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Up Plan ft 8 PAGES TODAY VOL. XXXV, No. 94 THE CLEVELAND STAR SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY —rrz ST 6, 1928. Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Afternoons earner.'1m advance! S LATENEWS More Sunshine. Today's North Carolina Weather Report: Kair tonight. Tuesday local thundershowers. Not much change in temperature. Sorry For Rival. O. Max Gardner, Democratic candidate for governor of North Carolina, Is still the same big hearted sport he was eight years ago. Several days back II. F. Sea well, Mr. Gardner's Republican rival for the governorship, was operated upon for appendicitis in a Char lotte hospital. Today Mr. Gardner Rent him this message: "Regret your illness. Sincerely hope for your comfort and restoration." BOV KILLED OUT NEXT COURT HERE I.itlle Negro Waves I'reliminarv Trial and Goes Rack to Mother Otis Martin, 11-year-old negro boy, who killed his father. Bill Mar tin. last night one week ago because his father was choking his mother, was back home again last night aft er a week in the county jail here. Bond of $500 Before County Judge John Mull Saturday the little negro, through his attorney, Clyde R. Hoey. waived preliminary examination and was bound over to the next term of Su perior court under a $500 bond The bond was given by W. L. Waters, of Mooresboro At iris departure from jail the boy was just as firm as when he en tered in declaring that lie fired the fatal shots into his father’s body and that no one else used the gun. Girls Up Before Court Often Now The feminine sex is getting into court as well as into politics these days. Two white women were fined $10 and the costs eacli by County Judge John P. Mull today for being drunx. and a third white girl wa sent back to jail to."sober up" ix<-' fore appearing in court again T'J" two who were sentenced w Ve brought over from Kings Mount/m, while the third, a young girl stdl in her 'teens, was nabbed by cLy of ficers early this morning in west Shelby. Still so "high" tliat she couldn't hit the ground with a hat, ^sjie had a iiat, the blue dress of — -^glider young girl bore evidence Vu fid; '^ght. Across the back and side of the dress and on her hose were numerous mud streaks, and her demeanor was such as to indi cate that she didn't "give a whoop’’ whether she was tried today, to morrow. or yesterday. Men’s Bible Class To Go To Asheville The men's Bible class of the First Baptist church will go in a body next Sunday morning to Asheville to join the men's Bible class of Dr. R. J. Bateman's First Baptist church in a service The classes will be taught jointly by Mr. Gardner and the invitation has been extend ed for the Shelby men to stay for lunch after the morning preaching service, if they so desire. Many of those who go from Shelby, however, will motor to Ridgecrest to hear Dr. Geo. W. Truitt. It is planned for the Shelby class to leave Shelby about 7 o'clock Sunday morning. Dr, Zeno Wall, the pastor, stated yesterday that he ex pects 150 or 200 to attend this joint meeting. A committee has been ap pointed to provide cars for those who have no way of their own to go. Big Star Press Is Now Being Erected Mr. McDonald of the Duplex Printing Press Co., Battle Creek, Michigan, arrived yesterday from Nebraska and started this morning erecting the mammoth 24-page Goss rotary newspaper press for The Star. A press room to house this new machinery was recently com pleted to the rear of The Star building. Mr. McDonald and a crew of men will be engaged for several weeks in the erection of the press. The Star hopes to have it com pleted and ready to turn out tne new paper about the first of Sep tember. Fire During Rain Nothing But Dust Quite a bit of excitement prevail ed in Shelby Sunday afternoon when the fire siren shrieked time and again in the midst of a violent rain and thunderstorm. The fire trucks answering an alai*m stating that the Eagle Roller mills were on fire found that with the mill win dows up a wind suction had blown dust in and out in such a manner as to indicate that the interior was on fire. A line of hose was laid to the mill before it was learned that there was not a blayt COMPLETE COUNT! SCHOOL SYSTEM'S No. 8, Waco and Grover Buildings Ready for School Chil dren Today Seventy-five thousand dollars worth of new or remodelled school buildings welcomed hundreds of Cleveland county school children ,*s they hied back to their books today after the summer vacation. In No. 8 township the new No. 3 consolidated school, erected com plete at a cost of $50,000, an enroll ment of something like 500 pupils was anticipated. At Waco and at Grover remodelled and enlarged buildings retained those two schools on the standard high school list as the school terms opened this morn ing Meantime a $25,000 school lor the Margrace and Park yarn mills south of Kings Mountain is on foot and may be erected prior to the November opening. No. 8 Fine Plant The new No. 8 school was made up from the Delight and Pairview schools with the larger portion of the Union and New House schools. The new structure has 16 class rooms, auditorium, library and prin cipal's office It is also steam heat ed. Graduates of the school this year are qualified to enter college as the school goes on the standard list the first year School patrons last week assembled at the new school cleared up the debris of the building project and prepared the school grounds for the opening to- ; day. Others Forced The remodelling of the Grover and Waco buildings was made necessary, it is said, because of a ruling of the state department that the two i buildings be made more adequate or they would be dropped from the ! standard list of high schools. At \ Waco the building erected in 1913 was generally remodelled, the old ' auditorium upstairs .converted into class rooms, an outside auditiorium and two class rooms erected and j steam heat installed. The Grover building was remod- I died much along the same lines ! with the old auditorium being j transformed into class rooms and j a new auditorium erected and a J heating system installed. The voters of the section south | of Kings Mountain, covering the Margrace arid Park yarn mills, have voted a 20-cent school tax and ! plan the erection of a $25,000 build- j ing. Application lias been made for a loan from the state and if I this is secured the building will j likely be erected by school opening I time in November. The new school will be known as the Parkgrace. ! This will make a building total of $100,000 since the last school year: $25,000 for the Parkgrace school, $50,000 for the No. 8 school, site and equipment: $15,000 for the Waco remodelling, and $10,000 for the Grover remodelling. All the con structions cost is to be paid over a 20-year period Last year there was no building project of any magnitude in the county school .system When four more buildings are erected, accord ing to Supt. J. H Grigg, the build ing program should be complete for several years. Blanton Hearing Held In Winston Young Shelby .Man Freed Upon Payment of Costs Charge Is Trespass In Superior court at Winston Salem last week W. H. Blanton, Jr., young Shelby man. was freed of a trespass charge upon payment of the costs. The charges were preferred against him by a girl of Winston Salem and originally the charges were of a more serious nature. How ever, Solicitor Porter Graves, when the case cam? up. infromed the court that he had investigated the matter thoroughly without even talking to the defendant and had reached the conclusion that the original charge was not substantiat ed by the actual facts, recommend ing to the court that the charge be changed to that of trespass. The court accepted the recommendation and taxed the Shelby man with the costs. P. O. S. A. Installs Camp At Lawndale Another camp of the Patriotic Or der Sons of America was installed in this county last week when the order established a camp at Lawn dale. The new camp started off w’itn something like 50 members, it is said. The installation was in charge of R. L. Rustle, of Statesville, state organizer, with the Shelby order putting on the degree work A Study of Jack Studying •w.K i.'oaipsey, tormer world s heavy weight champion, who recent v announced his return to the ring, is shown hot<• pripariut for "The Hi’: Vi :ht," a new play in which he will appear with his wife. Kstefli T'ljjor. irctfvn picture actress. Jack and Kstellr wore .-aid to be atudj Ins their pdrts when this picture was snapped be j< st ipe. Choice Of People Is Not Always Sure To Be Winner Winning President Can Get Less Votes Than Opponent And Still Win. Electoral Plan Does It i -------—— By RODNEY DlTCHER INEA Service Writer) Washington.—Under the electoral college system, a presidential can didate can run hundreds of thous ands of votes behind his opponent and still win. Sometimes it has been done, though not in these recent years of Republican landslides, A number of our presidents in the last 50 or 60. years have been elected by less than a majority of the total vote cast. Wilson was* a minority presi dent both times. In 1912, when Roosevelt and Taft split the Re publican vote, he had about 40 per cent of the popular vote and 91 per cent of the electoral vote In 1916, his popular vote exceeded that of Hughes, but not that of Hughes plus the Socialist and Pro hibition vote. Instances of the proportional variance between popular and electoral votes are not confined to third party years. In the Civil war election, Abraham Lincoln was re-elected over McClellan by only 55 per cent of the popular vote, but with 90 per cent of the electoral vote. That is, Lincoln's popular and electoral vote were 2,200.000 and 212. while McClel lan's were 1,800.000 and 21. Grant beat Seymour by but 300.000 votes out of 5,700,000 cast, but ,he beat him 214 to 80 in the electoral college. Taft, Roosevelt and McKinley were all majority presidents. Cleve land never was. Although he ripi nearly 400.000 ahead of President I Benjamin Harrison in 1892. James B. Weaver, the Populist, had a mil lion votes. In 1888 Cleveland had polled 100,000 more votes than Harrison and yet lost the presidency by 233 electoral votes for Harrison and 168 for himself. The reason was that he had large majorities in southern states while running Harrison a close but lasing race | in most states of the north. I The Cieveland-Baine result of ! 1884 gave Cleveland a 23.000 plurality over Blaine, while his electoral victory Was 219 to 182. He won New York by 11000 votes only, but that made the all-import ant difference of 45 totes in the electoral college, where an electing majority is only 266. Minority parties prevented him from obtain ing a majority of the total vote. This year, if one of the candidates should carry New York by 1.000,000 plurality, the extra 999,999 would do him no good except for the fact that it's pretty hard to steal a plurality like that away from any one. In 1880 Garfield beat Hancock by 10,000 ordinary votes and 49 electoral votes. Owing to Weav er's 300.000 he was also a minor ity president. Tilden had at least 250.000 more popular votes than Hayes in 1876, even by the Republican count. He lost because what appeared toJbe his electoral votes were stolen and the final electoral vote majority as awarded to Hayes was just one lone vote. All of which shows that the choice of a majority of the people doesn’t necessarily win an election. Unlawful To Trap Fish Here, Stated Mike H. Austell, county game warden, stated today that in his opinion it was against the fishing laws of the state for traps or bask ets to be used in catching fish in ! the streams of this county The state fishing law says that the use j of traps and baskets in inland waters is a violation of the law, and that only hook and line and rod and reel may be used. As long as the old-fashioned hook and line method is used there is no fishing license required for the county, he added. Plane Wins Mail Race From Pacific Coast To Carolina Air Mail Brats Regular Special De livery By 24 Hours. Started By Talk. Washington.—A cross - country marathon between two letters—one sent by air mail and tire other dis patched by regular mail special de livery—has ended here, with the aerial traveler the winner by 24 hours. The test grew out of a discussion between Postmaster J. C. Meekins, jr., and Frank A Pierson, local newspaper publisher. The former contended there was no camparison in the speed of delivery between the two classes of mail, while Pierson asserted a lettev with a special de livery stamp would coiue in as soon or sooner than the other. Race Across Continent. On Meekins' suggestion, the prop osition was laid before the postmas ter at San Francisco, who was ask ed to fire the starter's gun for the race. The west coast postmaster ac cepted the assignment and posted two letters, one in the ordinary mail box and the other in the red. white and blue box reserved for the air mail. They were both postmarked "San Francisco. July 27, 2 a. m.” The air mail letter arrived here at 2 a. m. July 31, 83 hours after leaving San Francisco. It had come by way of Sacramento, Reno. Elko, Salt Lake City. Rock __J2prings. Cheyenne, Des Moines,. Chicago. Cleveland. New York, and Rich mond. by airplane. From the Vir ginia capital it was brought by train. The rail service brought the other letter in at 2 o'clock on the morning of August 1. or 107 hours after it let t the Pacific coast citv. FREE FIREWORKS ALL OVER SKY ON NIGHT OF AUG 11 Meteors To Put On Annual Specta cular Play. Best After Midnight. Washington, Aug. 6.—The rarth Is about to keep its an nual date with Perscids and anyone who cares to stay up until after midnight on the night of August 11 has a good chance of getting an eyefull. On that night, one is certain, ac cording to the astronomers, to ob serve a brilliant shower of shooting stars. One can see meteors on other nights in the year, but the show put on by the Perseids is the biggest and most brilliant of all. This way and that, they shoot, al most horizontally. It is also the most regular, for one may see it every year as the earth passes through this cluster of meteoric fragments, revolving in space. We have been passing through this area since the early part of July. The meteors are quite numer ous from August 5 to 15 and August 10-13 always produces large num bers of flawing Perseids, especially after midnight. Best After Midnight. But Captain C. S. Freeman, su perintendent of the naval observa tory here, says that the period >f utmost intensity, with the biggest and most meteors, will be between 2 and 3 o'clock on the morning of August 12. A ftnr f hot thka north iirill hnnrin to edge out of the meteor belt. These meteor showers, Captain Freeman explains, follow in about the same periods as comets. The Perseids shower comes just at the time the earth is crossing the orbit of Tuttle's comet of 1862, which we will not see again until 1985. These meteors form a closed ring or end less chain along the comet's path and the earth always finds them in its annual visit. The Perseids are meteoric frag ments breaking off the racing clus ter. As they strike the earth's at mosphere friction develops so much heat that they are generally en tirely consumed before they hit the earth. Some of them, however, are too large to succumb to incandesc ence and reach the ground, whence they are unearthed and placed in museums. The remains prove to be some form of iron in most cases, though some have a rock base. The flaming Perseids are to be seen in the northern sky. Indications are, according to Captain Freeman, that they will be visible from most parts of the United States. The most brilliant meteoric show er on record was that of November 13, 1833. Hundreds of thousands uf shooting stars fell within two or three hours and the spectacle was witnessed generally throughout North America. Many persons thought that the end of the world had come and some observers com pared the display to a celestial snowstorm. How brilliant will be the August shower of this year cannot yet be determined. Sometimes it dazzles the whole heaven. Last year at least 40 large meteors were seen, travel ing as fast in some cases as 30 or 40 miles a second. Reach High Temperature. The velocity of the earth itself is 19 miles a second and Professor Newcomb figured out that the rise of temperature produced by the im pact of our atmosphere with a per fectly stationary meteor would be some 600,000 degrees. But even the most solid metal must be burned uo or volatilized with an immense evolution of light- and heat before such a temperature is obtained. Thus, we can see 50 or 100 miles away particles whose mass may not exceed a single grain. Of the Perseids, Charles P. Oli ver, astronomer at the Leander Mc Cormick observatory and one of the great meteorologists, says: “Of all the annual showers they are most certain to return with average richness. Also, as they come in August, when the nights are still comfortably warm, they furnish the most excellent opportunity for a person casually interested in me teors to see a good show er Many of the Perseids leave very bright and enduring trains which, being beau tiful phenomena, add to the interest of those observing these meteor's.” Local Firemen Off To State Convention Eight members of the local vol unteer fire department leave this week for New Bern where they will attend the state firemen’s associa tion which holds a two day session there with many forms of enter tainment Those leaving from Shelby are J R. Robinson, Lewis McDowell, Coon Magness, Paul H«\\ kins, John Stowe, Erest Johnson. /,eb Ream and Bu< k cnhte Abandon Baby On Grover Porch ■ * * * *** * * * * * * No Clues To Trace Its Identity Cleveland county ban a now citizen and ne on* know* hi* identity. Early Sunday morning:, along: about 3 or 4 o’clock, Ed Ham bright, of Grover, was awakened by the wall* of a child in dis tress. A look abont the house convinced him that it was not one of his three small children. The cries continued. They came from the front porch. There, partly wrapped in a blanket, Mr. Hambright found a week-old boy, almost frozen by exposure. Hot water bottles soon brought back color to the body as the blood warming up pulsed through again. Although as much of an in vestigation as could be made ha* been made, it is likely that the identity of the baby will never be known. No Note. No Clue. With the baby there wa* no message, clue that might tend to indicate whence it came. The highway detour passes just in front of the house and it is presumed that the child was deposited there soma time Saturday night by the oc cupants of a passing car. The parents of the lustv-lunged, seemingly healthy little fellow may live in another state, or in this state. That probably will remain a mystery as is the me thod by which he arrived at the Hambright porch. As he has three small chil dren of his own it is not likely that Mr. Hambright will adopt the foundling, but a report to day indicated that the young ster may find a permanent home in the Grover section. No Evidence of Foul Play, Coroner Does Not Hold An Inquest Leaves Nine Children. Anthony Mintz, 42-year-old ne gro of No. 3 township, was found dead in Shoal creek, near his home, early Friday evening. Coroner T. C. Eskridge and Dep uties Mike Austell and Jerry Run yan, called to the scene, did not think that an inquest was neces sary. There were no signs of foul play and Mintz, who is subject to "fits," or fainting spells, is thought to have fallen from the bank into the two-foot water and drowned. When he did not return to his house at the time he said he would his wife started a search and found his partly submerged body. The dead negro lived on the Jim Camp place. He leaves a widow and nine chil dren. j Snake Climbs j Right Up Tree Your neighbor—W. J. HoffBe. You know him. Truthful man—that 4’s to say, he has the reputation of being a truthful man. But he’s now got hold of a snake yarn, and when a man commences telling snake yarns "there's no telling.” He walked out into his chicken yard the other day —the recitation is his—and saw a black snake, and the black snake saw Mr. Hogue, headed straight for an oak tree and lo! and behold! ran right up the tree. Now get this right. The snake didn’t run up the tree as you would commonly suppose a snake would run up a tree—that is to say, in a spiral, round and roufid the trunk. But he got a running start, and ran right straight up the bark. And perched in the branches. Somebody in hearing distance of this recita tion asked Mr. Hogue, if the reptile thumbed his nose at him when he got a safe distance up in the limbs. Perhaps he did for Mr. Hogue shot him. Horace Easom Come To First Bap tist As Educational Director For Shelby. The entire morning service at the First Baptist church Sunday morn ing was given over to a welcome to Mr. Horace Easom and wife who come to Shelby from the First Baptist church of Asheville of w'hich Dr. R. J. Bateman is pastor. Mr. Easom comes to take up his duties as educational director, young peoples' worker, assistant pastor, music director, etc. He and his gift ed wife were given a most cordial and genuine welcome yesterday morning when words of welcome were extended by the pastor, D*. Wall, B. T. Falls, superintendent of the Sunday school, J. H. Quinn chairman of the board of deacons, Mrs. Robert Doggett in charge of i young people work, O. Max Gardner : teacher of the men’s Bible class. J All of these speakers pledged their i suport to Mr. and Mrs. Easom in j their work here and declared that I with Dr. Wall, Mr. Easom and the i new' educational building under | way, the church is planning for its best work in all of its history. Two Scout Troops Leave For Camp Two scout troops from Shelby left this morning for a week's stay at the Piedmont council at Lake Lanier. Troop No. 2 under Henry B. Ed wards with the following going: Hubart Panther, Chas. Switzer, J. P. Austell, George Mull, Allen Suttle, Joe Thompson, Lyle Thompson, Billy Thompson, Alfred Eskridge, Yates Wall, Pegram Holland, Mat O'Shields, John McBrayer, H. Clay Cox, Carl Dellinger, Robert Lee Walker, Sherrill Lineberger, Zeno Wall Dr. H. S. Plaster accompanies the boys to Lake Lanier and will spend this week with them, Jimmy Blanton also took his troop of scouts and they left this morning but The Star was unable to get the list of names before he left. Simmons Raises Hopes Of G. 0. P. Carrying This State <H. E. C. Bryant In Observer.) Washington.—Democrats here have now lost hope of listing Sena tor Simmons as an asset in the present presidential campaign. They believe that his letter say- j ing. as interpreted here, that party men and women could not be held responsible for bolting Governor i Smith, will help Secretary Hoover. | Republicans take that view of it. Paper Comments. The Evening Star here, com menting on the statement of Mr. Simmons, says: "His i Simmons'i attitude now will be no help to the Smith candi dacy. “Without mentioning Governor Smith, Senator Simmons has vir tually turned his back upon him <n the national campaign. Whether he will go further and actually oppose the election of the New York gov ernor for the presidency remains to be seen." One Democrat commenting on the situation in North Carolina, said that if a third ticket—like the Pal mer and Buckner ticket put out against William J. Bryan—had been nominated. Mr Simmons would nave somewhere to go. This comment about Mr, Sim mons does not come from southern Democrats, who regret so keenly his attitude that they do not discuss it. But westerners, who pay but little attention to independent voters or bolters, fully expect Mr. Simmons to support Hoover. North Carolina Re publicans are not so optimistic, they are satisfied for him to stand pat. The Simmons assertion causes The Star to say: "Of all the states of the ‘solid south,’ the chances of the Republi cans appear to be better in North Carolina than in any other." Republicans generally take that view. But, that belief of Republicans success, this year, is not shared by Democrats who come here from the state. One can get plenty of wagers that North Carolina will be Demo cratic—elect Smith-Robinson elec tors—but by a reduced majority or plurality. It Is conceded by some that the falling off will be 30,000 or more. A younger crowd is in charge and is fighting for victory. North Carolina is on every tongue here. The state is being discussed ui political headquarters, at social functions, and in all meetings of newspaper men i Has Campaigned 30 Years For Democracy Without Any Ex penses. Pays Himself. Clyde R. Hoey, known as North Carolina's Democracy’s greatest campaigner, has worked tirelessly for 30 years for his party without pay, or even ex penses. The noted Shelby lawyer made that known here today when in formed that a wild campaign ru mor had it that he had already re ceived $100,000 to work for A1 Smith. Made Him Chuckle. Although Mr. Hoey got several chuckles out of the preposterous rumor he decided that he would make public for the first time, just to offset such rumors, something the state has never known. Remarkable Record. “I have been campaigning for the Democratic party of North Carolina and the nation for 30 years, and I have spoken in every section of this state for the party, its ideals and candidates, as I will continue to do, but in all those 30 years not once have I received a cent of pay from any one,” he stated. “Furthermore, I have never re ceived a cent for campaign expenses from any committee or political or ganization, county, state or na tional. My work for my party has been tendered for my love of that party. In those 30 years I haven’t asked a cent and meantime I have always paid my own travelling ex penses—by buggy, train and auto mobile. Contributes To Party. “In addition to what I could do in the way of campaigning, and paying my own expenses to do so, I have always contributed from my own funds to the expenses of my party. Few campaign years, if any, have gone by in which I did not contribute to the party expense fund.” Very Unusual. People who know Mr. Hoey per sonally of course knew that rumors about his receiving pay for cam paigning were false, but even close associates of the former congress man never knewr that he had al ways paid his own expenses to speak for his party. In political cir cles it is generally conceded that the orator who campaigns for hi3 party and his executive committee in election years usually receives expenses as in making such a cam paign, the speaker is called away from his personal business or pro fession, but the statement from Hoey, a man whose statements are never assailed for veracity, that he worked for his party without any expenses will likely astound politi cal circles as well as citizens who are not active in politics. . Mr. Hoey. who spoke Saturday ir Newton to another overflowing court house, will speak again to night in Rutherfordton. Later he speaks in Asheville and Charlotte and then as the campaign pro gresses in the eastern part of the state. p Sister Of Riviere’s Dies In Blacksburg Appendicitis Operation Fatal To Wife Of Ex-Mayor of Blacks burg, S. C. Blacksburg, S. C„ Aug. 5.—Mrs. Charles Baber, 53, died following an operation for appendicitis at the Fennell infirmary. Rock Hill. Funeral services were conducted from St. Johns Methodist church this afternoon. Rev. A. W. Barr, pastor, officiating, assisted by all the pastors of the local churches. Mrs. Baber was member of the local chapter of Eastern Star, and also treasurer, having held other of fices from time to time in the past. She also was a member of the Maids and Matrons' club. Born November 4. 1875. in Rowan county. N. C.. Mrs. Baber before her marriage October 27, 1897, was • Miss Mamie Jane Riviere. Surviving are her husband. Charles Baber, formerly mayor and for 30 years prominent business ■ man of Blacksburg: her mother, 1 Mrs. Sara Elizabeth Riviere; one daughter. Mrs. Charles H. Love; an adopted daughter, Frances, Blacksburg; three brothers. E. P. and R Z. Riviere of Shelby. N. C.: A E Riviere. Anaconda, Mont.; a sister, Mrs. Lincey Elizabeth Ri viere Kendall, Charlotte, and a grandson, Charles I<ove, Jr., Blacks** | burg;., *%-. "
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