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VOL. XXXV, No. 94
THE CLEVELAND STAR
SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY
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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
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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.
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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;., *%-. "