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Cotton . ....6.65 to It
Cotton wagon seed, tn __ $10 90
Cloudy And Wanner.
Today’s North Carolina Weather
Report; Cloudy and not quite so
cold tonight. Thursday eloudy and
rising temperature followed by rain
during afternoon or night in west
portion.
Japs' Majt> Driic.
Shanghai, Feb. 10.—Japanese land
and air forces were concentrating
early today for what was believed
to be their major drive In the at
tempt to capture the Chinese forts
and strongholds along the Chapel
Woosung section. A licet of Japa
nese naval planes were being as
sembled along the front in what ap
peared to be general preparations
for a big attach. The silence in the
war zone led observers to believe
the biggest bombardment of the
campaign was almost ready to
break loose.
7,836 Enrolled
In Schools Over
Cleveland County
Average Attendance During Janu
ary, However, Was a Little
Less Than 6,000.
Almost 8,000 students were enroll
ed in the. white schools of Cleve
land county, not including the
Kings Mountain and Shelby sys
tems, during the month of Janu
ary, according to the monthly re
port of J. H. Grigg. county super
intendent.
Although the total enrollment
was 7.839 the average attendance
during the month was 5,9117.
The enrollment and attendance
by schools follow:
School Unroll Av. Alt.
Waco . _. 3 57 281
Be!wood _ .... 555 416
Lattimore . _669 515
Piedmont _ . 465 ' 373
Grover . ...___ 304 230
Moore.:boro . 300 216
No. 8 township _ 575 "153
, No. 3 township . ..... 755 574
Boiling Springs . 289 152
Fallston . .. 336 283
Dover Mill.....272 137
Casar... 399 2 >l
Flint Hill . .......... 81 53
Hicks . _ 33 2C
Hayes. 31 29
Zion . _.......... 81 .74
Trinity . ............ 81 *1
Philbeck. 91 53
Poplar Springs ...... 112 91
Sharon . "..... 136 _ 76
Beaver Dam „ ........ 113 27
Prospect . _ 73 54
Bethlehem . ;_ 113 95
Moriah . ... 188 150
Palmer . ..._... 57 74
Beams Mill . ........ 103 95
Ross Grove . ...._ 94 74
Shanghai . ......_ 71 53
County Line . ....... 25 19
Dixon . _..... 75 60
Elizabeth . __... 108 73
Oak Grove . ..._ 117 35
Patterson Grove . .... 93
Trinity . ......_ 79 65 j
Mt. Pleasant . ........ 106 CP
Park-Grace . _ 193 132
Beth-Ware ...._ 170 156!
Stubbs.. 61 48 j
Holly Springs . ....... 88 05
•Estimated on previous month re
tort.
Phree Civic Clubs
To Hear Dr. Parrot
On Thursday Night
'•Uate Board Of Health Head To
Talk Before Klwanis, Rotary
And Lions.
Dr. J M. Parrot, head of the
State Board of Health will be the
principal speaker Thursday night
at an inter-club meeting of the Ki
vvanis, Rotary and Lions civic or
ganizations.
The program has been planned by
the physicians and dentists of the
city who secured Dr. Parrot to ad
dress the members of the three civic
clubs in a body. Just what Dr. Par
rot has in mind to talk on, has not
been announced. Dr. J. W. Harbison
Is chairman of the commitee to ar
range the program. The meeting
will begin at 7 o’clock in the dining
room of the Hotel Charles.
Juniors Hear Mull
In Address; Have
Service On Sunday
Judge John P. Mull was the prin
cipal speaker at an enthusiastic
rally of the Junior Order held last
night at the hall here. Mr. Mull's
talk centered about the principles
of the order and also touched upon
the life of Abraham Lincoln, whose
birth anniversary is observed this
month.
Sunday evening at 7 o'clock a spe
cial service for the Juniors of She!
and section will be lie Id at the
-econd Baptist church, conducted
by Rev. L. L. Jessup. All members
the order are urged to attend
l
Thompson Opposes Sale City Light
Plant; Many Are Signing Petitions
16 Slaves Sold Here 86 Years
Ago For $4,876; Girls Highest
An old bill of sale now in the pos
session of G. T. Cabaniss of the
Zion section records the sale here of
86 years ago—in 1846—of 16 slaves
for the total amount of $4,875.
The bill of sale is that recorded
by A. M. Cabaniss, executor of the
estate of George Cabaniss, great
grandfather of the man who now
owns the record.
The highest price paid for any of
the slaves was $411, this amount
being given for two young women,
Amanda and Priscilla. The highest
sale of the lot was $430 for a wom
an, Mary, and her child, Esther
The young boy slaves sold for $331
and the lowest price received for
any of the 16 was $60 for a girl
Sarah. Among the men who pur
chased the slaves were the follow
ing ancestors of families now well
known in the section: Sidney El
liott. Jcpe H. Horn, Thos Williams.
J. W. Jackson, Thos. Camp, James
Toms, Chandler London, W. A. Tis
dale, J. R. Logan, David Hogue
John Damron and others.
The bill of sale listed corn as be
ing sold at 62 1-2 cents per bushel i
wheat at 75 cents, and bacon eight
cents per pound.
State President To Address Joint
Meeting P. T. A. Friday Evening
Associations To Gather At High
School In Shelby For Im
portant Program.
A joint meeting of the Parent
Teacher associations of Shelby will
be held in the high school auditor
ium Friday evening at 7:30 o’cloc!.
Mrs. John Henderson, state presi-;
dent of the P. T. A. organization, ■
will be present 'to deliver an ad
dress. She is a very capable woman
and a very interesting speaker and
wjll without doubt be heard with
great pleasure. The committee
feels very fortunate in being able
to secure her services for this oc
casion. ;
Other features ot the: Friday!
evening program will be the sing
ing of the school song recently writ-1
ten and set to music by Miss Mil-1
tired Laughridge. 'This will be ren- j
dered by a mixed chorus of high j
school boys and girls. The Boy
Scouts of the community will pre
sent briefly some features of the
scout program. The audience will
join in singing the P. T. A. song.
Three-minute reports will be
made for the local assoc.ations by
the presidents or representatives.
The presidents are as follows: Mrs.
Earl Hamrick. Washington school;
Mrs. W. P. Craig, Jefferson school;
Mrs. Roscoe McWhirter, LaFaye* iO
school: Mrs. J. D. Lineberger, Mar
ion school; Mrs. Fields Young, Gra
ham school; Rev. L. L. Jessup,
South Shelby school.
A count will be taken of the pa
trons to see which school has tve
largest percent of parents presen t
The high school will be included in
this count.
Mrs. John Schenck, jr., who is
president of the city council, will
preside at the meeting.
Quinn Satisfactory
To Senator Bailey
The appointment of J. H. Quinn
as postmaster for Shelby will in ex:
probability be ratified by the Sen
ate. Objections were made tosex
eral of President Hoover’s appoint
ments in North Carolina by Sena
tor J. W. Bailey, but Postmaster
Quinn's name was on the list pass
ed upon favorably by Senator Bail
ey.
Mrs. Fay Depriest Jarretl return
ed today to Chester, S. C., where
she has a position as bookkeeper
with a plumbing firm.
Jeffress Hopes To Secure Federal
Appropriation For N. C. Highways
Road Chairman Says Congress
Realizes Seriousness Of Unem
ployment Now.
Raleigh, Feb. 10.—Prospects frr
an emergency appropriation by the
Federal government for the con
struction of highways looks exceed
ingly bright in Washington, ac-.
cording to E. B. Jeffress, chairman
of the State Highway Commission,
who is back in his office after cor
ferring with the North Carolina
congressional delegates and otheis
in the Capital City last week.
Chairman Jeffress, who has beei
earnestly advocating the construc
tion of highways with Federal funds
as a means of substantially reducirg
unemployment, declared that Con
gress and the administration are
Just now realizing how serious is the
situation throughout the country.
He met with North Carolina’s
delegation and highway officials
from other states relative to the
rerolutinn adopted bv the North
Carolina Highway Commission
which is petitioning that the Fed
eral Aid highway land of $125,000 -
000 be immediatoy made available
to those states which have already
completed 90 per cent o; the origi
nal State-Federal Aid highway svo
tem set up in 1921, North Carolina
has completed practically all of the
system with the exception of a few
minor highway improvements and
bridge projects.
Her share of the appropriation
should the amendment making it
available be passed, would be ap
proximately $2,500,000.
Chairman Jeffress said that ten
tative plans for the bill to be in
troduced in the House by Congress
man Lindsay Warren had been
made.
He pointed to the LaFollette Do e
Bill and other relief legislation now
pending in Congress as tangible
proof that the law-makers were
taking seriously the plight of the
great number of unemployed in the
United Staffs
Legion Post Set
For Speedy Drive
In Getting Members
Membership Divided Into Two
Teams For Contest. Winners
To Get Banquet
The Warren Hoyle American Le
gion post of Shelby today inaugur
ated an intensive them hers hip drive ;
which is being featured by a con- J
test between two teams, the red and >
the blue.
Plans for the membership cam
paign were outlined at an enthus
iastic meeting of the post last night
at which time the ex-service men
were guests of the Legion Auxiliary
at an oyster supper at the Masonic
temple.
The membership of post was
divided into two teams—the reds led
by W. S. Beam and the Blues by K
S. Agnew. A month from last night
another big banquet will be heii
the members of the winning team j
to be guests of the losing team-1
Both teams are making an active!
campaign for new members and It:
is hoped to enroll every ex-service
man in the county. Members of the
post not present at the meeting last
night should see one of the two
captains and learn w'hich team they
are on.
Hunting Season To
Close Monday; Not
Much Shooting Here
The current hunting season for|
birds and rabbits closes on Monday, j
February 15
The hunting law says the season |
ends on the 15th, but H. C. Long,
county game warden, says that the
law has been interpreted as includ
ing the final day of the season,
Monday. With the close of the sea
son near at hand local hunters are
attempting to get in every day pos
sible until that time.
The hunting in this section has
been poor during the season. The
weather and a scarcity of birds re
sulted in one of the most unsuc
cessful seasons here in years, and
local hunters who bagged very much
game during the season had to tra
vel to other sections of the two
Carolinas.
Mayor Pro Tem Is
Against Sale
Between 1,200 and 1,500 Cltitem
Knroll Against Special
Election.
(VIEWS OF A NUMBER Of
SHELBY CITIZENS RE
GARDING THE LIGHT
PLANT SALE WILL BI
FOUND ON PAGE 2.)
Alderman Z. J. Thompson,
mayor pro tem of Slielbjr, will
“oppose to the last ditch" sale of
the municipal light plant to the
Southern Public Utilities. This
information was forwarded to
The Star today by Alderman
Thompson, who is undergoing
treatment in a New Orleans i
hospital.
His statement is the Just publicly'
announced view of any member of
the city council on the proposed sale
of the plant to the S. P. U. for the;
$1,100,000 offer made by the power:
corporation in their only proposal to!
date.
No Reason To Sell.
Writing from New Orleans on i
Monday, Alderman Thompson saysy]
“Have just read Friday’s Star
(This issue contained the second
statement from the city coun
cil giving rates, figures and oth
er information about the sale.)
I cannot agree with the atate
ment. I think Falls too good on
his figures, but the profits are
fair If properly handled—and
there is no reason for selling.
Have given it a bit ot thought,
and I will oppose sale of plant
to the last, Hope to be home
soon."
The Falls reference is to a com
munication by Judge B. T. Falla in
which it was. set out that profit* of
the city plant under municipal op
eration were larger than shown in a
recent audit prepared as informa
tion in the sale controversy. Th%
statement mentioned as appearing
in Friday’s paper was signed by the
mayor and three of the aldermen,
but not by Mr. Thompson who was
then out of the city.
Others Not Known.
The announced opposition of one
member of the board to the sale na
turally brings on more supposition
as to the stand of the ether mem
bers of the council. It was general- j
ly believed that Mr. Thompson was
unfavorable to the sale as street j
conjecture has had "It that two of
the four board members were for
the sale and two against. But just
how "the others stand Is not defi
nitely known to the general public,
although rumors have it that fur
ther announcements maj be made
soon by some of the others.
Many Signing.
Petitions asking the board not to
call a special election or the sale
were put out in the city late last;
w'eek and today It was reported tilt
between 1.500 and 1,600 citizens have;
already signed the 45 petitions. An j
intensive canvass with the petitions i
by opponents of the sale was being
carried on today with the expressed
hope of building the opposing list,
to near 2,000 names. The formidable
list of names, opponent of selling
the plant say, shows the great op
position to permitting the plant to,
get out of the hands of the city,
while, on the other hand, support
ers of the sale contend that their j
strength is powerful although not so
much in evidence.
Services Held For
Mrs. Shepard Here
MeLarty And Wall Conduct Services.:
Body Taken To George For
Burial.
Funeral services for Mrs. B. T.1
Shepard, who died Sunday after-!
noon, were held yesterday afternoon
at 4 o’clock at the Luts and Jack
son funeral parlor. The services
were conducted by Dr. E K. Mc
larty. pastor of Centra! Methodist
church of which the deceased wras a
member, and Dr. Zeno Wall of the
First Baptist church. There was a
beautiful floral tribute and special
music was rendered by the Central
Methodist choir.
Among the out-of-cown relatives
here for the services were a sister,
Mrs. Howard, and her husband and
daughter of Washington; a broth
er, Mr. Patterson, of Washington,
and an uncle and aunt, Mr and
Mrs. Bell of Charlotte.
The body was taken to Georgia
early today for interment. Among
the Shelby people accompanying the
family to Georgia were the follow
ing young men, friends of James
Shepard: Hubert Wilson, Joe Laugh
rMwo niii« Wirris »nd Tom Cottle
Cleveland Boys
Making Good In
4-H Club Work
One Calf Pays Boy
Over $50
form Coui.ty-Wide Club For New
4-H Members. Number Pro
ject* I.Nted.
A County-Wide 4-H Club for
boys and girt of Cleveland county
will be formed early next month in
Order to direct projects of those not
now affiliated with some of the
clubs already organised In the
county.
Speaking of thq plan to take care
of these new members. R. W. Shoff
ner. county farm agent, says:
"We have at the present time
seven 4-H Clubs organized in the
county with a total of 132 boys and
183 girls. There are other com
munities in the county which should
have 4-H Clubs organized. How
ever, It will be Impossible to take
care of any more this year.
'"We have arranged a county
wide 4-H Club program, that is, a
club to take care of all boys and
girls that arc not members at the
clubs organized or cannot get in
touch with one of these organized
clubs. If there are any boys or girls
who would like to do 4-H Club
work, we would like to have them
send in their names, addresses and
their projects in which they would
be interested and we will enter
them on the roll of the County
Wide Club. This entitles the boy or
girl to all privileges of the 4-H
Clubs. If you can meet us at one
of the following organized clubs. It
would be much better. The chibs al
ready organized are: Boiling
Springs, Mooresboro, Casar, Grov
er, Belwood, Waco and Bethlehem.
If it. is not possible to reach any
of these clubs and you wish to be a
member, please notify Mrs. Wallace
or the county agent.
First Meeting.
"Tlie first meeting of the County
Wide Club will be held Saturday.
March 5th at 9.30 in the offices of
the County Agents
"Again we will see what some
more of the 4-H Club members are
doing with their project work. This
jaakes the third group of projects
crwnfTTTSti on pa or bight >
0. G. Glascoe
Buried Tuesday
At Beams Mill
Respected Parmer Succumb* To
Paralysis At Age 69. Was
Outstanding Citizen.
Mr. Oliver Goldsmith Glascoe
died Monday morning February £
about 4 o’clock at his home in thr
Beams Mill community. He had
been in declining health for the
past four years, but was taken ser
iously ill three weeks ago when he
suffered a stroke of paralysis. He
also suffered a second stroke Fri
day of last week which resulted in
his death Monday.
The deceased was nearing his
69th birthday. He always lived in
Cleveland county and with the ex
ception of three or four years, had
lived at the home place where he
was born and reared. Mr. Glascoe
was one of the outstanding citizens
of^his community and county. He
was conservative, his ideas never
carrying him above his means and
ability to do, and yet he was gen
erous, kind hearted, and loving, al
ways striving for the things that
would make lys community a bet
ter community, and hts county ct
better county. To the youths in his
community he was as a father to
them, always giving them things to
make them rejoice, love, and re
spect *him. He was kind and gene”
ous to his neighbors and friends,
and was liked by all who knew him
and all are made to mourn ovei
the passing of this dear one.
Mr. Glascoe was married about
45 years ago, to Miss Eugenie
Green who still survives. He was s
member of New Bethel Baptist
church up until he was married
then he and his wife moved their
membership to Pleasant Grove
where he served loyally and faith
fully until the end. Surviving are
his wife, two brothers, Mr. William
Glascoe of the Beams Mill com
munity, and Mr. Van Glascoe of
Hickory; one sister, Mrs. Crotts of
South Carolina. Interment was
held Tuesday at Pleasant Grove
Baptist church at 11 o'clock amid a
large crowd of sorrowing relatives
apd friends.
Active pall bearers were his ne
phews, Messrs. C. R. Spangler, Syl
vanus Greene, C. M Spangler
Coleman Glascoe. Esfey Glascoe.
and Andy . Mead Honorary pall
bearers were Messrs. G. L. Corn
well, Clarence Wilson. Dan Gold.
Thomas Cornwell. Clem Costner
»nri Vat.es SnerUno
U.S. Post Threatened by Shells
Whil* JapaneM* warships and bomb inf planes are making drtcrmlnrrl
efforts to blast the defending Chin eae out of the battered nu!m ol
( ha pel. these lulled States Marines arr kept busy Inside the barrl
ejtdes of the International Scttlrm enl at Shanghai, protecting the
lives of American citizens and gua rdlng IT. S. eoncrssions against in
vasion by either of the warring yellow troops. The building shown is
the regimental headquarters of the U. S. Marine C orps at Shanghsl,
whlrh narrowly escaped serious da magr when a number of anti-air
craft shells, fired by Chinese and J ap planes, fell in the American mil
itary sector a nd exploded.
$49,800 Paid Out In Dividends
A total of £49,800 was paid
out yesterday In dividends to
shareholders of two of the three
so-called Dover mill chain of
textile plants. The annual
meeting of shareholders was
held in the directors room of the
First National hank at thirty
minute intervals and balance
sheets and profit and'loss state
ments for the year 1931 were
read.
The largest distribution of
dividend checks was from the
Dover mill which distributed a
six per cent dividend on the
common stock and a four pee
cent semi-annual dividend on
the preferred stock, both divi
dends amounting to $37,800.
Ora mill did not pay a com
mon stock dividend, but paid
its preferred dividend amount
ing to $13,000 on the capital
stock outstanding.
Eastside mil) paid no divi
dend* on it* common or prefer
red stocks outstanding but
showed a slight profit during
the past year. Eastside was
built eleven year* ago and ha*
never paid a common stock di
vidend, but adjustment* have
been made In operating expense
for thi* year which will effect
a saving estimated at 534,000
and with anything like a fair
break, officials feel like a better
year is in prospect.
All officers and director* of
the three institution* were re
elected unanimously to serve for
the coining year.
Thr dividend distribution of
S49.S0O made yesterday by the
two institutions has reflected
itself in trade channel* and de
lighted the stockholders.
State Inspector Suggests That
Unemployed Be Used To Clean
Insanitary Conditions In Shelby
Conditions Here Far From Sani
tary Will Breed Disease Nest
Summer.
' Speaking as a private citizen ani
not as sanitary inspector of the
State Board of Health, I would like
to commend the people of Shelby
for the use of unemployed men In
cleaning and beautifying their
streets, but at the same tittle I
would offer a suggestion.” says E
S. Whitaker.
The suggestion of Mr. Whitaker,
who has been making Inspections
in Shelby and over the county frr
a month. Is that the force of un
State College Professors Are Not
Raising Big Howl Over Pay Slash
Jeter Says They Are Cooperating
With Gardner Economy Pro
gram Now.
Raleigh. Feb. 10— Despite some
adverse opinions expressed by in
dividual students and faculty mem
bers as individuals, no other state
educational institution Is cooperat
ing more fully with Governor O.
Max Gardner in seeking to help the
state live within its income than is
State college, F. H. Jeter, agricul
tural editor at State, said yester
day. The agricultural faculty and
extension workers were the first ta
sense the importance of Governor
Gardner's live-at-home agricultural
program three years ago and have
worked whole-heartedly from the
first to make it a success, Jeter
points out. These same men later
took hold of the better seed cam
paign and heloed make a success
of it
Since the recent demand for
greater economy has become appar
ent the oollea* has out on a oro- •
ft '
gram of economy and efficiency
that- has not been surpassed, if
equaled by any other state institu
tiop and at the present time State
college is living within the limits of
its revised budget, Jeter declared.
Not a word of complaint has been
heard from Dr. E. C. Brooks, presi
dent of the college, though he is
the person upon whom the burden
of making the revised budget falls
“Faculty members at State col
lege have been willing to take their
fair portion of salary cuts along
with other state employees, realiz
ing that in this time of economic
distress there can be no favored
classes,’’ Jeter said. "Only when it
was apparent that the work of the
North Carolina experiment station
might be hopelessly crippled was
there anything said that might bt j
Interpreted as outspoken criticism;
of Governor Gardner and then It
was stated that it would be aj
shame if research work which has,
seen carried on for 25 years or more
■hould lose its effect.
employed men be used a portion of
the time in cleaning up insanitary
spots about the city.
"The average citizen," Mr. Whl‘
aker continued, "does not tra'ei
along the alley and backyards as I
do. If a representative number
would do so, it would not be a dif
ficult matter to get them to put my
suggestion into action. The average
person who lives here would be sur
prised at the number of dump,
rubbish piles and collections of cans
about the city. At best these spot,
are breeders of disease and filth
and with the winter weather we
' i CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT «
Honor Roll In
Shelby Schools
For Half Year
201 Students Make
Mid-Term Roll
Ntnth Graders And Juniors Show
Best Percentage. Sixty In
High School.
Sixty students in Central high
.'school and 141 in the grammar
schools of Shelby attained the dis
tinction of the mid-term honor rol1
ranking, according to the list made
public this week by Supt. B. L.
Smith. The mid-term honor roll
means that the students making it
were honor students for the half of
the school year Just ended.
In the high school department
J6 juniors and 16 ninth grader*
made the roll for their classes W
lend with 24 percent. Eight seniors,
or only ft, percent, made the honor -
roll, while 17 eight graders, or 13
percent are on the roll
The number of mid-term honor
roll students in the other schools
follow; Jefferson 26, Washington 30
Graham 33, Lafayette 20 Moronn
36, Marion 57.
In High School
Tlie roil in full follows
Senlorr: Isabel Armour. Edwlna I
Sidney, Bernice Houser. Madge
Putnam. Mary Sue Thompson, Her
man Best, James Byers Louise
Miller.
Juniors Loris Dover, Bobby
Hoyle, Dick LeOrand, Colbert Me
Knight, Caleb McSwain, Ed Post.
Jr„ Elizabeth Carver, Rachel Con
nor. Margaret Ford, Aileen Jones
Annie Ray Jones, Laura Mae Bor
ders. Helen Miller. Hazel Putnam,
Edna Roberts, Edith Saunders.
Jean Moore Thompson, Esta Tyner,
Elizabeth Wallace, Margaret Brid
ges. Annie Ruth Dellinger, Mar
garet Lee, Stacy Duncan. Jeanece
Morrison, Edna Stanton. Elsie ni
Whitencr,
Ninth grade: Isabel Armour,
Louise Austell, Edna Earle Grigf,
Lula Bell Huskey, Pan Bullington,
Mary Sue Hill, Margaret Lee I/Bes,
ton. Walter Fanning, Katie Lou
Ensley, Mabel Saunders, Paul Mc
Ointy, Margaret Loilis McNeety,
! Catherine McMurry, Esther Ar.n
j Quinn, Mary Lillian Speck.
Eighth grade: Harold Bettis, Hill
| Hudson, Jr., Keith Shull, Jeanette
Beheler, Inez Cornwell, Helen Site
! Kendrick. Marie King, Margaret
Hamrick. Louise Lybrand, Nancy
McGowan, Mary Stewart, Helen
Wilson, Will Arey, Jr„ Roy Moore,
Maurine Davis, Estelle Hicks, Bill
McKinney, Jaunita Putnam.
Jefferson School
First grade: Dorothy Dixon, Li>
cile Jones, Gladys Ballenger. Jun
ior Mae Cox.
Second grade. Broadus Hopper,
Doris Ballenger, Mary Brasell,
'CONTINUED ON PAJE KIOHT .
Husband Shoots
Self When Wife
RefusesTo Return
Herbert Smith, Traveling Sales
man. Tries Violence On Self.
Wife Estranged.
--T—- ■■
Herbert Smith, traveling sales
man of Salisbury shot himself in
the left breast Monday evening
about 6:30 o'clock in the lobby of
the Hotel Charles when his es
tranged wife, Mrs. Herbert Hopper
Smith, refused his entreaties to <ro
back and live with him.
Mrs. Smith is a public steno
grapher at the local hotel and it a
stated on good authority that she
left her husband last .year and
came to her parents in Shelby be
cause of alleged mistreatment. lie
came to Shelby over the week-end
ostensibly to persuade his wife to
re-join him and when she refused
while they were conversing in the
hotel lobby, he made threats
against her and displayed a wea
pon, it is alleged.
Officers Approach Him
Officers were notified of hn
threats against Mrs. Smith and
when the two officers walked in i
the lobby they Inquired at the
clerk’s desk as to his identify. Smith
was sitting near the door in the
lobby and when officers approach*
ed him. it is stated that he toid
them, “You have come too late."*
Thereupon he pulled his pistol and
fired at himself, the bullet beiu<
intended for his heart. However,
the build went, higher than in
tended and pierced his lung As
ambulance ris called ahci Sffdth
was taken to the hospital it as
said his conditions is cot serious and
that he will reaver unless compli
cations arise Tne bullet has not
tern removed from bis body.
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