VOL. XXXVI. No. 69
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SHELBY. N. C. MONDAY, JUNE 9V 1980,
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Cloudy, Showers
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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<j,
precincts is reported to The Star as
follows:
Weathers—4,619.
Lattimore—4,254.
Cline—3,674.
Reinhardt—3,153.
Young Heads Ticket.
In the race Mr the five position!
on the county hoard of education,
A. L. Calton was eliminated, thus
leaving the old board uninterrupt
ed. Calton and Willis were both
candidates from Lattimore, No. 7
township, hence their strength was
split and these two men were low
on this ticket.
C. S. Young, of Shelby, was hon
ored with the highest vote any can
didate received on the entire county
ticket, receiving 4,867 votes. In thi*
Young—4,867.
Hord—4,490.
Ridenfeour-4,312.
Forney—44223.
Willis—3,613.
Calton—3,323;
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WILSON WARLICK
Weathers Wins
Over Beam For
County Judge
Maurice Weathers will be the
neat judge of the recorder's court,
succeeding Horace Kennedy, as a
result of the Saturday primary in
which he won the nomination over
his opponent, Speight Beam, by 1,
002 votes.
si
county stands.
Weathers—3,612,
Beam—1,910. ^_
Weathers majority 1,702,'
Weathers carried every precinct
in the county by varying majorities.
A. L. BUI.WINKLE
H. C. JONES
AU indications today point to
a second primary to determine
the Democratic congressional
nominee for the ninth district
with Major A. L. Bulwinkle. of
Gastonia, former congressman,
and Attorney Hamilton C. Jones,
of Charlotte, as the contestants.
At 12 o'clock today Bulwinkle was
slightly ahead in the district as a
whole but the margin between him
and Jones so close that neither was
a decisive winner with Dr. Sams, the
third candidate having a fair vote
With 237 precincts of the 247 in^
the district, reported at noon today
the vote, according to Charlofte in
formation, was:
Bulwinkle—17,786
Jones—17,199. -
Sams—2,211.
The ten precincts yet to report
will not change the vote enough to
give either Jones or Bulwinkle a
majority.
Cleveland's Vote.
j In Cleveland county Mr. Jones ran
slightly ahead of Major Bulwinkle.
The congressional vote complete
in this county was:
Jones—2,871.
Bulwinkle—2,615.
Sams—286.
Throughout the entire county the
vote was pretty well divided between
the two leading contestants.
Bulwinkle’s heavy strength in the
district as a whole came from his
home county of Gaston, while Meck
lenburg was equally faithful to
Jones, Mecklenburg's own candi
date. It was very much a stand-off
between the two candidates as far
as the remaining counties in the
district was concerned.
No statement has been given out
by either one of the candidates, so
far as The Star could learn, but
generally over the district it is
hoped by Democrats that the sec
ond race, if there is one, will be a
peaceful affair so that the Winner
will have every advtange in redeem
ing the district from the Republi
cans in the fall.
Warlick Leads
Judgeship Race;
Falls Is Second
Warlirk Doe* Not Have Majority.
But Falla Undecided On
Second Race.
Attorney Wilson Warlick. of
Newton, is the leader in the dis
trict race for the superior court
judgeship, with Judge B. T.
Falla runnlnr second in a four
cornered race.
At noon today, with only a few
precincts missing,In. the entire dis
trict Warlick was ahead of Falls be
tween 17 and 18 hundred votes. At
that hour Judge Falls informed The
Star that he had not as yet pre
pared a statement regarding it sec
ond contest, in view of the fact
that Warlick did not have a major
ity, but said that he might make a
Statement during the afternoon.
The district vote with only four
precincts not in was:
Warlick—7.937.
Falls—6,176.
Quickel—2*4.
Yount—794.
In Cleveland county the vote was
as follows:
FallsM.245.
Warlick—1,273
Quickel—244. /
Yount—107.
The vote in the other counties oi
the district was as follows: Lincoln
-Quickel 2A17; Warlick 273: Fall;
193: Yount 40.
Burke (one precinct out)—War
UcfcJMM* JWBi LOW: Yount, 66;
Quickel 64.
Caldwell (one precinct out)—War
lick 742; Falls'971: Yount 96; Quick
el 39.
uaiaDwa 'two precincts out)—
War lick 4,225; Falls 109: Yount
457; Quickel 36.
Roscoe Lutz Wins
Coroner’s Contest
Shelby Undertaker Wins Nomina
tion From Squire Sylranus
Gardner.
Mr. Roscoe E. Lutz, Shelby un
! dertaker, will In all likelihood suc
ceed Squire T. Cling Eskridge as
coroner of Cleveland county. He
won the Democratic nomination
Saturday from Squire Sylvanus
Gardner.
The vote was:
Lute—3,963.
Gardner—1,604.
Official Canvas
Of Votes Tuesday
Tuesday is the day for the official
canvas of the votes In the 26 pre
cincte In the county. Election offi
cials will bring their returns and j
the exact results tabulated. There
may have been some errors In the
returns as received by The Star, buf
these returns were gathered with a? I
much accuracy as possible over ru
ral telephone lines, but it is thought j
the official count will not up-set the j
standing of any candidate.
The Star will endeavor to publish
a tabulation of the various precincts
in its Wednesday’s issue.
Bailey Wins By 60,000
Votes; Simmons Not
To Run Independent
With Little More Than 200 Precincts Not Re
ported Bailey's Lead In State Is 61,905.
Simmons Concedes Win, Ridicules Run/
As Independent. f
Charlotte, June 9.—Josiah William Bailey, Raleigh at
torney, defeated United States senator Furnifold M. Sim
mons, of New Bern for the Democratic nomination for sen
ator on the basis of incomplete returns from Saturday’s
Democratic primary election.
.1081 AH W. BAILEE
He will be opposed in the Novem
ber election probably by either
C-eorge E. Butler, of Clinton, or
George M. Pritchard, of Asheville
Republican.
Butler and Pritchard were leading
on the fMe of scanty return# from
from the Tirst statewide Republican
primary ever held in North Caro
lina with Irving Tucker of White
ville and H. Grady Doraett, of Wake
Forest receiving enough votes to pre
vent either getting a majority.
In the Democratic race 1,814 out
o. the state’s 1,799 precincts gave
Bailey a lead of 81,905 ovtes over
Simmons and the veteran senator
v.ho has served hie state at Waah
, b-.gton for 39 years, admitted this
eejved Indicated his defeat. The
vote Was Bailey 183,390; Simmon.’
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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.