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VOL. XXXVIII, No. 61 10 PAGES TODAY By Mall, per year, (to advance) — $3.00 Carrier, per year, (in advance) $3.00 SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, MAY 20. 1932 (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) Late News THE MARKET Cotton, Spot __...._5Mc op Cotton Seed, ton . .. W More Showers Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Showers tonight and Sat urday. Not much change In tem perature. To Fly Atlantic Hasbrouck Height, N. J., May 20. —Amelia Earhart Putnam, the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, that time accompanied by others, is now ready to fly across alone to be come the first woman to make a solo hop of the ocean. She left yes terday in her plane, with Bernt Balchen, for Harbor Grace, New Foundland. There when she consid ers the weather suitable she will go into her plane alone in an attempt to fly the Atlantic. City Officer Struck By Car, His Leg Broken Policeman Moore In Hospital Here John Sims, Driver Of Auto, Alleged To Have Been Intoxicated. In Jail Now. Policeman Marshall Moore, veteran officer of the Shelby police department, is in the Shelby hospital with a broken leg and other minor injuries as the result of being hit and knocked down last night by an automobile said to have been driven by an intoxicated man. The driver of the car, John Sims, textile worker of Shelby and Cliff side, is in the county jail here and will not be tried until Policeman Moore is definitely out of danger. Break High lip. An x-ray examination at the hos pital this morning revealed, ac cording to Dr. Sam Schenck, that the left leg was broken above the knee or at the thigh. The leg is al so right badly mashed. The officer was also bruised about the body but none of the other injuries is considered severe. Officer Moore is 61 years of age and due to his age the break will likely be slow in , mending. On Street Corner. Around 9:30 last night Policeman Moore was standing a few feet from the street curb near the corner of South LaFayette and Graham streets, or just across from the Car olina theatre. He was standing Just at the rear of a car parked at the curb on the east side of South La Fayette, talking to Doyle Ernest. The car driven by Sims came up South LaFayette. Ernest noticed the car when it was about 10 feet away and said “I believe that car is going to hit us.” He jumped back but before Policeman Moore could move the car struck him. After hit ting the officer the car kept going and struck or side-swiped two other cars, one near the La Fayette-War ren street corner and another near the LaFayette-Marion corner. It also hit the Giles Webb car near where the officer was standing when struck. The driver finally stopped near the Seaboard overhead bridge on North LaFayette street where he was overtaken by Officer B. O Hamrick and Fireman Joseph Car roll. Sims, the office’s said, was cr.n siderably intoxicated. His sister, Mrs. Annie Pritchard, of Cliffside, was in the car with him. She said that her brother, who is around 30 years of age, had been working at the Eastside mill here but was laid off this week. He went to Cliffside yesterday, she said, and borrowed her car, the one he was driving when he hit the officer. When he did not return early yesterday even ing she had some friends, Sam Bail ey and wife, bring her to Shelby. She located her brother in the car near a suburban store and got in the car with him to drive back to Cliffside. At that Jimc she did not notice, she stated, that he was so much under the influence alcohol. Just before reaching the uptown business section where the officer was hit she did notice, she told of ficers, that he was not driving very well. She had him stop at the Seaboard bridge where the car of her friends and the police car caught up with them. New Postmaster At Belwood Office Mrs. Elkin has been appointed postmistress at Belwood to fill the vacancy made by the death of J. W. Brackett. The office has been moved to Mrs. Elkin’s home and she has been checked in to serve until the position is filled by civil service examination. It is under stood that a civil service examina tion will be held in July of this year. Mrs. Elkin is a daughter of Rufus A. Lackey. Her husband is a , trav^liog —aru M. L. White, Known As Com Cracker Dies At Age 75, Funeral Saturday Taught School 45 Year* Teacher And Writer Succumbs At His Home At Polkville. Born In Kentucky. Melvin L. White,- whose pen name was “Corn Cracker" died Thursday afternoon at Sr 30 o'clock at his home in the Polkvillc section of the county and will be Juried Saturday morning at 11 o'clock at the Elliott cemetery. The death of Mr. White was ex pected by his family and friends who had kept in close touch wi fc his condition. Since 1924 he had been practically an invalid, but con tinued to take an interest in cur rent affairs until 'xcent months. For the past few weeks he was con fined to his bed wlfh no hope of recovery. His decline in health De gan however, in 1924 and since then he has been failing fast, losing weight and vitality. Taught 45 Tears Mr. White was boi n in Ad.iir county, Kentucky, June 8th, 18o7. He was educated at the M. and F high school in Columbia, Ky„ where he attained high rank as a debater and as a student of English liters ture. After leaving school, he en tered the teaching profession. He came to North Carolina in 1882 and became engaged in teaching in this state. Including his «ork in Ken tucky, he taught for 45 years and in nearly all of the states of the union his former pupils are found in positions of honor and trust. Virile Writer. His free school entertainments were famous in this section 35 year* ago. Besides being a teacher, he was also a noted newspaper correspond ent, writing for leading weekly and dally newspapers on humorous an-i current topics. He possessed a won derful knowledge of history and lit erature and a memory that was really remarkable. He was a zealous advocate of longer and better schools, good roads and prohibition. Furthermore, he was deeply Inter ested in Sunday schools and was a member of the Polkville Methodist church and of the Masonic frater nity. Wife And 7 Children In 1884 Mr. White married Miss Mary J. Elliott who survives with the following children. W. E. White, M. Lucien White an-.' R. S. White, of this state; Mrs. J. N. Kelly, of Duffield, Virginia; R. C. White, of Sandersville, Ga.; A. B. White, of Drayton Plains, Michigan and Eu gene O. White, of Lynch, Kentuckv. The following brothers also sur vive: B. C. White, of Missouri; E. O. White, of Mississippi; and W. R. White and J. C. White, of Wash ington. Rev. J. M. Barber of the Pnltc ville circuit will cone'uct the fu neral Saturday morning and the usual Masonic honors will be ac cord*! him, it is understood, when his body is deposited in the Elliott cemetery. Dr. Cranberry Of Limestone Speaks People should 3top magnifying their losses and disappointments and appreciate mere the worth while things like friendships anc human love, said Dr. R. C. Cran berry president of Limestone coo’.lege who was the principal speaker be fore the Kiwanis cluo in its weekly luncheon. Dr. Cranberry declared he he’d friendship and human love to be more satisfying and oi more lasting value than material things and urg ed that all people c’iltivate a love of art, music, nature and beauty which haven’t been taken away by the economic disturbance. Miss Phifer, one of thfe outstand ing signers in South Carolina and connected with Limestone co’legs, rendered a group of delightful vc cal numbers, accompanied by Mrs. H. S. Plaster at the piano. Two Young Girls, One Just 14, Leave Home; Search Made Mildred Griffin, O' Shelby, Ard Zeima Ramsey, Kings Moun tain Gone. Two young girl*, one from Shelby and the other from Kings Moutnain, ere missing from their homes and have not been located after a 24-hour search by Sheriff Irvin Alien. Thursday morning Mrs. D. H. Griffin, of South Washington stree.i Shelby, came to the sheriff’s of'iqe to report that her laughter, Mil dred, 14 years of age, tailed to come home Wednesday al'emoon. When it became dark the mother started worrying and inst1 tided a search. She could not, however, locate the girl at the homes 01 any of her friends and as a result came to of ficers. An investigation made by Sheriff Allen and Deputy Ed Dixon revell ed that the Griffin gii1 and anoth er had been seen in the Gastonia section Wednesday afternoon, but were later seen back in Shelby. Get* A Card Thursday afternoon Mrs. Orlfhn received a card at the post^fflce here from her daughter, Indicating that the girl was still In Shelby, A boy who was acquainted with her also told officers thao he had seen her Wednesday nlgni and stated that she said she was leaving home. The card Informed, it is said, that she was going away but urged her mother not to worry about her as she was with "two "hie women.” Late Thursday afternoon. Sheriff Allen did a bit of detective work and learned that two other Shelby girls had been seen with the yoang Griffin girl Wednesday afternoon. He located these gins and soon be gan to assemble details about the missing girl. He learned from the two other Shelby girls that they and the Griffin girl together with Zelma Ramsey, 16, hitch-hiked to Gastonia Wednesday afternoon There they caught a ride, they said with two Shelby boys to Charlotte and returned with them to Sfielcy After reaching Shelbv the two other girls left the car, bm the Griffin girl and the Ramsey girl had the boys, the sheriff was told, to t-U-r them to the city limits west of Shelby where they could catch a ride on highway 20 west. To Lake Lure When the sheriff received this information and checked up on U he started his search along highway 20 west late yesterday evening. He did not return last night but tole (CONTINUED ON PAOK TEN. I List Of Graduates At Boiling Springs Seventeen Get College Diplomas And 19 Get High School Certificates. There were 36 graduates in the Boiling Springs commencement this week, 17 getting Junior college di plomas. The list of college graduates fol lows: Estelle’ Barber Bertie Brid ges, Jesse Coolly, Hazel Deaver, Hazel Davidson, Lattie Knox, Ver non Kiser, Vasteen Jolley, Gertrude Philbeck, Lorene Stroupe, James O Summerlin, Agnes Weaver, Allen Wilson, Ima Carpenter, Cathle'-n Carpenter, Selma Propst, J. D. Mul linax. The following is the list of high school graduates: Gordon Blaylock, Elva Ray Hopper, Nellie Greene, Felix Hamrick, Daisy Ree Pruett Mary Sue Holland, Selma Hamrick, Lois Hamrick, Ina Greene, Virginia Hopper, Graham Hamrick, Poy J. Walker, Gladys Harnli Omelia Wil son, Grady Hamrick, Connie Greene, Eloise Hamrick, Wisier G. Walker, Rilla Greene. Dying Soldier’s Story Starts Hunt For Treasure Near Linville Falls World War Vet Recalls Story Told To Him. Starts Hickory Men On Search. Hickory, May 20.—Reports of bur ied treasure to the amount of $100, 000 In the Linville Falls section and of the secret trips across the moun tains, have local officers stumped and have started others to digginr The story goes back to a soldier dying on the fields of Prance and giving, so the report goes, a map showing the cache of the hidden money to W. N. Henkel, of Valdesc. According to the story related, the wounded soldier was Ed Prank.is: who lived in t£s BtQUfltftlPs near Linville, in Avery county. Since that time Htnkel Is said to have had the map in his possession but completely forgot about the hiden treasure until sometime in April when he related the tale to C. H. Dryden and Andrew Alexan der, of Hickory. Henkel is said to have suffered shell shock in Prance, which caused him U/ “forget." The Hickory men planned to make a trip to the Franklin place and hunt for the treasure, it is stat ed. In the meantime Dryden be came ill with pneumonia and was unable to make the trip. Sometime the latter part of April Alexander .trnvTTvry^ jyj £425 Fifth Anniversary of Lindy’s Flight to Paris FAnt God Speed OkT Hop-off :HAtOED in I Paris. 1TPAGEDY The Neto/vjTveds COV CHARfcBtf A tWD6£»SH &ABVT I/TNDBERGH On May 20th, five years ago, an unknown young man with a touseled mop of hair climbed into the cockpit of the plane, which he had named the “Spirit of St. Louis,” at Roosevelt Field, New York and, followed by the prayers of a few well-wishers, flew off into the haze that overhangs the broad Atlantic. On board he carried a bottle of water, a sandwich and a letter of introduction. Thirty-three hours later, after the greatest and cleanest flight in the history of aviation, that young man set his plane down at Le Bourget Airport, Paris, and Captain Charles A. Lindbergh became a world hero. In the five years that have passed since that memorable day, the Lone Eagle, a* he was picturesquely called, has oftei wished that fame was as fleeting as cynics would have us believe, foi nothing is so wearying to the unassuming man as continued adulation cm hero-worshipers. The two highspots in Colonel Lindbergh’s career sine, his flight were his marriage to Anne Morrow, daughter of Dwight W Morrow, on May 27, 1929, and the birth of their son on June 22, 1930 Both were occasions of the greatest happiness but the Joy thus broughi is now overshadowed by the tragedy of their baby’s murder that hat blotted out the sun for the once-hlissf ul eouDle. Citizens Ask To Sign Electric Contract Majority Favor Fisher-Blake Prop osition With City* Interests Safeguarded. Thirty-three representative busi ness men, were called into confer ence before the mayor and cHy council last night to express their sentiment relative to the Fisher Blake proposition to build at the expense of New York capital a six or eight million dollar electric gen erating plant and furnish Shelhv and nearby cities as well as indus trial plants, power at a lower rate than they are now paying. Various angles a e re discussed especially the legal phase as to whether the plant, operated on a city mutual basis, would be subject to rate regulation by the state cor poration commission and subject to all taxes now imposed on power companies by the legislature. The most important reservation, however, was a clause assuring the city that the 1.15 rate agred upen in the contract would be the max lmum charge per KWH. At the suggestion of J. D. Lineberger and City Attorney D. Z. Newton a clause will be Inserted Whereby the city will get a lower rate if cost of pow er production come3 down because of cheaper generating costs. When the matter was put to a vote 12 voted to ask the city to en ter Into contract for the cheaper power while one voUu against. The city officials and several visitors did not vote. According to the terms of the contract all of the money will be supplied trom the outside and the city will have no financial oblige* ■ tlon whatever. The city is asked to enter Into a thirty year contract to buy power at 1.15 per KWH with a protecting clause that power shall be furnished cheaper in the event the generating cost comes down. Other important provisions are that the c'ties shall share to the extent of forty per cent of the prof its of the generating plants and that the plant shall be turned back to the cities free of any encumbrance at the expiration of thirty years. McBRAYER TO SPEAK AT PHILBECK SCHOOL Pat McBrayer will speak at Phll beck school house in No. 10. town ship, Saturday evening at 8 o’clock. Players For Scotch Tourney Later today it was arnounced that the 10 men who will play In the Scotch tourney had been selected as follows: Spurgeon Hewitt, Claude Brown Rippy, Jim Re'd. Earl Ham rick, Renn Drum, Jean Schenck j Charlie Keel, Charles Eskridge, Doc j De4ljs.qg,. agg garr" Urasted, I Last Day To File Candidate Notices This u the last day for can didates in the Democratic pri mary to be held Saturday, June 4th, to file notice of candidacy with the chairman of the conn • ty board of elections, John P. Mull. Those who fail to file will not have their names print ed on the official primary bal lots. The time for Ming expires tonight at mid-nigbt, says Me. Mull. The law further states that candidates must file ten days before election an itemized campaign expense account and a final expense account ten days after the primary election. Ay cock Praised By Clyde Hoey In School Talk High School Students Hear Local Orator On Aycoek Day Program. Charles Brantley Aycock was termed North Carolina’s most val iant crusader by Ken. Clyde R. Hoey, Shelby orator, in an address this morning at the Central high school where all the Shelby high students were assembled for a pro gram observing Aycock day. The program was arranged for today as Governor Gardner and Jo sephus Daniels were in Washing ton today presenting a bronze sta tue of the educational governor to be placed in the Statuary Hall of Fame there. A number of citizens were present for the address in ad dition to the students who listened with eagerness and close interest to Mr. Hoey. In his opening remarks, the speak er told of the 8tatuary Hall custom of allowing two statues of men from each of the 48 States to be placed there as the outstanding men in the history of the various State. North Carolina’s other statu? there is that of Zeb Vance, the Civil war gover nor and the great leader in the try ing reconstruction period. The Vance statue was placed there in 1906. Mr. Hoey outlined briefly the command ing leadership of the oeloved Vance in the State’s most trying period. He then spoke of Aj Cock and his great work for public education, de claring that in his opinion the taaiasisa ea sms aau.. Shelby High Commencement Program Starts Sunday With Sermon; Peele To Make Address Wednesday Evening The commencement exercises of the Shelby public schools will get underway Sunday evening, May 25 8 o’clock at the- First Baptist church, when Rev. II, N. McDUr mid, Presbyterian pastor, preaches the annual commencement sermon. He will 'peak upon the subject ‘Philosophy of Chanpe.” Music for the occasion will be furnished tuts year by the high school choir, under the direction of Mr. O. B. Lewis. Miss Ethel Elmore will Accompany at the organ. Rev. Mr. McDiarm'd will be as sisted in the services by Dr. E. K. McLarty and Dr. Zeno Wall. Address Wednesday On Wednesday evening, 8 o’clock, May 27, at the higr, school audi torium Dr. W. W. Peele, who for e. number of years was In educational work and who is now one of the leading ministers of Southern Meth odism, will deliver the commence ment address. Class Exercises Thursday evening the seniors will give their class-night exercises. Those participating U> these exer cises are: Torry Tyner, Isabel Ar mour, Woodrow Blanton, Ray Brown Amanda Harris, Paul Wray, Prank Jenkins, Jack Jolly, Crowellne Dos ter, Yate3 Wall, Mattie Sue Propst, Alena Blanton, Louis* Dorsey. Bettie and Anne McNeely, mas cots of the class, will participate in the program. Thurman Moore, piesldent of the Junior class, will accept the "Key to Seniorhood” from the graduating class. Mr. W. E. Abctrethy, princi pal of the high school, will accent the class gift to the school. Elementary Program Friday morning, ten o’clock at the high school auditorium all the elementary seventh grades will as semble to receive their promotion to the high school. Mr. W. E. Aber nethy, principal of tire high school, will present the certificates. Each elementary school will furnish one number on the program. Close On Friday The commencement exercises will be brought to a close on Friday evening with the continuation of last year's Innovation In graduating exercises. The class will present the importance, facilities and claims of the “Worthy Use of Leisure,” which is one of the seven cardinal objec tives of education. The members of the class who will participate are: Howard Rollins, Tory Tyner, Ber nice Houser, Emma Ervin, James Byers, Nancy B. Spurlln, Sera Louise Falls, Edwina Gldney, Mary Sue Thompson, Herman Best. At the conclusion of the program Mr. W. E. Abernethy, principal, will award the prizes, meoals and hon ors. Superintendent B. L. Smith will present the diplomas. Shelby Republican Thinks He Will Give Newell Plenty Of Opposition Laughs At Reports From Charlotte That Newell Will Have A Runaway. George W. DePriest, of Shelby, Republican candidate for the nom ination to the United States senate, was amused by reports from Char lotte that he would not give Jake F. Newell, his opponent, "any ap preciable opposition in the June 4th primary:” The Shelby man got a laugh out of the report because the same news story, he pointed out, carried an ap peal for Newell’s friends to get out the vote. The Charlotte dispatch s<fel lyagjg Pt|*r. t£}ggg; , “The Republicans have little lik ing for primaries and not often does the Republican party partici pate. In fact, Republicans don't have enough primaries to get ac customed to them, say the friends of the Charlotte man, and for that reason they are warning the New ellites not to let themselves be caught asleep or. primary day.” In recent weeks the Shelby Re publican has campaigned in SO of the 100 counties of the State and has campaign organizations set up In all of them. He hopes to visit the majority of the remainnig 50 coun - iCQKjaiQBa Sit! JPAfiB ; < Birth Rate In County High DeathRateLow Over 1300 Births Last Year DeSfti Rate Is Lower Than Thi State Average, Say* Dr. Simpson. Cleveland county’s birth rate IS higher than the state average and her death rate Is lower than the state average. Dr. Simpson of the State Board of Health revealed here yesterday at a conference held with registers of Vital Statistics. In 1931 there were 1,313 births in the county, which la higher than the state average per thoeand pop ulation. There were 428 deaths or 8.5 per thousand population as against the state average of 11.5. Infant mortality Is also given as lower than the state average. In 1931 there were 61.7 deaths per thousand live births as against the higher state average of 78.4. Mother Deaths. Mother deaths as a result of child birth In Cleveland county In 1931 amounted to 6.8 per thousand, while the state average was 8.4. Attention was called to the fact that many midwives are practising In Cleve land and with economic conditions such as they are, many mothers are deprived of the attentloh of phy sicians and are having to depend oh midwives. In one township of the county there Is a male midwife who has been following this wortc for many years with success. Saturday Is Last Day To Register Registrars Will Be Found At The Polling Places. Those Who Must Register. Saturday is the last day to regis ter in order to vote in the primary June 4th. No new registration is ne cessary if a person lives at the same place and voted in the primary two yearn ago. however, get elec tions eonfuseoMifl ftUhk because they voted in some special election or in » general election, they are registered for the primary. Primary poll books are not general election poll books so If you are In doubt aa to whether you are registered. It might be well to call on your regis trar Saturday and see that your name is there. Those whose names are on th# primary poll books, but have mov ed from one voting precinct to an other, should have their names transferred to the precinct in which they now live. Thoee who have become of age since the pri mary two years ago or will be of age by the November election are entitled to register and vote. New Comers who will have been in the county four months by the November election can register and ^ote in the June 4th primary. Can you answer 14 of these test questions? Turn to page 2 for the answers. 1. Who wrote “Mr. Isaacs?” 2. Can banks in the Federal re serve system fall? • 3. In what group Is the island of Leyte? 4. Can a man attain the rank of general in the U. S. army if he la not a West Point graduate? 5. Who wrote the poem “The Raggety Man?” 6. What country was the first to Issue adhesive postage stamps? 7. Who was the director of the photoplay “Intolerance?" 8. In what national park we the fall of the Yosemite? 9. About What Englisn king Is the story of the burned pancakes told? 10. What sea rovers discovered Greenland? 11. What is the title of the book that contains the nonsense verse about "shoes and ships and sealing wax, cabbages and kings,” and who wrote It? 12. What is a “gob?” 13. What state has Urge ever glades? 14. What does the Spanish name Alamo mean? 15. What is another name for the unit of measurement—one rod? 16. What Is another name foe mercury? 17. In what penitentiary is AJ Ca pone serving his sentence? 18. What Federal officials are ex empt from Income tax on their sal aries? 19 Which has greater calorie val ue, cabbage or sauerkraut? 30. Name the modern method ol .tagsg ieep seg. soy?«&Jgs2 Try Answering