Laie News
Fair and Colder
Weather forecast for North Caro
lina: Fair and colder Friday; much
colder Friday night; Saturday fair,
« armer.
Dispute Plans
The 74th congress fell Into a dis
pute yesterday over a house Re
fVj'.ican recovery program which
caused reverberations in both ends
of the capital. This program open
ly criticized some of the president's
plans, but Democtats declared that
jt was “so general It merely indi
cated a spirit of opposition with
out making clear the basis of that
opposition.”
Huey Gets Told
Vice-President Garner got Huey
Long told in a telephone conversa
tion between Washington and New
Orleans last night. Long called
Garner to inquire about some mat
ters, when the vice-president In
terrupted;
"Why don’t you come up here
and attend to business? You’re
only staying down there because
everybody looks up to you. You
know up here they don't have to
pay much attention to you.” Huey
replied that he would have to look
into that on Monday.
Road Program
North Carolina needs $9,585,049
to restore her highways to their ex
ivHence as of 1933, Capus M. Way
nick, state highway chairman, de
clared yesterday in his foreword to
the general assembly. This vast sum
would practically erase the norated
surplus of $10,000,000, and put it
out on highways and bridges, tak
ing no accounting for new re
quirements.
Guns At Sea
A United States coast guard cut
ter fired seven times at the British
motor vessel Casanova, outside ter
ritorial waters, the British captain
charged yesterday after a chase
down the Atlantic from the Rhode
Island coast. The cutter trailed
her, seized her, then released her
on orders from Washington. The
craft, which he said was running
out of supplies, was laden with li
quor.
Lindys Testify
Charles and Anne Lindbergh took
the stand in Flemington yesterday,
telling what they could to help the
state in its prosecution of Bruno
Hauptmanh, charged with kidnap
ing and murdering their child. For
45 minutes, Mrs. Lindbergh told of
the dreadful night when the child’s
crib was found empty. As Haupt
mann gazed grimly at the witness
stand. Colonel Lindbergh also tes
tified. Firmly, he told of that quiet
evening at home, with its frantic
realization that their first-born had
been stolen.
First Three 1935
Babies Are Girls;
Miss Clark Wins
Lois Clark, Daughter Of Mr. And
Mrs. Emmett W. Clark Is First
New Year Baby.
It’s a girl year, this 1935. The
first three babies born on New
Year’s Day are all girls, so fem
inines will strut and predominate
throughout the year.
Lois Clark, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Emmett W. Clark, Shelby
route 1 was the “first born,” arriv
ing at 4:22 a. m. Tuesday morning
with Dr. H. C. Thompson, as con
ductor. Lois is the second child in
the dark family and she and her
moChar receive all of the prizes of
fered by Shelby merchants except
two $2 cash prizes offered by Union
Trust Co. and The Star that go to
the second child born on that day.
As previously stated the father
of "Miss 1935’.’ is a native of Cleve
land county, age 24, while the
mother, Lula Edith Self before
marriage is 21 and a native of Lin
coln county.
The second child bom was at
tended by Dr. D. F. Moore in No. 8
township. Mattie Lee Woods is the
mother. Her name is Dorothy Lee
and she arrived at 7:20 Tuesday
morning, January 1st.
Dr. e. W. Gibbs attended the
birth of the third child, also a girl,
but no prize was offered for the
third. Her name is Ruth and she
came into the family of Mr. and
Mrs. June Woods of the Roas Grove
section at 11 o’clock Tuesday even
ing January 1st.
Cholera Among Hogs
Reported Widespread
An unusual number of hogs have
*icd in the past few weeks of chol
era, according to reports from
widely separated parts of the coun
ty- Dr. j. s. Dorton, Shelby veter
inarian. recommends vaccination as
* preventive. He said he believed
the disease had not reached the
eplzooatic” stage yet
Mk levrlzmd Stark
VOL. XLIS No. 2
SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, JAN. 4, 1934 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. "T “*u r*“ "■ •«*»»••* - u.w
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Guess Again
■X-.vMCO
Thought this is a picture of Mrs.
Roosevelt, didn’t you? You’re wrong
for this smiling lady is Mrs. Merle
Protzman, of Philadelphia, a ver
itable “double” for the First Lady.
Many amusing incidents result from
the striking likeness.
Veteran Jolley, 89
Buried Today At
Boiling Springs
Was Jovial, Hardy Soldier Who
Kept Up The Spirits Of His
Comrades In The War.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon at 2 o’clock at Boiling
Springs for Brivet F. Jolly, 89 year
old Confederate veteran who died
at 2 o'clock Thursday at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. R. L. D.
Green with whom he made his
home.
Mr. Jolley had celebrated his 89th
birthday on New Year's day. When
the fourteen year olds were called
into the service of the Confederate
army, Mr. Jolley answered the call
and rendered faithful and conspic
uous service. He was oi a joyial na
ture and kept up the spirits of his
comrades. Up until he reached the
age of 80 years he had never re
quired the services of a doctor.
When the first call was made for
a physician, Mr. Jolley was plough
ing in a field at this advanced age.
He was thrice married, the first
time to Nina Settlemeyer to which
union three children were born,
Tom Jolleyt now dead), D. A. Jol
ley, superintendent of the Cabar
rus mili in Concord and Mrs. R. L.
D. Green of Boiling Springs. His
second marriage was to Sallie Hol
land and his third to Ella Roberts
son, the latter dying five years
ago. Mr. Jolley had been blind for
about 14 years but he maintained
iiis jovial nature and optimism.
Rev. J. L. Jenkins conducted the
funeral services today and grand
sons of the deceased served as pall
bearers and granddaughters as
flow’er-bearers.
United Dry Forces
To Hear Dr. Owen
In augurating their drive to up
hold the Turlington act, which may
be attacked in the session of the
legislature opening Jan. 9, the
United Dry Forces of North Caro
lina will meet at the Central Meth
odist church at 3 p. m. Sunday.
Dr. J. C. Owen, chairman of the
western district, will be here, and
urges all precinct chairmen, chair
men of committees and others in
terested in enforcement of this law
to be present. Dr. Owen will also
rpeak at the church Sunday even
ing at 7:30.
Barn Incendiary
Trailed By Dogs,
Held By Sheriff
A. L. Canipe Arrested
For Pruett Fire
Cows, Mules, Automobiles And Big
Crop Lost As Blare Starts
At Midnight.
Starting from the smouldering
embers of Asor Pruett's barn, de
stroyed by fire Thursday night,
A odhounds yesterday morning led
Sheriff Raymond Cline and a posse
of angry Casar citizens to the home
of a man’s whose shoes were found
to fit perfectly a peculiar trail
over damp earth.
A. L. Canipe, 40, who lives with
in a mile and a half of the Pruett
home, was arrested, and is held
without bond as an incendiary.
Lovelace Barn Burns
Another fire, origiq undetermin
ed, on Wednesday night destroyed
a barn belonging to Pink Lovelace,
near Double Springs. Three mules
and a horse escaped, a bale of cot
ton belonging to Mrs. John Moore
was destroyed, a wagon, some farm
tools and feedstuff was lost.
The blazes laid a heavier penalty
at the Pruett barn, in which two
mules, two cows, two automobiles
and a quantity of feedstuff was lost.
Clifton Carter, son-in-law of Mr.
| Pruett, discovered the fire at mid
] night. He said it sprang from two
sources, on each side of the hall
and in the loft, and had obviously
been set by some one.
Hounds Accuse Man
I Sheriff Cline called on Carter
I Roberts, of Asheville, who came
| with his assistant, C. J. Engle, ex
! policeman, and two hounds. Start
ing from the embers, they rapidly
1 followed a trail which led to the
Canipe home. The hounds leaped
on Canipe, who was chopping wood
jin his yard. He denies his guilt.
I The loss by fire included two
| grain drills, six bales of cotton
.seed, 12 bags of cotton meal, 200
' bales of straw, 3,500 bundles of
fodder, 3,000 bundles of tops, one
; wagon, one automobile trailer, 25
! chickens, 60 bushels of corn, 50
' bushels of sweet potatoes, shucks
from 300 bushels of corn, and all
farm tools, planters, harrows, etc.
_
Judge Alley Will
i Speak Here Jan. 6
| Judge Felix Alley, who will hold
court here begining January 7 will
speak at the First Baptist church
Sunday evening at 7:30. Judge Al
ley’s subject for the evening will
be, “Jesus Christ, Son of God and
j Son of Man.”
| Known as an orator and public
speaker of some distinction and as
a man of deep religious convictions,
it is expected that a large congre
gation will be present to hear Judge
Alley.
Dr. Zeno Wall, and the Rev. H
C. Seefeldt and a party of Sunday
school workers and leaders are ex
pected to arrive today from Ra
leigh where they have been attend- !
ing the fifth south wide Sunday
school conference in that city. Dr.
Wall will preach Sunday at the
morning worship service.
Compensation Is
Given S. E. Hancock
! An award of $18 per week for a
' period of 75 weeks has just been
made to S. E. Hancock against the
i.K. and S. Trucking company.
The award was made by J. Dewey
Dorsett of Charlotte, and adminis
| trator of the N. C. Industrial com- j
pensation act in a case in which
; Hancock charged that he had lost
50 per cent of the use of his left
arm In injuries resulting from work
with the company.
Wrestler Freeman Beats Justice
Of Peace Newman In The Streets
To make good a charge of assault
which he said was false, Charles
Freeman, strong arm wrestler and
Shelby’s tiger-man taxi driver, yes
terday morning attacked his ac
cuser with fists and boots in front
of the First National bank and
[sent him badly battered and bleed
ing to the hospital.
The victim was Roy (Red) New
man, justice of the peace under a
Max Gardner appointment and rent
collector for the Shelby Building
and Loan association. A report
shortly after the attack that Mr.
Newman was dead as a result of
the terrific thrashing he took was
quickly denied by hosoital attaches,
who said that the patient was con
scious and was not critically hurt.
The trouble is said to have start
ed with a dispute about repairs to
the house occupied by Freeman
and his family on Lineberger St. 1
This a-gument, in which Freeman 1
demanded certain repairs, was un- I
doubtedly violent—to such an ex
tent, at least, that Newman swore
out a warrant for assault against
Freeman. The case was to have
come up today.
But Freeman. bitterly denying
that he had attacked Newman, de
cided in the meanwhile that since
he was charged witf assault, he'd
might as well comm t it. He at
tacked Newman as soon as he met
Mm, about 11 Thursday morning, j
Few witnesses saw the beginning,
but those who came later, brought
(Continued on pi ge ten) ,
I
Lindbergh Testifies at Trial
The picture shows Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh at the
Hauptmann kidnap-murder trial, as he told of the tragic
night when he and Anne Lindbergh discovered their baby
had been stolen.
“Don’t Disgrace My Baby”
Pleads Girl Mother In Jail
Mary Lee, Charged With Abandoning Child,
Lauds Its Foster Mother, Says Her Aunts
Forced Her To Give It Up
“Shelby people, there is one thing I want to ask you
more than anything else. Please don’t let my faults cause
any disgrace to fall on my sweet baby and Mrs. Allen.”
From the jail this morning came
this plea from Mary Lee Dawson,
17-year-old mother charged with
having abandoned her baby here
August 11.
"May God bless my baby its
whole life through,” she concludes
in a note sent this morning to
The Star. It Is signed "Baby’s
Mother.”
In the meantime, Solicitor of the
Recorder’s Court C. C. Horn acted
swiftly to serve warrants on the
two aunts and a Gastonia youth
who, Mary Lee said. Influenced her
to give up her baby. Irene Hewett,
(Continued on page ten)
License Violation Cases
Are Nolle Prossed By Horn
27 Driver* Pay
$4.60 Before J. P.
Get that 1935 automobile li
cense tag, and get It quickly, 11
you want to drive in Cleveland
county.
State Highway Patrolman T
A! Sandlin, of Rutherford, has
been assigned to this county,
and up to last night had ar
rested 27 drivers with ’34 tags
They were brought before Jus
tice of the Peace A. B. C. De
Priest and given suspended sen
tences of $10 fines and 30 days
in jail on payments of $4.6C
costs.
“Pretty soon, though,” said
Squire DePriest, “well have tc
fine ’em. And they’re complain
ing loudly enough about paying
the costs."
Realism Of War
Told In Photos
For High School
Through the courtesy of R. T. Le
Grand and R. D. Crowder the War
ren F. Hoyle post of the American
Legion is today placing in the high
school library a two-volume set of
official world war pictures publish
ed by disabled veterans of the
world war.
These pictures will be of great in
terest to students. Practically all of
them are official pictures taken by
the U. S. Signal corps and do not
in the least show war as a roman
tic affair. Realism creeps through
both volumes although it is gen
erally known that the chief of the
Signal Corps has never allowed to
be published a great group of pic
tures obtained on the grounds that
they are entirely too horrible. Those
in these books, however, are enough
to convince students that war is a
serious matter.
It is proposed that the books will
"try in the high school library dur
ing the school term and in the city
library during the summer months
They are given to the libraries on
a lending basis. When the pos*
builds a clubhouse it is proposed
these books will be placed in the
club library.
In sympathy with the fact that
many car owners stood In the rain
several hours at the first of the
week and made numerous attempts
to obtain licenses and failed, Soli
citor Cobby Horn in recorder’s
court this morning was nolle press
ing all cases of arrest for driving
without proper license.
He stated that he would continue
to do so for several days until car
owners had an adequate amount of
time and a fair chance to obtain
the new auto tags.
Fifty Arrests
It Is understood that some 50
arrests have been made by patrol
men thus far. and these arrests will
continue until either the tags are
bought or the cars are left at
home.
When arrests are made the vio
lator '"has a chance to go before
either a justice of peace or record
er’s court. Fine for the offense has
been set at $4.60 of which $2.50 goes
to the highway fund and $2.10 to
the Justice of peace.
In refusing to try the license
cases Solicitor Horn said he had no
criticism of the officers—that they
were merely doing their duty, and
that he would expect them to con
tinue to do so. After a few days
grace he will try license cases.
Methodists Plan
Training Course
In Leadership
An organization was set up last
night at the Central Methodist
| church with Capt, B. L. Smith as
president which will formulate
plans for a county wide leadership ;
training school to be held here in
February.
The training school Is an annual
affair and compared with former
attendance is expected to enroll 150
or more teachers and leaders in
Methodist churches in this county.
Paxton Elliott is secretary-treas
urer, Mrs. Wilbur Baber has charge
of entertainment, and Miss Reeves
Forney is instruction chairman, and
will have charge of books.
The Rev. Carl King, Miss Cor
inne Little of Greensboro and a
representative from Duke univer
sity are booked as teachers. Lead-rs
in county churches are asked to be
gin making plans to send leaders
for this week of study.
Two Murder Trials
In Criminal Term
Opening Monday
Sentell, Parka Cases
Will Be Heard
Jiidl* Fell* E. Alley To Preside
Over Short Session; ISO Cases
Are Docketed.
Judge Felix E. Alley, who will be
gin a one-week term of criminal
court here Monday morning, reliev
ing Judge F. Donald Philips, will
face a docket of more than 130
cases, Including two first degree
murder trials. |
In one week's time, the court will I
attempt to dispose of two term's
work. The October term was skip
ped because of the Illness of Judge
W. F. Harding of Charlotte.
Sentell, Parks Cases.
The docket Is crammed with the
usual larceny, assault, breaking and
entering and prohibition violation
cases. The two murder cases arc
those In which Louis Sentell Is
charged with the murder of Florence
Jones and In which Jack Parks, a
negro, will be tried for killing
James Robert Downs last month.
The Sentell case has been post
poned from the March term. Eye
witnesses will testify that Sentell,
who was employed by the Byrum
Hosiery Mill, shot down his co
worker, Florence Jones, on the
street, firing at her with a shotgun
as she stood in a group of four oth
er girls. Emily Drake, her sister-in
law, was wounded also. Florence, dy
ing in the hospital, was discovered
to be Mrs. William -Drake when her
young husband came down from
Hendersonville.
Many Eye-Witnesses.
In this murder trial, as In the
Parks case. Solicitor Spurllng of,
Lenoir, with a long list of eye
witnesses at his disposal, will be
faced with no legal difficulties In |
establishing murder, but whether he'
will choose to demand first-degree
sentences—death—In either or both
cases Is not known. It Is believed to
be the Intention of the Sentell de
fense to make out a case of man
slaughter, or second degree murder.
In the Parks, case, the negro is
charged with killing the Mo, Id
township boy with a point-blank
pistol shot as he resisted arrest.
Downs died as he aslsted Deputy
Meade In capturing the prisoner.
Prosecuting Witnesses.
Prosecuting witnesses in the Sen
tell case are A. W. Bennett, Mrs. J.
B. Williams (who seised the gun
from Sentell as he stood over the
bleeding body of Florence Jones)
Frances Anderson, Emily Drake,
Clyde Bridges. Clyde Philbeck, Lucy
Short, Louise Wilkie and Allen
James.
In the Parks trial, the solicitor
can call on A. P. Meade, Plato
Meade, Roy Goodman, Tom Propst,
Roy Hicks, Ivey Mull, Leroy Meade,
John Pool, Olenn Buff and W. J.
Cook.
Make Complaints If
Service Is Poor
The Star's subscription list
Is now above 5,000, approxi
mately half of which Is served
by our own carrier boys In
Shelby and r/tear-by towns and
half by regular V. S. Mail.
In the event the service In
delivering your paper In due
time is dot satisfactory, make
complaints to The Star office
and we will endeavor to correct
it.
If our carrier boys who de
liver the paper to your home
are late or do not put the paper
In a secure, dry place, telephone
Mr. Jenkihk, circulation man
ager at Phone 11. If you miss
your paper by carrier, tele
phone not later than 5:30 in
the afternoon and a copy will
be delivered.
Cotton Parity Checks
For County Arriving;
Total Near $101t000
Few Vouchers Here Now, Others Are On
Way; County Agent Shoffner Explains
Who Will Get Them And Why
Ij0n* expected and eagerly awaited, the first batch of
cotton parity checks for Cleveland county farmers, which will
total about $101,000, arrived in Shelby this morning. They
will be distributed from the office of County Agent R. W.
Shoffner, who will inform growers when to call for them.
Byrnes Elected
Representative Byrne*, who yester
day was elected speaker of tiie
house of representatives as con
gress convened for the 74th ses
sion.
Fhi On Increase
In Kings Mountain,
Report Indicates
Quarantine Officer Hears Of SB
Oases; At Least 100 In
Shelby Area.
Twenty-five cases of Influenza lo
Kings Mountain were reported by
one doctor yesterday to Dr. H. O.
Thompson, county quarantine of
ficer. None has been reported In
Shelby, although a conservative es
timate would set the number of
cases here now at approximately
100.
Dr. Thompson said he had writ
ten to Raleigh for Instructions
about whether influenza Is a “re
portable” disease or not, like certain
other contagious maladies. He was
not certain that the law requires It
to be reported to the quarantine
officer.
Thoughts turn first to the schools
when threats of epidemics arise,
but Superintendent B. L. Smith
said today that attendance was
good and no cases had been report- :
ed.
Dr. Thompson said the character
istics of the disease this winter
were. In almost all instances, severe
pains and high temperatures. But
it is still the same old flu.
One case of scarlet fever has
been reported in Cherryville since i
the first of the year, one case of
German measles in Shelby. There j
have been a few cases of pneu- ,
monla, several of which resulted in
death, but this disease Is not re- J
portable.
A bandonedBaby Finds Happiness
With Tangled Bat Joyful Family
Barbara Joy Allen, age 16 months,
played on the floor with a chewed
clothespin and made inept, fat
legged efforts to climb onto a small
red chair, from which she toppled
repeatedly into the strong and
tender arms of her handsome fos
ter-mother, Mrs. Clarence Allen.
Barbara Joy, one of the chunk
iest, healthiest, prettiest kids you
ever dangled on your knee, is the
daughter of the little girl Mary Lee
Dawson, who is being tried today
for abandoning her baby here Au
gust 11, a year ago. But she's Mrs
Allen’s baby now—no doubt nor
h:nt of doubt about that. Mr. and
Mrs. Allen legally adopted the'
child as soon as they could after I
receiving her from Mrs. Charles L '
Eskridge, on whose doorstep the
frightened Mary Lee, 16 years old
and unmarried, left her.
The date of the adoption was
August IS, Mr. Allen’s birthday, and
It Is one of the happiest days of
the calendar for the Allen family,
for they love the baby with a kind
sf fierce and generous tenderness.
They have been married six years
ind have no other children.
In their home near the Ora mill
aoarding house live a curiously
nixed but Joyfully assimilated
;roup of relatives and half reia- i
;ives. Mary Lee, as a matter of
act, used to live there, and still
here Is the 17-year-old husband
(Continued on page tcn.i
lo clariry this payment, Mr.
Shoffner tills morning made a
complete explanation of how and
why this parity Is paid. HU state
ment follows:
Walt For Your Card
“I would like to make a state
ment in regard to the payment of
the parity checks which will be
distributed In a few days. We have
received a few of these cheeks and
are expecting the balanoe imme%
diately. However, do not come for
your check until you reoelve a card
stating that the check U here. Will
you please carry out the instruc
tions that are written on thU
card.
“I would like to ask the fullest
cooperation of the persons getting
these checks in distributing the
amount to those who are entitled
to part of this parity. All of those
who grew cotton as tenants, man
aging share tenants, or any form
of a tenant in the year 1934, are
due part of thU parity payment. It
will be divided according to the
proportionate part that the tenant
received In this year's crop, on the
number of acres he had planted in
1934. These checks will be paid to
the person to whom the contract
was made. In case of managing
’hare tenants, the oheoks will be
divided and made payable Just as
the. rental checks were, in propor
tion te the division of the crop. The
landlord, in other cases, will dis
tribute thU payment to hU tenants
and will have a form that each
tenant will sign, certifying that
they received payment of his par
ity check, either in money or sup
plies. equipment, etc., In produc
ing the 1934 crop.
Far The Landlord
‘"Hie landlord will have 30 days
after he receives the parity check
to have these receipts filled cut ‘and
(Continued on page ten.)
Juniors In Lead
For Scholarship
At Shelby High
They Average *5 Percent For
Third Month; Grammar Grade
List Issued.
Superintendent B. L. Smith this
morning issued the list of honor
students in the Shelby public
schools for the third month, show
ing that the Juniors in high school
this time are far out in advance in
the scholarship. Their average was
25 percent. Seniors came next with
18 percent, the eighth grade had 14
1 and the ninth 13.
The list follows :
| Eighth grade-Martha Arrowood
j Willie K. Bailey, P'ancanna Clark,
; Joanna Flnkelsteln, Edith Pitch,
i Ann Smart; Kathryn Spake, Virgin
ia Toms, Ruth Wilson, Sims Blan
| ton. Avery McMurry, Billy Smart,
Paul Martin. Helen Davis, Edna
Downs, Margaret Elliott, Martha
Eskridge, Mary Glenn, Rachel Rob
' erts, Laura Summey, Margaret ‘
i White, Mildred Whltener, Eva Bald
| win. Bettty Laughrldge, Louis Mau
I ney, Banks Cashion. Rebecca Mc
i A lister. Margaret Trammel.
Ninth grade—Floyd Boat, James
McAlister, George Morgan, George
Ropp, Elisabeth Falls, Eva Lane
' Jones, Dorothy Greene, Mabel Davis
Helen Ewing, Justine Grlgg, Loren?
Hamrick. Louise Hardin, Rutft Lew.
] is, Dorothy Magneas, Dora llcSwaln
. Geraldine Norman. Catherine Rob
! erts.
Juniors—N. C. Blanton, John Dor
' sgy, Richard Jones, V. B. Poston.
Eugene Poston, Gladys Bland, Lou
ise Brown, Ruth Byers, Owyn Da
vis, Jaunita Eskridge. Germain*
Gold, Elizabeth Harris. Eleanor
Hoey. Dovie Logan, Ruby Morgan
Jeanette Post, Estelle Scruggs, Jane
Washburn, Pantha Weathers, Lou
j tie Whltener, Kathryn Wise, Bobby
1 Luts, J. W. Newton, Jack Price, Ai
leen Lowman, Marjorie Luts. Helen
Carrlck.
i Seniors--Marian Bass, Margaret
Hamrick. Helen Sue Kendrick, Ma
rie King, Louise Lybrand, Nancy
McGowan. Mary McLarty, Rachel
(Continued on page nine>