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FP(j«i ■ court Is a much tonier tribunal than it once was That’s
ftat the (asual observer noted this week while looking in upon the
trinrf at the Shelby court house.
In other words, what was once the bootleggers' dread is on the verge
, t,ei0ir.»ic a bankers' bar of justice. In more than a decade of keeping
s oft Federal court sessions, here and elsewhere, in a reportorial capa
. thi5 colyum had been accustomed to expect the prisoners bench to
e filled'with rough, unshaved fellows from the hill country—riiakers of
idoch—and sleek, nattily dressed city slickers—dispensers of short pints,
j.j jaHons, etc. And back in the gallery’ seats a big portion of the
Dictators was usually made up of friends of the hill men, husky moun
aheers and their wives, wearing their Sunday bonnets with black shawls
round their shoulders. All “come to Shelby for district court.”
Bui this time there was' a change. Along the prisoners bench were
itmaetilsfely dressed business men, and filling the seats reserved for
nends and relatives were neatly attired men and women—textile men,
(usihess leaders, bankers, society women and school teachers.
Which is to say that in two days grind the Federal court, ordinarily
with prohibition cases, had tried, convicted and sentenced tw’o
lankers, indicted a third, and was preparing to prefer formal charges
gainst three more.
Back in the court room the mountain folk look on with an expres
jpn of awe and amazement. Down to see if Bill or John gets a year and
dp v or more “dow’n to Atlanta” for operating a still in a South Moun
ain cove, they look on with silent amazement as the deputy marshals
;ati white collared gents to a seat beside men clad in overall suits be
psticrcd with corn mash and beer, "No tellin’,” they say to each other
a their cryptic, far from verbose language in the lobbies between ses
lab. •what'll be takin’ place next. I’ve seen more quare carryings-on
i this term than ever before in my born days, and I’ve been cornin’
town rcg’lar like since the fust time they tried Amos Owens.”
ihki.bv miokts
Superstitious folks about town, so we gather horn the gab around
he oda pubs, are reminding that the banks closed on 3-4-33 (March 4,
19331 and those figures, if you’ll add ’em up, total 13. But to show you
hat there’s nothing so bad about the so-called unlucky 13, you might
ioic that they began opening again on 3-13-33, and that, also, totals 13
, . Shelby >s widely known for her mineral water springs, and has
lien anee ante-bellum days, yet more out-of-town people than Shelby
people stop at Cleveland Springs to drink water .... Call this to Fred
Horton's attention: the word "perculator” on that window card he paint
<i at Clark's hardware Is misspelled, and Fred seldom bobbles . . . . .
S’alter Winchell, peer of all the gossip columnists, has predicted that
he Lindbergh baby murder-mystery may be solved within a week, his
Rrlb; readers notice. Those believed to have turned the trick, and now
grilled on the hot spot by officers, are said to live in the Spanish
tarlem section of New York, and are not professional gangsters . . . .
S’h.v is it that Shelby swains idle around up town while the majority
(the local femmes are being wooed by lads from the neighboring vil
ages? . We don't know who will pull Senator “Our Bob’s” leg for
he jobs, but the Democrats will have a difficult time of appointing a
ounger and more efficient staff of Federal court district attorneys than
he Republican lineup of prosecutors—Frank Patton, Tom McCoy and
Siarlie Jones, jr. (But that may be sacrilege which will get us bootee!
tom the local Tammany wigwam) . . . . And Miss Fan Barnett, back in
own for Federal court, with as much verve and vivacity as in the days
then she was one of the tow n's favorite toasts .... Sheriff Irvin Allen
1 moving his belongings back to the farm, getting the jail ready for the
iev sheriff, Raymond Cline .... A tough break for young B. C. Wal
ice, jr, the Fallston boxer, w’ho suffered a fractured leg just as he was
lie paring to enter C. M. T. C. training and pick up boxing experience
a the side .... Bokays to the dozen Shelby high boys and girls who
sue a habii of making the highest possible grade in all their studies
.... Wonder how Representative Ernest Gardner will vote on the sales
is? And the beer measure? .... Did you know that the comely miss
jjpearing with the magician in the ciggie ads in The Star will soon be
iraham MeNamee’s new bride? And there's some gossip to the effect
hat she is already Mrs, McNamee .... George P, Webb, the former
iiptrior court clerk, is on the verge of announcing for mayor. And its
Ikfti for ( K. Upon, former city clerk. Meantime the urging of friends
lire?lens to weaken the original “no” of E. F. McKinney ... Its a
hree-to-one bet that the next mayor’ll wear glasses . . . . Do you know
he Uo secret marriages referred to by E.L.? .... Another compara
bly newcomer to town, Miss Maxine McCraw, has the bachelor boys
Rusting then- ties when she comes uptown. She’s an aunt of Lois
(ontague. the comely miss who,, so tis said, has caused several heart
Silers among the high school and Boiling Springs college boys . . .
.oca 1 talkies are returning to a 10-cent admission price except two
*:-'s a week but that may be related in the news columns today, 01
T Friday at least ... Hitch-hikers are showing more discretion about
heir thumbing in the Shelby area of recent days. Within a fortnight
but people have thumbed Bob Kendrick for rides and w-ound up at the
ounty jail. Two were girls who had no business out at that time of night,
««pt. perhaps, that it was their business .... Best wishes to “Uncle
tudie" Rudasill Trek at his daughter’s home after six tough weeks in
"'.hospital. ‘
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IRK DIM I ? T
K's ■ somewhat of an Ingrown habit about Shelby and Cleveland
Wu'ly. to vO to Clyde Hoey for advice and encouragement when the
I®11* sets rough and the clouds hang low over the horizon. It’s a good
* th*t had he charged $1 per interview last week he wuld have made
>»rt moi'i'v than In the most remunerative week of his legal career. A re
10” en one little telephone conversation, incidentally, interested us. It
“»:• you The phone in the Ryburn-Hoey office jangled. The voice at
other end was that of an excited, worried woman, “The bank’s close
^ Hoe\ • the voice said, “and all the money we have outside is a dol
111 and a dime What in the world are we going to do?” came the plain
•i(r sail
AitM a moment’s thought, Mr. Hoey replied: "111 tell you. Suppose
0,1 lft mr have the dime. Perhaps that’ll ease up my own financial
HBr-h and hen ma'be I’ll be able to figure out something about the
S*»r'
l0?5 iVt ■t'l r t, | pp
cm- dtrsetory fails to ward the name of *• wea*a W the
s*Jae °f Helen Black, yet this yarn is being waggled about town A
man stepped up to a girl on the street this week, eyed her fam
1,rlI and said: “Pardon me. You look like Helen Black.”
“Ves the young lady (?) replied, “I know I do, but I look worsen
to »mte.”
2 Gaston Bankers
Get Prison Terms
In Federal Court
Tom Carpenter And Steve Morris
Sentenced In Shelby By
Judge Webb.
Two Gastonia bank officials who
pleaded guilty to embezzlement in
federal court here Monday were
sentenced to a total of 10 years In
prison.
Thomas E. Carpenter, assistant
cashier of the First National bank,
Gastonia, and member of a prom
inent Gaston county family, was
given an aggregate sentence of
seven years, five years on one count
and two years on another. He pled
guilty to an embezzlement in con
nection with a shortage of approx
imately $20,000.
Steve Morris, cashier of the same
bank, pled guilty to embezzlement
of a sum totalling $1,465 and was
given a sentence of three years.
Prison Not Designated
In both sentences U. S. Judge E.
Y. Webb did not designate the pri
son where the sentence Is to be
served but stated that the prison
would be designated by the attor
ney general.
Carpenter and Morris were placed
in the custody of a deputy marshall
and were taken to Charlotte to be
placed in jail where they will re
main until the end of the court
term here at which time all defend
ants receiving prison sentences will
be carried to prison in a group.
Justice moved swiftly In meting
out punishment for the two former
bank officials. They were arrested
Friday and Saturday of last week,
but Monday they were legally sen
tenced in less than three hours'
time. Bills of indictment were given
to the grand Jury around 11:15
Monday morning and true bills re
turned before the court adjourned
at noon to assemble again at two
o'clock; and before 3:30 the evi
dence had been heard and sentence
passed. >
Neither of the defendant* took
the stand, pleading guilty through
their attorneys, Ernest Warren of
Gastonia and Clyde Hoey of Shelby.
The only, evidence introduced in
the defendants’ behalt was that tc
show their good character prior to
the present charges. Fifteen or 20
leading Gastonia citizens, including
ministers and officials of the bank
where they were employed, testi
fied to their good character.
No length evidence was introduc
ed by District Attorney Frank Pat
ton. His chief witness was R. N. Ay
cock, conservator of the bank and
vice president, who testified to the
confessions made by the cashier and
assistant cashier. Mr. Aycock said
Carpenter admitted that his ac
counts were short approximately
$20,907 while Morris a day later ad
mitted that he was short $1,465. Car
penter said, according to Aycock,
that he had used $6,500 to pay on
a note, $1,000 for taxes, and around
$1,200 for interest on insurance
loans, but could not explain where
the other money had gone except
to say that he didn't have a cent
left.
Aycock also said he was led to
believe that Carpenter may have
known of the Morris shortage but
that Morris did not know' of the
Carpenter shortage and that other
wise there seemed to be no connec
tion between the two defalcations.
Asked if he and other officials
had had any reason to suspicion
either of the two prior to the con
fessions, Aycock said that they had
not except that for the last year
Carpenter would always go to the
bookkeeping department when he
saw any of the officials go there.
Both shortages had been in the fall
of 1931.
Heavily Involved
Defense attorneys in the ease of
Carpenter stated to the judge that
they - attributed his action to the
fact that he was heavily involved
with obligations and decreasing
values and W’as perhaps in debt to
the extent of 35 to 40 thousand dol
lars. Morris, who was short less
than $1,500. was represented as hav
ing financial difficulties due to re
duced salary and the fact that he
has supported his mother in addi
tion to his own immediate family.
Both confessions followed imme
diately upon the reopening of the
bank under Mr. Aycock as conser
vator after the bank holiday.
Numerous relatives of both men.
who are prominent families, to
gether with a hundred or more Gas
tonia citizens, were here for the
hearing. The sentences were re
ceived without a display of emo
tion on the part of the two defend
ants.
First U. S. Paprika Crop
Oxnard, Cal.—The first commer
cial paprika crop in the United
States has been grown by W. J.
Mclnnes, from seed imported from
Spain and Hungary. Bushes pro
duced an average of 65 pods, and
commanded a premium from pack
ing corporations.
Cat leaped Seven Stonafi
Hollywood. Cal —<H-rry year-eld
cat. pe+ of little James Stillwell
leaped from the roof of a seven
story apartment house when pur
sued by a dog, and landed safely on
the pavement below. Jerry suffer
ed only a bumped head and loss of
appetite.
Two Billion New Currency Ready
You’ve often heard of a spenderletting a fortune slip
through his fingers, but the most extravagant spend
thrift could not hold a candle to these girls. Money,
at the rate of millions'every Kbur/is slipping through
their fingers as they cut the lsrgs sheets Of new cur
rency into individual bill* at the U. 8. Bureau of Kn
(raving and Printing at Washington, D. C. Inset is
Secretary of the Treasury Woodin, who seems highly
Sleased with the bale of new money he is holding. This
i the first picture made in the Bureau in many yean.
Mr. Lee Vi*iMng in Ohio. Mr. Irvin
Loses a Mule. Visiting*
About.
Zion. Mar. 21.—Mr Homer Lee is
visiting his parents in Albany, Ohio,
for a while.
Miss Rachel Wells ot Shelby, was
the week end guest of Miss Jane
Irvin.
Miss Margaret Cabiness of Shel
by, spent the week with her cousin
Miss Maxine Cabaniss.
Messrs. J. W. Irvin and D. r Gold
Spent Saturday in Kings Mountain
on business,
Mr. and Mrs. Aliiston Mode of
Earl, visited relatives in the com
munity over the week end.
Mrs. Robert Greer and Miss Ma
tilda Greer of Dover spent several
days last week the guest of Mr and
Mrs, J. D. Mode.
Miss Margaret Martin entertain
ed a large number of her school
mates with a party Saturday even
ing.
Mr. G. L Cornwell has been sick
for the past week, but is better at
this time.
Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Cabaniss. Mr
and Mrs. Bobbie Rudasill and Miss
Minnie Cabaniss were the dinner
guests Sunday of Mi. and Mrs.
Yates Brooks of the Sandy Plains
community.
Miss Vernie Cabaniss and Mr,
James Wilson of Boiling Springs
college spent the week end with
home (oiks.
Mr. and Mr*. Carl Gold of Ches
nee, 8 C., visited Mr. Gold s mother
Mrs. F. P. Gold Friday.
Mr Randollph Martin has return
ed from a business trip of several
days to Tryon and Hendersonville.
Mr and Mrs. Walter Davis were the
dinner guest* 8unday of Mr. Davis
parents Mr. and Mr*. John Ed Da
vis of the Double Springs commun
ity.
Mrs Clifford Jones of Ear) visit
ed her parents over the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Husley.
Miss Ruby Phillips and Mr. Paul
Daves surprised their friends last
Monday by getting married Mrs.
Daves Is the daughter of Mr and
Mrs. Cliff Phillips.
Mr. L. A. Blanton lost one ol his
mules recently.
Highlights Of
Inauguration
By Itoy S Bridges
Dhtrlri 1‘ollMmun unit form
rr rcsldtnl of Mnocesbnro.
I saw much of the inauguration ot
one of the greatest men yet to step
Into the highest office ot the land.
My station is at Pennsylvania and
New York avenues, near the treas
ury. and only a short distance from
the White House, The fourth ot
March was a strenuous day for we
policemen, both traffic and rrgulni
We had to work ovri time, t was
In the tlckrst of the jam. People
who had paid seven dollars for seats
failed lo reach them. 1 took a little
girl into my booth to save her from
trampling feet of the mob. Negro
woman became sick to get out ot
the Jam once out the were well, A
photographer started through the
throng with his heavy camera; he
got It. above his head imd couldn't
get It down. Al Smith and his Tam
many pals came marching by a
fellow directly behind AI yelled al
me: *'Say where is that great en
gineer?" Negroes raced by With lawn
mowers, cutting the grass which
Hoover said would grow on the
streets. An Indian rode by in all of
Ills primitive nudity; the muscles
of his legs were gripped tightly. I
was Cold with all my heavy cloth
ing. It Is said that he rode in the
last Inauguration, which was also a
cold and rainy day. Several of the
best bands were from the Carolina*,
one hailing from Greenville. There
were more negroes In the parade
than I ever saw before, and I’ve seen
quite a number.
We saw the depression for the
first time In the District when the
banks closed. Moreover, the people
everywhere I’ve seen have the ut
most confidence In the New Deal
Paper Used For Cooking.
New Orleans. Three hundred
pounds of good grade bond paper
are used annually In New Orleans
in the elaborate process of cooking
“Poniano en palllofte one of the
Creole dishes for which New Or
leans is famed. The pompano Is en
cased in the paper when It Is cook
ed and served.
Off to War Zone
Turning his back on a notable stag*
ami screen career to become a war
correspondent, Harry Banalstar »
pictured as he entered hi* plana at
Newark (N. J.) airport to start the
first leg of hi* joumay to tha Far
Fast, whence he will writa dis
patches for United State* consntnp
tion. Bannister ia the former hus
band of Ann Harding, film star.
The many friends of Mrs. Vhu.
J, llamaeur will be sorry to leant
that she la again confined to het
bed at her home on South Vtashing
ton street.
Trunkflsh Specimens Found
Santa Barbara. Cal.—Three sped
mens of trunkflsh. commonly call
ed the cowfish, have been taken
from Santa Barbara channel In re
cent. weeks Intense Interest was
created in the captures, for the, fish
live normally in the West and Bast
Indies, off the coast of Japan and
the Hawaiian and South Pacific
Islands.
;AV'
lesterfield
what is it ?
The formulas and processes which
ma]te Chesterfield a milder and
better-tasting cigarette are secret—
to prevent others from copying them
IT every person knew the method and processes
of tanning leather, it would be ofinterest; but what
people want to know is: Is it a good shoe? Is it
comfortable? Will it wear longer? Is the price right?
So it is with Chesterfield Cigarettes. If smokers,
men and women, knew all of the formulas and pro*
cesses of manufacture, it would be of interest to
them; but what smokers really want is the result.
Everything that goes into Chesterfield Cigarettes
is as good as money can buy.
Every process has in it all that science knows
about cigarette manufacture.
The formulas are secret to prevent others from
copying them. The mildness and the better taste
you may prove for yourself. May we ask you to
try Chesterfield?
r Wherever you buy >
Chesterfields,you get
them just ss fresh as
if you came by our
k factory door j