North Carolina Newspapers

Late News THE MARKET rot Ion. spots fi to 6*ic intton Srrd. per ton Si;. Cloudy Weather. Today’s North Carolina \\ eathei Report: Eight rain this afternoon and tonight. Saturday mostly cloudy. Not much change In temperature. To Retire Few 1 Durham, Nov. *27.—The Herald said yesterday it has learned au thoritatively that trustees of Duke University are considering the re tirement of Dr. W. P. Few, presi dent. The newspaper said a meet ing of the trustees has been held for the purpose of discussing Dr. Few’s retirement, but that final de cision was deferred until an indefi nite dale. The time and place of the meeting have not been announced. Few Hears New?. Charlotte, Nov. 27.—The Charlotte News yesterday quotes Dr. W. P. Few. president of Duke University, Durham, as saying that he had nothing of a report that he may be retired and that he has “no notion” of asking the board of trustees of the institutio nto relieve him of his duties as president. “I am only Q3 'ears of age,” paper quotes Dr. Few, "and was never in better health in my life.” The News said it under stood from “special reports from New York.” that the board of trus tees was considering making Dr. Few president emeritus and select ing a new active head of Duke. Branch Features Thanksgiving Day Play In Carolinas Enables Carolina To Beat Virginia. Baptists Defeat Davidson Team. Carolina defeated Virginia 13 to 6 and Wake Forest downed David son 7 to 0 in the feature Thanks giving football tilts in North Caro lina yesterday. In the other close by gridiron attractions Catawba beat Lenoir-Rliyne 35 to 2 and Clemson held Furman to a scoreless tie. > Prodigal Returns. The highlights of the day's foot ball menu, which attracted around 50.000 spectators in the state, was rhe brilliant performance of Johnny Branch, the Carolina prodigal who. was reinstated f$r the Virginia game after a long suspension for breaking training. Going on the field without pads to protect him self for the purpose of adding to his speed, the stocky little Branch, playing his swan song game for Carolina, gave a crowd of 21,000 people one great thrill and many minor sensations. With Carolina 'railing 6 to 0, it was Branch who brought the home eleven from be hind and led it to victory. Stand ing on his own 45-yard line he caught a Virginia punt, sped to the sideline and galloped 55 yards down the white line Jo a touchdown without being touched. A few min utes later he wormed the ball back in scoring distance and Lassiter carried it over for the touchdown. Branch as a final scoring gesture! for the school that turned thumbs down upon him and then gave him a last chance booted the ball through the bars to make it 13 to 8. Not long before the game end ed he caught another punt and ran t .70 yards before being pulled down j by th^ Virginia safety. The fans! travelled to Chapel Hill, more than! 30.000 of them, to see Johnny run one more time before his college j career ended—and Johnny did not j disappoint them; instead he sur-! CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT Norman Child Is Diptheria Victim Silly Gene Norman, four year old child of Mr. and Mrs. John Nor man, died early Thanksgiving tnornmg of diphtheria. The little fellow had been sick only four days He was a bright and attractive child and his untimely passing is a source of great sorrow to the fam ily and friends. The funeral service was conducted this morning at 10:30 o’clock from the Norman home by Rev. H. E [ Waldrop and interment followed at I Elizabeth Baptist church. » —.-. Dry Weather Makes Poor Hunting Here It wasn’t such a hot hunting day vesterday in Cleveland county, be cause the weather has too hot and dry. At the break oi day scores of Shelby and Cleveland county nirr rods took to the fields seeking par tridges, rabbits and any game that might be abroad. Some returned by noon, while others lasted out the entire day. Reports today nad it that hunting was poor. The woods and fields were so dry that the dogs could do very little good, and very few hunters had ..hat mijrh be called « successful day. Bt Mall. prr year. (in advanca> - Carrier, prr jt«ar. ;tn adrancai *3.^> IXM Monday. Wednseday and Friday Afternoons. Hear t 17 Cases In Higher Court In One Year Here ; 153 Of 217 Accused Convicted | Prohibition Case* Lead All Others, Beinr Almost One-Third Of Total. I - 'Special to The Star.) Raleigh, Nov. 27.—A total of 227 cases were tried in Superior court in Cleveland county during the fall term of 1930 and the spring term of 1931. according to figures com piled in the office of the attorney general. Cleveland county ® 217 cases were divided into 165 whites and 52 col ored; 212 males and five female «nd the cases were disposed of as follows: convicted, 153; acquitted, 28; nol pressed, 36; and otherwise disposed of, none. Dry Law Violators . Although dry law violators ap prared to be on the decrease, al most one-third of the 217 cases in Cleveland county were charges cl violating some portion of the pro hibition laws. The cases tried in (he Cleveland courts were listed ac follows r * Larceny Second. Prohibition law violations 67 abandonment 3; affray 6; assault and battery 22; assault with deadly weapon 6: breaking and entering 30; carrying concealed weapons 2; disorderly house, one; false pre- ■ tense 2; forcible trespass 4; for gery 10; gambling 2; damage to property 2; larceny and receiving 16; second degre murder 9; non support, one; perjury one; rnpr ■ CONTINUED ON PAGE RtOH’i > Central Methodist Choir Gives Program __ Shelby Choir Entertains Large Au -; dience At Union, 8. C., Church. The vested choir of Central Meth odist church went to Union, S. C., last week, November 16, and gave a special program at Grace church there. The choir was directed by Dale Kalter with Miss Ethel Elmore as pianist. It made the trip to Uni ion upon the invitation of the Un ion mayor, Lewis H. Gault, and Mrs. Gault, Mrs. S. M. Gault, sister-in law of the Union mayor being a member of the choir. Of the program the Union daily paper said: “The large edifice wa; crowded to the dooys with interest ed listeners. The choir sang beau tifully, every word distinct and their voices blending in perfect har mony. In conclusion they sang the benediction in a manner that thrill ed the audience.” A supper was given after the pro gram with the Shelby choir mem bers as guests. SHOPPING DAYS 'TIL CHfatTMA* I overty in Coal Fields Her brow furrowed with care, this Harlan County iKentuckyl miner* wife, with her two children, has haid to figure out the tragic equation of how six dollars a week, which her husband earns, can equal food, | clothing and shelter for the family of four. The husband works but j three days a week, and gets $2 for each day's work. Only 2(M) miners in this area can be supplied with work at one time, which means that It kj necessary to rotate the precious privilege of earning a living. County May GetS. A. L Tax Minus The Penalty Railroad Offers To Pay 1930 Tax Of $13, 000. Say Receiver Cannot Be Assessed; With Penalty. May Accept Offer To Get! .Money. The Cleveland county board of commissioners is now debating whether to accept the $13,000 tax of the Seaboard railroad for 1930 without penalty and interest, or take a chance of waiting a year or tyvo for a court ruling, which then may not give the county anything more than the straight tax minus the penalty. The Seaboard tax was the big gest of the unpaid tax items on the county’s 1930 list as the rail road has been in the hands of re ceivers for some time. Make An Offer A few weeks ago the Staboard re ceivers made North Carolina coun ties in which the road operates a tax offer. “We." the Seaboard of ficials said in effect, “will pay our 1930 taxes in full provided we are released from the penalty and in terest because of late payment.” To support their proposition the railroad pointed out that federal court had ruled that a receiver was not liable for penalties in tax pay ments. Officials of nine North Carolina counties then sent a com mittee to Raleigh to get the opinion of Attorney Gtneral Brummitt as to whether acceptance of the tax by the nine counties would be legal with the penalty and interest being marked off. Some of the counties were then in favor of accepting the offer, preferring to take the straight tax so that the counties might use the money rather than wait longer and take the risk of get ting no more. The attorney general would not rule upon the matter, saying that it was for the courts to decide. The committee going t" (CONTINUED ON PACE EIOHT l Jackson Day Dinner For Democrats Of State Will Be Held In Raleigh j Date For Meeting To Be Fixed Later—Young Democrats Make Decision. Raleigh, Nov. 29.—Raleigh was selected as the meeting place for the 1932 Jackson day dinner of the Nortel Carolina young people’s Dem ocratic clubs by the executive com mittee of tire organization here Wednesday night. The time of the dinner will b° designated by a committee on ar rangements to be announced, prob ably Friday, by Tyre C Taylor, d: Raleigh, state chairman Charlotte made a strong bid to: the 1932 dinner, offering the us1' of its armory auditorium which will seat approximately 2,500 diners The committee was In session more than three hours before Rateinh was designated .xr-t Charlotte The dinner will hr heir! ,n • ;r,- ! gymnasium of North Carolina. State college, estimated to seat 1,500 din ers. Arrangements were made for its use by the capital's chamber ol commerce and other local organ izations. During the executive committee’s meeting numerous telegrams pour- i ed in. many of them coming from! Charlotte organizations. Both citicr' offered high powered radio facil5 ties. After settling the issue of whcr the meeting was to be held, the I committee on arrangements tcj have complete -. barge of the pl.ans >' including the setting of the tiav and the inviting of speakers Two days wil be considered—Jan-1 uary 8. the anniversary of the bot tle of New Orleans, won by Andrew; Jack on. and March 11 tht Mrii- t day anniversary ol ?h« vvv i * ist; »ml i.i'-rr United a‘os pr ..clciv. No Accident* To Mar Thanksgiving In Thi* Section There were no hunting oi highway accidents to mar the Thanksgiving occasion i it Cleveland county. At the Shelby hospital this morning it was reported that not a single accident case en tered the hospital yesterday or this morning. The passing of a major hol iday without some accident Is unusual, the extra motor tra vel of the day and the many scores of holiday hunters or dinarily resulting in at least one or two automobile wrecks and hunting accidents. Deputies Capture Copper Rum Plant (jet Booze Outfit Day Before Thanksgiving And Spoil Another Run. One source of Thanksgiving whoo pee was silenced in Cleveland coun ty the day before Thanksgiving. Wednesday Deputies Bob Kend rick, Gus Jolly, John Hord, B. II. Jones and Ben Cooper found and captured a 25-gallon still in No. t township. Along with the still they got around 50 gallons of beer, a tub which was used at the plant and containers, but the worm was not located. Charlie Johnson, colored, who liv ed near the plant, was arrested an; placed under a $300 bond for a preliminary hearing in couni j court. Marriage Licenses Issued In Cleveland They were at least three Thanks giving weddings in Cleveland coun ty, licenses being issued to a trio of cuple; this, week at the office o| Regigtf? of ypecis Andv r ; ton Couples securing license were Dufaye Bridges and Ruby Wash- i burn, both of Cleveland Paul Daggerbart and Pear Bian tor, (--.til of Cleveland. V /; .Toner,-a-fid K.vnici McOii botr o' CVve’e.hd ) Daniels Thought Now To Be Out Governor’s Race Reasons Advanced By | Dopesters Frtendi (>ue*s llr Will.' Not Run, Rut Editor Keps Derision To Self. Charlotte. Nov 27. The much-’ discussed purpose of Josephus Dan iels to run or not to run for the Democratic nomination for gover nor in next June's primary appears to have been answered as definite ly ns It can be answered without a statement by Mr Daniels himself— and the answer is that he will not! enter the race. That is the opinion around Ra leigh the birthplace and the grave yard of many political hopes, as well as the brewing place of much political hodge-podge. It is also the Opinion of a great many Raleigh folks w ho are said • to know their politics including some of the state officials Daniels Still Silent. Mr. Daniels hasn't said whether he will run or whether he will con tinue to edit The News and Obser ver and the leave the ocupancy of the governor's mansion to someone else. Several weks ago it was con fidently believed that Mr. Daniels was upon the point of announce ing his candidacy, and it appeared so certain that arractua* date was set for the appearance of the pro jected announcement. But if Mr. Daniels at that time really Intended to enter the race— and the political prognosticators still say he did—he has apparently changed his mind. and the safe guess at this time Is that he will stay out. There, are several major reasons for his not entering the Democra tic gubernatorial lists. Age Is One Reason. Owe «f them i* his age. He will be 70 years old next May 18, al most a month before the primary date. That is a rather advanced age {or anyone to seek election to a position entailing as much gruo' ing work as the next governor of North Carolina certainly faces. Another very good reason is that the Raleigh publisher has at best only a fair chance of winning the nomination. He would get a hand some vote, admittedly, Vut’it. Is very doubtful whether he would get enough ballots to give him the nom ination. Mr. Daniels would win many votes In the east, but down here in the piedmont his support would be comparatively weak, he probably figures, correctly enough. At any rate, to sum up his chances, he lacks assurance of victory. Has Much To I.ose. And, in the third place, he has much to lose. If Mr. fountain or Mr. Ehrtnghaus or Mr, Maxwell, re spectively, fails, it is only a defeat. Each of the three has only the elec tion to Ibse. But If Mr. Daniels runs for th" nomination and fait to receive it, he loses a great deal more than the governorship. He loSes a great deal of his present power and influence If he should run and be defeated he could with ill grace afford to speak through his paper with any voice of authority. His opponents rould very easily and very effec tively point to the fact that he had had his day and had failed. The News and Observer editorials on matters of state politics—and they are frequent and at times quite to the point—would lack weight be cause their author had been turn ed back at the polls. That lant reason, perhaps, say the Raleigh folk.?, is the one big reason why Mr. Daniels will not run—that Is. If he doesn’t. It must be remembered that he hasn't said that he will not seek the nomlna-1 tion. Kings Mtn. Firemen To Come To Shelby Kings Mountain, Nov. 26.—Tho regular monthly meeting of the Kings Mountain fire department was held at the city hall here Tues day, night of this week at which time the constitution and by laws of the organization was adopted. OHs C. Palls was elected assistant fire chief to succeed .links Clary who has moved away from Kings Mountain Chief Grady King announced that an invitation had been extended the loca> department to attend a iii ctiny anil bu»queT~nf tlie Shelby fire department, to be held in 8hel r in the near future. A number ol! ht local firemen p>an ro attorn' hf Shrlby marling. thanksgiving Day Quietly Observed By Shelby People Uptown Section Quieter t han Sun day. Church Services Held. One Heath In This State. Shelby and section enjoyed j an unusually peaceful Thank* giving day, the business life of the city halting while cttiien* of the town and county spent the day at home in family re unions. attending sport events or went hunting. Crisp autumn weather supplant ed the lingering warmth of sum mer and the atmosphere was that of a typical late fall day the change coming as a relief to the many who have tired of the extended summer Good Chureh Crowds. Thanksgiving services were lie It, at two uptown Shelby churches yesterday morning the Central Me thodist and Presbyterian. At. I he Central church at 8 o'clock In the morning the big auditorium was very near filled to hear Dr E K McLarty. new pastor, in his first official appearance Two hours la ter, at 10 o'clock, Presbyterians and others gathered at the Presbyterian church for services conducted by Rev. H N. McDiarmld and a special musical program. Uptown Shelby was quieter and more deserted during the day than on an average Sunday. Easy For Officers. Excessive whoopee and merry making was not evident, county and city officers reporting the quietest Thanksgiving in years. Only a few arrests were made by both forces during the day, the arrests being less than on a customary quiet Sunday. Turkey and chicken dinnei In many homes, attended by all mem bers of the families, treats for the poor, trips to Chapel Hill, Charlotte and Greenville for football games and hunting expeditions provided; the major activity for the day. one Hunter Killed. Charlotte, Nov. 27.~-ChUi-ches, gridirons, hunting fields and dinner tables mad© this yaar'g TbaukwtW lng Day successful for North Caro lina and South Carolina. Those persons able to have the turkey aud other good foods for which the national holiday Is fa mous did not forget their less for tunate fellowmen. Prom practically every city in the two states came reports of extra good meals for the unemployed, for the poor and even for persons In jail. Since the days of the Pilgrim fathers good food and plenty of it has been the keynote of Thanksgiv ing day and that standard was ap parently observed throughout the Carolinas. Ideal Thanksgiving weather, crisp and clear, enabled hundreds to at tend church services. Hunters flocked to the fields and from their ranks came one of the few reported tragedies of the day Denny Cope of Davie county. N. C., being accidentally killed while hunt ing. Elbert Peele, 21, married, of the Bear Swamp section of Chowan county, was shot in the leg whefi his gun accidentally discharged when he picked It up off the ground He was taken to a Norfolk, Va„ hos pital. Register Newton Sick. Register of Deeds Andy F New ton, who has not been feeling well for several days, was forced to leave his office in the court bouse this morning and return to his home. About the court house it is news when Register Newton Is not in his office as he seldom misses but a day or so in a year and then be cause of rare ill health. Record Cotton Crop Certain In Cleveland Deathly Siek Tom Mix (above), film and circus cowboy actor, oho has wared count less mimic battles for his admir ers, Is fighting a real battle for his life. Operated on for a ruptured ap pendix in Ixis Angeles, the star be gan io suffer from peritonitis shortly afterward. A special serum rushed to the cow-punching, hard riding idol by airplane is believed to be saving his life District Meeting B.Y.P.U. Tuesday Unions Of 10 Baptist Churches Of Section Meet At Second Baptist. Out Tuesday night, December lat District No. 2 of the Kings Moun tain B Y. P U. will hold their quarterly meeting witli the Second Baptist church in South Shelby, it is announced by Bynum E. Weath ers, district If:" > The following inspirational pre gram has been arranged 7:30 o’clock. Congregational Slng iilffr 7:40 o'clock. Devotional exercises, led by Miss Irene Roberts of the South Shelby church. 7:45 o'clock. Business meeting. Roll call of churches. Election of of ficers. Announcements. 8:10 o'clock. Special music, by the South Shelby ehurcli. 8:20 o'clock. Playlet, entitled ' “Every Member Canvass Sidelights" by the Eastslde Baptist church. 8:35 o'clock. Congregational sing ing. 8:45 o'clock. An inspirational ad-! dress, by Rev H. E Waldrop of I Shelby. Tli is is the second meeting of the kind that has been held by the dis trict. The following named church es comprise this district: Double Springs, Dover. Eastslde, Shelby 1st, Shelby 2nd. Ro« Grove. Elizabeth, Mulls Chapel Zion and Wallace Grove. In view of the great interest! shown in the first me*ting held' with the Dover church, if is hoped | that a large crowd wi~ attend this! meeting. MASONIC BARBECUE AT CAMP CAM, SATURDAY There will be a meeting of the Camp Cali Masonic lodge members Saturday evening. Nov. 28th CaP tommunication. A barbecue suppet will be served, says Mr. Grady Mauney, master of the lodge May Ask Senate For Funds To Wage Fight On Seating Of Senator Bailey 1 Will Makr No Effort To Keep North Carolinian Out On Opening Day. Washington, Nov 27.— Senators Watson and Moses this week con ferred on the subject of the North Carolina senatorial contest, in which former Representative Geo. M. Pritchard is contesting the elec tion of Senator J. W. Bailey. Mr Pritchard, together with State Chairman Duncan, have been here ol late days and after discus! ng some phases, of the contest w!*h Senator Watson took up with Rob ert H. McNeil! the subject of be coming associated with other coun sel here In looking after the legal Interests of the contestant. Senator Moses Is chairman of the subcommittee in charge of the North Carolina case anti Mi Mi Neill was a raliri »t thr Offices t t the New Hampshire senator. It was said that the contest in augurated by Mr. Pritchard and his friends will be pushed with vigor, and to this end the senate will be asked without delay for funds with which to push the in quiry. It is understood no effort will be made to keep Mr. Bailey from taking his seat on the opening day of the session, but the com mittee will proceed to gather all the evidence possible bearing on the case and, when this work shat! have been completed, (he lomnit* tee will make its report to the sen at?1 Supporters 0f the contestant have amassed evidence from a number of counties alleging irregularities in the 1928 election, and their idea seems to be that, however the sena torial contest from the state may ,'ventuate, tin* need will be -the -> for hallo' box reform.'- in 'hr s,r»te 5,000 Bales Below Past Record » Ginning: To Novembrt I Only lie, Bair*. Shi >930. Murh Bring Gin nr cl All indication*, non air that (Trvrland rountv will break all past rrrord in produrinr cotton this year. Thr record crop scrim certain despite the fact that Iras acreage, leas fertilizer and Ira* care were firm to thr crop this year than in n halt decade. An unusually tavorabte season t* almost entirely responsible for the large amount of cotton produced in the county. Continued hot- end dr. weather about picking time caused practically every boll to open, and i he early season war. much more favorable than was forecast when wind and hail .storms sweyi: ov >r the county Came On Anyway, At cotton-planting time Cleve land farmers gave less attention to cotton than usual for several rea sons. First, of all, they were im pressed with the live-at-home idea and gave more acreage to food and feed crops In the second plact there was lew money with which t* purchase fertilizer and fat lee* money was put In the ground to prdduce the crop titan In bygone years A third reason was that the price last year was low with a'l signs at planting ttipe Indicating that the price this year would b lower, as has been the case But tracts where very little ier tiliaer was used this year have pro duced more cotton to the acre than In years when an immense amouiv of fertiliser was used. In some sec tions where the wind, rain and hail storms hit when the cotton was just up many acres were plowed up and replanted or abandoned, vr, the replanted crop came along m rapid order; and the damagt ! [fields with • a lev* jveeks j>f. hut weather hardIV looked as if the* had been struck by a storm. Then the drought and summer weather held over into October and Novem ber and the crop was amassing. Near 60,900. Up to Nov. 14 a total of a8.206 bales had been ginned in the coun ty. It has been two weeks since that report and considerable cotton has since been ginned. Quite a hit is yet to be ginned and some cot ton U unpicked. The ginnings to the 14th was only about 3,500 bales shy of the total last year and the crop is sure to pass that figure. The November 14 ginning was also just a little more than 5.000 bales be hind the record crop of 64.387 bales in 1929 and ginners and cotton buy ers this week say that thst figure will be reached and passed Up to November 14 Robeson county continued to rank second to 1 Cleveland hi cotton growing. Robe son had ginned 44,649 bales, or 14 - 556 bales less than Cleveland. John ston was In third place with 34,084 bates; Sampson fourth with 31.024 and Harnett fifth with 28,551. Lincoln county with 18.888 bafcs was the biggest cotton producer In counties bordering Cleveland Rutherford was next with 18,294 bales, and Catawba had ginned 13,715 while Gaston's total was 10129 Mr. Wiseman Speaks To Rotary Members Plumer Wiseman, former charter member of the Danville, (Va.) Ro tary club addressed the Shelby Ki wanis club at its noon luncheon to day at the Hotel Charles. Mr’Wise man bemoaned the creation of so many public offices, declaring that one out of every seven in the Unit ed States gets a stipend or salarv from the government or its subdi visions. Much of the economic de pression today is due to this condi tion and he urged that politiea' leaders give attention to economy rather than new sources of revenue Mr. Wiseman was optimistic as to the future, pointing out that busi ness travels in cycles and is now on the up-grade. ‘Jiggs” Returns To Open Chocolate Shop J T ; .Jiggs > Goforth, forme; Shelby boy, has returned here, an.’ tonight will open a chocolate shop on West Marion street In the build ing formerly occupied by Carper. ter-Hamrlck drag store Jiggs' sev eral years ago was employed at “Cnsey's Place" now Jolly’s on Warren Street, but iu recent years ts operated cnccol#,; shops in o. n,*v City , acci RtiUw: ferdtoa. rt - • here tom the Ij'ter pi a <"