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PAGES TODAY By Mail, par year, tin advance) - Carrier, per tear im .. (Published Monday. Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) Latq M’ THE 4otion, spot . (‘ottou Seed, prr ton 1 Inn ^ Showers T o f mla> '» North ( arolin„^B Krport: Showers tonight ar^B day. Warmer tonight. ( ooler^H day afternoon and <n wesW north central portions Thu night. On Norfolk Clue Norfolk. Va, March 30.—To M prcssions of hope that they mifft bring about the early return of the kidnapped Lindbergh baby, one of three Norfolk negotiators yesterday added the assertion that Colonel Charles A. Lindbergn had request ed that they carry forward their efforts. Returning from a trip to j tlie fiver* Sourland Mountain cs-! tatc, made partly by air in spite of j 'unfavorable weather, the Very Rev.. Dean H. Dobson-Peaeock told re-i porters, “A1I I can say is that things are satisfactory so far.. We want to keep on with our work. We are still optimistic." Dean Dobson-Peacoct; added that Colonel Lindbergh had requested that he, together with John Hughes Curtis, Norfolk boat builder, and Rear Admiral Guy H. Burrage, retoired, continue their ne gotiations, but he declined to an swer all questions as to details of the plan on which they are work ing. > Young Farmers Polkvilie Will Have A Banquet Woman’s Club There To Serve Meal Next Tuesday Eve. State Leaders To Attend The Young Tar Heel Farmers organization of ’the Polkville com munity will stage a banquet on Tuesday night. April 5, at the school, it is' announced by E. L. Dillingham,* agricultural instructor. Several state farm leaders, in cluding Roy Thomas, supervisor of agricultural education, plan to at tend the session. J. H Grigg, oouii ty school head, R, W. Shoffner, county farm agent, and others in .he county will be guests. The ladies of the Polkville Worn-' an's clcb have kindly agreed to cook and serve the meal. Their Own Food The boys in the farm organiza tion will furnish the food and it Till, be food produced by them on Lheir own farms, a typical Live-at Home banquet. The meal will be one of the features that will show the progress being made by the young farmers as a result of the cork of the agricultural depart ment of the school. Other portions of the program will also exhibit che advance made by latest agri cultural methods. Jimison Speaks To Shelby Lions - i Charlotte Lawyer-Minister Thinks Depression To Bring Religious Revival. The current depression that en velops will in all probability result in a general religious revival in the opinion of Rev. Tom P. Jimison, colorful Charlotte lawyer and min ister. Rev. lilr. Jimison was the princi pal speaker at the meeting of the Shelby Lions club last nigljt. He is one of the most colorful figures in the State. Several years ago, after engaging in a labor upheaval, Mr. Jimison leif the Methodist min istry' and took up the practice of law. During the Gastonia strike trouble he attained considerable fame as attorney for the strike or ganizers. Just a few weeks ago he announced that he would return to the ministry. Cites History. tf history repeats itself, the de pression will bring on renewed re ligious activity, the speaker told the Lions. He cited changes brought about In all other periods of de pression in America to show that each was followed o yreligious re awakening and strengthening of the church. Advance signs already her ald such a change now, he pointed out. The program was in. charge of Attorney Ernest Gardner Seniors Abandon . Annual For Class Seniors of the Shelby high, school were ambitious to publish a high school annual again this year, as has been the custom in the pad, but .the plan has been abandoned hocal merchants rallied strongly to the support of. the senior class w‘tb advertising contracts, but sufficient money was not in sight from other sources to meet the expense. Wounty Republicans -Gather Here Friday Will Party Endorse Independent? May Nominate Candidate Sheriff And Overlook Mull, Independent Prospect. For The Republicans of Cleveland county will father In the Sbel- 1 by court house Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock tor the biennial convention and a routine of i work that will Include the par ty nominations for county of fices and endorsements o( the party record. Advance prognostications on the ikely line-up of the Republican tominees for the various county of ices are missing. Party leaders, If .hey have a slate In mind, have kept iilent. Will Nominate It is presumed, however that the ;onvention, presided over by H. Clay 3ox with Deputy Marshal 'Gard Hamrick as secretary', will nominate * full county ticket. No reports have ndicated otherwise. In recent years the ticket has been lined up and ap proved without a hitch. The lead ers usually know their men and the convention seldom disagrees, except, of course, when some of the old timers of the George DePriest group challenge alleged dictation by the younger element In the party. DePriest And Mull Political dopesters about Shelby are speculating on the possibility of the names of DePriest and J. Cullen Mull, the later a former*Democratic worker, causing some controversy In the convention. This isn't likely, judging by the tactful handling of the organization leaders in late years. Yet one can never tell. DePriest, once chairman of the county G. O. P. and former Shelby postmaster, is a prospective candi date for the Republican nomination to the United States Senate. Some time ago he said he was considering the matter. He is an avowed oppon ent of prohibition and has never been so fond of Mr. Hoover. Fur thermore he is somewhat at outs, and has been, with the new party leaders of the county. Should some one butt In Friday with a motion to endorse his candidacy against Jake Newell, fireworks might open up. I CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT > Piedmont Scout Board To Meet In Shelby April 5th Representatives From Nine Coun ties To Meet In Interest Of Scout Members. Announcement has just been re eeived from the headquarters of the Piedmont council of the Boy Scouts of America to the effec* that a meeting,, of the executive board of this organization - will meet at the Hotel Charles on Tues day night, April 5th at 7 o’cock. Representatives froth Cleveland Lincoln, Rutherford, Gaston, Polk Iredell, Catawba, Caldwell and Burke counties will be present. Special reports are to be received regarding the work of scouting dur ing the first quarter of the year and plans for the second quarter are to be made. Plans for the holding of a na tional school for camp leaders at the Piedmont Boy Scout camp during the week of April 18th will be completed. B. L. Smith, R. W. Shoffner and H. B. Miller, of Shelby, are mem bers of the Piedmont scout board Shelby Hospital Gets $5,109 From Duke Distribution Over Half Million Distributed Yes*’ terday By Duke Endowment droop. The Shelby public hospital received 15,109 In the allocation of Duke endowment funds made by the Duka board yesterday at Charlotte. The Rutherfordton hbspltal received *5.314, and the Alexander school at Union Mills was given $3,650.18. Trustees of the Duke endowment at the meeting in Charlotte dis tributed *661.330.60 to 137 hospi tals and orphanages of the two Carolina*, bringing the total contri butions to these two classes of in stitutions slnqe the endowment was founded in 1924 to *5,779,608 06. Allocation of *537,208 to 92 hos pitals and *114,022.60 to orphan homes and child-placing agencies of the Carolinas was made. Appli cations for assistance were consid ered from 141 Institutions. The 92 hospitals reported 537,20? | free days of care of patients In I 1931, which was 54 per cenU of the 999,196 days of care of all patients treated. The orphanages reported' 1,959,360 days of c&rc of orphan^ and half orphans during the year, which was 88.6 per cent of the total days of care. Huge Sum Given The hospital and orphan sections of the Duke endowment have con tributed *5,779,608.06 to hospitals! and orphan homes In the Carolinas ; since the Duke endowment was es tablished on December 11, 1924. Of ;that amount, *4,968,103.95 went to hospitals and *3,366,496.95 was for free patients. The' remaining *1, 601,677-was for construction, equip ment, and purchase of hospitals. The orphan homes have received a total of $811,504.11 foi the care of orphans. Sheriff Gets Woman Measuring Up Booze Mary Thompson Carmthers, cjI ored woman of the Freedman sec tion of the city, termed by office is ns one of Shelby’s bootleg queens, had an unexpected caller Monday | night. The caller, who came In- the back door without knocking, was Sheriff Irvin M. Allen and as a re sult of the call Mary may do 12 months time. Sheriff Allen accompanied by Deputies Buren Dedmon, Ed Dixie and John Hord and Police Chief Poston and City Officer Olln Ham rick made a trip to the home. While the other officers approached the front Sheriff Allen eased around to’ the rear, where, he said, he looked in the window and saw Mary pour ing fluid from a half gallon jar into short pint bottles. When the knock at the front door came Mary ran there. Seeing officers at the front she ran back with the apparent in tention of hiding the Jar and du ties, but the sheriff had already stepped in and taken charge. The half gallon of booze, incidentally had filled the six "pints” with some left over. Mary had a suspended sentence of 12 months in Superior court on another charge and in county ecu’! last night she was given a six months sentence which will be s_ perceded by the year’s term if it Ir put into effect. Hoover Tops Roosevelt In Pathfinder Poll For This State; Daniels Votes t Straw Vote Shows President More Popular Than | Democrat. Many Picks. Washington, March 30.—Straw ballot friends are already busy. The Pathfinder, a 39-year-old Washing ton magazine, after a poll of 235,one voters announced today that Pre » ctont Hoover has a long lead, and Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, of New York, is second. North Caro lina is listed in the Hoover colfln But, Democrats, members of Ciu gress who keep close tab an their districts, assert that if the election .were heW tomorrow Mr. Hooter would lose the State bj at least 150.000, The Pathfinder poll gives Hoover -.675 in North Carolirta, and Rock yelt, 1,301. The only North Carolin ian voted for in the nation-wide poll was Mr. Josephus Daniels and he received 57 votes. Others receiving votes in North Carolina were: Speaker Garner; 315, Former Governor Alfred E. Smith, 192, Governor William H. Murray, of Oklahoma. 36; Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho, 9; Governor Al bert C. Ritchie, Maryland, 9; New ton D. Baker, secretary of war un der Presiderit Wilson, 93; Senator Johnson, of California, 15; former President Coolidge, 61; former vice president Dawes, 31; Governor Pinchot. 10; Senator Norris. 3; Thomas. Socialist. 5; James A. need . Missouri, 3; William Gibbs McAdoo 34: Senator Robinson of Arkansas, 11, and Oven D. Voting, !*• The 'athfinder was fairly accu rate in its straw-vote in 1928, and jtodav i' pointed with pride tn its ropnrri ..■.- ■■'»■■■■■> 1.1 _ - Combed for Eaglet _JLX_L. This map shorn the Dismal 8v district of Virginia. About 30 from Norfolk, the swamp, a he comb of waterways reeking mystery, is being combed by boa and planes in search of the lng Lindbergh baby, owing to belief that the child Is being he somewhere in the desolate ar Historic Kitty Hawk, where, Wright brothers paved the way Llndy's great exploit, is at right. Triangle Debate For High School Here Friday Mom Gastonia And Lincolnlen la Trian gle With Shelby High Debaters. The annual high schorl triangular debate, a State-wide affair, will jbe held Friday morning of this weak instead of at night as in bygone years. At 10:30 Friday morning, at the regular chapel hour, the Shelby af firmative team will meet the lAfe colntbn negative team in tire high school auditorium here. The Shelby affirmative is represented by Ed wina Gidney and CaieU MeSwain At the same hour the Shelby neg ative will meet the Gastonia af firmative at Gastonia The Shelby negative is represented by Esther Ann Quinn and Sara Louise Fall The question for ihe State-wide debate this year is: Resolved that the,. United States should adopt a system of compulsory unemployment Insurance.” New Ford Models Out On Thursday; Show Here Monday Prices Will Be Announced Thurs day, Says Mr. Rogers— No Cars Here All of the specifications of the new model,A Ford four-cylinder and the new eight-cylinder Ford cars will be announced Thursday morn ing at the Rogers Motors show room In Shelby and the new cars will be on display here possibly on Mon day, says Mr. Rogers. There were 2,000 dealers, sales men and service men in Charlotte yesterday to have the new cars ex plained and shown to them. Thirty cars were sent to dealers and as Mr. Rogers was 31st in line of the agencies he was unable to get a car for showing here tomorrow. How ever, pictures and specifications of the new Ford will be shown here and it Is expected that the actual showing of cars will be made in Shelby on Monday. Announcement will be made in a few days. Mr. Rogers says the improved Model A and the eight-cylinder cars are the same fexcept the engine. In other words the chasis and body types are the same for both cars and the four- %nd eight-cylinder engines are Interchangeable. It Is predicted that the full speed manufacture of the new model Fords will stimulate business throughout the country because of the immense amount of all kinds of raw material that goes Into tljeii manufacture. Some of the high, lights of the V-8 are 65-horsepower engine, vi barationless, rapid acceleration, low fuel consumption, automatic spark control, downdraft carburetor, 75 miles an hour speed, silent second gear, synchronized gear shift, large roomy bodies, safety glass wind shield, self-adjusting shock absorb ers and tranverse cantilever springs comfortable riding, low enter oi gravity,' rubber Insulated chassis engine rubber mounted. The public looks forward to the price announcement tomorrow and to the showing of tbp actual cars here about Monday. Shelby Native' InventsMethod OfTypeSetting Remarkable Invention In Charlotte Buford Grwa Invents New Device | That It rad* And Writes In Type. Married Shelby Olrl | j Buford Oreen, native of Shelby j has Invented a machine that Is do- i dared to be the mot outstanding Invention In the mechanical pro-} duction of a newspaper the coun try has witnessed in a decade. Mr. Green is a son of Charlie Green who lived In Shelby for] many years and plied the trade of a barber. The Inventor married Miss U>is Crowder, daughter of ; Mr. and Mrs. W. Yan Crowder. N Morgan street, They have been living In Charlotte about .20 year' or longer where Mr. Green had e position as linotype operator on the Charlotte Observer. Studied Many Year*. He began studying the possible ties for such a machine many years' ago—even before the linotype reached Its present modern devel opment, He studied and worked and during the experimental stages ol| his work, he collected a large | scientific library to aid him in his! research work. He spent all of fcls spare time and money and finally Mr. Curtis B. Johnson of The Charlotte Observer came to his rescue and helped him turn his dream Into a reality A demonstration of the clevis? was held in Charlotte on Monday with leading newspapermen ai.d type-setting machinciy manufac turers present to witness the ma chine produce six lines per min ute. Electric Typewriter Green’s Invention Is really two inventions. One of them, an electric typewriter, solved the problem of spacing which up until, now ha; hindered every effort at automatic linotype operation. On this machine the reporter or copy preparer writes the story. *SfreeEry under each letter Is $ symbol. A scale tells ex ; actly when a line 01 a given sire of type has been "written.” If the line has too few letters, a special key carries the carriage back, and CONTTNTIBD ON PAGE BICtHT I Try Answering These Can you answer 14 of these test | questions? Turn to page 2 for tnc ! answers. 1. What is the Congressional Rec ord? 2. What are words called that have the same spelling but differ ent meanings? t 3. How many square feet are there in an .acre? 4 4. What kind of health institution Is conducted at Carrville, La ? 5. In what country Is the river Marne? 6. Under the sovereignty of what nation was the land first settled by the Mormoms In Utah? 7. What European nation holds its national elections on Sunday? 8. .Who wrote "The Night Before Christmas”? 9. Who married Pocahontas? 10. What part of the country did Lewis and Clark explore? 11. What great religious teacher used the Aramaic language? 12. Of what disease did Andrew Jackson die? 13. What do the Initials U. S. S. R. signify? M.Under what president did Bain bridge Colby serve as secretary of state? 15. What is a hygrometer used for? 16. In what state Is Crater Lake National Park? 17. Of what baseball club Is Wal ter Johnson the manager? 18. Where is the American Mu seum of Natural History? 19. What part of Germany was occupied by Allied forces following the World war armistice? 20. What is the heaviest liquid ? Woman Not Fully Conscious Here In Period 220 Hours Mrs. Sarah Emery, injured In an auto accident in lower Cleveland Sunday afternoon a week ago, was still in a critical condition at the Shelby hospital today. She was entirely uncon scious for oTer 100 hoars and has been In a more or less an conscious state for 220 hoars. The woman was hart when she ran into the side of an an tomobile on Highway 18 in an attempt to keep her little daughter from being ctmct hr the pa.sstitf car At Easter Sunrise Service \monr the earliest risers on Ea.iter Sun lh\ morning *ere President »nd Mr*. Hoover, who are shown as they attended the sunrise services of the Grand Commander* of the Knights Templar of the District of Columbia. The services were held in the Arlington amphitheatre. The Rev. Dr. James Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the House of Repre sentatives, opened the services. At left of the President, above, ia Walter Newton, his secretary. Cut Auto Tag Price On Friday ****** Land Tax Sale In June; N.C.News Raleigh, March 30— Prices forj North Carolina automobile licenso plates will be reduced one-fourtli Friday, April 1, at the beginning of the second quarter, L, 8. Harris, di rector Of tt#e motor vehicle vureau said yesterday. Harris said he expected the re duction to. speed up the sale of plat es. Thus far this year total sales are about 310,000 pairs of plates, or about 35,000 behind Iasi year's sa'es to the same date. First Monday In Jane. Raleigh, March 30.-Sale of land for taxes must take place on .tfra | fries Monday lit 'Juste as provided »y Chapter 213. Public laws of 1937 Attorney General Dennis Q. Brum • mitt held Ip a letter to B. L. Fen tress, Guilford county attorney The ruling clears qp considerable confusion that has arisen over fax sales dates because the' 1931 legisla tion authorized postponement of the sales last year until not later than the first Monday hi November. The attorney -geneial pointed out that the authorization of delay con tained In Chapter 342 of the Puollc Laws of 1931 was limited to sa.s for the year of 1931, and that there is nothing in the statutes authoriz ing postponement of sales this yea \ Anne Cannon To Wed. Charlotte, March SO.—Mrs. Amu; Cannon Reynolds, whose recent Reno divorce from rimith Reynolds, scion of the Winston-Salem tobacco family, attracted nation-wide at tention .yesterday confirmed repo-is she is engaged to, Brandon Smith, Jr., son of Frank B. Smith, promi nent Charlotte hardware man. Mrs. Reynolds, who received a set tlement of more than $1,000,000 for her child in the divorce proceedings, and a daughter of J. A Cannon, one of the nation’s leading textile mag nates, was extremely reticent abou’ her approaching marriage, and de clined to reveal the date. Trying Solicitor Lexington, March 30. — Trial of defendants in one of the most stir ring tragedies in this county in re cent- years was opened yesterday afternoon in Davidison superior court when selection xof a Jury was started in the cose of George A. Yqunce and W. F. Brinkley, both facing charges of manslaughter In connection with the fatal shoot! ig Of Sheriff James A. Leonard on the j morning of February 5. | ■ Mr. Younce was solicitor of the twelfth district until he tendered his resignation to Governor Gardner soon after the tragedy. Brinkley la. a prominent member of the local bar. Cleveland Men Given Paroles Oscar Lee Elmore And Kumle New ton Freed By Governor. Officers AMr It. Oscar Lee Elmore and Romie Newton, who were convicted of breaking and entering and larcen" at the OdBber, 1931, term of Super ior court here, were paroled this week by Governor Gardner. The; were given from three to five yean in the State prison. In giving the paroles Governor Gardner said: "These prisoners, I *am Informed, have made good records during their confinement and I have be fore me requests from practically all of the county officials and numbers of the leading cltiaens asking that executive clemency be extended these young men now. The trial; solicitor, Hon. L. S. 8purllng hat; written a very strong letter in the it behalf, as has Mr. John B. Ram sey. the prosecuting witness. Eleven of the Jurors who heard the matter have likewise joined Ip the request "Acting upon the above recom mendation, I am this day granting! these prisoners a parole for the re mainder of their terms, under the supervision of the Superintendent of Public Welfare of Cleveland county, upon condition they be of good behavior «nd engage in gain ful employment. "I reserve the right to revoke thif parole at will, for any causee satis factory to myself and without evi dence.” New Kivanis Members Within recent weeks, five new member's have been added to toe roster of the Shelby Kiwanis club. Those who have joined during the month of March are D. Reid Jones Mason' L. Cttrrbll, Charles R. Esk ridge, Thad CT Ford and George Wray. This brings the membership of the club to about 55. Shelby Post-Office Addition May Be Hurried Along By Legion Efforts American Lffion Employment Group Thinks Federal Building Would Aid Idle. Raleigh, March 3fl.—The Ameri can Legion's employment commit tee In North Carolina will make an effort to get more than $6,700,011 in federal government buiding pro jects started in cities and towns oi the state to aid in the legion's fight on unemployment. Maj. Michael A. Perry, of Ra leigh, director of the Legion’s drt e in the state, tonight released fig ures on the federal projects pro vided him by the treasury depart ment The figures show that $4,475,000 has been authorized and appropr. ated for post office biddings In If cities in ihe state and that $3,356, ! lino..lias been allocateo without aor! propriation to 14 other cities ana towns. "There is no more opportune time for federal cppslruction than now,” Major Perry said, "with ma terials at the lowest prices thtjp have* been in years find wltii a great abundance of suitable labor No time should be lost In carrying out this program.” The treasury department figures show *4,475,000 authorized and ap preprinted. In this group is the Rutherfordton post office, alreaa.' darted, with an appropriation of 170,000 In the group with allocations but pot definite appropriations is Sb<*l y?" with $85,000. Mr. Sam Payseur who was injur 'd at the Tillman tierviee Stat-io; tbout two weeks ago. has sufficient v recovered to reran) to hts wori^ Negro And Son Get Sentences In Death Case . Oland Brooks Given 10 To 15 Years f »th*r Given Three To Five Trent For D*ath Of Young Negro. Continue Griffin Trial. Olnnd Brooks, negri youth of up per Cleveland, was sentenced from 10 to 15 years In State prison and Ills father, Pink Brooks, received r term of three* to five years In State prison In Superior court here yes terday on a manslaughter charg* The father and son pled guilty it inansaughter In connection with the I killing several weeks ago of Jease Hunt, 16-year-old colored boy. The sentences were Imposed by Judge P. A. McElroy after the manslaugh ter plea and a review of the evi dence. Hunt, according to testimony, was struck over the head with a piece of plank by the younger Broots following a controversy betweei Hunt and the father and son. The injured youth was brought to thr Shelby hospital, where he died sev eral days later. Title negro youcl and his father had no attorneys and Attorney Bynum E. Weathers was appointed by the court to defend them. After going over the cais with his clients Attorney Weathers entered the plea of gujty of man slaughter. The grand Jury bill charged "murder." The case took up a major portion of the corn" grind Tuesday. In Third Day. The court today was grinduag away on the third day’s docket of the term. Just before noon the cour* was still engaged in a Kings Moun tain breaking and entering case. The. defendants are Fred Rice arm Paul Johnson, the robber below charged with entering the Phoenix mill store at Kings Mountain anu the latter being charged with re receiving stolen goods. Continue MaiMlanghter ! The case against R. V. Griffin charged with manslaughter, was continued by consent. Griffin is the young Monroe man who was driving the truck and trailer wh*ch struck a man who Was driving a wagon Just west of Shelby some week* ago and instantly killed the aged negro driving the wagon. Barret Case (Jp The Barrett-Bridgee case from Waco may be reached in the coifct grind today, but possibly will not come up before Thursday. Tha is the case centering about the death of Max Barrett, Waco high school boy, on the day following an alleged drinking party. Boyd Barrett, Cart and Everett Bridges were said to be with him at the time of the drinking. Post Mor tems held after the youth's death In the hospital here failed to show any injuries that might’ have caused his death, yet charges against the three with him will be aired in court. The grand Jury failed to find a true bill against Ishinei Lemons and Buck Connor on a larceny charge and also failed to* And a true bill against, Montrose McDowell, col ored boy on a receiving charge. Sentences Imposed in other ca- es disposed of included the folflwlrtg 8tate vs. Marshall Grigg, public drunkenness; 39 days. State vs. George SheriU, viola tion prohibition law; six months. His First Miss That there has been a scarcity of crime in and about Shelby in recent months Is showng by the fact that this is the first Superior court term in the near 10 years that he has been on offioer in which Po'.loe Chief McBride Poston has not been a prosecuting witness In a single case. Clyde Ervin Speaks Here Thursday Night Clyde A. EiVin, superintendent 0/ Rutherford county schools and the new president of the North Caro lina Teachers association will be the principal speaker here Thurs day evening at the weekly lunch eon of the Kiwatils club. Prof. Er win is a native of the Waco sec tion of Cleveland county and is recognized as one of the leading educators in the state. The program Thursday night is in charge of t.»e local "automobile dealers. R. H Rogers, J. L. .Lackey and Hubs Cline. Brison Now With Champion Oil Co. Mr Hope Brison, totsser agent in this section for the Sinclair 013 company, is now wto tit* Champ ion Oil company. The latter firm with offices located or 8. Washing r>n street, is distributor for Chsn O-Co, * - . • if