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SHELBY. N. C. FRIDAY. JUNE 13, 1930. 12 PAGES TODAY * ftowiAA*!. By mall, per year (In advance) and Iiiday AUcrnoons. Carrier, per year (1 nadvance) LATE NEWS | THE MARKET, Cotton, ter lb. —---19c Cotton Seed, per bu.-.... dOHc Cloudy, Showers. Today’s North Carolina Weather Report: Cloody. probably showers u ’ tonight and Saturday. Not much change in temperature. ' Out And In Again. West Point, N. Y„ June lJ^-Two hundred and forty-one cadets yes terday received their commissions as second lieutenants from Patrick Hurley, secretary of war. Immed iately 39 of them headed for the marriage altar. Although the class was the smallest in years the num ber of weddings planned was about normal. Addresing the cadets at the grrtfeatlon exercises MlV Hurley told thvjra they were the inlihirt of peace as well as war and that it is the aim of the academy to create "leaders who will maintain the peace and safety of the nation." Rutherford To Have Run-Off Race, July S Neighboring County To Have Another Primary. Commis sioners Race, Too. Rutherfordton.—Rutherford coun ty will hold a second primary on July 3. This was definitely decided when Horace B. Doggett of Forest City filed for the race of sheriff against the incumbent, W. C. Haf din. Later in the day H. H. Tucker, chairman of the board of county commissioners, filed. In the primary last Baturday Mr. Doggett received 1,368 votes for sheriff while Mr. Hardin received 1,466. Mr. Tucker was the fifth highestBnan out of 12 in the race for coiStty commissioner, receiving 1,418 votes. Hie fourth highest man, K. E. Simpson, issued a state ment in which he stated that he would not enter a second primary but would be in the race again, two years hence. It is not known if W. O. Harris, sixth highest man in the race for county commissioner, will run again or not. Prof. Frank S. Hall of Avondale, second highest - in the race for clerk of court, has ' not definitely decided about enter ing a second primary. Crops Ahead Of Last Year Now Farm Prospects Bright, dbservers Say. Corn May Be Light. The Cleveland county farm crops are about one week ahead of last year and are progressing rapidly despite the cool weather of the last week or so. That Is the opinion of leading fanners who have travelled aboutf-ihe county during the week. Mrf>Andy F. Newton, register of deeds', who keeps a weather eye on fanning activities since he was plac ed in a county office by Cleveland voters, says that the crops, cotton and corn, seem to be ahead of last year and that prospects are brighter now than they were then. He fears, however, that the corn crop will be light and that the county may not make feed and hay crops anticipat ed by those who have been boosts ing the live-at-home movement. Mrs. Monroe Bell Dies Near Grover Funeral And Interment Will Take Place Saturday At Grover Baptist Church. Last night at 10 o’clock at her home near Grover, Mrs. Nlcey Bell, wife of Monroe Bell, died after an illness of two weeks with heart and kidney trouble. Mrs. Bell was 70 years of age and had been a faith ful member of the Baptist church since girlhood. She was a fine Christian character and greatly be loved by her h06t of friends. Tie funeral will take place Sat uritf morning at 10 o’clock at the Grover Baptist church, services to be conducted by Rev. W. E. Fur cron and Rev. Mr. Dendy. Surviv ing are her husband and seven children: Mrs. Corrie Allen, Messrs. Jim and June Bell, Mrs. Julia May, Mrs. J. Q. Anthony of Shelby, Mrs John Kendrick and Mrs. Annie Ful ton. all of Grover vicinity. Cyclone Mack To >. To Speak July 3rd There will be a general meeting of the Cleveland Mutual Protective association Tuesday night at eight o’clock at Campbell's Department store. All members are urged to at Cyclone McClendon will tx here on July 3rd to make an ad dress. The time and place will b< announced later. Try Negro On GirVs Charge; Court Hearing Girl Only Twelve, She States Mose Allen, Neira, Faces Serious Charge. Taxi Driver Caught With Booze. In county court here this morn ing, Mose Allen, husky young ne gro man, was charged with having carnal relations with a young negro girl said to be only 12 years of age. Pue to tha fact that the girl ap peared to the court to be more than 0% age given the case was held open nS* neto evidence and Allen will return to jail or be given tempdJ ary freedom under a $500 bond. It is'charged that the girl, who lives in No. 10 township, was per suaded into an illicit love affair by the grown negro man. As a result it is said that she will become a mother. Witnesses used by the, State were the girl and her mother, both of whom contended that the girl was only 12 years of age iast April. A sheet .of paper purporting to have been taken from the family Bible was advanced as evidence. It was found that the page was not from the Bible which was brought into court, but the mother declared that the birth record page had been transferred from an older Bi ble to the one now used. Attorney Maurice Weathers, new nominee for recorder, represented Allen. He declared, and the court agreed, that • the prosecuting wit ness appeared to be considerably older than 12 years. His client, Weathers said, could assemble evi dence to show that he was not the guilty person, and the court decided to hold the case open for a short time. George Bivens, taxi driver, who has been in court several times here tofore, was today charged with hav ing several pints of whiskey in his possession. He was arrested last night by Policeman Stamey and Sparks, the whiskey being in pint bottles in a sack, the officers testi fied. Bivens was given a six months sentence, but will appeal, it is un derstood. Several other minor cases, deal ing for the most part with whiskey, were disposed of by Recorder Ken nedy and Solicitor Gardner. Negro Sleeping On Found By Engineer Seaboard Man Sees Drank On Sou thern Track. Might Hare Been Bit. Oren Poston, colored, may Be liv ing today because the engineer and fireman on a Seaboard train were keeping their eyes on the road ahead about 1 o’clock this morning. West of town, in the Eskridge Grove church section, where the Southern and Seaboard tracks par allel each other the men in the Seaboard locomotive noticed a man sprawled across the tracks of the Southern. It was their idea that he might have been hit. by some train, and when they reached Shelby they notified Deputy Sheriff Ed Dixon. Journeying up the Southern tracks the officer found that the man on the Southern tracks was not dead, but dead drunk, pad Poston re mained in his drunken stupor he might have been hit by the early morning Southern train. As it was he came to in the county jail anrl was given a hearing in court to day on a charge of drunkenness. Railroad Ready for Inventor’s Scholarship Test • • * * • Selected by TKeir Communities, These Young Men Seek Edison -x» llfc> pbkl jt Scholarship. I/JTHER P Spalding,jfe. Ha ELaisotf.JsJ A- Edi?o*£” f&fiERT Herman Smith.. Luther P. Spalding, Jr, of Arisons; Robert Hannan Smith, of'ZiM Vegas, New Mexico, and H. A. Wilson, Jr., of Jackson, Mississippi, hare been selected by their communities as of such outstanding mental aptitude that they are considered quali ■ lied to enter the Thome* A. Edi aoh Scholarship of 1980. Pre vious contests sponsosed by the treat inventor aroused such in terest throughout the world that it is expected this event will sur ; pass all others in the number of contestants. (Interaatisoa! NtvrMl) Simmons Not Bitter Over Defeat, States High Man In Race Gives Away Office Winner Lets Friends Have Office Because He Is Sick. Some Story. Brevard.—H. C. Aiken, a fire man on the Southern railway here, who received first place in the race here Saturday for the Democratic nomination for the office of treasurer of Transyl vania county, withdrew his name in favor of his friend, George M. Justus, who was run ner up. Mr. Justus, it Is understood, has been 111 for the past year, and Mr. Aiken, out of considera tion for him, withdrew his name and asked the board of elec tions to certify Mr. Justus as the Democratic nominee for the office. Mr. Aiken, in a letter to the board of elections, endorsed Mr. Justus and said he deserved the place. i Millions Unemployed In U. S. A. Now; Green Asks Quick Relief Situation Unimproved Since Jan uary, Federation Head Says; Urges Action. Washington.—Placing the total of the nation’s unemployed at 3, 609,000 last month, William Green, president of the American Federa tion of Labor, told the house judi ciary committee he thought it “in conceivable" that congress should adjourn without a "gesture" for re lief. Green appeared before the com mittee to give his “unqualified sup port to a national employment sys tem and the advance of planning of public works. Miss Frances Parkins, of Albany, NT. Y., head of the New York state industrial department, likewise urg ed approval of the bills. Meanwhile, on the floor of the house, Representative Sirovich, Democrat, New York, demanded that something he done to prevent poverty and crime promoted by widespread unemployment Green Urges Passage. Green was presented by Senator Wagner, (Democrat) New York, who told the committee he could see no reason why the bill should not pass in the house. The labor leader initiated his statement to the committee by say ing that “hundreds of thousands of men’’ were sitting today in public parks throughout the country “muttering” at their inability to gain employment. He mentioned specifically conditions in Chicago. Los Angeles and New York, and said this was the “most serious economic problem now confronting the American people.” "Unemployment still remains at as high a .level as last January—20 per cent—only two per cent less 4* (CONTINUBO ON PAG* TIN.) Expresses Deep Gratitade To Loyal Friends Who Stood By Him In Primary. (H. E. C. Bryant in Asheville Citlsen.) Washington, D. C., June 13.— Asserting that he is "not chag rined” and feels "not bitterness” as a result of the recent pri mary, Senator Simmons issued a statement yesterday in which he declared that he is “content to retire” to jfrivate life. His statment said: “Now that the returns of th£ recent state primary are almost, if not^ quite, complete, I desire to give earnest expression to the deep feeling of gratitude that I have for the support and friend ship of all those splendid North Carolinians and Democrats who fought for me and the cause I rep resented. A situation arose in the final days of the campaign which I did not have the resources to com bat. Nevertheless, my friends did all that loyally and courage had the power to do in my behalf and I shall be forever proud, and "grateful to them for the great battle that they waged for my renomination. “I send -to them this expression of my love and appreciation and say to them that I am not chag rined by the result and feel no bit terness. Indeed I am content to re tire to private life. In that retire ment, to which I am shortly to re pair, I shall never overlook, and indeed shall diligently seek to find opportunity to be yet of some little service to them, to our beloved state and country and to the prin ciples, policies and traditions of the great Democratic party, elusive service of which ly given Judge John P. Mull, the Cleveland board, stated today ty candidates must expense Chautauqua Is Pleasing With Finest Talent Good Talent On Final Program* feature Attractions Conti nf Friday, Saturday And Monday. Miss Elmore Opens. . Hundreds are attending each aft ernoon and night the five-day Red path Chautauqua program In the Ifrge waterproof tent on S. Wash ington street next to the Peter Pan Qolf course. The advance sale of sliason tickets was disappointing, blit interest grows in the splendid performances by the fine talent and each program draws better than the previous one as those who at tend, spread the good news about. Miss Elmore Pleases. The program opened Wednesday night with Miss Lucile Elmore, a famous Broadway star and her pep py, original musical comedy entitled | “A Night in Arabia.” Miss Elmore was vivacious and versatile and pleased the large audience on the opening night. Thursday brought the Vienna Cymbalom Symphony wgh Elsie Prnay and her company in., delightful instrumental music, Efying the best in classical and pop ular numbers. This company gave a concert last night before the lec ture of Theodore P. Graham on “Making America American.” Dr. Graham had a most vital and time ly subject, well delivered, but it was a bit too long. Coming Program. Today, Saturday andt Monday bring some of the best talent on the entire program. This (Friday) aft ernoon is a popular comedy entitled “The Rivals." Then tonight, the Sprague Players present “The Big Pond,” a story of business and love, showing how a Frenchman makes good with an American business man. Saturday afternoon brings “Hie Lombards” famous WLS Showboat entertains, rendering enjoyable imjpical sketches and readings in special costumes and stags settings. *men Saturday night the Lom bards give * prelude to an inspir ational lecture “Pull Speed Ahead” by Elwood T. Bailey, a man of na tion-wide fame who issues a chal lenge for better business, truer so ciety and more genuine religion. Monday The Choir. Then on Monday the closing day comes a concert by “The Cathedral Choir,” a concert of the best In popular music, both vocal and In strumental with special scenery, en i tertaining sketches, stirring songs and beautiful solos. Monday night “The Cathedral Choir” closes the Chautauqua with a big three part program in Songs you love to hear. This is followed by the famous op eretta "Yokahoma Maid” and “West Point Cadet Revue.” A young lady has organized a junior Chautauqua, having the children at the tent each morning for an hour of story telling, games, etc., which proves an interesting feature both to the children and their parents. Gov Gardner Pleased Over New Ballot Law Raleigh.—Governor O. Max Gard ner said he was highly pleased with the working of the Australian bal lot law in the recent state primary. Governor Gardner championed the Australian ballot before becom ing governor, in his inaugural ad dress, and in a special budget mes sage to the general assembly. He is understood to regard the enact ment of the secret ballot law one of the major achievements of tne 1929 legislature. "Reports from all over the state,” Governor Gardner said today, “in dicate that the law generally work ed well and with a minimum cf confusion in the last Saturday’s primary and while it is still not perfect, it is nevertheless a tremen dous advance over the old system." Girl Of 15 Get. Married In Shelby Among the couples who secured marriage license‘here last week was a girl of 15, the youngest person to be married in'the county this year. She was Eva Crow, of the county, and the groom was Robert Harmon, aged 19. Loses In League Game club in the wviuu yesterday at Forest City de in the other Shelby and the Sparts here Saturday. Details on 11. Second Race Here Not Positive Yet; Likely May Depend Upon Coniraelontl Race. Gardner Has Net Filed. | Jt could not be definitely learned today If there would be a second Democratic primary in Cleveland county. There are two prospective races— the Oardner-Newton solicitor’s race, and a congressional race between Bulwinkje and Jones. Today It was stated by the coun ty election board that Solicitor P. Cleveland Gardner, who ran second to J. Clint Newton In the first pri mary, had not as yet filed notice of his intention t^enter a second race. Political observers are of the opin ion that the Gardner decision will depend considerably upon whether or not there will be a second race in the congressional contest. The same silence that prevailed early in the week still envelops the congressional affair. Bub#Inkle, ac cording to the latest information, still holds a lead over Hamilton Jones In the first primary, but no definite statement regarding a sec ond primary has been made public. It is believed, however, that there will be a second race. The latest district tabulation ahowed Bui winkle in the lead around 800 votes, but all the precincta were not In at that time. Today Charlotte papers carried new figures for that county on the congressional race, and al though they gave Jones a bigger lead In Mecklenburg, with addition al reports in, the lead was not enough to remove the Bulwinkle lead in the district. i_ Junior Mayor And Chief To Run City Saturday Morning Children T* Clean-Up. Mis* St. John To Take Children On The children of the city will be in charge of the city’s operation from 11 to 11:30 o'clock Saturday morning with Ed Poet, Jr., occupy ing the chair of Mayor McMurry and Gene Leonard serving as chief of police for Chief Poston. Miss Jean St. John, the Junior director of Chautauqua is in' Shelby for five days and each morning she invites the children of the city from 0:30 to 11:30 o’clock to the tent on 8. Washington street where she directs the children in songs, stories and games. So interesting is the Junior Chau tauqua that 130 to 140 children were present this morning, the en tertainment being free to the child ren. A track meet was to have been staged this morning but the rain interfered. While the Juniors are operating the city Saturday morning the streets and parking places In the up-town section will be cleaned, i The following are the junior city officers: Ed Post, Jr., mayor; Jeannette Post, city clerk; Gene Leonard, ehief of police and Har old Jordan and Hill Hudson, po licemen; Charles Wray, Max Gard ner, jr., and J. L. Gaffney service commissioners; Marorie Lutz, pub lic nurse; Helen Jean Jordan, pub lic health doctor; Vera Armour, public nurse; Mary Wells, news re porter. Miss Rosa Lee Mace, of Green ville, S. O. spent Wednesday with Mrs. M. C. Adams on S. Lafayette street. Game Survey Now Under Way Investigating Condition* With * View of dtoeking Cleveland With Came. With a view to restocking the county with the most suitable game. M. W. Haynes, representing the North Carolina department of conservation and development, has arrived in the ciiy to make a com plete game, fish and forest survey of Cleveland county. Mr. Haynes has an office In the Hotel Charles where any informa lion desired on the survey may be obtained. H. C. Long, county game warden, will accompany Mr. Haynes on his tripe to every nook and cor ner of the county for compilation of data, which will be secured from representative citisens. Will Broaden Activities. The study, it was revealed, will be in the nature of a preliminary sur vey of game conditions in the State. It is planned that such a survey will be made a permanent feature at regular intervals as part of the game, fish and forestry1 programs. The prellmlnery survey will - be carried out in 25 or 30 counties as a basis for further jtudy, th'e coun ties used being taken in a cross sec tion of the state and selected be cause they are representative of ex isting conditions. Officials pla4 to broaden the scope of the work to include all of the 100 counties later. “information gathered from the preliminary survey," Mr. Haynes said, “will be tabulated and analys ed thoroughly and will,' no doubt, suggest many features that will | be helpful in building up and main taining the wild life of our state to the end that all the benefits accru ing therefrom may be perpetuated wnd-merwawd/’ ^ **' Move Of Fall* Gets Praise Ipt Catawba The Hickory Record has the fol lowing to say editorially. about the decision of Judge B. T. Palls not to ask for a second primary in the judgeship race: "Judge Palls, of Shelby, who has withdrawn in favor of Attorney Warlick, of Newton, leaving the latter the undisputed Democratic nominee for the superior bench, is to be warmly commended for his decision. Those who knew the cali ber of the Cleveland county jurist felt certain that he w6uld follow this course, as soon as he was as sured that his nearest competitor had so decisive a lead. He has saved the public some expense, and has strengthened his party by his sportsman-like conduct. Catawba county people will not soon forget this generous disposition on. the part of Judge Palls." Fishing Season On, Shelby Waltons Out Court square benches and drug store gathering places about Shelby have been more or less deserted since Tuesday when the fishing sea son opened again. Scores of Shelby Isaak Waltons have been making daily trips to Bridgewater and oth er favorite fishing spots for this section. The majority of them are reporting good catches of bass. Hoover May Pat Democrats In As Did Taft, Bowers Thinks Chances Are Slim For Republicans Winning Nest President, * Says. Columbia, S. C.—The chances are slim for the Republican party’s naming the next president, Claude G. Bowers, editor of The New York Evening WOrld, prominent Demo crat who delivered the keynote ad dress at the national Democratic convention at Houston in 1928, de clared in an interview here. Mr. Bowers would not predict the standard bearer of the Democratic party in 1932, but intimated that Catholic opposition might eliminate A1 Smitlu Mr. Bowers said he finds the na tion’s political situation today analagous to that of 1912, when Taft after being overwhelmingly elected, allowed Insurgency to enter the Republican party, "Taft, like Hoover, was elected by a vast majority. Taft immediately j called a special session of congress to debate the tariff. The exploiting element in Taft’s congress upset his tariff program, and insurgency broke out, led by Dolliver. This pre pared the way for Wilson's elec tion. "Today Hoover is confronted by a similar predicament, but Republi can rebellion led by Senator Norris is much stronger. Complete collapse of Republican constructive statesmanship, after an 18-month fight over the tariff, threatens the present administra tion, Mr. Bowers thinks. “The Republicans haven't a ghost of a show of electing the next presi dent to quote the words of a very strong Republican banker of the middlewest, by odds the strongest Republican out there," Mr. Bowers said. He dined with the banker and l promine Republican lawyer, ooth of whom were pessimistic as m their party. Rural Voters Favor Bailey Three To One $troriger For Bailey Than In City Rural Sections Cost More Vote* 101 Raleigh Man Than City •Voter*. Ttfer# *efe ieVeral surprise* in the recent primary, and one tv that the rural voters of Cleveland county were stronger for J. W. Bailey, the senatorial nominee, In proportion to their vote than were the voters of Shelby 'and King; Mountain. ^ Prior >to the primary the political experts declared that Senator Sim mons would get his best support in* the rural sections, while Bailey s strength would be in the towns and cities. The same predictions was made for Cleveland county, and failed to hold water according to a check of the official vote. Of the 3.048 votes cast in the sen atorial race by the voters of Shelby and Kings Mountain Bailey receiv ed 2.069 and Simmons 879, which was approximately two and one ninth votes for- Bailey, for every vote for Simmons. In the rural boxes 2,72* vote* were, cast in the senatorial race. Bailey receiving X 036 and Simmons 888. which was approximately 888, which was ap proximately three vote* for Bailey, for every vote for Simmons. Masons Meet Here Saturday Grand Muter , Timberlake And Grand Secretary Anderson Coming. On Saturday evening:. June 14. at S o'clock a district meeting will be held in. the .hall of Cleveland lodge at Shelby. Grand Master E. W. Tlm bcrlake, Jr. accompanied by Grand vlalt the dlatrlct at that time, and this will probable be his only visit to this district during his term of office. Aside from the grand mas ters address there will be short addresses by Hon. Clyde R. Hoey, Judge Jas. L. Webb and Grand Sec retary Anderson. Music will be fur nished by John Best and his Caro lina Troubadors far , one hour prior to the opening of the lodge. After the close the ladies of O. E. 8. will serve refreshments. We should have at least one big get together meeting each year; and the proper time for this is when the grand master is with .us. Every Mason in Cleveland coqnty not providentially hindered should at tend. Those who are not regular i» attendance should lgt this be one meeting they do attend. We axe expecting a profitable meeting, ar.d also that we shall have a real good time. District Meeting Committee. Kings Mountain Bill Is Passed By House Jonas Measure. Providing 9BM.0M For Park, Given Unanimous Approval. x Washington.—The Kings Moun tain battleground bill, pressed tor passage of late weeks by Represen tative Jonas, was passed by the house Wednesday without a t dis senting voice. It had to bp done this way. if at all. as the unani mous consent calendar was up for consideration. The bill is designed to establish a national military park, or reservation, at Kings Mountain, and for this purpose an appropriation of $255,000 Is author ized. Senator Overman Is to take the bill in hand on the aenate aide, and there is some hope that it will be enacted into law-at this session, although adjournment is not far away. The sesqui-centennial cele bration is planned for October, and It is expected that President Hoo ver will attend. Some of the people In the Kings Mountain section are to donate considerable acreage to aid the government In establishing the pro posed military park, while others are offering laritt at a reasonable cost. Local co-operation * of this kind Always helps in getting bills through congress. Lutheran Service* Marion Street school building, H. P. Barringer, supply pastor. Sunday school at 10 o'clock. Ser vice at 11 o'clock^ Topic: “Special Blessings of the Holy Spirit." Ser vice at 8 p ,m. Topic “Kindness." All are cordially invited to attend . the services. 1 - ..