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WEATHER Sorth Carolina—partly cloudy to ri ,i and Tuesday. Slightly warm er interior Tuesday. Oi Octal Shelby Temperatures: Hl;:h 54; Low 30; Rainfall none. Tflxe Hhelhy Enily thr MARKETS Colton, spot ... I3e to 13%e Cotton orrd, wagon, ton_$38.00 Cotton Bord, rtr, Ion lot .... $38.00 FORMERLY THE CLEVELAND STAR, ESTABLISHED 1896 VOL- X Al—NO. 165 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS THE SHELBY DAILY STAR SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, DEC. 14, 1936 AUDITED CIRCULATION SINGLE COPIES 6c George Becomes King With Heavy Heart ENGLAND QUIET SUNDAY, BISHOP ASKS_PRAYERS Bishop Views With Alarm; Edward In Austria QUEEN IS SICK LONDON, Dec. 14.—(/P) — Kirin George VI, In a message read In the house of lords today, Bid: "1 have succeeded to the throne In circumstances which are without precedent and at a mo ment of great personal distress but I am resolved to do my duty and I a msutained by the knowledge that I am supported by widespread good will and sympathy from all my subjects here and throughout the world. “It will be my constant en deavor, with God’s help and sup ported by my dear wife, to up hold the honor of the realm and promote the happiness of my peoples," LONDON. Dec. 14. — MV-The bead of the Church of England call ed upon the nation to reconsecratr itself today, as Britain’s new v* «rch devotes his birthday to work. The country needs a renewal of Its belief in the Christian life, as serted the Archbishop cf Canter bun, in a castigation of former King Edward as a man who “dis ippcinted hopes so high and aban doned a trust so great.” While Edward rtt'a,'iftl at VpwlHii. Austria, where he retired to await (Continued on page ten.) CHARGE FORGERY TO CASAR BOYS Believe Several More Are In Enterprise; Court Routine Jaaies Bumgarner, 16 and Lester White, 18, residents of near Casar *re 'n the Cleveland county jail following their arrest on charges of forging checks on A. C. Brackett J- F. Logan. The young men are alleged to be * part of a forging conspiracy, all of which has not been discovered. Officers are today working on some other angles of the case. Wednesday has been set for a; “oaring. Some other arrests are ex pected shortly. Sheriff Raymond Cline and Deputies Cordell and Short are seeking clues. Two drivers licenses were remov W by Recorder's court today. Her bert Males was fined $50 and the costs and sentenced to no-driving for 12 months. Jerry Rogers, who had no license, was fined $50 and "1® costs and told not to drive for * year. Both were charged with "htnken driving. Harrison Bivens of the Pleasant Ridge community waived prelim ™ry hearing on charges of stealing Poas from B. H. Smith, farmer of “at community. He Is alleged to ave stolen five bushels of peas and o them to a feed company here, negro was placed under $100 Grady Gamby, Kings Mountain Mh was sentenced to six months Petty larceny of sundry articles “fail for conviction on a charge 7^ Summers Drug store. Re rjer Pro tern E. A. Harrill asked J”. he also be given medical at nation. \ Quinn Moves Office T° Warren St. Home hi Quinn> oldest member of Shelby bar and for many years « active leader In the Republican has given up his office in the „ ‘ ter building and will continue ji hrartice at his home on West **rr® street. Mr/buinn saw the mat* reason! « ^a~5 5116 Practice to his home account of stairs. He is 75 « and doesn't climb steps m, ,I y 38 when he began practic lvli p ^ulnn works mostly with re ijL es and with special proced library is also being! to hts home. | To Starve Madrid Rather Than Try Taking By Storm MADRID, Dec. 14.—(AV-The so cialist defense Junta ordered com plete reorganization today of its militia forces in preparation for a bitter winter siege. While insurgent batteries threw occasional shells into the city, the defense forces were converted into “perfect” army units, the govern ment said. Faced with the probability the insurgent siege would last through out the winter cold, the govern ment planned the reorganization to obtain strict discipline aong the militia units. There was little activity on the entire Madrid front. Sporadt coutbursts of rifle and machine gun lire and a slight ar tillery bombardment were the only sounds that broke the sinister sil ence. The socialists took advantage of the lull to speed evacuation of the i swelling non-combatant population. Observers felt the lull in military | activity indicated the fascists had abandoned their efforts to smash their way into the city and had setled down to a "starvation siege” through the long winter months. Official reports confirmed the loss of 47 lives when the government tfjbmarine C-3 was torpedoed by I another “evidently foreign” sub marine off Malaga last week. Forest City Man Max,Pe Manager WASHINGTON. Dec. 14— UP) — j Representative Zebulon Weaver of Asheville, N. C., said today he had been informed the Asheville region al office of the social security board probably would not be opened un til after January 1 and that a manager probably would not be named before them. It was understood Oscar Mooney ' horn PnrAef nttemAtr ranked among the first five In a state-wide civil service examination for regional managerial posts, stood a good chance of getting the Ashe ville job, since he is from that sec tion of the state. Legislature To Be Through Thursday RALEIGH, Dec. 14.—<£’)—Ad journment (f the special ses sion of the legislature by Thurs day was predicted in some quarters today as the senate met to take up the unemploy ment insurance bill. The administration - prepared j and federal-approved bill pass ed its final reading in the house Saturday without a dissenting vote. It is necessary for the bill to pass three readings on sep arate days in the senate. If no material amendments are offered in the senate, ne cessitating return of the bill to the house for concurrence, the Thursday, permitting legisla measure could become law by tors to return home a full week before Christmas. The house is expected to be idle until the senate finishes with the bill, as both branches agreed to take up nothing else besides the unemployment in surance bill at the special ses sion. The regular biennial ses sion starts January 6. Held In Death Brought to trial at Gainesville, Fla, on chargee of killing Miaa Bonnie Collins, pretty town clerk, and a ne gro first blamed for the crime, A. L. Burton (above), former police chief at High Springs, Fla., claims he found the negro beating Miss Collins in her office and ahot him in an unsuccessful attempt to save her life. (Associated Press Photo) WILSON HOMESTEAD BURNS^GROUND UStt Eitfrrtattd ASove $5,000; Very Old Building A fire loss estimated at approxi mately $5000 was sustained early Saturday morning when the old house of the late Phillip Wilson burned to the ground. The house which is nearly 90 years of age, was one of the oldest residences in the county still in use, and the rich and valuable timbers made a blaze impossible for fire men to control. The house was Just ofT Highway 74 at the eastern out skirts of the city. Toy Mode and family were living in the house which was owned by Bob Wilson, a son of the late builder. There was some insurance, and Mr. Mode was said to have some insurance on the furniture Nothing was saved, Mr. and Mrs. Mode barely escaping with their three children. Scant clothing was obtained and no furniture. A sum of money was said to have been behind the clock. The house, despite its, age, was sturdy and well built, most of the timbers having been hand sawed, with planing and dressing done ac cording to colonial patterns. YOUTH DIES IN AUTO WRECK NEAR EDENTON I EDENTON. Dec. 14. — (/P) — His throat slashed as he was thrown into the windshield, Hubert Nixon, 19 year old youth, was killed and four others were injured in what appeared to be a head-on smashup five miles from Edenton on the Virginia Highway last night. Young Nixon was brought to Edenton but died in a doctor’s office here about 15 minutes after the accident in which Jugular vein was severed. Magistrates Going To School As Hoyle Issues Instructions Justices of the peace, or magis trates and other peace officers in Cleveland county are going to school. Their teacher is Solicitor Frank Hoyle Jr. who has prepared a book far them on forms of indictments; for 69 principal and leading crimes j occurring in the county. Study will be at home and the instruction sheet on how to swear out warrants legally and properly j is being lauded as a very progres- , sive move to make both the J. P. ; courts the Recorder’s and superior court procedure more accurate. J j "While we have been getting the1 ed and covers practically every form best co-operation from most of the magistrates, many of the warrants which come in are really not in-1 iictments, but merely the names of some crime. Sometimes a smart awyer could squash the indictment md if the crime is carried to sup-! srior court, the -solicitor or sorae jne else has to rewrite the war rant. "This list we are giving the mag strates is Indexed and crosa-index >f crime which will likely happen n this county.” Comment of Judge Felix E. Alley md Solicitor L, S. Spurling during fContinucri on pnac ton.) Roosevelt Is Expected To Land At Charleston Early Tuesday Morning No Formalities Planned; Will Speed On To Washington By Special Train To Prepare For Second Inauguration WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, At Sea, Dec. 14.—(tP)—On the last 750-mlle leg of one of the longest voyages ever made by an occupant of the White House, President Roosevelt’s flotilla steamed past the Bahamas today and headed up the Atlantic standing far out to sea off the East Florida coast. * The president is scheduled to land at Charleston, S. C., early Tuesday morning ending a 12,250-mtle jour ney to South America and back. Mr. Roosevelt planned to go di rectly to Washington from Char leston. No plans were made for him to be met by any party leaders or heads of his administrative depart ments. He will hurry to Washington to prepare for his second inaugura tion and for the coming congress session. The commanders of the cruiser Indianapolis, the presidential flag ship, and the escort cruiser Ches ter said the 21-day trip, consider ing the seas traveled and the dis tance, was one of the smoothest voyages In their experience. POSTOFFICE ASKS EARLY MAILING Annual Statement For Care In Handling Issued “People -who shop early and mail early stand a better chance of get* ting their Christmas gifts and packages delivered to their friends oh time and to . better condition*” Ft5CTrfia^rW‘*FTpT^<Tu. IrDyieHmitr day. Mr.Hoyle said some extra help will be added this week to take care of the extra volume of work on up until Christmas. He added that he is expecting one of the busiest years since the depression. The postmaster gave some spe j cial instructions about Christmas mall. "All parcels mast be securely packed and wrapped. Use heavy strong twine and paper. Large packages should be especially rein forced. Fragile things should be so marked. “Perishable packages should be marked “perishable.” Articles likely j to spoil will not be accepted. All postage must be fully pre paid. Be sure it is all there. Par cels over 100 inches in length and 70 pounds in. weight will not be ac cepted. All mail or special delivery services will be given if special stamps are used. “Packages weighing over eight ounces may not be mailed in street boxes. BULLETINS DUKE CASE BACK WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—(/P) —The supreme court today sent back to lower courts for further action litigation challenging the constitutionality of public works administration loans and grants for publicly owned hydro-elec tric projects, started by the Duke Power company in the Greenwood, S. C., project. rHAUlH n. CLfcANn Ur FREMONT. Dec. 14.—(/PH Johnny Peacock, received a check for $10,000 today for sign ing as property of the gold plated Red Sox baseball clnb. The former University of North Carolina all-around athlete sign ed with the Red Sox after Com misiener K. M. Landis ruled recently he was a free agent and not the property of the Cleve land club which had called him to spring training for three years. COMPROMISE AT STATE RALEIGH. Dec. 14^-<;p>—The athletic council of North Caro lina State college announced this afternoon it had reached “a compromise” on the coach ing situation at the school and would make recommendations within 24 hours to President i Frank P. Graham of the univer sity. Recently a student com mittee cf the college asked that the council not renew the con tract of flunk A. Anderson. ELEVEN DIE IN N. C. IN WRECKS One Survivor of Hick? ory Crash Expected To Die CHARLOTTE Dec. 14.—<*>>— Highway accidents took a toll of ele ven lives In North Carolina over the week-end. Fred Cline, 48, his wife, and two *. .jgre. mfrd 'hr a bry. A third child was not expected to live. Hubert Nixon, 25, of Chowan county was killed iu a collision near Edenton, and several others were Injured, none seriously. A car hit and killed George Carlisle near LaGrange; S. H. Press ly, of Fort Mills, S. C., was run over and killed in Charlote; John Etters, 45, of Kings Mountain, met a simi lar fate near Shelby. R. M. Yoder, 67, was killed in an accident near Hickory, and John Foster. 50-year-old negro, was kill ed when a cement mixer fell from a truck on a bridge and hit him. John R. Newton, 50, Harkers Is land coast guardsman, died of a broken neck when his car turned over near New Bern. LITTLE CHANCE FOR ONLY CLINE CHILD HICKORY, Dec. 14.—(A1)—Physi cians said today there appeared lit tle chance for Fred A. Cline. Jr., to recover from injuries he suffered In a grade crossing accident that kill ed four members of his family yes terday. His father, Fred A. Cline, 42, his mother. Frank, 17, a brother,. and Susie Ray, 5, a sister, were killed instantly. The younger Cline, who suffered severe head injuries, was the only other occupant of the car. The Clines were returning from a Sunday visit to a relative's home at the time of the crash. The crash occurred at Oyama station, four miles east of here, a few minutes after the Southern railway passen ger train, eastbound from Asheville, left the Hickory station. METHODIST LEADERS TO MEET IN RALEIGH RALEIGH, Dec. 14.—(/P)—Metn odist leaders here announced today that a missionary rally would be held here January 14 as a part of a series of 44 in a church-wide pro gram of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. Veterans Pension Checks Are Ready Welcome checks totaling $6, 742.50 will be ready for distri bution tomorrow to Confederate veterans and widows of veterans j by A. M. Hamrick, clerk of su perior court, he announced to day. These state pension checks will be ready for distribution to j nine veterans, who receive $182.50 each; 30 A class widows, who receive $150 each and 12 B class widows, who get $50 each, upon opening tomorrow morn ing of the clerk’s office at the I court house. Chinese Premier Kidnapped Japanese dispatches from Shanghai and Nanking report that Generalle almo Chlang Kai-shek (left) China's powerful premier, has been kid naped by mutinous troops commanded by Marshal Chang Helao-Uang (right), former war lord of Manehuria, and la held captive at Slan-Pu. (Associated Press Photos) Poison Is Charged To Girl’s Father, Friend JOHN ETTERS IS KILLEDBY AUTO Walking On Highway When Hit? S. S. Moore Driver Funeral services wei» Held this . . *> ihc ja Bethel Methodist church for John Etters, 45-year-old farmer who suf fered fatal Injuries Saturday night whe nhe was struck by an automo bile. At the time of his death he was walking on highway No. 74 near Kings Mountain. Mr. Etters was hit by a car driven by S. S. Moore of Shelby who brought the injured man to the Shelby hospital where he died a short time later.. Sheriff Raymond Cline and Patrolman Houston In vestigated the details of the trag edy and did not place charges against Moore. Services were in charge of Rev. J. N. Wise, pastor of Mr. Etters and a large number attended the final rites. Survivors are his wife and five children, Rufus, Thomas. Evelyn, Zeb and a very small child; a sis ter, Mrs. Prank Ware of Norfolk, Va.; Wll land Russell Etters .both of Kings Mountain. CCC Boys Prepare Christmas For Kids Captain Fred N. Wimberly an nounced today that members of the CCC camp will prepare a Christ mas tree on December 24 for small negro children In the city. Decorations, nuts and candles and the little treats will be furnished by the boys in the camp who have been saving for the project, but Captain Wimberly said the boys would like to have some old, dis carded toys to paint and repair. They will also accept old clothes which could be used by the needy negro tots. High Point Shooting HIGH POINT, Dec. 14.—(/P)— I Prank Davis, a filling station opera- ; tor. was detained after Lloyd Upton was shot and wounded during a fight at Davis ’station. Wilmington Man And Housekeeper Are Held WILMINGTON, Dec. 14.—(/P) —E. L. Smoak, 39-year-old boil er-maker, and hla housekeeper, Mrs. Genette Marker, were quot ed by Solicitor John J. Burney today as denying from their Sll cdts that they poisoned e former’s 15-year-old daugh ter, Annie Thelma, who died December 1. Burney asserted, however, that the man and woman told con . Dieting stories about a bottle of poison which he said was found in Smoawk's lin ker. Two policies on the girl’s life amounting to $1,000, have already been found, he added. WILMINGTON, Dec. 14.—<>P)-A middle-aged boilermaker and his housekeeper, a comely young widow, were charged today with poisoning the former's 15-ycar-old daughter because, Solicitor John J. Burney said, she objected to their Illicit re lations. Meanwhile Burney continued to Investigate the deaths of the man’s two wives, who, he said, died under similar circumstances of the young girl, whose body was exhumed at Orangeburg, S. C., last week for an autopsy. Officers arrested the girl's father, E. L. Smoak, r native of South Car olina, and the housekeeper, Mrs. Oenette Harker, 28, a few minutes after midnight, uprtn a toxicolo gist's report that the girl's viscera contained traces of a poison. Died Dec. 1. The1 girl, Annie Thelma Smoak, a daughter by Smoak’s first wife, died at her father’s suburban home here on December 1, eight days after she returned from a month’s stay with a step-aunt, Mrs. O. W, Jack son of Wilmington. Solicitor Burney said the girl had fled to her step-aunt’s because of her objection to her father’s rela tions with Mrs. Harker, who had been staying at the Smoak home since the death of the second Mrs J Smoak, the former Miss Alice Mason i of Wilmington, on July 8, 1935. Recerd at a drug store here, Bur ney said, showed Smoak bought 60 grains of a poison here on Novem f CJnnMniinH Edward In Austria Talks To Doctor About His Ear VOESLAU, Austria, Dec. 14.—(/p) The Duke of Windsor, closely I guarded in a chateau where he' started life anew today as a pri vate citizen, made an appointment j to consult a Vienna specialist about i a long-standing ear affliction The former king of England, who came to Austria last night after I giving up his throne for Mrs. Wal lis Simpson, was expected to call at the Vienna clinic of Prof Heinrich Neumann la‘e in the day after all other patients had left, attendants said. It was noted the former sovereign; held his hand over his ear when he was driven from the Vienna station i $ to the country estate of Baron Eu gene De Rothschild near here after a trip from England through Prance and Switzerland. X-Ray Treatments Neumann maintained an ethical silence concerning the nature of the fluke's ear trouble, but it was learn ed from attendants and other phy sicians that the treatments he will undergo consist of X-ray, light rays and rinsing the inner ear. Neumann has treated the former ting on previous visits to Vienna, rhe specialist confined himself to a statement that the ear trouble was (Continued on paste ten.) WORLD FEARFUL CHINA IS FACED WITH CIVIL WAR May Be Battleground For The Other Nations germanTaction? By JAMES A. MILLS TOKYO, Dec. 14.—(AV-Tokyo consulted Germany, her antl-Com munlat ally, today, on report* the Komintem wo* behind the amazing seizure of Chung Kai-Shek amid Chtnest predictions that China'* overlord may face a firing squad— If he still Is alive. At the same time It was repotted the vanguard of a Chinese rescue Expedition. pressing toward rebel held Slanfu, had clashed with the muntlnous troops of young Marshal Chang Hslao-Llang, who has Retard Generalissimo Chlang Kat Bliek, Eight divisions of the Chinese central army, said Japanese dis patches from the mainland, were poised to assault Slanfu, capital of Shensi province, which is presumed to be the place where -Chlang Kat Shek Is held. ' Germany Consulted Germany, to whom Japan 1* bound by a newly-announced anti communist accord, was consulted quickly by the Tokyo regime. The pres# said there wu Indis putable proof the Communist In ternational had instigated the selz ure of Generalissimo Obiang and ilia generals, Military observers said the coup d’etat would tywe been impossible unless Marshal Chang, hot-headed former warlord of Manchuria, had formed an aittance wtttrttrCMu munlst leaders he was supposed' to have been fighting. Such an alliance, these observers declared, opened up a "Red route from Moscow to North Central China." (The official Soviet press denied flatly that the Soviet was In any way Involved In the" Chang rebel lion. It hinted broadly that "Jap anese provlcateurs" and their (Continued on page ten.) Pneumonia Takes Grady Harrill, 35 Year Old Farmer Pneumonia took the life of Gra dy Harrill, 35 year old farmer oif Mooresboro who died Saturday eve ning. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the- bethel Baptist church in charge of Rev. Mr. Hester. Mr. Harrill, unmarried, was a prominent and well known leader In his community. He was a native of the Bethel community, and was a member at the Drewery Dobbins Baptist church. His father and mother, the late Mr, and Mrs. Geo. Harrill died several years ago. Survivors are: three sisters. Mrs. P. P. Hamtck, Mrs. J. C. Greene, Miss Malda Harrill, of this county, and a brother, A. M. Harrill of Thursday Marks 33 Flying Years DAYTON, o.. Dec. 14.—<A*>—This ‘cradle of aviation” turned once more today to plans for paying homage to Orville Wright, and tri bute to the memory of his late brother Wilbur, as the fathers of heavier-than-air transportation. National figures, one of them possibly bearing a message of feli citation from President Roosevelt, will gather here Thursday, the 33rd anniversary of Orville Wright’s first venture Into the skies at Kitty Hawk, N. C. Almost to the hour of that flight, members of the national advisory committee for aeronautics are to be his guests at a luncheon In his home, then will visit Woodland cemetery for an annual service at the grave of his brother. WOMAN’S COLLEGE TEACHER FOR 30 YEARS IS DEAD WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—m— rhe funeral of Miss Martha Elisa jeth Winfield, professor of English it the Woman's college of the Uni versity of North Carolina, was held lere today. Miss Winfield, who had aught at the college for 30 years, lied yesterday in a Greensboro hoo >ital.
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