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VOL. XXXVIII, No. 13 8 PAGES TODAY SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, JAN. 29. 1932 l ublight'd Monday, Wednseday and Friday am i nouns. P»rrl«, per year, (In idvucil taw I Late News THE MARKET Cotton . _. 6.85 to 7c Cotton wagon seed, tn . *10 00 Cold Wave Coming. Today’s North Carolina Weather Repeat: Rain tonight and Saturday. Colder Saturday and. in extreme west portion tonight. Much colder Saturday night. Politics Quiet. Rumor had it that several new candidates would announce for county offices late this week, but the announcements, other than one for constable, had not bee made. These reports have It that at least one more candidate will announce for sheriff and others will enter the raw for two other county offices. Cleveland Tops Robeson 16,094 Bales For 1931 s, Three Of Leaders Show Gain Johnston County In Third Place In , ♦ V. C. Rutherford Leads Lincoln. In the 1931 cotton crop ginned to January 16 Cleveland county was leading Robeson county by 16,094 bales. Robeson had ginned 47,007 bales to that date and Cleveland 64,101. Johnston county was in third place with 36,979 bales. Three of the five leading cotton counties in the state—Cleveland Halifax and Santpson—produced more cotton in 1931 than in 1930 due to a favorable season that offset re duced acreage and less fertilization. The five leaders to January 16, with their production for 1931 and 1930 follow. County 1931 1930 Cleveland . _ 64,101 61.651 Robeson ~.. 47,007 51,493 Johnston „ 36.979 38,935 Halifax _ ....._..... 32,651 31,035 Sampson __ 32.298 28,154 In the January 16th report Ruth erford was leading counties neigh boring Cleveland, topping Lincoln ■ by around 250 bales. To Jan. 16 Rutherford had ginned 21,657 bales, Lincoln 21.378, Gaston 12.039, and Catawba 16,175. A Wild Deer Caught , In Rehobeth Section; Chased For 2 Weeks Hunters Had Great Sport For Two Weeks In Sandy Run Creek Area. Tlie wild deer which has furnish ed lively sport for hunters and dogs in the Sandy Run Creek area around Moo res boro was captured yester day. A party of hunters headed by Hubert Mauney, Ed Grigg and others had dogs chasing the deer nearly all dfcy when the beautiful vloe ran into a barbed wire fence in 'he Rehobeth section and cut its leg to such an extent that the dogs were able to catch it. The deer is alive and Is being given careful at tention in the hope that it will live. The deer was captured in Florida and brought to Cleveland county by a Mr. Gold. It escaped from a ptn about two weeks ago and has since ranged in the bottom lands of that section. Those who saw the animal say it is a beautiful young doe and so fleet on foot that it escaped the f dogs and hunters for two weeks Capture Polecat In Heart Of City Odoriferous Skunk Had Been Mak ing Headquarters Near Court Square. An odor that had been torment ing uptown Shelby for many months was gradually clearing away today. Early this morning a polecat, known to the scientific world as a "putorius putorius,” was captured in one of the business rooms of the Courtview hotel building, on the Marlon-LaFayette comer of the court square. For months occupants of that building and others nearby have sniffed an odoriferous scent that was not pleasing to the olfac tory nervps, but it was Impossible to ferret out the hiding place of the skuijk. Some time last night, how ever, the polecat became fastened In a barrel while out making a raid As a result citizens coming to the business section at an early hour stopped to sniff a time or two at that corner and hurriedly passed on down street. A little later the ani mal was turned over to Fred Sim mons, a Boy Scout, who will mount the cat which has a beautiful fur once the accompanying scent can be removed It was an amusing sight for an hour or so as citizens who had often heard of polecats but had never seen, or smelled, one hurried to the scene for a new experience—an ex perience the majority did not want t know anshhing more about Shelby Man Injured, Companion Is Killed i — Fatal Auto Collision Near Biscoe J. L. Cassadv, New Orleans Dead: R. J. l^IcCarley In Albemarle Hospital. R. J. McCarley, cotton broker of, Shelby and representative of Stew-i art Brothers of New Orleans, was! painfully injured and his riding, companion J. L. Cassady, a member of the firm of Stewart Brothers, was' instantly killed late Wednesday afternoon near Biscoe. on the high way between Albemarle and San ford, when the car in which they were riding collided with a cu. driven by two men of Wilmington. McCarley’s Arm Broken Mr. McCarley has an arm broken and ugly cuts and bruises all over the body. He was rushed to the Polly Brunson hospital at Albemarle in an unconscious condition but he regained consciousness about two hours after the accident and was re ported this morning as getting along as well as could be expected. The McCarleys have been living in Shelby for several years and have rooms with Mrs. P. L. Her. nessa on West Marion street. Mrs. McCarley was notfied of the acci dent and left immediately for the bedside of her husband. She was Joined in Charlotte by her son, Jack McCarley, former football star oi Clemson college, who is now located in Columbia with the Standard Oil Co. of New7 Jersey. C'assad.v Driving Mr. McCauley met Mr. Cassady in I Charlotte Wednesday upon his ar- j rival from New Orleans and to-1 gether they rode to Sanford to call on a business customer. They were! returning to Shelby when the ac-' cident happened and Mr. Cassady j was at the wheel of the car. According to reports their auto-1 mobile collided with another driven | :by C. K. Council, of Wilmington,; j who had as his riding companion I. ' J. Suton of the same city. The c jl I lision happened at a highway inter \ section near Biscoe. Council said he j submitted to police, made bond*ol $1,000 and waived preliminary hear ing in Montgomery county record er’s court. He and Sutton remained in the city to be of any assistance they could be to the injured.man. Mr. McCarley. Council and Sutton are furniture dealers and were re turning to their home in Wilming ton after attending the winter fur niture market at High Point. Body To New Orleans Mr. Cassady the dead man was* 37 j years of age and leaves a wife and j two children. His body was shipped! to New Orleans after the accident and there the funeral will take place. Mr. McCarley will not be able to come to Shelby for sometime yet and Mrs, McCarley will remain at his bedside. W. S. Beam Speaks To Forest City Vets Forest City, Jan. 29.—W. Speight Beam, prominent attorney of I Shelby and former Legion post i commander in that city, was the principal speaker at the annual banquet of the Willis Towery post, American Legion, held in the high school cafeteria here last night. Between 50 and 60 were present at the banquet, including Legion naires, their guests and a number of ex-service men who are not ' members of the post and who were (specially invited. D. C. Whitaker district commander, of Cliffside, made a short talk during the even ing, while a number of the mem bers of the local post made short talks. The ladies of the auxiliary served the banquet. Shelby Woman Seeks Adoption Of Infant Abandoned In Hotel Richmond, Va„ Jan. 29.—Having read a special dispatch in The Char lotte Observer from Richmond that t-old of a mother abandoning her baby girl in a hotel here after leav ing a note saying the child was born at Greensboro, N. C.. Mrs. W. M. Rippy, of Shelby, N. C., wrote Richmond police a letter saying she and her husband would like to adopt the baby Police, who receiv ed the letter today, feared they could not let the child leave the state because of Virginia court rules 1 \, v v’ Misses H*6sentine Borders and Doyle Webb, students at N C. C. W of Greensboro, arrived last night to spend the week-end with their re spective parents Banker Hurt George Blanton, prominent Shelby banker, is in the hospital suffering with a broken jawbone as the re sult of being kicked this week by a saddle horse. Mr. Blanton Has Jaw Bone Broken; Kicked By Horse Was Looking Over His Horses 'n Barn Yard When One Plavfnllv Kicked Him. Mr. George Blanton is nursing a double fracture of the jaw bone as a result of a kick by one of his fine riding horses at the Blanton stable on N. Washington street Wednes day afternoon. Mr. Blanton had the horses in the barn lot and he and his broth er. Mr. C, C. Blanton, were looking them over and giving them some exercises when ‘'Dawn," one of the favorite riding horses, feeling frisky and playful, got too much rope arid kicked Mr. Blanton on the chin. The force of the blow from the horse's hoof knocked Mr. Blantor to the ground on his face. He was rushed to the hospital for attention and there it was found that his jaw was fractured on both'sides. On the right side the bone is Splinter ed while on the left side the frac ture is not so bad. Several of his teeth were knocked out of place and there was a cut on the front of his chin which required a number of stitches to sew up. X-ray pictures have been made of the jaw bone and surgeons plan to re-set the fracture as soon as the swelling goes down. The injury has been very painful but Mr. Blanton was up and out in a car yesterday for awhile. He returned to the hos pital where he will probably remain for several days until the bones are set and all danger of infection is over. It is expected that he will be able to return in a week or ten days to his duties at the First National Bank where he is vice president. Plan Field Trial For Foxhounds Here Sheriff Allen Has Four Gray Foxes To Use In Big Chase. Four gray foxes from Eastern Carolina and other points may be used soon to settle, if possible, the controversy as to who owns the best foxhounds in Cleveland coun ty The county has- 'seen widely known for years for its fine fox hounds and citizens of several sec tions have hounds in their packs they believe not to be excelled. The foxes to be used in the field trial races the place and date of which are to be announced later, are own ed by Sheriff Irvin M. Allen. The hounds, in order to give all an even break, will be divided into two classes—registered and non-regis tered. According to present plans any hunter will be permitted to en ter his hounds and the genera! pub lic, men and women, will he invited to witness and listen to the races. TURN TO PAGE EIGHT FOR DISCUSSION OF CITIZENS ON SM.K FI FCTR1C PI.ANT Over $200,000 City And County TaxesCollected Penalty Goes On Feb. 2 C’ltj Has Collected Over Half Of 1931 Levy. County Has (oiler! - ed $148,000. Shelby and Cleveland coun ty tax-payers have been paying their 1931 taxes better than was expected considering gen eral economic conditions. A check-up today revealed that over $200,000 In city and coun ty taxes has been collected. After Monday a one percent pen alty goes on all unpaid 1931 taxes both city and county4’ Tills Is re quired by a state law' which offers a discount in the early months of the tax-paying season. Good Collections At the city hall, it was stated yesterday, a total of $57,301 77 in 1931 taxes has been collected. This is a little over half the total levy, leaving $55,790 to be collected. Of the county tax levy Sheriff Irvin M. Allen has collected to date $148,615.96. This is approximately one-third of the total levy and is a considerably larger portion of the collectable taxes than the average county has collected to date. Both city and county officials urge taxpayers who can conveniently do so to pay their taxes Saturday and Monday before the one perc»nt penalty is added Candidate Enters Race In Rutherford Rutherford ton, Jan. 28.—Mack Dobbins, well known young man of Spindale, Wednesday announced his candidacy for the Democratic nom ination for the office of sheriff of Rutherford county. Mr. Dobbins was the first to announce for the office* Others are expected to announce shortly. Mr. Dobbins is a native of this county and was an automobile dealer and salesman for 12 years. Start Regal Club In Efird Building The Regal club, a social organiza tion for young men, Is being organ ized by Corbett Hamrick The club has rooms in the second floor of the Efird store building and is being newly furnished. The organization, somewhat similar to the Key club, already has 20 members. Community Player* To Hold Meeting A business meeting of the Com munity Players of Shelby will be held In The Star building Saturday evening at 7:30. Plans for the next production will be discussed among other topics. Pink E. Lackey Out For Constable Only one political announce ment has been made during the latter part of the week. Pink E. Lackey, formerly a candidate for high sheriff, announced today that he would be a candidate for constable in No. 6 town ship in the approaching Demo cratic primary. ' where War Shadows Are Gathering The rapturr of Shanghai yesterday by Japanese troop* brought the highest tension of the struggle be tween China and Japan and rausrd unrest in American and other nations over the safety of their clti **n* in Shanghai. The Jap ships, lying In the harbor or bund, covered the advance of the Jap marine* into the city. The United States started four additional ships from Manila to Shanghai today to help protect American intertsts, U. 8. wur ships, led by the U. S. Houston (above*, the flagship of the Asiatic Fleet, under the command of Admiral M. M. Taylor (left Inset), are on the scene, and Edwin 8. Cun ningham. United States Consul-General (right Insetl. is on the spot to handle the diplomatic end of the business. Lower photo Is a busy corner of the English-Ameriran settle ment at Shanghai. ) Gaffney Talent Before Kiwanis On Ladies Night Over 1SS Guest* Enjoy Annual Social Event Of Civic Club Here. Over 125 guests enjoyed the an nual ladles night program ol the Kiwanis club at the Hotel Charles last night when superb talent from' Gaffney and Shelby furnished an evening of fun and merriment. Ladies night with the Kiwanis ;dub, is the high spot of the year {from a social angle and the pro gram last night was a most de j lightful and enjoyable one. Presi dent Forrest Eskridge welcomed the guests and outlined the objectives of the club for civic and social bet lerment. During the delicious meal, Mr, C. B. Hendrick and his stringed orchestra from the Dover mill fur nished music, Shelby’s musical talent was sup plied by Mrs. Grady Lovelace and Mrs. Ben Suttle in a duet accom panied by Mrs. Hugh Plaster after which Dr. Plaster rendered a beau tiful violin solo. The other talent was from Gaffney, Miss Frutrell who gave a reading, Miss Phifer whose beautiful voice charmed the ’audience and Miss Trulock In an '.enjoyable reading. H. C. "Dinty” Moore, a cqtton buy- I er of Gaffney who is well known ] in Shelby from a previous appear ance in a home-talent play, kept ! the guests in an up-roar of laugh ter with his humor, "Sportsman i ship of Courage” was the subject of .his address and after a few enjoy able jokes, he seriously pointed out the necessity of courage and con fidence in these trying days. The program was in charge of : Cart Webb, chairman, Max Wash bum, Charles Hoey, Horace Easom | and Lee B. Weathers. Valuable prizes given by Kiwanis members : were drawn at the conclusion of the evening. New Hope Held For Cotton Fanner In Use Of Stalk For Silk Fibre May Stop Picking Lint And Cut C'p Entire Plant For “Cellulose” Cotton. Chapel Hill, Jan. 29.—Synthetic chemistry today holds out to thc cotton planter hope tor a new kind of crop, a cotton plant made more profitable through substituting a human laboratory in the place oh nature’s final step in producing j clothing fibre. The farmer would cut his cotton crop like grass and sell the who'c plant, boll, leaves and stalk—every thing except the roots—to be con verted into cellulose. Cellulose is the raw material in ai cotton plan! which nature turns into the fiber. It is also the sticky stuff which synthetic chemistry is converting in big mills direct into the silken fibers which compete with natural silk and already to a lesser extent with cotton itself. The results of three years experi ments, indicating the* time is near when the farmer may stop picking his cotton, and switch to the easier method of mowing the whole crop were made public at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Prank K. Cameron, professor of chemistry, and Nicholas W. Dock ery, have been raising cotton on the Dockery plantation at Rockingham, North Carolina to learn the com parative cost of a cellulose and r cotton crop. As a result Dr. Cameron said i: if expected this year to raise ''cel lulose” cotton on a 10 acres patch at a cost of two cents a pound, compared with five cents for cot ton. Five thousand pounds an acre are predicted. Aside from the great variety of I profitable articles into whirh cel lulose is-, converted, the bigger re-j turns to planters are expected to come from the cotton stalk—now all wasted, and the hibernating place of the boll w'eevil. This stalk, say the North Carolina chemists, is 40 per cent pure cellulose. The cotton boll H OO Tie-* pent f*eU11!pc, Shanghai Falls To Japs; U. S. Rushing 4 Ships Mno-J»p*ncse War Reached Most Critical Point. I!. 8. Rashes Ships. The Slno-Japanese conflict reached Us major crisis yester day a hen Japanese troops flood ed into and capture Shanghai, making a slaughter pen of thr Shanghai streets and causing other nations to rush ships there to protect their cltlsens. Late In the day Japanese marin es poured into Shanghai, under the protection of 32 battleships lying in the Shanghai bund, broke down the resistance of the Chinese guards and carried their bloody battle into the narrow streets of the city. An official report said that eight Japs were killed and 29 wounded, but no figures were available of the Chinese loss, although many, in cluding civilians, were thought to have been killed in the rpeedy cap ture of the important city In enter ing the city the Jap troops shot out all street lights and cast the city In darkness to prevent their men be ing shot down by Chinese snipers in the business section. Destroyers Sail. Manila, Jan. 29.—Pour American destroyers sailed from here at 8 a. b., today n p. m. Thursday, East ern Standard Time) with instruc tions to Join the Yangtse River-pa trol at Shanghai, newest battle ground of the Japanese and Chinese to aid In protecting American citi zens and interests. Russia Steps In. Tokio, Jan. 29.—It was reported today that Soviet Russia had re fused to let the Chinese Eastern Railway in Manchuria transport Japanese troops to Harbin, where there was fighting between Chinese factions. Vice Chairman Kuznetzoff of the railway, which is jointly owrn ed by China and Russia, denied the Japanese troops transportation, an official report said, under instruc tions from Moscow to observe neu trality. Shelby Man In War Stricken Shanghai Henry Kendall. Shelby man and son of Mrs. H. E. Kendall. North LaFayette street, is in Shanghai, China where on yesterday fierce fighting broke otit between the Chinese and Japanese, resulting in the slaughter of hundreds of Chi nese. Shanghai people had boycot ted Japanese merchandise as a re sult of the Japanese invasion ot Manchuria and because the boycott was not lifted, the Japanese invad ed the city and slaughtered many There are thousands of Ameri can people in the American colony in Shanghai and Mr. Kendall is there with Dibrel Bros. Tobacco Co., of Danville, Va. His office »s located on the famous Bund, the principal 'business section overlook ing the harbor. Mr Kendal! was re cently married to Miss Isabel Gil man. an American girl vihoee father is a prominent business man there. Americans are reported safe and to make sure none are boihered, other American battleships have been rii« natched to the <wn> nt action Would Pension Widows Of War Vets $30 Month < ongresHman Hu!winkle Introduces Bill to Pension Widow* of War Veterans. (By Anne McCorkle.» Washington. Jan. 29 —Widows ol World war veterans who have never been able to receive pensions due to lack of evidence that their hus bands’ death results from service, will receive a pension of $30 a month with $6 for each minor child if a bill Introduced by Major A. L. Bulwinkle of North Carolina pass es congress Although the Oastonla congress man no longer belongs to the com mute on veterans legislation, be cause Interstate and Foreign com merce. of which he la now a mem ber. Is so Important that its mem bers are allowed to be cn no other committees, his close friends on the veterans committee, and his influ ence in shaping past veterans legis lation. will make his bill stand an excellent chance of passing. "Our only hope If we wish to be fair and equitable in bringing relief to the widows and families of the men who, fought for us is to estab lish a blanket rate for every wid ow,” Bulwinkle said. ‘‘In numbers of cases a great Injustice is being done to them under the present system. "In my congressional district. I have had numbers 'd cases when men have been gassed, Shell- shock ed. or other wise impaired physically and mentally on the battlefield. Be cause no witnesses saw them, and in majiy cases, because the true af fect of their injuries did not appear until years later, it was impossible to establish proof that their war time experiences caused their death tinder the present rigid code of law.” Any honorably discharged service man who entered prior to the armis tlce and served 90 days is eligible for a pension If he has a disability connected with the service now, but | the widow of a man whose death | could not be proved to be service i connected has an uphill fight for j compensation of any kind Accord ing to the Bulwinkle measure, If the deceased leaves one child and no widow, the child would receive $12 a month until he reaches the age of 16, unless he Is permanently incapable of self-support because of mental or physical defects, while widows would receive $30 a month unless they remarried, as long as they lived. Former Shelby Girl Loses Her Husband Mrs. J, W. Spangler, Fast Marion street has received a telegram an nouncing the death of Mr. Everett Brown, publisher of a newspaper at Sylva in Jackson county and hus band of Mte Addic Bridges, a for mer Shelby gtrl Mrs. Brown was the daughter of J. A Bridges and has many friends and lelaOves here who sympathise with her in the loss of her husband. Mr. Bridges was 35 years ojd and was buried Monday at Sylva. He Is survived by his wife mnH five children' 32 Applicants For Position As Recorder’s Clerk Will Appoint Deputy Here Monday Legislative Act Say* Deputy To Bi Appointed On Recommenda tion Of Clerk. Tlie office of deputy clerk of au perlor court, or clerk of recorder s court of Cleveland county, is being sought by 32 people, It was learned by The Star this morning. This number had already filed tormal applications for the office and eight or ten more applicants Rre likely before the office Is filled by the county commissioners in regular session Monday. Women Apply Among the 32 applications are three filed by women, one of which has been withdrawn. The rush for the job began this week when The Star first made public announcement that Chat. Woods on, deputy clerk since the creation of the office by the Iasi legislature, had resigned effective Monday to become North Carolina soles manager for a tailoring firm Applications have been piling In since and scores of people have vis ited the court house recommending this and that applicant. In Wednesday’s Star It was sis tec that there might be a movement to separate the office of recorder's clerk from the office of superior court clerk. The legislative act creating the office makes such im possible, It has been pointed out, unless the act Is changed. The es tablishment of the office Is recorded In the Public Laws of 1#31, chap ter 454. There It says that the clerk of superior oourt Is to act as picric of recorder's court with an assistant or deputy, to aid. Judging by the reading of the act it la likewise presumed that a rec ommendation will be made tc th» commissioners Monday by A. W Hamrick, superior court clerk, as th« act reads that "said appointment it to be made by the county commit sioners, upon the recommendatioi and approval of the clerk of super ior court.” Just what time of day the ap pointment will be made is not known, but it will be made during the day Monday as Mr. Woodson* resignation takes effect then ard a clerk will be necessary for the day * court grind and to familiarize him self or herself with the duties of the office before the retiring clerk be gins his other work. The maximum salary of the of fice as worded in the act creating the office is $1,200 per year, or $100 per month. The commissioners however, set the monthly salary at $85 and that salary has been paid the present clerk. There is little chance, it is intimated, that the salary, considering general condi tions and reduced Incomes, will Mte increased at any early date. In fact it is learned unofficially that a ftew of the 32 applicants have offered to take the office at le$s than $85 per month. The appointment is attracting considerable attention because there are more applicants for the job, it is said, than for any other official position in many years. Dr. Stokes Leaves Kings Mountain Sells His Home, Office And Prac tice To Dr. Harper Of Florida. (By E. R Gamble' Kings Mountain, Jan 2*.—Dr. Percy B. Stokes who lies been a practising physician In Kings Moun tain for the past nine years has sold his home, office and practice to Dr. Charles W. Harper of Chipley, Fla Dr. Stokes left Monday for New York where he will take a post graduate course during the next eighteen months. Dr. Harper has been practicing medicine for the past twenty years since his graduation at thp Medical school at the University of Georgia. He received his pre-medical educa tion at the University of Florid* Dr. Harper is married and has one son They are now at the Stokes residence on Gold street Charlie Deberry, . .. R. R. Employee Diet Charlie Debery, respected colored citiaen of Shelby.' died Tuesday January 36 after an illness pt set era! months. He was for a long while connected with the work at the Seaboard station and had re cently been retired on a pension His remains were carried t- P • rw>« c c for interment
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