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8 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXVIII, No. 154 SIIELBY, N. C. WEDNESD'Y, DEC. 28. lt>3 (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) By M»u. ou Mat, (In adtauoai - tt.K Carriai. prr (to advaasai *3.0i Late News 1 THE MARKET Cotton. spot basis fi< Cotton seed, ton_.......... $lt> I More Showers Today'* North t aroiina Heather Report. Rain tonight and possibly Thursday morning Slightly eolder Thursday and in west portion to night. Rivers Rising The south kept its eye cocked on j river charts last night as four stat- ' e* reported high water and threats ! of inundation in scattered spots { from Georgia to Arkansas. Heavy rainfall for several days is respons- | Ible for the situation The Mississ- | Ippi valley, where overflows art as inevitable as taxes, watched its bay- j oils and rivers fill to tbrir brinks and gush over unprotected areas. A j handful of streams in (he Mississ- j ippl delta were running wild, but damage was slight. Rodney Hamrick Funeral Monday —— Welt Known Citizen And Junior | Official Died At His Home Sunday. Funeral services for Rodney Jus-i tice Hamrick, 47. A cre conducted at j the residence on McBrayer street, Monday afternoon and interment followed in Sulket cemetery. Min- j feters officiating were Rev. W. R. Jenkins, of LaFayette Methodist j church. Mr. Hamrick's pastor; and' Dr. E. K, McLarty and Rev. Frank Davis. Mr. Hamrick, well known Shelby j citizen and a leadn.g worker and, official in the Junior Order and other organizations, died at his home Sunday morning about 7 j o’clock. He had been in ill health i with a stomach ailment for three or i four months. He was a native of the Sharon section but had lived in Shelby for years, at one time being connected with Campbell depart ment store where he became known to many people over the county. Surviving are the widow, who was Miss Cora McKee before marriage and two daughters, Mildred and Ruth. His parents. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Hamrick, also survive along! with two sisters. Misses Belle and Ada Hamrick. Dr. Reid To Speak At Alumni Banquet Of Wake Forest Men .Mumnt Of Wake Forest College To. Hold Meeting At First Bap tist Church, Dec. 30th. _ i Dr. A. C. Reid, professor of psy-: chology at Wake Forest college will: be the speaker here Friday night at j a gathering and banquet by the j alumni of this institution. There arej 125 or more former students of \ Wake Forest college now residing in Cleveland county and a general in vitation has been extended to all of them. The banquet will be served in the basement of the First Baptist) church beginning at 6 o'clock and will be over before the Masonic meeting to begin at 7:30 o’clock at which Dr. Hubert Poteat, a high state official in Masonry, will be l; the speaker. This will enable those j who care to do so, to attend both; meetings, ! Mr. Henry B. Edwards is the president of the Cleveland county alumni association. Try Answering Can you answer 14 of these test questions? Turn to page two for the answers. 1. Name the body of water en circling the North Pole? 2. Name the large university lo cated at Los Angeles? 3. Where are the largest diamond mines in the world? 4. What is the middle name of John D. Rockefeller? 5. What does the Spanish word concho mean? 6. In which country is the city of Ar equips? 7. Who is Julia Sanderson's hus band? 8. When did Woodrow Wilson die? 9. Has Austria a navy? 10. Of what country is Damascus the capital? 11. In which country is the city of Berne? 12. What is the official name of the Argentine Republic? 13. What is a decathlon? 14. Is Harpo Marx actually dumb? 15. Where does the widow of President Benjamin Harrison live? 16. What is the Spanish word for tomorrow? 17. Who was the author of ‘ The T«ge!id of Sleepy Hollow? 18. On which continent is Moroc co? 19. What is the French term tor "slang.'* 30. Of which country is Rio $ Oro x possession? j New Legislator To Cut Down Offices Representative Gardner Would Cut Off The Game Warden And Combine Welfare Of fice With Another Job. Outlines Program. Representative Ernest Gardner, of Cleveland county, has a legislative program in mind when he goes to Raleigh for the coming session of the General Assembly which calls for the abolition of the office of game warden and either the abolition of the county welfare office or its consolidation with the office of county superintendent of school. Mr. Gardner stated this morning that he has had many requests to abolish the office of game warden and let the deputy sheriffs enforce whatever game laws that are nec essary. Many people object to pay ing the hunting and fishing license fees, practically all of which goes to pay the wardens. "There is no game! to speak of in Cleveland county and I when a poor man wants to enjoy' himself in a little sport of fishing ] or hunting, it works a hardship on; him to pay a fee to support a gamej warden," says Representative Card- i tier. "Tins office is on'P'8T'thc most unpopular in the county. Our streams have a few mud fish in them, but no game fish and when e man wants to get a little recreation from his labors. I see no reason why he should be charged for the privi lege. As for game, quail is about the only game that needs protec tion I have one petition from citi zens of No. 9 township asking that quail hunting be forbidden for three years. There are forests and streams in the reserves in Western Caro lina that no doubt need the pro tection of open and closed seasons and wardens, but in counties like Cleveland where there Is no game to speak of or fish other than the usual run of muddy stream fish, I see no reason for maintaining a game warden and scores upon scores of people have asked that this office be abolished.” Nurse And Welfare Mr. Gardner said he had not made up his mind on the welfare office. Under the state law every county with a population *s large as Cleveland, there must be a wel fare officer who is truant officer for the schools and probation offi cer for the juvenile court. This of fice -may, hbwever, be merged and Representative Gardner has in mind to combine the welfare office with that of the county superin tendent of schools or provide with a county health nurse who must be a graduate and do health work along with the welfare work. This health and welfare office combined into one with a graduate nurse in charge seems to strike with more favor in the minds of Mr. Gard ner and others with whom he has talked. Trial By Jury A law will also be enacted so that a case in recorder's court at Kings Mountain might be tried by jury. When the recorder's court was created, it held court only at Shelby. Later a law was passed so that a jury may sit on a recorder’s case in Shelby, the jury to be drawn from No. 6 township. Once a week a re corder’s court is held at Kings Mountain for the convenience of litigants, but under the present set up the case must be brought to Shelby when a jury case is heard. Mr. Gardner proposes to enact a local law so that jury cases can be heard by the recorder at Kings Mountain and that members of any (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.' Monday Is Holiday; Banks Will Close Monday, January 2. is a legal holiday and Shelby banks, building and loan offices and the jfbst office will be closed during the day. Pa trons are requested to take note of the closing and attend to necessary maters before or after the holiday. The First 1933 Baby?? Who will be the first New Year baby in Shelby and Cleveland county? To that baby—You nr Mas ter 1933 or Little Miss 1933 will go a number of excellent gifts. In a page ad in today's Star nine Shelby business firms are informing that they have presents for the coun ty's first babies of 1933. The first baby will get seven gifts, the mother of the first baby will receive one gift, and the second baby will receive one gift. The New Year babies must be properly reported to The Star and the birth certificate by a physician. The name of the baby, the parents names and address must also be given. Reports must be in to The Star by Tuesday, Jan. S. Gardners Will Return To City After January 5 Governor Promises Statement l.ater On His Plans After Leaving Office Next Week. Raleigh, Dec. 28.—Governor Gard ner's thoughts yesterday turned to ward the place he calls home— Shelby, in the foothills of the west ern North Carolina mountains. Promising a statement later on his plans after leaving office next week. Governor Gardner said he and Mrs. Gardner would go to Shel by immediately after the inaugura tion of Governor-elect J. C. B- Ehr inghaus. "Mrs. Gardner and I are going to regret leaving Raleigh.” the chief executive said. “I have spent, I think, at least half of my life here. "I was at State college six years as a student and instructor. "I served three terms in the Gen eral Assembly and I believe I must have spent the greater part of the four years I was lieutenant gover nor in Raleigh. "The people here have been mighty good to us and it will be with a feeling of regret that we will have to leave them." Gardner was lieutenant governor from 1917 to 1921. He was defeated for governor in the 1920 Democratic primary by former Senator Camer on Morrison ,but won the party’s nomination unopposed in 1928. Governor Gardner’s administra tion will officially end at high noon January 5, when Ehringhaus takes the oath of office. Governor Gard ner and Mrs. Gardner will have breakfast at the executive mansion, but Ehringhaus will sit at the head of the table at the luncheon meal. “I guess I am right much like the negro father of 15 children who said he would not take a million dollars for any one of his children, but that he would not give 15 cents for another child,” said Governor Gardner when asked if he would like to be chief execute 4 more years. Sentiment Divided Over Sales Tax Among Representatives In This State Only Two Members Definitely Com mitted To Proposed New Tax Levy. Haleigli.—North Carolina's 1933 general assembly seems to be well divided on the subject of imposi tion of sales tax in the state. On the basis of 34 replies receiv ed to written inquiry made by the Associated Press of the 170 mem bers of the legislature, only two! members were definitely committed for a sales tax, five were against such u levy anil ten others opposed a sales tax but expressed a type preference if one had to be levied. The number of answers. however, was too small to establish a defi nite trend. Many Generalize. Many of the legislators answered series of questions in generalities and their answers were not included in establishing results of the ques tionnaire. Other legislators known to have publicly commented on the sales tax matter were not included unless they answered the written question. The question asked the legislators was: "Do you favor a sales tax? If so, what type? Would you tax beer, admissions to entertainments such ICOKTIJHJKP os CAGE TWO Ehringhaus To Take Office In Plain Ceremony Simple, Inexpensive Inaugural Rites New Governor Takes Office on Thursday. January 5. Recep tion In Evening. 'Star News Bureau.' Raleigh, Dec. 28 —"Simple and In expensive,” as conditions require and as Governor-elect J, C. B Eh ringhaus desires, will be the inau gural ceremonies to be held in Ra- j leigh January 5, one day after the j 1933 general assembly convenes, for] the governor and all other elective ; state officials. The order of business starts with i a meeting of the governor-elect j with Governor O, Max Gardner at the executive mansion about 11:30 o'clock. Joined by state officials,! they and their wives will proceed to j the Raleigh Memorial auditorium where the senate and house will' convene in joint session. The lieu tenant-governor and ether state of ficials will be sworn in by the four 1 associate justices of the N. C. su preme court. Governor-elect Ehnng haus will be sworn in by Chief Jus tice W. P. Stacy and will then de liver his inaugural address, which will be his general message to the general assembly. The new officials will be taken to a reviewing stand on Fayeteville street and review the military units, which will come to Raleigh at their owti expense and will be under di rection of Adjutant General J Van B. Meets. In the evening from 8 to It o’clock a reception, simple in na ture, will be given by the new gov ernor to the members of the gener al assembly. Following the reception an inaugural ball will be held at the Memorial auditorium, given by the Raleigh Junior league. the pro ceeds. after expenses are paid, to (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO J Plan Emancipation Event For Monday Clubs. I.odgrs. Etc,, To Arrange Program Here Friday Evening. Announcement of an emancipation day program for the colored people of this county was made today by I the committee, of which A. Hord Is j president and A. K. Roberts secre tary, The announcement reads: "We, the emancipation commit tee, do ask and urge every negro man, woman, boy and girl who ap preciate their freedom to meet Monday, January 2, 1933 at 10 a. m. W. F. time to show our respect and honor such an occasion accord ed us as citlisens of said county, state and United States of America. The; Shelby Woman’s club, Civic league, fraternal orders, clubs, auxiliaries,; Negro Business league, churches and’ other societies are asked to meet Friday evening, 7:30 p. m. W. F. T.j at Mt. Calvary Baptist church to arrange the program ” Dan Cupid Enjoys Yule Marriage Rush Total Of 21 Couples Secured License Here In December. 81 For Year. Business rounded the corner, i temporarily at least, lor Dan Cupid ' during the Christmas holidays. A total of 21 licenses were issued at the Cleveland county court hour', during December, the majority of them being issued during Christmas week. Licenses issued so far for the year total 81. The biggest day in the office of Register A. F. Newton was Satur day, the day before Christmas, when five couples secured the necessary papers for Yule ceremonies. Supper For Young People On Tonight At Presbyterian A supper for the young people of the Presbyterian church, from the juniors up through the college crowd, is being given in the church basement this evening at 7 o'clock by the men's and women's organi zations of the church All of the young people of the church with their holiday^ visitors j are being Invited to attend I . -— Infant Is Dead The friends of Mr. and Mrs Hask ett C. Wilson will regret to hear of the death of their infant son who was born Tuesday at the hospital. Funeral services were held at Eliza ibeth church this morning at 11 o'clock. Explosion-Entombs 52 Miners In Illinois All hope for the rescue of fifty-two miners entombed by an explosion Saturday in the co-operatively operated Moweaqua coal mine at Woweaqua, Til., was practically abandoned^ when rescuers encountered gas. The above scene shows rescuers leaving the shaft after aiT] attempt to rescue the t rapped miners. One Shot, Another Cut, Several Injured In Holiday Car Crashes Auto Tag Sale Lags In Shelby l( the license plate law should be strict!) enforced in Shelby next week, there would be quite a number of automo biles stored or parked. At the t Carolina. Motor club office, lo cated at the Carolina Motor Inn, East Warren and De Kalb streets, it is said that the sale of state license tags this year . Is considerably be hind that to the same date last year. So far. since the 15th, 560 tags, for motor cars and trucks, have been sold at tin local license bureau. One of the busiest days wa yesterday when around ItHI tags were sold. The new plates are dm\ to be on all cars by Sunday. January 1. Woman Is Found Killed; Thought On A Visit Here Sister Of Mrs. J. A. Deaton Found In Old Well. Husband Is Held. Atlanta, Ga.. Dec 28.—A. A ' Humphries, illiterate Gainesville, Ga., fanner, summarized a rural mystery that sent him to Jail here Monday on charges of murdering his educated wife and hiding her body in a well, with the words "She musta kilt herself.” Deputy sheriff acting on requests of anxious relatives found the bat tered form of Mrs. Maggie R. Hum phries on her farm five miles southeast of Gainesville. It was hidden under a pile of brush at the bottom of au abandoned well. Her head had been crushed. Her prolonged absence from home —she disappeared December 8—led to the search. Officers said Hum phries told them she had gone to visit a sister in Shelby, N. C,, and that she communicated with him frequently. The name of the sister in Shelby was given as Mrs J. A. Deaton. The Deatons, It is under stood. live on the Blanton farm Just west of Shelby in the Beaver Dam I section. Inspection of the Humphcrles home on the outskirts of Gaines ville revealed bloody sheets and blood on a floor. About that time the deputies remembered the old well, and Humpheries was arrested soon after the body was discovered. He was brought to the Pulton coun ty jail here for safe keeping. Talking rapidly in the visitors' dock at the jail this week, he ad vanced an explanation of every thing the officers regard as clues incriminating him. He denied telling anyone he had received letters from his wife after she disappeared and said the blood on the floor was the result of kill ing a hog Doing If i She musta kilt herself, he said. 1 I don't know of no other way. She | didn’t have no enemies that 1 knowed of and we got along jlst [fine. I shore^didn’t do hit.” ' Gainesville officers quoted her relatives as saying she had $50t> in cash just before she disappeared irhuph hiv». nof bfrni K»r» Hinson, Shot In Chest By M»rvln Hutchins, Bfltw Today At Hospital. A half dozen or more people were injured in automobile or hunting accidents or brawls during Christ mas week, but so far no fatalities have resulted and the Injured were reported today as improving. In a brawl Friday night, at the Hutchins home on the Cleveland Springs road near the Maple street intersection, Ezra Hinson was, shot in the chest and Marvin Hutchins was 'severely cut about the chest and side. Such was the nature of, Hinson's wound that it was first! thought it might prove fatal, but j he has shown some Improvement all, week and today was said to be con- : slderably Improved at the Shelby hospital. Tire shot, alleged to have been fired by Hutchins, entered Hinson's right chest and punctured his right lung. Hutchins was cut, allegedly by Hinson, on the right side of his chest and several mus cles severed. He remained In the hospital until yesterday and was then removed to the county jail by officers. Full details of the brawl are not definitely cleat' as It Is un derstood the two men, both of whom are young, tell conflicting stories One report is that Hutchins shot Hinson after the latter had cut him. while another Is that Hinson was shot before he did the cutting Hurt In Wreck. In an automobile collision Satur day morning, at the Intersection of Llneberger street and Cleveland Springs road, B. A. Lefler. well known automobile salesman, was painfully injured and his daughter, Miss Mary Virginia Lefler, slightly injured. Both were given treatment it the hospital and then returned to their home. Mr. Lefler received la cerations on both legs and about the face from the broken windshield of his car and Miss Lefler had her (Continued on page two) j To Install Kiwanis Officers Thursday The newly elected Kiwanis offic ers for 1933 will be installed at the regular weekly luncheon meeting of the Kiwanis club to be held here on Thursday evening at the usual hour, 7 o'clock, Mr. Henry B. Edwards Is the new president. Others officers and directors will be inducted into office at this time There will be a review of the year's work of Kiwanis this being the last meeting for 1932. County Schools Will Not Open Until January 2 The holiday period stretch ed out four more day* today for the rural school children of Cleveland county. The county schools, sche duled to reopen this moraine, will not open until Monday moraine, according to J. H. Grieg, county superintendent. Some few of the smaller schools where trucks are not used may get back to work this week, but the larger schools transporting students by truck will not because of the condition of the roads. The rain and snow has caus ed bad travel conditions In several of the rural sections and school officials thought It best to postpone the reopen ing until Monday. Masons Re-Elect Former Officers Lineberger Again Worshipful Mas ter Of Lodge. Other Officers. All former officers were reelected at the annual election meeting Fri day night of Cleveland Lodge 202 A. F. Sc A. M J. D, Lineberger was reelected worshipful master of the lodge, and other officers who will serve for an other year are; George Washburn, senior warden; B. A. Leflcr. Junior warden; J. F. Roberts, treasurer, and Russell Laughrldge. secretary. The appointive officers will be nam ed by the master of the lodge. Finance Corporation Declares Dividend The directors of the M. & J, Fi nance corporation met December 15 and declared the regular two per cent quarterly dividend. Checks were mailed out on the 22nd to reach stockholders Christmas day. This made the tenth consecutive dividend paid. The treasurer’s re port showed that the business was making steady progress and that the volume of business for 1932 was considerably more than It was foi the same months last year. Holiday Cheer Marred Over Nation By Many Deaths And Auto Accidents South Had 63 Fatalities Over C hristmas. Death Toll In State. The somberness of tragedy was threaded through the cheeriness ol the extra-day long celebration of the Christmas, With the holiday falling on Sun day, the national generally observed Monday also and the added day of leisure sent thousands to the high ways for visits with the accompani ment of numerous motor and cross ing fatalities. A survey by The Associated Press put- the total death list for the three-day period at upward of 355 dead with traffic casual!u»* prc ' ...‘.... ■ dominating as the leading cause Michigan and California led among the states in the number of auto | mobile deaths. The holiday was turned into a day of mourning at Moweaqua, 111., where a mine explosion imprisoned 54 coal diggers .Saturday. Follow ing the recovery of 12 bodies Sun da’\ the rescue squads Monday re ported finding .27 more bodies In the pit. The east had two mine fa talities in the Pennsylvania-Dela ware territory. Poison liquor brawls Involving | shootings and stabbings, train mis haps. drowning®, fires and other tlOKTXKttltD OK r*ne TWO' Hundreds “Fla" Cases In City And County Now Epidemic In Mild Form However Cold Damp \\ rather Brought Ur|> eel Kpidrmic Sine* 1817. Some Pneumonia. There are one or more ease* of "flu" In more than half the homed of Shelby and Cleveland county, it was estimated after a cheek today on the spreading: epidemic of colds. So far, however, the epidemic it In a mild form, but in a number of tasos. physicians stated today, the victims are seriously sick. There are a few cases of pneumonia scattered over the city and county, but not numbering anything like as many as the flu cases. hiu Post office. The Shelby poet office force t» ■among the hardest hit organiza tions by the flu. Today It was said that four rural carriers were sick and also two city carriers and three of the office clerks. As a result those still on the Job and not tem iwrarlly knocked out with the flu, are having extra heavy work In keeping the malls going. In one or two of the mill villages cases of flu are so numerous, it is said, that the mill forces are considerably cut down, Nearly every uptown Shelby busi ness or firm has one or two employ es out. Yesterday four or five mem bers of the First National bank force were sick. The weather al the last three weeks has had much to do with the spread of flu and colds. Two weeks of rain combined with the snow and Ice have Increased the epldemir above the normal stage and contin ued damp weather with people getting wet and taking chance ot taking cold may increase the nnm ' ber of cases, physicians said. City employes and meter readers say that In their rounds of the city they have already found numerous hom es where all members of the family ! nre In bed Dr. D. F. Moore, county physician, said today that “the flu has already reached the epidemic stage but the majority of those sick are in most. Instances able to get up within a ; few days and there Is a minimum ! of serious cases " Poteat Speaker For Meeting Of Masons In City Bl* Masonic Bally To Be Held at Temple Here Friday Night. Dr. Hubert Poteat, of Wake For est, prominent Masonic official and past grand master of the North Carolina lodge, will be the principal speaker at a big Masonic rally to be held in the Masonic temple in Shel by Friday evening, beginning at. 7:30. The rally is being sponsored by all bodies and chapters a part of or affiliated with the Masonic fra ternity of Shelby. In addition to the local Masons, members of all other lodges in the county are being in vited. The Masons who attend are asked to bring guests with them as it will not be a closed meeting and the public is welcomed. In addition to the address on Masonry by Dr. Poteat, there will be a special musical program and refreshments. The hour of the Wake Forest alumni banquet, scheduled for the same evening, has been mov ed up to 6 o’clock in order not to conflict with the Masonic meeting Wm. F. Click Dies; Buried In Tennessee Had Been Employe Of Cleveland Cloth Mill. Was 55 Years Of Age, William Franklin Click died at 10 o'clock Monday night at his home on Cline street following an illness of about six months. He was 55 years of age and a native of Ten nessee. His remains were taken to Cooke county. Tennessee Tuesday morning for interment today. Mr. Click had been an employee of the Cleveland Cloth mill and was well and favorably known here. He is survived by his wife and sever*! children. Thad Marx of Forest City joined the shoe repair force of Odell Free man's Shoe shop under Pendleton's last week. Mr. Marx is an exper ienced shoe repairman, having fol lowed ihe trade ail his life.
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