VOL. XXXVI. No. 69 !!S .BliaJBH..■!—' 1^1 SHELBY. N. C. MONDAY, JUNE 9V 1980, ■ '• ' .« 1 ■> ■'» U -L..I."" J.. . 1 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. 8 PAGES TODAY By mall, per year (In advance) mo Carrier, per year <1 nadvanca) S3.00 ,1 LATE NEWS I I THE MARKET. Cotton, per lb. _........... U* Cotton Seed, per bu.-40!4c Cloudy, Showers Today's North Carolina Weather Report: Cloudy and t showers in east this afternoon or early tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy, not much change in temperature. Late Primary News. Late news on the Bailey majority will be found on Page Eigfst. On this page also 'rill be other primary news of yiterest, together with im portant city and county news. Turn to Page Eight. Other County Winners MBS. YARBROUGH MAURICE WEATHERS HENRY EDWARDS. Three winners of county races in Saturday's Democratic primary are pictured above. They are Mrs. Mary I ;/|^'arbrougli, present county treas urer, who was re-nominated; Attor ney Maurice Weathers, who won the nomination for recorder; and At torney Henry B. Edwards, who won the nomination for representative. (Star Photos.) Mrs. Yarbrough Treasurer Again l irst Woman Office-Holder Wins Nomination Over Miss Lute. Mrs Mary Yarbrough, Cleveland county’s first woman office-holder waa renominated again Saturday for county treasurer, winning liom Mias Georgia Lutz. The vote was: Mrs. Yarbrough—3.325. Miss Lutz—2,428. The lead of Mrs. Yarbrougn wos 89? votes. Allen Wins; Two Second Races Likely Allen Winner For Sheriff; ClearMajority Present Sheriff Re-Nominated Leads Marvin Blanton, Second Man, By 1,304 Votes. 567 Over Majority. Irvin M. Allen, veteran law enforcement officer serving his first term as sheriff of Cleve land county, was the winner in the three-cornered race in Sat urday’s primary with a lead of 1,304 over Marvin Blanton, his nearest rival. The Allen vote was 3,526; Blan ton 2,222; Sam Baber 171. A total of 5,919 votes was cast in this race, and the vote needed for a majority was 2,959. Allen’s 3,526 gave him 567 votes more than was needed to assure there would hot be a second primary. The present sheriff’s lead over Blanton was 1,304, and over both candidates 1.133. In a notice appearing in today’s paper, Mr. Allen expresses his ap preciation for the support and urg Cleveland Democrats to rally to gether for a Democratic victory this fall. Mrs. Pruett Is Hmt^atnt Sister of C. C. and D. D. Hambright Dies Millie On Visit To Neighbor. Mrs. Georgia Pruett, wife of G Carl Pruett died at one o'clock Sun day morning while visiting at the home of a neighbor, Mrs. Charlie Wright. She had started through a door when she fell dead from heart trouble. Before marriage Mrs. Pruett was Miss Georgia Hambright. She was only 37 years of age and a fine Christian character, greatly beloved by her host of friends. Seven years ago she was married to Carl Pruett who survives with three daughters, Madge, Evelyn and Merle. Also sur viving are four brothers, C. C. and D. D. Hambright of Shelby, H. L. Hambright of Kings Mountain, Bate Hambright of Clover, S. C., and one sister, Mrs. C. R. Goforth, or Kings Mountain. Mrs. Goforth was a twin sister of Mrs. Pruett. Mrs. Pruett was the daughter of D. M. and Maggie Hambright who. it will be recalled, died within 48 hours of each other about a year ago. At the age of 14 years she Join-, ed Elizabeth Baptist church and remained a devoted Christian. Funeral services were held this morning at 11 o’clock by Rev. Dr. Davis and Rev. W. E. Lowe and in terment was in the cemetery at Patterson Springs Baptist church. IRVIN ALLEN Edwards Winner For Legislature Young Lawyer Defeats County Judge Kennedy By 500 Votes. Henry B. Edwards, young Shelby attorney, ts the Democratic nomi nee for county representative to the General Assembly. In winning Edwards defeated Re corder Horace Kennedy by 581 votes in a race in which 5,779 votes were cast. The vote was: Edwards—3,165. Kennedy—3, S#4. them, however, the vote was very close. Dorothy Me Knight Is Critically 111 Miss Dorothy McKnight, the at tractive and talented daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 5 John S. McKnight has been critically ill for several days at the Shelby hospital, suffer ing with a kidney trouble and com plications which caused a breakdown in health while she was a student at the North Carolina College for Women at Greensboro. Her condi tion continues very grave with lit tle hope for her recovery. D. A. R. Meeting On Flag Day, Saturday A postponed meeting of the local chapter Daughter of the American Revolution will be held Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock in the Wom an’s club rooms, it is announced by Mrs. Harry Speck. Saturday is na tional flag day and all merchants and business men are urged to co operate by placing out their Amer ican flags. Eastern Star Meet. A meeting of the local Eastern 3tar chapter will be held Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Newton Lacks 62 Votes Having Majority In Solicitor’s Race Gardner lias No Statement About Run-Off Until He Checks Of ficial Vote. J. Clint Newton, according to the unofficial tabulation lacked 62 votes of having a majority In the three-cornered county solicitor’s race in Saturlay’s primary, and it is not definitely known as yet if there will be a run-off race between him and Solicitor P. Cleveland Gardner. The unofficial vote was: Newton—2856. Gardner—2380. Pat McBrayer—590 Newton's lead over Gardner by this count was 466 votes. A total of 5,836 votes was cast in the contest and this requires 2,918 votes, or 62 more than Newton received for a majority. At one o’clock today Mr. Gardner said that for several reasons he had not as yet decided whether he would j go into a second race. He will wait, |he added, until he car check the official figures in the race. The county board of elections is work ing today upon the official figures, but the board is totalling the State races first and did not have the of ficial county figures ready at press time for The Star. A second race may also depend, It is surmised, upon whether or not there will be other second races. Bob Kendrick Wins Constable Contest Bob Kendrick, one of the coun ty’s most widely known officers, is the Democratic nominee for con stable in No. 6 township, in a race that attracted considerable interest Saturday considering that it was a township race. He led his nearest opponent, Pink E. Lackey, by aroun* 230 votes. The vote was: Bob Kendrick—1.308 Pink Lack*:-—1,076. C. H. Simpson 103, County Boards Remain Intact; Young In Lead County Board of Education And County Board of Comml&sion ers Unchanged. The county board of commis sioners and the county board of education remain unchanged in personnel as a result of Satur day’s primary. Charlie Rein hart was seeking a place on the board of commissioners but was low man out of the four candi dates for the three positions and was thus eliminated. A. E. CUne, R. U Weathers, and Geo. Lattimore, incumbents, were re nominated with R. 1_ Weathers leading the ticket in this race. Unofficially the vote from the 2 County Rallies Behind Bailey - --— 1 _ Total Vote In County 5,919 The total vote in Saturday s primary was slightly under 6. 000 which is about in line with what John P. Mull, chairman of the county board of elections anticipated. Twc years ago a total of over 7,500 votes were cast but a presi dential race was on then and the senatorshlp was the best the election had to offer tins year. However, the largest vote was cast in the sheriff's race In this contest 5,919 vote: were deposited for the three candidates, Allen, Blanton and Baber. Next in interest seam ed to be the race for U S senator in which 5.828 votes were cast. Ideal weather prevailed for the primary throughout the county. It had rained on Fri day and farm work was at a standstill and the industrial plants were idle. One Man Killed When Car Strikes Grover Automobile i Mr*. C. F. H»fry, Mr. And Mrs. Hambrlght of Grover And Children Hurt. Fay Green of near EUenboro was instantly killed and eight others were injured in an automobile wreck at' Forest City Sunday morning at 4:15, when two cars ran headon into each other. Green, who was driving a coach, was injured to such extent that he never regain ed consciousness, dying at the hos pital. He was accompanied by two other young men, Earl Burgess and Bill Taylor, both of Spindale, who were slightly injured. Grover People Hurt. There were six in the other car, Mr. and Mrs. Hambright of Grover, and their three children. Mary Frances, Edna and Robert Ham bright and Mrs. C. F. Harry, all of Grover. The Grover people were en route to Marshall and It is said that the car driven by Green, who was killed, ran into the Grover car aft er Mr. Hambrlght had pulled to the side of the road, trying to get out of his way. Two ambulances were called after the crash and the in jured rushed to the Rutherford hos pital. for medical attention. Bur gess, after his wound were dressed, was arrested but released on bond. This morning Mrs. Harry was re ported as not doing so well. She was internal lnjurled and suffered a hemorrhage. Ed Hambrlght is cut in the head and face, • his left arm broken and a knee out of place. Two of the children are cut about the | face and head One child exciped [unhurt. All have been discharged | from the hospital except Mrs, Harrv. Simmons Carries One Precincts, Grover, of 26 In County. Cleevland county, North Caro lina Democratic stronghold, re iterated a strong belief In party regularity Saturday by giving Josiah W. Bailey almost a two and one-half to one vote over his opponent, Fumifold M. Sim mons, for the Democratic nom ination to the United States senate. The veteran senator carried only ope precincts of the 26 voting pre cincts in the county. That precinct was Grover and his lead over Bailey there was only one vote. Simmons received 86 votes there to Bailey s 76. Senatorial Vote. Thf senatorial vote was Bailey—4,105. Simmons—1,666. Estep—67. The Bailey lead over Simmons in the county was 2,439, and over both Simmons and Estep the Raleigh man's lead was 2,382. Good Predictions. The outcome, as far as this coun ty was concerned, was pretty much in line with advance predictions. Cleveland was one of the counties in Piedmont and Western Carolina to stick entirely to the Democratic ticket in 1928, and on Saturday the voters of the. county re-affirmed their Democratic convictions in no uncertain terms. They said it with ballots, and thereby classified Cleve land as one of the outstanding Bailey counties and Democratic strongholds in the state. Prior to the voting it was esti mated that the towns of the county would show the greatest Bailey [strength with the rural sections of | the county leaning to Simmons. But ; such was not the case. Rural pre Icincts tossed, in proportion to sise a vote for Bailey every time the towns did. It was pretty well known before the final check-up came in that Cleveland was a strong Bailey coun ty, for as the early reports were an nounced over the amplifier to the hundreds milling in front of The Star building, the gathered throngs cheered lustily every Bailey an nouncement.