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urday.
Official Shelby temperature:
High 67, Low 40. Rainfall .003,
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FORMERLY THE CLEVELAND STAR, ESTABLISHED 1896
VOL. XL11—NO. 169
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE SHELBY DAILY STAR
SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, DEC. 18, 1936
AUDITED CIRCULATION
SINGLE COPIES 5c
AMERICAN GUNBOAT FIRED ON IN SPANISH WATERS
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Canterbury Talk May Be Costly
ENGLISH CHURCH
MAY LOSE WHOLE
OFFICIAL STATUS
Would End Its Reve
nues From The
Government
TIES LOOSENED
LONDON, Dec. 18.—(£”)—Separa
tion of the Church of England and
the state may have been brought
nearer by the Archbishop of Can
terbury's criticism of the friends of
former King Edward VIII, some
obt-.frvers said today.
Should the controversy over the
speech spread, they said, the church
might be severed completely from
the state in England, thus losing
Its government subsidies and offi
cial position.
Lose Revenue
The ties binding the English
church and state have loosened
through the centuries and some of j
the church’s ranking ministers are]
not averse to cutting them alto-;
gethcr. I
Public protest against the Arch
bishop's censure of King Edward
for his desire to marry twice-di
vorced Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simp
son and for the "alien” influence1
his friends exerted on him, reached
the floor of the house of commons .
yesterday. .
Rules of debate automatically cut
off the discussion after three and a *
halt hours.
Introduction, however, of the
Archbishops name Into the argu
ment and the flood of protesting
letters to newspapers and members (
of parliament led some authorities
to express belief the issue might
remain sharp.
One Archbishop Killed
William Laud, one of the prede
cessors of the Rev. Cosmo Gordon
Lang, Scottish Presbyterian minis- 1
tor’s son who became Archbishop of1 <
Canterbury, was executed because i1
he backed King Charles I against J,
Parliament.
Disestablishment, a final chapter j ‘
in the ages-old conflict over reform!
in the church, would be a serious 1
blow. i
The consequences of prolonged i
strife over the part of the Arch- {j
bishop in Edward's abdication,! 1
observers noted, could be cultivated j t
-even though the Church of Eng-1
land includes 70 per cent of the i
English population — from diverse (
disaffected quarters. 1
England is the last place In the
British Isles where the church en- 1
joys an official status. ‘
FIVE BURNED IN
NEW YORK BLAZE
Rooming House On 1
West Side t
•NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—(JPy-Five <
Persons were killed at dawn today | <
*ni'n fire swept through a rooming 1
hmisp on west 73rd Street. f
Four were hurried to death inside
116 tour-story Brownstone building i
*Rrt one man jumped to his death 3
!f°m a third-floor window when i
"e fire cut off his escape down the c
stairs. j
t T!lf' "mu who jumped to his death '
” as August Frank, 43.
Tl',e screams of the roomers in
‘ie building served as a Are alarm.
Ciirster Morash, the house de
of the Riverside Plaza hotel,
doors away, heard the cries i
!,|:ned in an alarm.
r/,""1 racli° ear policemen, the;
arrive, went as far up in 1
^ 1' dding as the third floor, then 1
"!r uriven back, unable to locate r
;; occupants of the blazing a
,v'"ire t
T Are started from an undeter
•R’c. cause in the room of Wil- a
g ? Coffman, third floor rear. ?
n awakened by the flames, a
d the street safely. g
Negroes Killed
V t;l S°N, Dec. 18.— (J>) —James r
/ ■ ‘■id, 25, and John Keaton, r
. .r:f5r°w. were killed when their I
•bap ran into a parked cotton r
Through
C
nrn,‘ hrrr l»j*t nicht.
Poisoned?
Shortly after Annie Thelma Smoak
(above), 15, of Wilmington, N. C.,
died mysteriously, police arrested
her father, Edgar LeRoy Smoak,
and his housekeeper, Mrs. Janette
Harker, o.i charges of poisoning
her. Her death also started an
investigation into the strange man
ner under which Smoak’a two wives
(Associated Press Photo)
iANK N1GHT AT
THEATRES OVER
Carolina Through and
Webb Is Expected
To Stop
Bank nights seem to be on their
vay out In Shelby theatres. The
Carolina theatre closed its last
light with drawings made until
pinners were called and the “pot”
losed for good.
W. H. Webb, operator of the
Vebb and Rogers theatres, said to
iay he proposed to stop the bank
Light at the Webb theatre soon;
ust when he has not decided. No
•ank night had been instituted at
he new Rogers theatre.
Winners at the Carolina last
light were; William Hagley, $125;
Jeorge Elam, jr., $75; Czar Mundy,
50.
Hamilton G. O. P.
Winner As Cash
Salary Is Voted
CHICAGO, Doc. 18.—{/P>—Mem
bers of the executive committee of
he Republican national committee
lisclosed today that Chairman John
lamilton had been voted a salary j
>f $25,000 a year to devote his full
ime to the party’s rehabilitation. I
It was the first time the chair-J
nan of the Republican national I
ommittee had been put on a full
ime salary basis in the interim
etween presidential campaigns, the
ommitteemen said.
The action was taken at a meet
ng of the executive committee late
esterdt^-, after the national com
nittee gave Hamilton a vote of
onfldence and refused to accept
ils resignation.
Ask Federal Aid I
In Praying And
Flogging Cases
SOUTHPORT, Dec. 18.— (/F) — .
Sheriff J. A. Russ sought the aid of
G-Men today in breaking up the
night-riding activities of a band of
“praying floggers.”
The sheriff said he had asked
Federal assttance after it developed
that a threatening note signed
“KKK” was received in the mails
by Jarvis Inman, a cousin of a last
victim.
The note, the sheriff said, was
headed “Little River, S. C.,” but
was postmarked at Freeland, N. C.,
just across the line. It told Inman,
he said, he must "mend your ways
or “we will get you.”
Earlier William Inman and a
neighbor, Jesse Cox, reported to
the sheriff they were flogged by a
hooded band of 25 or 30 men who,
after the whippings knelt in pray
er.
The note to Inman, the sheriff
said, apparently was intended to
make it appear the warning had
come from the Ku Kluk Klan,
which has not been active in this
section in recent years.
The reported floggings of Inman
and Cox were the first in this sec
tion since a series of whippings in
adjacent Columbus county early hr
the year.
Pour women, along wit% two
male relatives reported they were
whipped bp night riders who also
shaved the women’s heads. A grand
jury investigated, but returned no
flogging indictments.
The women later were convicted
and sentenced to prison on prosti
tution charges. \
WINDSOR POSES
FOR PHOTO MEN
Appears Fatigued As
He Poses For 17
Photographers
ENZE8FELD, Austria, Dec. 18.—
(JP)—The Duke of Windsor termin
ated his voluntary seclusion today
to poee for a battery of photograph
ers on the grounds of Baron Eu
gene De Rothschild’s Austrian cas
tle.
Hatless and in a serious mood,
the former British ruler walked
alone to the courtyard where 17
cameramen awaited him. He ap
peared fatigued.
“Gentlemen, how do you want
me?” he greeted the photographers.
“Shall I sit or stand?”
A flood of replies and subsequent
questions followed his remarks as
the business of making pictures of
the abdicated monarch began.
Three minutes later the photo
graphers, clutching their plates,
began a 500 yard sprint to automo
biles and motorcycles to carry them
the 23 miles to Vienna.
The Duke replied to only one di
rect statement made by a British
photographer who said:
“We wish your highness every
happiness.”
“I wish you luck also,” the Brit
ish Prince responded.
The activities of the former king
were not disclosed prior to his ap
pearance before the cameramen.
Mountain Children Get First
Glimpse Of Life In Outland
TRAVELERS REST, S. C., De<
8.—(£’)—'The wonders of the "out
md"—such familiar things a
lories, radios and barbershops
re no longer vague, imagined thing
9 33 glassy mountain children.
Wide-eyed with wonder, and spic
nd span in their best clothes, th
rammar school pupils, ranging i:
ge from 8 to 20, gDt their firs
limpse of these and other marvel
n their first trip away from hom<
The “party” for them was ar
surged by the “Travelers’ Rest an
earby school districts after Qeorg
>. Brown, rural school supervisoi
sported that they had never see:
moyie. heard a radio or visited
barbershop.
Today they were back at their
5 classes far up in the mountains in
" a region so isolated that it was only
B yesterday that word arrived of the
abdication of King Edward of Great
1 Britain.
E There were many things that
1 caused the boys and girls to gape
1 and stare, and ask questions—but
s M. C. Barton, principal and only
teacher of the school, had prepared
’ the way by coaching them as to
1 j what to expect.
5 i Automobiles drew attention be
v cause of their great number; but
I
«Continued on paj;*' iwn.i
ICINGS MOUNTAIN
SCHOOL IS ONLY
ONE ACCREDITED
in Cleveland County,
Shelby Not In N. C.
List Of 46
recordIs FINE
Officials of the Kings Mountain
ligh school have just been notified
if its acceptance again this year
is a member of the Southern Asso
ciation of Schools and Colleges.
The school's acceptance was made
cnown following a meeting of the
issoclation in Richmond, Va. Kings
Mountain is the only school in this
irea to receive the rating.
B. N. Barnes, superintendent of
Kings Mountain city schools, said
oday that through the efforts of
the patrons and residents the rat
ng of the school has been maintain
ed since it was first placed on the
iist. The school has 330 pupils and
line teachers.
At the present time only forty
six schools in the state have the rat
ng and last year the number was
nuch less. By collection of odd
;axes and getting revenues from j
dubs, donations and subscriptions, '
he school has been able to main
tain its nine month* and keep up to
in acceptable standard its library
ind teacher requirements.
“However,” said Mr. Barnes "a
warning was given us this year that
ire row* do even better next yaw.”
tie did not know if • supplementary
tax will have to be used.
BULLETINS
ANOTHER PLANE LOST
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 18.—
(ff)—Northwest Airlines said to
day one of its transport ships
carrying mail, a pilot and co
piiot out of St. Paul had not re
ported since 3:19 a. m. Pacific
time (6:19 a. m. Eastern Stand
ard time). At that time it was
near Elk River, Idaho, several
miles off its course.
REVENGE KILLINGS
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 18.—(JP)
—District Attorney Andrew T.
Park said today gray-haired
Martin Sullivan, veteran patrol
man of suburban Duquesne con
fessed killing five persons—three
of them women—for “revenge.”
Park said the 65-year-old of
ficer told him of stalking from
house to house through dark
yards and streets, firing shots
from his service pistol at one
time friends and neighbors.
The district attorney said “it
was cimply a question of re
venge” after Sullvan had been
charged with mistreating a 12
year-old girl and ordered held
for trial.
DOUBLE KILLING
RALEIGH, Dec. 18.—iAV-f.
N. Mozingo, 52, operator of a
neighborhood grocery here, and
Mrs. Ina Collins, attractive mid
dle aged . woman who lived
across the street, were found
dead in a bedroom back of the
store this morning and Coro
ner L. M. Waring said “it ap
pears to have been a murder
and suicide.”
After his flrit investigation
the coroner said he thought the
man and woman had killed
each other in a “double murder.”
IN ACCORD
ROUE, Dec. 18.—^1P)—Great
Britain and Italy, well Informed
circles said today, have settled i
their differences in the Mediter <
cancan and reached an accord
to guarantee the present balance
of power.
5 Shopping Days
Until Christmas
_ i
There are only five shopping 1
days, after today, until Christ
mas. Local merchants, anticipat
ing growing business, have added
special help to take care of shop- 1
pers. Stores will stay open each 1
night until 9 o’clock through
Christmas eve.
Where Girl Was Held
A etory by Eatelle Shaw (left), 14-year-old eehoo! girl, that ahe waa kidnaped by Albert Shepard, 44, a
farmer, and held a captive In hie garage (right) near Whltevllle, N. C., for alx weeke led to hla arreet
on chargee of abduction and etatutory offenae. Sheriff H. D. Stanley aald offleera raided the garage
and reecued Eatelle from an underground compartment. Shepard aacaped through a trap door, the
aherlff aald, but waa arreated and Milled at Wh'tavllla later. I p,.,, ,->hotoal
CHANG'S TERMS
FOR RELEASE OF
MARSHALL HEARD
Secrecy Surrounds
Chinese Conferences
At Nanking
By The Associated Press
NANKING, Dec. 18.—High offl
:lals of the Cmnese government
vere called Into session today under
he protection of armed guards to
lear what were thought bo be the
erms Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang
ias dictated to end the civil war
ind free Generalissimo Chlang Kal
Jhek.
The arrival of Gen. Chlang Ting
Wen from Sianfu focused the na
.ionalist government’s efforts on
jeaceful negotiations to release the
teneralissimo while their crack di
visions pushed toward the rebel
tronghold of Sianfu under terse
>rders to storm the city If all other
neans failed.
Carries Demands
General Chlang Ting-Wen was
reed by Marshal Chang Wednesday
o carry his demands to the Nan
:ing government.
He appeared suddenly In the cap
tal after his movements were lost
n the secrecy that surrounded his
irrival at Loyang, Honan province,
ivlth letters to the commanfler of
(Continued on page two.)
12 Bales Raised
On Only 18 Acres
David Te|pneer, who lives on
oute 5, this year got 22 bales of
otton and more from 18 acres. In
idditlon to the 22 bales of 500
>ounds each he had 248 pounds to
vards t,he 23rd bale. Mr. Tesseneer
ays he used 400 pounds of 8-4-4 fer
ilizer and 100 pounds of fertilizer
>er acre..He is believed to have one
if, if not, the best yields per acre in
he county this year.
Morrison Trial
On December 28
MARION, Dec. 18—WP)—Lee Mor
ison of Cleveland county, accused
if the death of his mother, Mrs.
dinnie Morrison, will be tried in
iuperlor court here Dec. 28.
Mrs. Morrison was drowned to
jake Tahoma an Oct. 2 in the
ilunge of her car from the highway
nto 40 feet of water. Officers said
dorrison, who was given a preli
ninary hearing Nov. 12, was the
Iriver.
Woman Suicide
ROANOKE RAPIDS, Dec. 18. —
*P)—Mrs. N. R. Jenkins, 54, wife of
i Seaboard Air Line railroad fore
nan at Littleton, eked in a hospi
al here last night of a hospital
ivound officers listed the case as
iijicidc
Religious Wave
In Enzesfeld Is
Priest’s Belief
ENZESFELD, Austria, Dae. IB —
(/P)—'The priest in this picturesque
village credited the visit of Edward,
Duke of Windsor, today with caus
ing an unprecedented number of
religious confessions.
The priest expressed happiness
over the “great stimulation" of re
ligious thoughts of the devout who
are visiting his church in increas
ing numbers dally.
Is It ReUgion?
Observers, however, wondered
whether the location of the church
i might not have been at least a par
tial stimulus to the churchgoing. It
is hard by the castle of Baron
| Rothschild where Edward is stay
ing, within the "guarded" area into
which local people do not permit
the casual passersby in go.
The police could not be placed in
the position of preventing anyone
from going to confession, so they
excepted the church grounds from
their surveillance.
If one so desired, as he was enter
ing and leaving the church he might
turn his eyes toward the castle and
its grounds and perchance catch a
glimpse of the man who was king
of England playing a bit of golf or
strolling about.
None-the-less, the world-famous
Duke of Windsor was not to be seen
in the early morning today.
News direct from the castle was
scarce, with the- villagers learning
only that the duke had declined a
little dog sent him by a local fem
inine admirer, with a note:
“I have enough trouble with the
dog I’ve got.”
His reference was to his pet “Slip
pers” which was reported the day
before to have had an entirely dis
courteous spat with the dog of his
master’s host, a beast named “Chew
Chew.”
“Chew Chew" the villagers said,
bit the blazes out. of “Rllnners ”
CELEBRATE 58TH
ANNIVERSARY IN
A QUIET MANNER
Mr. And Mrs. J. T.
Spangler Parents Of
17 Children
J. Tom Spangler, 79 and his wife
Mary Ann Greene Spangler, 73,
break into the news today.
They can do so for two reasons.
The first Is that they are the
parents of 17 children, of which 13
are living, all married and most of
them live in this county.
The second is that on yesterday
Mr. and Mrs. Spangler quietly cele
brated their 58th wedding anniver
sary. A number of the children and
friends called and visited them
during the day.
Living at their home on Cleve
land Springs road, Mr. and Mrs
Spangler are in their usual good
health. Mrs. Spangler has not had a
doctor visit her for more than 30
years and Mr. Spangler, while
troubled seriously with asthma, is
holding his own quite well.
Various occupations have called
the Spangler’s children, J. W. and
M. A. are merchants and traders;
B. P. is a mechanic; Sunimey is an
Insurance salesman; Chlvous works
at the creamery; C. R. of Double
Shoals and Dathia of Union, are
farmers; Everett lives on a farm at
Belwood and works at the Cloth
Mill; Mrs. D. C. Weathers Is wife
of a policeman; Mrs. Tom Corn
well, wife of a farmer: Mrs. Henry
Royster, wife of a farmer; Mrs.
Paul Klstler, of Gastonia, wife of
insurance man. John, another son,
is in the west.
Clyde and Cornelius died a few
years ago and twins, Mackle and
Dickie died very young.
Hold Jones
RALEIGH. Dec. 18 — UP) —The
county grand Jury indicted Prank
B. Jones, Neuse River township
constable, on a charge of slaying W.
Paul H a r P a loiirlv vmith
Education Moves Along In
Cleveland, Declares Grigg
' Education has come a long way
in our county,” J. H. Grigg, county
superintendent said today, as he
pointed out some trends in modern
education.
"These college students who are
just arriving from their schools
can hardly realize with all their
involved courses, that 100 years '
ago a man thought himself edu- ,
cated if he knew only the elemen- ,
tary subjects such as reading, writ
ing and arithmetic.
"In fact, many had only the Bible ,
and a blueback speller for a text,"
he said.
In recalling Ibe l«<i Ih^t rrl'l' i
ion was formerly thought to be a
natter of culture, Mr. Grigg said
he trend Is away from the classics,
>r lot of foreign language toward
;he more practical things.
“Hie curriculum is improving a
ot. We started first with the essen
lals, such as with Guffey’s or
Holmes readers, our grandfathers
;tudied out of Johnson’s or San
ord’s arithmetic and studied “the
>ld rule of three."
“Later geography was added, then
English, history, civil government,
lealth and sanitation.
“Now we see a vocational trend j
•Continued on i>ag»> two)
FASCIST CRUISER
HURLS 3 SHELLS,
F1GHTIN MADRID
Spanish Boat Leaves
As U. S. Flag Is
Run Up
FEAR ASSAULT
LONDON, Dee. 1§—(/P)~K Reu
ters (British) News agency dispatch
from Qijon. Spain, today s»ld the <
Spanish fascist cruiser Kspana fired
three shells which struck near the
United States gunboat Erie off
Oljon. •
The Reuters Dispatch said the
shells, of 305 millimeters, struck
about 300 yards from trie U 8. boat.
Vessel Hteams Away
The Erie ran up the AirierlcSn
flag, the report, said, after which
the Spanish vessel steamed away.
The Erie then put Into CHJon,
Reuters said.
UT sump |UA»u u«i|uutv *MX)
Paris said he was unable to con
firm the reports which also were
carried by the Havaa (flench)
News agency in a dispatch under a
Madrid dateline.
(The naval attache said he had
received no advices on the reported
ft- J..1. 11. .. naj. k...
ing completed a shakedown cruise,
was scheduled to return to the
United States via the Asores.
The Erie, ordered under the 19)2
naval building program, was laid
down Dee. If* 1934.
Her displacement la 9,000 tons.
She carlres four flvp-inch guns, two
three-inch anti-aircraft guns, and
twp six-pounders.
The Erie also was equipped to
carry mo seaplane under a hangar
op deck. She can make 90 knots.
MADRID DEFENDERS
FEAR AN ASSAULT
MADRID. Dec. 10.—<«—Spanish
fascists, fighting to clamp a band
of steel around northern Madrid,
drove today toward the Escorial
road to open the way for an at
tack from Guadalajara.
The Insurgents apparently were
shifting their attack around from
the west to the north and east,
leaving the southern approach to
Madrid less heavily guarded than
during the last few weeks of the
siege.
Government forces, seising. their
opportunity, were reported to have
captured strategic Las Nieves hill
southwest of Toledo.
On the Mocejon highroad and in
(Continued on page two)
RESERVED SEATS
FOR COUNTY FOLKS
AT INAUGURATION
Ceremonies Worked
Out For Seating
Of Mr. Hoey
A section In the city auditorium
In Raleigh will be reserved for
friends of Clyde R. Hoey to wit
ness his Inauguration on Jan. 7th>
If U'u c arronora<4 hsva t%» A «t
Jutant General Van Metts, military
attache who has charge of the
ceremonies and Ernest Gardner,
representative from the House.
During the morning, the first of
the ceremonies take place at the
Blount Street Mansion when the
militia will greet out-going Gover
nor Ehringhaus and Incoming Gov
ernor Hoey as they emerge from
the Mansion. This is usually a very
pretty ceremony, often missed by
the large crowd.
The two governors will ride in
front of the parade down the
principal street of the capital, with
bands playing and soldiers march
ing. In the parade will be all of the
newly elected state officials, their
families, together with distinguish
ed guests.
Promptly at noon the inaugura
tion ceremony takes place In the
huge auditorium. All incoming offi
cers will receive the oath of office
following which Mr, Hoey will deli
ver his inaugural address. After
this ceremony the officials go to
the Mansion where dinner will be
served to about 125 special guests.
In the evening there will be a
general reception to which every
body is invited at the Mansion.
This will be followed by the inau
gural ball at the citv auditorium.
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