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-- ■ m 8 PAGES TODAY By ^Jall per j#»r, itn advaneci - 12 63 Carrier, per tear, un advance* 83 flo Late News THE MARKEl < olton, Spot .. 5<ijC up Cotton Seed, ton , .. ... !>8 iikJ Showers Thursday Today's North Carolina Weather Report: Mostly cloudy and probably occasional showers tonight and Thursday. Slowly rising tempera ture Thursday in interior and south portion. Bulwinkle Here --_____-1 Major A, L. Bulwinkle, of Gas tonia, congressman for this district. ; was in Shelhv for a short time to- I day visiting friends and acquaint- j anres. Congressman Bulwinkle says; that the dissatisfaction with the Hoover administration is very evi- i dent in the eapltol. and In his opinion the Democrats will send a leader into the White House in November. He believes that man will be Franklin D. Roosevelt. Only Twelve Of Confederate Vets At Dinner Here Thin Gray Cine Almost Vanished. C. D. C. Gives Animal Tribute. Only a-feeble few remain of the scores of boys in pray who marched away from Cleveland county in ’65 to fight with Lee and Jackson be neath the Stars and Bars Not so many years ago near a hundred veterans of Uie immortal thin gray line assembled in Shelby once each year for the dinner given them by the United Daughters oi the Confederacy. But this year when Memorial Day. May 10th. came around yesterday only a doz en veterans were present. The twelve, end the five widows of veterans who were also present, enjoyed their brief reunion together at the memorial services at the First Baptist church. But yesterday at intervals the eyes in the faces lined with the passing years looked more ahead than Into the past, for more of their pals ar.' already in the final encampment than remain alive. In just a few more years they seemed to realize, the thin gray line would be only a memory and their gallantry a bright spot in his tory left behind by those no longer living. There was little formality to the annual dinner, just a simple wel coming and entertainment of the 12 veterans, the five widows and the special guests and visitors. The program opened with a song. “'On ward Christian Soldiers.” This was followed by a prayer offered by Rev. D F. Putnam, and a short welcome was extended by Dr. Zeno Wall. Rush Hamrick, Horace Fasom. E. B. Hill and Mai Spangler fo-med a quartet in two special songs and a presentation of medals was made to Paul ard Tom Abernethy and Mrs Frank Hoyle by Mrs. Rush Stroup Miss Carobel Lever gave a humorous reading and after an invocation by Rev. H N. McDiarmid, Presbyter ian pastor, the annual dinner wa§ served. Mr. J. M. Walker was the oldest veteran present and was awarded the year's subscription to The Star. Sankey Mauney Enters Race For Commissioner Farmer Of Zion SerUnn Becomes A Candidate For The First Time In Lire, Sankey S. Mauntj, prominent farmer of the Zion community, let it be known today that he is a can didate for county commissioner Mr. Mauney has oeen urged b; farmers and business men for sev eral weeks to enter the race but he did not get the consent of his mind until yesterday. He is the son of the late Marcus M. Mauney and is vodeiy connected in the county. For 14 years he taught school and at one time when the county board of education was in creased to seven members, he wa elected without his knowledge but could not qualify because he haci engaged himself to teach s^ioni that year and this cebarred him. Later the number on the board was reduced «.t a special session of the legislature. He has never sought o: filled a public office Mr. Mauney is a farmer and in timately conversant with the needs of the county. He announced no platform other than say “I am In favor of an economical and con servative administration and if elected, will endeavor to work to this end." Mrs. Everett Houser goes to New York City today to visit Mr. Houser who Is located with the K & S. Trucking company office there. Mr. John Anthony end Miss Gladys Angel spent the past week end in Chapel Hill where they visit ed friends. Cline Not To Accept1 Re-appointment When His Term Ends Dec. 1 Says Hr will Terminate His Work A* Auditor When His Term A* Commissioner Ends. A. E. ( line, chairman of the county board of commissioners at.W county accountant, won’t be a candidate to succeed him self, it was learned this morn ing when The Star reporter sat down at his desk and began asking him how future county problems might be handled, problems such as revaluation, ! further salary reductions arM the agitation that certain of fices he abolished. The announcement that Mr. Cline j, will retire from public office when; his present term expires the first j Monday in December, comes as quite a surprise and certainly with a tinge of regret to those who have ! appreciated his business-like ad ministration Comes As A Surprise. Mr. Cline as a citizen will of; course be keenly interested in the j welfare of the county when his term, of office expires, but he declines to j discuss problems that other minds | will have to solve in their own way. Said he. "First. I want to public-: lv thank all of the people of our, eouiity for the support and cooper- j ation they have given me during the j past 11 years, during which time I ! have endeavored to serve them as p member oi the Board of Comm is - ! sioners and for the past 5 years as' County Accountant and Financial Officer. 1 am truly mindful of the,' fact that without the loyal support i and cooperation that I receded from the citizens of our county during this time the task would, have been much harder. I am in deed thankful to every one for every bit of support given me. “We are all proud of our coun-! ty's record, and we have a right to i bo. Auditor Arid Supervisor. "Among the various county activi ties is the revaluation of all real estate. The county accountant, un der the new County law, being tax supervisor and the tax supervisor being expected to start his work by: ■January 1st, 1033. it seems to me i ■ CONTINUED ON CAGE tIOHl l j Morgan Talk* Here English Playwright - j Literary people of Shelby have a treat in store for Saturday evening i of this week when Wilbur K. Morg- , an. of the Southern Workshop, Asheville, comes liene for a lecture.; Mr. Morgan, brought here under j the auspices of the Contemporary j Book Club, will give a lecture on I Barry, famous English playwright j and will read one of the Barry • plays. The public is cordially invit- j ed to hear Mr. Morgan and there will be no admission charge, Auxiliary Official Here Tuesday, 24th Mrs. Hugh W. Perry, department al president of the American Legion Auxiliary, will be in Shelby for aj meeting of the local Legion Auxil-; iary on Tuesday, May 24, it is an- I nounced. A meeting of the local1 Auxiliary scheduled for Friday of j this week has been postponed until ] the 24th, the date when Mrs. Perry! will be here. South Shelby School Ranks In First Place AUrndaiur Is Best lucre, Bring 'll Frrfeot IVtlh Marion 8 econo. During the eighth month ol tl city schools, South Shelby scho. ranked highest in -i(tendance, ha ing a rating of 94 per cent of per feet, according to figures compiler this morning in the olfice of Sup erintendent B. L. Smith. Marie, school ranks second highest In at tendance. The attendance sending of ih< ; city Schools is as io!tws School Enroll. :*r'. South Shtlby . 542 9* 0' Marion 440 93 l'1 Jefferson.„■ . 414 921: taPayette . 293 92.9 High School . __ .. 523 90.21 Washington . 266 81" Graham 0 368 W.Oi Colored Schools High school . . 125 Zoar * ..... 69 ■*;.( Elementary, . _ 460 912 Totaj . 3,500 9*’ Rust Is Damaging Wheat In County Observant Farmer Says Rust Is Worst Hr Has IVn Seen In County Rust is doing co 'derablc dam age to wheat in the county, said a prominent farmer of upper Clevi land in the city yesu' day. On Sun day this lanner waisitii through h r. fields and when he got home *;-* found his overalls covered with int red rust well up abc*-e his knees When asked if the, rust is gener al, he (saiu he noticed t in the when', fields all along the highway con - ing to town, and tha he looks for it to reduce the wheat field con siderably The warm damp weaii. er Is given as the rau.se for tit-’ prevalence of so much rust Wheel fields look green and luxuriant, out when one gets into the fields, the rust is found to be playing havoc Three Boy Children At Shelby Hosoital It is a season for boys at the Shelby Hospital maternity ward. Girls, it seems, are tabooed. There were three new arrivals and they are all boys Mr. and Mrs. Ladd Hamrick ol Boiling Springs have a son born Monday morning. It has been named Harvey Bly. Be! ore marri age Mrs. Hamrick was Miss Rebec ca Ritch. Attorney and Mrs. Horace Ken nedy have their first born. John Joseph Kennedy who arrived Fri day. Before marriage Mrs. Ken nedy was Miss Vera Mull. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Hardin on Saturday morning. He has been named C. Dwydell Hardin. Jr. Mrs. Hardin is a sister of Mrs. Hal P Whisnant of this place. Albert Lebrun, 60, Son Of Farmer, Succeeds Doumer As President New President. Like Hoover, Is Mining: Engineer, Little Op position To Him. Paiis, May 11.—France gained s president yesterday and lost a premier. Albert Francois Lebrun, 60 years old, the non of a farmer, was elect ed president of the republic by an overwhelming majority of the sen ate and chamber oi deputies. Like President Hoover, he is a mining engineer. On his ray back to' Paris from Versailles M. Lebrun received the resignation of the ministry headed by Andre Tardieu. At the request of the president, M. Tadieu said he would remain in office on the un derstanding that a new cabinet would be formed by June 4 at tn? latest. The new chamber of depu ties meets June 1. As soon as the colorful election ceremony was completed at Ver sailles, .Premier Tardieu turned over he executive powers to the n*v> head of me state. Then M. Lebrun I hastened to Elysee polace in Pari . I where he bowed before the bier otj Paul Dounier, his assassinated preri-1 ecessor. After expressing e< udolences -oj Mme. Doumer, the new presidor 1 i went to the tomb of the unknown | soldier at the Are rle Triompiie where he placed a wreath. Hi-1 route was lined with cheering crowds. Then he went to his Luxembourg palace where he was inducted a., grand master of the legion of hon or. Has No Opposition, There was virtually no opposition in the joint senate and chamber session to the brisk little mar. whose service as president of the senate had put him in line for the most highly prizes! gift of the French people. He received 633 ou„ of 167 vo.i-s cast. Paul Faure. prr rninent social ist* won 114; 12 ba’lots were cast blank. i Not After Job • A. r. ( lino (above) for year* Xu. mull of the Cleveland county board of commissioners and for ■cveral years county manager, ha* announced he vs ill not be a candi date for reappointment as county manager. During his term in office he inaugurated and worked out a system that gave Cleveland county considerable publicity as the best managed county in the Stale tviih the second lowest tax rate. He has frequently been mentioned over the State, due to his knowledge of local government and public finance, a* a prospective candidate for State Auditor or tax corrnnl-'MOner Mayor Proclaims Poppy Day Here Saturday. .May 28, Will Be Poppy Day In City, Proclamation By Mayor. Urging that every citizen in Shel by wear a poppy on Poppy Day. Mayor S. A McMurry today pro claimed Saturday, Mav 28. as of ficial Poppy Day here. His procla mation follows t • Recognizing that victory for Am erica in the World War was pur chased At a frightful cost in lives and suffering, and that the citizens of Shelby together with all Other citizens of our country, owe a last ing debt of gratitude to those who sacrificed life and health to make that victory passible, X deem it fit ting that the citizens of our city should once each year honor the dead and aid the livin'? by wearing the Memorial Poppy of the Ameri can Legion and the American Le gion Auxiliary. “On Saturday, May 28, the women of the American Legion Auxiliary. working as volunteers, will ofler to the people, of Shelby paper poppies made by disabled World W'ar vet erans in replica of the wild poppies which bloomed on t-he battle field of F’rance and Belgium. The poppy is recognized throughout the world as the symbol of World War sacri fice, All contributions made for the flcwer are expended for the welfare of the living victims of the war Wearing the poppy performs the dual purpose of paying tribute to the dead and contributing to the dead and contributing to the wel fare of the living. “Now, therefore. I. S A McMurry mayor of the City of Shelby, do hereby proclaim Saturday. May 28 Poppy Day. “I urge that all citizens of Shelby observe this day by the wearing of a veterar.-macle Ame-ican Legion and American Legion Auxiliary pop py. I further urge that the citizens of our city, who gave so gallantly of their services and so liberally o! their substance during the war. re member on this day those who were called upon to give that irrepfacablt treasure, their health and strength and when purchasing a poppy be as generous as their meani will permit in order that the women of the Auxiliary may continue their work of mercy and relief during the com ing year ” Hamlet To Be Shown At Junior College The literary societies- of Boilir'!- j Springs tunior college are prtFsern ; ing Shakespeare's greatest tragedy r •'Hamlet, as their commencement j play in the college auditorium Tues day, May 17 at 8 p. m. This play 1 being coached by Joseph Selman at j the Avon Players and is aided n the production by hi} brother, Har old and son. Robert and 30 Idea,, college students. O's ing to the grea. success of th« ; Merchant of Venice lest year, it !> the privilege of the college to ha t j this great product i ui given ot.' their camous. Repeat Denial Of Offer Made For Baby Here Federal Investigator j Reported Here Concord M;in Sav* llr *ml Woman! ' Isitcd I indbf rgn "liottble" Otil Of C»rtiitlty,< Federal and loeil . CMcials hav: ‘■ached 'hr conr.l’don, After tvu; day* investigation. 'hat the vi. here Sunday pi * Concord couple had nothing to do with the char -"; attain.** Gaston M ■ who u at-1 leged to have accepted SlOliOOO pi ‘ the promise tn retur . the kidnapped t Lindbergu baby, .lot Fisher and1 Miss Frances Hill Concord re.,, j dents, visited Shelve Sunday ant. j went to uif home vf Victor Canty to see his adopted b, tv, which i" sembles the Lindbergh boy. Rumor from that visit started an invvs.l- | gat ion. Department of justice officials in Washington heard of tlie visit, bit* attached little importance to it They did, however, notify invest)* gators, now said to be in Concb.'d. of the ■ .sit. Yesterday there was a rumor that a fed rat Investigate!’ was here to check tip on the Shear end of me matter, l tit this rep it could hot. be verified Camp Ila* Moved Worried about, th. Interest iri tering about thou blond-hatred adopted son. the Camp.*' have mov ed from »hc!r- suburban home niujr the filling tuition the.' operated jurt across the Hopper oa-k bridge, in north Shelby, hast night, it wie learned they had secured rooms ir uptown Shelby and had moved from their somewhat isolated tu rner home From Concord ye.,. , i tlay came a Second denial that the Concc d man and woman had offered $53 - 000 for the Lindbergh "double" in Shelby, The Concord Tribune story | follows "Statements made Monday morn ing by Miss Frances Hill concern | ing a trip she and Joe P. Ftsoer made, to Shelby Sunday to see th* adopted child of Mr and Mrs. Vie I iKTINt'KTj ON <"AOE KKiltl Red Cross Instructor Tells Value Of First Aid For Injured. Ur W j Fenton, now conducting ing a Red Cross first-aid school in Shelby, was the principal speaker at last nighty meeting of the Lions club. Dr. Fenton explained practical first-aid treatment that should be given in case of injury or sudden illness until a physician could be secured or until the patient could be taken to a hospital- He also out lined the value of first-aid and how lives are saved or serious after maths prevented by such treatment The program was in charge ot Lion Charles Dover od the speakei w as introduced - by Attorney Henry B. Edwards, county Red Cross chair man. Second Denial. ^ton Speaks To Shelby Lions Club Try Answering These Can you answer lr of these teit questions? Turn to page 2 for list answers. 1. Wh’t wrote: ' do not belle. - a word that you say, but I will de fend with my life, u need be. you right to ray it?" 2. How many stata lulled to rn- - ifv the 18th iprohth tioni amend ment? 3. To v ital rare do the Arabs De long? 4. In wiiat year hd George Wash ington take command of the Con tinental a i my? 5. What was the fab>ne Age? 6. Who is Oliver La Fa:ge? 7. How long is the Panama Cantu' 8. Whe,t are the Kingdoms q. I-ledjaz atd Nejd? 9. What wood was Mostly used by English archers for making bows’ 10. Must a man be a citizen of the U. S. to enlist In thr army? 11. What country exports the greatest value in diamonds? 12. Who was Nestorius? 13. Which state of the union has the smallest population? li. Wha! country has the larg' d, gold reserve in the world? 15. Wli.it name is given a road made of logs laid ci'fsways? 16. Who was Aphno'te? 17. What was th- ob.ieciiv^,‘j-,f. Columbus on his lirst voyage? 18 Is lormer Govei nor Alfred E Smith a lawyer? 19. In what state > Mt. Wilson’ 20. Who crowned Napoleon as Emperor of ihe French? As the Akron Went West SS*?a" iiiXfldKf * " A company of United States* Marines, which acted as (round crew, is *hown lined up at attention as the largest dirigible in the world, the 11 s. S. Akron, soared into the skies at the naval air station at Lake I '.TKl, N. J., at the start of it* flight to the West Coast. The Akron will take part in naval maneuvers off the California coast. The big ship took on her fleet of “spider planes” before the atari. Garden Crops In County Damaged By Hail Tuesday; Hits Two States Hail And Heavy Halil* l>o Ctimld erabio Damage In Southern Anti Western Section* County. Garden and truck crops in this section were considerably damaged | by heavy rains and scattered hati [yesterday, according to reports ;reaching Shelby today. South of Shelby, from South Shelby on to the South Carolina line, scattered hail did quite a bit dt damage to garden and truck crops and recently plowed fields were considerably washed. Some ! hail tell just west of the city In the ! Ora mill section, but the damage there was not as heavy as in the Southern part of the county. In Two Carolina*. ! Ohnriotte May tl - Halt arid I heavy rains swept through a wide i section of the Carolina* yesterday doing much damage and as yet un I estimated injury to crops. At Harrisburg, in Cabarrus eoun ty, trees wrrc denuded of leaves.; crop® were beaten to the ground, automobiles were badly damaged and the stones, some of which weighed .several ounce®, played ha voc with roofs and windows. Robinson and Columbus counties in North Carolina also reported sim ilar damage and railway traffic was Interfered with. Reports from Chad bourne said it was one of the worst hall storms to strike .-astern North Carolina In several years. Portions of Mecklenburg county also were hard hit by the hail; Charlotte the county seat, was vis ited by a blinding rain and less ice. In Cabarrus county a negro boy named Waiter broke bis leg in an effort, to escape the hall stonea. Prom Cherokee and Dillon coun ties In South Carolina also came reports of severe damage. The Dillon report said hundred.-! rCoivfTNUBD on pscir Kiatn i Shelby Schools Will Honor Ayeock Hoey Speaker For General Meeting Lee Lowman Home Destroyed By Fire Early This Morning Portion Of Furniture Saved As! Residence Burned On County Line Knud. The home of Lee Lotvman. on j the county line road, just a sort distance from Elisabeth church east of Shelhy, was com 1 pletely destroyed by fire about 10 o'clock this morning Mr. Lowman was In the field at the time and hir, wife was at a neighbor's. Two colored men who were pa-sing noticed the blaze in the loft of the house and gave tue alarm. A small portion of i lie furnlturc was all that could be saved. Au majority of the furniture and a quantity of canned fruit were destroyed. Ceremony On May ~U IVben Staler I* Placed In IVvIunttim Hall By Governor. The schools of Shtiby will on May 20 honor the memory of the late Charels B. Aycoclt, North Caro lina’s great educational governor The program of tribute here will come on the same day that a statue of Aycoeh Is placed in Statuary Hall at the national capito) In Washington. The statue is to be presented bv Governor Gardner at d Josephus Daniels. Clyde R. Hoey will be the princi pal speaker in the program here it Is announced by 8upt, B. L. Smith, of the city school. Supr Smith has issued the following notice to the principal* of the Shel by schools: - v "Under authority of an act of tile general assembly of North Caroline, and a concurrent resolution of the congress of the United States, a 'CONTINUED ON PACE EIGHT I Says Federal Funds Were Used For Stock Speculative Purposes Senator t arter Gla.-«, Tells Of Bil lion Dollars Loar-rt For Stock Dealing In 1929. Washington. May 10— A charge S that 10 New York'banks borrowed $1,000,000,000 from tie New York Federal Reserve bans for '‘stock speculation" purpose.; in 1929 wa: made in the senate t’day bv Sena tor Carter Glass, Dei I'vrat, Virgin’i speaking in behalf of his bankin’ bill. He said that legally the banks were not “entitled to borrow one dime" for such purposes. Glass errr phasized that point Vrause one of the chief provisions In his bill is j that member banks shall not it federal reserve fund-- for specula i live purposes. Other provisions ot the GIj bill include authorisations to gra--:j branch banking privileges to ns-j tional banks. to provide great-i i credit for Federal Reserve bank;.! and to .pgulate in “. bank conti ; Glass also referreJ tc a Fedc-ai Reserve bank--presn-rubly, the New York one—without mentioning It by name, ana said it u?d come to be regarded by foreign financiers as "the Central bank ol America.' "The governor of that bank" re said "several times <ame near tc usurping the power of the Federal Reserve board.” Insufficient ' apital Glass asserted 80 per cent of the bank failures in the country we-r caused by insufficient capitalization "Hundreds of the banks in 'chi-, country.' he said, "a:e mere pawn shops ana unless this measure is passed, there will be "many more bank failures. There still are fctv, many banks in this country, “The inegular, around, tr net illicit business in a Louisville hank and another in !• nnbssee we it known to the comptroller of cur rency five years before their fail ure. The comptronc's files are re CONTINUED ON PAG* MG HI ) Farther Discuss Electric Plant OnMutualBasis Centra] Plant Now Bteinu Considered City mill lulls Review Again Fishof Blake Mali. Plant Proposition City oificials last night gave further consideration to the Flsher Blake proposition to build a mutual electric generating uiunt, spending between six or eight million dollars of outside capital in this, vicinity to furnish power to the cities and In dustrial olants at a i wer rates than Is now obtainable. The city fathers nave been reluc tant to obligate the city to buv at a rate of 1.15 per 'vWH, which 1', about ’.’3 points lowr * than ’the city i.< now paying. because the of i cials feel that electric power Is on the downward trend and that tne city should not be obligated to buy for 30 years at 1.15 when a lows,' rate might be latei obtainable. Mr. Fisher, a member of the englnee - tng firm and Engineer J A Jor dan were before tne board '.am night and agreed that some protect ing clause In the contract would be acceptable whereby the mutual plant would meet competitive pric“s and also sail to the eilv at as low a rate as a corresponding amount nl power is sold to an industrial plant. Tire Fisher-Blake Co. also assur ed the board that tne annual pa merits on the bonds held by tne ■holding company would receive I credit year after year on the prin cipal. City Attorney t> Z Newton was present at the couOrencc and is drafting some, amendments to the original proposal in the hope that an agreement might, be reached the satisfaction of the city and til5 engineering firm. It was agreed by J*v her-Blake to write Into the contract that, the maximum cost of the plant will r.o exceed *160 per K. W. and that fee coat of ‘lie 50,000 KW plant will be about eight million dollars. It Is understood that local lab.<r will be used whenever possible and that the annual'payi oil in the op eration of the plant Will be be tween SO and 75 thousand dollar" annually # ---— Multiplication Contest Results In A Tie Here School Children Know How to Mul tiply and Five School* Split. Mr*. Thompson Prise. The multiplication tables penvet too easy for Shelby’s skilled third graders. For several weeks under the sponsorship of Mrs Carl Thomp son the third grades of the city have been gaining mastery of the multiplication combinations. How well they have succeeded was fa vorably demonstrated Tuesday morning when the teams of five re presenting the six elementary schools met at the First Baptist church and subjected themselves to a most thorough grilling with well nigh perfect results The contest was to be settled by determining the largest number of pupils left standing at the end of a fifteen minute oral examination. The judges played rapid-lire number combinations for the period with only two dominations. An extension period of five minutes was then en tered upon. Again every conceivable multiplication combination was pro pounded with not a bobble in the answer. The judges said. “You can not beat perfection” and declared the following schools tied for first place with perfect scores: Washington, Marion, LaFayette, South Shelby, Graham. The prize of five dollars given by Mrs. Carl Thompson was split equally among them. The names of the contestants by schools follows: Washington — Margaret Jones, Mary Leslie Doggett, Bobbie Fra zier. Helen Mauney, Merceline Weathers. Marion — Benjamin Gold. Jr., Lamar Dover, Sara Newton, Elva Anne Thompson, Clara Lee Fitch. LaFayette -r James Stewart, James Collins, Myrtle Hull. Marie Towery. Buster McCluney. South Shelby — Glenn Smith, 2. W. Watts, Dwight Ledbetter. Fran ces Jones, Elizabeth Blanton, * Graham — Benjamin Smith. -Jr, Walter McWhtrter, Melba Runyans, Virginia Falls, Margaret Moore. The judges of the contest were Mrs Herbert Champion. Mrs Grov er Beam and Mrs. W. R. Angel.