VOL. XXXV1I1, No. 150
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SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY. DEC. 14. 193‘J
(Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons)
12 PAGES
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Shelby Merchants Open Their Well-Stocked Christmas Giftland Tomorrow— You Can Fill Your Entire Gift List In Shelby At Bargain Prices Unsurpassed
Late News
THE MARKET
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More Shower*
Today's North Carolina Weather
Report: Cloudy with rain tonight
and probably in east portion Thurs
day morning. Slightly colder in cen
tral and west portions tonight.
No Impeaching
Washington, Dec. 11.—A rousing
call for the impeachment of Presi
dent Hoover was promptly and em
phatically smothered yesterday bv
a startled house of representatives.
Hardly had Representative McFad
tlen (R., Pa.), severe and persistent
critic of the administration, charg
ed the chief executive with high
crimes and misdemeanors than the
chamber, voting 361 to 8, tabled his
motion for impeachment proceed-'
ings. The Pennsylvanian’s move i
came with an astonishing abrupt- i
ness that quickly aroused the mem
bership from its lethargic consid- j
t ration of routine appropriations, j
Davis New Head
Of Duke Alumni
In This Section
Kings Mountain Attorney Succeeds
L. E. Spikes, Rutherford School I
Man.
J. Roan Davis, Kings Mountain |
attorney, is the new president of j
the Duke university alumni coun- i
cil for Cleveland and Rutherford ,
counties. He succeeds L. E. Spikes. I
uperintendent of the Rutherford- I
ton schools.
Mr. Davis and other officers oi j
i he alumni chapter were elected at
a dinner meeting held Monday
night at Central Methodist church
in Shelby.
The main feature of the meeting
was an after dinner talk made by
Dr. A. M. Proctor, a member of the
Duke faculty. He discussed the aims
of the university, its future in the
educational realm and also reminis
ced of the institutions past. Othei
brief remarks were made by alumni
present.
The gathering is an annual affair,
alumni chapters of the university
meeting in all sections of the coun
try at the same hour, commemorat
ing the anniversary of the endow •
ment. >
Other chapter officers elected in
addition to Mr. Davis were: Rev. W.
R. Kelly. Spindale, vice president:
Miss Elizabeth Rucker, of Ruther
fordton, a member of the Ellenboro
•school faculty, secretary and treas
urer. Around 55 former Duke and
old Trinity students attended the
meeting.
More Relief Money Will Come Dec.
20th. Other Allotments In
Jan. And Feb.
Proctor Speaks.
Cleveland county received today
another allotment of $2,500 for re
lief. This makes a total received to
date- of $9,475. A letter to J. B.
Smith, county welfare officer from
Dr. Fred Morrison in Raleigh states
that another allotment of $2,500
will be sent out to this county about
December 20th.
Allotments for January and Feb
ruary will be made after reports
have been sent in showing the dis
position of the funds already sent.
Three relief agencies have been set
up in Cleveland county, one for No.
6 township in charge of Lander F.
McBrayer. one in No. 4 township
and one for the other townships of
the county in charge of Mr. Smith.
Dr. Morrison says he hopes to
make Cleveland county a model in
the distribution of relief ahd-wants
the money spent on needy cases if
their circumstances justify.
Relief funds totalling $285,000
were sent to the 100 North Caro
lina counties yesterday. It was the
first two installments to be made
this month from the $571,000 bor
rowed from the Reconstruction Fi
nance corporation by the state.
Rev. Harrill Very 111
At Lattimore Home
Rev. I. D. Harrill ts desperately
ill at his home at Lattimore. Mr.
Harrill has been in failing health
since last summer and for the past
two weeks he has been sick. He is
pastor of Concord, Ellenboro and
Race Path churches and is well
known throughout Cleveland and
Rutherford counties.
Confirm Enlargement Of Shelby Postoffice On Present Location
Message Comes
To Postmaster
MakingSurvey
Not To Take Dudley
Property
Postmaster Quinn Gets Official No
tice Of Decision About Hocy
Property.
Shelby's enlarged post office will
be located on the present site,
Postmaster J. H. Quinn was offi
cially notified today by the treas
ury department.
Press dispatches over the week
end informed that the government
had decided to purchase the Hoey
apartment and office building to
the rear of 'the present office for
the purpose of demolishing it to
make way for the enlarged build -
mg. mis lruormauon, nowever. was
not officially confirmed until to
day, and as yet Clyde R. Hoey, own
er of the property, has not been
informed his offer was accepted
This morning Postmaster Quinn
received a message notifying him
that the Hoey offer had been ac
cepted and that the new federal
building, including a third floor
federal court room and offices,
would be built on the present site,
corner Washington and East War
ren streets.
The message said in addition that
due to the limited sum available foi
enlarging the local office the de
partment would be unable to buy
the Dudley pi-operty, adjoining the
Hoey property', for additional foot
age, A price had also been asked on
the Dudley building and had been
given by Mrs. J. G. Dudley. Since
the appropriation made for the
Shelby building is not sufficient to
u*ake the addittoniti purchase, the'
message stated, the building will be;
enlarged on the present site and!
the Hoey property. The Hoey price i
of *20,000 was accepted. The prop
erty covers 30 by 130 feet and upon
(t is located two office or store-1
rooms and a lodge hall and 13:
apartment rooms on the second
floor. Mr. Hoey states that the
property cost him *27.000 several
years ago during the peak price per
iod.
Postmaster Quinn said today that,
Dan Frazier, city engineer, was
still at work upon a detailed sur
vey of the plot, requested by the,
treasury department. Mr. Frazier i
had 15 days to complete his survey
and blueprint, and in about one
week. Mr. Quinn thinks, the data
will be sent'to Washington. The re-,
quest that this information be sent
as early as possible leaves the im
pression that the treasury depart
ment wants the*survey immediately
so that the treasury department
wants the survey immediately so
that architectural plans may be*
made for the new building and con- -
struction work started.
Hoey Speaker For
Kiwanis Meeting
Will Talk On Duke Endowment At;
Local Club Meeting Thurs
day Night.
Clyde R. Hoey. prominent Shelby
attorney, will be the principal
speaker on the Shelby Kiwanis club
program Thursday evening at 7
o’clock, it was announced today.
Mr. Hoey's topic will be the Duke
endowment for hospitals and edu
cation. He talked on that subject in
a radio broadcast from Charlotte
last Sunday.
Tliere will be no Kiwanis meet
ing next week, it is annnouneed, in
observance of the Christinas sea
son.
Women Dry Leaders Make Dramatic
Appeal To Congress Against Beer
Quote Roosevelt As Saying Con
gressmen Not Held To Party
Platform.
-Washington, Dec. 14.—A .-.core ol
women dry leaders gave back blow
for blow to advocates of legalized
beer this week In a dramatic and
emotional appearance before the
house ways and means committee.
One after another, they deluged
the committee with appeals to kill
the Collier beer bill now pending,
and presented testimony intended
to refute the assertions of repres
entatives of the brewing industry
who endorsed the legislation in
hearings last week.
They brought with them an cx
hibition of baby shoes, milk, bread
and toys, and pointed to them as
more important to the stability and
welfare of the American home than
beer.
Meanwhile, the senate judiciary
committee shuffled off onto a sub
ject headed by Senator Blaine, Re
publican of Wisconsin, the task of
drawing up a resolution to repeal
the 18th amendment. Blaine is an
anti -prohibitionist.
At the same time, dry leaders in
the house held ranks, and with the
assistance of some wets, defeated an
effort to reduce the Coast Guard
annual appropriation and forbid i
to engage in prohibition enforce
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Wanderwell Suspect Quizzed
William Ja/nea Guy (left), held for questioning is the slaying of Oaptatn
Walter Wanderwell, on his yacht Carina in Long Beach, Cal., is shown
as he was quisled by Lieutenant Owen Murphy at the Long Beach police
headquarters. Guy admitted he had a grudge against the adventurer
but asserted he was nowhere near the yacht when the crime was com
mitted. He was a former associate of WanderweU’s on a previous
South American expedition.
Funding Of Deficit
Big Assembly Task
Some Influenza
In County Now
Physicians report that there
are quite a ^ M“- -» initu
rnea in the county now, but the
prevalence of the disease Is not
general and is by no means an
epidemic. There has been an
outbreak every winter for the
past ten years but it seems to
get milder each year.
Shelby Boy Makes
Plea In Behalf
Of Football Coach
Move By Students To Oust Pat
Miller At Wake Forest
Fails.
(Other Sports On Page 9.i
The plea of a Shelby boy, Zeno
Wall, quarterback 'of the varsity
football eleven, did much to halt a
student body movement at Wake
Forest last night to oust Pat Miller
as coach of the Demon Deacon
football squad.
A mass meeting of Students was
called to agitate the movement to
get rid of Miller and secure a new
coach. Before a chapel packed with
students several students, includ
ing one football regular, urged a
“new deal'’ in coaches. After the
foes of Miller spoke, members of his
team spoke in his behalf. These
included Bill Green, captain of this
year's eleven; Frosty Peters, cap
tain-elect, and others. The linai
speech was made by the little Shel
by sophomore. rated one of the
state's best quarterbacks his first
year of varsity football, He ended
his speech by asking that “we go to
coach's home and give him 15 rails.”
One report had is that two-thirds
of the students at the meeting fol
lowed Wall’s suggestion, while the
other side’said considerably less
than two-thirds rallied to 'the
coach.
’Next legislature Fared With Many
Tough Problems. To Prepare
Budget.
ittiar Neva Bureau.)
Rale®), Oec. l*. —Thti 19?3, gen
asaeflStSffy: of Worth CgfolisM
will convene, get down to businew
early, dispose of many of the local
measures first and meanwhile gel
busy trying to fund the $12,000,00(
deficit and balance the budget
winding up its business and ad
journing in 60. or at most, 70 days.
At least, this is “a consumma
tion devoutly to be wished” and a
possibility seen by manj' of those
who are familiar with legislative
bodies. And that is by no means
minimizing the stupendous task be
fore the new legislative body.
The incoming body knows it has
work to do and is expected to get
about it. Plans for inaugurating
Governor-elect J. C. B Ehringhaus
January 3, the day after it convenes
at» which time he will, in His in
augural address, outline his legisla
tive policy, give a start of a yeek or
10 days on previous legislatures. If
i R. L. Harris. Roxboro. or R. Gregg
| Cherry, Gastonia, or Julius C. Mar
tin, Asheville. or whichever if
elected speaker of the house, and
Lieutenant-Governor A. H. gra
ham, president of the senate, will
name their committees on the day
j the session opens, both bodies will
be ready to begin functioning fully
within two days.
School Planned
A 'School for Legislators is be
ing planned for the new men by
Thad A. Eure, 1929 representative
from Hertford county, and clerk oi
the 1931 house, if he is again elect
ed principal clerk. With the aid oi
older legislators, he plans to hold
classes early in the session to give
instructions as to the mechanics oi
the house for new members. This
| should aid them in getting theii
| local bills in early and out of th‘
way. thus further speeding up the
work of the general assembly
Of course. 62. of the 120 houst
members and 32 of the 50 senator!
| have never had legislative experi
ence before, but many of them art
mature and serious men and aw
ready to buckle down to the task
before them. They will have theii
own views, but probably will bt
j more inclined to compromise thar
' were the members of th. 1931 bods
—and they will have the deplorabk
example of tire 140 days of the 1931
session, large because of lack o!
compromise. That and the cost o]
a prolonged session are expected tc
be important spurs to prod to a get
through-and-go-home attitude oi
the members.
The only problem arising out oi
the early inauguration—naming a
, house of representatives inaugural
committee before a speaker is elect
ed to name it—is really no problem,
if the three members agree to con
firm. when elected, the three house
members Ciovemor-elect Ehring
haus suggests. That is done any
way, the governor-elect expressing
•Hr preference privately.- The house
mbets can'’be confirmed by the
.ygr.fetr dueled' on the open day. tta<
IVNIIKUEU OK r.MiE ei.rvk>i
New Board Has
CountySystem
Nearly Finished
Another Change Is
Made By Board
| Whirl Alim Will Be Janitor Jan. 1. i
Depositories
Named.
The new refcime In Cleveland i
county has practically completed
Us set-up and Is now prepared to
settle down to two years of opera
tion after a second meeting of the
new commission board held this;
week.
8ome of the changes made and
1 actions taken at the second session
| were reported Monday. The only
change in the meeting lated in the
day was that of Janitor.
The board—composed of J. E.
Blanton. J. U Herndon and J. D
i Morris announj^d^That beginning
i January 1, Ethyl AHfrtf.aon of Thad
Allen, would Income court house
1 janitor or custodian, succeeding Iv
'crson Byers, colored. The latter has'
| been serving in that capacity for!
Mime time at adages of $15 per week.
1 Allen's pay. it was said, will be $10
per week, thus bringing about an
| other saving of $5 weekly.
Troy McKinney, the new account
i ant, is serving as clerk to the board
instead of Miss Margaret King, as
jsistant in the register's office, who
j was clerk to the old board.
Select Bantu.
Tne board also designated the
Union Trust company as the offic
ial depository for school funds and
the First National bank as deposit
ory for other county funds.
With the change in Janitor*, pron
titally all appointments "aikl ' job*
within the power of the board hare
been filled or the Incumbents re
appointed. Remaining offices in
which incumbents may be reappoint
ed or changes made are those of
•CONTtNOEp ON PAGE TEN ■
Two County Boy*
Awarded Letters
John Corbett Of Shelby And Win.
Crawford of Kings Mtn.
Get Letters.
Twenty-one players and* one
manager were awarded letters for
football by Coach Oren Roberts at
Mars Hill college last week.
Among those receiving letters
were two boys from Cleveland coun
ty. John Corbett, former Shelby
high school player and Wilson
Crawford from Kings Mountain.
Crawford will graduate this year
but Corbett will be back next year.
Pegram Holland has been elect
ed president of the Mars Hill col
lege orchestra. He is also director
of the Phi Syncopaters and assist
ant band director.
Try Answering
These
Can yon answer 14 of these test
question? Turn to page two for the
answers.
1. Is there a difference in food
value in brown and white shelled
eggs?
2. Name the sixth month of the
Hebrew year?
3. What, is the brotherhood of St,
Andrew?
4. Who wrote Dombey & Sons?”
5. What was the maiden name of
Robert E. Lee's mother?
6. Give the title of the head of
U, S. Post office department?
7. Where was John Brown execu
ted?
8. What gave the name to the
Battle of Bull Run?
9- Whom did King Edward VII of
■ England marry?
10. Who was Elizabeth Barrett
Browning?
11. Is water a mineral?
12. Who was the author of the
pending ‘ lame duck” amendment
to the constitution?
13. Who Is called the liberator of
| Scotland?
14. Who was George Washing
i ton’s secretary' of the treasury?
! IS. In what country is the city of
I Bruges?
16. Where is the Adriatic Sea?
17. What do the Initials R. F. C.
! stand for?
18. Is Governor Roosevelt of New
York a Mason?
19- What nicknaxn*’ was given to
George Bryan BrmnmeU?
20, Who starred >n the plav The I
Man Who Played Goo?"
Rains Continue
Since Saturday
(«i>Unii«d rain* in the Shelby
section since Saturday threat
ened to approach the heaviest
rainfall period of the year. At
the Shelby post office today It
was stated that the rainfall
record there shows that S.M
inches of rain fell from Satur
day afternoon until this mom
Inc, and today the steady down
pour continued.
““The showers have fell inter
mittently In the « hours since
the rain began Saturday, but
showers hare been heavy at In
tervals. and reports coming In
today Informed that streams
over the county and section
were rising.
Lutheran Church
Opens Sunday
Formal Opening Of New BnlMing.
Mr. Dellinger Has Church
In Readiness.
Sunday, December 18th, will mark
the formal opening of the new
Lutheran church in Shelby. The
long cherished dream of the Luth
erans of Shelby to have a church
home, seems about to be realised. A
final effort Is being made by the
chairman, of the building commit
tee Graham S. Dellinger, to have
the church in complete readiness
for a full opening program, begin
ning this Sunday and extending into
several days next week, in which the
whole community is invited to join.
A compete detailed program and
announcements will be carried In
the Friday issue of this paper.
Bin! Dog Suit In
Court Trial Today
Utt Damage* Asked By KaiialL
Three Divorces Are
Granted.
A bird dog suit occupied the
morning session of the civil tens of
Superior court here this morning.
The action is that of Charlie Ran
dal! v«, Ernest McMurry. The plain
tiff asks $150 damages for a bird
dog he alleges to have been shot
and killed by the defendant. Evi
dence was completed and the case
given to the Jury just as court clos
ed for the noon recess at 1 o'clock.
Court reopened at 3.
Divorces.
So far during the grind this week
three divorce shave been granted.
They were as follows:
G. P. Champion vs. Sara Champ
ion. separation: granted.
W. K. Whitt vs. Mamie Whitt,
adultery; granted.
Floyd Champion vs. Annie Sue
Champion, abandonment and adult
ery: granted.
The suit of L. S. Conner vs. Mrs.
T. P. Jenks and L. X. Kendrick was
non-suited. Conner sought damages
on the alleging of breach of con
tract in connection with the alleged
erection of colored residences on
property sold at auction with toe
understanding that there would be
building restrictions.
Auto Tags Go On
Market Tomorrow
Sale of 1833 automobile license
tags will begin at the Shelby
branch of the Carolina Motor club
tomorrow, Thursday, morning. The
club and license bureau is located
at the Carolina Motor inn, corner
East Warren and DeKalb sttreets,
and Is operated by the Hopper
brothers.
Survey Shows Money Goes Fourth
Further Now Than Three Years Ago
Dollar Is A Quarter Larger In Buy
ing Power Than It Was
In 1929.
Chicago, Dec. 14.—The dollar, a
survey in the nation's second larg
est city showed today, is about 25
cents larger than it was in 1929.
Breakfast of two eggs, toast, cof
fee and fried potatoes-all for 12
cents—that Was one of the bargains
found by a shopper- reporter. There
was even a dab of jam for the
toast.
“Business and professional men,
people who ate 75-oent breakfast-;
a few years ago, eat here now,” a '
waiter said Incidentally, the res - :
fsoirant, owner said he couldn't
.4 .ij .
complain about business.
In the residential section an
apartment building of good appear
ance offered “excellent four-room
furnished apartments— reasonable
rentals.” Two years ago they rented
for 175 a month*
"They're *60 now," the manage! i
said. "And," he added as the pros - j
pective rentor left, “we might
come down to *55.”
Likewise do the Loop stores offer
bargains which they call “unpre
cedented.” A men's shop that sold
suits at from *75 to *125 a few years
ago now carries a *35 line. Proper-}
tionatc reductions have taker place
trosnwoai: o*f rac* t*>. * j
Shelby's Shopping
District Ready For
Yule Buying Rush
Pension Checks
Arrive For Vets
Fennion checks for the Con
federate pensioner* in Chn
land county arrived today at
the offlee of A. M. Hamrick,
clerk of coart and frill be
randy for dlatribatlon tomor
row, ha oaya.
The total amount of the
dtatrtkuttoa wan not learned,
bat the Confederate pension -
era reeelve their allotment!;
twice a year, Jane and Dec
ember. As the namber of pen
sloners has dwindled became
of death, the amount the re
matntn* one* receive has
frown laryer.
CoUegians Will
Give A Glee Qub
Concert Tuesday
First Public Appoarance Of Boltinf
Hprinfw Group This
Tour.
The Boiling Springs college glee
club will make its first public ap
pearance of the year Tuesday even
ing, December 30, when fc will pre
sent a Christmas program of carols
and anthems in the college audi
torium.
Miss Mary Lee, talented bead of
the college music department, says
that about 36 voices win be in the
mixed chorus. The club has been
training consistently for the Christ
mas program and hopes to make a
favorable Impression In Its major
appearance of the fall term. Resi
dents of Shelby and Clevlend coun
ty are extended a special invita
tion to attend and there will be no
admission charge
The setting, lighting and decora
tion of the auditorium will be par
ticularly appropriate to the Christ
mas season, and the Tule carol and
anthem numbers will be made the
more effective and striking by tab
leaux in costume and with members
of the chorus in vestments. The en
tire college Is interested In the pro
gram and President J. L. Jenkins in
stating that the music department
has shown more Improvement than
any other in the college this year is
expecting the concert to support his
belief.
Mis* McNeely Wins
Popularity Contest
Is Dabbed “little Mies Shelby.” Pa
r»de When Weather
Permits.
The Woman’s club has just com*
pleted a popularity contest ot little
girls from the ages of 6 to la.
The contestants solicited their
votes fpr one cent each. The little
girl that received the highest num
ber of votes was Miss Virginia Mc
Neely. She received a very pretty
little diamond ring and also the
title of "Little Miss Shelby.”
A parade of all the contestants
was to be staged Tuesday afternoon
but rainy weather prevented. An
nouncement of parade will be made
at a later date. The Woman's club
was assisted by Mrs. Fred Myers.
Merchants To Open
Period Thursday
Yale Lights To Olow This Evening
Aa City Inupinln Holiday
Smuwd.
The holiday period in Shelby »
being officially inaugurated this
evening and tomorrow as Shelby
merchants and business houses join
hands in preparing for the final
shopping rush prior to Christmas
This evening, according to re
ports from the city hall, the cus
tomary Yule lights will be swung
about the court square, and tomor
row. Thursday, Shelby business
houses will emphasize In their dis
plays and counters the Christmas
gift motif. Fee- the remaining eight
shopping days they are offering spe
cial bargains in all gifts lines, as Is
Shown by a special gift advertis
ing section in today's Star.
Shopping Underway
Although the major rush will not
attain its peak until this week-end.
holiday shopping has been on the
increase here for a week. Despltt
the disagreeable weather of 8atur- ‘
day uptown parking space was at a
premium and hundreds of shopper
packed local streets and store'.
Local merchants call especial at
tention to their holiday offerings to
day to emphasize the fact that the
practical shopper will find Just as
good .and comprehensive, line of
bargains here as anywhere. Their
advice is that ‘'You can get it in
Shelby,” and their display of arti
cles and goods appropriate to the
holiday season supports their con
tention that the local shopper
should try Shelby first.
Baying Power Gain.
Everywhere in the city's shopping
district the story of the dollar’s in
creased buying power may be seen.
The dollar will purchase more, in
both luxurious and practical gifts,
than in any Christmas in over a
decade. Some idea of the dollar s
new value may be seen in the fol
lowing—
Boys’ three-piece suits are selling
for leas than two dollars.
Men’s suits are selling for less
than three dollars.
Ladies' silk dresses are on -sale at
record low prices of $1.95.
Other items of wearing apparel
on down the gauntlet through less
er articles to the small gift line arc
correspondingly low In price.
Largest Display
Taken as a whole Shelby’s shop
ping center is better stocked la
the Christmas shopping rush than
ever before. One Shelby lady after
a recent shopping expedition to
another city said: “I found nothing
which I could not get here and in
local stores are some articles I did
not see there. I just wasted that
■ CONTINUED ON PAG* TEN
Farm Loan Sends
Field Inspector
Here About Loans
Hill Meet Farmers Who Borrowed
Money Each Tuesday At Farm
A lent Office.
Carl R. Landrum, field inspector
of the Crop Production Loan oi
fice, department of agriculture, has
recently been assigned to Cleveland
county to take the place of Edward
Quillan.
Mr. Landrum has arranged to
meet the farmers who borrowed
from this office in the spring at
the office of the county farm agent
in Shelby on Tuesday of each week
These loans were due November
30, and interest from maturity is
now accumulating. It is therefore
important that all borrowers who
have not taken care of their loans
meet Mr. Landrum at the earliest
date possible.
Bank Of Waco Pay*
Another Dividend
Gastonia. Dec. 14.—W B. Tyre,
liquidating agent, announced here
yesterday that checks totaling $3,
938.43 had been mailed to deposit
ors of the defunct People's Bank of
Waco Cleveland county. This repre
sents a five per cent payment on d*
posits Previous dividends to deoo
tor* had totaled 30 per
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