North Carolina Newspapers

I FRIDAY. DEC. 9, 1932 10 PAGES TODAY Bj MaiL net vent. an advance* - *».Mt (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) Late News THE MARKET Cotton, spot base___.. j"*it Cotton seed, ton ___ $te Cloudy Saturday Today's North Carolina Weather Report: Partly cloudy tonight. Sat urday increasing cloudiness. Not much change in temperature. Better Business Pittsburgh, Dec. —John 1). Rig gers, president of the Eibby-Owns Ford Glass company, of Toledo, O. asserted yesterday “business is up ward bound and will soon be mak ing gienat strides.” Sneaking to the National Glass Distributors associa tion, he cited figures to show com modity prires arc the lowest in 132 years. Grover Cleveland and War ren G. Harding, he said "took of fice at the bottom of depressions, and prosperity soon followed. "Whether the new president is a Republican or a Democrat, in such circumstances, makes no difference,’ Riggers said. "Economir conditions invariably govern, and they are now such that prosperity must inevit ably follow.” Mrs. Paul Wootten BuriedHereToday l oimer Shelby Lady Succumbs At Reldsville. Funeral At Span gler Horne. The funeral of Mrs. Paul Woot ten was held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the homy of her sister, Mrs. Mai Spangler in Belvedere and interment was in Sunset ceme tery. Mrs. Wootten who was Mae Blanton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. j. H, Blanton died yesterday morn ing at 10 o'clock at the heme of her sister-in-law, Mrs. W. M. Whitte mpre at Reidsyllle. Mrs. Wootten was born in this county 34 years ago. She was a popular saleslady m local stores for many years and was married to Paul Wootten, formerly In business here, but at present manager of the Montgomery Ward: store at Hick ory. For the past five years Mrs. Wootten had been sick and sought the best medical attention, going to Baltimore for an operation and treatment. She was a most genial and sweet mannered person and numbered her friends by the score. Surviving are her husband, fath er, three sisters, Mrs, Mai Spangler of Shelby, Mrs. Merton Beam of Charlotte, Mrs. T. G, Morehead of Shelby and two brothers, Sam Blanton of HartsvilJe, S. C„ and H. L. Blanton of Philadelphia. Mrs. Wootten was active in church work at Hickory where she lived and many friends came over for the funeral today. Services were conducted by Dr. E. K. McLarty of Central Methodist church, assisted by Dr. Zeno Wall of Shelby and her pastor, Dr. Gibbs of Hickory1 Pall bearears were J. I. Buttle Fred Morton, Joe Nash, O. S. An thony, all of Shelby, John Hawn and Dr. B. F. King of Hickory. Those who had charge of the flow ers were salesgirls in the store which Mr. Wootten manages in Hickory, together with Mrs. Geo. Hoyle, Mrs. Zeno Wall, Mrs. Griffin Smith, Mrs. Reid Misenheimer and Miss Vert a Hendrick of Shelby Local Club Will Sell Seals Tuesday Christmas Seal Sale To Fight Tuberculosis Starts Next Week. Beginning Tuesday the Woman's club of Shelby will open its annual t,alc of Christmas seals, proceeds of which are used to fight tubercu losis. In connection with the sale the ] attention of local citizens is direct-! ed to the following statement by; President Hoover: "For twenty-five years the na tional t uberculosis association and! its affiliated units have been fight-i mg tuberculosis. Today they begin I their annual appeal for support j through the medium of the Christ- j mas seal sale. The funds obtained j finance a program of clinics. nurs-| ing service, preventoria, research i and education. * ! “I commend this work to the American public as worthy of gen erous support. Tuberculosis, despite the steady gains that have been made against It, is still one, if not indeed the first, of our major pub lic health problems. "It is my sincere wish that the Christmas seal campaign will be successful so that the work of the 2084 tuberculosis associations niav continue unchecked and a still further reduction in the death rate may be achieved during the com ing year.” Recorder-Elect To Speak Next Sunday County Recorder J. M. Wright will speak to the men at the Sec ond Baptist church npxt Sunday at the Sunday school hour. All men who are not at tending Sunday j school elsewhere are cordt yll-/ invit ed to attend. County And City Can Pay All Obligations { Local Governments Will Be Ready CUt Has Practically Now To Re tire $14,000 Ronds When Hue In .lai.'nary. While numerous other county ahd j municipal governments, some In this State, are having difliculty in | meeting their obligations, even if | able to do so, Shelby's city goVern j ment and the Cleveland county gov jernment are In position to meet all I outstanding obligations of, the cur -y ' rent year, an Inspection of the two budgets will show. I>ue In January. Already. Mayor S. A. McMurry | says, the city treasury lacks only a | little of having enough money on j hand with which to meet bonds | and interest due January 1. This [ payment together with Interest to tals $14,300. It is hoped that tax payments made bv citizens during the few weeks ahead will enable the j city' to meet the obligation prompt ! ly. j Tlie county government Is In | equally as good shape. When the | last budget was prepared, by the ! accountant and commissioners who retired f-om office this week, . enough cash was on hand or enough revenue was in sight from the usual sources to assure that * with the county's sinking fund all obliga tions up to and through the end of the county's fiscal year could be i met without delay. This condition should be espeeial fly cheering to citizens in that num i erous other governmental units have been defaulting or getting so far behind as to damage their credit of the future. Elsewhere. Under new legislation, sponsored : by Governor Gardner, county and | municipal governments are forced to live within their income by hav ing their fiscal matters pass Under the supervision of the Local Gov-’ ernment Commission. A report from Raleigh from this commission in forms that 33 of the 100 counties in tfle State were in default in both principal and interest, three others were in default In interest only, and | one. In default on' principal up to Nov, 1. Cleveland was not included in either list, having met all obli gations, payments and interest as they came due. In addition, it was estimated that around 125 of the 275 cities and towns in the State having outstanding bonds and notes are in default on either principal or interest payments on borrowed; money. Shelby, however, is not in the list, In many of these counties,, it Is said, Indebtedness is being re funded by issuing bonds that take the place of both principal and in-I terest due, thus prolonging and in-: creasing the debt load for tax-pay- \ ers. Therefore, the two local gov-, ernments are not merely maintain- i lng credit but are removing the in-1 debtedness gradually instead of permitting it to increase. Hubert Poteat To Be Here For Meeting A sort of Masonic revival will be held one afternoon and night be tween Christmas and New Years according to an announcement made by J, D. Lineberger this morning. Hubert Poteat of Wake Forest col lege will be the principal speaker. Mr. Poteat Is one of the best versed men in Masonry in North Carolina and a very gifted speaker. The meetings will be open and an invi tation will be extended to visiting Masons and the public generally as well as members of the local lodges. The date will be announced later. Christmas Edition On Next Wednesdaj A Christmas shopping edition of The Cleveland Star will be issued on Wednesday of next week. The stores have never had a larger variety of Christmas goods or lower prices than they have this season, so Wednes day's edition of The Star will bring to Star readers informa tion about the attractive and useful gifts which fill the stores and are offered at such low prices. Readers will refer to the paper as a shopping guide. Merchants are asked to fur nish copy for their advertise ments, not later than Tuesday evening at 6 o’clock in order that the edition might appear on time and make the regular scheduled mail deliveries. Auto Tags Go On Sale Here 15th; Are Already Here Will Be Sold By Hopper Brothers At The. Carolina Motor Inn. The 1933 license plates for auto mobiles and trucks in Shelby and surrounding territory will be sold this year, as last, at the office of the Carolina Motor Inn, corner East Warren and DeKalb streets. The Hopper brothers, Carlos and Alton, proprietors of the station, will han dle the sale of the tags The 1933 plates have already ar rived at the local office, but will not be placed on sale until December 15. The new togs are of the same size as those of the year 1932, and are printed in white figures on a dark blue background. A week In advance of the date o| sale of tags, the license bureau is passing out the urgent request that those who have not yet had their titles transferred or have any other irregularity, to have these matters attended to before the rush period sets in. No Further Move In Probing Death Coroner Says Nothing New Has De veloped Since The Inquest Mistrial. No further official action has aeon taken since Tuesday’s inquest at which time a coroner’s jury was triable to decide upon a verdict as o how Will Green, colored youth, was fatally injured last Saturday night. Green sustained his fatal in juries, the coroner's jury was told, while riding on a truck with Seth Mayhew and several other white youths Saturday night. Following the first mistrial Cor nier Roscoe E. Lutz said that he was hot certain just what would he the next procedure. as he would ikely wait and see what the coun ly commissioners thought of hold ng a second inquest. So far as he cnows now. the coroner said to iay, no further probe may be made intil and if taken up by tht grand Jury, Power Will Be Off 30 Minutes Sunday R. V. Toms, city electrician has jeen notified by the Duke Power Do. that the city’s electric current will be off from 2 to 2:30 Sunday ifternoon while some work is being fone at. the local power station. N. C. Death Chair Gets One Today; Four More Await Death In December “Sunshine” Jones Electrocution Sel Today. Four Doomed Same Day. Raleigh, Dec. 9.—The death chair at state's prison, idle for weeks while doomed men looked hopefully toward escape through appeals to the supreme court and executive clemency. is scheduled to claim another life today, with four more set for December 16. Today's victim will be young Jake “Sunshine" Jones, negro who start ed on a career of crime at 13 by shooting a white boy in Waynesville, and at 19 killing J. H. Pool, Ra leigh filling station operator, with a shot from ambush. due to two cases being decided - the same day and simultaneous 'cation of two reprieve.?, four ; men are scheduled to die December i 15. but the.; death dates of at least J two of them are expected to be ad vanced. In the 22-year history of the electric chair, not more than two j I victims have been ‘electrocuted on i one day. Further reprieves for Ed Deaver, 20 year old Columbus county white man, and Jot Stafford, 21-year-old Wayne county farmer, are expected to be granted this week or early next. Both these men were sen tenced to die for murder and both have been under mental observation 1 Two negroes, whose death date is I set for December 16, apparently have little chance of escaping un less developments now unforseen come up. They are Alex Grier, Gas ton negro, sentenced for murdering a Gastonia filling station operator, and Harvey Wallace, Lee county, convicted of slaying a Lee county merchant, Pedestrians Three The name of Walker is a big one, | whether it is that of New York’s ex-Mayor or New Jersey's famous "Toy Bulldog,” Mickey Walker j Here is the first picture of Jimmy J Walkpr, with his proud parents Mr. and Mrs. Mickey Walker Jimmy, who is 8 months old, u named for former Mayor James J Walker. Duke Alumni To Banquet Here On Monday Dec. 12 Dr. A. M. Proctor Of ihe University Faculty To Re Speaker, Parents Invited. Tlie feature of the Duke univer sity day dinner of Cleveland and | Rutherford counties alumni associa i lion to he held at Central Method 11st church, Monday, December 12th, I at 7 p. m. will be an address by Dr. A, M. Proctor of Duke University. He will bring a. message regarding the aims and'-purposes of the inst i tution and various phases of its growth and development at this vitally Important period of its his tory. Bis subject will be “Duke Urff versity: The Privilege and Respon sibility of Her Alumni.'’ In addition to the address of the evening there will be a number of other interesting features, including the election of officers for the en suing year. There will probably also be brief remarks by one or two members of the local group, and pethaps a short musical program. The Duke university day dinner here is one of many to be held in North Carolina and other states in commemoration of the eighth an niversary of the creation of the Duke endowment, making possible Duke university, on December 11, 1924. That particular date falling on Sunday this year, the Duke uni versity day dinners are being held on other days of the week. At least two dinners will be held in countries outside the United States. The number of local Duke alumni groups is now sixty-one, and a large proportion of them will have meet ings in observance of the eighth! anniversary. In 1929, seventeen meetings were held; in 1930, the number had grown to thirty-eight; in 1931, there was a total of fifty two meetings. In addition to din ners in leading cities ail over North Carolina, meetings were held in I eleven other states, one of these be- j ing as far away as Los Angles, California. An interesting feature at many Duke university day meetings this year will be the presence of par ents of Duke students now at the institution. Wives and husbands of alumni are also expected to attend the various gatherings. A statement made from the alum ni office of Duke university is to the effect that there are 7,000 lo cated alumni of the institution. Every state in the union is repres ented in the alumni list, and all the hundred counties in North Caro lina. Names in the alumni files rep resent twenty-nine different coun tries outside the United States, Founder Of Sterchi Stores Died Today; Close A Half Day: J. G. Sterchi, founder of the Sterchi stores and chairman of the board of directors, died this morn ing at Knoxville, Tenn., according to a message received by Floyd Smith, manager of the Shelby Sterchi store. In respect to Mr. Sterchi, the lo- - cal store will close at noon tomor row and remain closed for the re ■ mainder of the day. --*-—* —:--—— - j i SPORTS, page 5. ABOUND OUR TOWN, page 7. Britain To Pay With Gold; U. S. Insists In Note Insists That Debt Be Paid Prefer Harriot To Krcommrm That His Government Pay With Reservations, 4 W&shinglon. IVc. ». 'Hie Unitec States again insisted yesterday In u note to Great Britain on payment of the $95,550,000 war debt Install ment due December 15. Secretory Stimson said in the note that he was confident congress would be "willing to consider any reasonable (suggestion" which would facilitate payment In London it was learned on high authority that arrangements would be made Imme diately to make the payment In gold. The American reply to the second French note, asking postponement of the 120,000,000 payment due from France December 15, was present ed to the French ambassador at Washington, In Paris Prime Minister MacDon ald of Britain and Premier Herrlot went over the debt question at a four-hour conference, at the con clusion of which it was Indicated that Britain was planning to pay the December installment and that M. Herrlot would recomcnd pay ment to parliament with reserva tions. Transfer Gold To C, S. London, Dec. 9.—Arrangements are to be made forthwith for the transfer of gold to the United States to meet Great Britain's mid-De cember debt installment, well in formed quarters said last night aft er contents of the American reply to Britain’s renewed request for postponement became known. The chancellor of the exchequer, however, said on his arrival here fCONTINUED ON PAG*: NINE i Colored Boys Up For Shoplifting Oldest Given SI* Months For Al leged Theft From Grover Store. Three .ooiored boys. Houier, Cecil and J. D- Whlsnant, were brought In county recorder’s court this morning charged with shoplifting In the Moss store at Grover. Cecil and J. D., aged 12 and 13 years, were found to be too jfoung to be tried in the court, and were remanded to the juvenile judge, A. M. Hamrick. There they were given sentences to the training school, the sentences being suspended on condition that they attend school every day and not get In any more trouble. Homer. 18 years of age, was given a six-months road sentence by Re corder Pat McBrayer. The boys were charged with tak ing around $25 worth of shoes, overalls, etc,, from the Moss store. Cotton Up 12 Point* On Yesterday Close Cotton on the New York ex change was twelve points above yesterday's close at 2 o'clock today. Dec. was quoted at 5.70, Jan. 5 71 and March 5 83. Answering Can you answer 14 of these test questions? Turn page two for the answers. 1. How many bones are in the hu man body? 2. Name the capital of Oklaho ma? 3. Who wrote the novel "Swiss Family Robinson?” 4. What was Abraham Lincoln’s middle name? 5. What is the name for animals of the cat family? 6. Name the first Roman emper or? 7. Name the principal male char asfer in the Odyssey? 8. Where is Shanghai? 9. During which war was William McKinley. President of the United States? 10. What Is arson? 11. Who wrote Quo Vadis? 12. Who appoints the governor- j general of the Philippine Islands? j 13. Give the title of the head of the department of justice? 14. Who was known as the bache or president of the United States? 15. What is the feminine form of he. ford fiance? -V. 16. Is water a "liquor” or a "11 juid?” 17 Name the ninth month of the Mohammedan calendar? 18. Name the famous high tower n Paris, France? 19. In what year was the first •cieral census taken? 29. .What Is a peon? Pow-Wow at ‘Little White House’ President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt is shown U he conferred with BronBOT*«rntti"K ®* N«y Mexico on the porch of the "Littl. White IIoo*• in W im hpnnifj, Go., where Mr. Rooierelt ie vecationln* benator Cutting, it will be recelled, ie the Prorressive Republicen wh< bolted the Hoover cause to the Roosevelt banner in the recent election Gardner And Hoey To Be On Air In Duke Endowment Next Sunday Program Will Be Held In Charlotte Churrh On Snnd>; Afternoon. Governor O Maj Gardner and Clyde R. Hoey are among the speakers on the Duke endowment program which will be held at the First Methodist church In Char lotte Sunday afternoon. The program begins at 2:25 and Continues until 4:20. The portion of the program from 2:45 t» 4:15 will be broadcast over radio station WBT. Governor Gardner speaks at 2:45, and his topic will be "The Duke Endowment in North Carolina.” Mr. Hoey will speak at 3:55 and his subject will be “.Tames B. Duke Man and Citizen." Other prominent speakers Include Governor Ibra C. Blackwood, qt 8outh Carolina; Judge William R. Perkins, of New York; Dr. W. J. McGlothin. president of Furman university; and Bishpp Edwin D Mouzon. There will also be several musi cal numbers with Lawrence Clarke Apgar, organist and cartllionneur of Duke university, at Jhe organ. Mr. Mull On Return From New York Says Business Better Says A Spirit Of Optimism Pre vails. Trains Are Showing More Travel. Returning yesterday from a visit to the New York office of the Cleveland Cloth mill, Mr. O. M. Mull says a spirit of optimism such as he has not seen since his active connection with this local Industry. "The folks In New York seem to feel there Is a definite turn for the better and business is brisker than I have seen it since I have been visiting the New York office of the Cloth Mill’” said Mr. Mull. "Of course prices are down and may continue at the present level, but New York people are more hopeful and are convinced that the worst Is over." Mr, Mull further states that the trains are carrying more passengers than he has seen since making these trips, which is a further indi cation of better times. Sheriff Pray* To Open Court In Rutherford Rutherfordton, Dec. 9.—C. C. Moore, Rutherford coun ty’s new sheriff, broke alt precedents here by opening recorder's court with a prayer one morning this week. He also requested the aid of the court officials In checking on rases coming before the court to determine who are members of the church and who are not during the next | year. Mr. Moore hopes to gather statistics showing the percentage of church mem t»ers and non-church members Appearing before the court Shooting, Accident Patients Improving In Local Hospital Chances For Recovery Improve For Belle Phillips, Oliver Bnsh. Two people who were seriously Injured in a shooting affair and an accident last week were reported to be Improving at the Shelby hos pital today and chances for their recovery are considerably better. Belle Phillips, middle- aged col ored woman, was shot Thursday week ago by her husband, Will Phillips, who shot and killed him self a minute later. She was shot through the chest and was at first believed to be critically If not fatal ly wounded. She has shown constant improvement, however. Oliver Bush, 25-year-old white man, was also showing improve ment today after having his skull fractured near Grover last Sunday. He was brought to the hospital In a semi-conscious condition but later regained consciousness and has steadily improved since. It Is said that he was hurt in an at tempt to swing a train at Grover. Bush's home is in Philadelphia and he has been In communication with his wife there this week. Attorney General Says Change Dry Law Quickly To Save Law Respect Would Prevent Breakdown In Re spect For All Law, Mitchell Thinks. Washington. Dec. 9.—Change the prohibition laws quickly if you're going to change them at all, was the advice sent to congress this week by Attorney Oeneral Mitchell, co incidentally with testimony from the brewing industry urging the legalization of 3.2 per cent beer. Without indicating his personal attitude, the justice department chief said in his annual deport "the changes, if any, should be made as quickly as possible” and through amendment of substantive law to prevent a breakdown in respect for law. As the ways and means commit tee began six days of hearings on the Democratic-sponsored beer bill, the senate Dembcrats, In conference placed prohibition repeal and Vol stead law modification on their leg islative program for the short ses- 1 ilea. No outline; of t&e farjg of the! ■ proposals, however, was agreed upon. The beer testimony was given be fore the house ways and means committee. Brewers' representatives said that at a $5 per barrel tax-rate on an estimated 40.000,000-barrel consumption, $200,000,000 would pour into the treasury annually; $360, 000,000 would be expended to re habilitate breweries and 300,000 men would be put to work. Meanwhile, it was plainly indicat ed that the Hoover administration would have nothing to do with the Democrat’s beer proposal; The in vitation extended Secretary Mills by Chairman Collier to make a rec ommendation on the bill was de clined. "We invited Mr. Mills,” Collier said, "but the treasu^r had no rec ommendation to make and so we vlll not call upon the treasury of ficials.” It has been reported that if a >eer bill is passed, President Hoo rer would refuse to sign it, New Board Will Meet Monday; Fill Other Jobs Several Offices To Be Filled Yet Commissions flerp Today But N« Formal Mertlng Was Held. A manager of the county home and farm, an assistant tax super visor, a janitor and perhaps other* may be named at a meeting of thi new board of county commissioner? to be held at the court house Mon day, according to Troy McKinney the new accountant. All three commissioners—Messrs. Blanton, Herndon and Morris, wer« in Shelby today and many who saw them about the court house pre sumed that another meeting wai being held. This naturally aroused some curiosity as several officers are yet to be filled or the Incum bents retained. At noon The Stai was unable to get in touch with members of the board, but learned at the accountant's office that no session was held although the three commissioners talked Informally while here this morning. Many Applicants. Although Monday's meeting 1* assured. It Is said, It Is not definite ly known that other appointments will be made then. The presumption Is, however, that such will be done A majority of the appointments and changes were made at the board’s debut session Monday, bul several matters were left over. The most Important of these were thi county home manager and tax as sistant. It Is understood from unof ficial sources that quite a number have applied for the county horns Job, one report having It that the applicants ran above 40 for the job now held by John Ab Borders. It was also learned at the court house today that a representative of the State agricultural extension department was In the city today perhaps for the purpose of confer ring with officials about, the .with drawal of appropriations for th* agents who work under the ex tension department. Elsewhere about the court house the new set-up appears to be op erating smoothly. Mr. McKinney, the new accountant, and Mrs. Lil lian Newton, the new treasurer, oc cupy the same office as was occu pied by A. E. Cline and Mrs. Mary E. Yarbrough, the accountant and treasurer who retired the first oi. the week after serving the county for a number of years. TGiere is still considerable discus sion of the changes already made by the new board, but this is grad ually waning and public interest now seems to center In speculation on the other Jobs to be filled. Mrs. McSwain Buried Today Widow of John Leonard McSwain Passes in Double Springs Community. (Special to The Star.) Mrs. John Leonard McSwain died Wednesday night at 9 o'clock at the old McSwain homestead in the Double Springs community at the age of 67 years. Mrs. McSwain had been living with her daughter, Mrs. Will Humphries since the death of her husband five years ago. He also died in hts 67th year. Mrs. McSwain was an Invalid for several years, but bore her suffering with patience and fortitude. She was a fine Christian woman and greatly beloved by her host of friends. Surviving are the following chil dren: Perry McSwain, Mrs. Will Humphries. Mrs. Joe C. Washburn, Mrs. J. P. Neal of Kings Creek, 8. C., Mrs. Malcomb Putnam, Arthur and John L. McSwain. Funeral services were held on Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Double Springs Baptist church by Rev. John W. Suttle, assisted by Rev, D. G. Washburn. Veteran* Of Foreign War* To Meet Here Mon., Elect Officer* Veterans of Spanish American war will elect officers Monday night Dec. 12th, at court house in Shel by. All members have been notified that Junius T. Gardner camp No. 10 will elect a commander, senior vice commander, junior commander and a full set of officers. Be on hand and lets get the comrades at the heal of our camp. Come one and aO. 8 G LOGAN,