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(ntlnn. folio" flittof) the markets spot . * *4«< s<-rrt. wagon .. 14.00 sprd, ctr 16.00 Pair Thursday ’I .jv, >orth Carolina Weather Report Fair tonight and Thurs )|JV fooler tonight. Boy Of 12 Dead From Whiskey Hr UNITED PRESS Mnani Holly. May X—Spencer R..font 12. <Med at hiS h0mr h,,rr , L from the effects of what phy .aid wa* poison liquor. Cald ’ n Brown. 22. was detained in the , ,*,l on the temporary charge Tjjrins liquor to a minor pending * goners inquest later today. In Approved *v UNITED PRESS Washington, May 3.—President ; Roosevelts six billion dollar tnfla -j procram was approved today I,, thr House in * chambers ae rinn Following the approval last j ,rMl! by the Senate the passage wakes possible currency expansion „„prfl edrnted since the Civil war Unable To Name j Committee And Head Of Schools Rrard r»f Education May Have To Hold Special Session Neat Week To Name Committeeman. Unirs* the stale legislature passes fhp omnibus bill this week the se ction of school teachers for rural Cleveland county may be further' delayed. At the meeting of the county | board of education held this week the business of naming a county superintendent and committeemen foi the rural school districts was ho have come up, but the work had to be delayed for the second time due to the fact that the state om nibus bill approving the various county boards of education has not hern passed as yet. As a result the county board here is not authorized to make the appointments un*if they are formally approved them Special Meeting It is hoped the omnibus bill will by the legislature this week, and is so a special sessions of the county school board will be held fight away. At this session one tlrrd of the committeemen of the rural districts will be appointed so 'ha’ they may meet with their dis thet boards and select teachers for next war. The county superintend rc will be named also. It will be inconvenient, it is said,, to wait un "i! the next regular meeting on the iir-t Mnnda’- of June because tea eh 'n should be employed before tha*: date. Other than transacting genera.) twine business the school board j handled no items of major public] 'mnortance Monday. Several drlf saiions, however, appeared before the board relative to the. appoint - t ce df the new committeemen in; 'heir districts. Bob Kendrick And Woman Swap Shots; Neither Is Struck Mamw Cunningham Take* Shot At n<*P»iv. Drops Gun When Hr Fires. Mamie Cunningham, white worn Sn ®:|*h a record in police circles, denied (to .shoot it out yesterday -Mterobori- with Bob Kendrick, vet "ran deputy sheriff. but changed mind when the officer pulled his sim and opened up. The shooting place at. the house known as n< H cabin,” just, north of the Deputy Kendrick, accompanied by ppinms p Morchead and J ■ ori had gone there to make '"aTiy According to the officers. ^ *oman came to the door, lev ' r- a big .38 and took a crack at , p deputy whtlp. his back was J’ ny The bullet is said to have d bv him within a foot or 18 p-"rile °^’cel wheeled, vank tru . °wn Run- shot, one time and woman to drop her gun -She did. rc ^yteri&n Men ^ Meet Tonight TV, ' men of the Shelby Presbyter-! ^ r' urc^ will hold thetr monthly n* this evening at 7:45 o'clock. *oerre lde«it’ Mr' BradV W. Dixon ,0( . !iKe <° see a full attendance inr M„r.mtn as a of unusual mks; Us t0 ^ consi^ered The n.^'lia’ has been carefully pre . b' Ml J- O. Corbett and he ,ssisted by other men ^ 1 nc thr men’s mretinc ihr " rh°b rehearsal will he held P re. « The Mo LAde Stark ... 10 PAGES TODAY __ VOL. XXXIX. No. .=>;> SHELBY. N. C. WEDNESDAY/ MAY 15. 1933 (Published Monday. Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) «» 1***1 »l (HI | IB MltBlHSIt on nti no »*nin»i e e McMurry Re-Elected Mayor Of Shelby; Run-Off Races Uncertain 12 Firms Secure License For Beer Sales Over County Other Application* ! Are Approved Of Throw Approved Max Not, However, Secure License. Sales Are Slow. The county fftiDmissioner* announced *1 ! o'clock this aft- I rmoon that Friday would he the deadline for securing license to sell beer in rieveland roonty. After that date deputies will make a check of the county to determine If any firms are handling heel- without license and Institute prosecution if such i* being done So fa ran even dozen Shelby and Cleveland county firms have secur ed licenses to sell the legalized 3.2 beer in thp county, it was learned at the court house toc*a> where the county commissioners were in ses sion. In addition to the 12 who have se cured and paid foi .their license, eight other applications have been approved but so far the firms have not come in to secure and pay for them. It was rumo:ed today that i some of them mav not enter the beer business since learning of the additional Federal iax Others, how I ever, are expected to secure license 1 later. License issued so tar were to the j following firms: Pender's. Hotel I Charles, Sanitary Lunch. Cleveland Drug, Cleveland Lunch Room, and A. & P. licenses in tre county were issued to Archdale Service Station. Kings Mountain-Grover highway; E. E Beam, service station High way 20 three miles east of Shelby, E. C. Hendrick, fair inounds; W. W. Dedmon. Stubbs; J. W Bell. Latti I more and Summers Drug Co.. Kings Mountain. Moving Slowly. While beer was still illegal quite a bit. of its was bootlegged about town but this week the sale of beer has been slow, dealers say. Three reasons are assigned for the failure of the lager to "take” with enthus iasm here. One is that this is not naturally a beer-drinking section by culture, another reason is the price, still somewhat high, being 20 and 25 cents per bottle, and the third ! reason is that it hr.sn't. enough “kick” for the drinkers who like plenty of bang Ball Player Show* Improvement After Being Hit On Head "Kit*v" Nolan, High School Star, Struck While Playing Amateur Game. Norman 'Kitty* Nolan, popular Shelby High basrbai star, injured j last Saturday while playing in a 'game between Mooresboro and Dov er-Ora, was said to be showing im provement at the hospital today. Young Nolan, who was playing with Dover-Ora in the Saturday amateur game, was struck on the temple by a pitched ball while at bat. He was unconscious for a time and rushed-to the hospital here. It was said this morning that he suf fered a possible frac'tire. but has regained consciousness and is con sidered to be improving Mr. and Mrs. Evciette Houser. Mrs. Harry Woodson and Miss Mar garet Anthony are expected to re turn within the next day or so from New York City where they have been spending len days. State To Vote Upon | Prohibition Repeal MtjrphT Bill To Call General Elec tion In November Passe* Ovcr »helminglv In House (Bv UNITED rKESSi Rale gh. May 3.1—The House to day passed overwhelmingly and rushed to the Senate the Murphy j bill calling for a genera] election in ! North Carolina in November, this' vear, to vote on the question of call ing a convention to pass upon the Blaine amendment tor the repeal of the Eighteenth Amerdment in the State. The Supreme court last week held the so-called general election on prohibition this voa’ to be valid U. P. Bulletins Late Wire News STOP BANK PLANS Raleigh. May 3. - (U P. ■—State Commissioner of Banks Gurney Hood was today served with an ord er by Superior Court Judge Henry Grady at New Bern restraining the commissioner from approving the plan of reorganisation on the N. C Bank and Trust Company of Greens boro. The petition war filed by the firm of Lucas and ■ Lewds. of New Bern. | HERRIOTT BACKS F. D. R. Aboard S6 He De Franck. May .1. — 'U.P.V—Former French Premier Herriott called upon all Frenchmen today to follow the leadership of President Roosevelt in the united drive to restore world-wide eco nomic normality. "We Frenchmen will never meet upon diplomatic highways another man more attach ed to France or world peace,’’ Her riott said. PARENTS STILL HOPE. Harwich, Conn., May 3 — tU.P.i— The parents of Peggy McMat.h, 10, stolen from her schoolroom yester day by kidnappers, awaited alone today in their big Cape Cod home ( with the hope of hearing from rep- | resentatives of the crtminals. Mean while police agreed to a, 48-hour cessation of activity in the case to facilitate possible negotiations be tween the kidnappers, and the Mc Math family. FARM STRICK MAY 13th l By UNITED PRESS Des Moines. May 3.—Milo Reno, president of the National Farmers Holiday association, set 1,400 followers cheering to day when he called upon them to hold fast to their tines in the proposed national farm strike on May 1*. His 3rd Time S. A. McMurry (above) ymtertiay attained a new distinction when the voters ot Shelby elected him to serve as their mayor for the third consecutive term. Hr will beirin his new administration July 1, t Election Sidelights NOT AN ERROR When the vote tor mayor in Wards Two and Four came in the spectators as well ts The Star staff working on the election returns 1 were certain there nad been a mia ' take. R appeared as tf the votes for the two wards had become mix ed a* in two instances they were exactly alike. In Ward Two Mc Murry received 103 votes and Thompson 34. In Ward Four Mc Murry received “*03 votes and Thompson 74 Believe it or rml OTHER ODDITIES * There were plenty of sevens in the Ward three totals for alderman. Notice it? Austell rece.jcd 887, Rein hardt 737, and Honeycutt 537 ■The heaviest ward vote was in Ward One where 847 votes w'erp cast. Ward Three cast 485 votes for second high. South Shelby 302. Ward Four 344 ana Ward Two 325 McMurrv and Harris carried every ward In the Ward Three vote Holland and Washburn. candidates for alder rt'OM INCf.I) ON »mii ■six Revenue Bill Rejected For State By House Today; Bodies To Confer Bv UNITED TRESS Raleigh. May .I.—On motion of Representative It. A. Houghton, j chairman of the finance com mittee, the house today shouted a reverbertrating "no” and re fused to concur with the sen ate in the latter's amendments to the revenue bill. Speaker liar- j ris announced hr would later today appoint five house mem bers as a conference commit tee to settle differences in the bill with the senate. The senate amended thr re venue bill by raising the general sales tax levy from two to three cents. 1 Business Upturn In North Carolina Shown By Gain In Revenue Returns i J April. This Year. Better Than Last. Trend Of Increase F,n rourssring Now. (Tom Boat in Greensboro Raleigh, Way .1— Revenge Com ; miasioner A. J. Maxwell, one of the hardest men in thp world for a nightmare to kick saw upward turns this week when he gave out revenue figures. April. 1933, was better than Ap ril, 1932. It was tlie first better month in a long tune. The im provement in stis ■ highway reve nues came while he general as sembly still, sits his does not sit still. Whether the' ill encourage • I he tv>riv fhsl Nirfc , ’ I hr i I* J*r 10-year-old page calls the sa f loons," Nick’s word for solons. no body knows. The general assembly had about abandoned the highways as the hope chest. The upward turn was the big thing. It seems to help those proph ets who have been guassmg at this business a long time without a naming of names. Mr. Maxwell named them today. He said: Revenue collections for the month of April give a reasonable hope of a definite turn in revenue trends, in line with ‘ a definite turn in business conditions. There was some increase in both general fund and highway revenue, as compared wilh April. IPX’ bui the iiend teems particularly no I »cuntlkukl> oh fhub *uu i Burrus Reelected Mooresboro Mayor ,J. Rollins Succeeds R. W. Mc Brayer On Board Of Alder men. No Salaries, Mooresboro, May 1 The mayor and aldermen for the little city of Mooresboro were chosen with all metropolitan dignity and promptude here today. The race was close, fu rious and was well spattered with feverish anxiety. Whv, every man on the ticket was honestly hoping that the other fellow would brat him. Too. the old officials tried in vain to be relieved of the respon sible position. but. ’twas hard to find a man w'ho wanted to serve on the town board or as mayor with out a salary. Only one new alderman wai elected. The new man is J. U Rol lins. He takes R. W. McBrayers place. It could not be learned the exact amount Mr. McBrayer paid Mr. Rollins for the esteemed favor R G. Burrus was re-elected may or. The following will serve, as al dermen for the next year or until death: J, W. Lucas, .1 U Rollins C Y. Harris, V B Lovelace and] Hill Greene. Dr. McLarty to Speak Before Kiwanis Club Dr. E. K. McLarty pastor ol the Central Methodist church here will he the aijesl sprsl-er Thursday even ms: thF weekly lunfhBnn of tb [Kis anL rlub. ; School Finals On Over County This Week;ManyFinish Week-End To Sec Many Close Warn Commencement Today. Fall »loii Tomorrow. Other* PrM>y. Monday And Tneaday. This ik commencement week, the big week of the year, for the rural high schools of Cleveland county and more than 100 htgh school graduate* Graduating rla.soe.s in the 11 con solidated schools of the county range from 11 to 38 In number In one of tht- best school year*, gen eral conditions considered In the history of the county. The Grover finals were eoncluded Monti ay night. The Waco com mencement is on today. The commencement logins at Fa listen tomorrow and will con tinue through Sunday. Other finals programs tomorrow will be held at. Boiling Springs. Bel wood and Mooresboro, while Lat timore and No. 3 will have their programs Friday and Saturday The Casar and Piedmont finals will be held Monday and the No 8 finals on Tuesday. W. J. Hill Dies In A Concord Hospital Husband Of Forma* Ora Mark Of Shelby. Warn On Cel. Gardner's Staff. W J Hill, husband of the former Miss Ora Flack of Shelby, died yes terday afternoon in a Concord hos pital following an illness of several weeks Death was due to a stomach malady. Mr. Hill was a native of Concord bbt married a Shelby girl Miss I Ora Flack, who survives with one daughter, Musa Hudlow Hill. De and business life of Concord and a ceased was prominent in the social member of one of the leading fam ilies of Cabarrus county. For a number of years he was a member of the national guard and served on the staff of the late Colonel Gardner of Shelby'. Funeral services arc being held vn Concord from the residence thi* afternoon a I 4 o'clock. Square Store Here Makes Assignment Irvmg Schwach of Gastonia. own nr and operator of the Globe De partment store in Gastonia and The Square store in Shelby has marie an assignment to creditors. H. Price Llneberger of Gastonia has been named assignee Sealed bids will be received of the stock of goods, store fixtures and other as set* of the Gastonia store at Gas tonia on May 15 at 11 a m and sealed bids will be received on the Shelby store in Shelby at. 3 p. m. of the same day ____ Try Answering Can you answer 14 of these test questions? Turn to page two for the answers. I. For what is cholorofortn chief ly used? 3. Where was the ancient, king dom of Assyria? 3. Who was Gerald Massey? 4 In Seandanavian mythology \> ho was Thor? 5 From what plant is chocolate obtained? 6. What superstition Is connected with the handling of toads? 7. What state does Joseph T. Rob inson represent in the. U. S. senate? 8. Which one of the Wright Broth t.'s is living? 9 Where did Calvin Coolidge die? 10. Of what dog family Is the mastiff a member? II. What is thorium'1 13. Can the President's salary be increased during the term of which he was elected? 13. Who was Frederic Francois Chopin? 14. What is yerba 6e mate? 15. Ill what river are the Thou sand Islands? 16. Which, is large! in area. Del aware or Rhode Island? 17. Who played the title role in the motion picture, "Don Juan?" 18 What is the prevailing relig ion of Afghanistan? 19 !h what countrv did cbf*’* do^.s •’inalr 1 30, what is maU'iarchale? Official Vote For Tuesday Election Two members of the present, city Administration, Mayor McMtirry and Alderman Royster, and one new alderman, W. C. Harris, Were elected by Shelby voters yesterday, all three securing enough majority not to necessitate a recond race. The highest vote cast was that ni the four-cornered mayor’s race, a total of 2,1%. In the two other wards the leading candidates Roland G. Holland in No. One and J. P. Austell in No. Three-—failed to secure a majority vote. The unofficial total vote for the five contests, mayor and four aldermen follows: MAYOR’S ELECTION S. A Mt Murry.. . ....1.2,% 7j ,]. Thompson _..._,_;_... 634 W, N. Dorsey _..._ 243 R. Hope Rrison___81 Total . ....2,1% ALDERMAN, WARD OWE Roland G. Holland ..... 9JM P. M. Washburn ... ... 7% D. Huss Cline___ 452 Total ......2,m ALDERMAN, WARD TWO D. W. Royster...... 1,096 C. C. Coble ..... 999 P. E. Brooks ....__ 50 Total . ._. ... 2,145 ALDERMAN, WARD THREE J P Austell _____... 887 C. H Reinhardt _____ 737 John T. Honeycutt._____..._ 537 Total.. 2,161 ALDERMAN. WARD POUR Will C. Harris . 1,323 George Washburn 447 Durant Crowder ___ 361 Total ....2,181 Herndon Elected Mayor Of Kings Mountain; Other Elections Held bi Towns In This Section State DflHii|»r I* Oberryvilie Mavor Reinhardt Re-Elected At Forest City. Oily plectJon* were held hi all I town* neighboring Shelby yester day. Returns in so far show the following results Kings Mountain Kings Mountain, May 3 —Com plete returns on the election for mayor and five city commissioner* which was held here yesterday were 1 completed about 9:30 p. m. J. E,) Herndon won the mayoralty race ■ CONTXNUEU ON eso* SIX r Erwin To Deliver Literary Address Clyde A. Erwin Speaks Friday Morning. Operetta Thursday Evening. School final* are on at Boiling Springs junior college this week. An operetta will be given Thursday evening at 8 o'clock by the gram mar grades, then on Friday morn ing, beginning at 10:30 o'clock Clyde A. Erwin, superintendent of schools of Rutherford county will deliver the literary address. Following the address by Mr Erwin, there will be awarding of certificates, medals, etc. On Friday evening at 8 o’clock the high school play will be given. Board To Pa»* Upon Valuation For Taxes Today Thf Cleveland minty ton miMiunrn ar« this afternoon deciding whst to do about th« property valuation for Inn in the county for t#33. Some tiipc ago the board stated unofficially that II hoped to reduce ill real property valuation by around one-fourth If listing figure' justified It. A conaiderabh portion of the tistinr figures are now available and this afternoon the board U giving consideration to the reduc lion. Just what reduction will , be made cannot be told at thi* time, but the boards intend' to reduce valustion as mucl ss possible, it was said. U. D. C. Meeting On In Shelby Friday Seventy five delegates trom five counties are expected to attend the district United Daughters of the Confederacy meeting in Shelby Fri day. An all-day session will be held at the First Baptist church with Mrs. A. L. Morris of Rutherfordton. district, director, presiding. Dinner will be served at the church for those in attendance One Of Largest R. F. C. Loans For North Carolina Given Shelby Bank Many Millions Advanced: Amount For North Carolina 91,932,316. Washington, May 3.—During the first month of the Democratic ad ministration— March—the Recon struction Finance corporation ad vanced 9233.195.000 to aid business and feed the needy in 46 states and the District of Columbia. Some of the loans were author ized duritiK the bank holiday Pi-e.si dent Roosevelt declared on his sec -1 ond day in office so financial insti tutions could prepare to resume' business. THr !rv»n for ihr moQth, how r» ?-r. w ot*,* 1 t Februar*'' 9263.346.000 iota! A^_ tuuai. the;, were spread among banks, insur ance companies, railroads, building and • loan associations, agricultural credit corporations. and other agencies. But the biggest advance for the month was made under a new pro vision of the law permitting the corporation to subscribe to prefer red stock of a national or slate bank and trust company. Largest Loan In N. Washington. May 3.—North Cur oil nag largest loan from the Recon struction Finance corporation went to help liquidate the Commercial National Bank of High Point, which is in receivership It got Vi 11 .boo. nooe of which had be1 h •ousmuubp on eaua aum Polls Majority As Highest Vote On Record Cast Royiter And Manis Named To Council r?M*nl Mayor Winn Owf Them Candidate* In Heavy Voted VWe W*«d* Vot rterMod, With moff than 1,000 yhnWiT »oter» trooping to the pnOh yes trrdny to rrfiater the hiHMSmi voir ever tMi in a municipal election, Mayor 5. A. MaMai 11 . w*» re-elected to the offlee hr now holds over three oppanont*. (Inofficial nfWM fartfwr Omw that Alderman D. W. (burster »M re-elected to nprarnt word two with » majority over two opponent* and Will C. Karri* wa* riven a handsome majority aa the newly elected rryrtw* tattre of ward fowr. In thr two other ward* mrv-off races are possibe, but had not born definitely determined by the run ners-up today. In ward one feoland G Holland led P. M Washburn taw lie votes but with a third man. D Hum Cline, in the eonteot, KdUand did not secure a majority and a second aace w possible In ward three J. P. Austell lad C. H. Bedm hardt. by 160 votes but did not havw a majority as John T. Kbnuyantt. • third candidate, polled Agl votes. A second race in this ward la also 'poHsible I Thu morning Mr. ibaahburn runner-up in ward one, and Mr, Reinhardt, runner-in ward three, had not made tip the*- minds as to « second race. Both told The Star that they were considering it. tout would not be able to say for a dev or so. aaeond Race Tuesday U thsee is a second or run-off (■MW It Will be held next Tuesda y May «. or a week from ffWHiflft’s election, it was officially stated Um morning tar OMy Attorney D. Z Newton. The pity attorney was ol the opinion that. a second rare might be neoeaaary as a matter of formality in that legal documents of the city am not entirely legal onle** signed by officials elected by a majority rote. A run-off, how ever, would not be neossattate a strong contest in that ihe leaders could if given little consttinn toe formally elected by a Sr votes. sweeps (my Vbe surprising featuee of the election «w the (etnarkabta strength of Mayor McMurry. A wae general, opinton among those well versed tn politics that there would be a run-olf in the feg»>earaMred contest, with the predietoms having it that McMurry and X. A Thomp son runner-up would be eligible for the race. But m the first count began to oome in It wee revealed that Mayor MdMuvty ups leading by a substantial margin in all wards. When the final quant was complete he waa found to Have, a majority ovar ell tone opponents, having 140 votes move Hum a ma jority. Today the mayor waa receiving congratulations from men* here and elsewhere on his victory, and he expressed himself as “very happy and my thanks go to the boys who stood by me so loyally.” Older poli tical observers were of the opinion this morning that the election gave Mayor McMurry the honor of be ing the only Shelby mayor elected threr consecutive times. The new regime. part, new and part old, will be officially inducted into office on July 1. The actual vote in the. mayors race, gave McMurry 1,2311. Thomp • US I INIIKU <>N SIX > OTHER ELECTION NEWS ON PACKB | Robert Spratt Wins Contest In Oratory I Clarence Peeler 1* Second. i.arje Audience Hr»o Th» Orator* The annual Boiling Springs col lege orator* contest was won by Robert Spratt. The contest which came off Saturday evening wu at tended by a large audience many of whom expressed pleasure at the calibre of the speakera and their speeches. Mr. Spratt's title was the “Call To Youth” This was a forcible ap peal to the young people of today to follow more closely the path of Christ. Second place was won hy Clar ence Peeler. Mr Peeler had (or his topic ' America the Mother of n^m- • nrorv," Tins wa* •* cel! for pfPtr'Ot Lbm and wai well delivered ?, !'-••• c -1 /••• sJsJSI ■ * • i | :1
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