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SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1928. 12 PAGES TODAY By mall, per year (in advance) 12.5(1 Carrier, per year (In advance) $3.0( 1 Late News M»y and May Not. ..Today's North Carolina weather report: Showers and probably thun der ahowen tonight and Saturday, except generally fair in west por tion. Saturday moderate south and southwest yinds. Rescue In Arctic. A dispatch from Italy this morn ing stated that fire members ef the Nobile airship crew, stranded in the Arctic refloat, were renewed yester day by the Russian Ice-breaksr Ka tin. Those rescued were the Vtglleri group. Eight of the 16 aboard the Italia have been rescued, two arc krtown to be dead and six are lost. Hebron Church Unable To HolJ Large Crowd At Funeral Of Victim. The largest crowd to ever throng about Hebron church was there ' Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock to attend the funeral of Greeley Boyles, who was killed in the boiler explosion at Toluca Tuesday. Estimates as to the crowd range from 1,200 to 1,500. The rural church could not hold more than half of the crowd and one of those ’ outside declared he counted 625 who could not get In The funeral drew throngs for two reasons: first, be cause of the horror of the tragedy in which Boyles met his death as such events are not common m rural sections, and second because of the popularity of the victim uoyifs, wno was sz years oi age, Joined the churcli in his early boy hood, and of a friendly and cour teous disposition was liked by every one who knew him He was one of the best citizens of his community. Surviving arc his wife, who was Texie King, and two children— Marvin and Heron There were many beautiful floral offerings Pall bearers were: S. H. and S. A Sain, Wallace and Blenny Hoyle, Bcvard Lingerfelt, and A C. Cost ner Flower girls were Lona and Verna Hasting, Stelma Costner, Charlcie and Georgiana Sain and Winona Willis. Don Johnson, Once Pilot Here, Flies Over Mountains Along With Gastonia Boy He Pilots Plans Across Mountains During Rain. Gastonia—Donald B. Johnson, local aviator, and Council Shumate, employe of the Pattillo drug store, had an exciting trip through rain and fog from Johnson City, Tenn. to Gastonia Tuesday morning. They landed here at the field of the Piedmont Airway. Inc., after being in the air for an hour and a half or more, during which time they ascended to more than 8,000 feet in order to get above the drizzling rain. Johnston carried passengers in Johnson City last week and hopped from the field there Tuesday morn ing Shumate, who helped his fel low aviator, while on his vacation from the drug store, was the only passenger. Over the mountains of western North Carolina they encountered the steady rain In some places the fog was so bad that they descended to within about 100 feet of the trees and rocks in order to see where they were going. In order to try to outwit the rain, Johnston drove the Eagle Rock plane up wards to an elevation of 8,200 feet but there was as much rain there as anywhere. The two airmen came to Gas tonia via Shelby. The latter part of the trip was not so bad as there was more familiar territory. ROYSTER ID SONS IMPROVING STORE Adding: Another Story to Two Store Rooms and New Fronts on S LaFayette Street. Dr S. S. Royster and two sons. D. W and Ralph, who recently pur chased from J. E. Webb two bride store rooms on S. LaFayette street adjoining the Royster building oc cupied by Montgomery Ward Co., will let the contract in a few days for another story to be added over both stores, new store fronts and a heating system supplied by a large heating plant in the Royster build ing. The building when finished will be 50x135 feet, two stories high or steel and brick construction and conform in style of architecture to the present Royster building with buff colored brick It is estimated that the cost of the improvement will be approximately $20,000. Just who will occupy the building when finished has not been settled upon, say the Roysters. LINCOLN VOUTH HURT IN FALL FROM TREE Lincolnton, July 12—W. E. Bal lard, 12 ye-rs of age, is in a local hospital with both legs broken be tween the knees and hips, as a re sult of falling out of a tree whicn he was climbing. The accident happened in Lincoln ton on Rhyne heights. BOILER TRAGEDY REPORTED BETTER i Driver Of Engine Tells Of Harrow ing Experience. Had 140 Pounds Of Steam. Franklin Grigg and Wayne Car penter, who were injured in the Toidca boiler explosion Tuesday in which Greeley Boyles was killed, were reported as improving some what at the Shelby hospital today although young Carpenter still suffers considerably from his burns. TclLs Of Ills Explosion. From his hospital bed Thursday Grigg peered from the bandages over his lacerated face and told a Star staff writer of the harrowing experience of driving a death en gine. "It came and was over with so quick that there isn't much to tell,” Grigg said. Engine Had Stopped. We had just pulled up to the house from the barn. We were not moving at the time as some have said. Just a minute before it hap pened Greeley <Boyles), who was putting planks down in front, step ped back just four or five steps I from me at the side and said to stop because the engine was about to run off the plank. I guess those were the last words he ever said. T jerked the throttle off and we stopped. Just about that time I no ticed Mrs. Edwards walk out on the porch. I didn't notice the little girl. Then came the explosion and the first thing after I came to myself I began to wonder what had happen ed to Mrs Edwards. She was so close, and I’m so glad she wasn't badly hurt. “Greeley wasn't in front. He was pretty close to me beside one of the wheels. The little Carpenter boy over in that bed was four or five yards behind, and Pruett (tiie. fireman) was up in front moving Dr. Edwards' car so we could get by When the explosion came I felt something- hit me in the side and the next thing I knew clearly was that we were in a car moving.” Low Pressure Boiler. Grigg stated when questioned that it was what is known as A low pressure boiler, but declared that they had had up to 160 pounds of steam in it several times while saw ing. The gauge showed 140 pounds just before the explosion and it had started to pop off about the time we stopped, he said. A low pressure boiler is not in sured over 110 pounds of steam, ac cording to boiler salesmen, but Grigg said that before starting out they had tested the boiler with cola water up to 135 pounds and it had held all right. He also discounted the theory that the boiler was dry and blew- up when cold water struck it. "The boiler was at least two thirds full/’ he said, “as it hadn't been long since we filled it and I noticed it coming up from the barn. Hearing that some thought per haps the steam gauge was not working Grigg also stated that :t was and that it registered 140 pounds. On the previous Saturday night he purchased a new gauge at Hickory, he said, and installed it Boiler Age Not Known, Just how old the boiler was Grigg said he did not know, but stated that they had been operating it for three years and that it had been used prior to that time near Lenoir and also about Valdese, according to reports he had heard. That there was no mud, or very little mud in the boiler, Grigg was positive, af firming that it had been cleaned when they started threshing and after. He could hot understand, he said, what caused it to blow up, or how any of them managed to es cape. The threshing machine was left at the'barn, he said, or more w'ould have been killed as there were 30 01 40 people about and many of them would have been following along. Grigg received lacerations on the body, arm and head, but was trou bled most with the blow on his sid3. Thursday he seemed to feel con siderably better and chatted with friends and relatives. The little Carpenter boy was not resting so easily. Relatives brought him some flowers but he could hardly sej them as his face was so swollen that his eyes were almost closed. His most painful injuries developed from bums and lacerations about the head. A. B. C. Co. Takes Over Auto Agency The A. B. C. Motor and Tire com pany of which A. B. C. DePriest Ls manager, has taken the distribution in Cleevland county of the Ponti ac car from the Arey Refrigerating Co. Heretofore the A. B. C. company has been sub-dealers for this car tin der the Arey Co., but Arey Co., has given the dealership to the A. B. C. Motor and Tire company which op erates on S. Washington street, Robinson Pleads For South Senator Joe Robinson, democratic vice-presidential nominee, the first to come from the South since the Civil war, while in New York recently urged that an active campaign be made in the South, | “ Sacred Duty” To Back \ | Law, Al Smith Believes j | — Does Not Want Saloons — iEditor's Note: This is the last of four articles on Gov. Ai Smith of New York.) i By Robert Talley. NEA Service Writer.) Albany, N. Y.—When Al Smith answers th06e who hare attacked his eligibility for the presidency on the ground that he is a Catholic, j the nation can expect one of the i greatest speeches in the long ca reer of this man who has won fame as a powerful orator. Governor Smith is a devout mem ber of his church, as were his par- ! ents, and he has no apologies to make for his religion. He holds that one's manner of worshipping God is a personal matter, entirely dis associated from government. He has always attended church regu larly. “I have never known any con flict between my official duties and my religious belief,” Governor Smith once said. “I recognize no power in my church to interfere j with the operation* of the consti- j tution of the United States or the enforcement of any law of the land.” wengion Durns aeepiy wumn me breast of New York's governor, once an altar boy at St. James', near his home on the East Side. In his youth the church nurtured 'him. giving him the only schooling he ever received. It started him on his career as a public speaker with the j amateur theatricals given in the church (basement. It buried his father and his mother, who die,! secure in the consolation of their faith, and it has comforted him in many of his own dark hours. "If there were a conflict between religious loyalty to the Catholic church and patriotic loyalty to the United States,” Governor Smith once said. “I, of all men, could not have escaped it because I have not been a silent man, but a battler for social and political reform. These battles would in their very nature disclose the conflict, if any.” When Governor Smith makes re ply to these attacks, the public may hear something of the innumerable letters from friends of religious tol erance—Protestants, Jews and Cath olics—that have flodded into his of fice here ever since • the issue was raised. That day he will speak wdfr.i a profound emotion, born of some thing that is closest withb* his heart. / I He may read the letter/received from a Gold Star mother, urging him to fight to the last ditch as a matter of sacred fluty to the na tion “to prevent America from be coming a prey of bigots who would raise a warning sign that rio Cath olic mother giving birth to a son could expect him to share the com mon opportunity to aspire to the nation’s highest honor.” One thing is certain, say those who know Governor Smith best— he will never retreat under this at tack nor surrender because of as saults made on his religion. "I believe,” Smith has said, “in the common brotherhood of man under the common Fatherhood of God .... I believe in the worship of God according to the faith and practice of the Roman Catholic church.” Though his name was mention ed at San Francisco in 1920 and roundly cheered, Governor Smith first became prominent as a presi dential possibility at Madison Square Garden in 1924: -Trie- memory bfwfnat*bitter and tumultuous session is too clear to need much description here. It ran through four weeks, through 103 ballots as forces under the leader ship of McAdoo and Smith grap pled in a historic deadlock whicn was finally broken by the nomina tion of John W. Davis. One of the bitterest, political fights in history was staged over the effort to have the platform condemn the Ku Klux Klan by name which failed. The nortern wing of the Demo cratic party, strongly pro-Catholic, and the pro-klan southern Demo crats locked in a struggle that brought political disaster at the polls in November. Governor Smith has never denied that in the old days in New York's East Side he enjoyed perching his ! foot on a brass rail and blowing the j foam off a cold glass, but he has j not advertised this fact, since pro- I (Continued on page six.) 119 SHOW Will DRJtW 001 CHID; 1 FOX RICE RISO To Have Twenty-One Classes In Show. Open Only To Entries From County. Promoters of the forthcoming horse show are getting busy, pre paring to put over an event that will really reflect credit upon the Shelby Riding club in particular and the community in general The event, which is to be held on July 26, will be staged on the Cleveland Springs Estates, near the aviation field. The managers are anxious to have it understood that entries will be open to anyone in Cleveland county, and for all classes of horses and ponies. It is planned to have the entries cover twenty-one classes And there is but one limiting condition, and that is. that all horses and riders must belong in Cleveland county. A premium list has been prepar ed, and a number of prizes have al ready been offered. It is expected before the day of the event, the list of prizes will have become quite extensive. William Lineberger makes the announcement that a judge, hail ing from the horsey country of Kentucky has been selected. His name will be made public later. The day, being Thursday, will it is hoped be a half holiday in Shel by, which will add to the oppor tunity afforded to make the event a gala one. Arrangements are being made to entertain the visitors, as the program will be an all day one. opening at 10:30 o’clock, and ex tending well into the evening. At seven a fox hunt will be on, the chances being that an aniseed bag will take the place of the fox. As has already been announced, a dog show, will proceed the show ing of the horses. That the show will be extensive is indicated by the fact that there are at least fifty saddle horses in Shel by alone, not to mention large numbers owned in the county. And tfeese will represent only one of a number of classes. There will be three gaited and five gaited horses, road horses, plantation horses, bug gy horses, hunters, jumpers, etc. Along with Mr. Lineberger and working with the committees to perfect the show are Dr. Dorton and Mr. Frazier. Little Hawkins Girl Died Early In Morn - Little jMa»yaretvHaMikingr»7-yeer old daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Hawkins, of Lattimore, died early this morning of heart trouble. Funeral services will be held Sat urday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Sharon church, the section from which the Hawkins family came ori ginally. Rev. M. Forbis will conduct the service. The little girl was a lovable, brilliant child and the en tir community sympathizes with the family in its bereavement. Surviving in adition to the parents are three brothers and one sister. $4 CHECK BY LINDY IS REFUSED BY STRANGERS North Platte, Neb., July 12—“We don't know you.” greeted Col. Char les A. Lindbergh when he tendered his check for $4 in a local restau rant in payment for coffee and rolls for himself and mechanic. The fa mous pilot w'as forced to dig deeper in his pockets for the 20 cents to pay the bill. Name The Big Baby—The County Fair Everything has some kind of name. Perhaps you have never thought of it but each one of the previous Cleveland county fains had a name. Each had its slogan, and that is the name by which it was known. A slogan is a name thatrmeans something, something to live up to. Last year the slogan was "Bigger, Better, More Beautiful." This year the fair is going to be all this, and then some. We want you to tell us just what you want it to be in the cleverest, most concise wording possible. . Two people in Cleveland county are going to find themselves lucky. The fair is going to be patriotic in every particular, for, not only, is it going to be of the people, by the people, for the people, but it is going to be named by the people also. The Fair Association is offering for the slogan accepted a pass to all of the attractions, in addition to the entrance pass; for the second best, an entrance pass for the week, for the third best, on? ticket. This is the first actual work you have the opportunity to do for the fair. Two weeks will be given to get your slogans in. The rules are simple, write your name and address at the top of page, write or print your slogan under it, and mail to Mrs. Irma P. Wallace, •Box 484. Shelby, N. C. All slogans must reach the office by July 28, 8 p. m. All together, now, give us a name that will make everybody work to make come true. Open only to Cleveland county citizens. Final Hoodoo Day Of Year Use extra oadtloa la yo*r movement* today and if yoa hear the town clock boom 12 stroke* tonight you may consider your&elf lucky, and likewise may rest easy about the rest of the yVar. This Is “Friday the 13th," y’know—the third one of the year and the last one too. The year 1928 has been un usual in that it brought alone three “jonah" days: Friday, January 13; Friday, April 13; and today, which is Friday, July 13. Steer clear of black cats, two-dollar greenbacks, and broken mirrors this afternoon and tonight and you should be able to live out the rest of the year, if you don’t happen to take sick and die, get run over by an auto, or get shot by some irate husband or wife. CITY TAGS GOING FAST, LIMIT NEAR Shelby Motorists, in Rush to Buy License Plates as Deadline Day Approaches. During the past few days City Clerk Fred Culbreth has been rush ed by city motorists desiring to buy Shelby auto license plates before Po lice Chief Richards and his force start out to round up car owners who have not purchased tags. Chief Richards announced earlier in the week that every auto owner has had ample time to buy tags and that he would close down on those not having tags by the end of th's week—and the result has been the pouring in of a steady stream of one dollar bills at the city hall. Scores of cars, however, remain without new city tags, it is said, and i if there are no delinquents left by Monday morning many tags will have to be purchased today and to morrow. Thursday Holiday, Some Close While Others Stay Open ; Banks and a Few Groceries Close Shop for Afternoon. Other Business Hesitant Shelby’s first announced half-hol iday of the summer months yester day fizzled somew-hat in that the entire business section did not close up for the aftecnoon although a por tion did. A check-up revealed that all the banks were closed for business aft er the noon hour as were a few of the grocery stores, but other mercan tile firms including several grocery stores remained open. Several firms in business lines other than groceries had decided to close up, and in some instances had informed their help that they need not return in the afternoon, but when they found doors of rival firms remaining open, they too, stuck to the shop during the afternoon. Quite a bit of confusion resulted both for merchants and shoppers. May Close Thursday. Today reports along the business avenues have it that the closing may be more general next Thursday. The banks meantime have announced definitely that their help will have Thursday afternoon off during Julv and August. Just how much of the business section will be closed next Thursday remains to be seen. As it is citizens not connected with uptown business are amused at the tangle and busi ness men are somewhat puzzled Local Talent Ladies Entertain Kiwanis Shelby's splendid local talent en tertained Kiwanians Thursday night at Cleveland Springs hotel when Josh Lattimore and J. B. Nolan had charge of the program. Miss Virginia Hamrick one of Shelby's moot pleasing readers gave two recita tions, while Mrs. John Lovelace, nee Whisnant, rendered two beautiful vocal solos, with Miss Mary Helen Lattimore piano accompanist. Singing School To Begin At Lattimore A two weeks singing school taught by Prof Carl Jordan begins Monday morning July 16 at the Lat timore Baptist church. Mr. Jordan is highly qualified for this week, having been for the past two years director of the Georgetown univer sity glee club and choir leader for the First Baptist church at George town, Ky. Shelby Political Leader Named For State Chairman Gastonia Boosts Star’s Expansion fFrom The Gastonia Gazette.) i. I i r Editor Lff Weathers of The Cleveland Star, Shelby, an nounces that he has bought a 24-page Gosp rotary press and other equipment and is now erecting an addition to his building to take care of this ex pansion. He also announces that The Star, will contain many new features, such as comic strips, news pictures,'cartoons, fashion hints and many other items such as one finds in the up-to-date dailies. We congratulate Broth er Weathers and Shelby, too. The Star is one of the livest and lustiest papers in the state and has shown marked improve ment during the past four or five years. It deserves to grow. First thing we know it will be a full-fledged daily. The Shelby folks—and the Cleveland coun ty folks, also—show their ap preciation of a good paper by lending it their whole-hearted support. In turn, Editor Weath ers is straining every nerve to give them the best paper in the state. Shelby is a growing town. The Star a growing paper. They are keeping step with each other, which is as it should be. NORRIS WILL NOT HEAD THIRD PARTY Chicago Convention Nominates Him Despite His Refusal To Accept It. Washington, July 12.—Announce ment was made at the office of Senator Norris, of Nebraska, this morning that he would not head a third party movement. The state ment was made in connection with his nomination for the presidency at Chicago last night by the Farmer Labor party. In the* absence of Senator Nor ris, his secretary stated that the Senator had been approached by convention leaders in Chicago with in the last few days regarding whether he would head a third ticket. The secretary Verted that the senator had definitely stated at the time that he would not accept such a nomination. Norris is Nominated. Chicago, July 12.—United States Senator George W. Norris, of Ne braska today had become an un willing candidate for presidency of the United States on the Farmer Labor ticket. Despite his reported refusal to head any third party slate. the Nebraska senator was placed in nomination at last night’s session of the convention. He was chosen on the third ballot, receiving sixteen ballots to fourteen for Norman Thomas, the socialist nominee for president. The vice-president the Farmer.-* Laborites named Will Vereen of Moultrice, Ga„ a cotton mill own er. US MULL Mil HEM DEMOCRATS Most Capable Man To Succeed Brummitl, Next Governor Thinks. Odus M. Mull, for years chair man of the Democratic party in Cleveland county and one of the most active Democratic campaign ers in the section, may be the next chairman of the North Carolini Democratic party succeeding At torney General Dennis Brummitt, who has resigned. This became known this week when O. Max Gardner, guberna torial nominee, made it known that he desired his fellow-townsman for the position. Mr, Brummitt resigned in view of the fact that duties would be too heavy on him during the campaign as he is also attorney-general of the state. It has been a political custom for years that the nominee ,for governor have something to do with choosing the man to lead his campaign and Mr. Gardner promptly expressed his fondness for one of his closest personal and political friends—but the choice was made more on the Mull record, a record that shows a string of vic tories as a campaign manager. Meet Tuesday Night. 1 The state executive committee meets on Tuesday, July 17, to name the new chairman and since Gard ner has made his desires known it seeins assured that the Shelby man will direct the Democratic cam paign in North Carolina this fall. Mr. Gardner’s statement in be half of his choice follows: “I shall recommend to the Demo cratic state committee the selection of Hon. Odus M. Mull, of Shelby as chairman. I do not believe there is a man in the state with superior qualifications for this highly impor ant office. ‘‘Mr* Mull is forty-seven years of age, a native of Cleveland county, a graduate of Wake Forejst college a successful lawyer and one of our leading farmers. He was law part ner of United States Judge E. Y. Webb for fourteen years, ke has been county chairman of the Demo cratic party in Cleveland county for twelve years. He managed the cam paign for Judge E. Y. Webb during his eighteen years in congress. He brilliantly managed the campaign of Hon. Clyde R. Hoey, his life ! long friend, for congress in the i ninth district. He successfully | managed my campaign for governor I in the ninth district in 1920. He was j district manager for Senator Sim mons in 1012; Craig matiager in : 1908; Bickett manager in 1916; my manager in 1920: McLean’s mana ger in 1924. In his wide experience he has never lost a county or dis trict fight for his candidate. He ! was the leading Hull man in Cleveland county in 1928, but op posed the unit rule and was author of the Cleveland county resolution recommended to state convention that Smith and Hull should receive their pro rata strength from North (Continued on page six.) Mull Perfect Pick For Chairman, N. C. Political Leaders Declare iW. T. Bost In Greensboro News.) Raleigh, July 11.—Governor Max Gardner's choice for state chair main, a selection which everybody believes will be ratified, knocked Raleigh down tonight, but when the politicians got up they concluded that the next chief executive of North Carolina could not have done better if he had scoured the world. For O. M. Mull fits into the North Carolina situation with something akin to political predestination. He is drier than William D. Upshaw, William Jennings Bryan, Josephus Daniels, Bishop James E. Cannon and Pussyfoot Johnson combined He is more Baptist than Rev. Dr. Livvy and Archibald Blockade Johnson, Charles E. Maddry and E. Y. Mullins rolled into one. He Is more Democratic than Thomas Jef ferson, Andy Jackson, Woodrow Wilson, Hoke Smith, A. D, Watts, and R. A Doughton put together. Then he has more energy than a school boy with the itch. Mull has everything that a chairman needs prohibition, religion, industry, poli tical genius, friendship and money. He loves Max Gardner with a con suming fire. From Adam to date a better chairman for Gardner could not have been found. Mr. Mull made a memorable speech for the 18th amendment and gave John Barleycorn one of the most picturesque cussing since the days when Bob Ingersoll said he was not surprised that ‘everybody is prejudiced against the damned stuff called alcohol.” But Mr, Mull does not say damn. He won’t even call it dernf he would be frighten ed if he heard himself call it dad blamed. Yet he is a master of the imprecatory psalm. He has ayioble prohibition record. His vote and hia leadership cannot be erased. Then he stood nobly for honesty in taxation, for good roads, and in the days of its unpopularity he came out for woman suffrage. He was exactly what Gardner needs in his campaign. The Shelby associate of Mr. Gardner has more. He ran the campaign for Governor McLean in 1924 and the moment' he touch ed the Cleveland situation Mr. Mull had the opposition in confusion. Yet, he will be infinitely satisfactory to Josiah William Bailey, who car ries no grouch against any man. More folks will feel like taking off coats, rolling up sleeves and heav ing hats into the air when Brother Mull gets into action for Governor Gardner and his national associates than would have demonstrated for any other man. And not a man in North Carolina thought to draft this perfect com panion of Max Gardner until the perspicacious Gardner laid hands on his neighbor. This will be a working campaign. Chairman Mull always operates. dH " ■■ A