Late News Fair Weather. Today's North Carolina weather report: Mostly fair tonight and j Tuesday. Tourist Guests Outnumber Any Fast Year. Hotel Filled Every Week. Cleveland Springs hotel. Shelby’; largest, tourist-commercial hostelry, is enjoying its biggest season now. it was stated yesterday by J. D. Lineberger of the hotel company. "It's not just a big rush of com mercial guests due to a shortage of hotel space uptown as the result of the fire, but our big rush is in han dling tourists and vacationists. “We've been full, from lobby to roof, nearly all summer, and of re cent weeks, since real hot weather set in. we've had the biggest rush of all." Close To Cities. Several reasons are assigned for the increased business of the hotel. One is that Cleveland Springs ‘.s considerably nearer the larger Cities of the two Carolinas than other upland vacation spots. Again it is proving a mecca for the week end vacationists, of whom there are three times as many as the full summer vacationist With golf, swimming and other amusement and entertainment, week-end par ties from cities and towns all ov«r the two states are flocking to Cleveland Springs. MIIS. CLEM 5. LEE BURIED SATURDAY Prominent Woman of Palm Tree Community Hies At Shelby Hospital At Age IX The many friends of Mr?. Clem S Lee were saddened Friday when they heard of her death here at 4 o'clock that morning in the Shelbr Hospital where she had been a pa tient for several days suffering with typhoid and double pneumonia. Her health had been bad for a year ani her physicial endurance undermined which made it impossible for her to withstand her complication of troubles. Mrs. Lee before marriage was Lulu Canipe and is survived by her husband who is one of the leading citizens of his community and three children. Hoyle. James and Mary Ellen One Brother. Mark Canipe, also survives. Another broth* \ Rev. C R. Canipe. preceded her to the grave. One of the largest crowds that ever attended a funeral at Palm Tree was present Saturday to pay a tribute of respect to her memory. She was a kind neighbor, a tende-. devoted wife and mother, and a consecrated member of Palm Tree church. One friend who knew her well declares "she was the be.d woman I ever knew " The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. W. Fitzgerald and a beautiful ar ray ol flowers gave evidence of tho esteem in which she was held. Her nieces served as flower bearers and her nephews as pall bearers. Fallston Camp Of P. O. S. A. Started Has 78 Members For Installation. Order Is Spreading Rapidly In County. Last Friday night the new Patrio tic Order Sons of America camp at Fallston was installed by R. L. Bus tle. state organizer. The new camp has 78 members to start with and hopes to have 100 by the next meeting. Degree work for the installation of the Fallston camp was put on by Camp 22 of Shelby. The state organizer with local workers hopes to install another new camp at Lawndale this week. Former Citizen Visits In Shelby Dr. W. B. Royall. who was a sur geon in the Dr. Hamrick hospital her*' 17 years ago. was a visitor in Shelby last week, greeting numer ous old friends he had not seen in years. Dr. Royall is now a successful surgeon of a Morehead City hospi tal. and stopped over here en route home from the mountains. Steak $1 Pound In Chicago, Meat Scarce Chicago.—-The beefsteak clubs of the country must prepare for the worst. No. 1 grade porterhouse steak sold all over Chicago for $1 a pound. The range was from 80 cents to $1. Sirloins Were 80 to 80 cents and round steak, 60 cents. This is an advance of 40 per cent. This is the reason given for the high prices The country has 12,000,000 less hpef cattle than hi normal times. * 8 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXV, No. 91 THE CLEVELAND STAR SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, JULY 30, 1928 Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Afternoons SSS’jSTJS (taSSSS! Sff Collapse Forces Discontinuance Of (Sermon After Few Minutes. Touches lloey Speech. An unusual occurence was re ported here today when it was learned that Rev. 3. P. Horn buckle. Methodist minister of Bessemer City, became sudden ly ill last night while preaching an anti-Smith sermon from his pulpit there and was forced to discontinue services after they had been underway just a few minutes. According to a member of ihe Methodist congregation, who was at tire service. Rev. Mr. Hornbuckle took his text from the first Psalm, which reads “Blessed is the man who walketh not in the counsel of the. ungodly, and sitteth not in the seats of sinners," and opened his ser mon in a method indicating a de- i fense of the bishops of his churcii who have been active in opposing the candidacy of the New York gov ernor. After talking three or four minutes the minister became so ill that it was necessary for him to be taken from the church and the j sermon discontinued. An explanation given of the sud den illness was that it was due to the minister being overheated How ever, it was learned at Bessemer today that the Methodist pastor was able to be out for a motor ride. Ifoey’s Statement. In the few minutes Rev. Mr. Hornbuckle talked before his col lapse. a member who was present says that he did not refer to Smith by name, but did make reference to the recent campaign speech of Clyde R. Hoey here without usin'; Hoey’s name. The Hoey statement “I think I j should go to the bishops of mv church for spiritual advice and they should come to me for political ad vice”—was repeated by the minis ter, it is said, with the remark that ' "the man who said that is a good ] man but such a statement is sacn- t legious." Some Walk Out. As the congregation caught the basis of the sermon, it is said, one or two members—apparently not pleased with hearing such a sub ject from the pulpit—got up and walked out. A minute or so later, about the time one departing hear er reached the door of the church, the minister became so ill that he ! had to stop and the services were i discontinued. Fails To Support Family And Gets Job For 12 Months Year's Term For Lawndale Man. Have Four Boys I'p For Watermelon Stealing Dave C Ray, of the Lawndale section, was sentenced to 12 months on the roads Saturday by Judge John P. Mull on the charge of abandonment and non-support of his wife and four children. Ray was tried last August and put under bond but "skipped" and ; was only recently apprehended at Marion. It will be some time in 1929 before he will have the oppor tunity of skipping again. i Early Melons At the same session of court four ! young white boys were charged with i annexing a couple of watermelons I north of Shelby. They paid the costs of the case and for the wa termelons, which must have been the first melons of the season here abouts. Bost Buys Lot For Large Bakery Here L. C. Bost, proprietor of the Bost Bakery here, has purchased a lot fronting 50 feet on East Marion street and extending to a depth of 200 feet on N. DeKalb street where hp contemplates the erection of a building to house his large bakery. Just when he w'ill start construc tion is not known. He has a lease that runs two years yet on a por tion of the Hamrick building on West Marion street. I “I plan to erect a brick building, two stories above the ground with a large basement for storage and housing of my fleet of motor trucks. used in the delivery of bread and cakes in Shelby and sur rounding towns,” says Mr. Bost. “and it will be a model bakery in every sense of the word." Why did the Republicans nomi nate Hoover? The answer is that, seeing he managed the bread 'Tfnec in Belgium well, they thought nt would be a good distributer of polit ical pie —Raleigh News and Oh Ser. Y With the Smith Family at Albr / -—A .. ismmtmm wwiit—iw—IN> HWMimnwdiwiigatf^ Cohgiatulations, Al! Shake! or words to that effect, seem to be what "Jeff,” Governor Alfred E , tilths piize (neat Dane, was attempting to get across to his master as this piutufe was snapped on he grounds of the executive mansion, at Albany, X, Y„ while members of-the governors family J.jufced on. Left to right are Alfred E. Smith, Jr., Mrs, Alfred K. Smith, .5:.. James A. Warner SOn Vrthur^mith 80Veruor' Ml’8, Jolm A* Warner, Governor Smith Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Arthur Smith and 11- Year-Old Negro Boy Kills Dad At Mooresboro For Attack On Mother Father Jumps On Wife And Daughter Be cause Supper Was Late Sunday Night And Is Shot By Son While He Chokes The Boy’s Mother. Otis Martin, 11-year-old negro boy, couldn’t stand to see his mother abused and choked by his father Sunday night at their humble Mooresboro home, so he grabbed a gun, leveled it at his father. Bill Martin, pulled the trigger four times; and his father rolled from the bed to the floor, where he died without speaking. Today the little black boy peers through the cell bars of the county .jail here while he awaits legal action on the charge of murder because of the love in his heart for his mother. The negro man is dead and nis youngest born faces a murder charge due to the fact that supper was some minutes late in the Mar tin home. According to the story told "Cor oner T. C. Eskridge and Deputy Mike Austell last night, Martih cathe lioms. a bput«■ 0 • o'clock. or ' a little, later, and jumped on, his daughter. Dovie. because she. had been slow' about preparing supper. The young girl, it was said, "sassed him back," and a family row Was on. Tlie mother. Hattie, came to the defense of her daughter, and her husband turned on her. Threats and blows were passed, it is said, and the father secured his pistol and placed it on a trunk'' in the home. Then he threw his wife across the bed, she says, and be gan choking her. Over near the trunk stood the frightened youth looking on The father kept chok ing her, so the mother says, and without a word the boy reached over to the trunk, picked up the gup and began firing. Shot Four Places His aim was good. The gun fired only four times—one bullet carried its death message through his father’s throat, another ploughed through his chest, the third enter ed his side, and the fourth shot cut off a little finger, and the body of the fattier, the life ebbing out of it, tumbled to the floor. Mother Wasn’t hit All the evidence as related by the frightened negro family was placed before a coroner's jury assembled by Coroner Eskridge, but as yet rro verdict'has been rendered. All those present say that the boy shot his father, and the boy admits it him self. but some cannot understand how the mother escaped being nit by one of the shots if her husband had her down on the bed chocking her when the little boy began shoot ing. This angle is said to have caused the jury to delay its verdict while further investigation is mad». Presumably, this , angle is to be in vestigated more because some have the opinion that Martin coulcf have been killed by some other member of the family and the story “framed” because of the hope that a 11-c year-old boy might not be consid ered as a responsible as an older person. However, there is little to support this theory other than that according to the story told the shots were fired while the negro and his wife were close together and she was hot struck. Father Was "Bossy" Coroner Eskridge was informed that Martin was not drinking and was not known as a drinking man in the community, but was consid ered "bossy" with his family, rul ing somewhat with an iron hand. Members of the coroner’s jury are: Y. L. McCardwell, Archie Wyatt, D. C Wright, Carl Lovelace. H. W. Hall and Mr. Packard. Simmons Given Praise By N. C. Republican Leaders Washington.—The political situa tion in North Carolina was discuss ed at Republican national head quarters here by three state leaders —State Chairman Brownlow Jack son. National Committeeman Chas. A. Jonas, and Stuart W. Cramer, candidate for elector-at-large. Asked about the resignation of Senator Simmons, ‘ as a protest against the nomination of Gover nor Smith,” Mr. Jonas said: "I re gard Senator Simmons as the most far-sighted Democrat in the south. What he has done is the only thing which he could do in self re spect in view of the position he has taken for many months past. He has been trying sincerely to save his party from disaster.” "I do not believe he will take any further step. I have no thought he I will come out for Hoover. He has [^expressed his views and his luabil ! ity to support vigorous the Demo cratic national ticket, but 1 do not expect him to raise his voice i* favor ot our candidates He will re main a Democrat." The bulletin issued from head quarters quotes Jonas as saying Senator Simmons "knows what is going to happen." Predict Victory. Here are the statements of the Tar Heel visitors given out from headquarters: "Conditions in our state from a Republican standpoint," Mr. Jack son said, "were never better. We have no doubt that Hoover will carry the state by a comfortable majority. "Our organization in North Caro lina has never been as harmonious as it is now. I haven't heard of a single Republican who will not sup I port Hoover." j "We have in North Carolina the : mast encouraging and satisfactory situation in the history of our state from a Republican standpoint," said Mr. Jonas. "If no mistake is made, | I predict Hoover wili carry the .-fate. Noah Carolina has never been a Democratic state. It is larger? I ly an industrial state and there can j be no Question about the result if l,he state is nrnnerlv organized Back Yonder Ten years ago today Lieu tenant-Governor Max Gard ner was making a speech in Shelby. In another montu or so he will be governor . . . IIow times does pass! Five years ago this week the first cotton was run through the new Dover Mill. Does it seem that long? Vesterday, today, and to morrow you can get the im portant news of this section in The Star. The above items appeared in issues of The Cleveland Star five and ten years ago. You'll find a full “Five and Ten Years Ago” column on an inside page today . . . . * and throughout the paper, the live news of today. Hoey Fights False Ideas Of Religion —■— r Speech Merely Explained Any False Impression Given By Lurid Speakers. That the forces opposing A1 Smith ^are trying to poison the minds of voters against him by playing upon religious prejudice caused Clyde R. Hoey in his open ing campaign speech here to ex plain rudiments of the Catholic faith and the falsity of the K. of C. oath being scattered over the country. It was not his purpose to make of it a religious issue, but rather to combat propaganda that has been broadcast about the Catholic church in government, the Shelby man explains. Replies To Daniels. Following the Hoey speech Jose phus Daniels, Raleigh, publisher, stated that he believed Hoey made one mistake in "his brilliant speech.” This mistake according to Daniels was the mention of the re ligious issue "which should be givt-n the minor place it deserves." That the enemies of Smith have made the religious issue more than a min or one by sending out antl-Catholic literature, some of it false, and speakers, alleged to be ex-priests and former Catholics, into the tex tile and rural sections of Piedmont Carolina with lurid tales of Catho lic horrors, is apparently the view of Mr. Hoey. who issued the fol lowing statement after reading Mr. Daniels’ article: "I read the comment of my good ' friend, Hon. Josephus Daniels, on that portion of my speech dealing with Governor Smith's religious views. My purpose in discussing frankly this phase of the question was to answer the objections which have been voiced in newspaper arti cles and in circulars distributed generally throughout piedmont North Carolina. These circulars contain this Knights of Columbus oath forgery and other similar mat ter calculated to inflame the minds of the people and I felt that this should’ be exposed and its falsity established. I fear that Mr. Daniels underestimates the extent of this J propaganda which is being fostered ■ through Republican agencies," Was reading about a half-inch Ukull being unearthed in one of the | Western states. It was immediately [sent to Washington without the j formality of an election — Chicago Every Department Keep* Within Set Figure For First Time Ever. The budget plan of county gov ernment, put in operation here un der the revised state law for coun ty government, proved a success in its first formal year of operation, according to A. E. Cline, county business manager and commission head. At the close of the county’s busi ness year, June 30, it was found that every department of coun;y government had operated within the expense limit set forth in the budget for the first time ever. Which doesn't necessarily mean that there has been deficits in coun ty expenses heretofore, but nearly every year some department used more money than was allotted to that special department and it was necessary to borrow^ or "swap’’ with other departments. Much “Swapping” Usually, i "Heretofore," Mr. Cline said, “we i have had to take some money from | this department and swap it to the r other, but this year we set out flg i ures for each department and forc i ed ourselves to remain in that t limit." Each department emerged from the fiscal year with a small sur plus. This operation is due manly to three things: An efficiently pre pared budget, economical and busi ness-like handling of county ex penditures, and to a careful me thod of expenditures in the school department as handled by J. H. Grigg. county superintendent. There are six departments in the county business budget. There are in the regular government: General, debt service and bridge funds, and three come under the school head of current expense, capital outlay and debt service. Usually when there is a deficit it shows up in the school fund. Therefore considerate credit for holding within the bud get goes to the school heads. I Of course, general supervision on the part of the county manager played a leading role in holding county expenditures to a determin ed limit. The county now ranks as one of the example counties in North Carolina as to county gov ernment, and the fact that at the beginning of each year the county business manager is well ehough acquainted with county operation that he can fix a limit for various expenditures and remain therein is one of the real reasons why the N. C. advisory board credits the coun ty with having one of the most business-like county administrations in the state. Charged With Killing Son At Hen rietta. Shooting Followed A Row. Rutherfordton, July 29.—Martin Davis, 45, well known farmer of Rutherford county, is being held in prison here tonight, charged with shooting and killing his son, Le land Davis, 22, at their home near Henrietta early tonight. A coroner’s inquest will likely be held tomorrow. Row At Home. The shooting was said by officers to have followed an argument be tween the two immediately after their return from a trip to Spin dale this afternoon. The father walked out into the yard and the son was said to have followed him with a chair. As the young man ap proached the father was said to have fired one shot from a revolver, the bullet striking his son in the heart and killing him almost at Republican Leader Bolts To A1 Smith Philadelphia, July 29.—The Phil adelphia Record will say tomorrow that Richard J. Baldwin, former Republican state senator from Del aware county and from 1917 to 1919 speaker of the house of represen tatives of Pennsylvania, has bolted that party's national ticket and will support Governor Alfred E. Smith for president. "More than that," Baldwin is quoted as saying, “if the Democratic leaders of Pennsylvania want my help I will get out and work for Smith. I will do everything within my power to help elect him." Baldwin said his belief in the movement to modify the present liquor laws led to his support ot Smith, the Record will say. Old Business Firm Here Closes; Rent Building For Huge Sum Monthly A1 Smith On Visit In City < Alfred Emmanuel Smith was a visitor in Shelby Sat urday ! Don't snicker! The story can be verified and vouched for by one of the most prom inent ministers in town. Saturday the telephone at the home Of Dr. Hugh K. Boyer, Central Methodist pas tor, jingled. Dr. Boyer an swered. The voice at the other end said: "Are you go ing to vote for me?” "Your voice sounds like it is worth a vote, but I’d rather see your face before I prom ise," the clergyman answered. Well, you’ll get to see it. I'm coming around to see you. This Is Alfred Emmanuel Smith," the voice came back. A little bit later the caller appeared in person. It was Alfred Emmanuel Smith. No spoofing about that. Mr. Smith and his family hap pened to be passing through town and recalled that Dr. Boyer, who once was a pastor in their town—Mt. Airy— lived here. So, they stopped for a call. Mr. Alfred Emmanuel Smith is a prominent business man of Mt. Airy. i Catholic Letters Mailed To Women, Origin Not Known Letters For Indirect Propaganda i Against Smith. Tell Of Catholic Mexico. Anonymous letters, in large numbers. telling of Catholic troubles in other countries, are being mailed to many women voters in this section, it is learned by The Star. The unsigned letters, it Is under stood, tell of recent religious trou bles in Mexico and indirectly attri bute it to the Catholic church. The general ignorance of some coun tries where the Catholic faith is the leading fnith is attributed to that fact rather than to the tropical cli mate and other contributing condi tions. Generally the tone of the let ters offers a subtle argument against the candidacy of A1 Smith. So far as can be learned none of the letters are signed, and the agency putting forth the letters cannot be determined. It is appar ently a form letter, or circular, and is continuous in that one letter fol lows another. Report today was that some effort might be made to check up on the source of the letters, where and how mailed, and by whom. Just who furnished the names of wo men in this section to the agency sending out the letters is also a matter of curiosity. What If They Should. (News & Observer) There are said to be seven million Smiths in this country. The Rob insons are numerous. If the Demo cratic 3andidates can carry them all and annex the Joneses and John sons, they’ll not need any other ex cept O’Briens to carry the elec tion. Charles Stores To Pay Near $600 Monthly. Wooiworth Rental City’s Highest. The Paragon Furniture com pany, outstanding enterprize for ten years of Shelby's history, closed Its doors Saturday night. Stock is now being taken, fol lowing which formality the re mainder of the furniture which was unsold will be transferred to the Paragon Department store. The closing of the Paragon's is so to speak the end of a Shelby era. Ahead now, to all intents and purposes, is a new day. And as in dicating this, is the story of the rental of the Paragon Furniture company's building. As is well known, this building has been leas ed to the Charles stores, a big chain enterprise. attorneys for whom, by the way, were in Shelbv Saturday going over the details for the taking over of the property. Rental Figures. When the Paragon first rented this building, the rental charge was something like a hundred and fifty dollars a month. The new lease fig ure will be nearer six hundred a month. The lease extends over a period of fifteen years, for which happy period the owners (the Line berger brothers and Mrs. Julius Sut tle> will realize an income of a hun dred thousand dollars. Divide the hundred thousand by fifteen and you will come within a few postage stamps of the rental price; in addition to which, it muse be understood, there is a remodel ing charge to be added to this total. Shelby’s Highest. When it was rumored over the streets that the Linebergers hadput over a six hundred a month lease deal with the big chain, some of Shelby's citizens thought somebody was exercising his Imagination. And this was thought to be the top-notch rental figure for the town. Some how' or other the Woolworth rental never became known, and it will surprise many to know that this figure was even higher than the Charles stores will pay. Guess at one hundred and seven thousand dollars for a fifteen year lease period for Woolworth’s, and you will not miss it by the price of a canceled postage stamp. Then di vide fifteen by that figure, and be hold! see what you get. How High Yet? And that's that, so far; and au thorities say we have not reached the end, but only the beginning. Meantime, to come back to the beginning, which had to do with the removal of the Paragon Furniture company, the Paragon Department store will be closed tomorrow on account of the general re-arrange ment of business. Revival Under Way At New Hope Church A revival meeting began yester day at New' Hope Baptist church, Early and wall continue through August 12th, according to an nouncement made by the pastor. Rev. J. L. Jenkins. He has secured the services of Dr. Louis Entzminger of Longwood, Fla., a noted evange list well known through out the North and South to do the preach ing. Dr. Entzminger preaches tha old time Gospel and one of the best revivals New Hope has ever had, is expected. Mr. Haynes who will lead the singing is one of the outstand ing Gospel singers of the South and will add greatly to the meeting. Daniels Differs With Hoey Over The Religious Angle Blowing Rock.—"North Carolina is not a bigoted state, but if people continue to harp upon the minor issue of Smith’s religion, other states will get the idea that this is a bigoted state.” This statement was made here by Josephus Daniels who is at Mayview' Manor for a short vacation. “North Carolina's main objection to Smith is his wetness and not his religion,” Mr. Daniels continued. “I get disgusted with hearing this continuous plea for religious toler ance, because it gives the impres sion elsewhere that this state is op posing Smith almost solely on the ground of his religion. Such a con ception is entirely false, but if, by some unforeseen chance, Smitn should fail to get our electoral vote, other states would be saying that North Carolina is a bigoted state. "There are, of course, some peo ple in North Carolina who will vote against Smith because of his re ligion, but there are fewer such peo ple in this state than there are in New York city—fewer than in In diana. "Clyde Hoey made this mistake in his Shelby speech. In the main, it was a very able speech, a very clear and concise statement of the prim ciples at issue in the campaign, but he over-emphasized the religiotM question, which should be given tht minor-place it deserves._ ; “He made another mistake in as suming that the south opposes Tammany because of some graft with which it was connected in for mer years. This is not the case. Tht south opposes Tammany because it is wet. Surely southern Democrat! not going to turn from Tammany to the Philadelphia Republican ma chine merely because of a record ofl graft somewhere in Tammany's his tory. If they did, they would be go ing to a machine a hundred times worse than Tammany ever was. It is obvious, then, that Tammany’s wet ness and not its political record is the cause of the south's opposition. Regarding Mrs. Kennan’s predic tion that Hoover would get tha North Carolina electoral vote. Mr. Daniels said. “I don’t believe Mr-. Kennan knows much about it. Wa have a normal majority of 75,000 or more in this state. I do not believo that enough voters can be turned to the Republicans party to ove:——“ that, majority, '

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