Itiudaitb tar 8 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXVIII, No. 55 SHELBY, JN. C. FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1932 (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) Br Mail per year, (to advance* - U.U Carrier, par rear, (to advancai 13.0a Late News THE MARKET Cotton, Spot .. 6c ni Cotton Seed, ton .*_ $8.1)0 Fair Saturday Today's North Carolina Weather Report: Fair tonight and Saturday. Tax List Monday Delinquent 1931 taxes for Cleve land county will be advertised in The Star Monday of next week pre paratory to the sale for unpaid taxes on Monday, June 8, The 1931 levy has been paid down to around ; 950,000 or less, or about the amount i that is advertised each year. Those 1 who intend to pay pri/ir to the ad vertising should do so this week to avoid the additional cost and the list is now being prepared for the printers. French President Shot By Assassin, Critically Hurt Paul Doumer 74-year-old President of France, was shot and critically wounded today by an assassin, 'recording to wire messages at noon. Along with members of his ministry President Doumer had gone to formally open a military ex hibition. The would- he killer, a Russian doctor, crept near him and fired five time;. Three bul - lets struck the president, two hitting him in the head. Re ports vary as to tm condition— one having it that neither bul let penetrated the brain and that ne will recover; another that he has died, while a third reported him in a dying con dition. The Russian was cap lured after he had shot Dou mer’s companion and a police officer. Twenty-One Oat For Office In County To Date Six Candidates For County Board Add Interest To That Contest With the primary a month off there are 21 Democratic candidates announced for eight county office* and chances are that three or fmtr others may enter before the filing period closes oh May 20. Six candidates nave announced for the three places on the county board of'commissioners, four can didates are out for sheriff, 4 for re corder, three for solicitor and two each for treasury and representa tive. Major interest, of course, centers in the race for sheriff but the entry! last week of several hew candidate:* for the county txfar-1 brought ad ditional interest to that contest, which appears to rank second. The six for places oh the board ate George E. R. Lattimore and R. L. Weathers, present members of the board; Joe E. Blanton J. D. Mor ns, Lester Herndon and Shuford Beam. All are well Known through - out the county and a close contest is anticipated. The contests for s ;!i cit-or and judge probably rank th> * in public interest. This has been the most active' week yet as far as the candidate! are concerned. Tin majority of them began the first, of the month to give a considerate portion al their time to activ* campaignng, and as a result considerably more political enthusiasm *s evident now than could be detected two weeks ago. Many still pel-eve, however that the June vote will not be un usually heavy. Cooking Expert To Hold Demonstration In Shelby Tuesday Mrs. Brownlee To Conduct Dem onstration At S. l\ U. Office Here. Mrs. Nell O. Brownlee, expert home economist, will conduct a cooking demonstration at the S P. U. office in Shelby Tuesday after noon at o’clock. She will demonstrate the cooking of a meal by controlled heat and other, items of interest to house waves. Women of the city and coun ty are invited to attend. Presbyterian Women Of Shelby Honored Mrs, Speck And Mrs. LeGrani Elected To Offices In PresbyteHal. At the Kings Mountain Presay iarial meeting in Gastonia this week twb members cf the Shelby Presbyterian church were elected to Presbyterial offices. Mrs. Harry Speck is now secretary of religious education and Mrs. si. T. LeGrand was named rhairm.n of district two. City Investigates Light Proposition Power Offered At LowerRate Mayor And Board Visit Salisbury And Are More favorably Inclined New. Mayor McMurry and members of the city council went to Salisbury yesterday to confer with Mayer Hedrick of that city with reference to the proposition »cue by Fisher, Blake and Co. to buuj a large pow er generation plant and supply eltv tric powrr to Piedmont Carolina cities at a lower rate than it nrw pay's. 30 Million In Piedmont A similar proposition to that made -Shelby has been made to tr.e cities in the Salisbury area and the Shelby officials went to gather what information they could from Mayor Hedrick who has made some inves tigation >1 the Fish-i. Blake prop osition and the finan- ia? backing oi the engineering firm which proposes to spend fifty million dollars in the Piedmont section in power generat ing plants. It is understood that the Shelby officials eot a favorable and en couraging report from Mayor Hed rick who has consulted engineers and made other investigations. Tho city of Salisbury has sighed Up to buy power at the m.eer rate under a thirty year contract and an agree ment has already been executed between the city and the Fisher, Blake Co. The proposition as submitted by Fisher. Blake is to build a power generating plant In the Shelby a.eu costing between six and eight mil lion dollars and furnish elec'-ic power to the cities at a rate of 1.13 per KWH as compa-ed with l.'M which the city is now paying. The city would have the privilege of re selling power to the industrial plants on which it could make a profit. The cities which would buy from the new comnu-.y would par ticipate to the extent of forty per cent in toe profits o* the generating plant. It has bee* pointed out tha power has been going up tor tfcft past 25 years, having advanced from .80 to 1.3d In this j«eriod. Mr. J. a Jordon representative of the Fisher, Blake Co »ys nearly all of the cities to which the prop osition has been presented have a-.t ed favorably or seem inclined to ac cept. No contract is rsked at this time, but a ninety day agreement to execute the contract for power if the representations of the Fisher, Blake Co. prove as represented up on thorough investigation. K&desh Memorial To Be On Sunday desh Methodist church Sunday. A Mothers day program will be given at ten o’clock by the Sunday school and the pastor R*v E. E. Snow will preach at 11 o'clock on the subject "In My Father’s House Are Many Mansions.” There will be no services held in the afternoon but after the 11 o'clock service all will join together in a picnic dinner on the grounds of the church. Go Fishing Or Be Struck By Lightning Thursday was ascension da# among the colored people of thi Double Shoals community, writes The Star’s correspondent. The colored people in that com • m unity, if at all possible, go fishing in celebration of It. They say "better not woik today for if you do the lightning will strike the field in which you work. ’ Shelby Graduates Of ’31 Had Record Above N. C. Average Senior* Of Last Year In Examina tion Ranked 12 Feirent Above Average. Every ; pring the colleges of North Carolina Ip cooperation with le state department of education give an examination to all seniors In all North Caiolina high schools. Tul examination usually rovers all the subjects studied duilng the four years the seniors have been in high school. The examination is objec tive; it car be accurately graded or scored. The paper* are graded by the bureau of educational research of the University of Nrrth Carolina The examination v.rves two pur poses: Pi'-st, the coil-.'ges have a re liable index of the educational back ground of the fresnmen who enter college; arid second each high school has a measure for compari son with other high schools as to the achievement of its pupils and in general the efficiency cf the school. A reoort of the scores made bj the senior class of 1931 has been ro ceived hv the principal of the loca. high school. This report shows that the average score of ell seniors in all North Carolina high schools was 79, and that the ave age score made by the seniors in the Shelby school was 89. The average score of the Shelby seniors is 12 6 per cent above the state arverage. Sixty-five per cent of the Shelby seniors made a score hl»oer than tfc>* state average. The record of the class of 1931 is probablv better than the record of any other class graduated from the local high school. Following are the average scores of the last five class?* the average 'score of all seniors in North Caro lina. and the per cent above or be low the state average of each class ■Year 1931 1930 1929 1928 F/ielby Aver. 89 66.2 68.2 78.7 State Aver Percent 79 12.6 Above 70 5.4 below 67.1 1.6 above 82.9 5.0 below 1927 P1.5 98.0 6.0 below There were thirty-one boys tn this class. The follow .jig five rank ed the highest: William Ingram Felix Gee, jr., James McSwain, John McBrayar and John livln, jr. Of the forty-six girls graduated last spri 'g the following five -arged the high est: Sarah Thompson Mae Latti more. Frances Carver Louise Mili“r and Mary Frances Kendrick. Sara Thompson with a scoie of 137 lead the class; she was iollowed closely for second place oy William In gram with a score of *13o. DePriest Opens His Headquarters Office Republican Candidate For Senate Nomination Has Office In Efird Building. | George W. DePriest. candidate for the Republican nomination to the United States senate. this week opened a campaign office on the [second floor of the Efird building ion South LaFayette street. Mr. DePriest said the opening of his office and continued tours o^er the stae furnished enough answer to the rumors of opporents that he intended to withdraw from the race. He has made trips this week into several sections of the state and finds, he says, strong support I in all sections. Believe “Made-In-Carolina” Week Will Boost Trade Throughout State Increased Sales Of North Carolina Made Goods Will Aid Business, Harrelson Believes. Raleigh, May 6.—The "Made-la? North Carolina” progiam, to be ob served the week of May 16 to 21 offers an opportunity to help re lieve the unemployment situation in the stat» Colonel J. W. Harrelson, director of the department of con servation and development thinks North Carolina-made goods of all varieties will be featured during the week by retail merchandising firms, and the public is being urged to yisit and make a special study of these displays. The effect of Increased sales of North Carolina-made products, if the movement has as wldespreai observance as is hoped, cannot fail to benefit, either diitctly or indi f rectly the entire state Colonel Har relson pointed out. “Increased sales of North Caro lina-made goods.” ne said. "will help to place more money In cir culation, thereby improving busi ness in general. This will enable the merchant to employ more sales men and to the extent that the sale of North Carolina products is stimulated will speed up industries, thereby furnishing added labor for industrial workers. “When North Carolinians be come sold On the products of their own factories and mills, they in turn will become salesmen for these same products elsewhere, we have had some specific examples where the benefits of the movement have been reflected directly in greater activity for factories and mills. The potentialties of the movement are limited only by the interest wiin which It is received Heads Bankers Forrest Eskridge (above), cashier of the First National and Union Trust company, of Shelby was yesterday elected first vice-president of the North Carolina Banker's associa tion at the Pinehurst convention This means, that following the pre cedent of the assoafition, hr vril' become president nnl year. Shelby Banker Vice President Of State Group R. N. Pt|f Klefled President W'Ui Forrest Eskridge. Taking Second Office Pinehursl, May t> -Clarence T. Lelnbach, of Winston-Salem, .yes terday was named toil a vice pc, si de nt of Die North Carolina Bank ers associsiion, whch under pre cedent, rdaces him in the line cf succession lor the presidency three years hence. Forrest Eskridge of Shelby, was president and Millard F. Jones, of Rocky Mount, became second vr>: president. They will become presi dent in turn. R. M. Har.es of Winston-Salem retiring ^resident outlining proo lems of the past vea - in his annual report, predicted the worst of bus' ness conditions are past and urged sounder banking principles. Julian 8 Miller, rr’itor of Char lotte News held his several hundred listeners closely attentive as he urg ed reduction in cost ol government restoration of civic consciousness business Instead of political leader ship in government end return to the true principles of democracy. Judge Adam* Speaks The convention went on record as favoring service charges for all banks after hearing Judge Jun.us G. Adams of Asheville, speak on the subject, and after many small banks reported ser/'ce charges had meant the difference' between loss and profit to them -n 1931. Try Answering Can you answer 14 of these test questions? Turn to page 2 for the answers. 1. What engineer designed the Brooklyn bridge? 2. Historically, which Is older, the violin or the harp? 3. What title did Oliver Cromwell assume? 4. In what city was the Tunnev Heeney fight? 5. How old is Mary Bickford 6. Who was Ichabod Crane? 7. How long is a decade? 8. Does the D. S. coin one dollar gold pieces? 9. Who was John Fox, Jr.? 10. Who is Jimmy Foxx? 11. What Chinese province was in vaded by Japan? 12. In what group of Pacific Is lands is Tahiti located? 13. What discovery was made by William Konrad Roentgen? 14. What is Gosplan? 15. Who is Albert Ritchie? 16. On what party ticket did Eu gene V. Bebs run for President? 17. What allowance does the Pres ident of the U. 8. have for travel? 18. What sort of coat is nick named ••clawhammer?" 19. When did the military gover nor of Paris commandeer all taxi cabs to get troop* to the front? 20. Who wrote “uneasy lies the bead that wears % crown?” Mr. Delmar Prop.t, son of Mr and Mrs. E. L. Pr>pst of Belwood. Spiled Monday at the Chlllicoth? business college, in CMllicothe, Mis souri. ' fei the complete busin-ss course Building Here Takes A Spurt, Produces Jobs New Homes, Repair Jobs Provide Work Nomrrou* llttien* Takr Advantage Of Ixiw PHofi To Do Hrmod rllinr. Rpoatrs. A spring building spurt, which Includes the erection cl a half do* en or more hones, a ware home addition, and nmodrlling and im pair work in a score of homes am business buildings, has given She* by contractors and carpenters mon dork during the last two or three weeks than they have had in more than a year. The capacity of Uie Shelby bond ed warehouse is being increased to 12,000 bates from a i0,000-baie can acity, and minor repairs and addi tions are being made In aeveitd other business houses. Two or throe handsome residences are unde erection or are just Udng complet ed, and four or five other rnedlum tited residences are under con truction. The majority of Uit work, how ever, consists of it pairs and adi' tions to numerous -esldenccs, and dune a number are being painted Building material plants report better sales for tire last week or so than in many months, indicating that many Shelby citizens are tak ing advantage of the low price ot building material and labor to make necessary repairs and additions. As a result vome carpenters and work ers who have been out of work foT months are now employed. Civic ciub officials are consider ing the support of a movement to encourage still further building and remodelling. It Is pointed out that additions and remodelling work can be done now cheapet than at any time since before the World war, and all citizens who are consider ing remodelling and making repairs about their homes any time socr. are urged to do so during tne spring months to help relieve the unemployment situation. A pro gram of building anti repair work te-'WOU^«t give laaployment to Irs, carpenters ard masons of the city would do much to stimu late general business activity. Miss Leaks Injured, Companion Is Killed Former Shelby Nurse In Ante Ac cident At High Point, Miss Russell Dead. Miss Verta Leake former grad uate nurse of Shelby, was injured in a recent auto accident at High Point in which her companion, another nurse, Miss Marie Russell, 24, was fatally Injured, The accident hapoened last Fri day and Miss Russel! cited of her injuries this week Dr. W. A Shackleton and Miss Leake were occupants of the wrecked car and both were injured, put neither ser iously. i Kendrick WUl Not Withdraw, He Says Bob Kendrick has no intention of ; withdrawing from the race for con i' stable of No. 8 township he said to i day. "A report has been scattered," the : veteran officer said, “that I am i planning to withdraw as a candi ! date for constable. I Intend to re j main in the race until the end and I do not wish for my friends to be fooled by such wild rumors.” Mr. Kendrick and Pink Lackey, former candidate for sheriff, are contesting for the office. Gardner Will Speak On National Hook-Up Raleigh, May 6.—Gov. O. Max Gardner went to New York last night to speak to the municipal bond club there today and over a nation-wide radio nook-up of the Columbia Broadcasting system at 9:15 Eastern Standard time Sat urday night. The chief executive will discuss the “local government act of North Carolina’’ before the bond club and will talk on "Retrenchment and Reform in State Government” over the radio hook-up if some 80 sta tions. Wash-Pot Fire Get* Fire Truck* Rolling A fire under a wash-pot brought out two of the Shelby fir* trucks around 7 o’clock this morning. A resident of McBrayer street had built a fire under her wash-pot. It made considerable smoke and a neighbor turned in the alarm that brought out the trucks Capone “Taken For Ride” By U. S. Al Cipont hi custody of United State* Marshal Henry C. W. Laudcn heiifter as the former kin* of underworld left Chleaco for Atlanta Fed eral Penitentiary. Picture was made aboard train by International Il lustrated. Involve Gaston Means In Kidnapping Charge Former North Carolinian Alleged■ To Hare Taken $100,000 To Get Dal);, Washington, M%y rt.—The versa tile Gaston B. Mean.- busy in tlmeb of peace and war. acquitted of a murder charge in North Carolina, must now face the charge of lai jceny after trust of il&O.OOO suppos i*d raniwn. totJtmJJt dbastfMwby. I Unable to post bond of $100,000, Means war placed in the district jail yesterday. The money was given to Means by Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, wife of Edward B. McLean millionaire Washington publish©! District At torney I*o A. Rover said. In March, a week 11 so after the baby was kidnaped fngn the Lind bergh home at Hopewell, N. J.. Means allegedly represented to Mrs McLean that he had contacts w'tf.j the child stealers. Gave Her Money Mrs. McLean gave him $100,000 of her own money, It WcS charged, for him to pa> as ransom for the ch'Jd. Since that time, he has been “stall • ing" her concerning the child, It was said. When Means was a ranged before Commissioner Turnagc yesterday for a continuance of the prelimin ary hearing until Tuesday. His re quest was granted and the com missioner fixed the tend at $100, 000. Means was arrested at 2:20 p. m. at Massachusetts and Rhode Is land avenues, northwest, by Rob ert P. Burruss. special Investigator (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT.( County Men Attend Sale Of Guernsey* R. W. Shoffner, farm agent, Di J. S. Dorton, fair secretary ami around 13 Cleveland farmers at tended the State Guernsey sale at Morgantorr yesterday Five fine Guernsey cows were purchased by P. M. Neisler of Kincs Mountain. Norris, G. 0. P. Senator, Backs Roosevelt Now Opposed Hoover In 103* And Op* i ^ pm Him Now Bmw* Of Record. Washington. Ma? 6.—Senator Norris, Republican, Nebraska, sale last night he would not supoort President Hoover’s re-election out would throw his strength behind Franklin D. Roosevcn if the Derio cratic purty nominates the New York governor. Norris. who boiled the Hoover standard In 1938 to support Alfred E. Smith, said the president “nas not done anything ne said he *a3 going to do.” The Nebraska insurgent Republi can spoke after being told that Senator Long, Democrat, Louisiana, had quoted him as advising that thn Democrats nominate Roosevelt and urging that the Louisiana delegation to the Chicago convention cast its votes for the leading Democratic candidate. "Senator Long saw me before he went away,” Norris said, "and ex pressed the opinion that the only hope of the country was for the Democrats to nominate Roosevelt. "That would be the best way out I did not support President Hoo ver before and I don't expect tc support nim now. "History has demm^trated that I was right in opposing him four years ago. He has vot done any thing he said he war going to do.” Banks Will Closed In Shelby Tuesday Tuesday. May to, Is Southern Memorial day and a!' banks in Shel by will be closed for the day, it was announced this morning. Gov. Gardner Proposes That Idle Be Employed InRaising Winter Food Unemployed Labor Should Be .l -std On Idle Land To Grow Food. Raleigh. May 6.—Gov. O. Mix Gardner this week proposed that •unemployed labor < will do so” Convention Of Chiropractors Closed Thursday Tri-State Group Formed Here Ur. Kosterman, Of Fajetterille, President State Group. Palmer Addresae* Clnha. The annual con vet i Jon of the North Carolina Chiropractors as sociation closed here ' esterday aft ernoon following a clinic put on by Dr. B. J. Palmer. The final day's session was fea tured by reports jf district activi ties. the forming of a tri-state or ganization, and a hir.cheon event, staged by the Kiwanls, rotary and Lions clubs, at which the visiting chiropractors were guests. In Wednesday’s season Goldsboro was selected for the convention next year- and the following os extended a cordially in vitation w the service tonighj *m Saturday night and in two servfc&a Sunday