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8 PAGES TODAY (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) Hy Mall, ptii vtat. un 8civ8.net! I Late News I THE MARKET * nt'on, spot . ......... 7c and up Cotton Seed, per ton _SlO.tM , Cold Tonight Today's North Carolina Heather Report: Fair and somewhat colder tonight with temperature below freezing on coast. Tuesday fair and 'ontlnued cold. Rising temperature 1 Wednesday. Below Freezing The belated cold snap promises to hang on for another day or so. Sat urday marked the end of the j groundhog period and the marmot j had the final laugh as soon fell in ; the Shelby section both Saturday ' morning and late Saturday night, j Vesterday taking the day as a whole j was as cold as last Thursday, when the mereury dropped to the lowest point of the year. This morning early the mereury in the Ebeltoft i thermometer was down to 30, two j below freezing, and had climbed no higher than 3fi by tic.on. Carlos I Jones, who bases his weather proph- ] dies on the Adam-anri-Eve plant, j agrees with the weatherman in pre dicting still more cold. He was to- j day exhibiting one of the plants ! which was still green despite the ! cold snap of the last few days. As j long, he says, as the plant remains green more cold weather Is ahead. Snowing Today There was more snow in t’leve- | land county today. Rural mail car riers reporting back to the Shelby post office after their morning round stated that snow fell for an hour or so in the entire up-county section about Eallston, Bel wood, j Double Shoals and PolUville. Molor- j ists coming to Shelby from the west | u-ported morning snow blizzards in i the western section of the state, j Eleven convicts escaped last nigh', from the state prison camp at stokeslasd, in Guilford county, it was learned from Raleigh today. The escape was made when a con vict threw a full can of iye into th face of a guard who had started to , lock them up for the night. It has not yet been determined if the lye may permanently blind the guard. School Expense In County Lower Than Average 4 Convicts Escape Expense Per Pupil $21 Per Year Only Six counties Of 100 In State Have Lower School Expense Than Cleveland. Of the 100 counties in North Car- j olina only six have a lower current ■ xpet\te per pupil each year than j does Cleveland county. The' current annual expense per pupil In the Cleveland county schopEs, according to a recent issue of State School Facts, is only $2192, The average per pupil expense for he State as a whole is $33.01, which is $11 more per pupil than in Cleve land county. Of the 100 counties in the State only eight counties had annu^ per pupil current expense costs in ex cess of $40.00, 29 counties between 30.00 and $40.00, 66 counties be ' ween $20.00 and $30.00, and one two counties less than $20.00. Other Counties. A comparison of the per pupil ex ynse each in other counties wii.it hat in Cleveland shows that Gas on is $15 per pupil higher with an expenditure of $36.33 per pupl, Rutherford is $10 higher with $31.39 Catawba is $11 higher with $33 99 per pupil, Burke is $9 higher with 330.09, and Lincoln is $1.60 higher *ith $23.68. The per pupil expense in the highest county in the State, Bun combe, is $55.42 or two and one-hrjf imes the expense in Cleveland. Shelby Expense. The Shelby school system is locat ed in Charter Group Two with nine oilier cities of similar size Only two of the 10, Fayetteville and Hender son have a lower per pupil expend1 ture eaoh year. Shelby’s per pupi1 expense is $33, while the average is $40.11. Salisbury's per pupil expense is $50.38 and Gastonia’s is $44.45, or $11 more per pupil than in Shelby Prominent Mason Comes Here Tuesday According to information receiv ed by J. D. Lineberger Eminent Commander of the local comman dery. District Deputy Grand Com mander William H. Peeps, of Char lotte, representing ’the Grand Com wander of the Grand Gommandery of North Carolina, will visit tn« Local Commar.dery Tuesday nigct, March 15th. at 7:30 p. m. All Sir Knights are requested to be pres ent In uniform Law Says Candidates Cannot Pledge “Cut” Violation Of Corrupt Practice* Act Several Run On C'ut-Pay Basle In Cleveland. Ruled Illegal By Attorney General. It la a violation of the cor rupt practices act, according to Attorney General Dennis G. Brummltt, for a candidate for public office to pledge that he will take the office at a salary less than that paid while he Is campaigning for that office. This ruling, issued over the week-end at Raleigh, is of in terest in Cleveland county be cause Several candidates have announced they will. If elected, serve for less than the present salary. The ruling was issued by Attorney I General Brummltt when questioned about the matter apropos of the an nouncement of J. T. McNair of Washington county that he was seeking the job of county treasurer at a salary of $30 a month whereas the regular compensation is $112.50. Seven other Democrats are reported in the race for the job at the regu lar salary. Is New Ruling. it is the tirst time, political ob servers here say, that a ruling has been issued on the matter in this State. At least two of the candidat es for county offices in Cleveland have offered to make a voluntary reduction in their pay if elected. They are E. L. Webb, candidate for Sheriff, and Joseph M. Wright, can didate for recorder. Both candidates had no idea, it is believed, that such a campaign pledge would violate the corrupt practices and the move was made, not being so interpreted heretofore, without knowledge that the law prohibits a pay-cut pledge. % (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT.) All-Southern Star Plays At Lattimore In Contest Tonight Virgil Weathers To Play W’itii Shelby-Lattimore Against Kings Mountain Cleveland county will have the opportunity of seeing the county’s first all-Southern basketball player perform since he hopped into fame at Atlanta recently. Virgil Weathers, University of North Carolina sophomore, who was picked on the all-Southern because of his brilliant play in the Atiaxita tourney, in which Carolina went to the finals, wall play with a Shelby Lattimore all-star quint against the Kings Mountain Independent team In the Lattimore gymnasium. There will be two games. At 7.10 the Kings Mountain girls play the Lattimore girls and an hour later, at 8:30, the two all-star teams wii,l clash. Weathers Is a former Latti more star and will play on a team made up of former Shelby and Lat timore high school and college players. Negroes Stir Souls In “Heaven Bound” R. M. Potter A Star Spiritual Songs Stir Emotions. Pot trr As Satan And Viola Thomas Star Performers. Tiie souls and emotions of a packed court house of white peo ple were Stirred Friday night in a pageant “Heaven Bound,” staged by negro characters under the direc tion of Viola Thomas, local super visor of negro schools. The pageant which w%s given last Monday night was repeated by request under the auspices of a Central Methodist church mission circle and the entire main floor of the court house was filled with white people. The audience got a thril dut of the negro spirituals, the harmon ious voices -end the pantomlne work of several characters. It was declar ed to be one of the finest local talent performances presented here In years and many white people freely venturet the opinion tha Viola Thomas, the director, has the basks for a negro presentation that would sweep Broadway like "Green Pastures.” R. M. Potter who played the part of the devil was superb in hks acting, while Viola Thomas In the part of a worn old mammy sang “Swing Low Sweet Chariot" with a feeling and emotion that few of her race can equal. About 50 negroes took part in the pageant. The white robed saints sat at the front, ready to receive tne pilgrims as they passed along life's highway and into eternity. Rev. A. W. Foster played the part of St. Peter. As the pilgrims moved along the highway of life, old Satan lr. the person of R. M. Potter met them with temptations such as fine clothes, Jewelry, liquor, etc. He never spoke a word, but his acting was superb. Now and then he would, induce a pilgrim to fall Into his' lair. When he won, he rejoiced; when he failed to deter the pilgrim from entrance into the City Beau tiful, he would condemn himself. The singing was of tuneful old spirituals that have continued pop ular throughout the ages and al ways stir the souls of whites as well as blacks. The presentation Friday night Is the talk of the town. Ik Is worth hearing and seeing again for the lessons It teaches on life and for the superb singing In true negro style of the best spiritual songs of the race. Schoolmasters Will Meet Here Tonight A regular meeting of the School masters club of Cleveland county will be held at the court house here tonight. The club Is made up of superintendents and principals of the city and county schools, the merpbers gathering at regular In tervals each year for a round-table discussion of school problems. With Family Income Reduced Milk Is HelpingMuch In Economy AndHealth (This is Milk-For-Hcaalth in Cleveland county and over North Carolina. All schools and organiza tions in the county are cooperating this week in boosting the move ment) With the lowering ,if the family income and the stretching of the family dollar, particularly in the purchase of foods, special effort be made in the spending of money to maintain tt?e health and well being of the family. The essential thing, then, is a properly balanced diet. And the question is how can one have a properly balance diet on on a greatly reduced income. Probably there was a time when it was more important to know how to spend a dollar for a dollar's worth of food-value as today. So acute is problem at this time from a health and economy point of view, that | food specialists, dietitions reached 'is true economy can be achieved under present conditions by the use of more milk and milk products in the daily diet. There are two reasons for this decision; one is is that milk is the most nearly per fect food we have; another is, the cost of dairy products has decreas ed in greater ratio than most other staple food commodities when con sidered from actual food value. Other reasons assigned for recom iruMiritne milk as a safe economical lood are, “Milk is an especially valuable source of vitamin A, which promotes growth and increase re sistance to infection, and vitamin O. which pellegra, and a fair source of all the other vitamins. It is a cheap source of calcium, and a fairly economical source of fuel, protein and phosphorus. In fact, milk is the most nearly perfect food we have. It contains nearly all of the ele ments required for the nourishment of the human system; it is practi cally one hundred per cent digesti ble and is thus completely utilized There is no wast, as milk can be used sour as well is sweet. Since it contains the greatest assortment of nutritive substances of all single food materials, milk more for its cost than any other food substance.’’ Thus when it is necessary to reduce food expend iture, one should not lose sight of the economy of using more milk. ___ j Hal Farris Elected To Student Council Hal Parris, .Shelby boy, jvas one of the five members of the sopho more class elected to the student council of State college last week Young Farri*. a star athletic at Shelby high, is a candidate for the catching berth on the State college baseball teem “Twins" in World of Letters Not only does Reuben BriUnln, ot Now fork, approach (ieorge Ber nard Shaw, English man of letters. In literary attainments, bat he also bears a marked facial resemblance to the famous cynic. The two men are shown above, Shaw Is at right. Hrainln is the Hebrew dean of 1U erature who will be honored by a testimonial reception In New York on the occasion of hi* 70th anniversary, Cleveland Women May Share In British Estate Of 64 Million Twenty-seven persons in North and South Carolina, including two women of Cleveland county, will receive about *200,000 each out of a $64,000,000 estate in England if an English law court decides favor ably in a case that has been filed for hearing the first of April. Mrs. J, h. Jenkins, of Boiling Springs, wife of Rev. J. L. Jenkins, head of the junior college, and her sister, Mrs. J. H. Jones, also of Boiling Springs are among the 300 heirs of a man named Jennings who died in England about 1800. Through Alton L. Jordan, Norfolk, Va., law yer, they have obtained certified birth certificates and other papers, which prove their prior claim to the vast estate now held by Sir Will iam Lygon, Seventh Earl Beau ohamp, one of the richest men In England. In a recent letter sent to all the heirs, Mr. Jordan refutes published rumors that there is no "Jennings” estate, saying that the case is now properly established In an English law court through Eunice Elizabeth Barnett of Norfolk, who represents the kin In tills country. He says that the American kin of Jennings are descended through a first cous in, while the earl c' Beauchamp de scended from a second cousin. Prominent English barristers have been retained, the king's ap proval to the trial has been obtain ed, and predictions arc made for successful ending to the trial, so far as getting the money is con cerned. The American group are suing in civil court only for the personal property, which was origi nally only about $5,000,000, but which with Interest through more than 100 yeans, has Increased to $64,000,000, The law firm of Gregory Sc Greg- j ory in Lancaster represent the heirs' Ir. the Carolina®. Cleveland county people will be interested To know that Mrs. Jenk ins and Mrs. Jones several months ago established documentary evi dence of direct descent from the or iginal American heir. Before mar riage Mrs. Jenkins and Mrs. Jones were Misses Kate and Eulie Wat son, In Scotland county, North Car olina - Revival Services On This Week At Three Churches In This City Two Methodist Revival* On This Week. First Baptist Services Begin Next Sunday Revival meeting are on this week at two of the up-town churches, tl » Central Methodist ana the First I Baptist and at the LaFayette street! Methodist church in South Shelby. Rev. Vi. L. Jenkins, pastor of La Fayette Street Methodist church in I South Shelby has secured Rev. H A. Duncan, of Hendersonville, to do the preaching and services this week will be held each evening, be ginning at 7:30 o’clock. Prayer Services The First Baptist reviva! will rut get in full swing until next Sunday when preaching services are begun, but cottage prayer meetings are be ing held this week in 130 homes about the city in preparation for the meeting. The various organiza tions of the church and Sunday schools are co-operating in these home prayer meetings, the mem bers of these organizations being asked to attend in a body at desig nated places. One Service Daily. Dr. McLarty began the Central Methodist revival on yesterday with two fine sermons. In the morning he preached on “What You Want" based on the desires for a higher and better life. At the evening services he preached on "The Phar asee and Publican.’’ During this week ona service will be held da ly each evening beginning at 7:30. Next week there will be two serv ices daily, the hours to be announc ed later. Special music will be a contributing factor to the meeting. Dr. Wall of the First Baptist church preached Sunday evening on "The Home.” Following his cus tom each year, he gave a Bible to the largest family present. This Bible was awarded to Mrs. Hugh A. Logan with seven members of her family present. It was found later that Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Lips comb and their five children were In the congregation so J another Bible will be presented to this fam llv tipt* 8'mdsv pvpnifp Who Is Oldest Person Living In County Now? Who is the oiliest persot living in Cleveland county? Until her death last week Mrs. Elizabeth Houser, 190 was the county’s oldest resj dent. Several people in, thi county, as it is recalled, ar« between 95 and 100. Which ol that number Is the oldest anc the nearest "100? The Star would like to have the name, age and birth dat< of those who believe they art the oldest residents of thi county. Relatives of resident! between 90 and 100 are askeo to send in those names sc that the county's oldest cltl sen may be determined. Aubrey L. Calton, Lattimore Farme.' Will Be A Candidate Again This Year Aubrey L. Calton, prominent young farmer ol Lattimore states that he will be a candidate for a position on the county board of education. Mr. Calton was a candi date two years ago and missed the election by a very narrow margin of votes, although it was the fir.I time he had sought public office It was announced two weeks ago that the member from that town ship, No. 7, Mr. Ivy Willis, would not be a candidate to succeed him self. Mr. Willis expects to resume teaching. There are five members on the county board of education and twe candidates have announced. A. I. Calton and Andrew Elliott. EASTERN STAR SESSION FOR INITIATION TUESDAY NIGHT A called meeting of the local Eastern Star chapter will be held Tuesday night for initietirur new members Announces School Bo, Hoey Medal Wort By Shelby Boy In Annual Meet Beckham Win*; 2nd j Place Tied Oration "America's Inmitnui Qnrrn" Bj Jor Iteckham Best. Trn Tooths In. TJie Clyde R. Hoey oratorical medal for 1932 was won by Joe Beckham. Shelby high school boy, In the annual event, for Cleveland ounty high school youths here Frl iav night Young Beckhams oration was America’s Uncrowned Queen.’’ His victory in the Hoey contest gave Shelby High two of the three major medals of the annual contests, Esther Ann Quinn having won the Selma C. Webb recitation medal the previous week. Two Tied. Felix Hamrick, of Bolling Springs, and Vaughn Whitaker, of Moores boro, tied for second honors in the contest. Both youths were excep tionally good, the judges being un able to determine which should rank next to Beckham Other entrans 'were: Gibson Put nam, No. 3 schoofl; Howard Pruitt, Caanr; John A. McBrayer, Lattl more; Sam Sain. Bel wood; George’ Wilson, Palls ton; Rastus Grlgg, No. 8; ai d John Hicks, Kings Moun tain. The medal was presented by Judge John P. Mull, a former win ner, and a large crowd heard the contest,. Mrs. Abernathv New Eastern Star Matron Succeed*. Mr*. Houser. Mr*. Wilson Kindled As Assistant Matron. Mrs. Tom Abernathy t* the new worthy matron of the Shelby East ern Star chapter, being elected to succeed Mrs. B. C. Houser, retiring matron. The new officers are to be installed at a date to be announced soon. Other officers elected were Mrs. Haelcett Wilson, assistant matron; Audle RudaalU, worthy patron; Z. J. Thompson, Jr., assistant patron; Mrs, Ab Poston, conductor; Mrs. Robt. Wells, assistant conductor. County Schools To Close Friday For Charlotte Session All the rural schools in Cleve land county will be closed for the day on Friday. March 18, according to an announcement by Supt. J. H. Grig*. The clos ing for a day will enable courf ty teachers to attend the State Teachers convention at Char lotte. This is the first time in years that the convention has beer/ held In Charlotte or close enough to permit local teachers ers to attend. Th reats Made In Note A bout Baby Kidnaping Aids Eaglet Search ) Formerly an investigator for the United State* Government, Morris Uosner (above) is now believed to be assisting in the Lindbergh kid naping case. The mysterious sleuth about whom little is known is said to have had several conferences with Colonel Henry Breckinridge, counsel for Colonel Lindbergh, since the kidnaping. Bind Negro Over in Killing Case; Hold Father Also I No Bond l or Oltn Brooks Who Ft* tally Injured Jnw Huifi With Stick. Olin Brooks, colored youth of No. 8 township, will remain in the county Jail until the term of Su perior court which convenes in Shelby the last week in March At a session of county court last week he was ordered held without bond In the killing of Jesse Hunt, another No. 8 township colored boy. Brooks’ father, Pink Brooks, was also bound over under a $200 bond as an accessory to the row which terminated In a fatality. On Tuesday, March 1, according to the evidence, the Brooks youth approached the Hunt boy and a controversy developed. After a few minutes, witnesses said. Brooks struck Hunt over the head with a stick. Brooks' father, it is said, came up about that time and worked alth the stricken boy, believing, it was said, that he was drunk. Later the Hunt j’outh was brought to the 8helby Hospital where he died last Wednesday. Mr. Lloyd, Mauney oi Chapel Hill Is spending the spring holidays here with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Mauney. Several Hundred Shelby Students On City School Honor Roll For February Many Students Hold Place on Cov eted Roll. Full List Given. Many students in the Shelby schools held to their places on the monthly honor roll Issued by the city school system. The roll for February follows: Washington School. First grade—Martha McClain, Jennie Mae McGinnis, Lillie Queen, Mary Henry Wolfe, Philip Clarke Thomas Weathers, Shovine McGin nis. Second Grade. Billy Max Dixon, Billy Grigg, Hugh Mauney, Joe O’Leary. W. A. Spangler, Bynum Weathers, Mar garet McLean,. Thirl Grade G, P. Smith, Jr., Mary Leslie Doggett, Betty Dorton, Margaret Jones, Helen Mauney. Fourth grade—Eugene Reynolds Jr., Patsy Mauney, Sara Mull, Char les Conner, Fifth grade—C. T. Hord, Billy Smart, Ben Waldrop, Ruth Dixon, Ponder Reba Saunders, Ann Smart. Sixth grade—Inez Armour. Edwin Ford. Cecil Webb. Seventh grade—Gwynn Davis, Jeanette Post, Ear! Hamnclc Jr. Richard Jones. Jefferson School. First grade—Billie Weaver. Nell Ballenger Mildred Ronton Bette' Cashion, Coleen Craig, Lunette Day berry. ■ Second grade—Broadus Hopper, Doris Ballenger, Elizabeth Holland, Margaret Littlejohn, Ruth Senter, Gaywinton Trammell, Lyall Wil liams, Ruby Garver. Third rade—Helen Lovelace. John McKee, Furman Mundy, June Bal lenger, Thelma Grlgg, Madeline Roberts. Fourth grade—Russell Craig, Joe Davis, Malcolm Walden. ; Fifth grade—Betty McFalls, Helen Davis, Amos Black, Margaret Tram mell, Florena Payne. Harold Veal. Sixth grade—Beulah Denton, Ava Etters, Helen Ewig, Virginia Fair. Seventh grade—Ruth Cline, Mil dred Greenway, Lillian Grigg. Lafayette School. ..First grade—Martha Noggle, W. J. Childers, Gwendolyn Biggerstaff, Ed gar Webb, Eunice Lee, Beatrice Mc Kee, Postell Clark, Jack Hollifield, Richard Shytle, Dorothy Pierson, Helen Morrison, Ruby Towery, Dov ie Mae Lall. Second grade—Marjorie Buchanan Marjorie Dean Hill, Ethel Lowrance, Erllne McCluney, Minna Putnam, Lenna Mae Runyan, Sytyl Sisk, Ruth. Stewart, Elmer Padgett, *Guy nell Sisk, Glenn Short, Third grade— Charles Earle, Lowrance Kitchen, Dewey Lows Baby And Family Get Threat* In Note Original Hansom Note Warned That Information Not Be Told “Living Soul.*’ (By I’nited Press) Hopewell, N. J.. March 14.— A person in the .small group which has access to the Lind bergh kidnapping ransom note today told the United Press that the document contained threats against the baby, Charles Lindbergh, jr., and likewise against members of the family should they com municate any information contained in the note to po lice or tell “a living soul.” This same Informant had prev iously advised the United Press that firmer and footprints left in the nursery of the Lindbergh horn" showed that two men weie the ac tual kidnappers df the baby of the famous flier from the Sourlands nursery two week* ago tomorrow night DEN VER GANG IN? Trenton, N. J., Hopewell, March 14—(UP)—The state police bulletin on the Lindbergh kidnapping to day revealed thgf, in the course of checking all possible clues the au thorities are Investigating a report that a suspicious gang from Denver Col., came cast recently by airplane and has engaged In mysterious ac tivities in and about New York. (By United Press) Chicago, March 14.—Chicago pe llet acting under orders of the New Jeresy state police today took into custody Jerzy Hyrnkinicz and his wife, Huth, 18, without explaining the reason for the action. Not In Tennessee. Hopewell, N. J., March 14.—Colo nel H. Norman Schwartzkopt an nounced last night that Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh had view ed the telephoto of the baby detain ed at Croasvllle, Tenn., and had de cided that it r. as not their missing son. Created Stir. ; Hopewell, N. J„ March 14.—Ex cited hopes that a baby, carried in to Tennessee under suspicious cir cumstances, was the kidnapped son of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh col lapsed late Sunday when compari son of the children revealed glar ing discrepancies. A telephoto description of the child held at CrossviUe, Tenn., fail ed to tally with the age, measure < CONTINUED OU PAGE BIGHT.) Webb And Hoey In Talks To Colored Five Hundred Colored Hear Prom inent White Speakers At Sunday Sendee. Five hundred colored people turn ed out last night to hear addresses by Judge E. Y. Webb of the fed eral court and Hon. Clyde R. Hoe; who addressed them at the Roberta Tabernacle C. M. E. church of whkh Rev. E. L. Johnson Is pastor. Judge Webb spoke of good citi zenship, advocated loyalty and ob servance of and law, commended the colored people of tills com munity for their law-abiding citi zenship and the friendly relation ship that exists between the two races. Mr. Hoey spoke on racial rela tionships and the good will of o race toward the other. It was point ed out that the colored people have suffered intensely during the de pression but have carried on the best they can without murmur or complaint. Try Answering These Can you answer seven of these | test questions? Turn to page two for the answers. 1.—Where is the island of St Helena located? 3.—What university is located at Tuscaloosa, Alabama. 3. —How many women have serv ed In the United States Senate? 4. —What Is specific gravity? ’.—What is an angle less than a right angle called? 6 —Who was Diogenes? 7.—What are pampas? a—In what government da$*r ment is the U. 8. Forest Service? 9. —Who was Mary Ball? 10. —Give another name for pea nut*’