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VOL. XXXVIII, No. 53 SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY. MAY 2, 1932 (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) "ii 8 PAGES TODAY By Mail pet mr, (in idvinect - $3 Carrier, wr I car. on adrasMt $3 (H tub market Cotton, Spot Cotton Seed, ton 6c Bi-i . *8.0' FairTuesday Today'-* North Cantina Weather Report: fair and sofewhat cooler tonight. Tuesday tair with rising temperature in west portion. California Vote* Washington, May ?2.—The frt< far-all contest for the Democrat.' presidential nominations swings *his week to California where on tomor row Franklin D. R m>s< velt, Alfred F.. Smitn and Speake- Garner will clash for 44 delegates and the tre mendous prestige that will go with victory. Another t4 Datrh of dele gates, a majority ot which are al most certain to line up behind the dominant Candida, v of Governor Roosevelt, will be named during the week in Alabama, South Dakota and Rhode Island. Daniel Speaker AtLadiesNight ForRotaryClab Enjoyable Event For Rotary Wive* Rotary Anns Guests of Husbands And Sweethearts In Annual Event Here. The annual Ladies night program of the Shelby Rotary Uub, held on Friday at the Hotel Charles, was one of the most enjoyable and most colorful since the organization of the club five years ago. The speaker was Dr. D. W. Daniel of Clemson college, one of the South’s most entertaining. after dinner speakers and in his talk he fully lived up to his reputation. The program proper was handled by Ned McGowan, president o u tem, who acted as toastmaster, and the speaker was introduced by President-elect Pat McBrayer. Contest Feature. An amusing feature of the even ing program of fun and frolic was a limerick contest in which Miss Montrose Mull one of the guests won the prize, the handsome floral centerpiece of the banquet table. In the customary gold prize draw ing for the Rotary Anns Mrs. Ben Gold won the $10 gold piece, Mrs. Carl Thompson the $5 and Mrs C. B. McBrayer the $2.50 piece. Other prizes were won by Mrs. Jack Dover and Mrs. Jack Dover ana Mis. C. L. Patterson. Han l ime corsages were given all the Rotary Anns and guests by Rotarlan Patterson and the club presented each guest with a silver compact bearing the Ro tary emblem. Mrs. Sara Thrift Buried Sunday Widow Of P. M. Thrill Dies at *5; 90 of Pneumonia. Buried at Pleasant Hill Funeral services were held at the Pleasant Hill Baptist church Sun day afternoon May 1, for Mrs. Sara Malinda Thrift who died at her home east of Shelby oil April 30. For the past week she had been suffering with double pneumonia. Mrs Thrift was born March 11, 1842 and died April 30, 1932. She was 90 years, one month and 19 clays old. She was twice married. First to Mr. Lambert Neill. To this union was born one daughter, Mrs. Sid McCox of Hendersonville. Her second marriage was to the P. M. Thrift, who preceded her to the grave 24 years ago. To this union were born 11 children, eight , of whom survive. Mrs, P. M. Thrift of Shelby; Mrs. Will Hollingsworth of Washington. Mrs. John Grey of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Thelston Frady of Pisgah Forest. Messrs Ilavid, Arthur and Allen Thrift, all 01 Shelby. Thirty-eight gTand chil dren and 42 great grandchildren al so survive. She joined the Methodist church at the age of 14 and 1b ter changed to a Baptist. She has been a mem ber of the Pleasant Hill church for 27 years. She lived a beautiful Christian life and attended church ■regularly as long as she was able. Mrs. Thrift was born in Transyl vania county but for the past few years had been making her home with her daughter, Mrs. P. M. Thrift and Mr. Thrift of this coun ty. She leaves a host of friends to mourn her death. The grandchildren and great grandchildren served as pall-bearers and flower girls. Postmaster* For 2 County Towns Named Appointment as r< strr.asters for two Cleveland counij towns were sent to the senate last week by President Hoover. Tty y were James S. Ware at Kings fountain and J'hotnas a. Keeter ac Grover. County Judge Resigns, Gets Out * Of Race; McBrayer Is Appointed Weather* Withdraw*; McBrayer Runs Judge WfathfHI Form* Partnership And Gives Up Public Office A surprising rte nopmfnt in the county political situation came about today v. hen County Judge .Maurice R. W fathers re signed a; recorder, effective at once, and at the same time withdrew from tit-.* primary con test as a candidate for re-elec tion. In legal circles, it is said, the move had been talked for sorrn time, but the announcement corne as a complete surprise to the gen eral public M< lirayer On Bench The resignation of Recorder Weathers was submitted to the county commission!:-.! when they met this morning, and since a big docket faced the m or ring session of court the commtssioms immediate ly appointed Attorne/ C. B. <Pat> McBrayer as recorder to fill out the eight months remaining of the Weathers term. In resigning as Judge, Attorney Weathers also announced that he would not be a candidate for re • election. This move left only two announced candidates in the race —Joseph Wright am James Clir.\ Soon after Mr. McBrayer was ap pointed Judge to coirplete the term the same attorneys who urged his appointment also urgea that he an nounce as a candidate in the pri mary next month for the office. He debated the matter during the morning and shortly after court ad journed at 1 o’clock this aft-ermxm he definitely made up his mind to announce as a candidate. Judge Weathers war, elected to the office two yea-s ago and has been generally considered as a pop ular Jurist. His decision to retire from public office and hot seek re election is due, he san: today, to the | belief that he has a larger field in i the prlv »te practice of law. At the same time it was onoificially learn ed that he would foil)' a law part nership w‘ih Attorney Horace Ken nedy. former county judge. The retiring Judge was elected to orfice two years ago and lacked eight months ox completing the term. He had announced to oticceed himseif and in political circles was, until today, considered as 1 aving a bright prospect oi being re nominated. The new recorder, Attorney Mo Brayer, is one of thr county’s bent | known attorneys. He has been in i active practice here for years and a numbe- of years ago served as mayor of Shelby. He was a candi date for solicitor of superior co irt three years ago and has been acti/e for many years in party affairs. He is also die newly elected president of the Shelby Rotary dub. Goes In Race Try Answering i Can you answer n oi mese test questions? Turn to page 2 for the answers. 1. What is General John J. Persh ing's army nickname? 2. Did Col. Chas. A. Lindbergh ev er graduate from college? 3. What is the masculine form of the name Patricia? 4. What queen of England had the longest reign? 5. What is specific gravity? 6. In what state is Mt. Ranier? 7. Who was called the George Washington of South America? 8. In whose administration did Carter Glass serve as secretary of the treasury? 9. In what city is Columbia uni versity'. 10. What name is given to a star that flares into great nrilliancy and then dies down? 11. What is a barracuda? 12. In classical mythology what was the rod borne by Hermes or Mercury called? 13. What state is represented in the senate by Pat Harrison? 14. Who was the mother of the Biblical character Samuel? 15. What is a rapier? 16. Has Switzerland a navy? 17. Which city in the U. S. is furthest south? 18. What two United States sen ators are blind? 19. In what county is the city of Alexandria. Va.? 20. What is the distance between home plate and first base? Speaks At trinity Memorial exercises were held at Trinity church Saturday afternoon and were attended by a Urge crowd. Attorney W Speight Beam, solicitor of the Cleveland county court, was the speaker New And Old County Judges A political move of a surprising nature developed just before noon to day when it was announced that .fudge Maurice R. Wfathers <1 *ft above) had resigned a* county recorder and withdrawn trom the con test for re-election. Jest after his resignation was handed the commis sioners they appointed Attorney Pat McBrajrer (right above) to fill out the term, and Mr. McBrayer followed up the two announcement with another saying that he would be a candidate for the office in the June primary. Petitions Circulated For Mull, Independent Sheriff’s Candidate Petitions are now being circulated over Cleveland county to legally.’ the entry into the county politlci'i contest of an independent candi date for sheriff, J. Cullen Mull. Some time ago Mr Mull, former Democrats worker, announced that he was considering running for sheriff as an independent. Confer ring with attorneys he learned tnat in order to an independent to get his name on a county ticket in this state he must have (.editions signed by 10 percent of the voters in the last gubernatorial race in this cour. ty. Approximately in,000 vote# were cast for Gardner ar,1 Sewell In Uve county m 1029, which means that around 1,000 people must sign the petitions in order for the independ ent candidate to enei the contest. Mr. Mull in discussing the Cir culation of the pe'JMons reminds that several attorneys have inter preted the law as allowing that a regular Democrat dees not lose party standing by supporting an In dependent. Just how many names are already on the petition co dd not be learned over the week-end Estimate That City Would Have $60,000 Additional Light Profit Red Cross School Opens Here Today Dr. Fenton Instructing Class Of 35 In First 4ld Work A 10-dav Red to; school for the purpose ol instruct' )? in first-aid treatment was opened in Shelby to day. The classes, taught by Dr. W. J. Fenton, Red Cross official of Wasn ington, are being hel din the youag peoples department of the First Baptist church at 'i c clock each aft ernoon and will continue through May 13. Thirty-five people are attending the classes They include picked workers fiom the textile plants of the city and countv. members of the fire department. Boy Scout organ ization and teachers Wenry B. Ed wards, county Red Cics schairman, said today that Dr Fenton would while here speak to the various ci"ic. clubs on Red Cross flrst-aid. Child Swallows Peanut A nd Dies Peeler Child Was Feeding Peanut To Sister When Sister Bit Her Finger Two year old Gl.’r.a Mae Peelvr was shelling and reding peanuts to her sister when the sister bit her finger, causing her to cry suddenly. The sudden shock i.om the bit*on finger, caused Glena Mae to cry ano in crying she swallowed a peanut which she was eating The peanut lodged m the wind ripe and dSft'L followed about two days later. The child was rushed to the Lin colnton nospital where an operation was performed but without success. Glena Mae was fh». daughter cf Mr and Mrs. Gold Peeler of tr.e Belwood section ani granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. L Feeler of thi, community. The children were at the home o: their parents when the accident j Happened New Electric Generating Plant Pro posal is Studied by City Council. An estimated additional profit of $60,000 would accrue to the city un der the new electric generating plant proposal was advanced by Engineer J. A. Jordan Friday night at a called meeting of the city council. Six Million Dollar Plant All members of the council were present, together with Mayor Mc CONTINTJRD ON PAUK EIGHT I Morris Out For Commissioner Pallston Minister And Farmer See'.s Position On County Board. J. D. Morris of Failston announced himself u Candida« for coun ,/ commissioner this incrning. His in try makes a contest among the board members, fo>- before his an nouncement there were only three candidates George Laitlmore, R. L. Weathers and Joe E Blanton—for the three positions Now that a fourth candidate har entered, ell names will go on the tfcket and the three high men will be the nomi nees. Mr. Morris says ‘v*mg and feel ing the imperative need of strict economy and at tht insistence of many friends and having a desire tc serve the citizens of Cleveland county to the best ol my ability, f hereby announce m”self a candi date for the office of commissioner of Cleveland county subject to the action of the Democratic prima. v June 4th.‘ Mr. Morris is a farmer and a Methodist Protestant minister Hi is well and favorab'v known. Several other candidates are in prospect and other announcements are expected to be m»de before the entries close. It a thought that since the four candidates now run ning are fanners, that one or two representing the m“-chants or btui ness gro jd will offer, Chiropractors Coming Tuesday For 3 Day Meet Founder Of Practice j To Speak Two Carolina* Ani Virginia To' Form A Tri-Statr Awoclallon In Shrlt>> The sixteenth am ual convention of the Nirth Carolina Chlropractois Association, Inc., as outlined by Dr. B. M. Jarrett, cl airman of tr.e program committee, will be held ft' the Hot,M Charles to Shelby Tues day, Wednesday and Thursday, the 3rd. 4th and 5th of May. The or ganization Is headed by the follow ing: Dr. E. I. Nott, Graham, presi dent, Dr F. R. Burris, Cherryvihe, vice president, and Dx 8. D. Cole man. Durham, secre ary-treaaurvr Dr. Jarrett who is host to ttx* state association Is president of district No. 5 and a t tamer member of the state board of directors. The state board ot Chlropracth examiners, composed of Dr. W H Olive of Southern Pines, President, Dr. H. H. Heh, of Gastonia, vlc‘ president; and Dr. C, Coa, of Dur ham, sec:-etary-trea,;t!ier, will meet on the 3rd at 9 a. m to conduct enr (examination for new applicants de siring to practice lr NoTth Caro lina. l>r. Palmer Ccmlng Hon. Clyde R. Hoey will welcon ’ the chiropractors to Shelby, In ar. address Wednesday at 9:30 a. m to which Dr. E. C. Brown of Durham, will respond. Following this the e will be a business session before e "get together luncheon” at 1 p. m at Hotel Charles. At 2:30 Dr. B. J. Falmer, presi dent of the Palmer -cbool of Chiro practic, of Davenport Iowa, will be - gin a series of lectures lntersper** ti throughout the convention or. "Etiology of Disease” in which var ious types of examination, both manual and instrumental will oe discussed. Dr. Palmer Is a speak' i of wide reputation naving lectured to both professional ».n«J civic clubs in practically every country In the world. Three States To Organise There will be representative chir opractors from Virginia and South Carolina, and a luncheon will bt given in their honor ^t Hotel Char les at 1 p. m. May 5, at which time the third district of the Noah Carolina association headed by Dr. iH. L. Williamson, of Raleigh, wui bring up the discussion of the ad visability of forming a trl-state as sociation embracing Virginia, South and North Caroltnas After the selection oi the meeting of the next annual '-invention and the installment of the newly elected officers, the convention will ad joum to attend a clinic held under the direction of Dr B. J. Palmet Banks Champion To Be Buried On Tuesday At Union Died This Morning of Cancer In Rutherford Hospital at Age 63. Three Children. V. Banks Champion, substantial farmer of the Union community ! and an outstanding •wit and ph“ ; osopher, died this morning at 3:30 o'clock in the Rutherford hospital where he had been a patient since January 17th Mr. Champion’s death was ex pected for he had been in a seri ous condition for over three months I suffering with intestinal cancer. He i was 63 years of age and was a son | of the late Israel Champion. Funeral services will be held on | Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock i at Union Baptist church where he j was a member, the funeral to be in charge of Rev. D. G. Washburn and others. Surviving are his wife, who before marriage was Irene Mc Entlre, and three children Vertle Champion of this county, Mrs. Frank Rinehart of Wilmington, Del., Barrett Champion of Ports mouth, Va. All memoers of his family were at his bedside when the end came. There Is rne 7-months old granddaugliter, Mary Frances Champion, two brothers. Grayson and Clayton Champion, two sisters, Mrs. Will Miller and Mrs. W. J. Powell. Mr. Champion was one of the | outstanding citizens of upper Clev eland. He was ati honest and in dustrious farmer, possessing a keen wit and a ready sense of humor .He loved a good joke, was well posted on public questions, was versatile in conversation and was the “life of the party” in a crowd He was kind hearted loyal and true and those who knew him loved nim and en joyed his sparkling companionship. j High-Flying County Girl Here Above are pictured Cleveland county'* two moat attractive contribu tion* to aviation—On the left, Mi»« Anne IlePrlest and on the right Mias Carrie DePrIest daughter* of Mr. and Mr*. Billy OePrieat. The family lived here notit a short time ago when other member* of tbe family muved to Washington to join the flying slater* who are host esses on the oaaaengi r transport plane* between Washington and New Volt. Mis* Carrie, whe has been up for over 500 hours, arrived In Shelby yesterday for a visit. She was accompanied by her brother, Billy, Jr. and the trip from Washington to Charlotte was made by air. County Girl, Airplane Hostess, On Visit With Relatives In Cleveland Shelby High’s l May Queen Hundreds of students Hi the Shel by school system celebrated May Day In the city park this afternoon when they crowned the handsome young girl above, Miss Drucilia Beach, as their May Queen. Miss Beach, charming and petite brun ette, was voted by her classmates as the most beau*'ful girl In the senior class and she automatically became the school’* May Queen. Her cornation was the opening Ma ture of a colorful May Day program which started at the high school athletic Held this afternoon at l;3l>. Scores ot children Horn all the schools In the cltv participated In the Interesting event Shelby Women To Attend Gathering Presbyterial Group Kings Mountain Presbyterian M«ls [ Tuesday And Wednesday At First j Church. Gastonia __ A delegation of Ladles front the Presbyterian church of Shelby will go to Gastonia Tuesday and Wed nesday for the annual spring meet inn of the Kings Mountain Pres byterian at the First Presbyterian church there. In addition to the regular meeting the session will also observe the 25th anniversary of the organization. An interest two-day program has oeen arrang ed. * Among the Shelby group plan ning to attend are Miss Mamie Cabiness, Mrs R. T LeGrand. Mrs. Harry Speck, Mrs. W. F- Mitchell. Mrs L. a. Gettys, j*rs J. O. Cor bett, Mrs. C. B Alexander. Mrs. H M, Loy, Mrs D. R. Yates. Mrs. R L. Ryb i.‘Vi. Mrs. F O O end others | Hill Carrie DePrleat In Shelby, ftliler, Anne, To Come On Visit Next Week. A Cleveland county girl who left a farm In the upper county%ect',)n to become a hostess on a passenger transport airplane arrived In Shel by yeste-day for a \isit with re'a tlves. She >s Miss Anne DePricit, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Billy De Prlest who now live *h Washington. Miss DePrlest cam; from Wash ington to Charlotte Ly plane aud was accompanied her young bro.tn er, Billy, Jr This week she Is the guest 6f Mrs. Evelyn Hoyle and Bill is visiting at the homo of his uncle, A. B. C. DePrlest.' A sister of Miss DePrlest, Anne, Is also an air host ess. She intended coming along yes terday, Dut had to remain on ‘he Job a few days longer because of the death of a relative of one of the other hostesses. She plans a vkdt Here next week. Flying Sisters The flying sisters have been fly ing for eight months, and have more time In the ai- than many allots. They have already attracted national notice. Carie (her nickname Is Coot) has ridden ihe planes up rnd down the line for 515 hours, and has made Hying more pleasant for thousands of passengers. In Air 300 Ilenrs Anne has been In the air more than 300 hours. Her total flytng time Is less than coot’s” because she is a combinatl ic ground and Hying Hostess, spenllng about hall Her time at the busy air terminal ot Washington alrooit In the capi tal. Their duties on 'he big planes consist of seeing i».at passengers are comfortable, answering ques tions, pointing out places of inter est on the route, serving refresh (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT.! Presbyterians To Hear Dr. White In Meeting This Week Dr. R. A. White Comes From Moooresville To Assist Rev. H. N. McDiarmid Rev. Dr. R. A. White arrived to from Mooresville to assist Rev. H. A. McDiarmid, pastor of the Pres byterian church in a revival meet inng which began yesterday. Mr. McDiarmid preached two strong sermons yesterday, his morning subject being "Meeting God". At the evening hour his sub ject was "The Unemployed". Dr White will preach twice daily all this week in the morning at 10 3'clock and in the evening at 8 a'clock. Dr White arrived this af ternoon and preaches hie first ser non here this evening. He is the ible pastor of the First Presbyterian •hurch at Mooresville and is a gift ed evangelist end consecrated n blister. 4 Major Portion Of County Tax Paid; Rush On No Decision About Advertising Tuple Nol Taken Up By Boar* Prior To Noon. As Much Paid Aa Usual If the delinquent 1831 taxes In Cleveland eounty are adver tised late this week or early next, aa required by Stale law. the amount advertised wlU not be any more,( If as mueh, aa In previous years. Last week and today witnessed some record ta*-paying at the court house here. More receipt* were torn from the tax book last than in any one week in many years. The amounts were not large but the to tal unpaid levy was considerably brought down and the rush con tinued today. . Only. *50.000 Left At noon today Sheriff , Irvin M. Allen said that only about *50.000 of the total *303,000 levy was un paid. In other words t little better than five-sixths of the full amount has been us id in. Reports have hoc it that more property would be ao<o for taxes this year than ever before. Such will r ot be the case as the un paid anount today tf 0,000 is *13 000 less than at ths ti~i« delinquent* were to be advert,Is d last year. The advertis'ng and sale w«re postponed however, until fall last year and at that time the unua ri amount wet *45,000 or only *6,000 less than tt if now. By the end of this week th» unpaid portion of tt. j levy is eg. pected to be well be'cw *50,000, o; about the customary uncollectab'e figure. Talk Adventsing At noon today the oounty com missioners In their regular month ly meeting had not got around tf a discussion of the tax advertising and sale. It was beiU-.ed that tht topic would be taken up this after noon. Some tat of the opinion that the board may take the matter in It* own hands run a risk of violating the law argl postpone advertis ng and sale of property until fall. This, however, it doubtful. There is no legal method by which the board can delay the sale. If delinquent property tax is poet.pm.ed. the co.tft ty might have to dig i.p some money somewhere should Urn state demand its portion of the tax for school op eration. Just how members of the board feel about, It is not known. They realize, of course, that tax paying is a hard preposition this year, but they renumber, too, that five of every six tax-piyer* have al ready paid their taxes and in a manner speaking it would be un fair to the five to irostpone now running a risk of law violation to do so. for the bencht of the sixth person. It is note3 also that ap proximately as much of the levy Is paid to date this vsar as In bygore years. By the time the tax list can be completed for publication Fridas or Monday it is like'v that the un paid tota1 will be be.ow normal. Sister Of John McKnight Dies Early Sunday Youngest Sister Of Shelby Whole sale Grocer Dies. Burled This Aftemom i Information was received here • yesterday of the death near Grecns I boro of Mrs. Nell McNairy, age 4t, j lister of Mr. John S. McKnight, 'prominent wholesale grocer. Ms McNairy died in -the Sternberger Children’s hospital at Greensboro after an illness of two days with pleurisy and pneumonia. Mrs. McNairy is suivlved by her husband. H. A. McNairy; one son J. E. McNairy, of Owensboro; three (laughters, Sarah, Mary Lake and Nell McNairy, of Uv. home; h"? brothers, Charles H. McNight, W A. McKnight, T. A. McKnight and R. S. McKnight, of Greensboro, ar.d J. S. McKnight, of Shelby; three sisters, Mrs. W. G. Wharton, Mrc. James Wilson and Mrs. Joe P. Phipps, at Greensboro A mem'oei of Buffa.c Presbyterian church. Mrs. McNairy was active in the religious life of het community. She was well known and highly re garded r hroughout ..his section. "Funeral services a ere conduct;.-1 at the home this afernoon at 4 o'clock by Rev. A. P Dickson, pas tor of Buffalo Presbyterian chure-v and Rev W. T. A’b-igbt, pastor of Muir’s (Methodist) rLapel. Inter ment fo* lowed in Puffalo ohuirn cemetery. J-:*;’
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