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VOL. XXX VI, No. 67
SHELBY. N. C. WEDNESD’Y, JUNE 4, 1930
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternobns.
By mall, per year (in advance) $340
Carrier, per year (1 nadvance) $3.00
LATE NEWS
THE MABKET.
Cotton, per lb. __......._15c
Cotton Seed, per bu.__ 48!^c
Showers Likely.
Today’s North Carolina Weather
. t Report: Partly clondy, possibly
showers In west portion tonight and
Thnrsday. Not much change in tem
perature.
Republicans To
■ Vote For Their
Own Candidates
Will NoTVote In
Democratic Race
Cleveland Republicans Not Being
Urged To Vote For Democrats.
Favor Butler.
Certain factions of the Republi
can party in Cleveland may want
Republican voters of the county to
participate In the Democratic pri
mary Saturday with the aim of ald
* ing the Simmons candidacy, ^ but
there Is no general movement in
that direction, and old-line Repub
licans of the county will make no
attempt to participate in the Dem
ocratic voting, and do not want to.
This was the statement made
here yesterday by a prominent
member of the Republican party In
the county, who does not hold an
"official position In the party organ
isation but has considerable in
fluence ^ln party affairs.
"Old-line Republicans in Cleve
land,” he said, “are not going to at
tempt to butt in the Democratic
voting. The Simmons-Bailey scrap Is
a Democratic fight, and we intend
to let the other party fight out
their own differences. There may be
Republicans who want to vote for
Simmons, but I’ve been over the
county quite a bit and I not heard
any of the old-liners express such
ambitions. The few*places I have
heard it, I’ve attempted to throw a
monkey-wren* into the movement,
for we hav t natorial race of our
own, and that's where we are going
to vote—the old-liners, anyhvw.”
For Butler. V
Queried as to which Republican
senatorial candidate the Republi
cans of Cleveland county seem to
favor, he said that George E. But
ler, of Clinton, appeared* to be the
prevailing choice. The Republican
candidate for the senate, he added,
should In this race come from the
east as does the Democratic nomi
nee. With this in view he declared
that Butler appeared to be the fav
orite candidate and would in all
likelihood be the party nominee..
Grass Blaze Near
- Railroad Tuesday
V -
kThe city fire department was
called out shortly after one o’clock
Tuesday afternoon to a grass fire
near the Seaboard railroad tracks
in the Hillcrest section In north
west Shelby. There was no damage
and it Is presumed that the grass
caught from a locomotive spark.
. . Who
Will Win?
Will Simmons beat Bailey,
or will Bailey win?
Who will be nominated for
Congress?
Who will be the nominee for
sheriff of Cleveland county?
For recorder? For treasurer?
For solicitor? Far legislature?
For Superior court Judge?
Every person In Cleveland
county will want to know
those things Saturday after
the sun goes down.
GET THAT INFORMATION
FROM—
THE STAR
Returns on county, district,
state and senatorial races will
be secured and compiled by
The Star as fast as they come
hi. Through arrangements
made with the Charlotte News
and the Hickory Record, The
Star will be able to give run
ning reports of all the con
tests all evening until the
final returns come In.
A big bulletin board, in
front of The Star building,
will be constantly changed to
Inform voters of new returns
and changes. After the out
come of the county races is
definite, The Star will issue
an EXTRA with the vote.
Later The Star Vill Issue an
other edition, when the out
come of all the races is def
inite. This paper will be sold
late Saturday night and early
Sunday morning. Watch the
bulletin board— Read The
Star extras!
For information telephone
No. 11—To give in returns.
Telephone 1-J,
Rush Stroup,
Merchant And
Lawyer Buried
Well Known Leader
Died On Monday
j County Treasurer For 12 Years
Succumbs to Heart Trouble.
Funeral Tuesday.
Hush Stroup, prominent. Shelby
attorney, who lor 12 year* previous
to his entry into the profession of
law, served as county treasurer with
efficiency and distinction, died
Monday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock
at his home on West Warren street,
where for three years ne has been
suffering with heart trouble.
Chain Store Owner.
Mr. Stroup’s condition has been
up and down since he retired from
the practice of law three years ago,
but by the help of his wife, he di
tected the operation of six Eagle
Five and Ten cent stores which he
owned in the Piedmont section of
the Carolinas. Mr. Stroup was a
master at figures, a fine business
executive and directed the operation
of stores which he owned but some
of which he had never seen because
his health would not permit his
leaving home. He was a fine Chris
tian gentleman, a close student of
human nature, an alert minded
business man, despite a rheumatic
trouble from which he suffered for
many years.
He was born May 10th, 1883, in
No. 5 township, the son of Adam
W. Stroup and Margaret Conner
Stroup. As a boy he joined New
Prospect Baptist church and after
serving for a dozen years os county
treasurer, he studied law at Wake
Forest college, locating in Shelby
for practice. He was married to Miss
Mae Cline, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
T. F. Cline of Lincoln county, May
1st, 1918 and to this union two chil
dren were born. Rush Jr., and Mar
garet Mae, who died in infancy.
He is survived by his wife and
the following brothers and sisters:
Chas. A. Stroup of Shelby, Jacob C.
Stroup of Henry, Tentt., M. Lee
Stroup of South Pittsburgh, Tenn.,
John W. Stroup of Gastonia, Daniel
B. and A. Lloyd Stroup of Waco,
Mrs. Dora Sellers of Kings Moun
tain, Mrs. J. B. Smith of Shelby and
A. B. Sweatt.
funeral Here ruesaar.
The funeral was conducted Tues
day afternoon at 5 o’clock from the
First Baptist church, the services
being in charge of Dr. Zeno Wall,
the pastor. A large crowd and beau
tiful flowers atested the high esteem
in which he was held. Serving as
pall bearers were the following
managers of Mr. Stroup's (Slain of
stores: 8. B. Wallace, P. A. Steppe
of Morganton, R. C. McBride of
Kings Mountain., M. V. Wayne of
Newton: J. C. Redmond of Ltncoln
ton: J. H. D. McWhlrter of York,
S. C.
Honorary pall bearers were mem
bers of the Shelby Bar association.
Interment was in Sunset cemetery.
Auto Thieves Given
Sentence To Roads
Deputy Kendrick Gets Shelby Car
and Man In Georgia- Stolen
In May.
In county court today Walter
Adams and John Davis were sen
tenced to six months each on the
county roads for stealing the auto
mobile of Mrs. J. H. Morrow, of the
Dover village.
The car was stolen on May 2.
Last Friday Columbus Ga., officers
notified Sheriff Allen that the car
was being held there along with
Adams and Davis. Deputy Bob
Kendrick was* sent after the men
and returned to Shelby with them
last night. Mrs. Morrow and rela
tives made the trip down to bring
the car back.
Honored At Duke University
Honorary degree* were conferred upon three person* today by Duke uni verslty In the last exercise of the
university’s 78th commencement. Those honored, pictured above, are, from left to right: Dr. Ray Lyman
Wilbur, secretary of the U. S. department of the interior; Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon, of the Methodist Epis
copal church. South, both of whom received the degree of doctors of laws; and David Robert Coker, of
Hartsville, S. C., distinguished plant breeder, who received the degree of doctor of science.
Invite Hoover Party To City
Shelby Civic Organizations
Invite President, And 13
Governors.
President Hoover and his
party, together with the gov
ernors of the thirteen original
states and dignitaries of na
tion-wide note, will be invited
to a noon day luncheon at the
Hotel Charles here on Oct.
7th after the president speaks
at the Kings Mountain battle
ground celebration.
This action was decided this
morning at a meeting of represen
tatives of the city, the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tionary, the Kiwanis, Rotary and
Uons clubs and the American leg
ion.
A delegation representing these
various organizations will go to
Rock Hill tomorrow and extend the
invitation to the celebration com
mittee. Oastonia and Charlotte
have both extended invitations for
the president's luncheon to be given
in those cities, but since Shelby and
Cleveland county have ah histori
cal connection with the battle which
neither of the other cities has, it is
thought that the Shelby invitation
will be accepted. <r.
Davis Child Dies Of
Double Pneumonia
Lillie Pearl Davis, eight and a
half months old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Will Davis of the Lily
mill community died Saturday at
the home of its parents with double
pneumonia. The little child had
been sick for four weeks and was
buried Sunday. June 1 at Patterson
Springs, the funeral services being
conducted by Rev. Mr. Brown of
South Shelby.
The parents have the sympathy of
their host of friends in their be
reavement.
Harrison Clothing
Company Opens Here
The Harrison Clothing Co., has
opened in the Royster Bldg, in the
store room formerly occupied by the
Kelly Clothing Co. Mr. Harrison is
the former manager of the Rose
Five and Ten Cent Store in Shelby.
He will cater to men’s wear ex
clusively.
Another Walker.
Born, Tuesday morning, to Mr.
and Mrs. Hatchel Walker, at Latti
more, a fine son.
No. Three Citizens Vote June 16
On New Township High School
Board of Education Selects Site For
Building If Vote
Carries.
On Monday, June 16, the citizens
of No. 3 township will vote upon a
new central high school for that
section, and this week the county
board of education selected the site
upon which the new school will be
erected provided the election carries.
No. 3 township does not have a
high school now and the election
this month results from the efforts
of citizens of the township. Junior
high schools are now operated at
Patterson Springs and Earl in that
township, and if the election carries
the high school work of these
schools will be transferred to the
new central high school, and the
special tax now levied In those two
districts will be automatically can
celled.
The site selected by the county
board, It Is announced by Mr. J, H.
Origg, county superintendent. Is lo
cated on the Mass property just
east of the Gibson farm.
The 140. 3 citizens will vote on a
special tax for the school not to
exceed 40 cents on the $100 valua
tion and will include all of the
township. If the election carries
and the new high school district is
established there will be between
100 and 125 students in the high
school and it will form one of the
largest high school units in the
county.
Sale Of Unpaid
T axes—$ 12,000
Unpaid taxes on the CleTe
la nd county property sold here
at auction Monday and bought
in by the county totaled ap
proximately 912,000. In othei
words all of Cleveland's neai
half million dollar tax lev}
except that amount had been
collected by Sheriff Allen.
The property represented by
the taxes Is valued around
9125,000 to 9132,000.
Safe Is Robbed
At Mooresboro
Thieves Get Only 95 Trt ChaOfa
Checks Are left In Pigeon
Hole. '
The safe Qf the Mooresboro
Creamery was opened and robbed
some time Monday night or early
Tuesday morning.,
Only about fire dollars. In change,
was taken, according to Mr. J. U.
Rollins, head of the creamery.
Checks made out to the creamery
were left In a pigeon-hole by the
thieves, who apparently were dubious
of taking the checks because they
might drop a clue to officers.
Sheriff Irvin Allen Investigated
the robbery yesterday, but states
that so far theer are no clues which
can be made public. It seems as if
the combination of the safe was
smashed and that something was
then used to blow the door on open.
Simmons Manager
Fails To Question
Negro Voters There
Raleigh. June 3. — Challenges
against more than 50 negroes as to
their registration as voters "be
cause they are negroes” were with
drawn today by Bart M. Gatling,
Wake county manager for the sen
atorial campaign of F. M. Simmons
as the names were called at the
first challenge hearings ir connec
tion with the questioning of about
300 Wake county negroes.
The challenge against the more
than half a hundred negroes to reg
ister to vote in the primary Satur
day were withdrawn by Mr. Gat
ling without questioning the quali
fications of prospective Democratic
voters.
Elections officials also over-ruled
the challenge of about 25 other ne
groes when the registrants qualified
as members of the Democratic par
ty.
Shot Negro Leaves
Hospital; Improves
Trial Delayed For Some Time Vet.
Ingle Still In
Jail.
Charlie McKinney, negro man, j
shot Monday morning by Robert |
Ingle, another negro, in a row said j
to have been over family affairs.;
was able to leave the hospital' here j
Tuesday.
The altercation between the two!
took place in the Metcalf section;
and McKinney was shot in the left
arm and chest by Ingle, it is said,
who used a shot gun. Ingle is still
in jail here and may remain there
until McKinney is able to attend a
hearing.
Miss Kathlee nYoung is at Jiomc
from Meredith college, Raleigh. (
Governor Comes
Home To Vote
Is Malting Round of Commence
ment Addresses. Comes Home
For Rest.
' Raleigh.—Governor O. Max Gard
ner will be about six times as busy
as a sweet girl graduate in the
commencement whirls, since he
Tuesday began the rounds of com
mencement exercises in the state
that will keep him on the go until
next Tuesday, when he will com
plete his round of attending com
mencements by presenting the di
plomas to the graduates of the Uni
versity of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
Tuesday Governor Gardner was
where he dellv
ed the commencement address to
the Winston-Salem teachers college
for negroes. Wednesday he will go
to the Wake Forest college com
mencement exercises and Thursday
will go to Durham for the Duke
university commencement.
Here On Friday.
Friday Governor Gardner will get
a breathing spell, and will go to
his home In Shelby to be there to
vote In the election early Saturday
morning, so that he can be back in
Raleigh Saturday afternoon, to at
tend to necessary state matters.
Sunday and Monday, Governor
Gardner will be busy participating
In the commencement exercises at
State college here. He will attend
the baccalureate service Sunday and
participate In the awarding of de
grees at the final graduation cere
monies on Monday.
Tuesday, June 10, Governor Gard
ner will go to Chapel HU1 to per
sonally deliver the sheepskins to
those Who have been awarded de
grees there. It Is also expected that
the name of the man selected to
succeed Dr. Harry W. Chase as pres
ident of the university will also be
announced at this time.
Shelby Team Will
Play Here Saturday
Cloth Mill Independents Play Gas
tonia Team Here. League.
May Work.
The second regularly scheduled
game of the re-organlzed Cleveland
Cloth mill independent team will
be played At the city park here
Saturday afternoon with the strong
Victory mill team of Gastonia fur
nishing the opposition.
Lefty Smith wHl in all probability
do the hurling for the locals with
either Hal Parris or Manager Casey
Morris on the receiving end.
Spindale May Play.
It was learned here today, too,
that the hoped-for semi-pro league
in this section may materialize.
Three clubs—slUlby, Forest City,
and Spartanburg—are all set to en
ter the loop, and information is
that Spindale has organized another
team and may start the league go
ing. If Spindale enters the league
will start operating Thursday of
next week on a two-game-pcr-week
basis. The present independent clue
of the cloth mill may be strength
ened from other city teams to com
pose the Shelby club.
In County League.
The county amateur league on
Saturday the Ella mill club will play
at Lawndale and Bolling Springs1
will play at Eastside.
Benjamin Crawley, the one man
orchestra, of Lattimore, will broad
cast over Spartanburg station Sal
urday at 1 15 to 1:30.
Cleveland Tops
Census Gain In \
District, Shown
Lead* Population
And Increase
Total of MU10 People Live In Ten ,
Conntlea In 16th
Area.
Official census figures issued
from the census bureau at
Hickory show that 267,730 people
live In the 10 counties In the
16th census district, and that
Cleveland county Is not only the
largest county In the district
but also gained more In popula
tion since 1920 than any other
county.
In 1920 there was very little dif
ference In the size of Cleveland,
Catawba and Rutherford counties
but with a 52 percent population In
crease Cleveland is now 10,000 ahead
of Rutherford and eight thousand
ahead of Catawba.
The complete list of counties and
their census returns and percentage
of increase follow:
rrantf
Cleveland .
Catawba _
Rutherford „ .
Burke _ _
Caldwell_*
McDowell *_
Watauga , _
Mitchell i „
Alexander „
Avery __
lose
.. 52.305
44,330
. 40,443
. 20.403
, 20,477
- 20,402
. 15,165
. 19.060
. 12.003
, 12,203
1020
34 371
33,030
.11,420
23 307
19.004
16.000
13,477
11.370
12,212
10.333
Pet.
Getn
,r»?
-30
.20
.?$
.33
.23
.12
.34
.07
M
Total*
307.730 207,036 .29
Highway 18 Open
To S. C. Line Now;
Cherokee Grading
Mack Top Hu Been Put Down in
North Carolina. Grading in
Sonth Carolina,
Traffic has been burned on state
highway No. 18 south of Shelby
to the South Carotin aline. The
black top has been put down on the
new road graded fast fall and winter
and motorists find a good surface
south of Shelby to the state line.
At the state line the black top
stops abruptly, however. but the
road Is graded to a small creek In
South Carolina about a mile beyond
the line. There, a steel bridge is un
der construction and some grading
has been done by South Carolina
authorities.
It Is understood that grading
forces are at work on the South
Carolina end at Buffalo school
house and that the work will con
tinue until completed. Just when
South Carolina will finish the
grading, however, is not known,
but It Is understood that the South
Carolina road officials agreed that
they would grade and surface the
South Carolina portion of the road
as soon as possible, in order to com
plete the road between the county
seats of Shelby and Gaffney.
Jones Confident Of
Carrying District
Atorney Hamilton C. Jones, of
Charlotte, one of the three candi
dates for the Democratic nomina
tion to congress in this district, was
a visitor In Shelby yesterday, re
turning home after a visit to Madi
son and Yancey counties. Mr. Jones
appears confident of victory and is
of the opinion that he will carry
the district by a lead of 12,500.
■rtrere Is not a county but what he
feels he will carry. His opponents In
the primary are Major Bulwlnkle
and Dr. Sams.
Library Hoars Changed 4 to 6.
Miss Stella Murchison, the city li
brarian announces that the City
library will open through the sum
mer months on Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday from 4 to 6 o’clock;
beginning Thursday June 5th.
Candidates Put Heat
In Last Lap Of Drive
Contests For U. S. Senate, Superior Court
Judgeship, and Recorder Hold Limelight.
Races For Sheriff, Solicitor, And Legisla*
ture Also Draw Interest. Much Activity.
\ViUi only two campaigning days after today in which
to work before the primary ballots are cast Saturday, local
and outside candidates are vigorously attempting this week
to inject heat into the campaign which for weeks has lagged
in interest more than any campaign in years.
Judges Asked To
Aid With Returns
Registrars and judges In th»
primary nest Saturday are
asked to send in the returns
from their precincts to The
Star office as soon as the bal
lots are counted. This office
will be open continuously Sat
urday night and some one wilt
be present to take those re
turns which are sent by tele
phone.
Judges of precincts where
telephone exchanges may
close before the votes arc
counted are urged to make
arrangements to get the re
sults In to The Star as rapid
ly as possible. Others who ran
do so are asked to bring their
totals to this office
Wire reports from other sec
tions of the state will be re
ceived at this office at Inter
vals Saturday and this Infor
mation will be gladly given to
the public.
Voters Should Get
To The Polls Early
New System of Voting Will Take
Longer. One Voter At
a Time.
All voters in Shelby and Cleve
land county are this week being
urged by election officials to visit
the polls Saturday and vote as early
In the morning as possible.
It will take considerably longer to
cast the county vote by the new
Australian ballot method, being
used for the first time this year,
than by the old method, and if
large number of voters wait until
the afternoon to vote as they have
done heretofore, there will be a big
Jam about the voting precincts late
tn the day.
Secret Voting.
By the new regulations only one
voter may enter the new voting
booths at a time. In other states
where the Australian ballot has been
used it is said that by speedy work
only about 500 voters can be voted
at one box in a day This will be
very difficult to do here if many
voters put off their visit to the
booths until afternoon.
Voters will save time for them
selves, in addition to speeding up
the work of the elc :tion officials, ii
they vote early, for voters who come
In late may have to take their places
In line and wait several hours be
fore they may enter the booths
alone to vote,
Stroup Takes Agency
At Seaboard Depot
C. M. Stroup, who has been Sea
board Air Line agent at Hamlet, has
taken the agency for the Seaboard
at this place, succeeding Mr. A. H.
Harris, who has been the popular
agent here for a number of years.
Mr. Harris has not decided where
he will locate, but Is lookiug over
the situation at Hamlet. Mr. Stroup
is moving his family here this week
from Hamlet.
Lake Lure Dam, Power Plant, Bid
In By Holders Of Mortgages
First Mortgage-Holder Buys Prop
erty for $544,500. Future Pros
pects Good.
Rutherfordton — Representatives
oi the first mortgage holder of the
Carolina Mountain Power company
bid In Lake Lure, Lake Lure dam,
power plant and equipment, trans
mission lines to Turner Shoals on
Green river, and the local distribu
tion system here Monday afternoon
at a foreclosure sale for $541,500.
The bond issue for the dam, lake
and power plant was $550,000. The
sale was made subject to aprovol by
the Federal court, according to
terms advertised here.
It is understood that l«o bidders
qualified, persons representing the
bond holders committee of Chimney
Rock Mountains, Inc., and the suc
cessful bidders.
The bidders were required to de
posit cash cm- a certified check for
$25,000 three days prior to the sale.
It is stated that the power plant
generates from $50,000 to $70,000
worth of current annually.
Completed in 1926.
The dam was completed in Sep
tember, 1926, and the first water
poured over it March 11, 1927. The
lake covers 1,500 acres.
It is reported that other changes
will take place at Chimney Rock
which will mean much for the fa
mous resort. Despite tlir sale, the
itumrc is considered oi’gut lor iu
And they are having quite a bit
of success in their efforts, judging
by the last week enthusiasm beiny
shown by voters who have been
more or less apathetic to the ballc.
battle heretofore.
Whether or not the eleventh hoji
frenzy will bring out anything like
the record number of 7,300 voter:
who participated in the 1038 pri
mary remains to be seen, but poli
tical dopesters doubt it.
Not Ilea ted Enough.
A big portion of the county votei -
is interested in the outcome of near
ly every race on the Democratic
ticket, but they are not stirred up
as they were two years ago. It ap
pears as if there wil be an average
vote cast in the towns, but only »
falr-to-middling vote in the rura
sections. Much, say the candidate:
depends upon the weather Satur
day. It is grass-fighting time out in
the cotton fields, and although the
farmers have the grass well in hand
they are not likely to desert the
fields to any great extent Saturdav
lf the weather is good.
Senate Race First.
It is hard to say, voters have been
talking so little, to say which of the
races command the major Interest.
It is safe to say, however, that more
Cleveland people are Interested in
the senatorial contest betwen Sim
mons and Bailey than in any other
race. The Interest in this affait
which is attracting nation-wide in
tewrti ia-w*. however, as keen a
had been anticipated when the two
senatorial candidates first announc
ed.
Almost as much county interest
centers about the race for supsrio:
court judge. Cleveland has only one
candidate In the four-cornered race
Judge B. T. Falls, but this week At
torney Wilson War lick and others ct
the three opposing candidates, but
particularly Warlick, have been
making a strong bid to take some of
the Cleveland votes away from the
home candidate. This appeal for
outside candidates has aroused sup
porters of the Shelby man and they
were yesterday and today making a
strong fight throughout the oountv
to carry Cleveland as near solid as
possible for the home-county man.
This late enthusiasm and activity
places the judicial race pretty dose
to the senatorial race from the
standpoint of interest. There isn’t
any doubt about Falls carrying the
county, but his supporters and
friends want him to carry It with
enough lead to offset the majorities
of the other candidates In their
home counties.
County Rare*.
Saying just which county race it
the hottest Is almost an impossibil
ity. The interest in four races is
about the same. Those four an the
contests for recorder, county solici
tor, sheriff and legislature. The
spirited vote appeal between Attor
ney Speight Beam and Maurice
Weathers for county judge may be
slightly ahead in attracting atten
tion, but it is difficult to. determine
whether the heat of that campaign
is any warmer than in the three
others. In some sections one of the
four contests overshadows the other,
while it is the reverse in another,
depending to a great extent on the
native sections of the candidates.
Nevertheless the three-cornered
contest, between Solicitor P. C.
Gardner, Pat McBrayer and J, Clint
Newton, for prosecutor in county
court, has its warm spots, as does
the Irvin AUen-Marvin Blanton
Sam Baber struggle for the sheriff V
nomination, and the Horace Ken
nedy-Henry Edwards race for leg
islature. Next in importance, as the
voters talk it, is the congressional
fight between Major Bulwinkle,
Hamilton Jones and Dr. Albert
Sams. Bulwinkle seems to be the
favorite in the rural sections with
Jones the first choice or the towns,
and Sams rating as third.
There is quite a bit of interest in
the four-cornered race for the three
berths on the board of county com
missioners, but only a minor inter
est is being shown so far In the races
for treasurer, coroner and the school
board.
Many candidates this week be
ean arising earlier than is “■ '
custom and remaining out ]
work in the evenings than 1
habit. Tins final gallop
home stretch to the wire
.CONrtjSVfiP Q*i raos