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Ellen r U M d Stils VOL. XL. No. 90 ■ - - —■ .. -■■ jJJ ■■ -....-1^1 —. ■ J-J 'M .u - ---tXJ I « II III ' n 'll I .-- ■■gBWBH SHELBY, N. CL FRIDAY JULY 27, 1934 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. By ftuit mt iw, its iduMM - «.«• Okrriw MT rwt. Ita MiinM _ BM Late News THE MARKETS Cotton, spot . 1294 to 1394 Cotton seod. ton, wagon_23.00 Cotton seod. ton, carlots__ 25.00 Thunder Shower* Weather forecast for North Caro lina—Local thunder shower* tonight and tomorrow. Heat Is Broken KANSAS CITY, July 27.—(UP)— Wather foreeasts today brought further hope to the drought and heat-stricken middle west. Rains and cooling breeses yesterday brought general relief over a wide area. Fatalities were lessening rap idly. VIENNA, July 27—(UP)—Prince was slowly but apparently surely throttling Nasi terrorists today. Des pite fighting continued over most of southern Austria and heavy casual ties were still being reported. Special military courts were order ed set up throughout the nation and win begin to function Monday. % Hangings of many Nasis were pre dicted to follow this step. Funeral services for Chancellor Englebert Doilfnss will be held to morrow. Fascists Reign # The March Of Events Troops Hold City The heavy foot of martial law: stepped down yesterday on striking truck drivers and their employers in Minneapolis. Governor Olson has placed 4,000 national guards- j men in control of the city to pre serve order during the strike. This was the first time in history that military rule has been declared in Minnesota. J 7th Victim* James Proba&co, who wf* accus ed of havn£ turned his home into' a hospital! so that John Dillinger might have a plastic surgeon alter his face, leaped 19 stories to his death-yesterday after being ques tioned by police. He is the 17th vic tim of the Dillinger crime wave. Die In Storm Eight persons were known to be dead and at least a score were missing, believed drowned, yester day in the gulf hurricans that bat tered the Texas coast yesterday, damaging millions of dollars ir. crops and property. Say* Hoey’ll Run Robert Lassiter, prominent North Carolina manufacturer, said, yes terday in Raleigh he was certain Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby would run for Governor. Italian Troop* March Premier Benito Mussolini sent troops fully equipped for wartime service, to the Austrian frontier yesterday. The move is seen as re inforcing H Duce’s demands that Germany keep hands off Austria, allowing that country to work out her problems independently. Musso lini sent four divisions of 12,000 men each and mobilized other troops for instant action if neces sary. Racked Probed fingerprint Expert P. D. Dorsey of the state prison in Raleigh is to day under investigation In connec tion with charges tjxat prison em ployees have accepted gifts from convicts for alleged Influence ob taining paroles. 908 Killed The fiscal year 1933-34 saw 908 persons killed and 3,855 wounded in North Carolina automobile wrecks During 1933, there were 852 deaths Deputies Dare \ Sign Of Death LENOIR, July 38.—Symbols of death—the skull and crossboys— and a warning which bore the .leg end: “Beware Officers,” meant nothing to Deputies Sheriff Hester Shuford, Sam Sharpe and Felix Parller, as they raided a still in a mountainous section of Caldwell. ; Without warning, they swooped on the still site and captured two ; men, Gaither Dula and his son i Harley, but a third man escaped. A steamer distillery and 10 gallons of liquor were destroyed. When the men were arrested they offered no resistance, officers re- i * ported. Neither was armed, either, which led officers to believe that ! the skull and crossbones were nail- I ed to the nearby tree simply for i “Poor** Melon IIN William An draw Mellon Dressed in his patched Sunday clothes and battered shoes, Wil liam Andrew Mellon, poverty stricken 60-year-old cousin of multi-millionaire ex-Secretary of ; the Treasury Andsew W. Mellon, is shown here in his latest photo, snapped in his dingy downtown Pittsburgh flat where he is living on $1.50 weekly from relief ■ agencies. FERA Aids Relief; Can 2944 Quarts For Winter Eating And W1U Soon Set Up Plants In 6 Communities; Has 25,000 Cans On Hand. Quarts of juicy harries, apple* sauce, rhubarb, cherries, plume, kraut, beans, com, Jam, jellies, pre serves of all kinds were sealed and put away in gleaming bright glass jars this week to feed the many agio’ll certainly be hungry come winter time. In all the FERA people have as sisted relief families to can 2,944 quarts, and that’s just a start. All this has .been in the homes, much of it without assistance from FERA leaders, wno nave oeen raveling over the county offering instruc tions and help in the seasonal pro ject. Three canneries are due to open in PolkvUle, Boiling Springs, and No. 6 township, with sub-centers at Casar and Waco, under the super vision of Mrs. Ben H. Goforth. For this canning work, the FERA office has on hand now approxi mately 25,000 tin cans, and now has 11 persons working. Soon, steam ing plants will be turning out more hundreds of quarts. Cummings Is Judge Of Hickory’s Court Attorney Theodore F. Cummings of Hickory has been elected judge of the municipal court of Hickory to succeed Attorney Joseph L. Murphy, jr. Mr. Cummings lived at Kings Mountain in his boyhood and was a candidate for solicitor in this district, opposing L, S. Spur! ing In the June primary. Law Will "Retrace Dark Threads Of Weaver’s Tragic Romancing Louis Sentell, me weaver, comes to trial next week; as the law seizes she shuttle of his fate, with which tie first wove a »rry kind of ro mance and then fun through his poor design for living a hysterical marl of bloodshed and defeat. He killed the girl called Florence Jones, wretchedly slot her down on the threshold of t South Shelby warding house—so say witnesses vho were there the day Florence aughed at him. Florence Jones was Mrs. William Drake, and Louis Sentell was mar led too. They worked for the By •um Hosiery Mill where bright click ing machines make bright-colored stockings.. Sentell, -they say, had jursued her for Weeks, and she, half inwilling, defied him, and that maddening day in February tauntid lim—so they say—from that em >arrassing feminine vantage point, he company of ether women. He killed her. Monday morning, ie July term of Superior Court iened here under Judge w. F. arding of Charlotte to render de sion in a number of lustful un rtunate enterprises. Sentell, his ise deferred from last term, will > tried. He has been indicted by grand Jury for first degree murd Florence was shot in the back, »r cheap coat tom by pellets from shotgun. Sentell fired from his x Into a group of four girls when orence, one of them, refused to cept his offer of a ride. His first ot felled Emily Drake, his second lied Florence as the girls fled ward Mrs. J. B. Williams' board g house. Sentell Jumped from the car and, iving emptied his gun, raised it strike the girl as she lay dh the ound, but Mrs. Williams, middl ed and portly, leaped at him from ^Continued on page ten) • Cleveland County Ad Valorem Levy Set At $105,708 This Sum Paid June 30 For 2 Years State Hu Collected $1,460,000 In Back Taxes, Bat 100 Counties Still Owe Hare Sam. By M. R. DUNNAGAN RALEIGH, July 27.—Although the Stats of North Carolina collected $1,460,000 in back taxes in 1933-34 from the old 15-cent ad valorem taxes for 1931 and 1932 about $261. 000 more than was set up as prop able collections, the 100 counties are still due the State $1,661,911.72 in that old and unmounted tax, figures in the office of State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson show. Cleveland county’s ad valorem levy was $67,760 for each of the two years, $118,600 for both years, of which $106,708.04 had been paid up to June 30, ot $52,240,67 for the year 1932 and $68,46737 for 1931. Makes Special Effort The State made a special effort to get as much of that old property tax levied in 1931 for two years as possible during the past fiscal year, and sent a man to visit several of the more delinquent counties, re sulting in good - collections. Many a$ the counties are about paid up as far as their collections have been made, but some are far behind in remitting taxes already collected, although the law requires them to remit that and the poll tax each 15 days. The levy was $8323382.00 for the two years, of which $7371,470.28 has been remitted to the State, leaving the $1,66131172 yet to be paid by the counties. Of the levy, 81.49 per cent has been paid, leaving 18.51 per cent yet to be sent in by the counties, some of it due from de linquent taxpayers. TOme .qoupties have overpaid for the first year, probably due to de signated this wrong year to which remittances were to be credited. They are Guilford, Dare and Burke counties, but Burke has paid less than onp-tblrd for the second year. Dare and Guflftrd are well paid up. Wilkes is only $10 behind for 1931 and is about $4,000 behind far 1932, a splendid record. Cabarrus, Cas well, Cleveland, Columbus, Gates, Hertford, Lincoln, Northampton, Person, Randolph, Rockingham, and Surry are notable close up in their payments. Of the larger counties, Forsyth’s two-year levy was $634356, of which $585,073.14 is paid, also excellent; Guilford, $609,520 levy, $589,16138 paid; Mecklenburg, $592,190 levy, $485,12539 paid; Buncombe, $407352 levy, $3473*136 paid; Gaston, $317, 904 levy, $176,163.65 paid; Durham, $310348 levy, $282,020.36 paid; Wake $291,682 levy, $199,40437 paid; New Hanover, $179,148 levy, $15037331 paid; Rockingham, $139,104 levy, $128,851.02 paid. -i ... School Principals Meet Here Saturday Rural and city high school and elementary school principals will meet to the Shelby High school auditorium Saturday morning for a conference with Dr. J. H. High smith and Miss Nancy Devars. of ficials of the state school system. Ice Cream Supper At Sharon Church There will be an ice cream supper at Sharon Methodist church Sat- i urday afternoon, beginning at 7 o’clock. Proceeds will go for the benefit of the young peoples’ divis ion. Brought DilUnger To Death '***'■'.'■ ———— Mr*. Ana* Sag* Sargaaat Zirbrltk Admitting that chi was tha mysterious "woman In red” who accom panied John Dillinger to a Chicago neighborhood movie on the night he was shot to death by federal agents, Mrs. Anna Sage is pictured in a Chicago police station after being taken into custody. Mrs. Sage, who asserted she had known Dillinger only as Jimmie Law rence, also admitted knowing Police Sergeant Martin Zarkovich, above, of the Indiana Harbor police force, who is credited generally with making the contacts which resulted in tracking down Dillinger. Dillinger Is Not Dead, ramily Said To Believe Relatives Refuse To Believe Identifying Scar Could Have Been Removed, Shelby Man Reports; Visited Gangster Grave John Dillinger’* family believe* John Dillinger is *tfl] alive. They are convinced that no plastic surgeon in the world could have removed completely ta© great sear on hid temple which doe* not appear on the corpse lowered yesterday be side Dillinger’s mother in the family plot in Crown Hill Cem Cyclist Hartgrove Reaches Knoxville Craig Hartgrove who left Shelby Monday riding a bicycle on a trip to and from the Chicago fair, reach ed Knoxville, Term., at 8:80 Wed nesday, July 25th, his third1 day out. A card has been received bearing this Information from Ed Hatcher, desk sergeant of the Knoxville po lice department where Hartgrove checked in Immediately upon his arrival there. , Mrs. Jose Hamrick Dies At Henrietta Has Daughter Mrs. F. G. Hamrick Living In Shelby—Burled Wednesday, Rutherfordton, July 36.—Funeral services for Mrs. Jo6le Hamrick of Henrietta, 65, were held at the Hen rietta Baptist church yesterday aft ernoon with her pastor. Rev. L. J. Knox in charge. Burial was In the Bethel Baptist church cemetery. El lenboro. She is survived by three children as follows: Mrs. F. G. Ham rick. Shelby; Mrs. C. C. Watkins, Bostic, and Miss Ruth Hamrick at home. She also leaves two sisters, Mrs. M. D. Hollifield, Chesnee, S. C. and Miss Gate Bridges, of Boiling Springs. Mrs. Hamrick was a de voted member of the church and was active in all phases of church work. Her husband, James Lewis Hamrick died 16 years ago, Mrs. B. O. Stephenson To Erect Apartment Mrs. B. O. Stephenson will erect a four section apartment house on East Marion street, on a lot near her mother, Mrs. Fred R. Morgan It is understood that the new structure will have four separate apartments, each with three or four rooms with all conveniences. Gen eral contract has been let to lutz and Webb and construction work will begin as soon as the material la placed on the ground. 23-Inch Pea Pods Brought To Office S. J. Gettys, who lives on High way 18, was proudly demonstrating Thursday some field pea pods which measured 23 3-4 inches from stem to tip. Mr. Gettys brouyii' j them to The Star office, where the lengths was carefully measured. / This report was brought to Shel by at noon by A. "L. Hord, of the Kester Groome Furniture Co., whc saw the grave yesterday and talked to people In Olllinger's home town, Moores vllle. People In Mooresvllle declare, he said, that it could not possibly be Dlllinger who was killed—but at the same time they resent the way he was shot down, without a chance. A cat couldn’t have escaped from the Blograph Theatre the wav Purvis had it bottled up, they say, and It wasn’t necessary to shoot. Mr. Hord, who left on Sunday tor the fair In Chicago, stopped at the Dlllinger grave yesterday on hi! way home. He plucked a small yel low flower for a souvenir. He said the grave was covered with ferns, and had a few tin cans, from which labels had been scratched, filled with cheap flowers. Coming from Chicago, Mr. Hord saw the Dlllinger hearse, and saw the father step forth at a filling station to have his picture taken Police are guarding the grave in Indianapolis, he said, and thous ands of spectators are thronging around, most of them seeking sou venirs. He regretted that he didn’t have a camera wih him. Raleigh Officials Leave For Asheville State Officials Begin Migration T« Democratic Meet In Moon tain City. (Special to The Star) RALEIGH, July 37.—Yesterday started the migration of State of ficials to the mountain city ot Asheville, depopulating In part numbers of state offices, for the period of the convention of the ?oung Democratic clubs of the state. State officials on the program are Governor Ehrinahaus, Treasur er Chas. M. Johnson, Attorney D O. Brummttt, Commissioner ot Revenue A. J. Maxwell, Utilities Commissioner Stanley Wlnbome. LeRoy Martin, secretary of the 8tate School Commission. Senator J. W. Bailey and Jule B. Warren, secretary of the N. C. Education Association, are two other Raleigh ites on the program. Fred L. Seely, associate utilities commissioner, Asheville, and Democratic Chair man J. Wallace Wlnbome, Mar lon, are speakers, as are four Uni versity and Institute of Govern ment m«n Alb rt Coates, Dillard Gardner, - nry Brandis, Jr., and T. N. Grice. Negro All Smiles At Light Sentence For Manslaughter John Norwood Gets 7 Years For Killing Coart Occupied With Beet Of Ur< eeny Cun; U True BUIe By a rand fury. Black, gnome-Uke John Norwood 37-year-old negro killer, grinned In oourt this morning as Judge W. P. Harding pronounced sentence of seven years In states prison for the killing of Lawrence Camp In the negro lodge hall last Sunday. Norwood, sitting beside his law yer. Maurice Weathers. he had been futllely trying to explain to the judge why It was he oouldnt produce any defense witnesses. Only his own testimony—that Camp had pullsd a knife on him— waa offered la defence against the charge of manslaughter. This charge had been reduced from one of first degree murder. Qbvieoety Delighted. Pram Norwood's obvious pleasure at the verdict, It was easy to gath er that he had expected the limit, which would have been twenty years. Hs has already served seven years for another crtma. j Late Wednesday afternoon, BUI Blanton, Harry Putnam and Boyce Conner, held on chargee of stealing tvrmuii lUti fmm t.h» tilafa M*hnnl pled guilty and received a aevere scolding from Judge Harding, who reserved sentence. Twenty-five true bills have been brought In by the grand jury. In cluding charges against Oscar Mc Afee for incest, Cline Owens Lee for seduction and Lass Laughrldgc for assault with a deadly weapon. A charge against Jesse Smith tor rape was found sot s true bill. William Thomgsson. found guil ty of burglary, was sentenced to 10 yean Is prison and Moser Braces was gives 13 months for breaking, entering and larceny. , John Gamble and Booker T. Simms, arrested this week for rob bing a store m Shelby after Shftlff otae had traced their trail by the huge marks of Slmm’a Mg feet, pled guilty. Solicitor Spurllng has been busy all week presenting cases against defendants charged with larceny, breaking and entering. The docket Is still crowded with such cases. Goerch Spins Yarns For Shelby Kiwanis Editor Of The State Amuses Mg Audience With Flood Of Humorous Anecdotes. Carl Goarch, editor of ‘(The State,” veteran North Carolina newspaperman, before, during, and after dinner speaker, highly amus ed an audience of Klwanlans, their wives and guests at the Hotel Charles last night, cracking one wise anecdote after the other In a flood tide of humor. Mr. Goerch, who was Introduced by Lee B. Weathers, editor of The Star, spoke about North Carolina, his travels and experiences. One of his stories that brought prolonged laughter was told, he said, because his wife wasnt with him this time. He bought her a fine new washing machine on their first wedding anniversary, had it Installed In the house without his wife’s knowledge, and then brought her in to view the great surprise. She walked around it, Inspected its shiny gadgets, and then asked, “But Carl, what is It?" He told nf: it was a washing machine. “And do you know, that night she got in It, and the darn thing almost spanked her to death.” World Fair Club Workers Poised For A Banner Subscription Week, Today find* members of The Star’s Pair Tour Club, keener than ever, about to round out what for many of them will be the banner week of their careers as workers for the exciting eight-day trip to Chicago. Today and tomorrow are the days that will tell the tale in many In stances. Wise club workers should and are'taking advantage of them and a new group of fortunate ones are expected to emerge victorious tomorrow, which Is the next report day. There are reasons why the week drawing to a dose should prove to have been the most vital and ex citing one of all for the club. Mem bers who have failed to strive their utmost during its course would do well to make a special effort right away. The club program Is not so new as it cnee wes but still Is young1 |enough to provide rich rewards lor. those who have the splendid Chi cago vision in their heads. Members continue enthusiastic and bring In constant tales of the good-will richly evidenced toward The Star In all quarters. Their work thereby Is made a friendly task, apart from whom workers seek renewals and new subscriptions cannot fall to be sympathetic tow ard the goal, for who does not long to see the Fair if an unkind fate has kept from him the chance? Elsewhere in this Issue of The star you will find an announcement giving further details which will In terest you. Remember, tomorrow Is the Banner Day of the entire club work period and all members are urged to report at the office. Even if you miss other Saturdays, which The Star hopes you will not do, jo me tomorrow by all means. Ex cellent reporls are eminently ex acted from every one of you. Rotary Head 1 n ■ 1 ■ ■» - ... i Churls* Gobi*, who wm reoently in stalled u President of the Shelby ■Rotary Club, luooeedlnc Dr. ltugh Piaster. Grand Jury Saids Report To Judge Full Of Approval Impacts Gout House, Jail, County Home, Finds Them Clean and Well Managed. A not* of approval runs through the Grand Jury report, submitted to Judge Harding, presiding In the Jury term of Superior court, yester day. The complete report follows! nr THE SUPERIOR COURT Jnty Ten* ISM North Carolina rollm^ county Cleveland county To His Honor, W. I. Harding. Judge Presiding; We, the Grand Jury, having dis posed of all bills coming before us wish to submit the following report: W* visited the County Jail in a body, ana find the sanitary oondl uuio sfc/avc ad that tbs •nt is plgc of the jail fed dad homed, and from the pris oners themselves, we found that they are well oared for. We heartily approve the manner in which Mrs. Cline keeps the records st the JslL We find that there Is sufficient space in the basement for a laundry, but due to the fact that there Is no drainage, this space cannot be so utilised and that present laundry equipment ed on the second floor and require* spec* which Is badly needed for sleeping quarters for prisoners. We understand that this recommendation was made by a former grand jury and we respect fully request that Immediate steps be taken to remedy this condition. We find the sanitary conditions in the County Home to be good. The bedding clean, and the inmates supplied with clean, wholesome food. However, we find from the more aged Inmates that the present types of food served Is not suitable for persons of advanced ages, and we suggest that a diet more suitable and more easily assimilated and digested be provided for the bed ridden and aged inmates. We also learn that some of the aged Inmates are In need of medical attention. The services rendered by Mrs. Beason In behalf of the Inmates Is of the highest order, and the Inmates speak highly of her. We recom mend that proper steps be taken to preserve the meat raised on the farm in order that there will not be any recurrence of loss of meat due to improper curing and storing. We find large quantites of wheat and feed stuff raised on the farm. A (Continued on page ten.) t ( 1 Johnson b Held Under $2000 Bond In Federal Charge Counterfeit It Alleged By Federal Men Ihelby Hotel Proprietor Arnett*) By Charlotte Officer* After Liquor Reid (tarn , V. ft. CommlMloner John V. Moll announced el noon today that an additional bond of »1, 000 had bean tanked on Ooorgc Johnaon. Thie now eharge. which bring* the total bond op to SMOO, wm atUod when a group af V. ft. Secret ftarvtoa Agente and Ravenna offtoor* dlacovered a number of, alleged counterfeit II. ft. Federal sene’ nne etaw>o The tnveetlgaAor* wore headed bf Henry Thotn aa, dietrtct chief of fho ftoeret To the torrent of Ooorga Jcfcn on. proprietor of the Isaac Intel, who vu Already under MOO xmd on county chargee of pphtr Jltion evaalon, we* Added oa Wed usadAy Afternoon the expected gr* cat'by Federal alcohol control igenta, who had him held la W/ND xmd. Mr. Johnson* hotel wee raided ate Tueedey afteraooo by county ind city offloera. who found la two aoms a quantity of corn liquor, mart it It in bottles labeled “bottled to xmd" and many take labels and •ala. Offloera O. A. Mood and A V Canlpa of Ohartott# earn# here an xredneaday to investigate after the aid hatf been made. They had a warrant *wom out by 0. S. com nlsalonx John F. Mull and lame i lately armtod Mtumm. On tha Federal chargee, ha todu* o be tried the fourth week to a»pi ember before Judge I.YataaWebi n Shelby. Judge Webb, a not jrohlbitlonlet, le not expected t ■elleh the fact that so elaborate - lquor estabUahment was me,Intel' . id within g few Mocks of hi* oft Mount Sinai Club Officers Elected fBWTON BROS front 14 ... ... Attorney F, Lorsnao Newton ot toweta. Oklahoma and Ben Newton f Little Rock, Ark., sprat a mule If days at Caasr laat weak rtsttrag heir father Barney Newton whose lealtb hea not bam ao good. F. L fewton began tha practise ot law n Shelby but la now f aiilahii to Cotton Supervisor* To Meet Tomorrow , Measuring chain* are being ap- J died this weak to Cleveland aeon* y cotton farm* tn * check-up by he government to show whether [rower* are complying with re- i luctlon term* or not. R. W, sboff >er, county agent, In charge et eventy committeemen who are act ng a* supervisors, said today that 10 reports had yet been mad*. He has called a meeting erf his ommltteemen for 3 o’clock Satur- ,j lay in the court house. 3hilbecks On Visit To Arkansas Kin Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fhllbeek and hlldren, Shirley and Thomas Kd i-yn and Mias Mabel Phllbeck of his county left July 20th for Mem ihls, Tenn., and Rosebud, Art, on . visit to relatives. They found the oads In excellent condition and utrd surfaced practically all the | ira,y, which accounted for the speed f the trip and their safe arrival Dn tosebud. Ark., on Saturday Jul« f lat at 6 p. m. Crops on route wert '• M ound to be good. The weather It) Arkansas Is extremely hot. Th | larty ia visiting at the home of D nd Mrs. A. B. Hassell in Rosebud J lNNIVERSARY services AT ROBERTS TABERNACTE . . : Sunday July 29th to August Sth '111 be the fiftieth anniversary of iobert Tabernacle M. E. Church, reaching and program eat* eve- “ ing at 7:45 p. m. by the ministers, lembers and friends of toe city. >n Wednesday evening A. K. Rob rts, reads the organisation. Hi# ministers that served and presiding Iders served and that have died, as ell as members who have died up > the present. Holy oommunlon rst Sunday. Different choirs and mrtets wi!! slr.g. BET' P. E., A. X. Robert* ecording Steward.- - ::
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