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8 PAGES | TODAY Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. Hr Kelt, per year, (In advance) — Carrier. per Teat, (to adranen na Late News THE MARKET Cotton, spots ....__ 6c and np Cctton seed, per ton.J12.00 Cloudy Tuesday. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Fair and not quite so col,' tonight. Tuesday cloudy iwl warm er on roast, probably r?.in is we»( and central portions. Honolulu Crisi*. Honolulu, Jan. 11.—Military pa trol* were strengthened in Honolulu yesterday, and the clergy pleaded against additional violence on the eye of a grand jnry investigation of the adduction and slaying of Joseph Kahahawai. an used attacker of a naval officer’s wife. Lines continued strongly drawn between the navy personnel, backed by official state ments decrying attJveks on whtte women, and v, hat naval authorities described as pawling gangs. Offi cial announcement that the death penalty would be sought again it Lieut. Thomas If. Massif, husband •f Kahabawai’s rrputed victim, ar,d three alleged accomplices In the killing. Intensified the strong feel ing and nervousness manifest in many parts of Honolulu. Massie is charged with murdering the Ha waiian Friday. Named as his aides are his mother-in-law, Mrs. Gran ville Fortescue, socially prominent wife of the soldier and author, and A. J. Lord and Albert O. Jones, en listed men of the navy. Agent Held In Death Of Shelby McCorvey, Who Sboi Ivey Haynes On Hobo Trip. Under SI ,000 Bond. Police Chief McBride Poston said today that he had heard nothin? more from Alabama of ficials about the disposal of the body of Ivey Haynes, 21-year old Shelby man killed there by a railroad detective while Haynes was on a hobo trip, and it is presumed that Haynes was bur led there. Tuskegee, Ala., Jan. 11.—L. E. Me Oorvey, special agent of the West Point railroad, was released on $1, 000 bond latt week to await action of the grand jury on charges of murder for the slaying of a youth ful hobo, Ivey Haynes, of Shelby, N. C., In a box car near here Tues day. Justice of the Peace J. D. Ran dall heard testimony at a prelimin ary hearing from 3 p. m. Thursday until 1:15 a. m. "Friday and an nounced McCorvey would be held , to the grand jury and fixed the bond which the agent immediately posted. Haynes was shot by the agent in a box car in which he and five other youths were “bumming'’ a ride. McCorvey claimed self de fense. testifying he fired as Haynes advanced on him in a threatening manner. The five companions wiy> were locked In the box car and taken to Montgomery, after the shooting, testified McCorvey shot Haynes during an argument. Farmers Get “Bum” Checks For Cotton extradition Papers Sought For South Carolina Buyer On Charge Here. Attorney Horace Kennedy has forwarded extradition papers to the Governor of South Carolina wi‘h the aim of bringing W. E. Dy?. Sout£ Carolina cotton buyer, back here to face worthless check charges. ,« It is alleged by Kennedy’s clients, R. L. Shuford and C. C. Dalton, that Dye gave them worthless checks for 30 bales of cotton. The com plaint alleges that Dye, whose head quarters are at Spartanburg, pur chased 20 bales of cotton from R. L. Shuford’s gin In No. 8 township and gave him a bad check for $558 The other complaint is that a $404 cheek was given Dalton for 10 bales of cotton. Missing Mails Will Be Met The Star has had consider able trouble with the prompt delivery to subscribers at Waco, Cherryvllle and Cher ryville routes, instead of the paper being; routed on the eastbound Seaboard on the afternoon on publication day*, it haa been routed via Blacks burg and Charlotte. This trouble has been lo cated and hereafter The Star promises prompt delivery. There has been some Inter- ! ruption at Blacksburg, Gro- 1 ver and Kings Mountain due to the holiday rush of malls, but we trust this will not oc cur again. Subscribers will oblige us by reporting any delay in deliv ery of their paper. Drop us a postal card or telephone 11. /oung Barrett Buried Sunday; Trial Tonight ! X-Ray Discloses No Head Injury Swond Post Mortem At Lincoln ton Kails To Reveal Any Body Hnrt. Max Barrett, l#-year-old Waco schoolboy, -was buried yesterday afternoon at Prospect church after a past mortem x-ray examination late last week at ^incolnton failed to disclose any injury about the head or neck which could have caused his death last Wednesday morning. The funeral services, originally I scheduled for last Thursday after I noon, were held at 2:30 Sunday and ; a large crowd from the Waco sec | tlon attended, the young man being | popular in school and the com munity. First Verdict Stands j The lailure of the x-ray test at' | Lincoln ton to show any head or body injuries reenforced the poet i mortem decision of physicians in : Shelby last week. At that time Dr L. L. Self, of Cherryville, Barrett family physician, and Dr. D. F. Moore, of Shelby, county physician, examined the body and stated that in their opinion death resulted from acute pulmonary edema, or conges tion of the lung. This congestion was thought to have been caused by sucking contents of his stomach into his lung when, he attempted to vomit when intoxicated by whiskey which he was not accustomed to drinking. He secured the whiskey, accord ing to the version given officers, last Tuesday afternoon .while en route home from the Waco school. He encountered. It was said, a party made up of Boyd Barrett, his cous in; and Everett and Carl Bridges, brothers. Whiskey and wine were consumed and in a short time young j Barrett was past going. A row of ■ some kind developed among the others and 'officers were called They brought Carl Bridges and young Barrett to jail here, the latter later! being taken to the Shelby hosphaij where he died. Boyd Barrett was later arrested and the next day Eferett Bridges came in and made bond until a preliminary hearing. preliminary tonight All were charged with some typo of prohibition law violation. Since I the two post mortems have disclos ed that the Barrett boy was not injured in any manner while on the drinking party no more serious charges, it is said, have been record-! ed. The trio is scheduled to he t given a hearing in county court .to— | night. The hearing will in ell! probability attract quite a crowd of people who have become in+ere.> fed in the affair due tt^ the untisuc manner of death. , Family Satisfied. Following the first post mortem' here last Wednesday afternoon Bnr-i rett dying that morning, Hie body! was prepared for burial ThhVsdav.l Later some members of the fami<y: i got the idea that the youth’s neck! | might be broken. The funeral was! postponed and late Friday the bod'-1 was taken to the Crowell hospital! at Lincolnton. Dr. I,. A. Crowell: and Dr. Self made x-ray photos of the head and neck and ether examinations. Whei* they conclud ed they announced that no evidence of an injury could be located. This] decision seemed to satisfy the fam ily. The father of the dead youth, L. W. Barrett, well known citizen, was quoted as saying “I am sat'e-i fled now. I just wanted to be cer tain what caused his death.” Mem bers of the family were also quoted as saying they had no hard feelings against anyone and did not desire to have anybody punished. Rev. W. R. Ware Taken By Death; Funeral Held Here Native of County Who Was 50 Yrars Leader In M. E. Church, Succumbs, Rev William Reynold Ware. D. D., age 72 who for 50 years was a lead er in the North Carolina Confer ences, died at his home in Greens boro Saturday morning and his body was brought here today for the funeral and interment. The funeral cortege arrived at noon today from Greensboro and the body was taken to the Palmer funeral home for review by his many friends in his native county. At 3 o'clock the funeral was con ducted from Central Methodist church by Bishop Mouzon of Char lotte, Dr. A. L. Stanford of Salis bury and Dr. E. K. McLarty, pastor of the Central church. Interment took place in Sunset cemetery. Born Near Shelby. Dr. Ware had been in declining health for a long period of time and was placed on the superannuate list when the Methodist conference met in Asheville last fall. He was born near Shelby and educated at Vanderbilt university. He became a member of the N. C. conference in 1884 and of the Western N. C. con ference in 1890. At various times he served as presiding elder of the Greensboro, Salisbury, Shelby and Statesville districts. He had served numerous charges in the conference with ability and distinction. Surviving are the widow, the for mer Miss Allie D. Brown, of Greens boro, two daughters, Mrs. C. A Kriechbaum, Baltimore, and Mrs. John L. Randleman, Salisbury, and four sons, W. R. Ware, Jr., Greens boro; Henry Ware, Washington, D. C.: Rev. R. Dwight Ware, Char lotte; and Prof. Spence Ware, Al bany, New York. Active pall bearers at the funeral thia afternoon were C. S. Young, B. L. Smith. O. S. Anthony, J. D. Llne berger, Prank L Hoyle and J R. Osborne. Honorary pall bearers were C. R. Hocy, C. C. Blanton, R. L. Ry bum, J. J. McMurry, E. Y. Webb. Z J, Thompson. Richards To Higher Court Over Cutting Held For Superior Court Under $1,000 Bond. Countv Court At. Nlrbt. In Cleveland county recorder's court Saturday Ed Richards, of tip per Cleveland, was bound over fo superior court under a $1,000 bond on the charge of assault wit! a deadly weapon. The charge grew out of a brawl some time ago between Richards anti his brother Plato Richards, at the former's home. Plato Richards, was severely cut. In the mixup ancT lor several davs It was not known whether he would live. He has since recovered and was able to attend the preliminary hearing. Sessions of county court will be held at night this week because su perior court is in session during the day in the main court room Kendall Will Speak Parent-Teachers Dr. Ben Kendal' will be the prin ciple speaker at a meeting of the Parent-Teacher association this evening at the Jefferson school The meeting opens at 7:30. Dawes To Retire As Ambassador To Great Brittain; Colorful Life Retirement Significant. May Be G. O. P. Presidential Choice. Washington, o. c., Jan. 11— America’s picturesque statesman. Charles -Gates Dawes of the under slung pipe and vibrant language, is to retire as ambassador to Great Britain. « His resignation will rate effect after completion of “general work” as chairman of the American dele gation to the arms conference :n Geneva. As lie puts it, he does "not expect to remain for the tech nical work” there. The conference is not expected to take very long in disposing r.t general discussion and getting onto ! its technical oroblems after it ope w February second. ^ Just before leaving Washington for Chicago, his home, he announc ed his plans to return to private lire after years of almost constant service in the government. A iermer vice president and often mentioned before the y>28 primaries as a possible candidate for presi dent, General i>awes will retire rn the eve of another national election Although Dawes has put aside i speculation as to his being a vice presidential candidate this year v “nonsense** the first reaction ir* po litical clrc'en was to regard hi >*f sVn'tfteant no’it’c ?.llv. , OaT-i. >’ Aisi*G j lament wa* ^iv^r CCffTlNUED OK wifi* vm.ui . Program Outlined This close-up shows Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York as he read his message to the 1932 State legislature. The Governor cfflled for . national lead ership that is "practical, sound, courageous and alert,” and point ed out the need for reconstruction of a better ordered civilisation. He offered a 4-point tax plan for the increase of State revenues. McElroy Opens Court Session In City Today Norman Lee Foreman of Grand Jury For Week’s Term Criminal Court. A week's term of superior court for the disposal of the criminal docket convened here this morning with Judge P. A. McElroy presiding. Solicitor Spurgeon Spurllng. of Le noir, is here to prosecute the docket. The court adjourned just before noon today after completing the preliminary procedure before get ting down to an active grind, and reopened at 2 in the afternoon. The morning was taken Op in the charge of Judge McElroy to the jury, the selecting of a petit jury for trials this afternoon and other opening details. Norman Let, of Lattimore. was jmade foreman of the grand ju’y 1 and Deputy Henry McKinney is the officer In charge. Deputy Jerry Runvaft is serving In his usual cap acity as court officer. No major triaM of public interest | are expected to come up during the ; week's grind, but at least two kill ing cases will likely be tried. One is ithe charge against Paul Wilkinson ! young South Carolina man. in con nection with the fatal injury cl Tom Wright, aged Mooresboro citi zen, who was struck by an automo bile a couple cf years ago. In anoth er killing case Wilkes Osborne, col ored youth, is faced with a murder charge, degree yet to be determined, as the result of shooting and kill ing another boy while they were playing cowboy, according to Os borne. A large crowd, filling the court room, was present for the openfnc session today. \ Postal Council j Meets Tuesday i ■ , j Principal Address Will B« Madr B' W\ O. Johnson. Carrier O? Lincolnton W. C. Johnson,' rural letter car rier of Lincolnton, will be the prin cipal speaker Tuesday evening when the quarterly meeting of the Cleve land County Service council of the poiitollloe department will meet in the* Woman's club room of the Ma sonic Temple building. Division One of the Woman's club will serve the banquet and the fol lowing program has been arranged to begin at 7:30 o’clock. Song--America, first two stanzas; invocation. Dry'll. K. McLarty, pas tor Central M. E. church; address of welcome, Editor Dee B Weath ere, response. Mrs. Robert Wilson postmistress, Lattimore. music; reading. Miss Bettie Sue Laugh ridge; address, Carrier W. C. John son. Lincolnton; music; "Courtesy in the Postal Service,” Fred W Baber, City Carrier P. E. McSwain and ft. Carrier Chas. M. Carson, music; answering questions relative l to postal service previously assign -cd: spice box; miscellaneous: ini 1 ■ ness adjournment. Bury Ledbetter, Tragedy Victim, At Chet ryvilb — Prominent County Man Took Life Buffalo Mr . h#ti'. \I"‘ • aroo Broken fly »u*A» Of «*i». Funeral services {or 'Jason F i Ledbetter', prominent nv-chant air. farmer of the Buffalo cotton m U section of eastern Cleveland, who took his own life Friday afternoon were conducted 8unday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Lutheran church 1 In Cherryville. I The servicer, were attended by « large throng of people who pah! I their final respects to one of the section's most highly respected citi zens whose life had been marred by a pathetic series of tragedies Mr. Ledbetter, whose suicide *v recorded In an extra edition of The Star late Friday, shot himself be tween 4 and 3:30 o'clock Friday (afternoon. He was in a baek room j of his home at the time and other ! members of the family were in other rooms of the house. He sat down. It was indicated, on the edge of the bed, placed the muzzle of the single barrel gun over his heart rested the butt of the gun on the floor, and touched off the trigger with a window stick The discharge blew a large hole In his body as It tore Its way to the heart. As th*: fatally wounded man fell forward several tnebes of the gu» barrel ran j into the gaping wound. The trag edy completely upeet his family lot : several hours and a physician w?1 'called to administer to them. No note was left. | hast September, the 35th, Mr Ledbetter shot and accidentally kill ed his young son. Odis. The trag jedy ruined the father’s life and he i had brooded continuously over It | since. For several weeks his ac j tions, it is said, somewhat Indicated that life held nothing In store for Following his ,sou^ tragic death the boy's grandmother died within a week or two. and just a few Weeks ago another son was In Jo red in an automobile in Shelby. Surviving are his widow and five sons and two daughters. Thfee of ‘ the sons are married. A brother 1 Henry Ledbetter, lives in the Lily 1 mill village here. Mr. Ledbetter’s career was unusu I al. He started in life with many handicaps and rose to be an in - I fluential and weil-to-do citizen. At the time of his death he could not read or write, but he was possesse i of a high degree of intelligence and j had served as school committeeman ! in his district. He operated a large | farm and also a store at Buffalo Hy was thrifty and at the time of his death had saved several thous and dollars In addition to his farm and business. He was well known In Shelby and Cherryville as well as in his Immediate section and many friends have sympathized with him In his numerous troubles, and his family, which is bearing up | courageously under the latest mis ! fortune, has the sympathy of the (entire section. School Pupils Will Aid Charity Drive Rural Children To Contribute Food Supplies On Wed nesday. Rural school children of Cleveland county will do their bit for charity Wednesday of this week. * In a program, mapped out by J |D. Lineberger, head of the general ; charity committee, and J. H Grigg, j county school superintendent, all i rural students will on Wednesday j take their charity contribution to i school with them. These contrlbu I tions will be food supplies such as 1 potatoes, corn, peas, molasses, can ned goods,* etc. Schools nearer to Shelby will bring their contribu tions to the charity headquarters in the Lineberger building neie while those nearer to Kings Moun tain will take their contributions t > the headquarters there at the Ho*-u Furniture company. The rural response to the cliar ity appeal so far has been good, and a helpful contribution is expected Wednesday with the Bchool children giving something, as they can af ford, in the food line. --—y County Teacher* To Gather On Saturday A meeting of Cleveland county school teachers will be held at the Central school auditorium in Shel by on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, it. is announced by J. H Grigg, county superintendent In addition to the general session there .will be giouu etudy work Held in Honolulu Lynching Following the kidnaping and lynching of Joseph Kahahswal. a Hawai ian who waa out on ball awaiting a second trial for an alleged attack on Mr*. Thalia Masale, Mr*. Granville Fortescuel Inset), wife of Major Fortescur, of New York and Washington, and mother of Mr». Maaaie I* under arrest In Honolulu on a charge of murder. Arrested with Mr*. Fortescue were her son-in-law. Urut. Thomas H. Massie, U. 8. N., hus band of the alleged attack victim, nnd E. J. laird, an enlisted man. Ka hahawai Is alleged to have attacked Mr*. Massie test November. Photo shows the accused lieutenant and his wife at the time of their rtege. mar Democrats To Hold Convention In Chicago On June 27; Meet \ In Washington Is Harmonious Prohibition Issue Sidetracked. Roos evelt Forres low Cornell* Choice. Washington, Jan. 11.—Democrats decided Saturday to hold their pres idential nomlfty,ting convention ip Ohicago,‘^une Jff/'Thiis will be two weeks alter the republicans meet in the same place. The action was taken by the dem ocratic national committee on one ballot in an exceptionally harmo nious meeting. Smouldering tension between the Franklin D. Roosevelt group and other tactions was ever present in the background. But Na tional Chairman John J. Raskob, at the opening of the meeting, did much to fhut this feeling out of the committee session by a frank state ment that he bore no hostility to ward Governor Roosevelt. Prohibition Ignored. — - . Prohibition, the bogey of every democratic meeting in the last, de cade, was elbowed silently out of the scene. Chairman Raskob laid his recent prohibition referendum (CONTINUED ON PAGE 610111*1 Kester Goes With Firm At Hickory L. C. Kester, who has been man ager of the Kester-Groome furni ture store in Shelby left over the week-end for Hickory where he be comes manager of the Better Home Furnishing company, the firm with which he was connected before com ing to Shelby. Z. M. Groome. as sistant manager, is now the man ager of the local store on North La Fayette street. Closing At 8 P, M. After today the Shelby Western Union telegraph oftice will close at 8 o’clock each evening* The office opens at 7:45. The early closing is due to the fact that night business has been off in volume, and the lat ei- closing hour, says R. E. Black welder, manager, may return when business picks up. Gurley Will Not Return As Lenoir Rhyne Coach, Said Fortner Shelby High Conch Will Not Renew Contract. Weathers Stars Again. Dick Gurley, former Shelby high athletic director, will not return to Lenoir-Rhyne college as coach next year, according to a story by Jake Wade in Sunday's Charlotte Obser ver. A portion of the Wade story follows; "Dick Gurley Is serving his last year as head £oach at Lenoir-Rhyne college, and his successor probably will be announced early this week. "Dr. Harry Brent Schaeffer, pres ident of the Hickory institution, told The Observer over long distance telephone last night that Gurley's contract would not be renewed making no elaboration of this state ment. ‘Gurley has been at Lenoir-Rhyne a number of years. He has had his good years and his bad years, but it is understood alumni and offi cials this year reached the conclu'- i sion that a change would be bene ficial to both Gurley and the col lege. Some dissatisfaction was regis tered over the showing of toe Mountain Bear football team last fall." neon* is rmnis Virgil Weathers, former LaUimorp high school basketball star, again featured Saturday night in Caro lina’s 49-25 victory over Davidson at Charlotte. Weathers made seven field goals and a foul goal for a total of 15 points and second sdbr ing honorsr Tt> date the Cleveland youth is the second* high scorer in the “Big Five" basketball group. (Other sports on page eight) Stop Autos With Old Tags Tuesday; To Start Making Arrests On Friday Salt Of Plates In Shelby Still Be ' hind That Last Year. Final Warning. The sale ol 1932 automobile plat es in Shelby is still lagging behind that of last year,' although quite a number of the new tags have been purchased by motorists of this sec tion since the first of the month. The license bureau, formerly op erated by Chas Eskridge, on ft. Washington street, is now being conducted by the Hopper brothers at the Carolina Motor Inn on East Warren. From Raleigh comes the follow ing warning about using old tags after today: “Owners ot automobiles who have not yet secured their 1932 ikwiu*. plates by Monday night, had bet ter keep their cars parked in their garages until they can get their new plates, in order to avoid embarrass ment and inconvenience. Chairman E. B. Jeffress of the state .hlghwav commission said, While car owners will not be arrested Monday o; Tuesday, as had at first been an nounced, highway patrolmen will be instructed to start stopping and parking cars -that do not have a new licenses, beginning Tuesday morning, or else issue cards requir ing drivers to get their license im mediately. “This plan will be tAllowed until Friday morning, January 15, when jatroimeu have been instructed to U'jAlUN'’rii r*i<* mu.au i Dying Man Is Found On Road In This County Later Identified As Union, S. C., Man Hhul! Fractured And Leg Broken, Presumably By Hit-And-Run Auto. the man who died in the Shelby hospital about S:30 Sat urday night after being found in a dying condition on the Kings Mountain-Grover high way, about five miles south of Kings Mountain, waa Identified early yesterday as Robert Lee Walker, of Union. S. C. A passing motorist saw the body lying beside the highway around • o'clock Saturday night and notified Kings Mountain police. An ambu lance picked the badly injured man up and rushed him to the hospital here where he died a short time la ter. immnj injuries There was not the slightest hop* lor his recovery and he never re gained consciousness as a large hoi* had bean knocked In the top of hi* head, his right leg was broken Just below the knee and there were oth er injuries. Officers who went to the scene expressed the opinion that Walker, who was either walking or hitch hiking back to South Carolina after a visit to relatives at Concord, was struck by a passing automobile, knocked down and then run over. When first found there was no clue as to his identity. His tie had a Union, S. C, trade mark and in his coat pocket was a pieoe of paper with the name of “J. T. Rector" and the address "34 Spring street" and the telephone number 622, but no city was given. After be died Coro ner Roscoe Luts and city police tie phoned to Union, 8. C. They were put in touch with a Mrs. Rector theie and then called J, T. Rector, at Oonooid. U war wson learned that the name of the dead man was was Robert L. Walker. Early Sun day morning a brother-in-law came here from Union and officially Iden tified the body and carried it back to Union for burial. It was learned from him that Walker had been oa a visit to J. T. Rector, his brother, at Concord. Rector had loaned hfta the coat he was wearing and it was Rector's name and address ht the coat. The dead man is survived by a wife and one child, who are at Mar ion, and two sisters, Mrs. G. H. Rec tor and Mrs. Rome -Walker—at Un ion. ' - Puzzling. Officers here and at King3 Moun tain are somewhat puzzling over the nature of the injuries. It is diffi cult to them to figure out how a man struck by a passing car could have had a hole knocked In the top of his head. The body was found in a side ditch on the left of the high way going South. The find was made by two young men of Kings Mountain who had taken a brother of one down the highway to see a girl and were returning. Their car was examined and there was ho in dication whatever that it had struct anything. Basement Fire At Cleveland Drug Co. A fire in the basement of the Cleveland drug store called out the fire company during the rain about midnight Friday. Origin of the fiiW has not been determined. Tne store was filled with smoke but tie damage was confined largely to the stock room in the basement. Tftia is a fireproof structure so fee building suffered no damage otjhe.* than smoked walls. Fishing License On Sale In County Now The new North Carolina fishing license are now on sale at several points In Cleveland county. It is an nounced by H. C. Long, county game warden. He reminds fisher men that the 1931 license were out of date December 31. The new li cense are on sale at Washburn's hardware, Shelby; Chas Dilliny. Kings Mountain, and Fields gB Toney. Fallston. ■ :||ii Lawyers Banquet On Tuesday Night Members.of the bar association of Cleveland county will hold their an nual banquet Tuesday evening, promptly at 7 o'clock at the Hotel Charles dining room. Special Quests for the evening will be Judge Me Elroy and Solicitor Spurgeon Spur tin who are holding » term of court i*>rv' this vreeg.