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The glllkvclxmd SEND 1 - ' —■—. 8 PAGES JTODAY -- 11 ■ ■i VOL. XXXIX. No. 66 SHELBY. N. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1933 (Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons) •l» Mail, mi vflfti tin %<it*{)«•• trrl#r Itti VftAnev N ft n i * tate News 1 L THE MARKETS Cotton. spots . 9 40 l0r t:ffd iwagoil) ton -- 17.00 (ear) ton .—. 1900 Fair Saturday Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Fair tonight and Saturday. Slovlv rising temperature Saturday ,nd in extreme west portion tonight. Bob Reynolds On Morgan Trail By UNITED TRESS Washington. June 2.—The senate investigation of the Morgan com pany suddenly turned today to Eu ropean operations of the London partnership affiliated with Morgan alien Senator Rob Reynolds, Denio rrat. North Carolina, sought to learn whether foreign statesmen or mem hers of royalty had participated in tl,p bargain stock opportunities. Reynolds questioned George Whit ney, Morgan partner, about 15,000 units of United Corporation stockj allotted in 1929 to Morgan. Gren fell and company, of London. Whit new «aid 12.000 units had been al lotted Morgan et ell, a Paris bank affiliated with Morgan. Fleeing Convicts Shoot Again Bv UNITED PRESS jay, Okla., June Sheriff Carl furiis today reported to his office here that he believed his posse in the Ozark hills of eastern Deleware county had surrounded three t)f the escaped Kansas convicts. Miami. Okla.. June 2.—Fugitive convicts from the Kansas prison fir ed a barrage of bullets into a speed ing truck near Siloam Springs, Ark today, The convicts, blazing, a trail from across four States, evidently attempted to capture the truck to obtain gasoline for an auto just stolen. The truck driver, however, ran the gauntlet of gunfire without stopping. 48 Girls Enter Legion’s Beauty Contest Tuesday Much Interest In 1933 Miss Shelby More Than Two Score Pretty Girls WiU Compete For Beauty Honors Here. Forty-eight of this city’s most beautiful girls, each sponsored bv some local merchant or business firm, will participate in the beauty pageant to be staged under the personal supervision of an exper ienced and professional director of beauty pageants, under the auspices of the American Legion, on Tues day, May 6, at 8:30 p. m. in the high school auditorium. The beauty pageant will be the main feature of an evening which will be interspersed with musical and entertaining sketches or nov elties by local artists. The winner of the Pageant will be awarded the title, "Miss Shel by" and w'ill receive a handsome loving cup. She will be eligible to represent the local post in the statewide beauty pageant to be held in Wilmington (Wrightsville Beach), August 18-19 during the state convention of the American Legion, when "Miss North Carolina" Will be chosen. Consideration will be given to every detail of feminine beauty; face »nd figure, poise and personality of the contestants. The local entries follow: Bertie Gettys, Austin and Corn well Ding Co.; Elizabeth Campbell, webb theatre; Reeves Forney. City of Shelby; Ruth Laughridge, Cleveland Star; Dorothy Leonard. Kester-Groome Furniture Co.; Minna LeGrand, Paul Webb Drug Co: Mabel Hord, Ideal Service Station; Elizabeth LeGrand, Caro lina theatre; Rachel Wells. A & P store; Elizabeth Riviere, T. W. Hamrick, Co.; Mattie Sue Propst, Basil Goode grocery; Mildred Cline, KeMnator service; Sadie Laugh ridge. Shelby Dry Cleaners; Veva Armour, McKnight & Co.; Frances Stogner, Beck and Keeter Dry Cleaners; Gwendolyn Dellinger, Central cafe; Annie Ruth Dellin ^er Nash, Inc.; Mary Elizabeth “laek Shelby Tailor shop; Betsy “fridge, Rogers Motors; Carolyne •fs'er Sanitary Market; Nancy Coble, Shelby Printing Co.; Bernice Shrt!e. K & s Trucking Co.; Ger ,f OMTlNUED ON »AGf SIX i ^ Moline Up 2.9c In Shelby Today r’-'Oline took a jump t.His morn on the local market and came the alcoholic content of legal M °r which is three point two. At all -^ions on which The Star was able o '■herfe tjjjg morT)ing there was an j. „ rro'1se of two point nine cents per; ■A on. or within one tfnth of a cent ms a three cent increase. Regular I rho°ll,le 'S now retailing at 21.9. but1 ’,( ls a discount of two cents for tasa. i dhelby High Finals At End Last Night 71 Boys, Girls Get Their Diplomas Remarkable Class Finishes School Career. Billy Broadway, Mar garet Ford Honored. The commencement exercises ol the Shelby high school came to a close last night when the class of 1933 gave a most interesting and a most profitable program, ‘Citizen ship for a Changing Civilization.-’ Every speech was well thought out and well presented. The music, too, was very good. The accompaniments were played by Margaret Ford. The program was as follows: Processional, Tannahauser's Mar ch. Miss Roberts and Mr. Lewis; invocation. Bill Loy; chorus, “Fall en Leaf,” Logan, class; theme: Cit izenship for a Changing Civiliza tion; introduction by class presi dent, Paul Arrowood; Government, A Cooperative Enterprise, Rachel Connor; Budget Planning, Loris Dover; sextette, "Trees’' Rusbach Harris, John Beckham. John Mc Clurd, Elizabeth Wallace, Evelyn Mauney, Nancy Coble, Mary Alice Leech; Our Changing Civilization, Edison Noggle; Need for Social and Economic Planning, Evelyn Dorsey; Material vs. Human Values, Edna Roberts; clarin t solo, “Fair Bos nian,’’ Kreisler, Dick LeGrand; A Call for Leadership, Essie Bass; New Schools for a New Social Or der, Edna Earle Cline; Interna tional Citizenship or World Chaos, Colbert McKnight. Awards Made At the conclusion of the program by the class Mr. W. E. Abernethy presented awards as follows; Best elementary school spelling, Lee B. Weathers cup, Jefferson schcjol. Best high school speller, T. W. Hamrick memorial medal, Caleb McSwain. Best reading, J. R. Dover memor ial medal, Mary Lillian Speck. Best dcclaimer. Forest Eskridge medal, Harold Bettis. Best extempore speaker, Rotary: medal, Walter Farming. Best freshman-sophomore-junior debater, Margaret Lee Liles. Most valuable member of the de bating club, $5 in gold, Esther Anne Quinn. Best triangular debater, O. Max Gardner medal. Paul Bullington. Best scholarship record for four years, William Lineberger medal, Ed Post, jr. Best all round musician, O. B. Lewis medal, John McClurd. Best all round girl, Mrs. C. R. Hoey cup. Margaret Ford. Best all round boy. Max Wash bum cup. Billy Broadway. National Honor Society Certificates were presented to members of the class of 1933 who have been elected to membership in the National Honor society at the end of the junior year: Aiieen Jones, Paul Arrowood. Ed Past, jr., at the end of the seventh semester. Mar garet Ford. Billy Broadway, Loris Dover, Colbert McKnight; at the end of the eighth semester, Rachel Connor, Edison Noggle, Helen Miller, Hazel Putnam, Edna Roberts, Helen Miller. From the class ol 1934 the follow ing students wrere elected to mem bership, Walter Fanning, Margaret Lee Liles, Esther Anne Quinn, Betsy Eskridge. Members of the National Honor society are selected on the basis of character, service, leader iCONTINUEU ON ^AUt -IX Four Months Old Son! Of Palmer Smith Dies' On Wednesday of this week, Glenn Palmer, the four months old child of Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Smith died at the home of its parents on South LaFayette street. Funeral services were held Thursday at Sharon. A large crowd of friends and a beau tiful floral offering were in evidence at the funeral as a token of sym pathy for the bereaved family. Fallston Youth Tops His Class At Wake Forest Talniadge Hoyle Lee Has One Ol Four Highest Marks Ever Made There. An unusual distinction came to a Cleveland county boy. Talmadge Hoyle Lee, of Fallstcr., this week at Wake Forest college when dlsplomas and awards were given out. Only Four Others. Young Lee had 'summa cum laude' iiiscribed on his diploma. This means that his scholastic aver age for the four yeais was 98 per cent or better. Of 7.000 youths who have graduated at Wake Forest only four others have established such a high mark. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Lee, of Falston. The Fallston youth was awarded his diploma in the bachelor of arts degree. Alphonso Victor Washburn, jr., of Goldsboro but formerly of Cleveland, also was awarded his bachelor of arts degree. The following Cleveland boys re ceived bachelor of science degrees: George Anderson Herndon, Kings Mountain; Zon Roppe Robinson, Mooresboro; Chlvous Yulan Wash burn, Shelby. John Carl Hamrick, of Boiling Springs, was awarded the bachelor of science in medicine degree. Local Officials To Attend State School On Laws Will Be Held In Chapel Hill June 33-24. Want All Officials Present The session of the North Carolina Institute of Government, at which all public office-holders are in structed as to new laws, etc., will be held at Chapel Hill cn Friday and Saturday, June 23 and 24. The date was originally set for June 3-4, but was postponed, according to a let ter to Representative Ernest A. Gardner, so that the two North Carolina senators ano 11 congress men might attend after congress ends. It is hoped to have all office holders, State county and city, pres ent for the meeting. The legislation of the last assembly wil' be explain ed in all its phases, together with national legislation and all new laws effecting the state, counties and cities. It was said here today that it was hoped to have two or more county officers and two or more city officers attend the institute. In ad dition to getting valuable instruc tion those attending will be enabled to hear Senators Bailey and Reyn olds, Governor Ehringhaus and a number of the congressmen. A spe cial rate for rooms and meals, bare ly covering expenses, will be given those attending. County Boy Named Cadet Alternate Washington. Juno 2.—Senator Reynolds had one appointment to West Point this year, brought about by the failure of a former appointee and he has named G. H. Coleman Jr., of Durham as the principal; Charles C. Palls, of Shelby and Ru fus Bryant Hall, of Hickory, as the alternates. Dr. Coleman, father of the prin cipal has been a belong friend and supporter of Senator Reynolds, while young Falls is a nephew of Judge B. T. Palls, the Reynolds cam paign manager in Cleveland county Young Hall is a orother of Mrs. Johnston Avery. Young Democrats May Get Behind Repeal Movements; Reynolds Speaks Mrs. Evans Says Report Of Back ing Repeal Is “Somewhat Previous-’ Now. Raleigh, June 2,—First salvos in the campaign to this state on ree ard as favoring repeal of the 18tn amendment will be fired at Wrights ville Beach on July 8 when the Young Democratic clubs of North Carolina gather for their annual convention. United States Senator Robert R Reynolds, an avowed repeali6t. will address the convention. He ha said he will devoir part of lit- speech to discussion ot ptetv'jn on. It ts expected that a resolution will be offered to put the organiza tion, containing 25,000 active mem bers, on record as favoring repeal of the state as well as the national prohibition laws. Calling of the convention was made yesterday by J. Dewey Dor sett, state president of the Young Democratic clubs, after consultation with Governor J. C. B Ehringhaus, J. Wallace Winborne, chairman of the state Democratic executive committee, and other party leaders, and with the approval of the execu tive committee. ' In addition Senator Reynolds, tCoiiUnucci on page five.,* 'Whitworth, Falls Freed Under Bond After A Hearing j Former Shelby Man Has $5,000 Bond lloey Appears In Habeas ( orpin. Hearing Of Mystery Death. Gastonia, June 2.—A writ of habeas corpus was obtained late Wednesday afternoon for A. F. Whitworth and P. C. Falls, former deputy sheriff, both of whom are held for grand Jury investigation next Monday in connection with the mysterious death in a Gastonia hos pital early last Saturday of Mrs Maude Whitworth, wife of the for mer. I Judge Frank S. Hill fiifed bond for the defendants at $5,000 each They had been held without privil-, ege of bond in the county Jail here since Monday. Both the defendants' made bond Wednesday and were released. The Gaston county grand Jury will take u^ evidence in the Whit worth case next Monday. June 6. The appearance of Clyde Hoey, prominent Shelby criminal attorney as chief counsel for the defense, came as a surprise at the hearing Other defense, attorneys are Er nest R. Warren and Charles Falls, both of Gastonia. Mrs. Whitworth, pretty 46-year old Gastonia modiste, died in the Gastonia sanitorium here early Saturday morning shortly after she was brought to the hospital by the two defendants. She died of a frac tured skull, Dr. W. W. McChesney testified at the habeas corpus hear ing. The Whitworth family lived in Shelby until several years ago and both were well known here, being natives of the Waco section. Musical Program For .Dover Church A musical program will be given at the Dover Baptist church next Sunday night. June 4th commenc ing at 8 o’clock. The pastor Rev. W. A. Elam being away at Raleigh, this program will be Interesting to lovers of good Gospel singing The Ross Grove and Poplar Springs male choruses will be present. Also Mr. Cooke from Shelby Central M. E. church will lead in congregational singing. The ladies’ trio and male quartet *of Dover will also sing spe cial numbers. Mr. C. P. Gardner will be in charge and all Gospel song lovers are invited to attend. 1933 Class Beauty Injured In A Fall Prances Stogner, voted as the prettiest girl in the senior class which graduated at Shelby High last night, almost missed partici pating in the graduating ceremon-1 ies. While on the senior picnic Wed nesday afternoon at Lake Montonia Miss Stogner fell and cut a painful gash in her head. After receiving treatment, however, she was able to continue her participation in the commencement exercises. Try Answering These Can you answer 14 of these test questions? Turn to page two for the answers. 1. Who were the Troubadours? 2. Which state of the Union has the largest forest area? 3. What is correct, pants leg or pant leg? 4. Where js Colgate university? 5. What does the name Michigan | mean? 6. Which was the most famous city of Greek legend? 7. Who said "Trust in God and keep your powder dry”? 8. Is the death of Eve recorded in the Bible? 9. Name the capital of the Mex ican state of Colima. 10. Who were the Midianites? 11. In which country is the tsetse fly native? 12. Is the Ukraine in Europe or Asia? 13. What does the abbreviation B. T. U. stand for? 14. Where is Maryland state uni versity? 15. Who wrote "Midsummer Night's Dream"? 16. To what empire does the Is land of Tsushima belong? 17. Which Pope promulgated the dogma of the Imaculate Concep tion? 18. Is copper or iron the bettei conductor of heat? 19 Who was Wilkie Collins? 20. What docs the French naiu< Mignoti mean? Scene Of Kansas Prison Break • A view of the State Penitentiary at Lansing. Kansas from which eleven convicts escaped taking with them the Warden and three guards.-—-(International Illustrated News.) Will Report Failure To List \ Taxes To Court Grand Jury Find One Missing Girl; No News Of Other In A Week Family Of Five Ha* Fine Record In City Schools A family of five children on N. I ai Fayette street, have a perfect attendance record in 4 the city schools for the past two years, ft'was revealed here this morning. This family is a perfect working organiza tion and by the co-operation of parents and children, the youngsters are off to school every morning on time. The children who have this I record are the children of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Weathers. Mr. Weathers is a former member of the county boaj-d of com missioners and his wife who before marriage was Miss Su san Elliott, home demonstra tor for the county. Bank Waivers And Stock Assessments Coming Into Bank Depositors Showing Fine Spirit. Stockholders Paying In Their S40 Assessments. As a result of the work of can vassers who called on depositors of the First National bank this week to get them to sign waivers to twenty percent of their bank bal ances, the reopening of the bank moves along toward consummation. Many depositors, through neg lect, had failed to sign and return their waivers and a committee of leading business men took it upon themselves to make personal calls on those who had not signed. Some depositors had not fully understooo the plan and it was explained to their entire satisfaction. A check up has not been made to find out just how near they are to having the 75 per cent in value of total deposits, but the response is very gratifying. It is felt, however, that it would be to the best interest of the bank and the community to have as near 100 per cent as pos sible in perfect agreement on the plan. Stockholders at their meeting on Monday, unanimously agreed to the plan, authorised the issue of pre ferred stock and many of them paid in their $40 per share stock assess ment. Others are making arrange ments for the necessary money and the response from these stockhold ers la said to be very satisfactory. Cotton Gains Little Over Yesterday Cotton on the New York exchange at 2:10 this afternoon was a few points above yesterday's close. July was 9 22 and October 9.48. four to sevien points better than yesterday's close. However, the trading was heavy and the close was not obtain able fifteen minutes after trading cd. Stocks were very strong to-j day. j May Pruett. 10, Spent Nlghl In IMtrh, Then Found. Thark fraona Worried. One of the two Cleveland county girls who disappeared from their homes during the last week has been found, but officers have not * slngJ*.ti;ftCj; .oi, Ulr otlw one, whoso parents are distraught, over her mysterious absence of more than a week. Found In S. C. hate last Sunday evening May Pruett, 10-year-old daughter of Mr. j and Mrs. Luther Pruett, who live I below Grover, disappeared from her home. Relatives and friends sought her for hours Sunday evening and Sunday night. Monday morning she was found, it is said, in South Car olina, Just across the line and about two miles below her home. She was said to have been found by Joe Dixon. It was reported at Grover today that the little girl had spent Sunday night in a ditch or gully near the road, having determined to leave home after being scolded or admonished there. Gone For Week. The other missing girl. Viola Thackerson, 13, of the Eton textile village, Shelby, has been gone for more than a week, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Thackerson, are greatly worried about her where abouts. Tire young glr! disappeared a week ago yesterday afternoon, around 1 o'clock. A short time be fore her uncle. Carl Peeler, about 35, borrowed Viola's lather’s auto mobile, and later In the day, after she was missed, her father was told that she got in the car with Peeler and left. Investigation by officers since has revealed ,it is said, that, Peeler borrowed some money before tak ing the Thackerson car, the 13 year-old girl, and leaving, and it is believed by officers that he may have planned the trip. But since Peeler, the girl and the automobile disappeared officers have not been able to find a single trace of them. Sheriff Cline and Police Chief Poston were told yester day that Peeler and the girl. his niece, had been quite friendly for some time, but their relatives and friends are unable to explain their 'CONTINUED ON PAUh SIX . Textile Trade Making Progress In Section; Other Business Gain General Improvement Shown In Reserve Bank Report In Fifth District. Richmond. Va., June 2 —Signs of business improvement in many fields In the fifth district were pointed out this week in the monthly review of the Federal Reserve bank of Richmond. The textile industry last month, the bank’s statistical department reported, "made distinct progress, increased orders at better prices, stimulated additional running time and the employment of more work ers. S "A ipuubei oi textile niiiis have; recently raised their wage scales, j Name* Of Tax Pavers Who Fall To l,l>rt Will lie Reported To Grand Jury. Time Extended. Failure to list property in the I county for taxes, will cause many ! property owners embarrassment this year, according to Information secured this morning from County Attorney Peyton McSwaln. 'Hie new machinery act passed by ' the last General Assembly prescrlb i es tliaj, the county commissioners I shall report the names of tax puy | era who fail to Hat wncti property to | the gi and jury and that they shall be guilty of a mlsdcmenm* which carries a fine. Heretofore, there has been a penalty of ten per cent fot failure to list and this penalty has, been imposed, blit this year the law reads that the commissioners shall report the names of those who fall to list to the grand jury Failure tt> list Is prima facie evidence of wil ful Intention to avoid tax paying. There are some 1.500 to 2,000 peo ple in Cleveland county who are subject to tax but Lave thus far failed to list. Mr. McSwatn says the county commissioners do not want to re sort to this drastic action. It will not only be embarrassing to them but to the non-llstcrs. There is a law, however, which prescribes the duty of the commissioners in such cases and In order to carry out the law, the commissioners will report the non-listers at the next session of the Superior court Time Extended. While tax listing time Is over in Cleveland county, th* commission ers have extended the time to June • 10th in order that al! who have not listed may do so and avoftl the pen alty. It was stated this morning that the tax listers in Kre eleven townships will be ready and anx ious to list property until June 10th, thus giving the negligent ones a last chance to save themselves oi embaraasment and also the county commissioners. Joe Whisn&nt Is Honored At Duke At the commencement exercises at Duke University this week Joe C. Whlsnant, young Shelby attorney, was one of 12 Duke law graduates honored by invitation in the Order of Coif. Outstanding law students of the last five graduating classes were thus honored. “Soutli Carolina led all states for the second month in active spindle hours of operation for each spindle In place during April.” For the five-state district as a whole, the review said April and the first half of May showed seasonal improvement in most lines, and there were signs of revival more marked than seasonal trends alone account for. States of the district are the Carolinas, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland and the Dls- ' triet of Columbia. Commercial failures were the lew- 1 sst for any April since 1923. and 1 liabilities involved tire smallest ‘ J ^Continued on page live.j Boards May Name Welfare Officer In County Today New Officer Would Go In July 1 Wrlfun- Work lias Been Handled Through Superintendent Schools since April. Tl» county botufl or commis sioners and the county board of education nitty name a county wel fare officer at, their monthly ses aions to be held in Shelby Monday Cleveland county has not had a full time welfare officer since the office was consolidated, by special legislative action, with the county school department tn March Since that time the work has been han dled as bpsl possible through the office of J. H. Orlgg, county super intendent or education. The legisla tive bill consolidating the welfare work with the school work was In - troduced early In the Inst legisla ture but was not ratified until March. As a result. J B. Bmith. who had served for a number of years as welfare officer, left the work in March and it was taken up around April by the school department. Provides New Office The bill in abolishing the old of fice and consolidating the work with the school department also provided that a new welfare offi cer could be named by the two county boards to take up the work July 1. This provision states that "If said boards deem It advisable" they are empowered to elect a com petent person to the office on July If this Is done by the two boards it. will likely be done Monday so that If a welfare officer Is named he or she may have time to get ac quainted with the duties of the of fice. Powers And Duties The powers and duties of the of fice are outlined as follows To serve as chief school attend ance officer of the county; To have, under control of the county com missioners, the care and supervi sion of the poor, and to administer the poor funds; to act as agent of the state board in relation to anv work to be done by the state board within the uouirty; tfnder the affec tion of the state board, to look aft er and keep up with the conditions of persons discharged from hospi tals for the Insane and from other state institutions: to have oversight of prisoners in the county on pa role from penitentiaries, reforma tories, and all parole prisoners in the county; to have oversight of de pendent and delinquent children, and especially those on parole or probation; to have oversight of all prisoners tn the county on proba tion; to promote wholesome recres- , Mon in the county and to enforce such laws as regulate commercial 'Continued on page five,* $62,000 In 1932 Taxes Unpaid In This County Now Will Four Or Sin Percent Be Chart* ed? May Advertise In September. Approximately three-fourths of the 1032 tax levy in Cleveland coun ty has been paid, leaving $82,286 yet to be paid, It was learned from Troy McKinney, county accountant, at the court house today. The regular date for 1032 tax payments ended yesterday, June 1, but a bill in the last general assem bly gave county commissioners the authority to postpone advertising and sale of property for delinquent taxes until November if they desir ed. So far the commissioners have passed no formal ordei extending the date, but since an advertising order has not been Issued for de linquent taxes the date ts automat ically postponed. Whether or not the commissioners will fix a date for tax sales at their meeting Mon day Is not known, out it was rum ored that unpaid 1032 taxes might be advertised in September and property placed on sale in October. The total 1932 tax levy for the county was $262,624. Of that amount approximately $90,000 remained un- | colected when Sheriff Raymond Cline took office on April 1. Since then the unpaid total has been re duced to $62,286. or less than one fourth the entire levy . There was some question, pending ! ;he arrival of the new tax law. aa :o the penalty and Interest which nay be charged on delinquent tax ;s. The penalty for lap' payment is * ilready four percent and it is a natter of controversy whether a six >ercent interest charge will be made in payments from now on until oreclosure in addition to the pen- f!
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