North Carolina Newspapers

1 Late News Generally Fair. Today's North Carolina Weather Report: Generally fair tonight and Tuesday except for local thunder showers Tuesday afternoon In south west portion. Depend On Prayer. Newport, Tenn., July 27—Prayer, appeared to be winning a victory, last night for C'lrophus Clevenger,! 9-year-old son of James Clevenger, j of near Newport, bitten last Wed-, nesday by a copperhead snake, j Members of the Clevenger family, j who belong to a religious sect, have 1 steadfastly spurned medical treat -1 ment. While scores of persons have: been praying for the lad's recovery i physicians, acquainted with the dc-j tails of the case, said he had tittle chance to survive. The boy was not expected to live through the night.! Members of his family said he was much improved and that the swel ling In the leg where the boy was bitten was much reduced. The boy was bitten while picking blackberries His father refused to allow him to he given medical treatment from the start. Residents of Newport, in dignant over the case, sought to invoke the law and have the boy taken to a hospital. The child is reported to have suffered horribly. I S. A. L. Agent Stroup Dies; Funeral Today Seaboard Agent Passes Suddenly With Heart Trouble—-leaves Wife and Four Children. C M. Stroup, popular agent for j 'he Seaboard Air Line Railway at; this place, died Saturday night at 10 o'clock at his home on N. La-! fayette street after an illness of about 48 hours. Mr. Stroup had been suffering with angina pectoris but had been about his work until Saturday when he had a turn 'for j the worse. Mr. Stroup was 39 years old and came to Shelby 14 months ago from Hamlet to become station agent here. He was a quiet, business-like man, loved by his associates and by the business men who had deal ings in his office. He was calm in his manner, punctual and business-like For 19 years he had been in the employ of the Seaboard and was highly esteemed by his superiors. Mr. Stroup was married to Miss Stricklad of Moncure who survives with four children, Bill age 18, Carl age 16, Nellie Jane age II, and Dora Margaret age 9. His parents, Mr and Mrs. Gus Stroup live at Stanley Creek and his body was taken there this morning for interment at 10 o'clock, services to be conducted oy Rev. Mr, Rimmer. Active pall bearers were S. H. Adams trainmaster, L. P. King, as sistant division freight agent, A. J Brown section foreman, W. W. G. Smart former Seaboard agent, G. W. Rowe agent at Stanley Creek, J CL Mauney, J. F, Hildruth and Elisha McBrayer all of the Stanley office. Lackey Elected G. 0. P. Head ?>ucce«d» H. Clay Cox A* County Leader. Brittain Is Secretary. Or. W. J. Lackey, of Fallston, Is the new chairman of the Re publican party in Cleveland county, according to informa tion given The Star today. He was elected, it was reported, at, a special meeting of the county ex ecutive committee held Friday night. He succeeds H. Clay Cox who has moved to Mars Hill. The resignation of H. Camnitz as secretary of the committee was ac cepted after mucji debate. A resolu tion was adopted expressing the ap preciation of the party for his ef ficient work as secretary. C. A. Brit tain, of Casar, was then elected sec retary. J. B. Horn was elected committee man for No. 7 township to succeed Spurgeon Walker. R. A. Lackey was made committeeman for No. 9 to succeed Dr. W. J. Lackey, and J. R. Price was named No. 11 committee man to take the place of C. A. Brit tain. County Court To Operate At Night Will Hold Sessions In Evenings While Superior Court Is On. Shelby is to have a novelty in court sessions this week. The county recorder's court will hold forth each night at 7:30 o'clock instead of in the morning due to the fact that the Superior court is in session in the mam >'ourt room dur •sg the day. Several cases in which there is considerable public interest are sche duled to be aired at the night ses sions during the week. 8,000 Children Back To School Today In County Long Term School* Begin Year Start Early To Close For Cotton ricking. .12 Colored Schools Also Open. The vacation season was over today for more than 8,000 Cleve - land county children as they packed up their books and head ed back to school. Thirteen long-term schools, three or four short term schools and the 32 colored schools opened their doors this morning and resumed work, ac cording to County Superintendent J. H Grigg. Enrollment Gains. Mr. Grigg said just before noon that an enrollment increase in all sections of the county is already in dicated. The number of new students will complicate matters to a certain extent, for a time at least, as the schools opening today lost seven or eight teachers from last year's force because of the legislative enactment increasing the teacher load. Which is to say that last year’s enrollment plus the gain in students this year will of necessity be taught by at least seven less teachers. It was estimated this morning that of the 8,000 children returning to school today were white a little more than 3,000 were colored. The schools, following a custom of the county for the aid of agricul tural sections, open in the summer and operate for some time so that they may close at cotton-picking time thus permitting the children to aid in harvesting the cotton Long-term schools opening ioday were Grover, Boiling Springs, Waco, No. 3; Lattimore, Mooresboro, No. 8,. Piedmont, Fallston, Bellwood, Casar. Moriah and Dover. Revival Service* On SK*% Circuit Rev. R. I- Forbis To Begin Three Revivals. Randall Reunion At Pine Grove. Beginning at El Bethel this even ing, July 27, at eight o'clock, and each day this week services will be held atTO a. m. and 8 p. m., Rev, E. E. Snow will do the preaching. Services will begin at Surphur Springs next Sunday evening at 8 o’clock. Services at 10 a. m. and 8 p. m. each day. Preaching by the pastor. A revival will begin at Sharon the second Sunday night in August and each day following 1 a. m. and 8 p. m. Preaching by the pastor. The Randall reunion will be held at Pine Grove church next Sunday. There will be preaching at eleven, dinner on the grounds. Singing in the afternoon by a quartet from Spartanburg and other singers. Revival services at Pine Grove will begin on Wednesday evening at 8 p. m. following the third Sunday in August. We extend the public a cor dial invitation to all the above ser vices'. Dr. Bobo Scruggs Dies Here; Buried At Rutherfordton | Prominent Young Physician Suc cumbs After Ixing Illness. First Death In Family. At Rutherfordton tills afternoon at 4:30 o'clock Dr. Bobo Scruggs, well known young Shelby physician will be burled, services to be held at the First Baptist church of that place. Dr. Scruggs, 38 years of age | died in the Shelby hospital Satur | day night at 11:3ft o'clock follow I ing a decline in nealth extending ! over a period of two years Dr. Scruggs had improved some and was able to be on the streets two days before the end came. He suffered a paralytic stroke Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. * He came to Shelby two and a half years ago to practice medicine, com ing from Cliffside, where he had practiced successfully for rune years. Dr. Scruggs was a member of the Baptist church and a Shriner. He j received his education at Wake Forest college. University of North I Carolina and the Jefferson Medical ; college in Philadelphia. Dr. Scruggs was one of 13 child ren and his death was the first in the family. Early Sunday morning his remains were taken to the home of his parents at Rutherfordton. Mrs. Scruggs, his wife, who was Miss Kate HUlard of Little Rock, Ark., before their marriage in Jan uary, 1929, received a message Fri day notifying her of the death of her step-mother in Little Rock. Surviving are five brothers: Dr. W. Marvin Scruggs, Dr. W. N. Scruggs and Dr. C. J. Scruggs of Charlotte, V. P. Scruggs, Robert Scruggs, of Rutherfordton; and sev en sisters, Mrs. W. M. Moore, of Cowpens, S. C.; Mrs. Robert Har ston, Mrs. Mai Wilson, Miss Rosalie Scruggs, Miss Gwendolyn Scruggs and Miss Frances Scruggs of Ruth erfordton, and Mrs. T. W. Proffitt of Richmond. Jno. G. Blanton Buried On Sunday Well Known Farmer Of Flint Hill Section Succumbs. Buried At Sharon Sunday. Mr. John G. Blanton, well known farmer of the Flint Hill commun ity, died Saturday morning at 6 o’clock and was buried Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at Sharon Methodist church, the funeral ser vice being conducted by the pastor. Rev. R. L. Forbis. Mr. Blanton was 68 years of age and was twice mar ried. His first wife preceded him to the grave about 35 years ago. Mr. Blanton was highly esteemed by all who knew him. Surviving are his wife and four children, one little boy whom he took to rear, 17 grand children and a number of relatives and friends. Mr. Blanton was con verted when 17 years of age and joined Sharon Methodist church. He expressed himself as ready to go. A large crowd attended the funer al services and many pretty flowers attested the esteem in which he was held . Bob Reynolds Seeking Senate Nomination As ‘Wet’Candidate Asheville Lawyer Announces As Ri val For Morrison And Grist. "Our Bob" Reynolds, Widely known Asheville lawyer, has an nounced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate on a wet platform. The announcement was made late Saturday. With Reynolds in the race there are now three announced candidates-: Senator Cameron Mor rison, appointed to the office by Governor Gardner; and Frank Grist, now commissioner of labor. Predic tion is that Tam C. Bowie will also run and Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby,! is being widely talked. In announcing Mr. Reynolds, who once polled a good vote in opposing the late Senator Overman, express es outright opposition to the prohi bition law. "I favor a modification of the na tional prohibition laws, and if elect ed to the United States senate, I shall use the power and influence of that great office to effect a change in this unfortunate enartement," de clared Mr. Reynolds in his formal statement. l believe the ends of real temperance and sobriety have been defeated by the attempt to en force artificial restraint upon a peo ple who were reared in liberty and tolerance.” “I never believed in second pri maries,” he said. "They are always of considerable expense to the peo ple of the state. They take money and they take the time of the citi zens. I believe the high man in the first primary should be given the honor of representing his party in the election. "I will make this proposition: I am perfectly willing to leave it to the high man in the first primary if the other candidates will agree to it. I hope the others will agree.” "Political Hypocrisy.” Continuing his definition of the platform he has chosen to run up on, Mr. Reynolds- declared that “1 am not half so strongly in favor of a revision of our prohibition laws as I am opposed to the evils they have brought into existence. My appeal, therefore ,is not to the liquor inter ests or to the moral degenerates, but rather to straight thinking citizens who are sick and weary from our calamitous dose of political hypoc risy which has been handed to us for 13 years from a tarnished spoon of morality.” Lesser planks in his platform are advocation of federal operation of interstate highways of the nation; a general reduction in the tariff; stricter immigration laws; and “con scientious! prosecution" of violators of the Sherman anti-trust laws. Lindberghs Ready for Hop to Orient Weeks of preparation have brought Colonel Charles E. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh to the point where they think they will hop off on their flight to the Orient very soon. Their ambitious aerial adven ture will take them from New Tork to Tokyo over a route whieh does not necessitate apy dangerous water jumps. Their first stop out of New Tork will be Ottawa, Canada, thence to Moose Factorv, «-—--—--. I on to Aklavik at the mouth of the Mackencie River and then to Nome. The neat hop will take them across the Bering Sea and down the coast of Kam chatka. From there they wHI follow the string of small islands south to Nemuro on the northern coast of Yeao. Japan, and then on to Tokyo. The proposed route Is outlined above, with a photo of Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh at left and their speedv Lockheed Sirius monoplane at right. Judge Moore Holds i Superior Court Here Taxi Liability Row Undecided Shelby taxi drivers who have 1 not purchased accident liabil ity insurance will not have to | • do so for n week or so yet— i and perhaps not then. Dispatches from Raleigh in form that the protest injunc - tion against the enforcement ;! of the taxi liability insurance is now being considered by Judge W. C. Harris. The last legislature required that all | automobiles have financial ability established to meet possible accident costs. It is j argued that the law does nol j cover for-hlre cars. The insurance, according to local taxi men, would be a heavy burden for them and would likely drive a number of drivers here out of business as it will elsewhere. - Judge Harris took the mat ter under consideration Satur day. He announced that hr would grant a temporary in junction restraining enforce ment for 10 days. To Celebrate Road Opening Salisbury WiJI Ask Shelby And Oth er Towns To Participate In Great Event. Salisbury is planning to celebrate the opening of highway No. 150 the later part of September and has written The Star in Shelby to know if the local citizens will be interest ed in entering floats and otherwise participating in the event. No. 150 is the new road extending from Shelby through Lincolnton and Mooresvilie to Salisbury, where it connects with No. 10, the "main: street" of North Carolina extending from the mountains to the sea. No. 150 is paved from Shelby to Lincoln ton, but construction work is now under way to pave a link from Lin colnton to the Cabarrus county line in the direction of Mooresvilie. When this link is completed. No. 150 will be paved from Shelby to Salis bury, thus affording a shorter dis tance to Greensboro and points north. The construction^ No. 150 en ables travel going * to Salisbury, Greensboro, Durham and Raleigh to avoid the congested traffic at Gas tonia. Charlotte, Concord, etc It will shorten the distance between Shelby and Salisbury by about 15 miles and greatly reduce the travel ing time because of less traffic and large cities. Mr and Mrs. Will Lineberger and i fam!y spent yesterday in Ashevill* W. *. Crook Foremen Of Brand J*n- Ooart Running Smooth ly Now. The summer term of Superior court convened in Shelby today with Judge Waiter Moore presiding. Good behavior cases and other matters of that type were rapidly disposed of this morning and by noon the court was down to business Solicitor Spurgeon Spurllng, ol Lenoir, is prosecuting and Mr. W. K. Crook, of Kings Mountain, is foreman of the grand jury which began its deliberations early today. Deputy Jerry Runyan is again serv ing as court official. Brief Charge. Judge. Moore, who operates his court in a very efficient manner and has little if any lost motion on court procedure, delivered a very brief charge to the grand Jury. What he did say. however, was to the point. Htuly in the grind today Judge Moore let it be known that court orders and sentences are something to be carried out. Defendents at the last term who were given the alternative of paying fines and costs or taking road sentenoes were given little heed today when they came in and reported that they had not paid up and asked for additional time. They were ordered in custody of officers to take their alternative sentences. No cases of major importance had been reached early this afternoon. Three killing cases are on the docket. In one a negro woman charged with stabbing her husband to death with an ice pick. She is Ruth Brackett of the Kings Mtn. section. In another Woodward Glenn is charged with killing a man who was with “his woman.” The third case is that of Paul Wilkinson, young South Carolina man, in which the charge against him is in con 'CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX > Widow Of Former County Sheriff Dies Mrs. Jennie Logan. Widow Of Ex Sheriff B. F. Logan Dies In Rock Hill, S. C. Mrs. Jennie Logan, widow t>f ex Sheriff B F. Logan, of Cleveland county, died Friday evening kt 6:30 o’clock at the home of her son, Ben F. Logan In Rock Hill. S. C. She was 83 years of age last January. Mrs. Logan's husband died 41 years ago. She Is survived by three daughters, Mrs. W. Josh Roberts, Mrs. T. C. Hardin, both of this county, Mrs. D. S. Ramseur of Blacksburg, S. C., one son Ben F. Logan. Three sons, John, Gordon and B. J. Logan, preceded her to the grave The funeral was conducted Sat urday afternoon at 4 o’clock and in terment was in the cemetery at. Patterson Springs A number of relatives survive in Cleveland county and a large crowd ! attended the funeral services. y L, Excursions To Run In August Baptist Etttnion To ThonMTillt And Mtihedbl Excursion To Winston-Salem. Two Sunday school excursions will operate ki August to the Baptist orphanage 'Mills Homo at Thom as fills and the Methodist Orphan age 'Children's Home) at Winston Salem over the Southern railway lines, according to an announce ment made today by R H. Graham, district passenger agent. Both excursions will operate from Grover in Cleveland county, Stop ping at Kings Mountain where oth-| er Cleveand county passengers will be taken on. The Methodist excursion will op erate on Saturday August 8th, leav ing Grover at 7 a. m and Kings Mountain at 7:15, arriving at Win ston-Salem at 11:10. Returning, this train will leave Winston-Salem at 4 30. The round trip fare from Grover or Kings Mountain is $1.50. The Baptist excursion will leave Grover at 7 a m. on Thursday Aug ust 20th and Kings Mountain at 7:15, arriving at Thomasville at 10:25. This special train will leave Thomasville on return at 4:16. Special baggage cars will be pro vided on both excursions for re freshments and picnic baskets and at Thomasville and Winston-Salem, ample time will be allowed for vis its to the orphanages Jury Fails To Fix Blame In Death Of Phillips A t Kings Mt Inquest Jury Says Shot Was Fired By Un known Hand. Solicitor May Take Steps Now If Testimony Justifies. TO INVESTIGATE DEATH Solicitor Spurgeon Spurting of Superior court told ! The Star at 2 o’clock this afternoon that he hop<ed to get to Kings Mountain late in the afternoon today to inves- | tigute certain details in connection with the fatal j shooting there last Monday evening of T. J. Phillips. Le- i noir automobile dealer. A coroner’s jury declared that Phillips came to his death at unknown hands and the matter has since rested there. The solicitor says he will first go through the evidence of the inquest and th,o cor oner’s verdict and then examine several witnesses. If the Superior court session here today holds until latn afternoon his investigation of the muchly discussed death will likely be made some other afternoon during • the week. Failing to accept the death of Thomas J. Phillips as suicide, the coroner’s jury which reviewed the testimony at. Kings Mountain Friday afternoon, says Phillips came to his death from a pistol shot fired by an "unknown hand." -------. --L. I — Lightning Strikes At Pleasant Grove Lightning struck Pleasant Grove Baptist church at Beams Mill short ly after the congregation hart been dismissed on Sunday, split the steeple and did considerable damage to the building. It was reported In Shelby this morning. The building was so damaged, the evening hour of warship was held at Mulls Chapel Sunday night. Had the storm broke 30 minutes earlier, it would have found the congregation worshipping, but fortunately no one was hurt by the bolt. Just before the noou hour yester day lightning struck the mammoth oak free at the side of Mrs. Jessie Ramseur's home on West Warren street. The tree was dealt a death blow, It Is thought. This was one of the largest oaaks In Shelby, uniform ly shaped and with a broad spread making it one of the most beautiful trees in Shelby Denham Children Are Given Home* The nine Denham children, or phaned recently by a double shoot ing tragedy in the Oro mill village, just west of Shelby, are facing a brighter future than they were just after the tragedy in which their mother and father died. The oldest boy and girl will make their own way and are employed. Six of the others were given homes by Cleve land county people and the other will be entered in an institution. The oldest, a girl. Is IT ’ and the youngest Is 15 months of age. All are intelligent and healthy and were fortunate enough to be placed in good homes, according to Welfare Officer J. B. Smith. 61 Killed, 411 Hart In Auto Crashes In State During June Speed, Recklessness and Bootleg Liquors Principal Cases of Accidents. Raleigh. July 27 — Recklessness, speed and a refusal to consider the safety of the "other fellow," with a dash of "prohibition liquor,” killed 61 persons in automobile accidents in North Carolina in June and seri ously injured 411 others, according to figures released by Major Spra gue Silver, chief of the automobile license division of the department of revenue. There were 268 acci dents, 58 of them in which fatali ties occured. A total of 405 drivers were involved in these accidents, with 75 drivers figuring in fatal accidents. More Than Last June. In June, 1930. only 57 were killed and 408 injured, although there were 40,000 more automobiles reg istered and on the highways of the state a year ago than there are now. For the six months ending June 30, 9131, a total of 305 persons were killed and 2 132 injured, as com pared with 338 killed and 1.985 in jured during the first six months of 1930. This Indicates that 33 more persons were killed the first six months of 1930 than the first six months of 1931, though many more were mjured this year. But this apparent decrease in deaths is act ually an increase of about 20 oet cent., when the decrease in the, number of cars on the road is taken into consideration, Major Silver points out. Five fatal accidents were caused by Intoxicated drivers, while 26 non fatal accidents were attributed to drunken drivers. Six non-fatal ac cidents were caused by drivers go ing asleep at the wheel. 27 From Speeding. Twenty-seven fatal accidents were attributed to reckless driving and excessive speed, while 55 non-fatal accidents were attributed to these same causes. Two persons were killed by hit-and-run drivers while 14 were injured by hit-and-run cars. Three fatal accidents were caused by drivers on the wrong side of the road, with 18 non-fatal acci dents from this same cause. Five persons were killed and 22 injured when drivers lost control of cars. Pedestrians as usual provided much fodder for the reckless mo torists, with 18 pedestrians killed and 39 injured during June. Two children were killed and 13 injured while playing in streets or road ways. As usual, collisions took the heaviest toll, with *3 killed and 351 Injured in collision with other cars j while one person was killed and eight injured in collisions with trains at railroad crossings. Two, ivere killed and 20 injured in coi-! ICONTIKVKD OH PAQC SIX.) Two Say Salcido. Phillips, married and the father of two children was fatally wound ed near Kings Mountain. Monday evening of last week and died four hours later in the Shelby hospital without regaining consciousness. His traveling companion In the car at the time the shot was firtd was Mrs Charlotte Yount, 31 year old widow of Newton, who for the past two months has been living with her father E A. Smith, prominent cot ton mill head of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Yount and the six-year-old Niesler child both testified that Phillips .shot himself as he sat in front of the Niesler home in his Car while Mrs. Yount was standing on the ground where she had been di rected to go and see if a "tire was down.” but the Jury refused to ac cept the suicide theory and report ed that he came to his death from a "gun-shot wound inflicted by a person or persons unknown." Solicitor May Investigate. After Jesse M Williams, jury fore mail had announced the verdict, county Solicitor Speight Beam who conducted the investigation with Coroner Roscoe Lutz, said he would notify District Attorney Spurgeon Spurlin of the result. Solicitor Spur lin who was engaged last week in court at Lincolnton, said he would study the testimony and make a more thorough investigation. If the evidence warrants, he said he would make a presentment to the Cleve land county grand jury this week. A large crowd gathered in the city hail at Kings Mountain Friday afternoon for the inquest. Many spectators from Newton, Lenoir and Shelby and it was near the close of the testimony that Mrs. Yount, wtd CONTINUBD OS TAGS SIX Hold Bridgeman For Auto Theft; Heims To Road Learn That Car Was Stolen From Bridgeman’* Brother In High Point. Gus Helms is doing a three months "stretch" on the chain gang for at attempted robbery of the C. H. Rein Bridgeman, hie companion in tin atempted robbery of the C. H. Rein hardt store in South Shelby, ha; been taken to High Point to face ar auto larceny charge. Helms and Bridgeman were ar rested here early Friday morning b; Policeman Marshall Moore whei they were starting, it is claimed, tf break in the Reinhardt store. Near by officers found a Chevrolet coupi in which the two were thought t< have been travelling and officer; reached the conclusion that it wa; a stolen car. Stolen From Brother? Later it was learned that the car had been stolen from Bridgeman; brother, John, in High Point and had been reported as stolen. As a re sult of this information the car and Bridgeman were turned over to High Point officers and he will be tried there. In county court Saturday morning Helms was given three months on the State road forces Bftdgeman. who has quite a cnm inal record, once lived In Shelby. He and Helms had served together on the Gaston chain gang and Bridge man also has a penitentiary stretch" in his past record,