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LB\, N. C. FRIDAY, FEB. 12, 1932 Published Monday, Wednseday and Friday Afternoons.
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THK MARK!I
Colton . ... S.B5 to 7*
Cotton wagon seed. tn .... $10 OC
* ( loud- And Cooler
Today's North Carolina Weather
Report: Cloudy and cooler tonight
preceded by rain. Saturday cloudy
and cooler.
Gardner Comes
Out For County
Representative
Believe Edwards To
Run Again
Toung Attorney, Native of Beams
Mill Section, Is legislative
Candidate.
Attorney Ernest A. Gardner an
nounced today his candidacy for
the house of representatives in the
next general assembly. Cleveland
county Is entitled to one represen
tative every two years and one sen
ator every two years, alternating
with another county In this sena
torial district on state senator.
Mr. Gardner announces no piri
form at this time and gives no In
dication that he will have any plat
form other than that of the Demo
cratic party. He Is 34 years of age
and married. He and Mrs. Gardner
have one child.
Native Of Cleveland.
Mr. Gardner was born in the
Beams Mill section of Cleveland
county on the farm and now lives
there. He is a grandson of the late
Rufus Gardner and Anderson Nol
an, Confederate veterans who serv
ed in the same company during the
Civil war. His parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Virgil A. Gardner, prominent
people of the Beams Mill commun
ity.
After attending the Fallston high
school, Mr. Gardner attended school
at Boiling Springs where he was
graduated, later entering Wake For
est college where he received his
degree in 1923. He passed a succe's
fui examination before the supreme
court to practise law in 1922 and Is
now engaged in the practice of law
in Shelby.
The present representative from
Cleveland is Attorney Henry B. Ed
wards and It is generally believed
that Mr. Edwards will announce
*- himself a candidate 1# a short
while.
Dr. Parrott Talks
Public Health And
Saving Of Lives
Says Typhoid Fever Will Be Thin*
Of Past Within Five Years
In Carolina.
"In less than five years, typhoid
fever will be as rare in North Car
olina as a SlO'hill under this Hoo
ver prosperity,” declared Dr. J. M.
Parrott, secretary of the state boa’ d
of health, as he spoke last night at
the Hotel Charles before a joint
meeting of the Kiwanis, Rotary and
Lions clubs.
Dr. Parrot traced the history o*
the state health work in North
Carolina from the time it was start
ed with a $100 annual appropriation
m 1867 until today when it operates
under five distinct divisions, all de
voted to the preservation of life,
health and happiness. One depart
ment is engagtd in preventive
medicine, another in laboratory
work, then there is the division of
sanitary enginering, division of den
4 listry and another of epidemolo^y
which has oversight over the trans
mission of disease^
After giving this background he
cited the fact that the state is
making annually 750,000 doses of
typhoid vaccine, 250,00 doses of
dipthheria vaccine, and other vac
" cines in like proportion which are
sold to the citizens of the state at
a saving of thousands of dollars un
der Ty; cost of such products frem
commercial manufacturers. One de
partment is sending out 207,00'!
pieces of health literature every
month and carrying on intensified
campaigns to lower the death rale
from diseases which have hereii
fore taken such an enormous toll
Death Rate Drops
"The death rate In North Caro
lina from tuberculosis hi 1913 wis
3.600. It was lowered to 2,000 iti
1931. There were 32 deaths In
Cleveland county from this disease
in 1915. Last year it was cut In half
Speaking of the death rate as a
whole in' North Carolina from ty
phoid fever it had gradually drop
ped from 61 to 35 and later to li
iiecause of the health campaigns,
vaccine, improved water system*
* and milk Inspection
Or Parrott’s talk was. informing
and interesting not only to the
doctors and dentists present but to
the laymen who holds the pub1 c
health service of the state in tlu
*,«,hest reeard.
No Hope For Needed Addition Shelby Post Office This Year
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Board Opposes Present S. P. U. Offer
Allen, If Elected, Will
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Not Run Another Term
Sheriff Announces His
Candidacy Today
His Entry Brings Four Announced
Candidates In Race. Has Ex
cellent Record.
Sheriff Irvin M. Alien defi
nitely announced today that he
would be a candidate for re
flection, offering himself for
the Democratic nomination in
the June primary.
His entry, although anticipated,
adds new zest to a contest in which
there are now four announced can
didates—the present sheriff, Ray
mond Cline, of Kings Mountain;
Roger Laughridge and E. L. Webb,
of Shelby.
Last Term.
Sheriff Allen, now serving his
second term in an office which he
has capably filled, informs citizens
of the county that if re-elected he
will not ask another term.
“If the people of Cleveland, who
have so loyally supported me here
tofore and have cooperated with me
in carrying out the duties of my of
fice see fit to return me to office, I
will not again seek the office,"
Sheriff Allen said. "It takes some
time for a man to get accustomed
to the duties of the office and with
the experience I have had as sher
iff, combined with the experience
ui acveim years as ponce omeer, i
believe that I can better serve the
county and its citizens during the
period just ahead than in the past.
With times as they are robberies
are numerous and law enforcement
is more of a proposition than in
normal times. In view of such con
ditions I am willing to let my rec
ord speak for itself as it lists the
number of robberies solved and
bandit gangs broken up and con
victed by my office and cooperating
officers. If reelected, I will strive, as
heretofore, to carry out the duties
of the office as courteously and ef
ficiently as possible but without
fear or favor and with the basic
principle of a fair deal to all.
Sheriff Allen is a native of the
Elizabeth section of the county but
for years was a member of and
chief of the Kings Mountain police
depa.%nent. Altogether he has been
an officer of the law for 11 years.
During his regime as sheriff some
of his outstanding accomplishments
included the solving with the Shel
by police department of the robbery
of the Penney store, the reem.'erv
of several thousand dollars worth
of stolen goods and the tracing
down and conviction of the rob
bers; the conviction, after consider
able detective work, of thieves who
staged a series of robberies at the
A. Blanton wholesale grocery house,
and the ultimate breaking up of
the “cigarctto rackei" in which
thousands of cigarettes were being
stolen and re-sold about, the section.
His handling of the kidnaping bug
aboo and the threatened Communis
tic outbreak at Kings Mountain
during the textile troubles several
years ago also brought him consid
erable praise.
Since being elected sheriff, he and
Mrs. Allen, end their 9 children,
have lived In and | operated the
county jail.
SELI. OR NOT SELL?
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The "Sell or Not Sell?" de
partment of The Star is on ;
Page Three of today’s issue 1
This department, in which ‘
citizens discuss the proposed >
sale of the city tight plant to J
the S. P. U„ has become one
of the most widely read sec- 1
tions of the paper. What are
they saying today?
Enters Race
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’Sheriff I. M .Allen <above I today
announced that he would be a can
didate In the Democratic primary In
June to succeed himself as sheriff
of Cleveland county. If elected, he
says, it will be his last term.
Cage Tourney May
Start On Tuesday
Annual County-Wide Tournament
Will Be Played Here Neat
W'eek.
There Is a possibility that the
annual Cleveland county high
school basketball tournament, the
major sport event of the year here,
may begin in the Shelby high gym
nasium Tuesday night of next
week. The tournament is certain to
be played next week. beginning
either Tuesday or Wednesday night
and running through Saturday
night when the Rotary champion
ship cup will be presented to the
winner. It is believed now that 12
county high schools will enter
teams, and if that many enter it
will be necessary to start the tour
ney Tuesday with two games per
night until the title game Satur
day night.
(OTHER SPORT NEWS ON
PAGES 2 AND 7).
County Agent Opens
Kings Mtn. Office
County Agent R. W. ShOffner
v.’H! do a halt day's office work in
Kings Mountain each Monday aft
ernoon, beginning next week. TTs
say's many people in that section do
not find it convenient to come to
Shelby to see him about farm prob
lems, so he has decide 1 to be in the
office of the city hall si Kings
Mountain each Mondav of tern non.
He spends Saturdays ail Jay an i
Monday mornings in his office in
the court house here. The remain
der of his time is spent travel
ing over the county.
Shanghai. Feb. 12.—The concen
trated drive of the Japanese forces
to hurl the Chinese out of the im
portant Woosung forts was expected
to get underway today. A reopen
ing of a heavy bombardment was
believed to be planned to follow a
four-hour truce allowed foreign re
lief workers to carry wounded sol
jdiers and civilians out of the shat
tered Chapel section.
Parent-Teacher Meeting This Eve
To Be Interesting; Expect Crowd
State President To Make Address.
Scouts To Participate. Hear
Reports.
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l The program tor the joint meet
ing of the Parent-Teacher associa
tions of Shelby at the Central
school auditorium tonight at 7.30
o’clock is one of the most interest
ing of the type ever prepared here.
The feature, of course, will be
the address of Mrs. John Hender
son. of Hickory-, t'ate president of
the organization. She will talk on
founders day.
The meeting *iU be ‘pened. with
Mrs. John Schehek, jr., president ©f
the Shelby group presiding, by fpe
association song After the form -1
: opening a short anniversary pro
gram wiil be put on by the Boy
Scouts of Shelby, this feature in
i eluding the scout oath, etc. The
! scouts will also act as ushers with
| Prank Jenkins as chief usher.
In the business section of the
gathering there will be reports
from the units representing each
school in the city as follows: Mrs.
Fields Young for Graham school.
Mrs \V. P Craig for .Jefferson
school; Mrs* Flora Nolan for t_a
Fayette school, representing Mrs.
Roscoe Me Whir ter, group president;
Mrs. J. D. Lineberger for Marion
school, Rev. L. L. Jessup for South
Shelby, and Mrs. Earl Hamrick for
Washington school.
None In Favor
Of Election On i
First Bid Made
Three Members Board I
< Express Views
Thompson Had Already Spok- {
en. Think Better Price
Could Be Secured. %
The four members of the
city council have declared
themselves against calling an
election to submit the present
proposition of the Southern
Public Utilities to buy Shel
by’s light plant for $1,100,
D00, to a vote by the people.
Following the published statement
of Alderman Z. J. Thompson in;
Wednesday’s Star in which he wrote
unsolicited from New Orleans. La.,
that “the profits of the city's light
plant are fair if properly handled,
and I see no reason for selling—I
will oppose the sale ol the plant to!
the last,,'1 The Star got in touch 1
this morning with the other three
members of the council and asked
their views. '
"Always Opposed.”
It Is now unanimous that all four
members are opposed to the skle on
the proposition submitted
"I have always been opposed to
the sale on the proposition before
| us.” said Alderman Maynard Wash
i burn. “I have with-held expressing
my opinion .awaiting the sentiment
I of the citizens who own the plant,
i X am still opposed to Its sale at the
| price offered."
Wants Offer Raised.
"I am nDt in favor of selling our
light plant on the proposition sub
mitted by the S. P. U,” said Alder -
I man John Schenck, Jr. Sentiment Is
so overwhelmingly against it, there
is no use to put it to a vote. This
has been my mind all along. If the
S. P V. would raise their offer two
or three hundred thousand dollars,
I am Inclined to put it to a vote of i
the people to determine whether
they are willing; to accept it.”
Alderman D. W Roystei was ask- j
ed this morning by The Star if he
is willing for the city to sell on the
proposition submitted and his an-1
fwer was “No, I am not willing. I
am not willing to call an election to
submit the proposition now before
us. If we can get a better proposi
tion from the S. P. U., I would be
inclined to submit it to a vote. I
suggest if there is enough interest
in selling the plant at an increased
price, that the board appoint a1
number of representative business
men to join them and go in a body >
before the S. P. U. officials to ne
gotiate for a better offer.”
With all four members of the
council holding positions against
calling an election on the present;
proposition, there are only two;
courses to pursue. One is to drop;
the matter entirely or open nego-1
tiatlons with the 55. P. O. officials |
to determine whether they are will- •
ing to raise their first offer for the
plant. Some citizens are inclined to
ask for bids from other companies,
if .there Is any disposition to sell at;
a higher price than has been offer-!
Wonld Negotiate.
Meet Tuesday
Just what view the council will
take to the suggestion that negotia
tions be opened with the S. P. U.
officials for a better price will be
decided on at the mid-month meet
ing of the council Tuesday night.
Those aldermen who arc willing to
pursue the matter further and at
tempt to show the would-be pur
chasers that the plant is worth more
than offered, will bring this ques
tion before the council Tuesday
night of next week.
1,600 Sign Petitions.
In the meantime the petitions
asking that no election be called on
the present proposition are still in
circulation and new names are be
ing added daily. It is estimated that
1,600 or more have signed the pe
titions against calling an election
at this time Just when these peti
tions will be presented to the board
is. not known. Now that the aider
men have expressed themselves in
harmony with the sentiment of the
petitions, the circulation of said pe
titions wilt probably be dropped
Lattimore Youth Best Cotton Grower In N. C.
i'k an- the winner* In the Cotton Crow In*: program sponsored by the Division of Vocational Edu
cation. State Department of Public Instruction. By following the Ins!ruction* of the local teachers of
agriculture, they produced more cotton per acre at a lower cost per pound than any other farmers in the
atate. Standing are the adult winners, left to right: First prise. Aston Adam*. I<attlmore; second. J. W.
Allen, Stanfield: third, W. L. Hunt, Forest City. Seated are the junior winners, left to right: First prise
Woodrow Fortune, Forest City; second, Joe Pierce, Marshville: third. Olin Marsh, Marshvtlle. Turn to
pagr sis for story of contest.
Legion Post Will
Meet Tuesday Eve
There will be a call meeting of
the Warren Hoyle post American
Legion. Tuesday evening, February
16. at 7:30 o'clock at the court
house. Commander Peyton Me*
Swain urges ail ex-service men to
be present and join in the campaign
for new members. A hot contest
is on between the Reds and Bluec.
On February 39, Henry Stevens
national commander , will be at
Winston-Salem and it is hoped that
the local post will send a majority
crowd over to hear Commander
Stevens.
Cullen Mull May
Run For Sheriff
As Independent
Former Democratic Worker Has
About Made tip Mind to Enter
Contest.
For the first time in man; |
years Cleveland county may
have a third ticket, or at least
one candidate on a third ticket,
in the 1932 election.
The Star learned this week that
J. Cullen Mull, for years a worker
in the Democratic party and well
known throughout the county, had
practically made up his mind to
seek the office of sheriff as an In
dependent candidate.
Is Surprise.
The news of his candidacy on an
independent platform comes as a
gwftral political surprise, but Mr.
Mull says that friends have been
urging him to do so for some time.
In fact, unless he changes his mind,
Mr Mull is already In the race.
Not since Fustonist days has the
political batt\efront of this county
been invaded by more than two
tickets. In those days election years
saw three different party meetings
The prospective independent can
didate, who proposes, he says, to
make it a race of issues instead of
party lines, is the father of 10 chil
dren, a farmer, and a former work
er in the Democratic t anks.
Several times he has been urged,
he recalls, to enter the race for
sheriff and other offices ' on the
Democratic ticket but, stood aside |
because he had friends m the races
for other offices and preferred to
help them. He broke with the party,
or rather, he says, with some of its
workers in 1930 when hif vote was
challenged because he war consider
ed anti-Smith man
Mr. 'Glasco Gives $2,000 To
Baptist And Masonic Orphanages
Oliver G. Glascoc, proniinei.'t
rainier of the Beams Mill com
i.iunity remembered the Bap
tist Orphanage at Thomasviltr
(ind the Masonic Orphanage at
Oxford with bequests of $1,000
each in his will probated yes
lerday In the clerk of the
i ourt’s office.
Mr. Giaseoe’s will was made
i:ine years ago and witt.'esscd
oy D. Z. Newton and Lee B.
Weathers who testified to Hs
genuineness when it was pro
hated yesterday. He died Mon
day of this week.
Two hundred dollars is left
with which tor build a fert-ir
■ round the cemetery at Pleas
ant Grove Baptist cfiurch where
Mr. Glascoe was a devoted
member. HU art fe, Eugenia
Glascoe Is named executrix un
der the will and she is to have
lull use of his real and person
al property for the remainder
of her life.' There were no
children, but Mr. Glascoe leav
es some and a 1J0 acre
farm. At the death of his wife
his two brothers and one sis
Vr are to receive one fifth of
his real estate, while one fifth
goes to each of two children .by
a deceased sister upon the death
of his wife.
One third of his personal
property upon the death of hl«
•rife is to go to the children of
Mack Green. r*!e Ihlrd to. the
children of A. It. Spangler and
•>ie third to the children of J.
T. Spangler.
Democratic Leaders Of County
Will Gather In City Saturday
A meeting of all Democratic pre
cinct chairmen and secretaries in
Cleveland county is to be held in
Shelby Saturday at 2:30 o’clock. It
is announced by Oliver S. Anthony,
county chairman, and Henry P.
Edwards, head of the Democratic
Victory drive campaign for the
county.
The meeting will be held in the
office of Mr. Anthony, in the Llr.r
berger building, and all precinct of
ficials are urged to attend.
A short talk will be made at the
meeting by Odus M. Mull. State
Democratic chairman, and plans
will be made for a thorough can
vttss of the county to raise tune’s
for what the Democratic term
their "Victory Drive” in the fall
election.”
Numerous contributions have al
ready been made in the county, Mr.
Edwards said, although no active
canvass has been made
Members of the Junior Order in
Shelby will attend as special guests
a service at the Second Baptist
church Sunday evening at sever,
o’clock. The service will be con
ducted by the pastor, Rev. L. L.
Jessup and a good attendance is
expected.
Six Counties West Of Raleigh Pay
Third N. C. Land Tax For Schools
Leading Payers Have Paid Atmos)
Half Paid In To Debt.
Cleveland Quota.
“(Special to The Star.)
Raleigh, Peb. 12—Six of North
Carolina's 100 counties, all located
west of Raleigh, will pay 33.2 per
cent of the 15-cent ad valorem tax
imposed on the counties to help
support I he six months school
term, and the same six counties had
already paid, up to Saturday night
more than 42 per cent of the tqtal
paid by the 100 counties up to thail
time, according to figures released j
by State Treasurer John Stedmac 1
The six counties. Forsyth. Ouh 1
lord. Mecklenburg. Buncombe. Gl»
ton and Durham, in the order nam
ed, under the 15-cent levy, will pay
to the state school fund $1,481,133
of the total of $4,461,691, o ralmost
exactly one-third of the total the
state will receive from the counties
to aid the state in operation of the
six months term, if all pay what is
due. The same six counties, Gaston
supplanting Durham in amount
paid, have altyady paid into the
state treasury $839,819.70 of the $1
096.731.32 received from the 100
counties up to Saturday night, more
than 42 per cent of the total
Forsyth leads In amount of the
levy, with $317,178. and had paio
to the treasury $238,227.65 up to
• fOKTINOaO ON l»-u'
Deficit Delays
Appropriations
ForU.S.Building
Little Chance Until
Next Session
Bureau Will Not Recomment
Appropriation. Present
Building Crowded.
Practically all hope for se
,’uring the needed addition ti
the Shelby post office and «
third floor for a Federal court
room was lost yesterday wher
Postmaster Quinn received •
letter from Congressman A
L. Bulwinkle informing that
the appropriation would not
reabh the floor of Congress
this session.
Mr Quinn wrote Congressman
Bulwinkle several days ago asking
the present status of the appropria
tion bill where by an $85,000 allot
ment. was made for the Shelby ad
dition by the last congress. In reply
Mr. Bulwinkle said:
"The building fund bill ia
now with the bureau of mint,
under the direction of the
president, and they will not
recommend the bill to congress
this session on account of pres
ent conditions, there being a
deficit in the treasury of two
billion dollars. Therefore it will
be impossible to secure the ap
propriation this year.”
Disappoints
The news is naturally riusa.j
pomtiug to the city as a whole. At
the last session the quota* named
lor the local office was 985,00c,
enough to add to the working space
on the first floor and add a third
floor for a federal court room and
offices for federal men. An In
spection revealed that additional
ground apace would be necessary to
enlarge the building, but It was
believed this could be done by pur
chasing footage from the Hoey
property to the rear of the post of
i lice, on East Warren street.
Several months ago Shelby clvtc
clubs got behind a united move
ment to urge Senators Morrison
and Bailey and Congressman Bul
winklc to rush the appropriation
I biJl through as it was believed the
! construction work would tend to pep
up general activity here Working
j conditions afe crowded at the loot
(office and speedy construction of
;the addition was also necessary for
that reason. The two senators and
the congressman have done, they
informed local citizens, what the?
could about it. but all similar ap
propriations will be put to one side
at this session.
"This means," Postmaster Quinn
said upon receipt of the letter,
"that we have no chance at all to
get the addition before another
■ session of congress.”
Head Of Davidson
College Preaches
In Shelby Sunday
Or. Walter Lingle, Prominent Edn
cator And Minister, Will
Preach Two Sermons.
Rev. Walter L. Lingle. D. D.,
president of Davidson coUege, will
preach Sunday at 11 a. m. and o
p. m. in Shelby Presbyterian
church. At the morning service he
will be heard by the public on a
subject of his own choosing.
Install Officers
At the vesper hour he will preach
the ordination sermon to the new
elders and deacons recently elect
ed by the congregation, and will
assist the local pastor. Rev. H. K.
McDiarmid, in their installation.
Special music will be rendered by
the choir at both services.
Public Invited
The announcement of Dr. Un
gle’s coming to Shelby will be re
ceived with unusual pleasure. 1>
Lingle is a great educator and a
srreat preacher He is always heard
with the greatest pleasure aro
profit on a public platform, harps
congregations are expected to hear
him at the two services Sunday
February 14th. The public is invit
ed to the services. An especial in
vitation is extended the youn*
people of the community.