby man will be In the clerical department as audi tor or bookkeeper. Joe Singleton Get* On Highway Patrol Gilmore (Joe) Singleton, former Shelby high and Georgia Tech ath lete, will be one of the new members of the N. C. highway patrol made possible by the last general assem bly. Young Singleton was the only one of five boys from Shelby ac cepted in the final examination last, week at Morehead City. He arrived home over the week-end, but re turns to Raleigh next Monday to be assigned his patrol duties. Ear Of Merchant Is Slashed By Fan Mr. Joe Nash, proprietor of Nash’s ladles shop here, suffered a painful Injury last week when his ear was cut by the flying blade of an elec-,, trie fan in his store. Gasoline Goes Down A Cent In County Gasoline made a drop of a cent per gallon at retail at the stations In Cleveland county last week, making the predomi nating price 18.6 cents per gal lon. There have been two drops within the past few months. Business firms operating trucks or a number of cars and have the commercial rate on galollne, ! obtain their supply at two cents under the retail price. Bountiful Yields Of Wheat And Com forecast In Bureau Survey Bl* Increase In Both Crops Pre dicted. _ Spring Wheat Hurt By Drought. Washington, July 13.—Bountiful harvests of corn and wheat were forecast last week by the agricul ture department, Cora production, on the basis of July 1 condition, was estimated at 2,967,953,000 bushels as compared with 2,094,000,006 bushels in 1930. when com was seriously affected by drought. The five-year average 1s 2,761,000,000 bushels. A wheat crop exceeding last year’s production was seen in prospect. The department estimated this year’s production at 869,013.000 bu shels as compared with 863,000.000 a year ago. The five-year average is 822,000,000 bushels. The department said the season has been marked by sharp shifts be tween crops and differences in con ditions in producing areas. Drought and heat have dried pastures, re- j duced milk production and caused! I — — . - . — —. .Ill a general decline in hay prospects. However the July 1 average of crop conditions was about a per cent higher than last year and be tween 1 and 2 per cent lower than the 10-year average. A sharp Increase in the estimated winter wheat production was noted as compared with the June 1 fore cast. During the month, favored by excellent growing conditions, the prospects improved until a crop of 1713.000. 000 bushels was foreseen as 'compared with the June 1 estimate of 649,000,000. The 1930 winter wheat production was 612,000,000 and the five-year average is 547,000,000 bushels: A sharp reduction In spring wheat, caused by drought conditions and a 19 per cent cut in plantings, will bring the 1931 crop down to 124,(550, 000 bushels against 194,000.000 last year and a five-year average of 307.000. 000. Durum wheat produc tion was forecast at 32,000,000 bu shels as compared with 57.000.000 last yeai. Too Bad, Girls, He’s Gone Many a »fh has escaped many a feminine heart since the news was flashed around that Rudy Vallee, crooner extraordinary, has gone and fotten married to just one little dark-haired girl when practically the entire girl world had designs on him. Here’s the girl, fals, what did you dirt! She’s the former Fay Webb, once of the films and with a father as chief of police of Santa Monica. Calif. And we're also •ending along a picture tf Rudy himself for your albums. Of course. wa =*» t do anything about it if you tear ’em apart—on paper. Tax Relief Is Up To Counties Now; Politics People Beck Home Can Now Garry Legisla tive Demands For Relief To Home Offi cials. Raleigh Hearing Much About 1932 Races. Hoey Has Others Guessing And' Worrying. ** (By M. R. DUNNAGE, Star News Bureau) Raleig-h, July 13.—“If the, people are as insistent upon ^tax relief in July as they are now—’’ is the beginning ( of a statement made while the general assembly was in session ’by Governor O. Max Gardner. His meaning was that if the people back home made the same demands for tax relief upon their local officers as they.^’ere making on the statejj then they would get plenty of^relief. The relief sought is being gtvem fh many instances'.reports are that* county and city officials are slash ing budgets and cutting expenses for the next year. The Tax Com mission’s report, showing that more than $12,000,000 is being taken from the property tax bill in the State, nearly nine and two-third millions in schools and more than two, anrd one-half millions in roads, will be welcomed information to jjroperty owners, even if a deficit does de velop. O And this reduction must be re flected in the individual tax bill. The counties are required to reduce local expenses by that much, and can exceed the difference by only three cents, and then with the ap proval of the Local Government Commission The result will be greater than that of the “million dollar rain,” in that it would be more than $12,000,000 relief. Save State Money While the amount is indefinite, estimates place the savings on the one item of gasoline alone for the present fiscal year at between $150, 000 and $200,000 on the approxi mately 10 million gallons that will be used by the State's agancles, as a result of the contract entered in to last Friday between the Division of Purchase and Contract and the Texas Company for the supply. The supply for about seven counties will be supplied by six smaller firms, the Texas Company supplying the remainder of the State. The contract gives the State the benefit of all local price wars, in that the price is so much less than the published service station price in effect at the time and point of delivery, the big contract being 6.15 cent less than tank car price; 5.15 less than tank wagon price, and 3.15 cents less than service station price. The division has called for bids on nearly 10.000 pneumatic tires and slightly more than that many tubes. (CONTINUED ON PAQE SIX. I County Court Rushes Through Work Today Fourteen Cases Disposed Of Before Recorder Prior To Noon Hour, The session of county recorder's court here today was completed be fore noon, which is unusual for Monday morning dockets. Fourteen cases were on the doc ket to be disposed of, but the ma jority of them were minor violations of the law and were disposed of in *hort order. Tax Reduction Estimated Here Under State Plan Stmt* Reduction To Be. 1Z million Dollars. Good ‘ Decrease In Cleveland. Raleigh, July 13.—Property tax payers In the 100 counties of North Carolina will receive an average tax reduction for roads and schools of 41 cents on the $100 valuation, or a total of $12.167,849, based on a total State valuation of *2,975, 208,279, as a result of the action of the 1931 General Assembly, figures Just made public by Dr. Pred W. Morrison, of the Tax Com mission, show. These figures show that the tax reduction provided under the 15 cent levy for current expenses of school operation for six months will amount to an average of 32.5 cents on the $100. or a total of $9,652,491, while the net reduction for roads and bridges will he an average of 8.5 cents on the $100, or a total of $2,515,358. The 15-cent levy for school will amount to about $4,462, 807, the compilation show's. The tax levy for roads and bridges in 1931 totaled $5,252,113, In addition to the $2,736,755 in State aid for roads, t CONTINUED riN qttt , Street Flooded A* Hydrant Is Struck The Grover street section, near the east entrance to the Shelby hospital grounds, experienced a miniture flood early last night as the water hydrant there burst as the result of being struck by and automobile. City workmen were called to the scene and after a struggle repaired the big leak, but the water flowing along the street and sidewalk attracted a consider able crowd before it was stopped. The car which struck the hydrant was driven by Fred Harmon, em ploye of the city street department, it is said. r -— Mercury Climbing * Here Again Today Indications today were that an other hot week U in store for this section Early this afternoon the mercury in the Ebeltoft thermometer ws* up to 94 and still climbing. Local Soldiers Establish Good Shooting Record Company K Outfit Gets Honors Twn Quality A* Expert Riflemen, Lieut. Lonf1* Record Is Broken. The Shelby militia unit, company K. took high honors in the rifle tange work at Camp Glenn, More head City, last, week, according to a message to The Star from Capt. Peyton McSwain. Wltlle company K sharpshooters were bringing honors to their unit they saw several records, one held by a company K man. outclassed. Corporal Bennie Blount, of com pany L, had a score of 242 out of a possible 250 hits to establish an all time record for Camp Glenn. The previous high score record was 238 made two years in succession by Ueut. Henry C. Long, of 8helby. How Qualified. When the militia units came off the Camp Glenn rifle range Satur day two company K men, Sergt. Fred W Noblltt and Sergt. Andrew O Eaker. had qualified as expert riflemen, the highest honor of the range. Two other men, both officers, qualified in the second classification as sharpshooters. They were Capt McSwain and First Ueut. Long. Marksmen. The following company K mem bers qualified as marksmen: Sergt. Lawrence Runyon, Sergt. Arlo Mc Farland, Sergt. Arthur McKee, Sergt Loy S Hoffman, Corporal Chlvous A. Lawrence, and Privates Robert L. Dover. Logan J. Carr, David P. Led fbr, Joseph P. McSw*ln and Mar vin Turner. Sergt. Fred Noblltt In nuking 'company K's hlgheat score waa sec ond in the Third Battalion with 331 Home Sunday. The commanding officer reported that "the entire company Is having a good time and the company wilt | be at home next Sunday morning." I. -- Mrs. John Poston Buried On Sunday At 2ion Cemetery Succumbs to Heart Dropsy at Ag* S3 Years—Seven Children Survive. * t Mrs Mary Emily Poston, wife of John D. Poston, died Friday even ing at fl:25 at her home at the Ora Mill, following an illness of three years. She had improved, however, and had cooked dinner for the family that day, after which she was seized with heart dropsy. Before marriage Mrs. Poston was Miss Mary Emily Poston. She was 53 years. 10 months and 18 days. Her parents preceded her to the grave last year, leaving surviving her husband and seven children; Daniel and Coy Poston, Mrs. P, P. Stubbs. Mrs. Guy Smart. Mrs. B, E Price and Miss Lillian Poston, all of Shelby, and Mrs. Jesse Hardin, of Cllffslde. Two children died in infancy. Three grand chindrei three brothers and two sisters also sur vive: Joe Pearson of Shelby, Julius Pearson of Marion, Bob Pearson, Mrs. Prank Navy and Mrs. Thomas McDaniel all of King Mountain. Mrs. Poston was a fine Christian character and greatly beloved by her host of friends. Her remains were burled at Zion Baptist church Sunday, where she held her mem bership. Funeral services were con ducted by Rev. D. F. Putnam. County Boys Make Good Records In Fort Bragg Meet Furcron Top# AU Winners In C. M. T. C. Events Held There. Cleveland county boys at the Cit izens Military Training camp at Fort Bragg made enviable records in the annual athletic events held at the camp last week. Henry J. Fur cron, of Grover, winning numerous first places was one of the outstand ing entrants in the events. List of honors won by boys of this section follows: Best rifle shot. Bat tery B. Luther J. Cal ton. Boetic; broad jump, Henry J. Furcron, Gro ver. second: shot put, Carl F. Goode, Avondale: pole vault, first. Henry ,T Furcron; 100-yard dash, first, Henry J. Furcron: 130-yard high hurdles second. Henry tT, Furcron 220-yard low hurdles, first, Henr J Furcron; half-mile relay team member, Henry J. Furcron: boating extra heavyweight, C. F. Goode, Avondale; best basic in Battery B. E J Calton. Bostic

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