lft>l Published Monday, Wednseday and Friday Afternoons. 8 PAGES TODAY By Mall, per year, (in advance) - mr Carrier, per year. <lo advance) |3.o» | Late News THE MARKET Cotton, spots .. to Cotton Seed, per ton $17.00 f air Tuesday. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Fair tonight and Tuesday. Little rhange In temperature Rag-in* Form Firm Asheville, Nov. 16.—New forest fires in Western Nort Carolina last night were reported raging in sec tions of McDowell and Cherokee connties. Humpback mountain. In McDowell county today was report • dto be a mass of flames as forest fires raged unchecked across hun dreds of acres of timberland. The fire appears to be on a five mile front and foresters and fire war dens at Morganton expressed the belief that the fire would eventual ly burn over thousands of aei*s un less efforts are made to check the flames. A serious fire Is also raging near Ashford, in McDowell county. This fire Is expected to meet the fire now burning on Dog Back mountain, near Linville. At Bridge water, near the Snow Hill church a fire is reported. This blaze is ex tending over several acres. Enoch C. Baker Buried Sunday Prominent Retired Business Man And Former Merchant Of Shelby Is Dead. Enoch C. Baker, 62, prominent re tired business man and capitalist of titncolnton, died at his home there Saturday morning at 1:25 o’clock. He was a native of Cleveland coun ty and operated a mercantile and mill business in Kings Mountain be fore coming here 25 years ago when lie opened the E. C. Baker Furni ture company. He sold his store several years ago and bought the Lincoln Milling company, which he operated for three years. He had been an alderman of the town of Lincolnton and chairman of the county board of commission ers. He was a member of the Ma son* lodge and the First Methodist church. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon from the First Methodist church at 2:30 o’clock. He is survived by his widow and daughter, Mrs. E. C. Heavner; two brothers, D. M. Baker of Kings Mountain, and W. L. Baker, Lincoln county; four sisters, Mrs, T. J. Hoover, Lincoln county; Mrs. Co lumbus Beam, Cleveland county; Mrs. Peter Bea mand Mrs. Calvin Carpenter, Cherryville. A number of relatives and friends from Shelby and the county attend ed the funeral services Sunday aft ernoon. Dr. Lattimore Has Close Call In Wreck ,\*to Knocked Off River Bridge Em bankment Saturday. Only Minor Hurts. Dr. E. B. Lattimore, popular Shel by physician, had a miraculous es cape from serious or fatal injury Saturday when his automobile was knocked from the high embank ment at the edge of the Broad river bridge Saturday and tumbled and tolled 35 or 30 feet to level of the stream below. Dr. Lattimore was headed west and was Just ready to drive on the bridge, just west of Shelby on High way 20. Going the same direction, Just behind him, was a truck of the Buckeye Oil company, Charlotte, loaded with cotton seed meal. Other cars Just ahead of the physician had slowed because of a wagon ahead and Dr. Lattimore did the same thing. About that time Henry Sim mons, colored driver of the truck behind, applied his brakes but the heavily-laden truck did not stop be fore it struck the rear of Dr, Latti more’s car. The physician, due to the fact that the truck was behind him did not know what had hap pened except that the impact sent him and his car spinning into space off the high embankment. Perhaps' because their bumpers hooked, the truck came rolling after the car. Dr Lattlmore’s car turned- two. com plete flips, with the physician hang ing to the steering wheel, and turn ed partly over the third time before crashing into a telephone pole at the bottom of the embankment. The truck remained upright. Dr. Latti more, although bruised about the legs and head and shaken up, crawl ed from the wreckage, sent for an other car and continued his trip to see Mr WiU Crowder Fire Does Damage At Kings Mountain Fire did damage to the amount 3? $400 in the Bonnie Mill ware house at Kings Mountain Saturday morning about 11 o'clock. Origin ol the lire is unknown. A quantity of waste cotton and shipping boxes were burned in the warehouse. It la understood the loss is covered hv ’vmrwio* S. r. U. Wants To Buy City s Light Plant At Over A Million Free Driver Of Blame In Crash Killing Stacy ' Charlotte Man Held Blameless | Say Accident That Killed Shelby Man Unavoidable. Not Tire Salesman. George \V. Hart, Charlotte tire salesman Friday was exon erated of blame by a coroner's jury In connection with the death of J. I. Stacy, prominent Cleveland county man, who was killed near Forest City Tues day when he stepped from be hind a car that was parked on the highway and was hit by Hart's car. The jury held that the accident was unavoidable. The coroner's inves i tigation was held at Rutherfordton as the accident happened irf that county. Funerl Wednesday. Funeral services for Mr. Stacey, who moved to Sflelby about two years ago front the Polkville sec tion. were held Wednesday at Re hobeth church He was a well known and highly respected citizen and his tragic death proved a shock to his relatives and many friends. It was reported at the time of the fatal accident that the driver, Hart, was a tire salesman. The man driv ing the car, however, was Geo. W Hart, a book salesman. and not James E. Hart, who is a salesman for Goodyear. Irick Gets Hearing Today In Lincolnton \ **. *6.7—. ; * Cornelius B. Irick, filling station operator near Shelby, whose car is alleged to have struck and killed a Lincoln county fanner late Armis tice day, is being given a prelimin ary hearing in county court at Lin colnton today. It is alleged that Irick’s car struck and fatally injur ed Connie P. Eaker. young farmer and teacher of the North Brook section of Lincoln, as the latter was trying to keep his nephew from be ing hit. School Gymnasium At Lattimore Burns Destroyed By Fire Saturday Night. Cotton Bales Damaged Here. The Lattimore high schol gym nasium, called “the tin can,” was destroyed by tire around 10 o’clock Saturday night. The damage was estimated as near $1,000. One presumption was that the blaze might have started from a motor. One of the Shelby fire trucks drove to the nearby town at the time of the blaze, being of the im pression that a cotton gin was on fire. Shelby Fire. The trucks here were called out about 11:30 Saturday morning on West Marion street where some cottbn bales at the rear of the Lutz and Jackson funeral home, and owned by the firm, were on fire. Four bales were damaged. The fire department report had it that a spark from a passing train may have started the blaze. . McLarty Comes Here; L. B. Hayes To Waynesville Cenual Methodist Pastor Presiding Elder Waynesville District. Forbis 1 .eaves. Rev, L. B. Haves, for two years pastor of Shelby's Central Methodist church and one of the most popular pastors Shel by has had for years, has been made presiding elder of the Waynesville district. The new assignment of the Shelby pastor was among the changes In the list, of appointments read Sun day night at Asheville in the West ern North Carolina Methodist con ference by Bishop Mouzon. Charlotte Minister. Rev. Mr. Hayes will be succeeded at Central church by Dr. E, K. Mc Larty, who is now presiding elder of, the Charlotte district. Going to Charlotte to succeed Dr McLarty is Rev. J. W. Moore, now pastor of Dilworth church there. Rev. A. L. Stanford, former Cen tral pastor here, and for four years pastor at Broad Street, Statesville, goes to the First church at States ville. jusi i wo i nangrs. There were just two changes in the pastorate in this county. The other was the removal of Rev. R. L. Porbis. fro n the Shelby circuit here, to the Trinity church at Gas tonia. On the circuit charge he is succeeded by Rev. J. R. Randall. In The County. Rev. E. E. Snow returns to the Belwood church. Rev. J. R. Church goes back to I the Kings Mountain church. Rev. J. M. Barber was returned to Polkville. Rev. W. R. Jenkins was sent buck to LaPayette street church, Shelby. Rev. R. M. Courtney Is again pre siding elder of this, the Gastonia, district. When the annual conference opened at Asheville it was believed that Rev. Mr. Hayes would be re turned to Central church. Later last week it was rumored that he would be made presiding elder of some district. This rumor was not official and it was thought to have been a mistake. The transfer, how ever, became definitely known with the reading of the appointments last night. Although a sincere wel come will be extended Dr. McLarty, the new pastor, the city will regret to give up Rev. Mr. Hayes and his family1. In addition to his church work the Central pastor had taken an interest in community affairs and is now president of the Shelby I Rotary club. It was expected that Rev Mr. Porbis would be transferred from the Shelby circuit as he has served ' on this charge four years, during j which time he became very popular in the city and over the county and leaves hundreds of friends in this section who will wish him well 1 in his hew w’ork. Boney’s Brother Killed In Crash Strong Boney, 23. State highway patrolman, killed in a crash near Kenansville yesterday, was a broth er of Evans Boney, football star at Boiling Springs college last year and now on the fresh team at Wake Forest. The patrolman’s motorcycle crashed into a bridge during a heavy fog {Trial Of Highway Patrol Officer At Rutherfordton On November 24 Beck. Head of Western North Car olina Organization, Must Ans wer to Allegations. Rutherfordton, Nov. 16.—Lieut R. j H. Beck in charge of the state highway patrol In 22 western North Carolina counties, is to face trial in recorder's court here November 24 charged with public profanity, as saulting a policeman and parking at a fire hydrant. The delay is due to superior court being in session and the recorder’s courtroom too small for this kind of a trial. In addition, early arrest oi Pa trolman Allison and another who accompanied Beck when he engaged in an affray with C. Lee Bigger staff, fire chief and city treasurer was expected as W C McRorle. Biggerslaff's attorney said warrants would be sworn out. An additional assault charge against Beck in this connection was expected to be aired ' at the hearing also. It was understood here that Beck reported to Raleigh that BiggerstafI challenged him to take off his uni form and fight, and that he com plied, after they had engaged in an argument growing out of Beck's en counter with a policeman the night before Capt C. D Farmer oi the. hfgh i way was reported Intending to come j here Monday to make sin investi gation, but city officials had receiv ed no formal word from Raleigh in answer to their demand, that the | governor and state highway com-! mission begin an investigation im- j mediately. Raleigh Talks Politics, Farm Relief Program! _ MacLean Or Daniels For Governor? Think" Tour-Governor Meet Help ful. Morrison And Reynold" Support. M. K. DUNNAGAN Star News Bureau Raleigh, Nov. 16.—Drastic reduc tion in the acreage of the four money crops, cotton, tobacco, pea nuts and potatoes. In the four states and "in such measures as each governor may for himself de termine" was pledged in the four governor conference in Charlotte last Thursday, attended at the call of Governor Gardner by Governor Blackwood, South Carolina; Gov ernor Russell, Georgia, and Gover nor Pollard, Virginia. Governor Blackwood, alone, ex pressed himself as favoring reduc tion by legislative action, the South Carolina legislature having already enacted a no-cotton law, contingent upon similar action by other states. Governor Pollard said there was no (CONTINOTSD ON PAGE BIGHT > Mother Of Mrs. Hull Dies In Lincolnton Mrs. J. A. Abemethy Victim Of Pneumonia. Funeral This Afternoon. The many friends of Mrs J. H. Hull sympathize with her in the death of her mother, Mrs. J. A. Abemethy, who died in a hospital at Lihcointon Saturday night, at 10 o’clock after a week's Illness with pneumonia. Mrs. Abemethy was 18 years of age. She was married to J. UTAWf netby Dec. 16th, 1875 and is surviv ed by her husband, three sons James A. Abemethy, Jr., and John D. Abemethy of Lincolnton. R. S. Abemethy, of Winter Haven, Fla.; one daughter, Mrs. J. H. Hull, of Shelby; three brothers, D. S. Rhyne, of Lincolnton; Lahan Rhyne and Abel Rhyne, of Mount Holly; a half-brother, R. G. Rhyne, of Ca tawba county, and a half-sister, Mrs Emma Kendall, of Mount Holly. Funeral services are being held at Lincolnton this afternoon at 3 o’clock from the home. Burial will take place in St. Luke’s Episcopal church cemetery. Princess To Portray Syria In Pictures At School Here Tonight j Larger Audience Greets Her At; First Baptist Church. Again Tuesday Night. Inspired with a longing for her j native Syria and fired with the hope that some day the land of her j birth might retain its former power j and prestige among other nations t of the world, the Princess Rah me | of the ancient Syrian house of Hai-1 dar, in a brilliant address before an I audience that taxed the capacity otj the auditorium of the First Baptist; church last night, pleaded for a closer and better understanding be tween this country and her own. Garbed in the robes of the Syrian woman of upper rank, her message was clothed in the language of the highly educated and cultured Am erican woman. Princess Rahme speaks English in a fluent manner, with a slight yet attractive eastern accent, which with her native dres?. CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT.) Court Term Ended In City Last Week The two-weeks term of Superior I court ended here late Friday. Judge I Walter E. Moore, who presided, re- i mained over, however, until Satur- i day to handle any matters that j came up in completing the civil cal- I endar of the final week. Smith On Alumni Council Of Duke E L Smith, superintendent of the Shelby city schools, was elected a member of the general Duke uni versity alumni council at a meeting of the district alumni and alumnae council officials held Saturday at Durham. Jury Disagrees In Hearing Here Of Chas. Cordell -_ Trial Of Charlotte Poller Officer Ends In Mistrial. Many Spectator*. A hearing given Charlie Cordell, formerly of Shelby but now a police officer In Charlotte, ended In a mis trial In county recorder’s court shortly before 2 o’clock Saturday morning. The court started hearing the evi dence, in which the officer was charge with operating an automo bile while under the Influence of whiskey, before none o’clock Friday nigh! The trial, however, was long drawn out, there being many wit nesses, and all the evidence was not fn until midnight, A large crowd of spectators at tended the hearing and there was much interest In the caae, many of the ,-pectators coming from Char In Kingii Mountain. Cordell was arrested In Kings Mountain several weeks ago by Police Chief George Allen, He had been to Shelby and was enrAite back to Charlotte. The method In which Cordell was driving first at tracted the attention of the officer, the latter stated. Cordell then drove Into an alley, Allen said, and It was then that he was arrested. Later the officer said Cordell ran from the calaboose In an attempt to get away but was caught. The officer and other witnesses sNted that Cordell was drinking and that the effects of the drinks could be seen in his actions and talk. Cordell, who took the stand, de clared he had not been drinking. He had been on night duty, he stated, and was sleety- If he was not normal it was due, he contend ed, to a lack of sleep. Other wit ■mmjrs*tL i,ntn£uced to show that not drinking when he left Shelby and had not taken a drink. Members of the Charlott* police force and of the Mecklen burg rurals testified for Cordell, giving him a good character and emphasizing his sobriety. They also corroborated his testimony about working overtime before making the trip to Shelby. Several Shelby men also testified as to the defend ant's good character, Cordell was represented by T. L. jKirkpatrlck, of Charlotte, and Pey ton McSwain of Shelby. Horace Kennedy was in charge of the prosecution. The rival lawyers fought the case very spiritedly and engaged In numerous controversies about the evidence and technicality. Their thrusts at each other proved entertaining to the crowds and Re corder Maurice Weathers had to in terrupt on several occasions. A mistrial was declared when the jury announced It wotild not agree upon a verdict. An lsformal report about the streets later had it that seven were for acquittal and five for conviction. The next trial will likely be held on November 24. it is said, country ham not to exceed 35 Mail Route Contracts To Be Let January 19 Number of Star Routes in Cleveland County Will be Open at That Time. Bids will be received until 4:30 o'clock of January 19th for carry ing the mails of the United States from July 1st 1932 to June 30th 1936 upon the star routes in the en tire state of North Carolina, ac cording to an announcement made today by Postmaster J. H. Quinn. All star mail route contracts are under civil service and no bids will be received on these. Information as to list of routes, forms of proposals and bonds and j all necessary information will be furnished upon application to Post-! master J. H. Quinn of Shelby or to the Second Assistant Postmaster j General at Washington, D. C. Shelby People See Athens Grid Classic Around 100 Shelby football fans »>'re In Athens, Georgia, Saturday to witness the gridiron classic be tween Tuiane and Georgia, the for mer winning 20 to 7. A score cf Shelby people made the trip down and back or. a special bus while dozens of others went in private automobiles. The bus experienced some trouble coming back and the fans on the bus did not get back home until between 3 and 3 o'clock) St today morning. Girl Torn by Two Loves Torn between her desire to avenge the death of her riance and to »ave her brother from the elertric chair. Rose Allen (aboveI. whose lover, Francis Donaldson, was slain by her brother. Edwards, remains In se clusion in Philadelphia, sHent on the charges that followed the fatal shooting. Albert Eneas (Inset), yontfefnl scion of one of the socially prominent Qnaker City families and the onty witness to Allen's shoot ing of Donaldson, whose friend he was. Is expected to prove an Im portant State witness. Lineberger To Head Relief Work In Cleveland County; Unified Effo rt Agreed Upon Various Committee* to Be Appoint ed To Co-ordinate Work. Prln , wiples Agreed Upon. The election of J. D. Uneberger rs chairman of the executive com mittee on unemployment and re lief was confirmed Friday night by representatives from the various local organizations who met in the Hotel Charles dining room Mr. Llneberger and his commit tee composed of S. A McMurry, vice-chairman. Hush Hamrick treas urer and Lee B. Weathers, secretary will appoint various committees at once to carry on the work during the winter months. Headquarters Selected. Quarters have been secured under Woolworth’s store where there will be. a telephone and a force of em ployes to keep stock and records of cases' for work and relief and to maintain a record of assistance given. The meeting was a most harmon- j ious one and the active co-opera tion of all organizations was assur ed in the important task before the committee. While cases will be al located to groups and Individuals in accordance with their ability to care for them, there will be a sys tematic heading up of records and work In the central organization with headqaurters In the Wool worth basement. Principles Agreed Upon. Capt. B. L. Smith had charge of the organization meeting Friday night and after stating a few prin ' CONTINUED ON PAOE EIGHT i Flower Show Winners At The Shelby Mill PrlSM Awarded To Winner* In An nual P|pwer Show Held Saturday. The annual flower show of the employes of the Shelby Cotton mills was held in the basement room of the mill on Saturday. November 14. Much Interest is taken in this annual affair as was evidenced by the fine display of various kinds of flowers. These shows are sponsored by the Sewing club and are backed1 by Mr. R. T. LeOrand, sec.-treas, of the mill who graciously gives space In the basement room of the mill for the protection of the flow ers during the winter. The 8ewing club is indebted to Mrs. J. H. Quinn, Mrs. Colin Hull and Mrs. Ina Forney who served as judges for this show. Following are the prize winners: Fern, first prize, Mrs. May Fran cis; second prize, Mrs, B. G. Queen, third prize, Mrs. Fred Curtis. Group, first prize, Mrs. Mav Francis; second prize Mrs B. G. Queen; third prize, Mrs W A Abemethy. Fourth prize, group, Mrs. D. T. Benoy; fourth prize, group, Mrs Georgia kale; fourth prize. Miss Bessie Dobbins; fourth prize, group, Mrs. A. L. Laws. Fourth prfee, begonia, Mrs W A. Abernethy; fourth prize, snake plant, Mrs. W. N. Crawford; fourth prize, begonia. Mrs. T. W. Roberts; fourth prize, begonia. Miss Flor ence Epley. Burke Men Will Fight For Life Of Brother Now In Nevada * son Everett Mull Scheduled to Die In Gas Chamber There Early Neat Month. Morganton. Nov. 16.—Although the time for action is growing short it is not the Intention of the broth ers of Everett Mull, alias John Hall to let him die in the Nevada gas house without making some effort to save him from the extreme pen alty, John H Mull, the only one of the brothers now living in Morgan ton, said today that he had been in correspondence with the other brothers and with the attorney in Las Vegas, Nev., who defended John Hall when he was tried in Septem ber for the murder of Jack O'Brien. The news that Muil. alias. Hali had been sentenced to death in Ne-1 vadn during the week of neremhr dj first leached relatives here less than three weeks ago. For at least 10 days thereafter there was much doubt as to the Identity of John Hall as Everett Mull, formerly a well-known Morganton contractor. The first letters and messages tell ing of the tragic situation came from May Coffeey, the young wo man who eloped with him when Mull deserted his children here last spring and left for parts unknown. A picture received-le,0r and a let ter on Monday of this week from Mull himself to his brother here cleared up the question of identity. j A wire preceding the letter asked i his brother not to come and not to send money, stating that a letter would follow'. The letter was very brief but did not indicate the spirit of resignation •COmiHVfC Qii TAOS «3r;y>7 . Present Offer To City Board Here Tomorrow Must Be Voted On Before Any Sale Plant Now Earns $60,000 A Year. $1,182,000 City Debt. A proposition will be pre sented to the city council Tuesday night by officers of the Southern Public Utility Co., of Charlotte to buy Shel by's light plant, at a price said to be a million, one hun dred thousand dollars. It ha.s been understood for some time that the Southern Public Utilities Co. has considered making an offer for the local municipally owned plant and that an Inventory was made by representative# of tha ptiblic service corporation either this year or last with a view of arriv ing at the approximate value o: the property. Hearing that such an offer was about to be made, the city council in meeting assembled the first Tuesday night of this month, dis cussed the matter Informally. Tha proposed offer has been whispered about town by a few men who heard that the Southern Public Utility was interested In buying the plant, but it was-not until Saturday that The Star learned from Mayor Me Murry that a formal proposition to buy would be submitted tomorrow night by officials of the company. Mast Be Voted On Definite action on the matter of sale cannot be taken by the city of ficials. If they consider the prop ortion worthy, they can author!*# an election and the people will vote on whether or not to sell. The city fathers will get the very best offer they can and If they see fit, order the matter of sale submitted to the cl t lie ns for definite action. The meeting Tuesday night at which Is is expected the offer will be made, will be open to the pub lic. Interested citizens who care to, may attend the Tuesday night meeting at which it is expected the sale proposal will be submitted. During the last two years tha ('ONTIWUTO OH PAGE BIGHT • Mrs. Laura Wells Buried Sunday Widow of Late Captain in Confed erate Army Snccnmbs to Par alytic Stroke. Mrs. Laura Wells, widow of Capt James H. Wells who served valiant ly for four years as an officer in the Confederate army, was buried yesterday in Sunset cemetery, the funeral having been held in Central Methodist church at 11 o’clock. Mrs. Wells died Saturday morn ing at 2:30 o’clock in. the Shelby hospital where she had been a pa tient since Wednesday when she was stricken suddenly with paraly sis while supervising some plowing in the back yard of her home on West Marion street. Mrs. Wells re mained unconscious from the time she was stricken until the end came She was born October 7th, 1848 seven miles east of Shelby, the daughter of James and Naomi Ware and moved to Shelby in 1858 when she was married to Captain Wells. She joined Central Metho dist church in girlhood and was a faithful attendant and consecrated Christian woman. At the time of her death she was perhaps the old est member of the church. Her hus band died 23 years ago, but she con tinued to live at the old home place erected about 60 years ago. Since her death only three mem bers of her family survive, Rev. W. R. Ware, of Greensboro, a pastor In the Western North Carolina con ference, Dr. A. B. Ware, dentist of Asheville and a sister, Mrs. A. E Allspaugh of Portland, Ore. The funeral services were con ducted by her pastor. Rev h. B. Hayes, assisted by Rev J Ed Thompson. Active pall bearers were Tom Moore; Howard Suttle, Paul Webb. L. W. Gardner, Forcest Eskridge and Lee B. Weathers. Honorary pail bearers were E. L. Hoyle. P. B. Mr Murry, C. S. Young, S. A. McMum C. R Hoev. J, H Quinn Ror Sts' .! 1* Robert*

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