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T Glied-M Hand Stka 8 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXIX, No. 64 SHELBY. N. C,MONDAY. MAY 29,1033 (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) — U-l J-'.JBUJ-.. .I1 -IIL. 1wmmmmm —.— H» Mill Ml r«»i <tn idtiDHi M.»v . C«rrl«T pm nu (la UniMai U *>i the markets spois --.9 to frtd (wagon) ton |*«i (fMl ton 17.00 19.00 Shower* Tuesday Today's Worth Carolina Weather ^ t, Probably showers tonight j Tuesday except fair in west Tuesday. Somewhat cooler Toesday end in west and north Qgatnl portions tonight. Gaston Plant Ek>osts Wages By UNITED PRESS Gastonia. May 29.—The Manville jcsrkfs mills here announced to a wage increaae In their plant #f j2 1-2 percent. Rob Bank, Kill Policeman By UNITED PRESS gcnsselair, N. Y., May 29.—Sx bandits robbed the Rensselair coun ty bank and shot their way to free doIB today, killing one policeman and wounding another. Hold-Up Experts Get $50 At Gas Station Saturday Two Men Hold Gun On Shatter Hamrick Four Miles West Of Shelby. This section's first hold-up in some time was staged Saturday night when two men held up and robbed Shatter Hamrick at the Hamrick service station on Little Beaver Dam, aoout four miles west of Shelby on Highway 28. The men, after covering young Hamrick, with a gun, made their getaway with around $50 taken from the cash register of the sta tion. According to Hamrick, he was in the station alone, some friends hav ing left only a few minutes before, when two men drove in from the west along Highway 20. They were traveling, he said, in a Dodge. They alighted and asked for sandwiches. After being handed sandwiches, they asked for bottled drinks. As Hamrick turned to get the drinks one of the men stuck a gun in his back The other, according to ‘Ram rick, said “Go ahead and kill him.” The man with the gun is said to have replied: “I will unless he shucks out the money.” Then while one held him up with the gun the other rifled the cash register. They then forced him to the doorway and made him hold up his hands while they drove away, Hamrick said. The man with the gun was de scribed as being dark-skinned, bare headed and wearing overalls. He was unable, he said, to get the num ber of the automobile. Shelby Minister Preaches Sermon For Wake Forest Dr Zeno Wall In Forceful Bacca laureate Sermon To College Seniors. (Special to The Star.) Wake Forest, May 29.—“Meeting • Crisis” the subject of Dr. Zeno Wall's commencement sermon at Wake Forest college here Sunday. *a« a plain, forceful, and heart stirring statement which was filled *ith faith and inspiration. The Shelby minister read Paul's statement in Revelations 1:17-18: “And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. And he laid His right hand upon me, saying, ‘Fear not, 1 am the first and the last. I am Be that liveth and was dead: and. ■hold. I am alive forevermore, •men: and I have the .keys of hell ltKi of death.” Pour deductions Dr. Wall made from this text are that Paul saw something, he felt something, he • eard something, and he did aome tnme about It. tVould to God that it were with - my power,” he said, “to enable '!W! te catch a newer and larger h&!°n of the conquering Christ, for during the last decade man's in calculable loss has been that he ftae lost sight of his Lord . . . We are living in a time of be W-ldfring changes: a time when •"ere is not a single stable govern ed? in the world, with change and ®**-y all about us. How Inspiring, scefore, to catch a vision of some ~’“lf big and divine and beautiful, nt! Permanent! See an enduring tovenunent and catch a glimpse of •d imperishable throne.”, Christianity, Dr. Wadi believes, is • heart religion. Beginning in the .ar: ^ flows up through the head, aping all thought, and out n u-h the lips and hands and inspiring all speech and regu toowriNuaD on aaoa «tx.» rormer Shelby Man Is Under $10,000 Bond Over Wife’s Death ***¥ ¥ ¥ M * Ml __ Cotton Climbs Near 1 Oc Here Reaches Highest Level Of Year As Upswing Holds On Spot Cotton Brings 9 To 10 Cents Outlook For Cotton Farmer Brifbt er. Predict Price Of M Cent*. At the clone of the market to day the cottoi. price had moved up approximately five points, or around 9.20. July closed at 9.16 and October 9.38 to 9.40 for mid dling;. Spot cotton was bringing frotn 9 1-4 to 10 cents on the Shelby market today—the second highest price in the two years since the Hoover moratorium and the high est price in 1933—as the market reports brought a climb of 10 points today over Saturday's upswing. Local cotton men in quoting the Shelby market from 9 1-4 to 10 cents were in a manner non-com mital but stated that they would not be surprised to see the price | continue climbing to the 10-cent mark. John P. Clark cotton figures at noon reported July at 9.21. Brings Cheer The continued rise of the staple since last wek has brought consid erable cheer to the South, particu larly in this section as Cleveland is the largest cotton-producing coun ty in North Carolina and among the leaders in the South. Cotton buyers here today said that from five to 10 thousand bales of the 1932 crop remain unsold by farmers of the county, while some were of the opinion that at least 10,000 bales were yet to be sold at the 9-10 cent level, or practically double the price at the general selling time last fall. It was pointed out that the market price today is from thW to four cents higher than it Was when Roosevelt took office and the gain is already be ing reflected in general business ac tivity here. Reports obtained from over the cotton belt have it that much cot ton in the aggregate yet is held on the farms and the farmers are showing little interest in selling. Millions of bales of cotton also are ' held by speculators, who likewise are taking their times about talk i ing sales. The tremendous produc tion by cotton cloth jnills is reduc ing these establishments’ supplies on hand and reports from numerous sources at this textile manufactur ing center said the mill executives are becoming somewhat apprehen sive of their ability to replenish these supplies without having to bid for the staple. Martin Ponder Home Is Burned On Friday The five room dwelling of Merton Ponder, his smoke house and garage were destroyed by fire about four o’clock Friday afternoon in the Patterson Springs section. The fire is supposed to have caught from a spark from the chimney. All of the furniture except three pieces and practically all of the clothing and personal effects were lost in the blaze. Mrs. Ponder was at home at the time but was sick in bed and her husband was in the field. The loss was about half covered with insurance. 1,500 Hear McLarty Preach To Seniors Shelby High Finals Underway Now ; Other Ministers Participate. High School Musicians In Musical Program. Dr X. K. McLarty was greeted by I a congregation of more than 1900 j people for the commencement ser mon in the First B&ptist church Sunday evening to the members of ! the graduating class of the local I high school. Every seat in the huge auditorium was taken and a num ber of persons stood throughout the service to hear his inspiring ad dress. He took as his text a portion of the Sermon on the Mount as fol lows: "Blessed are they who do I hunger and thirst after righteous ness.” He pointed out that there is little hope for one who has no de sire for an objective and that there is always promise of achieving de finite goals for the person who has an insatiate desire for the thing. He said that in education as tn re ligion the possibilities are limited only by the hunger and thirst of the person involved. Members of the class were told that all growth is dependent upon the appetite and that the blessing comes only to those that hunger and thirst %ftei righteousness. The audience listened with Intent interest to the masterful discourse. The members of the graduating class were obviously challenged to cultivate an appetite in the direc tion of those things which are high and noble. Smith Presides. Hie meeting was presided over by Supt. B. L. Smith and the following ministers occupied seats on the ros trum and participated on the pro gram: Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor of the First Baptist church: Dr. E. C. Cooper, pastor of the Lutheran church; Reverend H N. MeDiarmid pastor of the Presbyterian church. The music was particularly de lightful. It was rendered by the High school glee club Under the direc tion of Mr. Ovid B. Lewis, with Mrs. Hugh Plaster playing the accom paniments on the organ. Misses Mary Lillian Speck and Frances Auten sang a beautiful duet. Finals Program. The remaining commencement ex ercises will appear on the programs as follows: Tuesday evening, 8 o’clock. High school auditorium, class night exer cises. Wednesday morning, 10 o’clock, the patriotic pageant by the seventh grades of the elementary schools, followed by the awarding of certifi cates of promotion to the high school. Wednesday evening. 8 o’clock, commencement address by Honor able Clyde R. Hoey. Thursday evening, 8 o’clock, grad | uating exercises of the class of 1933. followed by the awarding of medals, diplomas, etc. The public Is cordially invited to attend all the exercises. Couple Married At Court House Here Garwood Capps, 23, and Lottie Mae Mauney, 21, both of Cleveland county, secured marriage license at the court house here Saturday aft ernoon and were married by Squire T. C. Eskridge. Simple Explanation Given F. D. R. Plan For U. S. Currency Reform LejilUn Present Situation. Gold Not Necessary For Debts. Washington, May 39— In plain words from official and other sources there came this explanation of the effect of the gold resolution introduced last week: It simply legalizes the present sit uation. Gold, having been' withdrawn from circulation, paper currency and coins that are lawful money may be used in the payment of all debts. Such money has the same status as gold. Bonds and obligations of the United States may be retired in currency or silver instead of gold. Both public and private security issues in the future or now out standing may be paid in currency or silver. The step is expected to reduce hoarding of gold since it would re move the premium held by gold. The gold, while having been withdrawn from circulation, is, back of the other money of the United States. The government now holds *4, 314,000.000 of monetary gold and the federal reserve banks have $3, 199,234,000 of gold. The metal they hold is enough , under the present reserve require ■ j ment, to back nearly *3,000,000,000 ’more currency than the United States has in circulation. i Re-Elect Grigg X H. Grin (above) was on Fri day re-elected superintendent of the Cleveland county schools. Prof. Grieg was re-elected by the county board at a joint mectinf of that body with the city hoards of Shelby and Kings Mountain. Boundary Lines City Schools To Remain The Same At a joint meeting of three Cleve land county school groups—the county board of education and the city boards of Shelby and Kings Mountain—held Friday evening two important actions were taken. 1. It was decided that the boun dary lines of the Shelby and Kings Mountain city school districts would remain the same under the new State-wide eight months set-up, and 2. Horace Grigg. for several years county school head, was reelected superintendent of the county schools. The joint meeting was called at the request of the new State school commission to decide upon the new unit boundaries. Both Shelby and Kings Mountain boards requested that the present boundary lines of their district remain the same and the county board of education then voted to approve the boundaries in a report to the 8tate school com mission. Try Answering Tarn To P»fF 2 For The Amwers 1. Where is the home of Billy Sunday, the evangelist? 2. In what country is the city of Coimbra? 3. What position in the federal government did Eugene Meyer hold under the Hoover administration? 4. What name is given a figure formed by three intersecting lines? 5. What name is given the first five books of the Old Testament? 6. When were Indiah head pen nies first issued? 7. When the volatile element of bituminous coal are expelled by heat what remains? 8. Who was Giacomo Meyerbeer? 9. What sort of veesel was a tri reme? 10. In what ocean are the three islands called Tristan Da Cunha? 11. Can cats see in total dark ness? 12. Can the President of the U. S be arrested? 13. In what war did the battle of Cold Harbor occur? 14. In what county in Florida the city Miami? 15. What are troches? 16. What does the name Leona mean? 17. Who laid the cornerstone if the U. S. Capitol building? 18. Where Is Ohio Northern un v 'rsity? '9. Which country has an arni\ iment called the "Cold Stream ■mrds? 20. Who whole David Copper Held'’ I> 3 Negroes Break Jail Here, Catch One Man Quickly i Chase For Another Covers 20 Miles Ofnrp Turner, Housebreaker, Otr e* Officers lxm( Chant. Door liOrk Picked. Three negro prisoners picked their way out ol the Cleveland county jail late Saturday a/ter noon and to day two were still missing while the third was back In Jail, being captur ed 30 minutes after he escapes. One of the three escaped men, George Turner, charged with break ing into and robbing seven or more houses in the Grover section, led officers and a group of citizens a chase over about 30 miles of coun tryside before disappearing about 6 o’clock Sunday afternoon In the mountain gap section on the York road below Kings Mountain. - Those Escaping. The negroes escaping were TVmer, Luther Duncan, awaiting trial for carrying a deadly weapon; and Pink Sctzer. who had appealed a charge of larceny. All three were awaiting trial in Superior court. The three together with another colored pris oner, Paul Bishop, were fn the run around cm the top floor of the coun ty Jail. Shortly after the heavy rain Saturday afternoon the trio picked the run-around lock while Bishop was asleep. Taking off their shoes the three crept down the stairways to the basement and left by a door. About that time Bishop awakened, refused to take advantage of his chance to get away, and spread the alarm.. Within about 30 minutes of ficers caught Setzer in the Horse shoe Bend section along the dtd Kings Mountain road, just east of tnK»uj. No trace of Duncan has been un covered since he crept from the door of the jail basement. Officers, however, picked up the trail of Turner Just southeast of town. The trail would be lost then found again until around 10 o'clock Saturday night when reports indi cated that Turner was last seen in the Patterson Springs section. In that same section Sunday morning around 8 o'clock some citizens saw Turner change clothes and bathe at a stream of water. Sheriff Raymond Cline and officers were notified and picked up the trail again. From that point Turner led through woodlands and along streams, crossing high ways here and there, to the moun tain gap where he was last seen. In his getaway the negro covered at least 30 miles and he was given lit tle rest as officers were close in be hind him nearly all time. He picked his chances to cross the road, it was said, but at several points citizens later reported to officers that when seen Turner would get a rock and keep anyone away from him until he could cross the road and plunge into the woods again. Other prisoners, except for the four negroes, one of whom, Bishop, did not try to escape, did not have an opportunity to get away in the Jail break, which was the first here in some time. At the jail It was said that the negroes had several lucky breaks which enabled them to cover up their actions for several min utes. Officers are particularly anxious to catch Turner as It is charged that he robbed numerous homes In the section between Kings Moun tain and Grover, being apprehended j only a week or two ago. Memorial Day For St. Paul Sunday Sunday school day and memorial day will be observed at 8t. Paul church M. E. Sunday, June 4, The following program will be given: 10:00 Sunday school, 11:00 children's program, 11:30 remarks by pastor, dinner, 2:00 sermon by Rev. P. W Townsend, former pastor. Those having friends and rela tives buried in the cemetery are re quested to meet Thursday morning to clean It and the church grounds Banks, B. And L.’s Holiday On Tuesday Tuesday. May 30th, being na iohal memorial day. local banks nd building and loan associations Till suspend business on that day. Out man connected with one of .if organizations says he is going fishing He has never fished before in his life. < Speakers In Shelby High Finals Above are the principal apeak era for the Shelby high school commencement program which got underway yester day evening. Dr. E. K. MeLarty (left), pastor of Central Methodist church, preached the baccalaureate sermon be fore 1,500 people at the first Baptist church last night, and Hon. Clyde R. Hoey (right) will deliver the annual address at the Central school auditorium Wednesday evening. First National Stockholders Meeting In Shelby At 3 Today Will Upon Resolution Aitout Near Preferred Stock And Waiver Plan. A meeting of the stockholders of the First National bank is being held In Shelby this afternoon at 3 o’clock. The purpose of the meet ing is that of having the stock holders pans upon several matters in connection with the proposed plan for reopening the bank. One mo vs will be for the stock holders to formally approvtr the plan whereby TO per cent of the depositor* WM wait* » p*rbent of their deposits by the R. F. C. pro* pornl. Another will be the resolu tion by the stockholder# whereby they will surrender their old stock, pay HO per share and have new stock issued them. Attorneys for the bank said to day that the signing of waivers by depositors Is still moving along and that it ta hoped to have the neces sary 75 percent of the waivers sign ed by the end of this week- When that is done it will be necessary to draw up the papers of the plan and forward them to Washington to be acted upon. Just how tong this Will require after the required number at signatures are secured cannot be determined. Inject Clyde Hoey’s Name In Political Speculation Again Charlotte Nows Writer Think* That Shelby Man May Be In 1936 Governor's Race. They have Clyde Hoey beck in the political limelight again. Not that, he’a ever been out, but this time, as often heretofore, they, meaning the political speculators and voters, are desirous of seeing him make a bid for public office. On this occasion Mr. Hoey, who usually helps someone else land an office and modestly steps aside with his own ambitions, if any, is being boosted for governor In 193«. In Sunday’s Charlotte News T. M. fTim) Pridgen declared the Shelby man was being widely talked for the 1936 gubernatorial race. After hearing the reports Mr. Pridgen telephoned Mr. Hoey. but as usual the Shelby man “wouldn't say yet and he wouldn't say no.” So the Pridgen story was written this way: The long, iron-gray locks of Clyde R. Hoey, North Carolinas most prominent private citizen, began to wave yesterday In the political breezes which blew in this territory. The rumor that he was to be a 1936 gubernatorial candidate was one of these which had horsepower and created a real impression among the forward-looking politicians. Asked about it on the telephone last night, Mr. Hoey wouldn't say. ‘continued on psar six . ‘Young Grover Girl Missing From Home May Pruett. 10-ycar-nld Gro ver girl, hu bewi missing from her home since around 6 o'clock Sunday evening. It was reported to The hlar today. The young girl, daughter of Mr. and Mr*. Luther Pruett, was last seen, It was said, going In the direction of Grover from her home south of the town. She was wearing a I •*!■* dress with a white collar, i was barefooted, and has Mack hair. Anyone knowing of her [ whereabouts is asked to tele phone Herndon's store at Gro ver. .Another Gone So far as could be learned at police headquarters In Shelby today, Viola Thackerson. IS, of the Eton mill village, was still missing. The young girl disap peared last Thursday afternoon. Carl Peeler, her uncle, had« bor rowed the Chrysler automobile of the girl's father, L. A. Thackerson, and it was alleged the girl was picked up by him. Last Friday Thackerson swore out a warrant for Peeler, charg ing larceny of the auto and kidnapping of the girl. Congress Rejects Sales Tax In Providing Money Public Jobs Increased Income And Gas Taxes Are Included In Pending Measure. Washington, May 39—Opposition in the house to the Roosevelt *3, 300,000,000 public works-industrial' taxation bill crumbled Friday night and the measure, amended to plug up holes In the income tax laws, was passed, 324 to 76. It goes to the senate, where ia vorable action is expected by Dem ocratic leaders after the income tax program approved by the house is revised to ease the burden onj men of small incomes Before acting on tht bill. the house voted down an attempt tn Rep. McCormack (Democrat.) ofj K Massachusetts to insert 2 1-2 per cent general manufacturers' sales tax Into the bill to finance the $3, 300,000,000 public works bond Issue In rejecting the sales tax, 266 to 137 the house approved a revenue program increasing income and gasoline taxes and making corpor ate dividends subject to the higher Income levies. The taxes are designed to raise (200,000,000 annually to cover inter est and amortization charges on the bohd issue. Without a dissenting vote. (he douse adopted an amendment by Ftep. Ragon (Democrat) of Arkan sas designed to prevent income tax mayors from charging off year-old! UXidTUKUau U* j / V A. F. Whitworth Is Under Bond After Wife, Maude, Dies No. 5 Nativta In Death Tragedy Mr*. Whitworth, Fnrnwif Of IM. by. Rlllnd In Poll Pmm Auto. By S'NfTrn PMM 1 GaatenU. May HoHdtor ' John G. Carpenter today order rd Gaaton offlr«r« to raarreat A. P. Whitworth and Daprt) F. C. Fails and plant thorn under Hondo of *10,000 each. The men ■re now free under bond* of *2,500 pending a grand jury probe into the death of Whit worth'* wife. Both Whitworth and hla wife were C leveland . county native* and once lived In Shelby, Wa» Mr* Maude Baker Whit worth. Cleveland county native and a resident of Shalhy uqtil three years ago, killed in an intention*! Jump from the automobile In which she was riding early Satardw morning? . | A a Melon county grand Jury will attempt to solve that myateriou* question on June S. Mrs. Whitworth, a daughter of the late John A. and Adtoe Baiter of No. 5 township, Cleveland county, was killed early Saturday morning in west Oastonls. when, according to her husband and two other men in the oar, she opened the automo bile door and leaped to the road way. Later her husba'nd, A. P. Whit worth. Deputy Shprtff P. C. Palls, and Steve atom were arrested In connection with her death. Satur day night the three were held at a coroners inquest In Gastonia and Whitworth was released under a bond of $2,500 and Palls and Stone under $600 bonds Lived In Shelby Both Mr. and "Mrs Whitworth were natives of the Waco section of No. 5 township and were well known in the oounty and In Shelby, where they lived for some time, oc cupying the residence at the rear of the Masonic temple on Bast Warren street while Mr. Whitworth was a newspaper agent. Detail* Given Details of the somewhat myster ious death are given a* follows in a Gastonia dispatch .• "Following a rather *en*at4ena! hearing Saturday night, at which Policeman Hugh Love, Jap Miller, a cafe employe, and Clarence O’Shields a filling station operator, flatly refuted the story of Whit worth and Palls that Mrs. Whit worth Jumped from Palls’ car In * West Oastonla about 1:20 o’clock tcofrrunjKD on vau> atxi 3 Brothers Hurt In Odd Wreck, Two Break Arms Ante And Trunk Sideswipe Oa mchwHY 18. Hord Youths Injured. Three brothers were painfully in jured In an unusual auto accident around 3:30 Saturday .afternoon o« highway 18. Just above Shelby near George Spurling's, Two of the brothers J. P. Hord, Jr., 14, and Patti Hord, 22, are pa tient* in the Shelby hospital, the former having a fracture of the right arm and the latter a fractured left elbow. The third toother re ceived lacerations and bruises and returned home after being given first aid treatment. The youths are son of J. P. Hord. sr.. who lives on Shelby ronte 6. The automobile Is said to have sldeswiped with a truck from the Belmont mill village, the accident taking place on a slight curve dur ing or Just after the heavy rifllu Saturday afternoon Shelby Boy Rates Shortest In Camp 'The "short" of the “long and short of It” in the civilian conser vation corps of the. forest army camps is a Shelby boy. Robert M. Johnson. The Sunday papers car ried a photo of the tallest and shortest youths In the forest camps In this State. The taU fellow, stand ing over seven feet was James H. Scott, of Ashe count), and the short youngster wav JChijacn. former cook at Bflfct'v baj; >'o » less than live ieel Both ft- n the train ing corps at Fort Bragg.
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