fshc tar ... 11 *. 8 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXV11, No. 141 SHELBY, N. C. IVEDNESD'V. NOV. 25. 1951 Published Monday. YVednseday and Friday Afternoons. By Mali, per year, un adittocet — 12 ,y, carrier, per year, (us advanret $J(V Late News THE MAHKET Cotton, spots <i to Cotton Soed, per ton S Cold Weather Clinic Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Generally fair and much colder tonight. Probably light frost in extreme east and heavy frost In central and west portions tonight. Thursday fair and colder. Morrison To Win. <LeGette Rlvthe in Charlotte Observer) Raleigh. Nov. 24.—Morrison in the first primary. That is the dope from the Capital City of North Carolina and the Capital City of political gossip. The senator a few months ago had a race on his hands, but it has fizzled out. When he voted to confirm Frank McNinrh as a mem ber of the federal power commis sion. he raised a right merry com motion and thousands—they sav thousands, anyway—swore and be damned that they'd never vote for Morrison for dog-ratcher. He really raised an issue then. But the Issue, like the opposition, has petered out, they are saying at the capital. The only argument you can get up here on the senate proposition is the amount of the vote. Some say Bob Reynolds will get a surprising number of votes. Others say he won't do much in the forthcoming primary. But most folks agree that the combined vote of Reynolds, Judge Tam Bowie and Frank Grist won't be large enough to fojee a second primary. Cordell Freed On Payment Of $10 Fine, Costs Officer Reinstated At Charlotte Charlotte Officer Pled Guilty To Traffic Violation At Icings Mountain. Charlotte. Nov. 25— Charles Cor dell, a member of the city police leave, was reinstated yesterday by the civil service commission, after his hearing in Cleveland county re corder’s court, where he was fined *10 and the costs for violating a traffic regulation in Kings Moun tain. Charlie Cordell, Charlotte patrolman and former Shelby - ite, was fined $10 and the costs hi the Cleveland county re corder’s court yesterday for a 1 traffic violation at Kings .Moun tain about a month ago. The case which approached a sensation at its first hearing on November 13 was rapidly disposed of yesterday Pleads Guilty. A month or so ago Cordeli was arrested late one night at Kings Mountain by Chief George Allen and was charged with speeding and operating an automobile while un der the influence of an intoxicant. At the time he was said to be off duty as a patrolman on the Char lotte police force The case was tried here Friday night, the 13th. before a jury. All the evidence was not in until mid night and the jury failing to reach a verdict at 2 o’clock the next morning was dismissed and a mis trial ordered. »-i When the case came ba«k up yes terday Cordell's attorneys entered a plea of guilty of violating a traf fic regulation, df speeding, and the ease was over in a few minutes with the defendant being fined $10 and the costs. A report here says Cordell, who was suspended soon after his arrest will be reinstated on the Charlotte force. 'T3*ywyjP • Gobble If you want to gobble op four share of the bargains that the different Shelby merchants will be advertising from Thanksgiving until Christmas, it will pay you to keep a close eye on the ad vertising columns of The Star; for there you will find advertised everything that's usable or givable for anybody In some stores Christmas goods are already on display and from the looks of things there’s going to be a greater variety of everything to se lect from this year. low pric es will be the atlrartirr fra lore ahenf Phristfnss shop ping, Watch The 5t»r f«* holiday bargains every day from r'ow until Christmas. Patrol Officer Given $45 Fine In Rutherford Lieut. Beck Offer* An Apology Other Charges Dropped. No Deris ion Yet About Remaining On Force. ___ i Rut.herfordton, Nov 25,—Lieut. R H. Beck, of Marion, who was ar-i rested here November 12 on a charge of parking within three feet; of a fire plug, cursing and assault- j ing Officer George Hodge, was yes- i terday fined $10 and costs on the ! parking charge and $35 and cost on j the assault charge. Beck, through his attorney, enter ed a plea of nolo contendere on these charges while the charge of cursing was nol pressed. The charg es against Patrolman George Alli son, of Shelby, and H. R. Frymoyer, of Hendersonville, were nol prossed. It was not, Patrolman H. G. Single ton. of Charlotte, as first reported, who witnessed the fight between Beck and Lee Biggerstaff here on November 12. but was Frymoyer. Beck came here Saturday and made complete apologies to Hodge, Biggerstaff, town officials and all concerned with his troubles here Armistice day. Recorder Fred McBrayer read a letter in open court written to State Highway Chairman E. B. Jeffress Saturday by C. Lee Biggerstaff in which the later stated that Beck made apologies to him, which he accepted. He said he held no ill will Biggerstaff further stated to Chair man Jeffress that he would do what j he could to recall warrants against ! Beck. Beck agreed to pay a!! costs in , connection with the trouble. ' Re corder McBrayer stated that he could not understand Beck's actions here on the Uth and 12th as he had j been a witness in his court several. times and always acted like a gentle ! man. I Capt. Charles D. Farmer and Gen- , eral Counsel Charles Ross, of the highway commission, attended the j trial but took no active part. Cap tain Farmer refused to make any comment after the trial. feffres* To Make Decision. Raleigh, Nov. 25.—Chairman E. B. Jeffress, of the state highway com- j mission, awaits the return oi Cap-1 tain Charles Farmer, of the state j patrol, before making a statement j as to the future of Lieutenant R. H. Beck of the highway patrol, who was fined $45 in Rutherfordton for parking by a fire plug, using pro fanity and assaulting an officer sev eral weeks ago The lieutenant was relieved of his duties last week awaiting trial. The suspension was only for fhat per- ' iod. Whether the case was of such gravity as to make necessary his dismissal was not certain. The trial was attended by Captain Farmer, who went up last week to investi gate the charges before they were tried in court. Charlie Ross, general counsel for the state highway, at tended the trial. ; Injured Negro To Recover Said Now j Lost Leg In Auto Crash Saturday Night. Hearing Here Wednesday. Harrison Degree, negro farm hand, who was seriously injured in a highway crash in eastern Shelby Saturday evening, is thought to be improving at the Shelby hospital and is believed to be out of dan ger. Degree with other colored men was pushing an automobile along the Cleveland Springs road when struck by another car. Degrees leg was broken and mangled in such a manner that it had to be amputat ed Sunday at the Shelby hospital. Vernon Proctor, of Spindale, driver of the other auto, gave a $500 bond Monday night to await a hearing of the wreck here Wednesday oi next week. Hoyles Present Flag To Shelby Veterans An American .flag was presented to the Warren Hoyle Post of the American Legion at a meeting here last night by Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Hoyle. The presentation was in memory of their son, Warren, who was killed in France and for whom the post was named Mrs Movie made a short but in teresting talk to the veterans on her recent trip as a Gold Star mother to France and to the American cem eteries there. . Churches Observe Thanksgiving At Morning Services Annual Offering lor Orphans Will Feature Thursday Services Here. S|>eeial Thanksgiving services will he held Thursday morning at two uptown Shelby churches, while the third will postpone its Thanksgiving servire until Sunday. At 8 o'clock in the morning Dr. F K. McLarty, new Central Methodist pastor, will conduct the annual j Thanksgiving service at Central: church, marking his first public ap- j pearance here. A feature of the j service will be the regular offering I for the Childrens Home at Winston - j Salem. Members of other churches and the general public are Invited 1 as there are no other uptown serv ices at that hour. Presbyterians. At 10 o’clock in the morning Rev. H. N. McDiarmid, the pastor, will conduct the regular Thanksgiving services at the Presbyterian church. There will be a special musical pro gram appropriate to the Thanks giving season, and the public is in-1 vited to attend as no other services are on at the same hour. No formal services will be held at the First Baptist church, A portion of the annual Thanksgiving offer ing for the Baptist orphanage was taken last Sunday and the remain der Is expected the coming Sunday, wrhen the services will be appropri ate to the Thanksgiving season. Raskob Opposes Wet, Dry Stand In Party Plank Desires No Direct Stand, But Asks That People Be Given Chanre To Say. Washington, Nov. 34.—Chairman John J Raskob of the Democratic national committee said today he opposed the party taking either a wet or dry stand in 1932 but wanted it to declare tor a referendum on prohibition. As he issued this statement through the committee his move to bring up the controversial prohibi tion issue was assailed by Senator Connally. Democrat, of Texas, a one “calculated to disrupt and di vide the party’s strength instead of promoting its success.” At the March meeting of the com mittee, Raskob proposed a plank providing state liquor control. His declaration today on the eve of an other national committee meeting was unexpected He made the state ment in defending his position in reply to a newspaper editorial. He said Challenges Roosevelt Rumor. “I strongly feel the party should take neither the wet nor the dry side of this highly controversial question, but that its platform should definitely commit the Demo cratic members of Congress to vote in favor, of some resolution which will give the people themselves op portunity to vote on the question as to whether they wish the 18th amendment retained, repealed or modified," Raskob also challenged the pub lished assertion that Governor Roosevelt of New York opposed his selection by Alfred E. Smith n* 1928 as head of the committee. “Former Governor Sipith advises ; that Governor Roosevelt never op posed my selection as national chairman and X am very sure that this is the fact,” he said. A recent biography of Governor Roosevelt carried the statement of his opposition to Raskob's selection. The Roosevelt-Smith relations, ap parently none the best in a political sense for some time appear further gravated. I Randall To Preach At Salem On Sunday Rev. J. R. Randall, new pastor of the Shelby circuit, will preach his first sermon at Salem Methodisi church Sunday afternoon at three o clock. Rev. J. R. Randall was sent here by the last Methodist confer ence to succeed R<w. R. L. Forbie TO PREACH*"THURSDAY AT COKER COIXEGK j. Dr Zeno Wall, pastor of the First I Baptist leaves Thursday morning 1 for HartsviUe, S C, where he will [preach the annua! Thanksgiving “sermon at Coker college where he jhas a daughter in scffboL Mother Killed Self Coroner's Jury Here Says Mr*. Earney Stabbed And Cut Self Jury finds Young Bethlehem Wo man l «fd Iff Pick And Raror. In taking her own life Monday morning In the Bethlehem section of Cleveland county Mrs. Emmie Earney, 33-year-old wife of Prank Earney, used an ice pick as well as a razor. This was the finding of a coro ner's jury sitting under Coroner Roscoe Lute in Shelby Monday aft ernoon. Mrs. Barney’s body was found by two small school boys who had gone to the Earney home from the, Bethlehem schoolhouse which is! about 300 yards away, to get water,; There was no • one at home at the, time of the tragedy* except a, two-year-old son who was found' standing beside the body, Frank; Earney, her husband, was In Kings! Mountain and the other two child-j ren were in school. In the report carried in The Star Monday before the coroner's jury met it was stated that an ice pick was found near the body. But ai> that time a full examination had not beau made and it was not known that she used the pick as well rs the razor with which she almost severed her head. The jury found, upon examination, that she had stabbed herself in the body several times before inflicting the last slash with the razor. A note written by Mrs. Earney was found on the bureau in the home in which she stated that she intended to cut her throat. She further expressed her love for her husband and children in the note and exonerated everybody of the blame for her death. Funeral services were held yes terday at the Bethlehem Baptist church, of which she was a mem ber. She is survived by her husband Frank Earney: three small child ren, Lee. 10. Irma, eight and Jam es. 2; her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs Martin Dover: one broth er and four sisters all of the Beth lehem section Mountain Farmers In Cleveland Fare Better Than Others Farmers In the hill and mountain sections of Cleveland are about as well off this year as in other years. If not better off. Robert Fortenberry, son of a form er Cleveland sheriff, who lives in the extreme northeastern section of the county near Moriah school, says that the pole of his section, gen erally speaking, are in fair condi tion. "No colored people live in our section, most of us are small farm ers.” he said, "and we grow very little cotton and put our land in wheat .corn and other crops of that type. We haven’t any money and make very little, but our overhead is not large and we’re not bad in debt' Snakes In Hank. While hunting last week "Bush Eskridge. Shelby service station manager, killed a large Cooper's hawk. which measured 45 inches from one wing tip to the other Among the things found inside the hawk were two snakes and a spring lizard. Repair Of This Bridge Cost 250 Lives I lie Kiangr li!»* Itlvcr Railway bridge of flic 1.1011.1 n-Anganclii line. following it* repair bv Hie Japan/ i force* now in Manchuria, after the Chinese soldiers and engineers had failed to fix it. The first engine ! to cross the bridge since its drstiuetinn is shown. The repair of the span cost 2S0 lives, what with Chin ese firing on the Nippon repair gang and Japanese troops retaliating on the Chinese. In upper left, Mar shall Chang Hsueh-I,iang (left) , deposed Manchurian governor, and President Chlang Kai-Shek, the Nationalist leader, are deplsted. If fighting continues, President Chlang Kai-Shek Is expected to lead a united Chinese army against the Japanese. General Charles P. Sunimerall (lower left), retired, former Cnited States Chief of Staff, may lead the international commission which the la-ague of Nations Is sug- 1 gesting as a solution of the Manchurian crisis. Flowers, Cherry Blossoms Of ‘Second’ Summer Has Weather Men Guessing Seeds Fall , From Blooms And Another Crop Comrs On Carolina Summer, It's summertime in the Caroline's at Thanksgiving Recent reports of second cotton blooms, .second cherry blossoms and June butts in the Shelby section have been supported this week by amateur florists and housewives here who tell of flowers blooming In then yards and gardens the second time this year The seeds fell, they say, from the first bloom and along cam" the second floral display of the year Numinous vases about ■ town this week and last were fill ed Wtth the second crop of flowers bf the season. It’s the same way all over the Carolines as summer temperatures hang on. judging by this Associated Press survey. Record-breaking high tempera tures for November in North and South Carolina yesterday continued to hold their own while govern ment officials were at a lass to ex plan the unseasonable warmth in this section. The continued summer-like weath er has brought second crops of fruit in some sections of both states. In Asheville, evidence has been pre sented of apple trees bearing their second crop this year while cherry frees there have bloomed twice In Anderson and York. S C. sec ond crops have been reported. An Anderson man exhibited second crop apples from several trees on his farm while a farmer near York reported a second cherry crop, fje said the fruit was fully as delicious as the first crop during the sum mer Several cities in both states have set high records for various Novem ber days while in many places this month has been reported as the warmest on record. At Charlotte, S. S Schworm. head of the United States weather bu reau, said this month has been the hottest November in the 52 years the Charlotte bureau has been es tablished. Hp said heads of the govern ment bureaus were at a lass to ex plain the lengthening of summer and reported the weather might, of Full Grown And Ripe November-May Fruit Recently Tim Star has noted the abundance of second crop cotton blooms. May cherries, apples, plums and other evidences of a second summer here in November. Yester day Mr. B. B. Moore of. the Double Springs community brought to The Star office a full grown, red ripe May cherry, found on one of his orchard trees. This Is the finest specimen of fully matured second crop fruit The star lias wen thfc fall Presbyterian Men Meet Here Dec. 1st Will Be Addressed Bv Dr. Flournoy Shepperson Of Green ville, S. C. Two hundred men from the Kings Mountain Presbytery are ex pected to gather in Shelby Tues day, December 1, for their annual meeting to be addressed by Dr Flournoy Shepperson of Greenville. S. C. and discuss matters pertain ing to the welfare of the churches of this Presbytery' which embraces about 37 churches in the five coun ties of Cleveland. Rutherford, Poll:. Lincoln and Gaston counties Besides the address by Dr Shep person, other appropriate features will intersperse the program wmch begins at 7 o'clock on the evening of December 1st In order to ac commodate the large number of men who will attend, the dining room of the First Baptist church has been offered to hold trie meet ing which opens with a turkey din ner. each visitor paying for hi-, plnte at fifty cents each. course, take a sudden drop into reg ular winter weather. From indications, temperatures over the two states have maintained high averages for the month which If the present weather continues is expected by weather bureau of ficials to set yew November marks for warm weather. ! Governor Finds Much To Be Thankful For In His Annual Thanksgiving Proclamation Raleigh, Nov. 25.—Governor Gard ner, who had so much to make him grateful last year that newspapers all over the country took up his j Thanksgiving proclamation, finds I much more in 1931 and recounts | those blessings in Iris call to the ! people for observance Thursday. His excellency marvels of text that [anybody should wish to be governor but he sees easily why one should like to be a citizen of the republic and of his own commonwealth. Ip his declaration today he finds food i abundant and hunger unnecessary; : he thinks the crop bounty insures against diet disease. He is thankful I for the social agencies which are at | work and driving out disease and i death He is happy that manhood ! has been saved as money has been | lost, that whatever and wherever j distress shall be found it shall not h» ivid of the neoole that they are '.0 the alms house of the south. Recalling war days. “when the hours were the darkest," the gov iernor's proclamation said Let us make this Thanksgiving a lestival of friendliness and be grate Jful that the best of our manhood | yet remains. There is every reason for being ; thankful. There is solid ground un ! der our feet. It is simply because our own heads reel that we think an earthquake has shaken us. Brother liness, faith in manly honor and the spirit of helpfulness are older than the stock exchange or the cotton market. We have marvelous harvests; the chemistry of soil has been our hand maiden and »» have th* riches of earth and sea and sky What we lost in money we have gained in social consciousness. There has been no scourage among us: our abounding (crops assure us against hunger; j their wholesomeness guarantees us against disease. To these we add every field of thought and knowl edge and invoke life everywhere to destroy death. "If we have lost money let us be j thankful that we have gained fra ternity; that we have households and neighbors and congregation and commonwealths." All years, the proclamation said, "however hard in the experiences which they carry are annals of blessedness In this world ‘here is no irremediable loss. Panic and con sequent hard times have .xirne heavily upon us. What many of us thought wc had is gone The shad ow of lined is over the earth and many of us in our oearts n*"p said thi» season U mi-nsmer! "But in all the years of our state and our national life we -sever so much needed a universal thanks giving as- now " i Quinn Becomes Head Of Rotary In City j Succeed* Hcv. I-. B, Ha.vc* Who Moved Today To WaynesvHle Church. Dewitt Quinn. formei president of the club anti now ranking vice president. becomes the new presi dent of the Shelby Rotary club this week. The former president goes back In office to fill out the term of Rev. L. B. Hayes. The latter, former pas tor of Central Methodist church. Is moving today with hts family to ; WaynesviUe where lie becomes pre siding elder of the Wayneaville district Red Cross Roll Call Disappoints I Only S273.6I Reported From Annual Red Cross Roll Call This Vear. Although a Quota of $800 was s. t ' for Sheiby in the annual Red Cross [roil call this year, only $272.61 was ^realized in the two-day drive con j ducted Monday and Tuesday a” | cording to an announcement made [this morning by Henry Edwards, | county chairman. 1 Eleven teams of ladies worked faithfully for two days, but the re sponse was disappointing. Last year the county's quota was $500 ana the drive resulted in raising more Liar, this amount. This year's drive re sulted in about half the amount se cured last year. Mrs. E. Y. Webb who was chair man for the drive. enlisted the 1 ervices of two dozen or more ladies who made a thorough can vass of the city, several graduate nurses being stationed in the post offieo building. No high pressure methods were used and no one was embarrassed in the request on the part of the ladies for the $1 mem bership fee from the citizens but the amounts given were small and the quota was therefore not reach ed. As has been stated before, hall of the $1 membership remains here j for local use : Business Houses To j Close On Thursday In observance of Thanksgiving | the banks, building and loan offices j and practically, if not all, ol the j stores will be closed Thursday ' Rural letter carriers will not go out with their mails and holiday serv ice will be maintained at the post office The Star office will be open until noon, at which time it will close for the remained of the day Shelby Boy On Air At Charlotte Station i _ Dr. Presslv Wilson son of Dr. H. !> Wilson of Shelbv and an t>p ■ tomeiris1, is making two talks I weekly over radio station WB’I at I Charlotte, Dr. Wilson talks each i Tuesday and Frida*, afternoon, a‘ 13:30, beginning yesterday, ar-1 his subject Is "Our Fyes.” Potatoes Housea Biienboro fJov 25— Ry'r.erfora ‘*oi: county. 1 ■••• Ik storage houses ; for sweet potatoes with * capacity | of 50,000 bushels. Of this number : Ellenboro has four sweety potatoes I curing houses with a capacity of I 25.000 I Aldermen Delay S. P. U. Decision To Next Tuesday To Discuss Offer At Regular Meet No (’nuiirll Meeting I ntil Kcgular Session. No Kxperl Employed In Matin' Nil derision will be made by thr Shelby fit) rmmcil about Ihp Southern Public l tllltie* million dollar offer for lh« mu nicipal light plant until next Tuesday nljhl, December I—if then. f.at-t week it wa.-> stated liiwt * >p.-> dal meeting of the board would be held this week to debate the offer and reach a decision if possible To l» morning, however. Mavor 3 A. Mc Murr.v and members of the hoard staled that thev would not iuec! be fore the next regular aldcrmar.ie session, which comes Tuesday Dec embe- ’ More Fads, lent of the meeting is fi nt that the city of* fIetok i have more details * at haw ■ they reach .»-decis ion No export has been employed by the city to compare the municipal light rate with the S. P. U. rates, but city officials are going *nto the matter themselves In order to save money . , A comparison of the Shelby light and power rate wit.}) that whirl! \ would prevail under 8. P. U. owner ship has not, yet been made, but will be made within a few days. This work cannot be properly handl ed until the clerical force at the city hnll completes the making out of this month’s light and power bills When this is done the S. P. D. rave | for light and power will be used on j the consumption of this month to i show what the total light and now . rr bill would be and also shat in dividual bllla would be. This meth od, it is argued, will show1 better than anything else whether light j and power rates here would be low - ered or boosted under the S P. U. | scale This phase Is one of the ; most important angles of the pro j posed sale to the average citizen and i power user and should be cleared | up by showing the cost to the con i turner by the present city r.yc and I what it would be under the 8. P. U. The other angle most debated is i that of tax reduction-how much ! the sale of the plant would reduce j taxes, and fqr how long. Negro Bound Over In Death Resulting In Playing Cowboy Wilke# Osborne To Gel Hearing In Superior Court. Frank Hick man Killed. A tragedy that took place while i t wo colored boys were "playing cow ■ hov" last Friday evening ca uted the only one now* living to he bound | over'to Superior court in county ; court here today That evening Frank Hickman and I Wilkes Osborne both around !8 i years 01 age and living in the Lawn ; dale section, were doing Wild West ! antic? cjn the Dick Spangler place latter a hunting trip, Osborne’s gun | went off and the load of -hot tore 'into Hickman's face, tire latter dy I ing in the hospital here a short j time later. Osborne, when pieced m j Jail, declared it an accident, saying ! that he was holding the gun down I by his side when it went off Two or three witnesses other than Osborne were heard in recorder s court here this morning. .Judge Weathers deeming the evidence enough to bind Osborne over No evidence shown indicatd that tlie shooting was intentional or ma licious, but it was thought be-t that a Superior court grand jury probe the killing Lawyers And Lions In Shelby Meeting Two Organisations Meet To Promote Fellowship Between Business And Law A join; mooting of the Oheipy i Lions club and the oar assort*tine [was held Tuesday evening at Hotel Chariei. ■ The pr.i pow a< the join!: session ' w>s to .piotuotf fellowship Sc'*v*cn the business and prtdeacional mem bers of the club and :he bar rlslw-s. There was no formal program, but short talk*-, an'ertcidw and educa tional were made by ? number c. those OTeSSIJt

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