S PAGES TODAY ■■ ..- — —... ^ Mali u*i jNSai. Hit advance! ~ C*frl«1 ot.r v«ai an advance' fj.Qtr Late News < i THE MYRKtl Cotton, splo basis . 5’‘ir Cotton seed, tot) ..S10 . Warmer Tuesday ! Today's North < arolina Weather Report: l air and slightly warmer In west portion tonight. Tuesday (air and warmer. Ford Is Better Detroit. Not. 18.— \ bulletin is sued at 4:30 p. m. yesterday at Ford hospital said that Henry Ford, op erated upon Saturday for a strangu- i lated femoral hernia, had "passed a tavara.ble day." The bulletin read: • >lr. Henry Ford passed a favorable day: his pulse is 71 and his tem perature is 100. Ills physicians state that during the hernia operation Saturday, his appendix was remov ed and they are satisfied with his condition." This bulletin was the lirst definite statement from hos pital authorities that the multi millionaire mutor eat manufactur er's appendix w as re moved in the operation, which was permormed at p. m. Saturday by- Dr. Roy D. Mc Clure. chief surgeon at Ford hos- ! pital. Beer Would Not Have Much Sale In This Section Did Not Sell Here In Old Days Modem Drinker, Old Timers Say, Would Not aloon days prior to prohibition. \bout the only beer that was sold in thts section then was to travel ling men and visitors from the east north and larger cities. The local drinkers did not care Tor it” Another one who remertibers the wide open days offers the opinion that the modern drinkers, accus tomed to the high-powered and often “doctored” hootch of recent ears would after one trial or two tail to receive the kick they anti cipated and would again be pa tronizing bootleggers, “A fellow who has been use to drinking tlie white lightning of recent years,” he aid, “would hate, as little use for real beer as sonie of our colored drinkers ■ have for whiskey when they can get ‘mule’ or some other substitute. Put it down for a fact that if beer does come back no one will make any fortune selling beer m this section.” Beer never was i popular bever age in this territory other old-tim ers agree. and they arc of the opin ■on that beer will not, solve the prohibition problem locally, unless ;n cases of younger drinkers who are hot old enough to remember legal beer. Another fault these same critics 'md with the probable return of beer is that the cost and the low alcoholic percentage of legal beer v ill make home-brew more popu lar. Either 2.75 percent or four percent beer would be much below ‘he eight to 12 percent alcoholic content of illegally made home brew under prohibition, and the home-brew would be much cheap er than the legal beer with the gov ernment fax added. Beer,” these older fellow's say, “may solve the problem in the cities where they were always ac customed to beer, but it will not here.. Just wait and see.” Mrs. Arthur Anthony Buried This Morning Died tn Rutherford Hospital. Hus band And Twelve Children Survive. Mrs. Arthur A. Anthony who lived east, of Buffalo creek between Shelby and Kings Mountain, died Saturday morning at the Rutherford hospital where she underwent an operation on Monday last. Mrs. Anthony had been in bad health for some time and an opera tion was found imperative. She was about 50 years of age and is sur vived. by her husband, who. Is a prominent farmer of No. 4 town ship, six sons and six daughters: Mrs. C. D. Clark of Cleveland, this state. Misses Geneva Anthony, of Shelby, Toise of Charlottesville, Va., Astor. of Hickory, Virgil and Moleta of this county, D A., Pinkney, G. E„ S. H.. Holland and Delma An thony. Deceased was a fine Christian woman and greatly beloved by her host of friends Her passing was a -hock to the community in which •he lived Funeral service- were held this morning at 11 o’clock at Pleasant Hill church, services being conduct ed by Rev W F. Lowe, Rev J. N. Randall and Rev. W G. Camp. A large crowd was in attendance Two Fatalities Over Week-End In County Negro Boy And Man Are Killed White Bov Accidentally Shoots Companion While Hunting. Woman Kills Man. Two peopU were killed in Cleve land county over the week-end. one cienth being classed as accidental while charges haw been preferred m the other death. Late Saturday afternoon, Georg' Brown, colored boy about 14 years of age, was instantly killed near Casnr when a gun m the hands oi his hunting companion. Claud Led ford, white youth about, the same age. was discharged. Cut To Death. At Kings Mountain Saturday j night Lander Mom:-. 5Q-year-o)d i Gaffney negro .ttas fatally cut it is | alleged by a negro woman. Dora Williams, about 35, and also said to be originally from the Gaffney sec tion. Tlie woman is in the county jail awaiting a preliminary hearing. Both deaths were investigated by Roscoe Lutz, county coroner. Information given Coroner Lutz about the fatal shooting had it that j the Ledford youth and the colored boy, whose family lived on the farm of Ledford’s father, had been OUt hunting together Saturday. Tht-; boys were said to be good friends. | and, according to the white youth 1 the colored boy started to hand him • the shotgun as they prepared to go home He handed him the gun butt j first, young Ledford said, and fust, as he reached for the gun it dis-j charged. Just what caused the gun! to go off is not known, but one pre sumption is that the colored boy in toying with the gun before extend ing it to his companion may have cocked It. The full load of the dis charge struck the colored youngster near the nose and killed lilm In stantly. The two boys were alone at the time of the tragedy, and the coroner after making a thorough investigation of all information possible to secure termed the death I an accident Pull detail’s of the Kings* Moun tain killing- were not available tht; morning, but will likely come out at the preliminary hearing. The sher iff's office here was informed that the negro woman. Dcrn Williams, stabbed or cut the negro man. Lan-j tier Morris, in the right shoulder or chest while the two were together | in a Kings Mountain house. Morris; lived for about two hours after the ; cutting, it was said. The woman Is sa'd to have been working in Kings Mountain, but early information was that the man had recently drifted into town irom the Gaffney section. The woman was not appre hended immediately after the cut* ting, but was caught at Blacksburg Sunday by Chief George Allen and other officers. She was brought to the county jail here to await trial, and it was stated today that when picked up yesterday she still had the knife which presumably she used to cut Morris as it was said to have had blood upon It. The trou ble culminating in the fatal cutting was not known. The dead man Is said to have a family In the Gaff ney section. Shelby people who declared Fri day night that “it is really raining” were right in their diagnosis of the weather. John Phifer who keeps tab on the government rain fall rec ord at the Shelby postoffice, says that two inches of rain fell from 8 o'clock Friday night until 4 o’clock Saturday morning. ’Possum Prives Accommodating; Crawls In Par I This is another ’possum story—a story of a very ar | commodating and consider* able marsupial. l.ast week an o'possura was found tooting thr horn on the automobile of the N. B. Glad den while the car was in the Gladden garage, but this tat - I est ’possum story is one bet ter. One night recently Mrs. Lee Lovelace and children were at home by themselves. \ noise was heard in the kitchen and they went to in vestigate. In a pantry shelf they found an o’Possum foundering around in a bak ing pan. After a few days fattening he will be put in the pan again. M. B. Whisnant Of Lawndale 1$ Buried On Friday Mad Retired From Meat Market Business Which lie Ran For Twenty Tears. Mr. M B, Whisnant, local citi zen of Lawndale, died at liis home. Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 22, 1932 following an Uiness with high blood pressure and paralysis for about three months. He was 61 years, 5 months and 19 days old. He is survived by his widow who before marriage was Miss Dovie Upton; six sons: Horace (Dutch), Joe, John, Woodrow and Rev. Durham Whisnant, all of Lawndale and Garrey, of Cincin nati, Ohio., and two daughters Elizabeth and Emma Whisnant; his father, Mr. Joe Whisnant and two sisters. Miss Ida Whisnant, Mrs. Griffin McCurry, all of Bostic, and five grandchildren and a host of friends also survive. Mr. Whisnant ran the local meat market of Lawndale for about twen ty years. until his health failed him and he Was forced to retire from business. He will be greatly missed by his many friends who were always ready for one of his kind, encour aging words and his ready smile. He was a Christian man of high standing and a generous person ality. The funeral services were held at the Lawndale church by Rev. Zeb Grigg of Roanoke, Vn, and Rev. Williams, of Cherryville. He was laid to rest in the Palm Tree cemetery an Friday morning at 11 o'clock. Tlie flower girls were: Misses Carrie Lee Weaver. Irene Putnam, Ruth Maunev. Bertie Lee Hord, Lulya Mae Sweezv. Anna Lou Bowman, Alma Wallace Fran cis Hord. Hettie Carver and Mrs. Alston Bridges The pall bearers were: Beauford Hord. Ernest Brid ges, Charley Wease, Hugh Wallace. Jake Fortenberry and Odtis Gard ner. The grave was a beautiful mound of cut flowers. Mrs. Harris Bailey and son John Harris Bailey, and Miss Minnie Richardson, of Elberton. On. were the Thanksgiving and week-end guests of Mr and Mrs. J. S. Wil lard. Farm Relief Will Be Among First Problems Tackled By Mr. Roosevelt Confers With Grange Group Anti Also House Agricultural Body. Warm Springs, Ga., Nov. 28.— Farm relief emerged over the week end as the first problem that Franklin E>. Roosevelt will tackle in | his series of conferences with con gressional leaders at Warm Springs. Plans were made for the presi | dent-elect to confer with a delega ; tion from the National Grange and ' this week he will meet with mem bers of the House Agriculture com | mittee in an attempt to work out | a program of agricultural relief f that may be presented to the short session of congress The president-elect did not indi I cate the nature of the program he i plans to discuss with the agriculture committee members. In the Cam paign he said he hoped the leaders of the nation's agricultural organ! I nations would get together on a ■plan to help restore the industry to prosperity. He told newspapermen hj expected to listen to the plan of the National Grange and that he did not know what they would present. The grange delegation was. chos en at a meeting in Winston-Salem. N. C.. and one of .the members is Fred J. Freestone, master of the New York State Orange, whom Mr Roosevelt has known for a long t ime. In the same press conference, Mr. Roosevelt was asked if he had been informed that a delegation was coming to Warm Springs to oppose recognition of Soviet Russia, he said he had not been told of any prospective visit and declined to discuss the subject. Close friends of the governor, however, said hc had given considerable thought to the matter during the past several months and had discussed it with a number of persons familiar with it. They said he had found a wide di vision of opinion among American industrialists about recognition Here for Pointers Gottfried Reinhardt, son of Mas Reinhardt, famous European theat rical producer, is shown ns he ar rived at New York. Reinhardt, who is twenty, is following the footsteps of his father. He is here to make a comprehensive study of America* theatrical methods. He also plan* a visit to Hollywood to get an in sight of how the film factories work, Veteran Ellis Buried Sunday; 86 Years Of Age Nfrvcd Two Vnirj In CmftdtriM Army. Reared At Old Ellis Ferry Place. Elijah R Ellis. Confederate war veteran, with 163 descendants died Friday night at 9 o’clock in the Shelbv hospital and was buried Sun day at Beaver Dam church, He was 86 years, 7 months and 28 days old. Born At Ellis Ferry Mr. Ellis was born and reared at the old Ellis Ferry place on Broad river in lower Cleveland where a ferry was operated back in the days before bridges were built, for two years he served in the Confederate army and was a valiant soldier with a vivid recollection of the conflict and the period of privation which followed with the Reconstruction, Mr, Ellis was married to jane Elliott. She preceded him to the grave about twenty years ago and since that time he had been mak ing his home with his children and grandchildren. He always attended the county reunion of Confederates and attended four Southern reun ions. Despite his age he remained Vigorous and active until a. few weeks ago when he was forced 'to enter the Shelby1 hospital for ft mastoid operation performed Nov ember 14th. uanjr uHcenaani' Surviving are seven children T. L Ellis of Blacksburg. R. F. Ellis of Shelby. C. T. and Gaither Ellis of the county. Mrs. Della Humphries, Mrs. Flossie Padgett. Mrs. Atha Pinson, all of this county, together with 48 grandchildren, 98 great grandchildren and 10 great great grandchildren Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at Beaver Dam by Revs. D. F. Putnam and W. R. Jen kins. assisted by Clyde R. Hoey, teacher of the Hoey Bible class of Central Methodist church. Mr. Ellis was a member of the Hoey class and attended when his health would permit. A large crowd was in at i tendance at the funeral -:—— | No Discount County Taxes After First i _ Flat Bate On All Taxes Collected During December And January. \ Cleveland county tax payer who j do not pay their $32 taxes by the i end of this month will not receive u discount. During the remainder of Novem ber a 'discount of one-half of one percent will be allowed. During the ; months of December and January rate will be flat. meaning that there will not be a penalty or dis count. On taxes paid after that time there will be a penalty. Joe Laughridge Off To Arizona for Health Joe Laughridge, fifteen year old I son of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Laugh | ridge left this morning for Phoenix, Arizona in search of a cure for asthma -with which he hjus been a ! constant sufferer Joe is a mere lad j and goes alon* to the far west ’ where he will be in a strange land, : but a number of Shelby men have \ given him testimonials and written ' their friends to cheer him along. He goes on the advise of physi cians. Uncle Sam Asks Debt Payment By 15th Of Dec. Notes Forwarded To Foreign Nations IIoral> Opposes Payment In ( ur rt'iuirs Of Other Nation* I'p To t on*ri'*\. Washington. Noi. 2ft. Pay up mi December .1 ;> America ha* advise J hrr foreign debtors unit thus create a more favorable atmosphere for file rerousliwtation of the whole war debt problem 'by a commission which President Hoover will a*'t cnng|^fc.N to author bo This was the gist ol ikne for warded bv Secretary Stllivson In re sponse U> the requests of France Great Britain and Belgium, for an extension of the present monitor >um and a re-examination of the debt situation. "As to the suspension of the in stallment of the British debt, due December 15. which is one of the objective of your note, no authority lies within the executive to giant such an extension and no far! - have been placed in our possession which could be presented to con gress for favorable consideration.' said the note presented to Arobn.s sador Lindsay, of Great Britain Similar passages were contained in the notes to France and Belgium. The communication forwarded to London continued: "Such importance is attached by our government and people to main tenance of the original agreement tii force by the payment on De cember 15th as to far outweigh any reasons now apparent for its sus pension and by such payments the prospects of a satisfactory approach to* the whole question, in my opin ion. would be greatly increased " Borah Voices Protest During the day. Chairman Borah of the senate foreign relations com mittee opposed payment of the in stallments due next month in the currencies of the nations making them, as suggested by President Hoover in his statement of last week. Borah termed such a procedure “a diluted form of moratorium." and added: "I can see nothing to be gained in dealing with this matter in that, way or in dealing with it partially and Incompletely.” In all three of the notes that went abroad. Secretary Stiiroon emphasised the fact, that congress alone has the power to modify the debt arrangements and his conrle tlon that It cannot be persuaded to (COtrrtNXtHn on >'agf six > Golfer* Will Have Oyster Roast Friday The male members of the Cleve land Springs golf club will stage an oyster roast. Friday night at the club house, it was announced today by Bob and Jim Reed, club pros The roast is the culmination of a team play tournament staged dur ing the last, fortnight in which half of the players were placed on "A" teams to play the others on the “B” teams. All the matches have been played except one and at the pres ent time the “A" and "B" teams are tied. Unless there is a change in the standing when the last match is played the teams will split the ex pense of the roast:, the original plan being for the losers to play hosts to the winners. Time Service Firm Is Open In Shelby Correct Time Service, an organi zation which will give the correct time at all hours of the day and 1 night, was opened in Shelby today. ' The office is on the second floor of the former Union Trust. building, ! corner Lafayette and Warren streets. The service is under the managership of Mrs S. L. Miller who comes here from Asheville. Mrs. Miller and her mother. Mrs. Jennie Minnick.x, are making their home on i the Cleveland Springs road. Those who call the office at any hour dur ing the 24 hours of the day will be given the correct time. City Allowing One Per Cent Discount On Taxes To Dec. 1 The city's discount ends Thursday ! evening, after which taxes will be ! ngt for the next two months. Dec ember and January. ! * one perrent discount V. Vina : allowed on city taxes paid on or be I fore December 1st, according to in I formation at the city hall. Mary i tax payers have availed themselves of the discounts allowed so far this fall and u rush in payment is ex pected on Monday Tuesday, Wed-, .nesdny and Thnr«d.u of this week Showing a Good Example Giving serious consideration to th* oft-repeated warning, “Do poor Christmas shopping early,” Charlotte Susa, lovely German actress who in seeking fresh laurels in Hollywood, is shown homeward bound after a raid on the stores The snow, of course, is the “reel” thing, used in Aim snowstorms. Bnt Charlotte’s "Frehllche Welfrnaehten* (Merry Xmas) ta real thing Coldest Weather Of Year Strikes Section Mfrrurt Drops To TwrnUm. Colder < Thun Any Period Loot Winter. A cold wave, bringing the iciejg weather of the year and what, was said by many to be colder than any period during last winter, .swooped down upon the Shelby section Sat urday eventhg and was hanging on relentlessly today. Due to a high biting wind Sat urday night and Sunday many be lieved the weather then to be cold er than that of last night and early today, but Shelby thermometers show that Sunday night was colder than Saturday night and that it was colder this morning than tt Sunday. The Ebeltoft thermometer regis tered 28 tlegrees tills morning while others in the city were reported to have registered as low as 24. Yes terday morning the Ebeltoft ther mometer registered between 29 and 30. Tlie cold wave was brought In on the wings of a driving wind from | the Atlantic coast. Although the mercury dropped below the freezing point only a. minimum amount of damage was reported about the city today. This morning close observers of the weather stated that the week end period was colder than any weather of last year which was marked by a mild winter. Over The State Charlotte. Nov. 28.—Borne oh a northeast wind, a cold wave came into North Carolina over the week end. sending the mercury in ther : mometers down to genuine winter | levels. Temperatures in the low 20s were i recorded over mast of the state and in the mountains the mercury fell even lower. The wind which brought the cold ; lashed the Carolina coast, interfer- j mg with shipping and blowing down some communication wires, but fail ,CONTTNI'FD ON PAC3B SIX ' I Try Answering These Can you answer 14 of these test question? Turn to page 7 for the answers, 1. Between what dates does a Calendar Year” run? 2. What three new Testament ept> ties are often designated the Pas toral Epistles? 3. What doe.' It cost to send a letter to Germany? 4. What are the first and last books of the Bible? 5. Who wrote "Rebecca of Sun nybrook Farm”? 8. What Is a tern? 7, Who was Timur? 8. What Is tin? #. Who was Heinrich Zoltner? 10. What is a wtllet? 11. What are plant* that live through the winter and bloom year after year called? 12. What is the capital of New Mexico? 13. 'What Is the name of the Queen of the Netherlands? 14 What is the plural of food? 15. When did Oscar Wilde die? 16. When did Rhode Island rati fy the constitution of the U. 8.? 17 In what year did the Battle of Tippecanoe occur? 18. Who wrote Puck o’ Pook's Hill? 19. When are the Ides of March? 20. Is the word God In the U. S. constitution? Auto Ablaze Brings Out The Fire Trucks The city fire department trucks were called out about 9 o'clock Sun day night to South Shelby where ati automobile had caught on fire. Truck chemicals were used in ex tinguishing the blaze. The car, which is reported to have caught on fire from the ignition, belonged to ft Mr. Weehunt and was consid erably damaged. Change In Prohibition Law May Be First Thing Taken Up By Congress Garner Discusses Program on Beer Vote For First Day of Session. Washington .Nov. 28— Members of the house may get a chance to vote the first day cf the coming session of congress--December 5— on repeal of the Eighteenth amend ment. A program to accomplish that pur pose was discussed last week by Speaker Garner and' Representative Snell, of New York, the Republican leader. Garner would recognize a member to move suspension of the rules and ask for a vote on a reso lution proposing outright repeal. Othed colleagues of the two lead ers well be consulted on the idea. It requires a two-thirds majority to suspend the rules and a like ma jority for a constitutional amend me ni. In possible furtherance oi thisj plan. Representative McDuffie, of Alabama, the Democratic whip, has written to party members asking them to be present on the opening day for important business. Ordln* arily, the first day of a short ses sion is devoted only to routine. The calendar made the suggestion possible. Under house rules, a bill can be taken up unaei suspension only on the first and third Mondays of each month. December 5, is the first Monday In the month. If Gar ner should recognize a member to move passage of a repeal amend ment. debate would ce limited to 40 minutes, Before this plan was devised, Senator Hastings, Republican, Del aware, long an advocate of prohibi tion, suggested that the Federal gov eminent spend no more money en forcing prohibition in states that do not cooperate. He and Snell both declared for adoption of a repeal resolution at the December session, .coNTrvtrnn an pag* mix < Mrs. C. B. Suttle Passes At 81; Funeral Today Well Known Woman Die* In City Mother Of Seven Fine Children Here, last of Alex Wrav Family, Noble Christian Woman. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence on West Marion street for Mrs. Esther Wray Suttle, widow of C. B. Suttle She died at 4 o'clock Sunday morning following a general decline In health extend ing over a period of a year or more Her passing was not unexpected to? her condition had been serious for several weeks. Ult Of Family Mrs Suttle was 81 years old last March 16th. She was born four miles west of Shelby where Joe Wesson now lives, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wray, one of the most prominent families in this section. She wns the last of her family to go. all brothers and sis ters having passed on. Before her death she was the senior In font living generations. Her family connection is large and wide and her friends are num bered by the scope of her acquaint ance. Tn early life she joined Sandy Run Baptist rhurch but held her membership at the First Baptist church here for fully a half cen tury. In 1869 she married C. B Suttle and they built her*- an ideal home, noted for Its warm hospi tality. Mrs. Suttle loved her home ner cnurcn ana ner mends and was a noble Christian woman, up holding Christian principles and the worthwhile things in the com munity. She was generous, thought - till and kind and even after the snows of many winters whitened her hair, she enjoyed the com pionship of young people and de lighted in the gathering of her children and grandchildren Seven line Children Five years ago last March her active nnd industrious husband preceded her to the grave. Sur viving are seven children: Joe L. Sutile, secretary-treasurer of the Cleveland B and L. association. Rev. John W. Suttle, prominent pastor of several rural churches. Julius A. Suttle druggist, Mrs. 8 A McMurry. Mrs. Lander F. Mc Brayer, Mrs. L. P Holland, Mr* Lewis Baley, all of Shelby. A wealth of floral offerings at tested the esteem in whicli she wa> held. Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor of the First Baptist church preached the funeral and paid a glowing yet de served tribute to her beautiful life Her seven grandsons served as pall bearers: C. B. Suttle, J. L. Suttle. Jr., Allen Suttle. Pegram Holland. Chas. McBrayer, Gerald McBrayer and Bill Baley. Flower bearers were Mrs. Frank Love, Mrs Robert Laney, Mrs. De Witt Quinn. Misses Katherine Dov er, Montrose Mull. Agnes Mc Brayer, Kate Webb. Mrs. R. R. Rayburn, Mrs. Man Wilson Toms. Mrs, C. B. Suttle, jr., Mrs. Gerald McBrayer, Mrs. D. W. Royster. Mrs Tom Moore. Gardner Home Destroyed By Residence In New Prospect Sectior Burned This Afternoon, Furniture lost. The residence of Brown Gardner, in the New Prospect community, was destroyed by fire around 1:3C this afternoon. The origin of the destructive fire according to Charles Woodson. Shelby salesman, who brought the report to town, is unknown. Mrs. Gardner was at a neighbor'* house and Mr. Gardner was in the field when the flames were first noticed. The blaze spread rapidly over the six or seven-room house and it was burned down in a short time. Practically all the furniture was destroyed, only an organ, a bed and a few ch8irs being saved. Mrs. Paul Wootton Is Criticall 111 Mrs. Paul Wootton of Hickory is teported to be critically ill at het home. She has been suffering with tumor on the brain and other com plications. She was taken to Balti more some months ago where she underwent an operation. Her hus band is manager of the Montgom ery Ward store at Hickory. Two sis ters live in Shelby. Mrs. Mai Span v ler %ild Mrs T B Mr r" he art A Blaze