LINCOi/NTON IS THE J
TRADE CENTER J
J For More Than 85,000 People. J
* It Is Located in the Heart of Pied- *
! moot North Carolina the Moat S
{ Prosperous Industrial and Agricul- {
* tural Section of the Entire Sooth. J
$1.50 PER YEAR
Election of Pickens
As State Commander
Is Practically Assured
Seeks State Office
I# c-dßr* ; |
4 #r
Capt. Wiley M. Pickens will in all
probability be the next State Com
mander of the American Legion as
hss candidacy has been endorsed by
numerous Posts over the state. The
election will take place in Asheville
Tuesday.
i NE WS::::::™ j
|| ::t::-BRIEFS j
Must File Expenses
Raleigh, July 22.—Stacey W. Wade,
Secretary of State, called attention
today to the fact candidates in the
July 4 run-off Democratic primary
are due to file final expense reports
by midnight Friday. Clyde R. Hoey,
the gubernatorial nominee, is the
only candidate who ha sfiled.
Snow Shovels Being Used'
Valley City, N. D., July 22.—Snow
shovels were used to clear away hail
which flattened crops still standing
in this area and damaged farm build
ings and communication facilities in
a 15 minute storm yesterday. The
temperature dropped from 87 to 81
degrees.
Fight Forest Fires
Helena, Mont., July 22.—More than
'9OO sweating men fought today to
•check roaring flames that have de
voured about 20,000 acres of valuable
timber in central Montana forests as
the sun sent the mercury above the
100-degree mark.
3,938 Licenses Revoked
Raleigh, July 22.—The highway
safety division announced today it
had revoked licenses of 22 more au
tomobile drivers, making 3,938 revo
cations since the law became effec
tive November 1. Each of the 22 new
Olivers listed, the division announced,
was convicted of drunken driving.
J*
Fire Destroys Plane
Lenoir, July 22.—Fire which start
led from an unknown source Friday
.night destroyed a plane owned by
.Johnny Terrell, local aviation en
thusiast, burning the metal hangar
iin which it was housed as well. Ter
aell stated that he had carried in
surance on the plana until about a
month ago.
Child Is Drowned
Kings Mountain, July 22.—Freda
Bell, six, drowned in a 60-foot well
when she was catapulted from her
perch atop the well’s roof by the
sudden jerk of a cow chained to the
supports of the shed. ,
!Rev. H. R. Carpenter
Spending Two Weeks
At Edgemont Camp
Rev. Huitt R. Carpenter, pastor of
Emanuel Evangelical and Reformed
church, is spending two weeks at
Camp John's River, near Edgemont,
as assistant camp director of the
Young Peoples’ Camp of the Reform
ed church. While Mr. Carpenter is
at the Camp Mrs. Carpenter and
daughter are visiting relatives in
Lenoir.
THE LINCOLN TIMES
I Candidacy Has Met With Pop
ular Approval Over the
State
That Wiley M. Pickens, Lincolnton
Legionnaire and past commander of
the David Milo Wright Post, will be
elected state commander at the an
nual American Legion convention to
be held in Asheville, July 26-28, is j
practically assured, members of the
local Post stated today. His candi
dacy has met with popular approval
over the state and he has been en
dorsed by Post after Post.
The Mecklenburg Post, one of the
laigest and strongest in the state
will support him and Shelby delegates
will be instructed to cast their votes
for the Lincolnton man, this being
the first time in history that dele
gates from the Cleveland Post have
gone to a convention instructed as
to votes.
The only other announced candi
date for the office of department
commander is Tom Dowd, of San
-1 ford.
The annual Legion convention will
be held in Asheville Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday and the sessions will be
presided over by Josephus Daniels,
Jr., of Raleigh, present commander.
Headquarters for the meeting will
be the George Vanderbilt hotel. Along
with the Legion meeting will be the
annual gathering of the American
Legion Auxiliary, the sessions to be
held at the Battery Park hotel. Elec
tion of officers will take place Tues
day.
An unusually large delegation from
Lincolnton is expected to attend the
meeting, many of these going up Sat
urday. Among the number will be
Capt. and Mrs. Wiley M. Pickens,
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H. Hinson, Mr.
and Mrs. Steve Reinhardt, Mr. and
Mrs. L. B. Lilly, Mr. and Mrs. Her
bert Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Summey
Alexander, Craig Seagle, Lee F. Cline '
and others.
The election of Capt. Pickens as
department commander will mean
the removal of the state headquarters
to Lincolnton which in many ways
would be a distinct advantage to the
city, and the citizens are not un
mindful of the high honor which
would be conferred on the entire
community.
Cap*. Pickens for the past ten
years has been superintendent of the
city schools. He is the commanding
officer of the local national guard
unit here, Troop I. Cavalry. During
the World War he served with the
81st division and since coming to
Lincolnton has served the local Post
in many important capacities.
GLASS ASSAILS
ADMINISTRATION
Government One of ‘Privilege
end Discrimination,’ Virgin
ian Asserts in Speech
Ashland, Va., July 22.—Senator
Carter Glass, Democrat of Virginia,
said, “We now have a system of gov
ernment of privilege and discrimi
nation” in an extemporaneous speech
late today at the Patrick Henry cele
bration here.
Looking out upon several thou
sand people gathered on the Ran
dolph-Macon college campus, he
continued by saying that this wa3
such a government as Henry de
nounced in the House of Burgesses
when he made his brief speech
that “it was not proper to take
money of taxpayers of Virginia
and appropriate it to pay off mort
gages that had been made by
thriftless and unwise individuals.”
"That is just what we are doing
in this country today, x x x The
government’s nose is in all sorts of
tusiness now.”
If Patrick Henry were living,
said the veteran Senator as he
wanned up to his subject, “he
would not cure one evil with a
multitude l of other evils.
“When .he Democratic party in
convention assembled declared itself
against high tariff and promised to
abolish or modify it, it did not mean
that we would institute another sys-
Published On Monday and Thursday
LINCOLNTON, N. C THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1936
j Ruth Bryan Owen Weds Capt. Bcerge Rhode
H\ DE PARK, N. Y. . . . With Presidem Roosevelt^as
guc-'s. Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, U. S. Minister to Denmark and daugh
ter o ‘he late Wm. Jennings Bryan, was married here to Captain Boerge
Rhode, of the Royal Life Guards of Knig Christian X of Denmark
rhoto shows the bride and groom leaving the church.'
Capture of Murderer
Os Co-Ed In 48 Hours
Predicted By Officer
Roads and Timber
Ravaged By Fires
Raleigh, July 22.—Forest fires in
North Carolina literally bunt roads
as well as timber.
W. C. McCormick, assistant state
forester, said today a recent fire near
Wenona in Washington county burn
ed out the foundation of a road for
a stretch of nearly two miles.
The road, McCormick said, con
sisted of a mineral topsoil on a bed
of peat and vegetable matter. The
peat and vegetable matter burned
out, causing the road to cave in.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION IS
HELD AT CROUSE
State S. S. Convention to Be
Held in Charlotte in Feb
ruary, 1937
The Lincoln County Sunday School
Convention was held Tuesday at St.
Paul Lutheran church at Crouse. The
president D. W. B. Coon, presided
and assisting were Rev. H. P. Bar
ringer, pastor of the church, Rev.
Shuford Peeler, of Salisbury, secre
tary of the State Sunday School As
sociation and Frank J. Watson, song
leader.
The theme for the conference was
“A New Church For a New Day.”
A fellowship dinner was enjoyed at.
the noon hour. Special music and the
dramatization of “The Sower and the
Seed” were outstanding features of
the program.
Officers for next year were elect
ed, as follows:
D. W. B. Coon, Denver, president;
Harry Page, Sr., Lincolnfton, Ist.
vice president; C. C. Leonard, Lin
colnton, 2nd vice president; F. A.
Shuford, Lincolnton, 3rd vice presi
dent; Miss Inez Crouse, Crouse, sec
retary.
Division directors are: Mrs. R. J.
Sifford, Lincolnton, Children’s divi
sion; Ralph Yoder, Lincolnton,
Young Peoples division T. N. James,
Lincolnton, adult division.
The First Methodist church of Lin
colnton, received the pennant for the
largest attendance. Rev. Mr. Peeler
announced that the state Sunday
School convention will be held in
I Charlotte in February, 1937.
Coach Block Smith left here Tues
day for Marshall College, Hunting
ton, West Virginia, where he will at
tend a coaching school. Bernie Bier
man, head coach at University of
Minnesota, and Glenn “Pop” Warner,
football coach at Temple University,
are assisting in the coaching school,
according to Coach Smith.
tem that would rob 56,000,000 peo
ple out of both pockets at the same
time.”
Sheriff’s Statement Shifts
Limelight From 4 Sus
pects Held In Jail
Asheville, July 22.—Sheriff Laur
ence E. Brown predicted tonight he
would arrest the murderer of Helen
Clevenger, pretty 18-year-oid co-ed,
within the next 48 hours.
The sheriff told repcjters:
“I will arrest the criminal within
the next two days.”
“Do you mean the murderer?” he
was asked.
“Call him anything you want.”
The sheriff’s statement was the
first intimation that he did not sus
pect any of the four persons now
detained incommunicado for ques
tioning of committing the crime.
Bell Boy Released
Ed Fleming, 25-year-old negro
tell hop, taken into custody two
days ago, was released today after,
the sheriff said, he satisfactorily ex
plained a discrepancy in his previous
testimony.
“I lied because I was scared to
death,” Sheriff Brown quoted the
bellboy.
The sheriff said he had arrested
Fleming after the negro denied he
had gone to the girl’s room Wednes
day a week ago, the day before the
slaying.
The sheriff said the negro went
to Miss Clevenger’s room at 8:25 a.
m. for some dresses to be pressed
end returned them two hours later.
Meanwhile Daniel H. Gaddy, 28-
year-old night watchman described
by the sheriff as “the key to the
whole case,” waited in his jail cell
for his second grilling while Brown
went back over the scene of the
crime at the Battery Park hotel,
and subject hotel employees, from
manager to bell hop, to close ques
tioning.
After sharply examining Gaddy
last night, the sheriff said “when
Gaddy talks, we will know some
thing,” adding he believed the
watchman, who has been held in
communicado, since last Saturday,
is getting ready to talk pretty
soon.”
No Direct Connection
The watchman is not suspected of
direct connection with the shoot
ing and clubbing of the 18-year-old
Staten Island girl early last Thurs
day morning, Brown said. The time
of her death has been fixed at 1
a. m., when a heavy thunderstorm
was raging.
Statements of the sheriff with re
gard to the watchman shifted the
limelight from Mark Wollner, con
cert violinist, who was retained last
Saturday night, and the two other
persons held without charges
Wollner’s “alibi girl,” 19-year-old
Mildred Ward, and a negro eleva
tor operator at the hotel.
Sheriff Brown said he wanted
Gaddy to explain why the tape of
his timeclock indicated he had not
punched it for the second floor of
the hotel where Miss Clevenger had
a room on his 1 o’clock round of
(Continued on back page) 1
TEACHER LISTS
ANNOUNCED FOR
COUNTY SCHOOLS
Summer Term* for 5 Schools
In County to Begin Mon
day Morning
Summer terms will begin next
Monday in five Lincoln county
schools, as follows, Union, Howards
Creek and North Brook Schools, Nos.
1,2, and 3.
The schools will remain in session
until the cotton picking season be
gins, when they will be closed for
several weeks to allow the children
to help in the farm work. Usually
the summer terms run for six weeks
or longer.
Teacher lists for the five schools
were released today from the office
cf Prof. Joe R. Nixon, county super
intendent. They are:
LTnion
J. Frank Turner, principal, Ena
Kate Lutz, i ates W. Havnaer, Daniel
F. Hosteller, Kathryn Seagle Bangle,
Herman H. Heafner, David A. An
thony, Herman Heafner, Myrtle
Davis, Ethel Hoover, Helen Elizabeth
Abernethy, Vilginia Anthony, Fran
ces Roof, Pauline R. Hosteller, and
Frances R Newton.
North Brook No. 1
J. Harlan Heafner, principal, C. L.
Eaker, Kermit Pendleton, Mrs. A.
Frank Arnold, Kenneth B. Beam,
Beverly Heavner. Elementary—Earl
Brown, Ilese Fisher, Mrs. R. B. Por
ter, Esther Beam, Juanita Lawson,
Marguerite Bandy.
North Brook No. 2
B. L. Heavner, principal, Kenneth
Anthony, Matilda Bess, Irene Peeler,
Avis Hull, M. Elene Beam, Kate Hen
dricks.
North Brook No. 3
W. A. Hull, principal, Karr C.
Beam, Luther Houser, Sara Evelyn
Hovis, Minnie Mull, Juanita E. Mull.
Howard Creek
Fred Carpenter, principal, Ira
L. Sain, Hugh Hoyle, Sara E. Roof,
Irene Heavner, Sarah Edna Wise,
Blanche Irene Yoder, and Thelma
Smith.
READY TO QUIT
IF F. D. R. WINS
New York, July 22.—“1 don’t think
Roosevelt’s going to win, but if he
does I’ll leave this country in a min
ute,” was the emphatic comment
here today by Julian T. Bishop,
prominent Wall Street broker and
owner of extensive North Carolina
properties, to the queries of startled
and inquiring friends who noticed
his striking advertisement in the lat
est issue of “Gams Breeder and
Sportsman.”
The notice read in the event that
Roosevelt is re-elected at the coming
November election the entire horse
shoe quail farm, located near Cailh
r.ge, North Carolina, will be offered
for sale due to the fact that the own
er will immediately move to Can
ada. The propn-ty is complete, with
sufficient equipment in good condi
tion to raise between five and six
thousand quails, large log cabin with
bedroom, living, room and kitchen
fully equipped, fine dog kennels re
cently built to accommodate twelve
dogs, also six thorough broken quail
dogs, Ford station wagon, twelve
gun-boats and fishing equipment.
Leases for shooting privilege on 20,-
000 acres of land will also be for
sale. Full description on request.
Julian T. Bishop, Carthage, N. C.
Mr. Bishop, who also owns a home
in Greenwich, Conn., and who claims
aescendancy from a long line of
Democrats, is 46 years old. His
grandfather, William D. Bishop, was
president of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad for
many years. Formerly associated
with the firm of Charles D. Darney
and company, stock brokers of 14
Wall Street, he now maintains an
office there.
Community Picnic
At St. Mathews On
Thursday, July 30
The annual community picnic at
St. Matthew's church will be held on
Thursday, evening, July 30, at 7
o’clock. A large crowd is expected.
There will be plenty of fried chick
en and country ham, besides the oth
er delicious picnic supper. The com
mittee in charge invites you to come
and bring your family.
Sisters Death Halts
Hoyle Cline Trial
In Superior Court
Formal-Coiffure
folks say it is most complimentary’
and interesting and the ideal hair
dress for formal events, first in- (
traduced by Mary Boland (above):
Paramount star, in a recent picture.!
The clever arrangement of.curls
at the sides is rcpcatedloverAtlie.
’Tft (\t sh» mafia i
LANDON LEADS
PRES. ROOSEVELT
IN FARM POLL
Straw Vote Ha* Correctly
Forecast All Elections
Since 1916
Philadelphia, July 22.—Initial re
turns in the Farm Journal’s seventh
annual straw' vote of farmers
throughout the nation today gave
Gov. Alfred M. Landon of Kansas,
the Republican Presidential candi
date, a commanding lead over Presi
dent Roosevelt.
First figures released by the Jour
nal, a Philadelphia publication, gave,
Governor Landon 25,307 votes against
20,869 for President Roosevelt. The
Socialist and Union party nominee.
Norman Thomas and William Lemke,
tallied 461 and 291 votes, respective
ly.
From 32 States
Although the totals were based
or. returns from 32 States, the in
dividual States show striking dif
ferences in trend. According to
the poll, larmers in Pennsylvania,
New York, Michigan, New Jersey,
Indiana, Kansas and Missouri w'ere
among those favoring the Republi
cans, while President Roosevelt
was running ahead in California,
Minnesota, Washington, lowa and
Southern States.
In Ohio the race is close, with
Landon polling 1,263 against Roose
velt’s 1,251, thus far.
Held Reliable Barometer
The Farm Journal’s statement
claims:
“Beginning with 1916, this straw
vote has correctly' forecast the re
sult of all elections, including the
very close Wilson-Hughes campaign;
it even showed in 1928 the capture
of Virginia, Florida and Texas by
the Republicans.”
All *ballots in the first tabulation
were obtained by personal calls on
farmers in their homes, the report
stated. It added:
“In most of the 32 states for which
figures arc given many counties have
been covered, so that the result is a
reliable and representative sample of
farm opinion.”
Rooster Needs Mirror
Before He Will Crow
Scranton, S. C., July 22.—A white
rooster owned by Mrs. Ralph Scran
ton is so affected with vanity that
he can’t crow unless he stands in
front of a mirror.
Each morning at daybreak the
rooster jumps upon a shelf of the
Collins porch and crows for several
minutes before the mirror hung
there.
At various intervals during the
day, the rooster also flies to his
favorite perch to crow and stretch
his feathers, besides preening him
self at length while he critically
surveys his reflection in the mir
ror.
ICE CREAM SUPPER
There will be aq ice cream supper
at the home of B. M. Bolinger, Sat
urday, July 25, for the benefit of
Amity Church. The public is invited.
LOCAL MARKET^
COTTON 13c pound }
WHEAT SI.OO bushel \
CORN 75c bushel \
EGGS 15c & 17c dozen J
SINGLE COPY: FIVE CENTS
July Session to End Friday
After Busy Week; Num
ber of Cases Continued
The case against Hoyle Cline, for
mer deputy sheriff for Lincoln coun
ty, which came up for trial Wednes
day in superior court, was continued
to the October term of court when
word was brought to the court room
of the death of the defendant’s sister,
Mrs. Eula Cline Saine. The jury for
the trial had already been selected
w'hen the case was postponed.
Cline is charged with failure to
provide proper medical attention and
with negligence in the care of his
wife and new born baby, both of
whom died January 26. He is to be
tried on a second degree murder
charge.
Murrell Beard, driver of the car
in which W. M. Hilton of East Lin
coln, met death early in May was
given an eighteen months suspended
road sentence on condition that he
pay the costs of the case and that
he make specified payments to Mrs.
Jennie Hilton, widow of W. M. Hilton.
The case against Thaxter Sain,
charged with manslaughter in the
death of John E. Davis, early in
May, is to come up for trial today.
A number of cases on the civil
docket, scheduled for trial today have
been continued, it was learned this
morning. Court is expected to ad
journ Friday afternoon.
Criminal docket cases disposed of
Monday and Tuesday include the fol
lowing:
State vs. George Smith —Operat-
ing car intoxicated. Three months on
roads.
State vs Charlie Cirpentc. ’rio
lating prohibition laws. Two years
read sentence not to go into effect
upon motion of the solicitor within
live years.
State vs. Clyde Long—B. and E.
Sentenced to not less, than 12 nor
more than 18 months in state prison,
sentence to go into effect upon mo
tion of the solicitor within five
years.
State vs. Ervin King—B. E. L.
and R. Sentenced to not less than 12
(Continued on back page)
REALTYTRANSFERS
M. T. Leatherman, commissioner,
to Thomas Bass, property in Lincoln
ton township. Consideration $26.00.
Mrs. Julia McLurd Sullivan and
husband, S. B. Sullivan, to J. D. Mc-
Lird, for SISOO, property in Howards
Creek and Cherryville townships.
R. S. Keener and Leonora Keener,
to A. B. Whitesides, for S2OO, prop
erty in Ironton township.
M. S. Beam and wife, Ethel, and
J M. Beam and wife, Camilla, to
L. E. McQuinn and wife, Mary Mi-
Quinn, for SSOO and other considera
tions, property in Ward 4, Lincoln
ton.
D. F. Dellinger to Mark L. Del
linger and wife, Jessie Bridges Del
linger, for SI.OO and other consid
erations, property in Ironton town
ship.
B. C. Lineberger and wife, Fleta
Lineberger to B. C. Lineberger, Jr.,
and wife, Doris Lineberger, for $lO
and other considerations, property on
North Poplar street.
JOE GISH SAYS—
It doesn’t make any
difference how depend
able or with what care
and good material the
rest of the car is built if
it has a weak nut at the <
wheel.