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WEATHER Nartta Carolina: Generally fair onjght and Saturday; scattered light frost low places. %hflbv temperatures for yester day; High 55. LOW 42, Rainfall .75. Tshe Hhelby Baily Stett MARKETS Cotton, spot.12*4 to 13*4e Cotton mod. wagon. ton .... >31.AC Cotton Mod, ear, ton ...... $34.00 FORMERLY THE CLEVELAND STAR, ESTABLISHED 1894 Yvnl. XLII—NO. 144 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS THE SHELBY DAILY STAR SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, NOV. 13, 1936 AUDITED CIRCULATION SINGLE COPIES Be \TarHeel Desperado Is Nabbed IERAL AGENTS CAPTURE BANDIT WANTED IN N. C. I Reese Bailey Shot and Taken In Ohio Gun Battle IS DEPERADO JACKSON, O., Nov. 13.— VP) — | federal agents and Ohio officers Lot and captured a sharpshooting I neaped convict, whom they iden Lfifd as Reese Bailey, 30, In an I early morning gun battle today on i farm nine miles northwest of I tore Bailey, who escaped from the I gate penitentiary at Raleigh, N. O March 22, 1934, was wounded twice. TWten to a Chillicothe hospital, hit condition was reported as not I serious. Department of Justice records [described Bailey as a “desperate triminal, armed at all times and open with both pistol and rifle.” Ten Federal agents, Sheriff W. P. Turner of Jackson county and po lice chief Ben W. Aout of Chilli eothe surrounded the farm home | before daylight. Bailey, his wife and three children had been living | there a year. Tries To Shoot Traped. Bailey tried to escape by [ tooting his .way out. Volleys of shots from the officers’ gun felled him. Rout said that more than a | town shots were exchanged. Bailey was wanted by the De jartment of Justice for violating the national motor vehicle theft at. He was indicted at Asheville, R. C„ last March 14 for transport ing a stolen car from Blowing Rock, N. c„ to Erwin, Tenn. He escaped from the penitentiary liter serving two years of a ten fear eentence for highway robbery. Th Cleveland office of the de partment of justice said that Bai ley was suspected in connection «ith bank robberies, but that no *arge of this nature was against him. ttl'CATED AND Or PROMINENT FAMILY GREENVILLE, S. C„ Nov. 13.— (P-Solicitor J. G. Leatherwood said Bailey, captured at Jackson, Ohio, this morning, was positively identified by local officers as a »*mber of the Bailey gang that *ot down Policeman A. B. Hunt to » street battle in 1932. Captured in North Carolina a **t time afterward, the entire Da? was freed in a court hearing •dore Judge Hoyle Sink of Sylva, *h° accepted one member’s alibi that his wounds had been inflicted ® a drunken fight with his best «*nd and not in the battle with wwnvilie officers, Mr. Leatherwood South Carolina officers concen ~,ted on a single member of the „ v^ay Bailey. 25-year-0ld broth 1of Beese, took his case to the su preme coUrt, finally got an order ® hLs tradition, then had to VW0'Vear search before cap . s 11Tn in Georgia last year. De e counsel that. included Clyde now governor-elect of Cr,™lina. entered a plea of lj{‘ , and Ray ^ now serving a * ^-educated member of a JLJ&***- well-to-do Tran v*. c > family, Reese Bailey to up* lfnt at Purman university to th, Was facetiously pictured Hunt knuUrman annual ***** the •choir,85 a candidate for the sutTli t, Ha 1 of Fame ” He was «t a statin'* had 8tudied previously Caroling teacller’s c°Bege in North C,v,l Court Grants Several Divorces •^coi!rtVember term ot Superior JMfr pp, Came to 411 end today as 2? B-A,ley left ** hte “>S sir ri, Wa'nesvUle after &rant aoitf iUf J r‘!T??' Few maln damage W for " °n th* docket were caU vJTJjl Hattte Lo**n »nd Wni Eu lU Hajdy; Myrtle Short Bahian n,°rt.: 00611 Blanton and ‘'i'i It", , u, °n: M‘idml Wolfe 1 1 Allen• .«lfe’ Caro1 AUen ^d H curt!! - MyrUe Curtls «ld D. ( I Seeks Settlement His weariness from many sleepless hours shown in his eyes, Edward F. McGrady, assistant secretary of la bor and ace "trouble-shooter’’ of the labor department, pauses to light a pipe at San Francisco while striving to settle the maritime dis pute paralyzing American shipping. (Associated Press Photo) MIND'S FREEDOM GRAHAM’S THEME IN SPEECH HERE Calls For 100% Res tor&tion Teacher** Pay Calling fdr 100 percent restoration *of teachers salaries and giving de tailed explanations of the southern conference athletic plan and the consolidation of the university, Dr. Frank P. Graham, president of the University of North Carolina, ad dressed over 200 in the Legion build ing here last night. Dr. Graham was speaking to a joint dinner meeting of the Shelby civic clubs, the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary who had as their dinner guests teachers of the pub lic schools in Shelby. Introduced By Hoey He was introduced by Governor elect Clyde R. Hoey, whom Walter E. Abemethy, toastmaster, present ed as the ‘‘second Aycock” of North Carolina. The occasion was a part of the observance of Education Week, sponsored nationally by the Ameri can Legion and PTA. Preliminary remarks were made by leaders of the organiations rep resented. Mary liarry S. Woodson promised to “swap” a power plant project for a new high school build ing if necessary. Dr. Graham prefaced his remarks by reference to the recent Harvard tercentenary which he said was the greatest educational event of the (Continued on page ten.) Find Baby’s Body SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13.—0P>— Federal inspectors here said today the body of a baby found in a pack age opened at the dead letter of fice of the postoffice. They said that due to its condition they could not tell its age or sex. All Trade Moves Forward States Dun, Bradstreet NEW YORK. Nov. 13. — Nearly all branches of trade moved for ward in a definite manner this week. Dun & Bradstreet reported today. “The drop in temperatures made more expansive the spending mood of consumers,” the agency’s review of businss said, “giving a surge to retail distribution in the majority of key centers. “Buying in wholesale markets became more aggressive, as store stocks dwindled and further short ages appeared in items needed for the Christmas shopping season. Re tail distribution was estimated at from 3 to 8 per cent ahead of the preceding week and from 15 to 25 per cent better than the same week a year ago. Nearly all lines of seasonable merchandise shared in the rapidly widening demand, the review said. Textile production was said to have made further headway, par ticularly silk, rayon and hosiery. Many print cloth mills was said to be booked through to April, 1937. Want To Move Clevenger Suit ASHEVILLE, Nov. 13—<iP)—Coun sel lor two of the defendants In the $50,000 damage suit brought against owners of the Battery Park Hotel for the detah of Helen Clevenger Superior ooudU-tn. move the case to U. B. district court. Miss Clevenger, young New York university co-ed. was slain fti her room at the Battery Park last July 16, and Martin Moore, former ne gro hallboy at the hotel, is under sentence to die for the crime. The petition for a transfer was filed by-the St. Louis Union Trust company and James H. Grover. Another motion has been filed with the court asking that the name of the Knott Hotel company, another defendant, be stricken from the suit. It Is contended the company has no connection with the hotel. The damage suit was brought by Clinton B. Clevenger, an uncle of the slain girl. Junior Order Plans Countywide Meeting Plans were announced today for an annual Junior Order Rally to be held in Shelby Tuesday Nov. 17 at 7:30 in the evening at the Ju nior Order hall on Graham street. A number of prizes will be given for attendance from the various lodges in the county. Alvin H. Smith will entertain the group with a new program. A general speaker will be announced later. THANKSGIVING DAY PROCLAMATION MADE WASHINGTON, Nov. J3-—<4>>— President Roosevelt today pro claimed Thursday, Nov. 26, as "a day of national Thanksgiving” and asserted America stood ready to “promote International friendship and, by tjie avoidance of discord, to further world peace, prosperity and happiness.” Invitation To World Textile Meet Accepted By Europeans GENEVA, Nov. 18.— (ff) —Dele gates to the International Labor organization accepted enthusiasti cally today an invitation from President Roosevelt for an Inter national Textile conference in Washington next spring. The conference probably will be held earl yin April and will dis cuss adoption of the 40 hour week, working conditions and customs problems facing th# world textile industry. All countries desiring to attend will be invited, probably 32 in all, including Germany Delegates will represent governments, employers and workers. The invitation was presented by Carter Goodrich, United Stares La-: hor commissioner at Geneva, '‘red eric Leggett, British representative, in summarizing the speeches of accptance, declared President Roo sevelt possessed "immense prestige” and added: “I am convinced a 40 hour week for textiles is coming, but It re quires the cooperation of employ ers and workers." "What we particularly wish is that the American people might have the opportunity of seeing the International Labor organization at its characteristic work and of feeling its characteristic vitality,’' Goodrich said. • He declared the United States has a keen interest in the textile question because of the part the in dustry plays in the nation’s econ omic life. * AERIAL FIGHTS MARK LINGERING WARJN SPAIN Six Fascist Ships Shot Down Over City Of Madrid peopleTwatch MADRID, Nov. 13.—(/P)—Six Fas cist palnes were shot down today in a raging, mass fight with govern ment warcraft over Madrid. Two of the planes fell within sight of thousands of Madrllenos In Madrid! Nov! 13!—(/p>— " Madrid’s Montant barracks and the whole line of fortifications In the vicinity of Segovia bridge were bombed In a daring insur gent air raid late today—sev eral hours after government planes had won a spectacular victory In a battle over the cap ital. Three fascist tri-motors, guarded by six pursuit planes, roared out of a dense cloud bank In the western sky at 3:20 p. m. and spilled 14 huge bombs. Five of the projectiles hit Montana barracks, while sev eral thousand government troops are quartered. The raid came on the heels of a mass aerial battle in which the government announced it had downed six planes. the streets of the, capital. Four oth ers crashed behind the Insurgent lines at the cdgtMaf over the capital in a fortnight. 21 Planes Involved Twenty-one planes, 12 of them raiders from the Fascist lines, par ticipated. One of the victims, an Insurgent two-seater, crashed in flames in the courtyard of the government barracks. Three para (Continued on Page Ten) ITALY PLANS TO ABOLISH COURTS Legal Profession To Be Socialized Duce Decides ROME, Nov. 13.—(/P)—Premier Mussolini has decided to abolish existing Italian courts of law, sub stituting state committees, and so cializing the legal profession, offi cial sources disclosed today. Attorneys described the project as “one of the most important changes in 20th century jurisprud ence.” A committee of eminent lawyers and officials from the ministry of justice is working out the details to replace the courts with the state boards, authoritative quarters as serted. The committee’s report is ex pected to be finished soon, when it will be handed the ministry of justice for action. Special Tribunal Abolition Is also planned for the special tribunal for defense of the state. This court was established ten years ago after an 18-ycar-old youth attempted to assassinate the (Continued on Page Ten) Demands Highway Books Be Opened RALEIGH, Nov. 13.—(AV-John H. Polger, former state senator from Surry county, demanded today that the hooks of the State Highway and Public Works Commission be open ed for public inspection as he ar gued the merits of his county’s claim for $640,000 repayment before the commission investigating highway claims. former Senator P. ©. Harding, presenting a $1,593,661 claim for Pitt county, also quoted the late Prank Page, commission chairman IS years ago, as saying tn 193! thatr adjustments would be made with counties for their part in the road building program. Folger argued the highway com mission did not follow a 1927 law in Hlloting road funds from a $30, 000.000 bond issue of that year. »| Two Dead, Many Hurt In Train Wreck Two mambar* of tho craw ware killed and • aeora of paraona war* Injured In the plunge of a Big Four paaaenger train over a 40-foot embankment near Indlanapolla, Ind. The loeomotlve and two care remained on tho ralle but 10 other eara leaped from a bridge over a email ereek and tumbled down the banka and plied up In the bod of tho etream. A aectlon of tha wreokago la ahown above. (Aaaoolated Praaa Photo) Bailey Carolina’s No. 1 Desperado Mr. Pitts Declares RAUSIGH, Nov. 18.—VP>—Reese Bailey, captured by Federal Agents •urom-vmr. descrtbedi>y Oscar Pitts, acting director of the North Carolina Penal division, as “North Carolina's number one des perado." Bailey was a member of the Bailey gang, members of which have been implicated in a long se ries of crime for several years. They were alleged by officers to have perpetrated a series of bank robberies In North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, as well as numerous holdups and other crimes. Time after time there was evidence that members had sallied from the mountain fastnesses near Burnsville to stage another swift coup and return to their own crags before pursuit could be organised. Finally Ray Bailey's brother, was wounded in a gun battle at Green ville, S. C., In which Policeman A. B. Hunt was killed. He attempted to prove a strong alibi, and North Carolina once declined to allow him to be evtradited, but finally he was tried and is now serving a prison term In that state. Reese Bailey and some of his confederates were the object of a (Continued on page ten.) Gaston Negro Dies In Electric Chair RALEIGH, Nov. 13.—W—“Coun try John" Pressley, 43 year old light colored Gaston county negro, died by electricity at State’s prison to day for murder in what may have been North Carolina’s last legal electrocution. The man died still contending he killed Sylvester Glover of Bessemer City in self defense during a fight arising from a crap game. Governor Ehrlngbaus granted Pressley seven reprieves as an ex haustive Investigation was made of his case—state officials expressing belief the seven stays set a record. Prssley killed Glover In January 1935. He was convicted of murder committed befqre July 1, 1935 and therefore his sentence was death by electricity. The penalty for all capital felony convictions for crimes committed after the first of July last year is now legal gas exe cution. ' 4 < Should anyone later be convict ed of a capital crime committed between 1910 and last year the pen alty would be electrocution. Polkville School Opens On Nov. 23 The Polkvtlle school will not open on November 16 as announced but un November 23, it wus learned to day. Extension of time Is to en able children to h:-lp finish gather j ing the cotton crop. Jacob S. Maaney, Founder Of Kings Mountain, Dies Pioneer Citizen Succumbs In 91st Year; Was Mill Man, Merchant And Banker; Jacob 8. Mauney, who with his brother the late Andrew Mautfey, founded the town of Kings Moun tain, died this morning at 9 o’ clock at his home in his 91st year. He had been sick for a week and developed pneumonia only last night. Funeral services will be held from Saint Matthews .Lutheran church Sunday afternoon at 3 o’ c'jbck with services In charge at the pastor, Rev. L. Boyd Hamm. The body will lie in state at the church from one o'clock until the funeral services begin. Born on Muddy Fork in Oaston county' near Cherryville, Jacob and Andrew Mauney moved to Kings Mountain In 1879 and engaged themselves in farming and the mercantile business. That was about the time the main line of the Southern Railway was being built and their store and first cotton mill known as the Kings Mtn. Mfg. Co. formed the nucleus around which the town was built. Pioneer Textile Man Mr. Mauney and his family also built four other cotton mills, the Bonnie, Anna, Mauney and Sadie. The Anna, however, Is no longer In the hands of the Mauney family. The Mauneys also organised the First National Bank which today is one of the strong banking institu tions of this section. In 1873 Mr. Mauney was married to Margaret Julietta Rudasill and they were happy companion until her passing In 1930. His brother Andrew with whom he was asso ciated in his business ventures at Kings Mountain represented Cleve land County in the Oeneral Assem bly a number of years ago. He died several years ago. Surviving are the following sons, Samuel A., Rufus L., Doris Carl.. William Kemp Mauney, all of Kings Mtn.. Rev. John David Mauney of Hickory and one daugh ter Mrs. E. C. Cooper of Kings Mountain. One brother S. 0. Mauney and one sister, Mrs, M. L. Rudaslll, both of Cherryville also survive. DR. POTEAT NEW BAPTIST LEADER Noted Educator Suc ceeds Dr. Wall; Fine Meeting DURHAM, Nov. 13.—(/P)—Dr. Wil liam Louis Poteat, 80 -ytfer-old pres ident emeritus of Wake Forest col lege, today took over the duties as head of the Baptist denomination In North Carolina. Dr. Poteat was chosen president of the state Baptist convention at its closing session here. He was elect ed after Dr. Zeno Wall of Shelby, head of the convention for four years, declined to permit his name to be put In nomination. An expected discussion over the question of dancing at Wake For est' college failed to develop, Trus tees who had voted to permit danc ing on the campus at the Baptist Institution were re-elected without opposition. The convention adopted a con stitutional amendment which will prevent a member from serving on more than one board at a time. It Instructed the convention sec retary, M. A. Huggins, to proceed with the purchase of the Dr. George W. Truett home place In Clay coun ty. It was not disclosed definitely (Continued on page ten.) Barnwell Driver Hart, His Brother Killed Last Year Cart Brent, Barnwell Bros, driv er, was seriously hurt in an acci dent near Alexandria. Va., early this morning in which a Martins ville, Va., man was killed according to information received first by the Associated Press and later by the Barnwell firm company here. He is reported to have a fractured skull and other Injuries. Mr Brent is the brother of W. T Brent, killed more than a year ago in an accident on a K. and 8. truck in Baltimore. He is well known In Siielby, where he drove for K. and S. several years. Re cently he has been with Barnwell Bros, on the Baltimore-Burlington A run. He has been living in Balti more most of the time the pvt few months. Two of the big trucks collided on the highway when one of them, a Martinsville, Va., truck loaded with furniture pulled out of the line of traffic. Ira Harmon, Martinsville, was killed, and Harold Cecil, Mar tinsville, was badly hurt. Traffic was blocked temporarily, the Associated Press reported, by furniture strewed along the high way. W T. Brent was killed in Balti more last year while asleep. He ; was riding in the trailer bunk and was Instantly killed in a collision of two trucks RUSSIA, ITALY THREATENING TO CAUSETROUBLE Europe Fears Result Of Latest Heated Argument SPANISH^ ISSUE LONDON, Hot. 1*.— m —Th* possibility of » rupture of diplooaa tic relfttiona between Italy and Russia -with Its scaompftnytnf ef* foots—stirred fresh oommsnt la London diplomatic circles today. Debate centered around Mttsr denunciation of what It termed the Moscow government's activity In the ; Spanish Civil war and ssraaattn ro tors to the criticism. Heated Language The exchange of heated tangaage Interrupted a session of the In tar national non-intervention commit tee, whose members last night so quitted Russia of three Italian charges of violation of tha "hands off" policy in tha Siberian conflict. EH no a randl, Italian amhassulng to London, deeland hla nation’s ac ceptance of what he sailed tha Russian “challenge” to soSath* Europe. “Italy, hi fact, la convinced that It is not only ths future of Spain but the future of all civillaed Sn rope that Is at stake today,” Oran di declared. Sarcastically. MolsteyevHeti Ka gan, tha Russian delegate, replied: “It Is a tune with which wa are all familiar: Soviet Communism J# the enemy of the world ana not k (Continued on page tent MArn intr-nr tin* - MCGRADtPLANS NEW ATTACK IN PEACE EFFORTS Idle Ships Clog Ports, Hiring Halls Is Problem .SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. M.-tfV Assistant Labor Secretary Bdwmrd r. McOrady planned a new attack today on the crucial hiring hall tiaua in attempts to arrange a peace Con ference between employees and striking maritime unions. Hie fifteenth day of Mm Strike, affecting 87,000 union wartwra. found NEW YORK, N. Y, NOV. " (#)—New strike threats wars heard on bbth sides of tbs con tinent today while federal offi cials worked at the task of set tling the Issues of a martttaa tleup that has closed' ports to shipping on the Atlantic Seat tle and Gulf coasts. Five hundred men, tbeir ulti matum for higher wages and union recognition rejected, ex pected to walk out of two ship building plants at San Pedro, Calif. idle ships clogging ooaat poirta and sympathy strikes along the Atlantis and Gulf coasts. , Before the federal maritime com mission were union charges that employers bind “spies1* and tapped (Continued on Page Ten! Diet While Astride His Mule At Drink CA8AR, Nov. 13.—Funeral serv ices were conducted at Corinth Baptist church this morning at 11 o’clock ior J. P. (Bud) McNeiUy. 77 years old, who died suddenly November 10th. Mr. McNeiUy had ridden his mule about 300 yards to water, and died while at the drinking place. The mule was still at the drinking place when mem bers or the family found him dead. It was thought he suffered a heart attack. He had been suffering with leakage of the heart for about three years, and was not very well. He had lived in the Casar com munity all his life, andNwas a mill* ef*by trade for a number of years. Hb is survived by his wife, and ttad f following children: Zero, Bynum. Andy and Pink McNeilly and Mrs. Horace Hull, all of Casar. also two brothers A. R. McNeilly of Casa? and Julius McNeiUy of Lawndale, and one sister Mrs. Lisa Jane Oantt of Kings Mountain. ** < Funeral services were conducted ' by Rev. Otis Cook.
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