VOL. XXXV11, No. 104 SHELBY, N. C, MONDAY, AUG. 31, ■ 8 PAGES TODAY *. 1931 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. "» *•»" »« »«r. •<> MJI, __„«.^^^—„——^___ ____________ *c»rnrr1 «rr jtw, no •tftanm ___ jxw » Late News Showers In West Today’s North Carolina Weather, Report: Fair tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy, probably local show ers In extreme west portion. Not much change In temperature. Governor Leaves. 1 Governor O. Max Gardner month's vacation with his home folks came ■o an end today and the governor is leaving this afternoon for Raleigh and expects to he hack at his desk : tomorrow. On Friday Governor ] Gardner spoke at a Smoky Moun- j 'a in national nortr Kananal in ain national park banquet in kshevtlle and on Saturday at the ■ Boone highway celebration. The major portion of his vacation wasj •pent In Shelby or on short trips to A''-stern North Carolina. Teacher Freed ' Of Assault In Whipping Case Ledford “Not Guilty” Jury Say* Verdict Returned In little Over Half Hour. Court House Racked For Trial. A court case that drew the j largest court audience to Shelby t in four or five years ended just before 6 o'clock Friday after- ! noon when a jury in county ! court returned a verdict of "not guilty” in the trial of Prof. C. A. Ledford on an assault charge. The case grew out of a -chipping i given by the Bel wood consolidated ] principal to Hubert Huffman,! IQ-year-old student, on August 13. Much Interest. The prosecution, represented by Capt. Peyton McSvain, contended that "more force than was neces sary” was used in administering the punishment, introducing evidence to show that there were stripes*on the ] youth's body several days after the’ whipping. The defense, represented by Judge B. T. Fails, contended that the conduct of the pupil was enough to justify the whipping and that it was not an unmerciful beating. The boy was whipped, according to evi dence, when Prof. Ledford was call ed to one room of the school by a feminine teacher who had been troubled by the boy who it was charged kept opening his coat jack et and exposing his body. He had given trouble before, it was said, and had been warned that if he did not obey the rules the next infraction would bring on a whipping. The Bel wood community was very much interested In the case and people from that section filled the ■court house for the trial which last ed all day Friday. Chicken Thieves Get Active Again j Chicken thieves are again furnish ing considerable activity for local officers and courts. Three colosed men were sentenced in county court Saturday for chicken stealing and another was arrested early today. In county court Saturday Judge M. R. Weathers gave Dick, Jolly, Dick Bear and James Hoskins four months each on the charge of steal ing chickens from a roost in the northeast section of the city last week. Will Shippev, colored, was ar rested early today when he appear ed at a local poultry house with even domineckers believed to have been stolen. Police Chief McBride Poston has the chickens at his of fice for identification by the own er. Shipped Just finished serving a chain gang sentence for chicken stealing Tuesday of last week. Other Cases. County court held forth almost all day Saturday after an all-day ses sion Friday. "Black Boy1' Esau, colored, was given 60 days for at tempted robbery of the Carolina colored cafe last week. A year or more ago he was given a sentence for stealing 24 cents from a house in the Lattimore section. "Bubbles'’ Walker, colored, of Asheville and South Carolina, was bound over to superior court, under a $500 bond, on the charge of being connected with the robbery of the Wright-Baker department store and the D. H. Cline garage here in June. Mark Washburn, colored, and Grace Payne, negress, are already being held in jail here in connection with thd same robberies. They were brought back from Cincinnati while Walker was arrested later in Ashe ville Mr. Dellinger Opens Corn And Flour Mill Mr. J. N. Dellinger has started Shelby’s newest industrial plant, a corn and flour mill in a building one block west of the Southern railway, just off highway No. 20 and to the rear of Mr. Dellinger’s old home The mill manufactures flour, corn meal and feedstuffs, and also does custom grinding. Boyce and Ever ett Dellinger and Grady Blantor are In charge of the operation ol the plant. Prepare for Opening City Schools Sept 7 rwo Teacher* Resign; Cancel Debt art with weights and hold them In that posi tion so that the bone might knit to gether Three Injured As Elevator Plunges Down Three Floors Two Whit* Men And One Colored Hurt At Dover Mill On Saturday. Two white men and one col ored man were Injured early Saturday morning when a freight elevator at the Dover mill, west of Shelby, fell three floors or about 35 feet. The injured were Fred Bhytle, broken rib*; Colin Page, toe mash ed and other bruises; and Broad us Thompson, colored, broken right leg. The elevator fell, It Is said, Just at the gate opening on the third floor of the plant. Given Treatment. Shytle was In a semi-conscious condition for some time after being taken to the hospital but was said to be conscious and considerably improved today. Page's Injuries did not necessitate his entering the hospital, and the colored man was taken to his home after having his fractured leg set. The fracture was just below the right knee. Two New Lawyers. A son of a Cleveland county man and the son of a well known Ruth erfordton lawyer, a native of the county, were among those licensed last week to practice law In the State. They were O. B. Carpenter, Jr., of Kings Mountain, and Fred D. Hamrick, Jr., of Rutherfordton. Clyde Hoey Announces He Will Not Seek Senate Seat; Desires No Public Office, He Declares Does Not Choose For the mond time within a year Clyde 1. Hoey (abovet ha* declined the opportunity to become United State* senator. The popular Shelby orator announced Saturday that he would not be a candidate for the Democratic nomination In 1932. Slayer Of Chief Convicted. Given 7 1 Term Of 30 Years Fred Smart Gets Prison Term For Killing Forest City Poller Chief. RuUierfordton, Aug 31f—The jury in the Fred Smart murder ease brought In a verdict of gtrtlty of murder in the second degree at [t:30 o'clock Saturday evening after being out four hours. Judge Camer I on T. McRae Immediately sentenced Smart, who killed Chief of Police Price of Forest City to 30 years in ; the state's prison. This is the maxi mum sentence for second degree murder. Judge McRae declared the pris oner should feel relieved to escape first degree verdict, though he add ed that he was not. criticising the Jury Attorneys for Smart insisted that the sentence be from 30 to 30 years, but this was refused. Solicitor J. Will Pless. Jr . closed the arguments at noon and Judge McRae charged the jury until 1 o'clock. After 30 minutes for lunch, the Jury took the case. Smart remained calm and showed! no signs of emotion when sentence i was passed upon him, though his children burst into tears. Attorneys for Smart moved to set aside the verdict, but. were over ruled. They gave notice of appeal and bond was fixed at $13,000. They admitted, however, that they had little intention of appealing the case, Chief Price was killed the night of June 6, when he attempted to arrest Smart, who drew a knife and stabbed the officer, and then shot him Belmont Mill Move Offices Near Mill The Belmont Cotton mill has mov ed its offices from the Courtview Hotel building to new offices erected near the mill on S. LaRiyette street The new office building Is built of brick and contains several rooms. It was recently erected by Cicero tuts, contractor. THRIFT SUGGESTIONS Sow a turnip patch now while the season is in the ground. Both tops and turnips make good food. The turnips can be hilled for winter use. The surplus makes good hog feed. Save all surplus vegetables and fruits. Dried peaches and apples will come in useful this winter and it costs nothing but a little effort to dry them. All surplus vegetables should be canned. Let’s talk and practice thrift in Cleveland county. The harvest has been abundant and if you have saved enough for your own use, encourage your neighbor who might not have been as thrifty as you to save the sur plus. Give your neighbors some if you have too much for your own use. Add your influence to the campaign for thrift and economy in Cleveland in order that there might be no hungry mouths this winter. Shelby Man Clears Political Air HU* Derision Disappointing To Mint Supporters. Will Stick By Party. Hon. Clyde R. Hoey. Shelbt statesman and widely known orator jontinues to offer his services li relping the Democratic party t< detory but desires no personal rer ignition In those victories. In a statement given to The Bta Saturday he declared that he woulr aot be a candidate for the Demo cratic nomination to the Uniter Stater, senate In 1932. His announce ment, which was of vital Import ance In the political realm, wa' made unsotentatlOusly and modest - iy Hts Statement He said. "I will not be a eandt late for the United States senat* nest year. I had not Intended tc rcac!* a decision as to this question until about the first of January, but since the campaign seems to havs definitely opened now, I feel that in justice to my friends over the state who have so generously tendered me their support, that I should make this announcement without further delay Victory In 1932 T am entirely sincere in saying thRt 1 am not ambitious to nold public office. My greatest concern In a public way is that the Demo cratic party shall continue victorious in the state, and that It may be come ao militant and united in the nation that a great victory will be wdn In 1932 T cover the high privilege of serving my party and state in the waited position of a private citizen and shall give freely of mv time in aggressively defending the Demo cratic record in North Carolina, In cluding the outstanding achieve ments of the present state admin istratlon, and the constructive work of the last legislature, as well m vigorously championing the cau« of Democracy In this nation " Many Supporters The Hoey decision was disap pointing to thousands of his sup porters over North Carolina and to his dose friends in hto home coun ty who for years have longed for the opportunity to support him for public office. In his statement he does not give any specific reasons for not desiring public office, but the hundreds who would have voted for him realize that it was some thing for him to decide for himself and they rejoice in the fact, al though it was expected, that he re (COWTIHUXD OM PAG* PTVX ( Capt. Smith Heads Thrift Committee Clubs Will Be Co-Ordinated la Work To Save Food And Pro mote Employment. Capt. B. L Smith, superintendent of the city schools was* nameC chairman of a committee of five men who will serve as a steering committee to encourage thrift and economy, promote employment-, com bat communism and co-ordinate the work of the various civic, religious and educational organizations of the county. R. T. LeGrand, J. D. Lineberger. J. Rone Davis and R. W. Shoffner, are the other members of the cen tral steering committee named Sat urday morning by representatives of the city and county governments, the civic clubs and the several de nominations of the city. The ap pointment of this committee fol lowed a suggestion made Thursday night by Lee B. Weathers before the Kiwanis club which organization endorsed the idea of having a com mittee of sound thinking business men to consider community prob lems and direct work for the coun ty’s betterment. The first effort on the part of the committee will be to get a thrift campaign going in the county. School children will be asked to carry the message to their parents In the hope that all will save enough food and feedstuffs to carry them through the winter. Means will be used to keep up the morale of the people and later on the citizens will be asked to give preference in their charity to people who live among us rather than to strangers who come in from elsewhere. Should there be any outcropping of communism, this committee will consider ways and means to combat it and promote employment as much as possible.