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. The Miewlkmd Straf r > 8 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXIX, No. 11 SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESD’Y. JAN. 25. 1933 (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) ."" By M»U. dm rant. tin ndranMi - |l.t, C»rrt#r. on mt. tin adannea' Late News ~ 1 Hi; MARKET t.otlbn 'Pf,t ,,asis Cotton Sef>. ton ti*4c $9.50 Fair, Colder I___ ru(j4yjs North Carolina leather n.pOn lair a,ld coldfr tonight and ! kursday. up To Hoover Washington. >an. 25.—Stamped the final approval of House in,l Semite. a bill carrying S90.000, i,»ii in federal credit for the farmer „;vs dispatched last night to the „hj„ House. Only a flourish of President Hoover s pen remained to make it a law. and sponsors of the legislation freely predicted the sig nature non Id be forthcoming. Hail ,.() by it' friends as providing the f.nl, adequate source of credit for thousands of purse-pinched farm er, the bill would authorize the secretary of Agriculture to' lend a total rtf Sbfl.000,000 for use in pro dminr 193S crops. As security .the government would take a first lien on the i rop Chauncey Grigg Dies At Age 84 Substantial Farmer Of New House Section Hill Be Buried Thurs day At Rehobeth. Ctiauncoy Grigg, one of the coun • oldc-.'- and mast substantia! farmers of the New House section died at noon Tuesday, following an or Influenza. Mr. Grigg no:• a-, been 84 years of age .id h* liv<-d two weeks longer. Deceased was one of the county's mv Vn med farmers. He had al ways been a very industrious and thrifty citizen, a loyal Methodist and r titan of common-sense, prac tical Ideas He was a sort of pa triarch and adviser for friends and relatives in his community and his judgment., was usually sound and wise. Mr Grigg was born near Palm Tree church but spent mast of his life in the community where he died He was married to Margaret Pbilbeck who died in April of last ••ear. after a happy wedded life of '5 years. Two sons survive, Dargan E Grigg who operates West View Nursery and L. Zem Grigg. of New House. One son died seven years ego' in Chase City, Va., and several children died In infancy. Eleven grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren, also survive. Pur.pral services “will be held T1 ■ 4av afternoon at 2 o’clock at Relidbetfi Methodist ch'urch where he held his membership. Rev. J. M. Barber will have charge. Frank White To Be Buried Today "ell Known 83-Tear-Old Citizen Dio- In Hospital From Pneu monia Attack. Prank White, well known farmer sut) citizen of the Casar section, ■cd last, night around 8 o’clock In '■'f Sheibv hospital. Death result* d from pneumonia' which followed attack of influenza. M; White was 83 years of age 'rid was widely related and known throughout the northern section ol Cleveland county. Funeral services are being con this afternoon at 3 o’clock at Pleasant Hill church by Rev. C. E Rtriae; the pastor. Suntving are Mr. White's second " If and a number of children. Keeters Open New Grocery On Friday ' ish And Carry Grocery To Open In f.ardner Building. Will Have Market. ( Kbrothers vn.ll open ail up ,n-fa< cash and carry gpocem n the Gardner building on Warren street between the A 5nd P. grocery and the Central Cate pr‘, JV of this week. The four 50tllK*- R- B„ H. S.. T. T., and K K ’'-gether with their father, T. 8 ; Iready operate four grocery r'°h in the county and this make; • They have been in business ;,,ro 1 r six years and are very en ‘frP tit young men. ,r" ''Edition to a full line of heavy l1ir' groceries, the new store i ■ e a market with native and western meats, A. E. Gregory Will t** Ii:P :neat cutter. Kennon Blan ^ ’fl!1 ^ist KrK. Keeter who mil the active manager and in ’^rce of the store. r ■'<m' room has been remod •.„p? !1rt.for •'»vrrai days work has nfrV !,v Preparatory to the • 0,1 T"ridav morning IT P7Jl <l PPER SATURDAI 'ttf.rson GROVE CHCRC •v, 'vil1 he an oyster supper a g, ' ' | Son Grove church nex iiielit at 8 o'clock. Pro r* ' '» church Music wil b" a .>'rtns hand. Fall In Well Proves Fatal To Miss Wright Died In Hospital Last Night 'look 75-Foot Plunge Last Thursday.; Broke Both Legs, One Arm. ■ A 75-foot plunge to the bottom of | I the well at her father's home prov | ed fatal to Miss Mary Wright, 27.! I of St. Paul section, who died In the I Shelby hospital last night" about 8 j o'clock. | Miss Wright will be buried Thurs j day at 1 o'clock, almost a week to | the hour after she fell into the -well. The. funeral services, It—was said today, will be held at St. Paul church and likely will be conducted by Rev. Mr. McDonald. The de j ceased was the daughter of Mr. j and MrS. M. C. (Mosey) Wright, | who lived in the St. Paul or Cook's i section. Surviving are her parents and ■ several brothers and sisters. Fall Not Seen One of the most remarkable fea tures about the fall which proved fatal is that the young woman was not instantly killed and that she ! managed to cling onto life for a i week as she did. The well into which she fell Is approximately 75 feet deep, it is said. No one saw her 1 fall and just how she managed to! ; topple in is not known. Her moth • 1 er chanced to see that the w^ell | bucket was missing and when she investigated she heard her daugh | ter moaning at the bottom of the I well. Aid was called and the badly I injured woman was pulled out after ja youth had "been sent down to tie a rope beneath her arms/ She was then brought to the Shelby hospi tal where examination revealed that both legs were broken above the ankle, one arm broken^ and bruises over the entire body. She was still conscious, however, and remained conscious until a few minutes prior to her death almost a Week later. At the hospital she told attendants that her foot slipped causing her to fall. The 75-foot well is rocked up for : about 10 feet, it is said, from the ! bottom and it was misaculous that | she was not instantly killed by the i long plunge against the rocks. | There is about five feet of water at j the bottom of the well and it w’as said that Miss Wright managed to ! hold her head above the water de spite the fact that both legs and an arm were broken. Three Textile Mills In Annual Meetings , Three textile mills whose stock is j largely held by Cleveland county ; capital, held their annual meetings here on Tuesday. The mills, Dover j and Ora of Shelby and Charles Mill of Red Springs, made reports | on their year’s operation and all | former officers and directors were j re-elected. Postal Council Hears D. Z. Newton Speak At the quarterly meeting last night of the Cleveland C?ounty Pos tal Service council, D. Z. Newton was the speaker, taking the place of Dr. E. K. MeLarty who was ! scheduled to speak but who was ! called out of town. The council ! meeting w'as held at the Morgan | street school in South Shelby with j supper served by the Woman’s Mis I sionary union of Zoar church. Uodge Meeting I Regular communication of Cleve land lodge No. 202 will be held Fri ! day night at 7:30. SPORTS, page '. AROUND OUR TOWN, page 2. NOBODY’S BUSINESS, page 3. Court To End With One Week Grind Speeded l’|> So As To Knd Special Session During First Week. The special session of Superior court for Cleveland county called for two weeks in order to clear up the civil calender will last only one week. This was announced in open court yesterday. ' It was first believed that two weeks would be necessary to remove the litigations pending oh the con gested civil calendar, but Judge Michael Sclienck, presiding, and lo cal barristers have speeded up all trials to the extent that the court may adjourn at the end of this week. If it is necessary court will be held on Saturday in order to com plete the calendar this week. Neice Of Shelby People Attracts Praise For Work Blanche Mary Crambs A Portrait Artist In China At Age Of 16. A 16-year-old American girl. Blanche Mary Crambs, related In | Shelby and section, is attractlnv j considerable praise for her art work i as the result of several exhibitions I in China. Miss Crambs, hiece of Miss Bertha Bostic and Mrs. J. D. Eskridge, and related to numerous other Shelby people, is a portrahr artlst. ^ Her mother, who was Mattie Bos- j tick before she became Mrs. Harold i W. Crambs, visited here about 10 years ago and is well remembered. Young Miss Crambs recently had an exhibition of her portraits at Peiping and other points in China and will have her work exhibited later at Shanghai and Hongkong. Her collection, which is drawing praise from artists and others, con sists of around 70 portraits, the ma jority of her work, some in pastel and some in pencil, are based upon Chinese characters. In the collec tion, however, is one striking por trait of her mother and another of Pearl S. Buck. famous novelist. Miss Cramb's favorite is “Tears.” a portrait, of an old Chinese woman ! with the sorrow of the world in her eyes. Newspaper accounts of her ex hibitions in China speak highly of her "marvelous art" and say that | her portraits are 'like living per sonalities.” Miss Cramb was born in ; Peking but moved to Tientsin while I young. Get Sentences On Booze Count Here Two Men Must Pay $50 Each Or Serve Sentence Of Seven Months. i Tried on whiskey charges in i county court last night, Judd Ivey land J. S. Gray must pay fines of j $50 each or take a seven months I sentence each on the road gang. | Sentence was passed by Recorder | Joe Wright. Officers testified that two half | gallons of whiskey and five pints j were found in a raid upon a Station i operated just north of town by the ' two men. Ivey, it is said, had been I In court several times before. The county court Is operating at night this week due to the fact that Superior court is in session. No ses sion of the court will be held Thurs day night as court is held that day in Kings Mountain and no session will be held Saturday night. Doom Sounded, After 10 Years For, Sessions Lame Of Duck Congress Hereafter Representatives Dec ted In November Will Go In At Once. Washington. Jan. 25.—After ten years of trying, and a hundred of waiting, the United States modern ized its political machine this week bv eliminating defeated officials— the "lame ducks’ —from govern A .twentieth amendment was writ ten "into the constitution declaring that aftiFthis^year both the Presi- ; dent andSrfcd’newly chosen congress shall take office in the January following Novembers election and ! that the old-time shot' session .1 l.icb for so long nas f’oiijjpd tiw political rtiachinery witn its inef fectiveness, shall be held no more. The present one is the last. States Act Quickly. Thirty-six states of the anion ratified the amendment . in less than one tenth the time it took to convince congress that the country demanded abolition of this IumWbr ing antiquity, Missouri completed the ratifica tion, seizing the distinction of be ing 36th approving state by a wide awake maneuver. Its house was to meet, at two o’clock to act on the amendment already ratified by the Missouri senate. The Massachusetts liouse was to do exactly the same t(.OVTlN< Rl> Oft FAGS I.IUH l | 5th Generation Little Miss Sara Mull Cooke labove! represents the fifth generation in. five living generations in Cleve- I land eounty. She is seven months old and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.dgar Cooke, of Lawndale. Edgar Cooke, her father. Is 26; Mrs. G. M. Cooke, her grandmother, isj 46: Joe Costner, her great grand-1 father, is 62: and William Costner,: her great great grandfather, is 84. . Dr. Fred Brown Comes Thursday Gifted Speaker And Head Of; Southern Baptist Convention To Speak Here. — Dr. F. F. Brown, pastor of the j First Baptist church of Knoxville, | Tenn.. and also president of the Southern Baptist convention, ac companied by Secretary M. A. Hug gins or Perry Morgan, Raleigh, has been scheduled to speak at the fol iowlng places in North Carolina this week, in each case at the First Baptist church: January 26: 10:00 a. m. Forest City; 2:30 p. m. Shelby; 7:30 p. m. Gastonia. January 27: 10:00 a. m. Char lotte; 2:00 p. m. Union Grove, fourj miles west of Albemarle** 7:30 p. m ; Lumberton. January 28: 10:00 a. tn. Clement, near Fayetteville; 2:00 p. m. Coats, j January 29: 11:00 a. m. Greens boro; 2:30 p. m. Durham; 7:30 p ! m. Raleigh. Dr. Brown, who is a native son of North Carolina, a graduate of Mars! Hill and Wake Forest colleges, is recognized as one of the outstand ing leaders among Southern Bap tists. He has visited this state on several occasions in recent months on business pertaining to the work of the Southern convention. Just now he is leading the special debt raising campaign authorized by the last Southern Baptist convention to be put on in January and Febru ary, offering every individual Bap tist an opportunity to make a self denial, sacrificial offering to the debt-needs of their institutions, state and southwide. A new feature of this campaign has been developed recently, that of collecting old gold, silver, plati num and other materials of value as found in old unused watches, bracelets and other Jewelry, and smelting this and converting it into liquid assets writh which to pay the pressing debts on the various agencies and institutions of South ern Baptists this year. It is thought that many people who have little or no ready cash can get in on this proposition, and thus much addi tional Income may be realized by ; the denomlnatoin. Mettle London Of Rockdale Is Dead Was Victim Of Pneumonia. Parents And One Sister Survive Him. Mettle London, young son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. London of the Rockdale section died at noon last Saturday following an illness with | pneumonia. He was sick seven days. ! Young London was a faithful mem | ber of David’s Chapel Methodist I church and possessed the best of j habits. Surviving are his parents and one ‘ sister Ivey and his grandmother. He | was buried at Palm Tree Methodist church at 2 o'clock Sunday after noon, the services being conducted by Rev. W. L. Scott, his pastor. Goforth Shop Still Located At Theatre S. Sub»r s Carolina cafe is not operating in the building adjoining the Cardinal theatre as was an nounced Monday, but the building is still occupied by Jlgg’s soda shop Mrs. D. B. Goforth stated today. The Suber cafe formerly operated on Marion street, next to the Webb • h"Btrc but moved last, week ■. School Groups Here Will Talk School Troubles Raleigh Delegation To Be Planned School Board. Parent-Teacher Council, and Teacher* Meet In City Tonight. A Joint meeting of the Shelby school board, P. T. A council, which includes the council and the school unit P. T. A. officers and the prin cipals will be held in the library of the high school, Wednesday even ing. January 25 at 7;30 o’clock. Plans are to be made for a city wide P. T. A., meeting In observ ance of the anniversary on February 17 of the founding of the organiza tion. To Join Conference. Further, there will be discussion of the crisis through which public education Ls passing. Steps will be! taken to have representatives at the Citizens conference in Kaleigh, Tuesday, January 31 and otherwise to keep the knife o( economy from cutting the brain and heart out of childhood. To Give Work For Teachers Now Idle Stat*- Unemployment Fund Hill Work 100 To Teach Illiterate People. Belief for unemployed school teachers, who are in real need of an income in order to live, is to be provided by the state’s relief fund for the unemployed. Announcement to that effect was received today by Supt. B. L. Smith from Dr. J. H Highsniith of the state department of education. Dr. Fred Morrison, head of the state relief work, has approved a plan whereby a minimum of 100 teachers will be employed by the re lief committee to teach classes of illiterates throughout . the state These jobs will go only to teachers hit by the depression who are with out positions and In dire need of aid. Applications will be made through school superintendents and approved by the state department and relief officials. To be eligible each teacher must have a class of at least . 10 and the pay will range from $7.50 per week to $10. accord ing to the classes taught by the teachers. Scout Leaders At Greensboro Meet Carl Thompson And Throe Scout masters To Regional Conference. Carl S. Thompson, Cleveland county vice president ol the Pied> mont Boy Scout council, was In Greensboro Tuesday to attend a regional conference of scout offi cials. The principal guest of the Greensboro meeting was James West, national scout executive. Mr. Thompson carried with him three local scoutmasters, Alvin Propst. Hugh Arrowood and Pur man McCarty. Try Answering These " T'™ Can you answer fouiteen of these test questions? Turn to page three ior the answers. 1. What does pantheon mean? 2. Who is the emperor of India? 3. In which country is the Yser canal? 4. Who wrote “Oliver Twist?” 5. Name the French port that was on the present site of Pittsburg, Pa? 6. What is the name for one thou sand million? 7. Can a natural born American citizen be deported?? 8. What is the derivation of the word "Boer.” 9. In which state is the city of Pasadena? 10. Who was the Spanisht con queror of Peru? H. Which state does U. S. Sena tor Robert F. Wagner represent? 12. What woman's college is at Cambridge, Mass.? 13. Who wrote "Gargantua” and "Pantagruel?” 14. What nickname has been given to the Finnish runner. Paavo Nur mi? 15. Which state has a name de ri’ iyl from the Ute Indians? 16 What is a “tong war?” 17. Who rules the land of Tibet? 18. From what language is the name Sousa derived? 19. Who will manage the Wash ington American league baseball ream this year? 20. What term hi j&uonum.v de scribe*- relative brilliancy of stars? Star of Stars on Skiis Stars may come and stars may go, but Mickey Mouse, like the famoui brook, goes on forever. He never has any marital tangles or rows orei contracts, so it Is but natural that he is just as popular with the studio magnates as he is with the millions of movie fans whose risibilities h« provokes. Mickey is here shown as he tried his hand, or rather his feet, skiing at Lake Arrowhead, Cal., whither he was taken by his ereato. Walt Disney, shown in inset with Mrs. Disney. Present Winter Bids Fair To Be Another Of “Winterless” Type; Worries Farmers, Hogs To Kill Freeze Utrr Would Kill Fruit Trees Which Might Bloom. Recall Last Year. Is this section to experience two consecutive winterless winters? Although there have been a cou ple of cold snaps, one being tho snow-and-ioe period at Christmas, there has been very little winter weather during 1932-33. In many respects it is similar to the warm winter of 1931-32, and now it is be ginning to worry many citizens. In one respect the reecnt weath er is considered fortunate for un employed and poor families because not as much fuel and clothing are needed, but another viewpoint is that such weather is a good disease breeder and especially so far the in crease of influenza. Freezes The local weather prophets con tend that there Is freezing weather ahead, several freezes, despite the coat-sleeves weather of recent days, and it Is this anticipated freeze be fore the coming of spring, six weeks ahead, that causes worry. It Is pos sible that a few fruit trees may bloom in January or early Febru ary, and If they will be killed later by freezes. Such happened a few years ago. Scores of farmers have still another worry about the warm winter months—they have many hogs yet to kill and have been awaiting good hog-kllllng weather, something that the weatherman has not offered recently. Despite the warm periods this winter it is recalled, however, that second growth cotton stalks and other plants have not budded, . bloomed or started growing again t,o the extent they did last winter. And then Blum's, the old reliable, says there will be real winter weather “afore long now." COTTON DRIFTS ALONG WITH SLIGHT CHANGES Cotton on the New York Cotton exchange at 1:30 o’clock today was March 6.19 and May 6.31. Trading was inactive and the Improvement in price is only a few points above yesterday’s close. Senior Class Present Annual Play Friday Tarkliigton's "Seventeen” Will Be Presented. Story Appeals To All Ages* The class of '33 will present the annual senior play Friday, January 27 at 8 o'clock. The play this year will be Booth Tarklngton's famous “Seventeen,” a story which appeals to all ages. Willie Baxter, the herb. along with most of the other boys In town, falls In love * with Lola Pratt, the leading lady, who Is visiting a girl friend of Willie's. Miss Pratt speaks only In "baby talk” and proceeds to ''string" all the boys. Genesis, the colored butler, and Willie’s lit tle sister, Jane, add still another comedy element to the play. The cast has worked diligently for the past two months. Willie Baxter Is played by Loris Dover; Lola Pratt by Rose Buber; Genesis, by- Colbert McKnlght; and Jane, by Annabeth Jones, who because of size was borrowed from- the freshman class. There are also two persons In the cast who partici pated In the state dramatic contest last year. They are Cornelia Sparks, who plays Mrs, Baxter, and John Hoyle, who plays Mr. Baxter. All who come to the high school auditorium Friday night at eight o’clock are promised an evening of laughs and wholesome entertain ment. Smith To Speak On Educational Crisis “The Present Crises In Public Education” will be the subject of an address by Capt. B. L. Smith at the January meeting of the South Shel by P T. A to be held tomorrow night at 7:30 in the school audi torium. Other features of the pro gram will include special music from the Central high school. As this will be one of the most Important meetings held this year, all patrons and friends of the school are urged to attend. Fifth Of High School Students Make Fourth Month Honor Roll Seniors Lead. 36 Percent Of Oars Being Honor Students Shelby High. A little more than one-fifth of the student body at Shelby's Cen tral high school attained honor roll distinction for the fourth school month. The seniors led the tray in schol arship, 36 parecent of the class mak ing the honor roll. Freshmen came second, one-fifth of the class mak ing the roll, while 16 percent of the [juniors and 15 percent of the soph omores made the roll. Ten students made the ht-’.ie ‘ popsthl' Trade ft A on aii uih jects. They were: Loris Dover, Helen Miller, Betsy Eskridge, Margaret Lee Liles, Esther Ann Quinn, Inez Cornwell. Marie King, Marlyn Smith, Gwyn Davis, and Jane Washburn. The high school honor roll by classes follows: Seniors. Paul Arrowood, Billy Broadway, Loris Dover, Griffin Holland, Bob by Hoyle, Colbert McKnlght. Did: LcOrand, Edison Noggle, Ed Post, Essie Bass, Laura Mae Borders, Ra-. ehel Connor, Margaret Ford. Aileen Jones, Annie Ray Jones, Margate! Lee Dorothy Leonard. Helen Mill (XWKTINI'SU Of ClOHl* Cotton Crop In County Passes 45,000 Bales Still 20,000 Behind Previous Year Total Of 45,233 Bale* Ginned Te Jan. 15. Neat Report March 1. < lereland county's 1932 cot ton crop, although quite a dis tance behind the 1031 crop, Is turning out better than was an ticipated during the rotton plcklng season, tip to January 15 more than 45,000 bales had been ginned and several months ago many believed the total crop would not reach that figure. Up ip January 15, according to the report of Mllea H, Ware, gin ning agent. 45,233 bales had been ginned In the county. This was almost 20,000 bales lea* than the ginning to the same date last year. 04,009 bales having been ginned to that, time In 1932. The nest and final ginning re port of the 1932 crop will be Issued on March 1. Auto Smashes Through Garage Mr. Wither*poon Hu Only ilMh Injuries After Ilia Cur Ploughs Through BulMtnt. leaving the highway on a sharp curve, George Witherspoon, local col Lon buyer, smashed through the Dedmon garage with his car near Buffalo mill last night and emerg ed on the other side. The car he was driving literally ploughed through from one side to the other and carried part of a show case along, yet Mr. Witherspoon was not seriously hurt and ts able to be up and out today. He had atarted alone to Winston Salem on a business trip and was traveling highway No. 180 when he came to the curve at Frank Dod - men's home near the Buffalo mill. There Is practically a left angle curve at this point and Mr. With erspoon was not aware of It. To the right of the road la Ideated the filling station and the car struck It In the side and emerged on the other side, tearing the hole through the middle of the building. The car stopped a few feet beyond. An ambulance was called and Mr. Witherspoon was brought to Shelby where he received medical attention. It was feared at first that his Injuries were serious, but he Is up today with only flesh wounds about the face. Schenck And Hoey Speak Before Lions Judge Says Changed Constitution Gives Citisens More Voice. Hoey Favors Inflation. At the regular luncheon meeting of the Lions club Tuesday night, the club was honored by the pres ence of Judge Michael Schenck of Hendersonville who Is holding a term of civil court here this week. Judge Schenck Is a member of the committee for re-writing the state constitution and requested all pub lic-minded citizens to write their representative for the copy and study the proposed changes In the state constitution. Judge Schenck says it gives more voice to the peo ple in the affairs of state. The principal address of the evening was delivered by Clyde R. Hoey who ably discussed the con ditions which must be corrected in order to improve matters. Review ing the events of the past 12 years, Mr. Hoey In his able manner paint ed a word picture of the reasons why the world is in the throes of de pression today, but he urged that the people face the future with de termination and that determination coupled with the Ingenuity and ability of the American people shall and will bring about a brighter day. The two remedies which Mr. Hoey suggested as a start would bo to create more money in order to in crease the buying power of the people and the world conference on war debts and trade relations. Delightful musical numbers were rendered by Horace Easom and E. B. Hill with Miss Ethel Elmore, piano accompanist. Fassifern School Head To Speak Here Dr. Joseph R. Sevier, president of Fassifern school for girls at Hen dersonville will be tire speaker Thursday evening of this week at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Kiwanis club. Dr. Sevier is lieuteu ant governor of division No. 1 and vi*tv is an official one. t * . • .
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