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..*.. .■—■■■■.. 8 PAGES TODAY .... -.. -. Bj Mall, per ;nt, <1a adiane«l — I1H Carrltr, oer T»ar, (la Uniai *3 00 Late News1 THE MARKET Cotton. Spot . ....._5’sc op I Cotton Seed. ton . _ $81 Local Shower* Today's North Carolina Weather Report: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Probably local showers In west Tuesday and in extreme south nest tonight. Slightly warmer to night. Polkville Boy Winner Cattle Judging Honor Ben Jenkins, Jr., Wins Way To State Contest As Dairy Judge. Second Time. Honors keep coining to tne Young Tar Heel Farmers who study agricultural methods under Prof. E L. Dillingham at Polkville school Just a few weeks ago Charles Beam, Polkville student, went to Charlotte and won a district ora torical contest which entitles him to enter the state contest. and if he wins there he will go on to the na tional contest. Friday o! last weer young Beam was taken to Charlotte again, as a member of Polkville's dairy Judg ing team. With him went Ben Jen kins, jr„ as the other member of the team. There the two Polkvi.l? boys were ranked as the best dairy Judging team over 40 contestants from 20 other schools. And tne Judges named young Jenkins as one of the three hest Judges who will repreesnt the district in the state contest at Raleigh on June 20. The three best Judges at the state contest will be rent to the na tional dairy’ show at St. Louis to participate in the contest there. Two years ago Elmer Withrow, another Polkville boy won district honors, then went to Raleigh and won state honors, and was sent tc the national show and won several honors there. Extend Listing Time To Jane 6 All Property. Must Be Listed For Tax Then. Penalty For Not Listing. The commissioners of Cleveland county have extended the tax list ing period to Monday, June 6,. it was announced today by Chairman A. E. Cline. All 1931 taxes must be listed by that time ,and those not listing by then will be subject to a 10 percent penalty, the commissioners point out in a notice in today’s paper. The listing of property for taxation does not cost anything and must be done sooner or later and for that reason all who have not listed should not delay and thus make themselves lia ble for a penalty they can avoid. The statement from the commis sion does not include that remind er but the law on tax listing says that those failing to list are not only subject to a penalty but are also subject to indictment for a mis demeanor by the grand jury. Injured Officer Is Improving Now Policeman Marshall Moore, Injured When Hit By Auto, Better Toda /. Policeman Marshall Moore, who was struck and severely injured by an automobile Thursday night, was continuing to show improvement at the Shelby hoe pital today. The officer, who was struck warn standing: near the curb at the South LaFayette-Uraham street corner, suffered a nacture of the left leg nbove the ’-cnee and wa? otherwise bruised about the bo^y Despite steady improvement being shown, he will likely be confined to the hospital for some time and will , not be i ble to be cut again for many weeks. John Sims, driver or the automo bile which hit the oificer, was al leged to have been intoxicated. He has been in the county jail since a few minutes after the acclden* when he was arrestc 1 by other of ficers. and he will remain in jail until officers are positive that Po liceman Moore Is on the road to re covery Sloops To Sell School Books Here Sloop’s Pharmacy has been ap pointed by the state school text book depository to handle school books in the city of Shelby. This U an official depository and a full line of school books will be in stock_ be fore the schools open their falfses sions The Mrs. Laura Wells home plac‘ on West Marion street is being sole at auction tills afternoon to setti* Jhe estate. Cleveland Has Total Of 126 Candidates j Thirty-Nine Candidates For County Office, 30 Democrats And 9 Republicans. Eighty-1 Seven Candidates In Two Parties For Va-; rious Township Offices. When filing time for ptoitical races ended Friday Cleve land county had a total of 126 announced candidates. Of this number only 39 are candidates for county offices, the other 87 being candidates of both parties for constable and magistrates in the 11 townships. Only 30 of the 39 « andidates for county office will be \oted on in the primary on June 4, the other nine being uncontested nominees of the Republican party for the fall elec tion. In the June 4th primary the Democrats of the county will de cide which of the 30 candidates they prefer for 16 county offices. Only one Democratic candidate goes into the primary without op position. That refers of course 'o the major offices, and the unoppos ed candidate is Register of Deeds Andy F. Newton. There Is no op position to the five candidates for the county school board or for Rts eoe Lutz, candidate for coroner, and D. R. 8. Frazier, candidate for sur veyor. * Democratic I.1st. The list of Democratic candidates for county office in the primary June 4 follows: House of Representatives—Henry B. Edwards and Ernest Gardner. Sheriff—Irvin M. Alien, Raymond Cline, Roger Laughndge and E. L. Webb. Treasurer—Mrs. Hugh Mauney and Mrs. J. C. Newton. Register of Deeds—Andy F. New ton. ! Recorder—Pat McBrayer, Joseph j Wright, J. S. Cline and Bynum IE. Weathers. t Solicitor—W. S. Berm, C. C. Horn and P. C. Gardner. Coroner—Roscoe E. Lutz. Surveyor—D. R. S. Frazier. Commission Board—George R. Lattimore. R. L. Wenthers, Joe E. Blanton, J. Lester He:ndon, Sankey Mauney, M. S. Beam and J. D. Morris. (Three offices to fill). Board of Education—W. A. Rld enhour, J. L. Hord, C. D. Forney, C. S. Young and A. L. Calton. (Five offices to fill). The unopposed Republican candi dates for nine county offices, to be voted on in the fall are: Ed Mc Claughn, house of representatives B. G. Logan, sheriff, Aileen Cost ner, treasurer: Ed Lam rick, regis ter ; R, T. Mauney, coroner; Zero Mull, surveyor; D. L. Martin, W. S. Walker and B. F. Dixon, county board. One independent candidate, J. Cullen Mull, has file! for sheriff Contested Off’ces Five townships have contest for township offices in the Democratic primary. In No. 5 there are three candidates for constable: J. R Hord, C. L. Barrett and C. B. Fitch There are two candidates for constable in No. 6: Pob Kendrick and Pink E. Lackey. Three for the office of constable in No. 7: J. L. Dixon D. M. More head and Forrest M Tessener. No. 8 has three candidates for the office of constable: W. C. Powell, Chas. A. Bridges. In No. 8 also there are four can didates for the three offices of mag istrate: W. J. Bridges, George M. Gold, Leek Warlick and W. F. White. Uncontested candidates in their parties for other township offices 1 follow: No. 1, Democrats' L. J. Scruggsi for constable; Robert Jolley, T. P Wood and J. A McCraw for jue tlces of the peace. Republican Gulbert Jones for constable and J D. Ellis and V. D. McCraw for Jus tices. No. 2, Democrat-; Henry Me-1 Kinney for constable and Flay Sin-I mons, E. W. Lipscomb and Bureni Moore for Justices. Republicans: P D. White for cons+able. and L.»rovj Jolley. O. P. Hamrick shd Albert L. Smith for justices. No. 3, Democrats: Jerry Runyan j for constable, and J. M. Roberts i W. Y. Graham and M R. Blggers for justices. Repub’Jcans: D P. Byers for constable, and J. C. Brid ges and B O. Randall for justices No. 4, Democrats: C H. Shep*)rd for constable, and J. M. Rhea, £ L, Campbell. C. £, Boyrrs and B. D Ratteree for justices Republicans W. A. Williams for constable, and Kelly Dixon and Ben Price for Jus tices. No. 5, Democrats: S. L. Dellinger, J. F. Moss and M. P. Harrelson for magistrates. Republicans: C. C. Car penter for constable, and George Goforth and WllT Wright for Jus tices. No. 6, Democrats: T P. Jenks J S. Dedmon, A. P. 8)1 ike, T. C. Esk ridge and W. R. Newton for justices Republicans: C. C. Lambright for constable, and R. E. Ledbetter and E. Cliff Carpenter for justices. NO. 7, Democrats: Gilead Green A, M Lovelace and Porreat Crow der for Justices. Repnblierms- J. 8' Bridges for constable and H. F. Turner, D. R. Philbeck and Sam Crawley for justices No. 8. Republicans. B. I. Towery for constable, and J M. Ledford and Clem Lee for justices. No. 9. Democrats: Tom Sweezy for constable, and A. F. Williams, A. J. R. Hoyle and V. A. Gardner for justices. Republicans. R. A. Bine ham for constable and T. B. Rich ards and Clem Hoyle lor justices. No. 10, Democrats. Plato Ledford for constable, and N. M, Gantt, Claude Mitchell and S. T. Carpen ter for justices. Republicans: W. H. Young for constable, and Alexan ■ der Cook and W. J. Cook for jus tices. No. 11. Republicans: Alfred Brackett for constable and A. R McNeely. A. A. Parker and Peter White for justices. District Meet At Ellenboro Saturday A meeting of the fifth district of the Junior Order will be held Sat urday afternoon at 2:30 at Ellen boro .H. L. Toms, district deputy will preside. Among those who will attend will be Rev. S F. Nicks, State Councillor: Lewis P. Hamlin, State Vice Counsellor: S W. Snider, field secretary and others. Two Young Giris Brought Back To Home Here By Sheriff Allen Mildred Griffin, Zelma Ramsey Lo cated In Spartanburg. Wear ing Overalls. Mildred Griffin, 14-year-old Shel by girl, and Zelma Ramsey, 16-year old Kings Mountain girl, were back home Saturday morning after a hitch-hiking trip of two days and two night, during which •> a wide search was conducted ; m. They were finally lo. id re turned to their homes Sheriff Irvin Allen, who refused ' • give up the hunt after spending two days and a night on their trail. The girls were located in Spar tanburg. The young Shelby girl and her Kings Mountain companion were first missed early Wednesday even ing. Their disappearance remained a mystery until Thursday after noon when Sheriff Allen received information leading him to believe that they had started on a hitch hiking trip west on Highway 20. Thursday night he trailed them as far as Lake Lure, but there lost trace of them. Thinking perhaps l they continued on to Asheville, he i went on there and remained up all , tjigUt Thuis&y searcfiiaK lor Returning to Shelby Friday he de termined he would not be outwitted and he returned again to Lake Lure and started out another direction. By stopping at several points he soon picked up the trail of the girls who were catching rides with pass ing autoists. Changed Clothes. The girls used enough strategy to figure out that the description of their clothes would be sent out. At Columbus, in Polk county, thej stopped at a store and purchased a pair of overalls each. Sheriff Allen found this out by questioning a small boy there. Then he followed them through the various rides to Mill Springs, Tryon, on to Lan drum. South Carolina, and then to Spartanburg. At the latter city he soon located two girls wearing over alls and within a short time was headed back home with them. The Griffin girl was taken to the home of her mother. Mrs. D. H. Griffin South Washington street, and the Ramsey girl to her home in Kings Mountain. The girls gave no reason for leav ing home, the sheriff said, other than that they decided upon a Jji&ll-bilEinf trig as a larfc, Here Tonight Senator Cameron Morrison i abovei will make his first appear ance of the present campaign in Shelby tonight when he speak* at the court house. Thr former forth nor. who has a large following to Shelby and Cleveland county, will Ukcly be heard by a large audlene* Independent In Race For Sheriff In Cleveland Now J. Cullen Mull Files For Sheriffs Race As An Independent Candidate. For the first tim<- in many years, and perhaps the first time ever, Clevelaud county will , have an independent candidate for sheriff in the iall election. The candidate who will oppose a Democrat and a Republican for sheriff this fall is J. Cullen Mull, former Democratic worker, This] means that the voters of the two major parties will in November heve the opportunity of picking their sheriff from three candidates—the Democratic nominee, to be selected in June; the Republican nominee. B. G. Logan, and Mr Mull, the in dependent candidate. Before the filing books closed Friday the independent candidate filed his notice as required by lar In order to file as an independent the election law required that Mr j Mull must present petitions for his candidacy signed by 10 percent of ! the gubernatorial vote of both parties in the last general election. This required a total of 1,014 names. In filing he presented peti tions signed by approximately 1,200 j names, and other petitions are said I to be still out. ThLs means 'hat there are 1,200 Independents in Cleveland county or 1,200 peo. lc who are willing, judging by their signing of the petition. to break party ties to vote for an independ ent. me independent candidate is wen known throughout Uit county. Per eight or nine years he served as manager of the county home under Democratic administration. While there his work had much to do with building up the present plant. He first started, it is said, the lawn, shrubbery, pecan and fruit trees now there. It was about 1915 that he served as manager of the hime Later he moved to Wake county and lived there for some time before re turning to Cleveland several years ago. The novelty of having an inde pendent candidate, or three candi dates for one office n the general election, will at least be interesting. 2 People Drown Charlotte, May 23.—George Steed, 37, employee of a florist here, and his wife, drowned some time Satur day night in a small pond near here owned by the Charlotte Rod and Gun club. With a party of friends they were spending the week-end in the clubhouse at the pond and about 11 o'clock Saturday night decided to take a boat ride. Others members of the party went to bed and awak ened to find Mr. and Mrs. Steed had not returned from the boat ride. The boat, a small skiff, was floating up side down on the pond. Rural police men were called and dragged the lake, recovering Mrs. Steed’s body Sunday morning. The body of Steed was found this morning at 10:55 after hours of dragging the pond jlifc a’ Morrison Will Speak Here; 2 Rivals To Come Senator Speak* In Shelby Tonight Three Of Four Candidate* Visit Shelby On Nights This Week Some of the larger guns In the political bombardment are to be turned upon Shrlby and Cleveland county this week. With the announcement being, made over the week-end that, 8ena-j tor Cameron Morrison will speak in I Shelby tonight, Monday night. It j was realised that three of the foui j candidates for the Democratic! nomination to the United States Senate are to apeak here in one week. Judge Tam fiowle as previously announced, will speak in the coun ty court house Tuesday night. Tonight Senator Morriaon will peak at the same place, his first appearance of the campaign here to tell voters why he should be re turned to the Senate. And on Thursday night. May 28, Frank D. Grist, the third senator ial candidate, will speak In Shelby. A Key County. The fourth candidate for the nomination. Robert R. Reynolds, has already spoken here during the cam paign. The fact that the three other*, particularly Senator Morrison, are coming to Shelby indicates that they and their campaigners must consider Cleveland a key county In the June primary voting. Senator Morrison, due to the fact that his duties keep him In Washr Ungton a major percentage of the time, at first was of the opinion that he might not be able to speak in [Cleveland during the campaign. He later decided that this would be one of the few points In this section he would be able to make In hi* final campaign tour. The announcement that the pres ent senator, considered a favorite to succeed himself, is coming to the bounty will be interesting news to Democrats of the county, especially the older men who have been ad mirers and supporters of Senator Morrison for many years.- Political observers offer the opinion that the race in this county is between Sen ator Morrison and Reynolds. Messrs Bowie Rnd Orlt In making person al appearances here this week, how ever, appear determined to alter that viewpoint, while Mr. Morri son's coming Infers that he Intends to hold and strengihen his popu larity with Cleveland voters. With three of the candidates for a major office appearing here this week Rnd vrith the local candidates injecting more hustle as primary day nears, the present week prom ises to be one of heated political activity. Can you answer u of these test questions’ Turn to page 8 for the , answers. j 1. How did the Hope Diamond” ! get its name? j 2. What was the religious affllia j tion of President Harding? j 3. Who served as secretary of the navy during the World war? Answering 4. What relationsnip did Marv, Queen of Scots, bear to Queen Eliza beth of England? 5. In what city Is the Fitzsimmons Army General hospital? 6. What Is the antonym of mis ogynist? 7. Who was the 'ifth president c? the TJ. S ? 8. Is Gene a feminine or mascu line name? 9. What is the native state of Vice-President Curtis'* I 10. For whom is the city of As toria, Oregon, named ? 11. What is the name of the sac red book of the Mohammedans? 12. What Is meteorology? 13. Who was first speaker of the house of representatives? 14. Do the citizens of Alaska vote in presidential elections? 15. Name the governor of Cali fornia? 18. What Is the Latin word for ship? 17. What is another name for the mountain lion? 18. What is maraschino? 19. What Instrument is used for measuring the humidity of air? 20. When grandfather, son, and grandson, all bear the same name, ho ware they distinguished? Fastem Star To Mee* There will be a, call meeting of the Eastern Star chapter at the Masonic building Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. All members are urg “Lady Lindy” Spans The Atlantic - —v r Amcua Earhaw PlITNAMl When Amelia Earhart Putnam landed in Ireland Satur day she entered the record hooks of aviation as the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic. The 32 year-old wife of George Putnam the publisher, is not only the first woman to fly over the Atlantic alone, but also the only person to have made two airplane crossings of the tempestu ous ocean. She flew across four years ago with a pilot and mechanic. (Story on Page 8.) Thief Is Caught, Tried, Sentenced In 2 Hours Time Nabbed Taking Flour At 10 Tfiis Morning And Eat* Dinner At Convict Camp Justice with considerable speed to day for June Pox, colored man. At 10 this morning June, a free man, decided he needed something to eat and attempted to steal a sack of flour. Two hours later, at noon, he had something to eat, the regu lar mid-day meal at the State con vict camp, east of the city. Just about the time county court opened at 10 o'clock, the colored man picked up a 50-pound sack of flour at the Oscar Palmer grocery, North La Fayette street, and started to slip out with it. Eve ret Ledbet ter, a clerk, noticed him, caught ntm and turned him over to officers. With the next hour Pox was for mally arraigned In court, tried, con victed and sentenced to 60 days on the roads. Peeler Honored At State CoHege George B Peeler, son of Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Peeler, was recently pro moted to the rank of sergeant In the R. O. T. C. at State college. Due to his efficiency hi the military de partment he also won a trip to Ala bama and was elected a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Precinct Meetings To Be Held June 4 'PreHiwt Meeting* Set For Jin* 4 And County Convention* June 11th. O. M. Mull, state chairman of the Democratic executive committee has set Saturday, June « at 3 p. m as the time lor holding precinct meet ings to elect delegate* to the coun ty convention, according to a letter received by O S. Anthony, Cleve land county chairman of the Demo cratic executive committee. All pre cincts meetings will be held at or near the precinct polling places. County Convention June 11 The county convection will be held in the court house on Satur day, June 11 at 3 p. m. lor the pur pose ol« electing delegates to the state convention which will be held in Raleigh on Jims 16th. Each county will elect one delegate and [one alternate lor eacn 150 votes or major fraction, cast by the county lor Governor Gardner The plan ol organisation of the Democratic party requires a com plete re-organisation of the party every two years. The precinct com mittee Is the first union and ati these meetings a man will be elect-' ed as precinct chairman and a wom an as vice chairman. 'rhen delegates will be appointed to attend the county convention to be In Sh.nby on Saturday, June 11. All precinct chairmen combined, constitute the county executive committee. Shelby Auxiliary Members Prepare Final Plans For Poppy Day Event Workers Will Be Divided Into Teams For Sale Of Fopples Saturday Poppies will bloom throughout Slielby Saturday with the same pro lusion that they doomed among the shell holes, barced wire and wooden crosses along the battle front In France. Preparations lor the annual poppy sale of the American Legion auxiliary, during which the auxiliary topes to place a memorial poppy on the coat of evry man, woman ano child In the city, are now complete, Mrs. C. B Alexander, chairman of the auxil iary's poppy sale committee, has an nounced. The large corps of women and girls who have volunteered to dis tribute the poppies on the streets Saturday has been divided into teams and each team assigned to a specific location in the city. The American legion auxiliary badges which will identify each worker as a bona-fide auxiliary volunteer, are ready for Issuance The poppie* each bearing a distihetive label saamjk*LS*M t product of the legion and auxil iary, have been received from Oteen, wnere they v.ere made by wives of needy disabled veterans. The little red flower* are being ar ranged in baskets eady for the workers to take out Saturday morn ing and the coin boxes Into which poppy purchasers wil.; drop their contributions for the welfare of the disabled and dependents are belne made ready. "There is a tradition in Prance” the auxiliary official said, “that on the battle fields where the nen fell most thickly the poppies bloom In greatest profusion A symbolic connection is seen between the blood-red blooms of the poppy and the blood of the heroic dead. Here in America we believe that where true patriots dwell most thickly the memorial popples ere worn in greatest numbers on Ooppy day, and we hope that nowhere in the coun try this year will these'bright sym bols of remembrance be seen in greater profusion than in Sheiby. The auxiliary heid-juarters forth? poppy sale is in*the {lore room ad joining the Cleveland durg stmt I mm m v j Commencement Of Shelby High School On How McDiarmid Preache* To Packed Church' Senior* Attend doer a laureate Ser mon In Body. Peel* Address Wednesday. / Th« commencement season tin the Shelby city schools was opened last night with the annual baccalaureate sermon r.t the First Baptist church. The sermon was preached by Rev. H. ti. McDiarmid, pastor of the Presbyterian church, and the My church was packed with people fw the occasion, It being neceasary to provide additional seats. The neat event of the high school commencement 0111 be the com mencement address at the high school auditorium btf Dr. W. W, Peele, prominent Charlotte minis ter. The program continues through Friday. Senior Event. The big evening of the finals pro gram for the graduating class, their relatives and friends, cornea on Thursday evening at 8 o elock when the class day exercises will be held. The chief event of the commence ment for the elementary* schools win be Friday morning at 10 o’clock when the promotion program for the graduates of the seventh grade will be held as they are presented their certificates and advanced to high school. TTie final event will be Friday evening when the seniors present their views on the heneflta and Importance of education. MrlMarmid Sermon. The 50 members of the graduating class of the hi eh school vfsre seated In a body at the church/last night for the commencement sermon. The program was opened wfth an organ prelude by Miss Ethel Elmore with the processional by the high school choir following. The invocation was by Dr. EL K. McLartyy pastor of Cen tral Methodist chudfch. Then came the anthem by the high school choir and a duet by Margaret Thompson and Joe Beckham. A prayer by Dr. Zeno Wall. First Bap tist pastor, followed the scripture reading and a congregational hymn. Rev. Mr. McDlarmid, who was In troduced by Supt. B. Jj. Smith, used for his subject “The Philosophy of Change.’’ In an unusually interest ing discourse his admonition and advice to the graduates were pre sented in the nature of a compari son with the eagle and the eagle’s brood. The stirring of the eagle’s nest and the sending forth of the young brood was likened to the breaking away from home and school ties of young graduates as advancing life forces them out from earlier influences to fly on their own wings and fill their allotted places in life. Protected and shel tered no longer, life becomes a problem for the young to work out with the benefit of advantages of the earlier training of the home, the school and the church. The sermon was followed by a hymn, the benediction "by Dr. Mc Larty and the organ poatlude, the seniors marching out while the con gregation remained standing. Exams Now On. Throughout the entire school sys tem examinations were underway today. All examinations and class room work will be completed by Wednesday noon, tor the remainder the week the work will be that Ot tilling reports, making promotions and participating in the commence ment program. The same schedule will be followed in the elementary schools as in the high school. Former Superintendent. Prof. I. C. Griffin, former super intendent of the Shelby schools; ac companied by Supt. Smith, visited all the city schools this morning to be greeted by his old students and many teachers who worked under him. He is now connected with the department of education at the State University. Edwards To Speak At Junior Meeting Local Order Winds Up Membership Campaign With Rally Tuesday Night. The Shelby Junior Order will cel ebrate the closing of an intensive” membership campaign with a big meeting in the lodge rooms of West Graham street Tuesday night, May 34, at S o’clock. Attorney Henry B. Edwards will be the principal speaker. Prof. J. H. Grigg will present the prises in the membership campaign t!0 in geld going to the first winner and a goid watch with the Junior emblem to the second. Music will be furnished by a siring band and visiting Juniors aw 1 *