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s THE-GEMEINER Smk 1 · f Late News } fair Saturday \ North Carolina Weather Cotton Has Rise Of $1 A Ba’le Today Cotton on the New York ex ch ins' hit*. *. rise of 20 P°ints ,.Ts\ a bale by 2 o'clock today. )t)f vioiUi (Otton bill designed t„ take three and a half mil bah- of surplus rutton off thl. m ark-I and reduce the 1933 acreage accordingly, had not bffn v. red by President Hoo ver. bet bis decision in the mat ter is likely to come before the nut of the day. The Smith cot ton bill has passed both house a,,d u-nat« and Is before the prts-ident tor his signature. Whether he will sign it as a law nr veto it, will be determined be fore Mr. Hoover's term ends to night. Postal Receipts For February In Shelby Show Gain iebniary Receipts $231 More Than February Last Year. Similar January Increase. Postal receipts at the Shelby post office continue to show a gain in 1523 over corresponding months of last year. February receipts at the Shelby .office, Postmaster J. H. Quinn an nounced today, totalled $3,381.14 as .compared with- S3 149.16 for Febru ary. 1932. This was a gain of $231.98 9»er the some month last year, January Gain A similar gain of two to three hundred dollars was shown in the January receipt, of this year over the January receipts of last year. The pick-up in business at the ’Deal post office is encouraging in view of tit" fact that the office bit year managed to hold its first - class rating despite the general slump In business. With receipts this year going above those of last rear it is now believed that the office will again reach the $40,000 postal receipts quota required to hold the first-class rating. lotion, a vc on jeed in ,,lt MARKETS. -put base . ( otton Seed, ion ten tons lots — - - - . 6.45 $9.00 11.25 Hoey Contest On Tonight For Boys Of High Schools | Annual County-Wide;. Event On. Youths Compete For Hoey Medal. The annual Clyde R. Hoey ora Iteieal contest tor high school boys lot Cleveland county will be held to l.tighi iiy the Central school audi 1 tor Him here. *"* >'*•’’1 dis competing for the ■ rted.il. -p. r >* mg selected from j entrant,' in the preliminary con Ifest held last Saturday. The six icotnpetn.- 'or.’.ght are: Vaughn ■Whitaker, Mooresboro; Boyd Mathe l^or., Casar; o. T. Hayes, Kings Mountain; Charles Goforth, Waco; iH&rqid Bettis. Shelby; Evans Allen. | No. 5. "<-bb Contest , r°n.iorrw Saturday, March 4, rwm; high school girls will com jpete tit a preliminary contest at the ■ Shelby high school for the right to the finals in the Selma C. I '"rb!: ri ’•t'-ioti contests here to |^ht,^;ek- Friday, March 10. Each tRtioo. maj send one enttant to the l.rtilnun-.r. and from that number I®* fill be nit ll' • ' dal Selma Webb essay I f essays must be in the lrr1,y °J J H- Cirlgg, county sup ivmaetKiH- by noon tomorrow, Sat i-.r.aj rile winner of this contest ■ till be 1 announced in Tire Star or iTrifiay. March 17. I garden Club Works To Beautify The Parkways In Shelby l*/' Srden club- of which Mrs I worn* hompson is president, i |if ri1f L ,0Wiirci the beautificatioi Pukwuys on portions of CStC"-v. and West Mario I • street® wer : • > so Wide that th . . - Paving was more than th aim XPa>'erS felt that the I in tv. ‘ so grass plots were lei Ilia ,C . r r of these two residen i owpi : lor several blocks. hkrab£ . .,t'',‘.rden club Plans to be placf d-.‘.U tlmers anci make the: 1 ,,aJ-’hve. People who lh hoods where ihei l!'e contributing I tbwfxs and simrtxs I oar 'k 8 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXIX, No. 27 SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 3. 1933 (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) il; Mm per rent. on tdrinm Cprrter net Tear an a'Irene# M.i>" *W" Democrats Fill Capital For Colorful Inauguration Of Roosevelt I Mr. Julius L. Smith I Passes Suddenly; Funeral This P. M. A Former Cotton Statistician Prominent Citizens Succumbs To Sudden Heart Attack. Was 71 Years Of Age. Friends were shocked Wednesday afternoon to learn of the sudden death of Julius L. Smith who pass ed suddenly at his home at the corner of N. LaFayette and Groyer streets at 5 o'clock. Mr. Smith had put on hiS coat and hat after read ing a newspaper and made ready to ride up town with his daughter when he slumped in a chair in the living room and breathed his last without a struggle. He had ridden up town shortly before, been to the barber shop and greeted friends on the street. For several years he had been suffering with enlarged heart and had survived several attacks. Funeral This Afternoon Funeral services were held this afternoon at 3 o’clock from the resi dence in charge of Dr, Zeno Wall, pastor of the First Baptist church of which he was a member. Inter ment took place in Sunset cemetery and his grave was covered with a wealth of floral offerings as a fit ting testimonial of the high es teem in which he was held. Ap propriate music was rendered by a quartet from the First Baptist church under the direction of Hor ace Easom. Wife And Three Children. Mr. Smith was born October 26, 1861 in Burke county near the Cleveland line. Forty-eight years ago he was married to Mrs. Mar garet Mull who survives with two children: Dixon Smith, prominent lumberman of Coltts’abus, Ga., and Mrs. Annie Smith Long of Shelby. Also surviving him is one step-son Hon. Odus M. Mull, former execu tive councillor and state Democra tic chairman, now manager of the Cleveland Cloth mill. The sons were in New York and Georgia when the final summons came to their father and they hurried to his bedside. Cotton Statistician Mr. Smith was a very industrious man, intensely Interested in politi cal and public affairs, a loyal friend and a devoted husband and father He was influential in political cir cles and his friends were drawn from all walks in life. During the Wilscn administration he was cot ton statistician in this county and filled this position with conscien tious ability. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and forward looking in all matters pertaining to the upbuilding of the county. Active pallbearers this afternoon were Lee B. Weathers, Paul Webb. Paxton Elliott, C. A. Dellinger, Tom Kerr, James W. Gardner, Dr. Sam Schenck, Earl Hamrick. Serving as honorary pallbearers were: Dr. J. W. Harbison, Dr. E. B. Lattimore, Judge E Y. Webb, J. O. Corbett, Frank L. Hoyle, J. F. Harris, C. S. New, Dr. S. S. Royster, C. C. Blan ton. A. F. Newton, H. D. Wilson, S. L. Gillespie. John P. Mull. Tom Webb, Stough Hopper, W. A. Mc Cord, Dr. J. R. Osborne, Joe E. Blanton. Clyde R. Hoey, J. L. Lack ey, R. E. Campbell, W A. Broad way, R. L. Weathers, Z. J. Thomp son and J. F. Roberts. Opens Drink Stand Jim Webb, jr., has opened a re freshment stand in the building ad joining Webb - theatre, formerly QC- i cupied by the Carolina cafe. Latar he plans to install a bowling afley. Claimed by Death I Sen. T. J. Walsh (above) of Mon tana, who was to have been attor | ney general in the Roosevelt cabi ’ net, died suddenly on a train while passing through North Carolina yes | terday en route to Washington. Four Cage Teams Fight For Title In Tourney Here Lattimore. Belwood. Grover And Shelby In Semi-Finals Here Tonight. (DefaJTs'; Of Tourney To Date On Page 8.) Four fast basketball quints go into the semi-final round of the annual Cleveland county cage tournament in the Shelby gym nasium tonight in the struggle for the county championship • and Rotary cup. The teams left in the tourney aft er three nights play are Lattimore regarded as the favorite; Belwood Grover and Shelby. In the first game tonight Latti mftre will play Grover, both win ning their first victories by good margins, and in the second contest Shelby will meet Belwood. Both oi these quints have won two games each and Belwood’s spirited play against Fallston and Oasar makes that team the popular dark horse of the tourney. Seven teams havp been eliminated. All four teams playing tonight will play again tomorrow. Saturday night, in the big championship fin ale. The two winners tonight will clash Saturday night tor the '.'o while the two losers tonight. •will battle (or consolation honors. 7t is expected that the "tin •■an" will be packed for the games both ni?.hU as interest has gradually picked up as the teams have been seeded out. Poker Date Today Today for the third time this cen tury the date is a perfect poker hand number. Cheek a little bit by your calendar and youII notice that it is the third day of the third month of the thirty-third year of 1900. In other words, V: ns'shi be written “8-3--S3.' ' : >' g to 1900 has :t bap■•‘V- nr.cc in. 1PU and once in 1922. Only 7 Women Arrested For Each 100 Men In 1932, Record Reveals More Male Robbers Than Female.* Have Record Of Four Million Criminals. By UNITED PRESS Washington, March 3.—There were 7.4 women arrested for every 100 men duting the last eleven months of 1932, fingerprint records received here by the bureau of in vestigation of tiie justice depart ment show. ‘One out of every 38 women ar rested was charged with robbery, while one out of 17 men arrested was charged with that offense.” J. Edgar Hoover, director of the bu reau. told the United Press. Arrests for violation of federal narcotic laws included one out of 67 women and one out of 111 men Bureau .datisiics show that 55.1 por cent of individuals arrested for j violation* of nareoHr drug laws pr* viously had been arrested, or con victed for some offeree. Persons arrested for forgery and counter feiting showed the second highest percentage of repeaters, 42.5, while the lowest percentage was 20.8 for persons arrested for felonious homi cldetand driving while intoxicated. The bureau receives an average of 2,0C0 fingerprint records daily of individuals who have been arrested or committed to penal institutions In tnis and other countries. On Jan. !, 1933, the bureau had on file cards containing the names or aliases cf 4,431,419 individual* with criminal records. Of the 20,551 women arrestee' dm - Ing the eleven-month period o' 1932, 16.76 per cent were held on a iar ceny-theft charge, while 12.12 were charged with sex offenses and 12 percent disorderly conduct and va grancy. Sen. Thos. Walsh Dies Unexpectedly On Train In N. C. Attorney General Just Married One Of Nation's Greatest Demo crats Dead. Passing Shocks Nation. Rocky Mount, March 3.—Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, at torney-general designate, died of a heart attack early yesterday near Wilson as he was hurrying with his bride of five days to Washington to take his place In President-elect Roosevelt’s cabinet. Mrs. Walsh, the former Senoru | Nlves Perez Chaumont de Truffin whom he married In Havana Sat I I urday, found him lying unconscious j | shortly after daybreak on the floor of their drawing room of Atlantic : Coast Line train No. 12, He died at 7:10 a. in. without regaining con ; sciousness. Mrs. Walsh became al ! most hysterical as she told of his death, and required medical atten tton herself. Apparently the 73-year-old, gray halred Montana Democrat left his berth when seized with the attack and fell to the floor as he started to awaken his wife. When Mrs. Walsh discovered the senator on the floor, 6lie screamed and called a porter. Together, they lifted Senator Walsh to a berth and the porter raced through seven cars for the conductor who suminofied Dr. Richard J. Sostello of Cam bridge, Mass., a passenger on the train. Before the physician reached | his side, the Montanan was dead. The body was removed from Che train here and prepared for burial. It was dressed in the suit Senator Walsh wore when he took Senoru Perez Chaumont, the widow of a wealthy business man, as his bride. At 3 p. m. the body was placed aboard a train for Washington. Funeral plans had not been defi nitely fixed when the trafn left, but relatives said Senator Walsh would be burled In Helena, Mont., beside (CONTINUED ON PAUB EKJH i Police Have Stolen Chickens For Owner “Whose hen roost has been rob bed?” Thats the question Police Chief McBride Poston asks The Star to ask. This morning a colored fellow stopped In Oscar F aimer a grocery with five black hens and a White Leghorn to sell. Mr. Palmer became suspicions and called police head quaT\.s. As Chief Poston walked in the front door of the store the colored fellow did a parachute leap j out the rear doer an 1 began trav : eJlf&g.- At lest report he was still i wide open and going pieces in high. , Anyway, the chief would like to know where the chickens came from and the owner may benefit by getting in touch with him. Try Answering Can you answer 14 of these test questions? Turn to page two for the answers. 1. From what is papyrus made? 2. What does Nobles.se Oblige I mean? j £. Which t-resident first received [The ary of $75,000 a year? ■ 4. let what country was Nonna • Shearer, the actress, bom? . 5. Is the earth gaining in weight? 6. From what 's our word “dol | !ar” derived? 7. Name the capital of Nevada. ! 8. What is a coolie? 5. Who, according tc the Book of | Genesis, was Levi? 1 10. Who wrote the ‘‘Leatherstock iing Tales”? [ 11. How did the Rochdale societies get their name? ! 12. Name the capita! of Den | mark. 13. What was the former name! ! of the Japanese province of Cho (sen? j 14. What American president sent ' out the . Lewis and Clark expedi tion? 16. What was the famous Lexow j Committee? 16. What is the central fact stat j ed by the Copernlcan theory? 17. What is the political status of i Hawaii? 18. What famous childrens poem j was written by Clement C. Moore? I 19. Who was John Singleton Cop ley;? . ySy. When i* Cnmnsii’ of I Lev' t >v Becomes 31st President Of The United States Tomorrow 591 Dead Following Tidal Wave Which Hit Jap Seaside Villages District Meeting Of B. Y. P. U. Tuesday Quarterly Meeting Will Be Held At Elizabeth Church. Good Program The spring quarterly B. Y. P. U. meeting, embracing churches in district No. 2, will convene at the Elizabeth Baptist church next Tues day night, March 7th. A very inspiring and appropriate program has been arranged which will last about an hour and the public is cordially Invited to attend. The officers, Bynum E. Weathers, leader of the group, and Mrs. Ormi Lee Queen announce the following program: 7:30—Song service. 7:35—Devotional. Psalm 27, by Miss Ella Mae Mauney of the Eliza beth Baptist church. 7:45—Business, roll call of unions and announcements. 7:55—Talk, "The Source of Spirit ual Strength,” by Mrs Glenn Blan ton of the Dover Baptist church. 8:00—Talk, "Prayer as an Avenue to Spiritual Strength' by Miss Dor othy Washburn of the Double Springs Baptist church. .... ... 3:05—Special music, by Joe E. Blanton and eight or ten singers from the Roes Grove Baptist church. 8:10—Talk, “Liberty” by Miss Agnes Silver, of the Eastside Bap tist church. 8:15—Inspirational address, "Be Strong in the Lord," by Rev. L. L. Jessup of the South Shelby Baptist church. Jersey Breeders Urged To Attend Meeting Wednesday First Time State Club Has Held A Meeting In This Section. Good Speakers. The meeting of the North Caro lina Jersey Cattle Club in Shelby Wednesday, March 8, will be the first meeting of the State associa tion to be held in this county or section and all Jersey breeders In Cleveland and adjoining counties are urged to attend. The meeting will begin promptly at 10 o’clock at the Hotel Charles and a number of well known speaker? ”111 he on nt program. U. P. Bulletins By UNITED PRESS Washington, Mar. 3.—President - elect Roosevelt turned his attention today to the national banking sit uation and in conferences with con gressional leaders let It be known that he Is giving almost undivided attention to the situation. Washington, Mar. 3.—High gov ernment officials mourned today at the bier of the late Senator T. J. Walsti while the outside city was gay with flags for the brilliant scene tomorrow in which Walsh was ! to have been one of the principal 'actors. The body arrived in Wash* | ington last night accompanied by a tearful, shaken widow who se cluded herself except to close per sonal friends. Tokio, March 3.—The Japanese troops, driving against (,'hengtelifu, entered Pingchuan, five miles east of their goal, today. It was announc ed they would reach there Saturday and the Jehol capital was reported in ronfpslQn.:_ UpcppfiMjed reports ceded the evacuation of Chengtch fu Moore Oi Japanese Villages In Ruin*. I ,400 People Art Injured. By UNITED PRESS Toklo, March 3.—Following an earthquake and tidal wave a •core of Japanese seaside Til lages were In ruins today. 591 people were dead, 1,400 were in jured and 590 missing In tlic prefectures I wale Mlvagi rind \omari llokkaldo. Two thousand seven hundred ind thirty-live houses were de stroyed and IHO ships washed away. Bank Moratorium Optional In N. C. Legislature Passes lj»w Making Moratorium Legal If Necessary. Raleigh. March 3.—The legisla ture today passed a law making II optional for banks to declare a moratorium in event any banking institution thinks it necessary t< protect depositors. Four Shelby High Students Awarded Highest Possible Honors Of School Margaret Ford, Colbert McKnight. Billy Broadway And Loris Dover Get Honor. The highest possible honor in Shelby high school was conferred upon four members of the senior class Thursday morning in special assembly, when the formal an nouncement of the members elected to the National Honor society was made. The program was put on by the three members of the society who were elected at [the end of their Junior year. Paid Arrowood presid ed and spoke briefly on origin and alms of the National Honor society. Aiieen Jones presented to the stu dent body two of the objectives, service and leadership, and urged Ura' all students strive to become Worthy of membership wi :jr. spoke on the other two objec tives, scholarship and character. The formal announcement ol election was made by Mr. Abernethj passing the Insignia of the society a golden torch, to the seniors hon ored: Margaret Ford, Colbert Mc Knlght, Billy Broadway, and Lorii Dover. j Four other seniors will be elected j to membership In the local chaptei of the National Honor society at the end of the school year. pastors Conference TO BE HELD MONDAY The Baptist Pastors conference will meet next Monday morning at 10 o’clock at the First Baptist church. Dr. Wall will bring a mes sage from the subject "The Second Coming of Christ.” visitors are al Out Of Power 12 Years; Party Now Back In Control Hughes To Swear In New President Man Fleeted H> IjnidMiilc Will Hllnew I'arttlr I or Three flours. Bj K\MONI> <IAT4T.lt United Tress Stuff ( orrespoiident. Washington, March :i. 1 h me crabs an gathering ni the national i capital to title buck' Into, power to ■ morrow aftei an exile of twelve | year,- to the must colorful inaugu ration .went- duct th* World. wnv. Franklin D. Rom veU,, elected In. oik* of (111 great.,-I iHMfi.dluc,. in Auiigican hislorj. I.* <o hi ti toned Into the White Hon. i by a permit rnllts long, which 'a111 regulrt throe hours to pass by the Court o. Hon or erected in Pennsylvania mem: * In (rout of flu White How i Rule! Seme The tug day which signs lues the return of httljdredr of Democrats to control of. kej office In Uu>, fed eral government will open with a quirt scene at the White House* sometime between 10 and 11 a. m. tomorrow. The incoming president and his wife will arrive under the big pillared portico and be escorted | Into the Blue Room, the No. 1 par j lor in the executive mansion. There the outgoing President and Mrs. Hoover will be waiting. The other White House Hoover—Ike Hoover, who has been chief usher at the White House for a generation- will step to the door of the Blue Room md announce: "Tin President-elect and Mrs. Roosevelt." By that time Mr. and Mrs. Hoo ; .er'a baggage will all have been packed and taken to the Union ; Station and placed aboard their train which wtU take them to New York immediately after Use inaug uration ceremony. After a few mo ments of chatting, last minute talk ing over detail.- of the Inaugural formalities, perhaps a few parting words from Mr. Hoover filling In Iris successor cn last minute devet -coNTiNUkw q < wmip •etoB’r ■ Wolfe Is President ; Of Mutual Exchange I Elected To (Succeed id. Austell. Farm Organimation Name lllreetor O, P. Wolfe, of tin HI on.' Pomfc section, is the new praldam of the i Cleveland Farmers Mutual Kx i change, farm orgahtirt'em tor the, purpose t.i selling and buying firm . products cooperative:!y Mr. Wolfe was elected at a meeting Wednesday i night to succeed 33, Austell, of Earl. Other officers elected were P, D. Herndon of Rhiys Mountain vice president: 8. 8. Mauney, No. 6 i township,, .secretary and treasurer. The retiring vice president and sec retary-treasurer were O. P. Ham j rick. Bolling Springs and R. W. Wilson Pa Ha ton. The board of directors elected were the following old members: E. Austell, O. P. Hamrick. R W. Wil son: G, L. Hamrick, LutUmocg; G. F. Wol!>. Stony Point; and J. P MeSwftin Mooresbori. New direc tors elected were: W. A. Hambrlgbt, Grover; P. D; Herndon, Kings Mountain; W. L. Sellers, Marys Grove; Edney Willis, No. 10; A. M. Pruitt, Caaar; L. C. Palmer and T. J. WilUs, Polkvllle; Walter Davis. Lattimoir: J. C. 'Wmhburn. Lattl- ■ ■-* more; Quay Mosteller, No. i town ship; L. M. Gibson. Patterson Springs; A R. Snyder. Shelby; S. ff. Mauney, No. 6; and B. P. Dixon, Bethlehem. The Mutual Exchange will have a car at the Seaboard station in Shelby next week fer the purpose of purchasing poultry. Woman Injured In Fall From A Car Mrs. Dofra Dlmsdale, of Polk county, was treated at the Shelby hospital this morning for a broken hand and contusions of the head received early this morning when she fell from an automobile between Spindale and Shelby Mrs. Dims dale, who was en route to Shelby to visit her son, Lester Dlmsdale, Oakland Drive, caught a ride with Mr Jackson, star mall carrier be tween Rutherfordton and Shelby 1t Is said. Above Forest City, officer* were told,- the door o' the car came open in some manner and Mrs. Dlmsdale fell out. After reaching Shelby she was earned to the hos pital W treaimen* bv Chief Me ; Bride Poston.
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