North Carolina Newspapers

10 PAGES TODAY By M»1I. per reir. tin *d?»nee> - nn N. C. WEDNESD’Y, MAR. 9, 1932 Late News j THE MARKET Cotton, spot _ _.... 1c and up Cotton Seed, per ton $9.90 j Continued Cold. Today's North Carolina Weather Report: Cloudy and continued cold tonight. Probably rain or snow in Interior. Fair and continued / cold Thursday. Late Snow Falls. The winter season, running three months behind schedule, brought a «now flurry to the Shelby section late last night. The snow however, was not heavy and did not remain on theN ground for any length- of time. With continued cold forecast! by the weather bureaus came the report from1 Denver, Colorado, that; the Rocky Mountain region is grip ped in zero weather. Thirty inches of snow fell during a blizzard in that section yesterday. Candidate Seeks Office Of Judge Of County Court 7 i Joseph M. Wright, Young Barris ter And Teacher Announces. Would Cut Salary. Joseph M. Wright, young attor ney of Eai l and Shelby, today an nounced that he would b% a candi date for judge of Cleveland coun ty recorder’s court. Mr. Wright is a son of Cliss Wright and the late Rinda Gib bons Wright. He was born and reared on a Cleveland county farm in the Patterson Springs commun ity and attended the State Uni versity for seven years getting two; degrees, A. B. and LL. B. After graduating he taught school for two years and since has been en gaged in the practice of law in this county. He is now living at Earl bt;t has secured an office in the Roy ster building here. Salary Statement. In connection wdth his announce ment Mr. Wright said: “If elected recorder I now agree to cut the salary from the present sum of >2000 to $1800 a year dur ing the period of depression, a re duction of 10 percent. “I understand this was the sal ary paid Jud^e Falls and Judge Mull when cotton was selling at IS and 20 and even 30 cents a pound Reduction In the salary of this particular office should be made for the two reasons, to-wit: first,' because the appointment of a clerk for recorder’s court has reduced the work of.the recorder fully one half; and second, because of the present depression and hard times. * “I believe that my experience as teacher, together with my legal training and practice at the bar. would in no small way qualify me j co perform the duties of recorder, and especially that of numerous petty cases.” Judge Maurice R. Weathers, now serving his first term, is expected to seek re-election but has nrt made formal announcement to date. At least one other candidate has been discussed as a likely pros pect. Long Will Handle Unemployment Job For Shelby Legion Local Post Of Veterans To Help Unemployed Find Work Where Possible. H. C. Long has been named un employment officer for the Warren Hoyle Legion post In the nation wide drive of the American Legion to help unemployed men. The post here has volunteered to do everything possible to help needy men find jqbs. Mr. Long asks all unemployed who really want work and need work to get m touch with him. He cannot assure them jobs but will assist In searching for jobs. Busi ness men and manufacturers are also asked by the World war vet erans to cooperate in the drive by notifying Mr. Long of empty jobs or even part tirpe work where th° legion may place some unemploy ed men who have families to sup port. Marble Tourney On For County Youths Cleveland and Rutherford coun ty boys may enter the/ marble shooting championship tourna ment for this section of the state Alvin Propst, Boy Scout official, is to have charge of the contests for the two counties. He hopes to have contests in every school In Cleve land and Rutherford to determine school champions. These will then meet in Shelby prior to May 5 to pick the champion of the two coun ties who will enter the big tourney in Charlotte. Medals will be given school and county champions and the winner of the big champion ship will get a trip to the national contest at Ocean City, N. 3 School principals and others inay secure necessary information from Mr Propsw I Farmers May Now Get Federal Crop Loans i Application Blanks Are Ready Crop Reduction Necessary. Loans Bear 5 1-2 per Cent and Must Be Paid Back Nov. ^50. An unlimited amount of mo ney is available for loans to farmers of Cleveland county for the purchase of feed, seed, fer tilizer, livestock, food, etc., in making their 1932 crops and County Agent R. W. Shoffner has application blanks on hand ready for the farmers. The money is male available through a fifty million dollar fund appropriated to the U, S. Depart ment of agriculture which has des ignated the county agenl Mr. Shoff ner as the official agent through whom the loans are to be made in Cleveland county. 5 1-2 Per Cent Interest. There are several interesting reg ulations to notice in connection with these leans: Loans will be only to farmers u#iose only source of income is farming. Applicants must 'have been fanning for at least the past two years. The interest rate is 5 1-2 percent. Loans must be paid back on No vember 30th, 932. All money,so loaned must be used for the specific purposes intended The money must be applied to the purchase of seed, fertilizer, livestock, food. etc. Failure to apply the mon ey in this way subjects the borrower to a fine of $1,000 or imprisonment for six months or both. The maximum amount any one landlord can get is $1,600 or $400 for any individual. Local Committte The following local commit tee has been appointed to ap prove all loans made in Cleve land eounty: Wm. Llneberger, chairman, C. S. l'onng and Tom Cornwell. Loans must also be paaaad upon in Washington be fore the money Is available. Acreage Report. It Is highly important that £ach applicant for a loan be able to re port the amount of his acreage in 1930 and 1931 and the yield fit all crops so planted No planter oafc put in over 65 per I CONTINUED ON PAOE NINE.! Ellenboro Man Out Of Race For Senate Coffield Withdraws In Favor Of Dunagan As This District’s Senator. Forest City, March 9 — O. R. Col field of Ellenboro, who announced Saturday as a candidate for the state senate from the 27th senator ial district, withdrew from the race yesterday in favor of Stover P. Dunagan of Rutherfordton. Mr Dunagan, prominent attorney of this county is chairman of the Ruth erford county democratic executive committee. In withdrawing Mr. Coffield stat ed that he did not know that Mr. Dunagan was going to run for the state senate. Mr. Coffield represent ed Rutherford county in the last general assembly as representative. The 27th senatorial district is composed of the counties of Ruther ford, Cleveland, Polk, McDowell and Henderson. Two senators are elect ed from this district, the counties alternative, every two years. This year the two senators will be elect-: ed from the counties of Rutherford and Henderson. - Candidate For Governor Will Speak In City A. J. Maxwell, who comes to Shelby tomorrow to make an ad dress to a Kiwanis gathering, Is the first of the three announc ed candidates for governor of North Carolina to visit the horn* county of the present governor since formally entering the race. Mr. Maxwell is to be the chief speaker at a Joint meeting of five Kiwanis clubs at the Hotel Charles Thursday evening. The five clubs participating in the program are those of Shelby, Rutherfordton, Marion, Morganton and Forest City. It is not presumed that he will talk politics as politics but it is believed that he will discuss economy in gov ernment, a topic that is par&mount ed by him due to his expert knowl edge of taxation, governmental coats etc. J. C. B. Ehringhaus, another of the three candidates, spoke hire last year but at that time had not entered the race although he was generally considered then as a prospective candidate. R. T. Foun tain, the third candidate, has not visited the county in some time. Both Ehringhaus and Maxwell haye strong following in this section and as a result there will be much In terest In the Maxwell speech. Will Present Negro Pageant Once More So impressive was the negro ps eant, "Heaven Bound,” at the couit house here Monday night that it will be presented again Friday night at 8 o'clock in the court house. The second presentation of the pageant is sponsored by the Lucy Hoyle missionary society of Central Methodist church and the general public is urged to attend as the ‘pageant is considered by those who have witnessed it as one of the fin est religious presentations ever seen here. The program is put on by the negro schoo! teachers of Cleveland county and in addition to the pa geant includes such colorful spirit uals as “Couldn’t Hear Nobody Play,” "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” "It's Me, Lord,” and "I’m A Sol dier.” Oldest Woman In Extreme Condition Mrs. Elizabeth Houser, Cleve land county’s oldest woman, is in serious condition at the home of Mr. Elzie Borders, two miles east of Shelby. She celebrated her 100th birthday last summer. Mrs. Houser fell when she stumbled on a carpet or rug a week or ten days ago and sus tained a broken hip. N She is now confined to her bed and because of the suffer ing is kept nnder the influence or morphine most of the time. It is felt that she cannot last much longer. Her son, Charlie Honser has arrived from Ctflifornia and U here on a visit after an absence of fifteen years. Mr. Honser ran a laundry in Shelby at one time and is now located at On tario, California, near Los An geles. Governor Gardner Raps Critics Of His Administration; Gives Warning Asks Them, In Address Before D. A. R. Gathering, To Name Something Better. Durham, March ».—Governor O. Max Gardner last night challenged critics of the "many things new and radical in North Carolina” sponsor ed during his administration to be "specific" id their appeal for the re storation of the "status quo.” Addressing the opening session of the 32nd annual conference of the North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution, the governor said: “If what has beep done has its defects and. dangers, tat those who criticize and,condemn suggest some thing better. Let them be specific." The governor recounted enact ment of the Australian ballot law. the statute providing for state ma‘n lenaner of a! lcoimty road# by abolishing 600 public offices, the six months school law, the central pur chasing agency and the consolida tion of the state’s three institutions of higher learning. He pictured to the daughters the kind of man he wished his succes sor to be—Governor Gardner's four yea radministration comes to an end in Jahuary 1933. “This* is no time to follow the man who hovers,” he said. "Be ware of the patriot who appealing for votes hovers over the prejudic es of each individual voter and promises everything to every man. Make him light, make him fly, don’t let him hover.” Mentioned No Karnes. The governor mentioned no nam es in the address which was his first public declaration directly con cerning the election of his success jr this year. There are three candidal CONTTKtTRD O.N PAQK HUOtf Link to Eaglet?. After questioning for 36 hoar* In Hartford, Conn., In hopes that he •night be able to throw some light on the kidnaping of little Charles A. Undbergh, Jr., Henry ‘(Red) Johnson (above), 22-year-old friend of Betty Gow, the baby's nurse, was taken in custody of the Newark, K. police for further questioning. Johnson was formerly employed on a yacht of Thomas Lament, noted financier. Negro Boy Dies After Being Hit By Another Youth Hunt, 16, Fatally Injured By Olln Brooks In No. 8 Township Died Today. Jesse Hunt, 16-year-old negro boy, died at the Shelby hospital this morning from a head In jury said to have been received last Tuesday, March J, when hit over the head with a stick by OUn Brooks, also colored. Thf two negroes lived in No,. 8 township ant the -controversy which ended in a tragedy took place there. Brooks was brought to jail here after the altercation and is still oonfined. Sheriff Irvin Allen stated today that no definite date had been set for a preliminary hear Jpg but expressed the opinion that it would be held within a few days. • When Hunt was first brought to the hospital it was not thought that he was so severely injured, but com plications developed and proved fa tal. From Behind? Officers have been informed, they say, that Brooks slipped up behind Hunt an<% struck him, the two hav ing had an argument some days be fore. There were two or three eye witnesses, it is also said. Will Gardner Dies In West Druggist Who Was Born And Rear ed In Shelby Succumbs After Three Day Illness. Will H. Gardner died Monday night at Medford, Oregon, accord ing to a telegram received here this morning, bringing the news to liis sister, Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey and his brother O. Max Gardner of Raleigh Mr. Gardner left Shelby about thirty years ago and had been lo cated at Medford, Oregon, for a number of years. There he was a druggist. It is understood his re mains will be burled in his adopted home city. Mr. Gardner was a son of the late Dr. and Mrs. O. P. Gardner ard is well known to the older resident, of Shelby. Because of the long distance. Governor Gardner, of Raleigh, and Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey, who is njw visiting in Florida, will be unable to attend the funeral. Presbyterian Group Of Men Meet Tonight Hie men of the Presbyterian church will hold their regular meeting Wednesday evening. The ladies of the church will serve sup per a£ 7 o’clock as several matters of importance are to be discussed All the men of the church are in vited to attend. No. 3 Will Put On Fiddlers Gathering An old-time fiddlers’ convention will be held at the No 3 high school on Friday night, March 25. at 7:30 o'clock, it is* announced b\ Prof. Lawton Blanton Select Jurors For Court Term Here March 28 _ 0 Two Week* Session Superior Court 1 > i *ud*r r. A. McKIrm To Prrsldr. VFeok Criminal And Wrrk Civil. Jurors for a two weeks ternf of superiqr court in Cleveland coun ty^rere selected this week by the county commissioners. The term opens on Monday. March 38. wlln Judge P. A. McElroy presiding ar.d the first week will be devoted to criminal cases and the second to the clyll calendar. Th* Jury Wst follows: Pint Week No. 1 township—C. P. McCre.w; No. 3—Edgar Moore,' Willie G. Hop per, C. 9. Hamrick; No. S—T. H. Lowery, jr„ Clyde Kendrick. Thurs ton .McSwain; No. 4—Curtis Palls, J. T. Goforth, Albert Hamrick, A. A Anthony, Jack E. Huliender, W. P. Pulton; No. 5—Stowe Miller, John D. Black; No. 6—A P. Shytle. A. V. Wray, P. A. Hamrick. jr.,,W. M. Wellmon, Z. Kistler, B. B. By ers, W. Oeorge Spake; No. 7—Roy Padgett, A. C. Doty, L. C. Jones, V. B. Lovelace; No. $—J. O, Peeler P. P. Short, J. B. Petty, Thomas Mc Entlre; No. #—L. G. Bowen. D. O. Dixon, Chesley Hendrick, Claude Stamey; No. 10—Steele WllUs; No 11—Zero Mull. Second Week No. 1—G. A. McOraw; No. 3—A. W. Grlene; No. 3-- 8 C. Weaver; No. 4—B. O. Goforth, C. E. Carpen ter; No. 5—'W. M. Sellers, P. C Beattie; No. 6—W. V. Metcalf. D. C. Beam. S. E. Hoey; No. 7—W O McSwain, J. Waylan Greene; No. 8— W. L. London, Alvin Ivester; No. 9— Ira Elmore, John N. Lackey; No. 10— J. Mack Ledford; No 11—A. M. Pruett. Miss MacNichols At Death Bed Of Sister . % - Sister of Miss MacNichols, Superin tendent of Shelby Hospital, Dies. Miss Ella MacNichols, superinten dent of the Shelby hospital wires from Merchantville, N. J., that her sister Miss Cagrie MacNichols died at her home there on Monday night, following a protracted Illness Miss Carrie MacNichols was superinten dent of St. Peters hospital In Char lotte for a number of years and went home on a vacation last sum mer She was taken sick and was un able to return to her work. Her sister in Shelby left Sunday night for Merchantville to be at her bedside and she died on Monday night. It is understood that four sisters survive and that the funeral and Interment will take place at Merchantville. Moore Child Dies In Eastside Village William P. Moore, Jr., son of Mr. ‘and Mrs. Wm. P, Moore died at the | home of its parents in the Eastside j Mill village this morning at 2.30 j o’clock of heart trouble. The child I which was four years, eight mont is : and nineteen days old, had been ! sick most of Its life with heart and kidney trouble, funeral service will be held Thursday morning by Rev H. E. Waldrop and Rev. Henry Sisk and .interment will be in Sunset cemetery. Henry Byers, student aviator of Shelby, was In Charlotte recently and while there picked up a plane ride to Washington with a pilot pal. The trip was made In 2 hours and 30 minutes. Try Answering These Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to page 2 for the answers. 1. —To what country does the is land of Elba belong? 2. —Is Soviet Russia a member of the League of Nations? 3. —How many children has A1 Capone? 4'—To what genus do turtles be long? 5.-r-What Is the tallent building in the U. 8 ? What country did the Aztecs occupy? 7—Of what other country is Christian X of Denmark also king? 8. —Which continents are sepa rated by Behring Strait? 9. —In what department is the bureau of prohibition? 10. —Where is *he U. S niscipli-! nary Barracks located? Rumored Little Lindy To Be Left Near Grandmother’s Estate Soon Grieves for Stolen Nephew Miss Constance Morrow, 18-yeai-old sister-of Anne Morrow Lind bergh and aunt of the missing Lindbergh heir, Is shown (renter) tak ing a stroll at (smith College, Northampton, Mass., with two school friends. Miss Morrow Is being goarded every minute by a Massachu setts State police officer while at school. The young woman Is deeply grieved at the newa that no word has yet been received of her little kidnaped nephew. Had 25 Gallons Of Booze Stolen $100 Fines Given Burke Maa-Who One of the most unusual whiskey cases to be tried In Cleveland coun ty courts recently came to an end here yesterday when Avery Mull and Bremen J. Brittain, young men of Burke county, were fined $100 each for transporting and possess ing. It was a case wherein a load of rum hauled to Shelby from , the; South Mountains, apparently for the purpose of sale, was stolen. The five colored men who were accus-j ed of stealing the whiskey or were charged technically with possession were let off with such costs as the county might be liable for. There! isn’t very much to be done, the court intimated with a man for stealing whiskey since whiskey it-! self is illegal. According to the testimony Mull and Brittain brought 25 gallons of whiskey, put up In five five-gallon glass demijohns, to Shelby, one night some weeks ago: They left the whiskey in their car In the Freedman colored section and dame on uptown with the alleged pur • pose of booking orders before go-< ing back to deliever. When they returned .tile whiskey had been stolen. They suspected some ofj the colored men who were drink'ng and then made a bold move. They came to police headquarters and told Policeman Stanley that cer tain negroes in Freedman were bootlegging and they rode back with the officers. Just after get ting back to Freedman the Burke men made a hurried departure*. Officers arrested the five colored men and found one of the five gallon demijohns, .the remainder of the 35-gallon load has never been located. After their arrest the col ored men told the officers, ‘Why, those men who came over here with you were the ones who brought the liquor in.” Then the search wife on for Mull and Brittain, Later both were arrested. Brittain offered witnesses showing he had a good character, but officers gave Mull a rather bad character as a whiskey runner, and stated they had been trying to catch him for six months as it was reported he wai bringing a load of South Mountain corn from the Valdese section to Shelby each week. Both defendants, afW the evidence of the colored men was in, plead guilty through their at torneys. The court then gave both a suspended sentence of six months each, to go in effect If they handle whiskey any more, and slapped on a fine pt $100 each. The car In which the whiskey was hauled here was confiscated. Rural Telephone Company To Sell Stockholders of the Sharon Tele phone Co. are called by the officers and directors to meet in the Sha ron school house at 2 o’clock Wed nesday, March 23rd. for the pur pose of selling or otherwise dispos ing of the telephone system. It is said to be in debt and the* patrons are unwilling for an increase in service charges. Sybil Patterson, Wilburn McMurry Top Superlative Seniors At No. 3 Kay McEntire Prettiest Girl And Also Rest Athlete. Miss Aus tin Most Popular. The most popular boy at the No. 3 high school, Wilburn McMurry, is also the most talented, and the prettiest girl, Ray McEntire, is the best athlete. A complete list of the senior class superlatives of the new consoli dated high school follows: Best student—Sybil Patterson Most talented—Wilburn McMur ry Most intelectual—Sybil Patterson. Best girl athlete—Ray McEnt're. Best boy athlete—Luther Greene. Most popular girl—Mary Sue Aus tell. Most popular boy—Wilburn Mo Murry Mnr aHrwihre girl—HrtUc m#“! Htfmphries, Most attractive boy—Wilburn Mc Murry. Wittiest boy—EdwarO Hamrick Wittiest girl—Evelyn Itentirick Neatest boy—Wells Lowery. ' Neatest girl—Winnie Borders. Most versi^ile girl—Mayme Ken drick. * Most versatile 0wy—Edward Ham rick. Prettiest girl—Ray McEntire. Most handsome boy—Wells Lrw ery.. Most winsome--Winnie Borders. Most dependable—Mayme Ken drick. i , Strongest personality—Edna Bor ders. Most talkative—Edith Alien. Biggest sheik—J. D. Ellis. Biggest flirt—Evelyn Hendrick Best musician--Oenevieve Blan ton. M«»st poetical— Fvidyu Hendrick New Hope Now Prevails About Lindbergh Home Police Saying Little About Search Lindbergh Friends * Admits, However, Whereabouts Of Baby Not Known. (By United Press) Trenton. N. J., Mar. 9.—Jt ass rumored today that En glewood, N. J., is the site to be selected for taking Charles Lindbergh, Jr., when and if his kidnappers deliver him. The rumor lacked official confirmation from any source but it was deemed logical that the child might be surrender* ed there inasmuch as thaAhe home estate of his grand mother. Mrs. Dwight Morrow, is located there. Tens** Expectancy, (By United Press) 1 Hopewell, N. J., March 9.— The tensest expectancy col ored with new' hope prevailed today about, the Lindbergh home. Activities of the paBt 24 hours created genuine op timism for the safe return of little Lindy to his parents. What these activities were and what new' information, if any, has been learned were JlQt made public* . Col. Henry Breckenridge, advisor and close friend of Col. Lindbergh, who is en gaged in a secret mission con nected with' the kidnapping, stated publicly, however, that no tangible word of j the miss ing baby's whereabouts had been received. . The police confined their re port today to the wrord “Pro gress.'’ Mvdy Remains Calm. Hopewell,-N. J., March 9—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh gulped three sandwiches, and drank two cups of coffee for lunch in the kitchen of his home yesterday while state troopers marveled at .his calm. The troopers were ef the group stationed at the old contractor's shack at the gateway of the Lind bergh estate. They were Joined by the flying colonel shortly after they sat down- In the kitchen for a lunch of chicken and 1mm sandwiches. They said he was even cheerful He ate hurriedly, staying no long er than ten minutes, asked If they were getting enough to eat and wanted to be sure that they had heat In the old shack. He was dressed In a light gray suit with gray flannel sh|rt and blue tie. trousers Stuffed Into high laced boots. , Following1 his meal he walked In to the cold, hatless and coatless, and made his way to the garage, which has been turned into a state police sub-station. There he lifted iCONTINUED OK PAGE NINE.' Expect Ten Youths For Hoey Contest Here Friday Night Annual Oratorical Contest To Re Held This Week. Reciters - Names GiTen. Tlie exact number of entrants is not known but it is believed that at least 10 Cleveland county high schools will have a representative in the Clyde R. Hoey oratorical con test for boys here Friday night Tlus contest will, as usual, be held in Mse Central school auditorium, begin ning at 8 o'clock. The Selma C, Webb recitation con test was heid Friday of last week. The winner was Esther Ann Quinn of Shelby, and the other entrant* were: No. 3—Helene Putnam; Casa: —Burleigh Wortman; Piedmont— Elaine Hoyie; Belwood—Elven* le ast*:. Grover—Vivien . Stewart, Fallston—Baeel Wilson: Boiling Springs—Mary Hamrick; Mooret boro—Evelyn Blanton; Kings Moun tain—Rachel Goforth; Lattimore— Faith Davis: No. R—Mildred Maun »y.