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Utoihutib r-— . . ■■'■h | 10 PAGES I TODAY [1 Hy maU, per year (In advance) CXBO Carrier, per year (l nadvanct) fijjO VOL. XXXVI, No. 76 SHELBY. N. C. WEDNESD’Y JUNE25 1936 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. THE MARKET. Cotton, per lb.--— 1Sc Cotton Seed, per bu. - -.36c Cloudy Thursday. Today’* North Carolina Weather Report: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Local thunderstorms in central portion. Not much change in temperature. SOUTHERN CROSS LANDS NEWFOUNDLAND TODAY Capt. C. E. Kingsford-Smith famous Australian aviator and his three companions in the big monoplane “Southern Cross” landed at Newfound land early this morning as the end of the attempted flight from Ireland to New York. It is the first complete flight from Europe westward to the continent. Rattling a heavy fog and running short of gas oline the “Southern Cross” wps unable to complete the Atlantic hop to Roosevelt field. W. A. Gantt Is Seriously Sick Prominent Fallston Merchant Suf fered Stroke Early Yesterday Morn. Mr. W. A. Gantt, widely known Fallstdn merchant and one of the best known citizens of that section of the county, Is In the Shelby hos pital in a serious condition as the result of a stroke of paralysis yes terday morning. The stroke was unexpected. Mr. Gantt, known to his Intimate ac quaintances as "Long,” had been fishing Monday and seemed in good health- About 8 o’clock be suffered the stroke In his right side, became unconscious and was rushed to the hospital here. Yesterday afternoon it appeared as If he could live only a few hours, but today physicians stated that he seemed Just a shade better, although his condition was still very critical and he remains practically uncon scious. Court Square Loses Another Landmark; Old Corbett House fUx Texaco Oil Station Going On Washington-Marion Corner. Falls Owner. / Workmen today were nearing the end of their Job in removing Shelby’s last conri square land mark, the old Dnrham-Green Corbltt house on what is known as the Corbitt property on the corner of North Washington and East Marion streets. The last of the old-time resid ences which graced the four cor ners of the court square will be re Slaced by a big, modern service sta >on. The Corbitt property, 420 feet on East Marion street and 200 on North Washington opposite Central church and the Webb theatre, was purchased some weeks back by Judge B. T. Falls from Mrs. Ella Corbitt, of Houston, Texas, for a purchase price of around $25,000, it is understood. It is the only corner of the court square section which has not been built up. Half Century Old. The exact age of the two-story residence, which was erected when Shelby was little more than a strug gling cross-roads hamlet, could not be learned today, but older resid ents stated that It was built ap proximately 55 years ago. The property was originally that of -Crawford Durham. The comer has been leased. Judge Falls says, to the Riviere Oil company, Texaco distributing firm headed by Mr. Zollie Riviere. The oil company will Immediately begin the erection there of one of Shelby’s largest and most modern service stations, it is said, and it will be the first service station to occupy one of the busy court square comers. No other development of the ♦aluable property is planned at an early date according to Judge Falls, the owner. No Republicans In New Primary, Said The same rules and regula tions, the most Important of which was the barring of Re publican voters, that prevailed la the first Democratic primary an June 7 will be enforced at the second primary Jnly 5. This was announced today by Judge John P. Mull, chairman of the county boar dof elections. Judges and registrars will be sc instructed he says, adding that the same pri vfaary law covering the first prl nary will apply to the July 5 voting. Gov. Richards Coming Here To Friday Meeting Celebration Group Here At Noon Three Score Visitors To Attend Big Luncheon Gathering In 0 Shelby. Plans were, practically complete here today for the big meeting of the Kings Mountain celebration committee to be held at Hotel Char les at 12:30 Friday. The meeting, at which the pro gram for the Kings Mountain battle celebration will be approved, is be ing sponsored by the Kiwanis club, the Rotary club, and the Lions club. Gardner May Come. Several governors were Invited to attend the meeting, but many of them will be kept away by official business and it now appears as if only one. Governor J. G. Richards, of South Carolina will attend. There is still a likelihood that Governor Max Gardner may be able to at tend, he having informed the of ficials of the three clubs that he will make every effort to be pres ent at the gathering in his home town. The program will be in charge of the celebration committee with the local clubs taking no part other than welcoming the visitors. Ap proximately 60 visitors, including several newspapermen from over the two Carolines, will be present. About 90 members of the three civic clubs are expected to attend. Other guests will include the heads of the Woman’s club, the D. A. R„ the U. D. C., the American Legion and Le gion auxiliary. Improves After Taking Arsenic Mrs. Cadell Not Yet Out Of Danger. Seems To Want To Uw. Mrs* G. R. CadeU, young married woman and proprietress of the Cleveland cloth min boarding house, who took a big dose of arsenic last Monday morning, was said to be im proving at the Shelby hospital to day. She is not out of danger, how ever, physicians say. Although details have not been made public and it is not • known whether the taking of the poison was an attempt at suicide, it was said at the hospital today that the young woman had indicated that she desired very much to recover. Negro Better. Lawrence Camp, 16-year-old ne gro boy, whose skull was fractured Sunday evening when he was hit in the head with a brick by Edgar Ross, colored, was reported to be improving today. Two Young Children Looking For Home Is there a family somewhei s in Cleveland county which would enjoy having two bright little children, a brother and sister, added to the fam ily circle? •■/ J. B. Smith, county welfare of ficer, states that he has in his custody a girl of five and a boy of three who need a home. They are healthy, sensible, handsome young sters and of a good family, but due to unfortunate circumstances are without a home. City Water Free From Germs Of Typhoid, Test Shows There is no danger of typhoid fever in Shelby for those who use city water, local physicians stated today after being shown a test report of the city water by Mr. R. V. Toms, head of the water department. Although the state health de partment report on local water for May and June showed the water to be without any sign of pollution, Mr. Toms, after bear ing that there were several cases of typhoid in or near the city, immediately had other tests made so as to be certain. These tests proved beyond a doubt that the city water supply is pure and unpolluted, and that there Is no possible chance of typhoid germs being in the wa ter. . Water From Spring. It was further learned that the five families in which ty phoid has developed recently have been using spring water. All these families, it is said, have city water, but the water in a nearby spring was cold and they have been securing their drinking supply from the spring. Every case of typhoid, It Is be lieved, can be traced to springs or potluated wells. Be careful about using untested spring or well water, physicians advise, and be vaccinated. Fred Webb Plays In Title Match At Greensboro For Junior Crown -- 1 Shelby Boy Won Way To Finals In Junior Carolinas Match This Morn. Plays Laxton For Title On Sedgefield Course Today. New Pastor Takes Pulpit Here Rev. L. L Jessup, new pastor of the Shelby Second Baptist church, who began his pastorate here last Sun day. Rev. Mr. Jessup, who comes here from Lowell, furnished the Impetus there for the building of a handsome new church, the doubling of the Sunday school and an in crease in the financial strength of the church. He was educated at Wil liam and Mary college and the Southern Baptist Theological sem inary. He ii married and has four young children. Infant Daughter Of Hoyles Passes Betty Sue Hoyle, three-months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mar tin Hoyle, of the Buffalo section, died Tuesday night at 10 o’clock. Funeral Services will, be held Thurs day at 11 o'clock at Ross Grove church';*:’ t, Mr. Jim G. Sterchi and Col. C. C. Rutherford, president and vice president of the Sterchi stores were visitors with Mr. Floyd Smith, man ager of the Shelby Sterchi store to day. It was their first visit to Shel by. Wild Report Among Mill Workers Blames Catholics For Depression Propaganda Spread In Textile Villages Re calls 1928 Campaign The propaganda artists who painted the pone and the Catholic j church as holy terrors in 1928 are I still active. They are now circulating a rum or in the textile mill villages of this section that tke Catholics are to blame for the reigning era of hard times, which the Democrats label as “Hoover prosperity.” Just where, how and why the tumor ‘started no one seems_ to know, yet scores of mill workers in this section have heard it and are talking about it. The lone explanation advanced by those who have heard it is that the Catholics brought on the hard times because they were ^angered by the defeat of A1 Smith. To the average person and the majority of the mill workers the propaganda Is so absurd that very little attention Is being given to it, yet there are those who believe it just as there were some people who believed that if Smith had been elected president in 1928 the Catholics woulb have swept over the country within a few months, roasting Protestant babies for their breakfast bacon. An investigation fails to disclose how the rumors originated, whether they are of local origin or were brought in by outsiders. Seemingly the aim is to convince mill workers, who are feeling the effects of the economic depression, that the Dem ocrats in some manner may be blamed for the hard times instead of the Republicans. The spread of the rumor was first heard outside the mill-sections when a mill em ploye came to one of his employers to inquire about the veracity of the reoort. (Special to The Star.) 1 Sedgefield Country Club, Greens boro. July 25.—Fred Webb, the 15 year-old Shelby boy who has start ed on a typical Bobby Jones career, is playing Erwin Laxton, of Char lotte, here this afternoon for the Carolines junior golf championship. Young Webb won his way to the finals by taking three matches, one from a Greensboro boy and two from Asheville golfers. Wins Medalist Honors. The Shelby boy, who created such a sensation in the Southern ama teur tourney last week, won the championship last year and is the. defending champion. If he defeats Laxton this afternoon he will pos sess his second title. In the opening play Monday the Shelby left-hander won medalist honors with a 73, three over par for IS boles. He and bis professional partner, Dugan Aycock, ranked third In the pro-amateur match. Yesterday Web)> kept moving to wards the title by defeating Freddy Newham, jr.t of Greensboro, in the first match. In his second match Tuesday he defeated Graham Mc Farlane, of Asheville. This morning he had an easy time of it defeating Ross Taylor, of Asheville, seven holes up and six to go. Laxton, the Charlotte boy whom Pete Webb de feated for the title In 1928, won his way to the finals with Webb by de feating Clifford Perry, of Winston Salem, this morning one hole up. Pete Webb, who m*de the trip to Cl eensboro with his brother, did not enter the tournejd i>iHuue nrown nippy, anctner Shelby boy In the tournament, placed in the third flight, won his first match from Joe Timberlake, of Columbia. S. C., and then lost to Archie Glenn, of Winston-Salem. The Shelby boy due to his re markable play with the best veteran golfers of the south last week is the big attraction in the present tour nament. Mr. John G. Pope * Passes In Hospital Well Known Resident Of Boiling Springs Section Died Yester day. Funeral Today. Mr. John G. Pope, aged 70 years, well known farmer and citizen of the Boiling Springs section, died yesterday afternoon at 1 o’clock in the Shelby hospital after an ill ness of some time. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Beaver Dam church with Rev. D. G. Wash bum and Rev. D. F. Putnam in charge. Mr. Pope, a highly respected citi zen of his community, is survived by his widow and three children: Mrs. Nola Goode, Mrs. Joe Brooks, and Mrs. Joe Humphries, all of the county. Two sisters and a brother also survive: Misses Mary and Lula Pope, of Missouri, and Mr. Will Pope, of Arkansas. Womanless Wedding At St. Paul Church The Ladies Aid of St. Pauls church will stage “A Womanless Wedding'* in the auditorium of the Waco school building Friday even ing, June 27, at 8:15 o'clock. Everybody cordially invited to see about 50 people play. Proceeds go to the benefit of the church. Ad mission: Children 15c; adults 25c. Mr. Palmer Hoyle, of Casar. is in the Shelby hospital seriously i’.l with pleurisy. He was brought to the hospital last night. Democrats Will Meet Saturday In Court House To Name Chairman For Party Precinct Delegates To Gather Here For County Convention At Two O’clock. Cleveland county Democrats will hold their county conven tion here Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the county court housa. Althougii quite a number of im portant business and organization items are to be taken tip it Is not expected that there will be as much interest in the meeting as waa shown in the convention of two years ago when there was heated voting over the delegates to the Smith-Hull state convention a week later in Raleigh. Elect Chairman. One of the important items which will face the county gathering will be the election of a county chair man. Mr. Oliver S. Anthony is the present chairman, being appointed by the county executive committee to succeed Judge B, T. Falls when the latter resigned to devote ills time to the superior court judge ship raefc. There is a probability that Mr. Anthony, filling out the Falls term, may be named to lead the party for two more years, but Just what the meeting will develop remains to be seen. Chairman Anthony today urged that ail precinct chairmen and committeemen from the 26 precincts of the county attend the meeting. All other Democrats are requested to attend, but it is imperative that precinct committeemen be present to aid in the organization work for the fall campaign. There will be no set speeches, al though a few extemporaneous talks will likely be made. Shelby Committees. A list of all the precinct com mittee* named at the precinct mdetiag* leal Saturday are not yet In the hands of the chairman, but today he made public the following list of precinct committees in Shel by: Ward one—J. L. Smith, chairman; Frank L. Hoyle, sr., vice chairman; W. S. Beam, secretary; Charlie Alexander and Renn Drum. Ward two—J. Frank Roberts, chairman; A. P. Spake, vice chair man; R. L. Hendrick, secretary; John A. Borders and Jacob H. Anthony. Ward three—J. L. Lackey, chair man; L. 2. Huffman, vice chair man; C. S. Young, secretary; John Sellers and E. A. Wellmon. Ward four—J. F. Harris, chair man; A. W. McMurry, vice chair man; .L. F. McBrayer, secretary: John Gold, C. D. Hicks and J. Z. Falls. South Shelby—W. H. Champion, chairman; F. A. Hudson, vice chair man; E. D. Morehead, secretary; W. Q. Jones and Rex Micham. Heat Hits 98 In Shelby * With a broiling son beaming down and with very little breeze In evidence Shelby and section yesterday sweltered un der the hottest weather St ,M30. / The Ebeltoft thermometer, con sidered the conservative standard hereabouts, registered 98 degrees early dn the afternoon, one of the highest peaks for the mercury to reach in this section in several years: Today the mercury was climbing back to the same point but there was more breeze than yesterday and the heat was not so stifling. It was a record hot day all over the Carollnas. The highest official thermometer reading was at Rocky Mount—106 degrees. Raleigh report ed 99 degrees, Gastonia and Char lotte 101. There were several heat prostrations in the two states. Shelby Man Speaks On Charlotte Radio Mr. Oliver S. Anthony, of the Bulwinkle campaign committee In Cleveland county, was one of the three speakers who spoke over radio station WBT last night at Char lotte in the interest of the Bulwin kle candidacy for congress. Each spoke five minutes. All three speakers, Mr. Anthony, Mr. Abernethy, of Llncolnton, and Mr. Hatcher, of Morganton, pre dicted that the former congressman would carry their counties. Cleve land, Lincoln and Burke, in the sec ond primary on July 5. ' Land. In Newfoundland Today Captain Charles Kingsford-Smith and his three com rades, Capt. M. E. Van Dyk, Capt, Saul and J. W. Stannage, pictured standing in front of the famous airplane. Southern Cross, in which they landed early this morning in New foundland after flying across the Atlantic from Port Mar nock, Ireland.—(International Newsreel.) First Bloom In County Reported The first rotten bloom of the yew In Cleveland county wu reported yesterday by A. P. Meade, of the Belwood sec tion. This, It was believed today, is the earliest cotton bloom In the county In years, as the first blooms are ordinarily re ported about the first, week In July. It bears out the state ment of farmers that the crops this year is a week or , so ahead of crops in the past and has been making rapid progress. T. N. Adair Dead; Funeral Thursday Mr. T. N. Adair, aged almost 71 years, died about 1 o'clock Tuesday night at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward Reynolds, near Kings Moun tain. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1 o’clock at Marietta church, Gastonia, and Interment will be In the Hollywood cemetery there. y Surviving aye his widow and the following children: Otto Adair, Theodore Adair and Mrs. Reynolds. White Youths Tried For Stealing Cigars Three Bound Over For Court On Charge Of Entering RrxCJgar . . rant. ' j Three young white men, Bill Heffner, jr., R. McDaniels, and For rest BteSwaln, were giver, a hearing in colnty court today and bound over to superior court on a charge of entering th| Reaf Cigar plant and stealing cigars. McSwain and Daniels stnted that they found five boxes of cigars hid den under the Episcopal church and that Heffner sold them. There was jrome evidence tending to show that Heffner had sold about 15 boxes, and the youths became slightly tangled up, it was said, in the story about finding the cigars. The cigar plant was entered one night last week. Epworth League Meeting. The last Epworth league district meeting for the Gastonia district will be held at the Cleveland Springs hotel grounds Friday afternoon, June 27 at 5:30. All leaguers who come are asked to bring lunch as there will be a picnic supper served after the business and recreational meetings. V. C. Mason, district sec retary, urges that ail attending bring their reports in order that Ihe work for the year may be com pleted. i Pals Who Nearly Died In City Return To Make Their Home One Rescued The Other In Hotel Fire Here In 1928 [ Two young men who looked death In the face and barely escaped with their lives in Shelby’s disastrous ho tel fire on February 22, 1928, have returned to live in the city where they barely escaped death. They are Francis E. Waterman and Conrad A. Borroughs, Shelby harking back to that disastrous day more than two years ago will re member them. Both were traveling men then. They registered for the night at old Central hotel and were assigned to the same room. Along in the early morning hours, smoke in the room awakened one of them. Then some dne kicked on the door and yelled. ‘Get out. Quick!" Hurrying-to the door they found a hallway filled with flames and smoke. It was im possible to tell whieh direction to go. They dropped to their hands and knees, starting crawling. The smoke became worse. In a short time they were crawling around in circles, flames licking hungrily at their clothes. Hope was almost gone when tar down the hall they heard the rattle or breaking glass, A Shelby fireman had smashed in a window. Then they knew which direction to crawl. About that time Burrouga became unconscious. Waterman, with smoke filled eyes and lungs, grasped him around the head and dragged him on through the fiery hallway. At last he reached the win dow and firemen lifted bis uncon scious friend from his arms and both were taken down a ladder to safety. From that day until this the two pals have lived together, and will, they say, continue to do so. Never could they forget Shelby and the hospitality shown them by Shelby people after their narrow escape ptom the holocaust which claimed four lives. This week they came back here to live. They come from Atlanta and have opened a photo graphic oil painting studio and art school in Room No. 12 in the Line berger building. In addition to doing oil painting reproductions from photographs, they will conduct an art school in teaching the oil re production methods. Thousand Cases Pellagra Over County, Belief Better Diet Very Necessary, Said Pellagra Situation Hrrlous. Vege* table And Milk Diet Urjed. There are at least a thousand eases of pellagra in Cleveland coun ty- ; That's the opinion of Dr. 3. $. Royster, retired physician and prominent Shelby business man. His estimate coincides with a view exr pfessed by other physicians and published in The Star this week. - Many New Cases. ! “Nearly every week," Dr. Royster stated, “I see several new cases, and many of those who have the disease do not know it. Unless the average person makes a change In his or her diet the spread will be general, and may eventually take a heavy toll.” Last week physicians stated to Die Star that there was an evident increase in pellagra, and added that citizens be urged to change their diet, eat more vegetables and drink much milk. Not only does a proper diet servp as prevenative, but it Is also the best method, with proper medical atten tion, of checking the disease, It ip said. During the winter months,* particularly, is there an increase ip pellagra because it is hard to securp enough vegetables and fruits. Thg result Is that seven out of 10 peo ple eat too much starch. Many peo ple because of a habit formed in early life always eat too much starch and not enough vegetables, fruit and milk. Secure Diet list. People who show pellagra symp toms, or are Inclined to a diet of toe much starch, should consult their physicians and secure a diet sched ule which will Include plenty ol milk, vegetables, fruits and other f?ods".fc1‘£ carry a sufficient amount of vitamins and Iron to the body. The pellagra predicament. Dr Royster believes, is not confined to the poorer classes, as many people think. Hundreds of people who could afford better noulshment have pellagra, or may have pellagra be cause in securing and eating a suf ficient amount of food they eat the wrong food most of the time. "It will mean much to the people of the county, more than any one thing I can think of now,” he said, "if they will only realize how im ftortant It Is to get plenty of milk, vegetables and fgpit In their daily diet—or, rather, how dangerous it is not to do so. Physicians have realis ed for months how serious the pel lagra situation is becoming, but the average person pays little attention to his physician until he Is already seriously sick.” Mr. Joe C. Green Died This Morning Prominent Doable Springs Man,. Aged 77, To Be Bailed On Thursday. Mr. Joe C. Green, 77 years of age, and for years an outstanding citizen of* the Double Springs seo tlon, died this morning at 2 o’clock after an illness of five months with kidney trouble. » Funeral services are to be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Double Springs church conducted by Rev. John W. Suttle and Rev. D. G. Washburn. Mr. Green Is survived by his wid ow, who was Miss George&nna Pow ell before their marriage 51 years ago. The following children survive: Pink and Odus, of South Carolina; Cletus, of Double Springs; Joe, of Hickory; Yates, of Shelby; Mrs. George Daughtery and Mrs. Carl Gold, of South Carolina; and Mrs. Will Wright, of Georgia. Surviving are also two brothers and a sister, Messrs. Tom and Oliver Green and Mrs. J. F. Morrison, all of the Dou ble Springs community. Several grandchildren also survive. The deceased joined the Double Springs church early in life, was a loyal, active member, a well-to-do fanner and a highly respected leader in his section. Ladies Night Gelt. Friday night will be ladies night and a free affair at the Tom Thumb golf course on North LaFayette St. adjoining Campbell's deportment store, it is announced by Mr. George F. Betterly, proprietor. All ladies are Invited to attend for a free ev ening of entertainment on the min iature links. Miss Mary Fiances Carpenter is spending the week in Spartanburg with Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Smith.