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VOL. XXX VI, No. 134
S11ELUY, N. C.
FRIDAY. NOV. 7. 1930
Published Monday, Wednesday dnd Friday A iter noons.
Mr Mall, par mi. (la utnin)
Carrier, par rear, lip adranea)
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LA TE NEWS
THE MARKET.
Cotton, per Jb._„■_9*! to He ]
Cotton Sede, per bu. __ 33c j
Fair And Warmer.
Today's North Carolina Weather
Report: Fair tonight and Saturday.
Not quite so cold tonight. Warmer
Saturday.
New Record.
fl a vans, Nov. 6.—Nine hours and
51 minutes after leaving the sub
urbs of New York this morning,
Captain Frank’ M. Hawks tonight
set his mystery monoplane 13 down,
in the semi-darkness of Curtiss air
port with a new record for an air- j
plane flight from the American1
metropolis to the Cuban capita!.;
Cantain Hawks left Curtiss field at
8:50 o'clock this morning und land- I
ed here at 6:11 tonight. He lost 43
minutes on the way. stopping for 23'
minutes at Jacksonville and 30 at
Miami.
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City Schools
Observe Week
Of Education
Children To Participate In Ameri
can Education Week. Meeting
Monday Night.
The Shell# public schools arc
perfecting plans for participation in
the observance of American educa
tion week November 10-16. The pro
gram suggested by the American
Legion and the National Education
association is as follows:
Monday, November 10—The
schools and the enrichment of hu
man life.
Tuesday. November 11— H o w
schools promote patriotism and
world understanding.
Wednesday, November 12.—The
schools of today.
Friday, November 14—What the
schools have helped the individual
achieve.
Saturday, November 15—W hat
the schools have helped America to
achieve.
Sunday, November 16—The
schools of tomorrow and tire future
of America.
The purpose of American educa
tion week Is to present to the public
the alms, needs, and achievem%nts
of the schools. It is further a time
for school folks to contemplate their
obligation to citizens in giving to
them an acceptable educational pro
gram that is all that it should be,
and it is a time for the suooorting
public to consider the absolute de
pendence of a democratic commun
ity upon the public school and to
consider what provision is being
made for the assurance of the best
in educational opportunities.
On Monday evening. 7:30 o'clock,
at the high school, Superintendent
E. J. Coltrane, president of the
North Carolina Education associa
tion will address the City Parent
Teacher associations. It is expected
on hand to hear this friend of the
schools.
On Tuesday Miss- Rosina Pearl
will have charge of a program on
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New Star Route
Starts Monday
Dally Except Sunday Service Be
tween Shelby And Rutherfordton.
Leaves Here 4 P. M ,
A dally, except Sunday, star mr.il
route, to be operated between Shel
by and Rutherfordton will be inau
gurated Monday of the coming
week announced Postmaster J. H
Quinn this morning. He has just re
ceived notice to this effect from the
pestoffice department, the service
belni, Inaugurated c-s a result of pe
titlons sent to the department by
postmasters, patron-, and publishers
asking for mail service in lieu of the
railway mail service which was elim
inated in August when Southe.ir
trains Nos. 113 and 114 were discon
tinued on the Manon and Columbia
division.
Leaves Shelby 4 P. M.
Patrons have besn greatly incon
venienced as a result of the discon
tinuance of these trains in August of
this year. Several schedules were
considered and the schedule on
which the star mad route will oper
ate will probably be changed some
what so as to await the arrival of
mail from main line Southern train.:
at Gastonia which arrives here now
at 3:50 but Is often a little late.
Fostoffices Served.
The new mail service will leave
Rutherfordton at 2 p. m. daily ex
cept Sunday, arrive in Shelby at
3:30. Carrier will leave Shelby a*
4 pm. and arrive at Rutherfordton
at 5:30 handling first class mall,
special delivery and parcels. He will
eene the offices at Lattlmore
Mooresboro, Elienboro, Bostic. Fores*
City and Splndale. It Is understood
the contract has been let temporar
ily to the man who now carries a
star route between Spartanburg and
rn'iierfordion. At the generrl et
tins ot mail route oonttoef<, bid:
wll! b' received.
Acquit Negroes I
In Death Case;
Witness Fails
Strickland Free On
Self Defense
Magic Powders Sent llv Supersti
tious Friends To Two Young
Blacks. Verdict Surprises.
In Superior court here today
a jury acquitted Will Henry
Strickland and Alvin Thompson,
young negro men. of murdering
James White, another negro at
hawndale last August.
Strickland admitted hitting White
Gift the head with a baseball bat
and inflicting a fatal injury, but his
p'ea was seif dj-cnse. Thompson’s
plea was not guil'v
The failure of the chief prosecut
ing witness. Josie James, to stick to
her story had much fo do with the
acquittal of Stri viand which was
hardly expected when the ease first
opened. Strickland was represented
by Clyde R. Hoey end Thompson by
Attorney Joe Whsr.ant.
The entre day Thursday was given
over to hearing the evidence, the
Jury getting the case this morning
and returning a verdict in an hour
or so.
The Evidence.
The State’s chief witness, first on
the stand, related a detailed account
of the slaying which made it appear
gloomy for Strickland. This witness
was Josie James, about whom evi
dence tended to show the fatal
brawl may have originated. She said
that a group of negroes were all
walking home from a sanctified
meeting. Strickland was in front
>tnd close behind was White. Some
one. whom she thought to be
Thompson, struck White in the
mouth, and after several minutes of
controversy she declared that Strick
land swung his baseball bat, crash
ed White in the head, and then hit
him again after White had fallen to
his knees, He died the next day. On
cross-examination she denied aiar
Strickland were both trying to walk
home with her. and she also denied
th3t White had been keeping com
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—T
IMcSwain, Hurt, Is
Slowly Improving
I Cleveland Farmer Will Recover Un
less Comnllcations
Arise.
York, S. C„ Nov. 6—D. A. C. Me
Swain, oi Shelby, and the Hood
Town section of Bullock’s Creek, who
was seriously In lured last Friday
afternoon when the automobile In
u 1 ieh he was en route from Hood
Town to Shelby struck a bank and
overturned In the New Zion section
near the home of Mrs. William M.
Wallace, is reported as getting along
a-; well as could oe expected. For a
time It was feared that Mr. McSwain
was fatally hurt, since he suffered
ugly wounds about the head and
face, had several ribs broken and
was otherwise hurt. Attending phy
s,clans at Shelby, il was stated yes •
terday, are of opinion that unless
complications set in, he will recover.
Credit Men Meet At
Courthouse Tonight
All who operate a credit business
i in Cleveland county are urged to
i attend a meeting beginning at 7:30
1 in the court house. The purpose of
the meeting is to plan for a p^ay
i up campaign to run all next week.
I Short. snappy speeches will be made
arid- the meeting will be brief, but
| Important.
Elected Judge
Wilson Warllck (above 1 prominent
Catawba county attorney, was on
Tuesday elected superior court
judge for this district. He will take
office the first of the year, suc
ceeding Judge A. I. Qulckel, of j
Mnrolnton. who was appointed to
fill out the term of the late Judge)
James L. Webb.
Wilson, Wanted\
On Girl Charge,
Makes Getaway
Car Stolen Here
la Recovered
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Alleged Kidnapper of Grovel- Min
ister's Daughter Barely Es
capes Officers.
Anderson, S. C., Nov. 7.—Evading
officers by slipping through the rear
door of a house where he was said
to have spent tire night, a man said
by officers to be Willie Wilson, 35.
of Graver, N. C., wanted for the al
leged kidnapping of Esther Furcron,
17-year-old Anderson college fresh
man, escaped early Wednesday, po
lice announced.
Four state highway patrolmen, a
United States deputy marshal and
members of the local police and
county forces are co-operating in a
search for Wilson. Sheriff W. A.
Clamp said no further trace of the
fugitive had been found.
The car which Wilson is alleged
to have stolen from Shelby, was re
covered Tuesday at the fair grounds
by state police. A man believed to
be Wilson, who was working in a
concession nearby immediately dis
appeared. Early Wednesday morn
ing officers were informed that the
l wanted man was sleeping in a house
near Anderson. Just as they arrived,
however, he escaped through a rear
door.
Thieves Loot
Penney Store
The J. C, Penney department
store, in the Masonic temple build
ing on the comer of Washington
j and Warren streets, was entered and
robbed last night.
Store officials were still check
l ing up at noon to determine how
much loot had been taken, but it is
known that several hundred dollars
worth of goods, including shoes,
shorts, overcoats, and such, was tak
en. Entrance was made by prying
open the rear door,
County Board Hears Appeal For
Charity As Winter Draws Near;
County Bills Are Ordered Paid
Many Appeals fdr Aid Made by Old
And Unfortunate Citizens
Of County.
(Special to The Star.)
The' Cleveland county board ol
commissioners is hearing more about
hard times, want and suffering "his
fall than in many years.
With winter approaching and
with many people out of employ
ment and with no source of income,
ch? commissioners at their regular
meeting this week were besieged by
numerous appeals fo. aid by old peo
ple and other unfortunates. At least
appeals for ne’p were receiv d
with favor by the hoard and n -er
ir. n amount, raneine from $2 to »•'
per month, set aside to aid worthy
cases.
Bills ordered paid by the commis
sioners follow:
Isler & Vickery, county home
520.60; Pair Grounds Serv. Station,
county home, $48.96; Ben L,_£flberts,
bee* county home, $5.70; Ortw Ice &
Fuel Co., county home $5; aohn T.
Borders, salary, eU $261.25; O. E.
Ford Co., guano county home $34.45:
Summers Drug Co, county homr
$160; Mike L. Borders. county
heme, water and lights, $66.81 J. O
Dudley Jr., county home $161.43.
Quinn Drug Co., .-ounty home $1310.
W. C. I tpscomb, county home $1.50;
Stoplienson Dru^ Co., county ho- le
(COVTl.'lUEO OX PAOUC TWELX V,.
Gain In Postal'
Receipts Here
For Ten Months
Good Gain Shown
For All 1930
October Business Lxceeds That Of |
1929. I,oral Office Hold* Its
Rating. 'i
Business may he off In some
llr^rs, but a report from Post
il.aster .1. II. Quinn today shows f
that the postal receipts at the
Shelby post office for the first f
ten months of 1930 are larger
than for the first ten months
of last year. Likewise October
postal receipts this year show a
gain over those of the same
month In 1929.
That this increase js a general
boost for Shelby is shown by the
fact that very few post offices have
shown a gain in receipts this year,
the majority of them lasing.
The total receipts for October
wire $4,373.16 while the receipts for
the same month in 1929 were $3,
b49.3l, an Increase of $524.15, or 13.6
pe.cent.
Tear's (lain.
The total receipts for the first ten
months of tills year were $33,062.49
while the receipts for the same per
iod last year were $30,569.13, an in
crease of $2,493.36, or art average of
8.1 percent for the year,
‘‘With a like increase,” Postmaster
Quinn says, "for the remainder of
the year, we will have a nice excess
above the $50,000 to retain our first
class rating. Tno gain for some
months during the current year v«
small, but in others It was sub
stantial, and there has been but one
month this year when the postal re
ceipts dropped bilaw those of the
same month last year,
Name On Republican
Ticket In Township
Without Approval
C. O. Owens Did Not Know He W«ti
a Candidate Until After the
Election.
Mr. C. C. (Clint) Owens well
known citizen of the Metcalf sec
tion near Shelby, was In town yes
terday attempting to find out how.
he became a candidate for office on
the Republican ticket.
Mr. Owens, who is a Democrat,
said that he did not know he was a
candidate until the day after the
election when someone asked him
If he had been Elected. The name
"C. C. Owens” was on the No. 6
township Republican ticket as a
candidate for justice of the peace.
Mr. Owens said the matter had
never been mentioned to him and if
he was the Owens referred to his
name was placed on the ticket with
out his knowledge or approval. The
candidacy was filed along with the
other Republican candidates by H.
Clay Cox. Republican chairman, ac
cording to Judge John P. Mull, elec
; tion board chairman.
Two Registrar* To
Get Court Hearing
| Moll, McSwain And Davis Counsel
For Officials. Case Up
Charges preferred against Messrs
; E. B. Olive and Tom Webb, Cleve
land county electi wi officials, by Re
publicans will be shed in county re •
ccrder's court in Shelby Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock. The charges.
It is understood, are that these two
registrars, one in Ward Four, Shel
by. and the other at Kings Moun
tain, did not properly register one or
two voters.
The officials will be defended -n
court, it is learned by Odus M; Mull,
Shelby attorney and State Demo
cratic chairman; Capt. Peyton Me
Sw,.in, senator-elect, and Attorney
J. Roan Davis, of Kings Mountain.
The OUve hearing was originally
scheduled to be held Thursday at
Kings Mountain, hut was changed
here to be heard with the other
charge.
Mr*. Hudson’s Aunt
Dies In Tennessee
Mrs. Harry Hudson received news
yesterday of the death of her aunt,
Miss Maude Logan, which occurred
on Wednesday. Miss Logan was a
matron in an orphanage in Tennes
see at the time of her death, which
came quite suddenly. Miss Logan
Is known here as she has visited
Mrs. Hudson on a number of occa
sions.
The body has been taken to
Kingstree, 8. C., Miss Logan’s for
mer home, for burial. Mr and Mrs.
Hudson left this morning for Kins -
tree to attend the funeral which will
take place there this afternoon
Cleveland County’s Official
Election Returns
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C«nfT««a
Solicitor
Rrprr n’tlvc
Sheriff
Ktfiftter
Trefttnrtr
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PRF.CINCTB
iioily Springs .. *4
1
Young* .
Bolling Spring* . .._
Sharon . ___
Patterson Springs
Kari
Grover . _t...
K. Kings ~Moun tain
’•V kings Mount a l:
_Ja:;
ISflj It!
180, 158
St 82
85 73
m s
135 26
308 238
377 250;
IT!
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Waco . ..._1.
Shrlby No.T.
SKeiby No7 2
. 183, 101|!
nwrw
tihelby No. 3
anelby-No. 4
489 39
'227, 134
'543; «S[!
South Shelby .......... 24111367
Yl5^ 34
' 71 " 6
83.
107 18: 107
183; 161 Ui!l
501 80 M\
85 80 88
lies 40 1301
137; 28 137;
180! 181.1 323)
34? 288 ; 398!
183; 104 189
35l;J17 363
486| 60 497;
I
Queens ,, _
Double Sprtri®« ~
Lattlmore _ .....
.. 1511 311|
Mooresboro . 90! sSjf
PoHcvUle .
Delight
nwndale
inllaton . ....
DouSie Shoals
.itms __.....
-mrm
89 W\
aSSjTffiii
2401 '182]!'
~ 85 36
184 80
.........— ITS] SIFf'i
220 157]'240
822,; 113 561
223, J 68.: 252
mrrnjm
72 9 68
159 33 . 161
96 32 98
315 “48' 319;
89 39 88
246; 109 346,
238 184] 2S8;
“H| 32 79;
182 Sir 1821
Til] 242 118
111;' hij' io; so; iHy 81! !i5||' "*SF
18 107 19 107 “19 108'~18 106;
*54| 192 152 i 90, 152 193 140 191
50, i 54 54 : 50 58 56 50 55
66 f 85 73 69 107 96 64 94
34 , 121 38 123 m 122 35 122
24 134 23 140 24 136 24 134
205 316 214 364 204 3.34 261 320
219 389 221 i!6 231 404 216 1 398
100 183 105 176: 106 187^ 102 185
74 338 79 359 87 "Wjf 72 352
42 497 48 405 55 496 46 498
122 232 138 , 331 1J8 247 119 243
90 587 95 548 10*1 562 90 551
112 : 253, 125 1 249: 150 269 'ill , 260
28 110 27 110 30 rfie 39 111
5 69 5 68 6 69 5 67
‘2T 767, 29 158 26 : 159 29 157
29" 99! 2f" 98, 28 94
43 323 46 S'3u 49 326 45., 322
38 88 39' 88 38 88 38,[ 88
103 241; 110 ; 242 107, 250 102 ; 243
*63. 228 1941| 241: 176:150; 165 ' 240
HU 781 30 ¥8'‘29 " 78|” 28 -79
80 i 153 ~mjm SoTlftOpgO *156
332 117 230 109 238, 121 229 120
I
"IV 71 ’iH vO?
19, mrmcm®
152 18- 193 192; 156
51 47 60 68: 64
64 69 93 93 86
35:118 ;~124i‘"1ST 45
23 140 139 139 38
205 352: 324 328; 207
217 440 394 396 224
102 171; 184|~184j li4
83 333: 365: 380: 106
119 225 239] 238i 142
92 529: 560, 556| 121
114 229 262 262: 159
■•’8 113 114 112 S5
5 62 69 69 “ 9
39 152 161 161i 26
92 99 ; 98,“32
U 308 320 J24 .,t
Irt 88 88 88 39
104 2.38 243 342 112
172 229 '2418 242’ 194
28 78? 7SI 7»nSl
81 150. 156 137T87
328 107 1247125 239
TC:r.4*jS ...5013 2360 *929 2437 5301 2098 ;5270 2214 5349 2288 5367 2092 5274 2121 5102 5301 5297 2416
Democrats Carry
10 Townships In
Tuesday Election
Him. are II township* in
Cleveland rouniy and In
1'uesday’s election the Demo
cratic ticket carried 10 of the
11 hy nice majorities accord
inf to a tabulation made by
Democratic Chairman Oliver
9. Anthony.
The township which was
carried by the Jtrjrobiicans
was No. II In the eatreme
western section of the coun
ty. No. 6, In which Shelby I*
located, naturally cast the
heaviest vote and the crest
ed majority.
Mrs. Laughridge
Dies Suddenly
Respected Woman Is Victim of Par
alysis. Buried at Palm Tree
Church Today.
Shelby was saddened yesterday
upon learning ol the rather sudden
passing of Mrs. Ed Laughridge at
her home near the Graham school
on Blanton street. While at the din
ner table Wednesday. Mrs. Laugh
ridge was stricken with paralysis
which resulted in her death Thurs
day morning at 9:30 o'clock. Before
marriage Mrs. Laughridge was Miss
Anna Baber, daughter of John and
Martha Baber of Rutherford coun
ty. Most Of her life was spent In
Cleveland county, however, at
Lawndale and Shelby, where she
had a host of friends. She was 62
years of age.
Early In life she joined the Me
thodist Protestant church. Inter
ment takes place this attemoon at
Palm Tree Methodist church near
Lawndale, the services being con
ducted from the home by Rev. H.
N. McDiarmid, of the Presbyterian
(Church in the absence of her pas
tor, Rev. Mr. Loudermllk, who is
attending conference.
Surviving are her husband and
(our children Assistant Postmaster
[Russell Laughridge, Carl 'Laugh
ridge, Mrs. Irvin Lutz, Mrs. Alton J.
Pleasants, together with the fol
lowing brothers and sisters, Sam
Baber of Shelby. John and Robert
Baber of Gastonia, Mrs. W. A. Aber
nethy of Shelby, Mrs. Rufus Byrd
of Columbia, Miss Dollie Baber, of
Shelby and Chas. B. Baber, of Gaff
ney.
Investigate Fatal
Crash On Saturday
Recorder Horace Kennedy will
| conduct a hearing here Saturday, it
is understood, to determine if pos
! sible the responsibility for the col
i ltsion near Mooresboro last Satur
'day which resulted In the death of
j W. H. Hoopaugh of the Washburn
[Switch section. The hearing was to
j have been held earlier in the week,
i but Ethel Alley, the woman who, it
i is alleged, was driving the car which
| collided with the automobile in
' which Hoopaugh wa~ riding, could
not be located. Two men who were
‘hi the car with her were present.
Bulwinkle Majority 6,927 In
District; Bailey Lead Mounts;
6 G. 0. P. Counties, Mull States
Auto Of New Judge
Taken Election Eve,
3 Autos Recovered
On* of Four Con Stolen Tuesday
Night Still Not Located.
Others "Borrowed.”
On the night of the day In
which he had been elected judge
of the Cleveland county court.
Attorney Maurice Weathers had
his automobile stolen. It vras
one of four cars taken within a
short period of time Tuesday
night while hundreds gathered
about The Star office and court
house to hear the election re
tumsl f
Apparently three of the four cars
were only "borrowed" by some of
those celebrating the election for
they were located by city officers
parked about at various places in
town. The fourth car. a Chevrolet
sedan, the property of Mr. Jim Dy
cus, had not been recovered this
morning.
The thieves and “borrowers” were
hitting pretty close to the law in
their thefts. One of the four cars
"borrowed” belonged to Mr. Jim Al
len, uncle of Sheriff Allen,
Ex-Service Men To
Have Big Barbecue
The ex-service men of Shelby and
Cleveland county will be guests at
a big barbecue Tuesday night. Ar
mistice day. at the company K ar
mory. Food for the barbecue is be
ing given th$ veterans by the peo
ple of the city and county honoring
the anniversary of the armistice.
The barbecue is sponsored by the
Warren Hoyle post of the American
Legion.
Democrats Carried 94, Most Ever,
Say# State Chairman Here.
Jonas Oet# Lincoln.
In Tuesdays election the
Democrats of North Carolina
curried 94 remtln, the most In
•he history of the state, accord
•n* to a statement issued here
today by State Democratic
Chairman Odus M. Mull. This
means that the Republicans car
ried only sir counties as com
pared with the 32 routftles they
controlled nrior to Tuesday's
votin*. The rrrat Democratic
victory was credited by Mr. Mull,
who directed the triomph, to
three thine#: The absolute fail
ure of the national Republican
administration to meet the
country's problems, the success
of the outstanding state admin
istration of Gov. O. Mas Gard
ner, and a carefully selected list
of efficient and able Democra
tic candidates hradrd by Josiah
W. Bailey.
! Raleigh, Nov. 7.—Josiah W. Bail
ey’s majority over George Pritchard
continues to grow as additional pre
cincts are heard from. With 1,312 of
the 1 811 precincts in the state un
} officially reported Bailfey has 262,
; 805 votes to Pritchard's 142,266, a
[lead of over 120,000 votes, which
j promises to be still larger
Bulwinkle Gets his.
j Charlotte. Nov. 7.—With every
[county in the ninth district unoffi
j cial reported, Major A. L. Bulwinkle,
[of Gastonia, has been returned to
[congress over Chas. A. Jonas by a
| majority of 6,927.
j Mr. Bulwinkle carried six coun
| ties and Mr. Jonas four. The Demo
jerat Carried Burke. Catawba. Cleve
| land, Gaston, Mecklenburg, and
, Yancey. Jonas carried Avery, Lin
Icoln. Madison and Mitchell. The
(Jonas majority in his home county
[was only 117 votes by the unofficial
count.
Taxable Wealth Per Person In
Cleveland County Is Just $739;
No High Assessment Is Evident
19 Counties Hare More Taxable
Wealth, 48 Higher In Wealth
Per Person.
There Is no inflation of property
yalues in Cleveland county in order
to maintain the county’s low tax
rate, according to the current issue
of The University News Letter show
ing that 48 counties in the state
have a higher taxable wealth per
inhabitant than this county.
Only 19 counties in the state have
a total taxable wealth greater titan
Cleveland, yet Cleveland' taxable
wealth of $739 per inhabitant ^
less than that of near half of the.!
100 counties.
Forsyth lead.', in taxable wealth i
per inhabitant with 91,906, anti in
total assessed.
The political campaign claim that
property Is assessed high In the
county to keep low tax rate Is dis
proved by the fact that Cleveland's
$739 taxable wealth per Inhabitant
is $201 less than the state average.
Forsyth leads In taxable wealth
per inhabitant with $1,905, and In
total assessed value with $212,972.
282. Clay is poorest on a per In
habitant basis, $442, and on a total
basis, $2,384,996.
Seventeen counties average above
$1,000 per inhabitant. Twenty-five
average below $600 per Inhabitant.
There are 28 counties with less than
ten millions of taxed wealth each.
State total assessed valuation $2,
971,233,543; stale average assessed
valuation i*r inhabitant 8940.
Official Coant
Reveals Large
Majority Here
Several Candidates
Over 3,000 Ahead
I Newton Has Greatest Majority With
Rose or t.uti Second. One
Amendment Carrie*.
I _
The official count of Cteve
land county'* rote In Tuesday'*
primary made yesterday by elec
tion officials substantiated the
unofficial tabulation shoirin*
lhe largest Democratic major
ity ever cast In the county, tM
majorities ranging from 2,6M to
3.275. with the average between
2,900 and 3.000.
A. F. Newton, Democratic caud:
date for re-election as register o
deeds, had the greatest majority
3J275, according to the official count
Koscoe Lute, candidate for coroner,
was second with a majority of 3,21V
Solicitor Spurgeon Spurling's ma
jority of 3,203 ranked third, White
Mrs, Mary Yarbrough, county treas
urer, was fourth wtth 3,158.
Vets Loan Carries.
Only one of the four constitution
al amendments met with the ap
proval of Cleveland county voters.
Title was the amendment for the
World war veterans loan fund. The
vote was 3,828 for and 1.818 against
The first amendment, to Increase
the number of supreme court mem
I bens, was defeated by a vote of 1.106
i for and 2,88* against. The second.
| authorising classification of proper
ty, was defeated by a vote of 1,731
for and 1,939 against. The third,
'providing for solicitor!al districts,
j was defeated by a vote of 1,390 for
| and 3.074 against.
Other Votes.
The official vote In races nor
shown in the tabulated returns on
this page was as follows:
; For supfj lilt tiUWrt 'JUlgg—IflBUil
Warllek (D) "5.293. QJW. Kbits (Rl
i 2,294—-majority for Warlisk 3,001.
For county coroner—Roscoe Luts;
<IV> 5,325. C. C. Hambrtght (R) 2.
080 - Lutz majority 3545.
For county surveyor~D. R. s.
Frazier (D) 5,334, Zero Mull <R1 2 -
116,
Hamrick High.
Three Democratic candidates wer?
unopposed for office. They were
Clerk of court A. M. Hamrick, Judge
Maurice Weathers and County Soli
citor J Clint Newton. Mr. Hamrick
received a vote of 5,367 which was
exactly the same as the vote given
Register A. P. Newton, the highest
vote on all tickets. Mr. Weather;
received 5,307 votes, and Mr. Kea -
ton received 5,317.
In the state senate contest the
county vote was: Peyton McSwair
<D) 5,260. W. K. McLean (D> 5.
084. W J. Mode (R) 3,106, C. T.
James <R) 2,093. ’
The Democratic majority for the
state ticket ran around 3,000 all the
way through.
Close Tabulation.
The dependability of The Star s
customary assemblage and tabula
tion of election vgtes on the nigh:
of the election was again etnpha?. -
ized by the official vote. In two con
tests The Star’s rapidly assembled
figures differed from tee total of
the official count by only one vote. '
The difference in two other races
was only two votes. In not a stna>
race was The Star's count at var
iance with the official count e nous'
to change the standing in a sing!*
precinct.
Local Musicians
Sing At Kiwanis
Postmaster Quinn Issues An After
Flection Statement and Tells
Why It Went,
A cjuarttt of Shelby's moat gift
ed singers. Mrs. Grady Lovelac
i Mrs. Ben Suttte, Horace Bosom and
j Rush Hamrick entertained the Ki
wanis club in its weekly luncheon
last night with a number of beau
tiful vocal selections. Miss Ethel Kl~
more was tee piano accompanist
Postmaster J. H. Quinn who had
charge of the program, the first tc
be held after the election took *
happy and humorous view of tb*
election results, reading a paper or
I "Why It Happened" like it did, his
(remarks provoking much laughter
: Mr. Quinn said after careful angly
!sls he found that there are more
| Democrats than Republicans and
(that President Hoover and his ad
ministration got blamed for the ex
cessive rainfall in the flooded area*
of the country, for tee drouth dur
ing the summer, the revolutions In
Brazil, the failure to make rail!
run at a loss and give employment
(the over-production of cotton ami
. grain and the busine** depressions
in Ln-virn '•oiintfte*.