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late News
the end of the first half of the
inning today the Yankees are
^dinS 2 to «. For si* innings Pen
for the Yankees had not given
# » hit and was approaching a
at no-hit record in a Worlds Sc
\fter the first frame Meadows
„thr Pirates was also pitching in
rineihlc ball. Gehrig's three-bagger
Mda hand in the Yankee run mak
' Several score Shelby people are
^ay attending the celebration at
frns> Mountain. Equally as many
^ ttjii take in the afternoon
program and the football game be
twern the Kings.. Mountain and
Shell)' H'«h schools.
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Examiner Haskell Davis yester
<av recommended a denial of tire
proposal of the P. and N. to buiid
,n extension of the road from Gas
tonia to Spartanburg, S. C. The re
commendation was made to the In
terstate commerce commission,
points along the proposed line arc
expected to continue fighting for
the project.
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Blacksburg. S. C., Oct.—Two wo
men were in a hospital at Gaffney,
with injuries that may prove fatal
ud one man was suffering with a
broken arm and serious bruises as
the aftermath of an automobile coi
ning with a truek in a cloud of
last near here tonight. The serious
ly injured are: Mrs. A. B. Hammet,
of Gaffney. Miss Vera.. Martin, of
Gaffney. A. B. Hammet, husband of
the former woman, was being treat
ed at the hospital, but his condition
was not regarded as critical.
Zion Church To
Build New House
J. H. Brackett Gets Contract tor
Building To Cost About $14,000
—Organized 1816.
Zion Baptist church, organized
111 years ago after revival services
conducted by that pioneer Baptist
preacher Drury Dobbins who
preached there under a brush arbor
and won converts, is to have a new
b-ick church building. Contract was
let this week to J. H. Brackett io
erect a building 60x60 feet, witn
fourteen Sunday school class
rooms The contract calls lor
something over $11,000. Extras wiil
be spent on a heating plant and
equipment. Just a few weeks ago a
few of the most substantial men of
the church got together in the
church yard and bgHn talk’ng the
new building. Pledges were taken
and $4,000 was raised the first after
noon Since then, the fund has
grown to $11,300 and other pledges
arc ooming in. The Zion people arc
the kind to pay as they go and the
campaign for funds has been short,
snappy and successful.
The new brick church will be the
Imirth on this site. Squire Monroe
iVdson who has a wonderful recol -
lection for dates and history, says
the church w as organized in 1816 by
Drury Dobbins who preached
there for 36 years. Rev. T. Dixon
filled the pastorate for a number o.
years at different times and fol
lowing him were Rev. R. Poston.
Rev. A C. Irvin for 25 years and
tne present beloved pastor, Rev. D.
G Washburn who has been leader
of the flock for the past eleven
years The present wooden struc
ture which will be replaced by the
new edifice was dedicated forty
lour years ago by Rev. A. L. Stowe,
Pattor of the First Baptist church
at Shelby at that time.
Presbyterians To
Support Shelby’s
Deaf Evangelist
Ehelby people will be interested
“ the following paragraph from
dispatch from Concord telling
the work of the Presbyterian
*ynod there:
Synod recommended the susten
®rf of special work among the
®af mi|tes, with its minister Rev.
, C Miller Jr., of Shelby. An in
resting episode was the panto
Riinie of Nearer My God to The
”1' three women deaf mutes, mem •
rs of Mr Miller's congregation in
ic.bv He has other charges in
Wlck°ry and Morganton.”
H'RN'ITllRE SHOW on
AT PARAGON COMPANY
Tl'i- Paragon Furnilture company
P itting on two-fold merenandis
* event this coming week that is
ytsneo to sef p new stanclard tor
i llrm They are putting on a
Rturniture style show, in con
tmn with which they are an
'Jhehig a Mascot range sale.
, r' turniture style show is unique
should Prove of vast interest to
Z housewife, and to furniture
Jr'" generally. The idea is, to
. '' a comprehensive display of
.new up-to-the-minute styles in
n" furnishings, to give the pros -
jenive buyer an idea of what the
things are like, the groupings.
*or blendings, etc,
t "ill really be a practical dem
,rat‘°n °f interior decorating, re
, ''ng the methods of the new art
naking the best of setting, gec
' the utmost'in beauty from ap
^Pnate furnishings.
lf' Mascot range sale is ap an- !
Hftn 'Vent of importance lo the j
Recall Election Looms Now In Shelby
Judge Schcnck to Preside Over
Term Convening Here on
October 31.
Jurors for a two weeks term of
Superior court here, beginning on
Monday, October 31, were picked
this week by the county commis
sioners.
Judge Michael Schenek, who was
here two courts back, will preside at
the term according to members of
the bar.
For First Week.
Jurors selected were:
H. L. Ruppe, L. M. Hamrick,
Grady McSwain. W. F. Hamrick. D.
F. McSwain, Lester Camp, W. G.
Graham, D. P. Wright, S. S. Weir,
I. Grady Patterson, J. H. Putnam,
C. L. Black, J. Bev. Patterson, Mar
cus Costner, W. A. Hamrick, C C,
Carpenter, J, A Dycus, J. R. Dover
jr., C. A. Morrison, R. C. Doggett,
Boyd A. Elam, George E. Gold, W.
E. Wright, M. Brooks, J. B Harrill,
D. C Jones, W. W. Mauney, J. R.
Peeler, Jno. P. Elliott. G. M. Ed
wards. C. E. Wallace, B. C. Bracketf,
R. F. Stamey, Jack Wright. Robert
A. Norman, Peter White.
Second W'eek.
P. H. McCraw. F, B. Hamrick,
Cliff Davis, D. L. Wells. A. L. Wells,
U. A. Black, M. L. Dedmon, Julius
Costner, Sam DePriest, Clint Well
mon, F. Bate Blanton, J. R. Cravy
ley. C. A. 'Philbeck, Jno. O, Peeler,
B C. Hicks, A. R Sparks, W. A.
Cook, Clyde Carpenter.
BAPTISTS MEET AT
mim next
Boiling Springs to Become :i Junior
College. Contributions to
Causes Larger.
One of the outstanding announ
cements of the Kings Mountain
Baptist association held this week at
Double Shoals is that Boiling
Springs will be made a junior col
lege, one year course to be added
next fall and another year the fol
lowing fall. Friends of the school
are gratified that the standard of
the school is raised. Dr. C. E. Madry
of the state board has agreed that
the school shall have an income of
$3,500 yearly from the state fund,
that the first $40,00® raised in tins
district in the Centennial drive shall
go to the school and that the school
will share in sixty per cent of the
gifts from the two associations
where it is hoped to raise $250,000
in a drive to be launched with the
beginning of year. In about ten
minutes time at the association Wed
nesday, $1010 was raised for minis
terial education there.
Meet at Beaver Dam.
Beaver Dam church will be host
to the association next fall and He"
J. L. Jenkins of Boiling Springs will
preach the introductory sermon and
Rev. H. E. Waldrop, the doctrinal
sermon.
F. B. Hamrick of Thomasville
spoke on the orphanage report. The
orphanage is caring for 900 children
including those who are fatherless
that are living with their mothers.
Mrs. D. Fletcher Hord made the re
port on woman's work and this was
spoken on by Mrs. John Wacastei
who has been untiring in her efforts
along this line.
The Harrison Eskridge donation
to Boiling Springs was commended
as the fund will be a great help to
worthy boys and girls seeking reli
gious training. No decision was
made to put on a field worker to
succeed A. V. Washburn who resign
ed a year ago.
Contributions to all of the church
es last year showed great increase
as well as the church membership
which was more than the previous
year. The revival meetings have
been very fruitful and the churches
are reported to be in fine spirit and
showing wonder! ul growth.
County Minus Two
Drivers For Time
Cleveland county will be shy two
more automobile drivers for three
months owing to Judge Mull's ideas
about driving while intoxicated.
Holding county court at Kings
Mountain yesterday the recorder
disposed of two “driving drunk”
charges by fining the defendants
$50 and the costs each and forbid
ding them to drive an automobile
in the county for a period of three
months.
Views On County Cotton Crop Vary
Here As Much As National Estimates
Crop Conditions In Cleveland County This Year Just Reverse
Of Last Year. Sonne Guess Low
Crop, Many Differ.
The New York Yankees hold
a two-game lead over the Pitts
burg Pirates as a result of the
second straight Yankee victory
over the Pirates yesterday by a
score of 6 to 2.
The next three games will be
played in New York. The
Yankees won the first game by
the close count of 5 to 4.
In the second game yesterday
the big opportunity knocked for
baseball’s bambino, Babe Ruth
when he came to the bat with
the bases loaded in the eight
and could do nothing more than
force a runner at the plate.
Good Radio Crowds
Crowds of fans have been
swarming each afternoon about
the public radio concerts being
given by radio dealers, while
numerous others have been lis
tening in on private radio sets.
Episcopal Ladies
In Meeting Here
Fifty Delegates Attend District Meet
ing Woman’s Auxiliary Here
Thursday.
With approximately 50 delegates
in attendance an all-day session of
the district woman's auxiliary of the
Weslwff Cai olina Episcopal church
was held at the local church here
yesterday.
The celebration of the Holy Com
munion held by Bishop Horner was
one of the opening features of the
program, following which Rev
Louis G. Wood made an inspiration
al talk on the mission work done by
the women of the church. Various
reports and business discussiors
followed. Among the other high
lights was a model program inter
preted by Mrs. Dawson, of Cramer -
ton. and a talk on the general
work of the auxiliary by Mrs. John
son, of Gastonia.
Episcopal ministers in attendance
came from Rutherfordton, Lincom
ton and Gastonia, while the visiting
delegates represented Asheville.
Hendersonville, Rutherfordton, Lin
colnton, Gastonia and Cramerton.
Luncheon was served the session
at the Arcade hotel dining room
through the courtesy of Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Lybrand.
College Head Here
At Kiwanis Meet
“The greatest menace to Ameri
can citizenship,” said Dr. Frank
Gaines, new president of Wake
Forest college last night at Kiwanis
meet," is the lack of a sense of duty
or obligation to our country.” Dr.
Gaines is a charming personality
and a most fluent speaker. In his
remarks he compared the similarity
of the tasks of a college president
with a civil club. Both are striving
as best they can to develop broth
erhood, fraternity, friendship, per
sonality and the spirit of loyalty
and enthusiasm. Friends of Wake
Forest were well pleased with Dr
Gaines as the head of the Baptist
institution and many former stu
dents from all over the county heard
him last night.
COTTON MARKET
Coton was quoted at noon today
on New York exchange:
October 20.85; December 21.07;
January 21.10. Yesterday’s close Oc
tober 20.80; December 21.06; Janu
ary 21.09.
New York. Oct. 7,—Southern
weather last night cloudy south cen
tral, clear elsewhere, forecast Okla
homa, fair, colder. East Texas shov
ers east portion today fair and cool
er tomorrow, West Texas fair and
cooler. Arkansas showers and cooler
today fair tomorrow. Mississippi.
Alabama and North Carolina show
ers. South Carolina fair Georgia
part cloudy.
Worth street quiet. No particular
news, advance yesterday due to
trade buying and technical position,
probably have further rise today but
market will be nervous awaiting to
morrow’s report.
Will Cleveland county produce a?
much cotton this year as last year?
“No,” says one group. “Yes,” says
another, “we'll come close if not
above.”
And there you go. Trying to get
soundly based estimates on the cot
ton crop of one county indirectly
shows the foolishness of a national
estimate. When men versed in cot
ton cannot agree, on what their
home county will make, how can
there be anything definite about
general estimates of a dozen states?
But, that’s just another question.
Season About Faces.
The cotton season this year in
Cleveland county “about faced” as
vets of the World war would say.
Meaning that in one section of the
county last year the crop was
fairly early, while in another sec
tion it was very late. This year the
crop is early in the section where
it was late last year, and late where
it was early.
Down in Nos. i. 2 and 4 townships
the crop this year is early, and the
same might apply to sections nearer
No. 6 Fact is it is so early that Oc
tober may see the end of picking. It
was the reverse last year, if you re
member. Around Boiling Springs
and to the southeast the crop was
so late that some of it failed to
come through. This year they have
a lot of it picked out. Last year in
the fertile up-county territory the
crop was on time, but reports this
year is that it is late and not so
good. From Toluca comes thr
word that "cotton is late in open
ing and not near so good as last1
year.”
Take it up and juggle it, and
what have you?
Even those who do not foresee a
county crop of more than 37,00*1 ■
bales say that if the weather is
good for the late crop up-county th::
total may be around 40.000 bale.;.,
Last year the mid and up-county
sections made up for lower Cleve
land. This year it will be up to the
up-county cotton planters.
How Many Bales?
Several optimistic side-line obser
vers of the cotton crop are wager
ipg that the 45.000 bale mark will
be reached this year, while one fei
low, so -reports go, has ventured a
“John B” that it will equal last
year's 47,000 and more bales. On the
other hand more people string along
with the group that places the crop
from 38,000 to 42,000 bales. Experi
enced cotton buyers set their fig
ures at 40,000, but would not be sur
prised at seeing 45,000. though no.
expecting it. They were surprised
last year and are not taking any
chances. County Agent Hardin to
date cannot see the crop turning out
as much as last year. “Between
37,000 and 40.000 bales” he says. And
like some of the others he wouldn:
be surprised—
Take your guess. The situation is
just that definite.
Children Now In
New School Here
New West Shelby Building In llsc.
Want a Name for New
School Building.
Two hundred and seventeen
school children this week moved
into the new city school building in
West Shelby. The children movinj
in represented seven grades that
have been using a building at the
Central high school plant.
The new city building will ac
commodate 350 students and hac
nine rooms. According to J. J.
Blair, state school building super*
visor, it is one of the best construct
ed and arranged buildings of the
smaller type in the state.
So far the school is known as the
West Shelby school, but it is learn
ed that school officials are seeking
a name for the building and sug
gestions are in order.
To Pave Alleys In
First Block North
It was ordered at a meeting of the
city fathers this week that the al
leys in the block directly north of
the court square be paved, the prop
erty owners agreeing to pay two
thirds, of the cost. To begin with
the alley between The Star office
and Courtview hotel will be paved
to the rear of the new Campbell
building, thence west between the
Baptist church and Campbell's build
ing to LaPayette street. If funds
are available the alleys will be
paved from the intersection at rear
of Campbell s to the milk plant and
to N. Washington street.
CLUB WOMEN BOLD
DISTRICT PARLEY
WITH LOCAL CLUB
Mrs. O’Berry, Slate President. l!r*es
Support For Survey Working
Conditions.
Club women of this district were
urged by the president of the state
federation to support the movement
lor a survey of working condition..
Of women in the state at the big
district meeting held here Wednes
day.
The sixteenth annual session of
the fourth district of the Woman s
club was called to order by Mrs. J
A. Costner, president, in the audi
torium of the Central Methodist
church here with 179 women pres
ent. The session opened with the
singing Of the club hymn.
In a most cordial manner. Dr. H.
K Boyer, pastor of Central M. E.
qhurch, welcomed the ladies and
dxtended greetings from the citizens
of Shelby, speaking of the high aim
and purposes of the club.
A delightful solo, "Ave Maria"
Was rendered by Dr. Plaster, ac
companied by Mrs. McCord at the
piano. The response to the words of
greeting wras brought by Mrs. E. E.
Williamson, of Mount Holly, after
which Mrs. John Wynn Doggett,
president of the Ishpening club, in
behalf of the Woman's club, pre
sented a beautiful corsage to Mrs.
Thomas O'Berry. state president,
Mrs. Chamberlain, retiring presi
dent, and Mrs. J. A. Costner, dis
trict president.
The following committees were
appointed by the president: Re
solutions^Mrs. F. H. Chamberlain,
Mrs. D. P. McClurd, Mrs. Gold.
Courtesies—Mrs. Fred Hamrick.
Mrs. J. A. Owens, Mrs. S. P. Reid
Mrs. Frost Torrence. Attendance -
Mrs. R. S. Lewis, Mrs. Kuhn, Mrs
E. Bland.
Following the roll call, the presi
dent introduced Mrs. O'Berry, the
state president, who in a most in- ;
teresting and gracious manner .
spoke of the outstanding features
of the federation. She spoke of the !
importance of concentrating and
carrying out the ideals of the club.
Mrs. Mary Graves, of Chapel Hill,
an artist of real ability, will pre
pare articles and publish them from
time to time that will be of help in
the club work.
The club women are asked to no
tify Mrs. Graves of places of inter
est in their community and she will
gladly paint them.
Dramatics are being stressed this
year in the literature department.
Mrs. O'Berry spoke of the $1<K!
offered by the Asheville chamber of
commerce to the club doing the best
piece of community work. She urg
ed the conservation of trees. In
stead of cutting Christmas trees,
plant and have the living Christ
mas tree.
Backs Mrs. Johnson
The need for the survey of work
ing conditions of women are just as
vital today as three years ago and
the women have appointed a com
(Continued on page eight.)
Higher Voltage
Promised Next Week
Southern Power Company Promises
to Relieve Low Voltage Com
plaint in Shelby.
Higher voltage is promised by the
Southern Power Co., to Shelby and
rural light lines served through the
Shelby plant by the Southern Pow
er company, according to Mayor
Dorsey and City Electrician T. L.
Gordon who spent yesterday in
Charlotte. Customers using power
distributed by the Shelby plant
have been greatly annoyed recently
because of low voltage. Cotton gins
could not run satisfactorily and all
users of motors and lights wer;
suffering. Complaints were made to
the city and Messrs. Dorsey and
Gordon would in turn ask the
Southern Power Co., for more vol
tage, without results. In the city
hall the voltmeter would show the
voltage as low as 85 to 90 when the
power company's contract calls f'lr
a steady voltage of 110. Mayor
Dorsey decided to put in a person -
al complaint, so he and Mr. Gor
don took the matter up in Charlotte
with Mr. Roddy who upon exam
ining the reports furnished from the
voltage is not what the contract
local sub-station found that the
calls for and not sufficient for gocd
results.
Power will be off Sunday from 2
to 5 o’clock when the situation will
be remedied. Mr. Roddy says, and
on Monday the users of power may
expect the full 110 volts up :own on
the main lines.
$1,000 Gift To
Baptists Made By
Max Gardner Here
First Donation of Centennial Drive
—Boiling Springs To Become
Junior College Next Year
Max Gardner has made the first
donation to the Baptists in their
educational drive to be launched
soon for the denominational schools
in North Carolina. This was learn
ed this week when Dr. C E. Madry.
mission board secretary Of the
Baptists was here from Raleigh at
tending the Kings Mountain Bap
tist association in session Tuesday
and Wednesday at Double Shoals
Mr Gardner's gift is the first one
received. The drive w'hich is being
planned now. does not start in thi3
section of the state until after the
first of the year. •
At a conference held this week
among Baptist leaders. It was agreed
by Dr. Madry that the first $♦().
000 raised in this territory embrac
ed by the Kings Mountain and
bandy Run associations will go di
rect to the Boiling Springs school
and that the institution will be
made a junior college. Friends u
the institution have been striving
for sometime to have the Stat?
Baptist convention make Boilin'*
Springs a junior college and the
fact that they have succeeded, will
be learned with gratification by the
many friends of the school
throughout western Carolina. First
year junior college work will Oc
provided for next year. The follow
ing year, another year of junior
college training will be provided.
It is hoped to raise in the Kings
Mountain and Sandy Run associa
tions which are sponsoring Boiling
Springs school the sum of $250,000
in the centenial drive to be launch
ed with the beginning of the new
year. The first funds secured up lo
$40,000 will go direct to Boiling
Springs and after that goal is
reached the funds will be distri
buted sixty per cent to Rn‘ij|“{
Springs and forty per cent to the
state-wide educational fund.
Boiling Springs Will receive an
nually $3,500 from the state mis
sion fund for operative purposes.
Mr. Gardner who made the dona
tion is chairman of the committee
which will launch a state-wide drive
in the hope of raising a million and
a half for Baptists primary and
secondary schools in North Caro
lina.
BIG e®BflTi
ON AT KINGS Ml
Kings Mountain, Oct. 7.—
Scores of visitors began coming
in here today in holiday attire
while a Mardi Gras spirit pre
vailed as the celebration of the
one hundred and forty»-seventh
aniversary of the battle of Kings
Mountain got underway.
Officials in charge of the
program had' everything in
ship-shape early in the morning
and an epochal day was ex
pected.
United States Senator Walter
George, of Georgia, was scheduled
to arrive early this morning. Tlie
military band from Fort Bragg ar
rived late yesterday afternoon as
did the Lincoln cavalry troop. And
Co. K. Shelby infantry unit arriv 'd
early this morning to participate.
More than 30 floats were entered
in the opening parade this morning.
Visits Minister
Who Baptized Her
Half Century Back
Friday morning a trimly dressed
little lady with gray hair stepped
into Ebeltoft’s bookstore and want
ed to know “is this Mr. Ebeltoft.'’
“Yes, lady, it is” was the reply.
“Were you once a Baptist minis
ter at Fayetteville?" she queried
again.
“I was," came back the former
Norwegian-minister with his Mobile
accent.
“Well, you are the minister who
baptized me,” she came back.
The baptizing mentioned took
place 46 years ago when Rev. T. W.
Ebeltoft, for two score years a book
store proprietor here, was p'istor of
the Baptist church at Fayetteville.
He had not seen his visitor in
many years and has not visited in
Fayetteville for 35 years. The Fay
etteville lady is visiting in ShelDy
en route to the western section of
the state. While here she heard
some one mention “Mr. Ebeltoft”
and w alked around to the store to
see if by chance he could be the
man who baptized her so many
years back.
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Lawyer Draws Petition
Today For Election On
Recall Of Mayot-Board
Two Petitions And Two Elections Will Be
Necessary For Success Of Movement, At
torney Employed States. Must Adopt
Form Of Government First To Assure Re
call Privileges. Recall Faction Confident
Of Securing Necessary Signers, 25 Percent
Of Voters, It Is Said. Comes As Surprise.
Shelby in the approaching weeks may witness something
that has never heretofore taken place in the borders of the
city.
The likely novelty is a recall election of city officers.
Peyton McSwain, local attorney, informed a member of
The Star staff at one o’clock today that he was at the time
drawing petitions that would eventually, if successful, lead
to a recall election. The method of securing the election, ac
cording to the attorney, seems to be somewhat long drawn
out, but it is on its way. Ere the sunsets tomorrow afternoon,
it is said by the attorney that the.citizens who employed him
to prepare the petitions would be carrying them about seek
ing the necessary 25 percent of the registered voters of the
city of Shelby to sign.
me move comes alter being talk
ed for some time. For several weeks
dark clouds have been assembling
on the local political horizon. Ru
mors and reports have been many.
The politically wise have predicted
for a week or more that the storm
from the political cloud would break
ere the end of October. Today's an
nouncement seeks to make wise mer.
of these political prophets.
Two Elections.
However, do not get the wrong
idea The petition to be circulate'!
is not to demand a recall election
I immediately. There are prepare
jfcory steps to be taken before that
[move can be made. These steps may
fjrrrrky not fall.
Attorney McSwain in announcing
that he had been employed by a
group of citizens stated today that
two elections would be necessarv
to assure success for the recall
movement.
First, the county board of elec
tions must call a special election for
the city to vote on a certain form
or plan of aldermanic government
that would give the citizenship the
right to call* for r. recall election. If
that election should prove success
ful. according to the attorney, a pe
tition then must be filed with the
city clerk asking for a recall elec
tion. If properly signed by 25 per
cent of the registered voters it
would then be the duty of the city
election board to announce the re
call election. The outcome of that
election would determine whether or
not the recall faction would win.
To County Board.
The petition being drawn by Mr.
McSwain today is addressed to tn'
county board of election, made up
of Bynum Weathers, J. Frank Hai -
ris and Dare Byers. Before being
presented it must be signed by 25
per cent of the voters. The request
on the petition, as addressed to th»
county board, is that an election be
called to see whether or not the
city will adopt the aldermanic plan
of city government known as Pla.i
"A" with initiative referendum and
recall powers
If this election carries, it is said,
citizens will then be entitled to ask
for a recall election.
I'se Same Petition.
According to the attorney the pe
tition used to ask the county board
for the first election will also do to
use in asking for the recall election.
If the first election is sucecssfu’.
McSwain states that the group em
ploying him will use the same list
of signers to put a petition to .the
city clerk asking for a recall eiec
tion.
Just how the lines will draw up
thereafter is only a matter of con- '
jecture. The recall election, .is gath
ered from the leport of the attor- i
ney, hinges entirely on the success !
of the first election which would
give citizens referendum and recall I
privileges. If the necessary number
of voters sign the petition the coun- :
ty board must automatically call foi !
the first election, he says. Then, of
course, the second presentation to
the city clerk would depend upon
the success or failure of che first
election.
Group Confident.
Attorney McSwain states that his
connection with the day's sensation
is only in the capacity of legal ad
visor. The group of citizens employ
ing him seems confident that they
can secure the necessary signers
within a few days, he says.
The petitions. he says, will be
prepared this afternoon and will bo
in the hands of the so-called recall
group tomorrow, Saturday, morn
ing. Twelve to 15 petitions a’-e be
ing drawn up for use in various sec
tions of the city, he says.
Inefficiency?
Asked as to the real motive be
hind the petition for the first elec
tion, which it is understood merely
leads to the recall election, the at
torney states that in their talks to
i him those backing the movement
base it on general grounds of "m
competency and Inefficiency, in the
(City administration" adding also
that the recall petition would ask
for a recall vote on Mayor Dorsey
and the board of aldermen.
Somewhat a Surprise.
Although rumors have been to the
effect that a recall would be asked
the anouncement today will came as
a surprise to many. At the time the
announcement was given out the at
itorney stated that no one knew
I definitely of the final decision to
(circulate the petitions excepting the
: group backing it, the attorney and
I the newspaperman to whom the
(statement was given.
Asked if he cared to make pub
| lie the names of the leaders of the
recall movement Attorney McSjvaln
stated that this would come out
, soon enough when the petition was
signed.
No opposition candidates to those
against whom the recall move is
aimed have been talked so far as
can be learned. That angle is too
far ahead with too much in be
tween to be talked yet, it is sam.
NO MM'
OF 3 BROVEB H
Although two weeks have passed
since the disappearance of the three
young Grover men charged with
fatally beating Claude Long, a ne
gro, no trace of the wanted trio has
been unearthed recently, it was
learned at the sheriff’s office yes
terday.
The men sought are Ernest Hicks,
Jack Westmoreland and Hoyle Al
len. Marcel Fortune, who had been
with the trio on the day the negro
was assaulted, has been under bond
for some time, it being alleged that
he had nothing to do with the as
sault.
State Has Many
Miles Paved Road
Raleigh.—North Carolina's sys
tem of state controlled roads includ
ed 6,797.75 miles on July 1, a chart
of the highway commission showing
the miles and types of construction
by route numbers reveals.
Of the total. 1,496.9 miles were
paved with solid concrete and 1,
058.75 miles with asphalt. The re
maining total was distributed as fol
lows, dirt, 639.85; topsoil and sand
clay 1,982.9; gravel, 233.05; shale.
40.85; oil treated. 601.25; surface
treated gravel, 41.9; surface treated
macadam, 158.95; penetrated ma
cadam, 158.95; penetrated macadam
92.9; brick, 44.65, bridges, 11.2.
Of the 572.9 miles of route 10,
North Carolina's “main street” 166
miles are paved with solid concrete
and 223.9 miles with asphalt; 208.2
miles of route 20 are of solid con
crete and 87.85 are of asphalt.
Bank examiners can't borrow mo
ney from banks, being in taht re
spect like a good many more of ues.
When a person uses an unusual
word frequently, it is a good indica
tion that it is a recent acquisition,