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VOL. XXXVIII, No. 38 SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY. MARCH 28. 1932 (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) TODAY 8 PAGES Bt Mail. p*r year, (in adrancat — •2 m Carrier. t*r year, (in advaneai not Late News THE MARKET < ollon, spot __*!o and upi Cotton Seed, per ton _*10.'H j Frost Tonight Today'* North Caroling Weather i Report: Fair and somewhat colder! tonight. Probably light frost on j Ihe coast and light to heavy frost In interior. Tuesday fair and wanner. Lindbergh Hope Norfolk. Va., March 28.—Three Norfolk intervenors working for the return of the kidnapped Lindbergh child will confer personally with Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, fath er of the world's most famous baby, today, it was announced last night by John Hughes Curtis, who yester day returned from a two day trip to seek contact with the abductors. "That is ail now that I can say,” Mr. Curtis added. "We will see Col. Lindbergh personally tomorrow.” He would not say where the Interven ors would see the famous filer. He amended his first statement “get in touch with” to “we will see Col onel Lindbergh personally tomor row.” 131Added To Churches In 3 Revival Meets Three Revival Meetings Culminate On Easter Sunday With Im mense Crowds at bet dees It was again conclusively proven that Shelby is an outstanding church-going city when op Easter Sunday- throngs of people attended services at all churcncy Special programs .were carried out bearing on. the Resurrection ui the Savior Beaptiful and soul-seai thing scr mons were preached by ihe pastors and special Easter mts-'c cor>tr. buted to the solemnity of the Eas teV season. A total of 141 new members wa> added to the First Baptist, Central Methodist and LaJrayelbe Street Methodist churches as a result ot the three revivai mee ,i.gs which culminated on the Paswr Sunday At the First Baptist cni.J ch wnere the pastor Dr. Zeno '.Vail preached twice daily in p weeks revival, . .* Jen* mmmmwmm* ?*** ^ ed at the Central Me; not iat churcn. 30 on profession of iaith and 25 on certificate as a result of the two weeks revival at this church, con ducted by the pastor Dr I’ K. M’ Larty. Thirteen new' members were added at LaFayette ‘Street Meth odist church in South Shelby where Rev. W. R. Jenkins is pas tor. Rev. H. F. Duncan ol Henaei sonville did the nreachihf at the iwo weeks revival here, but was forced to leave on Friday and the pastor Mr. Jenkins canted the rival to a conclusion on Sunday Dr. Wail’s Sunday tj.it i uing sub - ject for Sunday morning was the "Open Grave.” Sunday night he preached on 'The Triumphant Christ."' Great throngs attend >d both services ana 1 tK'O were in Sunday school Sunday morning. Special Easter music was rendered by the well trained choir under the direction of Horace Eosom, director of music and Young Poles’ work. Dr. McLarty’s Sunday morning subject w;as “The Abunoant Life,” made possible by fn' coming of Christ the Savior. Special music icatured all services, especially th; Sunday program. On St> day nigh an Easter Cantata on the Cruci fixion was rendered w,th Messru Kalter and Brown taking the solo parts. Well trained voices from ’he regular choir, voong people and children contributed largely to t.hj -uccess of the meeting, Lu- McLarty preached strong sermons through out the meeting a; « the results •ere very, gratifying. Fire Threatens Double Shoals j >0—FIRE THREATENS front-I One House Is Burned. Others Catch During Heavy Wind. Pumps Put 1 Into Operation. Double Shoals, March 26.—The | little mill village of Double Shoals was in danger for several hours to- 1 day of being wiped out of existence when a residence occupied by Joe Champion near ine shire mill and warehouse, was burned during the high wind at IX oclock. This caused the most excitement the little village and community has had in many years. The company fire pump was immediately) started which no doubt saved a disastrous fire. During the fire another residence occupied by G. C. Eskridge caught on fire which was quickly watered out. Also an old gin house near the mill caught on fire but was immediately watered put The wind was so high urtll a spafk was blown one quarter of a miles across the tivet u set ta* woods on fire, belonging to A. S; Spangler. The Champion household goods were almost completely de jtroyed Salary Fixing Should | Come Before Primary j Must Be Done Before To Be Legal Suggestion That General Cut He Made In County Gltkes Is Talked. The recommendation made by Toe Star, at the request numerous citizens, that the Cleveland county commissioners make a general scal ing down in ail 'county salaries was leading topic of comment in Shelby and the county over the week-end. The plan was suggested in view of the fact that several candidates have shown an inclination to volun tarily reduce ihe pay ol offices sought if they air elected but the attorney general ruled that'' it was illegal for candidates tc make such a pledge. Therefore, it was reason ed, It would be fair tc all, and to the tax-payers, foi the commission ers to fix a reduced scale o! salaries prior to the primary in June so that each candidate would know what he would receive and in tuder, too, to give all an even break cn their abil ity with the salary issue eliminated Prior To Election. A- legal Interpretation 01 the sal ary matter, it has been pointed out, says that salaries of offices must be fixed prior to the primary and election. It is unfair to reduce the salary of an officeholder if he was elected at the higher salary. In other words, a general out now, fix ed by the commissioners would not hit the present officel ciders as it could not be effective until the end of the present terms. But with a new salary basis luted now and an * nounced it would become legally ef fective as the new or re-elected of fice-holders go into ofiice after toe next primary and elec.lor. The law would also be coAphed w.th In that by setting and announcing the sal ary scale now, ail caaa.uater would know In advance what their pay would be. If the reduciior scale is not made prior to the June primary the question of legality might arise. unde- yfljnui .taartWyw - sens who have discussed the matter say, it would be embaxrassing .or the commission board to make a change in salaries as the office holders and office-seekers might take personal affront. But the last legislature, in recommer u.ng a gen eral cut in all sala..rs"oI public workers, passed ihe buck to the commissioners of the various coun ties. A major portion of tie citizen ship in Cleveland,- one well informed citizen says, favors a general cut here and would approv and ap plaud such a move Dy the board prior to June. It would net he also said .work against the various can didates as the salary issue is oie they frequently encounter in cam paigning. Salaries Vary* Tiie various people discussing the matter, including-tnosc- who have endorsed The Star's suggestion of a general cut. have not fixed any specific slash. There is va.k of a 10 percent cut, in proportion to the j cut of State employes end workers : in private business, but those me i i tioning that angle remind that tor salaries of county olfict-adders vary ! considerably and they think .there j fore, that the higher saiaiies shorn be cut 10 percent and smaller sal i aries only five. That, he v ever, is a matter for the commissi-mers, who know the amount of all salaries and the work of the "ariou offices. The next regular meeting of tit* j board is week from today, but no | definite announcement has been j made that, the salary' reduction mai j ter will bfe taken up at that time. County Election 1 BoardNamedFor Races This Year Mull And Kistler Appointed Again. Frank Olaa* I» Republican Member. (Special to The Star.) Raleigh. Mar. IS.—Clerelaiid county's new board of elec tion*, named Saturday by the state board of elections, on recommendation of State Chair man O. M. Mull, of the Demo crats, and State Chairman Dun can, of the Republicans, includ es, John P. Mull and Ztmri Klst ler, Shelby Democrat*, and Frank Glass. Kings Mountain, Republican. —— The state board, recently reap pointed by Governor Gardner, In cludes Judge J. Crawford Biggs, Ra leigh, re-elected chairman; George McNeill, Fayetteville, re-elected sec retary, and John C. Sykes, Monroe, Democrats, and Fred D. Hamrick, Rutherfordton, and Adrian C. Mitch ell. Wlnton and Raleigh, Republi cans, R. C. Maxwell, Raleigh, was again elected executive secretary. The ballots for United States Senator and State- offices will be combined as an economy measure. Those for the Democrats will be white and those for the Republicans will be pink. The form Of alt bal lots was left to Chairman Biggs and Attorney General Brummltt. Can you answeir 14 of' these test questions? Turn to page 2 for the | answers. 1. —Is Jacksonville, Florida, or St. i Johns, Newfoundland nearer to Buenos Aires by Steamship route? j 2. Of what botanical family is bamboo? 3. What is the southernmost point on the contihent of Africa? 4. In what book of the Bible are jthe Ten Commandments? 5. In what city was the Archduke i Ferdinand of Austria assassinated? 6. What- is Marie Prevost's real [name? 7. What river runs through Cleve | land, Ohio. j 8. What race of mankind is the | King of Siam? 9. What is the capita! of the state j of Idaho? 10. Who wrote, “Man's love is of man’s- life a thing apart ; Tis wo man’s whole existence?’.’ 11. What does status quo mean? 12. On what river is the U. S. Naval academy? 13. What do the initials G. A; R. stand for? 14. Who said, “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel?” 15. Name the third president of. the United States? 10. What is papyrus? 17. What form of government has Siam? 18. How many times was Calvin Coolidge elected president? 19. What famous bandmaster re cently died? 20. Who is Huey P tong. White vs. Pink Try Answering Congress Stops Beer Bill But Puts TaxOn Oil; Hoover Makes Appeal * Senator Borah Says tVav to Balance Budget Is To Reduce Salaries, Expenses. Washington, March 26.—An un bridled house last wees brushed aside a beer tax proposal but ap proved a one-ceni-a-gaiiot, levy on imported oil as part of the new revenue bill. More by chance man by direction it sustained the ways and means committee for the first i.me on me bill. It downed the legalized beer amendment to 132 and accept ed the oil import tax .190 to 97. Both votes were by tellers As the committee set about finn ing new sources of revenue to r3 place the rejected sales tax. Presi dent Hoover at the White House ex pressed confidence the demociats and republicans on Capitol Hill could get together on a bill to bal ance the 1933 budget. He added, however unless this is done,...the de pression would contlnuf indefinite iy. The chief executive in a formal statement described a balanced bud get as "the very kejotone of re covery,” and said mu tused reve nues were necessary to accomplish it, “It must be done,” he insisted. "Without it the several mearures for restoration of public confidence and reconstruction which we al ready have undertaken will be in complete, and the depression will be prolonged indefinitely. He appealed for the people and their organizations to support ana not obstruct congress in efforts to reduce expenditures and increase taxes. Senator Borah called fot a de-*p slash in expenditures as a means of making up for revenue that would have come from the sales tax. “We should balance the budget,” Borah said, "and we car. do so by cutting expenses. I think the gen tlemen who defeated the sales tax I did a fine piece erf work Linked to Eaglet Long Bought for questioning in connection with the Lindbergh baby kidnaping, Harry Fleischer j (upper), notorious Detroit. Mieh., gangster, haa been positively iden tified from a photograph in one of three men who were seen with i crying baby on board a cruiser off Sandy Hook.JN. Y., the day aft# the kidnaping. The man who iden tified Fleischer is a rum runner to whom the men with the child offered $100 for his compass, say ing they had broken their own. Abe Wagner (lower), a partner of Fleischer, was also identified. Injured Woman Not Yet Normal Only Partly Conscious After Being Injured By Auto Week Ago Sunday. Mrs. Sarah Emery, who waa knocked unconscious yesterday aft ernoon a week ago when ahe r«ut) titfe-an- -Mflo^tiear flootn 'cafrh lina line in this county, was still not fully conscious today at the Shelby hospital. IS was stated, however, that she was more ration al today than at any time since being brought there The woman was hurt when she ran intojSthe lide of an automcbi.e in an attempt to keep her little, daughter from running in the path of the car. The drlvei of the auto mobile, a marine from Gaffney, was not held responsible for the acci dent. Hurt By Car A man said to be Vcs Queen is in the hospital suffering with Injuries received Saturday night when struck, it is said, by Bobby Ruda sill's automobile. Grist Will Speak Here On April 18 Will Be Second Senatorial Candidate To Appear Here. Is Ex-Service Man Frank Grist, candidate for the United States Senate, will speak in the court house in Shelby on Friday' night, April 18, according to reports here today. Mr. Grist has made several trips here since announcing his candi dacy but this will be his first for mal speaking date since entering the race against Senator Morrison, Rey nolds and Bowie. The ex-service man will be the second of the senatorial candidates to speak in Shelby, Bob Reynokis having appeared here several weeks ago. Geo. Stewart Die* Near Kings Mtn. Thirty-Two Year Old Man (s Buried At Antioch Church Near Blacksburg. George S. Stewart, age 32, died at his home six miles from Kings Mountain on the Cherryville road Saturday morning at 1 o’clock and was buried at Antioch Baptist church near Blacksburg. Mr. Stewart leaves surviving his wife and three small children, i Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Armstrong of Edgemont Sunday morning from the residence where he died. Will Stage “Heaven Bound” Friday Eve The religious pageant ' Heaven Bound" is to be presented in Shelby again Friday evening at the court house, beginning at 8:30. It is spon ! sored this time by the American 1 Legion junior athletic outfit. Republicans To\ Have Tussle On Jonas Successor Jonas Backs Patton, Not Hamrick RfjNtfd Ulltrlfl Attorney To Support Assistant. Hamrick Has Strength. Republicans in Cleveland countv arc saying very little about It pub licly. but they are deeply interest ed in the looming battle for tne federal court district attorneyship in Western North Carolina The flee was left vacant last week when tlie United States senate refused to confirm the appointment of Chas A. Jonas of Lincolnton who had been serving Under recess appolnt Bfient. First reports had It that the next appointment would go to Fret) Hamrick. Rutherford ton lawyer and a native of this county, oi to Frank Patton, of Morganton. but the con sensus of opinion among Republi can leaders was th,i> Hamrick would get the party's backing for the office. Ii was then stated that at their convention ner» Friday of this week tlie Republicans of Cleve land would endorse Mr. Hamrick. They may, and likely wlli, do that yet for he is a brother of Deputy Marshal 'Card Hamrick secretary of the party in the county, and a former law partner of Post-master J. H. Quinn. Jonas joit Then Mr. Jonas., the rejected dis trict, attorney. towed a monkey-! wrench Into the plans. He would, it was announced m Charlotte, sup- J port Frank Patton. The Jonas statement doesn’t mean that he and Hamrick are not fnems They are, but the Ltncolnton man apparent f CONTINUED ON PAD* EIGHT t ' Bible Classes Hold Prison Camp Service Two Classes Of Men Join In Sendee At State Prison ( imp Testa* men is Given, An interesting Easter sendee was conducted at the new State prison camp, jast east of Shelby, Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock by the Ne,w ton Bible class of the First Baptist church and the Clyde Hoey class of Central Methodist church The principal talk was made by Prof. Horace Grigg, superintendent of the county schools, and there were musical selections by quartets of the two classes and by a quartet of colored prisoners. Twenty-five testaments ' were presented to the camp by»the classes. Metal Strip Falls To Floor In Court A large sheet of metal, a portion of the main ventilator In the cen ter of the court room In the county court house, was worked loose, It is presumed, by the heavy wind this morning, and plunged to the court room seats below Just a short time before court opened. Spectators were already filing in the court room and had the heavy strip dropped a few minutes late, an injury might have resulted. Federal Prisoner* Taken To Charlotte Eight of the Federal prisoners sentenced in court here last week by Judge E. Y. Webb have teen taken to the Mecklenburg jail in " Char lotte. Six of the eight will ae sent to Atlanta and two^* ) Washington. They will remain in Charlotte, however, until the Feteral court term there next week sc that all the prisoners may be taken to their respective confinement'at tne same time. The majority of those sen tenced at the term nett were given jail sentences in the carious coun- j ties In this district. -- He Plants Potatoes And Eats Same Day - l This Is an agricultural belleve-tt-; or-not. Last week Deputy Tom Sweezy, planted his newT crop of Irish pota i toes and had new potatoes for dln ! ner on the same day. The new po 1 tatoes, large enough to eat, had sprouted from the seed potatoes stored under the house during the warm winter. MR. MAl'NEY SICK IN HOSPITAL; NO BETTER Zeb C. Maunaj- entered the Shelby * hospital last week suffering with a | kidney trouble. It was thought for awhile an opetation would be ne > cess ary, but his condition will not | |permit it a- present. Negro Poet and White Bride Jean Toorr.er, negro poet and psychologist, and his bride, the former Margery Latimer, white novelist and graduate of Columbia University, are shown above in the garden of their honeymoon nest at Carmel, Calif. Their marriage climaxed a romance begun during an experi ment in human behavior, conducted by Toomer at Portage, Wig. Mill Latimer was one of the gubjecu. No B. & L. Failures * * ¥ * * State Associations Sound. Low Cost For Prison Camps. Two Political Races Warming Up. Raleigh Letter. M. R. IH \NAl.\N Star New* Bureau R&ielgh. Mai. 28 .Noth _ Caro lina's Building and Loan assoc!j ttaiw, numbgrtng 22a, v*re in a sound and solvent •'.cncitlon, *1 though essentially nrii hauld,” In surance Commissioner Can C. Boney says In a statement >eviewing their operation In 1931, timing which year not one failed, t.l’hough six associations merged or voluntarily liquidated, and resources decreased only $6,843,990.44. less than eight per cent from $92,19-15’; 3 *>9 in 1930 to $35,348,383.25 at the tna of 1931, despite the troublesome ; ear In a’i activities. The Individual: aided through mnrtgtgf.’ Vans numoemV 41,986 In 1931, the averag? loam being $1, 814.76, while 7,776 loans were on| stock, averaging $4at.96 each. ihe1 average cost of homes built through! building and loan aid ihoppod from $2,925.48 In 1900 to $’439 in 1931, and the average fnvmmeht per member decreased from $918.09 to $892.22, but the capital Invested per share increased feem $47.10 to $49.37 In the year. I he operating expense of the assoo'aibhs remains the saAe, stightl yrnore than I per cent of capital ltiveted. At the end of 1931 there were 9';.200 share holders. a decrease of Ii64 In col ored* shaieholtr-s. aoo an increase of 457 In whites. , Low Convict Cost Only 65.11 cents a day was re quired to feed, clothe, house, guard, provide medical attention and otherwise support an average of nearly 4,000 prisoners worked on county highways by me state hi^h vsv commissions prison depart ment during the first eh • mont.rs of such opera','on, to December 31, 1931, It is shown in the first repott of Sam D. Scott, prb.cn supervisor, to Chairman £. B ct the commission. Total co«?t c; the de partment was $463,6M&>, Divided up. this sightly more than *5 cent* a day show* only 14.23 cents a day lot food, 3 36 cents for wearing apparel, 6.01 cents for CRmp supplies and fas than ci.c cent a day for central office cost. 8hc biggest item was 19.20 cents a day for salaries ani wages cl guards, supervisors and specaiusts for medical attention during the six months period. The average iCONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT.) Dr. Schell, Woods Return From Europe Two Nhelby Men At Home From Trip To London, Pari*. Other Points. Mr. R. U. Woods, insurance agent, and Dr. Tom Brice Mitchell, Shelby physician, have returned fiom a trip to England and the contmnent. Wltlle away Mr. Woods attended conferences at a London insurance firm and Dr. Mitchell attended clin ics at Guys Hospital in London and Sorbonne University ir Peris. Ex-Sheriff Wilkin* 111 In A Hospital Ex-Sheriff D. D. Wilkins, of Shel by who now holds a position with the State Department of Revenue is reported seriously 111 with a compli cation of troubles in the Rutherford hospital. Mr. Wilkins entered the hospital a week ago when it was thought he was suffering with Jaun dice. It develops that complications have arisen and his condition Is quite serious. Another Tornado Claims Lives In Southern States; Hits In Alabama "Seven Known Dead. Hundreds In jured And Big Property Damage. Communications Cut. i Montgomery, Ala., March '28.— i Seven persons were killed yesterday ! as the second series of tornadoes ; within a week dipped into central Alabama and western Georgia. Last Monday more than 350 per ! sons were killed in Alabama, Oeor ! gia and Tennessee, approximately 12,500 persons injured and property I damaged to the extent of almost | $5,000,000, ! Deaths at Lawley, Ala., Sunday. I which had bedn placed aLJnut^weie 1 increased to five after a/ater cK^rSw, line dead there were | Mr. and Mrs Terry Hicks, Walker : Laurence, Austin Laurence, two Jane Green. 88 The other two deaths were at Pleasant Grove where the storm killed G M Tubbs <10 a farmer ana I a Mr. Pat*. Communications were disrupted throughout the storm area and a complete check of the Injured and the property damage was difficult. Birmingham newspapermen sought to reach the stricken sections In air planes in the face of near gale winds. A hurried call for all available j doctors came to Newman. 40 miles ! southwest of Atlanta, from Corinth, a small Georgia community near jthe Alabama line, but no further in [ format ion was available as com ! munlcation failed to that vicinity. Newnan reported a wind of torna !do force that wrecked two houses and seriously injured a man and his ■>4£r One of the houses caught fire and\urned. Repbrts from many other Ala bama and Georgia points in and near the paths of the storms indi cated a considerable number of in •os'TtNtfl® of* e*os mGBrc Superior Court Opened Today; Two Weeks Term T wo Manslaughter Cases On Docket Wet Weather nriufs Many Spec tator* To Opening Session. Judge MrF.lroy Presiding The spring term of superior court convened here today for a two weeks session with Judge P. A. Mc Elroy presiding. The first week of the term w'.U be given over to the criminal dock et, on which there are no cases of outstanding public interest, and the second week will be devoted to the civil calendar. Solicitor Spurgeon Spurllng, of Lenoir. Is prosecuting and the reg ular dcputles-Jerry Runyan, Go* Jolley, Henry McKinney and others—are court and grand Jury officers. When the grand jury wa.-, completed and charged this morn ing 'Squire Zemrt Kin tier was named foreman. Two Rig Cased The outstanding cases booked for trial are two manslaughter counts. In one Boyd Barrett, Carl Bridges and Everett Bridges are the defend* ants In connection with the death several months ago of Max Barrett Waco high school boy. Young Bar rett died in the hospital here fol lowing a drinking party of the evening before In which the three defendants were said to be partici pants, Two of the defendant are also charged with violating the pro hibition law. Two post mortem* were held after the death of young Barrett, but neither disclosed an Injury or wound that might have caused his death, according to at tending physicians. At the time the opinion was rendered that he had sucked a stomach discharge into his lung while sick and Intoxicated so that he could not lift his head. There was considerable interest In the affair at the time, particularly In the'eastern section of the coun ty about Waco. The other manslaughter charge is against R. V. Griffin, young motor truck driver of Monroe. A month or so ago avtruck, and trailer driven by Griffin /'and loaded with cotton struck a wagon driven by an &g'd tenant farmer on a downgrade on highway JO Just west of Shelby. The aged negro was Instantly kill ed In the crash, one of the mules to his wagon killed and the true.*, trailer and cotton partly destroyed by fire. At the time officers quoted Griffin os saying he was unable to hold back the truck or miss the wagon as he came down hill. He was employed by and driving a truck belonging to a Monroe trans fer firm. It Is understood that there is a civil action scheduled for ■ hearing in connection with the same fatality. Although there are no outstand ing cases, there are a largo number of charges on the criminal docket The majority of them are breaking and entering and stealing charges.' Sentences Imposed As the court grind began before noon today it appeared as If Judge McElroy was of the opinion that one chance was enough. Defendants at the last term of court or the term prior to that who had been let off with suspended sentences under the provision that they pay fines and costs were called. In numerous cases the provision had not been complied with and in a big percentage of these Judge Mc Elroy permitted the road sentence to go into effect. Court House Full One of the largest throngs to at tend a superior court session hero in several years was present this morning because of the rain last night which held up farm work for a day or so. The rain which delayed ths farmers played to the advantage of i he 15 or so candidates for county office who were making a busy day | of it in greeting and shaking hands | with as many voters as possible lu '* Mr*. Tom Moore I* Better In Florida Mre. Tom Moore, nee Sara Me |'Murry is reported to be some better I in St. Petersburg, Fla., where she fwas taken suddenly ill last Thurs day night; Her trouble developed from adhesions from an operation for appendicitis some years ago and it was feared another operation would be necessary, but reports this morning are that she is resting bet ter. Mr. Tom Moore and his brother Dr. D. F. Moore left Friday'after noon, driving all night to reach het bedside. It is thought Dr. Moore will return to Shelby tomorrow. Mrs Moore went to Florida with her grand-father, Mr. J. J. McMurry to spend the. remainder of the winter. s '*■: \
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