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VOL. XLII, No. 54
SHELBY, N. a MONDAY, MAY 4, 1936
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
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Building Surpasses
3-Year Record With
$71,000 In Permits
Progressive Spirit In Entire County As Skill
ed Labor Becomes Scarce; Materials
Show No Price Gain.
Surpassing any month in the past three years, $71,828 in
building permits were issued by the city of Shelby during
April, and the city and county in enjoying one of the most
nrnoTcssivp nerinds of huildinc seen here sinre 1Q99
Skilled labor is being sought at a
premium and brickmasons are the
hardest to find of any of the tech
nicians. There has been a decided
increase in employment, with 212
placed on jobs by the local employ
ment office, 200 of which went in
to private employment or PWA jobs.
Theatre Building.
The largest single item in the rec
ord breaking month is the $50,000
theatre on which construction was
begun during the week-end, initiat
ed by R H. Rogers, local business
man.
Addition of a power unit in the
Shelby cotton mills some three
years ago was the last project which
exceeds the present figure.
Nearly a score of residence in the
city are being erected, as well as a
number of places of business. Among
the largest items appearing In the
report made by W. Y. Crowder, in
spector are the county agricultural
building, costing $7,820; four houses
on East Pinkney street by Henry
B Edwards. $2,200; a dwelling by
H L Nolan, on Thompson street,
12,5000; a dwelling by Roy Newman
$1,000; a filling station by Charles
1T Eskridge. $2,500: .addition hi
Bosts Bakery, $1,500.
In The County.
Out in the county the main build
ing boom which has been going or
Continued on page two)
$5 Bill Blown Up
From Gainesville, Ga.
Is Found In A Field
A *5 bill soiled with red mud and
bearing every evidence that It was
blown here during the Gainseville,
Ga., tornado, was found In a field
on the Ed Blanton farm in the
Beaver Dam community a few days
ARo by J. b. Ashley. The out of the
way place where It was found and
its soiled condition leads all to be
lieve that it was wafted a distance
of 190 miles during the storm. It
will be recalled that checks and pa
pers bearing Gainesville printing
and signatures have also been found
in the county.
Ashley spent the bill at Hamrick
Brothers Service Station and Mr.
Hamrick who was in Shelby this
morning was debating whether to
keep the bill as a souvenir or spend
h
Morning Cotton
LETTER
N'K a YORK, May 4.—The market
*'owed losses of about 7 points on
™;lv. H on July and 18 on Oct. at
c cnd °f the week, compared with
F rumis woek. The decline werp due
freely to hedge selling against pur
^ °f 'oan cotton and some
"initiation on improvement in
“rather conditions in the south. The
support was largely from foreign
trade sources, the CCC an
oouneed at end of week that re
,’s for release of cotton In 12c
..oans amounted to 1189,123 bales
'Hi May l. Under present plans
only one million bales will be re
/ rfi "P to Sept. l. At the same
'nf producers pool reported hold
s'- of futures amounting to 618,000
r with total holdings of spot
°n in pool 216,000. We believe
‘Teasing resistance will be met on
u.‘\ "rther declines from present
*evd —E. A. Pierce & Co.
r„„ THE MARKETS
r "n' Spot . UK *
c" 0n seed- "**on, ton .... $33.0
°n seed, car lot, ton_$36.0
Close on New York cotton fo
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No. 3 Sets Record
With 48 Seniors;
| Medals Awarded
Graduates 48 Seniors, Thought To
Be Largest In Rural School
Ranks.
The most widely attended clos
ing exercises of the No. 3 school
system in the history of the schools
were climaxed Saturday afternoon
with the graduating exercises of the
: senior class and the making of an
jr.ual awards to honor students.
| Thought by Principal Lawton
Blanton to be the largest graduat
ing class in the history of rural
i Cleveland county schools, diplomas
were presented to 48 seniors.
Prof. A. C. Lovelace president oi
Boiling Springs junior college de
livered the literary address in the
final gathering Saturday afternoon
after the high school and the ele
mentary units at Patterson Springs
Earl and Elizabeth had enjoyed
other events during the week.
Medal winners were Nell De
Loatch, scholarship and valedictor
ian closely rivalled by Ruth Wright
Mary Love Bettis, most versatile
Mary Belle Humphries, reader
Lewis Davis, declaimer; Prank
Cornwell, all around athjete, with
second place going to James Pon
der; dramatic, Jessie Lois Hulsey.
Approximately $2,000 in scholar
ships in six southeastern states will
be given to the following students
who also ranked high in scholar
ship, to whom the awards have al
ready been made: Mike Lowery,
Nell DeLoatch, Ruth Wright, Louise
Kendrick, Mary Love Bettis, Mil
dred Bari, Pansey Blanton, Frank
Cornwell, Helen Borders, Sarah
Thrift, Roy Weathers, Lucille Hen
drfCk, Gladys Whisnant, Robert
Spangler, Margaret Horton, Jessie
Lois Hulsey, Mary Belle Humphries,
G. C. McClure, jr.
Former Shelby Lady
Passes In Daville
Shelby friends of the W. D Wig
gins family regret to learn of the
death in Danville, Va., of Mrs. W.
D. Wiggins who formerly lived here
where her husband was in charge
of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
company office. She had been sick
for sometime.
Funeral services were held in
Danville Sunday afternoon at four
O'clock at the home of her moth
er, Mrs. Ida L. Lentz. Surviving are
her husband, three children, Evelyn,
Mary Lee and William Wiggins, jr.,
her mother and four brothers.
Mrs. Wiggins was a member of the
First Baptist church of Shelby.
Telephone Rates
Cut In County
And Over State
Retroactive To Oct. 1
Last Year
New Rates Which Go In Effect In
Shelby, Kings Mountain, Grov
er and Waco.
Telephone subscribers of the
Southern Bell Telephone and Tele
graph compand which has systems
in Shelby, Kings Mountain, drover
and Waco are to benefit in a state
wide rate reduction.
An agreement was signed in Ra
leigh Saturday between officials of
the telephone company and the
members of the Utilities Commis
sion. Litigation had been under way
over telephone rates for the last 16
months and this agreement on low
er rates is a compromise of the case
which has been pending in the
courts.
The rates are retroactive to Oc
tober 1, 1935 and subscribers of the
telephone company will receive re
funds representing the amount they
have been overcharged, on the basis
of the reduced rates, for the period
between October 1, 1935 and May
31, 1936.
About 80,000 subscribers to thi
Southern Bell service in North Car
olina will be benefitted close tc
$300,000 annually by the rate reduc
tions.
Subscribers will be refunded the
difference between the new rates
\ and the old rates since October 1
I of last year. Just how this refund
I will come, has not been announced
whether by check or credit on fu
ture telephone bills.
New Rate*
New rates to be placed In effect
on June 1st for Shelby are as fol
lows;
Shelby, business phones: one oar
ty, tt.15rtwo-Wtri3.25; three
party $2.75; rural subscribers *2.25
Shelby, residential rates: One
party $2.25; two party $2.00; three
party $1.50; rural $1.75. •
Kings Mountain, business phones:
One party $3.50; two party $3.00;
three party $2.50; rural $2.25. Resi
dential rates: One party $2.25; twe
party *1.75; three party $1,550; ru
ral $1.50. v
Grover rates: Business phones:
One party *3.00; two party $2.50;
three party $2.00; rural $1.75.
Residential rates: one party $1.75;
two party *1.50; three party $150;
rural $1.50.
Waco rates: business phones: One
party $3.00; two party $2.50; rural
$1.75.
Residential rates: One party $1.75;
two party $150; rural $150.
Rioters Set Fire
To Churches And
Schools In Spain
MADRID, Spain, May 4.—(VP)—
Rioters, inflamed by rumors that
priests were distributing poisoned
candy to children, set fire to more
than 12 Roman cathode churches,
schools and monasteries. At least 34
persons, including 32 nuns were
wounded.
The fierce rioting since October,
1934, spread through the north part
of the cajJttal.
Five churches, two convent
schools and two homes of priests
were destroyed by rioters who cut
fire hoses and threatened'firemen
attempting to save the building.
Rioters exchanged gunfire with
squads of civil guards attempting
to clear the streets.
Is 77 Years Of Age And Has 77
Living Children, Grandchildren
James Monroe Hawkins is 77
years of age and has a child or
grandchild for each of the years of
his life. That is he has nine living
children and 68 grandchildren.
This record was brought to life
on last Sunday when the children
and grandchildren all came to the
Hawkins homeplace at Trinity in
No. 2 township to honor the birth
day of Mr. Hawkins who reached a
milestone on April 27.
Mr. Hawkins is one of the most
remarkable men in the western
part of Cleveland county in that
he has reared such a large family,
has always worked hard, and still
goes to the field, has his entire cot
ton crop planted and is ready to
begin the other field work.
“If I didn't have it planted, I
wouldn't be here,” he told a re
porter here today, having come to
Shelby to see about this new farm
program, which he said he was be
ginning to like mighty well. He cul
tivates a 30-acre farm practically
hlone.
In his married life of 87 years
he has reared nine children, all of
whom are now living. Mrs. Haw
kins is still able to work around the
house and garden. Before mar
riage she was Miss Evaltne Mathey
of Rutherford county. She is now
73.
Twenty-three years of Mr. Haw
kins’ life was spent at Caroleen at
the cotton mill, and his boys are
now connected with mills in Cleve
Continued on page two)
Straw Newspaper Balloting
Indicates Second Primary
Straw balloting being conducted
by 24 newspapers in North Carolina
to ascertain the sentiment of the
voters on the governor’s race, indi
cates that a second-primary will b<
necessary to settle th^ nominatior
between Clyde R. Hoey and Dr
Ralph McDonald.
Percentages in the first 80 coun
ties to report give McDonald 48 pel
cent of the total vote cast. Hoey li
second with about 34 per cent ol
the vote and Graham is third wltl
17 per cent. McRae has been giver
only 2 per cent of the total.
Hoey Strong In West.
At the same time that voters lr
the populous piedmont countiei
were showing a preference for th<
McDonald candidacy, 17 counties ir
the Asheville district expressed i
distinct preference for Hoey. Thi
Sh#»lhv Iftwvpr ku) n pIpup Ip art n1
better than 2 to 1 over McDonald
and 3 1-2 to 1 over Graham.
In 10 counties In the Charlotte
area, where botn Mr. Hoey and
Ueut. Gov. Graham ere well known
Hoey has about 5£ per cent of the
total vote. McDonald Is given 33 1-2
per cent with Graham and McRae
splitting the remainder. Cleveland
county. In the Charlotte area Is giv
1 lng Hoey an 87 per cent vote while
McDonald has a 3 to 2 advantage
over Hoey In Mecklenburg county.
Forsyth la Loyal.
If Hoey's home precincts may be
rated as faithful to his candidacy
the bailiwicks of McDonald are
equally as loyal to their favorite
! son. Returns from Forsyth count)
and eight nearby counties give Mc
' Donald a 3 to 1 vote over Hoey
Continued on nan> two)
Agent Advises To Plan Crop
For Co-operationln “AAA”
--
1 Although the actual time first al
jloted to filling out work-sheets far
compliance with the new farm pro
gram Is over, County Agent Wil
kins pointed out today that there
will possibly be an extension of
time for the worksheets and strong
ly advised all farmers to plant ac
cordingly.
“Plan to plant your cotton, corn,
legumes and other crops in a pro
portion that will allow you to fill
out the worksheet a little later and
be in line for payment* next fall.”
Just when the work wyi be done
is not now known, but it will likely
be In the next two weeks.
Hundreds of farmers are already
signed up and have met necessarj
requirements, but there are a num
ber of others for which the follow'
ing rules about worksheets will b<
valuable information:
Where one or more farms in thi
same county under the same own
ership are operated in ’ 1936 as i
single farming unit by the sami
operator, they will be covered b;
one worksheet.
If two or more farms are operat
ed by the same person, but are un
der different ownership, each sep
arately owned farm will bo coverei
Continued on.page two)
Hagood Serves
One Day, Retires
To Write A Book
WASHINGTON, May 4.—(JP)—Ma
jor General Johnson Hagood, after
serving only one full day as com
manding officer of the sixth army
corps area at Chicago, requested im
mediate retirement today. In a com
munication received here at the
same time from Chicago the veter
an offlcr, who spent seven weeks in
military exile after he criticized
NRA spending policies, announced
he expected to go to his home in
Charleston, S. O., to write a book.
“In It” he said, “I shall show how
the United States can get much bet
ter national defense at much less
cost to the taxpayer”
During part of the time he has
been on Inactive duty, after losing
command of the 8th corps area,
General Hagood has worker with
Sears Roebuck ft Co. He is under
stood to have been tendered a per
manent position with that firm but
to have decided against accepting an
active business oonnectinn. He would
automatically retire for age next
year on his sixty-fourth birthday.
McDonald Voted
For Sale Tax On j
Meals And Rooms
Although Dr. Ralph McDonald,
candidate for governor in the
Democratic primary to be held June
6 is making his fight against the
sales tax the paramount issue in
this campaign, it 1s charged that he
voted for a sales tax on the gross
receipts of hotels and restaurants
from meals and rooms.
He denied that he had voted when
the statement was made by Clyde
R. Hoey, but a copy of House Jour
nal of the 1935 session of the gen
eral assembly shows that Mr. Mc
Donald did vote for such a sales
tax.
The house of representatives of
which he was a member at the
time, had under consideration a bill
to levy a sales tax on the gross re
ceipts from meals and rooms. On
page 800 of the House Journal it
reveals that a vote was taken and
Dr. McDonald voted for the sales
tax.
His statement now being made in
the campaign in which he is so
bitterly opposing the sales tax in
any form, do not square with his
recorded vote.
Zero MuD, Aged 76
Ends Own Life By
Jumping Into Well
Despondency brought on by a loni
period of ill health and a weakene<
mind was responsible for the deatl
yesterday morning at six o’clock fo;
Zero Mull, 76-year-old farmer o
upper Cleveland whp ended his lift
by jumping into his own well when
he was drowned.
Funeral services for Mr. Mul
were held this afternoon at Casa:
Baptist church at 2 o’clock with hi
pastor Rev. W. G. Camp of Cher
ryville in charge. A large crowd o
his friends and relatives was pres
ent for the final rites.
Had Been Watched
Mr. Mull had been dismissed fron
the Shelby hospital a few days agi
and was at his home, and it was re
ported he had been nervous an<
restless, and his wife and othe:
members of the family had beei
watching him.
On Sunday morning he arosi
rather early, saying he was goini
to walk around a little. He was sooi
missed and a search was started
He was discovered to be In thi
family well. He was still struggling
but was drowned before the fam
ily could get enough help ant
equipment to rescue him. It wa
nearly one and a half hours before
he could be reached.
Coming from one of the mos
prominent families in Clevelan<
county, Mr. Mull was lohg connect
ed with the Cleveland Mill anc
Power company as manager of thei;
Casar store. He later had a mer
cantile business of his own. He wa.
considered a good farmer, and al
ways took an active part in count;
politics
Survivors are his wife, who wa
before marriage Miss Etta Hull, hi;
death breaking a marriage tie o
nearly 80 years There are three son;
and two daughters, Dr. W. P. Mull
surgeon and commander in thi
United States Naval Service h
Washington, D. C.; Fred Mull, o
Shelby. Charles Mull, of Gastonia
Mrs. Prank Price of Chase City, Va
and Mrs. J. O. Hoyle of Casar.
A brother Attorney John Mul
lives in Morganton and anothe:
bi other, Arch Mull, lives in Cali
fomia. Interment will be in the
Casar Baptist church cemetery.
No Opinion Today
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 4.
UP—Another opinion session fallec
to produce a supreme court rulini
today on constitutionality of the
Guffey coal act.
21 Candidates Out
For County Office
In Coming Primary
Seven Offices Still
Vacant
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List Of All Flirt! Given By Chair
man Mull; Ends This
Week.
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At two o'clock today 21 candidate*
tot major and minor political of
I flees In Cleveland county for the
I Democratic primary of June 6 had
filed with Board of Elections Chair
man John P. Mull, the latest three
to file being the board Incumbent
of commissioners whose member!
tiled this morning.
The commissioners are Chairman
J. L. Herndon, Joe E. Blanton and
George Cornwell, the latter making
his first race as he is filling out the
term of Rev. J. D. Morris, resigned.
Expect More
A number of. other candidates are
expected to file this week, before
the closing date of May 9. Registra
tion books will open after that
date and will remain open for three
Saturdays at the 26 polling places
Judges for the eleotlon will be
named by Chairman Mull after
filing dates are closed. Following
are the candidates who are eligible
1 for the race now:
Sheriff—Raymond CUne and Ir
vin Allen; legislature—Raymond
Sunders, Ernest Gardner and J. B
| Smith; coroner, Dr. D. M. Morrison
‘ and Roscoe Lutz; recorder—A. A
Powell; solicitor—Reuben Elam and
Frank L. Hoyle, Jr.
wiuivjui, v. •«. w. *■ inuiva , vuui'
I missloners, J. L. Herndon, Joe E
Blanton, George Cornwell; constable
No, 9 township, Clyde Peeler, Tom
Sweezy; constable No. 6, R. B. Ketj
. crick; constable No, a, w. B. Dodd
justice of peace, .No. 5. 8. L. Delttn
, ger; constable In No. 4, C. H. Shep
‘ herd; Justice of peace, No. 3, W. G
Graham.
» There are no filed candidates foi
county treasurer, registrar of deeds
and none for the county board ol
education, although the board U in
1 session this afternoon and members
are expected to fQe some time to
: day.
1 Kings Mountain
To Get CCC Camp
YORK, 8. C., May 4.—Another
CCC camp will be established in the
l Kings Mountain park section tc
. take the place of the one removed
. 10 days ago. it is stated in a tele
gram received by Solicitor W. Gist
, Finley here from Senator James F
| Byrnes. The personnel of a CCC
camp in Georgia will be transferred
to the Kings Mountain area, if the
! present plans of the government are
, carried out, it is said.
! Reach New High
In P. O. Receipts
Gauged by postal * receipts,
' business continues in the city
of Shelby.
During the month of April the
postoffice qbowed a gross busi
ness of $7,185 in receipts, com
pared to $6,215 for the same
month last year, an increase of‘
[ $970 in a single month.
Postmaster Frank L. Hoyle
said today that this is the blg
I, gesfc April the office has ever
had, and added that although
l! May is usually a slack month
,i that it will go far above nor
| mal.
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I New Historian
>|*ii
P. CLEVEI/AND GARDNER
Gardner Elected
i |
County Historian
As Boards Gather
I
Commialonera Request Governor To
Cancel May Term Of Civil
Court.
! -
j Meetings of the county board of;
I commissioners and board of educa- {
tion were in progress today, the
ijr-aw-iW
education leaders coming together
thik afternoon.
| Petition to the governor to can
cel the May; term of civil court!
scheduled for the county was made'
by the board of commissioners this)
morning, a move which will save j
the comity about $700. The reason!
was given that there are such a
few cases on the docket, it is un
necessary to have a Judge sent here.
Appointment
Appointment was made Just be
fore noon of Attorney P. p. Gard
ner as county historian, to lake
the place or W. E. white, former
teacher and historian of the coun
ty who was killed last month In an
auto accident near Clinton.
Mr. Gardner was named by the
board an being one of the best in
formed men on the history of the
county, both as to family history
and political and social history of
! Cleveland.
He said Immediately after learn
ing of the appointment, "If there Is
anything I can do to be of service
to the people of Cleveland county,
I shall be glad to do so. There are
a number of things I think should
be done to preserve the historical
i facts of the county. A little later
! 1 should like to make some recom
mendations."
The board of education Was not
expected to have a history making
conference, but will work out sotae
of the details of the school build
ing program of which the first half
is being climaxed this week and of
i which work on the second half will
begin Immediately.
Urge Short Route
WOODRUFF, 8. C., May 4.—(/Pi—
The Anderson-Woodruff-York high
way league urged eighteen state
senators and representatives by let
ter today to foster a proposed “short
way" route from Norfolk, Virginia,
to Houston, Texas, through Ander
son', Spartanburg. Laurens and
• York counties.
Hoey Warns That Enemy In Rank
|j is Much Worse Than An Outsider
, Carrying his campaign lor the
. Democratic nomination lor Gov
, ernor into Western North Carolina,
t where for more than 30 years he
has waged his party’s battles
against the Republicans, Clyde R.
1 Hoey warned Democrats against
1 "the enemy within our ranks."
“We have a strange situation to
. day,” said Mr. Hoey. “We have**
■ man who is seeking the Democratic
nomination for the high office of
Governor on a platform of attack
ing the record erf the party.
"Ralph McDonald charges that
■ the Democratic party is machine
> controlled and is dominated by
■ corporations and wealth. He says
: that Democratic administrations
have crippled the schools and be
trayed the people.
“I submit that U these charges
are true, then the Democratic par
ty Is not fit to govern North Car
olina and should be thrown out of
power. But IX these charges are
not true, then I submit that the
man who makes them Is not fit to
receive the Democratic nomina
tion for Governor.”
Answering the charges one by
one. Mr. Hoey presented official
figures showing that corporations
pay almost $13,000,000 a year into
the state treasury in franchise and
corporation income taxes. The North i
Carolina corporation franchise tax1
Is exceeded by the rate in only four,
Continued on page two)
Haile Selassie
Flees Invasion
Of Duce’s Annies
Bandits Go Wild
In Addis Ababa
American Minister Van H.
Engert Protects Life, Howe •
With Gun.. .
(By Associated Press)
Beleaguered Americans in
fire ravaged Addis Ababa
fought for their lives today as
native marauders made a sav
age attack.
Haile Selassie, who fled be
fore the invasion of Premier
Mussolini’s Blackshirt armies,
will seek refuge in Palestine
Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden told the British House
of Commons today.
Armed "with only nine rifles and
two Shotguns American Minister
Cornelius Van H. Engert advised the
state department In Washington by
wireless the American delegation
leught off a charge by bandits be
hind their flimsy defenses. After a
brisk exchange of shots the band
was driven off, leaving none either
killed or wounded.
Surprise Attack
Engert said natives made the
surprise attack on the legation'! two
bates, pouring heavy rifle fire Into
the compound from behind trees
and fences. A bullet struck danger
ously close to Mrs. Sngert, who had
elected to stay with her husband.
Marshal Pietro Badagllo, com
mander In chief of the Italian
armies In East Africa, advised his
government that Italia Eritrean
Continued on page two*
5 N. C. Prisoners
Escape In Duplin
HALEIOH. May m~#lv* prls
oncCi overpowered a guard and es
caped at the Kenansvllle prison
camp In Duplin county today, the
state penal division announced
The men, all white, disarmed but
did not attack the guard. Sato Coley,
of Wilmington, and escaped with
his pistol and shotgun. All Wore
stripes. Three of the escapees were
Identified as Kenneth Hughes of
Yancey county, said to be a former
Magnolia bank robber: Horace Nlch
ols of Alamance; and Lao O. Pol
lard of Durham county.
About thirty officers, with three
sets of bloodhounds began the
search for the men.
The prisoners were members of a
party of ten wot king on a county
highway leading out of Magnolia. As
their truck stepped the guard slip
ped out and was seized by two of
the men.
Mother Of Four
Is Found Dazed
LAURENS, S. C.. May 4.—<AV
Mrs. R. D. Arnold, 30, mother of
four children and wife of a Laurens
postal worker, was found in a dazed
condition half a mile from her home
today after disappearing last night.
She was discovered asleep under
a large rock by one group of hun
dreds of citizens who had searched
for her throughout the night. A
physician said she Apparently need
ed only a rest to restore her to nor
mal.
Mrs. Arnold was missed shortly
after she put one of her children to
bed. Her husband said she appar
ently had merely walked off.
Recorder Suspends
Driver’s License
George E. Sperling, No. 6 farmer
was fined $50 and the costs and
had his drivers license suspended
for 12 months in recorder’s court
today after he pled guilty to driv
ing drunk. N
Judge Weathers said in optil
court that be had been accused of
giving secret hearings and declared
that he and Solicitor Hoyle have
tried all eases as soon as they come
into court.
Former Judge Joe Wright was
called to the bench as recorder pro
tein in the case of a fist fight to
-rhich two Waco men, Alin Yarboro
and William Stroupe pled guilty
N